, 1863-02-19

doayy e @th ss
psf cent; tsisnsss 'a3sssss per month r. soxrn,,
Mr.. McVickcr's account at the Western
Marine and Fire Insurance Company's Bank
being somewhat short, he deposited this note
to Lis credit: 1t was afterwards sold by the
bank for its face, to Mr.. Parmlee, the plaintiff.
recover cA1lister, Jewctt and Jackson ap:
and Geo. W. Thompson for defendant,
At the opening Of the Court, Justice De-
Wolf asccndcd to Ills chair, the Clerk seized
the three ieggsd I -, st9o made dash f9T pen
found necessary to employ three Constablrs
bniliffh to maintain order, and finally
2 fourth WIS appointed III the person Of Mr..
Nm. Locke.
Tic nrtt witness called ,vas Frank Parmlec.
TIC following testimony ensucd:
FRANK rAnMLEE's TESTIMONY.
I am between eighteen and forty years or age;
know shc naturs Of an oath; am plaintiff In this
suit: my name is Franklin, and was named after
That Franklin who ate one rol! and carried the
other under hts arm as he walked through the |
the Avenue. forty rods from the "Pafsh:' ! an
omcrs; he IL cieve4 enough, @ but two wont ufrvh pay what
he owes; have lad world Of trouble with him. |
bought the note in suit for one dollar cash: was
nc. lsomcss here shook his fist ut the Witness /
Eomcfs declared 10 mc that lie would never pay it,
Ms It had been obtained By working on his fenre. |
with tic Wcstcrn Murine and Fire 1nstlrancc Com.
pany, and bought It Of them and paid in green:
backs; did not borrow the moneyt to pay for It;
whoao name Ia Ieaac Anderson; / know McVick. |
s, e., nc !. runs l theatre down bsloW r. Canterbury
kecpe good Ilotcl, and know he sets good FREQ |
lunch; Ills reputation in that OF brick.
s.H. KcvscxKn's TESTIMONY.
ldo not KEEP A. theatre Il, The theatre kcsns mc-in
Ia' years, off and OIL. Can't aay which the most. |
Sorry to say I do know Dick 6omrrs. Think hc |
would be pugnac'ous If he was mad. somcrs gave
give widow woman "a a. Charity Would not t al.
vance tue money until he gave me the note.
Don't know whether The widow ever got the
signcd tic note and niterwards went out Of tic
hox Office using what thought was profane lam
guagc. Ny bank account vas short. and gave the
Waite Is good liver and ei Clever fellow tx - soness
II curious sft,c5 an Eoodt t entcf As l. quite
know D. A. Gage. ]. 8. Newhouec Isnac Anderson.
Matthew :'; Lai1in and rhll noync1 They arc III
vas signed, '''e'' ''N@ 'N
". H. YATES TESTIMONY.
Am cashier Of the Western Marine and Fire In
paper. but took one note Of Mevieksr becanss lis
account was evcrdrawn, and thought 1t could be
connection particularly with our bank except
that hls account is always 9vcrdrawn, Don't.
.!crson 10 kept by him ~ fighting partner. Som
| crs would not fight Anderson on q question of
cote, and Par1nlec refused to fight Soners for the
| same rcAeon. Isaac Anderson has no Characters.
tics, nothing of the sort except that he is cotton
t speculatoI.
ia. HOMES rE=T1NoNy.
Tinf The mos ,7g ,gc some5s
evening at the bos-ofiee Of the thcatro. Can't say
which induccd hin, 10 10 70 liberal. Don't know
whether ths widow ever got the eo1lsr II Or not am
widow. and gave a{ty cents.
! Mr.. VESTS TESTIMONY.
Am head clerk at City Hotel. Have recommend
cd persons from Esypt and other interior places
to attend the theatrc, and they have abused me for
It afterwards, One case reco1lect, where mau
went to the theatre on my recommendation, and
@ c bsak 70 ss m heaf Man.sa s ne to
Int he denied it. and said Mcvicker lad played s
| the nonsense part.
This closed the testimony, and the counsel
proceeded to sum up the case for the Jury.
