The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-10-12
Dean sWifi's Hatred Of E0ppcry

UsFaeaHce I'D OitsH, tIu Idrtie ular'y 10
hal destructive oslentaiion IN the mIdJlng
cases, which leads them to mlke ia ap
pearaEce above their condition IN lie. o.
his mGdr 6t repro'lag folly III those persons
for uhom he had an csi,em, the following
instance has been recuitcd. When George
Eau knrf, the printer, returned from Lon
don, whe,c he had been sal cillng eub,crp.
tons for his edl'lon o. d ans wo,ka, he
vent 10 pay hIs resi- ec's 10 him, dressed in
lac' d uais.coai, bag VIZ, and o,her lop
peres. S.I;t received hm With the same
ceremonies as # he had IN stranger.
Ard pray, SIR ssld he, hat ATE your
Commands with TIE Z
l lho't il VAS nv du'y, replied George,
TO Wal, CO YOU lmme d.aiely On my arrival
from London
'P ay, sir, Nho are you1
George Fsulkuer. the printer, sir
You George Faulkner, the printer why
you are the mos, impuden', bare. faced
sounded of an imposei ever met with
George Fsu'krer is l.I,in sober ciz n,
aad would nevef trick himself Out 10 lace
I'D other iUppefies. Get you gone, you
rascal. or | will immed a'eIy send you to
the Louise Of correction"
Away wen. George, as fast as he could,
and having changed his dress he re'u ned
10 the D.anery, where he va received
with the creates, cordially. " Ny frleud
George, SAD - - -, -. an glad to see
you returned safe from London. Why,
here has been an itnpudeni fellow with me
IS; now, dfesst IN laced saislooat. aud
he would fam pass h.nsel or Tor you, bu,
| soan sent him away With fla IN his
ear"
Forty years ago, the scene here related,
accurttd 10 the heart OF France. A Roman
/ Catholic ples, WAS Gated 10 prepare for
he las, change, highway tubber, about &c
perish on the .caffold. The good lathe,
used all his e'cquence mud all his efforts,
10 Iced the prisoner to repent Of his sg-
grs,a:ed ctlmes, IN vain. He observed
that the mind OF the later vas all-absorbed.
that he seemed to he ID hun not. What
could engage his ,hoo. his al such an aSiuI
hour
d. YOU no, r. feet, said the priest, that
IN two hours you ale 10 appear befote your
Maker
do, said the criminal, bu, | wish just
oow TO live end repent, not to repent and
die, and the thought has come into my BRAIN
and cal't lor the soul OF me drive II out,
'hat you are the very man TO save me from
death, net TO paye my way 10 II
BIT, sad HE p.les', even if | had the
powell cannot see that have-sbouId
| no, be d ing wrong to mankind, by
setting you free, snd lie sui jsctlng you to
further loed Of eul't7
II that's tie ouly obstacle in TIE way,
you may, my good father, be entirely easy
on that s:c'c. have seen the scatiuli too
near, ever TO expose myself to lis letrors
again. Never Will rob or deitard more.
| will be henoe,otlh changed man.
With eyes mplo'ins and bathed 10 tears
he kueit before the holy man and begged
his fe. He appealed TO a kind heart, and
saw tie impression he had made. The
chapel IN which Ihcy welo, was lighted only,
by wihcow near the ceiling, aud was
more than fifteen feet from the fl or.
You have bu, TO pot your chair upon the
altar, said the prisoner, which We eau place
near the wall YOU will then ascend on the
chair aud will noun, on your shoulders,
from which can gam the window.
la an ins'npt the criminal was leyon
the reach OF the law. Tne priest rem NAMED
I'D ,h,,r bo,
stored the alter TO is place. Sou hours
after he fight, the hansnan, impatient al
the long prayers OF the priest, who, be
thought, might have put half dozen soul,
on lie road TO leoyen 10 l'ss time, knock.
ed at the door. Not seeing inc prisoner
he demanded What had become Q! him.
r. must be an angel Of light, said The /.
father, for on the falh OF p'icst. he wen .
nut by that window. saw II with any own
eyes.
The hangman was amezej. Having (
closely questioned the p'iest, be demanded .
{ he was in earnest. Ga replying IN the /
,thmative, he ran to warn the judges
They FASTENED TO the chapel, esamlued the
,hsT,s tho window, The height tom The
loor, and saw no other means Of escape
han that stated by the priest. Their
brains were pcrpexeo. But they could no,
preserve thelr gravity at the sang froid OF
he good father while describing the fight
If the angel as he styled him, as he vanish.
ID, to take him along with hun to the skies.
Be this as i. may, the church was too pow.
,rful in those days to question the word Ct
priest, who assumed To himself the merit
If converting a sinner into en- angel IN an
lour.
And shortly afterwards the holy father
az los, IN the woods Of Ardenucs. The