The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1857-03-12

him more rapidly than Was usual. The
1'rasurcr's ofiioe rather frrttcd than graft
fied him. AMI as long n he remained in ni.
iir before his exposure, his longing gaM
was continually fixed upon the Executive
chamber, in the other cnd Of the Capitol
but. there wer other aspirants, more iniia-
ential than himself cool. shrcwd and cum
ming. of which qualities he IoSs~scd no, n
q particle looking IN the same direction.
and they very soon tound means 10 take ad-
vantage Of his indiscrtions, follies or crimes,
Just as the reader choscs, TO make him q
victim
lie was declared dcfaultcr aud iicL the
State. although there are many among the
old citizns who entertain Il suspicion that
the guil,icr parties have never hsp pasish.
ei AT all. This suspicion was strengthened
from the fact that, shortly after his flight,
Graves made u proposition 10 the I<gisla-
,u~ 10 settle all his indebtedness as far US
he could, and 10 eSpee the real criminals
provided he was allowed 10 return to the
State without being suffice, to criminal
prosecution. aud that his proposal was We.
heinently opposed in high quarters. not al.
together thultless in public estimation. Al
all events. the proposition IL Graves was
rejected; and all memory Of the dciaultcr
passed out Of the minds Of men until last
summer, when an unsuccessful attempt was
made 10 bring him from Canada, wlrre he
had been rsiding ior ten years. under the
exiradiion clause in the Ashburton treaty.
Upon examination before the Judicial ,rbu-
nals in Canada. il was decided that the pro
visions Of that treaty did not apply TO his
ease, and be- was accordingly discharged
Some months ago, Gov. Mclla received
letter from Graves, which, In spcial
message he ir,ilemi,'el To the Legislature
on the 26th ult We append the following
portion, anl submit iha, il il rally pathetic
SIsuor. July 20, 1856.
" ihn ,ioyetiot IT Mississippi
As DO not know your namc, ! address
you as do.
have been near fourteen years an exile.
living in this Siberia of America. exposed TO
this terrible climate, where the mercury often
sinks to 10 degrW@ below zero. separated
from all that IL dear to me On earth Surely
this Is sufficient punishment for sli my pre-
vious acts Even II ! hal bsr living in
Russia, nv ofI'nce would not have mcri,el
the punishment have en,mrcd
You surely cannot ,aifer fourteen years
oi punishment. when my had Is sikrr,si
with trouble and age. WHEN my children
have grown up around me, unconscious of
their fathers misfortune) wish 10 degrade
me anv further.
have wife, sir, horn in the sinny
south whose relations reside in Madison
county who is most ANXIOUS Ia return 10
h.r native state She noiIy deserted her
parrnts, her home. her all, TO follow her hus-
band into exile. Her punishmen, has bc'u
greater than mDe--'shs, al least, ~ aHoosnf--
bat this has not prevented the climate from
doing its wors, upon her. and she is gradu-
ally sinking in,o the grave Al she aSks is
10 be pcrn,itai Ia rtnrn "a her native state.
Mississippi tn the sunny South To die.
This she cannot Do unlesr her husband !. free.
The N'cksburg Uh,g tins concludes an
article cn the mbj~i
We observe tha, the sabieri matter has
hen Wi,'rrpl tn select committee. and We
confess that We shall 10 gratifial II the le-
gl-lature will ai;Dw Graves Ia return 10 his
old homc We hoab, moi that his esprri-
,q,ee hft. Taught him that the way II the
tran-gn-sor IL hard AMI IA. ponr arp all
evil. VIZ have ~ little ,ioub, that b. viii ~
tnn a l-tier ~ welI as a spl'ier and
wiser man We runf--, too, g. dop
sympathy for his vile. With a w0mans
f,arlcpg devotion .ie stopped not 20 iBquirr
of her hn-l,lnds guilt she only knew tha,
she loycl him and in that x0rd abe found
hpr hearts hast happinss. IN h'r unialicr-
ing dcv0iion tn hfr husband she has haut
fnly cycmplifoi 'he ,uochnr dory u Ruth
ar; :; ajiii iijii iiii man worthy IL the name
can fail a. syrn,n;hizc with her. We well
REMEMBER Nr~. Grave o. We saw her iev
day. aft'- Der marriage In 'he frat flash
~ youth tho world wa 0le,H dr rose % hcr
anA we never saw sannler sm,le tighten
tine soc e . hridc, or heard more joyous
laugh com" ringing from ;he ,ilr of yonth
and rasiy Alar ppor child. lor 80" vo'
uerr child her dream of hii.s was - short
duration frw mouths ssw hcr ha.saDi
hrgsi"i with u iel0a's name, dying from the
ayenging ars BE- hai ns'ragcl ard from
that day 20 this shr hts ss.ars, h's cyile
Weary. wvsry years thfy have h,'s, 30 hrr
aOi ia 'lra' cpi snl iuho~pi'nlii" cline
whsre ahe iss fyusi q rtfuga apl home
hY~ her heari has yrarp-i 80 ;in auny
hFne whcrr hr yoang years Scra cherished,
usts' bg' ths r1ile 'aa knos Fnr be. SAKE
,is-n. for al iba, "a noblr asA gruerpa. IN
soman'. love ~ ,ay II Graves conIs hark,
" h. rcfpmis M rsary h. n1, frssa oar
Treausry S.n ard god he dos M. az
ain say vel Bot ~ him cofac - his
wifi rayp narp mnrc un tbe hourr Il her
,irildhoCh ami wien her cNs eio-c IN drs,h,
Ir' her Ia.' look Be upou thc 'ri1st asd ,le
~cpsT ~ her yrntb
\ lAsGE Bsr --Thc tolla~ing stsy. so
vel tod ia PoprrKs SPIRIT # n, T~e.