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(Prom, Tarts Migazinel , ,
The Dinh of Death..A ?raiment.
The room is darkened; note sound is heard
spathe clenr,.cheerful chirping of the bird
Which sine window; or the bell
Which . sounds a mournful peal—a last farewell.
Asd she is there, or was; her spirit's home
Wes far beyond this world of sin and gloom.
(heard the whispers of the parting breath,
Ind wiped her brow and closed her eyes in death,
she was b't...kutiful in health's bright time!
Pall of the ratltilice or her goldon prime :
Eyes deep and.full, and lips which spoke to blesi,
And cheeks which blushed it their own loveliness,'
tod earnest dqwocast glances part revealing
The thoughts which lay within, and part:concealing.
She knew no guile, and she feared no wrong.
Who trust in innocence are greatly strong.
its some deep stream, reflecting in its course
The pure and limpid clearness of its source;
So her chaste spirit, formed in God's own light,
Pure as a southern sky, and not less bright,
tender, loving ministrant was given
t o r aise the soul from earth, and lift to Heaven.
From week to week she faded : day by day
We watched her spirits droopher strength decay ;
; Wr scarce could
. deem that oue so young and fair
Should pant for purer light—celestial air !
And still we dared to hope. The hectic hue
Which tinged her cheeks made ours brighten too.!
We thought of death, but deemed" the Reaper's hand
lemoved the weeds, and let the flow'rets stand.
tod she , the fairest! could he y.ouch a form .
t Want with life—with-hope's deep pulses warm I
snip we dreamed, and bitter was our pain,
tod griefs but vanished to recur again!
• • .1 • • , • •
r., irk : near, come silently: the room may tell
The simple tastes of lier lie loved so well—
The ""Pct's corner," once so fondly styled; •
The harp, which many an idle hour beguiled ;
The olet, old books of legendary lore,
o'er which, in summer hours, she loved to pore ;
tad all those thousand namelesscharms which skill
landed with fancy, fashions-at its will. •
tnd proofs of fond affection, too, are there,
tad tender tokens of 'a %other's care—
That care to which the higher task was given,
ut'yointing from earth's Gunny dreams.to Heaven.
^nne near, come silently—ere yet the grave"
rio,es o'er one_we fondly hoped to save.
iinw changed, and yet how lovely,!—meekly there
Her 'tall white hands are folded as in prayer.
P who that ever heard that dying strain
end(' think to mingle in the world agait!!
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Commesdesttien.
[For the Bradford Reporter.)
.Te glaze the ilkevet that *ever.
Not right yet!. in the.'" Erratum" to the Moun
',in Lake. celebration ode, it is as hard for the author
'Toro) to conceive any sense in "glaze the sconce,"
it is in 'the other phrase, " gloss the source "
nleAs it means to pat ohspectacles or goggles, or
one other glasses ; forilaze means, according to
.')r Webster, to. furnish with glass--and how "glaz
re,z, "nr tnufing " the r rconce could be an object
"the "crafty potticin" is more than " Tyro "
conceive. Tyrolleclarea that he wrote " 00Ze '
sconce," irtdch 4a , according to the above quot-.
thilologist, to flatter the sense, judgme'nt or die- ,
ton of the thoughtless. For '" glaze" means to
ter : and " sconce," thdingh it means a candle-
. that sustains or holds the light of the hOuse, is
-•ed in a vulgar sense and itt poetry, to represent
skull; or hat Which sustains or holds the tight
to human body; viz:—the perception' or judg
if. Or, in Alger phrase., l Nt merely meanszA4 - o
the erility •
id, in the third line of the same stanza, " the "
be "he." And in die sixth line of the se
stanza, Nation " e,lnield be 4, Nations." -
nd intend to &able his vidwa to this Nation
ie nor to any artiatlar Natuin, tint to extend'
. to the Nationk of the broad Earth. The "yoke"
freemen can, directly, set this Nation " right ".=.
I indirectly, by its influence and the example of
Nation, set the Mitirtirt of the earth right. And
fourth line of the ninth stanza, "4.6-moirrow"
italicized, because it stands in antithesis
" yesterday" in the prededing line-r-the same
-precepft " and " and "frown and
Dade" in the sane stars*.
