Louisville Weekly Courier, 1859-04-20

THE TRIAL OF HON DANIEL E Tenth Day's Proceedings Washington April 14 - The Court wa this morning at about the usual hour bu but commence business till half past 10 It is stated that the prosecution was p if Mrs Sickles' declaration was rece give in evidence the fact that in January Sickles and a lady not his wife remained night in B&rnum's Hotel at Baltimore gister of the hotel was in Court for that It appears however from this register t is first the entry of Mr Sickles' name in handwriting then the name of Mrs Sickles in a different handwriting nei nor his This preparation shows that if Judge had admitted the confession a vast qn scandal on both sides would have been into the trial involving persons whose n not yet mentioned in the affair George B Wooldridge was the first called for the defense Examined by Brady - I reside at No street Washington came here in the la of November to be present at the organi the House of Representatives was a cler the clerk of the House knew Key at th never spoke to him but once or twice o day 26ih I was in Fifteenth street from v to 10 o'clock till 3 saw Sickles that afte tween 4 and 5 o'clock at the capitol Question - What was at that time hii ance and coudition? Answer - When 1 went first to him he different from what he had been the da he was in the hall at the rear of the chair we bad a conversation I got hit into a retiring room and there parted after endeavoring to pacify him he much affected and distressed there was with him in that room when I left him no more that day saw him next morni 10 o'clock in the library of bis own h eyes were bloodshot and led he approa and told me he had sent for me to come had been weeping I remained in the ho the strangers had left it in the afternoon Question - What was his conditiou du day? Auswer - He acted like a man in gre and distress so much so that I watch coming and going constantly Question - Why ? Mr Carlisle - That is not material said there was a strange manner about 1 time he came into the room where I pressed bis hands to his temples and x over to the secretary and sob he uppe he was in great distress every time t came upon him he would clasp his tern sob and cry so much so that 1 told hi vent to his tears they would relieve would raise bis bauds aud exclaim so these fits would take him before ho coul the secretary where he went as if to self aud then he would bow flown his h Witness saw Key passing opposite house looking towards it aud waved his chief several times Sickles came into th where witness was and said that the vil passed my house he was very much ex tempted to calm him he threw off witne aud turned into the hall without a ha the last I saw of him till he came into t with the officers The witness was asked whether he h any communicatisn of an exciting natur Sickles at the capitol Mr Ould objected and an excited d ensued betweeu him and Mr Stanton cused the public prosecutor with being by a thirst for blood and that he limi the prisoner to vengeance Mr Ould replied warmly terming o counsel a bruiser and bully Mr Stanton responded saying that tl pie claimed by Mr Ould would lead his the foot of the gallows He had not the Ould's acquaintance and after his lan not desire to cultivate it Great sens applause from the spectators He end tying Mr Ould's remarks The argument was closed by Mr Carl which the Judge decided the evidenc missable John Cuyler A E Young Charles B Selby Parker vvcie examined - Saw Ke the haudkerchief William Rapley - Saw Mrs Sickles a the avenue on Thursday before the tra latter showed a letter which he bad bee Thomas Brown testified to getting Ja ner to take the lock from the door of th tion house Jacob Wagner testified to the same eff Court adjourned During argument Messrs Stantou an had a sharp rencounter and the proc the day were quite spirited Washington April 15 - The Court r crowded to-day as it has been since mcncement of this memorable trial Th iQ it does not abate a jot it rather bee tensified from day to day There is so n consumed in the argument of questions little progress is made and weeks may fore the trial will be brought to a close The Court was opened at half past 1 and soon after the prisoner was brought! ing less careworn ihau formerly Jacob Wagner the locksmith was r make