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--, Vol. XXI. i?,LIH55OK8T,TJT,ON AND THE LAWS TUG GUARDIANS OF OUB LIBERTY'. Til f US DAY, JAATAUY 87,. 1812. I. II OH, Circumstantial Eildfnce. A f alt f f. ft. J a. arcs, tQ. 1 4 tot if tOfient klg of Grai fVriatn. whose atW wat (!ett, aad ie'qveai'j ia eof p-wed to have gl-sarieheJ oa Vku aide, bin Vf llV.Cos. aeal If tha Xorasn William and tha tUf- a itioa of Mr Church uaJrr ikt rt evaeej ' Brtirak Biarbierd, Henry' tie Wi'sifler an J about the period at which the Brfuah auge coarclf iret trrutgtnta t listener, wader the fore and onditj'a f a aaail,' and the tula af a dligteee, isre ppesred--hy llit id afa highway, which fed log the eomhirn roat f En;tt(!, aoJ that spot with a aa. .l ant, atiU ratted ihe Land'e End a eoliury public house, with a Cult circa let piece l f round before ft end as ap- 4mcb'4 thick planted with trtft be bind it brasd which, apia, was t plext called Tht (5 r Jen; tSoug k it must ba acknoatt Iged that those who did caJ h as arc ery courteous and liberal io their .epithets. Every one; wba baa arm Aloant E.tgroabc, kaoae well liiat ttit Travel laxertowl irgeiati, which it ia . wsibtt ta iaMgm. raa ba prv!ucd at Um atry ar ui.i J occaV ttigi bat m aarb ptina at art iHf baauvrd bad tVi iaa tha arull- kwi .toa sf th tardea ( which I aMiak. and aeaaij arraf wf bbaea, turnipa, and carrat. va all that Iht apat al (rmind revlj boat! Kta that at at lnk4 mpm la tboat dat all bil tairaeat nia, aidmia; ih.t tht gardaa trt M tha ttry dt at tha tlUT tafcieh aaartiaaf tha aaa; aad N'piane, aa if iad'f;ani ai ih pramptiR of tha ( iinf, wwald rt anrtlj p It iht xttj b nt af tb baad at bi(b aar( dariaf all aaoft ttf tba ) tar, bat. htn bt fat rt-atttit ia tha tpnaf aad aatomn, would boatta a bafTrt with hia tridmit pHi tht ctif Itael', which apl away, frwai lima 4atia, a taw af tibbafaa at a bad f 4aia. toftUiar aiih ih aoil ia which thty wtra pUateJs " Tha biMiat itlf bad aa aspect aatwMt ji-wroy, and ua fablat wera taiaed toaarda tha road, tha aairaact btRi rtackrd bj a tlcp, not ap Utddwa. " i Tha f.ea - af tha I .aJWd wit t roerr y fact and a gay; but with all that ha'wat a pradentmta. twkeart that hia wit ahould ga ai fr s It wm!J, matla ont jka tmt Vnaay aio nar, ha I loud ugh Id n . .atr any qiaalon ilut h did not ehoat la fift a m-tr dcfiiiie raply la. tkrd rat bil mtaahif by a knowinf talk, which i t avt lanjibla la tht fanf t af tht law, and alwav t tpakt wrtl of tha ptaea. Ida wift laoktd at if aht eoald kata btea a Qiakan bt wit ait Aaabapiial, hnwaatr, ad it ia auppaacd, or at Iraat waa tap pMtl by iht ptplt ia tht fiaifhhorhood. that tht bttr in lhat bana turned mora t apidly totr than in toy atbti ia tht coun try. her tbia aifhi; batr a gaad bK! af Sim. Cady if ii ta bt proctrvd; Itt aar thiatt falUtw by tht ik!.trncf; Lin 1, aad ia f a bwra wt ahall bt at boast. Thia waa a3 agreed U by bia re)pa in. al'lMMfh vi aay tht trt,th. Firdcrirk, if bt bad pia a a ill. waatd haaa aoaat td a birpt ataaani aa h j.h to tf,c f.tad nddea aa at full ape id taaaidt tfit and f bit iarafy. By thia ti aa it au U fiabiiif ta graw tik, ta that bt would kata bd a dakaa rl; it waa raw'mf aa bi4 at it tald poar, aa that bt wnatd bar bad a c lJoct. and bt bimarlf waa already tiirtwely tired; aa that trtry diitf tftaaed ta thow that, thu(h con irarr ta Jtia aaa iarliaaiioa, bia atay at thtlna would b for bia benefit. Oq anitiDf at iba plara of public re erptM-n wt hatdrarribrd, tha Uatelleia m.la kaawn their porpoae, both ta tht driatr af lit dilijeaea tnd to tht larnlWd af tht Iitn. Tht firat of thttt taa ftt aoaata. at ht intended to chart full prie tht whU war, caied aery (ittla whether thty weal with bit) or not. Tht landlord, on bia part, towrd that ht raald (let iht tia.tllera tht beat of at cry thing; eat that tht gentlemen tsoit pot vp ith a lt'gt double-bedded room, aa ta err Mbtr room ia tha pHeo waa aeetpied. Piterick tid. that ha bnped thai it waa at tho bark, aa ihey ahould ba oat of iht way af all tht noiet and diamibanct Inch waa t tea then g iiag on in thtlroai. Tbia tha lahdloid declared waa qaita im paeeiblrs there wae but ont room they eoald bat, and thai waa in front It wit capital Mom, however, bt laid. large and Momr; and they were eona qweady oMed to nakt ap their aiiudt taiiietr late. ' ' " Aa ta tht food aet before them, tht landlord kept hia word. Tht dm waa oat txetllmt, aad lhoth either Claret or Bogialy wit aa unknown eooimodi ly in that He. yai aniaa boat cecliied lhat bt bad eome Purl af a tery tanerior qaatity. eeait Madeira which bad tnde wort aayagea round iht world iban Cook and Anaon lugeihrr, and ooatt brandy, which atao bad ben at much improved by travtUinf at any patr't tua in iht i realna'.' if- ' ' ' ' A riaekliflf firt of dry wood, cheerful light, thoagh they wart btl ultow eio dlta. toint eseetleat fiah, aomt game, for it wat aaa aetacon. with biota4 foal, and other acronpaniieata ttf tht aori, greaily cheered iht traveller; tnd al though tha landlord could procure aa wine tieept Fart, which proved of a tery doubtful and onpleaaant character, and a port! a at which might well ba tuepteied of growing apon EnglWh hedgia, rather than ia Fortugueea aiaeyarda, ha offered ta bring forth ran of each at they had never laeted before, ia their day. That wat to agt in which punch waa eunaider ed at ont ol the miai mbant and potiah td of all btveragea; iht travellere willing ly agreed to beUkt themael vet to iha bowl. and tht diligence aaa winding tlowly a I4nf apoa tha aforemd road, it tht aver age pica af three milea and a half an bout; while lha raia kept beating in at eariae P'rttti af tha eraiy and ill contrived vehi cle, whan ana traveller in tht inidt ttid it another' Forty aii'ti more, Fradt riek, forty toilti more." Aye, a iid the other, and thia enail of a raichine f-iei an at if it never in tended It arrive it tht end of tht j iur ''ey. : -l " While joor heart fliet on with iht 'wingi af lat, replied tht firat who apoke; "and yel cannot reach Mary'a feet aay faaier ihin tht diligence. The )wa gentlemen who thai eonvera al wart tola teaame of the machine, and ihey wera both young men of fie or nt-and-laenty teare of age. The ont who wat called Frederick, and whoae name waa. moreover, PrevoU waa by far the hanJ"met of lha two, and upon tht whole a very good looking man, though there wat a certain grave ind ' anioue Itok abml hia countenance, which thoae who loved him and hia friend'a aiater Mary, waa one of thoat who Lived him moat tlrd deeply intereatingl 'while (Sate who did not (ova htm pronounced - it to ba gloomy Ind aullen. Sullen ht waa hot, for bit waa. in truth, a vary quick and impetuoue nature; but bt had a trong imagination, and waa by no meane addicted tn over bright hnpee. 1 After hia fiend had apoken, ht remained ailentfor t minote or two. and then aaid Well, Willr, when will the deligence arrive af Itr ailf ' 1 v' : ; Not till ihiVtima to-mnrrow, repti td hia rompanion, laughing. ' r' v Nonenae, Viii.n (iort."aaid Frf deriek; "Voa do not mean to aay that the wretched thing will take four-and-twcniy houra to gi forty mile!' " ? : Why, ii elope at a little Inn a mile or tan farther. replied William fiore, for fght houra toaleep, aa it ie Called, thd yon mat ihink vooMelf very lucky if yon di tht real of tht journey in tix teto houra more. ' " ' Frederick Fravot hit hi Vp. and Hid 'f'annot we gat a ehaef' ( 1 r ' Not on inch a night a thia, replied hie companion; Iteide4 there i none t ha had here. However, incvaideia ln of