The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-12-18
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From the Shamrock.
a SLfGUL .lDYE.NTURE.
FOUNDED aN Pact.


much disgrace. A 6ne would have been his
punishment bu' his total inability to pay one,
app-sriog 10 the court, no was sen,snceJ To
the Penuehtisiy. a friend intetcsded for
him, ard he VAS pafdoned 90 cond,tiop, IA
condition OF his own p'opcsiog,) Of quitting
the. .is,e. He ish HE prison. md iuimeti.
stsiy complied with the cond,tion OF his en-.
lsts ssment, IL was neatly nigh, when he
lsnts d in Jersey, with but Two cents IN hi,
pock.t. 1, being too late TO seek employ.
m:nt, he msde zip his mind 10 walk the s,fee,s
for ,he night. As he WAS Slowly ps,sding
about, . iolly ts' Just re,uthed from Nsw.
York frole, cispptd him on The shoulder, and
asked him where he lived: Lanirshc con.
fessed he hal no homo tho sailor i'm roedi.
etciy invited him to parrskc csncf groe and
bed st his boarding house, hard by. The
Gsul delighted, accepted the fer. They
entered the house, the can WAS produced, It's
contents soon disappeared, and wnh them,
NOT iiule Of the Fteochman's I'M elect. "A
light was given him, and the way 10 hi, bed
,oom shovn. Jus, now noise was hes,d in
the street. Lan!rsnc 'an out to see what wss
,ss matte; twas fight between a coupls OF
hose Sons OF Beiiai whose nocturnal reveis
- often disturbed the repose OF their more
qnie, neiehbors. Seeing ,he'. ws. 30 e.ase
" alarm, Lsnfranc returned TO his house, -
te thought, but entered by mistake large
three story bouae belonging to o wealthy
teighbor. The can Of gfog hac however so
dsmsnIled his faculties, that he could NO,
tting his eyes 10 besr with slesdiness upon
sy object. He entered tho house, marched
,p 20 the third sto' y, spd threw himself dress
ed as he was, upon the bed end fell asleep.
He had laid shout 90 hour when the yoOng
hdy, 20 whom the room belonged, enersd;
ihe shtieked aloud on be holding man in he'
bed. The f'sns sprung up, and supposing
,hs, he had made . mistske, bsstened to re-
tire from, the isdy's chamber. Tho window,
Of the room came down to the floor aod led
out 10 . balcony ; the F,sns mislsking one Of
these Tor o door, passed through il, fell over
the ,s,l of,h, bsisony. sod was pseeipitotsd .
distance Of 6.s ard twenty feet He siigh'sd
on the top OF covesed country Wagon here
h. dil not res, long, the momentum was too
great 10 be resisted by s,ekiog covering, tho
roof gave wsy, and our hero was laid pros
sleep 10 tho vehicle, guarding ito freight the
slcepe, arose in an instsni, and with the butt
end Of bis whip prepared to chsstse 'he in.
ttuder r.--Seeing this warlike preparation,
Lanfrsnc gfasped Q small box win which he
designed to kooek down his opponent; st this
instsni, rose from the straw, a second ssssIi.
ant Of most fearful size and fguro . teri.
fed beyond measure by his reinforce men, OF
bs adversary, LaDfrsec ned, making his wsy
trough the iorspsu Of The Wagon, aud for.
geting in his frieh, to lay down the weapon
which he had ssieed 10 defend himself, reach.
ed the street, end ran OF foil speed -" Stop
thief :" was ,he c,y; I.snf'snc was taken
With ,be box 10 his possession /; on exsmina.
ton j, was found TO contain more than one
hundred dollars worth Of jewelty. The p's.
oDet was IN duo time t,ied. convicted OF q
grand larceny, and brought UP Tor Judgment,
aud the las, Stern demand Of me- CHESS justice
rang 10 his ears" prisoner! have you sugh,
TO say why sentence should not be pf onounced
on You according to law 2" The poor man es.
ssyed 10 speak, but hi, tongue tailed him, ne
knew he was innocent, but Who would believe
his extrsor dins'y story He saw his dreodfuI
doom before him 10 ns most ,srrible colors.
He hs6 a vile in france, whom he loved,
children on whom no dos'ed, he was pstriot
and he loved his county, he was Q msn, and
no loved iiberiy--sll these dear ties ve'e 10
probably forever. In vain might the partner
oi hi, bosom sesfeh every American ship ar
irving OF his native Maseilles, but no Pierre
would meet her eye--his babes nigh, ety Tor
ford, bu, the DARK cell IN which he snus'
spend his days and nights ~ooid no, open .,
their e,y 10 ie, far,h their father, end all this
mus, he suffer for he knew not what /; the
events Of ihs, fatal day were bu, ss dream
TO him, he tried again TO speak, but oatu'e
wa, exhausted by me in ensepe~ Of biste.
Elections. The ele'k made The demand
second ,ine.-L,oifsnc, fet cold chill come
over him wrh convulsve effort he exclsim-
ed, "Oh God, Thy wsy, are mysterious, I've
nsugh, 10 .sy bu, that I'm innocent, God
k,os,u; my wife my dear bsbes dear ma
i've Franc. Sweet libety sdieu Tor ever
he c,s,ped hi, hsnd,, sunk b,ek in The box,
and 6sing hi, fevefish CLASSY eyes on the
Judge, .wsi,ed his dom with something like
the cool msdoess Of despair. genefa sen.
,,,ion Of pity ran through The eout. and IN
f.c,ed even The pride shielded Bosom oi the
Judge. Dat ere the sentence c1p'I be pro.