The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-07-17

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sd u; sa1 his solemn invocalion That
God might have ihst mercy apon me
whieh man vas foo jost 10 voschssie,
sounded lifs The hollosess Of hollow
mockeries.
II f6ay be hard Tor the condemned
criminal to meet death; IL IL sfilI bar
der for him who is innocent. The one,
when the FIRST shock is over, acqui-
ssces IN bis doom, and gives himself
TO repentance; the heart Of The other,
filled with rebellion against mans in.
Justice. can scarce bring itself to ask
pardon Of God.
had gradually overcome this feel.
ing, in spite OF the good clergyman's
Irritating efforts, which were mainly
directed towards extracting q confess
sion, without which ha assured me he
had no hope to offer.
On the morning OF the day fixed |
for execution | felt immeasurably re-
signed. | had so long stood face to
face with death; had so accustomed
myself to look upon it as a merely
momentary rang, that no longer
felt solicitous, save that my memory
should one day be vindicated.
She for whom | had gone TO pres
pare home had already found one
in heaven. The tidings of my calam.
ity had broken her heart. She alone
Of all the world believed me innocent;
and she had died with a prayer upon
her lips that the truth might yet be
brought to light.
All this | had heard. and it had
soothed as with sweet incense my
troubled spirit. Death, however, un-
welcome in shape, was now a portal
beyond which / could see oDe angel
waiting to recei me. ,
| heard the sound of approaching
footsteps and nerved myself to the ,
expected summons. The door OF my
cell opened, and the sheriff aud his
attendants entered. He had in his
hand a paper. 1t was doubtless my
death warrant. He began to read it. {
My thoughts were busted elsewhere.
TIE words full and free pardon
were the first to strike my preocc,pi> !
ed senses. They affected the bystand.
srs more than myself. Yet 30 it was. +,
was parGoned Tor an ofense / had
never committed. {
The real culprit, it is needless to
10Y, was no other than he who had f
fought and abused my hospitality. He
had been mortally wounded in a re.
cent affray il. distant citv, but had r
lived long enough to make disclos- !;
IRE, which had been laid before the .
Governor barely in time to save me r
rom shameful death, and condemn A
ne to cbeerless and burd,nsome life. O
This Is my experience. My judg o
nent, as you're in the case before US, e
eads to but one conclusion, that Of b
he prisoners guilt but not less con-
ident and apparently unerring was
he judgment that falsely produced q
ny own conviction
We no longer importuned our fell g
ow juror, but patiently awaited our n
liscaargc on the ground OF inability o
o agree, which came at last. f
The prisoner was tried and convict q
ID, at subsequent term, and at the
asst moment, confessed his crime on d
he scaffold.' i.
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