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i TJHIH HOST'M (DAIEKIDILIIEIflAIsI THE COURT or The proceeding cf the Ccurt cfl- about 24 his nair was of light color, and had been combed or brushed with care. Thomas was now told that his time had 113 through the city, addresses, poems and engravings on the revolution the first issues of an unshackled press, whilst the national guard and regular troops are marching shoulder to aha assuring, at ever point the public tranquility. Aus from bing the farthest in the rear, has thus, by a single move, taken the advance of all Germany in the path of Freedom, and nothing can now prevent her from realizing the splendid future which dawns upon her political horizon, if she retains only! the wisdom to improve the occasion, and profit by the victories which have been gained in the cause! of the people. During the three da vs of revolution in the: city, the ravages of the mob, both in the faubourgs and in the village which sui -rounded them, have' been immense? and the toss of life in the various conflicts which took place between the rioters and the troops was also very great; but, by the vigilance and energy of the national guard, these devastations have been suppressed, and order at length restored. i mm i I For th Carolinian.

EXECUTION OF THOMAS NASH. certain witnesses made certain statements on MbSt IttSk him guilty on account of aStostce yfhicli no other 4hn this TJearn from the shentt and i whn.wcre in tne habit of visiting him, that he was ever slow to engage in a conversation as to the cause of his troubles. tw murder of Martha Beaslf was a sub- iectinto which healwayshad to be dragged. There ts a maxim in some oi uuua.b, and I regard it as one of the best I know of, that "we never like to see the person that we have injured." And by jthe same unerring rule, I should say "nor do we like to speak of them." Now it does appear to me that if I were imprisoned for a crime of which I was innocent, that I would ever be disposed to court investigation. I would feel as though I could convince any of my innocence if they would but hear me.

A TRAVELER. FURTHER ITEMS BY THE ACADIA. 4 ENGLAND. On Thursday week, Dr McDonnall delivered a lecture to the Chartists at Nottingham. He spoke much in fafor of the Charter, and said, if the petition wbich is to be presented on the 10th instant were rejected, he would come I to Nottingham, though he had to come thither barefoot, to put himself at the head of the people.

Such Was their that they coold assemble all their forces in London in two hours. There was no law against a nnmber of meii from every city, jtown and village in the empire walking quietly to London. Aod with 500,000 each carrying a gun barrel, what would Lord John Russell do? The people wbuld wait a long time, but not forever. On the motion of a Mr Sowter, Mr Harney was instructed to inform the convention of the country that this would be the last "black and white petition from (A voice, "Bayonets and great applause,) Loud" cheers for the Charter, the Irish Patriots and Feargus O'Conner. MrD.Reilly was no less explicit: Ml call on "the people to arm arm-arm! 300,000 Englishmen, Chartists, will assemble in London next week sand London Will be in their hands.

The first budge in England: shall be answered in Ireland." Mr Mitdiell spoke.out m. Villi illV SV-'W get yourselves guns. (Tremendot clieers, and cries of Don't you think pikes would be better?) If any man here is too poor to buy a rifle, then let him get a good ash pole, 8 or 10 feet long, and well rounded. (Vehement cheering.) Butl tell you this, speeches and resolutions will avail you unless you are well armed and prepared to turn-out. (Vociferous cries of 'pikes! Whatever he had written, spoken, or published, lie would stand by; and he now informed the gentleman who took notes for the Government that it was he who pub lished and printed them, and (that they were seditious libels.

('Loud cheers.) But sedition was a small matter; he was nowabouttocommithigh treason. (Cheers.) He meant to call on them if they would not remain slaves for ever, to rise up he did not say when but to rise up at an early day, or perhaps, an early night, ijind through the castle of Dublin, and tear it 1 MoVEMEXT OF IllELAND. A very sudden movement of the military of this district to Ireland has taken Jplace during the present week. On the night of Tuesday (acting on orders received during nTrit vnii fnp trip nvp nf frnn. ft that day) all jthe men or tne 07 tn stationed at the Leeds barracks, up preparing for their departure, and early on the ensuing morning they left Leeds: Such was the haste with which the movement took place, that the whle of the luggage was sent to special train Detachments of infantry from Halifax, Broadfurd, Sheffield and were also sent to Ireland on the same day.

