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military department Of Georgia, WAS e1amin-
cd In person. lie said hc regarded and tteas.
ed The coin ss tue banks property, and that
1t never had been "capturtd.' 80 fur q he
knew or had reason to believe. The Presl-
dent thereupon ordered 1t to be dsliyered to
lts owners.
Al the point some inier7enoz 6'sd . state.
ment that he could prove, BY specially named
parties. that this coin belonged to the Con-
fc1e1Ate Government. The parties weFr eS-
amiued, and failed to show any such fact
and now the cdost Is being made to prove it
by the officers Of The banks. They are honor
able gentlemen, and will disclose the truth.
Such gentlemen as VIM II. Mcfarland, james
Caskie. YIN. P. St1other, John ". GoddiD,
and the officers VINO accompanied the coin 10
the South, are incapable eofmisrepresentation ::
md the facts stated and TO be stated by them
| had no contract with the banks BY which 1t be-
camo entitled to their coin, but that its con.
| t1act was with the stake ef Vjruinta; and
when the agent Of the War Department ascer-
| tained he could not use the tund rs It was rc-
! quired to be used, he returned Il to the banks
| IN discharge OF tho bonds executed BY the
State for 1t. The case appears to us to be
simply this: A. applies to D. to borrow (say)
| flOt. D. declines to lend it to A. C.apolies,
rnytpg be will borrow 1t, and lend it TO A.
for given object, and gives bis bond for ",
but does not take it from BIS supervision
ana CONTROL before II passes hGu -.
power, A. says he cannot nse the money
as he intended, and tells B. to FeSam ~
| It aud credit the amount on C.'s bond The
money'is 90 retained By B., and be treats
it as his oEu. Afterwards d creditor Of A.
who has obtained no lien on the fund while
a. had power to use II, comes forward and
claims it ~ AS property. What would such
u claim be worth Before any honest tribu
nal, knowing the law, not one cent, II tht
claim involved million:
WfateYer Others may claim for the Govern
ment, VIC wilt not believe that the President
and Secretary S1cCulloch will hold as th'
Governments property thus situated.
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THE A1TEMP TED ASSASSINATION
dekt TIL l. GA IT,

TelcesnpLlc dispatches from 81 Peters.
purr bring The intelligence OF an attempt
made fortnight ago to nssasslnate the Em-
oeror OF Kusssa. We thank heaven that tue
bul]ct missed ~ ain aud that Russia has not,
like ourselves, to mourn over the violent
death Of the dellvera Of her bondsmcu. We
arc not yet in possession O; the full particu-
lars Of this attempt, md arc therefore uaable
to state whether the Booth ol the disatfected
Russian landlords left lis card at the housa
Of the prcs11mptivc heir TO the thsonc et the
EmpcIor Alexander, rs the Boo4h of the
Southern slavchoIdcrs had :ert lis In the
hotel q. the successor OF President Lincoln.
before firing hI$ iatai bullet. We are, hnw-
eyer, inclined 10 t1ltnk that he didn't. Even
in tic event Of the Cars death, his second
son, now in his2lst ycar, who would ascend
tAc throne as Alexander Ill, stands un-
committed 10 nry scrfdom policy, while An
drew johnson had committed himself
10 reverence for slavery, and was OBJ
yiously entitled to TINT extent TO banaita-
homnge On The part Of tho murderer uf Trc5.
dent Lincoln- Mr. Johnson's accession Is MS
tic sequel showed, q blessing 10 the oppo-
neu.s OF equal rights, while that OF
earthly advantage 10 the minlons Of slayery
In Russia. Indeed, they woald find him as
unswerviuea 10 his regard for the freedmen rs
the present Emperor. .-......
The analogy between The aborttvc attempt
10 assassinatc the foremost friend Of the Rus.
sian sets and the successful attempt TO
murder Tho Emancipuior Of the American
slaves caists, therefore, only ms regards the
cauac which in ell probabalnv prompted the
attempt, and does rot exist as Tar as the acop.
or the successors OF the respective victims ari
concerned, tho prospective Car being a.
warmly In iavor OF his fathers liberal policy
rs our new President is enumored with tht
-State Right inlquitfcs Of the old slavery sys
TEN.
