The Arkansas banner., 1848-04-25

eeiyed them, They lsaDd ne in the place. and in the possure, hs they had lefi me. .-
 "WhSt have faysh~r To tn will lie In a very smals esmpaas; ny seeolec ioas are very sinase up to tis poiat. but et st sA ss eioas to what oe- cured afterwards. scarcely recolect very eaeas- y how got from my eel te tle pFrss-room. think two httfe Withsgef men. dressed in black, sappastpd ma ! know tried 10 raise when saw tbe master and bic people come lnlo my aaagsea; but coRld not. s. s,.-..4,
 "In the presa rocrs were two mlscrabIs wretohss that were te saGf~r with me- they were bouad wish thsir s ma hebInd tAem. and stirsr b4ade tcK%fher aud were lying upon D neh. hssd by, Russf was ready. A meagre-ooking eli unaa, ~ith ihin wh,ie hair. Whe was reatiing 10 one of them, came Up, and said es.nsihingA we would esnbraes'-l did not distinctly hear ~hatit was.
 The great dilEeully ihai hal was to keep from fsIiing. had thoaght that these moments would hape seen a of fdsy and hoeror, but Fl fet nothing of This; but onyin weakness. as tsoasH sny hestt-- 1 and ihs very floor which ss1od--Mas sinkIng under me. could just make . motion. that the oid white haired man should leave me; and soneone in'ssfered and sens him away. The yintossax of my haDds assd asms was then 6aisfed; and hsxrd officer whisp to the ehaplain tha, .ah was req. | dy.' As we psssed Oa', one Of the men in black hesd glass ef wafer to my lips; but I could no, swallow.
 'This was the last moment--but oue--of fnii per- ceptioh, that had in lite. remember oar begin ning t0 move forward, through the long-aiehed Paszages which ted from the press-room to the scsffold. saw the lamps that were stin burning, for The daylight never enieIed there l heard ths quick toing of the bell, and the deep voice of the chaplain, reading before Us,
 si sm the resurrection and the life. sa th the Lord; he that beieveth ia me, though he dead, shall live. And though sfter my skin worms des- troy this body. yet in nay flesh shal l sre Godr' "it was The funeral serviee-the oFicr for the grave-ths office fos those that w're seastiss and <. l.aA- m.axMk H. Nak.. ua-- H..
 ''I felt mOre--and saw. Ifeit ihs trnnsiiIon from these dim. eess hot latnp Ightrd sahterahe- ous passages, to the open pattorn and steps at the foot Of the scsHold. and to-day, saw the immense crowd baeLening the whole area of the streets be- low me. The windows of the shops and houses op- posite, to the fourth stoxy, choked with gazers. saw St. Sepalchre's church. through tho yellow fog in the distance; had heart the pean9 of it's bell. reeeect ihs cloudy, misty morning; the we; thaa lay upon the scaffold--she huge dark mass cf build
 ngs. the prison itself that beside and seemed to cast sbadew over us--the bold. fresh breeze that. as emerged from t, broke upsn my face. see 1t all nOw-the whole horrible iantsespe is be- fore me. The scsffold-,he train-the faces of the multitude-the people clnging to the house tops the smoke that beat heavily dowuwards from The chimneys-the wsgyons flied with women. staring at the Inn-yard opPo, ie--ihe hoarse low that never szW so many objscts at once, 70 plainly and distinctly in all my life, a, that one glance but | it lasted oniy for an instant
 1 From that look, and from th,t instant, ali thai, fol owed is blank Of the prsyers of the chaplain -of the fastening of the tsai noosc-of the putting on of the cap which had 50 much dislik ed-of my actual srecuiOn and deata, have not the slightest atom of recol's sction. Bat that kncw such occur rences must have taken place. should not have tn. smallest consciousness that they eyer did SO read in the daily newspapers an account of my behavior --that conducted myself deeentiy, bat with firm Ia. without struggle. Of say ef these events have not been able, by any exc ton, 10 Tecal the most distaHt reuembRance. With the 6fst view cf the seafiold all my recollection ceases. The Rext cir. cumsfance which--to my perception--seems 10 fol- low. |. the having awoke, as if from sser and found myself in bed, in bandSome chamber, with | gentleinaH (as first Opsnrd my eyrsl looking at tentively al me. had my senses perfectly. though l did not speak at once. l thought directly, that
 had bHen repreved al tue scatfold and had fainet After knew the truth. had an ipaI effect rec 0I. lection, of having fouud, or Iantted, myseas in a dredm-ia some strange place, lying naked, and with mass Ol figures ioailag about before me; bull uts idea certainly never preset ted itself 10 til was iaiormed of the fact thst II had occurred:
 ''The accident tn which owe my existence will have ben diyined. My condition Is a strange one.
 am liying man: and poss ss eertific nes both nt death and burial kn"w that coffin filled with stones, and with my name upon the plate, Ii s burled m the chnreh-yard Of St Andrews Holborn. 1 saw, from a wia,low the undr sssd arse that carried II; was ~iness to my own funeral. These are strang- things to see. My dangers, however, and trust my crime, are over forever. Thanks 10 ihe bouny of the excellent individual, whose bene. violence has recognised the service which he did me for claim upon him. 1 am married to the wo- man, whose happiness and safety provei my last thought-so loug as reason remained with me in dying. And an about 10 saii on fair voysGs, which s only sotrowfuI .ha: it pal ts mo ior- ever from my benefaetor."