Maryland free press., 1863-01-09

aspectacle.
Whilst it is my duty to sentence you to an
ignominious death, it is also my privilege to
counsel you in all tenderness. We are all
frail, crring and culpable, and the best of us,
unaidcd and unsanctifcd by Gods grace, are
unprepared for that judgment to which we
must all be brought, to answer for the deeds
done In the body. The day which will close
your career on earth is not distant and soon
will be rendered certain. A long space, since
Your hand has been red with the blood of your
victim, You have been indulged with. Still
further time will be given you by the Cover
nor of Maryland, before you will be brought
forth to suffer in your person for your crime,
but that time cannot be long. You have thus
been mcrcifully dealt with by man; much more
mcrcifully than was Agnes Tracy by the being
who-eonsigncd her to instant death, and how
different in circumstances too, she without
crime and deserving oflifc and all of life's joys;
he, criminal, deserving of immediate death.
Thus the wages of this life are unequal; but
all shall be made equal by the Great Judge of
the quick and the dead. The Religion which
we all profess has consultations, which it is not
in mere man to dispense. 1t procams this
among its other welcomes; ''though your sins
be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow,
though they be red like crimson they Shall be
as wool"
But forgivcnc SIS like this only follows true
and heartfelt contrition and repentance and
faith in the Rcdecmcr of the world. There is
8givcncss here for yanr offence III"
I t,4-ttgn
full forfeit 1t is true the Governor of this State
has dispensing power, but cannot hold out
to you the least hope that it would be exer-
ciscd in your case Should you entertain such
a hope, can only counsel you to dismiss it,
and look to the certain fate which awaits you.
! But God, whose laws you have also broken,
can forgive and will forgive the truly penitent.
He though perfect in his justice has provided
a substitute, on whom ke has laid the iniq ui-
ties of us all, and if you will embrace Him by
true faith, and sorrow sincerely over your sins,
You will yet show the happiness of the Re
dCcmcr, Ii is late to make your peace with
/ Him. if you have hot already secured it; but
it may not be too late for you to interest your
selfin the great work, th6 only one now left
! for you, to do. His voice once said to n diving
malefactor, ITO day thou shall be With hYc in
/ Paradise" and that same voice may be heard
to say to you: "thy sins are forgiven
! 1t only remains for NC to pronurce upon yon
| the sentence of the law; and that is
That you be taken hence to the Jail of Wash
ington County from which you came, and bc
there confined until the time of your Exccu-
ton; and that at such time as the Governor of
this State shall by his warrant appoint, you
be taken, thence by the Sheriff of this County
I to the place of Execution, and that you then
and there suffer death by hanging by the neck.
And may God have morcy upon You.
! The manner anil delivery of the Ju lse, was
marked by feeling of stern duty, tempered by
an appropriate scnsibilty which rendered the
scene, and the substance of his address the
most solemn and affecting, ever witnessed in
the court.
The audience was affected many of them to
tears, whilst the unhappy prisoner seemed to
be bowed to thc very earth in Anguish, and
shed copious, bitter but inavailing tears.
l. Tie of Hiram II. fttIhl rs. Henry Har-
. tic was-eloscd on "Wednesday and resulted in
ii verdict for the plaintiff of $1,000.
| State rs. Joseph i,lnc' and Ice Iturlev for
passing counterfeit money on Ghambcrslitrg
Iiank-Jury Trial-vcrdict Guilty. Scntcnc-
cd to Pcnitcntiary the former for . years and
6 months, the latter for years and months.
State rs. Chas. Lewis, James KccrI. Sam
uel McFadden Daniel Foes, and William
llcnry-Jury 'rrial-vcrlict Not Guilty
James II. Elgin as. John Savin, case Of
cjcctmeatI, verdict for Defendant.
WIN. Boyd rs. r., u. Heybert-Suit on
/ bond damages aSsosscd at $500
The following criminals were sentenced to
the Pcnitcntiary.
VIM Bottles, for stealing, / year and 4
months.
Edwin Spear for stealing, year and 8
months.
John Williams for stealing, years and 5
months.
Levi Thomas, for fclony,6 years and
months.
Charles Croslin, felony, 1G months.
Geo. Hoffman, for stealing, years.
Alfred Washington, d years.
On Saturday morning Judge Weisel started
to Allegany Co., to attend the sessions of
Court there commencing on last Monday Our
Court is scentinued under Judge Nelson, with
cases on the Special Docket. The Petit Jury
was discharged on Tuesday last but the Term
of Court has not vet been n1iOurnn1