your lier like anxiety, I'll tell )ou ahat wt will Jo.' We will ateep It waa a natr, aqaollrrrainy arternoot i and iht rum pioduced by iht landlord evtnau,td bit promiat in eieelleoeo. and raaot tht travel lei a marvel at finding any thing io emlient in a country Inn. They ware deep in their potation, when the landlord entered with the coachman of iha diligence, a ho, knowing that tht iraeellere did not intend to go on with him, bow appealed to demand bia fare, lloih put their handi in iheir pocket, ind William. Gore ipeedily aetiled hi own pari al tha charge. Frederick Pre vol. however, felt ia hia pocket in vain; ha drew out a numher of lettere and paperi. nd then laid, with a laugh, " Lend me aome money, William. I inuet have left my pocket book in my portmanteau.' Alter affecting for a moment to rrfuae, o aa to make bia coaipunuia loaieohat angry, William Gore gave the money thai waa wanted, and ihey wanton wMi their eupper. The lender alt and drank more than the borrower, and toaarda ten o'clock ihey retired to real in tha double bed Jed loom which the landlord had men tinned. Frederick Previa had one quality, alticli ia not tery unusual with quirk aud impetuout men, ht ilepi. when ba wi aleep. like a atone, though it waa often long after bil head touched the pillow ert elumber vitited hi eye. It waa thua on the night which I have mention ed; for an h"tir or more ht lay lietening la all iht noiiei of tht Inn. and there were many; but after that ha fell into a aleep ahich eeenied at aound aa death itself Wt maat now take up a ntw pereonagt in tha drama, and apeak f tha Boota of tha Ion, who at aa'earlr hour ol ilia fU lowing morning went to the door of iha lr4elleie room to wake them, a he had been told; Al firat he nnxleatly knocked,1 but no aner being returned, he went in and opened the window ehut'er. What waa hia aurprUe, however, to find the bed next to the window, in which William Gora had alepi, if the poor wretch, in deed, had been allowed to eteep at all, now vacant, though aadly toeaed and tumbled about, the, pillow and tha bed-clothei de luged in gore, and all the aigna. in fact. of aomt terrible act having been commit. ed.---. ! .!-': -j .; ?-' ' ' Boota looked round the room and into iha other bed; and then quitting the cham ber in batte, Hd the hndlord what he had beheld. The landlord, the chamber mud, iheoetler, all inatantlf ruehed t tl t piogreaa af lit eader, by teudieg 14m iwtarJiaiely for a c our table aad a aeigl boring ji.tue. Tbt reat of ibt pai ty ibea retained with tha Buo't to the double-bedded room, a here Itey found ttet tbieg at Biota bad deribd; and, aooreaver, dieeoverd 'that iht tovel and baaia which FrecVntk Preroi bad d tht aighi before, aire ttaiaed with blood; and aa peeping into tht bed, wbtrt be lay emiad aahep, bia face and pillow fonod hi be allghtl v bloodv. while bia rirhi berrd aad area, which wae abttched aat elergrmaa aba went with him ta iff.-rd htm epiniaalciiaaolaiioa. wieaf ibalapa aioa, and meanooed it ta the ahernf, w Ue rode by the aiJe of tht cart en boraeback. adding that iht praoner bad taated bo food thu day. Tbt ihenff wit t lind-heirted man. and ina'iDtly approaching the prieoaer, bt taid, -Yon teeat faint, air; a ill you take a little wint at that public booae, or tome biandy, or any thing thai yon like! "Sit. replied Frederick; I will lake nothing ih.t can prolong oy caieery, even above tht bed-rluthee, had a good deal of . for a moment; and tgaia bt aauk imo blood Ofon tht fingert and vpoa tht ahiri. lilenet. Tht landloed wiacly determined apt ta During tha reel of the journey, the wak't Urn till iht funiutle came, and ia clergyman apoka to bim from lima to lha meaa time further perquiaitioaa a ere I time, chiefly for the porpoeeof giving made. The et.ira