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UODRRICU, HURON DISTRICT, (C. W.) FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1848.
Ibt gluon Cignal,
$ ►msrie Ant P1It.trUBW t:yatt1 ramal
B Y CHARLEd •GOLSEN,
imams" weeman, oesbkaIc$.
THOMAS MACQUEEM, Lore•.
LTMI blade of Beek earl J.heriebe', i with
lts
Emilia end ),+sob I••tfeNes,
neals"as s'i dlpatek.
t*:AYE BT. SACRAMENT.
ST WILLIAM L. 1TOKt1.
(tonri UILD ROWova LAST.)
The campaigs against Canada, of 17111h
oposed with groat apparent spirit. Not
only did the beetlle Mauston, of the Casa-
diab Iodises cost/else very annoying to the
frontier..tlemesta, but the mother coun-
try and the mleeies alike felt 'bat they rand
meet le sssimpkeb to relish- the lures and
diwppoiatmeate of the two proeedisg !eon.
Indeed, the repeated (*Hutu of BraddeSbi
a.d Webb, awl Lord Lomb's, hed•ehagrtaed
and oasperatsd the Nation. The elder
Pitt toe declared is p.rliameet that thieve
appeared to be a determinating ova ter pert
of the Akers in command, against any
coney the heavy stores and smmeaitienr
Kell the artillery to cover the bandingof
the troops, in 11s .eighbeerfssud of the
worts lust to be invested. The utmost
confidence of success Inspired both °dicers
and men, acid all was activity and gayety
ie getting In mottos, from the iesthot the
rcoeille started the stated host freta their
tepees et the dawn, until the emNtketioo
was complete. be sere were all of en
easy victory, that they went forth as to a
grand review, or the pageant of a nauooal
festival. A part ofif l ad's "chivalry
was gathered there," of w tteama we, the 'ae-
complisbed Lord Howe, distinguished dike
for his gemerosity, his gallantry, - and his
eourego. Many other young noblemen, of
high bearing and promise, were likewise
there ; together with a still greater number
of natures noblemen, in thispersooe of New
England'. hardy Doris, both in commission
and is the ranks. Nor were the spirited
colonies of New York unrepresented --
Their soee, boih of English and Dutch de-
scent, 'untanned a generous rivalry in their
chivalrous baring, tad evinced as equal
loadings" to "rest to glory or tbe grave,"
for the honour of their country. These
proud -.panted Americans, with the blood of
freemen hotly cour.ing through their vein.,
umber knew nor eared whether Mev were
de;eended from the Talbot*, the John of
Gavots, or the Percy* ; but their bearta teat
a lith, aed their souls were as brave, asd
their sinewy arms could strike u beery
blows. as those who could trace the longest
ancestry, er were the proudest cumin.—
There, also, we, the rued Hrgbland Vogl -
meet of Lord Jobs Murray, with their bag-
pipes, their tartan bromine, fringed dews
their brawny lets, and their black planes
is their bonnets. What as array, apd
what a splendid erm.meet, for a assail and
quiet lake, sequestered erdeep'in the fete -
rim of what we, t►ea a woody conti-
nent. and embedded in a wild sad remote
chem, among a hundred noontains !—
Who would heirs supposed that thea lonely
aid Inhospitable region "where there were?
nothing but rocks and solitudes, sad bleak
mouetalns to cotteed for, would have been
the theatre on which the disputes between
tate rival courts of St. James and Mt. Cloud
should be decided•..and es which, the em-
battled hose of Coro pe, at the distance of
a thousand leagues hom their respective
homes, should have joined io the bloody
coiidictWr empire 1"
Lord Howe and bis suits had not joined
the arty since the removal of ter head-
quarters 1. pest Witham Mary ; bet hav-
teg reached Fort Edward Iron Albaey on
the preceding evening, purposed to take
horse early, ale ride the rennin/rig ton
miles os the morning of the embarkation.—
Emerging from the forest intervening be-
tween the two fortresses, and breaklag sud-
denly, and for the first time, in full verve of
the tit. Sacrament, an hour before the sun
bad peered above the eastern range of the
mountains, ho involuntarily checked bis im-
patient steed—now rendered mute result*
by the din of martial L.usac swelling upon
the air in advance --.and at montwnless,
gazing upon the gorgeous spleodoura that
dashed around, firs burauhtog the lofty
summits of 1111 mountains with gold, sod
then by degrees, dluiinmg the whole am-
phitheatre re a blase of uiequallod beauty
nd brightness. The morning being per-
fectly Vicar, after the light mists which
floated gracefully along the odea of the
hills had disappeared, the sky glow.dbright-
er and purer this many of them had ever
seem it. Before them, at the.r feet, lay the
crystal waters of the lake like a mirror of
molten lidera—the green island' tutted with
trees, desk( as it were to -the clear ele-
mest. le the camp on the open espiaade
by the shore, was the mustering of troops,
the berryieg to and fro of the Omars, the
rattling of armour, the neighing of steeds,
with all the inharmonious confusion which.
