Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-08-04

rsnd tear of sympathy He laid conversins
with perfect composure, occasionally putting ore
hand on his wife's face, and feeling her pulse with
the other, until he had felt the last ,hrob Fare
WE'LL said he, child of sorrow Farewell, child
Of misfortune and persecution-You are now Sc
cure from the tongue OF slander-Fot you have
lived: for you die He then kissed her twice and
said, / am now ready to co.
The rest OF the story is soon told. After hav-
ing taken leave Of the remains of his wife. the
wretched convict was conveyed in covered wa
gon TO the place of execution, a short distance
from Frankfort, where he met his fate with great
frmness, and expressing the fullest confidence in
the forgiveness OF his sins After hanging few
minutes his body taken down and delivered TO
his afflicted father, who proceeded with it, together
with that OF his wife, TO Bloomfield, in Nelson
county. where he desired to be buried. "There,
IN accordance with their request, coffin was pre-
pared big enough to hold them both; and he was
placed IN 1t with bis right arm round her neck. In
that condition they committed TO the earth UNI
til the last Dreadful Dsy."-Beauchamp was %
years OF age.
The mail brings us address from Mr. p II.
Darby to the citizens of Kentucky, which casts
additional light upon the murder Of Col. Sharp
Among the circumstances, which he brings forward
Is the copy ut a veryrsinsular inscription, written
by Mrs. Beauchamp, and offered to the Editor
To be engrates Upon tie Tombstone Of Mr. and M, Bsou
champ, uritten by Mrs. Bssucianip.
EotoAbd below in other, arm,
The husband aud the wife
Safe from life's never--niing storms,
Aud safe from all their cruel FOES
child Of evil fate she li,J
The husband OF her heart reyy'd
The happiness, he long had lost.
He heard her iai. Of maichl-,s woe,
aud burning for revenge he ru,e,
And laid the coward villsnlo
And struck dsnay TO virtues foes.
Reader il honor, generou, blood,
| Fer warm'd thy breast, here drop atcsr,
Aud Ietthe sympathetic flood,
Deep ~ thy nind lis traces bear.
Father r Mother thou,
ny daughter view in g,ief's despair;
Then turn aud see the villain low
aud here let fall the grateful tear
ABro,iier, or a Sitter thou,
Drionoud, see thy Sitter dear,
Then turn and see the villain low,
Aud here lie, fall the grateful tear.
Daughter Of sorrow! most thy tear
ThIs Tomb OF Love and Honor claim:
t"r thy revenge the husband here.
Lad down IN youth hts hfriauJ fame
Iii. Wife di,lau'd a life forIoru
Without her hearts lov'd hosor'd lord
ih.n, render, here their fortune. mourn,
Hho Jorthetr lore their fe-bieod pour'd
Again - In a letter to VIM. BIadburn Of the
18th OF March last, she says, " NV father bro,hsr
sister and friends were all dead was def.nceIess
female; unJustly robbed OF character"
Mr.. Darby suhJoins also the following statement:
10 Mr.. Winsate, Besucbamp said, in the
presence oil his wife, and to which she Welded her
continuation and assent, that the Sharps had forged
eeruheates' showing that the child of Nir-. Beau
S Gu "'sA muiat'o' and showed them to Mrs
oharp 10 reconcile her. and quiet the repose of bs
own iamiiy. And that Mrs. Sharp, and Mrs. Scott.
her mother, might blame themselves. In a very great
degree Tor the murder OF Col. Sharp"
Mr.. ID. adds
" The nearest that have been able 10 come m +,
correct knowledge of Mrs. Beauchamp's original
cause OF complaint against Col. Sharp, was a con-
81 quo hau win Mr. Edrington. In that she
SAID, as he stated to me. 90 came of az pood ,
family az any in Virginia. I moved in the frs,
circles OF society," And now, to reflect and see
"hat Colonel Sharp has brought me to. il more
Than can bear. He first seduced me and ~,
content with that, he then slandered me- to eraifv
.he ieei'ngs OF others. And now, am, by the
'hs'rumehtality oil the Sharps, in q dungeon with
my nu,oahd condemned to die, for what you, or
any other man OF spirit would have done - These
observations, together with what she has written
ana done, shew very clearly what she consider ed
nef wrongs to consist in Colonel Sharp is said 70
nave addressed her. He obtained her confidence
and her affections He rfled her chastity. and ,ben
abandoned her for another. But whether she after.
wafus Tell sacrifice to her affections, or her re
vehge' IL what the spirh Of her feelings and the
course OF her actions, leaves very doubtful. An
oition, love and revenge appear 10 be IN. nedo,n;
nant traits OF her character and feelings And ,v
own opinion is, that disappointed in the two frs,
oy Col. Sharp, she then intended to indulge the
latter by pouring poison into the cup of his do
nestle bliss, by taking from Mrs. SHARP, what she
could not herself enjoy-the blessing of domestic
peace, and the happiness of connubial faith. Bu,
IN THIS design she found herself again Disappointed
by the production OF certificates and then she de-
lermlned upon his life, the last mean. of pra,fv
ing her revenge, and disappointing the hope. of
tnose who she considered in the enjoyment of wba,
she believed ought TO have been hers,
dy A'as'-
Nov. Tyler's Eulogy on Mr.. Jefferson. nro.
nounced at Richmond on the lih inst is bieiJv &,
justly praised II has one recommendation Which
re" In this quarter can claim it is short, and NAV
De extensively circulated and resd because +, can
oe printed In two or three columns of . newspaper
nlost oil the oratons delivered at the South are of
ms description we frequently see them printed
III 'ne newspapers. The fault of the orators of our
neghoorhood Is, that their produciionslare much too
long and they are from this circumstances les.
reau. IL they are published at allit is in pam
phiet ior and II then US from 20 to so cents
10 read them. MIR. Everetts late Grafton at Cam
orIdge forms book Of 80 pages. 1t s4jlI unoues-
tionaoiy repay perusaI, richly but, we appr.
hehd that being from the nature of its d, camatjon
It's effect is in great degree lost at the least IL,
cn .I IS necessarily limited. Salem Gag.
1900