This communication is not made by any mqiest
I'm, who shedders for his hide in the hands of
w
all.poerhil agent, as he calls it, the Prom=
feelsmfficiently scourged by seeing his dogger
itations thrown before the pUblic, without ex
le ire , of the kind End:Mier by picking mit
lbical errors. And, he farther declans his
arida to start for Mexico, the next time he
himself ,to the public eye, preceding to be
red by the " Mexicatioa," - what butchered the
elenians," rather than trust himself in the hands
Shtanic majesties, the priiiter's devils I You
..emfore pardon this libedy in your friend, and
'liked of Tyro. •
Lake. July . 31aL tssi.
S And •.• plow," as written in the manuscript,
Olt stanza, sixth -line, the same learned authority,
I / 4 make Nosh Webster, 1.. L. D.,,,a.dmiued to be
osep biologist' the world ever knew, tells
mould always be written plow,tand not "plough"
in the e hi s - O PY--see great 'quarto dicti onary, or .
'en the University edition."
111134 ( 4" "'orBusums.—cultivate a -spirit of
eta*, both in your tempts : lll and
spiritual em-
Strstly adhere to your business. Aeltillinn
is lilt& There may be diffictilties - in your,
and so there are in every situation; but' let
relax your exertions, least you give osca
ir the enemy to speak era of you. Besides,
!Y in your lawful concerns is one of the had
be preserved from temptation. Idleness has
thousand evil consexpeness,'while idleness
• - a meet an4ppy state of mind. It is good
e mPloYed• Action is really the life, business,
the rest of the soul- " Idleness," as South
Orem up the Boni as a blank to the devil
to what he cdilj upon it." Idleness
emptiness, and business the fullness of the
and We all know tat we may infuse what
mto empty vessels, but a full one hub no
for 01 further whbigin
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Rattle .f Orbkaay.
While Burgoyne was moving down through
Lake liarriplain, Batty Si Leger, wlio bmi been
despatched for that purpose, was. hastening up the
St. Laui.ence and Lake Ontario to Oswego, from
whence he had descended on Fort Schuyler, slituar
ted where Rome now stands. The . Btitish army
from New York was to force out forts on the Had
son—Burkospie those' op Champlain and Lake
61 . 5 , 0 91 6 -111 1 5 St. Leger was to seize, Fort Schuy
ler and arOieh down the Mohawk and thus the
thee armies from a junction at Albany. The in-
Inisioti was well planned and promised stress, but
it is one thing to beat an arm? and quite‘ somber
to conquer the inhabitants. Though Schuyler had
his hands full with Burgoyne, he did not leave
Fott Schuyler to its fate. He called on the settlers
of the Mohawk Valley to rise in defence of their
homes. At first a general apathy followed his pro-
clarnalion ; and offended and; nsioui,lte *rote bit-
ferly of the want of patriotism among
inhabi
tants of Tryon county. At length, how'Fver, Gen:
Herkimer issued a call, which broke the spell, and
the people flew to arms. St. Leger's army con
sisting of British, Tories and Indians, numbered in
all about seventeen handled men. , Their order of
march—the wild warriors 'in five columns far in
front, and a dense mass of English troops behtnd
ritesented a most pictniesque appearance as they
passed through the forest.
Schuyler had sent Col. Gansevoort in the sum
mer to repair the fort, and a constant correspond
ence had been kept up between them on the sub
ject. The latter drew a most gloomy picture of the
*tale of the garrison, of the want of provisioni, -of
bullets, and firelocio and ammunition and men, af
firming it would be impossible to carry out the re
pairs and execute the works, required in his order
without reinforcements. Still he declared like a
brave man as he was ; he Would give a good ac.
count of any force that might be . brought against
OM
During the summer reinforcements were sent
him with military stores, without which scarce the
shadow of defence could ha* been made. They
arrived just in time, for scarcely were they within
the. fort before the enemy closed around it, and'the
forests rang with the warw hoop of the savage. .
This fort, formerly a strong one, was now in a
very imperfect state, but within it beat seven hun-
dred brave hearts determined to bury themselves
in its,runitt, before those seventeen hundred tones
d' savages should sweep over its ramparts.—
Blocked in on every side they went to, work with
a determination 'and skill that cover 'themselves
with honor. They had no flag to wave over
them and stand as a signal of defiance,•and so cut
ting some ammunition shirts into grips, while a
camblet cloak captured trom the enemy furnished
the blue, and various other materials the red, they
made a banner, which they hoisted with shouts
to its place. As it floated off in the breeze, three
cheers went up from the garrison, telling that wild
work would be done befoie it sho d be struck.
