The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-09-14

and he brcathed With great pain and difficulty
which increased daily. II was a COnsequenc'
Of his hurt that be spohe 30 low a. TO be scaice
~ audible therefore be spoke very little. b.
he was ever ready 10 listen 10 me, aud II becam,
the first duty Of my life 10 say TO him, and req,
| TO him what knew he ought TO hear.
Being far TO i'll 10 remain in tho common
prison, he was removed after the first day or 40,
into the Infrmary. This gave W. opportunities
tf being with him thst ! could mi Otherwise
have had. And hut for his illRess be would
have been put in rous, for he was regarded a
determined Piifon-Dreaker, and know not what
else.
| Although J saw him every day, IL was for
only shore tame; ! . ice the regularly recurring
spaees OF our separation were long enough to
| record on bis faee any slight changes that oc.
CURED in his physical state. I do not rpcollect
| that once saw any change in it for the better;
/ he wasted, and became slowly weaker and worse
day by day, from the day when the prison door
| closed upon him.
| The kind Of submission ~ resignation that he
/ showed was that Ol man who WIS trod out
| ! sometimes derived an imp IN, from hi
| manner, or from Whispered word W twO which,
| escaped him. thai he ppndrrcd over IL inn
| whether he might have been better man n1er
better circumstances. But he never US III i
him, 10y hint tending that ", or tricl TO
bend the past out Of its eternal shape.
| II happened on two or three occasion in my
| presence that his desperate reputation was al
luded to by one or other Of the people in attend
anco ON him. A smile crossed his face them
and he turned his eyes on mo with trus,iu
| look, as If lac were confident that I hal seen
| some small red~emng touch in him, even ~
| long ago AZ when was little child. Astoall
the rest, he was humble and contritc, and new
or know him compl lin.
| When the Sessions came round Mr.. Jtggers
caused an application to be- male ar the post
| ponemcnt Of his trial uuiil the following Scs'-
| ions. II was obviously made with the Insurance
| that he could NOT live ~ long an1 wa, refi.c l.
The trial came on At once, anl when he was
| put 10 the bar he was seated in chair No OBJ
jeciob was made tony getting close 10 the lock
on the outside Of IT, and holding the hand that
lac stretched forth to me.
The trial was very short anil very clear.
such things a. could he said for him wcr, said
-hoN lac had taken to industrious habits, AMI
hal thrivcn Lawfully AMI rcpuiibly. hut no
| thing could unuy the fact that he hal return
| 3D. ani was there in the presence Of the Jui 90
iul Jury. u was impp-.iblo to try him for
hat, AMI do Otherwise than tind him Guilty.
Al that time II was the custom (as learned
from NY terrible experience Of thai Sessions to
lcyotc a concluding day to the plssIn, of S'n-
tcncc,, and to make finishing effect with
the Sentence 81 Death. But for the indeliblc
picture that my rcm'mbrlncc now holds before
me, ! could scarcely believe, oven ~ | write
these words, that | saw two.and-thir'y men
hll N'H'N PUT IHluIt llt dulkN 70 receive
that sentence together. Foremost among the
'wo-nnd-'hrty was he seated, that he might
oct breath enough Ia keep life ia him.
