The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-05-15

~ - His'i ueilAppy relatives, and SOM -
si'' more ieain' Interest iu thu for une NJ ~
-'"'s ass"'ia'es an enormous ihrops a, -
compietions, aud displaying ali r,e,.i.i. y a.
ties ofdfcss, from the ragged. si;r,l.s. '"flc-
less, mendIcant, TO the spruce ond no. at'e
coNcomb--Heepmg females. lawyer, sa
Judges, reporters constables &c &c 80,
the motley audience OF - sessions ern.. Up
lhe real business OF the court is to a Ely
and philanthropist, highly inteiest,ng ger
FIRST ihing Is " The dischafgedn Fiftv s. ne
miserable sretehes are called w and NY
outside fthe bar, without any reyald sea
are or colour, exhibiting curious SPERM
'he strange company mo which vice and -. "
ry always bring their victims. The ise-
then disehagtd by proclamation, and ~, =
isii man instant. Then come the persons
Vlcted ofthe more serious crimes m. gH.
brought up IN pairs, and the Recorder
briefly recapItulatrs their "fcnce and nro,,I
ceS Their sentence.--Occasio ually the md
cnprtis make an anpral Ia Tie merc, az y!
1omi. TN Saturday there were two inst....,
where the prisoners appealed very peva,st,
and ahrCungis 10 the humanity o. IN. r.,
i Inc frst Was n Young and good looking H.
man, who had pleaded guilty TO cta,.,
! having Obtained a sum OF money by mean. ~
a forged draii upon the North River bank a.
admitted his crime, and gave hstor, If ~.
/ at
his sentence. lie had been about Il yea m a.
| country and had exhausted ms means IN +, 90.
| attempt TO obtain some permanent emplo, n
| Ills family IN Ireland was respectable ami ~
| own character had hitherto been tminipeacbed \
know SAID he, Z" that in my country sncg \
| a crane would have been cxpiated BY nv dc,th
| ask no mitigation of my sentence here | do
serve to be punished and submit Blu, dn .oa,
oh do not send me 10 InIngle with the vicG.
edness and proBigaoy oi the common prison =,
my principles AMI my heart are unlimited 80
! would be spared the temptations and the mi.
intions OF such vicious communion. PM me- -
solitary confinement: send me to death h, ,,a
be shot at once, SO that my name may NOVA
more be head of, and my family aud friends man,
be spared the story of my shame -Bnt ipst,c.
v as mex"rable and the poor fellow was sen.
fenced to seven years hard labor in the STATE
prison.
The other was II case of still greater interest
well dressed, well educated, and sellhorn
young man was placed at the bar. convicted or
having been engaged with two bows IN the com.
mission OF some petty felony. Ills address 70
the Court wiisong vehement, pathetic and elo.
quent. Tie very sklliuly reyiewe ed the evdencr
| and examined the facts which appeared against
hun, with the vain hope of obtaining new trial
and then prayed the lenity OF the court on ,he
| ground OF his DIsottunes and his suiterngs -
! lie stated that he was actually the plaintiff inn
| chancery suit against his brOtheT-in-law for the
| sum of . OtlO, and that his aged mother had
| been dragged from his arms aud confined to
mad-house. His address was extremely we'll
wordcd, and was very impressiscy delivered
IL evInced large share of talents The court.
| however, was deafto his entreaties and senenc.
| ed him to three years IN the state prison II
seems he had already been there
For one female we felt no little compassion.
She was an ltishwoman, neatly dressed, Of
yeiy respectable appearance, aged %, aud the
| mother OF eight children. The children are at
| Boston, and her husband Ga sailor) is hourly ex-
pected from sea. Ii appeared that this woman
obtained IA situation "A servant in one OF those
vie rcccpiacIes of sin which are PEI united TO
exist even in the respectable streets of our city.
As soon as size discovered the character OF tie
place, she wished 10 quit. bat her mistress re.
fused TO pay her wages. The poor woman then
took some articles u lurnlture as a security ul
she could get Ter money This was her crime,
aud the Reco, Easing sentence gave her
Stroug hopes &. 49, iy pardon from The Coy.
ernor
One tall gaunt Hibernian amused us a great
deal He was sentenced to q months hard la.
bon in the penitentlary. 3" Could not your EA.
celleDcy," said he, in perfect sincerity, " con.
trve TO alter II to three months in one Of the
states vessels -
o. Saturday,, Mr.. Emmett delivered one Of
thu most powerful speeches that have ever
heard IN court OF justice. Ii was on motion
for "A new ral in the Of Mead rs Barker.
We have moi yet been able to get our report of
1t ready for publication. In a few days we
hope to submit it to the admiration of the pub.
lie. Mr.. l.. was especially severe on that por-
ton OF the courts charge which appealed TO the
feelings aud fears of the jury, by telling them Il
such publications (as the one IN question: we're
tolerated, thCy themselves might find in the next
day papers some attacks upon then own repu.
tauons, or the characters OF their female rela- Il
tlvcs torn to pieces and given TO the winds
single passage III the mean time, is all we can
now furnish. But it is no more a specimen OF
the whole display than the brick in the fable
MAS efthe elegance and soldty Of the thempe,
Why was il, said Mr.. Emmett, if the court
please, that in the tlial of Warren Hastings, the
speeches OF Burke and Shetidan published
and read by admirne world, and why Is
that their intellectual productions have ohtaf'
cd universal publicity and celebrity. these
high emauaiiou, Of the human mind have justly
! drawn forth the wonder and aStonishment Of
| the would. and have aided 10 guide them IN me
paths Of law, and have remained as everlasting
monuments Of civil liberty To these we may
also aid the speeches Of Grattan--and CuTan--
! anu oA-dHu Hl, fftiy Oht ~ NhoiH' az
as all those who aid in their publication, II III,
nonstrous doctrine be recognized as law, mlea'
be brought into criminal court to defend Item
| selves against an action for hbe-Ihe fleh' 10
! pubs' these has never, and can never De con,
| tronled They were proceedings OF Jo"io'''
! character, and thus became pubic properly, E
&fhelr plplLc ttIon justlfable was N every pom.
of view, and they have strong analogy TO 'ne
petition ofAlr Barker, which petition was
celyed and entertained by the court, he ha'n5
| applied, before it was written, in open corp
permission TO put his reasons fora new Ten
fore the court, in the form or shape shall
! ton which was granted and so long n ocl
| so received and entertained, 1t must lay -
ed and considered legal proc the Au-
whether regular otherwise, wbe'apoy ihe-> -
thorlty TO question the dongS OF ,aB
who dare assume the authority TO lnlPeaeh lifn
doings not The doings of a cont OF IA"
They granted to Mr.. Barker permission 10 P'e
sent the petition he represented nothing i'io'
in chat document than he believed TO be ian9