On summing up their means,ey found they
had but six weeks provision on hand, and but ve
ry little amrnunifionfor the cannon—and thug sup.
plied they commenced their herore defence.
On the 3d of August, St. Leger set down before
the fort, and sent a flag to the garrison demanding
its , surrender ; but not the humane offers, nor the
threatened vengeance of the savages, if resort shed
be had to storming, could shake their firm deter
mination to hold out to the last ; and the next day
the seige commenced. The Indian rifles picked
eff every man that showed himself above the works,
while shells were ever and anon thrown over
the 'ritiaparts. •
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The next day passed in the same way,but at
night that multitude ,of Indians, one thousand in
number, surrounded the walls, and covered by the
deep shadows of the fewest, commenced at a given
signal the Most terrific yells that ever froze the
heart of fears. The savage cry rung around the en-
tire fort,—a circle of discordant cries and screams
that could be heard for miles. Soddenly itceased,
I and death-lute stillness fell on the scene : again it
commended, making night hideous with horrid
echoes. Again it died away, and again comnien
ced, and thus the livelong , night did these demons
scream their war-whoop, and death-songs and .
threats in the ears of the listening garrison, filling
the soul with visions of blood and massacres. Ma
ny a dark tale *as that night told, and each one
knew from that moment what their fite, would be
if, overpowered by ntirnbers,.thei should bgconi
pelled to sin-render.
lu the meantime Gen. Herkimer, having, raised
nearly a thousand men determined to Match to
their relief, and sent an express to Gansevoort, an
nouncing,his approach to within 8 mires Of the en
emy's cainp. If the express arrived safely, three
cannon were to be fired as a signal, which he sap- ,
posed he should be able to hear at that distance:—
The next morning, Herkimer who was listening,
hiard those three guns as the echo slowly 'ravers
the fores, down the Valley of the Mohawk.—
Tile plan was to cut his way through the enemy's
csirrip, while Col. Gansevoort, in order to assist
141, should send one half his garrison forth to at
,tafic it on the other side. •
Herkimer having reached the point, doubted the
propriety of advancing on an enemy so much his
superior„ and proposed waiting tor reinforcements.
But his officers overruled him, declaring to his fare
that his hesitation arose from cowardice:, The
brave old veteran told them they - would be the first
to run when the battle commenced, and his words
proved true. . ,
All his remonstrances were of ne avail, he was
met al every turn by accusations and insult, until
enraged at their obstinacy and attue, he thunddred
out " March on P• 3 A loud shout was the response)
and the troops 'pushed: eimultaneonsly forward.- - -
In files two deep, with flanks thrown' out on each
side, and an advanced guard to clear the way, they
moved rapidly on. t4t. Leger had heard of their
" itiOAILIPLESS OF DENUNCIATION FRON ANT QUARTER."
approach, and fearing to be attacked in his camp;
had sent out a portion of Johnson's r e giment of
Greens, some rangers, and a body of hullo's tinder
Brant to intercept them. The mad by which Her
kimer was advancing, dipped into a ravine, about
two wiles west of Oriskany, (eight miles from
Whiteaboro,) and crossed it by a causeway of logs.
