Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-05-11

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-, h.ndl. Of dispatches coming from Texas ex-
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n washington; bat whether their contents con-
&c list OF the felons escaped from the United
,as ar an account Of the murders and robberies the
,rex;ans have committed during the last year, one
Knows and no one cares.
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Or three days But is better late than never. LISA
plain unvarnished tale ofhuman suffering, that every
paper osgt publish and every person ought to read
Talk Of Men alb and his atrocities and cruelty ofhe
astardly brute Santa Annaalk in short efmany of the
vile mscreaAs that have disgraced humanity in many
sres-thsy were and gentle and humane men, in
comparison TO the accursed creatures Wings and
Tories--arcades ambo--l that have nisgoverued
merry England and fertile Ireland for so many years.
Ia not onstross to think Of booming brave and hon.
est defender of liberty slavery Of 90 years in the
East India service-that sufferer having wife liv.
ing who loved him. There is surely some hidden
thunder in the Of heaven red with uncommon
wrath to blast such scoundrels!'
From the Massiloa tOhio) Gaz-tie.l
Return Of the Captive.
Our citizens, yesterday morning were introduced TO
the acqua ntance Of John Wood a man whose tale of
sorrow could fail of interesting the heart however
eallous however prone TO incredibly A meagre
sketch can only be given now. The ample history of
his misfoItunes may hereafter be presented 10 the
world-and if gwen by a master hand, will command
re interest and enlist the sympathy of the public, when
abe mawkish productions of fiction, which cumber our
bookstores and insult taste, shall have become des
pissed and forgotten.
In the war of 1912, John Wood, now fifty years old
young and industrious farmer in Bracken county,
Kentucky. He was the husband of young and in
feresting woman, and the father of infant children.
He was living in happiness farm which he had
earned by his industry, when the gallant Captain But
Ter who afterwards fell the capture of the British
batteries Fort Meigs) raised his flag, and solicited
the hardy Kentuckians of Bracken county to enrol
among the defenders of their country John
w oed was one of the number. He suffered all the phi
yations 10 which the army OF the northwest exposed
during the disastrous campaign which resulted in the
defeat of Winchester the river Raisin By good for
tune he escaped the tonahawk Of the savage allies Of
Great Britain, and was sent prisoner of to
Quebec.
He was next with other American prisoners des-
patched in a transport to Plymouth, England,
panied by crowd Of fellow prisoners, he about
be transferred 10 Dartmour when he found opportu
nifty to eude his guards and make his escape. He
through the country stealing through byways
until he found himself at Bristol. Hunger compelled
press gang Here he pressed aud despite his pro-
that he citizen OF the United States and
fugitive prisoner Of war; facts which nigh, have been
easily proven by reference to the military authorities at
Plymouth. he hurried board His Majesty's |
fgae Sea Horse then the flag ship Of the celebrated
Sir Peter Parker, and compelled to bear against
his countrymen.
On board the Sea Horse, several other Ameri-
cans whs like Wood, had fallen victims the British
system Of impressment They determined deser-
Ien and when lying in the port OF St John they
ceeded in securing boat In an extremely dark night.
and attempted resch the eastern coast of the of
Maine. They instantly pursued and were obliged
10 desert their boat the shere Of New Brunswick,
and seek safety in the woods After wandering about
for days, exhausted with cold, and hunger and ia
tgue they apprehended bya party Of British sol
diers and again transferred TO the Sea Horse The |
punishment that followed this Of desertion, in
hcted with all that ingenious refinement Of craety for
which the British navy is So celebrated.
The Sea Horse, attached TO the squadron under Ad
mral Cockburn, shortly afterwards ordered into
the Chesapeake and took active part in the robbng
burnng and numbering of the defeneeless inhabitants
of the Mr.. Wood aad the impressed Americans
permitted 10 leave their vessel He
board the night when Sir Peter Parker met his fate
company with seven other impressed Americans. at.
tempted escape in broad daylight by boldly jumping
into boat alongside, and pulling rapidly for the shore
One Of the number shot by the sentinel duty.
The others reached the beach, but apprehended,
Immediately on landing. by party Of marauders be-
loagng 10 the Sea Horse.
BY order of Admiral Cockburn, they in
irons to Nova Scotia where after undergoing trial.
they were sentenced TO be shot The sentence, how
ever commuted service for life, in his Britannia
Maesy's army, in the Bast Indies They were &c
cordiRgly shipped England and thence with regi
OF newly levied recruits despatched Calcutta.
For 81 years, Mr.. Wood served private soldier in
the East India service and ls months Since when bro
ken down in spirit aad in constitution he permitted
20 sail FOR England. Destitute and heartbroken, he
reached London, stated his the United States
consul and by him was furnished with the means Of
reaching New York. He left New York in January,
and wended ms weary pilgrimage toward the home Of
his childhood
IL is now twenty-sx years since he left his wife and
children in Kentacky and not syllable has he
heard relative 10 their situation, since the Of
their separation The citizens here forced few dears
upon him. for, poor and decrepd he is, he still pos
sssses all the pride Of Ksntuckaa and him on
his way in the stage to Wesve, from which town he
intends embark board steamboat for Augusta, in
Kentucky.
Paacy cannot help asking-what is now that home to
which the war broken wsnderer is returning Will
the wife Of his youth be ready, in the fidelity Of her
early love, hail the return Of her lost husband Or
Or will she be rePosing beneath the clods ofthe valley
And his chidrenl IL living they have long since
entered spon the busy scenes Of life. Will they take
the weary pilgrim to their homes aRd 10 their bosoms
thousand everpowering emotions us rush upon the
old mans heart as his weary footstep approaches the
spot that once was home Fancy cannot fill the pic
ture May He who "tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb support the aged wanderer in that eventul mo-
mens which IS soon to witness either the ecstacy Of his
happiness orthe utter desolaton Of his hspe.
THE REyESuE.-The revenue accounts for the ouar
Ter ending 9TH April. 1889. have been published On
the year eadng 9TH April 1889, as compared with the
year ending 9Th April, 1897, there is decrease of
4e.332364. On the quarter ended 9Th April 1898 az