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r 1 1 , I t ! j HALIFAX N. SEPTEMBER 8, 131, . . rniTTn BT F.DM B. FREEMAN, . AnVOCATE Will be pf nted every morirmtf - at $Z 50 pefr annum, in ;';:)rifpaymcntisnot biade ivithin to be discontinuedi i 1 a',A- unless at 1 until all ar he option of itotiFy a dis- will be consi derid aa a new ill"' - .:-rr.nnts. making one square or a tLrfH? t racsfor Pnc Dollar, subsequent !ltnve cents for evcrd 'ia 'lonrer ones in prod i-rtioDk All .-.ccfucats will be ! com c ordered, and each in; aed unless continuance ed. AN EVBMNQ WALK, j ; ,3s on acahn and beautilul evening .'month of July, when very;plant to breathe forth tin .delightful ance of summer, and all creation to othpdinthe gJrbof gaiety, that I a solitary walk alot) a small by-path ,e purpose of refreshing ;my spirits, Impaling that gloomint s? of; mind , is invariably produced j by intense 8 Way throug i a most ro- cjuties ot natorejaiul : leasing my nth a variety of objects t lat prcsent igmselves to my view on every side, .Wht overtook me btfore I was oi'it.The wtiole lace o me grounu J'ef-PfCal vllll iwucj urn; ii ic R)ttv eminences ivere uiuiucu vuu niinrilver, and the topfe' of the .wa- groveand summits of tlie hills ivere ated.witn me smnes ci.ucparung The clouds, expanding; their pur ings, were tipped with a ray of gold, other represented a c lain of lofty tainswhose craggy summits ovcr- : med the vales below, an 1 along their essiMe sides there1 appe ired yaHous id romantic caverns. A calm tran y and undisturbed repose spread the wholescene.j The gentle zc fanncd themselves to sleep, so that single leaf was in motion.! Echo her !cpt unmolested, and tha expanded iulil catch only the liou d lapse of a rJerinz rivulet. " The be asts of the icparted to their grass) couch, and, carted laborer to his -pi low; and all tillness and silence. Darkness was t it5 height, and the diffr rent objects rendered visible only iy the faint cring of the stars. ' ""his solemn brought to 'my 'remembrance the i which often J inva c timorous . This, ?aid I to myse f. is the time ghosts arc said to ma ce their ap r.ce, and spirits visit the solitary p9 of the de;id. Fill d with such iiuns as these, I quicke led my pace traced my stopsjlowa ds my lodg As soon as T had gain d my 'apart I seated myself and beijan tc! muse ) interesting objects w ihich ll had ;tnessed. liut, being i-omewhat fa with my walk, I'soon rctiredto mv to enjoy the balmy ref eshments of But although my co poreal pow re soon in a. state of m imentary in lity, ny mental faculties were cm- on the same subject which had mil them on the evem ng previous. nights wero roaminr Mr from mv id verified, in a wonderful manner," rds of the poet. j j , .studies please, what most deHght, mcn'i mind?, they dreiLm them o'er it night." ' - : hought I was in a beat liful ghrden, ed with every variety of the most te flowers, and bordeied with pre rees whose limbs were loaded with - st delicious fruits. Whilst I was g this profusion of sweets, there - ly appoarcd to my as bnished and ted eyes, the most ben atiful female Ter beheld. She see tned ti be of J of about seventeen, wasisome nallcr than the usual Jtaturcj of her d possessed a countenance cxpres . remarkable intelligence, frankness cerity. Her eyes wc re dark, and if, which hung in beautiful ringlets aer alabaster neck, wis ofa deep - She was clothed ir a long white which wa3 very neat and gaudy, ft, her whole appearance was that thereal being rather t lan ofamor he slowly approached me, and, my amazement, addressed me thus: ot astonishedI am a mortal as o, and have come here for the i wpdse for which you came. You ffobably resorted to his place to the odour of the Covers, and en- delicious frnits of t le trees so I have sought for happiness in gayest scenes of life; but in vain. r found true !. hapji iness until I t here. Sickened itith the hur. confusion, and disgusted at the of the city. I often retire to ot to enjoy a culm tmn'quiiity; and (feast my eyes with nature clothed in the I blooming garment of the summer. Here I often contemplate the wonders of crea tion undisturbed; and I think myself bap pier in solitude, than the courtier, amidst the splendour, noise and hurry of a court.' u i sdiciy a uaouauon; suence guaras the door against the strife of tongues and all the impertinences of idle conversation. The swarms of temptations that beset us amidst the gaieties of life, are" banished from these scenes of retirement. Here, without disturbance, I can survey my own thoughts and ponder the Secret in tentions of my own heart. In short, here I can learn the best of sciences that of knowing myself M By this time my astonishment bad ceased, and I bad acquired sufficient com mand of myself to speak, and was about to reply, when I awoke; and, lol it was a clrcaro.