ouch n semis must necs1sardy present.—
Beyond, wide spread epos tbs lake, were
the tbeuswd barges, sMftiag arid changing
places as ce.T.niIUOe requered, the ban-
ners .f the dufrreet rsgnmeata streaming
gayly fs the beets., while the swell of
cheerful voices, the rolling of the drums,
the prolonged and exhilarating notes of the
trumpet, as they resounded among the
mosstates, combined to throw over the
whole wild regso an air of enchantment,
which bound the ardent military amateus as
with $ spell
1ds.4, the whole of this memorable pas-
ser of Lake St. Sacrament resembled more
the pgmet of greed aquatic gala, or a
dream of remake. than a chapter of real
life. Stretching dewo the lake, the scenery
partook of the ..tame wild and glorious
ehar.cter, sad every mile of their progress
di ttsleod . W objeste of wonder; or present-
ed fresh sources of delight. The tope sad
*buffer miss of the mowatei•s .Lorded new
phases with every tern, while tin relative
*Mee ly of the iota wereforward
"on -
the
i.Ia I •s. t►ayshot wbelblMl ese.•••s[ll`
islands stalling
I.ke.-sed hill.. reeks, Wood*, 11017
=effected
hash. fresh and beautiful a
ltsem •day •f
assmiecied pteseu Bee else* kenoewyt threiffb ter N the uto.atsi$e
aatlolff te yeas the serene. sad Mialltd'
of feed lddisge berme.- ilei 1,11aritJ,
whisk bated till die taints sea. The mai-
raaltrpirtts were sken °beefed ani eilivened
ed
vegimes the wellpp With
Wheeling Q(t, wash
utrtiraS who ffrM df movi•t safe * wear-
ier/Myer t;w weesmeedr were •1s•g i mew
laid rebustrab 4 ,a •t ratite. N IIrtpry- Th. b•g?il+•s
would thrill every soul
Arm da with rho pibrock or an 0*-
1:►mglama e1 .11* t1• mal &1u4S- b1
Mkdo
v,goraa. saseslfoa el the mere' d the
croaky ; fed when► derisg the msec year.
the king was m
reo•strated web o pp 0t
tag 1070 s ed m
resit a oiman as Webb
toe t tinmeditated •epolltng against
Quebec, the sturdy Breektaeker 's'xudly
repbei--" If be is ease, I hops he will bite
some of sty gng•si a 1t hs" osier them
circamet•eceo that England determined' to
put forth her whole energies in three tit-
int/able **politicise this year proyseted, sem:
waist Louisburg, under Geeoel Amherst
Katmai Fort De QasrUbsaw
the third aad peioelpal AutarkicvatTi-
conderoga and Crown Point, with as view at
M
l.
t in this
sinking a pie upon which tate prlogress of
letter campaign
our story is co.i1C10d.
,, for the prosecution of this high emprise,
so army ofb regedulnrorits num-
bers
provincialsIwar atom led.. Pr c dented f
io the annals of American warfare.—
Lord Leaden baring been recalled, the coin-
man/dseoired epos General Abercrombie,
who determined to lead dm expedition in
ponies. The d
reesvous,of the formidable
•epos this sorties, we, at the
he or lake St. Sacra-
peOt, a It we, by the French, from
the remarkable and-trasepusacy set
to waters,•wbicb were for a lung time cos -
•eyed to Fran for tie serv,ccs of the
Catholic altar. After it came indisputably
into taw miasmic. of the Enghah, it we,
baptised *sew, is !.soar of the Brunswick -
ere. This lake is tb*ty-ava mites long.
with a roma breadth sot ezeeedsg two.—
Its shanties is oto kindred *nd sixty feet
above the waters air. into which
it rushes %brooch a rocky strut of two and
a half mils" at its north-eastern extremity.
