p, 4b ink that 
jduty of the 
fettle and de- 
|roiji stated, 
edged upon 
fexamine the 
pn twenty 
umeto the 
Hanot' be a 
on sti- 
ii ght to sue 
tenured is 
y) to speak 
ithemerits 
f the slav- 
oiie avow- 
io thought 
‘ ten for re- 
f had any 
“W-e are 
i' some of 
ihel^ the 
tore the 
$ if that 
)t of the 
k ques- 
fuifc Court 
,1 of ex- 
the trial; 
i^re born 
. IMS T : MA€SS£©1?, ; 
An Eye for an Eye and a Tooth for a; ToOiU.^ 
THE I, AST .END OF -ME MUSDEKEItS. 
THEIR PARTING WORDS. 
Their deportment — The preparations — The visitors 
at the jail — The approach of death— The ap- 
peardnee of ihe scaffold— The dea h. i ■ 
SHO UL TZ- ]SE USLEIN^LA POINTE. 
Yesterday afternoori;betvveefl the hourH of. tea arid four 
as directed in the death warrant, the extremes! penalty of 
the law^waa enforced upon the persons of Israel Shoqltz, ' 
Jacob Neuslein and John Ea Pointe. Despite the exer- 
tions of friends they then breathed their last. As -they 
died for an equal grade of crime, So they died together, 
side by side. 
Daring the night of Tbnrs&ly, the condeimied men, as ; 
we iearn, spent their- hours ip prayer. - The consoling, in- ! 
fluepcls of religion wece brought, ta hear upon them, and 
under the careful watchfulness, me general belief was.J 
that they would die relying upon the me’*cy of that Uod 
into whose hands their sotils Were so soon to hai delivered. j 
Their' priests remained one with eacjt until' a late hour, j 
and when they left, /they expressed the firm couviction of 
their contrition of heart. 
At early morning, as» we understand, for by joint re- ’ 
quest, visitors were denied their presence, they -arose and i 
dressed themselves, devoted-, theirfew remaining hours to j 
holy exercises. The Holy Communion of the Last Sup- ! 
per was vouchsafed to. them, and with apparent patience m 
they awaited the .dread summons, 
From this time tiU their last meal of coffee and cake j 
was served them, at a few rdinuteS after one, they devot* j 
ed to the service of their Maker the few- minutes of time | 
allotted them Meantime the preparations iix the jail I 
yard were completed. The jail gat/, delivered to the j 
[ MONO A Y MOL 
TIIM ©MWb! 
■ Our correspondent, u 
views we expressed upb 
without touching the p< 
or noticing the facts u$ 
rests. What the dicta 
any Judge, aoes not me 
correct to say, that eW 
Judge Taney met witj 
other Judges, or of a 
seven to nine, arrived at 
Scott was a slave, and 
and consequently the la 
Circuit Court in its inst 
correct. It was left ti 
what is termed "theopj 
Sid so; “but, thereupon,' 
out seriilim their opij 
length. Why was 
positions ' taken by i 
sented to as the vj 
The fact that, whil 
the l^gal result, there 
them as, to the points in 
dered it necessary “for e 
order to prevent the re 
grave error of our col 
supposing that the Coi 
Taney’s opinion upo 
quently occurs in ever; 
lawyer who should di 
VOL. xxiv.-— NO. 26 
Jpfrtstbe 
a this case, 
sideration, 
opinion of 
; nor is it 
Hp§@d by ] 
ice ipf the 
t6;Court, 
j^Dr-ed 
Missouri, 
id by the 
to s m rite 
Wise 
ipwrote ■ 
t (it less 
ail the 
as- 
ms jority ? 
fppkpoh 
e among 
kit, ren- 
views, in 
y into the 
e, error of 
§|iudge 
H| i s fre- 
gt.VAny 
s of opic- 
Jew Y-* 
zm ? A majority of the Judges Were of opinion, 
that he could not. be a citizen of the United 
States; but as two of the dissenting Judges on 
this point, held, also, that the question Was not 
open for review, no formal judgment is given up- 
on this point. 
Third . If a majority of tljg Court hold that 
the plea of abatement is not ojten for review, did 
the Circuit: Court err in deciding* upon the pleas 
ia bar that Scott was a slave ? 
Under this head, two main points were present- 
ed by plaintiff for adjudication : 
1 st. Was that part of the Louisiana Territory 
north of 36 degrees 30 minutes free, after 1820, 
by virtue of the Missouri Compromise act ? — 
Held; that the act in question so far as it prohib- 
ited slavery, was unconstitutional, null and void. 
2nd. If it were free, would the removal of a sldve 
into it, work his, emancipation, so that he would 
his return to the State of Missouri, be a free 
negrb in that State ; or would his servitude re- 
attach. Held , that his servitude would re- at- 
tach ; firstly , because the suspension of the rights 
Of his master whilst domiciled in a free territory, 
by force of the local law there, did not continue 
any longer than he remained under that local 
law — that the laws of one Tterritory or State, cau 
be imported by a negro or white man into an- 
other so as to override the constitution and 
laws of the latter; and secondly, because his status 
in Missouri was a question to be determined 
solely by the laws of Missouri, and what the 
Missouri laws are, is left to the adjudication of 
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