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From the Dublh* Magastae. ¦
THE EEPBIEVE;
Or, THE WILD-JUSTICE OF REVpNGE.
flV  A   COJJaTABULABY .OFFICEH.
In ihs year IS-, tho body of a beauliful boy, of about eight or nino years old, wa. found dro<vned in a quarry  hole in .he coun.y of
 , in which I was then .lalioned.  Some
marks, which mighl have heen of violence, or received while struggling for lile among lho sharp rocks which formed iho sides of the hole- but which looked more like lho foriner, made it. desirable ihal the incjuesl shouldbe conducted wiih the airicicsi and roost searching minute, ness. *
Having hoard of the occurrence at on early hour in lho inoriiing, I at once proceeded to the spoi, and was foriunote enoufeh to arrive before any crowd had collected which might have al¬ tered ihe appearance ofthe place, so as lo frua- traie nie in making such observaiions as might be of use in tracing the melancholy.event to its source. Il was generally supposed to have been purely accidental; and aa it waa known that ihe boyhad heen in the habit of resorting lo the place for the amusement ol fishing, I was not prepared lo tliink otherwise ; besidea, Edward O'Connor—such was hia name-was very justly a prime favorite with tbe whole parish, and it would bo diHicult lo suppose any motive for vio¬ lence towards him. I, however, made the po¬ lice form a cordon for the purpose of keeping off Ihc people, who had by this time begun lo as¬ semble in considerable numbcr.ii and by this moans, with the assistance of an intelligent member o) tho force, I was enabled to make such observations aa the place admiltod of, and the nature of the facts required. We lound evident marks of footsteps upon one pan of tha bank which could not have been the boy's— they were those of a man's shoe, with the usual description of nails worn by the country people; there were also ilte marks of a' foot without any shoe, but which appeared to have bad astocking on; and what struck me as most remarkable was, that in ovsry instance the mark of this foot proved 10 be that oftho left, nor could we, upon the most minute search, find one of those latter marks made by ihc rightfooi, while those which were marked by the shoes were right and lelt indiscriminately. There .was also a small fish¬ ing rod foundnUpon ihe bank, broken. Ones, amining the body, there wei-e found one or two cuts, aa if inflicted by sharp slonea, upon tbe face and forehead, and ihe tops of the fingers were rauch torn, apparently m the efTorl to lay hold upon the aides ol the rocks, in the struggle between life and death ; bul there was one cut upon the back of the head which it was moro difiicult to account for. A surgeon was exam¬ ined, who staled thai none ofthe wounds were sufficient to have caused death, audi in the ab- ¦sence of any further evidence, a verdict of "Found drowned" waa recorded. Although J could nol quarrel with the verdict, my mind was by no tneousaalisficd upon the subject.
This boy W2a the son ol a very respectable man. named Thomas O'Connor, who had,scmQ years belDre, proved successful as a- rival in courtship with a man named Terence Delany. Delany was a tall, handsome, active youngman, and u great favorite among a certain class of young woman in the neighborhood. He was, however, wild, iboughileas, and unprincipled, and hia habits and occupations wero such as to cause the general remark, that he would never turn OUI well. Certain il is, thai no cock-fight, dog-fight, or other disreputable meeting took place in tbo pariah whicb waa not got up and conducted by Torena Delany ; and it was soon plainly foretuUi,,ihal if lie did not change his ways, they would bring bim to disgrace and thame.
O'Coiimir «a- ihe vcryrt-verso ol all ihia ; he was a chccrljl.gay, indiiflrioiis, well-principled young man, the pride of hia lather's collage, and tho deliyht of all who knew him. He was an only son, and well tu do in Ihe world; and although not so tall or so haiidsorae as De¬ lany, it waa no great wonder thai upon a fair comparison of their rcspeciiva merits, backed as he was by lho good word of everybody, hc should have carried the heart of .Mary M'Kenzie—who waa a good, sensible girl—in opposition to his handsomer, but Icsa worthy rival.
Delany bid early perceived tbat bis game waa lost if left to honorable competition between him and O'Connor; and pretending not to have ta¬ ken his failure lo hearl in any way, or indeed lo have entertained any lurlhcr aspirations or in¬ tentions towards tho object of their common ad- dresses, did all in bis power to conciliate O'Con nor, and, if possible, to create at least a fair understanding between ihem, in hopea.of being able to induce him lo J3in him and hii^ compan- ions in their amusements, rcpresenl'ng ihem as innocent and manly, fitted for young men of their class and lime oflife, bul with lho deep and se¬ cret hope of leading him, slop by step into dis¬ grace, or perhaps inio committing some irans-- porlablo crime, BO as to gel the stage clear for himselfallogclher. O'Connor was, however, proof against all hie temptations, and ere long, became the husband of Mary M'Kenzio.
. Delany, now stung by vexation, disappoint, mem, and wounded pride, plunged moro reck¬ lessly than ever into excesses ; though towards O'Connor ho became, perhaps, even more ihan uauaily civil, although a vow of revenge, which was IJmUed neiiher as to extent nor time, was reginareii in his heart against him. Annoyed, loo, by^i^e'jesta and beiitcring dt his companions Bt his want-of success, he .became irritated and morose, and more abandoned in his character every day, giving way to the worst passions of hk nature ; so that it was not without justice he became auapected of being concerned in most of ihe daring outrages which took place not only in ihal immediaie neighborhood, bul within a range ol some miles. It was evident that this, with a police force in tbo dieirici, which, even at the early period ol which I speak, bad become well organized and eflicieni, could not go on very long wiihout being detecied ; oniJ, accord, ingly, one night Delany waa apprehended in the act of carrying away a portion of the carcass ofasheep which he had jusl slaughtered, and divided whh his auiliy associates. This waa crime which had juEi then become of frequent . occurrence in ibai district, and very little doubt wasjiow entered that the ringleader had been caught, and that a remedy for the evil was al hand.
About iwo hours previous to Delany'a having been detected, in the above aa, a turf slack in ¦  the rear of O'Connor's houae, had been sel on fire nnd consumed, and strong suapieion rested npon Delany as the author, as a commencement to  the  night's, work in which the sheep   was killed.   Upon thia latter caso,  O'Connor was unfortunately, obliged to bo brought forward in evidence against him, and on being examined, swore that be had been from homo on the nighi his lurf-alack was burned, and on bis return, ni a late hour.Jin company with a Iriend, ho met Delany al a sudden turn of the road, with some¬ thing like a sack' ot bag across his shoulder— this was at the corner of a ahori lane leading into the field in which the sheep waa killed, and he saw Delany turning out of the field into the rood, before he knew who il waa ; that npon Delany perceiving him, ho appeared very much annoyed and eonluscd, and »wor«-an oath that, •' go where he would, O'Connor waa thero be- fore him," upon which the other replied^ ."the next placo you go, I hope I'll neither be there boforo you nor after you."   This waa.wiTobo- rated by the peraon who waa i„ company with O'Connor at the lime, and tho evidence ofthe ¦ police, who shortly alier-opprehended Delany. He waa convicted and eenlenced to seven yoara' transportation..  Upon his being removed from tbe deck, he. looked fiercely al O'Connor,-who waa in one of the side-boxes, and exclaimed " It's a long lane that has no turning ; yourself or your eon may be athomo before rne.'> ¦ More tban two years beyond the term for .    which Delany hndbeen trahspprtedhoaexpired, , i.ahdinothing hadaayei beonhe«ird ofhim,which •    wasindoed asubjectof much joy ta lho whole •    ' deighbothood.   O'Connor had loiir children, of ,;; whom Edward, the boy found drowned,'had " , •¦  beon'the eldest, and peace and happineia peryar i.:; ;JleiJlha.whole diairict, until thelailer, at Icaal, ¦¦¦yimiui interrupted by that melancholy event
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!poor liiilo p'Coniior had hjon:«HBB~fite pr*b?
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who BtSled that Thoiaiw O'Cohnor wnt below,
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I instantly brae'redhWio'be.'aent tip. at lEe
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|to Ibe fiifdipgjof ti»eib!o&y. 4°4 Jo its id^ptUyras. ^isson^Edwanl.'Iwfta the next witnesa myieUi and proved JO the -liiarkft'of'the.shoest and: the footQiepsMjofaiefti^^ on, as
deiLTibBdAt tKs!commebcement.    "
himi and the ^firat th ing'^at afnick ine' on'be holding liiih*^WMi"lhit iheVobr fellow was: but of his inibd-Trinadneto WBBin every feature. '¦'-¥¦ [aakedhiin with as'thlich 'calmness aa I could asaume, *Vwhat Was the matter?—^wbat fie had tO'Commumcotai*', He turned TuU upon mo; and -what: a'.aigbt! His jeyee flaahcd fire, hia hands: were clenched.faia teeth sot £rmly togeth* er,and bji whblaframe.convulsed with fury.
: *'.For heaven'a sake, ^O'Connor," said I *' what, now is ihe matter 7*'   .' -      ,
'• Murder! murder!" he whispered, placing his mouth iclose lo my ear. ** Delany !•' he then -cried aloud, still clcnchifig'his fists, and rolling bis blood-shot eyeballs, .-which nearly started from their sockets.
" For God's sake, O'Connor, be calm," said I, " what reason have you to suppose that—*'
" Calm—calm—reason lo suppose—calm !'' he cried, looking at mc as ifl myself had been the murderer.; "Reason to suppose !" he re. poaied, I knowit—I ougbito have known it irom the first—»ti8 done—twas ho, ihe bird of hell, 'twas he ; bul this worM's- range shaU be too small to hide him from my vengeance. My boy, my boy, my murdered boy!" and he strode through the room with frantic gestures.
Thore was no use 'In speaking to him until this fit of fury had in some degree wbsided.and I stood, silently meditating upon the possibility ofsuch heing the fact, which crossed my mind not now for ihe first time. At length he threw himaelf upon a chair, and borst into tears, cry¬ ing again—" My boy—my boy—my murdered boyl"
¦ I was glad to see the tears, and once more en¬ treated him to bo calm, slating that the law would assuredly overtake Delony, if he were guilty. Tho word "if" again aroused the un- fortunate man and seeing the state of mind he was in, I regretted that I had used it.
