Litchfield enquirer., 1864-02-25

ing his eyes upon mine.
 Il have no reason io doubt that they syor
 Truly, according to he best of their knowlede, and belief
 do not deny the aci-only the guIt. am prepared to admit, ander all the circum stances, that I killed Moses GiIwroth in tb, manner related /: but I deny that was Sane l conscious, and responsible at the time of 1o' no the awful deed'
 "l believe you" he said, grasping my hand '' and would to Heaven, my poor friend, thai 1 could save you! It is terrible to be thus ig nominously punished for crime of which in your very heart you are innocent, but the way. of heaven are not as cur ways, and it is doubtless permitted for some wise purpose"
 He then prayed with me, and took a sad ant fearful farewell. The hangman then secured my hands behind me, placed me on the fatal drop, adjusted the rope about my neck, and drew over my face the cap which was intended to shut me from the world forever
 For few moments stood praviny. in that asoDizng suspense more terrible than death itself; and then, along with rat,l,s sound l Experienced sense of falling; thousand balls Of fire flashed and danced before my eyes aud mighty rushing and roaring as of hun dred catarac's, filled my ears Then gradually but swiftly, these lights faled and sounds died away, and a momeitary darkness and stllne ss succeeded. Then there came faint stream ol light as frona distant suD; and this grad ually but rapidly Increased in brightness, tl' my eyes seemed dazzed by it's brilliant splen- dor Then, along with the sweetest strains of an unearti'y music, most .lorous vision burst upon my enraptured sense Of vision b. yond the power of human imagination to con ceive or language to describe. In a celestial world, whee every sense was filled and thrilled and made iaiut with cXcesses, 1 seemed 70 e borne swia aly along, upheld by soune invisible '1" |. Inc soun.s were as thou and melo- !i,5. aii ble:idinS into one grand symphony. swelling out and dying away alternately: and .he scenes were as q swiftly revolving sun Sling the whole space of the heaven and t:srowing off scntillaions Of the most e.r gaoa: and vaied hnes. in this atmospherA O m " d., color, was bone rapidly onward, as :. something filled with rapture existing 4r, not existing without apparent inliyiGua';tv or identity-a focus, as it We're, of snn<a:io without body or form.
 tow long this glorious vision listed I caa not say; it might have been scc3nl>-i might have been hours there w,s uo mcan, of measuring drr@t on there. auy more tban lr> am: u u Ideally at last there seemed to Dc d crash, and the sense of a blow, followed by a knnss horror anu p.n
 opened niy cy's, my mortal cy.s, as d found myself iyirg naN,e'' u,'oai q lon. Mlvu, :. 'JIe, or platform, in a s,;ltll, "a Il; -!%..ted room, with two men standing over me, thcii faces whitew:th terror and their f,rms treulb ling.
 "Gracious heave S! what means this ??'' Silcu tii| lS uc ItdiiJ aiihG
 :" Mas, yes Y g1sr,dI as the most chok ing, horrid pains shot thro g'' ne.
 I lost consciousness again immediately 'osi all reason and oomprehension-and yet retained a sense of strange and terrible suffer ing. When 1 again opened my eyes under standingIy, I found myself on bed, wrapped up in blankets, with the same two men stand ing by my siie regarding me with the most in tense interest but no longer with fear.
 Il do believe we shall save him yet Y said one ''Sce lls eyes a.e resuming their nat ural expression; and if am not mistaken his reason is returning"
 "How has this happened?" inquired, in a low voice, feeling very weak.
 My friend," said one of the two, "you must not exert yourself to talk now-bye and bye we will tell you all. Here take this and remain perfectly quiet ; and with the words, he poured some liquid from a pl,ial into a spoon.
 too. the potion aul soon fell uto a sweet refreshing sleep.
 Some hours later I awoke again, feeling my body stronger and my head clearer. The two men were still with me-they had watched over me as a mother over an infant.
 "Now tell me all,' said l, as memory te ca me busy with events that seemed but the wild vagaries of some monstrous and horrible dream.
 "What do you remember ?" inquired one
 "Much that is horrible to think of, I an swered with a shudder: "a prison-a trial sentence scafold!'
 Do you remember being hanged!'
 "I remember all the preparations for tha awful event, and some horrid sensations imme diatey afterwards, followed by glorious wis ion, from which awoke in your presence. Yes. you were hanged till believed to b. dead after which you were cut down and give to us for dissection"
 "You are surgeons, then?'
 "Yes; we had you conveyed to our dissectlp room, and thither repaired ourselves after dari prepared for the work. The first incislon mad by one of our knives brought you to life an