Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-11-26

tElijah w. Kimbrough aud negro Ca
Trey, were hung in Raleigh; n. Cit
WAS arranged, that heprisoners should
be brought from the jail al IL o clock :
but when the Sheriff won't to Kim
broughs apartment for the purpose Of
conductiug him out, he found the door
secured on the inside, in such = man
ner as TO prevent his entrance. After
using persuasive language for some
time without effect, force was resortei
to; but when the prisoner saw that re.
.istance would be Intellectual, he came
to parley, ard removed bis barricsde-
Il ~Ns iooud that he had placed his
bedstead endwise between the door and
the wall of the prison, and had firmly
wedged it in. He gave no reason for
this conduct bat that he wished 70
sleep the general belief, however, is,
that he intended, if possible, to prevent
an entrance until the hour specified
Tor his execution had elapsed. Ever
since the apprehension Of Kimbrougb,
his deportmen, has been singularly
composed. 1t is true he has OCCASION
ally wept much, when visited by the
clergy, but during his whole trial, and
when the jury returned their verdict,
his face retained its wonted color and
Its rather mild expression. We are
told however, that when HE door wac
opened by the Sheriff, he was pale as
sheet, aud subsequently before leaving
tie jail, he exhibited the creates, pros-
tration and want of seIf-possession.
A fervent prayer was offered up to
the throne Of Grace, in which both
prisoners seemed to unite with appa-
rent sincerity. During the religious
exercises, Kimbrough continued To-
weep bitterly; Carey appeared rather
more composed. Both criminals reite-
rated to the world, their innocence for
the crime for which they suffered.
When called to ascend the scaffold,
both criminals mounted with bet little
assistance. Kimbrough having reso,-
cred in some degree bis composure or
rather insensibility, but the negro sx-
hibitlng great agitation. While the
Sheriff was pinloning their hands and
adjusting the fatal rope, both prisoners
GaZed on the assembled thou
sands from the awful height, and none
would haN Q imagined from kimbrough's
countenance, that he was IN momenta-
~ expectation Of violent DEATH
KImbrough did not utter word after
reaching the drop, but Carey was enga.
ged in audible aspirations to heaven, to
the very last. The caps were at length
drawn over their eyes, the rope which
sustained the drop was severed, and ia
an instant, the wretched men were i'm
mersed in darkness as respects the
things of this world. Kimbrough be-
ing the heavier man OF the two had
his neck broken by the fall, and died
without the slightest struggle. Carey
was not dead for ten minutes as was ev-
ident from the contraction Of his chest
and the quivering of his e1t!emitiss.
kimbrough was convicted Of 4
crime, the greatest which can be CONT
ted. 1t was murder, and uuder Gil
cumstances almost unparalleled for
their barbarily and a'rocity. In the
case of Carey, what was his crime .
He broke into kitchen or clubhouse
where no person slept, and robbed it of
articles, worth perhaps five dollars -
And yet the criminal law of North Ca
roGna go blends all distinctions of guilt,
as to lntlict the same punishment On
him as upon Kimbrough, who was
convicted of the murder Of his stepfa-
thel -!