Its location is in thIPhigh norther■ regio.
of New York, .mbosemedsleep among the
mountains. The Sommer landscape
h,ifruin
its Ned is ladoecribab y grand c
dejh-
ful. At the distance of [hurls** mile', the
lake term to the right, stretching off eat-
wardly,.nd is lost among the mousta1ae.—
The prospect, therefore, resembles a .tu-
peadow amphitheatre, the mountains cors-
Pa'K wheh Mee by steep and precipitioats
acclivities to the height of more than a
thousand (int. On the right, the Froich
grandeur,
anataia Delo elevation of fourteencrest, in nullen
hun-
• *kli
. off gradually to the watt,
until its bales is laved by the bright waters
of St. e.c,$.ent. In some irutaoces tbe
mouitam summits are
ald, aides in bold d and
stand forth trop their
naked rdisf i tut for the most part, the
heights are covered to their tops with deci-
duous true and shrubs, plentifully sprinkled
wits the later shades o(theovergrew's ,
At tholdsa where the lahm tskm a more
maim dMMtiM.1 hay ata up amoigat
the rids to the north -watt, beyond which,
as g! sr Chase salamis, bills rim above
biller erOcrrbg frit their loftiness, till at
rh hprpatt.d .11.115 are lost in the
a The beam .4 the lake itself is
adetaed with aasltitedieme Mule islands,
*b. Omit rwtlwtt N ohne ie ssmm.r, be.
leg, with lb. eerrosdi•g . maw*i.e, re -
&e bask tritb pndwr vividness froth
the pore eismeet. adds greatly to the pic-
turesque .fist, by canes etingti*g tbe be.nu-
ful ri%b the reggd sad «'elm'•' - Wild
and derd•M MMM meneatio region then
as, and yet mstieses, its somas hive
Mee cosneer$ted with more
tuba esy ~spat in Amerte1. For
peeled it wee the Tber eseyie
r *Mai airs the Freseb seppoMd
ompimose main*.
tie 1~111111111 Peen I dMy of die
were. AN Geier M Used, wore the
for ie des e. aW
MMIte damn
Abe rim*, erreb.iaasiiisr
miss d Waimea
ed the 11. lett
ttle el M
tie
iteserl
the
tot. emit ep mil swot
the isiurds, with their different s: real:Nro
Aottering in the air, now shooting in
this direcuun, and now running In that
—was exceedingly fine, animating, and
romantic. Taking these movements In
Connexion with sodding of plumes, the
dasak.g glitter of polished armour, lied the
oats •1 every stroke as they rose from the
sparkling waters, the whole prospect, seen
at a comp d'ail, was of surpassing magnifi-
cence. Gayest among the gay on this oc-
casion was our friend Captain Thorndyke,
with his spirited company of rangers, des-
tined to set on the right flank. Nor did
the healthy buoy■ncy of spirits which pre-
vailed dung the voyage perceptibly dimin-
ish, uutd the laugh and the song,, the light
joke and the brisk repartee, had fairly ex.
pended themselves, and the giant shadows
of the western moanteins were thrown far
across the lake, softening the intensity of
light, and bringing with them that chasten-
ed pensiveness which loves to dwell in the
shade.
The landing of the expedition was effect-
ed is good order. But the particulars of
the two days Sighting that followed.—the
formidable obstacles which embarrassed
their progrea; the unexpected odds they
were doomed to encounter,—the repeated
and furious onsets,—the prodigies of vetoer
performed to no purpose,—the defeat, the
overthrow, and the route,— are smatters
which we leave with the graver andstatelier
historians, who chronicle dull facts to
be
need as web. in weaving the' romance of
blistery. Among the higher officers dun
oras the frilly noble Lord Howc, the pride
of the army, and r universal favourite—
whose remains repos" in our seri, *nd to
whose memory a esootaph we, erected -in
Westminster Abbey by American geoerosn-
ty. And may were the Amotacan mothers
and daughters who were called to mourn
the catastrophe of that day.
