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

~ was ever really 10 llsten 70 me, ana " UeCItne
the frst duty Of my life b. say 10 him, ami r, d
to him what knew he ought to hear.
Being far to III 10 remain in the common
prison, he was removed, after the first day or 10,
into the lnfmary. This gave the opportunities
Cf being with him that could not otherwise
have had. And but for his Illness he would
have becn put in IRON fr he was REGARDED a, a
determined prison-brcakcr, anil know not what
else.
Although saw him every dav. Il was for
only shore time; fence the regularly recurring
spaces OF our separation were long enough to
record ON his face any slight changes that &C.
cured In his physical state. ! do not recollect
that once saw any change in 1t for the tier;
he wasted, and bee ime slowly weaker anil vpr.c,
day by day, from the day when the prison door
closed upon him.
The Kind Of submission or resignation that he
showed was that oi man who wts tired out
] sometimes derived AN impression, irum his
manner, or from a whispsrcd word pr no hich
escaped him, that lac ppnlcr,d over the a.. iun
whether he might have been better man Inia'
better circumstances. But he never Justified
himself by hint tending that wtv, or tried to
bend the past out Of It's eternal shape.
II happened On two or three Occasions in my
presence that h.s desperate reputation was al
ludcd to 10y one or other IT the people in attend
anCe ON him. smile crossed hi. face then.
aud no turned his eyes on me with "A trus'ful
lOok, as u he were confident that | hal seen
,o'''o S'l'''' 'r',o'nnIhs u'uIn IN MN, even 50
, ~ ai' o. ""Dn W. aH,uo 'h"h a 10 all
or knew him complain
When the Sessions came round Mr.. .Ii,gcrs
causcd an application 10 Joe male fT the pat
pOncmcnt ol his trial until the ipllown, Sass-
- - VI" vi o'''""''y "i'' WIN INV assurance
NJ ~ ''' W., '' W '"''T' ill was t'Il'ol'
~ az 'n1 "n AZ "U''' AMI Wh'h ~ was
l,i,. -. ~. "'I ~, " ''''''' W 'p"f' ", 'p-
~ H. W. n''lr =" NY G' ,hg 'n'' 70 me lock,
A., 1877 VT, w u" ",'' ""'''hs 'h' nam 'hi'
'''' W. "'''
no. .i'h was very short AMI very clear.
NJ. tung a. could he aid ipr him were aid
-l'N h' haI ''k'n To lndhNr"us htbt', AMI
nNl utNrn lawfully ant rrpuhhly. Bui no
nht ''nIu uh'ay the itrt tht he hu return
'n' anu WI" mere N the presence OF ~. Jhis'
uh jury. u was impossible 10 try hun tor
'hl' am 40 otherwise man mi hun Gul'y.
~ il"l tine u Wa HE custom "a. ] learned
rom my t'iIi'I. experience nl thai S's'ionD To
.''N'i' ''n'l ulihs hty 10 VI" plSsns ol S'n-
lrn''s AM to max" hn'shins effect with
we sentence ~ D'ith. but lH The indellhlc
plo'n," 'hi' my r'n'mFanr' no" hodt hc'nra
me- ! con'I S.ir'clI believe, even as write
these Woids, That J Jaw twohnl-thIr'y men
aud women put before the Judge tn receive
NAV "Wrh'r ps'lh'r. Foremost among the
""-Hn'-'hity was nc seated, mat h' might
tcl hT'ath enough IN kc' p lite m HIM
Tho whole scrnr start Dut again m the vivid
colors Of the moment, down 10 the drops Of
April rain on the window, If The court glitter
lng IN the rays ut April sun Prnnod In the
dock, as ! again stOld outside IL ~ the corner
with his hand IN mine, " r. the two-ind-,hirty
men aud women some defiant some -tfi, ken
with torrur, some sOlhing HuI wcopins some
covering their faces, some staring ,loomily
about. There had been shrek, from anon, the
women convirt-, but they had been stllcl and
"A hush had succeeded. The -heriT with their
great chain, and nOscgivs, other civic yry,aws
aud monsters, crcr-, u-hcr- a great gallery fun
Of people large theatrical audirnec-l1nkcI
on, "a, the tvo.Iul.thirty and Tho Jul ~ ,,,t,,
snlcnnly confronted Tbrn the I.,I a. ,,,lrc...I
them Among tho wr,t,lrl rr. mn. L.i,,,
him whom be must sin lie uut E,r ,p,rjiI ,tIr,...
