The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-07-14

DIS hands-yet none were wiling 90
mere surmise 10 hazard direct acensa-
ton. -m
The elections were At hand. ana Ha-
milton 100 candidate CIR the Legislature.
In tie progress 81 lhe canvas the foul
charge vas openly made, and propsgai-
ed with the rennrseless spirit Of party
animosilg. Yet he heard Il not. until one
evening IS he SAT with AImira, IN her
fathers house. They were conversing
in low aeceats, when the sound Of an |
approaching iooIsIep interrupted them,
aDd the father Of Almira entered the |
room.
{" Mr. Hamilton said he. al am q /
frank mani consented 70 your nniOn
with my daughter, believing your charaei-
er 10 be unslained--bui | regret 70 hear
that charge 10 made against you, which.
II true, muss render you amsnabls 10 the
laws oi your country. | believe il 70 be
fabrication Of your enemies: bul until il
shall BE- dlsproved. .aod your character
as man Of honor, pIseeh above suspi-
cion, you must be sensible that the propos-
ed union cannot take place. aud your
visits 10 nv house discontinued
"WhaI does nv father meant inqnir-
ed The young Isdy. anxIousIy. as the
indignant parent reIIred.
81 DO ma, knnw.' replied the lover L" il
is some eieeti0neerIng story. no doubt.
which lean easily explain. only regret
iha, 1t should give him or you moments
unessiness.'
"Itshall cause me none replied the
conidng gIrl. " cannot believe sny
evil Of you
lie reiIred-soHghI the nature Of the
charge and to his inexpressible as,nnish-
menI and horror. learned that he was
accused Of the murder and robbery Of his
friend. In a state lllle shorl of disirac-
.ion. HE retired 20 his room. recalled with
painful minuteness all the circumstances
connected with the melancholy cstasiro-
phr aud for thr first time. saw the DANCE
rous ground ON which he stood. But
proud in conscious Innocence. he felt that
10 withdraw at that stage of the canvass.
might be construed into a confession Of
gu,l,. lie remained q candidate. and
was beaten. Now for the first time did
| he feel the wreichedness' of condemned
| aud degraded man. The tribunal of
public opinion had pronounced against
: hm the sentence of conviction; aud even
: his friends a. ;he excitement oil the party
! struggle subsidized, became cnld in IN his
: deleuce, aud watering m their belief oi
I his nnncence.a Conscious Iha. The eve
Of Suspicion was open. and satisfied thar
, nothing short ofpub!Ic investigation could
restore hIsn Ia honor, the unhappy young
, man surrendered himself 10 the civil
! suihouly aud demanded trlal.-The
: best counsel had been engaged--and on
. the day OF trial. Hamilton stood before the
. assembled cuuniry--an arralgned culpr
e in the presence Of those before whom ht
4 walked In honor from childhood.
As the trial proceeded, the conkdenc,
: of his friends diminished, and those WHIT
: doubted. became confirmed in their belle
If the prisoners gull. "TrIaes light a
" air become confirmation strong as Holly
WRIT" 10 the Jealous minds OF The audi
ence, and one fact was linked to anothe
u in curious coincidence, until the chain o
= corrnboratlng circumstances seemed IRE
2 sistlbly complete. Ills recent intimacy
= with the deceased, and even the attention
2 which friendship aud hospitality had die
Y ia,,j, were ingeniously insisted upon q
evidence OF deliberate plan Of wicked
1, ness; long formed. and gradually deve
l. Ioped. The facts that he sccompanie
e, The deceased on his way--that he los
" the path in country with which he wa
n supposed to be familiar--hls conduct o
ne hearing of the death Of his friend--,h
"a money-ihe knile-causcd the most il
IN cretnlous 10 Hemble for his fate. Blu
in when the breatspin Of Hamilton loun
ed near the body of,he murdered man, va
IT. produced, and pistol known TO ha'
ut been that Of the prisoner, was proven
ss have been picked up near the same spt
srt but lit,le room was left even for chart
sr, 10 indulge benevolent doubt. Nor WI
ed this all; the pale girl who sat by hi
clasping his hand in hers. was unexpec
il. Idly called upon to rise and give tes,im
an nv. She shrunk from the call and bur
rs, ed her face in her brothers bosom. Tn
ny blow was not anticipated, for none b
he The nyrmidoms Of party vengeance, wi
is had even violated the sanctuary Of fami
.h confidence, in search Of evidence. drear
,e. ed tina. some terminating Information W
va in the possession Of this young lady,
lie AT the mandate of the court, she aros
IN. laid aside her veil, and and disclosed
red face haggard with anxiety and terror
n a In low iremulous accents, broken wi
lrh sobs, she reluctantly deposed that {.
Iiy. cloths worn by her brother on his re.u