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,.cd.’.m.; Moo ghllleflsi _.and_‘l.‘37 doubloonsi .
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two men from New I'ot'k”’gI'>ihg_-IQ. cali’<i£l,3- ~We£,
:iet:.itos;ton;in ¢<>tT1P““YJYIEI‘-7F‘?"‘§" *‘“€‘i-°-'°*:*"3‘l3t
into Canada, and after travélltng'70 or-'30 -17111339‘?
"we r9.bl>=d t.h.<.=m« .-We td<.>k- Wm ‘hem $..‘4=°°°
C
’. and rode 033$ Iilslf 55. ill‘? °‘°'“m’
t'pw,;i'rdjs‘ Canada," but then" t.u‘rn'ed ‘antlxwent to
' ' Bzillstofi Springs, where we 'staid'som'e time.
I ‘started for life’ City . of WasliinSl°."i where
I sold ‘a horsel had stolenlfrom ’t_he_Govet'.nor of
‘ New York.’ I fell inconipa-ny with a man that
had 5,015“ /5 h‘o;~se,.and~ wliosaitl he was so well
“ kn‘ow’n, LIIC lcottlcl-n_ot§tli'spose oi iii‘!!!-"., :Herbcg-.
‘ ged me to dispose of him-, V
'_,',,,4ag gfjae I_.was appreliondetl, and lay
and the‘ rotiscqucnce
in gaol sev-
' eral .-n‘ion,ths,-.‘.\\{hen II was released on condition
t,.liat' I-‘should join the ar_my,an(l KWS ii": momlls
‘ under the cotnmaiicl of C.ol.-Carbery. I -had no
. ojriier‘giiiiy,tti;iii_.toibeon guai'd-attire PI'.6.8i<.l€m’S
‘ . eIvef'y’day. _
‘“ another '7sort".-,
But they soon found 'wox'k fol? m6'0l
Vi/lord 'was'left for m'e‘-‘oné day
;1iat=t'h‘ére.w_as.a»;cli_al1enge ‘fo"r—mc'; there was a
_,regini'ent of‘tri'illlla at
' .' s.c,ndliim ‘out’; , _, _
‘M and sent lii_,ii'~if.bt_J,t_v.'it.li 8, second. I <l|d..fl.0i Pull
-" ofl"-my iaickéli
J ing enough.
George Toy".-'n, antl‘tli_ey left
_ . ,,,,,,,;_i_,'a:-'_t|,ey=iiad_a:-_man* that could ,whi7p _me ‘or
' any,m~,m:'1,e1ongingV_to',Col. Larberry s regiment.
I got myselfre‘ady,"in a:s'ec'ond', and ~.ve'nt~to their
regir'nent,' a_ndI«t’old' tliein could -. whip any man
,'..,,-,,i,..,‘1,,,_1,,,,g,,,1_.;,t.q t_l'l'C1I'., I7Cg‘lm€III,' or ever did be.
‘long’ to it, -and they might _choo$e.=the1r._ mgtniantl
' I_n amiuuteithey chose their man
‘ ‘\,\_7:c. ended_tbe_battle by his cry-
Ididnot naind thcword oftbe Lord
, now, tliough every day-,li,is_ blessedfspit'it ‘V315 Cr)“
_ jfng out,to.,‘me;
' t'lt'is_ _time, that,
and I wasso full of wickedness at
as"Cod is my wpitness,-I’ hatla
r_njn’d'_.j "to, (_lClI~\'_e;l" up the Presitlent to Admiral
. f.C..0°l.‘\b.Urn;somc night or otbe_r,to be taken aboard
“ _. ,t_h_e_i_r v.ess_els ; Imean the Bl'lllSI_) \'esscl,s,f0i:tjliey
_§lay-in t_lie,_l’atttxcnt,_and I could l1.aV¢ I80‘ l.“.m;‘a'
t board'f:toi_n seven o'clock i:i_-the evening till day-
_-light, if,I could _have SE:Cn_tl1_c>Bl'ItISlI,iO commu-
f’1iic’atc,-iny scheme to them.‘ . .. _ . ; , i .. .
«. _._(_\s‘_I had got. very tired by this time of _tlie-ar-
my, I took a very brisk, smart young follow to
fthe Colonel, -and told him ; he would take my
_ »plat'.e,. btit the colonel told me, be W0l)lt'I‘a_Sll€f
have me as fourgcommon men_ ; then Itried Col.
