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

The witness was borne away Insensiole;
he argument proceeded, and sfler an elO-
quent bur vain defence. the jury brought |
in yerdiei Of guilty. The sentence Of
n death was passed.
The summer had passed away. The
hand of autumn had begun 10 tinge with
mellow hues the magnificent scenery Of
the fo,est. II was evening and the clear
m0onbeams were shining on the crates OF
the prisoners cell. The unhappy man
haggard. aiienualed. and heaTl-broken,
Mas lying on his wre,ched pallet, reflect
ing alternately upon the early wreck 81
biz blighIed hopes, The hour Of Ignominy
ihet Was just approaching. and The dread
fuInrily into which he would sool be
plunged. twas the season in which hls
marriage with Almirs was 10 have been So
lemnIzed. With what pride and Joy bad
be looked forward 10 This ueur! And
now, instead Of the wedding festivities,
the lovely bride. and The long train Of
congralulsiing friends so often pictured
in fancy. he realized letters, dungeon,
and q disgraceful DEATH The well known
tread Of the iaIlof. interrupted the bitter
train Of thought. The door opened, and
as the light slresmed from the lantern
accros the cell. he saw a female iimidly
approaching. In q moment Almirs had
sunk on her knees beside him. and their
hands were silently clasped together.
The jailar. a blount though humane
man. briefly disclosed a plan which he.
with Almira had devised for the escape
Of Hamilton. He had consented 10 let
the prisoner escape, in female dress.
while she vas 10 remain IN hls stead. so
that the whole coHtrIysncr shold seem 10
be her own. 81 am plain man," con-
eluded the jailor, but know what's right.
Il sInl fair 10 hang no man on suspicious
and mere Than that, sm not going 70
stand in no mans way specially a
friend who has done me lavors as you
have. The tracks clear, Mr.. Hamilton
and the quicker you pu, on The BETTER"
To his surprise, the prisoner peremp'
.uOusiy refused.
- am innocent" said he. but
would suffer q thousand deaths rslhel
than injuTe the fair lame ofthls con6dinl
GIRL"
go Dudley, my dear Dudley" sh'
sobbed, for my sake, for the sake ofyou
broken-hearlsd father and sister,
| do not tempt me my Almira. vii
mol do that which will expose you 10 dis
grace" ..--
"Oh who would blame mel"
"The world-the unchariiable world.
| He would have said more; but the forH
that during this brief dialogue had sun
into his arms, was lying liieless on hi
busom. He kissed her cold lips, an
passionately repeated her name; but sh
heard him not; her pure spirit had gent
dlsengaged itself, and was flown forever
Her heart was broken. She had walche
and wept, and prayed in hopeless grie
until the physical energies Of delicat
frame were exhausted; aud the excite
, ment of the last scene had snapped III
atlenuated thread OF life.
Il Hamilton did not survive her long,
His health was already shattered by Ion
confinement, and the chafing Of prou
T spirit. Almira had died for him; and b
own mother. oh! how cautiously did the
whisper the sad truth, when he aske
why she who had loved him better ths
her own life had farsaken him in tt
hour of affiiction-she, Too, had sun
under the dreadful blow. His father Ii
ed wi,hered, melancholy man, crushe
in spirit: and as his sister hung like
guardian angel over his death bed,
gazed on her pale, emsnciated, sorrow
stricken coun!enance; he saw that sh
too. would soon be numbered among Il
victims of his melancholy persecutio
y Wen with his las, breath he suggests
!, that they would soon meet, she reptile
II trust that God will spare me to S
your innocence established, and then
will die conienled. And her confiden
was rev arded--for God does not diss
= point those " no put their trust in hiI
About year afterwards, wretch wi
. was executed at Nalchez. who was d
y Of The three persons mentioned in d
' commencement Of this narrative, confess
, that he had murdered Saunders, with
= pistol which he had found at The pla
~ where the two friends had slept.
y knew it would be so," was the only
y ply of The fast declining sister. Soon
y ter, she was buried by The side of Dudl
y and Almira. Reader, this is no fcu
- --nor are the decisions Of God unju
but has ways are above our compreh'
. sible.