Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-11-28
:. Pardon o. DE-. Reale.

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DR.. Stephen T. Bea;e was yesterday released
from his confinement in MOyame nSing Prison. DR.
r. was convicted in October last Of the offence
with which he was CHARGED, and vas sentenced to
an imprisonment Of four y arS and six months lTf m
thr 25ih of NoVembtT. After hts incarceration he
was confined alone 70 his cell but Lis health hay-
ing become impaired. lie was removed in June 10
the hospital Of lie prison. " here he remained UNI
tit;he timenf the release.
GoveTnor Pollock signed the pardon on We,lnes-
day, the 2ISt inst, and the same night Col. j. II.
McC.aiey, the Chief Clerk IN the Office of the
Secretary or th Commonwealth, staTted TO the city
with the document. Information Of the granting
nf TIE pardon was receNett On Wednesday night,
and the famiIyof the Doctor was prepared Eur his
retnIu honies
Early on Thursday morning, Col. McCauley was
met at the American HotelbY Col. Jas. S. Wal
lace and together with one or two other gentle
men they repaired 10 the prison! a friend of DIR.
Beale's had preceded them aud communicated The
glad tidingS him. The doctor was completely
overcome then the intelligence was communica-
ted to him anil lot some time was unable 10 1Gtlc-
UInie syllable.
AT bali past eightO'clock in the morning Doctor
B. ale reached his home in Walnut street, and
those who witnessed the meeting between the lale
pr snner an his family described 1t as being Affect
ing in the extreme. Mrs. Beae VISITED her hus-
band frequently during the time of his mpnson-
m Mt, but the chiliren lad not seen their father
from the time Of his conviction. The interview
between Them is represented as having been very
touching. During the entire day the house Of DR..
Brale was VISITED by scores Of his friends.
GnYErnnt Pollock, in the instrument extending
executive cIemency to Dr.. Beae, SEES forth the
reasons " hieh had induced hin TO grant the par
don:
He had received communications from about one
hundred fo:tysnd dentists an ltwen three physi-
ciaHs the city stating their belief That testimony
a<tnmaterS tauspiTing under the influence OF ether
II fable firm, mn Of hs.r
phYSiclanS named, that ih:y believe him innocent
from q Large number of the bar, and citizens of
various States. including the names ofGovernotS,
Attorney GeueTalS. &C., that they leI'rve he was
convicted on insufficient testimony: from a mnm
Der ri cleTgymer, that they believe hun Innocent |;
II The Mayor OF Phi adelphia and sixty b+ IS
of the Philadelphia City Councils, from members
Of the Legs aiure, Judges Of the Supreme Court,
et!lrnrs OF Philadelphia newspapers, and FIVE
thousand other citizens OF Pennsylvania and Of
New York. with FIVE Of the jury on the lri, all
asking fnr his pardon. Alter enumeTatlng all these
facts, the Governor says:
Aud wh,I Teas, the BOaul OF Inspectors Of the
said Philadelphia County Prison, Gas appears by
Their communication on file in the Office of the
Commonwealth have unanimously recommend
rt the pardon of the said DR.. Stephen IT, BeaI, be-
cause. in tLeiE opinion, the emf contemplated by
the law in the moral reform Of the prisoner has
bsen Northumberland full and ample saiSlacin
has betu rendered TO public sentiment by the i'm
prisnnment lie has already undeTgUne--becauSe
his health Is undoubtedly breaking down under
the SuaerlngS oil body and mind which he has al.
ready endured. and because the destitute condition
Of his Uee,I parents and beIeaY,d and SO,Iowins
wife and children impea rtIVe;y deLnanL the pres
ence and SUPPORT Of their SOIL, husband and faith
eT.
And whereas, after a full and CAREFUL examina-
ton Of the facts and evidence in the case, aiGed
by the scientific discussions 10 which it has given
fVyIi ar FeH he