The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-30 00:00:00

CONVICTED ORANGEMEN.

We stated last week that nine Orangemen had been
convicted. We learn from 60 Dublin Morning Register,
that at the Monagan Quarters Sessions the culprits were
sentenced to a month's imprisonment—a punishment which
cannot but be considered as extremely lenient for a riot
arising out of one of those baneful party processions so
virulent in the north. The following appears in the evis
deuce of one of the witnesses for the prosecution :
Philip Finegan sworn and examined by Mr. Reilly—
Was sitting in his own house about sunset on the evening
of the 13th of July last, when he heard a party of men
coming up the road, shouting " To Hell with Pope and
Popery." They passed the House, but returned between
ten and eleven o'clock, when witness was in bed, and hav-
ing stopped on the road opposite his door, they called out
for any cowardly rascal that dare come out witness or-
dered the door to be secured, but his two sons opened it,
and stood at each side of it with pitchforks in their hands ;
witness was going to speak to the party, but his sons would
not let him, and pulled him from the door ; several stones
were flung at the door, and against the house ; only knew
one of the •persons in the gathering, and that was James
Dodson ; could not tell how many there were ; in his mind
there was a great number of them in it.
Cross-examined by Mr. Swansea—More than one stone
was throWn into the house ; Dodson was standing opposite
the door ; his house is within 50 perches of witness's , he
,vas doing nothing but standing in the gathering ; knew
Dodson and his family very well ; thinks him anything but
a quiet or peaceably disposed person.
John Finegan examined by Mr. Reilly-,-The first thing
that attracted his attention that evening was three boys
coming up the road, singing ". Croppies lie down ;" he and
his brother were looking on at a race • between two horses
on the road at the time ; the three men that were singing
" Croppies lie down," were Chambers plow), John wiloy,
and John Martin ; witness as•Ce.-.if
if them they were sing,
ing the song for the purpose of " aggravating them ; a
good deal of argument followed this question, and in th@
course of it, Chambers Dinnon pulled out a pistol and said,
" See what I have for you ;" Dodson then leaped out of
his field, exclaiming, " We are the boys that have the arms,
and that are pot afraid to use them
; witness and his bro-
ther went home, 40 ibc* PleYeit the party
turned up the road, trailing SWor pr §grp, 006 r. 7orpg,
after them ; Richard Howe came into the house just ,at the
time to ask. for his brother kfughibut left It All PIO
he was not there ;• the party continued to march up and
down, and flung several stones against the house ; they
shouted " where are the rascals now, let them come out.'
and one a T yet; gt,
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Another case says the Reaistert
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rious nature, r...s far, at least, as regarded the conduct of cer-
tain functionaries, was to have been tried at the same ses-
sions, but was compromised :—An Orange publican was
charged with having rushed out of his houSe one evening,
in company with other Orangemen, who were armed with
swords, calling out " any money for the head of a Papist."
A riot, of course, soon ensued, 'the police were called, and
several persons taken off to gaol, and amongst others this
Orange publican. The police were under the direct orders
of
,Captain Burke, but the gaoler refused to take his pri-
soners without a formal committal, signed by a magistrate,
though the invariable custom is to receive any prisoner
brought in the custody of the pollee. A magistrate was
soon in attendance, and by his orders the prisoners were
received. In the course of the evening, however, another
magistrate visited the gaol, and released' the Orange
publican. Next day a petty session was held; and when
the public was admitted to the court-house, several Catho-
- lies were found in the dock, and the Orange publican not
only at large, but apparently in familiar communication with
t..1.:e bench. On seeing this, Captain Burke remonstrated
with the bench, on which one of the magistrates observed,
" I suppose you will put one of ourselves into the dock one
of these days." The publican was at length ordered into
the dock, but the matter having been compromised, all the
accused' were forthwith liberated. It is clear, we think,
that the ends of justice would have been better attained if
a trial were allowed to proceed.

ARREST OF A MURDERER

IN AMERICA.

