Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-06-09

"l have q wife and child, who are left,
as it were, destitute. i leave them with
You; do with them as you please, but for
Gods sake cast no reflection upon them.
l have been in prison two years. and my
wife has been an angel to me, and mani
tested virtues that i ever thonght she
possessed. owe her great deal; but l
can never repay her. My death win fall
heavily upon her. l hope that you who
have sympathy will sustain her in her tri-
ais by such kindnesses as may be necessa-
ry. She has been to me good and faith
full wife.
i have not the language to give utter
ance to my sentiments and feelings. !
have not Cambridge or Oxford education;
but what l have. have obtained by my
own industry. i have at times, since my
Imprisonment, felt very low and humillat-
ed, and at other times have felt bitter:
and, perhaps, appeared vindictive. But
if at such times l have ever said anything
that l ought not, hope those whom
have offended will forgive me.
cit is a sad thing to be cut off in the
prime of life, from wife who has done
so much for me, and from my child that
l love SO tenderly; for have some tender
feelings left. And my aged parsnts, near
ly eighty years of age-O never let them
know the fate of their son thought
should have been able to keep from them
the news Of my ignominious fac. Here
his utterance was choked by sobs, and
some time elapsed before he was able to
proceed. } 1t wasfor the sake o. these dear
ones that attempted, yesterday, to put
an end to my life. / wish now that
had succeeded, and that had been found
corpse this morning. But oh, spare my
poor old father and mother the news Of my
fate.
"You observe that l am not attended
by any clergymen. have tired through
life to ascertain the right way by the study
of morals and ethics; but have not al
ways done right. ! have read the Bible
thoroughly, and had l conformed to the
precepts of Jesus Christ should not now
be here; but we cannot undo what has
been done. Would to God that l could;
but l am not guilty ofthis murderl (Star-
ting suddenly from his seat and stepping
on the dlop.) I am ready to meet my
God. Tam not guilty of murder, eirhcr
premeditated or otherwise
He sat down, wiped the cold sweat off
his face, and his limbs were pinioned; he
then rose up and the rope was adjusted
round his neck. He requested the sheriff
to permit him to give the signal, and
handkerchief was handed to him. Just
before the white cap was drawn over his
face, he exclaimed, in an audible voice, 1
DIE AN INNOCENT MAN. He gave the sig
nal, and at precisely four minutes past
one o'clock, the drop fell, precipitating
him about six feet, and breaking
his neck at the first joint. The weight
coming so suddenly upon the rope caused
it to stretch, and his body reboundcd five
or six inches and swung rapidly from side
to side till one of those in attendance
stopped it.
He made no perceptble struggle, and
seemed to die without any pain, though
one or two persons who stood close by,
saw in the conto tions ofhis face which, on
aclose inspection could been seen through
the thin covering, unmistakable evidences
that he did not Immediately lose his con-
sciousness. His pulse became very feeble
at the end Of three minutes; in eight min
utes it ceased to beat, and in twelve minutes
he was pronounced dead.
Thus died JAMES PARKs--died as he had
lived--a strangerto fear. mischief to him.
self, an incomprehensible mystery to 9TH
ers, a contradiction to the laws Of human
nature.
The Leader says that on the suggestion
of Judge Bliss of Akron, collection was
taken up, among those present. for the
wife of parks, and over $44 were collected.
BAD HADTs.-It appears that Ger
tain Methodist ministers chew tobacco
and spit over the floors Of their
hospitable entertainers during the
good time Of Conference. We pre-
sumo this is not confined with the
Methodist in question, nor exceptional
as to time or place. "Sister Clifford"
| oiSoS iASA uuoy uttio HcdfL--tS IL
seems from letter ofthe Rev. Rufus
King of West Martinsburg, was ready
to accommodate at her house three
preachers Of the Black River Confer
ence who did not use tobacco, and Mr..
King tells the brethren they do not
know the trouble they cause the kind
families who entertain them by not be-
ing like the three. Squirting tobacco
Juice is emphatically not apostolic
We read Of the Primitive teahers of
Christianity doing coarse, had work,
but we never heard Of their good man
ners. Indeed Bishop Hooker en-
emphatically calls st. Paul a gentle
man. Butimagine the apostle taking
a quid out Of his mouth and then ex- s,
pectorating = shower OF nasty saliva,
before he began his famous oration!
And is it less improper for the preach
er Of the Gospel now-a-davs to chew