Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-06-19

sages of the gaol, led by The sheriff. -. Pa
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lhstlewo0d came next with his eye,s,
ed, as it were, in abstract thought and
parently lost to bis situation. A v..,..
unmeaning stare pervaded MS coue.a.
which seemed ubmoyed by the deyoto,
the pious ordinary.
Tidd walked next, and seemed son,
affected by his situation. he tried Inv,
er, to assume an Indifference 10 hisEte
was frequently rallied by Ings, for b,1
preston.
Ings came next, and we mus, foreys,L
ment the har3lhood with which he spO,D,,r
ed his fate, laughing without reserve
using every forced effort to subdue lbe +,
ter feelings OF nature which might rpn;,t
him of his awful situation.
Brunt, in fixed and hardened obdura,v .
mind, next advanced, and with sulleu md
morose air Of Indifference, surveyed The "a.
GERS who were conducting him TO bis fats
The unhappy Davidson came last with
clasped hands and upliited eyes, prsyn,
most dcyoutly; and the officers Of the g,oI
closed the procession.
On their arrival at the lodge from whcbS,
debtors door leads 10 the scafold, M.
ment's pause took place, while the dreaShI
paraphernalis of death were adjusted with.
out. Thistlewood, who stood first cIas9a
his lips. and with frown surveyed from lie
doorway in which he stood, The awful pre-.
parations tor his fate. IN a moment they
were completed, and he left the gaoforeYeL
While the executioner was performing bis
last Offices without 10 this wretched man, tbe
scene within the lodge was almost beyond
the powerof description The dreadful Oh.
duracy OF Brunt and Ings filed with hour
the small assemblage ofpersons among whom
! they stood. Ings, with hardhood almost
indescribable, sucked an orange, with which
Mr. Sheriff Parkins had provided him, a,
well as all the other prisoners, and screamed
in discordant voice, oh! give me aaaa
| or liberty" Brunt rejoined AYE! to s
sure. 1t is better to die free, than 10 h
slaves !"
A gentleman in the lodge now admonshs:
them to consider their approaching fate, and
| to recolect the existence OF Deity, int:
whose supreme presence few minutes wUul!
usher them.
Brunt exclaimed, So know there saGOd.'
and Ings added, eyes, to be sure and
hope he will be more nerciful 10 Us hst
they are here"
Tidd, who had stood in silence, was non
summoned to the scaffold. He shook hand
with all but Davidson, who had separates
himself from the rest.
Ings again seized Tidd's hand at tie nj
ment he was going out, and exclaimed, VII
a burst of laughter, give US your hand
Good bye!"
A tear stood in Tidds eye, and his l'E
involuntarily mutterec, My vile an
~
Ings proceeded" Come my old cocs'o
wax, keep up your spirits, it all viii he I've
soon.
Tidd Immediately squeezed his hand''a
rushed towards the stairs leading to the seal
fold. In his hurry, his foot caught The DO
tom step, and he stumbled. lie recover
himself, however, in an instant, ana ruSH'
upon the scafoId, where he was lmmeo'a''
" received with three cheers from The CROW
in which he made faint effort 10 JON, ~
the thoughts of his situation, we pre'ua'
seemed to stop this ebulIition OF e4ecifan
difference.
In the interim, Davidson, who bad no'ls
come out, leaned with his back agana
dresser in the lodge. and continued WIN ?
hands clasped, praying in the most ieI's'
manner, and calling with unieigned anu " !"
reserved piety for the Intervention OF Inc
deemer. Brupt and Ings, however, GU"
nued the same bardbood that they have "
infested throughout, and continued veaU|
their thoughts in unreserved CALCULATIONS
A humane individual who stood by renS.
strated with Brunt again, aud beseecheuD'
to ask pardon of God. :,
Brnnt, with a fierce and saSsge All ="
yeyed his adviser contemporary anu :.
claimed, I" What have done | have ""