New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-12-07
SENTENCE OF Dr. BEALE From the Philadel-
phia Ledger of the 18th we extract tie fol.

lowing:
Dr. s. r. Beale convicted of outrage upon tie per.
son of Miss Nudge was brought into the Court Of Quar-
ter Sessions yesterday morning for the purpose Of rcev
ing his sentence The prisoner accompanied by his
wife and joined in the court room by his sister and
two other ladies' and by number of male friends The
party took their seats in front of the prisoners dock
Dr. Beale looked very pale and careworn and bis face
expressed much mental anguish His sister wept and
after opening of the Court before the sentence was
pronounced Neither the District Attorney either of
his deputies were present At about halfpast TO- Mr.
Browns the counsel for the prisoner arose and said
Before your honor proceeds TO sentence Dr.
Beae has statement which he wishes to submit to the
Court In this statement have Of course had no hand
| or share trust your honor will HEARTH
Judge Thompson Certainly, sir"
| The Doctor then commenced in ALTERING voice to
read his statement of which the following is the first par
| agraph:
am aware that the declarations and the solemn
Yations Of man placed in the circumstances in which
stand before this court have but little weight thu
the public mind At the time, am constrained
give utterance to the truth however cautiously skep
caly it NAV be received. 1t will in some measure, IS
susge anguish Of my hours of confinement to remem
Der that protested my Innocence Of the dreadful crm
Of which Jury have convicted me- This now do in thu
most solemn and decisive manner, appealing to tint
Searcher of all hearts, my Maker and my final judge T.
witness what say. never contemplated its commits
| suggestion.
The statement occupies column in the Ledger, and
filed with animadversons upon the conduct of the jur
after the had been submitted to their deliberations
of the pursued by the District Attorney
aud reservations Of his entire innocence Of the Grim
| charged. 81 tzt.=-
| On the morning of the 9th ult Captain
McCerran and Batey of New York. while sailing in th
Bay in the schooner Sarah Elizabeth belonging to Por
Monmouth, were capsized fiat, midway between tn
Highlands Lights and Sandy Hook Point Capt Mcesr
ran attempted to walk ashore the fats but coming
| a small channel was drowned It was supposed he wa
benumbed with cold he is said to have been goo
swimmer His body was not recovered Capt. Batcy wa
| rescued by small boat.
i Ill. SUCCESS OF THE WHALING FLEET. -Copiou
reports from the whaling feet in the ochotsk and Arct
Seas received here Saturday VIA the sandwich Island
and California more than corroborstes the unfayorab
reports previously received The feet In the Ochots
Sea- comprising about 200 sail have met with little SUI
cess since previous adviees the whales being fcarc
and small The average catch will probably not excee
$50 barrels which is scarcely more fhan one-nan %
average Of the preceding season. From the Arctic IN
adyces are still more disastrous The Meet comprise
about so SAIL of which, up to the 5h OF september las
about one.half have been heard FROM and the averae
does not exceed two whales. The ships which had a
rived at the Sandwich Islands, including one at Payt
up to the 18th Of October II in number, from both sea
and Kodac have averaged only III barrels. The ave
age from the entire fleet last year was YOU osrres Inc
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