The Litchfield County post., 1826-07-25


 This scene was one that none seemed nra- pared for. His apparent resignation to his fate, and the willingness with which he ad- | vanccd to and took his seat. were unexuec- ted, and extortcd involuntary and sinrulta- neoais expressions of ]" Poor fellow, ' < G ood God be merci!ul, . Ec. from every quarter. The sobbings and waiiings of the females. l who had remained at the iail, nd .l5roke e loose yet the criminal needed them not : hc'seemed fixed like statue of marble in his seat-he neither moved his head to the right nor to the leff, but kept it perfectly still and erect. Why this prelude slonld be so touching we. cannot say--but it cost mere tea than any part which followed 1t. { saw it flood the eyes of those whom
 0e tlIQlgh we knew were made of sterner materials tliah to be affected at any sight SghaIeser. Though this sympathy seemed to peT Eades the hearts of all present at his fate vet none denied it's justice oraifs ne- cessily. He was so steady in his seat that those who did not see him enter thought he was tied thereto.
 When the clergyman commenced his supplication, the criminal arose from his seat as quick IS the 'pinions of his arms and feet would permit and knelt into the cart, with lis face resting all the while upon the coffin. At the conclusion of the prayer he rose and resumed his seat without assistance. He now shook hands very cordially with MT. Bnrch the clergyman, and continued whispering Something in hisaear for several minutes, to which the Rev. Gentleman fre- qNently nodasd an assent. We hear, that the purport of his conversation was that thanks might be returned to various per- sons from whom he had experienced. acts of Kindness during his imprisonment. He also took leave of several of the civil off, cers with the same cordiality. The last person with whom he shook hands was a young man who stood before him as one of the guards, and whom he called What was sald tosthe young man we are uncer- tain;s but it so affected him that he broke from the criminal burst into tears, and re- tired to hisspost, covering his face with his hat. A sub-oficer, examined the knot at the moose around the criminals neck, and securely fastened the balance of the rope over the beam of the gallows. Tn few seconds the cart drove slowly from under the criminal--he necessarily leant forward as he was dragged from it---and in an in- stant was launched into eternity withoutsa struggle. Thus was the vengeance of tke 1lawsgof God and of man justly inflicted up- on the misguided and unfortunate Vim. E. Hooe-a youth of the most numerous and highly respectable connexions in the state of Virginia. The criminal has been very .relentant since his condemnation, and ex- pressed perfect willingness to die, having received all tho aid which could be impar- ted to him by the Christian gospel.
 Conf fession of Hooe.-WM. II. HooE, whose execution we record to-day, wrote, during his confinement, a historyso his life during the last five years, in which he makes full confession of the murder of Simpson-- -and that he perpetrated it alone.
 He states that he was instigated to the deed from the want of money to adjust q gambling transaction iL Leesburg. In the l society to which he was admitted there, he states, it is common for gambling parties to paas~tl ~tlaeirs .sotes for whatever they may lose at cards but that it is considered violation of honour in the holders of such notessto transfer them to second person. He had sold one of these notes, which was afterwards won back and demanded of him by the drawer. He eyaded the Remand, by stating that tho note was not about him. but in his trunk, and that he would get it and return it. He called upon the person to whom he had sold the note, and reques- ted that it might not be presented for pay ment for a few days, as he was going to Prince William county for money, which would enable him to redeem it on his re- turn. It appears, that lie really did be- Iieve money was due to him from his uncle, John Hooc, living in that county. But, he says, he felt his honour at stake, in hav-s ing sold the note, and was therefore deter- mined to have the money for its redemp- tioll, at all hazards
 Having falsely told Simpson that his un- cle Dade Hooe had a family of negroes for sale, he profercd his services to conduct him to his uncle's plantation and says that while on their way thither he asked SimP-- son how much money he had, ss it would take thousand dollars to purchase the famiIy. Simpson dismounted from ms horse and seated himself upon a log at the side Of the road 1; took out his pocket book and counted it's contents n his presence and said he had nine hundfed dollars. Ar ter renewing their journey, he says he. made three different efforts to shoot Simp- son, but that hecheckings of his conscience
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