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surpassed. did. upon such proof as left not
h" probability Of a doubt. pronounce you
guiltv-guIlty ofthc murder OF your wife,
and hc mother ut your children. Uuhap-
pv mnn!---bv what downward steps-by
what hard aud dreadful progress, have yon
descended from the angel purity Of your
infancy. to a cundnion in the wane of life.
bIackcncd by one Of the most monstrou-
and dIabolcal of crimc,2 You abused that
life with which your Creator had blessed
you-you perverted appettcs, harmless in
themselves, but destructive in their pervcr-
s,un,-yon became habllually Incorporate,
aud in the moments of lntoXicatlon. you
wer" accustomed to call up from he depths
of your heart the dreadful passon of de-
mon. At the tire.s!de, aud in the bosom
| Ut that family, whore your presence
should have dlfi'usod delight aud Joy, and
have been the centre Of order aud peace,
aud have rendered your and their home a
heaven upon earth, YOU let loose the pas
SONS Of nell. You forced your wife and
children to fly from You as an object of
danger and oiSirus Their personal safety
forced the wife whom you should have pro
trcted, and the children whom YOU should
nave educated IN the duties of life, to shun
Your approach and avoid your presence.
When they had been nus forced to with
draw from your society, and whilst the
mother was laboriousy wearing out the
remnant of life in the support Of the chill
dren of your once mutual affections, you
entered her dwelling she came a the call
of one of those children whom your con
duet had alarmed; aud whilst she was
underwriting to preserve the peace aud
quiet of her abode. disturbed by your pres
encc and your conduct, she fell vlcDlm to
your murderous hand. Conscious Of your
gnIt in whatever condition YOU were, and
feeling the weight Of murder upon your
soul, you sought to escape the 1Ungs Of re-
morse, or the sentence Of the law, by an
attempt on your own life. Sucl, wrctch"d
mau, has been your downward course. and
such are The last dreadful deeds 20 which a
miserable habit has conducted Won. Stand
rhg a you now do, upon 'hH threshold of
eternity. what is there I,t that can yield
you he slightest consolation? Your wee
rather aggravates than excuses your crime
And that horrid crime has II not blasted
every thing' Has it not spread desoation
and death around and within you? i there
one green spot throughout the gloomy dcs-
"rt of your past life on which your eye can
rcpose without pain? What is there that
does not remind You OF your guilt and add
to the burthcn OF your existence. Can
your memory glance at the playful years OF
your infancy and youth, without beng re
minded Of your own children, who have
been deprived OF a mother by Your cruel
hand - Can yuu think Of your manhood
without the memory Of Freeiuve, the wife
Of your bu-om who now lies low IN the
dark aud narrow house, the mangIed victim
OF your murderous malice.
do not seek, by thus reminding you Of
your situation, to add in the slightest de
gTce to your suiferlngs; but would fam
awaken you from that moral ielhargy. that
dealh-hkc sleep INTO which your soul has
fallen ;-gladly would force into life some
Of the better feelings Of your nature, to
the end that their cherished influence
might AT last porvate your soul, and pre-.
pare yon for that awful doom to which the
law consrgns you. Do not give yourself
mp to the miserable hope. that your eXls-
tence, now become a bnr(hen, will termn.
ate with he death of the body. That SELF
within you, which feels the workings of con
sClenceaud shrluk~ from he panr Ut remOrsc
has lis life, however perverted, from God the
supreme iounuIa of all HE. For that rca.
snn. 1t can never de; and that buuhon
! which now weighs down your soul, aud
/ renders htr almost Iusnppriuble here. with
nat some change. wal be the load winch
| your immortal par, wall bear intu the pres
cnce 2y'ur Cm,ghly Jndge aud Creator.
! Let me-, therefore, cnlrcut you TO aVaIl
| Yourself Of The short space that Is left YOU
| between sentence aud execution. Ia prrpare
Tor ia" judgment of eternity. CAL To your
AID the good aud the benevolent, and es
| ppclally Those who are uccu>tumed to ad,
mln-ter To the wants OF that religious sen
lmrnl or feeling, winch pnrvadrs all man.
KIND aHd Is nul entirely absent even in IN,
worst, aud en'rcat them to AID you IN the
reformation Of your soul. Seek through
your own repentance and prayers, for the
i"rglvenesS of that great being against
whom you have so trariully snned. He
~ his infinite mercy, may forgive you
though the violated laws exact the full
measure of their punishment.
VIVA that punishment; Is, it is now the
| painful duty Of this court to declare to
| yu, The law under winch you have been
Irled ana ionnd guilty, declares that every
person who shall be duly convicted of the
crime Of murder, shall suffer death. It also
declares that the punishment OF death shall
be inflicted by hanging the person convict
ed by the neck until dead.
Therefore, hcarken you, Elijah Ball, to
the sentence which the law, by this court,
now pronounces upon you That sentence
- that you, Elijah Ball, be taken hence
o the prison whence you came,-that on
Friday, the ,hIrrieth day of December next
between the hours of nine of the clock IN
the forenoon and three ofthe clock in the
afternoon of the same day, at the pIa ce
appointed by law, you be hanged by the
neck until dead And may God have mercy
on your soul.
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