The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-09

0QU& Hnstn Ana tlGO00001D ny Il
DID o4snd thee more shsa Hcd. e.
on ~: ss,s s:sos q. /; 'T '''''' ~
DoONfEDero DEATH"
No. long !; s ss 2 n n: :,., . s an
~sr1r,ss .ssS deserviag Of DoAth ~ our bloody
statnse. hook. and when Rurglafy sese Death,
and Forgery was Dsatn. g aliy via Ma .ss
simes more riSs thaa It u now, was chaplain
10 a county jaai. wa nos 1eet1ent tAere, nor
even hound 70 b there reEularly,. e woul4
row Be- the casa except on ne oena.y. oet
the capital sentence-with SIX days lest % him
or ~ II shts world II the fnrthsat-alnOet
along with the sheriff AND tAe execusionef.s j
tree. nndl predicted Its approach q surely, u
not ~ humbly AOpa 30 darby Ana despalran9-
ly. Neverthelcss, itis Gar harder than some Per.
sous would a.ss 2, as g e
lies 90 Immediately before him. g5s
When man 10 evsrso IN, Death f. not css.
faim, and with all his often large and genuine
keeps private corner Of his heart for earthly
hope Since Providence, ID we tell him, and
he allows, is 50 neretfsl snd omntpotent Provi:
de nee, says he to hitnselt can save body Is well
as so9L When as0ldieg or AsAilor v0lQnteers<
upon q service, however dangerous, he has q
secret sxpactaiion of eouing ont alive fromit
afsoe ell. Far be II from M0--Who have stood
by \ hunArsd dsatn .bsas, anA know well that
Dsath & met In mo large majority Of cases,
with exceeding fortitude-to underrate tue
cougags Of my ssllew.creatares; but doaf
hrm tAas tie hope of tiie--tnas u. the chance
csssary 70 the doing Of great deeds than poor
boastYul human nature Is apt to own The
hetotc Aots that have been performed 1t exereune
risk by the nOblest Of our feli0w-creatures, are
nuaAsrlsss the heroic acts. that have been
per1ofmed with death for their eestass end,
areexcessively rare; aud the greater partof
evea those villa b found 70 nave BEEN anelci:
to make his sprinG, he was yirg Ia wait, and
suss Of his prey 10 any cAse. laesssg@ves - -
THUS the thoughts Of almost every maa con-
demned 70 dte Sy ne Nv ~. AZ ao ae f .p Win,
MOUNTAINEERING that In many casss The
doomea person y ready 70 admit the iustice Of
his ssnteacssalthougn hAvA ny douDts
wssshsr sAsrets mach seanins candof In hat
stNemea. aaa am Of Opias0a that Il ~ corn.
monty maze with some 0iM ptteo ~ action 1T
exciting conimiseratiOns and eventually pAs~
msn s, cave "a lie. ths taking Of Il seems %
hta 70 b ~ aess0a shsolnteiy moastrous and
incredible. That the prison aatheriIseas she
V,verunent, ths snasaca, sns whole world
should a u.sSty suffer him TO BE- led Oat oa0es
the open sIy, aud IN the fhee OF graf multi.
tude, to - put ~ death-to b. hang BY the
neck until 6e u doAd-appears to him not only
nsaeI Is sGuudrsds 81 others before himj =
:hins utterly iocopcasvable. He shuts his eyes
to the iats awaiting him, - long - he can,
ain 1T always up y the last night hs has -
live. very ofteu ap 70 the m0ment when -
se,s his loot upon the .caaoia ITSELF bsiisvs
that in he mai Jttty Of cases, the entire enSr.
