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.vROM_ true AM:-ziticaiv WATCHMAN.
‘THERE IS AN HOUR.’
‘ There is an hour,’ an hour of joy;
That sends its thrillings to the soul,
V/Vhen pleasure beamswitliout alloy;
VVhen fancy roams without control.
’Tis when the rosy blush of morn,
Gaily deck’d in golden vest,
Does first the azure arch adorn,
And gives to nature Go<l’s behest !
’1'is when the lark on airy wings,
In gladness tunes _l_iis.i'otiiidelay,‘
And whilst he natn.ifé’s.='beauties sings,
Sends forth his ‘~th'aiil;s' for coming day.
’Tis when the soul is rais’d to heaven,
And pines not at afiliction’s rod,
1- ‘When all is tranquil, smooth, and even,
And evei-ytliotight is fix’d on God.
T.‘- - Poss a.izd_follow me.
,3 scolding wife
. ;;..; _ j_s.7*: . sary of his life,,
As once at c...;..... UL’. thoughtful sat,
Devoutly fumbling with his hat;
And cursing in his heart the bans,
.And parson who had join’d their hands,
Rous’d by the text,_which ’chanc’d to be,
Take u/2 your cross and _f'o[lt}n_i_mc.
Dt)l)"'~')l‘l now serlotislyattendecl,
Till Spin-texthad his sermon ended,
Then threw his wife upon his back,
As pedlars do a heavy pacli S
Spite of her tlireatiiiiig and her squiilling,
He through the_church his burden hauling,
.,_‘O’<:t"tool{ the parson in the road,
"i§And down before him threw his load.
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A HEJ\/‘RY WOOD VILLE.
A TALE---BY LIBS. OPIE6
[cox'rii:Ui:i>.]
THE day had been very hot, apd the court
cro vded to suffocation : Henry therefore was led
from excessive thirst and the persuasion of oth-
t‘.‘l‘S, to drink more than he was accustomed to,;w
and in the deceitful form of cup and negus, he
was at length conscious that he had taken more
‘.-‘a'lTl8-lliali he could bear.
Bradford, in the meantime. whom disappoint-
ment and conscious self-degradation had led to
habits of intoxication, began to grow very loud
and positive in discourse, and evidently more
and more disposed to quarrel with Henry ; whose
temper, fine as it was, grew every moment less
able, from the unusual excitement of wine, to
endure the coarse allusions of Bradford to ‘ cer-
tain plausible hypocritical boys, who, by their
seeming sanctity,_get on the weak side of shallow
men, and deprive honest, unsuspecting young
fellows of their bread and their rights.’
The company could not understand these allu-
sions, but Henry did, only too well, and lied wise-
ly resolved to leave the room as soon as he could ;
when Bradford called the general attention to a
bag of gold and silver, the greatest part of which
he had won at the races, which he produced and
emptied on the table. Amongst the money he
had put some curious foreign coins. But as the
waiters were going to remove the cloth, Bradford
was forced to replace all his treasure in the bag,
which he did before Henry had sufficiently ex-
amined the beauty of one of the coins.
.Accordingly,‘when the cloth was taken away,
and the waiters were setting the wine on the ta-
ble, lie asked Bradford to lend him the bag for a
moment. He did so, saying at the same time,
‘ Be sure you return them all ; for I have counted
both the money and the coins, and know how ma-
ny there are.’
Ienry did not condescend to notice this coarse
insinuaticn otherwise than by treating it as meant
for a joke ; and having selected the coin he want-
ed, helooked at it, and replacing it, returned the
bag to the owner. _
On which Bradford turned all the contents on
the table again : and after telling over the money
and coins with a look of malignant suspicion, he
declared that he missed a five-guinea piece ; and
desired Henry to return it instantly, or he must
submit to be searched.
‘You cannot possibly mean what you say 3’
cried Henry, turning very pale; ‘ you cannot re-
ally think me capable of such an action as this,
in earnest I andyou know I am no joker; but if
I were, you must know that you are the last man
I should joke with.’
‘ None of your plausible words to me, sir,’ re-
plied Bradford ; ‘ I do not see why you should
not have tafign the money. A bankrupt father
may as well make a fraudulent son as a kept-miss
daughter; and every body knows that your fa-'
ther was a bankrupt not long ago, and that your
‘sister is the mistress of young Harcourt.’
