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' Frcm Pouison's American ■ Advertiser* \ n LE m th e con v e n iences. too- o F lu s h a a e n ’wear down the fpirfts o f tb e f e brave but unfortunate ta e h . Xn fpite of. the e f f o r t s o f fom e o f them to Tooth the a o x - life and vigor o f jheir age, are •thus loft t o their c o tii.try, their families and thetrTelVes.v But .................................. >- ' ■ ■ ■ ■ • - V - ; v while they, p ine in ft a v e r y , and • their fa mi 1 ies deplore, their fate, to their country they, have \a eontinem ent, earuelUy e a - gaped in prayer night' and day. A ffioif time befere they were g o t up« and ; in a re m a r k a b l y firm m a n n e r 9/f “ir d d r e f f e d hiorifelF to th e fur- right to lo o k w ith..confidence for relief. L e t us .Relie ve that the rnrafures hitherto purfued bv our gp y e r n m e n tj^ y e ^ h feu the v ifeft— that the delays in* curred bave1-been unavoidahle. V ■1 I m .T h e fcafon for renewing the at tacks On the enem y Has com m e n c e d , an a the refuirw e hope will he Port una le. Y e t d 1 m eans fhoufd be prepared and nothing . fliould. be r . e g i e B c d t o ve n f u r e ’ tlie liberahon o f pur country- men-^t be fee 1 tugs the peo- ryA their fvm- lie captiv.-es and their ' fe i ttip.G fid', *ii y (U“du Id rotiUding m tdtitude ) and here again he p r o tefied t t e ire was inoocent o f the crim e f o r which he was •kboit-'-to'-ifi’ffe r % .be fol- em n ly declared that be - had never feeo-M r , H o r n , ^is~-a'tp eu fer, unt i l the time on w h ich was a r r e f t e d ; he made a rt prayer fo r t h e w elfare o f theT%t>muttdipg fp e feto rs, d e to. be.Cprry f o r : fSm, but Tor th e tn felves; be Faid i ho ugh fairely charge d by M r. H o r n , lie forgave hipi, and hoped, if he had J o ft money that it Kugot he-again recover ed the: m J O lF c c r m p r l< icen r c c u i %u^h<auCC 9 • in H olland ; fhebecam e - attach ed to a young rtyan o f B r u f ie ls, hut o f inferior rank, H e r friends Fefu(i|^ their confent to their union, th e y eloped and came to this cou n try about a year fince. O n their arrival ^in D o rfetfiiire, they w e re m arri ed , and unacquainted with the language, they w a n d ered about,' and at JaB. reached L o n d o n , this time their ‘ myoney was nt, no Triend apply to , no prdfpeH opening to replenifh it, they met whk...a_ who w a s'engaging men fo r the Eaft- X u dies, and t he liufbandenl ifte d with h im, tinder the mo fir po f. firtye^pfprml^, that he would take care o f the w ife, who was ad v a n c e d T h a T E ite o f p'reg- nancy. E ig liF w e e k s B n c e he now be con c lu d e d and that an- aud fiuiled with affability on Hte oiher yea r fliotild not he add e d to iffe tni Tcrable term o f flave- ry. I f ihe application of fo r c e who bade him adieu. <s W h e n to ld b y one preachers who attended „ bim f ^ e f t h e ir -rela fi and frltad s , (hould p r o v e in f u f i c ic n t : if i t . ; ill at he had yet b a if am ho»r to b y a f f e 61 ed gaiety ^ and favora- ble ac counts o f their fi; n ation, the m a rks o f defpondence w ill break forth .