Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-04
proving The verde, Of Tie Jury spoo ,ao ,aor.

its.
Your renewed muiions for a new trial ,iurinp
'his term, on the samr grounds, have been ia
| iiently received aud considered. aud The ne,y
points of Law urged by your interchangeable
counsel have been oa,efully examined. aud
according 10 he best Judgment Of the Judge
OF this court. 40 ground Is perceived. whereby
you can raiionalls calculate To escape the pun.
ishm-nt Of death, which The law prescf,bes tor
your offence.
Bof, we are taught 10 believe by our holy
religion, that the AimighI, Maker aud Father
oil ns all hath. IN his merc,, provided for the
silest offender, a means of escape--not
indeed from the lorna punishment, due TO
our oiiraees IN this liie--but IN escape
which VIII disrobe such punishment OF
an us Ter rors-hn escape, through death, M.
10 happiness 3 life everlasting, where the death
oi THIS our eafthy body, shall be great gam 10
INN who will accept the means which the Al.
! mighty IA his mercy holds out to him You
should endeayor o realize this truth IL /, The
duty OF us al---but. speaking as "a man, II would
seen TO be more especially his duty, who has
| no other nope Tor existence eft. | repeat l.
you, you AN have no reasonable hope from
the Law" You will now be fnslly Condemned
10 due by the Hangman and unless II should
please God 10 cut OF you days IN some other
y z
II is true, youi Counsel hnve made objection.
which will procure Tor you time, aud le.ex.
ANIMATION oil your case before the Gen
! Court-l am not vain and confident
IN my opinions they may be eIToue-
Gus !; but do not think tneY ARE aud le-
llev,ng Confident thai hey will be confirmed,
IL is therefore my duty 10 warn Won against
| The danger OF trusting Your future and eternal
late 10 any chance Of escape by the iudgmeu,
Of ths General Court. That judgment cannot
he reasonably expected IN your favor Yun
should therefore be dilgen Ia use your iuIe IN
preparing to NEE death, without fear, as a
! Christian man amy do.
Your punishment aud disgrace in this llfa arr
certain bn by realizing the nope which the
Christian Religion holds out 10 every man. e.
ven tn the Viest sinner, you will rscaoe from
the disgrace nj this life, with pro ,pect full al
Joy. unspeakabc and eternal. You ought moi
10 despair N ace ount OF the great crime which
you nave committed, but repent of D. q Of all
your ns,& LOOK unto Hun " no is all powerful
ana Wiling TO forgive md 10 save thu siles
| sinner. ] do not feel myself commissioned to
Instruct you IN the means whereby you may
save your soul alive from everlasting destruc-
ton. Bnl believe that they exist, aud are
oiie'ed TO Won II you will accept them. The
Ministers Of God, and hIs holy word, which is
"'nrn IN the Gospel, are aud vii; be access-
bic TO you-lhey will lnsrrnc, and teach you
the way TO future happines,--consnll them aud
endeavof I" realize the truths which they VIII
| impart III YOU.
lonr fate should afford lesson ofnstruction
TO the young men OF this place, aad also 10 the
old. Many (dmong the former are now, no
DOUBT, frhdng The same path VIII ch has
trough you To your present rniuous situation E;
z lndn gmg the Y ices OF drunkenness and a c,uni.
nal intercourse with abandoned women. These
vices, so d. basIhg in themselves. are the causes
of mnsl of the stfites which disgrace aud atllict
society.
Society, in general, will no doubt com.
mIseiate your lac, aud sympathiLe with
your aged father and mother, account
of Their sad bereavement in the loss oi
then son the fair hone aud promise OF
stay AMI support IN their declining years, now
Disgrace a. cut oil his in earl, bloom ; but the
same society To whom your fate may become
known, must approve the judgment which CON
signs Won 10 your punishment
have nothing farther to do but TO pronounce
The Indgmen' and sentence of the law, which J.,
that You be returned Ia the pr, son from whence
tou came, aud there remain until The 10Th day
lufluly next. when YOU are 10 be- taken thence
by the Sergeant OF the Corporation Of Lynch
burg, and hung by the neck on the public gal
lows. N the usual place uf execution, between
thu hours Of ten q clock IN the morning. ant
Our IN the afternoon OF thai day, until you att
dead Aud may The L0,d have mercy upor
You
John Sanger convicted of fdrcery,was senten
ced to on" months imprisonment in Jail, and Il
receive 80 Iasbes on his bare back 90 OF which
are 10 be inflicted this d,y, and - on the day
Of his discharge from prison The Court re
marked. - al thu punishment, of stripes 70
white men. was g nerallv regarded AS odious
pose 1t in certain cases. The prisoner en-
deavored TO obtain remission Of this par
of hi3 sentence by pleading bodily inGrml
", on which the court directed him to he exam
tanning whether or no, this was the case. The
physicians reported that there was no reason
connected with the health of the prisoner to in
duce remission Of the stripes. aud the iudg
ment ofthe court consequently remained una
tered.
RandQH Ill., "a c)lored nam also convicted
oflarceny, was sentenced 10 n similar punish.
men,-one month imprisonment in jail, and 80
lashes-20 on this day, aud 10 on the day OF
his discharge.
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Morals in Washington !-rhe su5joined lie,
ter from Washington city will furnish the rea
DIR with farther insight into the nature OF
the subject to which we alluded III an article
under this head IN our last paper. One two
things ought TO follow The partial exposure
which ha, been already made. Either the
guilty parties should be forced into retirement
or the public should be made acquainted with
The extent oftheir mfamy. Indeed, we can
not see how fall developement can now be
avoided, or how, fii he made, the lprts can