The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-05-22

to escape by the stratagem Of dressing him.
self in the costume Of the natives, and ming
ling in the crowd, Just as orders were glv.
en- TO sail and the New Zealanders were
required to leave the ships. When the
roll was called, to ascertain if all hands
were on board, his absence was discover.
ed. The cause was easily apprehended,
and some Of the officers were disposed to
let such an instance Of true love have its
reward, and not to disturb the enamoured
sailor in his dreams offuture felicity among
the savages Of New Zealand. The less
sentimental Cook was not moved by these
mild counsels he saw mischief in such a
precedent, and he was inHexible a guard
of marines was sent to search for the trl-
ant, and bring him back to duty lie had
proceeded to the nterior,an secreted him
self with his faithful Gowannahee, but his
hiding ace was at last discovered. As
soon as she perceived their intention TO
take him away, she was overwhelmed with
anguish; and at the parting scene on the
beach she yielded herselfup to expressions
Of grief and despair, which the stoutest
heart could not witness unmoyed. The
young sailor was examined and tried for
his misdemeanor but Cook was SO much
amused with the schemes he had devised
for himself, and the picture he had drawn
OF his future prospects and greatness, as
the husband Of Gowannahee, and chief
OF renown, that he forbore TO aggrsvate the
pains of disappointed hope by any formal
punishment"
HORRIBLE ExECUTIoN.--On the 22d March,
a young woman was executed at Lancaster,
England, for murder. We take from the
London Morning Chronicle the annexed ac-
count of her execution. Ii forms a horrible
picture, but one OF nature to excite rather
pity for the sufferer and hatred for the penal
law, than detestation Of her crime The
spectacle was truly barbarous, unworthy OF
civilized nation; and useful in no respect.
Nat. Gazette.
"St. Mary's clock having struck the
hour Of twelve, the prison bell began to
toll mournfnlly, which served as a signal
to the multitude that the miserable wo.
man was on her way to the scatfold, and
all eyes were in moment rivetted upon
the door, Immediately outside OF whichthe
fatal platform was erected. Shortly after
the Castle clock struck the fatal hour, the
miserable wretch was seen, supported by
her two attendants, in state of apparent
exhaustion and insensibili'y, her head
Dropping over her shoulders, and her face
of the paleness of death, and the rope with
which she was To be suspended was fas.
tened about her neck. In this dreadful
condition she was literally dragged on 10
the fatal engine and here held up by the
two women, whilst She eXecutioner was
employed IN fixing the moose properly a
bout her neck, and securing il to the chain
across the beam. These prelimnaries hav.
ing been gone through, the chaplain con-
cluded reading the fcneral service, aud
the women who had supported her n0w
left the PLATFORM, and the wre'chei woman
not being able TO stand withOy; support
fell back to the extent of the rope and
SWING around, apparently insensIble. A.
this moErent an involuntary shudder burst
forth from the popuace. and IN an instant
after the eXecutioner withdrew the bolt,
he drop fell and the miserable woman
vas launched into eternity. From her
slight stature she was several minutes dy
ing; but The eXecutioncr having applied
all his weight to her, life was soon ex.
tinct."
Instances are constantly occurring, which
strongly exemplify how wrong and wicked
It is, to make light ofthat Being from whom
We derive our existence, as the follow ing
circumstance will clearly show--Threc
men, who few days since met together
at public house, in this city, joking over
some ale, agreed to 90 and get measured
for their cotfins, which was accordingly
done, and singular as it may appear, bat
awful to say, they have all three since paid
the debt Of nature, and now occupy their
new and last habitations, having survived
their joke but few days.
Ereter Eng } paper.
--.eAe..-
JOSEPH BONAPARTE. The citizens line
Of coaches through New. Jersey, pass the
residence Of the late King of Spain al Bor
dentown on the Delaware. His estate oc
cupies large territory. His house is in
the French style but not splendid. His
lands, on which immense sums have been
expended, are well cultivated. In all pub
lie improvements he contributes lbcrally-
something like four thousand dollars, | am
told he paid one road He is much belov.
cd, and his memory will be ever dearto the
villagers. There is scarcely poor family
in the village. so many does he employ cn
his lands. lie pays literally, punctually
fulfilling all his contracts--no law suits
no disputes, and the Incorporate and i'm.
moral are at once discharged. He is con-
stantly, in the season Of agriculture, in the
fields with his men, and is constantly with
an elegant pruning hatchet in his hand,
Strangers who ale introduced partakc lib.
orally of his hospiiality.--Ile has thus ex-
changed a coronet. of tborns for that Of a
peaceful agriculturalist. and become citi-
zen Of our happy republic.
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