on the third charge, which related to the confession
recently made by Halloway, on which that charge had been
framed.

The sergeant of the guard, and the governor's orderly
having severally corroborated the first portions of Major
Blackwater's evidence, the examination on the part of
the prosecution terminated; when the president called on
the prisoner Halloway for his defence. The latter, in a
clear, firm, and collected tone, and in terms that
surprised his auditory, thus addressed the Court:--

"Mr. President, and gentlemen,--Although, standing before
you in the capacity of a private soldier, and, oh! bitter
and humiliating reflection, in that most wretched and
disgraceful of all situations, a suspected traitor, I am
not indeed what I seem to be. It is not for me here to
enter into the history of my past life; neither will I
tarnish the hitherto unsullied reputation of my family
by disclosing my true name. Suffice it to observe, I am
a gentleman by birth; and although, of late years, I have
known all the hardships and privations attendant on my
fallen fortunes, I was once used to bask in the luxuries
of affluence, and to look upon those who now preside in
judgment over me as my equals. A marriage of affection,--a
marriage with one who had nothing but her own virtues
and her own beauty to recommend her, drew upon me the
displeasure of my family, and the little I possessed,
independently of the pleasure of my relations, was soon
dissipated. My proud soul scorned all thought of