Leeds Mercury. 1 POLAND AND RUSSIA. A extraordinary courier has 'arrived at the Russian legation of Paris, lit is said that he brought despatches of highest gravity. It appears that the provinces of the south of the empire are in full insurrec lion. me nobles and the army head of the movement.

News is said to have reached are at the town last I evening from Berlin, of the 27th, as followsa 4i vv arsavv is in open revolution. The inhabitants rose en masse and murderec several hundreds of the Russians. Tht troops fled to the fort and thence bombard ed the town. Warsaw is in ashes- Later From Europei From the. Baltimore, Sun, (Extra) April 29.

New York, April 29 4i P. M. The Steamer America was Telegraphed about 30 milels at sea 1 1. o'clock this morning, and reached the wharf at 4 orelock. The Chartist meeting was attended by 200,000, and was held in Kensington Common.

Their petition was sent! to Parliament by Deputies and was not! carried by the mass of the people. I Ireland still remained quiet Arms were still being manufactured! however, and the Peasants practicing rifle shooting Holland and Belgium were tranquil. Turkey has acknowledged the French Republic. I The Arch Duke Stephen has been declar ed King of Hungary. Serious disturbances have taken place in ot.

retersourg. Denmark has commenced war with fechleswig and Holstein. A fierce battle was fought near Lens Kilt fr and tne uanes were Loss heavy on both sides- The Prussian troops were ordered toad vaocc to the port of Holstein, and should the King ot Denmark, in retaliation, stop the passage, territory wilt be invaded, insurrection had bFoken out in Hesse Cassel. A frightful riot had taken place at Col- ogne, jwaanu The Austrians have been everywhere defeated by the Lombardines. The Polish committee in Posen have established sub-committees throughout Prussia, calling on the people to arm.

They were sharpening scythes and bio wing flames of insurrection all over the country. They have driven away the Prussian soldiers and cut off the mails. They have also torn down the Prussian Eagle and seized the Treasury. ll Manufactures are dull and provisions firm. The Repeal papers in Ireland are very violent.

i John O'Corinell has had an interview with ord John Russell, in which he asked large concessions. i The intentions of the French Government are still warlike. Preparations in France continued. i Berlin, Rome, Palermo, and Milan, are ranquil Russia promises neutrality if not at tacked, The great meeting of the Chartists passed bffquietly. I I The Austrian soldiers in their retreat "rom Milan committed great atrocities.

One of their feats was to nail young infants Upon the doors of the houses another was jto.cut oft" and carry away the hands of women for the sake of the rings on their fingers. 'v At Lyons, by the last accounts, no person was permitted to pass Out of the city with more than five hundred francs in his possession. I But the event ot most interest, is un doubtedly the great Chartist, demonstration which took place on the 10th of April in London, Considered as a revolutionary movement, it is admitted on all bands to have been an entire failure. The midd- ing clases of London seem to have frowned upon it almost universally. It received no considerable countenance even from the working! classes of that metropolis, the great bulk of which were arrayed against it.

Upon rising to oppose the bill intro duced by Sir Geonre Grev, on the -part of the government, and entitled a bill lor ewater secuntvof the Crown and no- O'Brien was received with the loudest. and most disorderly marks of disapprobation, which continued throughout his speech and when he referred to the charge of treason which had been buried against him," he was saluted with ironi cal and derisive cheers from all par of the House, The reply to his remarks by Sir George Grey was tumnltuously applauded from beginning to end The weather was exceedingly favorable for the demonstration no obstruction was offered by the; police to the trades ami other processions which left the Middlesex side of London for Kennington oohimon a free thoroughfare was permitted to all who wished to take part i in the public meeting; and yet, instead of the 300000 persons who we were would assemble upon" Kennington common, and proceed thence to the House of Commons, the most liberal estimate of the number of persons within view at one time at Kennington common does pot reach and ought not probably to exceed 20,000 The petition was rolled up into five huge bundles, resembling bales of cotton in size, and placed upon a platform appointed to receive it on the car. The military, in accordance with the well-knowp tatties of the Duke of Wellington, remained invisible throughout the day: and no one would have dreamt, that within hail almost of the spot were the chartist demonstration took, place, there lay in am-buslija little jarmy of disciplined- troops completely equipped and ready for action. We learn that Air O'Connor was himself the first person to report the result of his meeting at: the Homeoffice. At 1 o'clock he waited on Sir George" Grey, and after stating thaj the meeting had quietly dispersed, expressed his thanks to the government for the forbearance with which they had acted on the occasion.

I THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. The news from the departments, says La Press, is deplorable emute at Havre, emute at Troyesj disorders at Beziers, in the andejs, agitation everywhere. The more Warmly the departments accept the republic, the more stiffly do they rise against dictation. 1 DENMARK. Hostilities have seriously commenced between the forces of Denmark and those ol Sleswick Holstein.

A very fierce battle has been fought near Flensburg, in the Danes had a decided superiority in numbers, as well as in their cavalry and artillery. The Sleswick Holstein army was defeated, and compelled to retreat towards Itendsburgh. The loss of life has been very great on both sides. Holstein troops, who are composed of Volunteers and young troops, were very eager for the combat, and it is reported that the 1 6th regiment, which had been almost destroyed, retook a position twice after they jhad been driven out of it each time." The Holsteiners and their auxiliaries, among whom were many students from varicjus parts of Germany, fought with great bravery. The 14th and 16th regiment, of Holsteiners stood till they were destroyed) all but two companies, when they were compelled to retire.

RUSSIA. The Konigsberg paper of March 28th brings thej following important news from the Rusiaii government. The bridge at Kownow is now ready, as commanded b) the Emperor. In Kownow there are three corps armee, amounting to 24,000 men, who! are tq advance on "Poland upon the 2d of April. 150,000 are tVenterand occupy Warsaw and the Austrian frontier, and 80,000 the Prussian frontier.

The artillery stationed at Willikowich is ordered to Warsaw. At every post fivecossacks are station. ed, in order to accompany a certain personage who travels incog. GERMANY. The riots among the country people of the States of South Germany continue.

The castle of Wailenburg, in the province of belonging to Prince Schren-bourg, was burned down on the 4th of March. The prince fled to Alterburg. The troops called up from Leipsic and Zwickau were too feeble to resist. Ser ous anxiety existed for the safety of the castle and town of GUucha. A general insurrection among the highlanders of Saxony was imminent.

The news by this arrival had the best effect on the money, provision, cotton, and other markets, in. our northern cities, and stocks and treasury notes increased in value. Flour G00 per bbl. Corn meal, $2 25 per bbl. Rye flour $3 B7.

Corn 45 cts. for white, and 50 for yellow. Oats 42 cts. Rve 75 cts; Whiskey 22 J. Beef on the hoof $2 75 to $4 per hundred weight: Cotton advanced I of a cent in New Yoor.

LATER FROM SANTA FE AND NEW MEXICO. By an arrival at St. Louis, dates had been received from Santa Fe to the 14th. Col. Ralls, who was erroneously; reported to have been defeated by the Mexicans, has resigned the command of the troops at El Passo to Lieut.

Col. Lane, on account of sickness. I Col. Gilpin's battalion had reached Loro, and Capt. Haley had be.en ordered with a detachment to Carigal, to break up a den of horse thieves, who had made that place their rendezvous, and were said to have in their possession fifty United States horses, mules, The trial of Armigo, the former Mexican Governor of New Mexico, arraigned for high treason for participating in the insurrectionary movement at Taos, had taken place, and resulted in his honorable acquittal.

The rumors of Urrea's advance from Durango, with about 10,000 men, had been proved! to be unfounded by the arrival of Col. Semmes, a trader, who had escaped from Chihuahua. The health of the troops was generally good, and a strict er discipline had been enforced. Whig Trickery From the Washington Union. The Recent Correspondence between Gen eral Scott and the If ar Department.

We hope to lay this correspondence (now ordered to be printed by the House ot Representatives) before our readers our next publication. We are induced to lose no time; in so doing, iot only because of the interest and importance of the, documents themselves, but also by reason of the most extraordinary debate in the House upon the subject, which we publish this morning This debate fully developes one of the most audacious and barefaced attempts on the part of whig members supposed to be in the confidence of General Seott, and friendly to his aspirations for the presidency suppress and smother upin the dark, important official documents call for by themselves, that we have ever heard of. Three or four weeks since, as. now appears. General Scott, after his suspension from the chief command of the army, sent on to the government" at Washington, in the form of an official despatfch a most elaborate and violent attack upon the whole course of the ad mi nist ration in the conduct of the war, from the commencementof the Vera Cruz expedition up to the time of the session of the court of inquiry in Mexico.

