The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-13
mo. 81.

non he had inved and never did "a
tent duat with more affection On any earth
y hope. This little infant, all purity AMI
Innocence, was destined 10 be- the victim IT
lis madncss. One morning his friend I'm
tered lhf apartment, aud what WIS his nor.
, ri, NJ brhnding the ciild stretched on Tia
! Hour, and tie faher standing over II, IRA
haudg rocking with The hlnud ~ hi7 bah.
! . God of Heaven" rvrlaimrd his friend.
/ WHIT Is herr = Markny approached and
ealmly welcomed him, bidding him lrholi
whit lie had done. liz friend heat his
boanm aud sunk on chair, covering his
fnrc with his hand Why do you gfiese
asked the maniae why are you unhap-
ITy ? | was the lthrf OF ihni brrntiilrss
corpse, aud do mt wecp ! nm even
laylul when ga2e tn IT, Listen, my
iernd, listen | khe" prpdestincd -
murder, and who was ST CT Ia hc my vie
TIM, ~ ilmi ldllr innocent 10 hom CAV
life and rom whom ba,c taken il H.
had NO crime TO answer for bcsides how
cnuld leave him in cull world, which
would mock him with my maine y Even
before the cudinisrlon ot the crime, he Ind
sent to tnaglatratr, whose officers shortly
enrtrd, aud unprecedented him. He cnol
motion but hr took nom his bosom IA
miniaiorc oil his wife, dipped in tn. blocd og
his babe, and, without u sigh or tear, de
parted. II was this cr.unstanc. HOT
made many Ioath him, aud created agaiast
bm a sentiment Of general ahhonenee; but
when la Afterwards, IN prisnn, declared e,
his friend the storm of passion, to Nhirh
that hnr,d thlln sucasrded slut he hal
torn his hair until tlie blood tficl1rd down
| ilIs forellehd, mhile his brain srcnIrd burst
ihg his skull, his friend vas satisfied anI
slil loved him. IN the prison hp was with
INN Though all others deserted him, he
piied aud wrpt. Stit, even To the last, he
believed lie had but fulfilled his duty in tho
death oi his child aud olteu, nbrn he de
scIibtd the scruc, md todd how the infant
Smiled Oh Us father at The moment ha was
prepared Ia hill H. lielIing his name ~ the
weapon was nj his throat, he would slnrt
Winthrop NJ hl1own tale b cursed he dos
tiny which had drcreed il bat always Apotrn
OF II as a 6ecessnry deed. The time mp
pointed for his trld approached lie con
lenplnttd II without dread, aud talked OF
the fate that awaited him without shul
der. But his friend had ex.ried hinIselfto
procure such testimony of the state Of bis
mnd, previous to hisc0nmilling The dread
in act, ~ To leave little doubt of HE result.
yet he feared 10 awaken hopes in the IN
happy prisoner, which might be destroyed
and lad never mentioned II 10 him. The
morning ofllle trllalariiyed; he was bro'l tn
the bar; his hollow eyes glarsd unconscious
y upon the Judge, Y he ave bis plea, Az il
the words not guilty, came from being
without life. Bul hi. recollection spemed
for moment 10 return, Inc opened his lips
aud gasped falntly, ns II he " shed IL fecaIl
them. The tliH commenced, and he list
en"d with the same apathy hut once, be
uaying feeling, when he smiled on his
friend beside him. The evidence had been
heard the Jury retained II verdict of insa
nny, aud groan from The prisoner created
monrninry pause, and he dropped life
less IN the dock. lie hal f1r minates sImd-
ed his c0aDtenancc with bis baud, aud no
one bal his lriend perceived is dreadful VI
terallon He attributed II 10 the dreadful
suspense ol The moment, the agony between
hope aud despair. It's cause WIS moro
awful one be had procured poison aud ia
ken il, and, with an almost supcfhuman
strength had struggled with its effects until
he fell dead before the court. lie was
buried in the church yard of his native
'illage, where mound ofearih marked his
grave, but thar. vas ue,ther stone nor in
scrpilon 10 preserve the uame of one So
~reiched.
II IS almost unnecessary 10 add, that a
more peinlcious error than the doctrine ut
Eda'lsin Cannot tak. possession af the mind
of man. innumerabe aud varied crimes
have been perpctrated uader the influence
3i THIS enemy of human REASON.