-' . AMBULATOR, From the Exeter News Letter. Murder Will Our. On Tuesday- last, a young woman named Ruby Chrispeen, about twenty-one years of age, was brought to the county goal in Exeter, N. II. from Londondery, charged with having attached her fa ther's signature to two notes of hand of fifty dollars each. During her ex amination before the Magistrate, some singular disclosures j were '. made, which created considerable excitement throughout Londonderry and the neighboring town. A. great man said, a great while ago, that " murder will out." This remark is strikingly ex emplified in the following extract of a leter to the editoT; containing a des cription of the facts 'which were eluci dated at the time." H ' But I cannot close without giving you some of the ! particulars of the heart-rending disclosures made by the Chrispeen girl of Londonderry, who was 'a (ew days since committed to your goal to await her; trial on the charge of forgery against her father. " She related on the trial for com mitment before the Justice, that some four or five years since, a travelling merchant j weary and worn, stopped at the house of her father to take up his abode for the night that during the evening, the father and son resolved to entertain the guest, and at the same time make themselves merry, by an extra draught of what temperance peo ple call;" devil's tea." j As is usual in such cases, the extra portion induced a desire for more, until they were all three intoxicated together. The ped lar, to express his gratitude for this unusual display of hospitality,-began to spread out before: the astonished fimily the. glistening treasures of -his tin boxes. The gems and ornaments shone with uncommon histre. " The father seemed to imagine, for a mo ment, that he was really in some( fairy land, surrounded by all the treasures, of tlie East. lie conceived that then was the Iuqkymoment, when he could enrich himself, and be placed forever beyond the reacji ; of want. He ac cordingly seined a bludgeon and gave his guest a violent blow; on the head, which laid hinfdead at his feet! and lest he should again resuscitate, and return to claim the ill got treasures, he cut him Jo pieces and buried him in the cellar of his -house! The body soon became offensive, and was accor dingly removed at some distance, and deposited in a tan yat, which had not been for some time used :anu, there the cirl assured ! the Justice, if - he would only 'go, he might find the man gled limbs ot the poor pedlar; sately inured. It is unnecessary to say, that his worship, by no means disposed to exchange the scales or justice for the spade, of the sexton, refused personal ly to comply; but forthwith despatched two of his attendants to dig up the bo dy. . ; : They soon seached the place, which was carefully designated by " the re vealerof secrgts," as the one where the whole family, in solemn pomp, at dead of night, deposited the remains of the victim of the avaricious father: The spade, pickaxe and shovel were immediately put in requisition. They had hot dug deep, before " bones, clean picked and half decayed," were thrown out in such profusion that one could easily, imagine the place had been used as a cemetery for the last half century. The limbs of the diggers were stif fened with horror, and the cold sweat started at every pore, as they contem plated with inexprc::ible surprise, the remains, as they tbouLri not only of the Pedlar, but of hundreds-of his craft, who had fallen as 0 s?:rifices to satiate the destructive acquisitive pro pensities of old Chrispeen. As you are an advocate of the science of phrenology, I would add, it is current ly reported here, that the organs of destructiveriess and acquisitiveness are strikingly developed in the old man's craneum. The pro tern, sextons had no soon er recovered from the firyt emotions of terror, than they repaired to the near est neighbors and related all that had happened, and how their discoveries confirmed the Unparallelled disclo sures which were raad on the trial be fore. the Justice. They all repaired, without delay, to the dreadful place. " Aghast, astonish'd and struck dumb, their curdled blood Congeal'd with fear their hair with horror stood!" . . At last, one, more presumptuous than the rest, dared even to proceed to an examination of the bones, when his astonishment soon equalled the horror of his companions, as he found he was actually holding up, between his two hands, 'to the ! astonished group, what! the cranium of the poor Pedlar ! no, but the head and horns of his fat buck, who had most miraculously escaped frm the sheep fold, a twelvemonth before! The man was ready to identity the same, on oath; for the. animal, fond of indul ging his combativeness, was on one occasion overmatched in the nnequal combat, and actually lost, a portion of one norn, ana tne other had grown? so crooked, that it was with difficulty the animal could hold jt still in his head!"" He was, therefore, confident it was the head and horns of the self same buck. The others, no longer fearing that the ghost of the murdered Pedlar would complain that his quiet repose of his remains was disturbed) joined in