Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-09
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A 7rEcrINa SGssE-SENTgNcE OF Fosns.-
This trnly lnfo,hlnate yonng man vas led to
the bar Of the Hnetjngs Court, on Saturday
morning, probably foT the last time. When
asked ty Judge Lyons If no had anything to
say why iEfe Court should not thon and there
procccd 20 pronounce sentence upon lin,
Fordc. IN 9 trsnulous voice, with tears rolling
down his cheeks, replied that he had little. to
saY-rorrainly, nothing he coulA say wonld
s,1c him from tie jguomini0us puoishment
abons TO br inflicted. lie hoped his enemies
werc satisfied ,now. They bad pursued him
in thr a,ost un,xisnting mariner; hut he f r
gave tlsn, and trasted That tley would meet
witt tnat mercy in another world, from an
allwiso Gnd, wlich Lhey yHnl laAartlraaig aanied
hin, in this. In;;as.sonely cell. long atser the
midnight hour, lie lad freQnently prayel tha.
tho ball which reached poor Dixon's heart,
had, instead, have pierced his own lie af-
iirmcd that the fight Was foreign to his incl-
nations; that il was brought on entirely hy
circumstances beyond his control, and against
his will and inclnatiba.. From the moment
when he opened the gate, on the day Of the
unfortunate occurrences, and saw the eyes of
Dixon and Goodrich fixed intently upon him.
| he knew the tiiue for Reconciliation had piss
el lie declared thai D!xon's pistol drew his
! fire, the deceased firing first. He did not ha-
licvc bimsclr guilty of any crime; he had
simply done that which any ether honorable
m III would have joEc under the same crcum-
stances. 70: this, ne Ind Lccn ANONYMOUSLY
doomed to long gears + labor: and The l;.st CD
rrom the whip Of tI,a task master, THAI may
fall upon l.is back, would wound his hca, /
more thaa they would his feeble body
| His fate nnw. he continued, WAS matter Of
small consequence; simply ripple upon tho
wave. lie would, perhaps, scarcely b. i'm
INJURED in hia Hsimg g,mUe hsi,re the friends
who had stood hy him with sch dcvo {.
ton, would forget him--in the noise AMI
blstle OF this world. they would forget him in
his Hning grave. hns there WAS ono whom he
would leave behind, whose heart was broken
{ now-one WHO had followed hin fortunes: who
had left the limpl streams and green hills Of
Kentucky 10 scok happiness with him here
he prayed that that God, iWhu tempcrs the
wind 10 the shorn Iarab," would be protector
and comforter to hnr Overcome ly his feel
ings, the unfortunate yCung man fank into his
chair, and, bowing his head upon bis bren-t,
wept like child.
| The Judge the Prosecuting Attorney, and
the counsel for the a,:;ui9i were all afoctel to
tsars, and remained si!ent for some moments.
Forlo tiually stood up. whom the Judge
said il was q painful duty to sentTcc ono 10
young, Of unbahl;ho5 family anA liberal oul
'urc, 30 the State prison. hut as an of:ianr u {
| tho Comnnnwcalth he would I,uw priI:col tn
! pass scntencc. p'4iGh he did IN Il lew words.
| allowing the prisoner ai,ty days before carry
| ing i. nt, rxa:ttinn, TINT liis rGunani might
have ample op!r'rlunI:y /, apply t., tho Conr:
| Of A1lm,Is for !. l,rw tria.
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| hgkrsrEn--llr. W. Mac!ure, the cml;.im,
Ing sus COON war arrested by the military ::n-
thq5itcs, Oh Friday lat, and committed to
Caslc T!undcr, on the charge Of attempting to
| -uu tvs men "thTough the lines." II appears
! that The Dr. started from the city in his
wagon, bound for the army t, embalm n 'nsn
and tnok along with him the necessary imIlc
mc;.t4 for the Job. 4 coffin was included in
the tn;f:. This article, however, Was far-
nshcsl by the party engaging tho Dr.'s ser
vices When some miles of the journey J al
ecn completes! the Dr. was arrested 'rhose
! ahn know DR.. M:clure rcali, acquit him Of
| ..ry intention tn commit Il Violation Of law.
| w.. h4tr that he cxpecss ~ shOT that l,c Wa
made q dupe of by the party who engaged his
services and attempted the smuggling.
The following statement we have from the
ciIirc ot the Chief OF Police:
! McClnre, together with 4 man named Rob..
| Kirby, had been suspected for some time past
rf rurcing Il special line to the Potomac, via
E:scx county, for the benefit OF blockade run
ncrs and ether sc7shns desrous of quitting
the country. The cline" was kept up on the
! prctcrcc Of bringing dead bodies from 10
ynnd our lines to Richmond for cmba!mGnt,
and for this purpose Mcclure bad three as
\ sistants, nil Of whom were named, together
| with himself, in the passport. These nssia-
tants always were the same when the pass
mort was renewed; hut unfortunately for the
| Doctor, they we're never the same when th' y
passed the. pickcts and, as they rarely re-
I turned from tAesc expeditions, & clue His oh
tainci to The dodge and the trap set for Is
detection. On this OCCASION the services Of Il
shrc,yd soldier-a conyalcsccnt patient 1T ou1 Of
the hospitals-wcrc brought into reqnisit1n.
lie arranged to have himself transported 70
the Potomac for the consideration Of two thou:
saud dollars, and paid down 81 00ir in cash.
Twn oth0r passengers Jona .fde--were book
ed for the Trip. The purity ret tut, and, 1T q
concerted point, about six miles from the city,
were stopped by tho detectives, and brought
back to the city.
The names Gf the Two bcna file passengers
are Henry Harris, q conscript, who hats A.
tempted intellectually to got away three times :
and Edward Murphy, Z dcscrtcr from couipa.
ny G, l2th Mississippi regimoIt, who had
the British papers OF a man na:ncd y 'r,"n
tupon him. The party, Mcclure, Kirby, Muir,
ply and Harris, are now in Castle Thunder.
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AyoruER FtAG or TRrcE.--ThG steamer
"Nnw York" Milford, commander, arrived
~ City Point, on saturda5 lalt, at'l2 O'Clock:
bringing up Dr. I;it:i:ih, Of Lower Brandon, and
his two ovcr,cors wi,o were captured by Cen
Grfhar, .snmc days ago and a Surgeon tt The
l5tii Va Regiment. No ladies' arrived. f.n
tona or freight, censisting of private package
ta Yarkec prisoners, made up the cargo.
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t. NlaErEENra Mss RsGIXENT.-Ths Nine
tcaaLI. Mississippi i;asiment, Posey's Brigade,
Anrlcrson's Division, llill's Corps, Army "i
| Eortherm Virginia, en- 1erel the. army for the
war in Nay, 1861, and We are assured t.;cy
have never regretted tho step The reg nsn:
has ,,a,n in manga hardiuuShr battle and
h1re Itself mNst calamity everywhere. l. ii