Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-09-17

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Or two since, of the conviction at Liverpool,
md sentence to death by hanging, OF the
master, chief, and second mates Of the Martin
and Jane, of Sunderland, England. The En-
glish papers approve of the verdict and
taking credit to themselves that JUS
lice in England has not been defeated by in
sufficient evidence, or neglect on the part OF
the prosecution. The Liverpool Times gives
the following synopsis of the easel
&c We have heard and read much lately oil
ths way in which seainen are treated in tic
marine, but this case throws all |
Others into the shade, whether as regards the
brutal torture which accompanied the eXtinc-
ton Vf life, or the deliberate and systematic
manner in WHICH il was carried out. Rose, it
appeared, had shipped on board the vessel In
April, and the work Of torture commenced
even before the voyage began. He was used
so shameiully that he ahsconded from the ship,
was brought back, placed in irons, and from
that time until death released him from his sut-
terings, the captain and the first and second
mate Of the vessel made his torture their daily
sport.
"ltwas proved on the trial that he was fog
cd every day by the three piiseners--that
large mastiti' dog was set to worry him, which
tore the flesh from his body in large slices,
causing the bloc to flow in streams, and leav-
ing behind the most ghastly wounds and III
cers-that an iron belt was put across his
mouth, and his hands chained TO u strong bolt
In the deck behind his baclJ--thit he was put
INFO an empty cask and rolled along the deck
that he was sent alott naked to furl
the sails, and severely beaten with rope be-
fore making the ascent--that rope was plac-
ed round his neck, aud he was raised from the
deck to the elevation Of three feet, where he
was suspended for some minutes, and that
when lowered he fell on the deck like dead
man Death at length, moro charitable than
his prosecutors, put an end to his suffering,
when his body was found to be indented with
the marks of the rope.
"What vitality this unhappy man must have
possessed to endure this unheard of torture so
| lOng-what constitution nature had favored
him with which required all this brutality to
| destroy The evidence was so clear and in.
| disputabe that tho three miscreaEts were
found guilty, but the jury, from some eXtraOr'
! binary Obtuseness, recommended them to mer.
| cy--lnercy towards tho wretches, the re eta
Of whose deeds makes the blood of every lis
| tener and reader run cold But Mr.. Baron
| Watson, despite the warning, sentenced the
| trio Of sufferers to be hanged by the neck,--a
mercilul punishment as compared with theit
brutal and cowardly treatment of their nnhap.
| py Tictim.''
| The London Shipping List says -" In com.
| menting from timetO time upOnoutrages commit
tedat sea in foreign, and especially in American
in this country and in the merchant service
| there is no sympathy with the perpetrators
If they nre brought to trial, the ends of justice
are not defeated by insufficient evidence OF
neglect on the part ofthe prosecution. This
is the difference in favor of the administration
OF British law, Of which We, as Englishnen,
are not little proud"
| THE TRAGEDY AT GLouGFsrRR, MAss.--A
correspondent of tho Boston Traveller gives
the following particulars OF the recent tragedy
at Gloucester, Mass:
A most shocking tragedy occurred in this
town, yesterday Sunday afternoon. From
what We can learn, the following are the par
ticulars of the affair After dinner, Mrs.
| Davis, her sister, and one or two other ladies',
residing OH Eastern Point, left home for the
| purpose Of berrying, and having proceeded
about mile, nearly to the shore on the ont
side, had become somewhat scattered. While
there, Samuel Davis, the husband Of Mrs. DI-
| Wis, came up to her, where she was standing
with her sister, and deliberately aimed a re.
| vOlyeT ut her. The sister asked him not IL
| kill Mrs. Davis, and put ont her hand to push
| the revov er away, but before shO touched il
| one charge exploded, and the ball entered
Mrs. Davis's breast, who immediately fell
Davis then fired at his wife again, and the
charge also entered her breast. He then wen
OIL, and the sister spoke TO Mrs. Davis, wl1
turned her eyes towards her, and moved hcl
lips rs if speaking, but almost mmediatel,
died.
Davis, after leaving his wife, proceeded
about one hundred feet, when I've was seen byhi
sister to aim the revolver ut his breast and lire
He fell upon his face, and she went to hin
and turned him over, but he was dead.
The parties were both young, and have re
sided here several years. Mr.. Davis is spoll
en- OF as having been smart, industrious per
son, and was engaged i'll fishing, lie cam
from Maine. Jealousy is said to have bee
the cause.
Great excitement prevailed at the Poin
last evening, and will probably continue Ill
after the funeral. An inquest will be hel,
this morning by }. +. Trask, Esq.
ANOTHER MURDER IN KANsAs.-Lynch Lau
fnroked The officers of the steamer Omaha
ut st. Louis, from Leavenworth city, repor
that Just as they left, on the Sd inst, two mon
by the names of Gordon and Gillespie, llC
been arrested and We're to be hung in tn,
course of an hour or two by the citizens. Thl
81. Louis Republican says;
They were charged with having brutal,
murdered man by the name of Walls, from
Ohio. He was stopping at the time at the Plan
ter'S Hotel. Ii is supposed that he was de,
coyed to the evee, there murdered and rob
bed, and the body dragged to tine river an,
thrown in. When Gordon was arrested he de
MED all knowledge ofthe murder, though it wa,
observed that his shirt and clothes wrrn stain
with blood. The populace was greatly excit
ed. A rope was placed around the neck o
tho supposed ielOn, and he was elevated shOr
distance from the ground. This seems IN hov
brought him To- nroner sens, or Lis Sim ,ti,,
, and he asked to be cut down and nrocrnded l.
make a confession, lie admitted his cri,ain, Al
; ity, and IMPLICATED fellow Inv thn mama =
/ Gilaspie, well known in 81 Iouis and !" ma,
named O'Brien, as parties imniicotcd in th
murder. He acknewIedged that be stabhn,
Ills victim once. that (iiI'sn;a s'araJ H.
four times, and OBreD twice hetnrn tbe, on M .
so Iriiia.,'; NM 9ooli uIteI TINS COMES
"ioh othaSPiV was uEIchtCES anu inc execution