some corrections in his testimony Witness : No one spoke to me but tfc man I heard Mr Peudletou's name n this gentleman (pointing to Mr Lee Jo yer who sits beside the prosecuting c the man I took to be Mr Pendleton i colored mau who sent for me I went back door the front door was locked unlock the back door and found it was the lock had not been broken this ws week after Key's death the gentlemen were up stairs I think do not reme coming down nor did I go up stairs in the yard aud saw them go up stairs not superintend taking off' the look no give any directions the lock I put on a different kind of lock from that I too! John M Seely examined Saw witu off' the lock saw theopeningof the bac heard the order given to take the lock oi door Mr Charles Lee Jones and Mr were present one of them directed the to remove it Louis Pool was present lock was taken off think it was the Tuesday week following the death of dleton Jones Seely the colored man were present Pendleton ordered the taken from the door and repluced by a after this order Jones and Peudleto stairs and examined that portion of t know Jones by sight and the reason was Pendleton - Carlisle interrupting - It is not ne( state that there is no doubt about it doubt about its being Pendleton - Rev C H A Bulkley clergyman whether he knew the liability of Sickles and sudden excitement Tho District objected unless the excitability went to of insanity Argument resumed during which said he proposed in addressing the jur to them about insanity in all its vari Some men are lunatics for a few days years aud some are incurably insane lievedthat any man of intelligence ca his opinion ou the different phases of ir Brady wanted to prove that Mr Sic! occasion greatly lacerating to his leelin come positively insane aud had to be der restraint Carlisle withdrew his objection Witness - The incident which I am state occurred I think in the year 18 occasion of the death ot Prof Da Pout York He was a kind of patron and g Sickles or rather I might say that c' regarded by us students as his protege whom Da Ponte took a special intere gard to his education In the cemetery where Prof Da Pont! ried immediately after his body was lov the ground Sickles broke out into a spa spa-sionate - sionate spa-sionate grief and most frantic energy and tore up and down the graveyard and I might say even yelling so much1 was impossible for us who were his modify him iu any measure by words obliged to take hold of him and by fne restrain him and thus we took him cemetery The demonstration that he nj be called one of frantic grief The iq have is that hejore his clothes and ha not swear positively as to that the oth very indelibly impressed on my mind Cross examined by Mr Uuia - cisely what was Mr Sickles' age at tb that occurrence It was in 1840 canuo long this frantic grief lasted - some tween 5 and 10 minuter saw no trace day following two or three days atver not notice anything extraordinary uf his appearance 1 might say poasib appeared to be rather light headed an lv too much so under the circu nst

The Great Billiard Match The New York Post has the following: As the game of billiards has become a fashiona fashionable - ble fashionable and highly respectable amusement numbering in this city alone many thousand votaries who are more or less proficient in it and as it is per perhaps - haps perhaps the most graceful and healthful of all popular sports combining a gentle and varied exercise of the muscles with scientific and mental interest we think it worth while to report at length the par particulars - ticulars particulars of the great match played last night at Detroit: The rival players were Michael Phelan of this city and John Seereiter of Detroit Phelan has long been the most skilful player in the country and in all the matches that he has played has come offconqueror His great excellence in the game does not consist so much in the brilliancy of his shots although he has made some of the most astonishing on record as in the perfect coolness with which he plays and in his ability to leave the b dls as it is termed i e to leave them after one count in such a position as to secure another count for himself or when he cannot count to leave them in an awkward state for his adversary This finesse is of course half the game but the impeturbable