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 Bis ATTAG«MENT TO THE MOTHER 0OUNTET-HI8 BANISilMENT TO 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 The first edition of this worif) the principal design of which 
 was for the information of the inhabitants of Nova Scotia and 
 New Brunswick, being found entirely inadequate to supply the 
 extraordinary demand, I therefore consider it expedient, as well 
 as interesting) to prepare a second edition, revised and improved, 
 and propbrtbnably enlarged, for the gratification and information 
 of our more western neighbors ; hoping it will meet a similar 
 approbation from a ^people already acknowledged among the 
 most enlightened and solicitous searchers after useful knowledge. 
 Anticipating the perusal of this will be productive of great «K> 
 citement, as it exposes to the world the rise and fall of a family 
 whose principles were the most insidious and avaricKMis, and 
 their designs the most infamous, that the fnind can contemplate, 
 and which invariable, lead to a violation of the laws of God and 
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 Ik the course of hui»aifieyfQts,,wbiutroeD.are engaged iQ.tne 
 various occupations of lUe^a duty devplyes itself upon. mCf of bq 
 impoi^t a paturevt^t I cannot eyade it9„priif9ij^ ea^ Tlveji^orf; .1 
 bppe it may not be, considered bj^ the rea4ei|B pf Inii^ pij^ltcati^Qn ^a 
 unoeci^i^saiy p^ unimpoitant inquiry, tp, , trai]isinit , to .Ihe eplighteneicl 
 and Christian community a compehdious account of tl^e life of Jo^,, 
 Ho,wes^ hi^ family, and suoceieding pos^ity. /llie , iiion^ept^s 
 history qf! \yip\ch emi>races the sole lounqa^on df his immoral and 
 atrocious cruelties, w)ipse narajB in sucpeedjng generfitions will stain 
 the ]^ge of bistory with everlasting di^cace,.iand,rai8je,mpnumeots 
 of dishonor upon the characters of tl^e i^hilclren' yet ui)born 01* his 
 family^ so numerously connected througliout tn€>, unlVerse. Th'' 
 unfading blemislies so richly deservecl t>y hii'm and his uhfoMunati 
 family, never can, nor will, as lona as a human h^iiag exists in this 
 section of the globe, be eradicatea from the mipds of those reb> 
 lives now in animation, whose progenitors KuScjired the most barha- 
 rous atrocities on both land a'nd sea. The rod of affliiQtibti which 
 he held in ^is hand, consigned numbers to a watery grav6, long an> 
 tecedent to their expectations, in the midst of youth and ttlbom, that 
 happy portion <if human life, and ^urtotind^d With thb pleasures of 
 existence, so consonant to human life, t!he value of which, when ju* 
 dlciously cultivated, far exceeds the splendor of the universe ; 
 whose inhuman murders and druel inflictjons have hot gone to the 
 grave, there to lie in the deep recess of terror, to sleep in silence 
 and sink in oblivion. No, but it has emerged, th^ principles oif 
 which to excite the interest and curiosity of the inhabitants of the 
 Christian world, that they may see the eflfeets of a want of human- 
 ity. So alarming are the consequences of those base and perfid* 
 
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 ioQf fcrueltiM, the intellig«net of which when rehearsed (maeb 
 more when felt) ire sufficient to shudder the mind snd weaken the 
 heart, and be producti? e of serious changes of a momentary na- 
 ture on the human constitution. Those faculties, so essential to 
 man, bestowed by the great Author of Nature, which adorns the 
 mind, qualifies the intellect, and prepares it Tor the in?portant under- 
 takings, that it may not be deprived of any of its essential qualities, 
 by dictating to the imagination the miserable fate of the loveliest 
 works of human nature, whose inhuman fate wiiil soon appear. 
 
 Reader, thou canst but admire the works of Omnipotence, and 
 view with consternation the grandeur of the universe, the sublimity 
 of his precepts, and the innumerable ways and meane he bad prop- 
 agated to Cur satisfaction, in exploding the bond to the world which 
 in its effects contained the downfall, and heart-rending murders ever 
 recorded in the page of crime. So lamentable are ita depredationa, 
 in a social point of view, (even in former years,) the fruits of which 
 have left the fatherless and motherless, and orphan, to roam neg- 
 lected in this sea of misery, destitute of a habitation, and exposed 
 to every pestilential vapor sweeping round the globe. These are 
 evident principles, okar to the understanding of all, which divine 
 Providence will surely punish, one time or other, with severe male- 
 dictions. But we find that in n short period the power of the offend- 
 ed begins to make its appearance, and in a little time produces seri- 
 oifs consequences. 
 
 It may not be improper to remark, before further investigations, 
 and in order to remove it from the mind of every individual, lest 
 the name might seem to have any claim, and prejudice betray some 
 to think that the family of John Howes belonged in any degree to 
 the stock which produced that great and illustrious character, Sir 
 James Howes ; therefore, in order to distinguish him, and mark the 
 transactions and circumstances of his progeny, which constitute the 
 object of this production, and also to satisfy the mind of the solici- 
 tous researcher after the rise and miserable downfall of this once 
 curious and respectable family. John Howes, a native of the South 
 of Scotland, who emigrated at a very early period, possessing an 
 ordinary share of talent, in the cours*;^ of time settled in West Ches- 
 ter county. Slate of New York, anii by his industry acquired a 
 very desirable property there ; but in the course of time to him 
 was born a son, whom he called John Howes, the principal subject 
 of this narrative. His father gave him the opportunity of receiv- 
 ing the rudiments of a polisbed education, and at his decease, be- 
 queathed him aP ^<s property, real and personal ; but having ac- 
 quired wealth, be oecame n dignified person in the e^es of many. 
 As we find money has often been the means of exalting many to 
 high promotions unworthily, without ever looking to their moral 
 
