Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-05-03
SENTENCED FOR SEDUCTION-RE-
MARKS OF THE JUDGE,


A young man named James Mann was recent
1y sentenced to twenty years. imprisonment in
the pententiary, by the Superior Court at At
lanta, Fulton county, Ca, for the crime of Sc
d1ctioa. Judge Bingham, in passing the SEN
teDce, said: s
The seducer is worse than the robber. The
robber has the courage TO encounter resistance
He makes his cowardly attack upon unprotected
female weakness. The seducer Is worse than
the thief. The thief steals perishable goods
He steals happiness and character; yea, he
steals tie crown of female loyeiness, which is
virtue, and then tries to conceal the turpitude
of his foul act in the more perfect ruin of his
victim by SANDER. The seducer is worse than
the poisoner. The poisoner plies his black art
to destroy physical life. He puts his woful
chalice to the lips of the spirit, and with fend-
ish atrocity, by false pretences of affection and
and protestations of devotion, allures a tender
and delicate, bat too devoted lover, to partake
of crime that entails upon her lifelong dis
grace and misery. Thus he adulterates the lite
stream, and corrupts the cup of human Joy
Obtaining possession of one of the fair daught-
ers of the State by false pretences, he immolates
her upon the altar of passion, and there heart
lessly abandons her to the rude blasts of con-
tempt and misfortune.
In these general remarks, have family sums
med up. the measures of your iniquity. The ev-
idence in this case discloses that when you came
to Atlanta, you found mother, weakly and Of
delicate health, passed beyond the meridian of
life, occupying lowly and unpretending lodgings,
struggling with poverty, but blessed with the
presence and assistance of tour young daughters,
who bloomed around her humble board like
olive plants. 1he husband of this widow and
father of these girls, had, but short time be-
FORE winged his flight from the bosom of the
family to another and better world, from the eff
fects of disease contracted in the defence of the
country. Well might that father, as he looked
around upon these tender females, with whom
God had crowned his honest nuptials, conscious
of his patriotic services to our cause, reflect with
consolation that his countrymen would consider
it their sacred duty to defend, cherish, and pro-
tect bis family. And, if a passing apprehension
crossed his mind that such a wretch as you
would make serpent's path into the Eden he
was about to leave behind, well might he have
solaced himself with the confidence that the
very defencelessness and poverty OF his children
would commend them e. pity. The son of this
widow, and brother of these girls, was then,
and is yet, at the front defending the country
from the inroads of an enemy charged with all
barbarity, but whose cruelties have not yet sur.
passed the deliberate wickedness of your crime.
Yes, he is defending that body of yours With
which you have ruthlessly violated the person
| of his miserable sister.
You insinuated yourself into this circle, be-
trayed the confidence OF the mother, and won
the affections of the poor girl whom you have
Idespoiled of her chastity by Systematically sha-
| ping your conduct in such way as.best seemed
| to answer your mean purposes. At one time
you would accompany her to public ball, at
other times to parties, to church, where the
presence of ladies and gentlemen, engaged in
honorable attentions to each other, it would
seem, ought to haye rebuked your evil designs
and exercise the foul devil that prompted you
| to plot against this orphan. All the time yoo
| wreathed your counteDance in smiles of tender
| ness. Yes, you ''srniled and smiled, and still
| YOU were a villiann lou stole the language o
| lovers, sacrediY dedicated to pure and commen'
dable affection, ard prostituted it on the execra
/ bic altar of your lusts. Thus did you deceive
this confding female into affection for yon.--
Thus did you begulle her into believing that yor
were wooing her to the marriage bed, while, al
| the time, you were wooing her to the bed Of ru
| in and degradation. When we consider tha
i your act has consigned her to life of disgrace
or of penitence, the sentence of the law which
/ am now about to pronounce on you, will no
appear severe L at least, hope the example
| may deter others from the commission of thi
crime Those who do commit it are felons q
heart, and rejoice that our law SO regards them
! THE New YoRK s.Daily Neaosn ON Mr.. LONG
! The New York daily News" thus fattering
IIy sketches the life and character of the dis.
/ tinguished Representative from Ohio
"Mr Long of Ohio, who has by the action G
his enemies suddenly found himself famous, is
Representative from the second district of Obi
Representing the county and city of Cincinnati
in which, we believe, he was born. He is abou
40 years of age, horid complexion, quiet in hi:
manners, and exceedingly temperate in his hab
its. For many Years he was member of th
iOhio Legislature, where be WON high repua
tiop. At the bar he stands high; as gentle
man be has few equals. Ofthe purest eharac
ter, loved by his friends and respected by al
j who know him, be is destined to make mar
in history
/ A FEARFUL PRED1cT1oN-The New Yor
World says Count Johannes alias George "
II Jopes--the actor, patriot, philosopher an
j prophet-predioted, in a-speech he made las
! night In the Cooper Institute, that if Sscretar
J Seward did not humbly apologize to the Frenc
Emperor for the resolutions passed in the Hous
last Monday, in ninety days the leading power
of the Old World would recognize the Souther
Confederacy. Let Secretary Seward hear an
heed.