— “ O u r days,” fay 5- •-. ah - iiv.cz v tty - o n , w e Hiould .appear that no flk.ill, n o lire, he replied he did °ot wi& courage ca n rem o v e the ob - kruSicMis v/hich natute has thrown in o u r wa)^ we nuiH . ..w ... . .. .. then b e ^ p ^ a r e d ^ n o x 'Q h t e t ) it, are ^ ililt clofely confinedj n o t | jq do as the nations o f _Europe en jo y e d a ^ d o n e , a n d as We d id e n .a- jje a v e n s (but o n c e v exceptin g throogh a fmall grated hole in \fh e tcrrace linjce M a y Iaft. \V e rflfcire: foctoded_ -m a foathfom e fe r o u i t d i d if^ ^ n f u n , w ithout the^eujdym ent o | pure * d e b a rred from holding ^opyeRfe/Witli.any^perfoii dhtT fi de ih e wadis o f . pu r prifon r o c c a f io n ,' to give th e harbarfaos the paltry Turn at which ik e y value our ineftm ia- ble citizens. T h e 'Ttim ^ d e - n ^ h d e d ,^ it ' is ackn o w ledged , is in fignificant— t he exp e n c e not an ohje.^, and. Purely with foob > ratio n ,\ if it rftav l>eL To called,, there can be n o point . fh e execu iio n delayed, h e was then ready to meet death ; arid the fail words he was heard to utter, w e re <« thank ftiy jefusT f arn com ing.” •' T h e w h p le *' fa c t o r . Tlyq re ope ration's fleet from the governm e n t totmake th i l p i ‘o v i e n ^ y ^ W C T l ^ ' m fton^ \viU c o r b e l iiie wealthy w t ^ ^ o r coiiotrym e n and keeps, friends, o f individual captives I:4rs in , ;tgnorance f| ^ : c o f r t e h t ' to prpciire t h ^ | a n f b m h 4 fiif^ e ia c e ^ t b e letters from oU f j [afge and lir ;i)r ^America are inter- J- V b lk v i r t g i a ^ .v e ll i ^ y ,. plun g e cet and To me times iie v e r Ih u s ^ M t e r fpending cif t h e w retched. cOmeA to eafe m irrm iad s an d the reft ..in to tenfold m iiery - and r. ■* lb m et lines trahfports us by a vifio n a r y flight to o u t beloved driendj,-.bnt-ihe.reLUrn o f ligh t ^ w ^ k e n s u s to the dreary rela tio n s o f on r p rifon- E v e n hope has n^•W:'a4^trq|^^defertedtls^•and t though we Ikriiggle to fuppprt -with Tortttnde the horrors pi o u r yet hom u rf na 4 upe is icafcely equal to co n flift,” '-Ti.V: T h e r e arc now tw condu8: was m arked with the grcateit fortitude and rehgna’- tidn, and riiade him rath e r ag-_ pear to exu lt than trem b le at the approach o f death. His unfbritiftate fellow^^tuffercr {^0* he had alCp rep e a ted ly while in jail, denied the accufanon It* gainll ^IvinnJ when under the gallow s, laid nothing o f ~his g6llt o r in n o c e n c e * he met his Jaie wiih lefs, fortitude than Jejr-^ 6 y , hnd S l t l a l l m oioents ap- peared to be filled with horror. T h e denial J>y Jerry^ and his great fiffQnels, tpgcther with his apparent penitence, -has oc- cafioned doubts in the minds o i m a t i y a s to their guilt, not- ^.Their-pa£dn.g^iS' not-to: ATI the horrors o f her fituation b r o k f u p o n her m ind, without a frien d in this country* or a fliiljing 5 for when the fhip had failed tte«Tim p ._t^fofcd jtA-pay;', • [ the m o n ey herhufband had fold him felf for. In this ftate^Ihe was. taken ilb and after great fofferings, had an innocent p a f t h e f ; in d i e f ZSoJfe^r •. T h is funk her m o re, and fiierrefuf* ; ' ed all m a n n e r o f foftenance, and leem e d determ ined to ^ e fy ^ ixtinate h e r exiften c e . E v e r y kW dners in the pow e r o f the landlady, a v e r y poor h u t b e nevolent wom an, wasThewn ttr~ ~— her. In this fituatiQu* M r . and \Mrs. Sidney vififed^ her, T t was not cafual afliftance they offcred. ^ T h e y to o k ,the TufF'r.' ' ers to their 'hom e . j MIfs Sid-' * -ftOyj :m an adm lhtdedn g angei, atien d e d o n th e la t r invalid, and While by m e d icine, file faotlied her difeafej .poured the baiiti q f cothfort into h e r aftiH e d mind. ; Bu t it catrte t o o I ate .