The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-04-27

/ husband, which she did to make way for loy-
/ er and countryman Of hers. The Albany Jour
nal says:
/ Mrs Hartung was brought into court soon
after Judge Harris took his seat She was
dressed in purple de laine dress, with light
/ plaid shawl, and wore black velvet hat, a veil
/ partially concealing her face, and when she
/ took her seat behind the district attorney, burst
into tears. Notwithstanding no announcement
I had been made of the time when the Judge
would pass sentence upon the unfortunate wo-
man, the court room was crowded. Among
I the audience were many ladies'.
The Judge called upon the prisoner to rise
and say anything, if she could, against the sen
tence about to be pronounced on her. For
while there was no response. Mrs. Il sobblng
and weeping most piteously, her face buried IN
her hands. In about one minute she respond
ed as follows:
"All have to say is that am not guilty Of
the murder of my husband. l have said SO be-
fore, and say it again. This man Rhinemann
will confess it over my dead body"
i After an interval of few seconds, judgeHar-
ris addressed the prisoner as follows:
Il desire to say a few words to you before
proceeding to perform the awful duty devolving
on me- First of ALL would have you dismiss
all complaint of hardship and reconcile your
self to your fate | will not intentionally say
word that shall add single pang to your wretch
4 edness. You have received the most heart
felt pity and commiseration of all. You have
the sympathy ofal engaged in this trial. FheFa
, is not one, | am persuaded. who feels the least
unkind towards YOU But you must recollect
that it is necessary, however painful may be,
that the murderer must lose her life, in order
that the lives of others, who do not offend, may
be saved The law of God and the law of man
alike command it, and if you feel it is hard, as
: have no doubt you dc, then remember how
hard it was for that man, unohendlpg, to nave
that life taken from him. Remember the terri
BILE agones of that night, and, as | said before,
) eudeavor to bring your feelings to believe that
t this is just
Another thing l would have you feel.
| fear, very much fear, from the strong sympathy
f in your behalf, and the great effort Of your
counsel, that strong hopes may be exerted that
you may escape. entreat you to dismiss such
. hopes. There is but little chance, assure you,
; for you TO escape. This is dreadful-t is ap-
palling to see one SO young as you doomed tc
certain and speedy death, and that, too, not
by the allotment of Providence, but by the
Judgment of the law. Give up any hopes you
: may entertain Of escape Suppose, you could
escape; suppose, by any executive clemency,
( this Sentence should be commuted, and you sent
I to the State prison for life. What better would
5 it be for you? | know, although branded with
e infamy as you now are, you could enjoy the
o presence and smiles of your family In the
gloomy retirement of prison what would life
i be worth to you? Is it not as vel to die? 1
i know and you know-you know better than l
know-how lily prepared you are for that thing.
It II lis not all of man to die: there is life after
death, and that life is unending. What work
: you have to do in the short period left you
e You have soul, that viii not dIa en IS
!. lows! 1t will live forever; agd las rae assure
you that man cannot save It There is Being
d that can save your SOUL Go to the Saviour
your Saviour and my Saviour; confess your
!. guilt, and seek forgiveness Of that Saviour,
Q whose mercies are boundless, and who saved
It one and carried Him into paradise thief or
d the cross with him! Oh! do not neglect this
. advice. Seek forgiveness by repentance and
: faith.
1.-The Judgment of this court is, that you,
Mary Hartung, be confined in the county jail
y until the 27th of April next, and on that day,
: between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning
3 and two in the afternoon, you be hung by the
II neck until you are dead! And may God, in the
Va J N'SN''
e Immediately after the sentence was pro
nouneed the prisoner was removed from the
. court in charge of the sheriff. Judge Harris
) !. was much affected while ADDRESSING the prison
!, er, and at the close of his remarks could not
4 restrain his feelings. Very many in the court
), room were moved to tears, as well they might
. have been, for it was one Of the most affecting
oI scenes we ever witnessed.
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J EDMUND BURKE's IDEA OF PERFEcTW WIFE.---
She is handsome, but is not beauty arising
y from the features, from complexion or from
shape She has all three in high degree, but
il it is all that sweetness Of temper, beneEolence,
! innocence; it is all that scnsibIlity which face
n can express, that forms her beauty. She has
i a face that will arouse your attention at first
/. sight; it grows upon you every moment, and
> you wonder it did not more than raise attention
i at first Her eyes have a mild light, but they
: awe when she pleases, they command, like q
good man out of an office, not by authority but
), by virtue Her stature is not tall, she is not
i made to an admiration Of every one. She has
: the frmness that does not exclade delcacy--
all the scftness that does not imply weakness.
Her voice is soft, low music, not formed to ruleln
) public assemblies, but is distinguished in COM
uany from coward S: it has its advantages you
must come close 10 neat w ~ aeoCltDe uSl
- body describe mind-one is the transcript the
is other Her understanding is not shown Of the
. variety Of matters it exerts itself upon, but Chg
y ness flows rather from natural disposition to
y oblige, than any rules on the subject, and there
: fore never fails to strike those who understand
8 good breeding, and those who do not
They have queer way Of doing things IN
IS Ohio. A short time ago merchant OF thai
I'd State was returning home from the east, attet
to an absence of some weeks, when he met IN the
ID cars an cid friend who had taken fancy TO his
pretty wife in the meantime, and was making
W off with her to parts unknown. file deliberately
r walked up to the gallant Lothario, cut off one
b ear, put il carefully in his pocket and taking
L his runaway wife by the arm, conducted hei
f homeward. AT last accounts, the ear, suspend
IS ed in jar of spirits, was preserved by the in
le iured man as an ornament and Interesting me
y mento.
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le The great billiard match Between Pheian and
th Seryitor came off at Detroit, Michigan, tol