The New York Herald Newspaper, November 21, 1842, Page 1

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Price Two O ents, The Long Isiand Murder, Honrixeron, LL, Nov. 18, 1342. Hornince Murper!—Never has it been our me- lancholy task, on any former occasion, to present to our readers the details of a murder, so atrocious in every feature, asthe one committed a few nights ago in the vicinity of our village. We do not re- member to have heard of one so appalling, for ma- ny years On Sanday evening last, Mr. Alexander Smith, extensively known as a worthy and wealthy farmer. residing at Old Fields, and his wife, were murdered, Their bodies were discovered on the following morning, lying on the hearth; that of Mr. Smith nearly consumed by the fire in o which it had fallen, on receiving a blow from the assassin; and that of Mrs. Smith, near by, weltering in blood which had flowed from several wounds inflicted on the head. , AGerman, named Antoine Keisler, who had been in the employ of the deceased about two weeks, is supposed to be the fiend who perpetrated the act; he was seen at the house on Sanday afierncon—but had absconded when the murder was, discovered the next morning. His object unquestionably was plunder, as Mr Smith was a man of wealth, and is supposed to have kept a large quantity of money al waysin the house. -It was proved before the coro- ner’s inquest that Keisler had enquired of a man in the neighbourhood, on Sunday, whether Mr. Smith was not very rich. But the villain, after all, did not obtain that for which he destroyed his employers ; for itis supposed that after he had committnd the murder, and before he could rifle the drawers and chests in the house, he became alarmed at the noise occasioned by some wagons passing, and made a precipitate retreat through an end window. A pocket book containing the remnants of several ills, which had been burnt, was found in a pecket of the coat which Mr. Smith had on at the time; aud a watch belonging to Mr. Smith was found ina desk in hisbedroom, which had been left unlocked. It is quite probable, that the wretch was frightened away before he had commenced his search for mo- ney. It was undoubtedly his design to set fire to the house, as the finishing scene to his atrocity, had he not became alarmed. A canister of powder was found on'the step of the front door, where he had placed it, to accomplish his purpose. Mr. Smith kept a large dog about his premises, which he always permitted to sleep in his bed room at night; and the German, dreading the ferocity of the dog, took the precaution to commit the deed be- fore the old gentleman had retired to bed—and in order to avoid the interference of the animal, had him secured in an outhouse. A mason’s hammer was found in an adjoining room (Mr. Smith’s bed room] where ithad been used to break out a sash for the villain’s escape. It is supposed that this, or a similar weapon, had been used in perpetrating the murder. The usual place for this hammer was the outbuilding in which the dog was toxnd to be confined on Monday morning. Itis very probable that the murder was commited a short ti tea, between 6 and 9 o’clock, as the tea table was found in the floor, partly cleared off. As no other person resided with iit. Smith and wife at the time of the murder, except Keisler, of course-nothing positive can be known respecting the manner in which it was perpetrated ; bat from the position in which the bodies were discovered, the nature and situation of the wounds, as well.as trom various other considerations, the following deduc- tions may be cepended upon as nearly correet, viz : that the murder was commit ed by the German— that his object was money—and that he desigred to burn the house, to destroy all evidence of his guilt. Jn vain may this wretch attempt to eseape—he will be taken before the week expires. The report of his unparalleled crime will reach from,jone end of the Union to the other—Long Island is already in arms to capture the demon. A reward of has been offered for his captare—he had on a small green cloth cap, green frock coat, green pantaloons, coarse boots cracked open on the sides, a kind of chequered vest, is of German descent, about 5 feet $ or 9inches high, stout built, light complexion, light hair and large eyes, wears his beard on his upper lip unshaven, and his clothes considerably soiled. The funeral was attended atthe a of the deceased on Tuesday afternoon, and an impres- sive discourse was delivered by the Rev. Jus. Mc- Dougall, when all that remained of the aged couple was tollowed to the narrow house by a very large concourse of ihe inhabitants of this and the neigh- boring villages. Dr. Jos. H. Ray, wiio, at the re- quest of the Coroner, made a post mortem exami- nation of the bodies, has supplied us with additional information... Ou entering the room where the fa- mily took their meals, the remains of Mr. Smith were found lying on the left side of the fire place; the legs, abdomen, one hulf of the chest, and the arms, above elbows were burned to a mass of shapeless cinders. Nothing scarcely remained of his identity except the head. On examining the head, three large wounds were discovered. One on the left ear, cutting