confidence with which he continues his play under all circumstances adverse or pro propitious - pitious propitious is what gives him his superiority John Seereiter is a German and though a young man is already the most famous player of the West He played a match lately with a cele celebrated - brated celebrated player in Detroit and won His runs or counts are often remarkable - higher we believe than any Phelan has ever made But it is doubt doubtful - ful doubtful whether he has the steadiness of nerve which characterizes the other The present match was made some weeks since and is played we regret to say for a purse of ten thousand dollars At the same time outside bets among the classes of people who allow themselves to engage in gambling we have little doubt to five times that amount have been wagered A special hall was prepared in Detroit for the exhi exhibition - bition exhibition and several hundred lickets issued at five dollars each for the admission of spectators We copy from the Detroit Advertiser the con conclusion - clusion conclusion of the play : o o'clock - Phelan turns his 16th 100 and is 1603 - 35 nints ahead 3:30 o'clock - The game now stands 1702 for PhelaD 1641 for Seereiter - Phelan playing There is really nothing to report both are play playing - ing playing close careful and well Everything works on harmoniously - no need of an umpire he has been appealed to but once and then rather as a matter of form than because of real difference Seereiter turns his 17th 100 at 3:40 - Phelan 28 ahead Numbers dropping in at the hall look as if they had been in bed and got up to see the close of the match 4:02 - Phelan turns his 18th 100 and is yet playing leading Seereiter (who now plays) 106 points Seereiter' execution has certainly improved perceptibly since the first 100 He huddles his balls with more care drives them before him bet better - ter better and though he lias not the delicacy of touch of Phelan he makes some elegant strong shots around the table the angles of which he seems to find by instinct At 4:37 Phelan turns on to his last 100 and at the close of his play the game stands Phelan 1 1-924 - 924 1-924 Seereiter 1849 The game along here becomes more close and cautious - Phelan holing himself twice to avoid uncertain play and bad breaks and for position also giving him a miss twice At this point hol holing - ing holing himself once with the remaining three balls out and in line Seereiter handsomely strung them all Phelan banked short and Seereiter on the run made 14 The game is approaching to a crisis Phelan has but 42 to go He has just taken his seat hav having - ing having made 19 of them and then retired to the pock pocket - et pocket Seereiter now follows in the rear 104 points and makes but 9 At 4:50 they stand Pkelau 22 to make Seerieter 114 Everybody quiet but chuck ( ull of yells for their side if their side wins Of these Seereiter makes 18 Phelan takes the cue and in breathless excitement so still that you could hear a pin drop runs the 22 and wins and with a modesty equal to his merit when greeted by an enthusiastic worshipper as the Champion of tho world" shakes his head and looked mederation towards his friends "It was the hardest job I ever undertook" is Phelan's own view of the matter and we endorse it See Seereiter - reiter Seereiter played well and excellently well and stands second oest If he lost at all it was for lack of sporting judgment and experience And in conclusion everything has gone off pleasantly and kindly Mr Phelan and his friends have our money and ''sacked it" in so courteous a wa y we can only say "let it slide" our turn may come bj-and-bye In the meantime we wish them a pleasmit journey back to Gotham and "York State" though they may travel at the ex expense - pense expense of our citizens and as for "our John" and his friends they were not so badly beaten af after - ter after all Seereiter made his count of 1904 in 912 shots while Phelan made his of 2000 in 1004 The game closed at 5 o'clock Mr Phelan was waited upon last evening by a deputation of responsible gentleman of this city who also submit to him a proposition to re repeat - peat repeat his play with Seereiter for a stake of $10 $10-000 - 000 $10-000 a side He declined the offer however de declaring - claring declaring the necessity of his departure for New Yjrk this moiuiug Nbw Orleans Races - Spring Meeting -Metairie Course - Fifth Day SUMMARY Thursday April 7 1859 - Club Purse $300 Two mile heats A L Bingaman'tj chf Big Ellen by imp Glencoe out of Arraline 3 years 1 1 D F Kenner's ch f La Variete by L:uis l)'Or out of Louisa Jordan 8 yrs 3 2 J S Hunter's b f Lorette by imp Sovereign dam

