New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04

Yery nuck si-,, ID. the prisoner ssns with o. firm {
voice tbouga he was al r1ooaeerosi specssto~.
Arr tai, ceremory he o~'nve-sed WITH ,hs cie,zjmso
and otier~ pieser: IN the o. e'rposi manner, Tas
only evidence Of e,oitcmen. qu cter Pals t!iss
usral. lie expressed the kinde., f-eivEs tc~ud the
/ Di.ric. Attorney, Nv. D. + Ceiney, Judgc Daryre
AID o,Lers sId sad he WAS perfectly satisfied wi the
manrer in which the tris had been conducted He
shocx haIis wth al present aud bsie them fArswsil.
WI er tie Sheriff came IN = prioa ms and pat
tie cap upon liz kea be ehoersaly ani esiaoci
~ emotion whatever Besis has n.essoi. he ~rots
several letters which show a most ir''msie knowedgs
of the Bble and he seems 10 have besn very veil
educated GcrNsr
THE ExgCulON.
Early Yesterday morning a lsrg. crows OF men sni
boys collected about the Ceurt Horse 10 Goshen, al
snxious 70 grstify morbid curiosity. Missy persoas
wee On the ao:u.,y roof ssi wirdcSs and although
two companies of so.nery we're called cut vas With
some difficulty that order preserved Tue ga,lows
erected il the Coartroom up stairs rnd sentinels
guarded al approach to H. go ths. none came IN but
Ihose appointed by the Sheriff. A, M m. all the
preparations being sde the victim was bro>aht into
tte room; he walked between two slergymea WITH .
firm aud steady step, and took his placc bsnestn
the s,aaoh upon which be was tc suder.
prayer offered by the Rev. IL. SnodSras,
and another prayer in German by the Rev. NJ.
Steule TIE prisoner then dropped upo- hts knees,
and poured forth most fervent uopca,o,, Affecting
many who we're present 10 tears. He expressed grsN
cont aon for his ,ins, sri asked God 70 forgive HIM
ard give him stiergth TO die pcui,en, ana behsv
ing man. He rose to his fee ssi listened 20 the
reading of his sen'euce, calm ami unmovei. a.
though he was the the lea., Interested in
NJ a ~ in
formed him tha, his last hour had arrived; that. in
accordance with the law he about to expise his
crimes BY deatt, and II he had anything TO say he
could have lhe opportunity. In reply, Sanders sad
that he wished TO ak all people for thsir kindness
70 hm Gurirg his confinement and be legged all Pet-
sors whom he had offended also the Courts Of Jasoe
TO forgive him. HIS last wish was that .he pistols
with which be committed the dreadful deed might Be
destroyed "a ha, no man hereafter might bc abe 10
DO AIRY injury with them. lie then shook hands FOR the
LA, time with those around him, and bsae them fare
we'll While the Sheriff and his assistants aijuA-
ire the rope about MS neck aud drawing the bsck cap
over his face, he offered up another short prayer
commencing his soul TO God. Scarcely had his last
Amen" sounded on the ears of his suiience, When
! the rope which held the weights WAS cut aut at
precisely T. o'clock William Schwtzer was lsunched
! into another woii. The work Of the law weu
cote; he tied without a struggle. After the fret
fall there was 10 motion, except a slight muscular
contraction of the limbs and about twelve minutes
the physicians pronounced him dead. The body WAS
cut own about l2i o'clock, placed in plain black
&c fin, ard given into the hands of some German
friends. Thus ended the last act in this tragedy in
which not tie least rocesble fact was the uninching
nerve and unwsveripg irmness of the prisoner, who
throughout the whole of the trying scene gave no
outward evidence of fear webknsss.
The execution over, the crowd finding their Efforts
to see tc body and the gaows rutess, dispersed. 10
spend the rest Of the Gay in carouspg and drinking.
There has been no execution in Goshen for twenty
years before end it caused quite excitement, ant.
a. usual, drew together large concoune Of the
/ lover class Of people.