were coveted with dropi' him ahat comfort ba euulJ; but at length of gore; facet ol lha urae kind oert m-l j approaching iht moor, and ibt dark lint wiib ill tfa aiy throtgh the girdea to lha of the galloaa wt aeea riing in the even. wp ai me oaax abort iht tea; footaiept i mg air, tht good man. in a low lone, org wert ceepiyeuni in lie plaaby ground.il 'td Frederick eiracatly if a man heavily laden had paerd along; 'crime. and i aomt ilaeei long trailing muka ert lound, which might aery well have been produced by a person dngging along a dead body to throw it into the aea below. At length ihe constable arrived: Fredcii k Prevoi wit awakened aiib difficulty, and gazed around with a look of aatoniihmenl, which if feigned, waa eenamly very well put on. Thai look of astonishment changed ta indignation an being charged with the murder of hia friend, and ha bad well nigh knocked down the man aho mailt tht accusation, but ht refrained: and what waa bia horror, when, on rising and dieiiig himself, he waa told io do, iha poekei-book of William Gore, mark ed with a bloody thumb and finger, wat ta roaieit ibt Tbt young pntoner turned lo ly found apoa bim, and taid, Woald yon have me di with a lie in my month! l am iunocent; and my ianocenca will emt day be proved. i - Soon after ibia, tht fatal poi wat retch ed. and ti it wit bow beginning to grow twilight, til iht rest of the terrible pro ceedtngt wert hurried a much a possi ble. Frederick Pre vol showed firmneei and teadinesa in all. and more etrength than people bad believed ho poeed. Though the crowd which had been there from tbt morning was somewhat uimioteh ed, tht oumbera wert ttill contiderable. and while the executioner wat in tht act ol adjusting tht rope, the ptisoner turned to the people, and atd in a loud, clear voice found under hit pdloa! . J Bemember. tverr ont ol too, that tht Were. o toMUw ihafaahtoa of UUt Ust moment of my life, and with nay, wa auouiu owe.t upon um examin jtne very last oieatn, t declare that l am atiou before iht magistrate, and hit trial innocent! - Now, ht continued, turning b)fort a jury of hi country; but ff to the hangman, V i all leadyf the akt al being lingular, or rather per ! Yea. replied the man, drawing the hap, f going a ttep even beyond our eap over hia face.' and a ithout waiting for content porauee, vie will pari overall the ; any further word, f rcdertck Prevoi threw inridcuu of hia trial, and daell upon the et II more painful incidente of bia execu tion. Yea, reader, upon hia execution; for the chain of circumstantial evidence wa ao lining 'that the .additional facta which came out on the Hi. I, namely that lit bad no money in tht preceding night la pay the coachman, that the pocket book ahich ht had pretended wia in hia poil'aanteau could nolbe diacovered there, aud thai iba chamber-aaiJ bad heard a man go out and coma in, were quite uf ficieul to convince ibe jury of hie guilt. Not q doubt indeed, manned on ihe mind of any person but one, and that waa the iaUr of iht murdered man tht premis ed bridt of bita who wat about to tnd hia day a span the) icaffold. Sht did not believe him gudiy; ehe knew him will, he loved him long, and it would have taken evidence ten timet ttronger, even to raised a doubt in her mind. She open ly and boldlv declared her conviction of bia innocence: aht vuited bim in iht tM-iaoffi uk leave of bim with len derneai and devotrn; ahe consoled bim wiiii reiterated aeaurancee thai ane aaa aa certain uf hit innocence, it of ber own. Tht fatal morning dawned at length, tnd aa it waa then tha custom to execute persons condemned for murder in chains, and ai near tha tpnt where tht deed bad been committed at possible, the lenience of Frederick Prevot declared that he waa to be hui g h chains upon tht moor, bout