The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-01 00:00:00

Exezmtion of a Welshman in Am erica.

Dr. John W. Hughes, who is described as a native of
Wales, was recently hung at Cleveland, Ohio, for having
murdered Tamsen Carsons, a woman with whom he had
been living for some months previous. The doctor's
grandfather, says a New York letter, was a native of the
parish of Ballaugh, in the Isle of Man, and his great-
grandfather accompanied Bishop Wilson to that place
early in the eighteenth century. At 21 the doctor came
into possession of property valued at £15,000 to £16,000,
and soon after he enlisted in the British service, doing
duty in Ireland and in the Crimea. In a fit of despera-
tion, caused through the breaking off a marriage en -
gagement, he married a woman who had formerly been
connected with the family, but the association did not
break up his " fast" habits, and eventually he went to
America, after Laving squandered most of his property.
After remaining some months in Cleveland, Ohio, ho re-
turned to his home in the Isle of Man to bring out his wife
and child, and did so after selling his property. After his
return he practised medicine with varying success in diffe-
rent places in Ohio, then ♦oluntered in the Union army,
and soon became an assistant-surgeon in the hospital at
Vicksburg. Suddenly returning to his home, he detected
his wife in a situation that nearly crazed him. Then he
eloped with the woman Tamsen Parsons. The couple were
married. Dr. Hughes was arrested and tried on a charge of
bigamy. After conviction ho was sentenced and pardoned.
Subsequently his wife and child went to the Isle of Man to
visit their relatives, against his own wishes and that of
their friends, and during their absence the connection with
Tamsen Parsons was renewed; and, because she threatened
to leave him, ho murdered her in open day in the streets of
Bedford, Ohio. On the scaffold he made an extraordinary
statement. He said, " This death penalty is ridiculous, and
if you will consider over it you will find it is wrong. One
life is as good as another. What advantage is it to take
my life ? None. It is not an example to deter others from
the crime. Did I remember pointing that pistol ? No ; I
don't remember it to this hour. Yet it is the law, and we
must abide by it—the law of man, but not of God. lam
'convinced of it. For six months now I have had every
sect of religion to visit me, and they come in to tell me
which is the way to heaven. Do I believe them ? No
What is man's way to Heaven ? The same as his way on
earth. Do unto others as we wish to bo done to. I have
thought it all over, fully and conscientiously, and have
come to the conclusion that my life in another world will
be the same as in this, with the difference that there all will
be pure. I have considered this over for six months, and in-
tended to give my own life up to my exit out of this world. I
intended to take my own life, but did not succeed. I took
enough to take me out of the world, but it is the Great Spirit's
will that I should not; and I have not done it. I don't be-
lieve to-day—God forgive me if I say anything wrong—that
Jesus Christ was the Son of God. My anatomical knowledge
and everything says that the Immaculate Conception was
not right. It is against nature and philosophy ; it is
against human nature. I believe that no purer spirit, no
better man, ever lived on earth than Jesus Christ, and that
in the spirit world ho is next to the Great Creator himself
—as far as we know. At the same time, I will tell my
experience tells what I know in my own soul. I know
from my own experience that there is communication with
those who have departed from this life. I am to-day
about to suffer the extreme penalty of the law, but at the
same time am sure I shall bo with, you after the execution
as I am now."

MARKETS,—This Day.

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ME ROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There were only 7 English and 83 Scotch beasts on sale
here to-day, the remainder of the supply being wholly
composed of foreigners. The beef trade, however, was
very quiet at Monday's currency. The best Scots and
crosses sold at 58 Gd per lbs. Sheep —the show of which
was very moderato moved off slowly at late rates. The
best Downs and half-breds in the wool realised Gs 6d to
6s 10d per 81bs. Calves were a slow inquiry on -former
terms—viz., from 5s 8d to Gs 8d per Blbs. Pigs wore tole-
rably firm in price. It is expected that about 220 head of
Scotch beasts will arrive by sea for Monday's market.
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Per 81b to sink the offal.
s ds d s ds d
Crse. ec inf. beasts... 4 0 4 4 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 10 6 4
Second quality do ..4 6 4
,19 Prime a'thdown 00 6 6 6 10
Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 2 La ge coarse calvcs 5 8 6 2
Prime Scots, &c.... 5 4 5 6 Prime small do 6 4 6 8
Crse. and inf. sheep.! 2 4 10 Large hogs .4 t• 4 6
Second quality do ..5 05 8 Small porkers ..4 85 0

Lamb....Os Od to 0, Od.