This letter does not purport to the an answer to any specific communication from the Secretary of War, to whom it is ad dressed. Nor does it profess to look to any future action, either of the government or of General Scott, in the transaction of the public business. It is on its face simply a bill of indictment against the War Department, drawn op and sent forward Gy General Scott at his leisure, and apparently in order to be used at their discretion by his friends in Congress. No sooner did this official despatch reach the War Department, than it "appears, like some other similar communications, by some singular process, (certainly not any agency of the administration or its friemls,) to have become known to some of the whig in Congress. We know positively that parts of it were so known We fully believe, aud upon good grounds, that a copy of the whole document was, in advance, put into whig hands.

At this moment, indeed, the main parts of the letter are be-" fore us in two newspapers the one of Thursday, from Philadelphia and the the thereof Friday, from Baltimore though it vvas not even ordered to be printed by the House till Thursday evening, and not sent in the House till the day before. A POSER. Our democrats of South Carolina, are Inclined to be pettish, and to pout at every thing that does not go according to their notions of right, in the great democratic party. They seem to forget that the democratic party consists of men, and therefore is liable to err. In relation to this the Cheraw Gazette administers a very wholesome dose to South Carolina politicians, as follows BALTIMORE CONVENTION Two leading articlessj one from the Char-leton Mercury, the other from the P.

S. Banner, both of which seem, to indicate, that an effort should be made by the South, in the Bait Convention, todefeatat least the nomination of an objectionable candidate. Now if it is a duty of the South to make this effort, why. is it that S. Carolina hastaken no steps to be represented in that body? Is she not as deeply interested, as any other State? Is there nothing in the principles of the Democratic party, worth contending for? Or is she willing to stand with folded arms while herallies are struggling for very life, with the Common enemy? Surely these questions cannot be answered in theaffiamitive.

Then let the sentinels upon, her watch towers, sound their burgles, and cal I forth the mighty warriors to go up and do battle. in the case of Gen. Pillou, crc evidenceselicited Lzs served to liht upon the operations cf our conduct, ueanu au movements cl a i i ficers, and the plans of the various it! It would be manifestly improper to -indge the case, until all the evident 'u been given. We can, however, with: any impropriety, bear testimony to ability with which the case is conducts 7- hnr i Kiiips. lien, dcoii was pr nr-.

i 1 v- i was educ: lawyer, and was engaged in practice, I Hinwiddie coontv. Vircrinia. at tl, fc. his appointment to the Army. Gen.

I low. too. beincra lawver of consiiUr experience! and practice, displays tact ability and good temper in his defence The coolness, self possession and tnodera tion of his course have made a pression- His counsel, also, are very and ingenious. Maj. Brackenrid one of the Regiments ot Kentucky, vnnnnp SWVPr III VPTV hiorh stnntlinrv 1 State, and liieut.

Col. Duncan is cneof t' mnst int1liTpnt nfTirprs in flip Armv Ti members of the Court seem to be well acquainted with their duties, and their docis ions strike us as very fair, impartial ar correct. In relation to the facts elicited, the evi dence, thus far, has been confined to matter of the Lconidas letter. The tion of this part of the case is as follows: The letter signed Leonidas ('No. 3) copied by Maj.

Burns, from some rcj notes he found in Gen. Pillow's tent, was sent, without the knowledge of t' General to our office. The notes, cr, rathp.r. tbi rniirrh sketch, from onidas was copied, were made out by -Ir Hiestapd, Gen. Pillow's clerk.

rniiffK etpfrK wns flflivpfpd hvr Hon PI' r. asked the General for some notes cf a' A.ZA...A. il. I operations, arm cousuiuies me uucumcr. No.

1. Gen. Scott and Mr Trist. as we hm before stated, labor under the erroneous Leonidas letter, were in the haiul-w ritir Z3 a iiti a i 11 11-1 i i ti. a-vfikaiM i i i i i mm iviifr-riiiitiiiii-v i ti ot Gen.