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 oharuur, partieiHarly Hodar tht JiiviidlQtioii of Britwb iiifliiwM. 
 Howoer, iBilalgii|| aiTMlf io tkt U«ft thai no mIiUoaI MtttimNit 
 which hM or nay tall troin my peo iaadfavUDtfy, w|U eaiiao iiny 
 oflbaca for a aouwiat. Aa it oom not htlong to my provioao to in- 
 terfiiro with political aentimeota or national, afiaira, I barely atata 
 th« facta, aa thay hate appeared in authentic rooorda, and from tkieir 
 opei^ expoaare in the court at the bar of jiiatice, in which I hate the 
 honor to he a member. Therefore 1 leare cv^ry thing to the read- 
 Of 'a diapassionate remarha, moat conaoaant to hia diapoaition. 
 ;«. The family of thia unfortunate indif idual consiatea of two aona 
 and one daughter, the accurate history of whoaeJiveaw^l appear on 
 the pagea of thia intereating publicationt in their respective placea ; 
 the eccoqnta of which will be found to ceotain their rise and dowo- 
 fal|| aa alao that of their unfortunate father, whom I an» compelled 
 to lay down and deacribe. The chargea which are imputed upon 
 him by historical productiona'— the vile, miprincipledaMahameful 
 actioQs he committed — no parallel ,oan be found in the annala of 
 crimOy and which aeeme be baa handed down to hia followers, in 
 regular succession, the consequences, the most inhuman. I assume 
 that in the page «f history, neither ancient nor modern, cannot be 
 found any parallel. No, not even when the city of Jeruaalem, 
 when suffering in the midst of war, beneged by Titua, and its in- 
 habitants starving to death within ita walla, where we have the ac- 
 counta of, mothers eatii^ their own children, which of itaelf is ao 
 far beyond the precincts of nature that I can acarcely conceive it 
 to have any reaemblance to the actions which encompaaa thia man 
 and his family, which of the latter I am obliged to say that their ' 
 behavior and fate in life waa more miserable than the former. 
 The names of the wretched family being Henry, John, and Haria 
 Howea, of which the account of the latter will conclude this 
 work. As I conscientiously consider it a duty incumbent upon 
 me to undertake a task so difficult and contrary to my profossioo^ 
 that I pledge myself that no exageration of its principles wili 
 appear, beyond historical, and scif*evident principles; and actual 
 knowledge, which have appeared in the Supreme Court of Halifax. 
 That the intdligent world may view with abhorrenoe the conduct 
 of a wicked race, that having appeared to the eyea of the w«>rld 
 at the bar of justice, cannot be tegretted one moment by the most 
 ordinary minds. In order that I may enter into a detail of Hfe in 
 a comprehensive view. 
 
 The first, or earliest account we have of him, we find in Grin- 
 ger*s Life of the Refugees, vol. 1, p. 1^; a work now extant, 
 and well authenticated. 
 
 We find that in the year 1776, a year so memorable in American 
 hiftory, John Howea, apn of the p^ imitive John Howes, who emigre- 
 
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 hundhid and fifty toM, 'said id fiA 6Hi'6f tM fMtlisi'iteirff^i^ schbfibi 
 «rB'«v«f ohthi^idbiff. ' Shi^'tnd'ifhiirp jb^^< tfink Mbr^n/ t!i6d)Hf 
 ffHeJtt 1yearitt^«, afnrd hikiU)f li^Mti ; and, btfyoto^ iU; i B^^^^at6 nM 
 deMnrthied* bi#Ar, jwrftrbtl? oMibfti;' aM i' t^Mii^l' wlhb, d>^t1d|^ 
 years previous, was ^bj^W^itflh th# ebastiiig tirade, tibdW!i^bO|ipl6n' 
 httiltf bfM^bd,*b6tfbec*bie fitted but ak a |riVa1*6er. friefb^ebtly abt- 
 rait'i«ib|iWt bftW* mb^tbtuel pirate; '«''»' ^""»«'* '» ^ ''»'^^*' ' 
 
 The fi^steru^ d«etf We'find hiiti eb'^'l^a IW ddHnj^Vhb;;Wii^''a|r , 
 1^19;\raa lA thb sibRfirtjr of'a bfig ftbib' Ciib^^ bouncrn^V'BoiitbhV 
 b^mfiemthp^Ctid AUdVrtpe ISri^ab<;tN, the detait'iif whibH iire'firttf 
 iWiVti HMIfilX'Cortibi^rbiillliiaKettb; ghbn'bV 6nW ^f 'thb tetmy 
 then on board the privateer, from wbibfa (iiiMifdVltV ^e HrlMpMf 
 qbbtb'l^e' fbMdWlbi. ■ ■ '■ ■''' '•* '••".■^•^^'- -"•' '••^' ' ""'''U-'^ -•"■ ' ^. 
 
 Oii''t»f«'lnb^biAg of thb 15th df Jbly, 1818, Wle wind bloWWjf 
 pttUf lusty rrbbtihe 9biJth\v^st;'a^d ii ldiiig;'h^avy'^y ruhr/in;g,'^li^ 
 a iiiil abb'uififfblr m mitea'tb th(» KiC^waVd, whfefiMiilMm'^fiai^iy 
 ar^Abbbbedlb b«1^ brli[<1VoM the West '[irdi«(<, hi^aviiyTad^W, 'wheiV 
 instantly 6»d«rS "virbr^ wleb tb the' heimsmtin t6 tiih i'ighC (Ht hit, , 
 wHibh it<a8 ii^lA/iiedtatdy'ifc^ned' With, decki Wiitg' tldili^etf; jiiid' 
 ptr«^^lttib(^Wad«^ ibf' f<n iifabk'; VurtWe brfbyiM ^b^ «p^iil4d'V4c. 
 bgriitij tbeM. lVlitibi'tb'the'#istbf^ilhfrii»(t, !he jSi^iifirbVirfe^liii 
 
 hour.' ftlbbih h^^in^ bhiy iwb gups, a fi^v»' fa/b/irdtn^ bl^^s, «(/()' 
 dnb'bt' t^b riflbb aBbard. i^ith vv^ieh th(iy threb titn^s fei^uNed the 
 btew of the Spftfi^-ef, 'thbu^h three ^InidrtTiilr hiini|ber, ilW w^bll* 
 aritted^'bttt btft of khe brS»Afferew, dbhaiisti^^ 
 n'lbb mbH; iMI| fife ^brbmb aliV^V arid soihb of them biidl^ 
 wbutidbd', Who #bire eriiAiWttlly ptft lb irons, and bdt^'ed to '^alk 
 thb plank," 'thbir bHJf flbatibit longf eROiitfh to bilfage'Her bf ev^ff 
 
 ntOVabIb'thiH|{.-''>''^' ^^""'* "' 'M- -Ii-t-^^l-wisf-q sW; -.^s r,fi. ■:.-.Vff 
 
 Tb te^ord tlie K^d^ dMrnPbditf rdtik' Whigh )Mi'h^tiimm^^ti^Miit 
 cbast^^ouldf^ri^xbbetfbiU'presehl limits; Stij^oe it tb ^y, iUi 
 
 talnibg mourhrur bbtts^^jdehm lb, - -., . 
 
 sp(^rtvhe wiis kbovrb as a pestilence ob thb coast, fits helT-^end 
 
 Svractes #e^b the ttieibs bf'Iea^ibff niaHy a blr4i^e fe)l6W in the 
 bep, and mtiiy a dikcbbsoltite widow weej^in^rforher husband. 
 
