Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1830-02-06


Iday, the time passed on, wi.bou ;auJ
Iouiward change revealing Whist vat
passing within, to the observa0c4 ~
suspicions Of my cotnrads. When
the regiment was sent against the hut-
meSe the bravery ofthe war, aud The
hardships Of our adventures, 90 won
me frsm reflection. that began almost
4 10 forget the accident of thai fatal night.
One day. however, while was wait
ing in an outer Yosm Of the Cotopels
quarters, l chanced to take up Lon
dsa newspaper. and the Arst thing in
Il which caught my eye was, az ac-
count Of the trial and Executions oi
Dick Wip'aw, for the murder Of Brad
Hey. The dreadful story scs.ched my
eyes | read it as if every word had
been fire ; il was mild and wonder
ful account Of all. The fare well parry
al the CRANKY was described by the
witnesses. was spoken Of by them
with kindness and commentlation the
quarrel between Bradley and Winlaw
was described, as in a picture !; and
my attempt te restrain them was point
Cd out BY the judge, in his charge 20
The jury, az beautiful example Of lbv-
ing uld companionshIP. Winlaw had
oeen found near the body, and the pre-
sumptions Of guilt were SO strong and
manifold, thai the jury, without retir-
ng found him guilty. He was execut-
ed on tie Common, and his body hung
IN chains, Then it was, that FIRST
felt | was indeed a murderer; then it
vasthat the motion sui phur OF remnrse
was poured into my bosom. rushing,
spreading. bur ming and ing ; but
changed not the bronze with which
hardship had masked my cheek ,-nor
the s,eelto which danger had tempered
! ,ay nerves. 2.
Iobeyed the Colonel's orders as an
moved ss if nothing had happened |
did my duty with habitual precision i;
my hand was steady, ny limbs were
firm but my tongue was incapable Of
n'tering wsrd My conrads as they
aMc TOW ards me, suddenly halted and
luraed aside; strangers looked at me,
As il burs the impress OF some fearful
thing. Twas removed, as it were, oul
OF myself was in unutis&f state o.
Ibeins; Twas in hell.
| Next morning we had skIrmish, ir
which / received this wound in the
knee and soon afierws r.is. with othe,
invalids, was ordered home. VIZ
were lnn''st at Portsmouth, and l pro
cesdsd to nay native village. But IL
this l had no will nor choice; a chair
was around me. Ollen did pause
and turn, wishing to chsnge my route
but Fate bela me fast and was en-
ehanled by the spell OF many an old
.na dear recollection. 10 revisit those
things which had list all their inno-
cence aud holiness to me.
| The day mad been sult,y, the sur
set with drow.v eye. and the erepins
air was moist, warm, and oppressive
Il weighed heavily alike on mind am
body. Iva. cri il,plsd by my wound
the journey was longer th ,nmy strength
could sus, ain much fu ther I; still ] r,
solved TO persevere, for ! lcnsed to b'
,gain in my fathers house [; and faI
cied were once there. that the burr
IN in NY bosom would abat..
During my absence in India, the nev
road across the Common had been Of
cued. BY the time Preached 1t, III
night was closed in a dull, staitles,
brseEelcss, dumo, sluggish, and Vi
wholesome kignt; and those thing
, which still reta n in their shape som
hlackness, deeper than the darknes,
. seemed, as | slowly passed by. 10 b
endowed with mysterious intel
U gence, with which my spirit w0ul
I have held communion bat for dread.
81 While was frozen with the InHs
4 ence OF his dreadful phantasy, | cav
a a pale, glimmcrIng, Intellectual Iighi
! r,s ng before me. Ii was neither lam
/; fire, nor. candle and though like,
4 was no fame. took il at first for tb
|, lust,e OF reflection {, ON some unsee
light, and | walked towards it, in tn
a hepe OF finding outage or an al
house where might obtain some r
y f'reshments and little rest. adva
ced It's form enlarged, but its beam b
. came no brighter; and the horror, ,whic
y had for moment lett me when IL wa
= 6rst discovered, returned with owe
IS whelming power. flushed forwart
}, hut soon halted for 4 soon saw tnat
!, hang in the air, and ss | approached
n that it began to take a chastity nm
&c spectral form! l discerned the line
J. msnts Of head, and the hideous 81
1. lines Of a shapeless anatomy. ! stoo
y. rivetted 10 the spot for l thought tn