American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-29

lap. As he entered she raised her heavy eyes,
and with d cry of agony hid her face upon the
babe she was holding. That look told fear
i'ul tale; then he knew that something, even be-
yond his heaviest fears, had occurred. He
heard the mournful cry Of mamma mamma !!
from his little Anna, who, shrinking in cor
ncr from all around, seemed 10 refuse to be
comforted. That tender mother, so prompt TO
answer the little loved ones call, where was
she; Mrs. Wade rose from the table where
she was giving the other children their supper,
with Il hook of Sorrow, which confirmed all that
had been told him. He could command him
self no longer, but specchess and unrcrved
sank into chair Mrs. Wade wruRg her
hants-"Our Faster. our beloved paster! how
can tell you how will you bear III" While
a piercing shrek from Margarc. went Ike an
electric flash through his frame, he sprung up
On his teet-"Show her to ms: do not keep me
l. moment IN suspense tell me the worst"
With unsteady steps, Alfred approached from
all opposite apartment. He had always h/n
dear to Mr.. Caldwell, and mest of his1ducaHon
had been received beneath his roof His love
for Mr.. and MIS- Caldwell was childl.ke, while
Margaret had ever been his hearts idol. He
took tlie cold hand of Nh Caldwell, and said,
with quivering lip, ode you, dea- friend, re-
mea,ber the ;llustrious example Of submission
to God, on the last Sabbath, presented before
your people He said, BLESSED &c the name
of the lord, though stripped Of al" His full
heart could utter no mere, it relieved itself ny
sobs and tears. The snstten Husband groaned
ia agony--again he uttered, "shcw her to me, y
and Alfred supported his steps to the vocm,
where his ewes beheld all that his hcarthad
foretold. We would .draw veil over that So
iemn scene.
That miserable night his SOLITARY watch was
mold beside the corpse of her who in life had
ever been, "the rainbcw of his sight," and the
next morning, at an early hear, amidst the la
mentations of all who had knewn her, the loved
and the lovely victiT. was committed 10 the
dust.
From the day that this awful event occur
red change was wrought il Alfred Wade
He had hitherto remained ct home in compli-
ance with the solicitations ofhis friend, although
at times her0's spirit was awakened within
him, end he longed to join the devoted band
who counted not their lives dear to them, so
that their country might be rescued from its
thtalaom. But he,now determined to cast aside
all ties that would detan him, and either live
ina country free from the oppressor's chain, OF
perish in its defence.
from that time the name of Alfred Wade
wascoupled with ell that was valiant and mag
unanimous; while he and his excellent preceptor,
each in their different sphere. had but one OBJ
iect in vew--the rescue Of their oe untry from
tyranny and threldom. Mr. Caldwell's child
rem were placed under TIE protection of an
aunt, in the interior of the country, where the
hcr-ors of war were known but from report, and
thair baJ ,afao ,,l
take refuge; but who in The devotion other SOU!
to her husband, had refused the offe-.
1t was dreary night OF the esd of Noven,-
Der, 1881, that two persons were discovered IL
temporary shed erected for sentry box, at
Elzabethtown Point, two miles from the VII
lage. The one was a sulky, dofged-looking
man, Of short stature, who sat with his hat
drawn over his ,syes as if to coaceal their ex-
preston, near rough table, on which burned
feeble light The otlier, who stood beside
him, carried in his dress and manner an air of
assumed smarness, while his face bore deep
traces of hardened and determined villapy-
lie was refugee, who thirsted tor the patri-
otis blood, and who held in his hand a well
filed purse, the fruits of treachery.
"l4et your eye glance on this, my good fel
lcw," said he.
but how do you know he will certainly be
down tomorrow" said Morgan.
1Ie will be down, / tell you, after that
Miss Livingston, who GENES from New York
with flag of truce. A,wish you could settle
matters with both at the same time.n
1t was settled that the active patriot, whose
sagacity had so often thwarted the counses of
the refugee, should be despatched by the same
death which removed his wife but a little mere
than year before, and Morgan, Judas-like,
received the price of innocent blood.
1t was indeed true, as Holmes had by some
means ascertained, that Miss Livingston, the
beloved friend of Mr.. Caldwell, was on the en-
suing day to come over TO Elizabeth Point, and
that Mr.. Caldwell was there To meet her and
conduct her to the village. She was one of
those females who, as Gordon IN his History
OF the Revolution remarks, "showed amazing
tortitude and the strongest attachment to the
cause OF their country; who even visited the
Prlson-sh,ps and other places Of confinement,
10 solace their suffering countrymen;" one OF
lhose bright examples, of which America at
That time furnished many, who, aroused by
the distressed situation of their country,
.... "Puton
Courage and faith, and generous consistency,
Even as breast plate; went serenely forlh
Binding the warriors wounds, and bearing fresh,
And cooling draughts TO feverish lips''
To our prisoners in New York she had been
indeed an angel of mercy. Many a wounded
soldier had died blessing the gentle hand that
allepiated his sufferings She even shrank not
from beside his miserable bed during the awful
struggles of dissolving nature.
The day that the murderous act was to be
perpetated is said to have been ushered in BY
sad and mournful omens. 1t was with the an
cestors of the writer that MIR Caldwell spent
the previous night, and the lady awoke her
husband at daylight with the account of dark
and fearful dream that had disturbed her re.
pose. 1t was all indistinct, but there were
troubled faces and wailings of blood; and so
deep was the impression made on her mind by
IT, that she Arose from her he'd and ca lied IN