through the cartilage, and pro- ducing a large incision behind it; a second on the upper part of the skull, fracturing the bone, and driving portions of it in the brain; and a third, about two iuches from the latter, towards the right side of the head, also fracturing the bone. Each wound was about two inches in extent, and ap- peared to be inflicted with a bluat weapon, as the ‘ace of a hammer, or the eye of ahatehet; and not with a cutting edge, us the incisions of the skin were ragged. It is probable that Mr. Smith was sitting in his accustomed place on the left side of the fire place, with his feet restiug on the crotch of the crane, when he received on his lett ear the first blow of the assassin. His chair was found turned on one side near him, from which he had fallen, on being stuaned; and his feet becoming engaged in the crotch of the crane he was drawn into the fire, and remained there while he received the first and second blow, and was consumed as described. His face was not disfigured, but wore a look of natural composure, considering the violence of his death. The body of Mrs. Smith was discovered lying on the right side of the fire place, with her face down- ward and on the hearth, while her bod lay partly onthe floor, being somewhat beyond the reach of the fire. Her right arm lay partly under her head. Six distinct wounds were discovered on her head, each one of which was sufficient to produce death. The wounds were large, and similar to those of Mr. Smith’s, and in every instance attended with frac- ture of the bone. On investigation it appeared that Mrs Smith was in the middie of the room, when she received the first blow, and that a second one instantly followed. These blows were about two or three inches above the right eye, and each pene- trated to the brain; they had bled profusely. When Mr, Smith had fallen irom his chair, Mrs. Smith had probably advanced towards him, when the as- sassin met herin the middle of the room, and struck her twice in front before she fell. Here her wounds bled copiously; she then, it would seem, struggled to rise, and in doing so, hitched along upon herknees and elbows towards the hearth, where she received the other four blows upon the upper and back part of the head. Mrs, Smith must have struggled some time before death, as the knees appeared much bruised, and were denuded of skin in several places; probably in making considerable effort to move along towards the hearth. It was testified before the Coroner’s jury that Mrs. Smith bad an inflamed eye, and that she had sent Keisler before dinner on the day of the murder toa neighbor's to get her something to apply to it—that Keisler had inquired of a fellow-countryman, resid- ing at the place to which he had been sent, whether Mr. Smith was not very rich—and how far it was from there to the nearest river—and that Keisler had observed to his friend, in the same conversation, that Mr. Smith was a very good man, and that he had then one of Mr. Smith. shirts on which Mrs. Smith hed given him. That he was on that occasion accompanied by Mr. Smith’s dog—that he invited his fellow-countryman tocome and see*him at Mr. Smith’s after dinner. It furtherappeared that Henry, his countryman, came to Mr. Smith’s about half-past one, and remained till three o’clock, P_M., during whichtime, Mr and Mrs Smith and the two Germans entered into friendly conversation toge- ther. Such are the Jeading particulars of this dreadful tragedy It willserve to admonish us all against the too frequent practice the persons vho come among us as entire strangers, before we can obtain satisfactory assurances that they are worth yr encouragement, or deserving of our confi- ence. Postscrirr.— WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 4} 0’CLOCK —Carrorr or THe Surposen Mogperer !—Keisler, the sapposed murdererer of Mr. Smith and wife was arrested by pewahy Suse Penny, in a barn be- longing to Mr. Lewis Hulse, near Port Jefierson, in the town of Brookhaven, about 8 o’clock on Taes- pe , and brought to this village in custody of Sheriff Brash and Deputy. The prisoueris about 24 years of age, with a countenance rather noble and frank, ox ibiting none of that savage tipo 4 which marked the commussion of the crime wit which he stands charged. a EXAMINATION BEFORE Justices Conknin, Canut AnD Upant.—Prisoner said he was bora in Ack ern, is now twenty-four years old—has been in this country about 14 weeks, and Janded in New York—came in she ship Silvie de Grasse. On board the ship he went by the name of Anthony Keisler. He was seven weeks in the hospital at Staten Ie- land sick—when he went there he was almost dead with the dropsy. His passport was stolen from hum while in the hospital—doa’t know what became of his clothes; they were stolen from the shipor the hospi Weat from New York to Goshen, where he staid three days with a carpenter—don’t know his name—from there he went back to New York. He then intended to go to Pennsylvania—did not know the way ; asked a Dutchman the way; he told him to cross to Brooklyn; he did so; from there he followed the turnpike up to Mr. Wicks ; from Mr. Wicks he went to David Carils. Not getting work, he went back by Mr. Wicks’ to Mr, Smith’s, where