The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-11-01
Sentence of Smith o,Brien.

Sentence OF Smltn O'Brlens
Tic following is the concluding scene and rsrribIe
sentence of w. S. O'BRES. 1t is reported that he
executed the day the steamer sailed. The Clerk asked
Mr. O'BRrEs what he had 10 say why sentence Of dea,
should moi be pronounced against him.
Mr.. O'BRrEs said -" My Lords, il is not my in.
ienion to enter into any vindicaton OF my conduct.
however much might have desired 10 avail myself OF
this opportunity ot doing am perfectly satisfied
with the consciousness that lave done my duty to
my country-tlut have done only that which in my
opinion was the duty Of every lrisman 10 have done.
and am now prepared 10 abide the consequences of
having performed my duty to my native land Proceed
with your sentence. (Chccrs.)
The Lord Chief Justice, after few pr' montory re.
marks then, amidst silence solemn and PAINFUL as'
suncd The black cap and proceeded follows :-"Thc
sentence is that you w. S. O'RRIEN be taken from
hence 10 tic place from whence you ccmc, and he
thence drawn in hurdle 10 the place Of execution,
and be there hanged by the neck until you lie dead;
that afterwards the lead lie severed from your lody
and your body divided into four quarters, to I've dm.
posed of as her Majesty shall please, ;nl may God
have mercy your SOUL"
The Cholera has broken out in LoLdon, EdiMerSf,-
Shields and Hull.
u The Wings Lave elected their candidates Lotl
in Pennsylvania ard Ohio. In both Of the States they
were aided by tie vot's Of the Free soers and Ab-
olitionsls.
o. Tile greatest number Of insane people, in pro-
portion the population s in Rhode Island, and the
least number is in South Carolina.
DEPARTURE OF MIssIoNAR1Es.-Unde ano-
lher, head, notices will he found Of missionary
meeting at DR.. Cones church on Friday eve
ming last. On Sunday evening, the Rev. J. B.
Taylor, Secretary of the S"uihern Baptist
Board Of Foreign Missions. and the Rev. Mr..
WEilden, missionary of that Board t" China,
were present at the evening service of the Ia.
hernaclc Baptist Church, Rev. Mr.. La
tbrop's, and addressed iha, congregation.
On Monday, Mr.. and Mrs. Whihlcn,thr Rev.
S. J. Smith, missionary of the American Bap.
,i>l Missionary Union, whose ordination is men.
toned by our Philadelphia correspondent, and
the Rev. ,Messrs. II. V. Rankin and ]. W.
Wight, and their wives, missionaries Of the
Presbyterian Bnard, all sailed in the good ship
Valpa raiso, Captain Lockwood fnr Canton. a
large gathering of friends accompanied thenito
the ship, where appropriate religious services
were observed. Afer the singi*g of a hymn.
lhc Rev. Nicholas Murray, D. d.. of Elizabeth.
town, n. j., offered prayer; addresses were
then made by the Rev. MIR. Taylor. and the
Hon. Walter Lowrir; another prayer was then
offered hy the Rev. DR.. Condil, Of Newark.
do1o!ogy was sung, and the services we're cl'.
sed with the brnediction hy Rev. DR.. Brins-
natr of Newark. il was an occasion of Tn
usual s,Icmniiy. We have seldom seen illus
rraions of Christian faith or Christian syrnpa.
thy more beautiful or mnre touching than those
which were manifested on the occasion. The
day was fine, and our friends departed under
auspices most happy in every respect.
We understand that there are several pas
srnscrs on hoard besides the missionaries;
among them Mr. Joseph Colgate, sou of Will
liam Colgate, Esq, Of this city.
On Saturday last, the Rev. VIM. NJ. Jones
and wife and Miss Elizabeth Howard, Mission.
aries Of Tic American Baptist Free Mission So.
cicty, sailed from this port to Haiti TO join The
mission of that Society on that Island. The
Rev. Mr. Cu>hman and wife sailed in the same
vessel under the patronage Of the Evangelical
Socic,y.-N. Y. Rec.
GENERAL WoRrn-AS INCIDENT AT TIE
OrER,.- General Worth attended the opera in
Pli!aIel phia OF Monday evening, and when
discovered snme of the audience proposed lhr'e
cheers. The Bulletin says:
The Distinguished veteran was not generally
seen for some lime, bu! at last all eyes were FIX
ed upon a commanding form with hair some
what svered. sitting in a remote corner Of lh'
parquetIe. The shouts were then reduublea-(
the amliencr rose en- masse--a huQdred lorg.
nnt,ps were lcvclcd at the General, and as ina.
ny pairs cf bright eyes dar'ed their brightest
glancrs from this dangerous battery Of artillery.
The orchestra warmed up with this enthusiasm
Of the audience and commenced playing Hail
Columbia" which was received with shouts, and
then cries and cheers for Worth were more than
reduuhlrd. All this time the General sat un.
movrd-in close conversation with a lady by
his sidr-as stern and unbcnding under this as.
sauIt Of popular feeling as he was at the storm.
ing of the Bishops Palace or in The famous Mo.
limo del Rey All the cheering and shouts and
lorgnetlrs and National Airs and bright glanccs,
could not disturb him from his position, and the
audience were Obliged at last to sit down dis.
comGitcd n was onn cf Worth's greatest vic.