This ravine was somewhat amulet., bending away
towards the fort. The ground in and beyond:this
half elbow or bend, was slightly , elevated. On the
west aide the Indians had arranged themselves, ex
tending their files along the ravine on each side of
the line of march. The flanking detachment could
hot move outside of this defile, and so the whole
army passed vigorously across the causeway, and
began to ascend the high grounds beyond : instan
taneously the savages closed around the rear, thus
separating them from the rear guard and the am
munition and baggage wagons. Herkimer was
on horse-back, moving quietly along, when sod
denly a yell that seemed to rise out of the very
ground, swept in one terrific echo entirely around
his' army, followed by a flash of rifles and a gleam
of tomahawks that made the woods inherent-with
light. The surprise was complete, and the whole
army was thrown into disorder that no after effort
could restore. Herkimer, calm and collected, sent
his voice over the din and tumult to steady the
ranka, and with his sword over his head, he sat for
a moment the rock of the battle-field. The next
moment a musket ball pierced his horse, shatter
ing his leg in in; passage and he fell amid his fol
lowers. His aids immediately took the saddle from
the dying steed, and fixing it against a tree, placed
the wounded General upon it. There bleeding
and helpless he calmly issued his orders, while the
rattle of musketry, the yells of the savage, and the
death shrieks of the fallen, m a de a scene of uproar
and confusion terrific and indescribable. His offi
cers were dropping like leaves around him, and
whole ranks of his soldiers melted away in his
sight, while far as his eye could reach, was one
fierce death struggle. Here two powerful forms
were rolling on the earth, with their hands on each
others throats, and beside them two others were
wrestling for the mastery, while their muskets
swung to and fm in the air. Here a Acniniliawk
crushed into a skull and there a knife decended
like flash of light into a bosom. Still not a ray of
excitement or a shadow of fear pa4sed over his iron
countenance„! In reply to his officers who wished
him to remove to a place of greater safety, he said,
" I will face the enemy !" and coolly taking out a
pipe he filled it, and lighting it with some tinder,,
commenced smoking as quietly as if he were in
his' own house. -
Neither his mangled leg nor the dusky. warriors
around him nor his own utterly broken troops, could
disturb his equanimity. But that circle of fire and
death kept gradually cracting, forcing his disor
dered ranks into a dense mass. Seeing that this
wotthl complete the ruin, he ordered his men to
form into distinct separate circles, and thins prevent
themselves from being crushed together. Having
done this, their fire began to tell with terrible effect.
It searched the forest on every side, and the reel
ing forms of the Indians and British soldiers, show
ed that the hour of retribution had come. lust then
a dark cloud swept rapidly over the heavens turn
ing day into night, and filling the heavens with
glooni. The English commander now saw that a
desperate effort must be made to dislodge - the Ame
ricans, and in the midst of this gathering of the ele
ments, he ordeted the troops to cease firing and
charge bayonet.
Amid the deep hush that fell on the scene, the
rush and tramp of charging ranks were heard, and
the next moment the clashing of steel point against
each other as baronet crossed bayonet in the close
.conflict, sounded like the ringing of an hundred
anvils.' Never did troops charge braver than they,
and never was an onset more firmly met. It was
a deadly hand to-hand fight, and many lay side by
side with their bayonets in each other's bosoms,
But nothing could shake the steady courage of the
4mericans, and they were on the point of driying
back the foe, when that heavy cloud emptied itself
upon the battle field in a perieet deluge of rain, and
the combat ceased. The sudden silence tha
succeeded was more awful than the loudest up
.
There sat Herkimer drenched with rain, while
the taro armies around him seemed suddenly to
hate been turned into stone. The pattering of the
huge drops on the leaves l was distinctly heard, and
low groans and cries for help resounded on every
side.. During this suspension the wounded Gener
al ordered hit men to occupy an advantageous
piece of ground,t and form themselves into one
great cirche, tWO tehind each tree.
previously an Indian, whenever he saw a flash
from behind a tree, would spring forward and to
mainvotk the American before be could reload his
piece .1 but afterwards, when two were together, the
moment he uncovered himself he was dropped.
At length the cloud rolled away, and the combat
opened with tenfold futy. At this moment anoth
er detachment of Johnson's, Greens were seen
marching rapidly lip, and they soon opened their
fire.
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The Americans had now become perfectly mad
dened by the prolonged conflict and, he murderous
wink that had been made with their ranks. Pour
ing in volley after volley, as the steady troops ad
vanced, they at length burst away from their cover,
and with a terrible shot' fell on them with the bay
onet. Neither party gave way and they mingled in
the embrike of death. Now transfixing a poor
wretch with the bayonet, and now wishing a skull
with the butt end cf their muskets, or in close con
flict throttling their antvonists, and plunging the
knife into their sides, they raged through the fight
more like Unchained demons than men, and pre
sented one of the most terrific scenes ever furnish
ed by human passion.
At that moment a firing wits heard in the direc
tion of the fort, sending joy throio their hearts, for
they knew their friends were sallying forth to their
rescue and they sent a loud shout through the forest
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Butler who commanded the English rangers, now
formed a plan that well nigh proved fatal to the
Americans. Sending round a detachment of Greens
with American hats on to make them appear like
reinforcements from the garrison,he suddenly came
upon; Captain Gardener's company. The Lieuten-
ant cried out,
"They are friends."
"No, no !" shouted Capt. Gardener, '• don't you
'tee they have green coats !"
