Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-03-06

of the Sentinel Reporters account of the
matter, and ards sorry that ii ,cas so
Mr.. Daniels m otion to refer was put and
carried.
Mr.. Rodman said, as it seemed to be the
fashion to make personal explanations, he
would make one. 1t had been said of him,
in the Sentinel, that he spoke very harsh
ly Of Mr.. Jones, of Washington, for intro
dncing and advocating his amendment, the
other day. proposing test oath. He (AIr.
Rodman) had very high respect for Mr..
Jones private character, and knew him to
be gentleman in every particular.
MIR. Abbott also arose. He said that he
had been reported by the Sentinel as hav-
ing said, in alluding to those opposed to
him politically, that they (the Republicans
would be their masters. He, of course,
meant politically, and had no allusion to
controlling anybody's opinions or actions,
&c. He might have said things in the
heat of debate that might be susceptible of
misconstruction, but his intention was SIM
ply to advocate his views and opinions
without indulging in personalities and
abuse against those who might differ with
him. He thought all this scurrility and
abuse of Republican gentlemen should be
stopped, and, while according the right to
every one to advocate his own peculiar
opinions, demanded the right to be fairly
dealt with in advocating his.
The President said that he was often mis-
represented by the Sentinel, but took NO
notice of it. Its censure would be regard,
ed as praise and its praise would lower any
one.
Mr.. French, of Chowan, wanted to hear
from the Committee raised to investigate
the alleged black mail affair.
Mr.. Durham said that the Committee
would submit report in few days.
The hour of II o'clock having arrived,
The report of the Committee on the Ju-
dietary was taken up.
Mr.. Watts moved to reconsider the vote
taken yesterday, making the Judges of the
Supreme Court three in number instead of
five, as provided by the report of the Com
mittee.
Mr.. King, of Lenoir, moved to lay the
motion to reconsider on the table, and
called for the yeas and nays.
The roll WAS called and resulted--yeas
46, nays 81.
Mr.. Abbott gave notice that on the
third reading he would offer an amend
ment, making the number {" " instead of
"3"
Galloway (negro) presented a petition
from citizens of Wilmington, praying the
Convention to order an election for Muni-
cipal officers, as the present incumbents
were disloyal.
Mr.. Durham said that as Republican
delegate had moved TO tender this Hall to
the Conservative Convention, he would now
move to tender the use of the Hall to the
Republican Convention this evening. Car
ried.
On motion of Mr.. Rodman the House
adjourned until to morrow, 10 o'clock.
| EXECUTIoN or PARKER, THE MURpERBR.-O
| Friday last, at 1920 A. NJ, William Wright
Parker, the murderer of William Childress, was
taken from the county jail in which he has been
| imprisoned for over twelve months, to the COM
mon place Of execution, there to be hanged in
cordance with the directions of his sentence. At
an early hour the jail was beseiged by large
crowd of idiers, aud those possessed of morbid
love of the horrible to the prisoner come forth
and accompany the procession to tho scatfold.-
Moving slowly through the streeets, the process
sion proceeded to the place of execution. Parker
was seated in ambulance, which also contained
his coffin He apparently much composed.
with gaze fixed upward, and hips moving as if in
silent prayer. The condemned was guarded by
a posse of some ten or twelve citizens summoned
by the Sheriff.
Al lG:50 tne PROCESSION arrived aI Iue lOOL OI
the galows, where some two thousand persons
had already assembled. After being assisted
from the ambulance and placed beneath the scat
fold tie Sheriff proceeded to read to the prisoner
the warrant for his execution. This duty being
accomplished Rev. J. Fl. Daily the spiritual advi-
ser of the condemned offered up prayer to that
Throne on High in behalf of the erring yet re-
pentant one, who was then about to suffer the
rTl,ooa Co,,I,
soon to stand before that awful tribunal, the de-
cree of which is eternal. During the whole of the
prayer the condemned appeared also to be offer
ing his suppIications, earnestly, but with great
compoeutc
AS lies Parker ascended the scatfold and from
the platform made address of about six minutes
to the assembled multitude He sail that he was
now about to be executed and his soul soou to
be ushered into eternity. Disebedience to pa
rents, association with bad men and too free an
indulgence i'll Intoxicating liquors what had
brought him to this painful end. He prayed that
they all might take warning by his fate and shun
these evils. He said that he guilty
Runciman, so far as the act OF robbing was con-
cerned Runcman took Childress' life, but he
Palker) was also guilty of the crime, and de.
served punis shment. lie recognized the justice OF
the laws under which he condemned, and
thought that they were righteous and should be
regarded by all He stated that he had become
reconciled to his God and prepared to meet his
fate while in prison. He had borne long i'm
prsoument and thought after all that it was best,
as he was enabled to become prepared for death.
He praved that God would be mercifu1 to-, and
bless, the officers of the county. He acknowledged
with gratitude the k.llduess which he had expe- |
rienced at the hands of the tailor. After again
warning the people Il nm intoxicating drinks and
bad association, and from the nourishment OF
love of gain, declaring that "money ID the root OF
all evil and that the desire for it's possession had
been his bane, he brought his remarks to close.
He again declared his penalty nothing but that
which is just and right, aud then submitted him
self to the hands of the Sheriff
At II :09 the nooee fixed. and at II III the IA
tai trap fell, and the soul of William Wright Par
ker was launched into eternity. By some means |
the rope slipped around to the back of his neck, but
the fall was a severe one, and in two minutes he |
had ceased to struggle The main force of the fall
was upon his throat, which caused the rupture of |
a small blood-vessel about the root of the tongue,
At 11:21 the body WAS examined by DR.. VIM. J.