The law !" he cried, " the law ! if—if—but I want no law; I'll hava no law; these hands, I these hands alone," and suddenly throwing him- seli upon his knees, before I could prevent him, he swore a fearful and appalling oath that be would seek no law, or have no law, and rest not day or night, till with hisown hands, he had avenged the blood of his murdered boy. He would have proceeded, apparently, ero he rose from his knees, to have added curses to his oath but that I seized him round the body, and pla¬ cing my hand upon his mouth, again implored, him to be calm, assuring him that his conduct' must altogether frustrate even bia ownobjecii and prevent our very best endeavors to trace; Delany. This had the desired effect; he paused and whether Ii was from conviction or with a view to deceive me, I could not eay but in a moment be became wonderfully calm; andjie who had hitherto been like a hungry tiger, ra- ging for his prey, and now become mild and gentle as a Iamb.
" Tell me that again he said,-' persuade me but of that, and you shall lead me like a cbild.^' Ofcourse I was delighted that I had hit upon so iortunate an expression, and with the effect which it produced upon him. It was, in fact lho thing which was most likely to tend to the success of any effort to bring the perpotrator of this mysterious murder (if sucb indeed it wa») to justice; while upon the other hand, anything like rashneas, or even an admitted knowl¬ edge of the fact upon the part of O'Con¬ nor or the authorities, might for ever frustrate our exertions—secrecy, and an apparent igno¬ rance of the fact being india]iensablo to ensure success.
O'Connor seemed determined to keep hjs word, and waa now as calm and tractable as I could wish; I could perceive, however, as I thought, in his manner, a steady though unex¬ pressed determination for personal vengeance, in preference to the lardy justice of the law, and now and then a bitter smile, not aUogother un- allied to satiafaction, curled upon his lip, ai if anticipBtmg the glory of some desperate and frightful deed. Having apparently setilod thia point in his own mind, be sat down when I bade him, and detailed the grounds, be had for tflp- posing that bis child had been murdered, and why he believed that Delany was tha au¬ thor of tbe deed. He told mo that a travelling padlar with whom hc was well acquointed. had juat rciurned from ihc North, and called at his houBo, as, waa his frequent custom ; tbat he had on this occasion made a Btatoment to bim ¦which left no doubt whatever upon his mind of the fact. The man had promised to remain at O'Connor's until morning, and to remain up until he should return from me with instructions as to wliat was hest to bo done ; I therefore, prepared myself, and at once accompanied hira, not a iitile glad that it was such an hour of the night as would prevent obsDrvation.
On arriving at tho house I found the  person he had mentioned in a chajr, asleep by tha fire. O'Connor awoke him, when I recognised him as a man with whom I was already in some de¬ gree acquainted, as he had been in the habit of iraveUing through the country selling linens, ta- ble-'Cloths, towelling <Slc.   He   briefly told me hia story ; and it was one which, indeed left not | tbe shadow ot a doubt on my mind that Edward ; O'Connor had been murdered in the moat in¬ human manner, and by Delany.    The words I bad myself heard bim utter more than  nine years before, when convicted of sheep-stealing, came forcibly and feariully back upon my inind. As the pedlar's story will be brieSy stated in its proper place, 1 shall not now advert to it lurther.   I may add, however, that he was  a respectable and well informed man lor his ata tion, who had for many years been in the habit of travelling to the north of Ireland with a horse and tax-cart,purchasing lineni.lable cloths, tow¬ els, &.C,, which he made sale of agsia upon his , return tour though the country ; and he .was a ; person, the truth of whose statement wai nol likely to be called in question.   Ho appeared much distroBsedat the melancholy event which had occurred.   Edward O'Connor had beena great favorite with him; and he seemid wil¬ ling to undergo any personal inconvenience   to assist in bringing the guilty author to justice ,— Having beard tbis man's statement I left him, desiring that he   would not open his lips upon the subject to any person whatever, and that' he would drive to my house about ten o'clock on the following mornmg with his atock,of goods which OS hehad heretofore occasionally done It* wonld'oot create any suspicion.   He did eo ac¬ cordingly ;, and before he left I had hie informa. tion most fully taken by & neighboring magts-' trats for whom I had sent early that morning.
The next great object was to lecure Delany. It waa now certain that h« had returned from transportation, his t«rm having expired; and it , was as certain that he bad murdered young O'Connor, but Whara waa he to be  found 1— Except upon'ihe .evening in 'question, he had naver been seen, a'nd'theDf so far as we could yet learn, by M'Conchy (he pedlar, only.   He waa notsupposed to be, nor was he spoken of as having relurned from abroad;" bo far from it, indeed, that it was univeraally believed throogh- out the district he had not andwbuld not return. Matters continued tbus.for nearly fpor .pionths ; ¦and both O'Connor end myselfbegna-tp.dB»pair of success, when the pon ono morning' brought me.a curious-looking letter from Swineford, of which the following is a copy :— ¦,,.*'Sir,—lamglad to infprm you that Delany :i8,.in custody in this town.   You had better lose no time in coming here, as he is only- sent 10 jail for a week for cutting a coupleol young ash t'roM in a gentleman's plantaiion near this i be.gaw*hia name 10 be James M'Guirs.' I hiii>perie'd .io be in the court, where I was wait^ ing to -sipeak to,a good cuitomer.oi mine who 1 , wa4l^ittiag'npob'th° bench, and I knew the villain tbottOfnent^I-sawJiitcf^but laaidnothing wben I foiihd thathe wasMnt .tojailfora weak. There's no dqiibtin;lif^ bat fae|s the man ; so make no delay,- &di|U-WMthb« lilt yoa come or until I get j( lel.tdrlromjyoti'. -Your obedient larvam,    _       -'i'^^ujrjudi.'Itf'CoHCHi."
It is heedless to say tijat'jt BiMteS.by the very naitcoach; and st theiad}btied^dayB,Ihedtho aatisfaciion of seeing Delany'in'the-coiinty jai of ;^-r—, lo which ho -wis'fally committed for the murder of Edward.O^Cohn'er;-:' -.
The day of trial atlengih.'wTtv^tfj-imd I atobd bflfors tht Pock whilo Delany'™"*Brrogned KsDiMdtd '^not niltv*>t;nMi''h<:;iw<K»t.i-««.
and -exainthe'dr;Had- known!>tb^ prisoner tor
iibtoefy^ars i^hVd, Beeh'^hih^^ O'CbrnieVfl honse som^ yeare ago; witness was bayellingWaib in'the' evoriing.on' the 15th of Sbptembbrlost inthe neigbhorhbbd ofp'Con- nor's; it .might be-^ mile, or perhaps more, from it;rbelioved tho. place wos called Cross* deen; aaw n^mah standing over what appeared to be an-oldsfend-pit or quarry hole; it was inr side abedgarqw to lho right of the road,; there was a short, stiff bit of abillat.the pIaco,'and, as witness pulled up his horse into a walk, he saw the man .throw several atones into the hole, and heard him say, " _D—n you, will you never go down ?"—the man's back'was towards him at thia time, and witness called oui,—" Hallo, lad, what's -the matter V —the man, wiihout turning round, replied; "thai it was a dog of"hia own which had torn one ofbis neighbor's sheep, ond he was afraid if Ko did not destroy it he would get into trouble;" he then walked on ata quick pace iifsido.the hedge, but he did not run, and he came ouiupon the road at-a gap ; by this time witness had mounted.the: hill, and, getting on again at a quicker pace, came within about fifteen or twenty yards ofthe man aa he jumped outat the gap.and crossed the road; had a full view ofhim', andfor thefirst'time recognised the prisoner as the man, whom he now identified; ohaerved that the prisoner had not any shoes on him as he passed across the road, but he had stockings on; saw one shoe under the prisoner's left arm; it was the arm next him; he might or might not have iiad another under his right. arm. This witness further slated thai he had no doubt at the time thai what the prisoner had told him about the dog waa true, and went his way. When he reiurned from the north, and heard of tho death of young O'Connor, and the place where the body had been found, he at once mentioned tbe circumstance to his father, and his belief thai the boy had been murdered. Tho place where the body of young O'Connor waa found had since been pointed out to him, and it was the same al which he had seen tbe prisoner as already d^eacribed.
This prisoner was cross-ejamined at great length and with great ability, principally as to how far he was from the person, snd the oppor¬ tunity he had of seeing him, so as to be-positive ofbis identity ; whether there bad ever been any quarrel or cause of ill will between bim and »he prisoner; how long it had been since be had seen him previous to the iranaaction detailed in hia information and evidence—in short, every point upon which it might he possible to confuse or upset him; but ihe learned counael failed to shake his evidence or disturb his temper in the slightest degree.
Peter Tully was next sworn and examined.— Staled that he was a ahoomaker by trade ; lived at Derrygoela, about half a mile from Crossdecn' where the body of Edward 0' Connor waa found; knew the prisoner Terrence Delany ; recollected the morning tho body of Edward O'Connor waa found; was bringing home a pair of ehoea ihe evening before, which had been left to be men¬ ded ; met the prisoner upon a pathwoy ibroogh a corn-field ; the corn was breast high, and xae^ the prisoner face lo face ; he had no shoes on at the time, but he had stockings on; he had one shoe under his arm ; witness said,—'' Death and ages, is this Terry ?" " It is, Peter," said hp, " bul you need nol let on.'' The prisoner asked witness if he had an old shae that would match that; witness eaid be had no odd shoes, and no old ones except what belonged to customers but that he'd make him a pair; the prisoner replied, "that's ' Live horse and you'll get grass.'" He took the shoes out of witness's hand and looked at them; hcoferedonti of ihem 'to the sole of his own, and said, " it was a pity they were entirely too small, or the man that owned them would never wear them." Asked him what became of his other shoe, and ho replied that it was burned. The prisoner then left him, and as he crossed the first ditch ho began to run; witness never saw him sinee until this day. This witness was cross-examined also at great length upon the usual points that suggest themselves to the miud of a zealous and ingenious advocate, but nothing was eliciied favorable to the prisoner, und the case for the crown closed, There were no witncsaes for the defence ; and at that lime prisoner's counsel were not privi¬ leged by law to address the jury. It remained" therefore, only for the judge to charge the jury' and when I say that it woa the late Sir William Smith who tried the caae, I give a full guaranieo thai, while a legal, able, and lucid rqcopiluiation of ihe facta waa laid before the jury, no point which bore inthe remotest degree in tho prison* er's favor was lightly touched on or passed by, AlasJ there waa little of the kind to be found upon his lordship's notes; and at the end of half an hour the jury retired more to escape the gaie of a crowded court while writing tbeir ver¬ dict, than from any doubt ihat it must be com- ] prised in one fatal word. i
In less than ten minufts ihey'returned; and, afier the noise occasioned by their getting into their places, and answering to their names, and the bustle of the crowd stretching forward to heor, amidat the hish—hiah—h—h ofthe sheriff with his hand up, bad subsided, I say, that the old phrase ol "hearing a pin fall," is far too weak to express the silence that reigned, as the foreman uttered the awful word, " Guilty.'*
In this verdict the judge, as well aa every person who heard the irial, could not but concur; and his lordship, aftei: remaining for three or four minutes as silent and unmoved as a statue, compressed his lips once or twice together, and having assumed the black cap, passed sentence of death and execution upon the prisoner—to be carried into effect upon that day three weeks.— This long day formed.the eubjsci ofsomo con- varsation, as, at that period, the extreme penalty of the law waa usually carried out in a much ahorter lime after conviction than is the case at present; and it was supposed not to be some ulterior object aa regarded the prisoner's fate.