The overthrow Of serfd0m In Eussia, lik
that Of slavery tn Ameriea. l. attended will
hostile manifestations on The part OF thos
who have been deprived Of their ownership q
their {cllow.meD, and who have foHclted III
immense soc1al and political power ~hic
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THE FRESHET ON THE WISCONSIN
RIVER.
Great Destruction of Property lii Mar
a1hon County-.LOsA Sf5QsO00.
In n3th nIf 1


From the Wausau Wisconsin, 18th uIt,l
A heavy ruin set In On the night Of the
18th, and continued nnahated for upwards Of
twenty .fonr hours, the water IN the river r1s-
lug rapidly. On the night Of the 1Bth, large
body of Ice and logs came down upon the new
booms above the lalls ut Wausau, tearing
them entirely awar. Unchecked by this i'm
and thence over the .alla. carrying away tho
G4nto ~estcrn portion Of the slide, and COM
Piete!y enenahinE tha pier below On tho
morning Of the nineteenth, q heavy DRIFT OF
lumber stfnck the entire pier OF the
bridge, completely CARRYING It away, aud
letting the main part of the bridge into the
stfeam with loud crash The s'rivcr por-
tfon :" Comprising two spans Of saws) OF the
mill ut Jenny, has been carried array, and
badly fDluring the ndl0inhhg psrt which cou-
tains double rotary 4 huge amount Of
banks along the river, which will be total
loss. The bridge at the James Moore Creek
Just north Of Wausau, y gone, and That por.
ton of the bridge at Mosinee, which spans what
ia called the ttbull cali" Is also destroy
cd. Great damage has been done on the Eau
Claire ana other Tributaries ofthe Wisconsin,
Of which We have 50 yet no definite ingosma
tfou. The saw mill Of Goodhue d Co.. on
the Eau C1aise, has been entirely swept away,
and large amount OF lumber has broken
awny FROM ke1lyts mill, still further up that
stteom. The grl5t miA ahn n "aAsau was
torn away IN order II possible to saye tho
guard lock. During tie afternoon the te,
malnins portion Of the slide, iuc1ding the
bed, fingers, &C., were carried away, aul not
res&gc Of It Il now to be seen.
On Saturday morning thu western portion
Of the Guard Lock gase way, with crash
the rush OF water, Ice and logs comlas in
contact with the "diylding bridge" whlra
connects the WaIrod Island With The eaa:ern
bank Of the river, carrying it corzpletely
away, together with the boons connected
with II.
Continuing on Its way, It tore Is about ha33
Of Chrk's mill, took out the entire dam
between that nud PIummer's mill, demol-
ished the new railroad belonging to Plum.
mcr's mill, and almost entirely "cleaned
out-'s the Lyman Island. On this island arc
cooking shanties belonging to John Nelson,
Conrad Elee, A,tx. Stewart. Barney Carey,
and r. r. Msnson, all Of which wero either
carried OF or oe.rly demolished. together with
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The Gold OF the Richmond hanks.

~
We had hoped the question as to this gold
was ecttled when the President decided that
it was not stcaptured property" and directed
its restoration to its owners. After this or
o.r, It seems some party stepped forward and
promised 10 prove 1t WIS Contedezate proper
u, and thereupap the order was suspended.
T1e facts appear to be fairly stated In the
inquirer OF yesterday; aud II they ba. Of
which We have no doubt-the title Of the
banks to the coin ia too plain for argument.
The banks refused TO lend the money
to The Confedesacy, bnt the state
it under the control Of the Secretary Of Way,
to be used for specific purpose. The
money was not taken from the banks BE-
fore the evacuation Of Richmond, nor from
Its officers afterwards, but remained with
their OTHER funds, aud was carried to Georgia
with them. Before General Johnstun'a sur
render John C. Dreckinrldge gave an order
ior the money borrowed Of the State to be re.
turned to the banks, and It; was 50 returned
in the mouth Of April, 1855. It remained in
the custody Of the banks agents upwards oi
four months, md Was recognized by several
FedesnI Generals as the private property Of
the banks. l. was carried to Washington and
put On special deposit. When asked to re-
Store 1t the Goyenmept caused an inycslga-
uou, and General steadman, IN charge o(tte
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STARVATION IN TIE SOUTH.