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 whom^slie wu destined never i^ein to behold in this irorld, and 
 tbeuoor orphans to bewail the loss of ihtir father, so dear to theia. 
 
 To dwell on the misfortunes and transactions of this snan wo^ld 
 fill a work far more Tolaminous than time wouM at present permit 
 me to accomplish. His barbarous acts, committed on both sea 
 and land, appear to hare been prompted by no other desire than 
 the accumulation of wealth, and an aversion to the American flag, 
 on which his depredations were felt ; — these are the onljr reasoof 
 that can be deduced from historical narrations. 
 
 Before I conclude this subject, I wish to direct the attention of 
 the reader to another important transaction. As the cruel mur- 
 derer became so well known and felt in his daj of career, which, 
 thank Providence, has vanished, one which was, of ail others, the 
 most cruel and lawless, and being quite freah in the minds of many 
 to this day, I will exert my per to describe the following trans- 
 action in regular succession. 
 
 A few months after the sinking of the brig before mentioned, 
 while cruising between Cape Elizabeth and Mount Desert, the 
 crew of the Spitfire found many difficulties in making their escspe 
 from American cruiaf^rs equally as expert, and prosperity begin- 
 ning to decline, the crew be^ran to mutinize, some charging the 
 icaplain with cowardice, d^o. However, he resolved to give them a 
 trial on the first opportunity, as we find from the above authority. 
 
 On the 12th of October, saw a sail to the windward, then blowing^ 
 a heavy gale from the Northwest ; put about, and by noon ran up to 
 the windward of her, and found her to be the Amazon, of Bangor, 
 with timber, having female passengers on bosrd. As the privsteer 
 made another tack, to come down on her bows, the movement was 
 expectantly watched by the Amazon, but, being heavily laden, she 
 was unable to escape: when the Spitfire determined to exhibit a 
 superiority of naval movement, contrary to all custom. She csme 
 alongside, fired a broadside into the Amazon, which was ineffectual, 
 tacked again, fired her bow guns and gave another broadside, which 
 swept the schooner fore and aft, and seriously damaged her hull ; 
 while the ill-fnted and defenceless crew stood in terrified alarm, 
 beholding the preparations of death nwaiting them on every side, 
 but still determined to defend themselves until the last. When, in 
 a few moments, the desperadoes, casting their grsppling-hooks, at- 
 tempted to board, the gallant crew repulsed them several timea with 
 aevere loss; but, being overpowered by numbers, they were com- 
 pelled to fall back before the advance of the savage crew, who 
 conquered the unhappy remnant of ?he Amazon crew, only six in 
 number. They then manned the schooner, steering E. by N. E., 
 wringing with them not only the captured crew and craft, but the 
 iielpfess and defenceless females, who fell under the nnraerciful 
 
grasp of these eroel and unrelenting tyranrs. How can the mind 
 of man feel, when iltempting to eemment upon the miseriMe fate 
 of thii unfortunate ePMT, *7reeked upon tho wafes of dettruetion, 
 and under the tyrannical and unprincipled grasp of piirntes, whose 
 brutal and tfangiiinery disposition inflicted upon them the most bar- 
 barous and inhuman conduct. How can we Avoid lamenting, with 
 bitter tears and anguish, the fate of eight unfortunate females, led 
 bv a pirate crew on the wild waves of the sea, destitute of every 
 cumfort, and subject the brutal desires of men commanded by a 
 captain who behaved to and treated tliem in the most inhuman 
 manner, according to the corruptions of his nature. Lest it should 
 prove disagreeable to the finer dispositions to enter into a minute 
 detail of the unruly deeds of men subject to the infirmities of 
 nature so agreeable to their minds, I will defer the Subject, leav- 
 ing them to the reader'a conjecture. 
 
 After keeping them fifteen days subject to their desires, they 
 at length launched three of them r-verboard, who died by the 
 inhuman conduct offered to the^. The remainder they sent 
 ashore on the Island of Grand Menan, situated in the Bay of 
 Fundy. Four of the male victims died of their wounds, and the 
 remaining two were suflfered to go aSshore at Little River, situated 
 about twenty-eight milieiB west of Eastport. 
 J: It ia almost aa unnecessary as it is interesting to cite any more 
 of the crueltiea perpetrated by the privateers. If hii^tory could 
 produce even one noble or generous deed, I would feel a sorrow in 
 deprivinff them of its publication, but in vain. We might aeareh 
 historical and personal accounts, and we could find not the least 
 symptom tending to good, but every thing pointing to unmerciful 
 and unrelenting cruelty. He was not generous to the poor, unfor- 
 tunate females; if he had been favorable, and treated them kindly, 
 he might have left a good action to be reminded of. In no instance 
 do we find him ever to attack any vessel which seemed as if able to 
 defend itself. However, they continued their depredations for some 
 time, hovering about, until at length they came in contact with an 
 unsuspected craft, a little time after, while cruizing off Nantucket 
 Shoals, which was about as far west as they usually went ; but on 
 the 14th of November, the day being hazy, the wind West by 
 South, about 3 o'clock, P. M., saw a sail to the southward, but did 
 not come to any conclusion what she might be. ' On the following 
 morning, athalf*past six oclock.she found herself quite convenient 
 to a sloop of war often guns : but during the night, the wind shift- 
 ed to the West, and retarded the motion of the sloop towards them. 
 They, of course, did not proceed towarda her ; but about noon the 
 sloop crowded all sail, and seemed resolved on an attack. At 2, 
 P. M., the sloop overhauled her, and a desperate fire was kept up 
 