the examination and each one fancied he could identify one or more favorite sheep of his dock, from the extraordinary I developement of some sheepish propensity. : J The men despatched by his worship the Justice, to ascertain if the awful disclosures made by the girl were true, returned and reported progress. She was then interrogated by the Jus tice, as to her motive in fabricating a story, which was calculated to involve her father in a crime of deeper;dye, than that of an occasional robbery of his neighbor's sheepfbld. j She repli ed, that if he had as readily believed her when she assured him that she did not sign her father's name to a note of hand, as' when she told him j the more improbable story of his taking the life of the Pedlar, sine should never be sent, so much against her will, as a pious Jun to the' Convent at Exeter. It is reported that the rediar, whose unfortunate end has caused so much alarm passed through a town since the trial, on his way to iipston, for a fresh supply, of paste diamonds ;-3" and ornaments. Your's, A. B. "Londonderry,. H. JulylQ, 1831." Murder discovered by a dream.- In the neighborhood of Norwich, during the autumn of last year, the diaboli cal intentions ofa party of iricendia ries were partly defeated, through the activity of a constable, which so ex asperated them that they were deter mined to sacrifice his life to there re sentment. In consequence he was waylaid and murdered by the ruffians, one of them discharging his piece and bringing the unfortunate man to the ground, and another immediately fir ing and completing the . work of death. All the parties were, appre hended except the two actual perpe trators, who escaped. One of those apprehended turned King's evidence against the rest, and they were sen tenced to different, punishments, and a reward was offered for the two mur- derers, but without effect. -.It appears tfiot firth nf fthpm had travelled to iliaii k. w , - - - - ; , ,. j-. January, where one of them got a situation under the name of- James Cot, and the other not succeeding in - . - , . r-. A Market Weighton, in the latter end pnpivea me, i coum noi lane my eyes his companion, to inform him that he had got a situation. Some time af ter another, laborer was taken on by the person at Market Weighton, who was puto sleep with Cox, and du ring the night the latter was heard to say, in his sleep UI tell you I didn't kill him: I onlv shot at him, and he fell, arid" then. the- other man shot at him while on the ground." This singular statement fed to taxing Cox with being concerned in some murder, when he evidently appeared confused, though he evaded the ques tion, and no more was said about it at that time Subsequently, howeyerj he dropped a printed- pappr from his pocket, which was taken up by his bed fellow, and which proved to be a notice for the apprehension of the two murderers of the Norfolk constable; whose name were - given as William and -Pearsop. The description of their persons also corresponded with the appearance of Cox. This again awakened the suspicions of Cox's fel low laborer, who, without saying any thing, went and procured a police of ficer from Beverly, who took Cox in to custody and lodged him in the House, of Correction at that town. He then prceeded toStockton, and secured Jthe other person, who had been Cox's companion, r On being taken up he acknowledged that Cox was an assumed name, and that his re al name is William Parson, that the other man's name is also Pearson, who is his relation. Both are now in Norwich Castle, awaiting their tri als for the murder thu singularly dis covered by a dream. vh Execution of the Italian Patriots. J Modena May 27th. You are, no doubt, aware that the gallows has been raised on the square of Modena, and that the vindictive retributions of the despots have alrea- Ldy commenced. It was to be suppos ed that Uhe first act of sanguinary revenge was Reserved for the Duke of Modena. Two noble victims, Men otti and BorelH (a Barrister,) were hanged yesterday, 26th, early in the morning. More than 1,000 persons have been arrested, and 4,000 at least, are to be handed over to the Courts. Add to this the emigration daily tak ing place, and you may form an idea of the desolation of the country. I have beheld my two unfortunate, friends suspended from the gallows. Every one expected that Menotti would be condemned; but it was thought his sentence would have been commuted.. No grea reliance was to be placed in the humanity of the Duke; but it was imagined that such horrors could not be perpetrated in our age, and tliat the despot, -on casting a view, towards the future, might deem it prudent to forgi ve. As for Borelli, it is not known on what groii hds he was condemned; his large property, and the avarice of the Duke can alone account for his senterrce.; Yesterday at.three o'cloek in , the morning, my servant came to inform me that one of the prisoners had found means to speak to me in secret, and that he wished to see me