roKi
LA\ • or '• Hi; r.AlM.V MAIM VKS.
The Mitidni to hfr Jpostiitr L> icr.
—ifthuu wilt (U‘ny tl>v (lod,
’I'hv pliglitit) hr'ule hi tr;t_',
Ami troiu the path U>y (iitlai-s trod,
A i'ccre:\iit l.unt :iua_v;
Yc^—live—sitici' I’or a f v.' bliort years
sorrow, toil, atnl c-.ivi,
T.ioii i Hiwt torpi't » iiioilnr’s tears,
A lalln-r’s iKirti:ij;-[iniv cr.
I ccrir.'(' lirul v ; pi to scu tlioc boar
1 lie liooin Miy sires 1>um- Ijorne ;
To fit: I'.ciith—and dying lu-.ir
Tlic crowd's scorn ;
Tlu-n hill a lew short liours were thiiic
To biiw bcncatli tlic- rod,
lill tliou halst won a wreath d';\inc,
And readied the tlirone »if (.od.
Liv* tlien~nor think of Ik r wlio dies—
■\\ hosc kt'C’.)e‘-t pang nnist hf,
’I'lujiigh p’liglited thini: hy tbnde.sl ties,
She in;'}' nyt die witli tliec !
Yes—h\e—bnt nr,I to ieel thy bnast
With ho])i less riven ;
Live, that thy i;inlt ina> be coiil'ossrd,
Kcpented, and forgiven.
ijisTomrAL.
HATTl.i: AT IJA.MJjOrUS.
FOU(iIIT ON THK 20tI1 JTNK, 1780.
(c()\n.ini.n.)
In piirsiiatici* jf tlio oi'dcrs t^iven to
colotu! Lucl.c aiul oth*.'r oflicci's at Mal
lard’s creek on the 1 Uh, llicy f.f-vct;!!!!}
c' l!(.‘Ctc(l as iiK.tiy hm'ii us tlu-y could ;
and on t!u-inurtiin;>: ol’ the ISlIi, major
W.iisuii, witli 6:> nit'it, piisscil the Catau-
Ii:i at 'I'ool’s Cord, and joined inaj'jr M‘-
Dowell, with 25 men. Tlit'V passed up
the I'ivor at right an;^l('s with the position
ol' the lories, to join the ck'tuehmeMt (W
ihc IVitMids wlio v. cre assemblinij at the
upper lords. At M'l'wcn’s lord Ixin!.’-
juitied by captain i'alls, with forty men
under his cotnmiind, tlioy contiiiiKd ihcir
maicii lip the ea.sl side of ^Mountain
cret k ; and on Monday, tlic 19tli, the\
joined colonel Locke, captain lirandon,
,ind otiier ullicers, m itii two hundred and
soventy men. 'i he w hole force united a-
mo'.nued to four hnndred. 'i'hey encanip-
od m Mountain creek, sixteen miles lV(jm
IIam.‘'.our's. 'i’he olVicers met incoiinc.il,
and they were nnanimotis in the oi)inion,
lliat it would be unsafe to renuiiti in that
position, as the lories could attack them
aftei- a march of a few hours, and from
Ihc infoiiority of their forcc, thry had no
(lotibt the torios wonkl m:irch on them as
soon as they learned where they were.
It was first projoosed that they should
rccross the ('atawl)a at Slien ill’s' ford,
six. miles in tlieir rear, and wail for rein-
foi'cements, I)elieving- that with their
foici* they con Id preset.t tiie lories IVom
cro.'^siii”-. To tl'.i.s it was objected, lhal
,a reii-oqrade movement Woukl embolden
the tories, whose numbers were increas-
itiq; as fast as prol)ably their ow ii iiumhers
M'o lid encrease iifler they had recrossed
♦ he river, and no additional security could
ihcirfore be oi)tained by such a move
ment.
Il was next proposed, that t.licy should
march directly down the river and join
general Uuiherford, uho was then dis
tant from them about thirty-five mih's.
