Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-20
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We have already announced that a young
man named James Mann Wa0 recently sen j.
teueed TO twenty years. imprisonment 10
the peniteutiary by the Superior Court at
Atlanta, FnIton County, Ca, for the crime
Of seduc'lon. Judge Bingham, In passing
the sentence, said: !. ~
The seducer is worse than the robber.
The :Obber has the courage to encounter
resistance. lie makes his Cowardly attack
upon unprotected female weakness. The
seducer Is worse than the thief The thief
steals perishable GOODS he steals happl.
ness and character: yea, he steals the crown
nttemale loneliness, which is virtue, and
then tries to conceal the turpitude of his
foul act 10 the more perfect ruin of his
victim. by slander. The sedusct is worse
than the poisoner. The ipoisoner plies his
black art TO destroy physical life. He
puts his Woful chalice to the lips of the
spirit, and with 6endish atrociiy, by false
pre'ence Of affection and prOtestatiOus Of
devotion, allures tender and delicate,
but too devoted lover, to partake of q crime
that entails upon her life long disgrace
and misery. Thus he adulVerAte's Iife's
stream, and cOrrupts the cup OF human joy.
Obtaining possession of one OF the fair
daughters of the State by false preienses,
be immOlates her upon the altar OF passion,
and then heartlessly abandons her to the
rude blasts Of contempt aud misfortune.
In these general remarks have family
summed up the measures Of your iniqui-
-. The evidence in this ease diScl0ses
that, when you came to Atlanta, you
found y mother, weakly and Of delicate
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life occupying l0wly and unpretending
Lodgings, struggling with poverty. but
blessed with the presence and assistance
of four fair young daugters, who bloom.
ed around her humble bOard like olive
plants. The husband of this widow and
father of these girls had, but a short
1ime before, winged his flight from the
bosom of the family to another aud bet
ter world, tromthe effects Of disease con.
tracted IN the defense of the county,
Well might that father, as he looked
around upon these tender females, with
whom God had crowned his honest
,nup6als, conscious of. his patriotic ser.
vices to our cause, reflect with cOnsola-
ton that his countrymen would consider
lit their sacred duty to defend, cherish,
and protect his family. And, if a pass.
ing apprehension crossed his mind that
such wretch as you would make a
SerpenEs path into the Eden he was
about to leave behind, well might he
have solaced himself with the confidence
that the very "Reminiscences and power
ty of his children would commend them
to pity. The son of this widow, aud
brother of these girls, was then, and is
yet, at the front defending the country
from the iproads Of an enemy charged
with all barbarity, but whose cruelties
have not yet surpassed the deliberate
WiGkedness of your crime. Yes, he is de-
Tending that body of yours with which
you have ruthlessly violate d the person
Of his miserable sister.
You insinuated yourself, into this cir.
Gle, betrayed the confidence of the
mother, and won the affections of the
poor girl whom you have despoiled of
he chastity by systematically shaping
your conduct in such way as best seemed
to answer your mean purposes. At one
time you would accompany her to u pub
lie ball, at other times to parties. to
church where the presence of ladies and
geneemenSs engaged in honorable at
tentions 70 each other, It would -ssem.
OughtitO have rehRked syOur. evil SleSfaiiR \
andexorcise the fgdl devil that IS oastiss
cd you Ia plot &c 15naG IaIils orphan. III
thestinle yon wreath he'd your coankenanee
intsmiles of tendsrnesG Yes, you. .'smil-
ed aud smiled, aud lyon were . villain
You stole the language Of lovers, sacred-
~ Dedicated to pure and cOmmendable
affection, and prostituted it on the exc
cradle altar IF your lusts Thus did YOU
deceive this contiding female into effsc-
ton for you. Thus did you beguile her
into believing you were wooing her to
the marriage bed, while all the time, you
were wOoing her to the bed of rum and de-
graduation. When we consider that your
act has consigned her to life of dis
grace or of penitence, the sentence Of
law which l am about to pronounce on
you, will not appear severe. l, at least,
hope the example may deter others from
the commission of this crime. Those
who do commit it are felOns at heart, and
l rejoice that our law so regards them.