Amongst the missing. as the shattered
remains of the discomfited army rseinbark-
ad on their rotors to Fort William Henry,
we, Captain Thorndyke. 11e bad early
been wounded, during a smart ekirminh to
theodge of a wood—bis leg being fractured
by a musket ball ; sod in the hot haste.of
his troops, he we, left upon the' ground.—
lie did not remain in the situation long,
however, before be was seized by a couple
of singes, and dragged off deeper into the
forest, to a place of security, where be was
bound to a tree—reserved, doubtless, for a
death by torture when the battle should be I
over, else bis ceptors would have despatch--
rd6imat once. In this usenwetM(e piasm
tion he remained tunny hours, witn . hear-
ing of the strife ; his compaateps ignorant
of his fate ; and he him, elleare of death, let
the bird of victory perch on either standard.
Duriog this period bra mood sea agitated by
the most conflicting and powerful emotions
of hope, fear, and despair—not the fear of
which cowards die, but the apprehension,
from the length and obstinacy of the con-
flict, that their cowMdence of success had
been misplseed. At one ,Moment he thought
he could detect, 'among the 'trued' that
reached his ear, an English about of victory
.-and in tato next breath the firing seemed
to recede from the works of the enetny,—
A SIGULAR ADVENTURE.
wafers" se me, M ---r To 0111 011 emu ra111*es.
(Translated from the Encyclopedia kletbodiyue,
11SI.)
Dai,a Faieuu,-1 am about to entrust
you with a dreadful secret.. which I can tell
Lto yourself. The marriage of Miss
Tildac with the young 8ainvitte took
lei ;ccterday. Being one of the neigh -
not was obligee! to attend. You know
Vildac : he has an ominous pbysiog-
beiltg, which 1 bate always suspected. 1
observed yesterday, that far from taking
part la the festivity of the occasion, or In
the happiness of hie daughter and son -in-
laws the general joy was insuportable to
blot.
Wbes the hour of retirement came, I
was conducted to an apartment- below the
great ower. 1 had pet taiko asleep,
whoa awakened by a dull noise over my
bead, I listened, and heard rho step of a
person dragging chains along, aid who de-
scended slowly some steps. One of the
dare of my cambers was open : the noise
of the chains inereased : the person who
dragged them entered, and advanced towards
the chimney. There were a few braids
hall extinguished, whic!, he put together,
t having made a utile firo be said, with
• Icbral voice, " Ah ! how long a time
since I got myself warmed." i assure you,
my dear friend, I began to be afraid. I
matched my sword to defend myself, and
open nig the climates gently, I perceived,
by the -right of the brands, the appearance of
an old rasa, half sated, reduced to trete skin
and bon*, with a bald head and white beard,
attempting to warm his Deny bands at the
halt extinguished coals. The sight affected
ins much. While I was viewing him, the
wood emitted a slight flame, he turned his
eyes towards the door by which he entered,
then fixed them o• the floor, and abandoned
himself to the most extraordiaary grief : a
moment atter he fell aro his knees, ad beat
hie bead agaivat the door ; between hi. sobs
1 heard Mm utter- "My God t oh my God 1"
TWI:LVIG AND bIX PENCE
AT Tera LSD as Tea VIAL
NUMBER 8.
" we have but a momeot. The Jay a l-
eineee. Lel us loot no time : come
away."
" Your zeal (titer s me," replied he, "but
1 have so few days to live, that liberty has
few charms for me. Should 1 go to er1"y
IT and diehonour try son 1 Alas ! it she
who has di'honoured himself. But what
ev,1 has bus daughter dune me 1 That
young innocent 1 Shall I go to carer her
wttb iefamy t Ah, would to Gad that 1
could see her and sprinkle her with my
tears, and grasp ber in my arms ! But my
wishes are useless ; i shall never see her.—
Adieu. The day approaches, our conversa-
tion may be overheard. 1 wast ge and en-
ter my prisoa."
