The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-13
A Revengeful Woman.

| AANotSciu' 8tauFlltC was lSUGuSGu rIOtftUC
married to Francis, puke of Buckinahaln,
at the time thstshe fell in battlssS -
the hand it IS said, Of Cromwell himself
The lady, on receiving the intelligence Of
the Dukes death, vowed to avenge it upon
the person of Cromwell. For three years
she exercised herself in firing with pistols
at mark, and that she might not be ter
fed by the appearance IF her victim, she
selected for her target a portrait of the
usurper; and as soon as she thought her
self perfect, she sought an opportunity to
crafty her revenge But Cromwell
rare.y appeared in public, and when he
did it was with such caution that few
could approach him. yu.. ,. r.g.I f ~
An occasion at length occurred--the
city of London resolved to give magnif-
cent banquet in. honor of the Protector,
who; from political motives, determined to
make his entrance into the city with all
the splendor of royalty Upon this be-
ing made public, the curiosity of allranks
was excited, and the enrased lady resolved
not to lose so favorable an opportunity for
carrying out her evil designs 1t so hap
pened that the procession was appointed
to pass through the very street in which
she resided; and a balcony before the
first story Of her house yielded her full
scope, for putting her loug-meditated de-
sign into effect. .,sU., e. &C.,. .,...,
- On the dayappointed she seated herself
with several female companions, in the
balcony and on. this occasion-for the
first time since her lovers death-she
cast aside her sable attire, and appeared in
gorgeous apparel. 1t was not without the
greatest exerion that she concealed the
violent emotion under which she labored
and when the increasing pressure of the
crowd indicated the approach of Crou-
well her feelings became SO powerful that
she nearly tainted. However, sherecov-
cred, just as the Protector arrived within
Il few PAGES of the balcony Hastily draw
inga pistol from under,he garment, she de-
lioerately took aim and fred but a sud
den start, which the lady who sat next
made on beholding the weapon, gave it a
different direction to what it was inteu-
ded, and the ball killed the horse rode by
Henry Cromwell, the Protectors son. NJ i
The event immediately arrested the cav
slcade, and Cromwell--at the same time
that he cast fierce look of indignation to-
ward the balcony--beheld a singular Spec
tacle. ii More than twenty females might
BE- seen on their knees, implpring bis
mercy with upifted hands, while one only
stood undaunted in the midst of them,
and, looking down contemptuously on the
| Protector exclaimed a..s .ol sir.
| -iTyrant, it was who dealt the blow; nor
should rest satisfied with killing horse
instead Of a tiger, were / not convinced
that before another year is passed your
destiny woul ! be sealed H,gs, fIsH ven
The multitude, enraged at this ferocious
attempt TO, assassinate the chief person in
| the realm, were about to tear down the
house, when Cromwell cried aloud, with
great goodness and intrepidity.sau .,ii ,.le.
9'Desist, my friends 3 Alas! poor wo-
mar, she knows not what she does p = . b
SO saying, be pursued his course. But
very speedily orders were issued to secure
the person, of the offender, and Lucretia
Granville pissed her days as the inmate of
a lunatic asylum. oi DOM sis1sa3 DG0,
HUMoR IN THE PuLPIT r70ld Bishop
Ayler, seeing, his congregation pretty gen.
orally asleep, took bis Hebrew Bible from
his pocket and read chapter, which rousr
ed attention, when the old minister sharply
rebuk I'd IthemFfor sleeping when they might
have understood him, aud listening when
when knew, not what he said. Of the witty