Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-06-18

Fings and by their fxed solemn and patient ncon to
every word and suggestion must have given you the
ly and ierenliy desired find you innocent III that limo.
cencc could be found in the negative virtue of
ruined and distracted mind and to the Court, may
not become me to speakbut think in OF that bar
before which you must shortly appear can saw Tor my
brethren and myself that have encavoed so to re-
guiate and control the trial. secure 10 YOU Al, The adj
vanages that the lair and impartial of JUS
| tics can extend TO the deceased.
The final and the fatal result has been recorded and
that record speaks while mind, and emory and lici
records last and will continue to speak YOU GI5ILTY
GUILTY, CUlITY-ori the murder Of Mary w uami
", IN manner anu form as you stood charged by the
Grand Jury oil the county.
.dnd ,cho was Mary W. Hamilton? Was she your ene
my Had she done you wrong Was il her crime that
beauty had spread her charms and smiled forth in all the
ioveness OF virtue, IN every feature OF her
In the delicacy aud elegance her form i'm the and
winning manners Of her life And WAS i, because you
could not make such prize your own YOU resolved
IN TIE madness o your heart she should yer live to bless
another man and make him hAppy-ss she had made the
iormcr aud amened husband OF her first and earliest
bu' press the inquiry no further Yen say you loved
her-and yet, mysterious love-you seized the nsusnec
ing moment OF her kind attentions when sickness
or rea we lear the former, drew her. your own re-
qucst,-with kind attentions your chamber to admins
Yer 20 your comfort you seized that moment to plant the
fatal DAGGER in her bosom-perperaed the horrd deed
She lived to say" on mother mother 7 sc,so@
cd. screamed,-you did not come, and LIoupb has
k,ued me because ,couid not marry aim. ] could
nor mohG'-i could not, you knotc. must die
must die"' But iorbear-l desire not TO extract The
dagger from her bosom and plant il i'm vonr own I
know your blood VIII not atone for hers.-But have
saiu ~ Huch, that you may and feel we have inst
abhorrence OF your crmc TO Danish from yo,r
hope oil favorable interference by the Court with that
department oil the government in which is lodged the
pardoning power. Danish then, we entreat Won from,
your mind every hope and ctatiopu out at once
he sintesIay oil hope that may penetrate into the dark
est recess oil your CELL and prepare To your God =
The blooi you shed precious blood but Infinitely in
nnley, more precious is that blood which was shed on
Calvary; and on that and that alone we commend vo a.
look Tor pardon and eternal life. ~
renains only for us TO pronounce the sentence of the
LawIanu II Is considered and adudgel that you be taken
from hence to the prison OF this county from whence
came and there be kept and secure custodv
fady me 26h day Of July merit, bef,ceen the hours of
yOu be taken oe place of public ereemtio and fbsr.
cs hanged oy the neck until you are dead; and MAY
me almighty God haze mercy on your soul !-PhiiaI.
The following fact-and we state them on the he's, am,
fullest authority, says the Philadelphia Gazette serve 70
prove whatever has been stated the records of our
respondent, this vexed subject Until Saturday last
yfer he had been remanded to prison the last time
CLoUGH continued to his innocence On that Jav
his manner changed and he became apparently pcni,eni
sry who had been his school, he declared thnf he
had idid plan for Mrs Hamiitons death a month be
Jore &c tooh place. nat he had determined, she tooud
"ot maze HIM, no other person should hare HER
He describes his dreams being OF the mos, borrd
and terric kind; and relates one in which he imaoned
himself descending flight Of stairs of interminabe enp m
ending in black and indistinc abyss; the stairs
to turn and left him hanging by the hands, until he could
nou on no longer When the court house bell rang to an
hounce he verdict OF the jury Cough was found living
on the floor oil his CELL wrhing agony His situs,ioH
Is indeed dreadful sleep, the sweet resorer of Nature
longs TO escape from the Of agony ,on which n.
tossed and lie down upon the shore of Death-PhudeI
phid ID. .fdueriiser.
