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r :’‘T.HEISLAND DESPERADO. '
III" 'BY OEOROE S| BAYMOND.
. *"**Doydi remember -anything 61 old Ben.
;#*ko Erip r any.wberb.bclweeri Bqflulo and
Detroit, of men brid Wotpenold enough to
■ aftmember events fiftconyasrs gotip by, end
: jffhd chancPs are ihu.k in.ninety-nine cases
of every hundred,you. will receive an
! couched in language
something; like this:
,-Jr “Do,I remember him! What—Old Ben;
£fho ‘lsland ''Desperado V O, yes; his name,
■t-ind many! of his desperate acts are as hi
-fciliar to mo ns my own most common
fioughts and were you to enquire furlh
t concerning yho. history of this strange
_ mad, 'wliose very namo was for many
i years the terror of all tho region extend
frig from tho mouth’ of the Detroit River
round by the French settlements of tho
1 River Raisin, along tho shores of the Mau
! nioe Bay, hnd .thence ns. far eastward as
!■ SandilsUy City ap,d : Huron ; almost any
Person Would tell you a story of the old
fresh water wbuccaucer, something like
Ho was a perfect giant in stature, and
vvnS known to possess the strength of at
least three ordinary men. There was no.
thing repulsive in his features, and he
flight have..been pronounced handsome,
but ! for a habit he had of contracting his
! shaggy broWs, and peering out under them
; with his. keen gray eyes, so bright and
: hashing; that they seemed to pierce you
ftjrdugK' and through-at > 6 la P. C - . “I s .
head was large, 'eydn. in; proportion to his
- Herculean frame,' arid covered with a
■ bh6ck of the strangest ham‘hat morral
gray. 5. but not the gray
a" bf age', foir evat' 'since he came among ;
i ihb wland fromv-inooho.knew whcro, soon
:i aftorthe close of the war in 1815, Ins hair
; had iisetxUhe’ same—just tho color oft a
'mouse, "or Maltese cat, with irregular
ifrebks of dirtjr ’gray. running in every di
rection; apd\these ; gray streaks were ,
bristles than hair, and twas said j
he' had thd power, of erecting them nt will,
as * porcupine does his quills.. Bo thi sas
’it m&yTTtlis singular head-covering, whep
divesteifof the’otter skin; cbp, which he
ajWay’s'worb, summer .and winter, gave
him a most terrible Pppeprance.
Strange Stories, were told of his .bavin,,
afbbgue with Satan, one of the con- j
ditions of which was that he was i)e\er to
& drxested byipftcers of thp law, apd an
other wa*fthat'W phbuld npyer grow old ,
and ns it was known that mote than a hund
red attempts had boon made tosecurel.isper
| son, often uqder circumstances where es-
I cabe peeone.il impossible, and .yet ho had j
? Svorhqen captured, tpgc.ther with the well j
£ rv fai?t; that \.SO ff\r pp appearances
=; weht»l»o:waB;pot a.duy older m.the sum- |
’ mer than he wps, in 1810, earn- (
: pd the .Winds ,of fhpusnnd*;
• that fhere“did in reality exist between the,
| Rake Pirate and Lucifer, some compact
• by -yir.tuoof vv|iich,pldi ago aijdofficials of.
, Ihc,ww.werflset . |
\ * ’ JTbereiwere certain vi»g«9» wdehw lo r . *
ij 1 mQM Wftli'NoploiX having been a salt
•; SS»! wfe^?st. Mia cruiser in
i ‘L younger &j§ i, hut they were. poly.re,-
morsaftes.pji; j|r‘ ho. one pretppdgd tp
l ffiwchytMng'Qf his histpry previous W
•; : tiSmjng lb Lahe : since Ins
• 'ietilemen't among the islands, his ca c
hsd.hoeua conspipf succession of, crimes
ihd adve’htures,.mapy pf thew so
■jp nipt aiiif daring in accomplishment, that
. 'Sepawo'.had grown famous,and ffis.pre-
pot only on, the water, but
leagues shore eithof side
tploijd, mil?s/row ho
•reoutK Bay, inhabiting a Jog
*hutbuilt by some early squatter,, pn.
. rpaking a show qf cultiyating a few acres
' Sit pfmp7ethan.q hunted otclearod land
So'lslnod,- but occupied principally m
• ‘cruising along eithbe side P f the,-MHf.W
n«Ti‘ sloon< which" jie claimed. tq Hay o
'iolighr; of«n„ol4,^wnch...JsheVrohtrW
.Sf. m >.tolon,and u -%n; murdered
owher,itQ PtopPF"
IF ? !'p.Qfl#hsBloh,pCtfin,SjpPP3ir : i •.VK-Lviii.-V :
■ . ‘ FPr'hearly .'threo yeh.rf tir?.
