The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-05-09

over the difficulties raised By kind but
misguided friends and the clouds that
were resting around the prospects Of
her husband and herself until the
lonely spot in the graveyard beside her
buried brother was the only place to
! which she looked for rest She even
rose In her sleep, and in the half uncon-
seriousness of disturbed repose mourn
ed over her sorrows. She meditated
the fearful alternative of extingnishing
the light of her own life, which burnt
with a feeble flame, by the violence of
her own hand
When she came to Ramsey's, and
the means of executing the fearful pur-
pose conceived in the morbid excite
meut of fevered mind was continually
staring her IN the face, she could no
longer resist the temptation and with
a fatal deliberation administered to
herself the successive dose which de-
stroyed her life AS the tide of life
was ebbing away in the last hours of
her painful languishing she revealed to
her sorrowing husband the manner in
which she had effected her sad purpose
and the causes which had induced her
to commit the mornful deed. The
evidence which the state had elected
to hurl him to distraction upon the
ground gifts falsity, would prove to be
strictly true.
1t would be shown that suicide was
hereditary in the family from which
the deceased woman was descended.
These are brief notes of the opening
of the eloquent counsel of the prisoner,
embracing only general heads. 1t was
an hour and three quarters in delivery,
and was listened to with an intense
degree of interest by court room
crammed to its utmost capacity. The
prisoner and his friends and the friends
OF the deceased woman wept frequent
ly and bitterly. Every face exh ibited
traces of deep sympathy for Mr.. Har.
den, and tears glittered in all parts of
the room.
The first witness on the part of the
prisoner was Rev. Gorge F. Dickin-
son; he said l am clergyman of the
M. E. Church attended conference at
Morristown in 1858, saw Harden at
DR.. QuiAby's; his face was swollen
and he complained Of neuralgia and
sickness at the stomach; the doctor
gave him some papers which suppos.
ed contained powders; think the pa
pers were not white.
ss-examined My attention was
not called to these facts until the fall, of
the paperin which the medicine was
done up except that it was dark not
white.
Rev. Mr.. Cashier sworn-Mr. Cast
ner substantiated Mr.. Dickinson's tes-
timony In all respects; the attacks of
neuralgia of which Harden was com
planning seemed to be severe from his
appearance and actions; lie did not
rest we'll nights; I was in Harden's
room during a conversation between
him and Miss Margaret Dorland on
the next day after the death Of Mrs
Harden. she put her hand to her side
and said 90 my dear sister, how of
ten she has done so and said to me
if you only knew what distress have
in my side )" after the funeral Ramsey
came to Harden and requested him to
leave my house he spoke of going to
his fathers; but said he had no way to
go, nor anv enc to take him, but
could not he then spoke of Frank
Weymouth, horse was brought up
and he started he did not go home
Ramsey went after him; / saw Har-
den in company with his wife; his
treatment of her was kind and affec.
tomato her disposition was mild; she
conversed very sparingly.
Nancy P Robson, swo"n-She had
met Harden and his wife on several
occasions, on all of which he treated
her kindly spoke to her with seeming
affection.
Mrs. Caroline Anderson, sworn
Her testimony was to the same import.
She was in bad health she complain.
ed of pain in her side, and had cold feet
and hands Harden spoke on one oc-
casion of the number of little women
in the company said that good
things were generally done up in small
parcels; he replied, abiding to his
wife. that he had found it so, Mrs.
Harden seemed of sad and melan-
choly disposition; never spoke, ex-
cept when spoken to.
/
Margaret Hildebrant, sworu-Her
testimony was to the same effect as
that as the preceding witnesses
Court adjourned to 8 o'clock Thurs
day morning.
NINTH DAY.
THURSDAY, April 26.