The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-12-18
TIE TNfLEYfBLE FfTHER.

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THE LNFLEYfBLE F.1THER.
In the year 1926, James Lynch Fi,x.Ste
pben, me,chsnt, being elected mayor oi Ga
wy, in Ireland, cent hts only son CON msnde
Of one Of HE ships to Bbvs 10 Spain, for
cargo Of vino. Former dsalings at this plsc,
were The means OF recomme nding The fsther
credit. which scsng Lynch took the sdvsn
,.go Of, to secrete the money for his own use
which bis father entrusted him with Tor IN.
purchase Of the cargo. The SpSniard, who
supplied him On this occasion, cent bis neph.
ow with him to Ireland, 10 receive the deb,
and establish fus'her correspondsnce. The
young men, who wsrc much Of On age, sailed
together with that seeming satisfaction which
congeD'sl situations generally create among
msokind. Open ood gensro0s, tho Spsnisrd
so,icips'ed the pleasures which be should en-
Joy with such frienc, In . place then re-
murksblo for qualities which wo are now no
longer 10 look tor but iB the narrative OF otheg
times The ship proceeded on her voyage (
and no eve'y dby must bring them nearer tho
place Of destination, and discover the fraud
ioteDded by Lynch, no conceived tho disboli-
cal .osoiotion of throwing his ficnd over.
board. Alter sounding tho sentiments oEthe
hsrds m board, 40 brought tho nslor part Of
'h'm over 10 bis purpose, by promise Of re-
ws'd, sod tho rest by fesr. On the nigh, Of
the hiih dsy, the unfor,uns'e Spsnisrd was
violently seized in hU bed, sod thrown over
boArd--h lev days more brougbt thsm 10
port his father and friends received him
with Joy, and 10 . shofi time Bestowed svfi-
cient csp'tsl TO &c, him up In business! Sc
cuti,y had ,ulled esefy scn,e Of danger ; and
he proposed himself 10 q besutifoi girl, the
daughter OF Q Deighbor, 10 mssSisge. His
terms were accepted, and the day appointed
which was TO crows his yet sueesssful vinsinys
when one OF tho sailors, Who had been with
hiro on the voyage 10 Spain, was taken i'll!
snd, 6uding himself .. the point Of death, sent
lor the is,hsr, and communieNed Q full reis-
,icn Of the horfid deed his son had commits
ted on The high seas. The father, though
stuck spesehIen with ssionish mont snd
grief, ~ length shook of tho feelings which
incline the parent to nsl0tsi partially. Z" Jos-
tce sbsli tsks It's courss," said the indignant
msgi,rs,e; end no, within Q few minutes,
bsd his son seizeG, with tho ies, Of the crews
and threw them into prison. They oil coma
fessed me crime n criminal process was
made out sgaiost them . and 10 . lev dsys, .
small town 10 tho west Of Ireland betteld Q
sight psrsIleled BY very few instances in the
history Of rnsskind: . father sitting in jndg
men,, like another Lucius Junius Bra,us OF !.
his son end, like him too, ming him
10 d,e ~ sacrifice to public jus,ies 1! " Were
sny other but your wretched tsiher yoor
Judge (,sid the infiexibe msg,s,rs,s) I miehs
nave dropped . issr over my chiId's misfos.
tunes, snd solicited fo' his life, though stained
with murder; bot 700 must die /! These ss6
the las, diops which shall queneh the sparks
of ns,u,s; snd II you dsre hope, implors thu,
Hesvsn may not shut the gates Of mercy on
the destroyer Of his fellow eres,ufes."
lie wss led back ,oprison, snd short time
appointed ios his sxeeu,ioo. Amusement sss
on tho lace Of every oos within this lIt,lc
community, which M most did oos eoosis, Of
mots ,hso Three ihoussod people. The ssls.
iions OF The uohspPy eulpft surrounded the
isthsr, they conjured him By sii the solictuda
OF uoturs sod compassion 70 spare his son.
His wrotehed mother, whose nsme wss
Blake, few 10 dnfrseiioo 10 the hesLs Of hor
own house, TO rescue her from tho icnorsiny
bic death mus, bring on ,heir meme. They
armed, 10 dsiiver bs'n tocn prison when his
father being iaIormsd Of thar in,sn,ioo, had
him conveyed to ais own house, which no
surrounded With the ofEieers Of justice. He
made The sxseu,ioner ias,en tho rope TO his
neck -" you rave bu, !i,t'e time 10 live, my
.on, said he /; let the care Of your soul en'.
I ploy the fsv momen,s take The last embrace
oi your unhsppy father y
| lie ordered the rope to bs we'll secured TO
q windov snd compelled tho eoos,sbles 70
throw the body ou, q lew minutes pct sa