he hired to work one month for $4. Sunday, Mr. Smith wanted him to bring some Wood; asked him to do so in Dutch, and laughed at the same time—prisoner said he was tired of being laughed at, and told Mr. S. he wished he would pay him, and he would go. At first Mr. S. would not settle with him; aftera while he gave him the boots for his\pay; he thenleft. This was a little before four o'clock last Sunday. The dog was with him in the foregoon; when he left tne dog was inthe room. Prisoner forgot his stockings ‘and shirt, cannot walk well with stockings on; prefers to have rags—the rags he had on he brought from the hospital--never saw a hammer about the premises, nor any can of powder. He left about four o’clock; the sun was about man-high; it was a little cloudy, and some wind When he left he took the road directly by Esq. Weeks’ to the turnpike; met several people and several wagons; did not know any of them. Was just dark whea he passed Mr. Weeks’; passed’ Gil- rt Carlls about dusk, heard no dog bark ; showed Mr. Penny the barn where he slept Sunday night; he gotto the barn about 9 o’clock; did not stop at any house before he got to the barn, About sun rise he left the barn; bida man good morning; the mansaid nothing to him. He then travelled on some way, and turned off the road, and came to a man eciang wood; asked him to let him sleep in the barn; he gave him liberty. Knows nothing about the charge brought agaiust him; is not guilty of the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The prisoner is to be commitied to have his trial at the Circuit Court in \ Long Islander. ae and ay MEXt.— Letters of John C. Colt, written tn the New York Prison, Parson Hovsx, Oct. 2, 1842, Dean Fatunv :— D9 not believe the thousand false statements you see he- ralded trom day to day in the papers.—Let them blow their blast. Alithat you hear now is passion—passion. It is true there is a great deal to excite ; bat at the same time, they use me very unjustly. One-half that is said iv for tne purpose of extorting black mail—at least with some prints. Pay the very honest conductors of some papers in this city, and they would soon turn the current ot public opinion, so far as to cause passion to subside, and set the reader to thinking and calm reflection. They will hear nothing in my favor, receive no statements from me or my friends, unless they are paid ten-fold the charge of an advertisement—consequently they have all thar own way.—Since things are so, my friends have advised me to keep cool, and bear ail their horrid and unmercifal inflic- tions. The tables may be some day turned, and those who now seem to glut their appetite in feeding upon my misfortu: yet feel the scorpion lash of the pen to their sow. ty. The man comes at once the f'a certain portion of the p If he is poor, his friends are brougit in for a share, as mine have been, aud placed upon therack, and tortured till money is forthcoming. But in this case they will spill their ink to no purpose, for it isnot only my misfortune, but that of my friends, as you know, to be without any very extensive means. 1 will write you again more at large when in the mood for scribbling. 1 cannot close without renewing again heartfelt gratitude for the kindness proffered by you 1o move to the effect you have proposed, as I assure you it isentirely unnecessary. Your unfortunate friend, J.C. COLT. Lo H—— R—, Baltimore, Prison House, Oct. 3d, 1841, ‘« . * I know and pity the motives in which by far too many of the severest attacks are made, and would, I assure you, if in my power, award to every writer in the country as much gold as he could wish, and say to them, ‘+ hence- forth, prey not on the calamities of the unfortunate.” Do not believe that the stateinents made affect me. I understand too well the motives that prompt to abuse. i ia only so far as they hurt the feclings of my friends thal they can cate me pain. Remember me to H—— and S——. and all the dear little ones. Give yourselves no uneasiness — All's well that ends well.” ‘Ihave much more to say, but unfortunately, havecome to the end ot my sheet, More anon. Yours, &e.&0. J. C. COLT. To L—; G——, Boston, Mass. "Puivox Hovse, Oct. 18, 1841. Dean Fares :— Yours ofthe lith instant was daly received. Many of ‘our inquiries, I cannot now answer, although | should be gina to, After my trial I shall feel at hberty to write more freely. 1 know as little as you what will be the de- feo My lawyers are acquaiived with all the facts. They say I must to them. The best way of Managing woul be for me to state the facts, seal it up and hand it to the court, and after the testimony is taken, to open and read it. Should my statement be sustained in analysis by the evidence, it would, in justice, in the mind of every reasonable being, amount to an entire acquittal of the charge. qe ‘This last plan as the public press to an alarming degre jure you it would best ac- i idea of going forth in the is worse infinitely than much cord. with my feelings. world a suspected murder li upon my peers they will be will let suffering. If 1 throw my: r likely to believe me; but if { prove an alibi the me go, but always wrongfully suspect I desired to kill my antagonist. Were I