" No,' said 1, stopping him, " I will not
suffer it. Coofrocment ba enfeebled your
mind ; it to niy part to furnish you with
courage. We sill examine, .ttcrwards
whether you should be made known. At
present let 'us escape. 1 offer you my cas-
tle, my credit, my fortune. You shall sot
be known, if you please; the criteria( Vildac
*ball be kiddy* from all the world. Whet
do you fear 1"
"Nothing," said be. "I am penetrated
with gr.Utiude ; I ednury you : but all is
useless ; 1 will not follow you.' -
"Yon will not! Then choose. I will
go enmcdtately to the governor of the pro-
vince ; l will tell bun who you are ; ard we
will come with an utoed force and snatch
you from the barbarian' of your sou.'
"See that you do nut duclese my secret.
Leave me to die here. 1 am a Wooster un-
worthy of the light. There is a crime
which I must expiate, and one tl,e most in-
famous find the most humble. 'tura your
eyes hither : see the blood, the traces of
which are on the hoards sad on the Nall.—
TMs to the blood of or raTHtta, whom l
assassinated. I wished, like Vildac. .1h,
1 see him still; He stretches out hes
bloody arms to prevent me. Ile tali. 0
HORRIBLE. APPRARANCR ! 0 Despair!"
In the meantime, the old man threw him-
self on the floor, and tore his hair ; he fell
into horrible coneuteions—I saw that he
At that instant my curtains rnade some could no longer turn los eyes towards me
voile ; he turned with terror, aid cried out, —i was aa if petrified. After some mo-
b is there any body there 1 'is there any menus silence, w• thought we heard • noise;
wady es s
The
de awe
V'Itliorfwaso *Mow
r Best a Aar
of the liem, apil
pRitri Lisle, eirki Noma tilts
-of grog*
lih.i•se'M11MIe Assess
or
fit than ever to make work fur us, the judge
and the hargman.
t)! wieel.W-mskors ! v.ho think to soften
the hearts of the people, 10 make them gee-
tle, and good, to give them feelings of res-
pect tor then:selves and others, by showing
them a sight lite them. —Hag (feral Tiwes.
SCRAPS FROM PUNCH.
QUITS A 111*51 La or reeLINO.
A medical mat, of ills very old school,
calls all operations that are performed with-
out the patient feeling anything, moonless
operations.
parses in that bed 1-' " Yes," cried 1, open-
iog suddenly my curtains, "'but who are
yua 1" las sobs hindered him -from speak-
ing ,. he wade a sign with his band, that hs
mace failed him. At last ho grew calm.—
" 1 am (said he) the most wretched of men,
and peltheps 1 ebould ray no more, did not
the etgare of awing owe d soy own spe-
cies (after so many years In which I have
veto no person) oblige me. Fear nothing.
Come and art by meat this chimney. Have
pity on me. It will soften my woes to re-
late them to you."
The terror with which I had been seized
gave place to a Rood of compassion. I
arose, went and sat down by him.. That
mark of confidence affected him. lie
;reaped my hand, and wet it with hu tears.
"enerous man 1 (said he) begin by satis-
fying my curiosity : tell me why you lodge
in this apartment, which is never inhabited ?
What is the meaning of the noise which I
have heard this morning 1 What extraor-
dinary thing has happened to -day in the
castle!"
When I told him 6f the marriage of the
daughter of Vildac, he lifted bus lauds to-
wards heaven, and exclaimed,
" Vildac has a daughter ! She i1 mar-
ried ! Great God, make her happy !—
Grant, especially, that she may never know
the crime. Lure, then, sir, who I am.—
Yeu speak to the father of Vildac 7'
" What! the cruel Vildac 1"
"But, sir. have I a right to complain of
him! should 1 accuse hiuu 1"
" What !" cried 1, with a.toaisbment,
"Vildac is your eon !—the monster retain'
you here. and has loaded you with chains !"
" Behold," said he, "what base sell -inte-
rest can prod dee; The hard ferocious heart
of my unhappy son has never felt aayited
emotion : insensible to fnewdebip, be has
rendered himself deaf even to the eries of
nature, and to seize my possessions be has
loaded me with chains. Ile went one day
to the house of a neighbouring lord, who
had lost his father ; he found him encom-
passed by hoe Is, receiving his rents,
and disposed of his crops. That eight pro-
duced an awful effect on the mind of Vildac.