Ries of the unfortunate wretch are directed 20
n nis Uas i% %ssrus. for * most part am
cory 70 cay, even his willing accsptAnce OF
my good Ofices, Of my 1srvens eadeav0rs, to
cali his attentton q more fmporsans matters:
more Important % man than the Ques tton OF
whethsr no - TO die o. Monday, Tuesday, to-
morrow, in an hour psrhsps-or wheaher -
IL TO live ~ = 2.se 1~ssi go - rFs9asss -
fear shall shock msay worthy persons
who read this, sitting by their drcsides with Z
cravat rOund their necks instead ~ rope
when say that this state Of mind In cen
demned persons II not ontraseous, nor 70 be
greatly Reproduced. Fsions - . general rule
are uneducated, irreiieious wicked folks wi.e
have never thodght-f do not cay Of the drea,
the sra.idcssi.n q scuss msaa aud present de-
sire Within the Limit 81 six days. II would
b. difaculs indeed for the best directed e90rta
roalter. % reverse such aasssss; but When. y
have TO deal are pre-Occaptgd With one over
whelmtne terror, nade dark1r BY the intervals
of freaxied heDee-the igses ydtxi OF q repriey
its painful and Affecting nature; Of tie watch
fnG OF the iu-c0ncealed nnxtelics, the from
1iiae expectatiOne fAted TO end In disAppOint
neat re ussas:s ssssssisf, q ne sssesss.
would certainly be no moro capital puntsa
msnn. II may BE- urged, ana perhaps Wisa
reason, that we are not quite lifted 70 bejpdge
question here only let no man imagine tina
..au eye for an ego. aad . tooth for tooth,
10 the measure that 10 accorded - tho mur
derer; that We but do ante him a:he has dom
unto his fellow. He did not tai Ass victim
that he should surely die at the end Of . cor
tain number Of days and u certain hour. and
keeping him shut up naui that hour. .theI
lntefvai q doomed mah dies somstimes nv
hundred deaths. TheFs 10 no such thing ~ amal
being game" thes:. whatever may happsasil
the last scene Of all, when there are shousan.
rufian hands 10 applaud his assuned forti
tudes ThejaiioF: fvho Il always In the con
dsmned cell to guard against the npor wrete
laying violent hands upoa hlinsel1 II NOT @
:. .nHas
"l)eity O9sadsd,'' NO man alone. and withou
that hideous sympashy, Wal Asfy t0od.ss NAV
ssen doomed men IL AllAe4t every oisposttiens
fariOns, nAliGnant and eyel IN rare cases q
fectedly joaoss Thy lar ihs most pAinful siel
ofaayV p.tie sasir own seileyasd aaone Mt
. what II called AgApesp .pfs g 4 heSore sat
have ever knswn-apoa LOOKING haek upo
all the circamaNIn aisAouGA ID may hAs
esn i smes Suo,sS % ~
hope Of .escapins 6is NE. There we're =
cases Of this klnd n sths jail Nhsreia q
etassd, vhice. ssatag se4ss ~ neuces q p
s; .ssis,s e saae p '.o'ssa - A'
Mary b was condemned to death 1br Il
smurdsf, " poison, of AW DIVA sister, lOrWAn
Aasband 49, had coSeeived guilty passio
There vas no doubt Of hes hAvise eonmtstl
the crime or Of hef having deserved the pa
ishmenA So baA Wheo 1 Arst saw her, nea
~ ANeck u Nses n beiag aboat that ums
xAo eAsaiug sWaadny. She told me, In Of
nrst tstefyiet. Of bow many mia usse u
spaee CONSISTED -1Ur she shad 6esu allowed
psncil, with which (closely watched le6esl
snoalA swaa1ow AbshAAa1 nxns H. seAlca1
t0s-@asd lAsps 1ss ess Aeudrti auA srep
xoss she Whispered VtdEa aaudder. W6on
TEX ny ntyt 1qxeot hsf. TDs isspaiejsil
soaa - teAr duftag this poor ertaturorS =
NO a. thnss daUas - hsaSser the setea&s -
cloes struck ~ sep1rs oveEAooA, - 80
49, H. 1919 pale & al apon Yaklng
tas morntnes. WsalA aak with Sae6rSe
weAts u0s ~ t9ss, 80 sahsN ouoaa hesy1
49, - 80 eeops 80 1asM sTbo6o hoUr1
-: sseaStsss 80 go Coz i wss MD al 4;
- s9NAN4ellenr - 90 - - - -