Time woxe quickly on, and, as it began to enter upon the lost week, iiwaa pretty generally whispered, that the unfortunate man had made sonje very important disoloaurea with regard to two or three desperate transactions, which had taken place within the last twelve months, to the Government magiatrate who had frequently visited him in his cell. The magistrate had proceeded to Dublin upon two different occasions since the trial, it was supposed for tho purpose communicating with ihe Government upon ihe aubject of ihese disclosures; and although he did nol aay anything upon his return, from which lo form a decided opinion, it began to be pretiy well understood—amongst the officials at least- thai he-expected to procure for the.unfortunate convict a commutation oi his aentence.
About the middle of the lasi week, I was in the prisoner's cell with ihe rnagiatrate There appeared to be a very- material point in discns- aion between them, carried on in that caution¬ ary under lone aogonerally observed upon such occasions, and which arose more from habit on the pari of the magistrate than from dny inten< lion that I shonld hot hear what passed, for he requested me to accompany him. I caught howeyer.only the following nnconoeciedsenien-1 ces as I stood hear the- door:—
Magistrate—'* Cannot be more pariicular^ decided—nol authorized—posit ive—strongly' re¬ commend—all in my power." • ¦P'^ft'^'T^'' If I could be sure—disgrjice—ih • former^ie after all—say you'll do it—sworn on tba <TQM ^P'be true-raave me-leU all m both caaeo—God;help,me V &rA. he lay back on his . bedstead,.and, apjieared to faint.    I co'nfeaa I I thought ii waa shamming.   On recovering, him¬ self, he seemed allogethar averse to speak; and With bis Handi firmly .clasped upon the crown ol his head, ha walked backwuti and forward, in his cell. ¦      - .¦¦•¦'.
Weretired, and I said 10 the magistrate— - " That unhappy inaqknowa more than he will tell yoh without a poatiive promise of .piir-* don, at least of mitigation; ~ '¦ .'.¦.';,;¦. ' '' ' . •»He does,'* replied Mr.——; ''.but that is the Tery point upon which I cannot veninra to be posiiite. The- Government will npt'inake' any promiae, not knowing, the^lne or other- wiaa of'the information homay giye, otthe sin- ¦ ceriiy pr truth bfit;; and he SyiU h'q^er|ive iha iofbrmationtoxceptn^h the dUtincvbondit«)&
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idrnaig^iufdrml3>,^fr*afa^ ing wttfanhe ctine br^ldn tipbn::ib^ if-he-couii.be aMnreditbav^hiB;^!^^^^^ ep^re6; he rwoald ^tbUUvflryf|nffg.^^'T^^^ boiifidtfnt ihatrhe ¦ hM ;^iuw 'impo^la'nt^ foi'Hhb gbverhmfem^ff fcfr-'.iti ''pMseB sibnbl.   Ili themeantimei-itHe'^.ay .approaches; and I bayb pretesd. the GoTerometlt to yield .ia farsJmosLaa IrcauirepturiB.; .1 go to ¦Dnblid,by this nigbi'a'mail again for a: last interview with the- Chief Seaetajy'upon the aubjelcl-^ far I am bound to the unfortunate many and rwill. do it. -There are?oae*pfiwb:'inatterB ihparHciilOT .which I wished himto haw;hejah'^ieen explicit upon-; but yon aee;h6w caufioua and determin¬ ed; he 'ie.'r I = will; However; aeo"' wHai caii ^it done. "1 am nol wUhobt hope, that the jast dijy's post may bring'a reprieve;' See hini-.ai!ai^i*i|? evening, tejl^bim'tharl have ,fi;ohe7tb^^^^ and iMplbre of him to make iiri uhcbndiiional dia-. closure of all be knows, particularly, of Farrell^s b'uainesa'; and write tb'me'to'tho Chief-Secre¬ tary's office to-morrow, and watch tho.TJoai for my reply." . - •
Mr;  stoned for Dublin at four o'clock;
and, after seeing him off, I returned to the pria-. oner's cell. I. found him in n very,different siaio of mind, no^^ithstatiding the few hours which had elapsed since I had seen him in the morning. He would tell, nothing; said " he, thought the thagistrate was only deceiving him, for hia own purposes; that he heard Mr. —i^ waa a bloody-minded man; that he knew he was to die, and it abould never, be said he died a traitor; that He had made up.hia mind to abide his doom, although" he was quite sure Mr. -—• would give five hundred pounds lo know the one-half of what he' could tell him, but-he would suffer twenty deaths before he'd turn trailer; he knew he had bean guilty of zhaay crimes, but he wou'd not add that one lo them." Here he snapped his fingers in the most rapid andnervouB manner it was possible to conceive> and walked aboui his cell, attempting to whialle- It was overdone, and I could see,-at leas' I thought BO, that he waa acting for a pur¬ pose, and in fact, was ready, nay, anxious, to toll all he knew even upon a mere chance of escaping the fearful death thai awaited him.— When I told him Mr. —- had gone to Dublin, he said, " He might have saved himself the trouble;'' but immediately asked in a most anxious tone, "when he would be back?," I said, " it waa uncertain; that he would do what he could in his behalf; but I feared it would be vain, BS he had not treated the magistrate with the confidence he ought to have done, and that he might say anything he wished to me." He ap¬ peared much disappointed, looked full at me for several seconds, and then said. "It is all over;
why did Mr.  go away i why did he not
Slay? he'd tell him all he knew, only for the mercy ol God to spare his life." I lold him again hf> might tell me anything bo wished, and
that I would write to Mr.  to Dublin, and
see him again the moment I beard from him.-^ To this he made no direct reply, but still asked, " why did he go ?_ why did he go 1 what can ho dot 'tis all over!'' It struck me then that he really had nothing to tell; at leaat nothing that could be depended on as true.
This waa on Wednesday evening, and tho ex¬ ecution was fixed ior the Saturday morning (o! bwing. Thai ni^fhi's mail had already left for Dublin, BO thot my letter could not go till the following day, aud would not reach before Fri- i day morning. There was, however, sufficient : time for a reply ; and although matters were much aa he had left them, I wrote an account of all that had passed to Mr. that night be¬ fore I retired to rest.
The next day ihe convict was in a very sulky and aaysgo state of mind, apparently  unwilling to speok to any one, if I except myself; and the jailor told me he was constantly muttering to him¬ self about "traitors," and  "dying true," so that I could add nothing to my letter of the night before.    Friday morning's post bronght me a letter from Mr. ——, stating that he still feared the woral for the unfortunate culprit; nothing' had as yet been done of a decidad character; tbe  Chief Secretary could not see  sufficient grounds for noi permitting the law to be carried into effect.   "I pleaded that thero was nothing but circumstantial evidence against him," the letter went on to say, " and the value of tho in- formation, which I had'no doubt he would give, upon several veryimporlant co^s.as regarded the tranquility of the country,   A meeting haa been fixed for three o'clock to-morrow afternoon, be¬ tween ihe Chief Secretary  and the Attorney General.   Sir Wra. Smith, the judge who tried the case, has been  requealed   to attend;  of course, 1 am  also to be  there."   He feared much, however, from the lateness ot the hour fixed for the meeting, that matters might no* turn out as ho wished, bul he would, undoubi- eyly, return by the mail on Saturday morning. ¦ This evening, about seven o'block, as I was | on my way to see Delany, I met the Priest, old Father O'Donohoe, coming out of tho jail ; he was weeping, and threw up his hands and eyes when he met ine, and exclaimed, " God pardon him !"   I turned with him, and he told me he had been with him for the last iwo hours ; tho* he hod given up all hopea.of escaping  the lasi extremity ot the law; that instead of this caus¬ ing him to repent of his sins, and think of his poor .soul, he was in a morose and almost fero¬ cious state of mind, upon which all he could aay had not ihe lesst effect, except, indeed, to make him worse.    He had nol only  confessed  the murder of young O'Connor, bul declared it in the most reckless and exulting manner to all who came near him; bul had, in no one instance, expressed the slightest repentance or regret.— He added, thai he thought the unfortunate man had lost hia reason, and that it waa an awful thing to send iiim into eternity in such a state. Here.the poor old man wept again, and continued to utter, " God pardon him ! Gad pardon him ! God convert him!"
"Mad or not mad, it is indeed an awful thing," eaid I, " lo send him into eternity in such a state."