Corning steadily, on Gardener hailed them, and
one of his men recognizing "a / n - old acquaintance
among their ranks, ran up add held out his hand,
when he was immediately dragged within the lines
and made - prisoner. He stru gg led manfully how
ever, to escape, and Gardener, who saw the move
ment sprang forward and with one stroke of his
spear transfixed the perfidious friend, and freed his
man. 'Others immediately rushed upon him, he
struck one dead at his feet, wounded the second
and was turning to flee, when three others sprang
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out upon him.
Struggling desperately to clear himself his spurs
got entangled in their clothes, and he tripped and
fell. Two bayonets immediately pierced his thighs
pinning him to the earth, while a third was desen
ding in hiri bosom. Seizing this with his left hand,
he wrenched it aside with an effort, and bringing
his foe, an English lieutenant, upon his breast held
him firmly there as a shield against the thursts of
the others. His thighs were pierced, his left hand
cut to the bone by the bayonet which had been
drawn through his grasp, yet he held his enemy
locked in his embrace. In this perilous position,
some of his troops called out, " Hold, for God's
sake, you are killing your friends." He shopted
back, "They are enemies ! fire away.' One of
his men seeing his danger, rushed .forward to the
rescue and no sooner was the wounded hero re-
leased, than`he leaped to his feet . and seizing his
lance, laid his antagonist dead beside him, then
fled back to his company. Pouring in one volley,
they rushed upon each other in that dreadful hand
to hand fight, which distinguished the warriors of
old. Gardener shouted on his men, and deeds of
valor anTl personal prowess were performed, never
surp'd on any field of blood.
A Capt. Dillenack, who declared be would nev
er be taken alive, suddenly found himself opposed
to three English soldiers. Turning like a lion upon
them he wrenched away his musket, which one of
them seized, and felled him at a blow ; the second
he shot dead, and the third he tx.iyonettee, but
scarcely had the frown of rage given place to a
smile of trumph, he fell beside his victims, to rise
no more.
For six long hours, now had this murderous con
flict raged, and nearly half of the entire army lay
dead or wounded on the tield ; yet the remnant,
weary and exhausted, had no thought of retreating.
Closing sternly on their foes, they primed on,while
the distant funig every moment grew nearer, sen
ding hope to their hearts.
Suddenly, -over the tumult of battle rung the shout
Oomah!" the Indian's cry of flight, and the whole
turned and fled. The Americans gave them one
last volley, and then made the woods ring with
their loud hurrah.~.
A, more bloody battle, considering the number.'
engaged, was never fought, and the Americans re=,.
rosined victors.
The garrison had made a brave etiort $r their
friends. Soon as the heavy shower paseedty Col.
Willett, at the head of a detachment sallied forth
with such impetuosity, that the enemy had not time
to form before he was upon them carrying Sir
John Johnson's encampment, and capturing all his
papers, equipage, stores, and five standards. But
finding himself expoSeci to be cut off by St. Leger,
he was compelled to retreat into the fort. The cap- :
tared flags were hoisted on the flag staff, - beneath •
their own extemporaneous banner, and, as they
drooped there in disgrace, the soldiers mounted the
parapets and gave three hearty cheers.
Thus ended the battle of Oriskany, to stand for
'ever a monument of American valor. But what a
bloody. field it was—there lay, white man and say
age, near a thousand of them scattered around thro'
the forest, part pale in death,others reeling on their
elbows or sitting up against the trees, moaning pi
teously for water. The bright uniform - of the offi
cer glittered beside the naked body of the Indian :
and all around, thick as the leaves, were strewn
shivered spears, broken muskets and neglected
swords. Here lay a pile of fitly together, and there
a solitary warrior, where the death shut had struck
him. Two would be found side by side with their
bayonets in each other's bosom ; and near by, " a
white man and an Indian, born on the banks of the
Mohawk, their left hands clenched in each other's
hair, the right hand grasping in a gripe of death the
knife plunged lin each other's bosom—thus they lay
frowning." Days after the battle, the bodies still
lay unburied, many of them torn to pieces by wild
beasts. The Americans, though victors, had suf
fered too severely to think of cutting their way
through to the fort, and precipitately retreated, leav
ing their dead unburied and carrying their woun
ded general with them. They bore him to his
own house near Little Falls,where death put an end
to his sufferings. His leg was amputated, but the(
operatiOn being unskillfully perfonned, he bled to
death. , Like Moreau, who smoked during the am
putation of his leg after the battle of Dresden'', Her
kimer' sat up in his bed smoking his pipe as delib
erately as he did on the field of battle. Towards
night the old veteran saw that his hour had come,.
for no effod could staunch the blood, which in us
steady flow was rapidly draining the source of his
I.lfr, and he called for the Bible. Opening at the
thirty eighth psalm, he read it with a steady, tin
faultering voice to the' end, and then resigned his
soul into the hands of his maker.
