Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-11

face. and an expression heavy aud murOsc. b.
Kindness of manner he was induced to abandon
his taciturnity, and cautious, indirect mode OF
questioning elected good many facts
lie stated that that he was a native Of Cork
and had from his infancy studied the miracles of
the Old Testament, and every part OF it where
the Lord enjoyed the slaughter Of man for their
wickedness. He himself was deeply impressed
with the sinfulness of the world, and the lord
had appeared to him in many visions, enjoining
him to preach repentance, and to tell all men
that the world was coming to its end-When he
attempted this, people either laughed at him or
put him in prison. as had been the case In Amerl-
ca; and, because lie had ceased to preach right.
eousness, the Lord had prosecuted him night and
day. He was now weary Of life; and, by at
tempting to kill some great man, he knew he
should teach the world the reality of his mis-
sion, and for the sake of which he was content to
die.
He said he had sailed in priv ateer from Bal
timOre aud Charleston, but that the LORD had
stopped the vessel: and when he told the cap
tain of this, he laughed at him; but the Lord
Immediately wrought miracle, by changing tne
wind, aud obliged the captain to put back: lie
had seen a man stand III the sun, "which had
never been seen before since the creation;' and
him all his enemies, the vision proved true, for,
when he returned to Colk, he found that, in his
absence, nine of those who had dlspossessed him
of his property, on the ground his being insane,
including the attorney, had died. And whilst
he was at Cork the lord produced an earthquake.
The unhappy mans ideas were confined to
such subjects. He had no particular wish, ne
said to kill the Duke of Wellington; but he
maintained that all the miseries of the poor, the
crimes of war, and particularly the SO, 600 souls
killed at Warterloo, was owing to the vices OF the
great people. who were selfish, rogulsh, and op-
pressvc, and that they ought to be killed; and
by his killing some Of them the world would be
reformed, and then come to an end.
There was evidently some imposition in his
histories of himself. When questioned upon the
nature of Charleston harbor, bis answers evinced
his ignorance of the localities of the place; and,
moreover he used several terms respecting his
being on shp-board totally inconsistent with nau
teal phraseology: such as putting a ship about at
an anchor. 1t appears that he had been confin-
ed as lunatic at Baltimore. Although his no
tons of killing great men were very extensive,
he was evidently bent upon one individual, and
seemed suilen and distressed when the subject
was alluded to. His pistol was bought in the
Minories for IS and which must pretty we'll &C
count for its not going of. He was dressed as
common laborer. and he complained that his COM
panion had enjoned him to do what he intended,
and had nov deserted him. His name is Sse.
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I'm Irish Defence years ago, Mr.. Boyle
(who conducted satlrical paper at Cork, called
:. The Freehoder'0 came in contact with one of
the city Sheriffs at the theatre. He suffered so
much from this collision, that he brought Mr.
Bowie to trial for the assault. Jures at that time
were not the most unprejudiced in Ireland, and
a corporation jury" were not in the habit OF
leaning to the side of mercy when an enemy of
the 'sascendancy' was bro't beneath their justice.
Boyle had written some severe things against the
corporation, and his conviction, on almost any
ground, was anticipated by his foes, and feared
BY his friends. The trial came Oh before one of
the Judges at the Assize. After many challenges,
and much difficulty, the jury were empannelcd.
Mr.. O'Connel, the leading counsel at the Mum
ster bar in criminal cases, was retained for Mr..
Boyle. The evidence bore strongly against his
client, although it was admitted that the assault
might have been accidental; and O'Connell de-
clining to call rebutting evidence. spoke at some
length in reply to the prosecution. Finding that
his appeal to justice made little apparent way in
to the hearts of Cork corporation jury, he sud- |
denly adopted the language of irony, and con-
Guided IN the following abrupt manner:-"Ge |
tlemen, | remember trial, at Clonmel, of poor
man on a charge of murder; beautiful case of
circumstantal evidence-like what you have just
now heard, was made up against him. The pri-
soner's life seemed to hang by sing hair, when
the case against him closed. He requested leave
to cal. a witness, and to the amaZement of the
court, produced on the table the man alleged to
have been murdered. Perhaps, to use phrase
you all understand, he had been only 'kilt.' The
Judge instantly desired the jury to send down
their verdict. After little pause, the foreman
handed in slip of paper, with the awful word
guilty written on it. The judge in utter aston
ishment. excalmed-'Why the man has not been
murdered! how can the prisoner be guilty?' Ooh,
my lord replied the foreman, 'that may be: but
if he did not kill the man, he stole my bay mare
three years agon So. gentlemen concluded o.
Connell,) you must find Mr.. Boyle guilty: for
though he did not assault the sheriff, sure he IL
,elled the corporation!' The jury. who had
aughed at the anecdote, were shamed into JUS
ice, and Boyle was acquitted.
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A question of some novelty, and no little in
crest occurs in the case of the slaves recently