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I have neither the leisure or the patience to do
it, altho' I have a very clear & vivid recollection
of almost every fact, & incident connected
with it. Notwithstanding the lapse of near
20 years. The shock at the time was very great
but thank God, I have had the fortitude
to bear it better than I expected.
Very few of the prominent men, connected
with the Trial are now living.
Judge Mitchell died in Mississippi, several
years ago,: He was almost literally [?]
from the bench in Ten. : his rudeness, vulgarity,
tyranny, & oppression having become insupportable.
Mr. Campbell, died in Ten. a few years ago,
having been for a long time nothing but the
wreck of the man he had been.
Judge Grundy, the leading Counsel, has also
been dead several years - Judge Anderson (Wm
E.) died in Miss. Judge Lay, another one
the Counsel, died in N. C. Thos. H. Fletcher
died suddenly in Nashville several years
ago. Judge Isack has also been dead many
years : He died a Miserable death, having
been for years under the influence of a most
loathsome disease. Stephen Adams, at
present in Miss. is the only one of the
Prisoners Counsel, now surviving : He had just
then Commenced the practice of the law, had
been an acting Constable, & was, as far as I
know, a worthy man : He was put up, to
make a little speech, as he afterwards
informed me, because it was supposed he had
some influence with a particular juror
James H. (or A) Collingsworth was also one
of the Counsel for the Prisoner. He removed