The Litchfield County post., 1826-08-08

n ,n;tted to leave if and live. Indeed look to i vour magnanimity with some degree of con- sdence. fo advocate the extension of mercy towards me. [, Kendall, do not merit death Neither do I believe you think SO; tor you have seen the course which has been pursued towards me, and which is yet so relentlcssty towards me. But from youA expect more humanity. Then let me go n Greece or South America. My life can be there' Ot more service to mankind, than my dylng here ignoniniously, without law, can ever yield.
 oers soon. the manifestations of your hu- rnanity, I shall ever remain, gratefully,
 J.O. BEAUCHANIP.
 Amos Kendall, Esq. editor cf the Argus.
 Tread the letter and determined to pay no attention to it. On the evening of the same day, the uncle called on me and tOldme conf dentially, that his nephew had confessed the crime and related the circumstances which led to and accompanied 1t; many of which he detailed to me without giving me the name of any person implicated by-him, but stating generally. that Col. Sharp owed his death to R Ris aefiyfty in wresting the papers of the Court of Appeals from the former Clerk, and that his nephew said, if he were atliberty he could establish the whole by incontestible ev- idence. He also said, his nephew stated that he had received variety of papers from Frankfort last summer, among which was a handbill, with Col. Sharp's name annexed, in which an effort was made to prove that the child had before marriage, which Mrs. Beau champ had charged upon Col. Sharp, was a coloured child. I enguired whether those papers could be produced, and the old gen- tleman replied that his nephew said his wife had given orders for them to be destroyed when she was taken, and he feared it had been done. | told the old gentleman, that it was in vain to expect the interference of the Executive, which appeared to be the object, unless the country petitioned for the pardon of his nephew; that now the impression was all1ost universal that he was guilty, and that under this state of public opinion, without circumstance known to the world to palli- ate the crime, the Governor would not, ought not, and dare not, interfere that It he intend- ed to appeal to his country, it was necessary, that he should first appeal to that country by confessing to it the crime itself and the mo- lives which led him to commit it that if it should be proved by him that he had recei- we'd deadly injury from Col. Sharp, or had been deluded into the crime by misrepresen- tations as to his conduct, he would die with the worlds sympathies, if nothing more; that, convicted as he was, without any ex- tenuating circumstance, the truth could but do him good, because he must have been ac- tuated by some powerful motive which the world would appreciate. MT. Beauchamp expressed an entire concurrence in my opin- ion, and we separated. &
 FHere follows an account of an interview betWeen Mr. Kendall, the Nait0r of the Argus, the Governor, and old MT. Beauchamp, in which the same story was repeated by B. as above, to the Governor. &
 All this took place within thirty-six hours after sentence of death was pronounced on the unfortunate young man and from that day to this I have never interchanged a word with old MT. Beauchamp, on thesub- ject, and never, until after tho execution, with the Governor.
 One of the confessions made by young Beauchamp, and related to the Governor, was, that he had concealed the knife and the corner of the pocket handkerchief with his accomplice's name on it, not far from the Governors house. At 10 o'clock at night, on the 24th of May, the Governor receiven from young Beauchamp by the ! ailer, the following note :-
 May 2sd-Let tllsce be kept, during all this night, watch in tho palace yard, looking from the palace door in direction somewhat to the left of the palace gate, sor lights in search. If lights are seem suffer ! them to finish their search, ,and then search them. If any one is seen sauntering out in that direction, lot it be ascertained who it is-.whether he have light or not. But unless lights are used, there will be no use to have the person there searched.
 J. O. BEAUCHAMP.
 The next day search was nude for the knife, and it was ascertained that it had been. found at the spot where he said he had concealed it. Subsequently, he was taken out for the purpose of finding tho corner of the handkerchief, but did not succeed.
 How he was occupied until the .5th of June, \ am not informed but on the 8th of that month the jailer handed to the Gov ernor the following letter:
 Here follows paper of considerable length, addressed to the Governor by Beaachamp, setting forth the reasons why, m his opinion, his sentence should be re- spited until after the approaching election ---he wished time to complete hook of disclosures, and he was determined not to have it at all,nnless it should be completed.