Baal, but as they would none of them let me go,
I I hired a horse and gig in. George-Towns’ and
startedoff immediately I~()I“AnIlttp0lIS.‘ Ibroke
the gig on the road,’and lodged at the.ho_use ofa
. minister. :It was Sunday the n¢Xl.<l8Ys;.aD¢l13S I
» H ran down his cheeks like water.
was a free born boy, born in
ha’?!
_could not get: the gig mendc_d.tbatd,ayslS1‘did
with him.- He‘ treated me with gieat resp.c<;t.
and as I had an epaulette on my s|io.v.ild_er, he took
me for an ofiicer and callgd me Captain. I got
the gig mended tlicnext day and st_ar_ted for An-
. napolis,.w.he.re I sold tlie_horseAa:nd.g;ig>to a stran-
ger, andbouglit a gold watch. I went. from An-
napolis to Baltimore, and from there to New
York, where I staid‘ all Winter. I went then to
-Pliiladelhpliizt, and in a short time, made a__ robbe-
r on the‘ road that‘ leads from (Jli'estet' to the La!!-
caster turnpike. In the tavern where I stopped
at, there wer‘c_ a‘ couple of men, that looked. like
rich Germans, and-had waggons with t_l=_iem.. -It‘
was on a Saturday night. I.stol_e into their room
and took from one of them- $1,600 in bank notes.
After this I was once morein Baltimore, a short
time, and_put up at the stone tavern.in.Bridge-V‘
. street, Old Town.
I sold to a negro trader, a
black boy, that I. had ptirchased in New York,.by
the name of Harry, about 12 years of age. He
' ' New ‘York and I
bioiight him asa waiter, bu the didnot tell metliat‘
he was free when I bought him. I do not know
where this boy is now, but .I wish that some good
man could _iind him and have him restorcdto
freedom. I feel very sorry tliat‘I sold him, for
I had plenty of money at that time, and the tears
I nia_ri*_ied' a _you_ng girl, l7 years, of age, of ve-
ry good figure and respec.tabl__e_ .conr_iexipns,—who
' been brought upfin Ne_w_.York_ii_i agood
siylei, and well e_ducated._'~ I wish . this. book to.
‘serve asa caution to the young girls who read-it,
liotv. they choose a liusban'd, and praythat some
anget would tell them, \_vha_tTi'o,_:~.tl,tlieir husbands
vrptild ‘be:_.lil«iel'y to ivalk in’. ._.'.\Vli_en ‘I married
Ail-._'i_'s young girl, I had agood deal of rn_'o‘ney_,"a?nd
_ nei,-hr expectedto leave the _innoce_i_it c_rcattt're-gin:
t'lief.sor‘ros‘v that is, n'O.IW Opened before her,» 50011
after,'I botightahorse aiid gig',atKl..lO0li ml’ “"l°‘
on to Bos_t_0n.', A.l‘terW.aP€l8a 1.59% =l‘I_61‘ 100119?
..fi'-i,enE1s"i_n' N, Yoi‘k_, "telling her I had a good deal
of _bu_siness to settle.‘ The fact was,.I -found
money~.‘.\vas almost gone, and that I would have
to téplénl_sl).m)f pockets" by anot1her_robbtet'y.‘ ‘I
r'Qbb'eda.man,at:’ attavern 3 -miles" fro‘m‘.Bo_ston;' of
$400. .-_In:P-rincetoii, N. J‘. Ii-ohbed the trunk
of. a merchant,;wh_o.was=on. his way from North
_Carolina'..to -New York‘, .‘of .$‘30,000,_ and started
for Philat_lelphia,. but was apprehended-next day.
I was tried at Stimmerville court-house,’ andsen-_
Itenced to.theiState’s-prison"for 5 years. After I"
'ha(l,Se_J‘V€(I two years I got a pardon andwas dis-
‘charged. for my-"good ‘conduct.’ ' i _ " ‘ ‘ _'
[=VVe close by giving-a full ‘tl'ctail,of ‘the mail
robbery‘, as_.. the circumstances‘ are known tobe
pretty-nearly‘ correct, and "as tllis was thecrime
"for, which -he suPl'er_ed the punishment of death.]