Pillow. As soon as we notice 4f Am this misconception, in the testimony Mr nst, we puuiisheu our avowal ti these interlineations were made in i ofiice tlieir obiect beinc simply to itnnrov i i the taste and pliraseology, of what we p-anlprl a rruilp nnil hasl rum nn.i i i Thus far the prosecution has not been al' to brinir home Ui Gen. Pillow any cor.i i tion with, or know ledge of, the proper. But Gen. Scott's ohj ec seems to be! to discreilit the testimonv auu men 10 rest me iarre urn the presumption arising: from the i eat v.

laritv, ifVuot positive identity, of Leoni Hi wnn me original lo. 1, given bv Pillow to Mr Freaner. Tlfus starlc case, as to the alleired violation ol Army order, airainst the publication ot ters relatins: to military operations. I the meantime, Gen. Pillow is carry war into Africa, by endeavoring to tt.

certain published letters relating to -a. At iinpm i nine tii ti ill nriiri niii Gen. Scott's know ledge of the same. lliv.il UI IINf UUVl HI ftiii), A A A 1' lt' I. I 4 letter laiciv puDiisneu ny the rew ur Courier arid Enouirer.

which attrnr.ted much attention by its marked ability, nn by the severity of its comments upon conduct of Gens. Worth and Pillow, been acknowledsred by Col. 1 1 i one of the most intelligent and seienti? officers, of the army, and at nrrsi-nt. until In4nlif 1. I A aTI t.

untn laicij, iu oen. cjcott 1 Ins letter, it is iilleced, does not ro under the i Army order, not, bavin been written within the time nre ni! by the regulations. The object of this 1 -r ici, isui.aiiuciicocK says, was to come the errors and inisstatpmrnt-s ivh'rh I been published, relative to -Hip of the Army in the basin of iacr, nowever, that it was written Willi tnac! pre! low laen. TMIlow was under ch by the 'latter, the ground for some severe interrogations. The claim set up bv General Pi: the credit of nlannino- antl dpsio-nin-r battle of Contreras, the urin- of whiii nas Piven ki tnnrh nfTuna who were once Gen.

friends, a- VlAVlll.t. ItS III. Ill If i it has ueceived no human being, constitute in our opinion the it against him. No one could support pretension without detraction- from t' well earned laurels of Persifor F. Smith.

In thus expressing our umnJun m.n ti branch of the subject before the Court Inquiry, we do not violate our detennir a tion to express no opinion upon the i.v. it ofthis case until it is concluded, as Pillow, in the examination of the itn; shows that he still clings to the extrr. dinary delusions that he planned th- rious exploit of Contreras, and the tion as to making such a pretension i r. therefore before the court. NO Leila.

The trial of Mr Isaac Xorthop rand Richard II. Kisley, for the alleged uaurd, of a negro man, noticed some "time took place on Thursd a V. It nrrnnips! w.hole of the dav and jury about past 11 o'clock. P. jury were absent but a very few minutes and returned paiues arraigned.

Wilmington A down easteditor, speaking of the vcr. A I i i i wciiui virtues oi a wonuenui naire a few drops put upon kittens of them immediately. DR WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILDCII' This i a chemical extract of Will Cl rr Erery body knows that WiLl Cherry pr medicinal propertres; and Tar Water i' administered in Consumption, and Lur ally, by our oldest and safest pbyician Yi dies, it is trua. hare been offered and rur" I i the ure of diseases of the tun and no doubt very useful, but of all that 5 iv yet corered, it is admitted by physician' i witnessed its effects, that none Las r. Jd, as this.

For Asthma, Shortness cf Ln-tl. affections it maybe pronounced a r. i.vo cured Asthma in many cases of Un fi-i standing, after physicians had decUrei the tne reach of medicine. This Balsam is made from material placed in all northern latitudes, as an a caused bj cold climates. "Nature is but the name for an cfTec Whose cause is God." Let v.n not neglect her plainest 8 la FyctteTillo 1 SJlIinsiaSe: i i I 1Vq jayocd St Co la X', Iiirrtc-, 1 Dru2SiiU gencrillj in North Cucllzx.

come; and that if he had any thing to say he would be heard with pleasure. Alt was now anxiety to hear the expected con- fession of guilt but instead ofthis, he drew from his pocke a written article which as serted in the most positive terms that he was innocent. Thi article had been pre pared by a gen the immediate leman of the village, under direction of the prisoner. A day or two after the execution, tne Sherift'politely Permitted me to take a copy of it. I have abridged it a nine, out nave jrz.

