Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-10-18
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.


demncd to penal servitudc for life in Liver
pool and those sentenced for a similar Of
fence some time since in London, constitute
together the most serious addition to the
ranks Of our cOnvicts for many years. They
have already passed out Of public attention,
and for twenty years at least nothing will
be heard of them, except in the case OF
death, when possibly a brief notice OF the
fact may find its way into the papers. a
sentence of penal servitude for life is un-
doubtedlya very dreadful one for any one to
undergo. 1t falls, however, nodOubt, with
very different effect on individuals OF diff
ferent temperament. One Of the prisoners
who went to their doom a few weeks back
passed from the dock with an invitation to
his sister to meet him in heaven; another
of them went seemingly strong in the as
surance that something would yet turn up
for his benefit. \ dash of the MicaWber
temperament in mans composition must
be peculiarly valuable to one under SEN
tence of penal servitude for the term OF his
natural life, though as a rule, with terribly
few exceptions, there can be no reasonable
ground for the indulgence of any hope when
once the sentence has been passed. Moth
ing in this world is much more certain than
that criminal upon whom an English
Judge has pronounced sentence OF penal
servitude will undergo that sentence III all
its rigor-subject, Of course, to such curtail-
ment as the law permits. On this point of
curtailment there is very common mlSap-
prehenson. Most persons are aware that
a criminal sentenced to seven, ter, or tWen-
ty years penal servitude, will under certain
conditions generally, though of course
enormously, believed to consist largely in
Coming the pious dodge" with the chap.
lain-be liberated before the expiration OF
his sentence on a "ticket Of leave," as the
popular expression is, though "under H.
cense" is the term adopted in the Act OF
Parliament. It'll generally supposed, how
ever, that sentence for lie permits of no
such relaxation of rigor, and thata prison.
er who is thus doomed will never know
liberty again. This is scarcely correct, how
ever. \ convict under sentence for life
will certaily remain a prisoner for twenty
wears; but if during those twenty years ne
has been well conducted, and has steadily
performed his daily round of work, he may
then be allowed to go at large on license:
If the record against him should be found
on examination to be unsatisfactory, he
will of course be subject to further deten-
ton, but his case will certainly come up for
consideration at the end OF twenty years,
and he will have his chance for license the
same as any other prisoner.-London Da'y
NrWs.
SKETCH OF LIEUT.. GARLINGToN.-The
following sketch Of Lieutenant Darlington
who has been entirely eXOnerated from any
blame whatever in the recent failure OF the
Greely Relief Expedition, will be of inter
est to our readers. 1t is taken from the
Atlanta Constitution:
Lieut.. Earnest a. Darlington is a native
of South Carolina and a son Of Gen. a. c:
Darlington, who lived in Atlanta several
years ago. Young Darlington went to the
State university and graduated in the class
of 1872 He was noted for his studiOuS
habits and his dignity of department. In
1873 he received an appointment to West
Point.
His course at the academy was one of
honorable distinction. He assumed high
place at once and on graduation was as
Signed to the Seventh Calvary. He came
to Atlanta in the summer Of '76 to spend
his vacation before going to his regiment.
While here the terrible slaughter of the
Little Big Horn occurred.
The death of Custer and officers with him
made so many vacancies in the regiment
that Darlington was Il tirSt-lieutenant before
he saw his regiment. Soon after joining he
became its adutant. For a young officer
he had always stood remarkably high, ac-
cident and merit combining to secure an
exceptionally fast promotion. The honor
of leading the Greedy expedition was con-