The weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-21
Northern Reconsideration
Of the .As:sz-g:s!. s;ssza -g:gI3:@.

Ton Coarie, is ii reyrip: cr Nortilc:u c"pc.& 0:
the Sth inst.
The most important news is the execution
of the four conspirators-David +: iiarralG,
George A. jAtzworth, Lewis Payne and Alrs.
Mary T. Surratt, which took place OIL tho til
inst, in the city OF Waslingtoa.
In the case Of O'Laugh!n. Edward $:'a't.,,,ar
and Samuel \. Murld, they wcre sentenced 10
hard labor for life in the Albany pcnicntiar".
.,amuc. ArnolI receive! n the same case, II
sentence to six years hard labor i'll the sane
prison.
Especial Dispatch to tic New York Times.
WAsurScToN, Friday, July 7, 1865.
The conspirators have gone to their long
home, the swift hand Of justice has smitten
them, and they stand before the judgement
seat. observation-disclosures as the country
was BY the terrible calamity brought upon It
l,y the damnablc deeds Of these decp-dyel VII
laius, astoundel us it Las been l,l tic daily
revelations of tie criminals, it was doubles
unprcparrd, al were all here, for the quick
flash of the sword Of power, whose t4a'ie to-day
tell upon the guilty heads Of the assassus o
our amented President.
Tried. convicted and sentenced. they stood
this morning upon the threshold OF the iior>"
of DEATH all covered with the great sin wIlc$c
paltfcll darkly upon the land. Young and
Old, equal in crime, they spent the ligh; as is
told hereafter, and When the first gre; pcacil.
ings of the early morning traced the tlawung
day upon the sky, the city was alI agos ior the
coming scene of rctrbution and Of Justice.
THE uArEAs CORPUS.
Mrs. Surrat's friends have been constant anl
faithful. They have manipulated presses and
created public sentiment The paiers received
here to-day were singuar|y unanimous i'll the
supposition that the llrasilas.t would Commute
rt:c srlitrncc of Mrs. Surratt tn imprisonment
far Iii,t Such sentiment found L" echo
l.arr. It was we'll known that the connsc,
iinliy and friends of tue culr!t were deter>
mined to make every eycrtion, TO strain cTcrv
nclve in II strong pull and tug at the tender
lenyi of the President i'll her behalf. She was
a woman, an,,a sick woman at that. Her
\&ughtcr WAS sith her, and her cowardly sor,
Iii secrets in his possession that might miti
, .tc her guilt-the<c and like arguments twas
.,saii. would be brought TO bear upon the Pres.
'ident backed with certain political strength
wIi.h could not fail, to succeed. Bnt such
tall; has proved idle from the first. Woman
as SIC was, she knew her bushes well; sick as
she was, she had strength sufficient for her
Sitartul purpose and stern as the sentence was,
its Justice WAS absolute, lis execution certain.
We have heard mapy express the desire that
the woman's life might be spared, and It's weary
course passed in the quiet Of the prison, but no
one who knows the President and his unmov-
able nature supposed for an instant that the
sentence would he changed in jot OF title.
The hotels were thrcnged on Thursday.
The streets were filled with restless, impatient
people. The headquarters were surrounded
bv crowds Of auxions men, who l's,T2; ;.'o@e
al thugs to, witness the cyrcn,"n, am'i :...o
were willing to sicad hundreds u c:v.;ir. tor
that poor privilege. Atl (ay long The trains
cane iu loaded with people from tie NORTH;
all mig sht long the country roads were fined with