East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-07-26

sure IN my society, and even express
cd himself uneasy at my absence
In the meanwhile his health continue
rapidly TO decline, and be was evident
| ly just on the verge Of mortal exis'
ence. / had often in the course (
my conversation with him endeavoi
en- to draw his attention TO the couso
lation of religion; but the most ind
rect allusion to religion or immortal
ty would cloud his brow with frowI
which told me they could minister n
comfort, peace or hope to him. A
the close Of an afternoon which w
had passed together, as he lay gentl
swinging in his hammock, he fixe'
his eye on the sun, just then dipping
beneath the western wave and re
marked: 'A3m1I e9tG'r olt zero
''See what a glorious sight is there
\ Time has been when i could look OF
such a scene with emotions of tn,
most elevated pleasure now, m,
heart sickens at the sight-it remind
me of my fast approaching DOOM
Yon sun has run its course in bright
ness. and IL sets in splendor-my ca
reer has been one Of darkness, anc
soon must set in gloom
"But the sun win rise again. OBJ
served. sGi 70 F.5g 7a.uo9 ffsG sd
~ "Yes," he replied; "and you near
too say 1 too shall arise4ha Z ha
Arise TO whatp" and he laughed, moi
lound, but such a laugh Oh, its in.
fernal gibber stills rattles in my ears
twas such laugh as the refinement
Of torture might extort from a wretch
agonizing on the rack; it was the
wild expression Of the horrors Of he'll
already seizing on the soul - -,
'Do you not believe ~ said
"surely you are not an atheist ~. - :
No, no! no more az atheist than
your grazing brute, who believes OF
disbelieves neither creeds nor doe
trines. Would 1 were an atheistp
"Nay, say not so-- sickness has dis
cred your mind. Can you not pray
Have you never prayed" fs g
Did 1 never prayp Oh, yes / re-
member, but 'tis like dream, when
kneeling on my mothers lap she
taught me to lift my infant orisions to
heaven and she would pray with me
too, and for me, and in after years
when thrown adrift on the wide world,
when all who loved OF was by me below
cd, were slumbering in their graves,
even then the memory of those prayers
would shed sacred influence over
my SOUL and l hoped, but ah J how
vainly hoped, that a mothers prayer
would draw heavens blessing on my
head. Long years have fed since
aught like specrlations to God or man
has passed these lips. 1t is true /
worshipped, but it was at a most un-
holy shrine-the deity whom / adored
asked blood, and blood ] gave him.
Yes, whole hetacomb of human
lives this hand has inundated on the
altar of revenge" lli.aa1J O
d "Oh, horrible 70 / exclaimed, "sure-
ly you rave, you mean not what you
say" s.i.af staI..tt. --a,i
"Nay, nay! It's sober truth. But
listen--I have not many hours to live;
l will employ them in sketching for
you brief outline of wicked, hap
less life. For twenty years you are
the only human being who has crossed
my path, from whom / have received
without a bribe, one cheering word or
kindly look, save this poor girl, and
she--but enough of that--you will
not betray mel Justice indeed claims
much at this ensanguined hand of
mine, but death will help cheat her of
due. / was born in Wales; at the
age, of fifteen years lost parents,
friends, and fortune. Thrown on my
own resources, came to the West
Indies, and succeeded after a time in
obtaining the situation of overseer to
Gonzales, the governor Of st. Ann. =
He was a proud and naughty Span
lard, whom 1 disliked, for had not
yet learned TO hate, and / should soon
left his service but for being whom
he called his; the. fairest--but what
matters it now fair she was! / loved
her--lovsd herwith all the pure affec-
tons Of my soul, and she loved me,
Well five years passed away. AT
length I gained her consent to leave
the is,anil. ;.,,d iniis iniisso her aaoss:inies With
mine, for the Spaniard would as soon
have bestowed his daughter ON a
slave as me. lo1 sd .rlB. H..t.Il IB
'I'obtained boat and the assistance
of negro TO convey us to the main,
when the black villain betrayed us to
his master, and on the point of en-
barking we found ourselves surround
cd by soldiers and slaves, who, by the
governors order, stripped me to the
skin-yes, there before the gaze of
hundreds, and worse, before her for
whom only l cared to live, i was
stripped and Aogged publicly by a me-
gro +! Oh, how my heart was crushed.
n spirit was broken, but not sub
dued. There knesling on the sand,
the blood streaming from my lacerat-
ed shoulders, I swore never to rest
satisfied until I had washed out the
foul Disgrace in the hearts blood of a
hundred Spaniards. i have perform
ed my oath. Twenty long years have
sped away since that accursed hour,
and the vengeful flame then kindled
in my soul has ever burned with fierce
intensity, while each new victim serv..
cd as fuel 10 the raging fire, and
naught but the chill damps Of death
can quench its blaze. The governor
sent me to Chagres as . prisoner, and
TO obtain my liberty, or rather my re;
lease from filthy dungeon, / entered
into the military survice of the Span
iards. The revolution which had bro.
ken out in Caraocus, had now become
general along the main; the patriots
waro avarv whara in arma and II sOon