The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-05-08


| yet not tear was slied--not sieA Wig
1oavrd for had n that vast crow d ben
sac mony images, or corpses raised NJ
by canInp IN thur death-clacs, They could
IN haze been mar moloness than nj that
minute, nor mnir SPECIFICS than thar
multitude o leeyn' souls There. ~
at ance, hoo or WHARF he cam ffao name
could tell, there, ! say, a. nj anee stood
tho Mutineer. Some tcil't me after-
wards TINT they had seen him marebln,
along, twa OF three yards ahini his eof-
I'm, WI his head Just n thotcb inclined
downwards, mol in fear o. man or death.
bat IN awe o. God and judrment, keep.
M time vi military step that was nat.
urat TO him, and no umbocoIninp m,ve
man on the WY To the grave. and h;s
cen fixed on The green that WIS fldns
ava Tor ever and ever trao aneath his
icet; bat that was u sichl 1 saw not
Tor the inst TIME / bohcd him he wna
si1ndin', n unlike the Ithcr men. in tho
middle o that thret-sldcd square. and
there was shudder through tbc hi
multitude Jnst az II we had been a stan-
ON hauh IN haun, and a natural phllos.
oph'' fad gen us a shock % his eleftri-
cal machine. Tha,'s him; that Inn
puir, pulr fallow Oh bu, hes .n,,ts
~ man J Such were the oiaculat,ons
'r'e 'housan 5 oil women, maist Of them
young nnos, bul some o them aud. and
grey-hcaded aneath their mutches and
no a few WI babies, sookln' or cater.
waulIn' 1t Their breasts. His name WA
Lewis Mackenzie and rs fine yonno
man ma. ne was as ever stepped on heather.
inc moment before he knclt down ON
ms conn, he seemed as iu' - life as II he
had stripped aii his jacket for eame n
ioot-ba', OF to fling tho hammer. Az.
weel Inicht tho women-tolk raze on II M
WI red weeping cen, for he had locd
them but over woel, and mony Inn.
II IS sad, had he let himself down Inc
CastIe-rock ut npht, God knows bso.fo
meet ms lemans, but a thar, n his ms.
ana Il ms crimes acted or only me IL
ted, were at an end moo, pun fllaw
ana the platoon, wi Gxed bepponeis.
were drawn up within ten yards, OF less
o WHARF, ho stood, and he hmsel bavms
ued handkofehiei owof his eon, drop4
ped down on his knees on his c,1trn. vi,
taulded hands, ana lips inoyin' fast, AID
white as ashes, IN prayer
NonTa.
Cursed be the memorable Justice of
military law he might have been paId-
Onod.
snEPHfpD.
Pardoned lladna lac disn,nn5 bis
ain captain o ms sword, and ran linn
through the shouihcr; IN a mutiny OF
which he was hlmsel the rinploader Z
kmg George on the throne tlufslna haze
pndoncd him; II would hue been m
much as ms crown VS. worth for loo
could klng, kumrd, ana Constitution
tho'c standing aiiny, n which mutlry
was not punished W. death
Nonrn.
Six balls pierced hlm--throuob bfnd
ana heart and what a shrek. Jades
then IT Ose
SuEpuEFD.
Ay, TO hae heard nat shrek. YOU wad
nae thought thai the women that rased
II wdd never hue lauhhed abaln blu. in
lew Ioufs, ~ sumo iight-iall dafken.
cd Inc cay, some . them were pnssipins
about tile shootin' % tho sodper 10 tbeir
neighbours, some dancin' al hops that
shall DC namoless, some sitting on their
swcetheHts' knees WI then arms foun'
then nccks, some swearin' like troop-
ers, some doubtless sitting thotchfn' bv
the hroslde, OF AVA TO bed in sadness,
an hour sooner than usual, and then last
asleep.
NoRTH.
saw his old fatreI, James, with nv
own eyes, step out from the crowd. and
way being made for him, he walked M
10 hs sous dead body, and embracing
II, kissed his bloody head, and then with
clasped hands, looked up to heaven.
SHEPHERD.
a strang and stately duld man. and
anc too that had been soldier IN Lie
youth. Sorrow, not shame, somewhat
po"cu MS hcaG, ana anCe he TcePd as
If he were faint on Il sudden--- But what
the deeyil's the use o me haverin' AVA
this way about the shootin' o a sodper
thretty years sin sync, and mar too /;
for dldna see that aald silyery-headed
father o the nnltneer staggering alanp
the Grass Market, the vera next dav
after the execution, as lou' as the Balta
ic, WI heap OF mischicvous weans hal
loom d'er him, and him a. the while in
a dwan . drink and despair, maunder-
in about his son Lewis, then lyin' "a
barkon'd WI blood in his coffin. six feet
deep, in fine rich loan.
NoRru.
The very same afternoon, ! heard
the drums aud ilfcs of recruiting par
~ belOuplnp to the Same reoinan, nina.