> the h in d o f death had fe ize d h e r and claim ed Ker Tor its ow n . ExtraH, o f a 14 -sncwiths fiuce the dilaff rous lofs of their fhip eonfigfted three hu n i i e d : . t0 Barbarian capttvity and Bav e r y .. P tirin g all this rim : they have . bee i^d^nied^iTdffeH n g s wh i ch co<irage i i f e l f has no means to ' 'id eXpeiriinC’e; th a t lickn e fs o f the heart which , -art (e»froaihope rrbd.” - H|i f- bands,- fathers,. Tons and brqlh- «ts, yo|tM m e n in the prime o f withTaniiii^ the ovileiKLe A “gain 11 them w a s j h e j m f i point ed and corroborated by ctrcuni- _ llances^ the naofi cc^clufiyc^* tom Martins- burgf~(Vir.) ■■ “ 1 > U R S .U A N T to the ten- ( •*. -ST.. tence jof the court o f -J B e r k ty cou n ty, Tonie tim eTince on negroes J a c k and ’ 9 the robbery o f D a vid H o rn, they were execu ted dh the cdnm ions o f this p lace on F ridav I a (I- D u ring their c o n finement in prifon, they were vipted by feveral divines o f ren t religious perluafioos, \ r From, u London Poj^cr^ UNFORTUNATE CATASTROPHE. night jk ^ d i e d j oft- the previous d a y having . low e d h e r w e d d ing ring, that ubtr T i r f f p l e d g e hufband’s lo v e . T h e gentle- men o f the H u t c b v^ftry h.ey ^aie-'aMv^\ to It,. a !,id M rs. S idqev. -of L e m o n -1 Imans . by fom e o f whom jd\cy were attended to the galldws. T h e y • uni f o m i j v w hil e i 0 j ail - d e n ied, having com m itted the. crim e for*’ O' ' ■’\A „ w h ich -thry w.cre: caFrd‘em.TTed^ ; although they cOufefied many trivial ©{Fence%, arid appeared fincerel y penitent, ‘ajid were coalkantly for th e la ft wee if of c ticularly from their own co q n v ............. 7 _ _______ _ try,, expreffed their Intention o f field, a fliort-titne. fince, learn- j becom ing the proteH o rs o^the ed that a youjng female was in I m o ther and child, ‘ She-was-af- greatd iltrefs to their neighbor- j terwards very decenity in terred,^ *; at their expenfe. T h e y placed \ fhe child at nu.rfe, and have- - w f it iiii t o H o lland, in the hope o f drfecrveringgits rraturaT p r o - ‘ ied o r s , and who, perhap% trev- ~ er wbulci have -been found OUt,^ as the /m other Cohld not. be liraod,_ T li e y im m ediately de- termined to vilit her, and to alleviate' her n^ifery if poffible. T h e y , foiind her young, beauti ful and u nfortu rtate j at the age o f tw^'nty'-fWt0^\;B''f^f|ig' ftjitp the grave with a broken heart, a to, deepe^.. tfie -aiTTnfter \ prevailed on to _diTclofe their # t \ i rt r ? l f : ^,4(1 f em k i n g - f t m r a i-n , f ^ n a e s ^ p L t ^ . to for tkat fupi 50 rt file was unable | them. J l i e ch ild had fince to be (low, J T h e follpwi.ng ts d T e d r k w T l f e fame geTirfernea hRr a ffecIii^ ftory : f :T h e d a n g h - j had it interred at the fide Of Us A-i- [ ter o f very/reTpeBaBfe parents,! un fort u-hate m o ther,. ',s-- -.it- i . I' p**-./. ^ . t t - - : R i,-. -t