I was proceeding wiih the priest in silence some few steps further, when I bedrd a smart step behind me, and a messenger from the jail, touching hia hat, told me I waa wanted. I bade Father O'Donohoe good evening, and returned 10 the jail. It waa DeUny, who had expressed a wish to see me, and I proceeded tp hia cell.-' On the turnkey opening the door," " You may retire," said I. " He may stay whore he is," aaid Delany at once, in a loud lone; "whati have to say the world may hear, and the world shall hear to-morrow.'"   He then turned to me i
and asked if Mr. had relurned from Dublin' ;
I-said he had not.   He naked if he had written ? .and 1 aaid he hod.   He then wolked rapidly abont and said, " If there was anything good, you would not wait to be seni for; but it's all over now, and I'll show you—I'll show the world,  and I'll show  O'Connor,  if he's not afraid to look, what Terrence Delany can ^o. He knows to his sorrow—and mora of that to him—what I have done already ; I ilid murder his son ; I saw his looks.   I heard bis dying cries for mercy, but I didn't heed them.   I might have been rich  beyond the eeas, very rich, but fof the one longing throb,of hatred in my heart.   Thouaanda of milea I have swept the rolling ocean over for revenge; and I have had it.   If ihe coward dares to come here to-, morrow in the crowd, before ihe world, to his facel'Uiellit, ihathe was alwaya a chicken- hearted-awaddling raacal, supplanting better men than ever he was, by hypocrisy and lies, but afraid to-meet ihem Id fairer open trial—O'-I Connor! O'Connor, mercy !—ho ! hal^.mercy. —where'a my own ? Down, downr-see the bub¬ bles and the mud—mercy I—ha, ha, ha !*'—and bursting into an" hysterical fit he threw himself upon.ihe floor.   My heort sickened within me at such, hideous depravity, and I turned to go, when starling up again with wonderful compo- aure, he cpnimued—" tisten to nie, air.' 1 hove one conaolatioh left mo, imd  that is, that 0' Connor shall bear from my own lipa thai it was I who murdered his 'son.' You may tell him too, that I am aware ha swore an oath, never tb wait forthe law ; that it should nev«r overtake me—his vengeance shmild outstrip it—and thot ho would nerar rest doy,or night until, with his own hands, he paid the debt he owed mo. ' T paid the debt I owed, him honest jy, with tvety hour's ititerast thj^t WM d^^    I kntiw jie swore this oVlh-toBeyeralY/iiywali his bo^^^ a boast; 'I ditJnJtJear'hlmY for^had except from aome dark 'cbniar,~ wlich'is ^ jast what fie wouIdddVtaiberkndBplihaab'bt^^^ by me.; 'tell him he'a.fbile^dithe^Iavir WiU rob him of.the skulking"cdwwdiywTa^^    he would hayf BOUghV;J^d;to?mprlrbw^^ imn;wniBat upon his'perjured lip^, /He'd^brafra^ "bpenly, ftipe to face—he'll bb afraid ib meet jme to-mb/rowf tied Swai-pmidhed^Vthbug^;:!' 11 be j h^it^)isg::d&^dlj heih:«inihbrl>fra^
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;reason;with himt aa.he seeined 'deterniined, in spite of.allshe (^oldsay, tp.witneas iheexecu-^ tion tjie. next day j.'and soaureas hedidghoap-' prehepded sbmeiHibg-wouid hapiieji!him. Sho^ thought that having resolv^ npon some disper- nte act had alone beetiihe'caose of his apparent calmness. He had been looking at aod.mb- hing the dust off a gu'n.'.which was. hanging, up over the fireplace Jn;biaOffnTOoni„ and which he hadnpttb.uchedfor weeksbefore ; ahe.much : feared the poor man bad Joel his senaesi and she thought he ought to be 'lakqij up ai once,, and kept sale iihtil after the execution. I'totd her lo return wiihout delay, to take no notice ofhim, and that I would go over-in less than half an hourand speak with him.
OtCooiiorUved about o-mtle and a half from my quarters, and I.goi-tp hjs house, abput nine o'clock. I found him just riatng up; from,hia supper, and he did not appear, to me atall ex¬ cited, or in the state of .mind described by \hia wife; but' when I recollected what she sold aboui bis having becoma much quieter, and what, she believed to be tbe cauBe.liold bim I had been, very busy all day, bul'Could-not resist, even at that late hour, calling overta.^sec him .and ask how he was—knowing how.his mind muat.suf- fer under such painful circumstam^a. He thanked.me and said he waa m^^^ belter; that he had been in a very, wretched stale all day, but he could not help, it, he. was ao fretted.' I sEHd it waa not to be wondered at, but that he must not permit himself to get excited—itwould Boon be all over,- and he ought bow to diveaf tie mind of all malice orill-will towarda the un¬ fortunate being who was about to ba harried into eternity as a punishment, as well as to an¬ swer for all his crimes.
'* I've tried it, I've tried it,'' he aaid. "I have nearly broken my heart trying to forgive that man ; but I c^'t, I can't—it's no use. Oh, my boy ! my boy !—my darling murdered boy 1"*
I shall -not here detail- all the cpnveraotion which passed between as, or the arguments used on my part to. endeavor to bring him into a proper frame of mind. There was something about him, however, so calm andcollecletl, and so very different from what I expected, that mighthavebeen very gratifying had I not sus¬ pected the suddenneas of the change from what Mra. O'Connor had BO abort a time before de scribed to me ; and I thought I saw a lurking resembtanco upon his lips to ths bitter smile ol a former period, wilb which I wos notaatisfied. I was determined to be plain with him, and to , come to the point ai onco.
" O'Connor," said I, "you cannot, of course, ' intend to witness that unfortunate man's exe> : cution to-morrow."
" I did intend to mingle in the crowd," he aaid, " but I have almost changed my wish.— Did I not witness the sad, unmerited end of my darling, only boy, and can you wish to deny me the satisfQclion-and y0U know how poor that satisfaction must be—of aeeing the law ful&Uod upon his murderer!''
" I do not wish it, O'Connor,'' aaid I; "it cannot be—it ahall not be. You muai not, you shall nol be amongst those who wjll witness the execution."
" Well, be il so; you know best. I'm sure you are for my -good ; but oh ! remember the
"Stop, O'Connor,''said I, " you must pledge mo your solemn honor thai you will not be amo'rigsi the erowd \^ich irtH assemble to wit¬ ness the execution to-morrow. If ypu do not give me this pledge, I most be candid with you,, and tell you thai you must bo kept away, and that f will do it."
"Do not (ear then," Baid|he ; "it is not my in¬ tention. It would be poor satisfaction—but poor indeed—after the oath I swore, merely to see the villain hanged ; " 'twould only tell me that I slept upon my vow, and remind me that my lips were perjured, though my hands were clean. 'Tis past; I pledge what you require," " Enough," said I, "I shall depend upon your word."
" You may, for my determination is now fix¬ ed, and I promise you it will not alter."
I left hira, quite satisfied that he would keep his word.
Time and the hour go through the roughest day ; and that fatal morning broke upon Ter¬ ence Delany, the evening oi which waa destined to close upon his grave. I waited anxi6ualy the arrival of the mail. Mr. ^-^ did not come as I expected he would have done; there was a letter however, from htm to me, and anoiher to the sheriff. He slated to me that, up to the momen^ he wrote (a quarter of an hour before the mail started), nothing decisive had been done, bul be was nol altogether without hope of ultimate success. Tho information in the several cases of outrage to which the convict had referred, had been sent for to the clerk of the crown's ofiice, and v/ere to be considered. Ho, hod written to the sheriff to say'how matters stood, and to request thai the would de lay the ex¬ ecution until the lastpossible moment, as, should a reprieve be obtained too -late ibr the post, which,If obtained at all, was mosi likelji to be the case,.he would send it through the whole way by apecial express, and for which purpose he had written to prepare horses at the several posting Btages along the road.
"The jail bell rang twelve o'clock, and it was sapposed that the hour drew nigh. Tbe numbers that had. from an early period of the morning,, collected in front of the jail were now increasing every moment, and vast numbers hurried along every approach thai ooold command a view of the gallowa. Walls, gates, windows, the tops of houses were crowded—oren treea in the adjacent fielda and lanes afforded an elevated position for crowda of men and boys—all, all assembled through mere curiosity to see the execution; and I question whether there was one person amongst the many thousands collected who stood there with the feelings proper for such an pcca eion. The door from the press room to the'drop stood open—one end oi the rope wag fastened to a palley aome two or three feet above, while the other end passed into the presa-room; thus it occaaionsiiy-BWurig to and fro in the wind, and al every jerk men'a minds wera fancying how that other end waa about being occupied. The jail bell rang one, and-yet the'criminal had not been brought forth, and .the crowd began tp wonder at the deloy; nnd as time crebt on they became weary, and evinced signs of general die- satisfaction-rindeed, several indicfltiona of dis¬ content had.been exhibited for upwarda of tbe last hour, and *' Bring him out, bring him out; oris ho pardoned, or reprieved?—theaheriff— the aheriff-T-Iet us go home—shame to keep us here !" ran through the crowd.
At length a general murmur from the assem¬ bled multitude announced that be had -come forth. He was attended by two Romaii Catholic priests, one of whom said a fa w words, and stated that the unfortunate man intended to address the people al some length, and he truatedthey would listen to him patiently, ond attend to what he had to say.  .        '   "'.
I believe in my heart (indeed I khow) thot Delany, to the last moment, deceived the priests as to the nature of what he intended to ;addreB9 to the pebple.'ahd that at'the moment they led him forth they were certain it would be in both to^e and matter what they had recoinm^ded and wished, and what he had led tbem tdbelieye il would be\   Alas I hoiff.little did they know the heart of that hard,-bod than. 'Hu eyes wan¬ dered rapidly pver^he new silent brpwd, and'^the first words ha uiiered were-^' O'Connor, where are you now? npw.isyoar time, I've had mine. Coma;forWard'npw,mahV4bti*tboafiraidj 'twtii I,'fwias I, I tell ii to.your face, if you're here- . Silence; bby0,-T^lence i 'let bim hear me if ha's near enough'.-^P'Connori^tjvafrl who murdered yooTfloni yibut^ijnlyi. son,'yoDT darUn^g ;b^^ owed it to bis„mothet aa,.^eU, asjp yourself.— :Coroe forwwd and cotiw mb; ilyPU3.af e a m^^ ;0>t I. kne^wljopr cowwdly^ ypuMme h9rp^:;io;diiy,...^ weraby lhi^;hbur<to iisieh(oiite triomph bf^vii ¦y,- -:..^^li:t,..^-.u:.:--... ^-lia^goi^gj
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; '.X waa quite shocked; at anch ianguaga coming .'frpmtho-]ipsdfa"'man sianding on the'brink of eteraiy;VOh!.httd O'ConnOr.been witW^ ihg,^i knew-him too^well to believe that aOj^ ear^Iy'pQwer'could' have.restrained.him', and i.bbnfeesjt"felt :a sudden.^dreotl. itiat he had not kepttis'wbrd; and when I re'collecled that ho had,.-the.night. before: been . putting, his gun (which i knew to baavary good one) in order 1 feared every moment Bome raah and fatal acton hippart. .Nay, might he not, at that moment 'iinaeen, be bringing it iP bear upori the wretched man's heart. -I regretteti; then~that I hitil iibt secured bim for ihe day.: But nostir.or movement in any part of the asaembled crowd indicated that O'Connor had not kept his word, and I felt re-'SBsursd.
Such language as that made use of by ihe mis¬ erable culprit might not have been permitted, ,and doubtless wonld :not have been suffered from a mon in his awful situation, had not the sheriff wished to make every possible delay.'in hope of the exprbssarrivirigwitharBprievoiand.wbicb, from the tenor of the letter he had received from the magistrojte, he, had.every reason to believe .would come at laat.
The unfortunate man after the tangauge above .described, continued lo address the people pn othersubjects not ao immedioielyconnected With O'Connor, and his tone, anti manner seemed altogether chonged.- Hereferradto partof bis .earlylife,,andibe evils arising from idlenesa and -keeping bed company when young. He repeated the eame things ,over and over again, so that I could not help thinking thot he had received aome hint or indulgence frPm the sheriff to speak against lime, and I began lo get heartily sick of, and disgusted with the whole exhibition.
