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EuS&u QE faaEAeFllgI his lFieuu. HI Alneu tH0
question sTas asked Of Nerney, Are you
guilty Sf the charge brought against you or
hotRH be answered, No, / am not guilty
III sacha firm tone, that he produced d very
sensiblSY impression in his favor
Nerleys sword, however, was too strong
, witness against him in vain Us protested
his Innocence, and related over and over
again hpw, when he fell asleep, Beufeld and
the stranger was engaged in angry discus
sion Whenlthe sword was prbduced, still
repking with the blood of the victim, it
chased AWAY AL the favorable feelings that
bad been FELTON, the part Of the jury in his
behalf, and w was condemned tosdeatll
4lp THE morning Of his execution lie sent
for the old man who had 50 prophctically
warned him on thelnight the dreadful ira
Esdy took plaee, and declared to him that hc
was innSeentIpf the crime Of which De had
been accused and related such facts as were
10 Ills possession that Inighs lsssIt The dis
c5Yery Of the true offender, SO as to clear his
name oflthel foul stain that rested upon it
THIS the old man promised faithfully 10 do,
and With brqakihg heart took leave 81 him
whs waAso soon to have done with Garth
After this ibteryiew, the unfortnnateyouth ,
came 4rom his cell dressed in deep mourn
Ing and Walking between two ministers,
boiling in his hand d prayer book, upon
which his eyes were intently fixed, proceed
ingIwith themto the place Of exeeltien.-
The streets through which the gloomy cor
tege passed we're lined with spectators. npon
whose faces were strongly depicted tho feel
pgs they entertained towards THE heart bro /.
ken creature passing before them
+ When Ferdcy had arrived 8att the foot Of
thelscaffdldbhe raised his eyes for the first
time from IBID booking held I'M his hands );
he cast ah atfeltiohate glance all the assem-
plea multitlde, his hp$ moved fir A*ndment
fas if ia prayer. and then said iii Il calm and
dlear voice, ia am ready Inanother mo-
ihcpt his soul was in eternity !,
The man WHO Had been commissioned to
EHsetrtainl if Possible, the real offender, aid
! al 10 his pow9r to accomplish his object. but
all his efforts were fruftlcss. and he almost
believed sometimes thai Vcrnisy had de-
dciyed him, aha that after all LIE had com
ihitted the deed
Years passed away and lie bad almost for->-
gotten the circumstance, when one day he
received b letter signed Havers. begging him
TO come imineaiately to a certain place, as
\ He had spnething Of great Importance to,
dommunifateito him. lie Acknowledgements
Iand found a man Ehose1engthened face and
dmaciatcd form tdldfplpinIy that life was d.
bing fast. This was Hayers Iihave cbmd,''
$aia the 9ld nian, according to your re-
! du8st whatIwoud YOU have Of iaa-lp
III \ wish said bel" TO communicate toyou
4 sfcret dlat has long burdened my con
E$cisnce, and 4 feel that / cannot diein peace
without telling you that TWAS / who com
mitted tile murder many years agQ at Saint .
Andre, and for which young Eerney was
f1ecutedI killed Baukell III psc.ras,l,..
ind air HSt fgtGti dhflF tbRt G Excitement That
the event had created died away My dy
ing request is, that yep viii proclaim TO the
world that " erney was innocent
These words had scarcely escaped his lips,
ere Hayers's blood stained soulIhad gone to
that world where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are at rest'
Ia t+-+----- s~~~~->--+--s M fi@
/ n Sn4ef OLn I+ApY.-In The town Of
williamsburg, Mas, resides Mrs Aaron
" Arncr, b lady seventy five years Of age
Il During thp Skinner and autumn Of Es4s;
Sic spun ohc hundred runs Of voollcn yarn;
doubled htad twisted forty GFe runs of sc;
knit seventy six pair Of mems scanned socks
and wovat sixty yards of rag carpctng, be-
sides doi1gthe ordinary house9work for her
family The past summer, She made four
huSeared weight Of the most excellent cheese;
vote more than twenty FIVE yards of flahnel !;
I spun andIdeublca and twisted yarn for sixty
pairs of .hhns socks, besides doing many
6ther kinds Of work She is d perfect pat
tern Of order, neatness and Industry. and
furnishcsIah example that all younger ladies 4
woAld doEgfell totirnitate i
ENoRMpHs IPRoFITsf IN CA1irorx4.-A.
firm in this city, engaged in tie Boot and
Shoe tradessent several monthsIsince guam
tits of hightop, coarse grained Boots 10 Cali
ifofnia Which cost them from S24 10 $50
per. dozen. They recently received d bill
Of sale oftffe Boots, which brought from niad-
tyIto onelAH6zreE d0llfgs a pail, and accom-
panying this pleasing document was adraft
4 on Willis Is Go for tlte money fdniountingto
some thousands Of dollnFs BoEon EreI Ca.
| AN IHFp4roa The Hagqrstown Mail
states tlata man. Representing bimselfasono
of the Hungarian Pattipts, has been playing
Off some pFanks upon the good people Of
WiillamfPqrt He had 10 far ingratiated him
self into ilIo Iconfdcaed Of the people there,
that they I1aisedIa collection for him, and OH
Resuayl YfEHIep d HpfSe anu slef55u from MI.
knodo, of the Potomac Hotel, to gotofSt.
James Cplage, and has not been heard Of
since. lI.
|R SIS EkEIPAGI4-A var Of determination
| has been doshmenced against The Norwegian
rats in the sewers ihHParis In a few days
| 25000Qwcrt destroyed, and the number was
expected iItoreaeh 60DD00 Two gloyers Of
| Gfenoble. VIII had contracted to take all the
skins at THE Fatdof LOO francs per 1000 are
| bdcoming alarmed, As the only anticipated
+ getting about Ip0 ,0d0I A London leather
dresser gontFacted fqr some Of them.
i s9g-ZH s~s-iss4k +s----
tire Of orgoA tos place On lhe 29th ofsep,enabcr,
aAer sessinnEof seventF-six days.
The Heath Of President Polk was an
nounccdIto The Legislature on The 2lst Of.
September Yhereupori tho chambers Of the
two Hohses were ordered to be placed III
mourning, and both bodies adjourned Tho.
next day minute guns were fired. the naiion-
/ al flag hang ht half-tnast, and1a eulogy upon
the deceased was pronounced By Gov. Lane.
IA LAbY DRowxEp4+ Mrs. Robinson, wife
Of WIN. Robinson Of bowling Green, XIV.
fell from the steamer Alexander Scptt,
her fripHfrom New Orleans the 9th inst, anu
vas drowned At the time Of the accident.
Il which pscufredI some twelve or fifteen miles
below louisville, Mrs. II was sitting on the
i rA;Iino haeE ~ the " t,,sssf 4 Il, a :,