west or south, I could with perfect safety throw myself upon the country, and with the evi- denceof Welts and Wheeler, if they will but state the truth, be certain of an acquittal. But in this city 1 am so little known it is to be feared that passion and not evidence will decide the case. sf % Wells stated to my friends in some of their first inter- views, that “Adams left himin a vexed mood or passion, and that he had no doubt but that he went to my oilice and insulted me.” In some later interviews he seeins desirous of modifying his language,or making a different statement. He is a very timid man, and has I fear been cowed from telling the truth. : My keepers tell me that the prosecuting counsel is go- g to Congress on my hanging, and Lam told this is pub- licly spoken of. Very pleasant, ah! If he be an unprinci- pled, ambitious man, there is no doubt but that he will do anything to win his case, and it would certainly be quite a feather in a lawyer’s cap to get an innocent man hung. ‘There was a time, however, when men acquired populari- ty by defending the unfortunate, but now-a-days it would seem by such reports that they are sentas legislators by trampling upon the unfortunate. One thing is very cer- tain the prosecuting counsel never gave utterance to such sentiments himself. I have no doubt, however, as he is a man of great professional pride,that he will use his utmost to convict me. . . * * + Yours confidentially, J, 6, COLT. C— H—, Philadelphia. Parson House, Feb.-6, 1842. My Dear Sire :— ‘Although I stand condemned by twelve men, do not think that it causes meso much pain as you imagine. No, no. Death hath no, terrors for me. The @ world above this, and believe a just one. Man, at the worst, can only destroy the body. I did but defend myself agninst a wonton, vile and unpardonable attack. is | would do again, at any time, when insulted and assaulted. No mam would do less. His very nature compels him to this. I have been tried and condemned for endeavoring to secrete a misfortune, not forkilling aman. Prejudice or error misled or governed the whole proceedings of the trial—justice took no part. The time will come when men will look upon this whole affair in its proper light— at least I believe 60 ;, perhaps after [have suffered ; and, believe me, truly, sir, that I should prefer a thousand deaths and be thought innocent, than liv be pointed at as guilty of a crime that my shudder at the mention of, even from my boyhood w not think that! fear death. Ihave nothing in this reproach my conscience with, Before my God, within the frontal of heaven, I can exclaim to the man, “I was your friend—for this you abused me—I asked you to be just— for this you ‘acensed me of injustice. For ‘calm words, you gave me insulting language. For peremptor denial, you gave me blows—for this you accidentally fell a victim in a resistance to your wonton and unjustifiable assault. Heaven protect the innocent and unoffending in this affsir—Heaven will be just !” My great suffering is for my friends. I care but little for ™ wei This will be to them a heavy blow. ‘Twill wither up tho very charity of their hearts, and they will look with distrust upon ali around them. Yours, hurriedly, J.C. COLT. ToR———— F—— Baltimore, M. D. “Parsox House, Febs 8, 1842. Dean Faiesp -— Your kind letter was received this morning. It is truly a great satisfaction to find that it weighs nothing with you (i friends, because I have been condemned by just twelve men. One-half were doubtless prejadiced, although they may not have known it. Several we now know had ex- pressed an opinion that was hostile before the trial. There is so much said here by the press, on all such affairs, that a man is first tried and condemned without a hearing — There is many an aye hen or = baht og f ted with the press: bu’ ere is L any consummate scoundrel. monte and bee bee i them ere, consequently, often forced into sw pos ogg ‘Many on odifor catches half his ident from rival prints, avd not from the multitude ; and being honest himself, elieves his contemporaries to be so likewise ; consequently, ignorance, falsehood ond preju- dice are promulgated, and the prople placing too much confidence m what they read, are led in errer, ana give vent to feel d expressions, that they in their calmer moods would lament, could they but see correctly, can- vaas tacts, and separate truth from falsehood. A man must have been blind not tohave observed this, Every thing is made to move by excitement. Money is the great god that can alone stay it. If a man is not rich, and meets with a misfortune, he must expect to be damned. Money through the medium of the press, has, iu this country, av reat an iuflueace over courts of law, as lund, wealth, and aristocracy under @ monarchical government, when the Each wanton judge new penal statutes draws, Lawé grind the poor, and rich men rule the laws.” but a name, liberty but a shadow; give me and {could put my foot upon the neck of tre All the evidence of the least importance in the i in my favor. Justice My case will be carried upon a bill of exceptions. Per- haps it is best that the decision is as it was. [ may get pew trial, and be justly dealt with. Says Hume, “I many things the