Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-12-20
oe Nathan Cottle, at Jackson,
soaa0n pecember 18th, 1856.

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IS Nathan Cottle, at Jackson,
ecaa0n December 18th, 1856.
,rr ,Rsl-sPEEcH on THE scAFFoLDl
H., NIGHT of the sth day of January,
y" tbo bar-room of the Union Hotel,
4 ,no p, Young man named Cole was stab
lilled by person named Nathan
'"D ,,1o was employed about the house
4 ~. oscoped from prison, but was recap
,' ..iod and found guilty of murder. A
.l,os was however obtained from the
''' NO Conrt and a new trial granted
/ ~. ros again tried by a jury of his coun-
and again found guilty, notwithstand-
4 ~ \. attorneys made an able and Jealous
Of his case. lie was sentenced to be
4 ,nto5 on the 10th December, between the
n, If 10 o'clock, A. NJ. and o'clock, z.
h. ..itions we're presented to the Governor
,ommntation of the sentence. 1t is be-
however, remonstrances against the
1, we're also presented. At all events, the
[.r,or refused to interfere and permitted
.n n take its course. Cottle, during
mprisonment after sentence, evidently
4 strong hopes that bis punishment would
conmuted. This hope continued until
,r-iyal Of the Sacramento stage the day
rious to that appointed for his execution;
falling then to receive the anxiously ex-
.toi document, which was to save him
h death on the gallows, he became con-
.od that there was no other resort, and
on tbe following day he must pay the for
his life. He had said he had had strong
| YES of having bis sentence commuted to
,rrsonment in the penitentiary; and that
4 ncb been the case, he would have bro't
family out, ard in few years be sure Of
,ardon. But the last hope to which he
Inr was gone. The last thread was bro
|Tbe consciousness that his time had arriv-
We regret to say, did not appear to pro
,re contrition of heart, but on the contra
ebnllitons of bitter and malignant feeling
Farisal who we're in any manner instrument
Ia bringing about his punishment. Nor was
bitter feeling confined to this class alone;
seemed to entertain anything else than
Ily feeling towards the public generally,
! gave vent to the promptings of his heart
language that was not, to say the least,
,oming man who was so shortly to meet
Creator
During the night Of the 18th inst, he was
,scly watched, to prevent his committing
cide. In the evening table knife had
cn found secreted in his mattrass.
During the forenoon of the 10th, the
cmed man became still more sensible Of the
rble fate which awaited him, and which
bid only be postponed for few short hours.
lt few persons were admitted to his cell,
are being but few whom he desired to see;
be had requested the Jailor and Sheriff
1t he should not be made show Of" The
" Mr. Hinckley visited the cell, and adj
nisered spiritual consolation to the wretch
man who was so soon to be called in the
eencc of Deity, Cottle was affected to
ir, and after the Rev. gentleman had left
b. cried aloud, with apparent penitence,
d earnestly prayed for forgiveness, and that
spirit might be received into the kingdom
the saints.
The crowd collected about the Jail was
her numerous, and, as was natural to ex-
,t, there was great anxiety manifested to
the prisoner. At about the hour of one
NJ, he was removed from the Jail and
tied in wagon, in company with Sheriff
irham, Deputy Sheriff Houghtaling and
zee or four other persons. The members
the jackson Hook and Ladder Company,
Uniform, and armed with muskets, acted as
'uaTd The scaifold had been erected at a
lsIdcreblc distance from and out of view of
town, and as the wagon moved to the
al spot, the crowd pressed as close as the
ard would permit, manifesting great desire
see the prisoner and catch the words that
sAt fall from his lips.
lhe appearance of Cottle was remarkable
indeed astonishing Notwithstanding his
g Imprisonment, with the sentence of death
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