Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-12-02

each was only heightened 10 desperation
and when he at length saw enkindled IN
Gonsalvo, so little capable of concealmenl,
the same fire which burnt in the eyes OF
Anna; when he thought he saw his sister
neglected and himself betrayed by SER
pent whom he had cherished in his bosom,
he stood at that point of human inhrmliy,
of which the All-seeing alone can decide,
whether it be madness, or the condition oil
a still accountable nature.
On the same night in which suspicion
had driven Edward from his couch, rest.
less wa lderer it appears that the gull y
lovers had Tor the first time me, ~ secret.
According to the subsequent confession Of
Edward, he had concealed kIm>el behind
a pillar, and had seen Gons,Iyo, wrapped
in his mantle, glide with hurried Steps ont
of we'll known side-door in The house Of
Annals father, which led Immediately 10
her apartments. At the horrible certainty
which now gIared upon him, the fury Of
hell took possession OF his soul: his eyes
started from their sockets, the blood rush.
ed and throbbed as il it would burst its
veins, and as man dying of thirst pants
for a drop of cooling water, SO did his
Whole being pant Tor the blood of his ri.
val. Like an inlurate tiger, he darted
upon the unhappy youth, who recognized
him, and VainIy fled. Edward Instantly
overlook him, seized him, and burying his
dagger a hundred times with strokes like
lightning in the quivering body, gashed
with satanic rage the beautiful features
which had robbed him of his beloved and
of peace. 1t was not till the moon broke
forth from behind dark cloud, and sud
denly lighted up the CHASTITY spectacle be-
fore him--,he disfgured mass, which re
tanned scarcely feature of his once be-
loved friend, the streams of blood which
bathed the body anc all the earth around
it--that he walked with horror as from
some Internal dream. But the deed was
done, and Judgment was at hand.
Led by the instinct Of seli-preservation,
young Lynch fled, like Ca n, into the
nearest wood. How long he wandered
there he could not recollcct. Fear, love,
repentance, despair, and at last madness,
pursued him like trlghlfnl companions, and
at length robbed him of consciousness, for
time annihilating the terrors III the 'asi
in forge,funess; for kind nature puts An
end to in,olerable sutferings Of mind, as OF
body, by insensibiity or death.
Meanwhile the murder was soon known
in the city; and the fearful end of the gen.
tie youth who had confided himself, for
eisner, to their hospitality was learned by
all with sorrow and indignation. A dag
ger stepped in blood had been found lying
bv the velvet cap of the Spaniard, and moi
far from it hat, ornamented with plume'
and clasp of gems, showed the recen
traces OF man who seemed to have sought
safety in the direction of the wood. The
ha, was immediately recognized as Ed
wards; and as he was nowhere to be founC
fears were soon entertained that ne hat
been murdered with his friend. The ter
rifed father mounted his horse, and nc
companied by crowd of people calling
for vengeance, sworn soemnIy that no:h
inc should save the murderer, were ht
even compelled to execute him with hl'
own hand.
We NAV imagine the shouts of joy, ant
the feelings of the father, when at breal
! of dav Edward Lynch was found sunk un
, der a tree, living, and although covere'
with blood, yet apparently without an.
dangerous wound. We may imagine ih'
, shudder which ran through the crowd
3 the feelings Of the father we cannot mag
, ine--when restored to nse. he embrace
his fathers knees, declared himself tn
murderer of Gonsalvo, and earnestly I'm
\ pIpred instant punishment.
4 He WIS brongh, home bound, tried be
4 fore fall ASSEMBLY of the magistrates, an
+ condemned to death by his father. b.
# the people would not lose Their darling
Like the waves of the tempest trouble
;. sea, the people filled The marke' nee an
e. the streets, and forgetting the CRIME ut IN
:. son in the relentless Justice OF the ia'he'
/. demanded with threatening cries, The open
s ing of the prison. and the pardon OF tn
n criminal. During the night, though tn
r guards were doubled, it was with grea
| difficulty that the incensed mob were pre-
Q vented from breaking in. Toward morn
i ing, i. was announced to the mayor, tina
J. all resistance would soon be vain, for thu
. part of the soldiers had gone over 10 tn
! people; only the foreign guard held out
# and the people all demanded. with furiou
i cries, the instant liberation of the Grim
e nal.
I At this, the infexible magistrate took
# resolution, which many will call inhumar
: but whose awful selfconquest certainl
: belongs to the rarest examples of sioic'
s firmness. Accompanied by a priest, h
:. proceeded through secret passage to tn
{. dnn0eon IF his son. and when. with IN