ex.remes are nearer to one tice) than the means.” Had the verdict bee it was, it might have proven a total, irrecove ble blast, ‘Lhere is ever a hops beyond injustice, rising likea star ofa cloudy night; true, it may come late, still it replaces the heart, and the longer absent the more w come. But of the worst let come the worst, I shail die calm as ever man died. I have ever had hopes beyond this world. Did 1 believe that this existence was the begi ning and the end, I should curse the giver. No—impossi- ble—it cannot be, ‘The universal world—the mighty heavens—speak in signs more convincing than words, more conclusive than argument, more appealing than parables—that there is a God above—just, mighty, all- werful. ‘The palmy sunbeams, the sweet zephyrs, the Bil-bountifal earth, proclaim his goodness far more than justice, in myriads and myriads of developments. Noman ‘should fear to shake off this mortal coil—this dying, sick. ening, painful body—this inearcerating prison-house to the mind—this incubus to the heart—this chain of disease and corruption to the soul: give me the home of my fathers t T am already at the close of the sheeet. I did_not feel, when I commenced, like writing ‘en words. But L no sooner take penin hand to speak of myself, than my mind rolls toa fearful vividness, and my bosom heaves and burns with pain that I eanhot quiet without too great a struggle. Say to J. and F. that this must answer for you all. Do not ask any more questions for amonth. So long as life, 1 shall remember the kindness of my friends. It 18 enough now for me to kuow that they believe me inno- cent.” Yours truly, J.C. COLT. ToC— H—, Philad nother (jus- milder than Dear Tor As you tune has falien upon me for befriending that man. H nottaken my binding away from Mr. Ballow, and giv it to Wells, jor the sake of throwing work in t Adams, as Wells was to give work to Adams ance, I should not now have been here of probability. Ballow is one of the fivest men in the world. He had done binding for me for the past three and I had spoken to him about binding the last ion, which he expected to have done, as he stated in evidence. But after this arrangement, Adams came tome three or 4 times, and teased me till I consented to give it to Wells, al- leging that Ballow was well todo, and that he himse had hard work to get custom. I knew that Adams’s cir- cumstanc jad been in a sinking condition since the death of Scatchard, hisold partner, owing, | supposed, to his bad management. I never did aay thing more reluctantly than when consenting to let Wells do the work in place of Ballow, and should not have done so without the pu- rest feelings of charity. ‘Adams was at times a most aggravating fellow in his language ; but I had before always attributed his mauner to hisignovance, not to ill-will, However, | was mistaken. , . * * * He has been represented as one of the mildest and meekest men the world has seen—a member of the Church, &c. &c. In all whieh there is notthe least truth. While, on the other hand, my whole family and myself have been abused — shametuily and grossly abused. ‘ * ¥ Your unfortunate friend, J.C, COLT. e h To B——— F-——, Washington, D.C. Paison House, Feb, 22, 1842, Dean Faienps :— ‘That my pecuniary circumstances as has been too fre- quently repeated, were “straitened and desperate,” was wantonly untrue. Sofar from this, I felt myself well off in comparison with the thousands I saw around me truth is, that Adams wasthe man that was in straitened and desperate circumstances, and had been notoriously 80 forthe two previous years, and only permitted to go on in his business by the lenity of his creditors. ‘The report that I was in straitened and desperate circumstances, ori- ginates from the fact of my closing business in your city but afew months before, that had proved unprofitable. — But this was done in goed time, and had I not met with my present misfortune, all my creditors would ere this have been equitably settled with, as they were all se- cured, On winding np my business, | reserved means to pay all my necessary expenses ior eighteen months, such as board, clothing and other necessaries of life, and this means I would not appropriuteto any other use. I could have paid Adams’s two-peuny debt on any day inthe week, Loffered to pay Wells to burry onthe binding, which he refusedy 28 hestated in his evidence. It was aiso stated in evidence that U had property valued, at a low estimate, at one thousand dollars—stereotype plates, and the last edi- tion of the boon-keeping. from this, if had diamonds, and other jewelry I have turned intotwo orthree hundred dollars ‘at pleasure, Besides, I was surrounded by friends, as you are aware, from whom I could have got money or crédit, it Thad wanted it. Notwithstanding ail this, in the vety. faceof truth and evidence, I was charged in court witi killing this man, (as the whole argument could rest on no other ground,) for the paltry sum of fifty-five dollars and eighty cents, the amount of my obligations, or as he had it on his books, seventy-one dollars and fifteen cents, and that, too, under cireumstances that render such maapbptin tion decidedly preposterous, But I am wandering trom the promises of