The whole scene start, out again in the vivid
COlurS 81 the moment, down 10 the drOp, of
April rain on the windows of the court, Glitter
my in the rays Of April sun. penncd IN the
dock, ~ again stood outside il at the corner
with his hand in mine, were the twO-anl-thirty
mon and women some defiant, some stricken
with terror, some sohhlng and weeping, some
covering their faces, some staring glOOmily
about. There had been shrek. from among tho
women cUnvicts, but they had been stilcd, aud
hush bad succeeded. The 8heriiTs with their
great chains and noscgays, other civic gcwgaws
and monsters, Crers, ushcr- a great gallery full
OF people, large theatrical audicncc-lOOked
on, rs the two'and-thrty and tho Judge were
sOlemnly confronted. Then the Jud q addressed
them. Among the wr'tchcd creatures before
him whom h. must sin ,lc cut for special address
was one who almost from his infancy had been
an offender again,t tie laws who after repeat
ed IMPROVEMENTS aud punishmcnts, had been at
length sentenced to exile for term Of wears !;
and who, under circumstances OF great violence
and daring had made his escape, and been
rcscntcnccd to exile for life. That miserable
man would seem for time tO have become
convinced OF his errors when far removed from
the scene Of his old otrnscs, AMI to have ltyI
| a pcaccahlc and honest life hut in "A fatal mo-
y
| ,iOrs the indulgence of which had 50 long rem
| dercd him scourgo TO society he had quilted
| his haven oil rest AMI repentance, AMI had come
| back to the country where he was prOscr bel -
Being here presently denounced, he hal tor a
| time succeeded in evadiny the officers oi Jus-
| ticc, but being at length seiDud while in the
| act Of flight, he had resisted them, and had
he best knew whether by express design or in
the blindness Of his hardnool-causcd the
death Of his dcnOunccr TO whom his whole ca
| reer was known. The appointed punishment
| for his return Ia the land that had cast him out
| being Death and his c.lsc being this grayatcd
| case, he must prepare himself to Die.
The sun wa striking in At the great windows
of thu en-, IT through the glitt,ring drops OF rain
| upon the glass, and it made u broad shalt Ci
| light between the tW o-aud-thirty aud the Judge,
banding both together. and perhaps reminding
some among the audience how both were passing
ON, with absolute equality TO the greater .ludg-
mcnt that knowcth all thing, and can not err.
lii.ing for a moment, u distinct sp'yk Of face in
this way of light, the prisoner said, "My Lord,
| ! have received my sentence Of Death from the
Almighty. but bow to vour,, aud sat down
again. Thee Was some flushing and the Jul %
went on with what he had 10 say 70 the re- T.
| Then they wcrr all formally doomed and some
| of tl"m were supported out and spm' of them
Nuutcrcd ont with a hHggard look # bravery,
ana n few nodded 10 the gallery, and two or three
shook hands and Others went out chewing the
fragments ut h, they had taken from the
-wecthcrhs lying about. lie went last Of all.
because OF having To he helped from his chair
and Ia 20 very slowly; aud he held my hand
while all the others were removed AMI while
the audience got up putting their dresses right,
~ they might At clutch or cl,cwhcrrJ anl point.
Ell down al this criminal and that, ana most Of
all At him and me
eunc,tly hoped and prayed that he migl
lie lief, r. the Recorler's Report was made, but
in the dread of his lingering on, began thai
night to write out petition TO the Home Sec
rotary Of State, setting forth my knowledge O
, | him, and how II was that he had come bach
for my sake. | wrote it aS ierycntly and IVA.
thctically as could, and when | had finished i
, AMI sent II in, | wrote out other petitions I,
, such men in authority a. hoped were the mos
r | merriiul, aud drew up one to the Crown itself
\ For several days aud nights after he was sen
fenced took NO rest except when fell aisle II
IN my char but was wholly absorbed in thcs
n | appeal And after had sent them in, ruul,
y. not keep away from the place. whore the,
u we've, hut felt as If they were more huprGrl ami
- les, desperate when wa near them. In thi
y | unreasonable rcstlossne~s and pain of mimi
I" would roam the streets OF an cvcnn, wan lr,
30 ing by those Offices and houses whore h,l ll
It. the petitions. To the present hour tine vr.,r
western streets Of London ON cnld dusty ,prin
10 night, with their range. of stern shut-up man
T. sions, and their long low, OF lamps, CO... mcml
1t rholy to me from thi, association.
y The daily visits | could make him were ,hor
/. cucd now, and he va, more strictly kept Sc.
- ing, or incying, that | was suspected of an il
n al luFT mis- IN ls.nlf