I.' - with two umaway.ala.ves, almost as gigan
|/; goring-‘hat
h vuraeiit ivn&ißiliftiated tHat: this fresh tvate
M" coiriodfpffifrotn tbH.mdm;jaoa
'coWav'lKalfthatiium-
f6ll J'our.:hiJndreii shficp,.to-
P»h<idph6ga. aha.'fawlo, SwUfa
of this islandcdes^wqdb*:-.thalonp
i fn-wrrttirp-lTTihm-the limits of
iff? 0 ' PUtfibso of claiming
mtvSnfW Dbr Jwttßi mw O^aßlMratl
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A WEjEKLY PAPER; DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, AND POREI
Volume 4,
At length tho island on which he Had I »No,.&ii-,you arc not ready, nnd it will ‘‘Now your "^oo^cbu!''cotild have induced him to befriend the hvi
located was purchased from government > take you full three hours to malm all and ! wdl en!! my bo I c„p,ain in s 0 singular manner, re- Walking over Hanover stree one fine
by un eastern company, whoso agent find- j lbo necessurv preparations,” spoke tho tiomng you rrmined a rnvstcry 3:111, until one evening d j Ba w jUst before me,'
in. Napier was not to bo displaced very 9lr A nger , in n most positive voice. hrentbe a wo ceased ! about three week, aflor the trial and sen- lhorno ’ s coacheg rattling up
readily by force, finally adopted a more “What do you mean, sir?” asked tho glesoulofyo ' Btl . nnr , or annlied his’tenco of'lie pirntos, when Captain Hen y in t he rear ofit, two ragged urc
Sr poiic.Vvttnd purchased his good will coptain . to speak, he young stranger WcBtoni ha< | been the husband of Ju- , ess wlth haalC , were.racing ns .1 forj^r
Lid removal at lho same timo; by the pay- “I’ll tell you just what I mean, after 1 fingers to his 'P®j | ff ~ c ’ r i c kit, liet McNeil for nearly two months, sat con- )ift , n f lor the coach to catch up a
ment of a few hundred dollars in cash. hnVO anvia ficd myself that there are no mg no,so, no "Lw crodfrom the versing with his bride nnd her parents >n curo a ride .
From Cunningham’s ho removed to na rs than our own to listen to our which was r " y . n ..„ a ncarat hand, 1 tho parlor or the general’s benutiful man- p ret ty soon the smaller of the
South Bass, or ns it is more generally call- discourse;” and tho stranger proceeded deo .P B^ ad ° nrar(la tho dim outlines' sion'just outside the city, on Black Rock rortunnte enough to gntn the covet
. Pul in-hav Island where he was soon lo mll i tc a careful survey of the neighbor, and a moment nlterwar i , J nnd |- of , bo ;|,ousanth time ho was on thof stopi an d rode off, gleefully cnucK.
after reined by rinDthc’r .idesporato charnc- boo d, ontil bo bad npponrently satisfied of ten human forms came creep fc. 1 wondcrin-r who on canh tho stranger coulll ling n Uiis lessfdrtunato playmatei.whaTe-
S:K D wbo although quite . Self .U there Jo one eoneea.ed | without’ hnvc be.cn, -hen a sudden scream of joy, 1 seating;totherf*.walk. at onUe vnCtferis
votinir man he had served one term in tho 1 pilllir t ho boxes and bales on. the wharf, | they nil passei uown in ; uttered by his wife, nnd echoed back in tcd _..c u t, cut behind -
Ohio Penitentiary for burgalry, nnd had | vtlOI) °| l0 returned to the captain’s side, and a Bingle word having • ' ui . t exclamations of recognition fromboth The driver’s cruel lash curled a
iust escaped froL the jail at Lower San- lhuß tesUm ed the convention : As the stranger had predicted, tho win J rentSi aro „sed, and directed hisntten- ond cUt lhe cheek of the little follow on
dusky, where he had been incarcerated to ( . Cn tftin Woston , you are engaged in came out fatr at rmdmtght -an will un fee , (q q tn|l> hßndsamo young man stand- „ t and screaming -'thpamhe d