'tunic individuals who attempt to climb into no
toriety, by mounting the ladder of public opinion,
will, like those who mount other ladders, occasion
ally reach a place where a step is wanting, and
they and all their projects suddenly, sadly, and
heavily fall through.
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Atrocities of a Spanish Robber.
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A noted Spanish brigand, some time ago, at
Madrid, expiated on the scaffold the atrocities of his
life. His histrOry ; as it transpiried on his trial. is
sufficient to furnish the ground-work of a romantic
tale, or melo-drama, according to the most approv
ed fashion of the day thou,•h its incidents are of
therueselVes wild and strange enou g h, even with
out the aid of any fiction.
The-naive of Below' Labrador hat long spread
(error through the country near. Madrid. He' was
not content .with the vulgar crimes of robbery and
murder, but took a fiend-like pleasure in putting 'his
victims to the most horrible tortures. All the in
ventions of the the ruffians who, under the name of
chauffeurs, perpetrated such horrid cruelties in
France during the Revolution, s were poor and cotm
mon-place compared with his devices for protract
ing the agony of the wretches who fell into his
hands. At s the head - Of a band of followers as ruth
lees as himself, he suddenly surprised the . unsus
pecting inmates of some peaceful dwelling, and;
having done his work of plunder and death, disap
peared, with no clue by whiclihiS footsteps could be
traced. I (is security was nn doubt owing to his ex- •
terminating policy : for he always took care to leave
behind him no living witness of his crime.
In the village of Alameda del Valie, near. Mad
rid, there lived a respectable farmer of the name of
Raman Espinosa, who passed for a man of sub-.
stance, and was understood to keep in his house a
considerable sum of money.. He lived, with his
wife, his daughter and his son, a child of eight years
old, ui a house at short distance from the other
houses of the village. One day he had , brought what better frame of .mind. 111
home oranges, and, wishing to` put them out of the
e, ime*s and recounted a fearful ass)
little boy's reach, he laid them on the top of'a large
priest endeavored to persnad
press which stood in the kitchen but the difficulty
a woman who had lived with him
*
was not sufficient to baulk the appetite of a boy of'
by whom he had a daughter sixte
that age. In the evening. finding himself lefiafOne
He obstinately refused, till he Was
for a few minutes, he began to scramble to the top
to the scaffold, when he gave his
of the press, in order to get at the oranges, arid had lay of a few hours was obtaiue
just reached it when he heard the door open. A- sent for, the marriage. ceremony
fmid of being caught in the act Of theft, and net'' and the certificate draWn tip and
having time to get down, he laid himself dal on the letnnity seemed to have sernese
top of the press, concealed by the ledge whiCh ran
;tun's mind : and he no* declar
along its front. His mother and sister_camein
.anll
name was Bertrand Brie, and that -
noticed his absence, hut without-uuea4te think •
of a small village in France,
ing he had gone, into a neighbor's hotiCSet and they• l.
When the ,(cement Of his delta the for the scaf- 1
were preparing to go fur him, when they.heard a
fold wag cone, he walked with a then step and an
knocking at the house door. They both ran to
air of the utmost composure. - H took leateof his
open it; when three men, masked and armed, rush
corn{ anions in prison with e • atrearance of
se
ed in antiized theilts threatening them with in- feeling ; requesting them and to
slant death if they uttered a sound. The' ruffians
Eery a " sake - to the Virgin for the repose of his
then commanded the woman, with horrible threats
When was mounted o the ass, (eceord
' and imprecations, to show them where' Raman li
to the usual manner in which c 'lninala s in Spain
kept his money. There either was none, cr the wo
are conveyed to the scaffold,) he tuijilsted himself
men did not know where it was kept, and they ac
carefully in his seat, and theft, ti rtilng to the es
conlingly protested their ignorance. The robbers
con said to theist, " Now, g.entfeititut; lilt Us move
beat them mragely, and set about ransacking c‘ery
on, if you please." He maintained the same de•
Mace they could think of, even the press en the 101 l
meanor it, the likse, and, withotit the slightest change ,
S'of which the poor chid lay t embling, but without
cottntenance, yteld'ed his neck the executioner.
