The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-09-06
DOMESTIC.
m rXEcllIloN or sIRANl

TIL ENEA u HON bf : MI
ABAvY. Arsat p The ct, ycste,day Wa
aiircauh strangers EaH, in lbe morning, and
until the hour 81 execution, ,rcfy avenue leading
10 tbc 1T, vas th,oneed With vehicles the steam
boats came az during the morning, aud the lel.
~ b,al.. liz ally swafmrd aad tie 81 refs and
sldoo.Iks verc - filled b., the passing cro"dsas
10 rcndel It d iicult 10 pursue the ordinary avn
cattous,
So great was the cont oursc, that it WAS deem
"a ~ pedieni 1, accept the voluntary offers oi
thr military, aud between | / snd II Ia the fore
noon thirteen companies, oae each from Troy.
tircenlnsh. Schenectady and Bethlehem, tom
ell and match,d Ia the place ot execution.
Thus wa IN the valley, AT the head OF Beaver
street directly wc>t OF the Lanca,trian Academy
and 'he guni aud perhaps quarter ot a milo
southwest Of the capital. Prom this valley,
whicn form, a narrow Dat the hlls upon three
sides, rise ahrnptv toa considerable height, tor
Mig "a pubiic auphnhehue The sealold.
,h fore. Us overlooked. and every movement
connected With II. distinctly seen ~ the vast
multitude that oceupird all parts ofihe sides aud
submits OF the cnlinGnces II i believed thai
~ least 31o,O persons Witnessed the ccre-
IN nv en- tins occasion one ilth Of whom were
fendiesi
TIE scailnld was The centre of circle of CON
silrJab magnitude, tn inner lme ofw hIeh was
guarded all aruu Il hs the military two or three
deco, under the command Of Captain Osborn,
WIN oihciaied Ms marshal. Alta quarter paSt
one Z. VI the prisoner, ~ n white oVefdreSs,
uhnme with black, accompanied hv the sheriff
ard roaler and other civil officers and by the
lev Mr. Lacey, and escorted 10y the Al
hany Republican Artillery. passed from the prls-
on and proceeded On foot to The place OF cxecu-
ton.
During several of the past DAYS, Strnng has
appeared to be much sofened, and to evince
considerable degree of penicuee. lie was visit
cl and PRAYED with yesterday murning by the
Rev MIR Lacey. aud during The forenoon, when
not interrupted, was engaged N silent hut con
slant prayer. He experienced no particular
debility and now asCcndcd the steps oithe scat
fold with Gfluness. Addressing the multitude,
he said, ~ an audible voice, thai lie perceived n
great many people pteScni, who had come as he
supposed, 10 witness his execution aud that III
hoped lhar il wonid lead ihem TO reflect nu the
Effects ofcin and msi. and induce them to avoid
these acts ihr y, hich he was about TO suffer Il
painful aud ,rnominious death. lie hoped that
they r.lght 20 AWAY with hearts impressed with
con iItinn ~ his was Then, holding pampll-
le; ia his hand, hc said: Tins contains IA full
confession of the great transaction for which |
am about To die, aud every word that II con-
,,aips 10 the best of INV knowlcdgc aud belief, is
trdr i!thete is single word IN il TINT IS not
true, il has hern inserted by mistake and not
BY design" lie added thai he had no more To
.sly, aud banded the pamphlet TO the Rev. Mi
Lacey.
The prayers described by the episcopal church
for such occasions were then read which ne ap-
peared 10 Join in earnestly. The sheriff then
took final leave of him, and was evidently
much affected. The Rev. Mr.. Lacey addressed
him briefly, aud also parted with him; rs did al
so Mr. Becker, the gaal"r. During The awful
interval between ascending the scatiold and his
DEATH he was composed. aud not mlch ae itated
aqaarter before two O'clock he gave the sig
nal drew his p over his face, the drop fell and
af,er struggling for few minutes, the wrelched
alau expired. He remained suspended for a
bout bali an hour when his body was taken
down and delivered To his friends for interment.
Il the mean time the crowd gradually dispersed,
peaceablv, aud rs far as we have learned, With
out accident of any sort. he efficient precau-
t;onary measures taken BY the sheriff and the CT
vii authorities were calculated 10 prevent or re-
press any tumult, though there was not, that
We observed, the slightest tendency towards
one.
Thus persisted the murderer. II was the just
forfeit af life fur life and so airocious was the
Gas - tilaf thcra were few to regret his fate
nonc, that we know Of, 10 deny the righteous
n IS OF the law. Whilst may question the
utility ofsuth sprctaclcs, tending as they do IN
-gynerid. 10 crafty morbid curiosity, and To
excite sympathy tor the criminal rather than
an ahhorrencc and consequently prevention,
,fcrnc; we trust none who we're the witness
rs ofths scene, will forget that this snpnlnlous
death was rue consequence OF an indulgence in
v,cions courses aad criminal passions.
drgas.