my last letter. : Thongh not in “desperate and straitened circum- stances,” as has been frequently alleged, yet my cit stances were such as to require future and not far distant exertions, which a succession of misfortunes warned me to prepare for. ‘This I had anticipated on winding up my business in Philadelphia, and, consequently, 1 reserved my works on aceounts; works that I had been led to be- lieve, from a general adoption into our schools, and by un- precedented and extensive sales, had done me some cre- dit. During the three months previous to the unfortunate encounter with Adams, among other matters, I had em- ployed myself in revising parts of this work and getting new edition, as well as preparing public addresses and a series of lectures on accounts, as | contemplated and expected to resume my old, business as a public lecturer, so soon as the fall season for lecturing commenced. An occupation 'tis very true tis very humble, but at the same time one such that does no shame to an honest man. So far as making money as a lecturer on accounts,| felt no doubts ofsuccess. lt was what I had before succeeded in, what I had been accustomed to, and asa public lecturer on this branch of science, I had no competitors, as those engaged on the subject were simple teachers of what they found in books, after the common routine of school teaching. With such reflections 1 thought but little of past miscar- ryings, and felt as though I could baffle and hurl back the tideof misfortune with a stronger arm than ever, and though “down I'd sunk, the higher up 1’d rise.” ‘Adams being a printer, and hereby connected with the fraternity of the press, and the circumsténce of having killed him in my office, to which there was no evidence then appearing to me, to hold up to the public, of the one most in the wrong in the quarrel, excepting the error in his accounts, I feared if 1 divulged the misfortune, that | might bid farewell to my anticipated success as a lec turer; as all euch are greatly dependent on newspaper paragraphs. I was fearful that I should be followed with reproach, however unjustly, wherever I went, and th toa degree that would render success doubtful, if not in- deed futile in attempting. Together with By exertions asa public lecturer, my fu ture hopes were all wrapped up and dependent upon the continuation of the popularity of my works in our schools where they had been extensively introduced, and were on the increase both in sales and of adoption. in seventeen seminaries out of twenty-three tha ed the science in thiscity. It was used in about two hundred and sixty schools throughout the country, and was the only work sold in the great valley of the Mississippi, where I had formerly held the field as a lec. turer. ‘To’ whet extent such a calamity would affect a school book, in the midst of numerous excellent authors, ‘was impossible to conceive, and could only painfully be reflected upon. wi Oppressed as you see from peculiar cirenmstances, and the very natural and evil forbodings arising from the de- velopment of so great a misfortune, when, too, a secretion by odds favored an entire oblivion, right or wrong, I made up my mind, after much struggle, to secretion, in the most rapid and best way I could. If I came out with the mis- fortune, ruin stared me in the face, while in an attempt to secrete, there was a hope, although a heavy hope, to carry. My peculiar circumstances, as I above stated, almost alone took possession of my mi d controlled me.— But, you may ask, ‘if you had not been peculia situated, would you have come out with the misfortune Tthink not, and the reasons I will give in ‘Truly yours, To C. HL, ete., Philadelphia. next, . C. COLT. Passos Hovsx, March 19, 1842. Deas . . . * . You have indeed sent me a beautiful pack of questions, quite a number of which I have already answered, as you will see by reading over my letters. 1 will quote several of them, however, and give as short answers as consist- ent. “When you had killed Adams, how come youafterwards to go to his shop? and why did'you callon Mrs. Adams It was five or six days after the catastrophe that L went to Adams’ shop, You must recollect that it waa stated in evidence that [had about a thousand dollars in property there, and it was necessary to look after it. My only ob- jectin going at that time was to request Mr. Monahan to ‘see that the stereotype plates were putinto the vault,as they had lately been used, and thus to preserve them against fire or other accident. 