New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-17
o,r or NR. BrcHANAN 5 JCDGES.
cfIhe \. Y. Tribune.

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;nd,on ,t,on ,tand steAn!iy q, r'ihng neA' -
II, ov. seen m the Iid Judicial Di'tnd ~ ''.'7
n-,,1rx q. the nppuiutmsnt of l.. L. fHznusu'
g.. D;s,r;et Jusge. Some SIX mootns oe'ore
.'''S -, ,h ,,.iie, WA. IA ked oi, not wi,hn
~ TT =, -. ,,,,,A haso been brave man W
- ., ,, IN, distrct), but o. the Capital,
NV made to circulate petition t. the
O." :" -. .r,oiptment 10 the office. But
.cb n ,.orm Of ofiudigua;"n thst hi.
VIC ''' ~. ,,,,arew his pstiilou and, to quiet
.,''"~ - cave out that he Was no lOnger sn
~ r. .h. of,ice OF cpurSr, this was satisfactory
CIT .nthc Dut, before this WAS done, remOn-
!" Wv "A b..n circulated Throughout the district
o,,.e 10 the Preeideht bis nt-r uOtitnes. for the
a.. n. abandoned character, hs utter disregard Of
.n lsw and decenoy, and resp etialy praying the
prsJept not to appoint tn. But h,o f'iends 81 f,r
from Withdrawing his application, appear TO have
,e,ewed .oer efforts in his behalf at Wa-neston; and
.lbongh thee romou.arauces agaus, h's appointment,
vre all s 20 the uilice oi the Attorney General, yet
ii. believed .nat through the ntngues OF his ihends,
,he President never saw them Our pnpc cannot
believe that the President would have appointed nun
\. had On the EXPRESSED will Of the people ani the
reasons set forth 10y them.
Au,ong the CRIMES cpnnit,cd by K. c. Fitzhugh
SsIcc
a. specimens his deliberate and cold-booded murder
aArdrew Wilson, and the keeping IN public manner
q bcyeu supplied with Indian girls to the murder
Of Wilson, you cen judge IRON the substance Of the
.viSeoce copied f,om the records vi the Court
which Jucgc Fitzhugh tow prc,idcs, and hereto sub
;oped And, If there Is any el,nce public s7nti
melt, you fuli EXPRESSION Of the people Of
Whatcom County, the county in which Fi.zhugh re-
4 The
sw reope that rested III that county all l'yei at
plsoe viz: B,ninglan Bay, aud there not to
e,sd forty men i'll toe county, at ;ne election for
Deeeste to Congress, which came of cw days after
"a. murder Of wilson, tue entire for both stevers
md Aber1etby was but 80. A full year after
tbs murder was perpetratea, and all excitement had
rs,sed away the people Of that ace drew up their
solemn lemorstrahce against his appointment as Judge,
u which they state that in their Op mon tne killing oi
Wilson " az denberat. and wiiIidl &C. This paper
pss signed by 40 cit zsps of Whatcom County, every
citizen Of the place. except two three that were i'll
the especia employ of ttzhugh fhis renon-trancs
WIZ forwarded to tle Attorney General, and copy of
il kept which vas aso fOiwafoed by different mail,
so tiut there no doubt ab nut one or both having
been received at that office.
nov proceed t" copy tue suhsaocc of the evidence,
NJ gver before H. \. Peabody, stice OF tue Peace
This Peabody aud is yet the bosom friend OF Fz
hugh and went bis length to screen hu from punish
ueut He refused u commit Ftzhugh, or even to
sepd TO the District Court copy "f the testimony
taken before n uot tbc Grand jury sent for it and
compelled him to produce it.
The following is literal copy of the dying declar
nops Of Andrew Wilson, who being shot through tue
abdomen ved until next day. Deceased says:
81 was standing taking 10 james Graui, aud Mr..
Ftzhugh came along aid asked what was doing
there l t,id hun was gmng t. Pa'tics TO g' dow
10 Chuc-i uk, ian lJdiau osme) lie sal' Should n"t
psss his huuse sal Is tins rot tue public road ho
said it WAS not; asked im If could go 0u the beach
le told ne yts; startrd to 20 down Ic trail to the
beach; he seemed u fVlos INC; tdrued rouno and ne
fired pistol at me. tSlGneol AsDREW WILSON
wane..e........, ,sisOed. a'SsGt O. r.sr W. ""0"S'
sub.csed before il't DAY OF May AID
Judge Of Probate of whs!com County.
certify the above be- If the d' position cknow
sisnra) r. E. rEAnooY. Justice of the Peace.
Richard Wllhaus aud Jaales Grant aod Francis
Cooty were all severaly sworn, and all corrob'rated
tie testimony of deceased and stated further that they
ran to the relief Of Wilson, and carried hm into the
house of James Grant where he died Of his wound on
the following day.
When brought before Mr.. Justice Peabody for ex-
animation. Fitzhugh appeared with a arse-slzed re
yolyer in his hand and MADE bullying speech, upon
which the Justice discharged hlm-not through fear oi
bis reyolver-fcr they weie bosom inends-but be-
cause lie was determined 10 go els length to shield MIN
from punishment Amer great deal of delay Justice
Peabody keeping back the record of the ex,aluaton
before him. and Ftznugh keeping away the witnesses,
the Grand jury enabled to examine the case and
The result WIS they ionnd true bull tor murder In the
FIST degree Under statute there are three degrees
Of murder bu, in this case the Grand Jury found ii III
The first deeiee Tne commission OF the former Judge
e,,,,d soon after the term Of Cout AT which Ftzhugh
was indicted for murder. warrant issued Tor his ar
r,s, bu, fore it was ferved upun him he WAS duly
oua,;6ed ss Judge unncr the commission. he ther
6,tsrmined to take the law into his own hands. Armed
TO tire teeth he started out to tuke summary vengeance
On ALI that had had anything do with his The
Judge that presided the clerk tha; issued the warrant
the Grand Jury that found the BILL and the witnesses
we're all to be victims. He rayed like y madmsn and
bis ce.,jculatons were u ost violent While raviog
md brus,h out his vengeance, he went first to the
clerks flee but finding neither Judge nor clerk, h'
procee ed to the revenue cutter ervn Davis where
Judge Chenowe,h was at that time spending y few
moments with the officers. lie commenced fdrloa:
attack Oh Judge ClenowetI, no doubt iatendIng t.
engage him ID quarrel ana then shoot him. Bur the
officers Immediately stopped him. He thou went Il
the hotel and found NJ. Crsney, who was the clerk al
the time the warrant issued but who WAS at tais tmC
out of Office, and commenced i'll awful rcge at him
pouring forth torrent of abuse and with threats com
teued Mr. Crsney to Withdraw the warrant, aud thus
ended tho case, or, al least far as II has yet al
vsnced. The people look with great amaze nent upon
these proceedings aid justly indignant at the Gov