Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-05

In his painful duty. The sentence wa
t brief and solemn. The prisoner received
it without ~betraying the SLIGHTEST emo
ton, nor seemed to move either muscle
or feature, until the last words fell upos
{ his car" and may God bare mercy or
your soul."
He raised his eyes to heaven on tht
enunciation Of the prayer, and spoke
from them the strength Of his support
The order was given to clear the court
room, and the assembled multitude dis
persed, part speaking their still belief in
his innocence, and some regarding his
calmness as the assurance Of the heart.
l~essness Of Cane.
In a little time the prisoner was re
moved from the dock, and under a guard
of officers was on his way to the vehicle
that was to convey him to the prison from
whence it was ordered that he should
never return with the spirit Of life. As
he passed through the hall that faced
the entrance of the court, a wild Shrek
was heard. and. immediately a frantic
female rushed into the crowd, graspiag
at the prisoner, and granddaughter
cannot, you shall not take him yet"
Twas the woman that had swooned
away in the court room. The unhappy
man turned around to behold the being
who had thus unexpectedly involved ner-
self in his woe. and in meeting her eye,
beheld q sister.
They had been separated for many
years, and he had believed himself part
ed from her by the bread ocean, and had
hoped that the tale Of his suffering even
had not, would not, reach her ears. She
was with him locked in his arms, and
again helpless in the exqtemeet Of her
feelings. Ne
he could withstand 30 so1ashe tor
rent Of ais anguish, and and she were
each carried away sensehss from the
spet Of their unexpected meeting.
1 Immediately gave directions to have
the poor girl removed to a comfortable
and convenient place Of repose, where
could see her and administer to her
necessities, and gain from her all the in
telligenee of her sudden presence.
A few days found her, under the care
Of good attendants, much revived from
the shock which had 50 affected her.
My most Industrious and sagacious in
quiry could elicit nothing, however, that
in any degree explained the mystery of
her sudden appearance, and her unex-
pected emigration. / at length suggest,
ed to her a visit to her brother, in his
cell, at the prison. The pr~actieability
Of this which she had not, hoped for,
scarcely in the deep detection Of her
%privation, seemed to inspire a new life
and a new vigor to her mind.
Can | then see him, and speas with
him again-alone too p she soiiloduized,
and raising her arms towards me, seemed
as if she would impress upon me with
manual force the emphasis of her assur.
ance, when she exclaimed, she is then
yet SAFE"
With the presence of the Sheriff the
next day, | conducted the unhappy girl
to the prison, and led her to the cell Of
her brother. She entered it with a light
step. and in Il bound she entwined him
in her arms again.
But when she looked for his response
to her embrace, and saw his helpless
arms weighed down with the load o.
chains that fettered him, and his fee
clasped in the iron bands that bound
him to a block in the center of the floor
her JOY fell and her heart saught the re
lief that is gained when
From tender hearts
From strong impulses called, tears burst a5fonce,
And stream osequious to the leading eye.3l
They desired to be alone far aEk~mo
ments, that they might converse vtthoui
restraint. The request was granted to
them, and they were left il close and
eager discourse for some time. They
were at length separated, and, to oul
surprise, parted with a smile upon eacE
other countenance, and an ordinar,
obeisance, as if they had separated friend
from friend, in the ordinary s~ociality o
life.
To the. sheriff in attendance, who haS
taken the l~iveliest interest in the fate 0
my client, las we'll as to myself, the oc
currences Of this visit opened new mys
teries and new anxieties for the conf
dence OF the convict.
But with all the regard that he pro
fessed for as, and all the reliance which
he had already placed in me, our ever
effort proved abortive, by which we en-
deavored to raise the veil that the ap
p%earance and the intercourse of the sistel
had thrown around him.
He was suddenly elevated BY her pre-
sence, unexpected as it was, from deiec
ton to cheerfalness, from complaint t.
perfect Indifference and resignation.
The time appointed by the %executiy
} OF the commonwealth for his executio,
} was fast drawing near. From month
: and weeks, we mad already begun t
| count the days that interviewed betwee
2 his execution and the present. The piou
catholic friend, the priest, was called ii
and having daily communion with til
! prisoner, had at length promised himse
! SO much satisfaction to the result of h
labors, as to deliver the holy sacsamer
to him. Yet there was no confession
! mo other asseveration but that of reittel