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it the Lisbon robber-the violator-he that
murdered the far girl.
The prayers were no sooner over than we can
tives were summoned to the poop. The Rails was
short, Thin pale, cruel looking man. The deck
was crowded but there were no sounds, save a.
tcrn4tely his voice, and that of his interpreter and
the trembling replies Of poor Neapolitan taken
with me- who spoke the Lngua Franco, and then,
at times, long pause and the gurgIe Of water, Is
the snake-like pipe was slowly updrawn. The Re.
suit of this the taking of my chains, and an as
surance that when my ransom was paid should
60 free, and promise of freedom for those taken
with me, provided | would pay their ransom, 10
which | agreed and there came to me cunning
looking interpreter, and he gave me place, and a
carpet separate from the other prisoners and gave
me coffee and bread, and squatted inquisitivey BY
my side. During the day could set n privacy
no rest. had no power to think of my situation,
and, in the Of i, witnessed strange scene
Of Turkish dcspotsn There vas sudden tumut
and loud cries and all hurried Off and they drag
gcd with them the renegade
'IIe had struck, it seemed, the black cook and
had overset the food, and insulted the serang-
Again all was silence, as, amid the hushed crowd,
the two accusers told their tale; mutteted some
thing fell from the prisoner, but the dead silence
awed him, and he felt fear and the savage eye look
| cd apprehension. The Rais drew up his smoke
calmly and Slow, and the long gurgle echoed loud;
and, then still smile just passed across bis face, ANA
he gave motion With Ms land, and they Grd sle
| prisoners arms behind him and pressed him into
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and felt hope, and thought OF home without fear,
kneehng with me at the altar; and seldom IN my
lfe nave SUNK more haPp''y OF c0'na'8V 10 rest
Quick treadings awakened me; above me was
the livid Moor; the turbaned Algerne his knee
was pressed upon my hody one bare and nervous
arm grasped fercely at my throat, and with the
othc: he held "a naked scimetar and menaced death
bat he did not slay. dusky slave brought iron
manaces and chains. was captive, and to the
Moor.
50 Allah Ackbar-Ailah Ackbar,' was the loud
shout; and the poor mariners Of Naples walled bit
tcrly and was bound and dumb.
They rowed US rapidly away, and their own boat
kept close to Us and they were tawny men, With
sculIcsps of red and no hair but the ferocIous mus
tache and necks naked and bu}l-Iike; and the
butts Of pistols, and the hits Of daggers, stuck out
to their oars and Shouted as il chorus Allah Ack
bar
I'm the pale grey hour Of carly dawn we came
alongside large armed vessel A golden flower
pot, with green and yellow roses, was painted on
its stern; Aag, blood-red, with the half moon en-
we came upon The deck, the crew we're rising from
theirrest aud some were combinr ont the beard
some curlin their ,nus+schcs some a,ointincc fine
sbaven Aead some rft,ro water. AID ncrforniner
the n~escrib93 ahl,titns and tnay ed nm At
u as IL. ,vara ,3,.ar ~,,.,,-1 ,,.t5 er,ns
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The author Of Wazery has f,vourel the world
with another series q ta,cs, from legend and Ais-
tory, entitled Tao cn~sAnaas' We WIN prota-
bly, furnish some extracts in our future numbers.
Inc work is spoken q IN terms Of praise.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-06-25
.TEzE REPOSITORY.
FROM THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE.
A STORY,