Il was said this movement could be made
i\ithoul risk, as in makin'^ it^ the) would
not be nearer to Kitnisour’.s lhan -the\
Mf>r('. To this pruih'nl ])roposiiion it
Ava', objected that iK'aily all t!ie eiVec live
V hiii^s of that section (>f ih,; couniry wei’e
fi'oni home, cithc:’ with them or !;('iieral
Uuiherford, and sucli a movc.neiit would
leave their families unprotei t*‘cl i.nd iheii
]lou^es e\poscil to pillai;-e ; tlu;l il v, (jiihl
be al .o a dan_L;ero'is niover.u nt to iheni-
M'lvi",, us llie to:-ies mii;hl he iii motion,
und tl'..-y r.Hijli; ('iicounter thorn in theii
march. I’ w as iii'-inuuted that these pi\>-
’.)0‘'itions prtK'ced";!, if m,t iVom i'ear.
♦ U least fi’oni an iinwilijnjrrtess lo mrol tlu
•01 ies, und tiion fore,
A third ])ro])osi!ion was rnaile, v. i-.ich
•A as, iha* !ioi v. iilist.iutlin;;; tlii-ir disoai it\
offoice, '.licy slu;iil i niu;' li ihiriiii; the
ni;^ht atul atlaf k the loi le.i la liicir cam]'
•Mi-ly iie\t niorni-i,;-. Il wl- ‘-air’, tir.it the
torie-, heln,;;- ieiioiant of their fon e :mi'1
-iiddi niy aU:t' ked. could be easily rui.:-
♦ d. 'I' le lii'jlC pI'IHliMll !llt'I,i!)c; s ( f ihe
ro'incil ( o’lld !u,i ijie iii^i:iua‘’.ou
of ro-.vardii e, and ^ru'itin:; to th.at fii-
tiine \vi,;fii sometimes ( ro'.v iis cxt n r;;sh
'ii'ss wi'h.viirri 'il \\ ai nrKifiinn.uslv re-
■■! >'- I iy • ■> mai cii, ami al
i,;c.di alla-.k ihc toiic';. ‘1 oionel J.dm,-
ton l)cin!j well ac(iua.inlcd v. illi the coiiii-
trv, wa.-i instantly despatcheil to appi'ise
jjcneral Hulherford ofthis re.-jolutio.i.
Lale.in the ovenin;; tbey commenced
their march from Moiiiilaiti creek, and
passint'- down the south sitie of t!ie ir.oun-
taiii, ibey halted at the west end of it a-
bout an hour in tl'*e nii^lu, and theonicers
convened tf) determine oil the plan ol at
tack. It was a'vreed that the':uin])a!iies
commanded by captains Tall-., M‘Dow ell,
and l>randoiu should I'cl on horseoaik
and t;o in fionl: no (nher ai-ran:’;' nicnts
were made, and il v.as left to the otlicers
to be i^o\erncd by circumstar.>’es alter
they should reach tlie enemy. 1 hey re
sumed their march, and arrived wilhin
a mile of the cnemy^s camj) hi clay-!)reak.
'I'he tories wer' encamp'.'d on ii hill,
three liiindred yai'ds cjmI ol Ranis(»ur s
mill, and half a mile north of the present
llourisbin,'^ villa;,;e ol l.incoln;ti. 1 he
ridiift* slri’tclii'd neatly to tlie cast on th('
s(nith-side of tlu; mill pond, tind ll;e rciud
leadintj tci the ruckas'‘i;e lord by the mill,
crosses the poiiil of the r‘ ’i>;e in a tiorlii
w t'slern direclioti. ’I'he toi ies occupied
an exi elleiit posiTnni c i li'ie siimniit ol
the I'idi^e ; iheir i’i";hi on th;.‘ road Iront-
in;;; the south. 'I'he ndi^e has a veiy
(gentle slojje, and w..s liuMi itKerspersed
with (nly a few trees, and the lir'j ol the
Lories had lull rake in iVoi.t for inoie than
two hundred yards. '1 he loot ol the
ridije was Ijouuded by a ;;lade, the side ol
wl.ich was covend wit!i buslu's. '1 he
road i)a.;sed the western end of the i;-’.»'.de,
at ri^'lit ani'Ies; opposi’e the t\nire (d
the line and on this road a fence extended
IVom the ^lade to a jioitil opposite tiie
ri^'ht of tlu' line—the pic(}tiet j.;nard.
tvvehe in lu.mrer, v,t;re stationed on the
road, tw o hundred anil til\\ yards south
of the s'\ huiidi'.Hi yard.s IVfjr.i
the encai)!j)menl.
