The St. Landry whig., 1845-07-17
aARNEY B. MITCHEL.

This unfortunate individual paidt the penalty OF
h;s crime for dc murder Of McGahey, with the
forEei oahisilife on Tuesday last, in this place.
On our outside page will be found 'the last
por5sg y dying Son 70 his Father" which we
printed for him last week-scveral copies OF
whfchshe sent TO other persons, besides his ia
ther, in North Carolina and Georgia, and per-
missionto publish which he gave us before his
death. During our last visits, Mitchell appear
edaobe iina better state of mind than formerly.
On Friday last, he told us he aras prepared to
die, AtsexeEy xiait, we found him with his BIZ
bic before him, and he appeared to be very anx-
.ious To- have good men TO talk, sing and pray
wish him. Whilst reading over the letter, he
shed tears, and appeared very rauch affected.
When lie read that paTtTelating TO his family, ne
said-eyes, God knows \ love them all, but
cannos tell whether they care for me or not.
No man, with a droPsofthe milk ofhaman kind
ness in Ills breast, could converse with hinikaHt
fSlao shed tears. We sincerely trust he iha'
met an attended God in peace.
There is something horrible in the extreme
To visit an individual under the sentence ofdeath
saho has but a few days,to live. In the ,ful
Sbioom efmanhood, with the hest ofbodily7hrali
knowing that in q few days he must be cut of
getAgith a mind completely wrecked, anda tena
.eily.for life whiGhibecomea stronger as his en-
approaches-this, this is punishment from whic
none can feeeandwhich, happily, SO few expo
rience. The mere strangling ola man to- deaf
il nothing decomposition to il. The suffering
between the condemnation and the fatalslaune
-aier, all ID calm as the dreamless babel
such i situation we looked upon Mitchell, u
our heart melted at his deplorabie conditio
But, sMe must come down to the fatal hour th
,cnt him Oh from the world.
a lissle sster twelve o'clock, he was broug
from The jail, lsupported BY the sheriff and I
Rev. Mr., Burke9 almost apparently ~lifeless. l
aer many bows 10 ths assembled multitude,
began to speak, asaexcrating before his God,
Innocence ofthe .mpFder. He then went o.
neaslY she same narrative which we have he
4oSore laid before our readers during the lat
part Of which it rained very hard. After sing
and prayer, he called many upen the scalii
shook Them BY the hand, kissed them ferven
aud hads them adieu. Alter he last ceremou
Of Tho Church, nd the priests had desesn.
Gom the gallows, BE sang q verse ofa hyI
and den calledl the ShcriH. During Ill thistl
N often reiterated hia innocence. He appea
10 cling TOLLS wt ! tenacity that we did
expect % zee. AHer arranging the chords d
arms tie cap on his face, and the roPe arc
his neck. and a. stood aione, expecting the
to be Ioosed, he again called The Sheriff, mad
nrther remark, Strengthened himself up-,
chord was cut and about ten minutes be
ku0 O'Clock he swung into eternity His i
was bfokee by the fall, and he struggled
about son minutes, Thus ends the life ola
who might hays been an ornament to societ
GATHoEre DHuScH or 81. LAEDRy.-
following gentlemen were reelected, on su
last, Church Wardens FOR the ensuing year
ee PEERRE WARrEtEEy
GUsTAvD cAHANIN,
MAxIMILIEx KENIsoH.
And. 70 6l the vacancy occasioned by
death Of Gen. Garrigues Naujac,--Mr. A
PBs G4RRIsUgs.