half a mile from the Inn ahere he bad pasacd that inauspicious night. Tht pneon in which ho hail been confin ed waa at aome diatarce, and though the time tppointcd for bit execution wae ear ly in the day, the gaxing spectators, aho had assembled to witness the agony and death of a fellow-creature, were diaap pointed for tome . houra of lhat pleasant pastime by variou accidents and missd venture! which look place, aud interrup ted the mareh of the aad proceasion from the far off county town. It aeetued aa if nature opposed herself to the hanging of an innocent man. Tht carl, in which, loaded with heavy iroot and icated upon atraw, ht waadiaan to warda the moor, broke down at tha end of the firat five mile, and it took a long inta to repair it. It wai then discover ed that ihe man who had undertaken the terrible office of executioner, and who not withstanding certain lavage propensitiei ol hia nature which led him that way, was so much of a novice as to be nervous and uneasy, had slipped off secretly; nor wss it till long search had been made, lhat he waa found, drinking large dtaughts of spirits in a pubic house. Ua was then placed in the same cart with the prison er, and the march re-commenced; but eomt aay father on, in going up a very ateep hill, the horat that drew the earl fell down dead in the harnras. and a new deUy took place while another horst waa tnt for. Thttt the agony of lhat ter li bit j 'iiirney w aa prolonged to poor Frede rick Prevot for many houn, and hia frame.' worn with imprisonment, with the struggle of hope and fear, with indig nation, anguish, and despair, teemed rea dy to link under the protracted luffering thue. inflicted on him, ind many of thase whit accompanied the procession serious ly thought thai he would die before he wards the iiatr, but lha landlord itoppedi leached the foot of the gallow. Tlut himself violently off tht ladder, tnd re inained tuipeuded beiaeen heaven and earth. , A low murmur ran through tht people, ndit waa t lad ont too, lor there was something in the manner of hit death abtch thot'k tht conviction aven of thoae aha had previously fell most turd of hi guilt. Some indeed, went away, taying that ht died game, but the great majority of iht multitude teparated with a feeling that, on lhat moor an innocent man bad juat been murdered. .' ' " ' ' such waa iht conviction ol t snepneru. tn elderly man, who fed the flock of a neighboring squire, the loid of the manor; and ahea he went home he give hie wife n account of the wholt proceeding, add ing. " They may tay what ihey like, but I am very sure that poor gentleman did not kill ihe other one, and I shouhPnot wonder if the truth were found out aome Al wi usual wiih this old mm, in the very grey nf tht following; day, ha led lorth hia theep to paature, and iht lee I ingt ht had experienced on ihe preced ing night, naturally made him turn hia steps towards the grllowt on the moor. Though it wat a terrible eight to are tht body of a human being banging there loaded with heavy chains, yet tht old man felt an interest in all thai had occur red, which made him pause and look up. In the meantime, tht theep began to take a wrong direction, and he called hia dog to turn them back. What waa hia tur- prise, however, when ht heard a faint voice which seemed to coma from tha gibbet, inquire, I there anv body there!" and, " For God's sake! lake me down, or end my life, for this is very dresdful." . The voice evidently came from the mm who had been hanged, although the cap, which waa atill over hia face, pre ver.ted the shepherd from seeing hit lips most. At first, tbet.l l man had atarted with terror and neatly aonk to the earth, but now bit natural exclamation waa. Good Heavens! are you not dead yet!' No," replied ihe voiee, uor even