The c(;inpatiies of captains Falls. M‘-
Dowell, and ijrv.mlon, beiii!;- mounted;
tl’.e (..iher lr(;oj)s under colonel Lock',',
were arrani’ed in the road, two dee]), be
hind them, and witlujut any other oi’j^an-
t'/ati(;n orlji der--, they w ere man bed to
battle, ^^’h.en the hotsemen came wilh
in si^lit (d' the ])ic(jiiet, they plainly ];er-
ceived th.at theii- a])|)roach had tml l'('en
aiiticijiated. 'i'hi j>i( (]iiel fired and lied
tow ards their t. ani]j. The horsenu ti |)ur-
sued, and turnuii;- to tTiC rit'-lu out of the
road, tliey i;de 'i|) within thirty stej)s of
the line and filed al tin tories, who beiiit;
in confusion, had not comjiletely formed
theii- line ; but seeiiii; only u few men as-
sailinj:;^ iheni, they .tjiiickly recovei-ed
from their jianic and j)oured in a destruc
tive file, which oblijyed the horsemen to
n'treat. 'I'hey retreated in disorder,
; assiiifj thrcnii'h the infant! y, who were
ad\ancino ; several of the infantry joined
them and never came into action. Al a
convenient distance ihe greater pat-l of
th'' I'.orsemen i allied, and i eluruing to the
light, exerted ihemsehes with sj)iril du
ring its continuance. 'i’he infantry hur
ried lo keep near the horsemen in luii-suil
ol’the picquet, and their moveiuenls !>e-
ing very ii-regular, their files were opeti-
I d si>^ or eight siej)s. and w hen tlu- front
ajti.i'oached liie lui ies, the rear was eigh
ty jiok’s bach.
'i'he lories s.-eing- the efieci of their fire,
came down the hill a little distance and
were ill fair vievs. Tlu- iidaiitry of the
whigs kejil the ro.id to the j\oint belaeen
ill'- ;;i..d" and’ the corner of the fi nc.', oj)-
I ])osiie t!ie I eiitr>“ of tlu- lories, llej-e the
■ction was n lu’v, rd ; tiie front lired seve
ral times belore tiie rea."  anie uj). 'I’he
toiies biing'on their lell. ihev de])lov(-d
to the ii,.;hl in fiont oi' the e;!ade, and
tame into actimi witl-.out order or svs-
lem. In some ]:hice-, tiiey wcie (.rowdcd
logethrr in i-ach olhei-‘s way ; in othe;
])L;ces tli('re wi-re none. .\s thi' i-ear
I ame Uj) llu-y (iccu]iii (l tiio.e ];lui e aiul
'he line gi iHliially eMepdin;;'. ilie ai tioii
bi'( ame i^eiieial and olisiin .tc on bol!i
'-ides, ill a few minutes the lories bi-g-aii
to retire lo then- position on the toj) of
the ridge, and s(on iVil Iia'k a little be-
liind the ridge to siulter jiurt of iheir
h'ldies fi om the lire (d the wliies who
v.ere T.irlv exjiosed to their lire. In this
sitiiaiion lln ir tire lieeaine so destructive,
hat tl-,e w!iig^sl\‘!l bai k lo the bushes
ui ..I- tlie idade, ;ii:d the ti/ries It-av iiig^ iheir
'.d'- ],(.'^itiwi, jiursued tht'ui half way
'ow ;i ’!,i> 1 id: e. \t this m on ten I i an tain
il;.:deii ivj :i !'a:tv tjl’ v. hi.r-' tnlo the
HeLi, :;:ui utuier cover cf vho Icncc !
'up a galling fi"e on ilie right ilci.. ol
the loi ie.s : and some of the whigs di.^-
covering lluit tlu- ground on their right
was mure favoral.de lo i,rotecl tdiem from
the fire of the toiies, ohlitiued in that di
rection towards the east end ol the g.ade.
This movement gtive theii* line the]M'o])ei
exlettsion. 'I'hey cotititiued to oblique
until they turned the leit Hank of the to
iies : and the contest l;eing well main
tained in the centre, the lories beg-an to
retreat up the l idge. They found part of
iheir position occniiied by the whigs. In
that (j'tarter the action became close, and
the jiariii's mixed together in two instan
ces, and having no bayonets, they struck
alcach other with ll'.e butts of their guns.*
In this strange contest several of the to
ries were taken prisoners, and others ol
llu-m divesting themselves of their mark
of distinction, (which was a twig of green
pine lop stuck in their hats) intei-mixed
with the whigs, and all being in their
common dress, they escaped unm^liced.