After traveling till the first of April through the State receiving ever and auon information of the defaulter being about somewhere he finally pounced upon him in San Antonio and lost no time in starting homeward with his prisoner Robinson leaves with McKorkel this evening for Louisville ou the J C Fremont and from thence via Jeffersonville by railroad to Indianapolis - N O Delta April 13 th Accident on the Mississippi Central Rail Road - We regret to learu that au accident occurred on the Mississippi Central Railroad yesterday re re-su - su re-su lting in the death of two brakemen and the re reception - ception reception of dangereus injuries by Judge A M Clayton of Mississippi and six or seven other passengers none of whose names have as yet transpired The train to which the accident oc occurred - curred occurred was the one leaving Grand Junction for Holly Springs at two o'clock last evening which was thrown from the track when about three miles distant from the former place There were for fortunately - tunately fortunately but few passengers ou the train at the time or the loss of life must have been much greater We are without particulars further than that the two brakemen mentioned were in instantly - stantly instantly killed and that the injuries received by Judge Claytou and a Mr Joues are of such a se serious - rious serious character as to render their recovery ex exceedingly - ceedingly exceedingly problematical The cause of the acci accident - dent accident was probably owing to the damage produced by the heavy rains of Tuesday night which proved disastrous to the railroads in all directions so far as heard from - Memphis Bulletin 14 th Washington Irving attained his seventy seventy-sixth - sixth seventy-sixth year on the 3d instant His neighbors indi indicated - cated indicated their remembrance by offerings of flowers and by visits and greetings Although during 11 the past winter he has suffered from sleeplessness 1610 and asthma he is on the whole improving in eu health Happy is it that he has lived to put the 2410 finishing touch to his Life of Washington and d 128 0 happier still that he can look backward from a 1220 serene and houored old age upon a literary ca ca-835 - 835 ca-835 reer of more than half a century free from all bit bit-1350 - 1350 bit-1350 terness unsullied by reproach and followed 1130 throughout by genial associations and enduring April 10 1 love - Exchange

xcellenl not day of ost abso abso-nal - nal abso-nal con con-one - one con-one for ation in via - The tc Party oad has ns to the me good ion and k For oke and y away cs of the at an soundly truck - pcrpe pcrpe-Kansas - Kansas pcrpe-Kansas he tariff from a bout the tments oring to hole job could valuable is the ere can me ex ex-the - the ex-the dis dis-nnd - nnd dis-nnd still sas but g cause -the ne ne-orce - orce ne-orce and ostration tens of deprived that our our de de-our - our de-our attached been so e should ng men districts loyment in power ti election pressions nor about rjlio that facts and liev show t proceed ning and f the State the wild wild-Take - Take wild-Take for Jlegheny iauu Jef Jef-jtter - jtter Jef-jtter Sus Sus-shington - shington Sus-shington those in uniformly pears that emocratic d an open 818 votes ajority of President counties of lining dis dis-bon - bon dis-bon Oen Oen-r - r Oen-r Lehigh ladelphia ong 15 in was beat beat-unties - unties beat-unties in y being a of 29616 ute the to to-State - State to-State 25 25-e - e 25-e change i counties Whatever we gained ote of '56 he mining i its can be nt for in in-wa3 - wa3 in-wa3 a can can-dissatified - dissatified can-dissatified a the Kan Kan-ocated - ocated Kan-ocated by r badly as Foster ed a com com-g - g com-g had no and had mission of ndno man Mr Mont Mont-presented - presented Mont-presented y the nom nom-respective - respective nom-respective elsewhere recent de de-ot - ot de-ot fail to d no other question ould have y a hand hand-assured - assured hand-assured - further late on bis nsylvania te of any l by their to gain onstitution ights of the shall give they have