' V{hen'-I was discharged from the state’s’ pris-
on in"’New=;Iersey,-(wlierc as Isaid ‘before I was
confinedfor robbing t-lie $30,000’ in P.rinceton,)
I went‘ -.to. Philatlelpliizi,‘ ?wher'e I fell incompa-
-' nywith a manby the name of Alexander, an lion-
ourable thief; and at last the-idea occ'urred.'to me
' of robbing I the U. States’. mail.‘ Alexzinder ‘ap-
join me. ‘ - ~
proved of it," anti agreed to . _
I’ also persuaded a young ma“: Whose name‘ I
an rint mention_,'to leave the man that was teach"-
trade; and.I told him I couldmake
'-in‘ two days ori"the highway, than
eat his trade in twenty years ; and
"tin tfiitli me in t-hisisclieine for :rob_-
VVe got three sniallpistols’ and
‘liiladelpliia on tlie‘7_Sunday_ mom’
'1. new robbers I notplace
in zfthey lia<l.ne\'ei"jscen ‘any
‘ore, and one was :10‘ very young
‘ have'ti_me to'g'_et out tli'cir_ari_ns-.“‘I was soon3‘tlong-
been nearithree hours breaking‘ open the letters.
‘f-‘_I‘\t”i-zislafi-rfiil'liis 'i'駒solutioijijff{-Iltould fail. *’0ti ‘Wed-'
:nesday,‘fnif;_ht,_ two ‘OI‘.tl1i"é;é.-1 imilespnttliis side of
1‘lIa\'i‘e-de7G.t'ace,fniadeillieni help mete. ‘striki-
a fence across the -road,‘ ‘before-the mail passed
“ttiat*-‘=‘w‘a;s I. on its way to_‘,Phila’t]etp-liia"from’ ‘Balti;-"
more-._ I wanted :to take both the Northern and
Southern mails. ; but the young roan threw I1 Stay
the “rope-,‘ ' tliat viié’ w'erc"to"hIiveI ticd‘I"t‘hei‘tli‘ivers'
with : it was as easy to ‘take botli asrone. I told
‘lllt_=_y0UIig man it would be the same crime, and
we might as well .,bc' the best paid ;' aii'd'.as't-‘otlic
tying. of tl1C‘(ll‘I\'€I‘S and the guard, ifzthere ‘was
but one‘, it ‘would boas‘-Yéasy asto‘-taker a‘ cotiple
‘However,-to stop‘-me from it, he=.tliréw- away, a
great deal_.of~the rope -unknown‘‘ to :,m'e." till "the
.very' niglit-‘ ;-and we had 'sca'rc‘Ely etroug'h,,»to"t'le‘
‘one pat-ty-. ’ — _Thc: two mails pass. I11‘ tliatrplacjé sin:
hour or two apart“,_and when the mail :earne~tliet'e
that,’ had ft ‘~_Bal1-imore I oirits. way to til’.hilatlél-
-pbia, the fence '~‘was'_ l1li:ltlé*"SO-. st itongtliat no IIIOITSF
es»could‘be drivenvacross ‘it. ‘I saw the lamp bur-
niiig_on_tlie stage, -and t_tvo-men .,in ther‘1s’ta‘gc.--
The driver ‘let’-the horses comevttp t'o‘tli'e fence,
and they stopped':‘ I told my.-:—-menmot to he £iltii-ip-
ed, that the one was the driver and the other the
guard. 1 .-fall 'up.»very' quiet:-~rhat:tti‘ey=nrtg‘lif not
side-‘of =t-hehdriver, and told liiifi 'we were’ high-
way robbei_'s,,and._ there ‘were, §IK‘bf us, and tliat
we all had double-barrelled pistols and_‘tllrl-;‘s_,'_and
told‘-them two‘difl'erent ti'_rnes__ '.no_'t"' "to-’fire.f§_>n"us.
The young man with us, had fallen bpacli; Icoulcl
not see whether _.they _had-_rai'ms."'.'_fI’lié driver
spoke’, and said he had no arms-i.glie___as_ke_tl the
other if he had : he said no I" My otlfer‘ man had
come up, by, this time, and _I told. l‘lI!_I')h,l0- get up
and search they li-ad any "arms-.3 '.Qne‘-was‘ a
passenger: he had one pistol and it;Iwas..loadetl_.‘
I told Alcixander to ‘bring both of: theiit “down.-—'
They camepdown, andl. siept up -l_o_,,g1he- passen-
ger, and tol_d him not to be scaretl-ethat he should
not_ be,'liiirt, land that if ’lie.liad_.,_lQ,€fllQO. ‘dollars
with liim,.ihe should not have . a cent--taken from
him ,: I told him all I _want_e(_l was to Ftake the S.