This wasmorc than Henry could endure, and
exclaiming, ‘ Villain l you are a liar and a slan-
derer 1’ he aimed a blow at Bradford, who in-
stantly drew his sword. Henry did the same;
and bloodshed must instantly have ensued, had
not the bystanders held the enraged combatants
back; and as the waiters called in the landlord,
who insisted that no such proceedings should go
forward in his house, peace was for a while re-
stored. But as Henry persisted to demand an a-
pology, and that Bradforcl should retract what he
had said concerning his innocent sister, and as
he persisted in repeating the calumny, declaring
that he would tell every one Henry had robbed
him, the gentlemen present were obliged accord-
ing to the laws of worldly honor, to ‘own mat a
duel between the parties was unavoiglatite; as
the bitter resentment which Henry now ‘cxpfess-
ed against Bradford was not only justifiable, but
that the injury was one which, if not otherwise a-‘
toned for, could be wiped away only by the blood
of the offender.
It was therefore agreed that they should meet in gig-at agitation, c_11-mve 3, reason for it,’
the next dav, but not early ; because, though one
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of the-gentlemen was willing tobre second to Hen- look oi‘-,p5p,c,¢,,, ; A for he ,3 3 uoigm gcmie.
ry, every one of the others, on various pretences, man, anuwoum be angry,’
rls,-clined being second to Bradford ; and he found
bottle companion of his. ‘ .
Bradford continued to drink solargely tbctrfé
was soon carried dead-drunk to bed’, and nee 5
repugnance-to sleep-in"the same‘ cha ."§'fVm‘
him, from fear he should renew the ‘ ‘rel , en
they were alone, was rémovetl; 353"; ivaflurc
Bradford would sleep tilllong afterfle wasl ‘en’
Therefore, as soon as the aft‘,/dants ha, un-
dressed and put Lllcll‘ s'eiiseles;;-'.’li‘a'i:ge to l)‘. , he
retired to‘ rest"; but n‘of’b"ef,.r8 he had been )e.i'-
suaded to drink aiiotlier r*Pi°l15 draught Of le-
From the coiiibinegl-ctitises'of heat, fatigi, a-
gitation, and the unusual quantity of win and
est and sotindest sleep possible, and the ha tool
but now heartless prayer, died away unfit ied
on his lips. .. , :_ ' ’1
Alas! it was the conviction how sound lould
be his sleep which emboldened the robber ii en-
ter the chamber in the dead of night, and to im-
mit a murder at the suggestions of avariccl '
One of the;_iv_aiters, whose name was E'v:jf:tt,
was a man who lliitl once belonged to a ga’; of
liousebrcakers and thieves, but, struck wi-_ ‘re-
morse during a violent illness, had left his wilted
courses ; and after trying different employujnts,
had been so fortunate as to get the place ofl7ait-
er at an- inn ; and there he might_ perhapsliave
become a more respectable charatzter, had i not
formed a connexion with a very abandon wo-
man, whom he married; and who now, o pre-
tence of her being ill and wanting his assistnee,
had insisted on his leaving his place and cdning
to her, with a view of joining a gang of gang.
glers, with whom she was intimate, and oing
with them immediately on a cruise, wliitji she
thought would be good for her health.
Accordingly he had given warning to hi ‘mes-
ter, and was to set off the next day for the ilace
where his wife expected him. But well ktilwing
that he should be inqrc welcome if he biiiught
money with him, and also being aware t at he
could get on board ship immediately, he re olved
to make prize ofpart if not all of that gait...
Bradford had so ostentatiously displayed ; lind he
thought he could do this with more security, be-
cause Bradford having already accused Heairy of
having robbed him, his suspicions would t1S2do'ubt-
edly fall on him; and lie ebtilcl, if Heiiilv was
sound asleep, (as he expected him to b ) put
some of the money and coins in Henry's jacket.
Accordingly he entered the room, anv found
Henry unconscious as in the sleep of deatfi. On
his table lay a small diamond pin, the gig of his
mother : that Everett resolved to make his own,
and pinned it on the bosom of his shirt. He then
went to Bradford’s bedside : but finding him less
soundly asleep than he expected, and also finding
that his head lay on his pockets, he saw nh cer-
tainty of securing his prize, but by addinil,niur-
der to robbery. He therefore drew l~Ienry’s
sword from his scabbard, and made; a,~?il.~,».*h~:~,2i:.li
it at the yet sleeping Bradford. But 'tZ'.ii;iti"f,-2.1 it-
wounded it did not kill him; the next stroke
was fatal, and Bradford fell back on his pillow, a
bleeding and insensible corpse. Everett then
went back into Henry’s room, and replaced the
bloody sword in the scabbard. _
At this moment, just as Everett had'comple-
ted his purpose, and was returning to take pos-
session of the money, Henry became restless and
talked in his sleep; which alarmed Everett so
much that he dared not stay a moment longer in
the room, but returned to his own ; where, hav-
washetl himself and burnt all his linen that was
bloody. he resolved to wait till he thought Henry
was once more sound asleep. But on his re-en-
teriiig the chamber, Henry, tovhis great alarm,
cried out, ‘ Who’s there ?’ and he was glad to re-
treat ; nor could he find an oportunity of ever
entering the room again ; for he heard Henry
walking about soon after,and found by the noise he
made, that he was dressing himself.
