Louisiana capitolian., 1880-03-20

uesplBcd the men VINO werO seeking
to break down the government wit
nesses. Clampitt waited for some one
older to reprove the judicial wretch.
No one wishing to do 80, he arose and
said: ~ am astounded Mt the remark
of the member of the court. IL is
supposed that this tribunal was or
ganized to do .justice--nOt to convict.
| will let the member know that it is
the duty Of the counsel for the defense
to use every means legltimately to
sift the witnesses. The member must
remember that he Is before the people
as a Judge, and that he can not ride
over precedcnts with impunity. lie
is not riding his horse n Monocacy
now" Wallace had been accused Of
running at Monocacy Bridge.
One day Clampitt felt u touch upon
his shoulder, and turnd around to see
who it was. 1t was Harold, q mere
boy. He said:
II wish you would give me m en-
velope and postage stamp, and some
paper. want.to write letter to
Bon Wood. lam getting pretty ID
tired of this thing"
Clampitt reached over and told Holt
what the boy had said, and he laugh
ed immoderately. The trial progress
ed and the prisoners were convicted.
Then the trouble came on Clampitt in
a perfect flood tide. He and Miss
| Anna Surratt went to Judge Wylie,
and he granted q writ Of habeas cor
pus to suspend tlleexccution, but this
was suspended by an order from An
drew Johnson. They went to Joe
Holt, and upon her bcndcd knee the
daughter besought this fend to see
the President and save her mother.
He finally consented to 60. As he was
coming out of the White House the
daughter met him. lie informed her
then that Johnson was implacable.
johnson nfterward said that Holt
never came to him. Clampitt said
that every avenue to the President
was closed against him and the poor
girl. They never saw him. One sui
try day in July, 1865, they were exc
cuted in the old arsenal. Clampitt
went to sec Mrs. Surratt. She was
lying on the same bed Of straw with q
Catholic priest attending her. He
reached over and seized her hand. 1t
was lin and almost liteless. She turn
cd her languid eyes full upon him.
"Mrs. Surratt, ! have not slepta wink
in forty eight hours. I have tried
everything, an;! IN every way, to get 1!t
relief. There is no hope, Farewell: y
He went into the other room. Han
cock came in and poured out glass
Of whisky, and said: 81 have fought
through the war cOnscientionsly, /
have been in the very mouth Of hell
in battle. | would rather be there
to-day than tO give the order for the
execution Of this poor woman. But |
nm u soldier, have to act like u SOL
dicr. must obey orders. Proceed
with the execution" Soon the sad
dcst and most mOurntul procession
started for the gallows. Harold, a
mere boy, came along crying like Il
child. Atzerot tried to talk, but broke
down. Payne was game and defiant
And then the most awful sight that
man ever gazcd upon WAS seen. The
huge soldiers carrying Mrs. Surratt in
their arms. In front Of them walked
the priest, holding before the poor
woman's sight the crucliix. She never
took her eyes off the sacred emblem.
They held her up so that the hang
man could lift up her helpless head
and adjust the Internal rope. The
trap was sprung, and the poor clca-
turc spun around like q top for mo-
ment, and all was over with her. She
was specchless and nearly dead be-
fore she got into the hangman's
clutches.
What a sllame What q crime!
This poor woman was the victim of
Stanton and Joe Holt. This man still
lives in this city. No one ever sees a
blind open in the house. No one ever
talks to him about the tragedy. Now
and then you may see him going to
market with u servant in IN express
He is on the retired list Of the army
and gets good salary. 1t is said that
he keeps light burning all night
long. He is dying of re,norsc. Con
stantly his poor victim bangles before
his glaring eyes and murders sleep.
If he has a friend in the world, no Que
knows it. When the trial was going
on he was the ablcst and most fasci-
mating talkerin the world. He is chang
ed now. The world is against him.
The reaction has set in. He is left
alone of the mnrdercrs of that poor
woman the object of universal exc
Grafton and horror. Only once he
tried to throw off the black load. Then
Andrew Johnson convicted him oily
ing. What life!
Clampitt is not as smart as Holt.
Few men ever were. He is not as
rich as some of them who were con-
cerned in the undoing of this poor
woman. He has never had power
and place, and may never have. Not
withstanding all this, had rather be
John w. Clampitt than any of them.
His conscience is all right. He is n
hero that any profession or any coun-
try may be proud of.
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honey, and are consequently good
neighbors for bees. Oil, hardly to
be distinguished from alive oil by any
one but an expert may be extracted
from the seeds, in the proportion Of
one gallon to one bushel. One acre
will produce something like fifty
bushels of seeds. The seeds, too,
make food not unpalatable for human
beings, and very good for animals and
poultry. The Portuguese and the