Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-02-05

Win the same result. In transport oil rage
and disappointment the man sprung from his
horse, and made an attempt to seize her I, but
by an adroit use Of her spurs, she eluded his
grasp and placed herself out of his reach.
Meanwhile, his horse had moved forward somo
yards and TO see and seize the advantage pro-
sented By this circumstance was one and the
sa,ne to the heroic girl, who, dartlng toward it
caught the bride, and having led her prize OFF
abou, hcndred yards, stopped while che call
ed to the thunders,rcck postman 10 remind him
of her advice about the wood. Size then pu,
both horses 70 their speed and on turning tc
look atthe man she had robbed had The pleasure
Of perceiving that her mysterious threat hGl
taken effect, and he was now pursuing his way
back to felfo.d.
Hiss Cochranc speedily entered the wood tc
which she had alluded, and tying the strange
horse 10 tree, out Of all observation from The
road, proceeded to urfastsn the straps oftia
mail. BY means Of sharp pcnkife, which set
at dofarce the appendicitis, she was soon
mistress of the contents, and with an eager
hand broke open Tie government despntchef,
which were urerringiy pointed out to he: by
their address to the council in Edinburg, and
their imposing weight and troad seals Of osfice.
Here she found not cnly the fatal warrant for
her fathers death, but also many ether sen.
tences iahicting different degrees of punish
ment on various dclmquents These however
it may readily be supposed she did not then stop
IN nYarpipo che -CptontaJ ba~ y,;,L
ing them into small fragments and placing
them careufully in her bosom.
The intrepid girl now mounted her steed an,
rode of, leaving all the private papers wher,
she had found eln-imaginng (what cventc.
| ally proved the case) that they would be dis
covered ere long, from the hints she ma!
! thrown out about the WOOD and thus reacl
their proper places Of destination. She row
made all haste to reach the cottage Of her nurse
were. having not only committed 10 tie fanee
the fragments Of the dreadful warrant but alsc
the other obnoxious papers, she quickly resumed
her female garments. ard was again, after this
manly and daring action, the simple and un-
assuming Miss Grize! CochraEe. Leaving the
BY he. nurse, she again mounted her horse and
directed hev flight towards dinburg, aud, by
avoiding as much as possible the high read,
and resting at scquestered cottages, as she had
done before, and that only twice for couple
OF hours each time, she reached town early in
the morning o?!he next day.
II must not suffice to say that the time gain.
ed by the heroic act related above was pro
ductve of the end for which it was undertaken.
and that Sir Iohn CochrGne was pardoned, at
the instigation Of the kings idvorite counsellor.
who intcrceded for him in consequence of re-
ceivng hrite of five thousand pounds from
the Earl of Dundonald. Ofthefeelings which
on this occasion, filed the heart Of this cour.
ageous and devoted daughter, we cannot speak
in adequate terms and il is perhaps best at any
rate, TO leave them to the Imagination of the
reader. The state of the times was not such
for several years as to make it prudent tina:
after the revolution when the country wss q:
length relieved from persecution and danger
and every man was at liberty to speak of the
trials he had undergone, and The expedients by
which he had mastered them. her heroism was
neither unknown nor unapproved. Miss Coch'
rane afterwards married Mr. Ker Of Morriston
in the county of Berwick; and there can be
little doubt that she proved equally affection,
: ate and amiable as a wife, as she had alrsads
been dutiful and devoted as a daughter.
= Live psaceably, is wise, wen as a'e:el IN
: Junction.