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believed she had been deceived and

believed she had been deceived and
betrayed, as she undoubtedly did,
low muek stronger on these accounts
Nould b the impression she wonld
make Oh B~ouscaren by her recinls
md ~asseftions? Why is Conneiin
here? What is he seeking? HeAas
got his divorce. What can he want
but the further degradation Of his
wife? All men know what it is to
fight even into death for justice; but
he is here not for justice but revenge,
revenge on the woman he loved,
whom be embraced, who; bore him
children. All the history Of this
case shows-h he is animated by a spirit
Of revenge.
Mr.. johnson next In a powerful
appeal, that excited strong men to
sympathy. and. elected applause
when he reached his climax, depicted
the life and ravages of the profession
al gambler. Gamblers were COM
pared to thieves and both we're said
to be everywhere ; but the gamblers
were the most self possessed and OBJ
durate. Their daily practices make
them so. OF all things self posses
sion is to be expected of the profess
sional gambler; but when exhibiting
it, he is usually the most deceptive.
The thief at the cross pleaded for par
don, while the gamblers cast lots for
the clothes of the master. Thieves
and other convicts were now legally
excluded from giving evidence, and
the time had arrived in the march Of
civilization and christianity, when the
professional gambler should receive
no credence from %juries. The shot
gun had been introduced into this
case by Mr.. Trimble as an argument,
but it can be best understood how
the family Of Mrs. Capt. Singly
might have been justified in bringing
such q weapon to bear upon Connall-
in in the hour of the deep humiliation
caused by the debauchery of her
daughter. There is no earthly reason
why Bouscaren should have doubted
Mrs. Bouscaren, when she told him
she was a single woman. At the
time Of his marriage he had been &C
quainted with her only four months.
He had rarely seen Connallin. She.
had excited sympathy in his heart,
and she naturally vibrated to him.
The letters introduced we're but mat
tiers of advice, aud now under the
circumstances, how, gentlemen Of
the jury. would you have acted? In
Bouscaren's place, which would you
have believed, Connallin or Mrs.
Bouscaren, and to which do yon now
give credence? Everything hangs on
your answers to these questions.
Was it not most natural for Bouscaren
to have thought that Connallin's act
ions in accusing Mrs. Bouscaren, in
repudiating marriage with her, and in
throwing her off, confirmed what Mrs.
Bouscaren had told him. Bouscaren
may have committed imprudence.
Love is proverbially lacking; but he
intended no crime, he aimed to be
v~irtuous and his marriage with Mrs.
Bouscaren vas consummated in honest
hope of reaching that state. Gentle
men consider carefully, If my views
of Bouscaren's conduct are not cor
rect, and if you think they are, I ask
you to roll back the dark clouds that
overhang him and restore him to free
dom and society.
The concluding argument was
made by the prosecuting attorney,
Thomas B. Buckner, who has been
much praised for his effort, which we
regret is not in our power to repro
duce at this time, even liz part.