Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-02-05


her feeble flight; you then dropped the
knife, went to your trunk and drew
from il this Instrument Of leensr edge,
"a raz or, and with it, you sevessd nor
head from her body. For all this what
10 your defence: A plea that would 90.
priye her Of ell that she had LETT Pc
hind her, her reputation. Happily for
her memory, this lies beyond the reach
Of your vsogsapee. Your efforts to
tsfnish 1t. have only given to 1t ado''
ton lustre. IF there was one in the
vas, assembly who witnessed your trial,
that harbered for . moment suspicion
di.honorabls to her, his conscienes
now rebukes him for his cruelties. At
ter Eve months preparation; after hav'
ing all her nearest friends before you;
after producing tho inmates your Ia
Emily, you have not been able to exeors
from one, . singfs word that could ..
l.sn even Jealousy 'i,sslf.-Ah xttest
that shs was constant, srtless, meek,
submissive and kind. Oh! she would
have been prize to any man but you;
had you permitted her to live, she
would have been q blessing to your
children. Poor helpless Orphans, what
now 10 to be their destiny; who is lett
4. watch over their dawuing intellect,
to cha stem their morals, to load them
to virtues shrine. Father Of Mercy.
be thou their protector, guardian and
friend.-Spirit of their murdered mo.
Their, hover over and direct them thro'
the dangerous and devious winnings OF
life.
W;ll;on.-I have now family sketch
ed the picture Of your guilt. 1t it be
not faithful to the original, it's only
because tho coIoring 10 not deep enough.
With all this wsig ht Of sin upon your
head. YOU have but twenty days to live.
The hour 10 at hand when you mutt
leave 10, and hasten into the presence
Of q Beng, whose frown 10 far moro
dreadful than the sentence which now
eonsigns you to the tomb.-Ars you
prepared for the Interviewer have
you wrought yourself into the belief
that there 10 no futurity? and will you
rest sasis6ed in this belief, until you
arc reused from your torpor by the
signal for ysur appearance at tho bar
Of tho Most Hishp All, cir. you are
risking too much upon your opinion.
Should you err in this particular, tho
anguish which now rends your bosom,
10 peace when compared to the misery
which awaits you. Whom you reflect
that the wisest, ablest and best of men
are against you, does it not sometimes
occur to you that you may be in erro'p
When YOU open the sacred Volume. are
YOU not sometimss startled with the
thought that it may be trueP 1t 1t De,
how dreadful are his denunciations a.
gainst you. But amidst its thundsrs,
il breathes whisper Of consolation, ..
ven to the most hardened offender.
Yes, Williams, even" you, all bloody
40 you arc, may be yet within the reach
Of ito kind peomiss.-Fly then. | be.
ssech you, to the last stay of a sinners
hope Tor happy eternity. You have
aothing to bind you to this llfe-there
10 not . being upon earth whom you
can call your friend-not one who
would dare to acknowledge you as
friend. You have arrested the throb.
bings Of the only bosom that could now
beat in unison with your own--you
have silenced The only lips that could
speak q word Of consolation to your
dropping spirits. But there is an all ,rul
ing Power above who may not forsake
you, when your kinsmen and country.
meu diyown you. While the ligh; OF
life yet gleams upon your short and
dreary path to the grave, catch the
fleeing moments to bespeak the inter.
cessioa of that Rsdeemsr whose power
il equal to your necessities. He may
vet wash out the foul stain that renders
you loathsome to the world, and raise
YOU to the MANSIONS Of bliss whore you
| may again be greeted, and once more
be forgiven by the kind companion Of
your boson.
Hear now the sentence Of the law and
then farewell forever.
You, John ii. WiAianss, will be re-.
conducted to the place whence you
came, where you will be kept in close
custody until Friday, the 18th day OF
November next. when you will be IA.
ken to some conveniently place Of esscu-
ton, and there, between the hours ct
ten in the forenoon, and two in the az
tsrnoop, you will be suspended by the
neck until you are dead. And may
the Lord have mercy upon your soul
| Eighteenth Congress.