 
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 'iM 1 14 jTr!) wall .»tfiftiYJ :i>^rj|.i(r'>hi»wi !>(«« larnn 9knt|j >(> q^itifii 
 fVfMli M|i u^i ^^5tbou^ inueh )f)jur)r to.the «ts|iH4Qt, t>*.!wei fiilA 
 frann theiabov|9. T%e icotnlmttcoiitiQued/drjiMr an hoMTitio whic^ 
 time the. Spitfire lost six, nniq , I(ille4 eind ffHir . .Iw41y^ w^octed i Uia 
 captain Fi^ceiviiig <a .fpi^pt^U ia the,ahoul(iqrt,w^ich oauasd ^nypMr 
 ti^Uon. , The ,w:pd . blowii^ , fresh at thikt' tiine fcoi^ a co^traiy . di- 
 rection tp the previous, day,. there {sffui ,c|oqfiBqueptly, a h^vy sea 
 runi^ipg,, which sayecl the privniteerv a^s islie could cpil oiMch faster 
 thaii! her forinidahle, antagonist ill a heavy sea, or even in a light 
 on^f Towards si^ilidown the w'^d be^n to die wwyi when efae wes 
 almost lost sight of in thedaric of night' , flpw^^ye^ the shades of 
 night disappearing, the, fpllowipg morning sheibund herself hotly 
 pursujBcl, and during, that entire oe^y, until she was Again lost sight of. 
 But ifhp had, very little tp apa^ei by sundojwn, for had the chiase (Con- 
 tinued two hours longer, she would hf^ye\beeP qve^hOiule^, and if 
 
 so, wo be to ^e|v, :,. ,,■■■•■: ":. (r-i'^a . ■!; ' 
 
 The following morninj^the watejr wfis covered Vith ft thick fog, 
 which is, quite conuuon m«the Bay of Fundy, and this «ive her 
 great ajdvant^ge, as they risked a oour^e to shpre^ s^nd the^eptune 
 could not advance, on ti^(^ ^approach of low wateif, as fast qs the 
 Spitfire, : " . ■ 
 
 This engagement put ^ii end to piratical ejcpeditions by, Capt^ 
 John Howes. Irving repaired to his residence, situated as before 
 remarked, he resided there for some years, but eventually cjleparted 
 this life, weighed down by the most infamous and cifuel acts, to ap- 
 pear before ptiii^^who will rewajfcl hini as he dese^rved. tiiis name 
 will be i^n^prtaUpd in the, pages of history wUn aversipn and dis- 
 respect* tt sl^all npt be perrail^ted' to sink in bl^liylon, so that the^ 
 gloomy mantle, ,whicl> surrounds his deeds of inhumanity shall rise 
 and cast itsd^f in th^ faee of the children of his seed, even to the 
 generations unborn pf him ; which the attentive reader may view 
 conspicuously when ho reads the eventful, miserable life of two 
 eons ana one daughter, particularly of the younger son, whose cu- 
 rious life constitutes the sole foundation of this production— whose 
 life and bold undertakings does not enfold an equal. 
 
 To return to my* subject In order that I may give a satisfactory 
 narration pf John Howes and his family in succession, commenc- 
 ing as I have, and ending with the daughter, I wish to draw the 
 attention of the ri^ader to the elder son, whose name is Henry, the 
 life of whom I will expatiate as brief as possible, observing that 
 nbthing of interest shall be omitted in his eventful life. He pur- 
 chased (in ofHcer^s commission in the British service in 1815, in an 
 infantry regiment, and conducted himself with perfect regularity for 
 spme years, as far as military order and discipline Is concerned ; 
 but being addicted to intoxicating drinks, in which he indulged him- 
 self at pleasure, he became the most lustful and disorderly man 
 
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 known in the service. uase evils preying upon his conduct, fc* 
 tfMhtfr Wiih thei fAfii)Mitii£9 of his ntiiturd,' heaped' irre^Iarities'*up6ft 
 Mnt^ tintiU b^niing< uf be«tlibl«i, he i(oo« ineuM«d the displ^sUifef 
 not only »of hii=r i^>endf offic«H b(!it als0rth« dispteasilt^ Mtid con* 
 tempt of his brother ^llid«t«;>* He'wfttf ilibtoqn^fly ttted^b^teU' 
 «ffat doui^ Aiitrtiittvmd' hMN>Mbly iic«iliilteidr Btit fli6 posit ditPnot 
 teach Win 'pfadi^iic€i, fbf hib umbitioii^iM wo ofUii tinAi both b^ 
 expeHence «nd histmnJoai knbwtedgo, is- oAen the source of serioue 
 revolutions iti thee human ifmnA prMuctivtf'of bud effeetst which w« 
 iMiwi eee in its full unifbrm^ |»bKnting it8><Med in the heart of thie 
 anfoitunate man; See' the fmits whidi it has produced^ observe 
 the conscqaeinoe of thipiriusov in agitating the mind of thi»ihfed mtnif 
 exbiting: him in rioenidre and more,'tmtil at length he loeeis til 
 sensb ^ nespect for ^himself and self>pre*erTati<ni, pursties a life the 
 most) abominable and atroeioMe,' without any regard for God' or 
 •inwi.{'i' i.; '■■ . i..' I • -( . ■ .1; : ■' 
 
 We a#e infiMmedby iim indiaffutabio aQthoi4ky>xOf the London 
 Timesiof the ISth-ofAugust^ilMOf from ivhieh we' deduce the pair* 
 ticulamvoMterDinahimi Having taken^up with a lady of depraved 
 charaotettiasiindimsrentiaaithat ^ his oWn^ they Kved together for 
 neap two year^ the naoet nnMetlabte and disoontented life that cat 
 he imaginctdt His: abrupt temper traos))^ied against her.: At len^h 
 jbe < resolyed he a|bouU oe no! longer ariiwyed by her threats^ as the 
 readse will find the principlea of in. thfli«ionQliiding part of-hia life. 
 Beifl| enga^d in m conspiring iandmutininiDg society, so ingainous m 
 its eff^ots, Md eontraify to all Inwithisiis eneilmporlnnt principlexaa' 
 signed for her fatal min. - The banbaroui treattteol he gave heiV 
 tlwLt she seemed as. ifndetennieed to^ explode the bend connected 
 4iiirith hin»and his<assooiatest.j«ihose'fearsiW6reMa$ conscioue as thai 
 of bit owai ; I^r iWy wil»i found -by . porpons who w^e ihunting 
 after an aaimi^ peculiar io.tbiti«Qttntr)f!,ininn p|d:gripi0{ Aflenr hai^ 
 iilg'lludforTour^or fiwot menth^t^a^l the. verdiet. f»C therjnqaeet oonr 
 siiJenedf it was ninumed that.her thipat hadbeen cwtifinfh enr tOlen^ 
 4^P()yiotus to ti^ dipepprery of the oorp^Qt iN WM la^en* for ^ iabove 
 crime ofmutinizatientpnd confine^ and tinied. by coMrtnwiilinI, U»tW^ 
 guiliy, wd sentenced, tp bet shot, whjcb'CeijiHnnnd ^asene^ulted iin 
 the bazraoH yard Jn the (Qitv of Bath, oq ^hf i 4th of ,^i;Maie, l^i^fit at 
 (he hour of , IS. oMock., > The guard con|uste4 pt twc^Lye men, who 
 were marehed. tot t^i,.pl^ce ,0^ e^utifBii^tjie,,U|nf9r;tvi^ate,n|tan 
 placed vtpoa his one knee^ and, hie cofnn ,bie|sid|f 1 hf>in«. When orders 
 W/ere given} the u[;)£9rttin|^te . body ntet , tl^e tl^te dl aq ilKop^V^ I'^e |n 
 thisjivo^ldfn £teVJa|r«d.»el»•.tlw.f^nv^ and |^ntle- 
 
 m««i,w(»pJ?HeT.ftf^<J«,SP"M ^ f»P Jo^^iraeW'l^ui 9P W9ojvnt|of 
 tteir. chamc^ofr u^ th^ m, ^bey liy^d, , p W4K pnsp^nsd.^i .^m 
 Wfl,?!Pwdonpd>m„apd ^pjiw^, tp.joi):^ <^m pto^ . m>j>W 
 
