The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-06-11
injury to others, nor to yonrself?'
George Burroughs-fare we'll


word of untruth, you save your own life, and,
perhaps, many other lives +; you punish the gull
ty-you have leisure to repent, ii such untruth
be sinful you have an opportunity of establish
ing your innocence you may profit by change
of popular faith and will, hereafter, obtain
praise for that very untruth, and real heartfelt
graft ude from those who are stopped midway
in the career of guilt, and spared, perhaps, the
consummation OF their Wickedness on earth
withheld, perhaps, from the unforgiveable!
oh, George = and she turned away trembling
and covered her face with her hands
But he continued with eagerness-'but, on
the contrary, my dear friend. if you die, and if
you should happen to be mistaken-if yoaT death
be SINFUL, you have no time for repentance or
godly sorrow no opportunity 10 prove your IN
nocence. The guilt of your death, If not charg-
ell hereafter to you, will be charged TO your de-
stroyers, the judges and the people /; and every
human creature that perishes hereafter, who
might have been saved by you, will have reason
to lay his death at your door. Nay, il your
character be that for the preservation Of which
you are willing to die, consider, that by dying,
you leave behind you the character of one who,
charged with wtchcratt, foul and abo minable
witchcraf, was tried and executed for witchcratt
found guilty, and punished as murderers and
witches are punished-hung up between heav-
en- and earth You shudder, my dear friend
If you canuot bear the picture, how will you ev-
err be able TO bear the sea dfast and overpower-
ing realny?'
George Burroughs! have hut one reply to
make to thee. Dost thee wish me 10 confess,
and to hue q
i do, as l hope for mercy, Rachel
thee would have Elizabeth confess and live?'
Il would
Wilt thou p
NO, Rachel-no, my friend-but our circum
stances different, you perceive, that II
in short, wouldIrather die ep thousand times
over =
so would !, George and SO aOW T.
'But Elizabeth p
Elizabeth may do what she thinks right I
shall not endeayor TO influence her, either. one
way or the other-whelher alive or dead, she
will be happy for they aoiN pity her and love her p
sand you too, they should love and pity, BRAY
est and best of women! !
mo, George-love and pity not for such
as am. There may be hope for beautju!
soitch, ,oih large blue eyes, and s,oeet mouth 5
but--but-for freckled ,Oitch, aoath red hair ana
a hump on her back, there is no hope"
And 10 Burroughs did prevail upon Eliza
beth 10 confess and live. Upon his knees, and
in tears-wth clasped hands-and with the
voice of broken hearted man, he besought her
to have mercy on herself and live. She consent
ed as g p ast and they spared her e Bq he
ing with high and steady courage to the last =
forgiving all, and predicting with voice, like
that of prophet, speedy and perpetual over
throw to the belief in witchcratt.
Being dead, the lailer was ordered to the wom-
en- dungeon, to apprise Rachel Dyer, that on
the morrow, early, she would be brought forth
to suffer.
And 10 on the morrow, when the mu ltitude
were gather together about the Jail, waiting for
her to be led for,h man appeared at the win
dow, pale with fear, saying that she was asleep,
or somebody that resembled her, and that he
could not wake her. Wherefore the High Sher-
ff entered the Jail, and went up TO the bed-and
spoke to her-ialterng and thrilling as he did SO
ut the mighty change of countenance which
had taken place within forty eight hours but
she made no repIy--she stirred not-moved not
--breathed not. The bed was drawn forth to
the light-the people gathered round in silence
and awe and she was lifted up.and carried out
into the cold morning air., on the way to the
galIows. But IN vain. She ,cas dead!
Life at the WesL Something like fortnight
SINCE as most of our readers will probably re-
collect, a brief statement of the murder OF
Marcus b. Desha, nephew of Gov. Desha, at
the post Of Arkansas, by Charles Notrebe, in va
rious papers.-a correspondent ots the Arkan-
sas Times, who witnessed the transaction, has
furnished that paper with detailed account
oft, which we extract not only iof the pur-
pose of laying the Interesting, though horrible
particulars before our readers, but also AS an H.
lustraton at Arkansas life, OF which we have
had many corresponding pictures:
Euge ne Notrebe and Desha, who were Oh
the most friendly TERMS were together with
others, riding to, or at the race track. light
conversation arose about The speed OF their llor-
ses, which led to direspectfu and insulting lan
guage, and afterward to violent quarrel. My
ntormants differ as to who gave The first in
insult. All the Notrehes were well armed
with pistols and other arms. Desha was Who'll
ly unarmed, having no weapon about him but II
small common pocket knife, the blade about
TWO inches long. Denunciation and abuse be-
came bitter both sides. Two or three dis
Interested by ISLANDERS, seeing the deienceess
condition oiDesha, and his high state of ex-
! element, made efforts to persuade him away,
and once or twice prevailed, aud led him some
distance off, when Eugene Notrebe as often
bought him back by curses, and Remuneration
of cowardice. Deshn at ten or fifteen PAGES
from Eugene; with his pocket knife in his hand
told Eugene, to throw down his sword and pis-
to!s, that he, (Desha) was unarmed, having moth
ing about him but that knife 81 that all he want
ed was an equal chunce; and that he dared Eu-
gene to come and get his knife--that he would
| fight him, and give hin, (Eugene,) the advan-