The high-road lo'Dublia turns short to the left out of tfao upper end ofthe town, and the front ofthe jail commanded a view of it for nearly a mile.   The aherifl's eye had been forsome time Bieodily fixed  upon a certain point  olthe road, tho farthest that coulJ   be ecen from where he stood; the unhappy culprit appeared exhausted, and had nearly seased to speak—the awful mo¬ ment bad all but arrived—when' the crowd at a distance began to move, and a tremendous shout was heard.   Every eye was turned  from   the culqril to the direction of the cheers.   A man waa seen galloping at lop speed upon a white horse ; in one band he held a long white rod, j with a green flag al top, which as he urged his horao to the utmost, was plainly discernible as it floated backwards in the breeze, while upon ' hia hat a red handkerchief was tied, as if from the very contrasi ot the colours to attract the more speedy and certain attention.   Aa ho rap¬ idly drew nearer and   nearer, the crowd . con¬ tinued to shout; and " Reprieve !—reprieve!" re-echo_ed from one end to-the other of the ass¬ embled thousands.   Still he urged his horse ; the crowd gave way on either side, and cheered him 03 he came—crowda will alwaya cheer the man who ia   contending   against   time.   The wretched culprit gazing upon the scene in be¬ wildered  agony; the  large blue veins of his bare neck swelled beneath lho rope almost to bursting with every effort he made to swallow, and   his large, full cheat rosc^ and sank   in a manner absolutely painful   lo behold; bis ear, too, had caught the word, and he   caat back a look at the  sheriff, which   spoke   more  than volumes of entreaty to be recalled.   The hang¬ man Blood al his poat in a state of eager and extraordinary excitement, now glancing at the sheriff, now at the culprit, and  now upon the messenger of life, if such indeed be should prove to be.   At length the man made the turn front¬ ing towards the jail, and waving a large white letter over hia hefld.-pui fresh spurs to hia horao. He had now reached almost the very walls ofthe jail, still waving the letter, and crying, " Re¬ prieve !" al the top ofbis voice.   " Reprieve !— Reprieve!"   .re-echoed    in   one   .tremendous shout from   every  mouth.    '* Never'." roared ¦O'Connor, in a voice of thunder; and with a rapid ond convulsive   turn of the   wheel, he launched Delany into eternity !
In order to explain this strange and most un. looked for denouement, it will be neceaaary to take my readers to the dayJpreceding the exe¬ cution, and narrate what happened in the inter¬ val.
It may appear strange, yet auch ia the fact, that up to thia late period—Friday night—when the jail was finally closed, and all aave perhaps the miserable culprit, buried in sleep, no execu¬ tioner's aervicea had been engaged. Thia may have arisen from a belief in the sheriff's mind, who had been in constant communication with Mr. , that none would be ultimately requir¬ ed, and none had, as ia usuai in such casea, in¬ timated to him where be wouldbe "heard of;" but 80 great woa now the extr<:miiy of the caae, and sucb the difiiculty in procuring one os the hour approached, that the sheriff would have guaranteed a large sum of money for the ser¬ vices of auch a person. He had the day before sent a special messenger a distance of seventy miles upon a mission in search of one, but hh had nol yet relurned ; he had besides given in- BtruciiooB to the jailer—they were not then call¬ ed governors—to procure the services of such a mon upon any terms; up to ihia moment, how¬ ever, he had not been able to do so.
It was about one o'clock on this, the last night' that Delany was destined to lio upon a bed—the wind moaned feebly through the iron bars in front of the jail; the dim, pale moon peeped out suddenly now and then from behind the fleeting clouda upon the silent, dismal scene below, and as quickly hid her face ogoin, when the outer turnkey and watchman of the jail perceived a man muffled in a larse coat, worn as a cloak, and a low-crowned hat, pass up and down aev¬ eral timea before the gate. He appeared to look cautiously about him in every direction; a^ length he approached nearer, and atopped imme" diately beneath the gallows, and looking up for aome momenta, "Never!'* he cried, stamping his foot; and suddenly walked away." He had not proceeded beyond a few yards, when, stomp¬ ing his foot again more violently, " Coward !" he cried and relurned directly up to the gaie. *' Who goes there ?" challenged ihe watch. "I wish to speak to the jailer," replied the
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abaat-to^perform, and'.I require hbthingmore.'.' ;.lSe'pauBed, and hia quick bye glanced round the room withanunpatieht 'and'wild anxiety.
'vVouhavewen the sheriff, tlft t" ihe jailbr.,"   '.;'!.;.'1~        ":.." ; :"N.6,'*wpHed the man; ''the consideration for which t .cama hei'a to night has baeii suppli¬ ed by aiiotheir hand; ,' But be 'quick; accept my Bervieeaatonce,fdrlam^ne;''' ¦ There was BorhethiDg,-both about his manner aiid appearance, which the jailer had never be. fore seen, in a member bf hia profession; and al, though he was hot exactly the stamp of man be would have aelectad for the occaBioa(had choice permuted,) there appeared inihis casa to, be no alternative but to ac^t his ^services". . The fact, too, ot hiahaviDg^jiIared*«that.he had hfien already paid, at ^&me time that the sheriff had giveii an alnroSmilimited order on hiB purse for the same fn^pfelpresented ,'an opportunity of very fairly pBtl^'iPS.a round sum, which did notofienoccur, and which the worthy jailer did not think it prudent should be lost.   Be that as iimayr-
." Follow me,'' said.he; and, takinga lantern in his bond, be led the way to iho presa room. This presa room was an apartment about four¬ teen feet square. From the cenlre at each aide a email, strong iron door, thickly studded with lar^e, round headed knbbs.'showed the entrance into two. smaller rooms; tothe rear, looking in.to'| the jail yard, was a small window, strongly bar¬ red, and to the front were eight stone steps lead¬ ing to the platform, dr drop, upon which ihe ciilprila stood beneath the gallows. Upon either ol these ateps there waa an iron handrail to sup- port those who led them forth, and iipon the end of one of these rails, ready for the;morrow'B use hung a coil of strong hempen rope, with a loop upon one end. To the immediate right of ihe ateps was a large iron wheel, with a handle attached to one ofthe spokeB,and near to the outward rim. The machinery by which thie wheel waa connected with the bolts that Bustain- ed the drop outside, and npon which it acted, was beneath ibeBtepa, and could not be conve- nisntly examined ; but the bolts wero then set, and tho jailer, standing beaide ihe wheel, show¬ ed the man .that, at a signal which would be' given by the aheriff, he had only to lay hold of the handle, and turn the wheel suddenly from him to causa the drop to fall. He also showed ed him a roll of penny-cord, hanging upon an iron hook, with which the culprit's arms were to be tied behind his'back, at the elbows. All tbis the jailor exntbited and explained to the man, having still some doubts, from his appear¬ ance and manner, that he was really up to his business.
The man appeared perfectly satisfied, and turned to-descend, when the jailer, pointing to one ofthe small rooms, lold him there was a bed inside in which ho should sleep, and that he would send his breakfast in the morning.
" Not for the aherifl's wealth and thine togeth¬ er," exclaimed the man. " Had I anihicipated such a proposal, I should have made it part of my terms—and they have not been very exorbitant —sir, to have beenparmitted to depart, and re¬ turn again at day break ; and if this point be not at once concaded, I forthwith decline all further connexion with tbe matter."
Hero, then, waa anew difficulty. The jailor began to fear an attempt to deceive him, perhaps by a friend ofthe culprit, lo prevent any furiher excrlions to procure a person for the purpoae required, and probably refuae to act whon it camo to the point.
" I fear you are deceiving me," said the jailer, "and that you are a friend of the convict's; that your object and wish ia to prevent all lurther endeavors to procure a proper person, in hope of prolonging his time, by refusing to act when it eomen to ihe point. I doubt you, and you bco 1 am plain with you; you are not hke a man wiio has been accustomed to the thing."
" You need not fear,'-' said the man, " Jam not a friend ofthe convict's. I will be plain with you , I am not accustomed to the thing-—lew men are | but I will make no mistake, and with go through with it if I have lile. Perroii me to depart, ac¬ cepting, the offer of my services; and no earthly object—nothing but sickness or death shall pre vent my returning at day break."
He was accordingly aufiered lo go, and the jailer returned to his luke-worm bed m lie awake considering whether he had been tricked and deceived by some friend of the convict's. He determined that if any peraon of acknowledged abiluiesor qualifications in his line of business should mako hia oppearance at once to secure his aervicea, without reference in any way to wha*' had taken place whh the stronger; no such per¬ son however, made bis appearance, or could be heard of in any of the directions in which ho waa sought, and the jailer perceived, at ihe last mo¬ ment thoy would be obliged to put up with the rather doublful qualifications of the stranger.who had returned, true to his word.
O'Connsr kept bis vow, and this was, indeed. " The wild justice of Revenue !"
Note.—O'Conper never leu the jail, from the very moment of the last fatal act he lost his sen" tea. lie was for some time a confii^ed lunatic, Irom which state he gradually sunk into that of hopeless idiotcy, and died in the jail ol the termi¬ nation of little more than two yeara.
_^   AavevtMBin^:lEntelope9., c
T)USINESS Cards or Address,, printed
JLJ on LettBrErivelopeB,in any'position, at .TBIS OFFICE, on vory low terms. .':.-¦   -^     I
The name, boalnuBs or address of any ons,, can 1» printed on any iwirt of tho envolopo, so that In cOfl.a of error in the dlreoHon of a letter. tlie'.eard'«lie*lng ¦whenofl it cama ensures its re-directloh andretdm to the Bonder.inste&d of being aent tothe deadletter office
Oct 26   - " -     - .. ttA7   ¦
Lancaster and Sasquehanna Tarnpike Company.
THE JDirectors of this Company hare this day declared a dlridend of Five Dojlars on each shars of Stfck of said Company.   Fayahle on de¬ mand at tbe FarmexA' Bank of Lancaster. '.-*¦ jalyl-3t-31]     .                       H. R. REED, Traaa.
KI.ElC'nOIV NOTICE.
AN-Election for one President and six , Managers of the Lancaster Gas Company will be held atthe offlee of.sald Company,.on: July 16th, between tho hoora of 10 A. M. ond 3 P. M, jaly 3-4t.81]  C. HAGER. Preaidant.
,^ ' DirroEHTD.
