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Yesterday Corr. the convicted murderer of Samuel Adams, was sentenced 60 be hung but he chose to take upon himself the office of executioner and rushed into eternity by staining his soul with crime as black as that which brought upon him the fate he SD desperately sought to shun.

 Preparations for his execution were made at an early hour in the morning. A messen. ger hrd gone to Albany with an application to the Chancellor to review his decision and allow writ of error; by the morning boat he returned with the following letter to the Sheriff: ALBANY, Nov. l7, lS42 DEAR SIR: heard the question upon the writ of error '0 Cots case argued at great length ct New. York; and came to the deliberate determination that there was none of them on which there waa any room ,o doubt, as you will zee from my written opin ion, which lett in the hands of Colts counsel when l lett New York, and which s now publshed tn the Argus of this morning. You will therefore see that is out Of my power le violate my oath of office by allowing writ ol errT in the ease even f tho appl. cation was now regularly heloFe me on an appIica. tiOn upon no.ics to the Attorney General. Neither would the allowance oi the wFl stay the execution of 'he sentence, as could not certify that there was probable cAuss fDT sIsyug the pFocsedinga and the