Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-31
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a .Forts made in his behalf by his relatives
= friends. the manner in which he spends
=. time, his feelings, and state of mind in
-;sr Of the certainly of his approaching de-
solutiOn.
On Monday, the Reverend Messrs. Woods,
s,r;yener and Dennison met at Colonel Thomp
ans lone Of his counser room at 10 o'clock,
ID after consultation, it was decided that
,sev should call again upon the Attorney
General and President not because that they
.,pected to obtain a respite or pardon for
woodward. but in the hopes that this final an
aver from the President refusing to interfere
IN bis case would convince Woodward that it
,,s useless for him longer to indulge in the
ho,s that his sentence would finally be COM
nuted; and induce him to prepare for his
rspidly approaching end
After waiting upon the Attorney General
,ni he President, and being informed by the
President that he had examined carefully the
evidence given on the day of trial on both
,;Ies. and could not interfere in the case, they
returned to the Jail, sent word that they de-
,ired to have short interview with him. Mr.
Woodward returned answer that he was then
engaged with some female friends and that
he could not see them, but he would be at
liberty in snort time. After remaining as
long as their other engagements would permit
they sent to him again, this time sending up
their names, informing him that they had
called upon the District Attorney and Presi-
dent and had message from the President
for bin, that they wished to have short in
tsryiew with him, but would not detain him
long, that he could request the ladies to with
draw for moment.
He yiel led to the request, but as they en-
tered the cell, taking the watch out of his
pocket, he said-''Be short, if you please, with
the interview. These! lady friends will not
probably be able to see me again; but you,
gentlemen, can see me any day"
The committee then informed him that they
had called upon the President, and that he
had refused to interfere in his case,
Mr. Woodward received this information
with perfect indifference, and replied s.All
that remains for me to do is then 20 prepare
for my approaching end am not at all sur
prised at the Presidents decision; for if the
evidence he has examined, is to be believed,
or even one-fourth of it, he could not have
acted otherwise"
In his conversations upon the subject of a
pardon with his friends and counsel, and, in
deed, in his letter to the President, he has
always said that he did not desire to be sent
to the penitentiary; that all he wanted was
TO be pardoned and allowed to go beyond the
limits of the United States; that if the Presi-
lent and the citizens believed him guilty, he
was as willing to be sacrifice to the law as
any one else.
Till yesterday he has expressed his deter
on the day of the execution to de-
nounce 20 Of the 80 witnesses who testified
against him, as purjured. Yesterday, how
EVER, when the subject was alluded to he said
be had concluded to take tie advice of his
spiritual advisers, who had urged him to be
;alu, and not to touch upon any subject upon
which he would likely to be excited
We learned ut the Jail last evening, when
We went up to visit Mr. Woodward that none
are allowed go to see him except his relatives.
spiritual advisers, counsel, and some few
,riends,-and upon inquiry whether his rela
lives visited him daily, were told that his mo-
her had not been in for some days, that his
listers had not called upon him lately, but
hat his brother and brothers wife visited
him frequently. On further inquiry, we also
earned that his brother would have prepared
expressly for him a beautiful walnut coffin:
hat the hearse would convey the body to one
'f the cemeteries in Georgetown, and placed
IN vault there for the present
This morning we were informed that Wood
ward was as cheerful and apparently as in
Inherent about his fate as at any period of his
confinement. He still declares that he is not
guilty OF the murder of his wife, and the indi-
,stion is now, that he will never make any
Of guilt
FtTe on Sersnth Street-We understand
mat Mr. Brashear's loss will be greater than
drst supposed. lie was insured in two COM
panies, FIVE thousand dollars in each. but
neglected to notify according to an estab-
ished rule of all fire companies,) one of the
that he had effected an insurance
IN the other. The companies in which the
property was insured were the Mohawk Val
ley and Northwestern, both of New York
State. The Northwestern is the company not
notified, and which, it is said, will not be
compelled by law to pay the insurance; and
ret we cannot help thinking that the directors
'f the company would consult the ultimate in
erest of the company by promptly paying the
Insurance
The Aiteys' OH tie Alleys DO, Mr..
Mayor look after the condition of the alleys
I'll over Washington. They are shockingly