From Correspondent IN Virginia.
On board one of the ships sent oct by Walter RAJ
leigh, under the patronage Of Queen Elizabeth, to
make discoveries along the North American coast,
was passenger of singular and melancholy as
pect, who from the first moment Of departure, was
regarded by all the company with eyes of doubt and
suspicion. There settled gloom upon his
countenance, mingled with an expression that SEEM
cd sinister and maign, at the same time that it was
timorous and there was restlessness and uneasi-
ness in his department which it disagreeable
for those who noted him to observe. He would
sometimes start, when there was neither sound nor
sight, nor other of agitation. Sometimes he
was seen, as darkness was descending over the wa
tiers, to conceal himself near the ships STERN or
among ropes and coils Of cable on which occasions
he would start and turn PALE as if detected in guilty
musings, or would assume savage aspect, as if he
wished to destroy the intruder on his stolen priva
cy The horrors of guilt conscience seemed evil
IDENTITY to possess him. 1t seemed if its workings
had given him an unnatural appearance of prema-
ture age The lines of his face and the burrows of
his brow were deeply impressed; and morbid ina
ginaton might almost trace, in the dusky red cha
racters of the latter the thunderscars of the fallen
angels His hair, in some places had turned CON-
pletely gray. And yet, on the whole, he seemed
not to have numbered more than forty years.
He had entered the vessel under the general in
vltaton, unknown to any of the Ships company
rumor was soon current that his assumed name
was fictitious, and that he had done some deed that
rendered him odious among mankind. His crime
was variously surmised, and among other things it
was whispered that he had been an executioner-
There were In that ship many desperadoes, and ma
ny who were flying from justice at home for crimes
which in any country would have made them nfa-
nous. But no man inquired into or cared for his
neighbours character, though VIGOROUSLY bad This
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aversion to all his fellow voyagers. The awkward
attempts which he made, during the first few days
OF their voyage, to form acquaintance, met with
such unpromising reception that he desisted, and
became uniformly silent. The women passengers
avoided his glance, or looked at him askance, with
mingled expression of curiosity and horror, and
at night they stihed the cries Of their children by
telling them that the strange man was coming. At
meal time, solitary became his own by pre-
scription where his food was given and received in
silence; and at night, he retired to couch, from
the vicinity of which the occupants of the adjacent
dormitorjes had removed as they said his motions,
groans, and cries, prevented them from sleeping
The sailors regarded him with supersttious dis
like, as the Jonah of their vessel, and avoided or
coarsely repulsed him, when he drew near them at
their work. He frequently overheard their COM
ments his situation, and their surmses as to the
cause of his revolving appearance, and the disgust
it excited which were all, however various, alike
disgraceful to him.
Thus on the bosom of the ocean, and within the
narrow prison of ship, without friend or counsel
lor, or the power of indicating himself (or who can
fight single-handed with prejudice? y among hun
dreds of his fellow beings men of like passions with
himself this wretched exile found himself the focal
object of aversion, hatred, and disgust He seemed
to be in the situation of guilty ghost more tor
mented tits unnatural exposure to the living world,
than in its congenal he'll or like some of the pro-
digies with which the supersttons of different ages
have teemed like one who had been bitten by a
rabd wolf, or who, having had his own veins suck
ed by vistant from the charnel house, had become
himself possessed Of the horrible appetite for blood.
He was like the first born Cain, bearing an obvious
but nexplicable mark, which was at once the stamp
of his guilt and his protection from the death which
he coveted or like the Jew who insulted our di-
vine Redeemer, as he passed on to his closing pas
sion, branded with the indelible stigma which men
trembed at and fed from But the first murderer
and the wandering Israelite had the world before
them, with its sotudes and lurking places, where
no human countenance could obtrude, with its ex-
preston OF scorn, fear or detestation This man was
tied to his stake, with tether whose shorness only
allowed him to make idle and naddening efforts to
hide himself from the many hundred eyes that glanc-
ed distrustfully with loathing upon him. The Hin
doc who has lost his CASTE can minele with Others
who however despsed by millions around them,
at least form community and fellowship of misery.
But this man was alone and the hatred for all his
prosecutors, which he gave them back in return for
their aversion, was silently consuming his heart
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desolate state of the individual. oyercame the re-
pugnance which, in common with the others. he
could not help feeling. He had once or twice made
an eHort, when none observed him, to break thro'
the sphere OF repdlson with which the lonely man
had become invested. But the latter, suppos;ne,
his object was derision insult, avoided his looks
ana retfeated from his advance Rogers however
mad marked him, when he apparently thought him
self secure from notice. He had observed that he
wore shirt of coarse hair, under his upper par.
ments, and had seen him in the attitude of PRAYER.
telling his beads He naturally concluded, that the
source OF SO much anguish was some dreadful un-
forgiven crime, for which he was undergoing PEN
ance.
The weather which had long been threatening
IN appearance, now indicated an approaching storm;
and the symptoms increased in terror and certainty
tremendous gale rendered it impossible for the
snip to carry any canvass and night came on with
ten-fold darkness. The commander of this vessel
now separated from the others, was in the utmost
perplexlty and the ship alternately rolling and
driving under bare poles, at the mercy of the tenn
pest At first murmur, and then shout was heard
among the crew, that the strange man should be
brought forth and thrown overheard.
Reused by the clamor, and the sound of his name.
reiterated amidst the uproar the unfortunate being
sprung from his troubled slumbers and rushed up-
on deck. He trembled in every joint and fibre, his
hair rose in distinct bristes and his eyes, after wan
dering wildly, fixed in intense gaze that spoke of
expected evil, dreadful and inevitable It seemed
as If ne had been summoned to reveal to the assem-
bled universe, the secret that overburthened his
heart, and to receive the forfeit of some unpardon
able sin, among the hootngs and cursings of man.
kind. No one approached him who re- arded his
countensnce by the ftful light of the lanthorns 3
but those Immediately before him shrunk backward,
under the empowering influence of preternatural
terror. Two stout seamen, however sprang from be-
hind, and hurried him toward the gangway. He
was urged along speedily that he made no resis-
lance till on the verge of destruction. The ship
rolled downward on the side whence he was to be
precipitated, and ruddy fash which streamed from
lanthorn held the spot, fell upon the waste
beyond. They were the summit of all immea-
surable mountain wave; and the wretch looked
down into infinite darkness, while stretching high
above before him, another advancing Alp of wa
tiers was impending over the gulf which was to be
to him the abyss of eternity. He uttered one long.
shrill, piercing shrek, and chung, in the agony of
his struggle, SO firmly to his conductors, that they
in vain endeayored to shake him off; but when
they pushed him from his foot-hold, be adhered,
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-10-15
SU M.MANX.

