Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-07-31

brought out IN DlanKet ana lald III IL aims
particular request, Mr.. M'Intosb took seat
by his side. Some Of the ministers of the gos-
pel had taken their leave Of him, 10 whom ne
EXPRESSED the same confidence in the forgive.
ness of his sins and the hope Of a happy inn
mortality as in the morning. Just as they
were ready 10 start he said in severe tone,I
want to see Darby lie was asked what he
wanted of Darby. He said Il want TO acquit
him. Darby soon made his appearance be-
side the Dearborn, and Beauchamp, smiling,
held out his hand TO him; but Darby declin-
ed taking it, 'Mr. Darby said Beauchamp,
"I felt as If wanted TO acquit you to your face
before die. You are certainly innocent OF any
participation in the murder Of Col. Sharp, but
you were guilty of base perjury on my trial.
do no, believe you would take bride; but Ger.
tain il is, you were guilty Of a vile perjury, and
cannot conccivcyour motive" "Beauchamp,"
said Darby, "you have endeavored TO do me all
the injury you could. / was prepared to prove
the falschood of your charge that participant.
ed in the murder of Col. Sharp, but this charge
cannot disprove, because no person was pre-
sent at our conversational is the last injury
you could do me" "Mr. Darby" said Beau
cham3, "you never saw me at Duncan's we'll nor
married Miss Cook, nor did you ever see me
any where until you saw me prisoner at Jack
sons in Frankfort" DARBY was beginning 10
reply, hoping that lie would reiract this new
charge before he reached the gallows, when
Beauchamp waved his hand TO him, indicating
that he wanted 20 hes:no more, and said drive
on
GAS they moved on, the jailor asked Beau
champ how, now that he had acquitted Darby,
he found Sharp's house? Said he,I found II
myself without any assistance" The Jailor
asked him how he gothic information OF which
he had often spoken, that Col. Sharp was en-
deavouring 10 prove that his wife hads had
black child? He gave the jailor an inquisitve
look and said, 81 got ii in the anonymous letter
| received from Frankfort" The jailor asked
him lift was really true that he had received
such letter. He said that il was, & Sad he,"l
have since seen the man who gave me the in
formation and conversed with him. He inform
ed me that Sharp had told him with his own
mouth that the child charged 10 him by my
wife, was coIoured child, and that ne hadthen
slapped MIN on the shoulder and told him he
would die for that story" The jailor observed
he should like to know that mans name. Beau
champ smiled and said, 90 no; you have been
kind to me and would crafty any reasonable
request of YOURS but that man has been the
friend of my family, and his name l will never
disclose. have hiu,ed at it in what | have
written; but not SO that will be understood"
"This music" said he, "is delightful. l new
er moved more happily in my life p" Observ-
ing many ladies looking out al the windows he
requested the side curtains of the Dearborn to
be raised so that he could see them, and raising
a lille, he continued to wave his hand to them
in token of respect, until the procession got out
oftown.
"In going up the hill, the jaiior got out Of the
Dearborn. Beaushamp, observing Col Lillard
one Of the venire that tried him, near the carrl-
age called to him. The Colonel came up and
Beauchamp, smiling, offered him his hand
"You rendered a righteous verdict" said he,
"but it was on prrjured evidence" He again
repeated that Darby's evidence was wholly UNI
true, and without the false evidence in the case
he thought there was not enough to convict
him. Col Lillard asked him whether Mrs.
Sharp's evidence was correct? "In the main,
said he shut she recolectly badly. l had no
cloak on and there was no person with me In
the lot" Col. Lillard asked him whether he
had not drawn the knife from Col. Sharp until
he fell, as had been reported? He said, she had,
and struck Col. Sharp over the eye with his
left hand as he was mutte:ing his name. Did
YOU not see bruise over one Of his eyes" said
he. The Colonel answered in the negative. He
then turned, and asked some other person the
same question, and was again answered in the
ne gative. Col. Lillard asked him, who persuad-
ed him to kill Col. Sharp. He hesltatea some
time, and then said:'my wife persuaded me to
kill him."
"Having got up the hill, the jailor resumed
his seat in the Dearborn, and asked Beauchamp
how they got the laudaDum and the knife and
where they concealed them. Beauchamp said,
he had kepta knife which was sent in with his
food some months ago and concealed it, that
when his wife came, she brought file and lau-
danum in her bosom and had kept them there,
knowing that no search would be there made for
them; that they had determined TO use the
file firs if he failed to escape, then the lauda-
mum, and in the last resort the knife. With
this view he had filed away the back of the knife
brought it to point, and made it as. sharp as
he could He again described the manner in
which the stabs were given; said he FIRST took
the knife and saying to his wife, "mytear, now
l die" struck the blow; but his wife caughthis
arm, wrested the knife from him and stabbed
herself; he said his wife was sort Of Deist, and
had no computations about it; but that he was
seized with kind OF terror, which, he beliey-
ed, prevented his finishing himself."It seemed"
said he, "to be the will of God, that ishould die
under the galows."