for the purpose of shooting birds, which were gathering his fruits and buds; that he made one shot at the birds from one of the barrels of the gun, that the other barrel was loaded with powder and shot, and that in a short time afterwards (between five and ten minutes) he raised the barrel of said gun to his mouth, for the purpose, it is believed, of blowing into the empty barrel of the gun, at which time, and during which act, the barrel which was loaded accidentally went off, discharging its whole contents in at the left corner of his mouth, the shot passing obliquely upward through the brain and skull, and out through his hat, causing instant death. And we, the jurors aforesaid, upon our oath, do find and say, that on the morning of this first day of July, A. D. 1843, at Chillicothe, in the county of Ross, the whole contents of one of the barrels of a gun loaded with powder and leaden shot, were, by mere accident and casualty, and in the manner aforesaid, discharged into the head of the said George Beecher, passing through the brain and skull, by means of which said discharge into his head as aforesaid, the said George Beecher then and there instantly died. Given under our hands this first day of July, 1843.

R. DOUGLAS, Foreman.

A. CARLISLE,

DR. C. A. TRIMBLE,

R. W. DEMING,

DR. J. COATS,

A. PEARSON,

J. S. ATWOOD,

J. LIGGETT,

J. P. CAMPBELL,

DR. WM. WADDLE,

S. W. ELY,

DR. WM. FULLERTON.

By this most lamentable accident, our community has lost a member who, within the brief period of three years, (being about the time he has resided here,) has done more than any other individual towards the improvement of our city, and has also been instrumental in furthering the cause of morality and religion, to a degree equalled by few.

In the very flower and prime of life he has been suddenly cut down, just as it seemed to his friends, judging in the blindness of human prescience, he had got ready to live. Mr. Beecher was unusually ardent in the furtherance of any work which his hands found to do, and many there are who will, at the mention of his honored name, " rise up and call him blessed."

The Court of Common Pleas, holding their June session in this city, adjourned, through respect to the deceased, when a meeting was called, of which the Hon. Thomas Ewing was chosen Chairman, and John L. Green, Esq., Secretary. After the appointment of a committee to report suitable resolutions, the meeting adjourned till two o'clock, P. M. At that hour, a great number of persons convened, and resolutions, eloquently representing the sentiments of the community on the afflictive event, were offered by R. Douglas, Esq., which were unanimously adopted. Mr. Douglas made some appropriate remarks.

At three o'clock this afternoon, a funeral sermon

was preached by the Rev. Mr. Woodrow, after which the remains of our friend, in charge of his afflicted widow, were conveyed towards Putnam, at which place it is designed to inter them.

The following is an official copy of the proceedings of the meeting above alluded to.

At a meeting of the citizens of Chillicothe and strangers present, assembled to consider of their mournful bereavement, in the sudden death of the Rev. George Beecher, and to consider of such measures as may be proper and expressive of their sense of this afflicting event, by motion of R. Douglas, Esq., the Hon. Thomas Ewing was called to the Chair, and John L. Green was appointed Secretary. On motion of Allen G. Thurman, Esq., Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to prepare and report to the meeting resolutions appropriate to the occasion,

Whereupon, the Chair announced Messrs. William Creighton, Richard Douglas, and Allen G. Thurman, Esquires, such committee. Mr. Douglas, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:

Whereas, it has pleased an all-wise Providence suddenly to take from us, in the midst of life and health, our late respected citizen, the Rev. George Beecher ; and as this meeting is desirous of expressing to the family and friends of the deceased,

its deep concern for the affliction which has so suddenly befallen them; therefore,

Resolved, That we sympathize with the friends and family of the deceased, in their so late and sudden bereavement, and offer to them our deepest condolements upon this sorrowful event.

Resolved, That, in view of the sound and ardent mind of the deceased, and his untiring labors in the field of moral and religious reform, we consider his loss to this community as a public calamity.

Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect, we recommend to the members of the different professions, and all others so disposed, to wear crape on the left arm for thirty days.

Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and sent to the family of the deceased, and also published in the different newspapers of this city.

THOMAS EWING, Chairman.

JOHN L. GREEN, Secretary.

The following resolutions, copied from the Rochester N. Y. Democrat, were passed on Sabbath afternoon, the 9th inst., by the members and

congregation of the Presbyterian Church in that city, of which Mr. Beecher was pastor, previous to his removal to Chillicothe, in consequence of the announcement from the pulpit, of the melancholy intelligence of his death, by casualty :

Resolved, That the members of this church have heard with deep sorrow, the affecting tidings of the death of their late beloved pastor, the Rev. George Beecher, and they tender to the widow and other relatives of the deceased, and to the church to which he ministered, their heartfelt sympathy, in the heavy affliction, which, in the course of an inscrutable Providence, they are called to endure.

Resolved, That in the death of this beloved servant of Christ, the church has lost an active, devoted, and successful minister, and the world a man, prominent for his intellectual powers and acquirements, and his high moral worth.

Resolved, That the preceding resolutions be entered on the records of the church, and that the pastor be requested to transmit a copy of them to the widow of the deceased, and the Second Presbyterian Church of Chillicothe.

THE END.