Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-08-11


quired of whether they had agreed upon yer
dlct ana each agreed that they had found botl
: OF the prisoners guilty of the murder charpet
, against them. Th, verdict was then puLl;rl,
read by the clerk. After a short recess, hi,
Honor, Judge Chase, with the most tender and
sympathetic emotion, which he was unable tt
suppress, pronounced the awful sentence, thai
the criminals he rcmandcd back to prison and
that ON the 2Sth day of January. between tho
hours OF 10 and o'clock, they should be hung
by the neck till they were dead PRAYING th5
Lord 20 have mercy ON their souls.
None can express the confusion and anguish
INTO which the prisoners were cast on hearing
Their doom. They requested, by their counsel
liberty to speak, which was granted. In sghs,
ana broken accents, they asserted their limo.
cehce' The convulsion of nature attending
stephen was so great as to render him unable
to walk, but he was supported by others and
carried to prison. The compassion of some
was excited, especially toward Jesse, which in
cllned them Immediately to send a petition to
the Legislature, then sitting at Montpelier.
praying that the punishment of the criminals
might he commutcd to that of imprisonment
Tor ne But few, however, signed the petition
/ in favor If Starhar III, ~~~-.Li,. -.
several days on the subject and finally granted
the request OF Jesse, yeas l0i nays 81. The
request OF Stephen was negatived in the House,
yeas 42, nays 81. The decision of the AS.
sembly was brought to Manchester by his Ex-
cellency, Gov. Galusha, and Immediately COM
municated to the prisoners Jesse received the
news with peculiar satisfaction, while Stephen
was greatly depressed being wholly left without
hope. Jesse lamented that his brother could
not share the same comparative blessing with
him, and that they could not be fellow-prisoners
together. Little did these brothers think that
tho fate pf SIapbo,, ,,,.,,1I
vorable than that of Jesse, and be the cause of
a more speedy deliverance. 'ris often the case.
that the darkest dispensations of Providence
are pressagcs of the rising morning. This
should teach us always to trust in the Lord. and
consider that although clouds and darkness are
round about him. justice and Judgment are the
habitation of His throne.
e.I "" eg 'ne lH'n uay OF October, jesse took a
vi MS oro'''er' Oh MS friends and
az 'i"''0ncS.e'' ana was carried to the
nV"'c Irison Ut ihusor expecting to spend
the remainder oil his life there. None can ex-
press tIe melancholy situation of Stephen, the
poor prisoner separated from wife and chill
ure1' parents ana friends under the sentence of
Ge"'h' without nope. Mr.. Haynes visited him
frequently, with sympathy and grief, and en-
ueaVored 70 turn ms mind on the things of an
o'her word telling him that, as all human
means hau iaied' n must look to God, as the
oniy wa! qi dehNerance. lie advised him to
~ :rIu 'iie iio! scriptures TO which he consented,
- II "e 0OTiu nm "e "iio"eu Il candle as ms cell was
uclN' ms request was granted; and he was
oltth !ouhu reading; beng at times calm, and
again Impatient Inc interview OF MIR. Haynes
WIN MN iew days before the news came that
II was hkeiy that ColNin was alive, was very
"nec''hS' one day he SAID to Mr. Haynes, 81
see no way out must die everything works
against me nut am an innocent man; this
you VIII know after am dead" He burst into
Il hood ot tears ana SAID, What will become
Vi III! poor "ile ana children? they are in needy
c'rcunSt4hces, and love them better than life
nSeii' Mr. Haynes told him that God would
.aNe care OF them' lie replied, Il don't want
10 uie. wish they would let me live, even in
VII iaKe niji,, soe % l9iiRer perhaps S2mehIpg
that am innocent" Mr.. HAYNES was about
to leave the nrison. whom be sail ..NilI yo,,
pray with me p" He arose w;,b b;s bea,.,
chains on hi, arms and legs. being also chained
down to the floor, and stood on his feet during
PRAYER, with deep and bitter sghings.
Mr.. Taber Chadwick of Shrewsbury. Mon.
mouth County. y. j.. brother-in-law of Mr.
VIM. Polhamus of Dover in the same State
where Colvin had lived ever since April. 1918.
seeing the account of the trial of the Boorns at
Manchester, wrote that Colvin was still alive.
and with his brother-in-aw Polhamus. in Do
yer forty miles from Shrewsbury When the
letter came to town, every one was struck with
CONSERVATION. A few partly believed, but the
main doubted at cannot be that GOWN is
alive" was the general cry. Mr.. Chadwick's
letter was carried to the prison. and read to
Stephen; the news was so overwhelming. that
to use his own language, mature could scarcely
sustain Tie shock" but as there was some
""u ~ " '"' uu'" VI tn.s report II tended
" p'P'p"' an l'nneuiaie uiSsoiution, lie OBJ
serve III" ne oei'eVea, hau GOWN then made
ms IFP'"rahce' 1t wou!u nave caused immediate
ue1'n ecIl no" iain'heSs was created that
wa. y J 't.'ui n1 ~ V'uvie oooh ,e'ter was re-
cJleeu rom NeN iorh' stallhg that the man
VINO was supposed TO oe murdered was prooa-
oly s,il awe ana ''nat MI "heipiy' iomerly
Oh Mahchester, anu VINO was intimately ac-
qu''n'eu Wllh OrNih' haI a actually gone 10 New
:erse! III quest oi MN nus mere was increas-
ing eNluehce IN IN confirmation OF the ietter; AS
soon as M. neip'! nau Ie,urneu TO - new 1ork'
ne l.,hiea'aleN wrote lhot ne 'hau Gown with
nm new iorN paper announced MS arrl-
v VA niSo ann 'h't ne W1u'u soon set out Tor
vermont No'"ilhSlahainS all this' many gave
no crsi'. 10 Ine report put considered II mere
deception. Large oetS were MADE; Coivn was
uh"l,llnS 10 return TO vermont Win Mr. heip-
~, WHO was oolSeu 10 nave recourse TO strata