The defense relied upon five points. LIST.
J The note WIS not negotiated. 2d-Thcrc
was an alteration and erasure in it. 3d-It
was obtained under durcss. 4sh-Usury
| UlH-I NuuS pitt ~ EAluIt
Mr. Driscoll graphically described the con-
dition Of tho defendant Somers, rs he found
himsslf without friends in the lonely box OF.
fec of the thcatre on a dark night in Decem-
her. Who would not, lie said, have signed the
note nnder sinilar circumstances:
The case was given to the jury, who return
| cd the following verdict:
The jury fntl for the defendant, and decide the
costs osthe suit to be paid by plaintiff. They also
protest against being imposed upon by being sum-
| rAH An 1,N q
&c. HUS71saros, Foreman.
The plaintiff immediately paid the costs and
gave notice ot IN appeal And 50 ended this
most important case.
Il A MEMBER or THE IRISH BRIGADE
, k111rD.-The Wheeling (va.) papers say tha,
: On Monday Of last week . member Of Mnlli
gan's Irish Brigade, now stationed at New
5 Creek Station, went down to Cumberland
without leave. His arrest was ordered, and
2 when an attempt was made to execute the or
der, the soldier resisted. One Of the Mary
4 land Home Guards struck him with the butt
i end Of his musket. producing injuries from
: which the soldier died In the guard house, OF
: Tuesday. Considerable excitement was ere
: atcd in the regiment By his death The nam,
: Of the soldier was not given.
11c Clerical 1nbf0El1O.
, We have received an advance cory Of til,
= -No,thrtste77, Church, scm1nlonth1y journa
published in this city and edited by the Rey
: Thomas Smith. 1t Is understood to be th
organ Of the Bishop OF Illinois, and as such 0
courre speaks By authority. In tue Issue be
!, fore us the editor, writing Of the trouble be
u tween the Rev. Mr.. Hagcr aud tue two pc,
sons who assaulted him, says:
Our readers viii remember that a few week
stnee We alluded 70 the gsoss Charge Of eonsplsac
seesr4 ikinson aid Gber T. Sao Ms then aae az
We mentioned the matter at MI only to deny til
it charge. from our own personal knowledge d til
to tl1e allssations through the daily press aid :
did good. and ha: the desired effect, from the II
II suit produced, The city papers Immediately col
rrettd their misetascu1ents and thoee who ltattc
CT ana lortfcation to themselves. Upon tho misel3
bic a5ehooa wsre quickly an1iens On to reliey
%
r now pretty wvll an.se5stood: +. The enemies I
their cnmity for years, and thrown every possih]
ob-taclc IN bis way have in this last matter oze
DONG the thing: They % have tried the ,expsrimcst
III bitterness and it, motives aud history, bit ha,
- rsfrainsd from speaking oft, hoping that commo
chIstian charity and decsnex Monld % rSstrnls Pc
7
rs compelled ns 10 speak. We should have bee
= ashamed Of our manhood Ind We NOT done 50. At
~ NC wish it distinctly understood, that no feat
re f.vor shall deter us from doing precisely the san
=, thing again under Ike circumstances.
y. We must say that the reading Of the artic
~ quoted, surprises US, and we think It will sr
~ ~ prise the majority ofthosc who may pcrusc
49, We lave yet to see any Charge In the " eli
y, papers, TINT the Bishop Of the Diocese was
Aa party to, or lad any knowledge OF, what
named aboyo rs conspiracy, and why b
~ friends should be SO industriously at work
- clear him of charge which has never be.
IT. madc, we cannot see. For ourselves VIC d
It's clai,ned any sneh intention, and this witho
=. having seen the "allusionn made ga fl
oi weeks ago'' over which the editor Of l.
-" Northwestern Church so highly g1orif1es hi
SELF ne have never corrected any misstai
of n,cnts in relation to this case, because no
i'd have ever been made in these columns. Y
be have endcayorcd to tell the truth, and belle
nd nc have done SO, whether it hit the 'encml
TO Of The Bishop" or his friends. We know
Or NO single Instance wherein tho counsel Al
other friends Of Mr, uager hare not act