Carolina roail--that tliese'gentlemeii nia-
ny blticlgs that the loss of ‘a 500 dollarifiiote‘ wpti_ld
not hurt them-,——that I sbbuldbei'obli'ged to“lt—eep
them until I could get the money out of the mail.
I to_ltl._the passenger I was sorry I did not,-‘know
he was coming that evening.. for I would have
waited ‘till anotlier finig t., \Ve took them into‘
the woods, and Alexanderitied him and the»dri-
ver. '1 was bringing down the stage that had the
cut open, and _we went to breaking open the let-
ters’. The pa's'senge'r spoke, and sgiid the rope
took the letters that had been brokci_i.opeii, and
carried" them to‘ liiin to set on and kcepliiin warm.‘
Ila" was much ple;ased‘\vitli"tlie you'n‘g'ni’aii,_and
said he was much of a gentleman. ' I told him’
I was not afraid to let him be untied, that I knew‘-
he would not run away ;' that he knew now what
kind of men . highwaymen were. I found one
letter that had a -blackacal, and ‘I threw it to’t_he
glriv’ei'_, and told bim”‘Ii would not break it open ;
and I ‘told. him'too I did:'not‘want- to _rob"tl_ie'_
Baltimore mail bu’t'the South‘-Carolina mail. ..
’ . After we had got all the‘ mbney out ofthe mail, _
and were ready tostart, ‘Alexander tied thcytwol
wish that it should be done, though it was con-‘
trary to myfeelings todo itimyself. Alexander
had some gin in a lialfpint bottle; but I begged
him to keep it for the driver and passenger, for‘
they would be cold ;. butit was like trying to keep
a child from alioney comb. . Before we left the
tw.o'meo,_ Iivent and felt the rope on the passen-
ger’s .arm, and he said it would do, as inuclias to
say, it tvotild not hurt. him‘. I asketl liim_‘if_ I
might look at.his watch to see tltctime of night ;
he s’aid‘yés : itwas near two o’clock, and we had
I tol_d him his watch was an elegant one, and put
it into his pocket ; he said itflwas a family piece,
_and thanked me for my politeness. . ._I told him,
frorn his appearance, I”ex'pected.he was a iner-
‘chant,’ andjhad perliaps,fifty_ thousand: dollarspin,
his trtinkthat was still on the stage, butl "would
not take it. He ni_ade_ no ‘answer,;‘and.I leftjbi'tn.,
‘I had told tlietlriver I had some gin for hiin'__i_n-.
the evening, and "tried to_'~ke‘e'p"it.. fo,r_'.liini‘,Ibti_t
could not; but-if Ijfouiitl any change. Ivvot_iltl_
g.ive.it to ‘him,’ to i get something to drink, when
-he got to the tavern next "morning. Itold him
‘I would give him some large inoney,i_f I_t_l_iojugh_t
he_woult_l keep,it'; h_e said'_hc sbotild-give-_it-tip:
When Iwas coming away, ‘I gavdhimionc ngtc
of $10, tofget him "something ,to‘_'dr’ink, and ask-'_
ed" him t_o't'ell me"ivliich’was liis siviftest horse :
he told-‘me, and _I’ mounted .‘ _',lii_m,_and we started!
for Baltimore. We _left the horses" after riding
I4 miles from jtlie road, expéc,tii'ig‘tliey"'tvould
tliink 'w'e""ha<l7rode'clear'hlf \vi‘ilt,_fthe‘liorst,a,_s,.,atnd
we should have -a’ ‘very ' go|6tl'c_hancie_to._’g_et_ to
Baltimoi'e'safe. Wlicn jcame Iday-_light,. we
counted tlfe money‘ ;‘ it '\va__s' ‘all in bank notes al-
fnost.-;.‘and'ca‘ine' to 16,900 cloll'ai‘s’, I hail 7,590.
for my sliat‘-e, f6tj‘I 'ha‘d the Inos_t,_ 'l)feca_u_s_e'h:_:td_,
stood inf all the’ 'da'nger,'and_‘.liad: don”§_tlte.robbe- ..