At the late Harrison Circuit Court,
Isaac B. Besha was found guilty oil the
murder OF Francis Baker, but the court
granted him new trial the following
communication shows the grounds on
which it was granted :--Ken. Gaz.
LEXINGTON, SEPT. %, 1925.
0Hr Bradford,
S1R-As counsel for the unfortunate
Isaac b. Desha, | wish for The sake oil
public Justice, 10 explain some circum-
stances in relation to Judge Browns
granting new trial. The grounds were
these First, that the county in which
the murder had been committed was
not proved :-Secoodly, that one OF the
iurymen had been seen speaking during
the time of his retirement 10 well
known political enemy of the Governor.
These grounds were admitted to be just
cause for new trial, by the Attorney
for the Commonw Only 10 my
self, but also to Messrs. Crawford and
Taul, counsels in the case.
Yours, Sir, with respect,
WIN BAYLEY.
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Stop the Murderer.
1000 DOLLARS
is offered tor the apprehension and securing 0
VIII Is:llIllLIla

Found guilty Of the murder of William NJ. Per-
~, by an inquest held upon the body Of the
SAID Perry, at Potos, Washington county, Mis-
souri,, on the 18th of September, 1925. A
part of the inquisition rendered by the Jury
in the above case is in the following words
"1'hat William Hill feloniously did kill and
murder the said VIM. NJ, Perry, by shooting
him with rifle gun, the ball whereof entered
his right breast and lodged under his left
shoulder, and that he was shot by the said
William Hill, at place commonly called LAM
bert's diggings, in the township OF Liberty, in
the county aforesaid, about nine O'Clock in the
morning. That the body of the said William
NJ Perry, was brought from the place afore-
said, to the house of John Perry, where this IN.
quest is now held" After Hill had committed
the crime aforesaid, he fed, and has not since
been heard Of 1t is believed that he may make
off to some of the neighboring States or Ter
ritories, and for the purpose OF facilitating lis
detection, we give the following description Of
his person. He is near six feet two inches
high, bony, about fifty years of age, walks a
little stopped, is athletic for his years color
of his ewes not recolected, but believed to be
gray, hair originally dark, but from age has
become considerably gray of smooth address,
and exceedingly plausible manner; good
teeth, chews tobacco, is fond of gaming and
drinking, and in fine is addicted to every vice.
He is BY trade mill-wright and house. Joiner.
The above reward will be paid by the subscri-
bers, to any person or persons that will so Sc.
cure the said William Hill, that he may be
brought to justice.
SAMUEL PERRY.
Sept. 81, 1852.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS, AunrroR's OFFICE,
pandada, October, Z, 1925 5
PUBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY
GIVEN