1 might here euter into an argument showing the posi- tive absurdity of the grounds of the ution, which that Tkilled Adams to get hold of this property,” So an forthere never was any a tempt to do so. So far from thi Leven neglected to attend to the binding and other bus pre ng gy great depression of business and the unhap- piness I felt. naan Kap Gh disp en er, to m: Ww , th $ not know, till after the catastrophe, that Adams was a married man. You must have read some of the mistaken newspapers, to have obtained this information. What kind of a woman she is, is more than [can say. “Why did you strip the body of its clothing 7” The clothing w ould have identified it years afterwards. Any simpleton making up his mind to secretion, would have done as much. See old letter. Why did you ship the boxto New Orlea ecalse it was a warm climate and the vo: i city would take from seventeen to t ity Nay at og sequently, agreeable to the common Course of nature, it cay belore any information could be obtained to it, See old letter @ person remark that the part of your usay you went to see your brother po him this atfair,and ask advice, ar mind, and did not disclose it to him, looks improbable. Whoever says this must speak without refecti NF et believe me quite ignorant aul incapable of reasoning. ‘The first natural impulse was to sock the alvice and wel ofafriend. But had I related the fact to him, it would have made him an accomplice in the sugretion ; and if b Say nccident during that attemp: a development had been made—stich as the box sliding from the stairs and bueate ing open, or had the drayman’s horse ran away, or it had fallen from the tackel when being lowerad i " h fe wered into thy or that the building hal taken fee during the ti persons had bursted into the room. Under such adevel- Opmeat, it would readily have been constructed into a conspiracy, and both certainly been huag. Tated the facts to him, would have boom tekave eee” ed his life, as well ai to render my situation. aes. earious. bs Fe S ze id m Yours truly, J.C. Cour, To C.H., Philadelphia. Parson House, March 6, 1842. . Gh 8% ya enodoubt if Thad at first returned Adams’ abu. wage after his own manner, instead uf being mild as I was, that the quarrel would have ended i smoke. But the man eviteatly construed my inves Dean Farexp— into fear, and when he became so abusive that { could no longer contain myself, ant turned his language upon him, he gave slap with the back of his hant across the’ mouth, which blow was instinctively returned, and we were ina straggling fight, which & but which [ assare you has left me in and deep arid lasting sorrow. {even wii Thad fallen myself. * . Your unfortunate fri To C. O. H Cincinnati. Parison House, 2. venir ke fouse, March 15, 1642 ‘To your inquiry, “ what kind of aman was Adams?” Twill leave you to form your wn opinion from a simple fact that hag been related to me since my trial. Three or four years ago Scatchard, the partner of Adams, died. “His ‘property was invested in his printing establishment jointly with Adams. Ona his death-bed he left all in charge of this maa, Adams, having received a promis from him that he woul first pay out of his effects isfuneral expenses, then the debts he owed, and the ba- lance he would pass over to his witeandchildren. $0 far from fulfilling this promise, he contrived to wrong Soatchard’s widow out of evory thing, and cartied hie principles to so far alength as to refuse to pay even the five dollars to the grave digger of poor Scatchard, which sum was subsequently raised b: . Long, bookselle: Alig, byjsubeodiptlon: wiipeee in this city, by subscription, with other ought shows, ec. for poor Scatchanl’s This was perhaps a development of his true character. But all that relates to the truth of this man’s character has been most artfully and assiduously kept hid from the pub- lic. Those of his own craft, but a few of them do not know his real character. Why, there are not five print- ers in the country that would not sell the very coat from offtheir back before they would refuse to pay for digging the grave of a partner in business that they had lost. But he suttered too much from my hand for mé to memion his faults. I hope sincerely, most sincerely, that this spirit now exists happily in heaven. The widow Scatchard ‘and her family now resid Brooklyn, and will at any time testify to thia fact, as well as Mr. George Long, in this city. “What kind of aman doyouthink Adams was? + * + + Yours, in fond remembrance, JOHN ©. C ToH. R., Baltimore, me Paison House, Jun Dean Mapan— tree ds) * + ‘ . . * . Do youask me, “ Dol read and believe in the bible ™ One at all fond of history, or of a curious book, will cer tainly read the bible. As a book ofhisto y itis invalua- ble from its autiquity ; and regarding it only as a fable, it certainly is the most curious book extant. But what is, and what is not, the intent and meaning of many of its pas- soges, aamits of very different degrees of opinion. hardly know by your questiva what kind of an an- swer you If you wish. to know whether I spend weekly so many hours upon my knees in a repetition of so inany Words and phrases, denoting, in language, ideas—or so many hours in conning over the chapters ot the bible, I must say that I do not. | only do thuse things when the spirit moves. Lassure you that I have read the bible more thun once thoroughly, and parts of it often, and with love and admiration. Christ's sermon on the mount, as given in Metthew, chapters 6 and 7, may be read with never- tiring pleasure. There is in ita uty of language en- chanting the soul, and. a purity of thought which carries man, in conception, beyond his nature. It has never been siecle by. the eloquence of any other being. Itis only mute, bu wertu! er-ceasin, loquence of Nature tind Netute’s God So” . ieve in the Spirit of the Bible—at least in the religion therein aya on the infinite punishment :. ‘Mane