The thirst to enjoy his patrimony had for a
long eons devoured him. I remarked a his
"New wild sad high the Camerons' gathering
s hills
Th.te of and heard,f, which too, Imes her ,Beaoa
Have hosebaud,
foes."
By this signal be knew well that the
Scots' blood was up, and that if they could
but measure alms with their foe., they
would sweep a wide column into eternity.
At length. however, after many indications
of a terrible c_ onfltct, it appeared but too
evident that Abercrombie was defeated ;
aid his spirits sunk at the thoeght of the
discomfltore of such an army, which, but
two days before, had descended the lake in
such splendid and vaunus( array. In the
boor of triumph—amidst the shouts of vic-
tory—he could have laid down his life f.ee-
ly to add to the glory of bis country ; but
to hear the retreating tread ofhis feel lees
and to be kept thus wounded and help
lees
for the torture, we, a situation af-
fording little of .onsolativa, Once only
were his solitary reelections disturbed dur-
ing his confinement, sad before the close of
the action,—but the were In nowise
rendered mere agreeable. An Indian lad,
too young to go out upon the war -path,
but who was yet hovering
on the sin a of
the eamp, and prowling about, at
return that he hada mute gloomy an
blood in tg
ars breeze like the timer'• whelp aet0O ale then common. A fortnight after
"arse suddenly upon Ttroandyke, with fro VIOLIN mixed mr!,
Mlle hatchet a or zing up ko the
etwounded soring in ls three n en with d ne of rerylh r4, and lodged me Linn t
is
pad. After gazing upon me a sudden tower. 1 know sot bow Vildac managed
thought soldier for a dartmupon y to spread abroad the news of my death ;
thought teemed to upon the lawn
stripling's mind, and measoriag by the eye but I soon understood, from the nose of
• e apt Meanest octad, 1.trp to epar44 to hells and funeral The
s, that iuboa ofthatceremos
celebrated
the captive hatchet. was boL me into the deepest distress. 1
theses M. ueIt sera awful .o, plunged a. a rtienlar favour,
oie.t for NM hue, and, to his owe mini, asked (ueelealy) Ps
the test. Tim paned rayed bias arm, and that 1 might be permitted to see Vitdsc--
•he an, Theeewho brought me my bread doubtless
eitaskles$ w• a rows erinun,.l condensed
.,,'posh Ie ihat tower. -11 is teat, -years
sieve I was put here. Perceiving this
mnr.ing that those who brought me my
bread, bad neglected to secure my door, 1
waited for 1b* eight to profit by it. 1 do
not desire to escape ; bot the liberty of
stopple, a flow peeves farther is something
to a preHe sser." 1, " you ideal leave this
wretched shed•. Heave° has destined me
to in yam deliverer. Let us go out : all
an is ss . 1 will be yoar defeeder—your
s.hef11--/our `aide." a
«Alw . wild he, alt"ter • moment's
el -
lee" "tills kiM et wilted" Ms greatly
chnughiley
saipl.s aid ideas r *Il a bet
epirdelle ps sent, .osis 1 bare mitred
n he the 'coat wroreh.d situating,
niter*
I gait it ha another 7 What
CIIIIPTMAI WAILS.
Numerous tradesmen waiting for their
accuunie, se they have all a 'little bill' wait-
isg to he taken up.
Numerous persons waiting several days
inthepost,ofilcc at Manchester, to get a
smell money order cashed.
Thu I'odeetal In Trafalgar -square waning
ter a status. a
The .`Spanish Bondholders wailing for a
dividend.
The Irish waiting for John O'Connel to
die nn the floor of the Nouse of commons.
The Monster House at the Albert Gate
waiting for a tenant. -
-
The Subscribers to the Art•UsieSVSitieg
for their engravings.
The Marble Arch at Buckingham Palace •
waiting for a situation.
Leopold waiting for his wife's dowry from
Louis Phitlippe.
England waiting for juetic front Ireland.
