The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-08-06


. strove to impart their own heroism to th
garrison, and to defend the town to the last
On the morning Of the 2lst, the entir
army Of the Duke of Cumberland arrive
before Carlisle, and took possession of th
Notifications that commanded it. He order
ed the garrison to surrender, and they an
swered him by discharge of muske'ry
They had withstood a siege Of ten days
during which time Cumberland bad crecte,
batteries, and procured cannon from White
haven; before their fire the decaying an,
neglected walls Of the city gave way I,
hold out another day was impossible anc
there was no resource left for the devoted
band but to surrender or perish. On th,
Both, a white flag was hosted on the ram
parts. On its being perceived, the cannon
ceased to play upon the town, and mes
senger was sent to the Duke of Cumber
land, to inquire what terms he would gram
to the garrison.
"Tell tbem," he replied, haughtily, 81
offer no terms but these-that they shal
not be put to the sword, but they shall be
reserved for His Majesty to deal with them
as he may think proper"
There was no alternative, and these doubt
ful and evaslve terms were accepted. The
garrison were disarmed ,and under a numer-
GUS guard placed in the cathedral.
James Dawson and seventeen others
were conveyed to London, and cast into
prison, to wait the will Of his Majesty. Till
now bis parents were ignorant of the fate
Of their son, though the had heard of his
being compelled to flee from the university,
and feared that be had .,oined the standard
Of the Prince. Too soon their worst fears
were realized, and the truth revealed to
them. But there was another who trem-
bled for him, whose heart felt keenly as a
parent's-she WHO was to have been his
wife, whom bis hand was plighted and bis
heart given. Fanny Lester was young
and gentle being, and she had known James
Dawson from their childhood. knowledge
ripened TO affection, and their hearts were
twined together. On the day on which
she was made acquainted with his impris
onment, she FASTENED to London to comfort
him-to cheer his gloomy solitude-at the
foot of the throne to sue for bis pardon.
She arrived at the metropolis-she was
conducted to the Prison house, and admitted.
On entering the gloomy apartment in which
he was confined, she screamed aloud, she
raised her hands, and springing forward,
fell upon bis neck and wept
MY own Fanny he exclaimed, "you
here F! Weep not, my sweet one-come,
be comforted-there is hope-every hope
II shall not die-my own Fanny, be com
forted"
''Yes yes, there is hop the king
will pardon you" he exclaimed. ''He will
spare my James--I will implore your life
at his feet ~
NAY, nay, love-say not the king" in-
terrupted the young enthusiast for the
house of Stewart; 1T will be but imprison-
ment till all is over-the Elector cannot
,vUh my lift.
he stFeYe EcnS md Cd4 &c 81 ) y ICr sddIU,
to assure her, that his life was not in dan
ger-that he would be saved-and what
she wished she believed. The jailer enter
ed, and informed them it was time that she
should depart and again sinking her head
upon his breast, she wept "good night"
But each day she revisited him, and they
spoke of bis deliverance together. At times,
too, she told him with tears of the effort
she had made to obtain bis pardon-of her
attempts to gain admission to the presence
of the king-of the repulses she met with
of her applications to the nobility con-
nected with the court-of the insult and
lnhumanity she met With from some-the
compassion she experienced from others
the interest that they took in his fate, and
the hopes and the promises she fondly dwelt
She looked into bis eyes to perceive the
hope that they kindled there, and as joy
beamed from them, she half forgot that
bis life hung upon the word of man.
But his parents came to visit him hers
followed her, and they Joined their efforts
TO hers, and anxiously, daily, almost hourly
they exerted their energies to obtain bis
pardon. His father possessed an influence
in electioneering matters in Lancashire, and
hers could exercise the same in an adjoin-
ing county. That influence was now urged
the members they bad supported we're
importuned. They promised to employ
their best exertions. Whatever the feel
ings or principles of the elder Dawson
might be, be had never avowed disafection
openl ly-he had never evinced leaning to
the family Of Stewart-he had supported
the government Of the day and the father
Of Fanny Lester was an upholder Of the
house of Hanover The influence of all
their relatives, and of all their friends, was
brought into action peers and commoners
we're supplicated, and they pledged their
intercession- Men high in Office took an
interest in the fate Of James Dawson. or
professed to ia Ike it; promises, half official,
we're held out and when his youth, the
short time that be had been engaged in the
rebellion, and the situation that he held in
the army Of the Adventurer. were consid-
cred, no one doubted but that bis pardon
was certain-that be would be brought to
trial. Even his parents felt assured but
the word Of the king was not passed.
They began to look forward to the day
of his deliverance with impatience, but still
with certainty. There was but one heart
that feared, and it throbbed in the bosom
of poor Fanny. She would start from her
sleep, crying, "Save him !--sa 7e him - as
she fancied she beheld them dragging him
to execution. In order to soothe her, her
parents and his, in the confidence that par
don would be extended to him, agreed that
the day of bis liberation should be the day
of their bridal. She knew their affection,
and her heart struggled with her fears to
believe the ''fattering tale
James tried also to cheer her F; he believed
that bis life would be spared be endeavor-
ed to smile and to be happy.
'Fear not, my own Fanny" he would
say; "ycur apprehensions are idle. The
! ElectOr -"