Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-05

L - OF 0Attilugej near divers
Roc The doctor and Hook to; fad The
Plnce.of execution, which vaSsihen 'Tsnor.
ted to be i1 several places and 10 procure
q two mast boat witt.a good cndly. which
EasSto be roored OF the wharf at a con-
lsVenient distance, nli,Whieh WAS according
| " done. -phe-tWO-maSt boat in vyiIirh was
the DOCTOR tis friend aud iapSFentice, with
! theirid doctors iuStrumepts, was ra6oreSl un
4 the bay, near the gall6Wtt. tile morning or
Fthe executioniday5 but fell down, viii, he
ttdef fabouttwoshours bei6ie the execution.
toward Dorchester PointS for fear Of being
| grounded oi ~. l.T - - {
I The'state Of my. mind, after my eonesf-
sation With the doctote until theatlav of
/ texeention. 1t Is impossible for me TO; de.
scribe. This glimpse Of hOpc-41is more
chance of escaping The i5Ts Of death .'sn, ana
OF avoiding the eyes of5an offended Judge.
at whose bar | was to@Rys prepared 10
appear seemed ybuT tO5s reudSr my mind
more distracted. l saiietines indulged
myself with the thought&spf being recoY-
ieredl % life; andiAs chad tottudhtaly con.
cealed my real name, tbat1 might return
| IKE lthe1pEp4igpl, to5mH narentsi aud live a
lite devoted 70 God and alietr cbmfoft.-
But liottener feared the means might f,il
to hiring me TO life, andIthen wishedtkht
this. scheme had never.b0gh mentioned, as
the3hoPes of-iife seemed to prevent my
conversion, and them 10 be surprised
tinto another world totally uuprepared,
how wtterFiblela Thus distFaeted. the time
| flew, and the awful day arrived In, the
/ morning tho reverend Hons visited me.
tl. was much softehed by their conversation.
and really, at that time, Wished that Ihad
never seen the doctor, brit by the near and
eetrhin approach of death, hadsbeen prc
pared to live in those blissfut mansions.
which are prepared in Tie world of glory
are the trnly peuitent.
Soon after they len us the doctors
young man came (undsF pretence of a
message from Mrs. RanRera vi ho had shown
me much kindness in jeilhthe Lord reward
her for itl to renew the Doctors directions
how to conduct my body so as not to suffer
the least shock. He leil me the following
paper:
'rl 3 THURSDAY MORNNe5 May sthlTs9.
Taylor everything depends upon your
presence Of mind. Remember that the
human machine may he.put in tuue again
if you preserve The sntnaf muscle from In
jury, and do not dtslocata the yertebre of
the neckihs the COLI sptnalis is deduccd
from the traverse processes of the Verte-
brR of the throat, and latterly inserted
into the vertebrse of the deck, its conucc-
tion with the whole hdmGn frame is mater
ihl; so that you must eudeavorto work the
knot behind your neckj and press your
| throat upon your halter, which will pre-
vent the neck's breakiRg{ and kewise the
| compression of the jngular, and preserve.
the circulations in some degree. K5st Up
your gpirit5." = - =, - -
My hopes were now Wratsed, and my for
mer terror didpot return upon me; which 1
90 doubt not was o6ssEgs1 by sthe HsysEsrdl
tpafson who attended, me, 6y- ne otiioeFs or
justice, and the multitude, who doubtless
compared my Behavior with that of my
tollow-SuGerer. II is true, when / mount.
ed the stage Il dreaded the pain Of hang
ing as ! should any other bodily pain
,eq99ll Y severe; hut the far igrehtE dis
tress of meeting an offended, inexornbIe
Judge, and being consigned to endless
misery, was done away. For the nearer
the time of execution approached, the
more my reliance on the doctor increased.
You were presentht the solemn parting
with and warning WhichaWas given to the
people-at the excellent prayer of the
Rev. Mr. Stillmnn, and the dropping of the
traps, which, to all appearance, launched
msHnd my poor unhappy fellow-p prisoner,
Archibald Taylor, into boundleSS eternity
But to return to my particular feelings
l preserved my presence of mind; and
the doctors directions, and while the
| prayer was making kept gently turning
my head so ms to bring the knot on the
back OF my neck, nearly, as O'Donnell at
/ teFwardH Informed, and as you and others
observed. When the trap fell had all
my senses about me; and though l have
no remembrance of hearing any sounds
nmOhg the people, yet i believe / did not
lose my senses till some minutes after
/ Sly first feelings after the shock of falling
/ was a violent lstfanglingl and oppression
for want eofcbreathi this soon gave way
To phin in my eyes, which seemed to be
burned by two balls Of fre which appeared
before them, which seemed TO dart ou and
off like lightning; setting ever and anon
| upon my shoulders a9 if they weighed ten
hundred tons; and after one terrible flash,
4 in which the Two balls seemed to join, in
one, sunk away; without pain, like one
I falling to sleep.
= What followed after was turned off you
know, as 1 was informed you kindly as.
sisted my other friends In taking the body
down as soon as you were permitted, aud
conveying it across the salt works to the
small boat; Twas from thence taken on
| hoard tile tYo-mast boat to the doctor,
to all appearances dead; for 0'DonnellI
who was directed By the doctor to cut
and loosen my clothes, nnd rub me,
throwing water on me, could perceive no
life in tnei sbnt told the doetop it9was too
late. Bnt the doctor was not discouraged;
aud in.one hour and twenty minutes after
| was brought on board the boat, making
two hours and fOrty y-three minutes after 1
was turned off, he perceived signs of life
/ in tde, by small motion and warmth in
/ my bosom. In twenty minutes after.
| gave violent, deep groan. Here descrip-
tion ft,ilsi csnnot describe the intolera.
Bile agony OF thstamoment. TenthOusand
| strnng glings are trifiiug 10 i'll The frst
confused thodEhts4 had werE, that it was
the-moulent Of my 5dissolutiouJ & ford had
no knowledge Of my removal from the gall
lowsi but Was quite inssnsi5le from the