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ito disappear from our code 80 give place
Ito simple but certain penalty, which
would leave fewer crimes unpunished.-
The dreadful office was Intellectually per-
formed, as it was the first attempt of the
son OF the great exccutioner. A surgconI
had purchased the body for dissection, and
it was conveyed to his house. On that
evening, being about to open her head, heI
perceived gentle warmth about the body!
The dissecting knife fell from his hand ),
and he placed in his bed her whom he wa
about % dissect. His efforts to restore
her to life were eifectual; and at the same
time he sent for priest, on whose tliscre-
.tion and experience he could depend, in
order to consult with him on this strange
event, as we'll as to have him for witness
to his conduct The moment the unfor-
tunate girl opened her eyes, she believed
herself in the other world, and perceiving
the figure of the priest, who had marked
and majestic c0untenance, (for know him
and it is from him that have this fact)
: Ishe joined her hands tremblingly, and ex-
detained Eternal Father, you know my
Innocence, have pity ON me-" In this
!, manner she continued to invoke the &c
Iclesiastic, believing,n in her simplicity, that
'Ishe beheld her God. They we're long in
Ipersuading her that she was not dead Sc
, much had the idea of punishment and o
death possessed her imagination. Nothing
could be more touching and more expires
y sive than the cry of an innocent being
: who thus approached towards him whom
'lshe regarded as her Supreme Judge and
: Independently Of her affecting beauty, this
lslngle spectacle was sufficient to create
: the most lively interest in the breast o
an observing and sensible man. What !;
scene for painter! What moral for ;
oIphilosopher? What lesson for legisla
',Itor
! The servant having returned to life, re
: cognized man in him whom she haf
! adored, and who directed his prayers to
wards the only adorable being, quilted th'
q house of the surgeon, who was doubly un
s!qulet on her account and his own. Sh,
retired to hide herself in distant village
: fearing to meet the judges or the officers
eIwho, with the dreadful tree, incessantl,
9 e,haunted her imagination. The villainou
eIaccuser remained unpunshed because hi
> crime, though manifested to the eyes o
two individual witnesses, was not so clea
Ito the eyes of the Magistrates and Of th
! laws.
y The people subsequently became ac
II tquainted with the resuscitation of thi
-girl, and loaded with reproachcs the exc
glcrable author of her misery; but in thi
'eIimmense city, his offence was soon forgot
+ ten, and the monster perhaps still breathe
y at least he has not publicly suffered tn
z elpunishment which he deserves.
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THE EXILE.
(By the salne.)

Not to Siberia's land of frost
Was this devoted Exile sent;
Nor Jaya's pestilenlial coast
Severel was his banishment.
Nought could the moral world ailord
To give him comfort, joy or rest;
The ban his vices had incurr'd
Concience approval within his breast.
The victim of tyrant's power
Contlemn'j in distant clirnes 90 roam,
May sometimes find happy hour,
In hopes of pardon and of home.
But what bright hour shall on him beam,
Who, hearing an internal curse,
Is banished from his own esteem,
To burning regions of REMonsE.
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9Dllnus -
FRAGMENT.

Fie upon't
men are false, l think. The date of love
out, expired, its stories all grown stale,
Fer-past. forgotten, like an antique tale
Hero and Leantlcr. JonN WooDvIL.
are not false. knew a youth who died
r grief, because his Love proved so,
fd married with another
aw him ON the wedding day,
he was present in the church that day,
festive bravery deck'd,
one that came to grace the ceremony.
nark'd him when the ring was given,
conntenance never changed;
~ when the priest pronounced the marriage
blessing,
put silent prayer up for the bride,
7 so his moving lips interpreted.
came invited to the marriage feast
It'll the BRIDES friends,
d Was the merriest of them all that day
they, who knew him best, calld il feign',
mirth
d others said,
Wore smile like death upon his face
presence dash'd all the beholders' ninth;
q he went away in tears.
What followed then!
then
did not, as neglected suitors use,
Pect life of solitude in shades,
lived,
Tree discourse and sweet society,
lohg his friends who knew his gentle nature
Lest.
ever when he smiled,
efe was mystery leg,ble in his face,
.' whose saw him said he was a man
r long Tor this world. d.------
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Singular recovery Of Female uwastl5
P.recutgd.