DREADFUL Suffering Among the Poor In
Alabuma-1Icnr1-r Scenes Of
lSlatteAF.

DlatrsAs.
tFrum the Montgomery Advertiser, April elst.1
The amount Of suffering among the desti-
tute Of Alabama Is not generally Epown. The
people Of Marshall and the counties around
have been almost upon the point Of starva-
tion, and have probably been sayed from such
Judge Wyeth. and other prominent citizens oit
North Alabama. A loan Wns ELECTED In
this city among tho merchants OF $4,000
to aid ia supplying their wants, and
The people Of Huntsville, Nashville aud
Louisville hare responded not1y to the
calls made npon them. Other soeaatea4 ~ AZ A in
esna1ls sSis aeSlasu1e e HSanaoiph Is now iu this
cffv. and from him VIC learn that scenes are
Witnessed daily In that county, that would
draw tears from tho stoutcst heart. AS many
ore fine around the court house, on days
when rations were expected. Most OF them
walk from hfacen 10 twenty miles, aud It
must indeed be case OF great suffering that
corld cause tender females to undertake aud
undergo SO much privation aud suffering.
done much good. but 1t Is not near enough to
relieve the wants Of The people.
It Is distressing to know that such things
eSIst In Alabama, but when attention Is called
to them, STEPS should be taken to prevent
thtir longer continuance We owc debts to
the living as we'll as the dead, and nothing
eau appeal more eloquently to everything
that Is pure and holy y the human heart than
ths Of ana a9p:i1 bspess saa Tse sae
comm1ssioucr, cO lion. NJ H. Cruikshank, Is in
s;nntrn1pcry. aud without consulting. him We
tage @ the liberty Of saying, that any Gontriba-
ion % for the relief Of tho people Of TIE State
VII VIII be be- faithfully appropriated. He has been
ali over the State, Knows the amount Of dcs,
ttas, ans sS Il IS 10 allow this
statc % Of things to exist, ard we call upon the
hereyolent cTerywheze to at once act In this
matter. and send on their contributions to
Mr. C1uiksbank, who will apply them In the
rf1ht dircctfnf1.
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ewMs. Gladstone, the English Chancellor
OF The ExcAequer, went to Manchester In Eos.
ter week 10 make speech in behalf OF sui
fragc reform. He drew largely from the les
sons Of the American war to show the
strength Of q republic. The United States, he
said, had developed IN amount Of heroism,
power Of sen-eacriace, an energy, persc-
verance, a forgetfuluess of every personal In
tcrcst, an amount Of actual force arrayed and
marzhalled by the subjects In support Of their
chosen rulers, such as know not where to
seek for In the annals Of the history Of the
world" Regarding democracy as liberty,
the extension to each mnn in his own sphere
Of every privilege and franchise that he can
exercise with advantage to himself and safety
to the State"
Referring to the combatants, Mr.. Gladstone
fell into great error when he said that SIX
millions fought against twenty millions. At
the commencement Of the was the rebels co,n-
1nandcd the support and strength of fully
twelve millions OF people, and the republicans
of nineteen, But The former stood on the de-
Gus,ve, and the latter were the assas,ssts.
Txe,re millions of penn1e ourbt to be a fn11
match for tvfca thetr nnmher If ;nraders n
T. 4xr,.. .. lad and .ost1v " ;nrode a coun.
.r- ~. tta H. e. a.1,tb 10 Ia de,sua II
D.. IsHI. ..fI 49,. the bisc,a a,,on1d
nA....-.; ' f-",, ~ a tba dc,.1s,re ot-c,gtt, or
~ s',aya ue' ~ =. ~, nn-snr .,,a 49, =. !,
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bales. Il had cotton, should eestsinsJ
hold Il tor N advance, which b as certain a.