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 is known, fiat when her body wn found, MVer^l ladiei aiid 
 jjientlemen recognised her decayed appearance, «nd all came to 
 the unanimoua eoncluaion that she was the unfortunate wife of 
 Henry Howes, whose fate was juat reniark«d. 
 
 Tbci principles which' led to his detection werttk->~at he wat on 
 parade one day, he carelessly dropped a paper, wMoh his storj^eant 
 picked up and examined, and foUnd it bebnged to him. This led 
 to an inscrutable search, when ali was di«c<Vvered, and when 
 brought to trial ^ave immediate c^viction. These illegitimate 
 proceedings Were introduced to him from members who were resi* 
 de»ts of t& oOHiitry. By his vindictive disp<»Hion^ he thought to 
 eatabi ish its oonseiluenoes in the service. However, he derived but 
 little successi owing probably to a limitationrof time. He considered 
 it Was the only means in satisfying his insatiable desire for revenge ; 
 an evil which, in its effects, has been productive of so many roie' 
 fortunes, so much so that the reader needs ho comment upoh it. 
 SuActent to say, that the transactiona of his fkthbr, which you ai<e 
 already acquainted' with in a concise manner,: together wKh his 
 own, has absorbed from the earth, where the reinnant of his erodl* 
 ties are mouldering to'duMt, has collected' its ingredients into vaa* 
 cular vapor, hovering in the atmosphere, pursuing the footsteps of 
 its unfortunate victim^ until at last, unable io suipport its justice, it 
 desoendiupon him in mighty fury, and commanos he ehall no lon- 
 ger enjoy the paths of the living. Just like a mighty river, deriv- 
 ing its souroe firo«|i little and little, until, by degrewSi ita pbwer 
 becomes ao terrible that it cannot be withstood, tillii mingles its 
 watera in the ocean. So you may evidently see from what llttlfe 
 oircumstances serious events ofien times will emerge,— as it was 
 from dropping ono of those papers whith contained his downfall. 
 But divine Prdtidbncfli has innnmeraMe Ways and meant in pr^o* 
 dnoing 4iis juM' diapenMttion. But in Witt Hiki I mMy sfetisfy the 
 iHinds of Boli«Hc!«« veadori after this unfoirtonMd fkmily, and thM I 
 MiydeiMil their i^Htfento no longer upon incidenis which oetiirln 
 IftlaMe (kr remote, was because I wisb to elucidatft, in the simpliefit 
 manner, to til Wht^ wUl aviiil themselves, both oM and young, in 
 pernsing^the* history ofthis fkmiiy, hopiii^g it shdtb^ found agreeable 
 to thetendMreat feelinjifs, and productive of interesting information. 
 
 I'wbh toMttf^kctthe ittentlort of th6 r«ad«f tof a nidre importtittt 
 llfo, pregnant with the nkost serious etils tttid consequences fHls 
 aide of the AtliMtid Never wa* there s6 dlffiinU M Attempt mfad^ 
 by any WHter, t^' cbrntMehbe to give t aaiisfketory account bf tbe 
 life, iM^il* MMd nndertikingfi 6f John H6#M, a^^hd' idn of 'tNk 
 MHmili^e JoNtl Ro#*iife, which emWibee thl^ e6HI VMndit^oh W 
 My pen to BMttnt^iwiBrfol degree, thit if tU0 J^rekikM revernto 
 
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dveing th« most tri^roehdods f ruptions — causing th? overthrow of 
 kingf, empires slid republics, I could, not with justice to myself or 
 the world, efsde explaiuinff its tonsequences and diflSculties. It 
 should be handed over to the most scientific and enlightened char« 
 ■eters of the day, that they might develope its origin with impa^* 
 tiality and purify its principles from the misty bounds with which 
 they are encircled. That the ienlightened world might ubserff^ 
 with transparency, the cruelties and vile murders he committer/, 
 — his oppressive exactions,— the motives which induced him, and 
 important concerns he was engaged in, is a task so difficult i>i 
 itself, and laborious, thst it would employ the mind of a more 
 competent talent than t sm possessed of. 
 
 Although being appointed to unravel the principal incidents of 
 his life without the least exaggeration, I have thought it expet^ient 
 to comment upon it with brevity, nud, as a satisfaoiion I owe to 
 myself, by giving it the eailiest publication. Others, I presume, 
 may treat it with more severity, but my principle wont permit me 
 to treat it as it desfrves. But to overlook its dismal proceedings, 
 without treating it in a manner subservient for some, and inter* 
 esting for others, — without the slightest enumeration of its parts 
 -^what barely cannot be avoided,— the principles of bis life are 
 to be found in what follows : 
 
 At the breaking out of the revolution of 1775, his father had to 
 abandon his country and property, which was confiscated, fie set* 
 tied at Windsor) ii| Nova Scotia, where he had born to him this Aon, 
 John Howes, and during hb residence there received ashare of ed- 
 ucation in proportion to bis talents; but not being endowed by na- 
 ture with greali acquirements, his unfortunate father never contem- 
 plated muc^l) to have him promoted in a political or military point of 
 as we find he did with Henry, wtiose ambition and activity 
 
 view. 
 