being able to discover the object of their search.- 7 •
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Their disappointment rendered them furious.. Las Qcgr.x Csoss.—The formal the cloak
branor, finding a pair of pincers, began using it as is copied fiorethat of a Greek tunic. The outside
an instrument of torture to compel the woman to is composed of the richest white saint brocade, and
speak. They continued to protest their ignorance it is lined with the 'plain white, satin. Its length
of any money being in the house ;and the robber,
extends to' about half way doi t n the skirt of the
thrusting the pincers into the tire, heated them red
dress, and it is-widened at the i lotver part by . two
-hot, and nith them tore the flesh in large pieces slits about a quarter of a yard nn length. These
from the bones of his victims. Even this horrid slits or openings art ennfinedi bait : -not close, by la
cruelty 'failed in its effect. Th e miserable women r i ngs of gold cord, fastened tryi• pendent gold tas
in their agonsk.ceuld only cry that they had nothing, sets. The most striking novelty in this beautiful
to tell; andSto complete the tragedy, the miscreant,
cloak, is a border consisting of al row of Indian Rine*
having put a vessel of oil on the fire, piloted. the
leaves of the size at those usutlly introduced in'
boiliO'liquid on the most tender parts of their be shawlborders. These pine rea l es are cut out, and dies, till they expired under the violence of their the interstices Me up with tessellated open
torments. . work in gold. The cloak is edged all around with
The,
-ruffians, "
thinking themselreS now without with white
gold passemmterie of a very tasteful
• . . • .
ant
witness,set about their work of plunder, having
previously taken off their masks ; so that te little
boy, who had escaped their search almost by a
miracle, and had witnessed the whole dreadful
scene, obtained a view of their hideous faces.—
They packed up the most valuable -articles they
could find, and departed.
The poor child, half dead with grief and horror.
crept down from his hiding-place, and 'gave lite
alarm. A pursuit immediately took. Mace; but
without effect. It was discovered that the robbers
had entered Madrid; but at the gates of the city all
traces of them were lost. Description of their per;
persons and of their horses were given tothe police:
strict search was made in all the inns and stables of
Madrid ; but for a 'Considerable time every effort at
; •
discovery was fruitless.
At fast, in the night of the 19th November,lB36,
Don Francisco Arena, the commandant of the city
patrole, making his rounds, and going along- the
passage ofConsmvatory ( Traccsio del Cousrroatorio)
observed near the door - of one Gabriel Catalan, a
working mason, a quantity of stable-litter, which
had not been swept away. The commandant en
tered this man's house to reprove hint for his ne..4li
gence, when Catalan said he had no horses: This
denial appearrA suspicious:-and, being ordered and
threatended by the commandant, the man at length
confmed that he haikthrt e horses in his stable, of
whichi i
he elivered up the key. The horses were
ret:,:`v 4 niset. as belonging to Labrador and his g,amr:
and Catal , beingrelosely Tressed, dedlaretl that
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one of the, belonged to Jose Perez, a Galician.
who lived in the street bf the. Paruukros. at No. 14.
.in the nd floor, another to Leandro Poeigo, in
the' street - aseu Brigitta; and the third to a Cando
niam whose residence he could not point out. He
added that fonr'days before, these men had retun
ed front the country with their horses, and that they
were in die habit or taking frequent journeys.
Having fibtained these Particulars, Don Francisco
atierta ire nediately repared to the. residence of
Jose Pere . , whom he arrested. Peres denied lir
a
he posses
d any horse,but his servant admitted that
he did. Ile was carried to prison, and judical in
vestigatimis set on toot. On being examined, he
declared t tat his name was Jose Perez, and that he
- was born Ovedio ; but he was identified by seve
ral persona -as the famous robber Beltran Labraeor.
a Frencht tan by birth ; and a tinker by trade. He
~~
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.. i
a
itS alsn recognised d.s hating been
detnned for ten years, though he •
to make' his &rapt.. Bet his carte l
ed. 'lion rite tesfintony of the tied
ed, and condemned to die by st
sentence wfl soon aftertekecittild.