We understand, that the Rev Mr.. Avery has not vet
arrived IN this city, but is expected this evening by
private conveyance from Bristol where his wife and four
children reside His congregation Bristol are still so
Imuen attached 10 him. that they have authorised the
statement 10 the Methodist Conference that they should
consider themselves unhandsomely treated if Mr. A. not
Globe, June 5. ~
We hope the congregation of Mr. Avery at Bristol will
DC accommodated for doubt whether there is another
town IN the country that would not feel grossly nsued
~ ne were 10 De sent among them preach the word OF
our Divine Master II Mr. Avery lives thousand wears
he cannot make the world believe that he is entitled 10 the
confidence and respect of honest peopIe-Boston Gaz
ne hev. MIR. Avery was present this morning at the
Methodist Conference in Bennett Street Church. we un
mat his character will be made the subject
ecclesiastical investigations by his brethren, and that
COMMITTEE Tor that purpose has been appointed
CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CANAL CoMpANY.-At
an adjourned General Meeting of the Stockholders OF this
Company, held Saturday, which were represented
me Cn'ed STATES the State Of Maryland the State of
g,n,s, .ne Corporations OF Washington, Alexandria and
georgetown anu majority Of the individual Sockhold
ers; me following resolution proposed by Mr. McCulloc
o." .. behalf oil tho State OF Maryland, was adopted
hesoired, That the thanks OF the Stockholders of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company are in the opinion
oil this meeting, due 10 Charles Fenton Mercer for the
ZEAL ability, and fidelity, which he has dsplave in
oschdrgng The duties OF the Office OF President of this
Company; and that in consder alton of the attention he
slowed and expenses incurred by him, whilst rendering
many services TO this Corporation that did not pertain to
tna ONCE the President and Directors be- and thew arc
hereby authorized and directed pay TO him the sum of
rive housahd Dollars in addition his pay as Pres
dcnt.' ~ f"' " ~
MS resolution received vote except the
corporation oil Georgetown, who preferred different sum
LOT the extra allowance, but i'm the spirit of the
resolution. r " WV
motion was then made from the same quarter, to raise
me salary oil The President Of the Company to begin al
s date, from two To three thousand dollars and also IN
establish the office OF Superintendent or Engineer
IN Chiei to The Canal These propositions were after
cosiueraoie debate, postponed TO August next TO which
Time Tie General Meeting then adjourned -.Nat mt
80 lar as concerns Gen Mercer, personally the pro.
ceeuhgs OF the Canal Company Saturday are highly
satisfactory and cannot but be very gratifying 10 him and
MS trends Ii is acknowledged, unanmousv nv those
who deposed nm from Office that their thanks are due 10
nm Tor the zedf ability and fidelity which he has
spisyed I'D dschargng the duties Of the President Of the
Company III addition TO which, his Observation-Disclosures
ih refusing heretofore TO receive indemnity for extra
expenses and official services, is acknowledged in
the handsofnest manner The SUN voted 10 him il mot
more IMAM due to arduous exertions his which we have
an Deen sensible OF, in Judicial and financial maers-at
the bar in the higher Courts of MARYLAND and heSs
res all along tie line of the Canal &c for which lie
would never whilst President of Company consent to
receive 'ar'hing OF compensation.-B.
MR. RANDOLPH OF r.
we learn that Mr.. Randoph's remains have reached
Charlotte have been deposited beneath his patrimo.
mai oaks The corpse met by about gentle
but we understand that there were no ceremonies al The
grave. " WV
In relation to the value of Mr.. Randolphs estate seye
RAJ esunaes have been made in the public journas-sone
gong as nigh as million OF dollars others as low AZ
$iSo,OOO Both doubtless erroneous Better
than ourselves estimate IL at from $3.50 10 $500 600