Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-03-22

AND after "6ruShng d,n Ito keep up the fioure,
IN nigh style, for two or three hundred wards
ana occasionally applying her instrument with
great efficiency TO the shoulders of the fupi
1--WE oeau, she was obliged to give up the chase,
and thus afforded him an opportunity of accon.
piisning ms retreat in security.
What NAV be the result of this feline sort
OF courtship, we presume not TO conjecture. but
we mad rather have witnessed the castigation
ana the race, than any thing of the kind which
mas occurred since the days of the merry ram
Die OF Johnny Gilpin and his mare.
The sighted lady her own avenger
FontRne aninaiS, celesti6us irG2
isaac b. Deshd.-The murder committed ~
kentucky on the ID Nov. last, on the body of Mr.
Baker, was brought 10 the door of Isa,c y MI
ny strong and continued chain of circumStap,iaI
'iuonCe' lie was found in possession of Bakers
"oiSe' us sddoe bags, his pocket book his clothes
Me'e Hnown 10 have been in company on
',e "'oih'hg oil the I'd Nov. when Baker dsa pnear
ea-and spots of blood on the clothes of Dosb. ,d
odkef morse, and many minor circumstances
seemed to INK the guilt of the bloody act on Desh
oeyohd the possibility of u doubt IL is knnu,n In
our readers, that Desha was apprehended- triad
"" euity oy jury, and subsequently granted
NC" ''iai oy Judge Shannon. The relationship nj
u 'he governor of Kentucky, the political ex
| G. Il1 nUa nj,
'"e parry feelings which mixed themselves with rho
| transaction, gave great interes, To the rial I'D =
"iue iame 10 the murder Judge Shanrn, beIonao
" the r'ellei party, of which Gov Desha ;s . Id
| p a"u 10 'hS circumstance the new trial
| Ii: ~ nun " Desha was aScribed by many
~" 'Hhhal vase convicted under stronger cir
| cuhstahtldl proof, and If the evidence ,vos 70 h
oeeNe.' no moral doubt of h s guilt could be well
entertained. Judge Shannon has puhIisbod h;s s,;
| n'"h III iaVor OF new trial, al great lenuth w.
H"'r not YET procured copy, but the follow
ing OrIef OF 1t, from Baltimore nan.r. will NM,
'ie reader In possession of his REASONING He has
c, seoe' la shaking our implicit BELIEF i'm Desba' {
"",'' aitet ali, that unhappy man is inno-
ecn' Vi the deed, 1t not only will add Il strous case
10 me many already ON record of the uncer,ai, ~
1i0utstahtIai evidence, but will satisfy the ,noIe
woilu mat no man ought to lose his fame and Ills
' 'i''' thc proof OF circumstances, no matter how
numerous, strong and imposing
From The Baltimore american
we nave received from I.exinpton Ken.
tuchy' an extra Gazette containinp Jndoe
'"'''''onS oPihion on the subject of granting 2
nc" ''idi III me case OF the Commonwealth u.s.
oS"r' ''iu"''eu Tor the murder of Baker Ii
..t,;ni &c" columns OF closely printed matter
IN winch tile Judge undertakes IN chow f.o,
me evidence, that DeSha could not have haan
the murderer OF Baker-nay, he STRONGLY ;nt,-
uidtes MS suspicious, that the witnesses On tho
part oi the prosecution who first discovered the
5 uedo oody, were themselves the perpetrators of
'his sanguInary deed. In the whole of This iona,
S Comment, but one column is given TO consid
erailon OF the rs for a new trial ,uh,ch
were, improper department on the part of the
Snefih and Jnry-the rest is occupied BY a con.
SIueratioh OF the evidence presented on the trial
vi t''iS extensive matter, the following is a COM
prehensive analysis
| On the ID NV
kept by Mr.. Doggett. and rode nF IN S,o,i
ol ntoXicatiOn. Desla had arrived at tho t..
Vefn the preceding evening about sunset, and
Cd the succeeding day they departed topether
O"th on horseback. Soon afterwards. the marc
on "hich Baker rode testified To bv two of the
Witnesses, but dIsbelleved by the Judpe.) with =
saddle and bride on, came to Baps a Mace four
mics distant from the other and was caupht br.
a man by the name of Milton Bail. sunnos;nG
some rider had been thrown from his horse H.
tesiihes that he shortly afterwards met Desha,s
morse destitute OF rider also, with a saddle on
out no orioue' ana shortly after, met Desha him
WIN par OF saddle bags on his arm who
mounted the mare, took the deponent nm behind
MN and returned TO the house of the daponenrs
father. Desha departed taking with him bo,I,
the horse and the mare TO the house of his f,thor
!, ms look place according to this testimony. nm
the "a OF November. On the eighth of that
mohth, me body OF the deceased was found no.
tween BalPs aud DOgget's by Milton Rail
about fifty yards from and in sight of the nnb
Iic road, lying by the side Iog, and the side
next to the road, with the throat cut f,om oar r.
ear, and with other marks of violence exbibit
ing every symptom Of recent m, rder. Tho
features were Datural-there was mo svreI.
ling OF the body, and no offensive evidence Of
Putrescence. This is the ground on which tho
Judge doubts that the murder was comm,tted
at the time that Dcsba was seen with the marc.
the body must have lain in that exposed state FIR
seven days. WI
Desha states that he purchased the mare and
saddle bags ofthedeceased, for which hepave him
ms note, and returned riding her and leading his
horse-that his horse pulled away from'him and
I'D SO DONG tore rag from his finger which had
been cut the day before-that he disnounted IN
Obtain The rag and to adjust it to his finger. and
whlle he was doing this the mare also escaped.
tie states that he followed them on until he was
oveFtaken by Ball in the manner as stated nv
the witness. In this he accounts for the blood
u OF the bridle r1,,.,.:a, o.o'''
On our first page will be seen two articles of in.
tercst---mr' Giles replication, nd the honorable
principles IN relation to the support of the present
Administration, avowed by Messrs. Gales & Seaton
Of the National Intelligencer. We are bapnv IN
bud that nearly all the respectable papers Of the
| country, east, west and south ar, .c,;.. - a. -