The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-06-07

z yet. The clock went over the three quar-
tcrs--it chimcd the fourth quarter and
struck eight They were in my cell before
| perceived them. They found me in the
same place, and in the same posture as they
had left nc.
"NVhat have farther to tell will lie in
very small compass my recollections are
very minute up to this point. but not at all so
close as to what occurred afterwards |
scarcely recolcct very clearly how got
from my cell to tie press-room. | think
! TWO little witherel men, dressed in black,
supported me. ! Know tried to rise when
saw the master and his people come into
tie dungeon; but Gould not
! ''in this press room were the two misera-
BILE wrrtches that we've TO suffer with mc,--
they were bound, with .heir arms behind
thca,, and their hands t1stther, and were
lying upon bench hard :! until was rca-
dy.--.N meagre.lokns OH man, with thin
white hair, who was reading to one Of them,
came up, and said something, That we
! should embrace, II did not distinctly hear
what 1t was.
"'rhe great difficulty that had, was to
keep froul falling. had thought that thesr
moments would have been all of fury and
horror, but felt nothing Of this; but only a
I ry floor on which stupd--was sinking uu
der me. could just make 4 motion, that
! the old white haired man should leave me,
aud some one ntrrfered. and Sent him away.
Ihe pinioning Of my hands and arns was
! then flushed; and heard an officer whis-
per to the chaplain that all was ready AS
I We passed our, one OF the men in black held
! glass of water to my lips; but | could hot
i swallow.
I "This Was the last momcnt--but one-of
i tuli perception, that had in life. ! renen-
Der our beginning to remove forward, thro'
! the long arched passage which led from the
press room to the scaiiold. saw the Lamps
\ that were still burning, for the daylight nep-
CT catered here: heard the quick tollins OF
I the bell, and the deep voice OF the chaplain,
\ reading as he walked before Us.
II am the resurrection and the life, saith
the Lord; he that believcth III me, though he
wcr, dead shall live. And though after my
death, worns destroy this body, yet IN my
lysn small see God 7"
ut was the funeral scrvice-the order Tor
the grave; the Office for those that were
sensclcss aud lead--ovcr US, the quick and
the living.
! II felt orce more-and saw l felt the
transition from those dim, close, hot, lamp
lgnted subtcrraneons passages to the open
platform and steps at the foot OF the scaiiold.
aud to-day, saw the immense crowd black
! enng the whole area OF the Street below me.
The Windows Of the shops and houses oppo-
site, cho,kcG with ga2ers. saw st. Scpul-
chre's church through the ycllo@ tog in the
distance and heard the pcaling ot its bell. |
rec collect the cloudy misty morning, the wet
that lay upon the scaiIiold, the huge dark
mass cf building. the prison Itself, that rose
I beside. and se.cmc, to cast a shadow over
us: the cald fresh bree@c, tn II as emerged
from it, broke on MY facc. see il all now E:
the whole horrible ndscape before me-
! i'he scasinlA the r'in: the faces Of the null
titutc; the people clingns to the house tops:
the smoke that beat heavily downwards
from the chhnncs: tie wagons flied with
women, staring at the inn yard opposite the
holisc low roar that ran through the gath
cred crowd as we appeared. never saw
so many objects at orce, so plainly and dis
tinctly in all my life, as at that one glance;
but it lasted only tor an instant.
"f'rom that lock, and from that instant,
all that followed is a blank. Oftle PRAYERS
OF the chaplain, ot THE fastening Of tho fatal
moose Of the putting on the cap which had
SO much dislkctl: Of my actual c.rccHtion
and death, have not the slightest recollec-
ton. But that Know such occurrences
must have taken place, should not have the
mailest consciousness that they ever did so.
read in the daily newspapers an account
of NY behaviour at the ssaifoll: that con
Quoted myself dccently, but with tlrmncss
of my death, that seemed to die almost
without struggle. OF any of these events
have not been able by my excrtions, 10 re-
cal the most distant remembrance. Witt
the first view OF the scalfo!l, all my recol
lection ceases.
The next circumstance, which, in my con
ception, seems to follow, is the having a
woke. as if from sleep, and found myself ii
a handsome chamber, with gentleman, a.
( first opened my eyes, looking attentiyely
ut me. had nay senses perfectly, though
did not speak at once. | thought direct
" that had been rrprieved at the scaffold
and had tainted. Alter knew the truth
thought that had some imperfect recollcc
ton Of having found. fancied, myself as in
dream, III some strange place, lying naked
aud with mass of floating fiynres about me
but this idea certainly never presented itsel
to me until WAS informed Of the fact tha
it had occurred.
The accident to which owe my existence
will have been 9iiyned! My condition is .
strange onci l am living man; and pos
sess certificates both of death and burial.
!, know that a coffin filled with stones, and
with my name upon the plate, lies buried it