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 appeared farauperior to his brother John's, which pleased bis father 
 in an admiraUe point of vievr, so he had him promoted, as it was 
 hie father's glorious element to be distinguished for ev«ry movement 
 of his life seemed to aspire to such. However, John's charaeter 
 and disposition seemed, in several instanees, dissimilur to that q^ 
 Henry in their yoothfmii days. Henry waa bia father'a eompeiii«B 
 and favorite in his walks. John was the principal favorite of his 
 mother, became 'his> temper appeared mere siB<*eth, and his a8e»* 
 lion greater^ Bat asih^ grew up, he became very preeipitate vn 
 his aoti9na and temperyi—snmuoh altered, and mind so: aMiobde- 
 praved'*-fav beyond hie mother's expeotatioRs^ whose oharaeter wis 
 ■o humane mdohnrMtUehr-virtiuHia in every r<Mpeet^--btit to htr 
 misery; Her kuaband'a oruelty and iahnmenily depHved her of 
 pleunie in tMOife^ She deptrled Ihia lifebtfiwi way ^tonseqneMM 
 
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 tpok 4>lace. She endeavored by every mpanat to tsf}\^{m.h\xji^i 
 and" exhprted him to return to a thought of rigji^ousneps. 3ut bis 
 vile heart was as" hafd as the rocR of ((dangiantr-proiof agaijiBt 
 woini^ny inAuepce., She saw an^ yi^We^ tvith aphoTencie,.tl^p 
 mournful irk^idepts that were likely. to descend upon her, f^ily, 
 which sank her to the gffive. 
 
 John Howes being the principal sutgect t>f this dis^oiifset |)ie 
 life of Whom t wilt ti'eat as it aeserveS) by,l|Mirely explaining the 
 most momentous and important conceriis cohnjected wi1;h incidents 
 and occurrences pf this unfortunate individual^ whose |mjpcrab|e 
 dowhfafl is the Conscious reward of an ill-spent and ungi|ided riffb* 
 tirhe, which hd's proved his shameful rui^-^npt un(teserVingly. 
 However, in order to proceed with pr^clisioh, fel^ins upon npy pwh 
 foundatibnj with a6ivia.\ knpwl^cjge^ arid^^pctloneid jby inclispjiiiable 
 testhhohy before 'the' {ait df juStibe in the Si^pretne CoiirtW Hali* 
 fkx, dufin^ the J^'fttiary tei'tn of the pfeisient yfear, whicji will bb 
 fotJiiid of mor^ length In the ColiiimnsbfoOf Journal. Theire.fore, 
 sdfficitent for the pjfe^yntAo dondense tW acdburi^ as ihucli as pbssi* 
 blei ' As, no doubt, many of qur rieadgrs are'^freadjr avineife of the 
 efrcums^ces'Cinud^d tb, &hd which has r^e^elved the wi^y and dis* 
 p^idViat6 dedi^ioh bf ihe'kW of the rand,lto just and ldiihi>ble for 
 the (^rotetction of th6 inrioceht. This '^ppbaring before thie respect- 
 ability of the province, and so immutable Hi to dW^^e no ciensure. 
 
 Jmn HoT^es not possessing acquirements 6f education i^tifflbient 
 td pl^^se his fathe]^, by Which he remolded at Home; bti^ ib' ft little 
 time, by the inffluenc^ of his brbther, then aii ofiicef iit fh^ js^rvicet 
 he bi^ck'm^ collector of the port of Ifalif^x^, an brn^e whiiiih 'he bii- 
 joyed for many yibars ^but hi^ shrewd dbtii6bti![/red,ikWdteHtativ^ me* 
 eftahical inviihtibhb. wa^ the tiiearis wHibh ^ttibelled'hitn '(Wh^n 
 dit^v^lredVto abtfi^atb thai bfUbe, by «:^M^tis WhidH lie ^rabtisbd 
 iift ft lucrative point tf view. Secin^t cbihihiM^icatiobih w^te iteued tb 
 the Secretary of afllijirs.; iVntotiediate orders Were given' fbr his re* 
 tfibval, by whitih^he beicainti reduced, tihd thought it b^pbdidtit tb 
 abtttldon a city li(bv«t^d' retire to a bdnfrtry iieskl^hbe; WHbi^ Ite 
 bould transabt all* bH^ine^syf irtipbrtatice in pHvacy. Prdvibus tb 
 his' retnotal, he got' married tb a' lieidywhbse riamb W)is Brbol^, i^t 
 MMrkable for het de^MUe'fortafi^ and qualifibMibns, thbbgh iMt bf 
 an inviting appearanbej^and prbtty fhf advdhc^d in'yearii. 'It'iirp* 
 peiltv, with<aboura«y, it wad tibt fbr love, but forrichbs hb married 
 Iwr; whiohi irhen poesbssed, his abrupt And disdditfful tbln4})et> gHtn- 
 lAbPed iw f\}Ui wiift)hn» .Hburevtlr^' living tegethbt' hf et^petidi dt 
 fourteen or fifteen months the most tuatbAll (irM) dbMgi^able Itibi 
 iMiirdbrin^ eabh other on aU< oebaslbti«,-nigWt ^d> ' di^y ^ e^^bn dtli^ib^ 
 IheirtiiiiMof rbsidMbeifl the dity> ftflef behik*ttti^«4 In'ilie bbt^Vl df 
 tMuniage^ii THegr beeiDuihe the 4iki«Dtiie'bf>wl whbk li^bW blri«^bi« 
 
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 went caoqg, jipt a» . jf th^ nm^QUqp Wff* # it^BmmtMfm 1^ 
 eiup^on «Wttt to tf|)ce yliqe; ,^y « |<QpM)lml fWlllnp» tMir m^ 
 spectable neighM? ,wquKI ^ ^tlf^n^ ^ ^ ^)|ft^ 
 earlier, hgr -Jisr '4fet||9iMi9R» IbqW (fep^tM ^lh il wNT » .i*«W >» 
 would be ncrificioff her uafortuoate body widi kiB^i||||AMfW*r^ 
 
 fua old fpu«!wer ^jb^r adistxea^iBi^ \(immim^.fifi^mmfi99mttf% 
 
 ill |i^,qy^ of ; ^ JMM»<#pd %r^iWflil»et49»i||^ iW^^ UNi ^mnfir* 
 
 3q bar jmrQp«^^a«,w w9i\y^mm{^¥'^9oimm%m^Miiim 
 would epfnil^^ J#»v^ ii^ jQif ipiMfll^ mPlM «*«< W Jw.th« 
 mg«t l^HcM^,f^i4,||yi^|W;Abwf)g ^^^m m^mA tteM Miy V9I909»> 
 
 pppfo lA ^ >piNmr ,io,fW9v «j^ j|H^rl»w iM mmm tw »»• 
 
 when the p<HNr.fm^9^ Wbot^ Wiy^ jw^r^libiy MPWy,W<wW b^ 
 tpfl^y« |I(9«ip;iref;^4)P!ilPMyitdj|»^,A«Hit9rffB^^ 
 