'pHE President and Directora of the
I    LancasterQas Companj have this day declsreda
dlTidead of Fifty Cents on each share of Stock, payft-
blo on demand. JOHN F. SHRODER, Treaa'r.; .
Atteflt •—Wm. Gleim,Sec'y. paly 3,4t-81
rpAX-PAYERS TAKE NOTICE,—
X   The abatement of 5 per cent, on Stat© TaxwlU ba allowod on payment up to the 15th Inst.
B. REINHOLD, Treas»r. L.t5CA3Tt:H, July 3 3t-31
~CAiJTid¥f
ANY person or persona hunting any game, on any of tho enoloaed landa of the flub- Borlbora, residing in Coneatoga township, Lancaster connty, or carrjlng a gnn on the aame, or firing a gnn on or near tho tiighwajB passing along, by, or throngh tho name,will be dealt with according to law, withont respect to pcrsoDs. JOHN GOOD,                      MARTIN FUNK, JACOB WAMEL,            JOHN BOOK, F HELL,                            JOHN WARFEL, HENRY GARRET,           GEOROE WARFEL, JOSEPH McCAKDLE,      JOHN R1NEH.\RT,    . DAVID HESS. Jr., .         JOHNBITZ, CHRISTIAN VaRKEL, JOSEPH RANKIN MARTIN GOOD.              BENJAMIN ESHLEMAN JOHN OARDNEk,      '     HENBTGBAVEB, SAMUEL HARNISH,      JOHNOA1N|E, WILLIA.M RICE,            MARIS HOOPES, Ag't. July 5 81:5
FOR REGISTER.
WILLIAM KIBKPATBICK, Ma¬ chine Mater and Iron Founder, announcej that ho WiU be an independent Candidate for Hoglster at the neit election. -.      June il-Vt-a  _
tteVoivtng Horse Rake.
rpHEsntsoriber.informs the Farmers
X-OtlMieMter 0<miltr-g™«raUy.that they  ,-.a„
pro^oioJJiesv tsbor nring Bakes at the fDiiowiui: pUo«l,Tl«: ,  .
.  Lsuflftater—Geo. Mayer, A   W. Russel, GentKe D Spredher, .nd Wn. KlApatrici. ..'OordilnTUIo—H. Froeland k Co. . Fal»dlia-A.K. * A. L. Witmei.
Oap-^A. B. Buubrigbt.
Bethliili-Dayld Hueton St Son.
NewHoUaud-Brubakert Smith.   ¦* ; .^traabuTS—Heary Bear.
SlnHn;h*Ii*-S. t E. Burkholder. - ¦ Colorabia-^onas Btuuple. ¦ MeMetta^toreett t Co. .. Big: Cbiquesr-Henry S. Shank.
Grean TnJ«-TBe«i«Diin Frits.
Colerain—Jozemiah Swiaher. do.' ' Penaoakft-PaTia. do.      O.'ElMkbom.
Fulton—Win; O; H«M.
NobloyiUol-J. P. JtarahaU.
Istercouraor-Jordatt^toen.
.^MyahopIaatOeotgetowa.   Ordersjldirected tu Bart P. o. will recelye prompt attention.
aayl8.iim.M (JHABLES JOHNSTON.
SI^TES:  SULTES!! ^^HE subeoriber haying taken the agtn-
X cyfprBrowu'a building Slatefl ia ready at any time to furniflh alate by the ton or put on by the Bqn*re,,at the shortest notice and onthemostroason- Bble terms. Apply at my Hardware Store, North ftnoen Street. GEO. 1). SPRECHER.
feb 16  tf-11
T>A(jS.7^To aiUers, farmers and alloth-
J.^ era who are in want or Bags of aU sizes; can bj supplied at the Lanoaster County Prison, by the doz., where there is manufactured daily, •£ 4osen, which will be warranted to be made of the beet-materiale and well sewed. Bagaofany size made to order at th« shortest notice. Alsojfor sale,-low yards of Carpet, from 25 CO60 eta. petyard. Also 60 Set .\ctts,and I dozen StIrgIeNetts,aadSeineB, made to ord'ir. Cash paid for any ouantity of Carpet hags. noTl5-tl-S0  H.C LUCHElt, Keep.^r.
RECORDER.
WE are requested to announce the name of ANDREW BEAR, as an Independent Candidate for the ofQce of Recorder, at the next Oc¬ tober election. [June 2&-te-SD
CHRISTIAN SHENK, of the City of Lancaster announces that he will be an Inde¬ pendent candidate for tbe offlco of SHERIFF thia faU. June 14  •">«
tf-2S"
$35,000 XO PDT OUT.
ToConnby Store Keepers, MUIlnars, Fedleis aod People generally.
THE snbacriber would respectfulij' an¬ nounce that he has on hand one of tho lur.j.-it aud best assortment of Gooda ever offered in this city, suitable for country stores, .Miillneta and Pedlers, conflisting in part ot Clotha. Caasimeres, Vestingi. summer elotha of all colors, Tweeda, Summer rant 8laff,tc. Alsoagreat variety of goods for ladfes, auoh aa Siliia, all oolora andqualltioa, Berege de Lains, Lawna,Moualin de Begca, Ginghams, Mnalins of all descriptions, 600 pieoes.ol CBlico,.Mantllla», 300 Para- aola. Spring Shawla, lo short oil kinds or good." for ladiea *ear.
;«-MilIiueraandStorekeepere will Bad a large and weU selected stock oi Straw Gooda and trimmings, ecluiating of abont 6000 Straw Hata, all sizes, cioali- tlejf.aha deaoriptions sold low by the dozen or pieca Blbbonfl, Crapes, aU colors of Bonnet SilkH, i-c, A;c.
Persons diaposod to purchase would do well to call, and examine his stock before purcliaamg cl:.ewhere.
Remember tho old stand, 69i North ^uiyjn stre.-t, west side, near the railroad.
JACOB IIEIIZOG. , N. B.—lOO.OOO Ibs.of rags wanted lor wbicb tli^ highest price wiU be glyen In caab. april iio tf-ai
FOR RECIISXER.
npHE subscriber offers himself to the
1 voters of Lancaster county as an independent Capdldtttefor Itegistcr at the ensuing election, and rea ectfuliysoliaits Iheir support.
DANIEL BBOWN.
WestEim.,-.laySl '^.._
FOR RECORDER.
T^ANIEL WERNTZ, of Lancaster oity,
JL/ offcra himself as an Independent Candidate for Recorder, at the ensuing election, andrespectfullyso* liclts the support ofthe Independent voters. July 5 . te-31
Dissolution or Fartnersbfp.
THE partnership heretofore existing be¬ tween Dta. ELLM.1.KER ^ RICHARDS, is th'a day dissolved by mutual consent The business will be carried on by Dr. Thos. EUmaker, at tho old stand, adjoining Steinman'n Hardware Store, West King St., Lancaater. Pn.  jnne 21.31-29
TWO LARGE MARBLE LIONS,
IN FRONT OF
HOWELL'S NEW MAKBLE WOEBLS,
North Queen Street,
BETWEEN ORANGE AND OEESNUT. jan 7 tf-6
LAxciSTEB Locomotive Woaas,' Juno 10,1854.      )
"lyOTICE.—The Stookholders of the
X^ Lancaster Locomotive EngioB and Machine .Manufacturing Company, ure required to pay tothe Treasurer of tbe Company.at their cfflce, on tha 37th day of July next, tha 7th instalment, and the 8th in¬ stalment • n thv 21bC day of August foUowing, 1854— each in.italment to be 7J percent, on the amount of lliulr ruEpectivi) subacriptlous to theotockol the ahove Company.
BV ORDKR OK THtl BOARD OF DIUiiCTORS. june 21-4t-29    , M. O KLINE-Treae.
EARLY Dutch, Red Top, Large G lobe, &nd Yellow Aberdeen Turnip Seed for sale, at
B.B. MUHL^NBEKG-S 'Dmg& Chemical Store, No. 8 South Qusen Et. jaDBj4   _ tf-23
JOB FRUtfTIKG.
H'AVINQ- just put up a new Steam _ PowerPre83,eipre33ly for Jobbing purposes, we aro now able to execute All kinds of Plain & Fancy Job Printing, npon BS favorablo terms, and in as good stylo, as can be had in Philadelphia or elsewhere, and with fargreatar dispatch than horetoforc. Caeds, Handbills,
Blanks, Bill Heads,
PEOaBABiMES, BaNK ChECKS,
&c.,&c. &c., &C,
^B^Billafor the aaloofrealorpcrioaal i.ro|.i.'rty, printed on from one to threo hours notice
Apply at the EXAMINER & HEKALU Office, North QueenStreet, Lancaater- [uug. 17
FISHEXG XACKIiE.
FISHING HODS; Limerick and Kirby Hooks, I'ikeHook.s, Artificial Flies, Line?. 6tc., Stc.   For sale at Dr. THOMAS ELLMAKER-'S
Drug & l^hemical Store, West King et., Lanc'r.
JUU.-2I        _        ^  _L*L^i_
COLUMBIA BANK.        > April 24,1554.     S
THIS Institution will pay interest on dtjpositeaaa heietoforcjviz: At the ratoof 4 per cent. perannnmfoT3 montha, 41 ¦• 6 to 9       '^
5 '• 12
_Jiliril 28-tf^j__ SAMUEL JJHOCK. L'asbier^^
SSO REWARD.
LEFT bis home on the 4th of April, JOSEPH HAVENS, 13 years cf ago, of light complBsion. Fifty doll&rs will be given for any infor¬ mation ofhiA \v'hert.'Ubout8,BO that he may be obtain¬ ed by his father. JOHN UaVENS,
No. 0 Frankford Eoad, Kenflngton, Philadelphia. June 28  \ ^ 3t.30
XurnlHg! Turning^!
rpHE undersigned are prepared to do all
X feints of turning for cabinet makeri. coach mub- ere, builders,and others, at their Steam tjawjog and Turning MUia at Qraeff's Landing, near Laricastor city; all orders loft at tha Hardware store of G. M Steinman or G.B.Bprecher will be promptty attended to A. K. BOWERS Si CO.
nov ! ir-tS
IVOTICE.
APPLICATION wiU be made to the Legislature at its next sesaion forthe incorpo¬ ration of a bank of diacount and deposit, t'o be loca¬ ted in the borough of Columbia, in Lancaater county, with a capital of one huodred thousand dollars, and to be styled the Sbawnea Bank. [june 28-6m-27
IVTOTICE is hereby given that applica-
1 ^ tion win be made to tho nest Legislature for Lh<: incorporation of a Banking Institution, to be lo¬ cated in the Boroogh of Marietta, Lancaater County, with B capital of Two Hl'kdred Trocsasd DoLtiaa, with thu privilege of extending tho Eame lo three hundred thousand dollarf, ond to be coJied the Done¬ gal Bank.