MOBILE, SEPT. 18.—On Wednesday evening last, one of
the M'Grews, accused of a most diabolical murder in Apri
last, for whose apprehension large rewards were offered by
the Governor, and by individual subscriptions, was brought
into this town and committed to gaol. He had fled into
Texas, whither he was pursued by Mr. Taylor, of Clai-
borne, who, after the failure of several attempts to seize him
by force, succeeded by stratagem. The story is altogether
a singular one ; and the aid given by. the Texas authori-
ties gives a more favourable impression of the dspositions
of tile Government of that country against criminals who
escape there from the pursuit of justice, than we have
hitherto been accustomed to entertain. Mr. Taylor traced
M'Grew, after his flight from this State, through Louisiana
to Natchitoches, and across the Mexican line to Nacog-
doches. At that place he learned that M'Grew was two
hundred miles in the interior, at a settlement called the
Salina, at Hall's trading house—where he was under the
protection of Hall, and the Comanche Indians. Between
these Indians and the Mexicans at Nacogdoches, hostilities
existed ; and when Taylor arrived a hostile expedition had
been sent out against the Indians. Mr. Taylor, accom-
panied by two men, followed the party—having been fur-
nished with letters to Bowyer, the commander, requesting
his aid. Instead of assisting, Bowyer, it appears, apprised
M'Grew of their object, and indeed showed him the letters.
They were obliged to flee instantly ; and were pursued by
M'Grew and two associates—an Indian and a white de-
serter—for 24 hours. They escaped by leaving the high
road and striking into the woods. On his return at
Nacogdoches, Mr. Taylor offered a reward of five hundred
dollars to any one who would take M'Grew. A Texas
Captain, named Ferguson, with eight men, undertook the
enterprise, and marched to the settlement. Hall's party
and the Indians made fight, and Ferguson was beaten off.
In the skirmish M'Grew was shot and slightly wounded.
The defeat of this party produced a proclamation from the
political chief of Nacogdoches, a sort of outlawry, ordering
M'Grew to be taken out of the country, as unfit to remain
there by reason of great crimes committed in the United
States. He also placed a civil force, consisting of the
Sheriff and 10 men, at the disposal of Taylor. This time
artifice was successfully tried. At Nacogdoches, one of
M'Grew's acquaintances, familiar with his habits and the
settlement, was prevailed upon to accompany the party, and
assist in the capture. Taylor and the men were concealed
about a couple of miles from the house where M'Grew re-
sided, while the Sheriff and the other man went up frankly
to the house to request lodging. The person a the Sheriff
was unknown to M'Grew, and on seeing him he was sus-
picious, and armed himself, but his suspicions were dispelled
by the introduction of the other person, and their proposi-
tion to give up their arms to him for safe keeping, which
was accordingly done. His caution was completely lulled,
and at night he went to sleep in the same room with them,
upon a buffalo skin, with his pistols under his head. When
he was asleep they seized him and his arms, and threaten-
ing ,to blow his brains out instantly if he did not keep silence,
carried him off to the party, who were in ambush, and all
instantly set off at full speed, and by morning were beyond
pursuit. When he was seized he thought it was for Lis
share in the recent skirmish, to which impression it is pro-
bably owing that he did not give an alarm at all hazards.
When he discovered in whose hands he was, ho behaved
perfectly quiet.; At Nacogdoches the Ernpresario fur-
nished a guard to the Sabine river. From there to Nat-
chitoches he was brought by Taylor and two others. At
Alexandria the party fell in with Mr. Kempt, the brother
of the two murdered children, who was returning from an
unsuccessful hunt after the assassin in Arkansas. From
that place he was brought without difficulty to New
Orleans, and thence to Mobile.
The crime of which this man is accused is one of the
most atrocious ever read of in the annals of depravity.
Two children, lads of eight to 14 years of age, were
butchered in cold blood, wantonly and savagely, from a
demoniac spirit of revenge against their parents. The
crime, the flight, the pursuit, and the arrest, form altogether
ail exciting as well as a terrible tragedy.—New York
Paper.