await his trial for counterfeiting. mnr 7 ia L to Miss JulietMcNeil, I believe?” minutes thereafter the bravelt lobngw us wUhjn lho flpon door. off, while the envious It,. o vretohwhonaa
j gtory 1 j “It the other gloomily; “but , on hour to midnight on j mightVave been
the sloop in a drunken fit, and sunk before . who nro . , , . • . w the evening after the brig left Uuffulo, when |, P hounded forwnrdnnd hungthere withJns mate, but he his com
w, w . - -t™s,
anU it remaincu umy ; |,reduction. In tho first place, then, I un-, ra “! u = .*> red mice more to look upon the lacc ot my | . nr . . v i lon I see n young man whose
nartVally brnrictTbcshle a fallen tree on u ! derstand your position exactly. You want 10 ji in L cap ’n wants see v\u down | darling boy !” said Mrs McNeil, • idleness nnd D inactivity, y or lack of peyaWO
partmlly burned besue a , thousand dollars within eight days, or : P ‘ I forward, and clasping his right hand in application, have mado hittfuo
bUVhG i rtj n half miser uncle , r^. P rd^ C rcm^nstrancc^orn'motl , on n of j vlcjosHy 1 'had" Hri ven his a " sTe candidate
I or in Canada P withii a fortnight fusal.” ! with winch be proceeded very do- As soon as qutet ™ rival-impugntn^htsmob^
Tfier her husband disappeared. 1 have ne one else to— i , ibrnUcly t 0 ornament his wrists and an- man proceeded to explain "“ c ' • , c an d artfully pwaori
1 r.ni hv and ho removed from “Yes, you have some ono else to nssist y was of mystery in his connection wit I> tnia d 3 0 ( t he people wlui uphold him,dwheto
one of the'islands’to another, as those he you,” interrupted the stranger. ‘‘ l [. L ‘ ro There were four more men in the watch taiu Weston uml the pirates. J SDe suoh a’mnn cuvei'lly workingit
in'habhcd were taken possession ofbv their sir, take this Just the change to a dollar. M werocn||(d down and disposed At the time he left home tj>rc a J cars thb ullimale downfall of h«
owners until nt length ho mude Alight draft for five thousand dollars on . p mann cr; an d ihcn whilethe vioualy, lie had gone 1° Ne ■ , . tognnist, on meroly pulitical.gtobhds^LMi
■ _ lb ’ smallcst'ancf most north- tho Haglc Bunk {’’and ho hold out “ P n P‘ j cu lain nn d steward went forward to fas- where he first became ,lu r. blerg irresistibly reminded of the welL.knoWft
bis home o « •» _ rr > p r which tho h&l hnwildcrcd cn ptuio took, P ~i v . i %fv mysterious tho ussociftto and nccoropUcc of guni ‘I /*•** ;;
Wn^ dlj d commit,y^S’unt Z r g JanfeaS ; and commenced some con-1 ton t eot e v^^
i ?n834 Son an act 2f his more dSrinl fused, Incoherent speech, winch the mys-, prisoned down into the rnn pmviou, bo r -,g .o drag bacLo’their own leveled
n nnvthimr ho cvev attempted, aroused terious banker cut short with, i a mon. tho boxes of specie, nnd nlmost ot mh schooner, in l ■ , 0 f their nast associates as may havbtteeu
JL>v y of the law “Come, captain ;no tune to m llO uT.nCinent was accomplished, the era friends had taken an active part. enou’gh to risb fee mori^i-
Inff rslb cquen our g flommited a few speeches, or even say thank , a small crufl In had never seen Henry YVesum unul ho ormna {
inn thaS sSS eiaht thousand dollars wo can, for I have several things to say o > y nll; and foro . which he had g.vcn to c “g'" "m standing, I feel that they, tdo.'
'"ninnev on board °wns lyin. in among you, nnd you have some prepcrations to ; P b was the Herculean ruf- was the proceeds of a single night s, givini a lesson tothe utehins that
Sds becalmed wLlJihe was make before you are ready to sail. Come ™ S °' c " Nn him3C ,f. For a few mo- at one of the fashionable S 1 | -C U tT out behind l’' .
