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The Hanging. The demon sIizing effect Of pub
lie executions very fully excnspliEsd in this
county last week. Never, Us are informed was
there 80 great debsuch. Cattle shows, musters,
sleigh rides ali te public gatherings and drunker
bouts pu' together could not equal it. There
human being to be put TO death. aid scmeth ny
extraordinary must be doue 10 express ,hsiI joy
and satisfaction or The interesting o,casion An
extra cup must be taken, double potnn Of srdeni
person must be swallowed enable The rinlers and
dehauchees to maintain the proper disregard to ali
feeling and decency.


What group appeared a. Lenox there were
high {not nigh mnded) and low rich and poor old
men and young. olack and white, ard all the inter
venine shades Of color the far aer. the mechanic
the merchant, the Iahotcr the gehiiemsn idler. and
the student men of all proit sslous and employ
mems, as well as those without emfloy ment- and
to crown the whole, iComen--yes gracious heaven! !
soft delicate tender hearted females, who would
faint at the killing OF chicken, went fifteen
twenty miles TO tellnw creature put To death .
Wives went with their husbands, and sweel hearts
with their LAYERS What . spectacle On The hat k
ground OF the picture was the unhappy sicim, in
the las, agony Of parting lie; on the foreground,
were lovers, billing and cooling like doves. The
| whole sceHe, as painters say, was in excellent
keeping. For what could be more proper, than Tor
those whose souls were united in the closest honds





uering Of soul from body!


| Solemn as the occasion was that drew together
such crowd Of spectators some parts OF The scene
must, nevertheless have been irresis,biy ludicrous
Males and females jumbled together in one com
mon mass--the former loud and bisterous, rude
and disorderly through intoxcalion-the latter full
Of afectaton and false preensons to sensibiliiy.
. Oh cannot possibly see the poor creature
hanged now. indeed can't-I wish hadn't come =
said pretty Miss, who hanging on her lover $
arm, aud staring with all her might, lest she should
lose any par, Of the shocking spectacle. Get off
my toes, you brute you.'' exclaimed second
" Oh murder" squalled hrd. .you've crushed
my bonnet all 10 jelly" "Oh! how horrid ant
it ~ said fourth. "l'm sure l never could SEN
,ence any arthly thing 10 be hanged 1t was only
! last week. like to cried my eyes out because a
kitten oil ours got drowned in barrel Of swil. Bot
la what's kitten to a man : Howsomever, they
say he's only an Indian; and | think all them are
savages had ought to be banged, whether good, bad
or Indifferent, don' you, Mr.. Spriggias y " Most
indubilsously, madam"