i t- not altered it. It is as follows? Friends and fe low-citizens occasions like the present It is usual on for the individual who is about to suffer death as the penalty of a violated law, and especially whe the truth of such violation in the minds of many is enveloped in doubt, to either acknowledge his guilt or to assert his innocence, I know that I am now uttering my last words, and I further know that nothing at I can say or do can in anywise arrest the awful doom that awaits me; and in view of these solemn; and serious reflections I solemnly declare to you that I am inn cent of the" charge of which I have been onvicted. I solemnly declare in) the presence of this assembly, well knowing hat in a few moments I shall appear before the great Judge of the Universe, from whom no thought, word, or act can be concerted, that some other hand than mine dea the fatal blow on Martha 13easly. But a jury of my own selection, one to whom I couia nave no objection, guilty. In justification of have to say that the evi- sti i have found me their decision, dencc that we ht to them, by which they were bound bi their oaths to be governed, was forcible and convincing.

Such a train of circumstances, if true, would have con- victed any ma i against whom they might have been brousht to bear. iiut 1 assure you there was niony arrayed a great deal' of false testi- ajrainst me, and I think it my dying; words to make my duty with known to the world those who have basely mf perjured themselves to onngaoout tne.cpn- viction of an Snnocent man." THere the prisoner jwent on to.identify many of the witnesses, ant what each had sworn in Court, declaring it all to be false, utterly false. Althoug-h these names uere 'read out publicly at the execution, yet I am not certain it would be proper to iivc a place in the prints. The prisoner then went on to say: 4f These witnesses have all testified to that which is false, and upon their vidence I am no iv about to be cut off from all further ihtercc urse with society, and hur ried into another world, and I truly hope into a better world. With my dying breath I forgive my false accusers, and hope kind heaven will also forgive them.

and I have saiU It under a full sense of the liiivc mi Bant tiuat a uuiv iu on fell Uaka i ft a 1 I luhlf I doom that awaits me. I die upon a firm reliance of divine, mercy and a strong hope that my sins are forgiven, and that 1 shall be received of God in heaven, where no accusers can everasrain be brought against me." This article being read, the Sheriff or dered the waghn to be moved forward some four feet, so as to let the hind gate barely pass from unqer the beam or top cross- piece ofj the gallows. A plank was then run across the wagon, touching) the hind gate, while ar other was run from one post of the gallows to the other. This board they call the end is let into one post of the ga lows, while the other is kept up by the agency of a rope; so that when the rope is loosed from a peg to jwhich it is confined, it will fall. Thomas was now to take 1iis position on this board, which he did with as much composure as though no harm was intended to be done him, while the Sheriff and his assistant took theirs upon that which ran across the wagon.

His arms being pinionec! in the usual wav, they, drew over nis eyes a wnite cap, and tnen pro- ceeded to arra nge the rope over the top of the gallows, engaged, I "Thomas if will give you i Iflm ready, fined, the she down from th hue the Sheriti was thus heard him say distinctly: your wish to say any thing-I line. No, said Ihomas, The rope now being con-ift and his assistant came 4 wagon, and caused it to be moved quite put of the way. hat an awful momen a breathless silence pre- vails! the she rift eives the rope a fatal touch, and down to the sheriflfinstant own the victim went- yes. V. tound the rope broke.

The slacked it! from round his neck, and tobk from his! eyes I the cap. Thomas, when asked, answered that he was not! hurt. A stronger rope was im-for. The 'spectators com- mediately sen. meuceu conversing: witn eacn otnerl mean I l- those ofj them that remained, for a great number retired from the nlace.

Our dis positions in mhny respects are hard to account for. "om this time until this miserable man was despatched, about as much interest appeared to be taken in his case as would have bjeen if he had been a bale of goods to be weighed. He threw his eye around and marked this astonishing indifference. 4Iljow is it possible, my friend said you can look upon; me with so much indifference;" or words to this ef- feet. I will further detai uot trouble the reader with suffice it to say that he was a second mie mounted on the drnn uuaiu, iUun ie second time he died.

He was placed in his coffin, and then delivered to his mother, who was on the ground with a conveyance to take him to her home in an adjoining oounty. What is so.stron-as a mother's love for her son whether guilty or innc cent she will ever be found the last todeierthim. The specta ors now retired to the village and every wljere you could hear them disputing as to the prisoner's guilt or innocence. Many sensible people offered it as their opinions) that they now thought him innocent. F6r my own part I am inclined to think he wfis guilty; but I am influenced in my belief ly none of the causes which influenced the judge and jury upon- the trial.

