The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-06-25


Rooiou with malice sforsihoughf. II was tfus III
feeipss had, for some tims existed between Roblou
ana hins r. but those feelings hsd never suggested
70 him the Idea Of taking Robiou's life. The even
Ing Of the fatal dsy. he wss in his yard with his
gun, when Robiou was 10 the set of passing and
90 ne imagined the wagon was approaching the eide
OF the road next to his house. the idea ashed scross
his inod that Robiou was about to stop and indulge
IN some abuse towards him and his family, a. had
been his practice. Without thought or deibera~
ton, be rased his gun and shot him, and 90 impu,-
sive was the act that be did not raise the weapon
to his shoulder, but fred without taking any aim
from the eye.
Nor was 1t true that his daughter, Mrs Robiou,
entertained any deadly hostility towards Robiou,
notwithstanding his gross abuse of her. Neither
she nor Reid, or any other person, ever used any
language or employed any efforts to stimulate him
to the commission of tbs act on the evening of that
fatal day. And when, in an unguarded moment, he
killed her husband, she exhibited the most pro
found sorrow, and showed all those tender feel
ings usual to the sex at the loss of a husband. He
had taken fathers pains with bis daughter, (Mrs
X } and he believed she was an Injured woman
The runners put in circulation by her husband,
Robiou, in relation to her intimacy with Reed, he
believed to be false. In the presence of bis God
he soemnly declared his firm belief in her entire
virtue and innocence. In his (Wormey's) absence,
Robiou, man As years of age. had married his
daughter, girl of only about IA years without his
knowledge; and such was the disparity in their
years that the state of things which followed might
well have baen anticipated The charges which
RoDieu had made and industriously circulated
against his daughter, were too gross and indicate
for him to repeat particularly in the presence of
ladies, (the prisoner turning and pointing to some
females near the gallows) Those charges had
been attempted to be proved, when the depostionA
in the divorce case were taken but there was en-
entire failure to substantate any Of them. He had
taken pains in rearing his daughter and endeavored
to insti into her mind correct principles.
He did not seek to ALLEVIATE her feelings from her
husband, or to produce separation. He was al
sent when the marriage and when the separation
took place, and Robiou had written a letter to his
(Wormley'D sister, attributing the cause of their
to Mrs Wormey, the mother, and ex-
pressing wish that he, her father, would return
to briog shout a reconciliation. He did return in
July, 1850 with no selings OF resentment towards
for he had been long absent, and Robi]u and Reed
and all in tle neghborhood were then strangers TO
him. He admitted, no viewer, that his feelings were
embittered against Robiou, in consequence of the
gross charges hs had made against his child, a
daughter whom he loved and be lieved an inn ocent
and injured woman. Only week before the
fatal day" Robiou came 70 his (W.s) house to zee
his (R.'s) child, and while there repeated his
charges and declared that bis wv. 81 house was
place of bawdyism Such charges and language
did excite him, he admitted, bus it did not cause
him to form a determination to axe the life OF
Robiou.
As to the mayEiage of Reed, after the death Of
Robiou. he had nothing to do-snd he believed all
the inferences (which en- mics had drawn from il,
were un.rueV He alluded to the evidence at his
trial, and saW that some of the statements of wit
nesses wei incorrect 1t was not true, az John
Williams Stated that Reed Yves at his (Wormley's)
house, when Williams passed there a short time
before ihe shot Robiou. He would not say that
Williams or any other witness wilfully misrepre-
sented facts but there were statements made which
were not true. He freely forgave all, however,
who were connected with his trial and conviction
and he parted in peace with them as he did with
all the world Hs concluded after speaking about
l5 minutes, by bidding all present an afe ctionate
farewell.
The remarks of the prisoner were delivered in a
manly, impressive, aad we might almost say, elo
qneat style. His voice was clear, his gesture Gas
well as it could be displayed with his hand cufs on)
good, and his whole demeanor exhibiting a mind
clear, composed, and free from all those emotions
so naturally to be expected from one in his awful
situation
At the conclusion Of his address his hands were
pinioned behind him-a white silk hand kerchief
tied over mis- face-the cord adjusted around his
neck-tied TO the beam above-and after the plat
form was vacated by his attendants at twenty min.
utes past O'Clock, the drop fell and thus closed
the earthly career of John s Wormley. He appa-
reuty died easy. There was at first sg ht strug-
gle then drawing up of the shoulders, and then,
In anorher minute all was still. After hanging
the OCCASION pronounced him dead. The rope was
cut-his body placed in black coffin, in the same
clothes in which he left the prison, and in which he
was executed, and subsequently buried few steps
from the gallows, in grave already prepared to
receive his remains Here they are to await the
call of his friends. he having made request that
they be delivered to them.
FINE WHEAr-We have placed n our countioe
room two specimens of wheat, handed us by Mr.
Thomas ChaCdler of Caroline coun,y ryh;oh -.