Thus then had he burtheiietl his soul with t-he
commission of murder without any recompense
wliatevei‘. Nor dared he to leave the house un-
der such circumstances, as that would appear a
suspicious proceeding ; and with a sinking heart,
though an assured countenance, Everett dressed
himself, and joined his fellow servants.
\Vlien Henry awoke from his first deep sleep,
he awoke to sleep no more for that night ; for
with returning consciousness came the li'orrible
recollection of the engagement he had made, to
do an act which his own principles, both moral
and religious, utterly condemned; namely,at the
risk of his own life and that of his parent’s_
peace, raise his arm against the existence of a
fellow creature I . -
To a virtuous young man and an obedient pi-
ous child like Henry, such a recollection was in-
supportable ; and it was not long before he be-
gan to think whether it was or was not too late to
draw back from the precipice on which he stood.
Nor did he deliberatein vain ; for soon not on-
ly ‘consideration like an angel canie,and_ whipped
the offending spirit out of himfbut salujtary fear of
God conquered the unworthy fear of niaii and-of
inan’s censure: aiidhe almost positively resolv-
ed to quit Berkshire instantly, and to leave a let-
ter for Bradford and for his own second, explain-
ing his reasons for not fighting; and declaring
his resolution, it’ Bradford persisted in his calmn-
nies and violence,to seek redress in a court of law.
Still he could not prevail on himself to do what
his conscience required. -. Still pride, and even a
virtuous resentment withheld their approbation
of the meditated step; and he was sitting irreso-
lute -still, (though his trunk was nearly packed,
and he himself dressed all but his sword,) when
the door opened, and a waiter appeared at it.
‘ 'What did you want?’ said Henry.
‘ I am come to awake Mr. Bradford, sir, by
his own desire, at 5 o’clock.’ '
T \‘ Is it so late ?’ replictl Ht-nry.—-‘ But be so
‘ gtnrl as not to awake Mr’. Bradford yet,’ he added
‘ lthleetl I must, sir,’ replied the man, with a
that he should be obliged to go’ a few miles off to/r
engage the attendance of a friend and relation an!‘
ale wliiclihe had drunk, Henry fell into the ’g‘p- if
yjyx V.
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‘I yoii,’ said l;lenl'y_, who feared to have any
xiommunication with Bradford till his mind was
made up how to act.
‘ I will have none of your money, sir,’ return-
ed the man indignantly; for at this moment,"
glancing his eye towards the sword which lay on
Henry’s chair, he saw the hilt was bloody, and
that there was blood on the floor by it.
As soon therefore as he had uttered these
xvords he ran past the astonished Henry, and en-
tered Bradford’s chamber. At sight ofthe scene
before him, thelman uttered an exclamation of
horror, which made Henry follow him. But as
he intercepted Henry’s view of the corpse, he ex-
-claimed ‘ What is the matter?’
On hearing his voice, the waiter turned round
--‘ Do you ask what is the matter?’ said he;
‘ V’Vretch ! hypocrite 1’ So saying, he ran to the
door of Henry’s room, in spite of his detaining
arm, took the key which was inside; and locking
Henry iii, ivent down stairs crying ‘ Murder 1’
Amazement, speechless amazement, now took
-possession of Henry; which was succeeded by
horror and agony as great, when on looking to-
wards the bed, on returning into the room from
his pursuit of the waiter, he beheld Bradford still‘
and bleeding, and saw by his countenagnce that he
was dead, either by his own liaii ‘L ‘_‘",ani_assassin.
Surprise, pity, and coiistern‘ati67n ajt~oh‘_Ee-assail-
ed and overwhelmed him ; and he _:-staggered a-
gainst the wall, nearly as insensible as the bloody
corse before him : while at first no fear or consid-
eration for himself mingled with his feelings for
Bradford. But short was the disinterested ago-
ny. The waiter’s_singular manner, both of speak-
ing and acting, in one alarming moment recurred
to his mind, and convinced him that the suspicion
of having murdered the wretched Bradford must
fall on him And he stood pale andmotionless,
with his eyes wildly fixed on the unconscious ob-
ject before him, when he heard the door unlock-
ed, and saw every inhabitant of the inn rushing
into the apartment in‘disorder and alarm.