JAMES CUSHMAN.
JNO.R. niFFE.NB.\:H,
J.PWiCKERSH.-^M,
A. S HOCK,
JNO.STAUPFER,
S. K.KAGLE.
JAMES DUFFV,
SAM-L HEISTAND.
DAVID HARRY,
jane 28	
BEE HITE STORE.
PLAID and Striped Silks.—Ladies: Wents's haTO received this day a beautiful lot ot Striped and Pl»fd Siifcs, Prices, 45 to 75 centa per yard; also, Plald and Striped Culicoei, Gingham?, tc, 100 doz. of thoae pure Linen Napkins—the cheapnes:' of which aatonishes everybody that examines them, tt WENTZ'S.
Damaak Grons de Afrigue, a new article for Ladi-;^' Skirts. Bajou'a Kid Gloves, summer colors, only 60 cents, a great bargain.just received at   WENTZ'S.
1 caae splendid Uerega de Laines, the greatest bar¬ gain tbia season, at lEJ cents, really worth 25 ctnt-- — SO pieces, 24 inchea wide, all Unou, diap-fr, only I2i ceDtBperyard,at \V"E.N'Ti; ;j,
GiNOHAsifl—1 caae French Ginghams, only 12^ cent'* worth 30: Lawns-lcasoof the ceU-brated Bapti.ite Lawns, block and white, only 12j cents at U'ENTZ'S.
Linen Diaper, all linen,24 incbe.? wide, only 12; cts. at WE.VTZ'.s,
Real French Ginghams, a great bargitiu i;u .:.-nt=, per yard, at U'E.N'VZ'.S.
Crape Shawls,a large lot new deslgnes. ju.u ro- celved this day at WESTZS.
Curtain Muslins. 1 case embroidered curtain mu-Un juat reeeived, and selling at the low price ol 12J etd at WENT^-S.
Mantillaa, a large lot jnst opening for Spring E.i\i-r at ^VESTZS
Bee Hive Store.No. 65 North Queen i^troi-t.
Juat opened, a superior article of Plaiil
Challey for Ladiea dreaaes only aTj: PUid Ber^;.; du Lalne. Colored Striped Jaconots and NaDfook.«.H( WENTZ-a Beo Hire Store. april 12 tM.i
JNO. J. LIBHART. JNO.H.QROVE, M. D., JNO. MILLER,
J.E. KREYBILL, "VVM. K. MEHAFFEY. J. ROTH, Jr. JNO. W.-CL.\RK, LEWIS HOUSEjVL.
c. A. shaffner:
6m.30
SIMONiJP. EBY,
A TTORNEY AT LAW.—Office with
XjLHon. r E.HIESTER.North Duke Street, near¬ ly opposite the New Court House, Lancaster. Pa. maylO 3m-2
REBIOTAI^.
ISAAC E. HIESTER.—Attorney at Law. Has romoved toan office in North Duko t>treet, nearly opposite the new Court House, Lancas ter Pa. aprll 5-5m-18
W. W, BROWW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW—Haa re- moved his office from Market Square to Wid- myer'e Building, iu South Duke Street, opposite the Farmers Bank. april-5-tf-18
JOHN A, HIESTAJVO,
ATTORNEY  A'S; LAW.—Office  in East King Btreet,-near the New Court Hou.'e. may 17  . tf-24
EO. F. BRENEMAN—Attorney at
„,   Law.   Offlee ia Weet King St.. below Coopi-r B Hotel,Lancaster^_  marl5-tf-I5.
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A parley then ensued between them, the watchfiian declaring the impossibiliiy of dis¬ turbing tho jailor nt that honrof lho night with¬ out knowing who required him, and the nature of hia buaineoB; nnd the stranger firmly declin¬ ing to lell either the ono or the other to any but the jailer himself; " to whom,'' he added, " his buaiooaa was oi the greatest importance."
Tho turnkey, failing to elicit anything more satisfactory from the man, and from his last .ex- Preaeibn, having some auapicion suddenly arous- ei within him that he might be the sort of per¬ son '.they were in want of, at length agreed to acquaint the jailer; and accordingly did so.
One's own personal and immediaie interest often sharpens the perception; and.the jailer at once 8uppose4itwaa one of that dreadful frater¬ nity of wlioao services ho then stood so much in need ; and, dressing himself as quickly as pos¬ sible, he hurried tp tho gate. Aa a necessary prec&ution, however, he survoyed the stranger through the small slide window; and, having | satisfied himaelf that ho had no companion, and -was, BO far as he could ascertain,'unarmed, he desired him to be admitted, and shown after him into the wailing room. TJpon etifering, the miin appeared nervoiis and excited, and careful not to remove the msfSing from about hia face. Thia the jailer did not much mind; be was not :Bnrpriaed at it; on the contrary, it confirmed hjm m^liebelief,he had formed. 'Tisa trick with thero.all, thought.he"; more, indeed from habit than. timidity, hia thqnghts added, as .he closed the door, and asked thii mail his business. Ho replied iti a hurled manner that he under- stood "thera was a man to be executed on_tho • following dsy, Uld there was great need of a person lo perform tha task.''
^.Thojaileradmittodthat such wore the/acts, and hoped hohad.cojno to say ha could proctirb.'a peraon for lho purpose—for there was something aliouttiiamati-which atonce and altogether for- bide tiie aapi>iiBiti6n that he would himself nn- fdetwkethaqffic'e;'¦; . .'   '
:i "'ifoiie^'lia ropiied, " •eicepi I perform it
:^kiiii>ip'^:''-'yiy^~'"   .¦¦;;-." -; ¦  ': ;>'riieiiLiIerli»^dntheiBiipiisedr7St least he
SAKroEI.-H. PRICE,
ATTOKNEY AT LAW.—Office with NEWTON   LIQHINKK, East King Bt.,a fow aooraftliOTe   Swope' tavern, LancaBter. jan ga 1853 ; tf.g
SXEADl EiVGIIVE FOB SAI.E.
AN ENGINE of 4 horse power, with boiler, in good running order is for Kale. It may lie seen at the mill of the Bubsgribers. near I'ara- diae, Lancaater county. Price for the en;lnc J175 ; lor engine aud holler JSTS.
y.VM'L M. BRUA St CO. _ junt! 28.1*m'30 Paradis'O P. O.
STRAY MAKE.
T^AKEN up as an estray "by theisubscri-
¦*• ber, lirlngat Mount Vernoo TaTcro, Sttllsbury township, Lancaster county, a BAV .MARE 5^—r> about eight yt:ar3 old. having a white star on^r^V] tho foreheiid and heavy with colt. Notice is hereby glTen to the owiitff to cumo forward, prove property, pay ch:irne.<i and t:il:u her awav, othHrwise she will be =oia acrording to law. GfclORGt: CHAPMAN. may 10  3m-20
ASSIGNEE'S WOTICE.
WHEREAS, STEPHEN J. HAM- ILT0N4- WIFK of Drumore twp., Lancaster county, did by voluntary Deed of assignment convey all their estate to tbo undersigned for the benefit of creditors. All persons btvlnt^ctalua agalnet the said assiKUor will present them duly authenticated ; and persons indebted to Eaid assignor will ra&lce payment without delay. JOHN C.WALTON,
Wakefield. Ta. ? Assignee.
June?, -54.    i '     flt-27
inVliES FOR SALE.
THE subscribers offer at private sale, i) first rate mules,five years old, well broke to (h.- Harness. They will also sell agood wagon and h;ir  ess complete for tbe team. ^
For terms engulreof the subsciibers residing 'uL'cr Coatesflllc, Chester county. may 17.Sm-24 C. t::.fc J.L. PEN'NOGIt.
To Emi^ants and Others witfii- ing to Forward Goods West,
THE subscribers, Foaw.(RDiXG and CosnnwiON MKROLurra, at Freepon. Illinois, near tha Depot of the Galena St Chicr^o W. R. R. Persons coming or forwarding Gooda, West, would do well to znark to OW care—our charge is reasonable. This is ili-: most Central point for Stepheneon, Carroll, Whitcsiil--;' C^le, Winnebago, and other Weslcru Counties in llli- noii: alao, to Iowa. via. Savanna and Fulton Citv. Fmitobt. Illinois. ) GREENWOOD^t.MA'ltaiL April 37th. 1854    J niay3Ujii-22
CALEDONIA, (late Sweeny's) COLD SPRINGS, ADAMS CO., Pa.-Tbese Spring.-. situated on the South Mountain, a Ehort distani^c from the pike leading from Cbambersburg to Gottjsburs.ra. will be opened for visitors on the 15th ofJUNL next Large and commodious building crtunsive Bath Housed for hot and cold plunges, have been crdctod. Th^ grounds bave been mnch improved, end eviTy i-flcrt made to render these Springs a popular place oi resort. An efflolentand obligiog Manager will have tliu gen¬ eral superintendence, while tbe best Herv.inta th^ country nffords havo heen engaged. Tbe Tabl.j wUi he furnished with all tbe delicacies of the market-, jvud nothing loft undone to render this old fivorit.- r<-Tr,r( worthy tbe patronage ofthe public, i'erson." leivin- Washington. Baltimore and Philadelphia in lUf m'^ru- ing trains wUl arrive at Cbambersburg in time ti> inlc tho Coaches for tea. For furthf r pattlculurd n J.l^l'>^' J. C. RICHARDS, Chambcraburb'. P... BaySl      :^m-J4
PARKE & BAKEB,
Attorneys at Law. Gamdel Pabke and Daniel G. Baker
J^ haTBeDtflrBdlntoco-partnerflhipin the practice of tbeir pTOfeesiOD.
OFFICli.—South Queen -street,west alde.etb door EOuthot the Laniiaster Banlc.
jnlja)        .  tf 3^
JOHN B. LIVmaSTOW,
ATTOBNEY AT LAW.—Office with NathsnielEllmaker.EKi., North Duko street i^apcaster. Fa.       ^^ [f6b9-tM0
D. W. PATTEHSON,
ATTOENEY AT LAW.—West King St..Lancaster. ALSO:—CommiMionerofDceilB; and to take Depositions for tha SUtesofOUo unO Delaware,      -     -    - lan 261863tf-8
  A card!
