The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-12-17

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This we believe to be tie most impor-
tant portion of all the testimony elected.
Without waiting for the counsel to put
in their pleas, the Judge proceeded to
charge the jury. After reviewing the
evidence, and weighing we'll its more
salient points, he said that the Common
wealth had signally failed to make out
her case. The prosecutor, upon whose
evidence more particularly conviction
was looked for, in his story in relation to
the alleged murder had coDtradicted him.
self, in that at one time he said Kaylor
killed Gregory, and at another that Meade
had killed him. He was therefore un-
worthy OF credence. On the other hand,
several respectable witnesses positively
swore that no marks of violence were Wis
ible Oh the person of Gregory after his
death, one even declaring that epilepsy
was the direct cause of his death. In
view of these facts, the Judge said, It
it was the plain duty of the jury to acquit
the defendant. Accordingly, without
leaving their seats in the box, the jury
declared their verdict to be that James j..
Kaylor, the defendant, was not guilty of
the awful crime attributed to him.
The Commonwealth in the case was
represented by District Attorney Noon,
and the defence by Messrs. Kittell, Ma
gehan and Johnston.
In AND OUT.-We ought to have men
toned couple of weeks ago that Mr..
James Griffin, the lately elected Register
and Recorder for this county, had been
ssworn in,'' and that Col. e. Fragk Lyle,
for the three years preceding the lncum-
bent of the Office, had retired to tie shades
of private life. In chronicling the advent
of Mr. G., we cannot let the opportunity
go by Of saying word in favor of his
predecessor. Mr.. Lytle, during his term,
Fattende6 to the duties Of the Office we'll
and faithfully. Courteous, accommoda-
ting, and thoroughly posted as to his
him was pleasure; an excellent pcnman,
the records of the county were kept neatly
and so legible that "he who runs may
read ;" always at his post during working
hours, when his services were required
every one knew where to find MIN. In
fact, without the least intention of insti-
ttiting invidious comparisons, he was de-
cidedly the best Reg & Rec. the county
has lad for many year. May he go on
prospering and to prosper!
LIEUT. PETER KAYLoR.-Tn the first
report of casualties in the fight at Ring
gold, Georgia, Lieut. Peter Kaylor, of
the 2Sth Penna. Vols, was put down as
"mortally wounded" Subsequent reports,
however, state that he is "wounded in the
leg"-upon which the hope is based that
he may not be injured beyond the possi-
bility of recovery. Lieut.. K. is native
of this county, and has been in the service
over two years. He was badly wounded
at Chancellorville, and fell into the hands
of the rebels, by whom he was paroled
and sent North On recovering, he again
joined his company, and again is he re-
ported woupded-not mortal we sincere
ly hope, for braver man OR truer patrio.
than Lieut.. Kaylor never raised sword in
defence Of our common country.
AN OLD TREE.-D. Peelor, Civil En-
gineer, (and late clerk in the Surveyor
Generals Department of Pennsylvania,)
who is engaged surveying on the ALE
gheny Mountains, informs the editor of
the Mif1intown Sentinel that On the top of
the Laurel Hill, in Cambria county, he
found white oak tree cut down, mea sur
ing fourteen and half feet in circumfer
ence, and whose age is four hundred and
ten gears According to this age, which
was shown by the number of circles in
the bark, the tree must have been a sap
ling forty years before Columbus discover
ed America.
FATAL DIsEAsE.-The Hollidaysburg |
Standard says that terrible disease, said
70 be malignant oiptheria or scarlet fever,
prevails to an alarming extent in Cleariield |
md White townships, Cambria county,