 fj^k mum >m% nwi? .fir«^i9im^4<!(N!>ifi)^ii«fie«i»iK9:i9f 
 
 llQ88,liHi&^ in rwlwg>l^tt|i>B(Pei c g niMw »M>ip>,fci p iiiyipg <»j|ji5wt 
 «olv#d iMi awm m,^ iwWi*»*V>B ^f the ff^ptk^lptMHB Jwr |i|«iHirttti^ 
 
 |ime,«4i^.,fe|«t^ ff h«rs WfW UPHMAftillllli W iM^MK^mor ;%ttin 
 M^ ^ity» ^;fMrHioki4» iP(4e )hi(»wi^ t|i» )wMe ji(i^ 
 
 fud matatm' «m4\wU<at i^ mii»m) tiiHi9i<iie))if^ bwitlO'liiMwiiiplioet 
 4f «flwl|le«<lfHfi Mi(,j^ hQf1i,«ll9MiriWI*ifiVMMIm ')m in .Hit 9i<9^ in 
 J9i%irid«y9 «»iiMMb^- JN K HW F iWi mn i^ wliB UltJp Jwww 
 
 {Wenib^fc^y MHiJ^^HHIft At J<MbK M Ml fWNHIifil «l|W>llij|it 
 
 
miif\\miamimdlk #}^MMWgIedleMttM«titt<or«diffofci)i( Ibr Hi« bet- 
 
 fll^K^lifiKtftitiHIiJfMj #HM<4t(IM^tedi Ker t1Mti|hHt1fi'ii<«M«Aiif littlli- 
 4W)p ibMMMibtf^dvi^ irttli ftldttdVi^Miteh (^^OM^tA«« could hot per-' 
 
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to i\^p\h iti« sHeM^c (if the grav^ itntil: thfticfoytotiifotrJIuitHrfDiNMl 
 Ii]^^<i|tft^ #^tt''W^^ will btf^soOTAimicnl ^(blmtlM{ jlidginrou^ ^m* 
 com^ff^ ^ fi6H^i)n afNf'uli^ust'd<>inM*{i»i|httflworld. iIi^lJ|;i»iM- 
 berition dif tH^' reafiikff l« (fimwm onod mottV'to ntooould fari 'foi;)$A4Ui 
 imbtuflmk iWlet^gi^^ tl^unibitlimkte todimiseipbiQ'eiptcflijfir 
 S«yjfe, 'Wlfeh 'b4hd{4i^| in tho <itad*'of th»' QJuht? (|He itiim^ M|)OiQ|«fl 
 fdr'th^ liViiill ttf i^(¥^'tH6Aise]Y«t^)4wr betonredrmistreM^^^)|»c0ll- 
 tiitt^'viietirh^f"«ifK)bl«d8!niaVddiS ttveir 6lee#w wihev gov«t<9itu«ti|l 
 fSr 1Vohl''rr»MHI<<MtMrKhg«yHn iM MkMtonof dbdrr^iwildermiPt; 
 khbWfh^^^lMy (Mti^vem to ltoi»!flm^ ebiiliotii^M aMm^tive M ;i^ 
 wbHtf' Would li]^|)e«B6 his vet)g«anoe,Jbiliti9n«Md«t& d^th to^piw- 
 sdir^e his own Ufei DutAlflsl tl^ )>6orttfftbtiDiiateifeinafeUHl9ll^lWlir 
 \fhaf 1^ fe«^ tifokfrg^^soiikhbr idiroQld^ pi)oduce ^itullie iibll^«d hftrjVlil' 
 if^ t)in)U|;lh rtMig^iti^^ dangek>uk «M perilbai lRlefU(!8hPihftd;(l^ 
 iMdttiik^t^' <^ Urtibltiing ih« most h^raUfei awl .afibfcllng i^t 
 tKi^'!Miild'tiMn«dnteiV«»f df «H bthevittiMrt bahjtcmnpai^witb t^i 
 \CK^ T^t^i«wrifrilir«r daiihr^ ettsatiolii (. ThauiwigBiailo «t>M»itor}n* 
 t¥liied>h^i^<fdM<^Mit«1i4r dlfeui^ 'iQchfaileno«aodr«{|6^vffi* 
 
 '#^ 'Ateb tiid^ing wHft' «uch o^^ition^ av^if tbcy. w«fe to :he .th« m«i)n8 
 ^f «^lliHg' tll^'dif^! mutt Hi# ^svoAi )t(^^aiAt\\M« iowBimMe fyfiwm, 
 ^m^mwnil^^H\imMtld^it y^m lfi<itiioiildcfih|} tmim and f6r«3i 
 WhK v«i^|;(iii«id§<«H6t}hin4tiiin^ into onrnmamtm 
 
 . «!..,.. ,...*!..* ,.._..,!..*... .:.....•:.. .^. ._-_._-^_ »i't6 veticmuyigj^ 
 
 'morei lleapell qn \t^ 
 imorei melaitcMf , ;iMd 
 tfffl§6ifed<'hte,^tK(Ulthi« UiifonuiMte speiitatoi^ ftdweatad. i.^Md 
 iM^irdbWA wlth% dmd oiwr^Mrhelmed %ith gnfefvi^>'<b« w>vM)W* 
 privjation of the rights of tXMnMih JnajuwftTthfeiPiatoehdy! 4Bp[^Vffef 
 mtp ^ fM'^^cdttihdk t^^f libr soM/ intt >Uk«iuatDlb« UKKined 
 wiaiteira of* th6 odeah, Undulating intwvery tKMfctioii i that ^Iki win4|ff 
 iR^vfeA^ MifHt Md«^ dmisM b)(tfae' iiiindneiiAblep)fhou|^ ;of ,/| mmI 
 lMldring4(Mdit keonediVtlble honor adbdf idipmtiyvi^ theifttto/idl; ^ 
 A^rld;^6^d'iM^|Nw]r iiceneslthot'p thmiblvea ktiyoi^ lUp 
 