ed about midnight by nine men in masks let’s beofi,” and U ‘ k ‘ n ” ‘ ° The naents they steod there, irresolute, evident- He hud b( : c " ,I 'j' ° t “ C^“ b “j, o hrig, and YVlfen I see an editor Who has
who dimed in on deck from a small sloop arm, ti>o slrange arr ' ed ‘ ( J ly astonished at not seeing anv pcrson on
which- they had pulled noiselessly along warl, and away up the decki cxwpl ,ho man at the helm. liad 9 his wor( |. a |. nUcmpt ing to cry down tho'dbtemdft «-
atrip in the*dark and after compelling the run. . . r “The villains have anticipated us; plun- mtheafiaii, and h 1 P n „„ ,h a t his ' tines of his more foitunate rival, 'Wlibn
nt;* I tsr- sz -s^jir3Ss.--fc-s S a« s -fc- EssnS& > Tf32^SsS f ¥SS
S i S^s«SlasrsSi , «a.rK s-S-jSgpi
smii'l brie was lying at one of the lower ; passage— ro P i PVcn 0 f us to heard a stifled exclamation or ahi icf scut- nenr sheppardstown, Cumberland, J
wharves !n the city of Buffalo, alt ready to j Stop, captain ; there is fle fo|lowe d, and then all was quiet again. jn , his state, in which a man was
sail for Detroit will, the first, fair iVjnd - go, you , y makea _“ “Enter, comrades,” came up from the shot ,; y a snoko . A gentleman by the name
Indeed, slid had been ready to gqt under-, Yys \ , llarS) captain ; and the cabin, in a clear, ringing tone ; and as the q| . Lol , matl) giore-keepor in Siddonsburg,
way ever since daylight; bblalj. claj/ ho ... • s ? st 1 3 wy lbome te as steward’s. six remaining pirates obeyed the lamilhar Yor k county, was out hunting;; hodiscov
wind had been blowing strong,(Vom lha remanede yo Capla i n Weston ; ! summons, they beheld their leader securo- ered R , arge Bn nke, and m ordef to secuso
westward; and now that it was quiet dark, fees. B - Jhousand dollurs in 1 ly bound, hand nnd foot,and gagged,so that it f rom runn iug away, he placed the butt
the cajitain was walking impatient- you hav, f j Michtmin State ihe was incapable of speech; und there, in 0 p ],j 9 rifle, loaded with n ball nt the time,
'I V back dnd forth on the wharf alongside the brtp a cabin for the Mi D bright g l Qre of the lamp, they >aw ten „ l 0 boJy of lho snake, with /ns hand
his little vessel, chafing at tho_ prospect Of Bank. . R dar k 'suspicion of.detofrninod.lgoking men. oil- complewy direcl i y across(M muzzle. Tho snake in
being obliged to lay there all nigh for 1 there , r ° character flashed •upou'the ! armed, while in tho .center of thy .cabin, wrilb j ng to free itself, coded around the
was no indication "of the winds charting the stn susp icion that the fivo! ond beside their prostrate chief, stood the Btoc)t nn d>.with one of ltd coils struck
before' morning.' ‘•. .; | c | a P lnln ! Lla7s paid him usa’ handsome young stranger, will.ia smile of wllioh : wa9 downinpon thecap
“Well, it’s nd usd frettiilg,” he sohloqtn- oleven ro bbcrs on board, 1 satisfaction wreathing; bis fit)o features, ns ftt . tKe lime> hard-enough to dtschargo the
zed, os he stopped In his walk, and leaned mia hf plunder the brig at their' ho cqntqmplated the constevnafiOP of the . gun; lhoCont( . n ts of which entered the ball
thoughtfully over :a.pile to winch the brig that th y o P when becanle to rcfleol entrapped freebooiers. df the‘hatid near the wrist, ond'in a-di« 0 .
was made msf. “I may.as well take 11 i rtf A " J° lcd tl"o mMt absurd idea «Luke IcSctubk ! Sold boirnyed ex- ona i dircclion C l,mO out between .he junc;
patiently; jiul'I 1 ahotild like tote off to- lhat if suo h had clkimcd tho astonished ptratqs, as they re- tj()n of lhe Utl i o finger and the one noxt to
Sirfht. fof every hour of thiq'dfeqdfuU qn- !“ n l ‘ 10 a L n!ZO r's PP ititentions, he would qogniwd-»«.young stranger one of - lthapp iiy nQr b on ckbeing broken. The most
BertftintyiS’-ttf me a long year o r>cntal been most respect- thein.owp comrades: antj wi.hqutpthqught J idenlia i: part of tlfocasuality, howdV
torture/ Only.pight.dftys togoon ui\d re- have taken In • . d bavo h in iac . of resistance,they submitted to, W ironed was lhat Mr.- Loumatl was-just in-thc
tlirfi if I ; .ribf wilhlpThqt . JjjfoJo? that draff biforo ahtf.wiifein thirty minutes, the brig, with[ ;ftct b f the gun in front of hint, for
titrib, Joliet will 1 bo forded jo .wed n , m “ n | kn J/ a b p ‘'^ e 9. Ep no,— robbqrv could ' her^prisoners all secured below, was kept pu rpos - 0 V gon lhe muzzle, foe
old enough to bq her grandfather, ond^ site ” l " t i tfe ’ or ? h8 would not thus on her course onee more; and boforfe noon . beM ‘ r t 0 enable him to reach a slick, nMr,
utteriy : beqpuKp'he is bicli, I not to bw » ftp f|)e day, tho notortouS Ben- b with whic h to kill the A -fetT
! ifhd' her 1 fathdf rtnlsf ; havq fiycf .thousand court thftn P a m i n utb .Napier, with hw six companions, capfored m<jmbnts deldy in tbe dtschargo of the gun
dSSS te savti him;*ofo n ;Slc3)efore he replied ti Wd tlrebrig were delivered om a n)ight ha vb cos. him his life The whole
»Abd \vhat,t/I ; fail .in' obtaining tbo a- ho .* t6 ° d j h , nmn , k . i ‘ f , the str ancer. • the Canadian auil.onltes at Amlie.sjbur , 4 ppgtanpo js a very, singular, one.
