North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-01-08

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ders. Capt. Mathews left a widow and
fifteen fine children, and Colonel Lount a
widuw and seven children. He was mp
wards of six feet in height, very good
looking, and in his 47th year. Arthur was
earnest o. know of Lount who the leaders
were, but, except that he told him that
DR.. Rolph was the Executive, he answer
ed him not word. They behaved with
great resolution al the gall0ws; they
would not have spoken TO the people, had
they desired II. The spectacle Of Lount
after the execution was the most shocking
sight that can be imagined. He was COW
cred over with his blood; the head being
nearly severed from his body, owing TO the
depth OF the fall. More horrible to relate,
when he was cut down, two ruflians seized
the end of the rope and dragged the man.
glrd corpse along the ground into the jail
ward, some one enchanting I" ibis is the
way every Did rebel deserves TO be
used" Their families are impoverished.
Mrs. Lount is in Michigan. Dallon's
patriot was outrageous-it said" The
country is being secured in all directions
for the Captains of the gang, and we ex-
pect every moment 10 see them brought
IN pinioned and bound, to be laid by as
winter provendcr for the greedy palows."
Mr.. Lount's wife was, for two months
prevented from even seeing her husband,
by the monster Head. When she was
allowed to enter his dungeon (his son
writes, that) "his eyes were settled in
their sockets, his face pale as paper, he
was worn down 10 the form OF a living
skeleton, and bound in heavy chains. My
moor father had travelled hundreds OF miles
through forests, rivers, swamps and desc
late places. by night and by day, and at
last while attempting to cross Lake Erie,
and once more in sight of his native shore,
where freedom loves TO dwell, he was dri-
ven back upon the Canada nhospitable
coast, surrounded by horde Of negroes
and Queens volunteers, carried before
their magistrates, and about to be examin-
ed on a charge of being salt smuggler,
when he would have got clear. But
Sam. Jarvis came in, cried out that il was
the rebel Lcunt, and ordered his close de-
,ention." Dalton's language was written
al Heads dictation. In one of his papers
Dalton saws, " We had several interviews
with Sir Francis, who, as he constantly
grew in our esteem, so did the Patriot
seem 10 rise in his estimation, insomuch,
that numerous copies Of il were at inter-
walls dispersed through the country from
the Government Office, with view TO ar
rest the moral contagion, and we have
reason to know, with excellent effect"
Mr.. Charles Durand then under sentence
of death, gives the following account of the
last DAYS of those glorious martyrs:-"Ma-
thews always bore up in spirits well. He
was, until death, firm in his opinion Of the
Justice of the cause that he had espoused
He never recanted. He was ironed and
kept in the darkest cell in the prison like q
murderer. He slept sometimes in blankets
that were wet and frozen. He had moth,
ing to cheer him but the appreciation o! hi
companions and his conscience. Loun
was ironed, tho kept in better room.-
He was in good spirits. He used to tel
US often, in writing, not to be downcast
that ne believed Canada would yet be free,
that we were 'con,ending in good cause.
He said he was not sorry for what he hac
done, and that 'he would do so again.
This was his mind until death. Loun
was a social and excellent companion, ant
well informed man. He sometimes spoke
10 US under the sill of our door. He did 81
on the morning Of his execution! he bid u'
farewell! that he was on his way TO anoth
er world He was calm. He and Ma
thews came out to the gallows, that wal
just before our window CRATES. We coulc
see all plainly. They assembled the plat
form with unfaltering steps like men,
Lount turned his head at his friends who
were looking through the iron-girt win.
dows, as if 10 say 'Iong farewelle HI
and Mathews knelt and prayed, and were
launched into eternity without almost 9
single struggle. Oh. the horror Of four feel
ings, who can describe them"
The British Murders Sir VIM. Wallace
lis not English barbarity now the sam,
as il was 500 years ago'-is the EnglIsi
government less brutal in its murder of The
American, Louni, than il was Of the Scot
1 ;ish hero SIR WILLIAM WALLACE
four centuries agoi The page of history
tells us that Sir WIN. Wallace was drag
ged by the English king 10 Westminster
where he had mock trial. His last mo
ments are thus described 1.-THE specia
Gle which was noV exhibited 10 the gaZ'
of the inhabitants al the metropolis OF Eng
land was such as perhaps has never beef
presented 10 the populace o. any land
J The last freeman OF an ancient people, no
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