They thought him guilty because V. 1 i It fell to my lot a few days sirvce, at the Viflajre of Troy, Montgomery County, to witness what is usually termed a public execution." It was estimated that not less than five thousand persons were present, and from the deep interest manifested, I am persuaded that a description of the scene will not be uninteresting to your readers. The history of the case is briefly this a Jroung woman by the name of Martha Beas-y who lived alone or nearly so, on one corner of her father's land, was one day found dead and it was obvious had been murdered. She was found at some little distance from her dwelling, her head had been mangled mostTdreadfully, and it was manifest from the a rock that lay near by, that it had been employed upon jthe occasion. A rifle gun had also been used, though not successfully, the ball hairing, passed only through one of her arms.

Suspicion was quickly made to fal upon Thomas Nash. It was known that a criminal intimacy had existed between himself and Martha and it soon became a neighborhood report that Thomas, in an offer of marriage to another fair one, who objected to his on the ground of his partiality XorMartha, said that as to that, she could be disposed of. Thomas was at once arrested and thrown into prison and up to the time of his execution, i had been jthe inmate of prison walls, soniefouryears during all of which time, he steadily de-clared that he was innocent. But upon the (trial, the statements of the witnesses, if true, were certainiy.sucn as to leave no doubt on the mind of the jurv as to his guilt. I arrived at Troy a little Jbefore the, hour of ten, the time designated by the Court for the prisoner to be taken to the place of execution.

The multitude divided into two crowds -one, anxious, as 1 supposed, to get a glimpse at the unhappy one, hovered about the jail door; while the other, fearful lest they might not obtain a favorable position, hurried away to the gallows. At length a lare procession or crowd, moved from the jail towards the gallows. I had ho difficulty in understanding that the prison er was in the midst, for I saw that some of the party had guns. many others, 1 was curious to get a view of him. I found a 'tall, good looking young man, dressed in white, even to his hat; a coid was arranged about his neck, held by the sheriff.

The guard formed a circle 'round the gallows, and the sheriff and prisoner mounted into a four horse waggon and touk position near the centre. Then came some four-other gpod looking men, who also got into the waggon. 1 soon saw that these were ministers of the. gospel. All things are now r4ady for a commencement of religious ex: efctses, which were introduced by an eld- er'v gentleman by the name of Jacks.

He reau irom isaian, tae injunction, rut toy hjiuse in order." It was plain to be seen that the old gentleman was embarrassed lest he should take more time than what might be considered due to him He had not been accustomed to what they call in Congress, the one hour rule;" though upon the whole 1 thought he acquitted himself very well. Then came another he was a Methodist and his name was Richardson -j-He had been chosen by the prisoner to preach the regular sermon. He took his text in the Book of St. Luke his subject h'ad reference tor the conversation which took place the Saviour and the penitent thief, when side by side they were suffering the pangs of death i It appeared to be the anxious wish of all, that the prisoner would make an open cjonfession, and the minister seemed to regard such a step as of the utmost importance to the prisoner, and his object in the selection of this subject was clearly to give Him encouragemeut to do so. The, arguments employed were forcible, and gave Evidence of decided ability; and his entreaties were so earnest and persuasive that 1 did think they would prove irresistible.

jThen came another he too was a Methodisthis name was Carlisle, a youn man of fine appearance. His remarks were few but very appropriate. Then came another and the last his name was Avant, and he too was a Methodist. He attempted nothing beyond prayer, and such a prayer 1 have seldom heard. 1 he good man's af fections appeared to kindle into a blaze until he became, as it were, lost in the ardor of devout supplication.

His control over the sympathies of the audience was absolute; and judging, as I did, from the standard of my own weakness, it did ap- 1m. Am. Am. ll pcaru me mat au wept; Dut when we re turn eu our positions, quickly saw that in his I had been deceived trsQ r.v In. licated by the dry eye of the prisoner him-tell, i He looked as calm nri May morning.

Nothing of har.tihnnH nr bbstinacy was to be seen on one hnri ucuiicutc ur icar ou xne other. Wte countenance I regarded as good, if except what I will denominate "a want of cultu tut age should suppose was.