'I'he tories finding the left ol their posi
tion iii ];0ssossion of ll'.e IVhigs. aiifl their
centre being closely |)iessed. r;-lrealed
down the ridge towards the mill. e\[)Osed
to the fire (;f the cent re, and jf cupl iin
Hardin’s company behind the feitces.
The whigs jmrsued until tliey got entire
])ossession of the ridg-e, whe;i they ]n'r-
ceived to their astonislinient lhal the lo
ries had coh'ected in furce on the other
side of the creek, beyond ir.er.iill. 'I'hey
exp-''ted the light would i>e retu’.vi'd and
altem|;ted lo I’oi iii a line : but only eighty-
six men. could be ])a’’aded. Some vvere
scaitered dm in.g the' at liuti, otiiers were
attending to tlieif woiituled friends, and
afie 1- repeated enbrts nol more than an
hiiudrt-d and ten cinild be collected.
Iiilhi> ])erilous sil'ialion (f things, it
was resolved that major Wilson and cap
tain William Alt xander, of Howan. should
hasten to general Hulherford and urge
him to ])ress forward to their assistance.
KiitherfordI'.ac'marched early intlie mor
ning. and al the distance of six or seven
miles from Hamsoiii-’s. was met by Wil
son and Alexander. - Major I'avis’ cav;*.l- j
ry w t're started at full galk>p. and colonel
Dav idson's infantry wei e ordered to has-i
ten on w ith all |)OSbihle s];eed. Al the
end of two miles thry v.ci-e met by olhei-s I
from the battle, who infoinied them lhal
tl-.e tories had retreated. Ti-.e mat-ch was
eontinueil, and the troi.ps arrived on th*
ground two horrs afier the battle luul
closed. 'I'lie dead and most of the woun
ded were still lying v. here they fell.
As soon as the action began, those of
the tories who had m,> arms, and several
who had t-eluriied across t’he creek.
They w ere joined by others w hen they
were first healen back U]> the ridge, and
by two hundred that were v\-ell armed,
who had arrived two days before from
Lower creek, in IJurke county, under cap
tains Whiston and Murray. Col. .Moore
and major Welch soon joined them, and
those of the lot-ies who continued the
iighl to the last, crossed the creek and
joined them as soon a;; the wliigs got pos
session of the ridge. Believing lhal thev
were com[)Jelely beaten, they formed a
stratagem to secure their retreat. About
the lime that ilson and Al'-xander w ere
des[)alched to geiu ral litilherforcl, th.ey
sent in a Hag under a ])i ete!i( e of proi)()s-
ing a susjiension ol hostili;ies, to make
ai'raiig-eim Ills lor tal-.in:;- care of tlu- woun-
(h.'d and buryin;;- the ilead. 'J'o ])revent
the Hag ollicer from jx-rcoiving. their
small num!);-r, niajivr James Rutherfordt
and aiuuher (dlii (-r v.ci-e ordt'red to meet
iii'.n a short dislanci' in fi onl «jf the line.
The proj)osition being made, m:ij. Uuih
erford demanded that the tories should
surrender as prisom-rs within ten min-
iiti-s, and then tin; arratigemfms should
he made which v, ere rei jncgi'd. In the
meantime Miiorc; and elsh gavir orders,
iliat su' h (d their men aswt-re on foot, or
h;id iiili.'rioi’ horses, should mo\e olf sing-
.\ (.1 riiiaii, in thi ranks of *:in toric.--, mi.'t-
in;;- i jusi v.jtli ;i'i aeijiiaiiitanri' li. f(]|-e li'- di>,-
I I 'i >Ti'd 111 III,  M'l.iiiiii d, “ 111 . i’ll |\- ' w Ir , a re
von Ini’c ' Will, I \w)iild nut hurt on liah-on
voiir lii'ad, li. i ;tusi- I lias ncv ( r kiiuw n :iiiv iiarin
ol' >on. .,id;, tli;,l ynii u:i. I.\-bi l.” liillv, w!;o
via-, hot IjUltl- M) ^-1 IK -njd ’lOm' v.as
I inptv, made a stroke ; f j,i>. hi n:l u ith tin- lii|'f
i/t it, I,111 nn-s. (I h.iii—“ lloh,” -lii! Ills aiifa-D-
n.' t, " stoi)—sliil, — si(.!i—I i ,!i M if a L'oini;- lo
stand still ;iiiil l„. kill, likr a d- i;, tool, 'm. '
and tin.! ■ a hlovv’ at |!illv, u),,, j,,. ;
iiiit Ills c.iim.i;.-, wIiuM- ^iin \ i'lid' d. elap-
p. .1 ill. nin//.h t l(iM to li'ini, and lidL n lli’e poor
1,'in I'niiaii. ' I
I >1,11 i.t t!i(‘ i;i III I-.1.I, !!( V t.,;-!’, I .j I
ot i'll Li.i. vis •
ihev ccaK.