was cnmtnitted, ftv(=,‘got‘.,to‘ I$ét,lti.irto’i‘e." VVIien“it
came- daylight‘, ‘-w'e 'lpartécl{:;_,Alexaotler_,"was._tp
meet us. at I0 o’clocl-I." " The’ young’ lad aiid'I_‘go'_t_
bi'eakfast and went to buysome clptlics, in a shop
where iliey kept reatly-i‘na'de clothes. The young
lad is my brother, I- had bought one plaid cloak
lined_wiih crimson silk, atthe pijiceof 35 dollars,-;
tandone coat in the style of z-an‘ officer’s, at the
price" of4_75 dollars, very dashy, and a number, of
small ‘articles to the amount of 30 dollars more.
When twomen whom the owneryof the shop had
sent for, "came in and apprehended us. \-Ve
were taken" before the_court, examined and sent
to gaol; ’iThc circttmstances of our trial and our
sentence‘ are alreadyknoivn. For the last four-
teen years of my life Ihave been a-highway rob-
ber, aridibave robbed onalarger _sc_ale'and been
more ‘successful than anyijobber in Europe or this
country, th'at_I ever heard of;-but I have the con-
solation of reflectingdliat I never killedor wounded
of ‘ladies out of tliestage‘ at-the stagé:.'liotiéa¢:‘:;‘-2-4
mail in". I tlirewthe large mail oil‘, and had it '
men to the hind partof the" ijvaggon ; it was my" _
ry myself. 7 -The‘ second'ni'glit aaér, .tlie‘Ti'obbeijy. L r _ _ _ _
been thus public, its termination should be
‘..i.v11f‘ ;i~m.+;si~i.va.f t-"K
7’5‘i’iieJ1iIlD.i\Iing singular incident, we are as’-
.stttre,t]~. by: a.i’respecf”a‘ble 'fr§entl,—acttiall y occur-
red ‘at short time since, bettvcen a young gen‘-
tlcnian &_ young lady, in an adjacent county.
*'l':li‘c pai'ties“botli p'ossc"ssed a- small‘ properlz ,-
were of respectable connections, andgliatl been
{hr some l‘3II'I_l'8_'ellg‘§tge(l to be imaI‘,I'I(‘_(l. - But
some unfortunatcpcircuinstances having oppo-
sed aitd retarded their tiiiion, they were, in
-an unlt.ic'ky_niome_nt, induccilfiy tlieir warm
vent; and in the ordinary coursc_of' such
matters, a,fino.cbild \VaS',-f)’0.I'ii iinto"thcin.--
The loveifi_no_w ybechmiiig’;i,ndiffetjént;_orf neg-
lcct_ful,“ and appamntlysjdisrcgiarding his sol-
swcar tli_c._cIiiltl.to li;i.~ii,_as well tovobtain. its
inaintcnaiiccfas .to expose the circoinstances,
quircd to appear Iil‘CD‘nI‘i;, to depose the fact
that:l‘ic':_was the‘ father.’ ‘ She was-lyottng .-and
bcatiti'ftil,‘-Iiet‘appearance SOI'I‘OWIllI ‘and’ in-
1:e.t‘estirig’," lien ‘ dep"_o‘rt'mc.nt perfectly, modest
and cotrrcctefrcc from any al_i‘ec_tcd sensibili-
ty and de‘voi_d“of ,'al_l"for.wai'dness. Aftperbe-p
ing sworn, s'lic' s‘t:it;,':d that it "she had only to
say, that Mr. was the father of 3 her
child 5‘. if .o.t|tcr- testimony was relquirod, it
could,be.,obta_ined from witnesses ‘who were
prcsent.-’:,.--...7l‘lic- Attorney‘ for the common-
wealth remarked, ‘you are »positive,_ madam,
that ‘Mr; -'—'—‘--“is the father of yi)uI_'7(:,liild.’—-
‘ Yes, sir, it is impossible that any--oi:hcr,per-
son could have been.’ Never did awoman
excite-a more general sy‘mpathy.than Miss
' _ did at this inoiiient_._ You" might see
thro_tigh"licr_;c’yes' the ‘in\_\[ard,agonies of those;
finer feelings, which were repressed __ with so
much dignity, but wliicli excited. such univer-
sal respect and commisseration; A solemn
pattsc_ of some moments ensued‘. Those who
had ‘gathered round to leer and to laugh, in-
voluntarily psacrificcd their. intentions to the
more generous. feeling of our.-nature. At
length, one of the counsel for the defendant,
‘ventured to ask her a question ; one which,
on similar occasions, would hardly ‘ll_€‘.Y8 been
deemed improper. ‘ I ' ' I ' ' ‘
But ‘the age of cliivalry was not gone ;’
-—I'.ll6 whole bar were ready to resent’ ‘ even
a look‘ that should threaten her with insult.’
hurt his arm; the young man untied him, and "A gallant young. gentleman instami-y rose to‘.