Aad—the greatest Wait of all—the
printer's devil waiting for copy.
the day begar.,to appear. IIe rose up.—
" You are penetrated with horror," raid be.
"rAdiop: F I y from yse-7 will ascend into my
tower,ko come out of it no more for ever." 1
remained without motion or speech. Every•
thing in the costae Inspred tee wish horror.
I got out of it ummedretely. I arm now go-
ing Lo live oa arae u( my other °stater,. 1
can neither bear to see Vibiae, nor remain
here. 0 my friend, how is it poseib:e that
human nature can produce such muosters,
and.uchtrimes 1
This matter happened in Provence, in the
begiouiog of the prevent [last] century.—
Before we printed the account, we took care
to dieguise the names. Mosaic tie *Moe.
TOW LAST RILL TRSTAtrttl'T Or 1847.
Thiel document was opened this morning
with the usual formalmtres. It was under-
stood that the Old Year had died to con-
siderable difficulties, caused, in some mea- -
ore, by the complete failure of the crops on
his estate ; but mainly by the reckless
ext rat apiece of his father and grandfather,
the notorious railway .epeculalurs. The
will was very brief and tnformpl, and ran in
these terms:
'1, 1847. being weak in body, but sound
in nand, do thereby make tied my last will
end testa neut. I give sod bequeath to
my son, 1846, ill those my lands, tenements.
goods, and chattel•, namely—
'1111 those my Irish difficulties, lying in
the six disturbed counties, and all other my
Irish da lcultier, wheresoever and what-
soever, in trot to settle the. same as lioat♦"
can.
Also my English Pressure, in trust to
lighten the tame ; also all other arty railway
lines, cumpleted and in progrese, where-
soever situate, in trust to Lesko the most bo
can out of them;
'Also all those my islf-fi• fished, projected
and promised measures of improvement,
situate lying, ted being in the heads of the
various departments of Government, eerie -
chilly alt those my educational and sanatory
Isitsuree, un trust to complete the same to
the rise, and for the benefit, of any English
p.tatekend tbe tenants resident thereon, all
parliamentary delays, dodgesirand difficulties
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Signed and seeded by the above-named
1847, fa the presence of us.
' Thiamine* 318V,
' JANUART 1ST:
DEATH PUNISIINENT.
it is, in our opinion, a very great erret (o
suppose that death punishment, or the
wetoessing of it. tends to prevent crime.
Let thole who think otherwise, or believe
in death, punishment, read the following.
EXECUTION OF A BOY.
sr • HaNGMAN'•
A few years ego I was called out of town
to hang a little boy who had been convicted
of kilhig with ..malice afore-thought. If
guilty, he must have been In the habit el
going to the execution. Ten thousand
came to dabble in the poor young e,eature's
blood. This a -a. the youngest creature 1
ever handled is the way of our business,
and a beautiful child he was too, as you
have seen by the papers, with a straight
nose, large blue ,eyes, and golden hair. 1
have no heart, no feelings ; who has in our
calling 1 But those who come to see me
sirengle that tender youngster have hearts
and feelings as we oate had. Hare ! no,
bad ; for whit they saw fit to make them
as Mrd as our servant and le mater.
They saw that *tripling lifted, fainting,
on the gallows ; his smooth check the color
of wood ashes—lit little limb" trembling,
and his bottom heaving sign alter sign, as II
the body and soul were parting without any
help."
*AKA ed A til• latcbst beetled three;
?plat
pr y as lbs -team s1'-ItgR..Me•-nMtksa A
spas of the primmer's head.
a i•RnI
w ears thew advied
s, tailing theme
his hat shat, repeated rite this w --the metre -
aamt whistles( by his ear, and striking yet
a1eref the Wil afire memoir. 1n We way
Ur Md eaatlaed him feedlot szperimeets
for a esa_Me*MN length of time--nome-
limes .nkaag the tree farther fr his
merit. tad at ethers gassing the Iet$ks of
sm
the llive erts•aer• Hamm at ger
*mesh themes ille,wtty te tithe Iawiee'
or hit Aber lemrys pokers, strictly les
Med, ser Irimy lichen bee led off deeper
fete I15 # melkw...w err here afterwards
tweed that the led bed merelyen tis - in d want nl t.tswitaf _
and had wantonly rel iM bead
mark is Mimi!' at s better, 144 a
Time
.icer Wird bo* awe be could seine to the
elyaet billikallinkfile it.