and wl.on
i‘eiu:-iH'd, nut more than hliy ro-
,v,-i-e i. 'I'licv immediately lied. -*Ioou
wkh tbirtvmen reached the British army
HiCamilen, u hen he was thre-atened *vt,h
u trial by a court martial for disobedience
of orders, in attempting' to embody the
rovalists before the time appointed by the
c.mmumdcr in chief. Jle was treated
'with disi-espect by the British on'icers,
and held in a state oT disagreeable sus
pense : l)ul it was at length deemed im-
jjoliilc to order him beiore a court maf-
tial.
As there was no organization of either
parlv, nor regular reltirns made alter the
action, the loss could not bo ascertained
with correctness. I'ifty-six lay dead on
the side of the ridge where the heat of
the action prevailed : numy lay scattered
on the Hunks, and over the. ridge towards
the mill. It is believed that seventy w'et-e
killed, and that the loss on eadi side was
nearly equal. About an hundred tneti on
each side were wounded, and liliy tories
were taken prisonei-s. The men l.:id no
unilbrm and il could not be to!-d lo which
party many of ihe dead belc;i:g^( ■!. Most
oi’ the w higs woiv a piece of white j)aj)e!-
(Ui tlieir hats in fi-ont, and nutiiy of (he
men tn eacli side being exceilent i-ille-
men,ll-.is paper was a iiiark al which the
tories often fircil, and several oi' tin-
w higs w ere .slioi in the head. 'I he trecf-
bidiind v.jiieh both whigs and lories oe-
(-asiunally took slvlti'r, v.ere L^^-azed b\
the ball;. ; and one tree in i.-a ticuLr, on
tiie lefl of the lory line, at the root ol
wliich two bi-olhers lay d.-ad. was g-razed
by lliiee balls one side, and hy two on tiie
otl’.er.
In, tl'.is bnttle neighboi-s. near relations,
and jiersoiial frieiuls futtghl against each
other, ar.tl as the smoke would from linu-
to time idow' oil', they could recognise
each other. In the evening, and oti th.e
next day, the l elations atid fi iends of the
dead and woutnled came i;i, and a scene
was wilne-s'^.ed truly aiilicting tci the feel
ings of humanity.
Ai'ier the action commenced, scarcely
any orders were given by the ofiieers.
They fought like common soldiers am!
an’mated llu'ii' nijn by t'-.eir exam;;!e,
and they suirered severely. C'aiVLaitis
I'alls. Dobon, Siiiilli, Bowman and ,\r:r.-
slrtJiig were killed; and cajUains Hous
ton and M'Kissick wounded. Of liie to
ries cajitains Cutn'iei land. Murrav and
Worlock were kill'-d ; ami captain C’ar-
])enler vvou’id(-d. l ew either of the ofi'i-
cei-s or men had ever bt;eii in-battle be
fore.
vnoM A i.atf. ldndon PAi’int.
fl-Tdol’S I,1,(.AT. r\rT,
^v e do not recollect a more striking
instance than the folio-,ving, id’ unset t!])ii-
lousncss, (if we may use such a word,j
assti.-ance atid ingenuity in an ad vocale.
