Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-09-06

y; he was unworthy of them. lie selected scv
- eral verses of pae;ry to be read 10 him. that had
e reference to tie q,Ugers Of dss patton in cary
!. life.
5 The scah1d was not erected until after
= daylight this morning. 1t was pacel IN TIE
r centre OF the yard, visible fron the rear OF
n Lowell, and the house on the west side ol lev
, erett streets. A change had been made in Us
g construction, spring hafing been substituted
to cause the falling OF the drop upor which tie
condemned stands, instead of the cutting OF a
rope.
The prisoner partook ofa slight breakfast, Of
which he invited two Office of the jail to par
take, and ei;etwards furnished them with ci.
gars, but he did not smoke himself. At this
moment the condemned criminal was sjngn-
larlv calm, manilestnL more seli-possesSiun
than the officers themselves were enabled to
command.
At an carly hour this morning those persons
who had been Furnished with pIsses, began tn
assemble in the Jail yard. They numbered
about $50, consisting of many merchants, pro.
eSsional men, and we are sorry to say, also
nany young men. The conslabes, police oil.
GERS, and other city Iicars, to the number of
about one hundred and twenty five, kept order
yiIl;p an,. without the walls / the Jail This
force was only about twenty-five more than the
number present at the time when Goodc was
'NIf",4G' ~ n.. .,.
r." ,ne "''''a. VI D'. u'"'. ,'IS ''I"II '''o'"'
~ ~ me ,'"n .u'a'ey entered III, 'l9oneF ce''
aIu va, M,'n nun ''r 'hore 'iau d" nour III
gion. Afterwards, at DR.. Webster's request,
The officers of the J Ill were sent for p; and wher
they en'ered, he thanked them. in atfhconate
.e't"', ~ '"'I 'nfny N'.'u at'"''o"S' ana iF
era. oo"d'c' o"''l9 HIS 'o"9 co.,
''''riie"' ,r'e
, ne 'eEs, ";eies''S "' 'Le e"ecu'nn, NJ al
~ ~ M W. '"e'''i anu "'' u''P''le-' an" I'i IVY
Vu ~ Wv ~ ''oiS e'"'''"y' tlc" e"t'l'u 'he
'.o'"h! " 'ne co. N,e'e snqF', Dut lerVent
p.'!o' was o'te'tG ny N w. Dr' u'h ''n' he
mmea!rrGt i,r oIo'"e' 10" ao'G' 10 pass ron
..''S ,'.e VI q" 70 ot 'e'h reu rom tnI' WorII
%I',n-s iie 'I'oN5u ,or nn tAe a'd9 OF
i.i, T.! 'r1.,' r I'u r. - s'I"t MS ItPe"ahco
'r.'' "I a"N oc dUIo"''c4 10 MN As
'urH IN me Slg'' OF 'he 9earcher OF all hearts.
ne pIayeu 'lal 'he mum ne nope OF fo'E've-
"C.S "!'' u!e prisoner htd oeeh permitted 10
t"'''''',', u!,g"' Oe FoaiZ a IN UiSsiu! III
,'""- iie az" P''Ie" 'o' '!osc VINO Hfd been
,reaVed oy lhe 'rahsgres'o OF tie co3aemn-
"a man 'or ,he ministers OF the law, who,
whI'e WIN they peTiIrm'd their bonnden duty, did 1t
W'I' n''cy ana t"h 'ernesS 'hat the IN 4no7ieN
arI ~ ''.s hohr N sht u sane.
uh'u 10 a" "no S'o"u o'!"re Hod, m1'ttI: and
| ~ '''/ -. N''''N ~
tnet' ana W"i'e ne BOWS himself to the law, be.
ho'u no., hlm an il" nO'e SnppHant at the throne OF
nun wa" 'e''P'rs J"stce WIZ Mercy ana re-
! ce'r'" ''ie co'''','e "e"''' zen me u'or' o.
hei,er t,r Li,o than We can as, or i,;nl, 0'''
A, the cnnclrsion of tnis nr,,ar ,no s,oc.o-
tors retired from the ar r,h Tine arm. df RIO
oondonnod noro n;ninnaI - I,i'.,i. .i .'D
orocessjon marched 10 the scafrJd r tIc
8 de ofthe cond ,mnad WAS hi. fai,hfII roIJrions
counsellor and advisor. win, had nro,nised ~
Iascpnd with him and h, ,-e,ort ., ,I,o n,r,in,,
sceno \, sirn of f,l,orinr c,n,I H., ~ .rr,I
as bo asccndcI ,Le stems Ila.,,o,r.d 1,,h,I,.
ID "a one conscinns nf lavi.,, c,,ri,,ed,
,r,at sim for Which Lo L.,,3, ,1,.",,f,..
A. Le .,,,rrd ,,ron 10 Irnn I'L,l
.ornI c,r his G[,Ir,i ri,oi n. y 5',n V ,,LI
cas- br h;s siI, arI ,r.a."d ~. a'.
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syor, word n. UraL.,n. I .,i ''I'' .%
,Ea; bn ,, az '.'l'' l a. -
non,in', " Lis G-, was ''N''"'' ''''9 '''V 0"'-
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