The native American., 1838-08-18

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about leaving it, after one of their daily visits Ii
was nara ior me to answer favorably their eager
ana hurry them in taking their last fare
Wel; put was forced to make the effort and |
succeeded. lhey left the prison ignorant of the
fatal news, and unconscious that thew had looked
their last upon son and brother,
II The reader will here perceive the total denar-
ture from truth, which the newspaper artcle
makes in this part of its pretended narrative. No
:" Laudanum' was furnished my brother.
either by the members of his family or by any
other person, nor was his death under any crcum-
stances contemplated. So fully convinced were
we all that the extreme sentence would not be er-
forced, that we were at the time making arrange
ments to ensure the prisoners future comfort in
confinement, and contemplated leavinghe city for
our plantation in the country soon as the legis-
Ilature rose. Neither mother nor sisters knew
ought of the deception, duplicity and alsehood of
i IEDWARD ID. WHITE, until their fatal conse-
quences had occurred, and Washington Whitaker
had ceased to exist.
| There is something so mean and contemplate
| in the insinuaon about my brothers. courage
that | shall not notice it, but proceed with nv
sad narration. As soon as was alone with Wasl-
ngton, communicated to him the news had
received, and the result of my interview with the
Governor. He saw at once there was an end of
| hope, and received the intelligence with compc+
sure. Rising from his bed, as far as his irons
would permit him, he demanded of me the fulfil
ment Of the promise had made him, in case it
should come to this. | drew forth the knife, and
placing il in his hands, turned aside to conceal NV
emotion. '.Show yourself man." cried he, per-
ceiying my tears land bear with firmness the loss
Of rother who has always been devoted to YOU.
Comfort our dear mother, and protect our sisters
My death, though it will griere, shall never dis
grace them! Tell my friends that die innocent
| OF murder. | had no malice against the man
whom | killed fighting in self-defence Fare
WE'LL dear Warren! That moment which sees
you quit this loathsome prison, die-and thus
end all my sorrows"
can dwell on this no longer. quit the pr-
son, and for the last time. could not 90 home
| | could not hear announced to those there the
event which knew must soon transpire. wan
dered about the streets with feelings tortured al
most to madness. AT length met messenger
with the expected intelligence my brother had
put an end to his existence, AND then lay in his
prison weltering in gore My mother and sisters
had already been apprised of this overwhelming
event, and had sent for me. ! FASTENED 20 them,
and found them on their knees, not "invokinc
God that their relation might not die coward
but thanking HIM that he had escaped the cruel
designs of his enemies, and was out of their reach
) Cold-booded SLANDERER! Wicked, mercilcss
: CALuMNIAroR! Contemplate that scere Of an
: guish, and if you be not the FnxD YOU seem. feel
J remorse.
Through the kind and consideraie assistance of
some trends, we were promised possession of
my brothers remains. Ii was found, however
impossible to remove them at the moment and i
was therefore deemed advisable 10 wait for that
purpose until night. Disappointed of their prey.
an immense and highly Gxaspcra,ed IRISH Mon
had already collected round The prison, and with
oaths and exccratons demanded that the dead
body should be given up TO them. The auihori-
ties found themselves as yet strong enough 10 rs-
sis this demand, but the corpse with lis bloody
wounds was for hours rudely exposed IN an outer
room Of the prison to the indecent gaZe Of such as
: chose to come and view it. But this did rot sat-
isfy these lawless outcass of foreign land. With
the nj ght, their numbers increased; and then with
f horrid Irish yells they sworc that the body was
theirs, and should never leave the city. Cowardlv
and contemplate miscreants! Irishmen of New
Orleans you on that occasion threatened Ny life.
have been alone among you since, and shall be
! again; yet, blood-hounds though YOU be. I fear
| you not. To defeat the fcrocous designs of the
mob, it was found necessary to have recourse TO
] stratagem. hearse was provided and despatched
at late hour in the night to the principal entrance
ofthe prison, and at thc same time cart on whcl,
it was designed the body should actually he re-
moved, while the hearse was the ostensible means
OF conveyance, was sent to more private door of
the building. This arrangement being compile
ted, the empty hearse drove off at a slow pace.
while the cart with the coffin proceeded rapidly 10
the steamboat engaged for the occasion, and dcpo-
lsited there its melancholy burthcn. In the mean
time, the Irish had followed the hcarc. thinkipo
it contained the corpse, and forcibly stopped i
after suffering it to proceed to a convenient dis
: tance for their purpose. On discovering the de-
ception which had been practiscd upon them. thew
t vented their wrath upon the driver and his rebi
5 Gle, in manner truly Irish. Early on the FOL
5 lowing morning we embarked on board the same
: boat which contained my brothers remains, and
in due time arrived in safety at our home.
Such are the incidents Of ''the tragedy in which
an individual fell victim to ncensed and heated
t blood, by himself insulted and provoked. Such
are the incidents of that other tragedy, in which
: young man in the morning of his days, and gull
e |tv at most Of mansaughier, sacrificed upon
y the altar of Justice desecraed by the act, to pre-
\ ptiate the savage passions of bandit mob: such