The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-08-24
From the Trenton Emporium.
THE DEATH w NRRANT.
The last, The fdfcl hour Is come.

mug HedhiiY on tue mountain. ton.
abnve the village of Redclif, but
the roads which led towards ii wer,
crowded with the varied population
ofthe surrounding country from far
aud near. At AIcsbury, the shops
were closed, the hammer of the
blacksmith laid upon its anvil mi
a wagon of an, description was To
be seen in the street, aud even the
bar OF the tavern WAS lacked, aud
the key gone will, its proprietor to
wards the cliff, az q token Of a
important era which Was Withhold,
n parallel III the annals of the place.
And save here aud there solitary
head looked through q broken pane
IN some closed up house With an air
OF sad disappointment. or the cries
ofthe little nursing was heard. be-
tokcning that in the general flight,
it had been left in unskiliul hands.
on may hap here and there soIita-
ry ragged and il-natued school boy
was seen, or n not less solitary and
i'll natured dog ither seeming but
hall appeased by The privilege oi a
holiday granted on condition Of stay
ing at home the whole village ex.
hibited a picture of dcserti,n and
silence, that had forever been un-
known before.
but in proportion as you drew
near the ponderous cliffs, in the
midst OF which the little town Oh
RedcliiiS vas situated, you mingled
again IN the thick hustle and mo.
ton oil the world, of men aud w.
men and boys, and horses and dogs,
all living, moving and creeping
things, that inhabit the wild di,.
tricts OF Pennsylvania,
The village itself was crowded to
Overlooking long before the sun bad
gained a sufficient altitude to throw
its rays upon the deepvalley in which
lay. There the bar Of the inn
was crowded. and The fumes OF to-
bacco and wliskey, the jingling of
small change, and the perpetual Ella.
NOR Of the thr".''' MAS e. fbe,-.-,,-
-''s :" +" nFai'. III cOh,.~- Aibiiiiy
In the sireeis there was the greet
lug OF old aud long parted acqnaln,
ances tLe bsrierlnS ol horses the
settling fold accounts /; the buitoon.
cry OF hall intoxicated men the
clatter OF women the crying and
hallooing Of children and boys. and
the barking andqualrelling olsiran
ger dogs. Tolook upon the scene,
tn mingle with the crowd. 10 listen
tn the Con,e lsatIon, or to survey tbf
countenances of the assembled mul-
/ titude, would lead to no satisfactory
solutiOnof the cause Tor which this
mass of Heterogeneous matter was
congragatcd.
| Within the walls Of the old STONE
| Jail at the foot of the mountain, a
different scene had been thai morn
ing Witnessed. There chained T.
stake in the miserable dungeon.
damp and scarcely illuminated by
one ray of light now lay the enacl
ated form 9t one whose final doom
seemed near at hand. A few hour,
before, his vile and little daughter
| had been with him. having travel.
led a hundred miles To meet hin
"A once more on the Threshold of tht
grave ; they met, and from tina
! gloomy vault the song of praise as
cended with the ascending sun, AM
the tailor as he listened to the melo
dious voice OF three persons WHOM
he looked upon as the most desoiat'
and lost oil all in the wide world
blended sweetly together, ant
chanting the beautiful hymn,
at is the Lord should distrnst.
Or contradict his will ~ &c.
almost doubted the evidence Of hi
/. senses, and stood fixed ia ast0hisli
ment at the massy door. Coul'
these be the voices Of a murderer
/, and murderer's wife and child
This brief and to be the final in
! ter, lew had passed. however th0s
I unfortunate ones had loudly com
mended each other to the keepin!
! Of their heavenly parent, and part
ed he to face the assembled mul
) titude on the scaffold, and they, a
they said, TO return by weary jour
I ueys TO their sorrowiul home til
cohict, worn nut with sickness an
: watching, now slept.
His name 'was Jason Creel, hi
place of residence said to bcVirginia
He had been taken up while travel
ling from the northward to hi
i, home. and tried and convicted a
the county town some miles distant