The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-08-05

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AylyocENT MAN HUNG ny Mog. Under
y Gs aylan, the Paris (Mo) Mercury narrates some
onous pN,icNlors connected with 'moh law Some
rars SINCE Mr Names barnes son of Aquilla BARNES,
dMssour, was hung hy mob in Arkansas because
hcwas suspected Of having murdered tho Wright
rn'y in ono of tho Counties .nrIhat State Barnes
Nhe very last asserted his innocence, but the mob
were HcSorahlr and he was hanged by them. 1t
now appears, from statements in the Van Buren,
I@lhClIigcncer, that the real muricrcrs havo been
oud, and arc in confinement nj Fayetteville in that
shi} There are three OF them, Ivy the MINES Of
Strand Reese, and they are said to havo frequently
"l'ed Of the crinc They will be conv icted it is
NOIonlhc testimony OF many witnesses TO these con-
LESSONS linl their conviction will not restore the
innocent man TO lie, nor his murdercrs from the
sings Of rcmOrso for so cruel an act
The editor the Mercury says that tho news Of
'me'' innocence il truly gratifying TO him
tor We personally knew hquilIa Barnes, and
I9 HarOcs family, twenty six years ago, n, Old
rankin, Howard County, Mo. His father, grand
"'"Cr' and uncIcs, were men ofhigh standing and
H"Ch0I'y, many Of them exemplary members Of
e church Of Jesus Christ How painful it must have
0eo 70 his father and mother the wife of his bosom,
"'O TIER helpless babes, and his relatives, to be thus
uVNed Of his society; and TO think, 100, that mob
"""s I'LL" without Judge or jury, under the charge Of
""''er Illus blasting his fame, aud putting n stain
'Po Ills poor little children, his uno(lendng wife, his
W" 'a'0er and mother, together with his brothers
"" SISTERS his friends and relatives"
p In NJ
"o 'O'Ous districts of Philadelphia may he judged
some extent, by the incident named in tho fol.
"""s paragraph, respecting the inteiment of two
persons OF that party who were slam
,,' lucy were buried from the Weccacoe Hose house
Nue.; ny crowd Of persons calling themselves
,, I,o americans, and fOiloweA 10 The grnre bu
wo s'. .q 'romen. The bodies o. these Rioters
nnns ",uNsd pin The American flag Minute
n no", "'re hed during their ntorment and the
mo"o coecied, in trays, in every DIRECTION, the
'y u'lay the expenses Of tho funeral
[Phil. Spirit of tho Times.
=, |"r'rAL TRtALoF PIRATES AT HALIFAX.
p""'ca' crew of the Ship Saladn recently arcst-
W "a"'aX,were put to trial in that city before the
'p'e"o Court on the 18th ut Four of tbom-An-
wn - ''aV0Ssurs alias Johnson, George Jones and
A.. '"~e''on-were first put on trial on the charge
ha.'Iy one OF them pleaded guilty. The jury
O'Sn H. after fifteen minutes consultation. ver-
do,,.ss '"y On the next day the prisoners all
McToss 0'y to the charge Of tho murder of Captain
he m",1e Carr and Galloway were then tried for
he iurv h,, 81 captain Fielding The Court charged
been the maine ne crimes of Fielding who must have
laOn of iha 10 me original piracy, no pal
ever hron"t su't Of his murderers. Tho jury, how
verdict 1 Uns IN verdict of not guilty A similar
ot ,bO was was returned after the trial of the same men
VIC murder of Fiolding's son. '"' ''''''' "'"