executed.
The following account of the case of
Ia poor girl, who was unjustly executed in
l776, is given by celebrated French an-
thor, as an instance of the injustice which
was often committed by the equivocal
mode OF trial used in France.
About seventeen years since, young
peasant girl, possessed of a very agreeable
Inquire, was placed at Paris in the service
of man depraved by all the vices conse-
iquent OH the corruption of great Cities
Smltten with her charms, he tried every
method to seduce her; but she was virtu-
Gus and resisted. The prudence of this
Iglrl only irritated the passion of her mas
ter, who not being able to make her sub
NIT to his desires, determined on the most
black and horrible revenge. He secretly
conveyed into her box many things belong
ling to him marked with his name. He
then exclaimed that he was robbed, called
i'm commissaire, ministerial officer of
Justice, and made his deposition. The
|glrl's box was searched, and the things
were discovered. The unhappy servant
was imprisoned. She defended herself
Ionly by tears she had no evidence to
prove that she did not put the property in
her box; and her only answer to the in
|terrogatories of the court was, that she
was innocent. The judges had no sus-
|picion of the depravity of the accuser,
whose station was respectable, and they
administered the law in all its rigour; a
rigour undoubtedly excessive, which ough,
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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. yMEnDENEaI

And true it was, for even then
The silent love was feeding at his heart
OF which he died:
Nor ever spake word of reproach,
Only he wish'd in death that his remains
Might find poor grave in some spot not far
From his mistress family vault, "being the
place
Where one day Anna should herself be laid"
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sPOtHzEsRsYe .
MERCY.
ny sELLEcK OSBORN.