that moment.: T I was much surprized at the message; but what was my hbrrW when one of the executioner's assistatns entered my room to tell me that Menotti and Borelli were about to be hanged, and that the former desired, as a last proof of my friendship, that I would4be pre sent at his- execution, to receive his last words, and' bear testimony to his having died faithful to the cause ofl talian liberty. I role, and trembling with terror, proceeded to the ramparts of the citadel. The sun was already shining on . the gallows that had been secretly erected during the night;' a few country people and artisans, who were reparing to their daily labors, had stopped to look upon those sad preparations; no one uttered a word. Shortly after a 'murmur arose; it announced the approach of the mourn ful procession; I heard a man next me whisper Menotti' s name I looked. round, and perceived him he recog- 1 . - TT- . . ' ' , " ' ' off Menotti. What a serenity m his j countenancer . How dignified w his i demeanor!. He ascended the scaffold, rat n IhaIt nn . the assistants, and. and firm voice the following words which were ', his last: The cause of tyranny has no other support than that afforded by executioners and gib bets; the cause of freedom has on its side the force of opinion and the union of sentiments. The success of the latter does not depend on the fate of, individuals: ; I have done my duty, and I descend into the grave free from remorse, t expected France would have interfered; perhaps it is , better that she die not. My death will teach the Italians to detest foreign interven tion: they must place their sole confi dence, in the- strength 'of their own I rushed from the scene horror-strick- . V - - en, Marie Antoinette. The ? exquisite feeling which pervaded the heart of the unfortunate Marie Antoinette, was hever more strongly exemplified than in her conduct resecting Sir Charles Asgil, who, but for ber interference, would have shared the fate , of Major Andre. The letter which ihe queen despatched to General Washington, not only preserved the life of this gal lant officer, but immortalized the be nign spirit which actuated the soul of his truly illustrious advocate. The reception giving by the queen to La dy Asgil at Versailles, wheii she went to thank her for the preservation of a beloved son, was almost unexampled; she raised the amiable mother in bef arms, and mingled tears of :genuinc sensibility with1 those , of the rioblest,r the purest maternal fondness. ; When this lovely and amiable queeri was condemned by the revolutionary tribunal of France, and the sentence was read to hQ she ! was asked, "Have you nothing to answer upon the de termination of the law??'-. She a'nswer-' ed, 44 Nothing." ' " And you, offi cious defenders? said, the president addressing himself to: her counsel l Our mission is fulfilled with respect to the widow Capet," was: tire replyi he uhfohunate princess suffered under the guillotofne, the day after her condemnation. -Tlie execution took place in the Place de la Revolu tion, where, Louis XVI. "had suffered before Her. The streets were lined by two very close rows of tanned citizens. As soon as the queen left the Conciergerie, to ascend the scaf fold, tlie multitude whTch was. assem bled in the courts and the streets, cried out braio, in the midst of plauditsi Marie A ntoinefte had on a loose vyhite dress, and hevr hands we're.tied behind her back; ' She looked firmlv ' round her on all sides She was accompa nied by the rector of St. Landry, and on the scaffold preserved her natural dignity of deportment, j ' ' After the execution, three young persons dipped their hand kercl liefs in her blood.- They were immediatly arrested. - ; " Th - quee'n had been basely cal- umniated, yeti during ! her trial, not one particle of evidence was adduced tending to taint her moral character, although rewards and honors, were held out to any person who would ac cuse her with the slightest appearanCd of probability. ! Hilling Corn. A gentleman irt 'Massachusetts has ascertained by ex periment, that the common practice of hilling corn is rather an injury than a benefit to its vigorous, growth. By comparing a field of corn which was simply hoed three times, and .which obtained the, premium at the meeting of the Salem Agricultural Society, he was Tul.Iy satisfied, that j no advantage could be gained by hilling. He is of opinion that corn' growing on a flat surface, when the weeds are des troyed and the ground kept loose, is not so apt to suffer by drought, or to have its roots impeded in their search: after proper nourishment, as when the earth is heaped .up round the stalk. He think the plan is worth a trial by our farmers, as in thej event of its practicability, much labor would be saved. "y Intelligencer. Acs-ris '"B. Wing, formerly Delegate in Congress from the Territory of M ich iran, has been again elected to the same 1 f
Roanoke Republican (Halifax, N.C.)
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