Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-08-19

feeed charge Il hloting The assesssnatou OF the
Sssslss-a ebsres skssh sksy isnisd, Sst admitted
6snrrfe alter tke 0ovstonsni. ssd 20 peak 81 all
eDassstsoa With Pvpnes. They vere coujomned, ssd
0A.e 9scuficn = tks dsscr'ped ~ nn M.cksnzis,
<lbsy asvsd On vithnous the slightest hesitation,
estQ tAey arrived q the fatal spot, close to dead
wsll On reaching i they stl remained Pinioucd but
the poliee-man RETIRED and tie shooting berty ad
vsnced with evident reuetance On the word being.
0ivsn, the 6rine commenced, and instead OF the
0rs,oked scene b~inG closed BY OF at most two
vsl Directed 1rss, there ives absolutely succession
Of discharges. Resembling FEY de Jo'e am sure
that not sss than one bundred discharges have
taken place before the execution ended. On
reaehkR che 9rousd the whole four refused be ban
dagel. threw o thor hats. and exclaimed to their
szscs'Ionen Ne cs3gnes pss The 6r't voliey on
extreme left; second brought him down though sui
alive. Michel was sfos thrmHh the body in several
places and had both hs arms broken before he fell.
Lieutenant Lion fell next, after having been severely
wounded. haying the whole ofthis revolving exhbi
tiou, Ssa3eant Lion Courchoise was standing tho
cxtrsue Fight sfthe party, calmly smoking q cigar,
without moving linb or muscle of mis- face. A
balt thscugh his body brought him TO the ground,
I'D q he touched It, be spit the cigar from his
mcatk aud calmy discharged the volume of smoke
from his lungs. The firing party then advanced, and
putting the muzxles Of their pieces to the bodies Of
these unhappy mon ended heir suferings by blowing
them literally 70 pieces. They dreamt not (sdds Mr.
Msckeneie Of future imrnor, atty, that record
should ever be made o. 6rmness and courage
. which would hare done honour to any Roman
lmprisonmenf for. dspt-por any dept contracted
since the 9th OF July l.sl, the laws of Rs~-Jersey
permit no hnprisonn1ssa. Old. or prior conti acts,
are not affected. -.
Several persons ofrsspectabity proved tha, he was
tho house at the same time of the murder; and
when called to, and told that his mistress dead
~ of the ladies who discovered the murder, he
neglected Tor long time, como to the house, and
when he came his excuse for the refused come was,
that found 9Th the dead he might be suspected OF
the murder!
The testimony of Nary, his grand daughter the
black girl PARTICIPATED in, and confessed tho CRIME
showed 10 what maner It was perPetrated.
She was told by her mistress TO put on some water
to wash the vool-Oid Stephen had been sheering
some sheep 1t spring near the house. She was
too slow and was told 10 make hast, and giving an
iusolent reply her mistress struck her with stick
Stephen had IN, and standing by; w III you
take that, said he from that tnlngf Nv hats that
you say, said his mistress who gave HIM also blow
with the stick Then he knocked her down With his
est, by blow upon the stomach and proceeded 10
accomplish his fell purpose. She cried out and beg
eed hun not kill her. The girl too told him
to bill her, they would be found out. You htSh,
said he 4 uin ~ der, and they'll think she died
hsrsey He then told the girl to hold her hands and
be proceeded his mistress, she lay upon
her back On the Hoor, with peace Of rope, drawn
over her throa, the ends held down upon each side
with his Two hands.
THIS cruel deed done, they placed the body in the
bod, between bho Sheets ADJUSTED ner
kpuad horse radsh leaves to the forehead with hand
erchef pinned be sha wl close around her throat,
and covered the body over. face and all, with pecu-
liar care. The mouth well closed the eyes par
italy; but her fine long hair torn and tang
that could never be adjusted, and the mark Of the
rope, (no other sign of Uolence) was apparent uPoa
fthe throat. though concealed by the shawl Thus
the corps found by the hrst reached tho
house. after the death discovered by abfask gir
OHIO came freu seighbours upon an seErsnd 70
80 C.dysli A.sxs: then quite cold; death bad
Dne motIve--the generalization Of the murder
Oh Stephen told white man fwho was witness to
the fact tbat he had been separated from his wife
I'D it would be the cause of more separations. The
old man and ths1slsl wera psri of tho inhe, tance
of Mrs Galdwe.I snd weror brought from Nelson
county, upon her marriage, and removal to JessamIne
while his wife, who belonged to another person,
was ieft behind. There was evidence that be mad
sough, other opportunities 70 vsyay and kill his
Stress, before he finally accomplished it.
Jnorg the girl, was tried next, and convicted
Sne had confessed every thing, after she was
arrested, upon suspicion. Upon these confessions,
With strong coroborating circumstances, she was con-
vcted. We saw her giving testimony against her
grandfather--a short thick, strong wench, l6 or 10
years old, very black apparently rather stupid, and
evidently ar,less and simple. She could hardly have
committed the murder done, certainly not without
the knowledge Of her grandfather
Trials Jor .uurder.-The Kentucky Commcnta-
fore the Circuit Court sitting in Erankiin. The
FIRST was that ola man named Bras6cd, who vol
unfairly appeared OIL an indictment being found u
Hganst HIM for killing slave II appeared that the
deceased had run away, and he prisoner who had
hired his services, and found himself likely to derive
benefit from them, took him from the Jail IN
which he had been placed, and tying ms arms CON-
PEELED him To walk before him, he being on horse
back and having hold of rope fastened around the
slave. He was, as was proved, inclined to spoplexy
and occasionally rendered his motion more uneasy by
being suky, ior which he was beaten. at about i3
miles from the. jail whence he driven in four
hours me. After nficing the blows upon hm,
his driver pushed him into sitting posture and be
fell backwards. He found to be very III, and
dragged across The road out of the sun. seans
were Intellectually used TO restore him. and it was
found that blood vessel had burst in the head The
prisoner was acqutted-snd the testimony would not
have justified aonvictoB There would be no NOR
nj use IN these detailo, were II not that those who
live where such events cannot occur, should feel
grateful to the Providence winch has cast their lot
where the course OF slavery 10 unknown, and that