was one who almost from Li, ,rf,n,y, b,J b,cn
an offender against the laws; who. after r,ue,t-
ell imprisOuritnts anl puui,hmrnts. Ind been At
length sentenced 10 exile fora term of wears.
and who. under circumstances of great yiol,.u,r
aud daring. had made his o.r,ne and L,cn
re-cntonccd to rNil, for life. Tint ,,is.r,lIc
man would seem for time to have beronc
convinced ul his errors when lar removed from,
the sren. of bis oll o,T,,.. I,,,, '''i"
n p,acrnhlc AMI honc4, III, Hut' in, t,,I ,,,
mrnt yirldin, ia thp.e mr. ,,,.n.;,io ',I "
iona the inInl,,,prr ,t Will i.i ~, i.,. ~
dercd him a .rn,,r,,, Ia .,..i,,, L' Id ,,,'i
hi- haycu uI tcst anil r.p.,t mo-. - ~ -.
haol IN tho c,,,,,tr,, a, br M %" , .'', '''''
Rim, nor. ,,r,s,r,i,, ,l,,,,,,,t ,.,',
tim. s,,cror,leJ i, ,,..,.,ip, ,L,, an 49, IT, ~
,ico L,,, I,.i,., =, i,,,..,p7 ,. p', =" 'u-
act ~ ,li',bt l., hal ra.i.,.i H., ".,p ~ I''
hc I,., L,,',, tLcr ,.., ";'' H.
the blindnc,, OF hi, harlhooI-rauSrI tbn
death Of nj. d,nouncrr. Ia whom Li, Who'll, ,',-
rcer was known. The appointed puni.hppn,
for hi. return tu the Land that had cast him ON,
being Death, and bis case byn., thI,l,.,r5,yatnd
case, lac must u.vpirc himself Ia Die
Tie sun wa, striking IN AT the ,,r,,t ,y.pIn,,s
Of tn cut Il through the pIittcriu., drnps pi rain
upon the glass, AMI it made o. broad shaft #
light between the two-.,ui- thirty AMI the Iulre.
banding both together. aud p,rhap. r,mnlinr
som" amen, the audience how both were ptssirf,
on, with absolute equality, 9 thu greater Judl,-
mcut that knpwoth All things nul can not err.
rising for q moment, a distinct ,pn. 4, ot la,c iu
this way of light, the prisoner said. NV Lord.
have received my sentence Of Death from the
Almighty, hu, how 10 YOUR. and sat down
at.n. There Wa some uushin,,auI the Iud.,e
went on with what be- had to say fu the, r..f
Then they were all formally doumcl. am. snmo
ut ih'm "u g .uIp rtrd out and SOM. of Them
slunicrod ont wiiha hI.,rlrd louk of hri,,r,.
tu' low uIl'r1 'p the CALLER, and tvoor thrc,
Shoe" hnni, lud ",hyr- went cut chewing tue
fragments "t hrh. they hpd taken from tho
s"'''n',,' lNuls "n'nl' Ne went last OF al
VI nav "' 10 ne ne P'H rom ms yhAlr
LIZ "a - ~ 'o"lH' '"' nc I''I my mana
" ,'''' az VIC ''".'' M'r, len"N' l. AM Whil"
Wv, '",,,,''r 90. "I .PIlthS 'h'ir crosse, ri;ht,
~ Wv, ",,Et' '' '.u.'I VI '''e" h'''l ann p'n'-