The scene needed no explanation-—it explain-
ed itself. Oritlie bed in the inner room lay the
bleeding and now cold body of Bradford ; by the
side of it stood Henry, overwhelmed with such
agony as could be easily mistaken for the agony
of guilt ; while the landlord seized his sword, and
drawing it from the scabbard, held it up to view,
stained to the very hilt with blood.
‘ My sword !’ cried Henry, roused by this pain-
ful sight; ‘ and was it done with my sword too?
Then I am a lost man indeed 1’ And leaning a-
gainst the wall, he hid his face with his hands.
It was also found that Bradford had not been
robbed! And one of the gentleman with whom
he and Bradford had supped, now took up some-
thing which glittered on the floor, and it proved
to be Henry’s shirt pin, the beauty of "which he
had admired the preceding night. The head of
this pin had been broken off in Bradford’s short
struggle with Everett; who, as I before stated,
had pinned it onhis sliirt; anti it now served
(with the circumstance of there being no robbery}
as an another proof against the innocent Henry.
‘ Alas 1’ cried the gentleman, holding it up to
Henry; ‘Unhappy young man, look! what an
evidence is this against you 1’
Henry did look-—-recognized his once clear or-
nament, (the gift of his mother on his birth day,)
and turningaway he groaned aloud,but said noth-
ing. But when the coroner came, and the inquest
entered upon, he solemnly called on his maker to
witness his entire innocence of the murder,strong
as he must own appearances to be against him.
These terrible events had succeeded each oth-
er with such rapidity, that Henry felt too much
bewildered, and his feelings were too much ob-
tunded, for him to take in as yet the danger, the
misery and the necessities of his situation. But
when, in consequence of the strong cirsumstan-
tial evidence against him, he was committed to
prison as the supposed murderer of Bradford, he
was roused to the lull horrors of his hopeless con-
dition : but then he recollectcd with some coin-
fort, that his friend and partner was only a day’s
"journey from him ; and he was sure that he would
not only hasten to him immediately, but would
break the sad tidings to his beloved family.
Accordingly he begged to be allowed to wiite
to him ; and having done so, stating his entire iii-
nocence, and his confidence, that Mr. Courtnay
would believe him innocent, he felt more easy,
and resigned himself with confidence to the will
and the protection of that Being who ‘judgeth
not as man judgetli.’ '
I will not attempt to describe the feelings of
Henry when the night closed on him in the cell
of his prison, and he saw himself chained, and
abhorred as a murderer, though innocent of even
any intentional crime, except as far as having in-
tended to meet the poor murdered Bradford in
mortal combat, could be deserving of the name.
But the bitterest of all agony, and that con-
sciousness on which he could not even hear to
dwell, for there. was a madness in it, was the
thought ofwliat his parents and friends would en-
dure. ‘ However, I have the comfort of know-
ing they will not for a moment believe me guilty,’
said he mentally. He then betook himself to
ardent prayer, and fell into a refreshing sleep.
Very different at the time of Henry’s com-
mitment were the feelings of his beloved parents
to those of llléll‘ unhappy son ; for the day, the
long expected day-was now drawing near, when
their debt of honor (as.I may call it) was about
to be discharged in full, and they were to appear_
in all their proud and high minded integrity.
(To be continued.)
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A certain Mr. Adams had for some time paid
his addresses to Miss B. and began to entertain
hopes ofmarrying her; but being absent on a jour-
my about three weeks, on his returning home was
informed that a Mr. Reed had paid her several
visits—Mr. A. immediately waited on Miss. B.
and humorously told her, that he understood she
had been learning to Read in his absence, and
wished to know what progress she had made;
she facetioiisly replied, she had succeeded as well
as she could wish. for in three weeks she had got
‘N0 m7=\er:. oblige me, and here is money
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ILL commence sailing from the above
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return on Saturday. t
Sloop Meclianic, Bryant,”
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day.
_Sloop Union, A Brown,
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For freight or passage apply to the subscriber,
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‘um- Take Nfifice. TIT 4-.
HE death of Mr, CHARLES -0., CANNON -C‘._
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Norwalk, July 5, 1819.
H-EREAS my husband Josnrit has adver-
tised me as having left his bed and board,
but: 88 lie has turned me out of doors with two in- . '-
fant children, and nailedthe windows and doors
without any just cause or provocatiomand lias left
me to shift for myself and them, this is to [q.,~._,.
warn all persoris hai-boring him until he provides
for our maintainance or gives security fqp rim;
and his good behaviour. SARAH STEv.,i-ins.
New-Cana-a,n,July 26, 1819. _ 515*
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J. VVEBSTER, Justice of the Peace.
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