What then must be the dread
reality! From some of the spectators we learn that it was a
scene which transfixed in breathless horror almost every one
who witnessed it. As the flames approached him, the piercing
shrieks of the unfortunate victim struck upon the heart with a
fearful, painful vibration; but when the devouring element
seized upon his body, all was hushed. Yet the cry of agony
still thrilled in the ear, and an involuntary and sympathetic
shudder ran thro' the crowd. We hope that this awful
dispensation of justice may be attended with such salutary
effects as to forever preclude the necessity of its repetition.
COMMUNICATION.
If any Massachusetts man can read the above without shuddering,
and experiencing alternate emotions of horror and indignation,
his heart must be harder than a millstone and colder than the ice
of the poles. We know not the particular circumstances of the
crime for which this poor wretch suffered, but as far as we can
learn from the public prints, it was for the murder of his
Master.
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