ro crown creations mighty plan,
The Almighty Mandate thunder'd forth,
Let procreant earth produce MAN.
And straight the creature sprung to birth.
4satb. strength and beauty clotl'd his frame
He mov'd with majesty and grace
\ bright, a pure angelic flame
llinm'd each feature OF his face.
1Jpun his brow sat calm repose,
Ills eyes with love and mildness shone;
ri grim band Of imps arose,
AMI nark'd the victim for their own.
kbere HATE, IN livid hues pour'ray'd
The gnashius teeth and blood-shot eye;
fhere curst ISGRATIrUDE display'd
| The foulest blot-the blackest dye.
&nd AyARIcE, ambitious too,
| To plant her odious image there,
last DER his cheeks a sallow hue,
And wrlnkled marks of worldly care.
n wrath the ETERNAL view'd the stain,
Which marr'd the offspring of his word,
kpnrn'd the weak wretch with high dsdain,
| And bade stern justice lift her sword /!
But MEncY, Heavens loveliest child,
| Imploring knelt before the throne
Iltemate prayd, and wept and smiled,
With angel sweetness all her OWN
Then turn'd to MAN, with kind embrace,
And wept to see his dire decays
Ter tears fell plenteous on his face,
y And wasli'd the hideous blot away.
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are severe indeed. Gone is the friend of nv
heart--gone perhaps the wife Of my bnsom-my
much respected Father-my tender hearted mo
ther, at whose breast lay in infancy; on whose
knee sat and smiled, and pratted, and asked b,
wailing or moved by tears, and she was moved.
Deaf is the ear that listened to the voice Of
love Cold is the heart that throbhcd with sym.
pathy Closed is the eye that sparkled with Joy
lat meeting. The pulse which so often fluered,
beats no more! Painful separation But | car
bear it, because the Bible teaches me that we
shall meet again. All that was lovely shall be
lovelier still. The unbeliever, unhappy man, has
no such cheering hope. Dismal, dreary-he
views nothing but long vista. terminating in
darkness, shadows, frightful phantoms, baefu
regions, where "hope never comes that comes
Ito ALL" T.
FRO BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT
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A true and faithful inventory of the goods be
longing to DIR. Swift, Vicar of Laracon, upor
lending his house to the Bishop of Meath till hls
palace was rebuilt:
An oaken broken elbow chair;
A candle cup without an ear;
A batter'd SHATTERED ash bedstead
A box of deal, without lid;
pair Of tongs, but out of joint;
A back.sword poker, without point;
A pot that's cracked across, around
With an old knoted garter bound;
An iron lock without key;
wig, with hanging quite grown gray;
A curtain worn to halt stripe;
A pair of bellows, without pipe;
A dish which might good meat afford once;
An Ovid, and an old Concordance;
A bottle-bottom, wooden platter,
One il for meal, and one for water:
There Likewise is copper skillet,
Which runs as fast out as you fill it.;
A candlestck, snuff dish, and save-all
And thus his household goods you have all
These to your lordship, as a friend,
Till you have built, freely lend
They'll serve your worship for a shift;
Why not as well as Doctor Swift
Account Of Carnation, vaelCed through
Microscope.
From an elegant bouquet, I selected i
carnation, the fragrance of which led me
to enjoy it frequently and near. The
sense OF smelling was not the only one at.
fected on these occasions while that was
satiated with the powerful sweet, the ear
was constantly attracted by an extremely
soft but agreeable murmuring sound. 1t
was easy to know that some animal with
in the covert must be the musician, and
that the noise must come from some lit
tie creature suited to produce it. in
stantly distended the lower part of the
flower, and placing it in full light, could
discover troops of little insects frisking
with wild jollity among the narrow pedes-
tails that supported its leaves. and the lit
tie threads that occupied its centre.
What fragrant world for their hahita-
ton! what perfect security from all an
noyance in the dusky husk that surround
ed the scene of action. Adapting mi
croscopc to take in at one view the whole
base of the flower, | gave myself an op-
portunity of contemplating what they were
about, and this for many days together
without giving them the least disturbance.
Thus could discover their economy,
their passions, and their enjoyments. The
microscope on this occasion had given
what nature seems to have denied to the
objects OF contemplation.
The base of the flower extended itself
under its influence, to vast plain; the
slender stems of the leaves became trunks
of SO many stately cedars; the threads in
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no Such cheering nope. lJls1nal, dreary--hel, |,
views nothing but long vista, terminating in /
shadows, frigh,ful phantoms, baleful
regions, where "hope never comes that comes
to all.'' T. l.
TO BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT
THE HABrTATION OF TIE HERMIT.
From the Boston Patriot
Messrs. Editors.-In your paper of Fri
day last is recorded the death Of E Tur-
ner on East Rock, near New-Hayen; III
the following additional particulars Of the
unhappy man and his late residence are
sufficiently interesting to merit insertion,
they are at your service. J. Nj.
East Rock is situated three miles North
East of New Haven, and is the southern
Extremity Of the Green Maintains.
There is a narrow winding foot path,
which leads to tie top of the mountain.
After following this path for half Il mile,
we come to the habitation OF human be-
ling, who lives there as in little world of
his own, secluded from all society. His
only companions in his solitude are few
sheep. He has two buildings, neither Of
them is of sufficient height to allow him to
stand erect. He. however, sometimes,
leaves this spot, and even goes to tile dis
Itance of fifty or sixty miles. In his pere-
CARNATIONS, he makes a very singular APP
lpearance. His dress consists of long
brown frock, reaching to his feet, and a
high leather cap on his head. He takes
his sheep with him; two Of them are yok-
ed to a small cart, in which he carries ne
cessarics for his journey. In front Of these
Ihe is fastened by harness, made of the
bark Of trees, and assists in drawing the
cart, while three mare of these animals
follow him like dogs.*
After leaving this place, the path con-
Itlnues to wind in the same manner, as be-
fore, about the same distance. The ascent
s somewhat difficult; but when arrived al
the summit. the delightful prospect abun.
dainty compensates for the toll of gaining
1T. Approaching the edge Of the rock, We
look down perpendicular precipice a
bout three hundred feet. At the foot oil
1T IS a small river, upon which is large
gun manufactory; in connection with il
~ = ocfNihi neat NWtiiiIlS liUuacS. III fUUn'
ing from this elevation upon New-Haven
the first objects that attract our attention
are the buildings of Yale College, thai
seat of literature, which is the glory of the
state. In front Of these are three elegant
churches. The regularity OF the streets
the neatness of the buildings, which are
shaded by many lofty ems, give to this
city most pleasant appearance. There
lis likewise view of long Island Sound
which is bounded on the south by Long
Island, that looks like vast mountain ris.
ling out Of the ocean.
| The wild and romantic scenery, the
great extent of country, the beautiful city
and the vast expanse of waters which are
here visible, combine to render it one ol
the finest prospects of Connecticut.
j The New Haven Patriot mentions that Turner
was originally from Vermont. which state he left
and commenced his secluded life in consequence
OF disappointment in his affections He wa,
about 50 years ofage, ofa fine athletic form, and
hardy constitution; which alone could have pre-
liSerVed him in his eyposed situation,
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MATRIMONIAL REGULATIONS.

