Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-03-14

would say few words, though he did NOT +,
That it would be of any use to him. He s,as
he had always known that difference Of -
produced difference Of treatment, wher. ~
men were the judges. They had taken the n
from their own countr Y, and scattered them :
their own settlements and treated them dis.-,'
from those Of their own country. There ~,
antipathy. as he knew, entertained BY the w.
against colored persons. He had found il a..
self both as regards the witnesses and j.n,
this case, and at the hands Of the Distric, A.
ney. Much false testimony had been sr,r
he Of course had the means of knowing. n
witnesses would not disclose the manner in vS
lie first came to give information as to The ua1
being on board. Two indictments were &,
against him, Ct the offence charged in one Of n
he was guiItless. He guessed he had said ep,.
The Court told him TO proceed, if ther !,
any thing else he wished to say. He then ,a1
that hp was The first man who went on L,..
the Vineyard. He saw the money brou,b, |
board. When conversation arose amor, h
crew, as to what amount Of money each h,1 \
observed, in the way of conversation, ,h,lt.,]
was plenty on board. Atwell said, "aeh I
have it." THIS remark he took merely 10 :
and considered it such until a week after, !,
Atweil told him that conspiracy hadbesnio
ed; that they were the strongest oarty; tat d
meant to take the lives OF the officers, and
such of the men as would no, join them. R
no inclination to do so, and spoke to Church,s
it next day. Church was the only une Of deu
he had known before he shipped in the viGevp
Church advised him not 10 inform against
conspirators. Ifhc had done So, h. would q
have been in the same situation in Which he .
at present. lie had nothing more to say.
lie was quite coherent in his remarks and
tinct IN hisurterance. There was notha. la,
dent in his demeanor. lie has naturally ]
of sulIen smile on his cOuntenante.
The District Attorney then moved for il.
ment on the verdict against Gibbs for the mGrl
of the mate, no motion for arrest Of jud.u.
having been made in his case. The Jude
dressed him, and asked him the usual quesia
Gibbs spoke Auently, rapidly, and With ID
siderable propriety of language. Il.
he wished to state how far he was sairr
how far innocent. When he went on bent
knew only Church and Dawes. He was
by Harry Atwood SO he pronounced the au
to Join the conspiracy, which he at first nla
to do. But he subsequently agreed TO it
did all the crew, including Brownrigs andh'
He afterwards began to think that it was 4 ts
full thing to take a mans life, and declared
he would not assent to killing the captain
mate; that he wOald break any mans rose
proposed it to him. lie persuaded all Of y
to abandon this part Of the project, excepCH
and Dawes; and their opposition was such
he yielded. Browning agreed to call W
captain. and did SD. The mate was thrown o.
board by Church and Dawes. He Gibbs
tested before God that he was innocentd
murder of ile mate. He did help throw te1
tain overheard.
We are Informed by MIR. Patton, one
Counsel of this prisoner, that ms name
Gibbs; bit he does belong TO respectable
Is, whose name it would be ncedlessly crus
mention.
The Judge then proceeded to pass seIten'
II is utterly impossible for US to pretend to
more than a barren sketch Of his lmDres'w
semporaneous address, which was Calculated
move even the most hardened. What bad Ia
from the prisoners, he said, might excite v
feeling, but only tended to confirm Me lv'n
their sentence. lie observed TO Wan'Iey
whatever prejudice he might imagine eiha
growing out of the distinctions OF color, @
most impartiality had been observed 10 o. a.
Admitting the statement that buth Bl0"Nls
Dawes had sworn falsely, the pnscIeIs
words, just uttered, admitted that they Gaa
guilty Of most horrible crime, tha, Of "a
human life, without any provocatlon "aaH'e
the Court could entertaIn doubt that ih Us
of Wanslcy, the least injustice had been
or the slightest advantage withheld from hIi,
would afford him another opportun!'
tried. But there was not shadow Of ~
doubt.
Where the accused denies the charges =;
him courts must proceed upon testimony
is no other mode Of arriving at a conclUs'
Sometimes, with all the care that may eD
tn1 nay err; aud it is most dI'tfe''a
them to execute their painful duty Of Pe1
ing sentence. when they entertain the saP'
that a mistake may have been made I" 'OD'"
But here there was no such embarrassnen'
prisoners stood, for the last time, in the pre-
of an earthly tribunal, and admitted u'"
and unequivocaI guilt. To ordinary case
kind, there were some circumstances" pr ~
or such as tended to provoke sympathy.
fender may have been led to commit un ',i'r
sudden passion. or strong resentment De.:
kened; there may have been violent P H%
to the deed; or other circumstance, WV" W.,
take away the control Of reason iCr 'Os W.
mitigate the turpitude Of the offence Id
not So here. What cause Of offence 10y