The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-11
ORRESPONDENCE..


Court today, was the scene Of one
capital, and three life imprisonment
sentences, and offour others for longer
OF shorter terms, at hard labor III the
Pententiary 10 one or two Of which,
were added appropriate lines Of The
seven el'lpfits thus disposed Of, two
were Of American birth, one q French
man, and the balance were OF the
Sons of Erin Two Of them, inclu-
ding the condemned man, murdered
their wives, and il one ought to be
hung (and | think he ought the 9th
en- should have shared the same fate.
How much can we eommlsselate the
fate Of y man. who stands up TO re.
ceive bis sentence, and when asked if
he has nought to say, declares that "he
bad something agin her, but he would
not bring it in 10 his defence, because
that woman (his wife) was ever kind,
always true TO him; nursed him for
six months when he was sick, day and
night, constantly by his bed side, and
that she loved him rs he o,,ce loved
her" Yet this was his declaration,
aud on the slim pretext that "he had
something agin her." could ask the
Judge to spare his life ifhe could"
Poor keates the Poet, was all soul, all
purity, but he knew very little Of hui
man nature. or he would have never
said, "a tear disclose all within"
This man who thus spoke for his life
wept, apparently bitter tears; but on
his face were the untnistakeable lines
of hardened villany, and the other
man, Finn, was as cool and uncon-
cerned, about his fate as he pos
sibly could be. One goes to the gal
lows in a few short weeks (the Gov
ernor has 70 fix the day Of executionl
and the other dies civil death to-day,
the lingering throes of which, will be
witnessed il the walls Of the peniteie
tiary. ....
Since the execution Of Adams and
nelisle in 1862, for the murder Of q
young slave girl, there has been no
III this city, but this fact is no
criterion by wich the morals of the
place should be measured, for murder;
foul and brutal murder, has fairly riot |
ed in the blood Of its victims of late,
The crime Of wite-killing it seems, is
Of Il grade of misdemeanors or crimes.
somewhat lower than that of man
for it is getting most awful |
" fashionable nowadays, while the
iuries pay premium upon the deed,
by bringing in virdict "Not Guilty" |
or Guilty without Capital punish
lnent,"
But the red record is getting SO full
Of it, that it makes me shudder AS |
think Of it; and will leave it, but
before doing 50, | will say one word
in commentator OF Attorney Genl.
Morse, who seems to act upon all Of
these cases, as if he desired that the
law should be fully vindicatad without
fear or favor, and if every murderer,
or red -handed criminal
loes not get their full measure of jus
ice, it is not the fault Of that indefati-
gable officer. Aud say this the more
3heerfully, because heretofore | have
been somewhat inclined to think 9th
srwise Of him.
You may now rely upon the fact
hat the New Orleans and Great
Northern railroad will be opened to
he State line, before the 4th proximo.
20 that the Company, and our citizens
generally, can celebrate "Freedom's
birthday" in our sister State
More recent accounts from Mexico,
give full details of the grand opera
ions ofSanta Anna with his $4,000
,raves," and if these can be relied
lpon as being half true, that renegade
VI the gallows will ere long find it
afest for him to get as far from his
country as he can, in fact to leave his
ountry for his own country's good"
t appears that Alverez cut off the
Whole force Of 5000 men at the Lee
irene Hill, leaving only seven or eight
hundred in the train of the palient
women killer, and barn burner, which
cached Chalpincingo, where Santa
Anna deserted them and hurried on
. the Capital to talk of war and vic