Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1858-02-06

been partly washed, the blood spots upon
the wall, the newly cleaned floor of one
part of thc.room, may be possibly explain
cd upon another hypothesis, but they were
circumstances, which at the time turned
suspicion upon you.
And what is your motive for this deed
1t would seem to have been the miserable
coycting of the old mans property. You
claimed, after alleging that he had gone to
the West, that you had bought his farm,
his horses, his cattle, and all his property,
and apparently intending to live there, you
sought 10 hire female to attend to the
ordiDary duties Of the household. You
advanced this claim, with various and con-
tTadi tory stories, but with no writing, or
receipt or witness to sustain your allega-
ton true, you allodged that you possess
ed both a writing and witness, but in
struggle for your life before the Jury, you
made no attempt to produce them or to
acc unit f rycur inability to do SO. What
is the conclusion, that must force itself
upon the mind of every one !
The strength and weight of all these cir
cumstances were evidently apparent to
yourself, when soon after the finding of the
old mans body, and while the conversa-
ton of others was upon different subjects,
you voluntarily and suddenly put to Smith
The question, "had ! better own everything
up'-ihe further observations, that we're
then made, mercful ruling of the law, at
the request Of your Counsel, excluded, but
the effect of the Unanswered question still
remains.
Unhappy man, we repeat not these
things, we give not this narrative, to ag-
gravate your feelings, 1t is only to assure
you of the justice of your doom, and to
call you to reflection. If you have been
able to forged the appearance of the old
man, SCARED and wounded as he was, when
taken from the well and laid at your feet,
if you have been able, hitherto, to stife
and to quiet that still small voice, that
whispers to the inner man in the dark
watches of the night, VIXEN sleep is wooed
IN vain, we would now seek to arouse you
| i-om this false carelessness and difference
| you should now be up and doing. Here
toforc, through the machinery of your trial
you have trusted in the help of man ; that
has failed you, and now you must look, to
your God, who knowcth every secret Of
your heart. George Matthias was proba-
bly, Gu: off insensible, from the rope that
was around his neck, or stunned by an
early blow upon his head, with not a mo-
ment to breathe prayer for mercy; but
tie law will be more kind to you, his dis
troyer. Soon you will be able to count
your days with unorring certainty-and as
tie sun rises and sets in his diurnal course,
the termination of your life, fixed by au.
thorities of the law, will approach nearer.
/ When that termination shall be it will de-
pend upon our Executive to say. It will
not be long, it will indeed be very short for
one situated as you are.
Let me then advise you, with the anxiety
and earnestness of one, who feels and
knlws its necessity, to spend the time,
which may yet be allowed to you, in en-
deavoring to make your peace with God
/ repentance and faith in the word of
crucified Redeemer, while it will not free
you from the penalty of the law, here, will
/ avert the judgment Of the Higher Law
hereafter. IL the Book of Gods command
it is said "at the hand Of every mans bro.
ther, will l require the lite of man
"whoso shcddeth mans blood, by man shall
his blood be she'd" but the same unorring
word of truth tells US, " though your sins
be as scarlet, they shall be as white as
snow though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool" Send then, pray
you, for some minister of the truth 10 ad.
wise, to instruct, to aid, hut above all to
pray with you. Be diligent now and ear
nest that in this, the time of your neces-
sitH you may improve it to your souls
salvation.
THE SENTENCE.
William Muller-tho sentouce of Ihc
law, declared by US, is, that you bo taken
hence to the goal of Luaerne County, from
woich you have been brought, and be kept
there until the time be appointed by the
Executive of the state OF PENNSYLVANIA
for your execution, and when the time, so
to be fixed, sha. arrive, that you be ia en-
thence to the place prepared for your
execution, within the walls or yard OF said
goal, and be then and there hanged by the
neck until you are dead and may God,
in his infinite love, have mercy upon your
sou!
A KEW CALEB QUoTUM-The following
quaint dialogue took place between two
citizens, after late town meeting in New