hurt, except by remaining so maney houra here. The rope doea not press my neck st all; and somehow I am hanging by my lege and arms.' "Slay, atay, cried tht shepherd, ea ger! v; I will get a ladder, and lake you down; but do not apeak io any one else, for fear they should hang you again.' Thus saying tht old shepherd isn fas ter than he had ran for thirty years, to a detached barn and rick-yard at a short distance, in which were lying several thatching ladders. Taking the largest of these, be was speedily at the footvf the gibbet, and hid aoon placed the feet of poor Frederick Prevot firm upon one of the roundi of ibe ladder. t It wat no w ve ry evident how he escaped death. The hangman, both inexperienced and hall drunk had twined the tope round the chains in such a manner thu the noose never alipped at all, and the lateneas of tha hour at .which the sentence waa exe cuted, prevented (he mistake from being perceived by other. ; The very eudden ness of the spring which Frederick had given, had entangled ' tho cordt more atrongly than aver in iht chain, and a tht laatatrong exertion which he made had exhausted, for tht limt, all hia remain fug corporeal power, btf Mated belarebe hiavatlf perremd thai the autictpatsa death varaa aided s tffot the obbU Tie Shepherd wtat skilfully though ceatiwBvIv to work ta sel Lias fiee. He oral rat tht cord lhat piaioned lua naeda, aad having ihsa enalle bam ta grasp the ladder fii mly , be cat iba aooea troea round hie neck, aad hastened ta descend. leaV iba room for Frederick to fallow. The poor jaang man, however, was ok feeble, and aa stiff, that it waa with the greateat difficulty be crept down, and even then could aai aopporl himself apoa bit feci, bough the poor shepherd waa in great agitation and terror et aay aaa ahoulJ corat ap, tt tbt taa an aaw fully risen. Foe Firdeeick to reach" hi cotlagt wat quitt oat ol rl.e question; sod at ibt beat thing bt could io for bim. tha aid man eepperied bim ta a deep lotle hollow oa the moor filled a idi tail heath, and bid from aay much Ircqaenled path. There he made bim lie doan. covered him over ae aII aa be eoald. aad kaeteaed borne to get eoeae hot mdk and other reetora lives, aucb aa he thought beat calculated la gia him irengtb la complete hie ee rape. Ilia effort wire fully soeresfJ; Frederick recovered lufficicaily to fetch tha old man! cottage aa' aoon, as it wsa dsik; under the caver af tba aubaeqaent night, ha made hie way toward tbt dvel ling of her who aaa now weeping bim ta dead, and lest forever. Tbe dieappearauce of iht body Irom ibt gallowi excited aome conversation, but email anrpriaa. c Many people aaid the eorpe bad gone to the aa atoraittt and the chaiiti to tht idd iron afaop; oil. ere again declared that the frirndanf the crtmin.l had Carried off the body to bury him; bat no one entertained a eospicion of ibe truth. In the auean while, the ahephotd, at.king aome tea eonable excuse, t at hi flock iuto the charge of a neighbor for .the limt, and accompanied rredenck to tha house ol Mry uoit- Tht old man undertook tht tsk ol breaking 'ihe newi to her, and delicate indeed an that laak: for. it the beat, the ttdinga bad will nigh killed her with joy. Tht door of iht neat aro.ll bouse wuirk she had inhabited tlont unce ber mo iherc death, about too veara before, w oon open for Frederick Prevot, and their meeting waa one on which iwwtU nut do io dwell. He found ber in the dress of a widow; and though l.e mould f.in have lingeied. and would almoit have iteked any thing rallies than leave her again; Mary'a only anxiety waa . get him be yond the ihorvi of bngland ae tpredth i poaatble. - ' ' Sht promised to 'follow bim imme diately if ht aould go to tht Weit 1 diee, and there to unite her fate it hia. Though hia property