anything, earthly can BE-. Much, orsonfss,
depends. cyen yet, upon the way tho planters
treat their late chnstels. Not few VINO nave
place, will soy to them next tall. "fon~
1t. scr, you belong to nc any how ;donl taik
Of pay y and out will come, the mesitaose M
revolver: TIE wfsest act sambo can do IS 10
work for somebody else thBn hls late MASTER
and even then the game IS all on one side.
that of the white man. Tell your Missionary
A. D. C, f. A. Beard that tho most religious
thing they can do Is to suspend their opera
lions among the Zulns and olher htathan
men On The other side Of the globe There
ate thousands Of heathens within & few de-
grees Of latitude of them, that need good
many moro lessons OF practical christianity
than those OF unknown lands. The field Is at
home, and Is white for the harvest, "ihc
Greeks aro at your doors,'' as John Randolph
~safJ RHFCCEE.
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rk3E NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL-
ROAD.

INC Northern Facluc lsalro1d Bill was
drnesosucd to dcath In the House Of Kepre-
sentativcs. Tie word-twist1ng with which
Mr. Wentworth worried Mr. Price, Of Iowa,
and 4hc other friends OF the BILL was OF the
sor1iest kind. wllilc Mr.. Nnshburnc played
Eoapcrgcs for the occasion nnd roared 1t dorn.
IT It we're worth while 10 institute co1ppari-
son between the Central and Northern routes
TO the Pacific, there nre many reasons why
the latter should have the preference. The
Nortbon route can be made available In one
third of the time required for the other. The
country through which 1t passes Is capable OF
sustaining . population. The probability Is
TINT settlements would follow 1t, md keep
even pace wilh II, 10 the mountains, Thus fnr
nlshing 1t local traffic, and mixing sale for
the Government lands on the line of the
route. Moreover, It is less exposed to the
embargo Of SHOWS in the winter. The speech
Of Air. Price, Of Iowa, which We publish else-
where. is m ample vindlcation Of the meas
ure, md VIC Invite the attention of our read
ers 10 It.
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WAS connected with That monstrous mono.

was connected with that monstrons mono
poly.
The Russian landlords have, however, dis
played far higher sense Of humanity aud
civilization thnn The Southern slaycholdrrs
They did not resort to armed rebellion and
treason. They submitted to the anti-slayery
DEGREES Of the NATIONAL authority, and have
not attempted, like the Southerncrs,
to destroy Government whoss only
Elm consists In delivering them from saa.
Yet they arc chaAng. .against the blessings OF
freedom. The ancient mobiles Of Moscow arc
attempting to fornent discord In the empire
under tie mask of Coustitutiopallsfn, IS our
shareholders and their part1zans are striving
10 make mischief with the dogma OF States
Rights. But while, unfortunately for America,
the nation's Chief Is disentombfng the corpse
Of fbarhasiszn, It Is fortunate for Rusai2 that
her ruler Is xeAlously watching over the de-.
velopment Of the new~won liberties. While
Mr. Johuson, Of Tennessee, was retofng the
Trccdmen's Burcau and Civil Rights bills,
Alexander Of Russia was vetoing the Moscow
aristocrncy's sinister schemes, The Emperor
actunlly proposes extended political liberties
to the Russian freedmen In the same
degree that they are denied by the
Russian asistocracy, While our President
extends privileges TO the late Southern oil
gnrchy, in The same proportion that the peo-
pie demand more equal distribution Of
rights a1d Justice While, however, Mr.
johnson, pricked by his conscience, Is In con-
staut dread Of Impeachment mud OF assassina-
ton, by some Sand OF Orsini, the Emperor Of
Rusaia Is Supported in his noble mission by
f1,A r,1auf3ffs nf hfS orrn ennzr{nren and hV
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provisions, rstsine tools, &C., md one CITE
large frame building belonging TO G. Flumcr.
