Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-02-14

was set down in my Instructions answered .
reys, fawningly. THAT | was 10 show no ,n'.u
to men like you, men Of pats and courap.
When ! went back To court. | was reprilnsnJ /
for my lenity.'
Even rutchn, acrimonious "a was his mt,
and great were his wrnngs.-eens - have b..
IA little npll;tird by the piliable spectacle MI
he had at first contemplated with viu.lieiya
pleasure. He always denied the truth # Il
report that he VIII, the person who sent the ca
cheste barrel to the Tower
A mora benevolent man, John Sharp. tie o.
ccllent Dean of Norwich. forced himself 10 VII,
the prisoner. 1t wa painful task, but Shar',
had been treated by Jeffreys, in olden fines. n
kindly a. it was in the nature of Jetffeys ia
treat anybody, and had once twice been nbI
ov patiently waiting until the storm Of curses
ana inveciives Lad pent itself and hy dexter
ousiy se'zng the moment Of good humor, 10 oh.
Tau. .a; 'or UNHAPPY in,es some mitiga ton If
Their sufferines. The prisoner was snrnr;.ad
and pleased. What y, he .,iJ ..I,,. ,.',,, ','o
me now ?" ''' own
IL was IN Valn' however, that the pmi,hl. 40
vine tried to give saluiarv min IN ,hn, -, u'
conscience. Jetfreys, instead of acknowleao;n,.
his guilt. exclaimed vehemently against the in97
justice OF mankind. People cal Inc murder.
or for doing what at the time was applaude1 h..
who high in public favor. tn
call me drunkard, because take punch 10 ro
lievo me in my agony" He would not aan';.
that, as President of the High Commission h.
had done anything that deserved reproach. IIis
colleagues, he said the real criminal. ma
now they place all The blame him. H. .noLa
with peculiar asperiy of Sprat. who had nm.
doubtedly been the most hun me and mod,.r.,
member of the board.
1t soon became clear that the wicked indoa vos
fast sinking under the weight of bodily and men.
tai suffering. DIR. John Scott, prehenlarv or
Saint Paus, clergyman of great sanctitv and
author of the Christian Lfe,a treatise once widn.
ly renowned, was summoned, probably on the re-
commendaton of his intimate friend Sharp To ,ba
bedside of the dying man. 1t was in vain how
ever that Scott spoke, Sharp had already spo
KEN of the hideous butcheries of Doi chester and
Taunton. To the last, Jeffrey continued to re-
peat that those who thought him cruel did did
not know what his orders were that he deserved
praise instead of blame an that his cempncy had
drawn on him the extreme dsplea-ure of his mas.
ter.
Disease, assisted by strong drink and misery.
did its work fast. 'Thr patients stomach reiec
ted all nourishment. He dwindrd in few weeks
from porty and even corpulrnt man to "a skel-
eton. On the 18th of April he died. in the Att
year of his ngr. He had been Chief Justice of
the Kings Bench at 3d. and Lord Chance llor at
81. In the whole history of the English bar there
is no other instance of so rapid an elevation, or
of so terrible fall. The elnaciated corE~e was
laid, with all privacy next to the corpse of Mon.
mouth, in the chapel of the Tower,
DUEL WITH REvoLvERs 1t will be remem.
hered that about two months ago man named
Bel, from Cahawba, Ala was arrese il his city
charge of having fir, d at and seriously wouli-
ded his broth-in law, Mr. Quares. After being
taken to Cahawha, a hostile message passed be
tween the parties and they came TO LOU, ana for
the purpose of wiping out old scores according
to 1.-The code" Sunday last was the time fixed
for the meeting; spot near Lake Pontchartran
the place, and reviewers 1T twenty PAGES formed
n portion of the appointments. 1t is said that
they fired five shots each, QuafleS receiving
three shots, and Bell but one Qnarles received
one shot in his right another in his left cheek
a third in hi, shoulder.and fourth pas Sed through
his hat. The shot which Bell received was in the
upper and posterior portion of his right hip
None of the wounds expected TO prove fatal
Yesterday the parties retained to Alabama, ac.
companled by their respective friend>.-N. o.
Picayun,.