Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-05-21


Gov Seward Of New York has refused to par,lop
Benjamin Ruhburr. the nrser. as Present coaTi 'ed
IN the peni'enary OF that state. we rejiiee to PER
cciNc the irmness OF the executive.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. ! !
ALBANY. MAY 5. 1912,
S'verll respectable citizens. some Of whom reside
IN BniiIn AMI Others in Batavia. together w,ih mre
ihtn fifty member, %. the Legislature. teprcsen1u;
various paris Of the ate, have united ~ EXPRESSING
a wish that would reconsider my decision made IN
May, lei2. denying an Application foe pardon to
Begj rmm RaLJHH.
The petitioners admit that thai application
was prcHaturr, and that tn gr,un Is upIn which
II was denied was slthlaetory bat they express
hope thai time may have wrought such change IA
the circumstances OF the permit the rris
oner's release consistently with the pahlic weltfe
Time often produces such change m circumstances
rs - thus supposed. and such result wotli I've
ceedrnsy agreeable tn ia the preseu case,
Ia will be remcm5erci that II appeared when the
application wa, roh-iIered. that the prisoner had
been mauy years engaged IA mercantile trlnsac
liuns. blnknr. Auildinc cum non carrying. and IA
pur'ht-tns, hnroryiug, and selling teal estate, m
which muliiaTiOns business he had employed ihr a
long time two Thousand lihorrrs. besides near an
hundred agents. assistants, carimen. and oversecrs
had the control OF several B,nk-. AMI kept 6nin-
rial agents ia BJH,lO and New York; and that his
his vast financial upcraliuus affected the money
ket throughout the whole Country; that these extern
sive financial operations iur long time
RED on by means ola skIliuy organized -yslem CIR
executing arul puIIiny into market forged checks
NOTES, and bulls of exchange purpOIting to charge
more Than twelve persons Oflarge estates and credit
and IA lnct drl ,ing all their credit nio requsiiinn
To sustain the prisoners embarrassed fortune nj the
expense of citizens who repn>ed cpniiirnce IN the
integrity uf the prisoner and the financial ability Of
the persons whose signatures We're thus iriuduenIly
used :, extensive was this system aud perfect
is management, that the prisoner was unIble To dis
tinguish the spurious paper from that which was
genuine without referring 10 private marks aud me
mprauda. When the discovery Of the crmes IOpk
pure. il IouDl that fnrged paper representing
more Than million aud Il half Of dollars IN
culaOn, and thus Is probably less than third uf the
whole amoant for which false paper had been Is
sued Ly the prisoner
lfappelred also The previous examination of the
casehal the PRISONER il he did not initiate is young.
CT brother and two nephews into this scheme at
wlcIodness. at least urhesiatnsly encouraged them
ia II Tor long lime fbr his exclusive benefit, AMI
that when the exposure rUpk place he unjusily en-.
deavore 10 make them responsible for all the forge
RES anil % secure hs ncquiIIal up0n the Ground OF
his entire ignorance uT lhuse transac;iors.
II appeared further that At least indictments
pending ng INST the pri>o Ter. aud that he was
exposed To similar prosecutions 10 unlimited
Yet the pits iuer was only once convicted and was
held tOans u the laws of hi county for only
/ Of such a multitude OF high offences.
Gnder these Circumstances u was concluded That
the selecIinn of Benjmin RIihhun Iob. n recipient
OF Executive clemency. wnud have nj Irinus ct.
feet 10y InpIring 'he public cnnGdenre ia the firm
and equal administration Of Justice. Tnc hgh ca
| cilrmeni under which The prisoner lLtpred Jurua
the perIod Hhrn has ufI.nce was committed. MS eri-
lrfrrsIns disposition an the great public usefulness,
the deep all cIiun Of has family aud reirveS. and
the sympIIhIss at hts fellow were all cIusId-
errdi hat they seemed insufficient To justify the
InerpusiInn Of 40" Eve cu;ive department "a his be-.
half The chiel features of the case rrmln unchl,-
sed, ana unh rppi, can never he !ors d,n AMI an
obliged IhrrefIrc. c,ucule that the d, csIo be-
foe made ought nOt q bc revised
WILLIAM III SEW ARD.
The Hon Mr. Case. 90 the Assembly. BiHLu.