Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-06-08

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II, bonc might have come 10 nJa,sbcd
aton .'u truth though in her~perso' holly
.no nth trompied, beInired was ~ oortain.
10 al. .bc most probably nay u s..t,angth
, oar5 vonr threats; she knew '''g In.
i ~ ey;I nnssions and she divlheu wore
tar,ions. she believed her days gu 20 10 brink
,,,nbnred. and when she STOOD HPo. ,,ossions
of TINT unseen world 10 WIZ" e. iassong and
" IL ,.r,.oc we're Fastening her, inc iese bc
a . ',n"lses of her childhood, perhaps " I'd she
- .is y, I'll, home returned to her heart on
,,,oId have nrayed-and you pause" H. hand
- Rnrns withheld not your Oooel .l,r,ent
Nopeter that thou art, carth nus I,o 49, ono of
10 ennal your guilt, thus testllIeu I1a,on has
vour associates in crime. pu' - - ali its.
boundless mercy, though man !ia.t aaoting mo.
measures or its means. In thal laS' ST. LaoS for
want of nroyer. your victim may nave pcen , Of
-, I'D the other criminal oil TINS 'e' -
Srhn,n have spoken, may yet ma Pe'lu', .o,ns.
49, u "a hoclonded as her destiny now Seor1
anJ N Won. most guilty and unfortunate M If
brieC SINCE of time is allowed ana AMI
these circumstances do not urge you " can
gent in making your peace, no hu'''"" 10 com
S,oocb the chambers of your consclehcei ous
,,iin IN von the blood of our Saviour OlIiS
,I;I ron wash away even the blood upon ID ID
- l. and asking for you that repeh'""N =;
c1,oi,,ennss of which we all stand so hnucos :"
need. perform the last sad duties oi VI! ia,r
bv passing on yon the sentence Oh l'i FL; S
SbinL is t.Thut you John Burns, on fliiu!1
H. GA dov Of September, 1858, between lhe =
hours oC II, o'clock A. NJ, and o'clock r Me- VI
that dov. in some public place within the cosn.S
! IF Ohio be hung by the neck till you are ueuu
Ara NAV that mercy, of which the doctrines anu
history of our holy religion has gwen ASSURE
and which has visited guilty sinners IA L 'me
dread extremity, be with you IN your last iioui
and as You are shortly to sutfer death III suc''
Nfba
nIe NAV be the more afraid to offend, we pray
| God that YOU may make such use OF your pun
ishInents in this world, that your soul may DC
saved in the world to come.
R,,r,s during the delivery OF The sentence,
| did not seem TO realize his awful situation. ne
looked confused and embarrassed, II Is rue ou'
did not wear that ngonized look which one
would naturally ,xpect, under the cncumslah-
ces. He seemed touched by the allusion OF the
Judge to his father, and bowed his heaa
and from frequent application oil ms han nq
/ kerchief seemed to be shedding tears. NO
/ other mart of his sentence, even the death
doom. seemed to affect him perccptibly. HIS
aged father, before the court was organized,
sat in n chair inside the bar, with his head
/ bowed When he looked up his expression
was that of almost perfect physical exhaustion
4 from the weight of the consuming sorrows prey,
! ing upon his soul. He seemed care-worn, and
once or twice we nouceu MS grey hcut 'i"I'u' -
Poor man! his anxious uncertain and imPloring
gaze during the speech of his counsel, and dur
| ing the delivery of the Judges charge, made
him an object for the sympathy OF every locker
on.
After the condemned was ordered to be re-
moved there was a general rush 20 see the off
GERS escort him to Jail. He was taken out the
side way by officers Smith and Seybnld, and
| lodged in the cell, from whence he will only
emerge 10 meet his dreadful doom, on Friday,
the Sd day of September next.