TNHAT in pursuance of the several statutes,
II the Auditor Of Public Accounts for the
state of Illinois will proceed to sell at the door
of the State House, in the town of Vandalia, on
the first Monday IN January, 1926, the whole
or so much of each tract of land lying in the
Military survey north of the Illinois River, as
will satisfy the tax, interest, and costs, which
may remain due and unpsid on that day, for
the whole or any of the years 1918, 1919, 1920,
1921, 1922, 1928, 1824-all of which have
been particularly described and advertised in
the paper printed at this place. The sale " i'll
commence at ten o'clock A. NJ. and continue
from day to day until completed.
f. C. BERRY, .auditor,
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racter is imposed on France by the con-
is, that tax of the mos. intolerable cha
tinual acquisitions which are made on
her military and pecuniary resources 10
keep down connections in Spain There
are but Two courses by which France
can extricate herself from such sllua-
ton; the first is, TO take possession OF
Spain as a province .oi France, and this
would be to plunge herself into serious
difficulties, not TO say mexulcabie ones,
with the allied sovefelgns the other Is
TO induce Ferdinand to abdicaIe the
throne in. favor of his brother. 1t is
likely enough that endeavors are ma
king to bring about the latter alternative +;
and if SO, here may be found the grounds
of the rumors now prevailing 90 the sub
iect. Such are the unavoidable results,
when tyranny and lmbecility meet IN the
same individual; and when chance OIL
other circum stances have placed him al
the head OF the nation.
National Journal.
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Houses and Lots, Farms and
Land,
FOR SALE OR RENT

| l. . K 5 A l. + o Il r L n +.
EEAViNG settled myself in Bellevine, own
II 4 ing much the larger part thereof, and
| Wishing 10 accelerate It's growth and improve
ment, Will dispose oi upwards OF 100 well ST.
tuated unimproved lots therein, to all such per-
sons as may be willing to improve them, on
terms 50 liberal, that 10 one shall have cause to
object to them. Artisans and mechanics, of
every description, shall be accommodated with
choice lots at p25 each, pay able in u months,
| in their proic sslonal labour, or in articles of
their own manufacture. Every encourage
| ment in my power shall be afforded to the es-
Enlistment of any useful Manufacture and [
would myself, gladly unite with skilul part
ner in the erection of zone, having a site for wa
Ter power, adjoining the village, which might
be adyantageously occupied for that purpose.
| Dclleville being the seat of justice for one of
| the oldest, most populous, and best improved
counties (st Clalr) in the state lying within
Is miles of st. LOUIS, at the intersection of Two
great mail routes on one of which the public
| stage shortly expected TO run; with great
pubic roads leading to il from every direction;
reoevn, Tie public mail from the north, west,
| and south regularly once week, and from the
Atlantic states twice week; possessing one
good English school, and tiourisng promis-
! ing academy; surrounded by very dense, and
highly respectable population, and country of
Inlinense fertility; and being remarkable for its
heathtliness, affords every enjoyment and
convenience which are necessary to render a
residence in it agreeable, and advantageous
and cannot tail To become place OF consdera-
Bile business Mechanicks and manufacturers
may calculate upon every benefit, which is de-
rivable from cheapness OF living; a large local
demand tor their labour and labIick's; and the
Opportunity Of investing their profits in the
richest lands, at the loves price.
Large bodies of as fertile and well situated
public lands, as any i'll the state remain in this
county, unsold, and emigrants DESTROYS of set
ting il this neishbourhood, may obtain their
choice of them at 81 IS centsper acre. or can
purchase ofiidviduals, improved farms atfrom
81 25 to SO per acre. These lands from their
local situation their proximity to steam boat
navigation, and the best market which the
country affords, are intrins;cally worth as much
as lands in the western co@ntry, and must
eventually command a price proportioned to
their real value.
have for sale, or rent, several houses in the
village, and among them blacksmith shop,
with a complete set OF b'acksnths' tools and
several excellent farms in the neighbourhood.
/ will lease uninproved lands for seven years,
rent free.
NINIAN EDWARDS.
BellepiRe, October 5th, 1925.
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FOR THE YEAR 1926:
CALCULATED for the meridian of Ed
~ wardsville, Illinois, by Willard Fisher, OF
Franklin, Mass. under the direction Of the Anne.
rican Tract Society.
Or The A. L. Society will receive ONE CENT
on the sale Of each copy, which will be ex-
pended in printing Religious Tracts for gra-
tultous distribution.
Orders from Merchants and others will be
thankfully received and promptly attended to,
BY JEREMIAH ABBOTT.
Edrvardsrille, Oct. -, 1926.
Editors OF Newspapers in Missouri and Hi
nois are requested 70 publish this, and the ia.
vor will be reciprocated. J. A.
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CAOYH DRESSING.

