Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1860-02-27

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! his position and whilst be regretted
THAT Senators could not 60 with him, he
| wassgiad to hear Them declare their IN
| tention TO stand by this Road. until il
\ reached ire w dstern terminus. for ii would
be comparatively worthless ii il stopped
/ short OF Il.
Tie vote wss then taken, Ard the res
loluion WAS rejected--ayes q. NOES rs
Stnien.s OF SlsEras and HazTstt. d
4 The Court room 1T Charleston, Vir-
| GINA, Was crowded Monday morning,
to hear the sentence OF the law passed
| upon Hazlstt and Stevens. Some
| time was oceaRied BY counsel in pre-
senting bills lof exception in the case
OF Hazlett. and il was twelve O'Clock
before Stevens WAS brought into the
Court House. The prisonsrs we're
brought into Court BY the Sheriff,
Jailor, and d guard ot twenty men,
of the Jefferson Guards Both
Ipisoners wore an uncertain air, and
seemed unterfifed at the awful posi-,
! ton in which they have placed them
selves. y.
The Clerk having asked the prison
ers if they HID anything to say why
Esentenee shohld not be passet upon
them, both responded that they had
| Stevens then said. MAY it please
the Court, i have q few words to say.
Somefof the testimony given against
me was untrue, One 81 shekwitness
es stated thatf. | said, Let us9kill the
49, ofsrsnd.. burn the town. y.
70 those who know me it, is useless to
make d denial Of this charge bnt |
deny here, before God and man, ever
having male such q proposition. =
| wish to SAY l am entirely satisfied
with the conduct of my counsel, Mr..
FSennett. Il think he did all III his
power in mysbeIialf. I.desire also to
return my thanks to the officers who
had chargesof me, for their universal
kind treatment. and to my physician
for the services rendered me whilst
suffering from my wounds. When
| think OF my brothers slaughtered
my conscience does NOT reproxe me
for my action. Isbafl meet my fate
nlanfuily.''
fThis reference is understood to be
the treatmentEof his Northern bretk-
rem and sisters during the Kansas
broils ]
Hazlett then spoke as follows:
{. haveza few words TO say. am
innocent Of fhs charge on which !
Ellaye been Convicted. | deny ever
having committed murder, or ever
having contemplated muftler, or ever
having associated with any one with
such Intentions. Some Of the wits
nesses have sworn Is filings which /
deny, and which were positively false.
For Instance, in reference to my
beard; have never in nvSkfe, until
my imprisonment injail. allowed my
beard to- go more than three weeks
without shaving. and all testimony,
therefore, as t9 the length of my beard
| is false, Again, Mr.. Copeland testi-
fed that-I was sitting on stool
when he entered the cell at Carlisle !;
lthis I deny !; / was sitting on a blank.
| Ell, back against the wall and another
man was On the stool, Copeland also
said there wefe only two men in the
|cell; this is false. as there were four
otlleI white Hlen III fhe cell with me.
and we-comprised alIthe white prison
lers In the jail Others Of the wit
lnesses male false statements, but |
forgive Them ALL / have been treat
ed kindly SINCE my confinement,
IsnnUch better than I had expected
and must say I think ,bettersof Vir.
tginia. I wish also to return my
Thanks to the counsel who have so
ably defended me-; they have done
more ir my behalf than Northern
counsel could possibly have done. |
repeat it, | am Innocent Of, murder.
but am prepared to meet my fate"
The prisoners having concluded.
Judge Kinny then proceeded to real
tile following sentence, during which
The was much affected. and atftimes
could with difficulty give utterance
/ to the sentence:
Aaron d. Stevens, you have been
indicted aud tried By jury of the
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