_protest against the question ; he was not on-
gaged itrthc case, but it was impossible for
f._liis heart to be cold, or his tongue to be
wordless’ on such an occasion ; every feeling
of his soul was aroused; and "impelled him
to denounce the course which was about, to,
be pursued. -The Attorney for the common-
wcaltli, i_n ‘his accustomed eloquence, gave
vent to his love and tenderness -for the sex.
A third gentleman, of- good old age and re-
tiring ft_o‘m the labours of the law, next arose :
and with all his well earned influence, decla-
red in thegencrous cnthtisiastn. of nature,
his re-probation. of ' .the- man, who oo'tild- first
ibetray anamiable and beautiful woman; and
tlicn=cause her sorrows and hettsiilfcrings to
be sported with in a cotit"t‘of_ justice. ' The
worthy counsel, whose ‘ill-fated, qu"es_tion bad
broughif forth these ‘bursts of indignant elo-
quence," seemed‘ notpito knotv’ what ho had done‘,
or. what’ he should say; His coadjutor, how-
ever, made an apologetic explanation ‘for
him: ;_ .c_om,plimen’ted,. in. a handsome strain,
the ardor, antlieloquencc of the gallant ‘vol-I
untccrs, who had’ enlisted under the banners
of the unfortunate fair ; invfecling-terms coin-
misseratcd.-licuafilictioii, -- and declared he
was"on‘e‘o'f.tlie"I‘ast inert in the world, who
would give it the slendorest additional pang.
In tliis”-state-’of_ things, ‘a friend of the dc-
fcndant Js'tatetl to‘ him that he i was bound by
‘every, i__‘celing"antl principle that ‘could bind a
man of ,l_i‘on‘t_n-‘, j:o‘I_narry_tlia1_: girl.’ The than
itnmediatelyydeclarcd he. _'.was. pct-'fcctly wil-
ling, and a_l_w'ay's intended it. This declara-
tion.;w_a_s._instantly comvmunicated to -another
counsel,~wbo,'_,(altliougli from the more want
of g5é1i,.'opportunity, he hail;not,spokcn,) had
beeiifnianifesting no ordinary solicitude on
the subject... He requested a pausc~_‘in the.
called‘out--antlaconsulted--tlie former‘ declar-
ed that she li‘~ad-‘loved Mr. K’ i " more tliansshc
cotiltllove a'ny’m'ait”agaivn';’ and tllfiii if his
formerifcelingsi ‘towards’ licr were 'uflClIaI]gBII,
she wou_id still ina.rr‘y‘ li'ini_." He wa_s‘tlte'n con’;
suited} ‘3l1'¢l‘tl.ecIar§:diliis tii_i"ab a'ted‘at.ta'_c'_bmcnt
and biscntire conliderice'in her virtue and
a_lI‘ect'ton...., The gentleman _v_v-lio had thus in-
tet'ced,ctl,‘,’insisted' izlien, fliatvas the affair bail
public antl~i.nstantaneous.. 4_;In lt_1‘e.w moments.
b"ut..witli- some opposition b'}’,tlie father of the"
young lady; this course was? agreed upon.-—
c'oncil_iation and adjustment were announced
and explained" : their kind mediator-, addres-
sing each of i'.ll(3m,- earn.estly chat-ged them
‘not to-marry, unless they knew and felt that
their confidence antlvtlicir affections wc‘re.un_-_
abated and unchanged. This being declar-
ed, and a respectable clergyman being pres-
ent, aliccnse. was issued," and the young
the holy estate _of matrimony, before;Almigh-.
ty God, ‘ and in the presence of this worship-
ful court.’* . - - - ‘ -
* ./In appropriate interpolation the Amar-
an" man aod'tl_i'at no man's blood is u on m bead.
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riagc ceremony.
