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 The opinion given him by Mir. Bibb was, hat the. statute law was clearly repealed; l but tllat this repeal in no way affected the common law prescribing the punishment of murder: that the question wss wholly a iudiciul one, with which the Governor had no concern: and that, from the merits of the case, independent of this question, the | Governor ought not to interfere.

 After 9 o'clock on that night, the Gov. 1 received in bed the following letter, brought by the uncle: The Petition of J..O. Beouchdmp, to His Ez-

 cetLeney, Joseph Deeh0, G0Uernor of tke COm-

 nponsce0lth Of Kentucky.

 Your petitioner and supplicant prays a respite of the sentence of the law on me for thirty days, flor the sole purpose of com pleting the publication which he has nearly completed, giving full and minute account of all the causes which led to, and the cir- cumstances which attended the assassina- tion of Col. Sharp; and for the purpose of better preparing his soul to meet the for- giveness of Almighty God. will never petition your Excellency for a pardon. II am reconciled to die. But think the re. spite I ask is due to community. Icannot,. nor willI, ever leave an incomplete dis- closure, to be taken advantage of by my enemies and yours. . ! do humbly pray your Excellency to1 apprise me frankly tonight, whether you will grant me the respite pray.

 In much haste, am, your humble sup- plicant.

 J. o. BEAUCHAMP. The governor arose ang went down: :: he asked old Beauchamp whether he knew the contents of the letter. The old gem tleman said he did not that he had just received it through the grates of the prison and brought it without looking at it. The Governor expressed his satisfaction with this information, and said he could look 1 upon the letter in no other light than an attemptto induce him to grant the desired | respite, by the advantage hcwas to receive from the young mans publication.

 The old gentleman, on his return from the Governors was heard to say to his ne-a phew, that the Governor refused to inter. fere, and he must prepare to die.

 From this time commenced those acts of desperation, which, from the reckless dis position of this man, had all along been apprehended, as soon as he received pos- tive assurance from the Governor that l neither pardon nor respite were to be ex- pected.

 Mrs. Beauclamp had all along told MT. M'Intosh, the jailer, and others who con- versed with her, that she would not survive ! her husband. Sometimes she said that she ! would live to close his eyes, and see him | decently inferred; at others, that she l would die with him and be buried in the l same coffin; but she always said she would l not survive him three days.

 On Wednesday, she requested the iai- Ter to get shroud for her, and a coffin large enough to hold her and her husband. The jailer had never before believed her sincere in the threats against her own life 1; l and told her that he was desirous ofgratify. 1 ing all her wishes, but was afraid were he l to procure those articles for her, he should | be viewed as an accomplice in her crime. She, however, urged it, when he observed peculiarly, that if he were to go to all this trouble and expense, and then she did not kill herself, he would knock her in the | head. She laughed, and told him to getl them, and he would see whether she was not ready as soon as he was.

 On Thursday morning, ,NIrs. Beauchamp to be extremely ill; and the sus- oicion arose that they had taken poison.-l The jailer charged them with it. but they lenied it. Every thing in the dungeon, 'apers, bedding. and clothing, were found |, backed up and directed to the persons for whom they were intendeds These facts created so strong an impression, that an attempt had been actually made to com nit suicide, that guard was placed in the to prevent itsrepetition. &

 The Governor having been informed, by the uncle of the prisoner, that his nephew and wife were determined on taking their own lives, urged the jailer to remove her from. the jail, and keep strict guard over him. This he determined to do: but. on it to Mrs. Beauchamp, she de- clared shc would not leave her husband unless dragged from him by force; and the difficulty and apparent cruelty of doing it. under such circumstances, induced the iai- | Ter to lot her remain. * .'4,

 In the course of tho day, Beauchampl acknowledged that himself and wife had, | the night before. on their knees, taken an | ounce of laudanum between them; that as | God would have it, 1t had no effect on him l but to keep him awake; that it had made l his wife very sick, but was not likely to ef- !