The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-04-24
Glenfne is not far from Inverary.
From jhe Missouri Republican.

L.
The capture and execution Of Capt. Hale, in
ZIG.
Capt Nathan Haie mas one Of The most accom-
pilshed officers, Of has Crude and age, in The ar
my. lie ans ndtiue oth' town Of Coventry,
| state Of Connecticut, and d graduate Of Yale col
| tfgc-yoang, brdre, and h0nOrdbie-dHd al the
time ofhiS death a captain in Col. UebbS reg
| meM u continental hOOps HduiHg neUer SEEN
| n circlpstantlni account ofhiS ,tltimeiy and nleU
| oRch0ty end, .H gre i'll ,cas attached 10 has
| company, q IN his confdeace 1fey the retreat
edmeot our company from Long Island, hemtorm-
he 0ds sent 1ortO headquarters and Was solicit DIT
opcr TO Long istartd 10 discover The disposition Of
Inc eRemy'Scdmp, &c expecting them 10 attach
Aen-iOrh, 0nt Hdi he Wds too u1toeH to go, not
haIag rfcouered from u recent illness that, up
Qua second application, he ha consented 10 go,
and sad must go as far Wihihim dsI coaH,
pHh safety, and Wad for his return Acc0r.
dingty Wc tett our camp on Hmiaem HeighfS,
NTH The intention Of crossing ouer the ffa OPP
Portun'fy; but nORe altered until zoe drtred al
Norwdh, .tdy mates from New- York. IN that
hW6our there waS an armed sio0p, and one or
tmo roo gaHeB Capt. Hale had Il general or
der 10 aiarnled resseis 10 take him 10 any place
ne hOuid designate he nus set across The Sound
IN The st0op al Huntington, (LOng Ltdnd,) by
| captain Pond, mho communicable resSei, Capt.
Hale had changed his uniform for plain suii
u citisen'S broom Clothes iCih n round broad
6r mined hat assuming The character Ofd Dutch
| schoOl-mdSter, tearing all his other ciOihes com
M son, public ~ private papers, Wih ME, and
also has sitper shoe-buckle, saying they UOutd not
oompori loih ms character Of school master. and
| retaining nothing bit ms college diploma, as an
introduction 10 his assumed calling. Thus,
enqmpped, zoe parted for The last time in hfe.
~ nm In 1fygc n,,H 4 rgJlJ bocE N.
gain to Nor,odif ruth orders 10 stop there until
he should return. or hear from him, as he
expected 10 return back again 10 cr0Ss the Sound,
Yhe succeeded IN has object. The British army
mt, an The mean time, got possession Of Ncw-
York tchiiher he also passed, and had nearly
erecded his mission, and ,cds passing The British
picquei guard bcil0een the lines Of The hUo az.
mics, within mile and a hdifot ms oOn quar-
| fers tchen he pdS stopped at a tarerR, at a place
called The Cedars." Here there lras no sttspi-
c'oa of ms character being other than iOhat he
| pretended, npta most unt ortuHdteig he wds met
| IN The cro'od by feitow cOuntrymda, and an
oion relation, (bH a tory and renegade,) Dho
had receired the hospitality Of his board, aud tbs
attention ota brOtherfr captain Hale, al ms
quarters al Hiater Hill, IN Cambridge, The Win-
ter before lie recognised him, and most inhu-
monty and UNANIMOUSLY betrayed him. diuuigiug
has character, situation in the army, &c. aad
hdeiag him searched, his diploma cOrrOborated his
retnfrc's statement tchen Wdhom any tornaAtg
Of trldi, or dgidy. they hung him instantaneous
", ana sent flag Orer TO our army, stating
" that they had caught such n man WithiR their
tineS, that morning. and hung him as a spy
Thus suddenly and tmfteiibgiy did they rush his
pohRg and iUoTthy man into eternity not GttOw-
ing him an hours preparation, nor the privilege
ofWrit'ng 10 his friends, nor euen 10 recetre The
last consultations Of his religion, refusing to let
The chaplain praV 'Uih him, as ,eGs his request
differ parting Nth captain Hale, Of all these cir
cnmadnces Irds automatically informed at the
time, md do most retigiousfy beliere them.
Such 'cas the melancholy fate Of Capt. Hale
bh'Ic The stern rigor of Military ta,ojudifed has
erecutjOn (betrayed as he ,cos, most jouily By his
nngrdtcfW relation and riHainouS tory, get mho
that kaeD him as did, emGirked IN The same has-
drdoW enterprise, and had been together IN the Pc
rious mrrices ofhe fetd,-bm ioouid drop The tear
Of pity for ms north is true, he died uponthe
" iagiorions tree" not The death Of the soldier !;
6M ii is Hkewise true, he suffered for hi, countrgs
sake. Ind indre died also The " death ola spy,
6m did he I'LL an ingiorious grare ! do not
mnrnlm al the sympathy for The man, which rds
feh for MAJOR dlmre IN Europe and America-
by The .JGir and the brare--the friend and the foe
by Amerienn ondby Bfitoa. No God Jor6id -
6W Ito think 1t hard. that H,LE---1obo tCds equal
~ brare, learned, young. accomplished, and hon
orn6te-&t0utd be forgotten on The rery threshold
Of ms |rRe, eren BY ms couRirymen that, rhae
our O1rn historians hare done honor 10 the memory
oT1ndre. HAZE douidbe untno,ca ;thai, rl1ie The
remains of the former hare been honorcd, eren
oy oar oon counirymen those ofhe latter Siou d
rest among The clods ofHe railey, undisiinguiat-
ed, u1sought, ~aRd unhonOred.
STEPHEN HRMPSTEAD.