“and 'conl‘uling’ affections, to‘ ‘anticipate the e-
cinn vows ;; -thextinliappy gir was advised to.
whicli~.liad' lcdttoiflicr-calatnity. , Slic,w'as‘~rc--
roccedi’ng's—-tlic girl and her‘ mother were iihim for the ‘Same pretended pm_p”S.cS__thu8.
iprccluding him from 'an_inquit"y' into her -rc-‘
Then tailreturned into :court ; "the recent re-‘ «
couple were lcgally-;and- solemnly united in ‘
' ‘Eram‘1iig‘;iI,»’£.ica, (.2\"‘.1’.) Pairioio; “
__ 01ieid‘a;India1is;'-—On Sunday V
tcinbcr, ‘the Riglit Rev." Bishop Hobart. visit-
ed the ‘Onc_'itla' Indians, for the iput-pose_o£'
administering Itli‘is"§‘l?t‘E"ii"%f‘iii“é‘iit"'tt‘ntI ortlinaiiéfes
by Elcaz_ci' Williams, a yo,ttng_,i_na‘n_ of
Indian -extraction, who " lias‘ lieen_ regularly
as the religious instructor? of the Indians.---
The Indiaiis . prcscnt,.jo_incd in the service
_wi_th great solemnity and devotion, and font-
ny of tlicm=repeated_ t_h_e',respons,_cs. -,Th;ey'
were adtlrcssed at considcrable leiig1;h.by the-
Bishop, Mr. Willianis acting as.-inte,rprctei' ;
who also interpreted IOIIICITI, the various=v€6f-
ficcs of ._baptism,conlirma,ti"on'and"I;hc1Lortl’s
supper, which the I ‘Bisliop 'failiniiiistiai'éd;£~
T‘V.‘.=Y.ll3.‘..’.-.l'.".!'I'?.9l'ii.1d'!Ti‘.h were billlllietli. .‘,8§9T~Ii:-
dians. .yottiig-persons‘ anti atltilts,_‘_.co7xifirnieT'tl,
aiid 24_pcr.1ons i-cceive_d.tlie_'lioly CQ'm_mb!II9}_lo
None were confirmed .li..t_tt ‘tliosc "tli‘at hadbécn
prcviottsly: prepared ;by.l\,I-i_-. 2 ..)I{ill.frams ; and
.am_o_ng _tlic;u.u-.mb.er»,werc' scvcral_.o_,f those cal-
led the _second: Christian party, ,,who..al§ottt;.2
_» years since —-solemnly professed the Cliristian
the result of repeated andr‘lii‘ng“continued
conferences with Mr. Williams oirtlic eviden-
ces of - Scripture, ‘-and ’on'tliciii-at’i]I'Te'*i1f"£ll'e
doctrines ».aiid’dutie's of" Cb:-isti'an‘it')'r...=~ " *1-“‘
I’ The place of worship beiiig'-‘nearly;»fiIlé'd
by ' tghclndiaiis, the white people were‘ "neces-
sarily exé_luded. I ‘But"tli'c ,fcw'wjio i5jerc‘it'd}
,niitted;"\vcre‘iii'_uch im'ptjésset_l \vitli_f1:he"sii_le‘_ ‘-
ii,tty.-—‘-The l ,i‘evercnc_e "anti ' dcvbtioii-' 3521 It
whicli tlte~Indiaiis: joined ‘in tlic. ct)'nfc8fsio'ii§,
supplications anti“ praises ‘of’? the A ‘Li_tu1_-gy.~,»
the Bishop-.5 ,the humility and tliankftilness,
evidenced by their prostration onfrthoiitknces-,
and -by the tears -whicli- flowed down the
checks of several of -them, with which tlidy
devoted tliemscb es, in the Apostolie,-- "lay-
ing on of hands,’ to the God wliomadé tlicrrl,
and the Saviour who ‘shed his blood'for-théni,
powerfully iiitert-.sted?tlic~ feelings of ‘all pié._.
sent. I
The Oiicidas amount to 2-tbevca tliousaiid
ery lienevolent tnii1d.~. to hear that the la-
bours of Mr. Williams," under the autliority -
of the Protestant Episcopal C,-l_iurcb.in this
state, for the spiritual improvement of bison-
liappy countryman, are thus attended with
the divine blessing. We uiiderstand that
the Bishop is fully satisfied with the piety.
I the prudence. and the laborious zeal of Mr.
