The Litchfield County post., 1826-08-08


 1" is that my dear wife Do bring me word, what she says"
 The physicians, Roberts, Majors and Wilkinson, had examined the wound, and pronounced i: mortal, especially in her pre-. sent facilitated state.
 It was now determined to take him to the gallows as soon as possible. He was taken out into the prison yard. The sber- ifI. Mir. Walker, approached to put the rope around his neck, 6' Not yet," said he. The sheriff told him 1t was his duty, and he ac" quiesced. They were carrying him through the passage of the jailer's house, when he begged to see his wife. The physicians told him she was not badly hurt, and would soon get over it; and some objection was made to stopping.-He said it was cruel, and they carried him in and laid him on the bed beside her. He placed his hand on her face and said, My dear, do you know that this is the hand of fyour husbandI" -She returned no answer. He felt of her pulse and said-" physicians, you have de- ceived me-she is dying" To the ladies who surrounded the bed, he said, from you, ladies, I demand tear of sympa- thy."< He laid conversing with perfect composure, occasionally putting one hand on his wife's face, and feeling her pulse with the other, until he had felt the last throb. Farewell" said he, "child of sorrow-Farewell child of misfortune and persecution-You arc now secure from the tongue of slander-For you have lived for you die." He then kissed her twice, and said I am now ready to go."
 It was now half past twelve o'clock. The military were drawn up along Lewis- street, and the alley in continuation, which passes by the jailer's house, surrounded by an immense crowd, all of whom were list ening with intense interest to every rumour of the dying pair. As Beauchamp was too weak to set on his coffin in cart, cove~ red dearborn had been provided for his con- veyanco to the gallows. He was now brought out in blanket and laid in it. At his par ticular request, Mir. Mcintosh took a seat by his side. Some of the ministers of the gospel had taken their leave of him to whom ne expressed the same confidence in the forgiveness of his sins, and the hope of a happy immortality, as in the morning. Just as they were ready to start, he said, in se- were tone, "I want to see Darby" Ha was asked what he wanted of Darby. "I want to acquit him. ."-Darby soon made his appearance by the side of the dearborn, and Beauchamp, smiling, held out his hand to him; but Darby declined taking it. |" MT. Darby" said Beauchamp, " I felt as if ! wanted to acquit you to your face be- fore die.-You are certainly innocent of any participation in the murder of Col. Sharp; but you were guilty of base perju- ry on my trial. do not believe you would take bribe but certain it is that you were guilty of vile perjury, and Icannot conceive your motive. '' Beauchamp," said Darby. you have endeavored to do me all the in- jury you could. I was prepared to prove thelfalsehood of your charge, that partic:- pated in the murder ofCol. Sharp, but this charge I cannot .disprove because no per- son was present at our conyersation-it is the last injury you could do me-" {" Mr. Darby" said Beauchamp, "you never saw me at Duncan's we'll ,nor any other person,I presume, who told you he married Miss Cook, nor did you ever see me any where until you saw me a prisoner at Jack sons in Frankfort" Darby was beginning to reply, hoping that he would retract this new charge before he reached the gallows, when Beauchamp waved his hand to him, indicating that he wanted to hear no more, and said drive on. n."-The drums beat. and the military and crowd moved up Ciin- ton street to Ann street, along Ann to Montgomery street at Weisiger's tavern. and up to Montgomery street. ....
 As they moved on the jailer asked Beauchamp how, now that he had acquitted Darby, he found Sharp's house? Said he, found it myself without any assistance.' The jailor asked him how he got the infor- nation of which he had often spoken, that Sharp was endeavoring to prove that his wife had black child He gave the jailer an inquisitive look and said, 'sI got it in the anonymous letter I received from Frankfort" The jailor asked him if was really true that he had received such let- ter. Io said that it was, and, said he, "I have since secn.the man who gave me the informatioc, and conversed with him. He informed me that Sharp had told him with his own mouth, that the child charged to him by my wife, was coloured child and that he had then slapped him on the shoul- der, and told him that he would die for that story" The jailer observed thath should like to know that mans name. Beauchamp smiled and said, O no; you. have been L. :.~I