A man at York was brought up the other
|day, by warrant upon the information
|of his wife, who had sworn the peace a.
|gainst him. After being informed by the
sitting magistrate alderman Dunslay) of
the charge laid against him, he asked per-
mission to Hsummat in his exculpitation."
"Well," said the worthy magistrate,
|" you are at liberty to say what you please
lin your defence"
| j." Why, then please your worship, I can
show as how my wife took the law into
her own hands before baisted her at all"
Magistrate.-Di she strike you first?
Husband.-No, your worship, but if
you'll please to hear my tale, you shall
know all about it; first if you'll please to :
hear me, you must know that is of We
Try hot temper, and she's plagy hot, as we'll
Jas I, we'll you know, says | to her, yam
morning. Bessy my lass, we'll split our
disturbances, tame of US shall be maister
lyan year, and t'other of US next year in
regular succession well, please your wor-
ship. she agreed to this regularment, and
been't master all last year; the time you
know that her time espired was last FRI
lday four months. Well, your worship,
of Friday fourmonths, | told you that |
was ganging to be master; we'll do you
know your worship, she took t'law into
lher hands, and she'd be felfed if she
wouldn't remain master for the next year;
$50, has put up with the degradation till
last Friday--wern't it that day Besss
W;)e.-'Till last Friday.
Uusband.-Well, and then as how l
|tho't law wad tuthorise me to baist her,
las she had ta'en t'aw into her hands.
observation-disclosures what have you to
say to this ingenious defence9
WJe.-Plase your worsip, | know Use
guilty of the alIedgment he has laid agn
me, I'se sorry for what I've done! hope
Jas you'll forgive me this time and I'll try
him lpointing to her husband) till he mis-
behaves himself again.
The magistrate then advised her in flu
ture to let her husband be the master and
after making mutual promises to kiss and
be friends, they retired, highly delighted
to have their differences settled.
SICKNESS.
There is something in sickness that breaks
Al l. q Ftone tl,r.
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the middle seemed columns of massv
structure, supporting at the top their Sc
veral ornaments and the narrow spaces
between were enlarged into walks, par~
terres, and terraces. On the polished bots
toms of these, brighter than Parian marble.
walked IN pairs, alone, or in larger COM
munities, the winged inhabitants: these,
from little dusky flies, for such only the
naked eye would have shown them, were
there raised to glorious glittering animalss
stained with living purple, and with gtos-
sy gold that would have made all the la
bours of the loom contemplate in the COM
parison. could at leisure. as they walk
ed together, admire their elegant limbs,
their velvet shoulders, and their silken
wings; their backs veing with the empy-
|rean in its blue; and their eyes each form
led of thousand others out-glittering the
little planes, and brilliant above descrip-
Ition, and almost too great for admiration,
| could observe them here singing out
their favourite understanding them
with the music of their buzzing wings,
with little songs formed for their little or
gans, leading them from walk to walk a
mong the periumed shades-and pointing
out to their taste the drop of liquid nee
tar just bursting from some vein within
the living trunk. Here were the per-
fIfumed groves, the more than myrtle shades
5 |of the poets fancy, realized. Here the
happy lovers spent their days in joyful
,|dalliance, or in the triumph of their little
hearts, skipped after one another from
] ,|stem to stem among the painted trees or
) winged their short flight TO the close sha-
: dow of some broader leaf to revel undis-
f|turbed in the heights of all felicity.
al Faucet.
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CASTOR OIL.-The mode chiefly a.
dopted in the West Indies for obtaining
the oil, is, first to strip the seeds of their
husks or pods, and then to bruise them in
mortars afterwards they are tied in lin
en- bags and boiled in water until the oil
which they contain rises to the surface,
when it is carefully skinned off, strained
to free it from accidental impurities, and
bottled for use.
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The New Haven Patriot mentions that Turner
was originally from Vermont, which state he LETT,
and commenced his secluded life in consequence
OF disappointment in his affections. He was
about 80 years ofage, ofa fine athletic form, and
hardy constitution; which alone could have pre-
served him in his exposed situation.
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INVENTORY,

