Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-06-24


"a poor man had been fined for some misde
meanor by The ysrdictof jury in tile hickman
/ Circuit Court. TO shase.t the money coerced from
hun would hsye heggered his wife aud chituIen.
i Major Robert u Bowmpy, then resilient attorney
OF Hickman county, addressed the Governor IN
behalf OF the poor fellow; and annealing To tbe.
triegdsh that for years had existed between Crit
tendsn and himself besougllt him 10 remit The
and it is: = 1850 i-s
'Bob-The. conviction al your client was props
| er, sand cannot as Governor. project him. But
enclnSe 10 You the money necessary 10 nay tie
me, on account OF .your representations OF The
! condition OF his wife and children. PLEASE see
/ 10 us proper appcation.'s
! II VIII be a long time before Mr. Crittepden IS
relieved from eensure for,the part he took in the
mai OF Matt Ward; bnt thus obgh, notto deprive
him of credit for the disinietestelness OF the act
which IS here allributed to him.
ExEcorioS OF a Russian SPrIN TuRkKg.-Tfe
following statement appears in The Liverpool
Journal Tile same details Of ihe accGttence are
Ealso published in the London papers. they were
furnished by one ofthe English correspondents
of the London press atschunlla:
ARussian spy has beeu executed ut Schunla.
Tie details are horrible ,,id dsgIacelll 10 0ner
| Pasha. The Turks are sivages or worst This
| expulsion OF the. brutes across the Busnhorus,
evenly Russia. The revolving account is as f1l-
lowS:-ThIee days ago he was Conducted by n.
large boiy of military IRON one end of Schuma to
the other tshmoel Pasha, with largesla1, led
the ways Attn considerable distance cnine'a band
oil dTninmeTS and iuusleiaus, playing tunes iiiore
SUITED TO a tTiumpha event than ioTthe tragtcal
atlair that was soon to lake place. Behind them
came sons lies oil soiliefs; then the condemned
man. Walking IN the dress OF = Bulgarian peasant,
his two arms tied ropes and held byltwo lSs-
vases WHO followed iiiin Tie criminal was led
out.io spot ia view of all spfeseni IsIunnel'
led
or the poor tsiipw exc ;piion was very soon In.
lshed--no;hing, IN .laet being do,ie excepting the
lbnding OF the nan's.eyes, and the tying at Ills
hands considerably tighter. lss7e.fs
Tie PaSla. gave The signal 10 nine soldiers who,
were placed NJ % ylnls nom the condemned man
10 FIRE. rhfee fred lirst, but only Que of their
shots took elect. Inade him staggers and fall
Another three thel fred, .vith eutliIlle more eff
iect; at. which ! he remaining three DISCHARGED
their muskeis at llm. foul balls IN al seemed 10
have struck him; but rs he was still not dead
three other soldiers were ordered TO fall out of
their ranks, aud fire upon Linn. After they lnd
done So, -seveia men went up 10 the unkiled man
and stuck their bdyonets into his skull. Hegroan-
| ed SO heavily that tie crowd heard him. The
want OF recisioR with which the men fired, aud
the taIdiness they showed.in doing their work,
were very reprehensilie, and save much pain To-
the foreign Officers who had sestr military exccu
lions in other countrleS; but The finishing part OF
the business as little else than revolving their
feelings. Several Turkish officers wentmp 10 the
uIutllaleu man. drew 'lhelrs Swords across his
throat, and then licked their blood from their sides
During The whole of the proceedings, llshmael
eaSla was quietly smoking his pipe, and seemed
as undisinrbed by emotions rs if lie had been wit
Messing review of his troops. Tie spy, we nm
deIs,and, had been formerly in the Russian army,
and was man ot considerable intelligence.
THe FuGiriyE SLAVE CASE AT CIwcSxAri.--The.
entire afternoon of satnriaywa occupiedby ccun-
selin arguing this case, and by Commissioner New
hall in rendering his decision. After an able re.
view of the testimony, the fugitives were remand
ed to the custody of their owners. We here give,
atlength, tue decision of the Commissioner.
In giving ADHESION in this case we deeply feel
the responsibility OF lis nature, and woud that il
could bc avoided. Questions which have agtated
the whole county baSs arsen in this case, aud
must say 1 congratulate ouf citizens upon their
good behavior since its commencement. They
have not proved themselves fanatics, aS IN other
Gently taken place.
The first legal question raised by The counsel tor
the defense is, that sitting iucicinl officer aud
believing corscientiousiy that slavery Is sIn, can
not decide the law 10 be Constitutional. We will
bnefiy say in reply 10 this question, we, in our
private oyinipns, do couscientiouSly believe that
slavery is sin; but at the same lime, we believe
as well might criminal Judge, who believed thai
capital punishment, was wrong, refuse 10 pass
Sentenceupon man condemned for u ca piini OIL
tense, as for me TO refuse t. execute what know
TO be tie established law oil lie land. We5elivve
onr private aud conscientious opinions have moth
ing 10 do in administering the laws of the land,
acting officially as now do.
The next question we are led to inquire ISL
Does slavery exist III the Stale of Kentucf y? What
proof have we before us? First, have tlie de-
csion OF one OF tie Judges OF the highest Gourt
in the land. Secondly, we have the laws and Con
stitution of the State OF Kentucky before us aud
thirdly, we have the oral testimony of citizen OF
Kentucky and one WHO is yeTsed in the laws OF
Kentucky, thai IL does exist. Is1h.s not sufficient
proof of the i,rct2 we think So
NeAI: Dothe fugitires here claimed ow e services
TO the respective cIainnnts! We have been ex+
ceedingly CAREFUL IN having all the evidence re-
duced to writing, read ovet by each witness aud
signed by them, and we cannot come TO any other
conclusion than that they do service 10 their
respective claimants. The identity OF their Iier-
sons is proven, without doubt, upon the mind of
this Court, and believe IL has had the same
effect upon every one who listened to the eyi-
dence. Believing so, what other duty is left for
tins Cou:t To act upon, duty which we hope may
not soon occur again, and thai is, TO remand the
defendants 10 their respective owners?
stis 81
! THE WILL OF PoET MoaTGoMERy.4It appears from
recent statenentin the Sheffield (Eng.) Times
that the poet james Montgomery has left an estate
of about ss000. The same Journal says: The
legacies which have been bequentled under the
will of the late Mr.. Montgomery to number of
our most deserving local charities as well some
other kindred objects with which his best affections
were intimately allied, eynce at once the selfde
nying ltberaIity of tue lastyeuerab!e poet, well
as the true catholicity of that active spirit of be-
nevolence for which he las ever been Distinguish
ed. The bequest are as foliows:-Fulneck Mora
Wan schools, 93Oo; Morayian missions. esoo,
Sheffield boys charity schools. ESQ, girls charity
schools ECO; the national schools ESQ. the society
for hetterng the conditions OF the poor, EGO; the
aged female society. ESQ; the boys Lancastennn
schools. s25; thegirls' I.ancasterian schools e25s
total e9oo. : All these legacies 10 be paid in
full exempt from dutf, and we understand that