ly too much so under the circumstance bearteduess seei od unnatural in cob the grief he ha 1 xa:L-d : days be respect to the L mil'eati B was remarkable one x a i have be ministry for several yx rs aud have n anything like it Major Hopkins' coachman : Saw K day morning he was shot about half saw Key in the middle of Lafayette sqe in o- back and forth two or three times tc street that was all I saw ou Sunday d him on Monday or Wednesday before ing he walked past me five or six times wave a haudkerchief two or three times came out and joined him at the co street aud Madison place saw them teenth street and lost sight of them on of John Gray Did you know her ? To the best of my opinion it was Mr Mrs Nancy Brown a middle-aged w next placed on the stand As the oa ministered to her she said she did not I tinctly aud wanted to understand it near the clerk and took the oath Examined by Mr Brady - I live on street my husband is the President's g knew Mr Key I saw him on the Wed fore he was shot " Where did you see him ?' " I saw him going into a house o street next but one to where I live" Carlisle tried to stop the answer h there must be some point of time when would hear and determine Mrs Nancy Brown was called and follows: I know Mr Key and have often see see-last - last see-last time I saw him was on Wedne his death Mr Brady - Where did you see him? Wituess - I saw him - Mr Carlisle - Stop stop Witness hurriedly - I saw him house on Fifteenth street next to nun The witness' determination to be he ed laughter amoug the crowd

Metairie Day SUMMART Friday April 8 - Club Purs? $600 mile heats S in 5 D P Kenner's br f Sigma by Epsilon out of imp Varleletta 3 years 1 1 1 F Scruggs' bl f Ella Moon by imp Albion dam by Wagner 3 years 2 42 Col A L Bingaman's ch f Eliza Logan by Fros Frosty - ty Frosty dam by Ruffin 4 years 423 James Jackson's b c Hempland by imp York Yorkshire - shire Yorkshire out of Blinkey 8 years 334 J L Hunter's ch f Kate Jewell by Wagner out of Magnolia 4 years 5 dist Time 1:56 - 1:56 - 1:58 Metaire Course - Seventh Day - 1 esterday the Club purse of $1500 at four-mile heats was run for There were but three entries entries 1 - A L Bingaman entered b c Capt Travis by York shire dam Margaret Woods by Prism 3 years old Colors white and red 2 - Captain W J Minor entered b f Bonnie Lassie by Glencoe dam Magdalen by Medoc 4 years old Color dark blue 8 - T t T W Doswell entered ch f Fanny Washington by Revenue dam Sarah Washington by Zmgaree 3 years old Colors orange and orange The Virginia filley had the call at slight odds against the field SUMMARY T & T W Doswell's ch f Fanny Washington 8 years old 1 I A L Bingaman's b c Capt Travis 3 years old 2 I W J Minor's b f Bonnie Lassie 4 years old Jdrn

time First heat - S:13 second heat - 8:26 W O Delta April 10th Metairie Course - Last Day - Monday April 11th - Metairie Stakes for 2 year olds Subscrip Subscription - tion Subscription $800 Forfeit $100 $300 added by the Club Mile heats SUMMARY Wm J Minor's ch c Mario by Voucher out of Norma 1 1 A Lecompte's ch c Uncle Jefi by Lecomptc out of Miss Riddle - D F Kenner's ch f Souvenir by Lecompte out of Medina W B Wood's gr c A If Morgan by Grey Eagle out of Margaret Edna A L Bingaman's ch c Steve Powers by Le- come out of Miss Riddle Jno Campbell's ch c by Wagner dam by imp Glencoe ist Time 1:49 - 1:48 Same Day - Club Purse $300 mile heats Gen 8 M Westmore's (J S Hunter's) b f Lo Lo-rette - rette Lo-rette by imp Sovereign dam by Thornhill 8 years I Col A L Bingaman's ch f Eliza Logan by Frosty dam by Ruffin 4 years 2 Time 1:51 - 1:4S

A Defaulting Cashier Caught - W J H Rob inson Deputy Sheriff of Monroe county Indiana anived here yesterday on the steamer Texas having in custody J A McKorkel absconding cashier of the Peoples' Bank of Richmond I n n-diana - diana n-diana McKorkel left for parts unknown in October last with fifteen thousand dollars of the bank funds and the services of Mr Robinson were se secured - cured secured by the bank to look him up Robinson having received information by some means that McKorkel was in Texas he passed through our city on the 4th of January last for that State