wis, of course, lost forever, yet here wat ample, according to all calcuUtious of love, and ahepropoaed to aril every ibtng in Lnglviid immetli ately, and tn purchase property beyond ihe jurisdiction of the Fnglnh law. The sum required to enable Frederick himaell lo proceed on his way waa aoon provided; and aa there were no careful uo-i:reei officers watching the porta anxiously lot a man who waa mppoard to be dead, Frederick Prevot was. Buffered to sail quietly away in a Wtst Indian trader, and arrived lately at Jamaica after the ordinary lime occupied by the passage in those day. The captain and aever-I of the paisengerf, indrrd, had remarked about him a certain degree of anxiety and reserve, ahich the captain, who waa a good humoured toul, had striven lo over come by varion little acti of kindles. When the vessel arrived, the captain took him on short in hi own boat, with another passenger, ind promised in show them a house ahere they could get good lodging. , As they were walking along. however, before a row of low elorea and ware homes, the captain and tha other passenger suddenly perceived ihe blood tush up into their companion e fare, and with a leap like that of a maniac, he dar ted forward and eeized the arm of a gen tleman who waa walking alow ly on be fore them, talking lo a negro. The gentlemau instantly turned round and exclaimed, Ha! Frederick Prevoi!" Frederick Prevot!' cried the captain, running up and- guin upon' hie lace." why that is the man that waa hanged for ihe murder of Mr. Gore." "1 am the man that hanged for tht murder of Mr. Gore,' replied Frede rick, turning round, but still holding the other by the hand, "and tint ia Mr. Gore himaelf, for a host murder 1 wat hang ed. ;,.- " Well, thia ia tht oddeal ttory I ever heard. cried the captain; "how can two dead men come to meet l Kinga on, Jamaica" " Are yon all joking. Frederickr de bldy waltaia rtriiit-f bit fj iet de ttr at . ia bed." - .-The fool." rrard Wd.Uea Got, "why. the wtvsda ibiag waiia)tpte av pawed!. I at aad drank twoavueb ah at wight, Frederick, sad I a a aw, by a Viohmt bleeding at lha e. 1 aeateked abuut for eoeae cold water aad aaLed . my face, thinking that watdd eioptts t-fct -finding thai ii did am tarreed ia a ! ig, 1 dctetcBincd ta ga aat it the eir I recllecied. hirer, that I bad nut taaeb liked the apteatetjc af the house. ' aad at it waa aereaaary to leave ibeVv I tiid lo a ate J mi. bt a slept site toae; and I thraai aay potVi boot under ' your pillow. I idea went dowa stair aad ii.twihe ewrbari', iauodirg go, down ihiffgh ihe gau'en, whuh 1 iV.d -see a an the prrmlie-g nig hi. ia tie !( tf . the el.ff, ahea, swdiieidy. 1 (uabled up aa ll re ae far bea, aba wert slrog g itg ap a hat I now find wereeeairataad West ludia good, p"n a ttt-ie track.- At first they teem inrlioed e amedet me. j declaring that t aaa a eaotoaa hnuae otR-T err. come down fiaca lid"B, and I -eaold only obtain merry apoa the bard condition l eufferiag an v a If lobe carried ' on board the ihip, which wae thee lyif , fff the coast. They promised lo act aa aa ehor again, ar ! put m ialo the first fiahing boat ihey met witir; but they either' met wth noru. or wert determined aot to keep iheir word in eilher respect, fi r- ihey brought me freight an last. Ieic, -aad with difficulty 1 havt found my aay ! hither, having nothing in my pocket hot a tntiplt al atray guifleaa. I am now.. wailing hert for reaiitarees frora En gland, but certainly bad aa idea t tea' log yon, Frec'eriek, though 1 touk it for granted that your snarnage with-Mary., would be posioned is consequenet of iha uncertainty attending my fat, fl tmmm Hiil fe-a.l. L.n tkim mIm. " view that Mara Gora bereelf arrived, and strange indeed, a ere her sensation, w hen a boat cam nut to welcome