containing III Of John Nelson's provisions
eatahles, TaNing utensils, DC, was eoupleteIy
carried oil, nvt l vesli,c OF the building, or lts
certents any more 10 be SEGA. 4 large
amount Of shingles wAs also washed away
from this tslend, together With considerable
other property. Al present 1t is Impossible
to calculate the amount OF damage done io
Marathon County, but, s7clrding the loss Of
logs and lumber, cannot fall sho~. Of 500, 90
to-StE{l (dil '7
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THE HOpPS MURDER,
Letter from Hon John NJ. Wilson,

Editors Chicaro Tribune:
My attention has beea called to rcmarka-
bic editorial in this mornings issue upon the
sfHopps tr1al," which in my Judgment Is cal
culated, II not designed to increase the PreJu-
dice already existing in the community, Iu re-
lation 10 the stricken old man whose trial has
just closed by verdict Of "not gpilty,'' BUS
tanning the Issue of insanity at the time Of
committing the homicide. As my existence
was Ignored, I have no reason to complain. It
10 proper that the public should know that
upon rendering the verdict, I stated that
when The jury was impannellcd, from the fact
Of tic former conviction, and from what I
had heard, / had strong conviction Of the
prisoner, g guilt, but from the evidence On the
trisl was satisfied that be was acting under
e de!uslon, and was unconscious ofthc nature
Of the act Mt the time Of the homicide, md
that fully concurred in the flndlng Of the
jury The most remarkable part Of the cdl-
torial, Is that which assumes to glvn the sub
stancc ofthe decision of the Supreme Court
In The Hops cnse. It Ia In these words !:
tfNot1iDg else could have been expected after
''the recent decision OF the Supreme Court,
delivered at the end of former trla1 uf
ttIIopps, to the effect that all u'en (or at least
FALL murderers,) arc presumed to be Insane
..until the contrary is proved There is no
such laucnacc in the opinions Of Chief Justice
Cation or Justice Breese, aud hazard nothing
in saying, that no Intelligent lawyer
would give such construction to
apy language used by either Justfce.
The case decides, as understand 1t, that
when insanity Is set up as defence for an
act otherwise criminal, and proof Is offered
tending to establish It, the burden of proof
Of sanity Is upon the State, aud she is bound
to make out sanity beyond reasonable
doubt; in other words, If there Is a rcaaon-
able doubt ofthe sanity Of. the prisoner the
jury should acauit. This is in harmony with
the benign spirit Of the common Law In rela.
tior, TO human life, and is as old as TIE COM
mon law itself. As the word of God is part
Of the common law, courts properly rccoc.
uize that all human acts win eyortuolly meet
their INST recon pensc. and as the object of
human punishment Is not revenge, but Is de-
kisued for the reformation Of tho ofIender,
and the projection OF society, In cases where
guilt Ia doubtful. the law refuses to punish,
leaving the suuposed criminal to The instlce
of Him who ts too wise TO be deceived, and
too lust to permit tnioutty 10 ro UNFINISHED,
Iftbc snnrc,nc Can't cr1ri in Tins dec,8fnr,.
r. wps a decis,on IN the side ~ mercy wlich
sbou1a In Mi ionoroh1e n,nas sh,ela she,n
fro,n nm1srrnrescnta atfon and nrefnd,cc. JUDGES
cat,n ~ n<coso hara ene,t 1nnoy rsa "a ,non
n4tsu W." r'.sss 49,. 49, t,,,. s,,1 :.
the stotc mn, n, n n;t,fn, comncnsation have
gircn to The State the results of their long
ernr,,enro and eminent ,n3,cfaf talent with.
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which supplied our troops with abundance Of
materials OF warya and supplies Of all kinds.
It was tho frcc-laboz system Of the North
that crushed the slave labor system. Not
withstandinE the latter embraced the strength
oftwelye millions Of people n Its defence.
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Presiding Judge
liam Hopps.
April Nth, 1861

T Gov. Jenkin. Of Georgia, has Issued q
proclamation suspendlng the statf 1a1 on
liquors for tho first quarter OF 1861, anu GOV.
Patton, Of Alabama, has lssuea proe'a1na'
tiop, making the Peual Code, better known
for its barba.ism as the Blzek Code, opera
tive attcr the first of juno. = 4;
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FROM WASHINGTON.
The Mexican Question,

FROM WASHINGTON.
The Mexican Question;
A New Source or ComplicA&ion-Tne
French Guarautees.
from Our Own Cosrespondeni.l
NAsnNGroN, April %.