About seventy yeat s ago the celelji-a-
“ Counsellor” Cosjello was in his zi nith
at till* Irish Bar, where he was unrival-
eld lor wit, acuteiii's;, and propen-iitv ol’
l)roguo. His j)ra(hiie lay considerablv
in the criminal Coiirt>, ’ wlu i-e bv hi's
ingenuity he enabled many desei’-ving-
eul])rits to evade the well earned jmnisli-
ment of the law. He wa one day sum
moned lo N'ewgate in a threat Imri'v, aiid
in a case ol ;;real emei ;;-eiiev. 'I'he safe
or strong Ijox ofthel.Miik d'(Ilendou r k
('o. had been plundered to an imtm-nse
amount. Siisj)i(;:on ha'.l falh'ti u])on the
depiiiy c'.;ishier, v 1h) v> as in con.'v'iiuem r
arrested and seiii to ])i ison, inside of the
w alls (d whiehi lie had not been ten min
utes. bei’ore he was advised by his fellow
])riso?!er (whom o;i his entrance he had
eonciiiated !)y c/miiiig tiowu” iKiiulsome-
!y)Lo send f'jr '• Counsellor” Coslelio.
who would, if ativ man could, save his
lile. Il was in (d^edienee to tliis s'immons
that the‘C(;iins.'llor’ rt-jjaired to New
gate—a i>rartice nol very general here,
])ernap',, bul nol al all iiiuisual in iJuh-
iin.
‘I am told yon at-i* conmittted for
liurloiniug 10,o0i> gninea-., niv dear
said the Coiin:v.'!lor as In; en»i'red tlu-
eril.
‘ I am.’
‘ A re V on guilty ;’
‘i r 1 ’
‘ llavi* you the f/yc’f.'t//}
‘ I don’t tinde’.slaiid voii.’
‘ Did yon do t!ie tliii'i;.-
Sn, j (>u iiiiiilt |j\- Your fuisni-
I ions.’ ■ ■ ■ ‘
‘Then l)y .T—s vov’H be han-ed’-
aiid the ( oiinsellor took hishal.
•ilcdd. Sir.’ satd the prisoner—win
:d;er a lit'le lu-siiuiioM co.d'essed that lu
w as able to ],ay t!ie Counsellor a ihousum
! j.iieas li 111- should p,oi-iire lii.; aetjtiii
'^^l—the barKain wa •. i.inick and th.
I ounselh r took his h-ivi'.
_rep:dred to tin
^'.^1 e, ! i I'e.vli-i, from 'vliiUi
iiis v:lient had boon coivunittcd. -j
Sitting M-igistrate was still on •
iieiicli.
‘ CJood-morrow, Mr. Akicrmuii,’
the Counselior, as he entered—‘ [j,"'
any thing new to-day—any thiu;r
rintc in niy way
‘Ves, a most extraordinary cuse l-
occurreil. One of Cilenduwr's elc '
h.as abstracted from the strong box -
the bank ten bags, each cont,i' ’ ' ^
till,'
s;iN
inuiiij ic
guineas in gold. He was arrested iV,',
morsiing: some of the pfo]KM-ty « '
fouiul on him. and has been swo' u to. ''i
sent him to Newgate about half u„
since, and he’ll certainly swing after ti,',
next commision,’ (C>kl Bailey Session,.)
* 'I'he projierty swoi-n to ! ,
/A)unds, hovv' can that be? One
is like anothei, and—
‘ 'I'rue, true ; b-at with the guiue-ds ihe
f('l!ovv stole some foreign gold coins, c-.
of which, a broad Dutch piece,
found on him when he was arresteil • i*
has been identified by ihe chief cashit-r;
so you will admit he has no dunce oi’
es(*a])e. Here it is,’and he huaJcJ ih..
coin lo the Counsellor.
Costello took the piece of money iiuj
his hands, looked at il most atteniivciv
turt^eil it in hishamh and, after cuiisiijc’r*.
ing il w ith the air ol a virluoso, religiii'd
it to the Alderman, with ‘ Upon mv
con.-eieuce, as clear a case as ever 1 idc;’
.M’tersome unim])orlant con\,ersatioii h-
wiilwltvw, w etU. home, and by the imrki*:,
whieh Sailed that night, he despaithcd ^
trusty messenger to Amstenlani, v.iiii
eeitain iirtruetions, and a strict inp.n^.
lion to be bai k in Dtiblin wiiliin tbitj
•veejss.at the end of which the C>Jnllni^,.
ioti of Oyei- and Terminer was tu cuii|.
menee.— I'he man succeeded in the ob
ject of his luis'.ioii, and relni-ned to Dub
lin on the very mornhig of the duy ;j>
;)ointed for the ti-ial of his master's dien;,
'I'he prisoner was |mt upon trial.—Th;
prim ipal Cashier (d' (ilvmlow r and Co.