T\K. S. p. ZIEGLER, offers his pro-
¦jL-F feaslonalBerrieesin all its varioua branches to ttiepeopleorLanoaaterandTialnitr- ,   ,
Realdonce and Office —North Prince fltrcet,between Orange and Chesnut streets, lancastcr, Pa.
Lancaster, aprll 20 "¦""
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DR. SAMPEJL WEI^HEWS.
SITROBON DBKTI6T.
OFEICE.—No. 34  North Queen    St. Lanoaster, Pa. Alt operations upon the natural teeth are perform¬ ed wltti care,and«Tiow to bhuir preservation and
ArtifleisI teeth inserted on the most approved prin* oiples of tbo Dental proMsslon, and for durability and beauty eqnal toDatnre'
Full aatislJuttOQ la regard to hts prices, auu x.t.« >u tegrlty of his work. Is warranted to all who may place themaelves nnaerhJatroatmBnt.   , nov30tr-&'i
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G. aiOOKE, Surgeon Dentist, of the
„ _, firia of :l)r. M.M Moore & BON, offora bis f rofesalotul S«tTioesto the eltiiens.oJF Lanoaster and Tlclnlty* and hopes to retain aoontinnanoe of their patrtinaso ^7 ft strlot and close Bttention to basinesa.
.Hftf log obtained &ld he Is prepared tp perform his work with mora despatoh than formerly. '
•oaoe,-S.B Cor. North Qnean, and,Orange Sta — EntraneeZnddooronOrangBSt.   .
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JJrw Ei*Y VAHR%iOenUHt,
e^ATINQ- returned.fromVhia duties in .¦tti-PlinadeiphlaDentalCbller),-"' la prepared to. perform aU neoessarT' operations for tho preservattoh or re-' ¦torationa. of tho teeth-at prices sis' cheap as the lowest; .Offloe No:88i E. King St., Lan caster. .      . ¦  '^ aprUlB-Bm-SO .
€H B S NU T.POSTS.--500 OESSo" mbrtisect Posts for saTs on farorahU terms hy - ¦AMOSK.BOWERBfcCO., StotatFUalaffMU], OxtirtXiaBdlDf.
FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL HIGK SCHOOL.
Preparatory Department of Franklin
Marsbali CoUege, Ziancaster, Fa. a'^HIS School was established: by the
X Trustees of Franklin und Marshall College,and it is designed to prepare students for the Freahman Claflj in CoUfgo. ItH course of instrtotlon includes ulKoafulliinduomplete EMOLISQ COUKSE. design¬ ed to prepare young men for all the practioul and bo- ci.il duties of lifo. The next term will commi.-nce on tho 4th day of May nert. For Circalars. io., address april 2ti-tI'.2I JOSHUA N. DKKlt. nector.
WHIP FACTORir.
^PHE  "Whip Factory in East Orange
J-   Street, has been removi-d to Notlh  Quoeen St., rt few dooraabo7« the RaflrtfuJ.   L'urriago, Hiding and Wagon Whips (or salu. \Vhole.-!(iIe and Itetatl. Repair¬ ing ueatly done. This is tbo place wbtro Wliips h made.
^prlU2-ly-19 G TWINING^
nnO the stockholders of the York Furnace
I Bridge Company.—By resolution of the Board orf.Ianr>Rer.stho 7th,Sth, Otb,and 10th instalments of Stc dollars each, on each Bhare of fitooJCBnb3i:ribed, are ri'-iu'r*'! to be paid to tho Treasurer, as follofrs.to
Tiic 7tb instalment DU tho Ist of May next: the Sth instalment on the lat oF June neit: tbe 9th instal¬ ment on the lirst of July nest, and Ibe 10th and lafit instalment on tho let ot Agust next. The Tth section of the Act of Incorporation of said company, provides, that any stockholder neglecting to pay any inBtnl- mont for the space of 30 days after tho day whenever the >;ame shall be appointed to bu pnid, shall in addi¬ tion to tho Instalment fio oiilod. pay at the rate of two per cent, per month Tor every dol.iy of soch payment, &o. Tbo btockholders who havo not paid the six in- Btalmont.i heretofore renuirml.ani rcnuefited to pay the same without further delay."
11'. CA,itPi:NTEIt, Treasurer,
mar £2-tl"-lrt Orange St.. Lancaster.
WSrSOJtf CAROia'G FACTORY.
THK undersigned having opened a new Cotioa C.ivdios «(ablli:hment, in'the building lately occupi.-d by th« tancasto- Examiner I'rinting ofDoo, on the property of Dr. Welchens, (rear of North Queen utreet. between Eaat King and Orange) are pre-iared to till all orders for the manufactnrs o*" COT¬ TON LAPS attUo ^ihurteatuotlcv, and in.the most Bati.-ifactory manner.   For further piirtioulara, uj.ply
to .       £Wfc: .K ii;..:
juu*_7 6m-'i7.
Glcnn^s True Verbena >Vater.
THIS delight'ful perfume, prepared by a Chemical process, from tbe bot house plane, LEMON TRIFOLIA, i.i confidently recommended to tho ladies in particular on account of ita refreflhlng aad delightful odor. It contains utl the tragtance of the plant Uself in a concentrated form, and will ho found very useful for removing the langour occasioned by crowded rooms, &c. Also, aa a delicious perfume for the hankercblet. and will be lound mncU cheaper then the b^xtraets, p.nd yet equally good, anl a pleas, ant change for the Eau de Cologne. For Solo at ' CHARLES A. HKINITSH'B * Drug and Chemioal Store; No. 13 East King St, Lan, m^y^I tf-^
SXEABI SAW 2MtIl.lL-
THE subsoriber .having leased the steam Saw Mill, at Utigurt-H Landlug. recently oooupied by Adam and John Kel,;iirt, wilt ba bupfy :«> receive onlorn for sawing Building Ximberj, t-Kibc. Pales, Rails, fcc. •Havlns determined to give hixeutirw attenfiou to bis bnsiuess, he respecttuliy solicUs a share of patcpn- *go,cQnfldontof bl8 ability to render every satisJuc- tlon to those who wm favor him with their oustom.
Ordera left at the saw- mill, or at the Hardware storra of Messrs. Steinman, Spreoher uud Ilusael, ™'" *-- celts prompt attention.
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WlU n- JACOB O. GETZ,
SEA BATHIIVG,
CAPE MA y-C APE ISLAND NATIONAL  HALL.
THIS large, new, and splendid first class HOTKL.fltted up with Gsa. and uneur- passed by any other, is now open forvlsitora. Having no Bar, It la an dietlnguished for i^ulct comfort, as for its superior accommodations.
NATIONAL HALL occupies an entire square of high ground, near tbe surf, with a larg» garden iu front, enjoying the pure sea hreese, anda magnirirrnt view.ol the ocean.             AARON GARRETSON, June 28-2m-30 Proprietor.
Tbe Great Bemcdy-
A BOUT -which bo much has been said
XB- »Pd published, Is among us. Who bas not heard ofthe Mixicit Mustang Llsmii-m ? .Many mil¬ lions of bottles havo been sold and used tocure Ithou- atism, Ulcers,Sores, BruUes.Bpralni!. Hing-worm, Fel¬ ons, bait Rhenm, Piles, Sore Nipples- and Caked Breasts, Cancers, Itch .Corns on the To<^a, Sore Eyes, Ear-ache, Pimples, Swollen Joints or Limbs, Cuts. Scalds, or Scald Head, Numb Palsey liunlons or Fros¬ ted Feet, Wartfl, or any other complaint that Ciu be roaobed by an external remedy. And it has always beensuccesful. Itis cquiLi-v good in healing Wounda Scratches, Saddle or Harness Oalds, or any Sprain, Soreness or Stiffneaa. And Itls warranted to cure Spavin. Ringbone, Splint or Poll Evil, on horses,
¦C3,Th6 Liniment is put up Jn three sizes, and ru tails at 25 oU, 60 oti., and $1 00. The large bottl.-rt contain mnoh more Liniment in proportion to the prices, and are therefore cbeapef<t.
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS.-Everystr.rn should bosuppliedwith thia valuable LINIMEKT, asit r;>ya a good profit and sells rapidly.
G.W. WESTBROOK (SuccEsioB TO A. G. Bbaqo fc Co.) Originator and ^-.-^u Proprietor.
Principal Offices, 304 Broadway, New York, ana c ¦¦ nerSdandMarket Streets, St. Louis   Missouri.
Soldby every dealer In droga and medicines throuL-li out the United States, Canada.s West Indies nn>l lil-r- mjida FalandB.  jjuni- 'is ly '¦'¦')
NEW BIVSIC BOOK-
" The Cythaia," pOMPEISING   Psalm   and   Hymn
\_y Tuncflof every variety and raetr-*, toK-;tluT wjib Anthems, Chants, Sot Pieces, and an Oriittrio, by I B.WooDBunT, author of that hlfihly popular work, '¦ Tho nTiIoimer." of wbicb upwards of 140,000 r.OVlhS have been sold. The above wtTit Is nciw nrady. and vastly exceeds the nuloimer iu quauttty. if uot quali¬ ty of its mnslo, with interlude." att.-ieliv J to mo.-t of the tunes, a peculiarity not to b.: found in uuy Moiilar worlt.
Copies of-'The Cytbara" (or . xri.ti(n;.t(on will b« aent to Teachers exclusively, pn^t i^iLi J nn nc.spt of only Sixty Cevtb, by addrt-efiiiij
K   J   hUNTINGDGN, 2aParl: Uow. N. V. For sale l.!to by BooksalhTS generally -
• 'Mr  W i.'< now nt  leisure to atlond tin- c.iJI.- ul hiB* numerous frleod.^ Ior ronv-iition,-     Address ab^ve.	
lJunQ23-4t-30
URESS «00»S.
CHAS. U. ERBEN & BRO. have cou- Btantly onhand a full aud superior atiaortrnfui of cnoice goods for .M'*'*'*w.r, such aji: Suptr ivUl- Plaid Silka. super Ucyctde  flgnred Silks, uli;iiii.-li.M: ohansenble SiJiLJ, super blacJtfJreflS Pillid. Also, white, pink, blue and bnS&onch .^t^^itIo•l^. do. do. do. ^fousUn.-.-.
lUcb plaid and figured .Mousiiat.=:i CabhmerM, Alpacas. KcHi:- AJhO, Silk, Thibet, Cashmure. Ferki-iri lui.i  i --ilLt Shawls-    rieaEe call and ozamloe.
CHAS. M.t-llBENS: BltO
Vational House Building. North il -•
mar 22	
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NEW Map of Lancastei County,-con UlningallthB Uteht corrections and improve
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