Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-26

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A.VEHY MYSTERIOUS ARpAIR.-At the time OF
the occurrence, we mentioned that Il man siatnei
Peter Ward had been charged in zlnesyiIlv,
| o 10, with thrusting the infant oi Patrick and
Martha White into the fire, aud burning it liz
such a manner as O.cauSe its d.ath in few
d US ufter. The gainesville paper ftom which
we copied the account, said tlis was done b{
Ward, in fit of spite, becnusc' White whO had
been reared q Gatholi, hid hangedghis religiO.G
There was something 30 atfOrionS il, this idea,
that we at once felt disposed to pace but ltttl
reliance upon il But, whatever may be the
truth of tae matter, Ward; ter lOi z and
searching trial, cquitted of the charge, al.
most instantly, on Tuesday eyeIIiIsg,
This, however, does not reno e the hOr1ibi,.
mystery of tue whole dsInSaclioll. Ii appears
That somewdy, dutiNg the temporary abseM1s
of the parents, dill take the c lid { ON the bed
where it had been securely placed asleep, d
the resiauum of a large wood fir, cauSi giIs-
ljuries which resulted n its death. The terrible
nature Of these injuries may beInfcrre I from the
statement mtde, ''ttat its toes dropped e" and
| the skin hung in charred strips six inches long
from the calves If its legs The child was only
ten months old. Two blankets and avs
coverlet had been placed over the child. and
were tucked in under boti, ticks of the led
Against the sides OF the be,lnext to the fire was
placed high back rocking chair, held ihits
place by rise in the hearth, upon which il mar.
tally reSt.d. Against the tlgck Of the ciIait,
and upon the cOYerct, &C., forstlIe purpose OF
holding them in place, was laid pillow, aud ott
this an oycrcoat The child's arms were alst
placed under the covers:
fire
leaving the child thus secured, went for wate
to pump abnut twenty rods distant from their
house. Having obtained the water, they were
an their return, when the wife heard her child
scream frantically. Leaving her husbnd she
! flew 70 the house, near the door Of which She
found Peter Ward; though on the part of the
defence It was set up that she met hiln or rather
oysrtook him, ut number Of rods distant there,
from. She entered the house, Ward following
directly after. On the middle of the flour, upon
his hands and knees, she found her child dretd
fully burned. But the parts of the child whigtE
were burned, offered indiCati ms as to the man
ner in which the act bad sheen done
The feet and under parts If the legs were thu,
only parts Injured. The hands and knees were
untouched, as was also the hair, face and sto.
mach. More remarkable still, tile dress which
the mother declares it had on when she left the.
house, was still upon il, and, although the cot-
ton goods, VAS not eTelt signed Another sig
niticant fact. thesbed was nndistnrbell! The
EclOthlng was mot rulnIled, and the plRca Is here
the child had been in bed WAS mot cNllapscSi -.
The rocking chair was az it had been left. Up.
on the Gre Stinctly VisibletIe print which
! had been made when the clliI was placed upon
| "a This cOrresponded exactly with the hauns
ches and a portionsof its legs 80 evidence Of
struggling or crawling were visible No ashes
marked the trail of the child upon the hearth
Such series nt singular circumstances were
evidence enough that the child had been burns
eddy some agency besides its own In this be-
/ lief the mass 0fsthe community still reHain -
The author of the fnhuman act Is still nnknown;
may ever remain SOL HitMiRgt0 (Dsl.) Re
jpst8lieRa.
AlosT INPoRTANT FRoN PANANA.2-Nye feel 3sSs
tiSfied thatrelabe letters avereaeEctt this city
from Panama, saving that MessTS. Morse and
BOriands the special and resilient Ministers from
this government IN View Granada, have been
constrained 70 demand their phEsllo fts owing to
the determination Of tli5t government to; refuse
to do Justice to the matters now IN issue Viii
the United States, and that great excitement
consequently exists on the IsthmIs. where 1t Is
confidently anticipat that the government here
will promptly direct 81, s. vessels of war 10 lake
Possesslo sof they tFts OF Panama md ASIins
wall 81 q;
We do not perceive how that can he done
without calling GnngE ether the
means TO make the occppation Of those ports
available TO the end of an The FOlns
inunicatipp arTQs Isthfnus by tail4 f;lrsit
will be edtirett 10 That eud 20 station A1Aetiesa
troops along the railroad line darlington
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