Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-04-14

I tbi+A Ar-clNDfiv tlflsL We HAST l " iNJ
fore our readers. The man whols caPa-
bic ofperpetratHg all the atrocities ascFi-
bed to this man must be a rascal 1--WE
were about to use a harsher ePithet' Il
there be such a one-but we torbcar"
Burning of the Records at IVmt'H'
/ ". C.-Iu yesterdays Beacon, we an
+ uounccd the destruction by fire, on sunday
night, Of the Court House and Clerk VI
fees Of the County and Superior Courts al
Hartford, \. c., located at Winton.
THAT this diabohcal deed, which Will
be ruinous to some. and extensively lnju-
rlous to the interests of many worthy IN
diyiduals, and especially TO the hapess Or
phan, was, as we then strongly suspected,
The ruthless act of am incendlary, is entire
/ ly confirmed. A gentleman who arrived
here yesterday from the neghborhood OF
/ Niu,un, has communicated to Us the tot
lowing additional particulars 70 what we
have already stated, in the correctness OF
winch he coucurs:
"a msn, we should rather say a mon
Ser In Iuman shape,) OF VIGOROUSLY Inia-
NOUS character, and whose name We sup
press, solely from respect to the forms Of
Justice. having ia his possession the note
OF Il gentlemen for len dollars which had
been gwen on settlement OF accounts,
and bich was shorl, after paid, but IN
atver,cuN not taken in, altered the same
70 fe7. tlJm1tl dollars, and kept 1t for d
long time. Being severely pressed for
large sum o, money, due by him to per
son ia Southampton county, Va. TO whom
he had exhibited tbc forged note, rs an as
surunce of hI~ ability i3 pay, he was re-
CURED 20 put ac altered note in sait Up
on coming Jo Trial al Jhe last Court for
Eerioyd county. the drawer Of the note,
whose character was uaImpeaChcd, So
lemulY protested Gan, lac did not owe 10 the
claimant q doGar, aud upon closer inyeS-
ugall0H, die infamous character OF the
Transaction was made so apparent TO The
Judge, that he had the claimant arrested
and recognized 20 appear az the next Court
Of that cOuuty-Jpon the plea that he
could not Obtain Justice there. he applied
through counsel for a change OF Venue 10
Gates Superior Court, Fueld on Monday
last which was granted, aud having CIV
en- security was permitted to go ut large.
The assurance Of his guilt beng pretty
general ho was ADVISED TO fly, bat fell up
ON the following intoroal stratagem 10 as.
cane the vengeance Of The law.
Gle hired a negro. (unucHly for him.
extremely ignorant and unacquaintcd with
tbc place and the roads. J for the promised
reward Of twenty dollars and a new sult of
clothes. Ia proceed to Winton on Sunday
pioht. ard set fire to the Clerks Office
calculating thereby TO DESTROY the note in
question. and with it an evidence of the
crime for which he would be arraigaad the
next dav. The negro proceeded on horse
hack 10 Winton. and after finding the place
In the Court House IN which he was lG-
str1cted 10 deposit the comhusubIea, con
summated his shocking purposes. and
mounting his horse. made the best m his
v9v. as nc suDnosed. homeward. Alista-
/ king the road however, be unexpectedly
fcurd himself the next morning at Z o.
clock in NurfrcceborouEh. whore the cV-
Dress had lust before arrived with lnicIh-
aanco Of tho couaacration 10 H. VI. Cow.
nor ESQ Clerkofihe Court Ills appear
+ ance there At this moment Of c'r sienation
and excitement. attracted parllcularnotice,
and being closely interrogated on the sub
;act bo ,cLnouIedc his connection with
Iu,o t--,1 lilo Moi. and detailed the partiC-
Iulara MS rjvcn above.
! "Tneuearo was Detained, and an officer
with q po=se. despatched lmme lately 10
s1nrahend the master spirit of the Drama.
W. ~ FIRST seemed diso0Sed 90 resist, but
ne rssolr,a c,aoacr Of the officer taught
hin, @ moro 0olitic lesson, and he was con-
dncted 10 Nurfeeshoro'. Here amid a
crowd of persons. the negro designated
his ennlover. and charged him boldly
with the decd The Hero and his agent
we're committed to Hereford county Jail.
and afterwards conveyed 20 that of Gates
county. IN be dealt with according to law.
providence. happily often defeats the
nocbinaiions of the abandoned. The
memorable nate and other papers, the de.
strnction Of which. was the impellant to
This deed at which humanity recoHs, still
evist. and like the writing on the wall,
noinf 10 their victim. Mr.. Cowper had Ia
kon them to his house in Mwlreesborough,
for some purpose connected with the pro-
cess. and they have thus survived the
wreck of the conhagra;ion 10 convlct the
lclon. against whom the evidence OF his
accomplce in the burning scene would be
inadmissable.