t m PIOer t
Losse steigerillale as orfs ram.] _
d110 1111114111 Wm to -
*tip.. i* tall
the barges sung
This- was downright murder, for there
sea nl began to pany ull lio take tho capout overfbus baby
bon.—
Wises l belt P
face, he reseed he bands together, (bus
arms you know were corded to he body,)
and then gave me • beseeching took, jest
as the calf will lick the butcher • hand.—
But cattle do not speak ; this texture put-
tered, " pray, sir, don't hurt mc." " My
dear," " 1 mn.wered, " yo•i should have
"pokes to my mister ; 1 am only a journey -
nun. and must do 551 am feud." Tnis mule
hire cry, which seomed to relieve him, and i
do think that 1 should have cried my.elf if
i bad not heard the ■hnuta of 11. crowd
• •' P.vor laav\-1—SI►me !—Murder '"—
,
Qniek" said the Sherri!: Itea•)y," the
I. The Reversed g g
ive wink—the drop fell-e-une kick—arid re
awn)ed to and fro, dead are the feelings of
the Christian people of Refired.
The crowd d ipersed ; some swearing,
some weeping with passionate exclamations,
some moving as if hell had broke loose,
some laughed ,thele they reeked jokes on
you and me and the dangling entry. They
lied tome for the sight. 'bey would have
some to sat as angel murdered. They bad
sono to get drank with strong excitement ;
hot west back Theynhadrome filthy
to tri tt e
In
the p•asior of fear and pity ; there went
hark Marie In a fever
..1 rage limit ;mingme
with hate, torso
and yew -all welt down i• Gomm
owe res.ani bleed.
peer, wady to mike light of pew
earwpted by taw maw:est show, and mors
j go to do le the world', The die
sot 1 -111 *awe !e this tower.
yes think of sec% tl dries w said 1;
Scorer rr'rsua YAsinio- Han you seta
a deg pass right dung the road, about a
year, or a year and a half, or two years
old/ inquired an American of a Scotchman
whom he met. " Eh ;" replied the Scotch -
man, " about an boor. or an boor an' a ba'f,
or twa hours ago ; an' if it's themes it had
a tail abiiot an inch, or an inch an' a ha f or
two inches tang; an 'its neo •boot a mile, or
a mile an a ha./ or two mires right a head."
" N•cll," rejoined the American, " guess
you're in me, a foot, ora tout and a half, or
two feet."
SHARP S11ooTi'o.-411The Editor 'of the
Alabama Flag fired the following squib at
Prentice, of the Louisville Joeraal:—
W by is the editor of the Louisville Jour-
nals career through life like a celebrated
tine 1 i ecauee it to the rogues' march.
Prentice, who is a " dead shot,' loaded
his piece, end taking good aim, let the Flu`
man have It right in the teeth, after rho
following manner, to wit !—
Why will the editor of the Flog, at the
chose of his career through life, be like a
tune of Paganini e 1 Because be will be
executed on a single strieg.
An old footman, having read Lindley
Murray, was ever after very precise in he
announcement.. when ushering in testier..
On one °craesinn a gentleman named Font,
with a daughter on each nein, wee shown
into a drawing room with this intro-
dMume :—" kir Foot ed the tree ,guess
Fret !"
As a malarial of human ttepplitsess Ivy
misery, :emper Is ,ofloately more important,
because so rnuch oftener brought tato u e,
than high mandednese ; opponnnity for •
generous .et.on may atter perhaps once in
a year, whsle temper is •e rely at Work for
good Or e01 durtsg every beer of .sr ex-
istence.
In all aoefotIge it Is ad elbta 10 •raociate
with tai bigbM4, nut th t the h'ghest are
always the bat, but muse disgusted
therm we can at any tins de.cend : but if we
bents with the lowest, to asered is ire-
posrble. _
Why ere!meghly children' enm.ltlh`k
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motto wafers ; Bsoasy
thou becks to NOW tbelastick to the let-
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