The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-10-25

hung, having more than once declared that she,
] had never heard of a woman being hung. NJ
..might be, then, that believing herself in mol
3 donser. she wished to DO every thing in her,
3 ever to screen her helpmate. Under any cir
Icums,ances, we are disposed TO think that herr
aevdence would not operate upon any jury that
eit was possible to empannel, within the limtsl
3 fthis Commonwealth.
z We fall back, then, upon the circumstontialI
seyidence in the case, and that is strong as the|
sstrongest confirmation that can be derived FRONT
5proof Of Holy Writ. The general character of
sthe man-his attempt 10 kill his overseer with
Ia hammer-his threats against Mr.. Winston
ihis utter Indifference when the murder was
sfrst discovered-all indicate man who would
4not scruple TO commit murder. The fact that
l!when he heard that his wife was coutessing, he
sexclaimed, "Weli, she did it," proves, If noth-
Hing else, that he at least, knew that she was
.iabout 10 commit the murder; in other words,
slthat he was an accessory before the fact, and
sltherefore, in law, equally guilty with the per-
3 son who inflicted the wounds. This fact is cor
I out on the trial. He slept in the same bed With
sihis wilc-he had heard her threaten to kill
ssWinston. Is il possible that she could have
! gotten up, found the hatcher, and murdered
E:three people-as she upposed-without his
ieveD suspecting it?
4 But there are other circumstances tending to|
afx upon him direct agency in the murder SCI
/ strongly, that it is impossible to resist the im-l
OPPRESSION they make. The first is his intrusionI
! into Mr.. Winston's house, in the dead of thei
.sofDrs Deane and Bolton. Both these gentle-I
fmen stated that the wounds on Mr.. and Mrs
wv were inflicted with Ratchet, while that!
upon the,child was made by deadly weapon
Gin the shape Of a rolling pin, evidently made
3for some murderous purpose. 1t was knownI
Sthat John Williams was carpenter, and thai
Ithis pin or mall must have been made for al
ldeadly purpose. If there was only one person, j
swhy not strike the infant with the weapon usedI
Ito destroy the parent. But above all, the!
.before the murder, have never been found. LII
lis evident that they were burnt. Never wasi
I There stronger array of facts.
The pamphlet contains the sermon ofthe vic
stims, by the Rev. Mr.. Moore, of the Presby-I
xterian Church. 1t is production of great
apower, full offeeling, and not less full of strong
practical sense. 1t inculcates the necessity of
Ire!igIous instruction to the class among whom.
swere found the authors of this horrible deed!
Encouraged by the authority of so good, and sol
3sensihle man as MIR. Moore, we venture toi
sadd our testimony to his. There is creed sol
apreyalent among the slave population, that i'll
amay almost be pronounced universal, which,
.teaches that when person has been baptized,
I (not m rely immersed, bat baptized according
sio the form of the church he may happen to
<ttncy,l no matter what crimes he may after
swards commit, he cannot ultimately be l1st.-
sBy far the larger part Of them regard the or
dlnance of baptism as no more than a license
sto commit any act however heinous it may be.
4tt is perfectly notorious that the very worst
5seTvants are those who are commandments, and
athat servants originally good, become deprav-
Sed as soon as they become members of the
xchurch. 1t should not be forgotten that Jane
civilians, the most execrable wretch of whom
! we have ever read or heard, was communi-
gcant, and so was John. These devils ncarnate
considered it perfectly consistent with the
Screed to murder the innocent infant in its era
sdIe-the sleeping and Unsuspecting parents in
stheir beds! Why, the very persons among the
scrowd of negroes in this city who went to see
sJane Williams hung, pronounced her apotheo-
isis. " She has gone home," said one. "She
ss in glory" said another. " Her seat is far
shigher in Heaven than that Of Mrs. Winston
aid third. Innumerable expressions of that
skind were heard on the ground, and have since
I been repeated all over this city! This GER
stainly proves the assumption of Mr.. Moore,
{ that there is need OF better religious instruc-
ation.
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