true and faithful inventory of the goods be.
longing to Dr. Swift, Vicar of Laracon, upon
lending his house to the Bishop of Meath till his
palace was rebuilt:
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SICKNESS.


There is something in sickness that breaks
down the pride of manhood; that softens the
heart, and brings it back to the feelings OF nfan.
Icy. Who that has suffered even in advanced
life, in sickness and dependency; who that has
pined on weary bed in the neglect and loneli.
ness of a foreign land-but has thought on the
mother sthat looked on his childhood," that
smoothed his pillow, and administered to his
helplessness. Oh there is an enduring tender
mess in the love of mother to a son, that tran
scends all other affections of the heart. 1t is
neither to be chilled by selfishness, nor daunted
by danger, nor weakened by worthessness, nor
stHed by ngratitude. She will sacrifice every
comfort to his convenience she will surrender
every pleasure to his enjoyment; she will glory
n his fame, and exult in his prosperity; and, if
adversty overtake him, he will be dearer to her
by misfortune and if disgrace settle upon his
name, she will still love and cherish him and It
all the world beside cast him off. she will be all
the world to him. Sketch Book.
Happy are they. who being disgnsted
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Happy are they, who being disgusted
with all violent pleasures, know how to
content themselves with lie sweets of an
innocent life.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-05-20
From The .Norfortk Herald Eltro, .HaY IL
THREE DAYS LATER.

BY the ship RasseIas, Capt. Brigham, in
50 days from Liverpool, the papers of that
place. to the 8th and those of London, to
the 9th of April, have been received at the
Commercial Reading Room, through the
polite attention of Capt. Brigham. These
papers furnish us with Paris dates to the
4th of April, at which time hostities had
not commenced, nor was il understood,
with any degree of certainty, when they
would begin. According TO letter from
Bayonne, the invasion of Spain would not
take place before the i8th.-The article
from the London Sun, stating that the de-
claration Of war had been officially announ-
cod to the British government, is therefore.
as we suspected, not true. Indeed, il is
yet quite uncertain whether there will be
any war. If all was right with the French
government. they would not have DELAYED
thus long before they struck the blow.
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VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND.

New York, May 6.-The ship Minerva
arrived below late last night from Liver
pool, whence she sailed on the 9th OF
April, and brought file of London papers
to the 9TH, which were received at the Of
ices of the New York Gazette and Mer-
camille Advertiser at o'clock This morn
ing. Each of those papers contained a
postscript prepared at that hour. We are
indebted 10 the editors Of those papers 70,
the perusal of their London lie. from
which we obtain The following intelligence.
Statesman.
Sun Office, London, Apra 5-Second edi-
tion.
Government have received the Derlaro-
uon OF Uar BY France against Spain, as
wei as the manifesto of The French 90.
sernment on IFS armies entering Spain
nov lar Ministers may think proper to
give publicity TO these documents we can
not pretend to judge.
The Liverpool papers Of the 5th, appear
TO doubt the above intelligence, and state
that 90 other London paper than the Sun
published il.
HE previous accounts stated that the
French army would enter Spain on the
f4,b Of April.
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LYNCuBUR6, NAY 90, 1898.

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BuRe BIBLE SocIrrY, will he held al the
Methodist meeting. house, tins evening al
3o'clock at which time a sermon viii be
preached by the Rev. Mr.. Crowder The
punctual attendance of the meubers are
requested
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