we hope, isinteaded from the beginning of his existence to remain forever a being in existence—in a spiritual exis- tence, if not physical. His acts, however, all of them in this corporal existence, are finite, and although he may sin, and that, too, against an infinite God, still that God oneof infinite goodness. Agreeably to my views, it isas absurd to suppose that the Creator would inflict an infinite punishment upon one of his creatures for a finite action, as itis to suppose in the first place that he created man sin. Man is doubtless punished according to the deeds done in the body. Religion { b eis, and ever has been, an inseparable ingredient with man’s soul, that it consists in a simple love, thankfulness and reliance ia God. ‘The Indien, who never saw the Bible, but worships the Great 8) and thinks his Maker moves at times in the music bling waters, and the swift wind, is, in my mind,as certain to be saved as we who repeat long prayers in the syne gogue and listen to the music of organs. Tsincerely think that the Bible is an inspired book, and intended asa guide to man. It is certainly marked with such features as will keep it a thing apart, or in contra: distinction with all other works. With all earthiy consideration, and hopes in the future, I remain, ond ko. |. C. COLT. ToS. A. G., Boston, Mass, Pure 5 Dean Faienp— a ee You willsee by looking over the New York of this morning, that I was sentenced yesterday. File was necessary belore my case could be carried up to the Court of Errors. It had been my intention on thts occasion to make some remarks to the Court of a very different mean- ing to those you gee reported. But 1 sup Tshould not be sentenced till the last way’s sitting of the Oyer and Terminer, and consequently, had kept my mind as much oecupied as I could in other matters, that I might as far as possible forget my troubles. Udid not know till late on the day before that I was to be sentenced so soon, and the remarks you see printed, which I handed to the Court to rend, were written under intense feeling. The object of writing them was to avoid the customary remarks of the judge that usually accom. pany such senten T see nothing now inthe remarks that the Court read for me that Ithink should have been altered, excepting the word “trample,” used in three con. secutive sentences. It would have been better to have used the word “mistook.” The word “ a as there used, seems harsh, al- though not intended to beso. But you know how it is when one desires to do neh thing exactly right, when not prepared, nine times out of ten it is done exactly wrong. T suppose I wrote over twenty different statements the night before, for | was wp and down all night, and in too much distress to sleep * * * J should have read the myself, instead of handing it to the Court, had I not fast the time so unnerved and weak as to have rendered me in- capable of getting through with it. ‘Phe judge, unfortunately for me,you will pee oe the statement in high dudgeon. He mistool A e meaning of the statement itself, as well as the of my own intent, and came down Sin me likea hi x as he struek the paper upon the desk, in a manner ot pro- bably unconscious violence. Had the Court received my statement with kindness, I believe | should have sunk en- turely down. But the way it was received thrilled through and strengthened me aa breath of prot oxyd of nitrogen ; and consequently, in addition to the Court, had [ have ha: the whole City Hall upon my back, I should irresistibly have shaken itoff. Pash any man, under any and every cireumstanee, beyond a certain point, either by mi struction or otherwise, and irresistibly he turns upon you, although by every sense of inward feeling,he sincesely de- - to avoid all differences between himself and his fel- jow men. By reading my explanation, as you will see reported, you will porcdlre ‘hat T spoke trom an involuntary im- pulse, asmy language was entirely unguerded. One ex- pression that I tweed fs particularly unfortunate in my pre- fent situation. It was this, a I said—"I never comm an act in my life that I would not have done again under similar circumstances.” This is not an uncommon ex- ion ‘dest of men to make. But to render it in Beltgablecs many renters, t requires a metaphysical con- struction. ‘The meaning is simply t —“Inall my acts of life, so far as within my own gont have enleavored vl onscientiously thought was right at the to-dowwhét torre construe such e sentiment, used by any one, so ax to make it appear that he never lamented @ mis- tuigment, or would net profit from experience, is to make tim out no lessthan a madman or a fool. We all know, fromthe i toe taught perc our acts in life, that we shonld act very bay ly, had we to go over them from the fact that the same causes or influences 0] ‘ing upon the mind produce, at different times, difterent effects—at another,gfrom sical or mental disability—while, at all times, the is pure, and the intent isto do what we suppose to be right at the lime we act. Why isthe questionasked, why sentence ofdeath should not be pronounced, ifthe prisoner is not petvieget to make beep ‘And ifany reply ix made, be ex ception should it not, under such extreme circum)