Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-12-25

produced an OCCASION 20 ocnsare the Editor. An
seeas'en, arising in the prcces. u es.min.,;o,
and m 'ppsrfaufy, prrsenieJ to HI, lively im.xi-
nation BY the association Of ideas. are thing. dis,
""e' from rseh other and dis,imil.r. iii. COM
'n"a'e'''o" afforded Us oppsrnni, Coz making
.a"dry remarks on style. photography. &c. bu,
there 10 no occasion Foe them.
We stated. furthermore, that the oec.,;oc ,o
pronounce the eeasure Vas unaecr-.a-slv created,
hnneeessa,siy. because the multif.riou. i.rruui,,
Of the grn,lemsn himself. aud the weli-ksovn
ability Of has colleague. could have drawn album
dant material, Of defence from other sources. and
omitted the eensure without detriment 90 their
cause.
As TO the aHcgei d, ing exclamation, Of wre,
respecting his dear mother the srn,irra.n again
gives evidence OF his difficulty IN catching idea.
we spoke OF this matter a. having been rrIrrrvd
TO. not by any witness before tho examining
court. but by the counsel himself lie sd,erted
to u in his speech. aud insina.ted q doubt that
these ordinations had bScn made; for said he Il
never heard any thing Of them Nov. we AK
vas he prescott at the inquest. aud did he hear the
evidence there given lie was not present
How, then, can he be jus,i6ablc in calling in
question at the bar, or in h;s note, the Editor.
statement, shieh wss founded on evisle,.e, pro-
due-d al the iaquess-evidenoe which ma, have
been essentially different from that exhibited al
the examining court We have been informed
OF fact, which would greatly eiueids,e ,hi. point,
but +" IS not the part Of wisdom to tell all tina,
one knows With respect to these exclamation,
tho u,,ersnee Of Which. by te-by, can ss.reri,
be OF sufficient consequence to justify much pains
IN proving it, NC may as we'll mention in Justice
to the Editor, that q witness IT tn. inaae,, did
prove that Poiu,; and that ~itnes, Ia. since in-
formed us that the expression Was reiterated
again and again.
An un~iiiusness TO DO act which would con- |
hrm the gcntiemsn's opinion Of our iajAsslce has
prevented u, from Withholding certain parts Of
his communication Il contains \ great deal |
which. ia our Judgment, IL were better not to
publish The facts therein stated were all know
10 ms when ~e puLlished the result Of the e,smi.
nation, yet notice Of them did not seem a, ali !
necessary, according to our ideas Of imlarti.l,y.
In this case VIC have no partiaiities. n Isubli,
prejudice has been aroused against Riley. We
have not perceived it nor las ,s influence reached
u.s. We entertain the eouse cusness Of beng en- !
"rr'y free from bias against the ge,,lem,n's eli
cut why, under any circumstances, should We !
have hdrrrtrd to the fact that there we're two NJ.
Si''r~tes oil the bench in favor OF the prisoner:
or that three Of those the bench voted for hi,
aequitl~i' These circumstances did not .frre,
the results Why, then, should they have becn
stated
Weeannot (as NC mentioned last week Att-mp,
adefenee Of the Editor, by analysing the evidence
submitted TO the Court. We shall not advert to |
It. to prove ,hA, tie killing Of Wren Vas n |
shocking afair.' The whole subject will he in !
sestigated before jury in due seasoa Till then,
will most sssure'iiy be prudent to let it rest, !
and to afford both TO the prisoner and the Com |
monwesith, the advantage Of an unbiased state Of
public feeling. We arc ss unwilling a. our cor |
respondent himself is, to wage = Newspaper var
on this subject. We have. we think, done him
full jHsfiee in polishing his note. tie ha. en-
joyed the felicity Of expressing himsclf both in I
this paper, and in the Court House, before
crowded auditory. assembled from all parts of
the county; and nov, We hope, the subject will !
be dropped.