|)roveil the cireiimstaiu-.es (d' the rob'iery
as narr.i'ed by the .\ldeiinan to Cottfl-
lo, addim; that the robber (who couli
be none bul the pi-isoner ; had siihLuif.rcl
ten l>a ;s of halfpence for those oi'.ffoi
whieh lu- had stolen.—The Dutch jiute
was tlu-n hatided lo the w iltu'ss hv the
Coutjsel for the pro'.cciition : he identified
il as the jiropeily of his em])luyers.—
This (‘V idetice w as deemed coiichisivi'—
the pi isoner's countenance chatr^ed—the
.lury incIioal(-d by their gestures tlut
thev wt're satisfied ; the witness was de*
! scj'tiding from Ihc LihL,* when Custciio
«-X( lanu'd—
I ‘Stoj). young man, a word with yo-i'.
I I will thank for that gold pii-ce. Mr.
j to tlu- (’ounstd for llie iiroseciitiuii. vihi
^ hatided it to him'^ he looked at it.rubV-J
1 il on the sleeve (d’hi.s well w orn coat, aiii
! then, tiirniiv.^: to ll’*' "iuiess, saiil, huidirg
; i!>.e piece of money in his fingers—•„!
vou j)ositiv*‘lv swear this i> the idi’iiiitil
jjiece of ;;okl w hiidi was in the stronjjbux
of (Ilendowr '■ Co. }
‘ I do. ’
‘Have a care, young man, look at it
again.’ said C-ostello, oli'eriiig il to die
witness, but. letting it fall itito his lut,
whit h lay befote him on the table. ‘Hi'g
yinii- [)krdon,’ said die, taking up
handing the coin to ihewitn'ss—
are sure that il is the identical picce ui
monev
‘ 1 am.
* Vou are positive .' Look at it a:rai!i.'
‘ 1 do ; and swear U is the identical
jiiece.’
‘ .\nd this ?' sAid the Counsellor, tak
ing another and a similar piece Iroin hH
ha;~
The witness was petrified.
Costello had al the Crijwn OITirr in'.*
])i'essed ujxjn his mind the date atid >1'
ligies (jf t‘!u' gohl pit 11- shown him. uml
it was lo j)t-oeiii-e some similar coins ihuC
he ‘had --ent to 1 Iidlaiid.
‘ And ////.?.-^’ continued he—‘and tlii^i-;"
au I thi:.taking a ft-esli jjiece Irom li‘»
hat at each (juestion.
Till' v.'itness was sti tick diinib. fl’-
])i-ison.:r was immediately a'ciiiiitteil.
* rlie wilnc'isrs in the l;-!'>h Courts |I'--
Iheir ev idi in;;- i: i)in tlu- table on " \
st.md, and not fi’ciii witness bo\es as in
lijiintry.
Burns was neve:- in (Jrernock hiito^i'^j
and lhal was w ht-n about to take hi', i*''
sage to the Wi-s* liulies. Ou that"''”
sioti, however, hi. satiri al s])irit s-'
birth to one laustie reiiiark, w hidi is’ij'
;;"ood .to be lost, and' has not yet, as hn
we reeolh'ct, aiqj'-ai-ed I'l .ew here-
gone down lo the harbor, to \ievv tli“''‘p
which lie iiad tlestii.edlo c.arrv him
his native sh.ore., he ;ii-! ived just as a !-,i
tletnati. e;oing (jii boat-d on the s.ini'
, ' . tid. had the mi'ftjrluiie to
i fall into th(‘ w u'ei-between ihe''hi[>
and tilt- (|u.iy. i5y the intre])idi'.y 'i'”-'
ertions of u seanuiti, who instant!} ]’■
!;ed in a.fit r him, le‘ was saveil
(Irowning and bi'oiight on board
>ll'.( I- injury save a scund dtickin i,’-
rescii(>, how(-vei-, demanded a ‘ ,
]d> y (;f his liberaliiv towards his
v-i-. and turning lonnd. he. wi'|'
')su-iitation, lemlrred him theiiiigl'^' y
/f .si.rj)>i^i f, as the reward ol his .
lud humanity. 'I'he !)y-'luiid r.s
.isto’iislied, and inveighed k)tifHy
j -i ieh iin])aral!eled tncaiines^.
j > in,lined silent, :vit whenpiessed ''!
: li ■. ojiinion (d‘: e act—“■ \\’hy.
"til" I,! iitlriii, a i, siirelv the bc.s‘J-“»
ll.w C I'.lt/ C'f his O-.Vtl life."
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