This mans fate insklitic4l more o f
sion usually felt even tar great c
then tare aboitt to expiat6fheir
ful death', The f laity^ atlas co
ted disgust; his Milan and helkor
with exttaordinary brightrieSsOad
portment was marked with that btu
which showed that he was capable
every enondity tritimitt ettiotiCn a
worse.
• His,deportinent in his last how
by several' characteristic traits. Iv]
was read_ to him in prison; ht' eons
with great calmness, and heard it t
indifferenie. He was visited by a
horted him to penitence and am
mendinditt t."' Cried he, laughing, "
of resolviiii on amendrnedt Ish
more : they --Mont give me time.for
prieu i.ndavo!ed to reuse him by
eternal tortures of the damned.' "
answer, " that l shall get a disco
years flare been kept in prison ;
added, latighing again, " 1 have
• intents and purposes, and have
themselves. ThVy catne tb , tne t
the shape of officers and alegnazi
ugly deyils as there are in hell!"
The day before the execution 11
design. The sleeves are slit, aoti laced With gold
tord and tassels like the openiti*s at the bottom of
the cloak.
1 1-
STIFF KI:EIE AND ` TIFF Stisi. A right reverend
prelate, himself amin of extre e good nature, was ,
frequently much vexed in the s irit, by the'iprond,
forward; perierse, and :untracta le ' temper ;of his
OM
The latter after an absence (much longer than
usual,.one day paid a visit to th bishop, .wlio kind-
Ay enquired the cause of his a nce, and was an
-I,e
=swered by the vicar, that he h been. "confined to
Vhishouse for some time past b an- obstinate stiff
! tussin his karef. lam glad of that replied the
prelate, - " 'tis a good_sympto that the order has
changed place, for I had a lon, 'nine, thought it int
siorenigy scli/ed in your neck." " 1
. I . ' " ' .
A PATVIT BOOT JACIE.z- - "A C.
slept all-might in the Battery Pa
himself stripped of his coat and
freely-, where he laid dow
but found himself in the situati
" Plaire on't, - he said." I cm
got the hat and roat;,.but
4 SO they must have used
pull 'am off."
GoOn If we ore
whv don't we have some kno
a skeptic to a elergyrnan. 4 i A
some knoWledge of this world )
to it r was the caustic- reply.
IVitEN you sec a young lad
not imagine she has fallen in g ,
haps she discovers a rnm hie
yourpose, and thinks that y
pledge.
In , disrutes 'upon moral
ever let youi aim be to come
quer your opponent.•
.s(nne one asks, what wi
SW, won't make a pudding
trohserq
Isinglass tied gun, dissolv
heat, makes a good cement .f
potton stone and turpentin
with a clean t lo:h, ice ato
U
=I
1713 Log
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1
Ithrne;riy cod
fothtd mans
*as now end
& irdtt convict
: flatiOn. Tfr
I the tompas-
-. aL4, when
I ,
! dell a shame-
I
tenanee elcit.;
eyes gleamed
his whole de•
al indifference .
lof committinf •
d Without re-
: etas marked ;
en Inkraenitmee
out , d smoking
the 6nd with
'priest,' who ex
ndrneta. "A-
Iltat IS the Use '
• net sin_ any
hat now." The
describing the
I 'hopei" %vas his
nt di' the two
for there," he
• en in hell to all
the vbrydevils
Cry •atttrtlay, in
sbt of as
was in some;
confessed his
eofenininitiete.
• , 4
mut tti marry
anti
tOuri -old.— •
• boilf to s proceed
onseut: A de
, a notary was •
was petTommeti,, •• •
igneti: This se•
ect. oil. the'. rtif-
Ilia( his real _-'
be- was a native
t
!tryman • who had
k
~ awoke and found •
... , lie had drank
he could not tell,
R he then Was.--
6 imagine !how they
I e boots, they fitted
patent bout jack to
o live after death,
ledge of it !" said
'by didn't you ha% o
before vou came in-
looking at you do
ove with you.- Per
*lsom on the end of
10 ought to sign the
e nd
Setenuase
lat truth, not to -con-
.-
`fa.4ltrin not do!"
nor mend a pair of
d together ,by . slow
r gla.s.
or gin, rubbed on
Ic ro6ll to bruse.