vEvHE public are respectfully informed, that
4 the subscriber has erected Mill for Full
ing Cloth, by water power, the present season.
He expects to keep an assortment ofdy e-stutfs
on hand, for good substantial colours. He has
employed a man, recommended as first rate
workman, to superintend the above business.
Those who wish to have cloth dressed will 10
well to bring their cloth eariy-and al pre-
vous to the first ofFebruary next.
JOHN ADAMS.
Edyardspile, October 8, 1856
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NOTICE.

n will attend on the court OF Probate for the
4 county of Madison, state OF Illinois, to be
holden in Edwardsvle on the third Monday of
November next, to make settlement of the
estate of Reuben Walker, deceased, at which
time and place all persons concerned are re-
CURED to attend with their claims against said
estate, properly authenticated.
ELIZABETH WALKER, .4dmr'r.
Edwards,ille, October 9TH, 1875 DIV.
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Public Notice.

10y virtue OF an order from the ST. Clair
I'D Circuit Court at its August Term, 1925,
we will, on the first Monday of November
next, at the French Village in said county.
proceed to sell the whole Of the real estate OF
Dennis Valentine, deceased, on credit of one
year, containing one tract of two hundred
acres, situated IN said Village, thirty of which
is under cultivation, and on which is erected a
large French dwelling house, two barns, and
one horse-mill. as well as 160 acres of
timbered land adjoining thereto.
JOHN MESSENGER.
COLAS TURGEON,
JOSEPH BONEAU,
Commissioners Of said Estate
September 80, 1887 3w
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MILL IRONS.

INHE subscriber offers for sale complete
~ set of Mill Irons, for a St.1o and Crist
.NiA to run trpo pair Of Stones. This set of
Irons includes every piece necessary to erect
a Mill OF the above description onthe inclined
plane they originally cost $500 in Pittsburg
and viii be sold at great discount from cost.
JOHN SHACKFORD.
Steam Boat and Ferry Ware- House.
ST. Louis, Sept. 8, 1855
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LAND OFFICE MONEY.

The Secretary efthe Treasury has directed, thai
bills Of tie .tollozuing Banks only, shall he re-
ceived at the Land Office in EdsYarasuilie.
Bank of the United States, and its branches
Bank of Illinois, ShawanGtown,
Banks in Boston,
Banks in the city of New-York,
Banks in the city of Philadelphia,
Banks ofBaltimore, Except the City Bank
Banks in the District Of Columbia, Except
the Merchants & Franklin Banksof Alexandria,
Banks in Richmond, w.
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NOVICE

is hereby given, that shall apply to the
Il next Court OF. rebate, to be holden in and
for the county of Pike, and state Of Illinois, on
the first Monday in November next, for a final
settlement of the estate If Ahram Williams,
deceased, when and where all persons inter.
ested may attend if they think proper.
her
CLARISSAH BUCHANAN,
mark.
Late Clarissa Williams, .4d,n'rr.
JOHN ]. Ross,
LEONARD Ross.
October 5, l825...--7 as
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NOVICE

rs hereby given, that on the third Monday
L in November next, | shall appl, TO the
Probate court of The county of Pike, to make
a final settlement ofthe Administrations of the
estates of Aaron T. Crane and Abraham Beck,
deceased, when all persons interested may at.
tend.
E. B. CLEMSON, .fdministrat0r.
Edwardsville, Sept. 30th, 1886 At.