_\Villiams, and with his other qualification;
for the instruction of his countrymen?“ ’
In the afternoon of the someday, the Bish-
pp otliciated in the tinfiiiishctlclittrcli which
is erecting for the Indians, to a large cori-
gregation of white people, who were necessa-
rily cxclttdetl from the services of the morn-
mg, and administered coi.ifirr_natioii. . The
same ordinance was administerctl the next
day at’ Manliiis, and on the succeeding‘ day
at Onandago Hill, where anew church was
consecrated by the name of Zion Church.’
. . _‘ I ---u‘.::’_<i—‘--v' _' -.?,‘_‘..
F-romthe Ulster -(.7\'‘. Y.) Plebicm.
Fortune Catching .’».'*—.-A gcntleinan of the
bar,‘in a. neighboring county, in casy cii'cti_n"i’-'
stances and pretty good practice. had render-
ed himself somewhat remarkable by attempts
in __tlie wayiof matriinonial spectiI‘ation.,’; A
maiden, rather adivancetl i_i't.._years", Tresidiiig
"some‘milcs ,dista'_nt‘:c in tile-ficlgliboltlldfiil,
hearing of this lawye,r’s.sp'e_ctilating .propeii,.
sity~—-that his character was~unexceptio_na‘,i~.
ble, and his situation inalife tolcrablytgoodgre‘-.~
solved upon makingliim liar-husband‘. < She‘
hit upon the following expedient. She pre-
tended suddenly to be taken very ill, and sent
for the man of the law’ to‘ draw ‘licr will-'-‘ho’
attcnded for that purpose. ' By _hcr'will she
devised 10,000 pounds, in bank stock, to be
divided among her three cpousinls, some thoti‘-;
sands in bonds and notes to ya niece--antl_a_'1
vastlaiidcd estate to a favorite nephew. The
jwill being, ‘finished, she gave,-tlie lawyer-.5.
very liberal ‘ fee, and‘ _c'njoiiied fsecrccy upon’
al circumstances. _.Nccd we mention the-—re”-.
sult_ P ‘In afortniglit tlteilady ’tli"otigli_t pi.-op-L.
er to be again restored to: health‘. ‘ The law’-'_'-_:
yer called to congratulate her on‘ rcstoratioit
——bcggctl permission to visit her, which was
politely. given. After a short Cl)_ul‘lZSllIp, thoj
desired offer wasmade. .Tbc bargaili was
‘concluded and ratified by the priest.‘ Tho.
lawyer’s whole ‘estate by his wife’. co‘nsistfof_
an annuity of sixtyjitze dollars I1. .' The a_-“
bove may be relied on as ‘a factg ,...g - I
~ ‘ _ —--an--::t--ts—— - , _, -~ _ ‘
A higlnvay robbery was lateiy coi‘nini_ttc'tl~
on a Mr. Shed, in Stod_dartl,_ (N. H_.‘)- in the
evening of the 18th tilt. from .whom_ 500 tlol-~
lars were taken ; 203 of tirlticli, however,
were thrown through ‘a =brol<.cn» square of
glass into his house the next night. .-
From the (.‘eorgi'a~JourmzI qf-' Sr/2;. I5. ‘f
Sitar/z S}.-oaeing.—-—‘l‘lte Americans’. areunqiies‘-I
tionably the niostrxpcrt gunmen in the world._;,‘
of this, we have rec.‘etitly a convincing prhof. A.‘
‘shooting: match. between a party of geiitlemen
from Baldwin, and aimtlier from Jones. with -ri-'
fies, I00 yards. three on 8 side, for 1500 dollars.
cointnencetl near this place on‘ liut'stl_ay-,_a'n(l,,
faith.‘ 'I‘liis -rentinciatioii of --P.agan—is_m-was '
souls, and it mttstvalford ltigli pleasure to.cv— ‘
the isth‘ sop.‘ _i
pf tho cliurcli. tliis‘oct‘asion',‘:_t'ht_:’Mbrn- '
mg Iipaycr tvasorcatl in tlicir,,ovvn,langua_go
cducaticd. and whole liceiisctl by I th'e‘=Bis_l_iop' -
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.theiso.lemn_;attentiiin..witli which tltt=.yyli._s.t.ci',1- _
ed to tho 1-nstrtictions.~a‘ntl. ex-hot-mtions of‘. '
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