-bs tlbahW
1:1 somel one o!spi who. J, *^ nm ed, inspocloqn board my vossal,’ ,of robbing unf burning the- B . (ear i n „ by our offico with bia flutter.
! geV hqaVt,“ ttnd coUhtafois doltars lqss f- J p i enP th said-: ffout’' how you came {per. ~ n-friend 'imr inlhe wind’his fac6 smeared with mo-
than: Phelps, Esq i” ap ~ ” The younfi stranger, , flonrishingin hishand
: 54.13bewill-no ; Joiiger wonder ed ‘hecap.am .aso singular
"liild'd'yer Which he'Kkd bdCn leaning, a talK • *r. 1 irnowir when I inform .you wjio^Had planned.and.expflMlefldlWA.plurPj , . bojc AV | lO qtood nearly
•l3 I?qulmm down the street: “Oh?
r veryfumil,*arly ibte a^ovldj.r*- i--;. and nbtlrlisfen, Captain Wes)or|, while ip Canada, Jo give ( l. • ~r >. a .j, n j n | Bill l Bill! git as many boys as ever you
.* j, ; d (| ia3 iy,61^:4,; -h. Vnow 1 ju«' c .„. »«d u.
fidr >? thd ^ onlenl W! ?. - ' .'-A Masses on the pa vemqnt-b^todali
n s?iS?t io net .of- mh¥ o?y o'cJc/A; rigot 1.4 ft Naf)ier wilh^'to-srnqsh 1” : ~,i.- ~ 1 : .-.oT,
, '‘/'./.f'i h * jii B 8 crime,.had be6n tried ‘ so fullotstrAngßra iicjw
gifted astonishment. ' *
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Nnmbci37.
Til K Old Bono of tub
day or election not being ,fyr
Whigs of Pennsylvania are,selling uj> their
listml annual c t y about
ment of our public works,” uud
travagancb otlho Slate adininistralib.b.
They' tike these"economical sWlqd
periods, and’while the, fit is ‘‘do.
i Ur' to 'their ways would'think ibom
j most scrupulously honest etjr®.
Bi.t wo who know them belter, give.tltom
precious littlo credit'for.rectgu.ao aflaton
(ion, we'dp not foil to cpmp'f‘S?4]»e» r : P»P*
ticks with'.their professions, ,aM the <sn*
harison does'not' rebound to' tlieit .creO
it.' 'When iKev tnlit;orplunker;pri thepub
iid works, our mint! reyeytsto the;Bjg ( prpak
When'they tallVo'f on
useless Ihiproveidehts, ° 1““
back to We ilaysof GeUyabt'fg' l
Wlvkh" they'intimate that and this thing
‘have bqdn *}itJionty
wo are involuntary Rinded, of Btalljß
and Stevens’s coot assumption
tioiis orthe General Assomkly, on ftb.plea
that it would, have been dxpodwye to call
the General Assembly together, Whbn
they talk of wielding the patronage of the
goverment so bs to further nrtd
party purposes, i( is/imposjiblO jfqr u? \o
forgot ihe.usk tno goyOripeOt >«•
■foiw^at'SiiilpreipW^bp'unhptatdd^jpf
October, 183 S:, ‘ TheKiTN EtttTß9 taKtirtg
about the ipxtravagiiribp of .A democratic
State Adminisfraticih, ! , Tho p
sauce ihofflcel The «ALyhlsi bM«g
Pc mocratic, ofiice fa vvigt. plundpririj; tho
lurn to rebukosih in' edrnpst., .
i' i O^A;K«'rim^y ; • wagi< who,
on' profoaitotolwro to-
»h« &n
ii :is,an e ol -°P' by llie'Locolo
icos to wid -moniy .frulii/ * -
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