Warren telegraph. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1857-1861, 1857-10-03

| Still onward, as ever rolled tho terrible tri
umphal car of fall-conquering Time, moving OF
those viewlcss wheels Of irresistible destiny, 81
lent as the sepulcure, soft as the fall of the rose
leaf, and yet strong enough to crush all hearts
and crumblc INTO dust the granite of worlds.
The day of doom arrived, and long before ths
appointed hour, an immense multitude collected
to witness the ghastly spectacle. Early in ths
morning q strange scene had been enacted in ths
prison The young lovers tho poor felon ant
the wealthy heiress-were welded indissolubly
| for life; but oh how brief must be that lifefol
one, when the last light of evening would shin,
on his grave! 1t was remarked by the holy
minister who ofiiciated at the moi rlful cere
mony that when the bride uttered her assent
she added to the usual laconc response, in tones
Of the deepest feryor-" Forever and ever hers
and hereafter! :"
At length, the crowd of thousands swaycd tC
and fro, and murmured like sea swept by {
strong wind. The sheriff appeared, with the
convict, Oh the scaltold, while the weeping Jlhi
ct, fated to be widow almost as soon as wife
took her place in covered carriage near by
1t would bo species of PROCLAMATION to imagine
her feelings, much more to describe them in the
weak words of human language.
The prisoner, standing erect, firm, and fearless
as some mighty warrior in the crisis of great
battle, offered brief address, representing the
sorrowful story of his misfortunes rather thar
crime, with pathos and eloquenco that dr.w
tears from every yiItuous eye, and filled hun.
dreds of hearts with fury at the cruel spirit Of
hispersecutors.
Finally, the signal was given, and John Fitch
hung vibrating, thing Of horror, in the golden
sunshine, suffocating for breath in Gods beau.
tiful, boundless air. At the end Of the proper
period, whom all tokens of. vitality became ex.
| pcf c,,f nd t,o N
young widow sprahg from her covered carriage
and rushing forward, cried wildly-'I am his
wife and claim his corpsw
The sheriff hesitated, when the brutal voice oi
Colonel Banks vocierated-"You dare not grant
her request, for, according to the sent, ,nce, the
body mustbe given to a surgeon, and here stands
the doctor ready to receive it,"
"Do you hear the man-fend? Oh, We sons
who have drawn milk of loving mothers l--ye
husbands, who have fond wives at your happy
homes do you hear this murderous monster,
that insults the affection of the living and wars
with the ashes of the dead? Away with him to
the hell which his presence would pollute!" ex-
claimed Juliet with the lightning in her looks,
and in tones that rung above the clamor of the
crowd like the blast of trumpet in battle
The effect was magical The long pent-up
wrath of the multitude broke forth in shouts APP
paing as thunder. Some placed tho body in
the widows carriage, while she leaped in beside
it, and the black driver urged his four to the
whirlwind. AT the same instant, others over
powered the sheriff and his posse, and shut them
up in their own JAIL But the msjority Of the
phrenzied throng confined their rage exclusive
ly to the gambler, Colonel Banks, the ruthless
prosecutor. The busting pillows ofthe ocean of
angry forms rolled over him, yelling like beasts
of prey They pulled him hithcr and thither in
different directions, literally tramplod out the
last spark of his life, and then hung his fightfu
corps on the gallows.
In the meantime, the covered carriage flew on
wa ds towards the distant mountains of the
Blue Ridge; and within an hour, by bleeding,
and employing other skilful means, the brave
wife succeeded in rcsuscitating the body of her
beloved usband, and suatched it from the very
Jaws Of the remorscless monster, her almighty
love dcfyng and defeating that demon, Death,
which she had sworn, in the morning, should
never divide them, either 'hcre or hereafter"
John Fitch was seen no more in Carolina;
but the father of the writer who was present at
his.execution, met him afterwards in Tennes-
see, to which State his beautiful Juliet removed
with him few days subsequent to the catastro-
phe and indeed, as the pardon of tn governor
came on, in due time, there remained 10 motive
for conceament, and the fact of the singular res
rurection, in brief period, .transpired, to the
great joy and intense wonder of the very people
who had seen him drop, as it were from the gall
ows into the grave M Y Sunday Times.
CRIME AND MARRIAGr.-The Chaplain of the
Surry county Jail communicates to the London
Times certain criminal statistics which show