The public has no doubt lived under the
impression, since the publication Of the Mcxi>
can correspondence, that there would be an
absolute end Of our complications with
France, arising ont Of the Mexican question,
with tie Withdrawal Of French ~troops from
Mexican soil, in the course Of the next two
years, formally agreed to by the French Coy
c1nmcnt In consideration of the promise Of
uon-Interyentiou, cfter The eraestation, on the
part Of onr Government. But close exani:
nation OF that portion of the correspondence,
transmitted to Congress, not yet published
In tie public prints, has satisfied me that Mr..
Seward, though he has been eminently suc-
ccssful, has not yet accom- ablished comp1oto
success, removing entlrely all ground for dlfd.
.clltles, now aud hereafter. with France in
connection with Mexican affairs. !.
The attention Of your readers has already
been directed By telegraph to certain facts
disclosed by the correspondence, that warrant
nm apprehension of renewed complications at
no distant day In view Of the g,arautees Of in
IDENTITY, cxacted BY the Emperor of France
from Maximilian, for &C, vices rendered in estab-
lishiur tle latterss throne, In the terns -~s.,e
convention for the v1thdspw~, tue French
troops. On the so.u Of January last, n.
nrouyn ae 1Auys submitted memorandum
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JUICE W7LsONsSLETrER

on The recent trial Of william uopps for the
killing Of his vile, and pointed out the IA
lure of the dilemma In which society seems
10 he placed by the acqulttal Of a murderer on
the ground Of insanity, md the turning loose
Of the insane person. whereby the comuu-
rity arc exposed agafn to his trng1c abberra-
lions In The course Of out remarks we al
lnded to the singular ruling OF the Supreme
:. Court in The Hopps case, AZ being in effect
decision that Ill men. Tor At io--t ,nll mur-
dcrers} Gre presumed to he Insane unt1' >-e
contrary is proved. This observation
has elected note from Hon. John
II. Wilson, the presiding Judge In the
recent trial Of Hops, in which we are lec-
tured. to some extent, both ns to the meaning
Of the words employed BY the Supreme
Court, and rs to our duty as public jour
nallsts. Judge Wilson Is all eminent man In
hts pTofc lEfon, and wc desire TINT In any cou-
troversy which We may hare with him ns TO
The meaLfng' OF sentences, or any other
tnattcr, his words should be attcntivcly
weighed.
We submit TINT Judge Wilson'S statement
Of what tue Supreme Court decided, differs
from our statement of the same, only as
words Of two syllables differ from those Of
four. Hc uses more words thHn we, aud that
is ali. We have not the decision of the Su-
prcmc Court betore us, bat VIC have Judse
Wilson'S instructions to the jury, and we
take 1t TINT he did not exceed his authority
when he laid down the follow Ing points:
sanity Is e.ecntlat TO constitute crime. and sae
burden W esf0Qiaafn0 u on TIE &a.e. and it must
he proved heTond a reasonable doub'+ Or the jury
.I t6e jury aro not abls to ..y that the
ss np fa' ~ i
"Sanity Is essential to constitute crime, and
tie burden OF establishing 1t is on the State"
How does this differ from saying TINT all mcu,
Tor at least all murdcre.s), arc presumed to
be insane until the contrary Us provedf It is
always competent for the defendants counsel
to set up the defence Of insanity. This is be-
coming the customary defence where the
killing is proved, and VIII become invaziab9e
1.-THE burden Of establishing saaay is on the
State. Nay more, It Is only necessary for the
nErocrer to act oddly, roll his eyes sad
drink Whiske1. before he kills his Victim, to
get up presumption os insanity, because the
burden Of proving him mol 70 be insanc,
(Which is very much Ike proving ncgAtive)
rests With the prosecution. A similar pre-
sumption may be raised If the murderer treats
his wife hahitually with great malcvoleuce
snd inhumanltJ, and finally kills her in q pc
| cuffasly strocions manner.
As VIC understand the law. despite the
| decision OF the Supreme Court, the
only plea which The prisoner can make Is
guilty" or mot guilty-" If he pleads not
| guilty. it Is for the State to prorc that he Is
gritty, not to prove that he was sane at the
time be committed the act II evidence Il
brought forward to prove that he was Insane,