Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-03-14

and responsibiliues. The Court would
s.T;s,e them when they stated that up 10 a Ger
@he;"ns thew were averse to the commission of
ah -" u youth their early feelings must
me hsen taught TO revolt, when they heard of
henn;ss;ou Of murders, mutinies and robbie
ne ye, oow. in mature manhood, they stood
Is~ Of all. When they entered on the ha-
'on i'"s profession they had adopted, those
Laruo41 ns, have presented themselves as the
CRUZ J,nocroas against which they would have
ino'' ~i. nor could they then have dreamed of
Wsl.~;,, them. But the evidence convicted
peP s syery offence laid in the indictment; of
ueL Iar nuiiov. robbery on the high seas, and
ml. n;n he vessel: the penalty of each of which
ST. u, N;hev had saved the lives of the Of
a"5 ,be cargo likewise, and had scuttled
NV ye..sl, their condemnation would still have
been the same.
.e,srally. that each OF them should De taken
go. he Mace where they then were, and the nee
>, r.. pIace Of confinement, aud should be hanged
y, ,be neck I'LL he was dead; and that the Mar
EE,Inr,he Southern District OF New York should
a ~. sentence carried into execution on The 22d
y. II AfriI next. between the hours OF ten and
W ua c5.sryed that the only matter which the
c,n.. had had under deliberatlon, was as to The
.os If executing the sentence. In many couh-
~" ~. Ibis followed the sentence Immediately;
!, ga, there any legal reason why they should
'.Lo Gortby.th conveyed to the scaffold, from
80 Jocl rhcre they stood, to undergo thelrfate.
~, cn,,t had allowed them SIX weeks tor pre-
'u luz hmt Il was bv no means with a view of
S'm;%g them to indulge in the hope Of pardon.
-Tor ~, mt let their minds dwell on it for a
~ Their death was inevitable. 1t was
sort,;n &C that they were now living men,
49,, hv the ODD April, they must die. lie ASK
y ~; w,s mot An affecting subject OF cOnsldera-
- g., ,bcm, to hear this inevitable decree
Ind they realize. apply and understand IT. The
Conrt hardly knew in what manner to present 10
,5sm It's closing remarks, on what view of their
80 wonld most penetrate aud melt their hearts.
:"saIr il must sometimes have presented itself to
.S,;r minds that it is a dreadful thing to die
Eco, in ace when the faculties have lost all their
'"ar andthe mind and body perform their iunc-
,;ns most feebly, it is natural to cling to life
n,,bv soin the fulness and strength of manhood.
Wbsn laid on the bed Of sickness, though sur
o,oIed by the nearest and dearest friends anu
,,,nded with every comfort and every appliance
nresi,t the last enemy, il is felt TO be 4 hard thing
VI wv
ndie. IN their perilous profession, IN which 'hey
nps, sometimes have been exposed TO the dangers
,,snDests, rocks and shipwrecH. they must have
a., ye power of that principle which induced
hem 10 make every exertion TO save their lives,
ny the most desperate efforts. Even IN the up
mar and excitement OF battle, where all the an
ry passions are aroused, the principle OF self
reservation exists and operates.
But if the prisoners had never thought or ielt
that il is an awful thing to due, he besought them
Low to consider Of it cooily; and with a stead
-; s,lzeI;aa n regard it sinSly. Let them
Jo consider what il to come after tt
The humanity Of the Marshal would afford them
every convenience tor communication with plous
men, such as they might choose to see. The
Court had discharged its duty.
Gibbs asked if he might see his friends. The
Cour, replied, that the Marshal would allow him
every proper indulgence.
<asssFs~
CHARLESTON, March :.
It's oar painful duty TO announce the untlme-
lydsah Of our respected and enterprising fellow
dt1en, WILLIAM AIKEN, Esq. On Friday at.
eruoOn last he was thrown from his zig, upon his
head, with such violence as to cause his death at
kar o'clock the next morning. His remains were
attended to the grave, yesterday, by a large con-
Ngrse Of his fellow citizens.