her, eon: taioing the brother aad h lover, both of a lino aha bad for a time believed ta bt deed.. ''- ' 'i Tht tvente which I have just di tailed, made t great aensatiow at the t-snc; and iht captain of lha packet anil continued to deelar that ii wa'a the nddret aiory ba ever heard. Itianeverihelcssairueoiici ! and ihe gentleman Iron whom I lieaid the lh, had 'n the originafrerord. and) gave mt tht real fame of all tha per- sons cone rneil; r the nauiea herein assigned lo ihe d flVreni eharaciera in the book I arc, to the beat nf my rreollee tion.the only ficttioae put of the tarra- it, . , ' h . ... i ( :,, :4, , V't - Corrnnvs. Liqron- Tbt imitation ' in Great Britain tf coffee for bear and apirite, hat increased its consumption Vt uch an extent aa in call tht mention vi the government to the propriety of reduc- , iog iht dutiet on the importation nf it, aa : one nf ihe moat tfEcieat means of ma ' ml reform among tha people, . The ex amination before n parliamentary com mince, of several keepers of aiodrrn Cof fee 11 on sea in' London, givee a eurioue and interesting view of the progress of the habit of cr-ffee diinking. ' li aeema that there were not over len or twelve of -these coffee houses in London 23 yeart ago; now they number 1700. and they are iucicasing at Ihe rat of 100 a year. The price per cup of coffee i Irom Id to 3 '; and ont of iht keepere who chtrgea I d per enp, tesiitWe lhal he hat froe 1500 io 1800 persona daily it Ms house. Tha consumption nf coffee by Iba labor in clssses in London, is shown by the. examination of another witness tha pro prietor of an extensive coffee home. The laboring man comes in the morning at 4 o'el ick and has a cup of coffee and a t-lire f bread and butter, for which be pay a 1 1: and then again at 8, for hia break; laai he ha a cup of coffee, a penny IimI, nd a penny worth of butler, which ia 3d; at I o'clock he cornea again and haa hi coffee, hi bread aud meat; tl this hour of the day, there ar upwards of 100 din ing in one room at a time. These coffee houses are cow generally resorted to by ' ll cl-s-e. and it has become fahiotabie and customary, to driuk coffee and ak a . Iriend lo diink a ith you in place ol liquor. The duties on coffee in England are very . high, the du r on colonial coffee being about 12 cents per lb. snd on foreign, coffee almost 30 cents. Even at these: high dutiei a cup of coffee ii sold at cents, and the consumption ia twenty -fivt million pounds annually. It ia supposed lhat with a mora moderate reduction of , dutiea, the . conaumplion would ba in- ' cteaaed one hundred milliona of pounda. . - In. Irelaitd the reformation has been atill more extraordinary; through the ex eriione ol Father Matthew, the great tern- ' perance Keloraaer, milliona have taken. manded Willaw G oe. with a traveand the pledge of toul abstinence, and those sorrowful face. "Ia it possible thai the reformed drinkers are aided ia their rea aecident that befel me at the inn, haa led oluuons, by the use ol coffee instead,! ft a-a . -""- B aiieh misery and ao.row ae vour wnisxey. in ute f atstrtci w iteiaua to such misery i siranee wotdaaeem tninilt "It is loo line, indeed," replied Fre derick. " ' Why, I have gm the newspaper ini my pocket, ra.aeit. ata mt capiam. under the influence of Father Matthew, in all tbt public house, eoff.e t audi tnttead of whiskey. ; -' . i - Although you ue a yowng man, deem it "with the iccouniof the execution, and no disgrace lobe called o thought modeai. there is another in the ahtp containing all Modesty ia a jewel a gem t dtiiaonil about iht murder, and a wood-cut of tho vf the first water. Pity it ia io tetter, iu
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Jan. 27, 1842, edition 1
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