 'm^^i'ti& ttM^llk to^ia tNfiiUiid apul liQ{l%i>pdint lof ^dftpaRtuic^YTr 
 Blie ir^Uifi^d >ktMoi^lH» Tefllk,tlhata«)faiiwaAdMd «iti!an,fttteiMJ,ye fH^t 
 lSy>hdiBir<kiitt fewiwe the 'body ;of the tn<»ile*ed/>fitoin out rof (he, Aiiil 
 W8lb>'#tifi6l^'td«iiitred Kirn (toni tiie itidtemitoay.af <ti»lmght q^M^ 
 ritlirk lO'th' ^ -fil«6eMbet<Vai night pii^giMait! wifii|i etoAial !ruin«t#» 
 4d^'df iviiiiftlV'hiii'« trlseti^aliainaiiiipi^hilbiai^dTUt hMqvfifmr^^t^ 
 tetd ^i)«ta6d'«(fti k^pf by =each^ bdt 9Ai«f*]a)«lMrt;p«>ii<NiioCfl>ai^ 
 ifilritMes, ka ifftippOHe«l^!8he<l«ikel«rty>thfi«ii|ipigiiig TKySf.hfi.jWevsiRiy* 
 pA^hJl th6> 'i««a^Vaifl^ a ihliv tin* ah^ vheaid^, abght im^9»);!|s 
 nthe dddr i^til^Nid a shakiogi whidh/oalid|*Bted:tiwoi;^i«ji<frj»w' 
 IfiiKtb tife t«M¥<of^h«>bui|diii^' <!lPhettioiiBiiimMdKMf ^mrmomim 
 
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 VHit he was gam to inter, in what manner »he knew not, nor where 
 -tfM^femnina of MaranitdaMd iwtfe,whioh he not long iw^We M 
 j Mg ft d Us etevnal faap|»inaai ta, La the sanoHMfy of Ahni^ 
 ■IM, un^r tib imitnmaiuiri ordinanoca of raVgion. Shetemained 
 «»ich iodi iitqaietdda of nwaiirOinsuBiClaBeea tw aaeol hewilderiiv, 
 '^tchiq^ painiUlyt ava^ hotirand aunute, vntil the %ht of heaven 
 -iMuld dawnt to < indieate a new day. AH' natan was hushed in an 
 4anoe theieibgr the ligaref wialer; she <heaiid Inm return «ftaf.a 
 tMataiv houB,'whikh iuiieaaad her takmky, ihiahjig that in.idl 
 fifiiMbiViiyHte watt jiMaBi^hffink^ rain. Knawiagdiatailei^ 
 ivis the only eaaentrt :^aliiy now as well as then, for mr ewatanoe, 
 Irtiich she managed widi aanduityof thought, in the aaean lime 
 -Witching with an atieotiire'aar to hear his motionfl, «aqpeotiiig avanr 
 
 ^t Bvtlter ihourwaaildt just anived; she. waa«U«wad another 
 'Jiy, the twuasactiona of 'Uttch 'faodnced >now#ntowstdisflO(yeriaa, 
 )troduotive «if so nrach iafoilnstion to: the rSotieilaMk To ket incept' 
 (firallteJgladnBsa,-ahOrhrtgM^i(aite»/inai>y.hawWtiahsaingin,the;f^>9 
 »«Mch 8anMQndedrhavUaiil<that night* die 'aaortal ti n p pp aaiiQB n whiah 
 ^lia'laiiauage oan awphin,) ihtpangh >har<«Aaaiiher ^lapajswa, the vaftU- 
 ^t I^ht <of rfaeairan ifaa |i B Ding 40 hseak fAwpi^ behind the. dwpls 
 "•dtouds which' veilthecuMvetae at night«whicli she waiahed pai^l' 
 %,■ until a efear day aboneialnHMt «iomid tboiiglahe. ShaoBQaa, 
 MJnnhii^ her^Tademptioii liaBi<fatal ndncaioe ^tattbuhe Ugfat,ofl4% ; 
 ij^pBfed and li|{hi|ed a ifva^ oonduetc^d the<huatnes9of,|ha<d§y^as' 
 iiind,'a«efliilng>td hasreiitakdnrno natieeof rthe i«»iful Maaeswhich 
 ~iii^ il»i«iiantM'3tii/iiav jibniaitiaad diaaaiy. 
 ' Ilia uaibxiiMiatBMiHolim iM»saAredilM faia<af ^lataed wad ndiaaa- 
 ^Vpeet, resj^oalsd (heryodr aaacantao iniuoh,tthatiifea would notoar* 
 ^0H her loicbawlherdhaaahBari} emiy liadiMoanae»t>la haae harMpt' 
 •<Mli^oonlInttady«nd aqponllhat «oo(auitihadino<aoaesato^er ^ffMurt* 
 !4liBntv'(Uitefla»aUdBnit' iidMhi(femiadt ^ns iriie-fSiiMesed^ ilo suit A^e 
 -jMsentoiwasion. liindgliyit aamediMtla^cQHcgtAea.lhttacgactafaaBi 
 'lia «MlMMtn,(wiikiaB nnn»mDkm»(and luMwle^ga'Aato laaii4^ 
 < # (i u pftesa rtat^an^id i u t uaurt jiseeteing to fanwe ohaenred aothiflgi laind 
 '^vuig'to-ilNi^ up A>ehaaifiil canntMianoe^iM^^hat'aha.iaoMldfain' 
 '^Mraee thei'ftiat) oMortamqr that iwould oflbr lo.takfi jhierfdfpariiiiie 
 fiMm dWMy and ttetihe doaaeouaaoe'oCithftiMaaittavaightiintghfhe 
 (%paughri# HgM ;imitiaipaliiig mat an iaamaoiata aonvayaneeiwoNld 
 -%t)iin YnotiottfThy ^nensmng 'tOMandftom 4h»^wi0oda. Be&ice^this 
 «<iti«oioa8i^MiitiioQcaBBen to iartaiiafiessyAer'ra)r*ivo>ni^o^a^piiaa« 
 'hu^tiiat'waf <taiilha:«itjr^rio-iwftQni/'8he made known 4he .partieiilars 
 HrfHiay'ftn i aiwo w y dbatora- -mentiontMl, tdKitt 'him/i».>ha«e .aieitiiatian 
 
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 jpvapared^ and thM ilie wouU aodoubiedlj; imike her appeaimoM in 
 ^ dty in ft ffcw dfeyt^ to whieh oooMMMt he ndkn«d, and vngagt^ 
 a eitQatida in a prifale fiumly, fledging bitta6lf> that no di aap p o jwp 
 inelitfhoaldbe« Biilihenot eemiteaa he eiqieeted into Iheoi^t 
 whfelv imrpriied hkiM, that he feeolTetf to vide out and know the r^^ 
 sen, whieh aooordlndy he did, dnd amiviDg theve, ealled u|K>n \m 
 itt>peai«nee ; they dnooufaed upon ftavliciHari with famiharity, a 
 Itttie dietanee ftulm the howe, at the same linM relating die dreadml 
 catastrophe wlneh toolc phuse^ and every thinf fehrtiikff tfwietb, aa^ 
 the conM(|neiioe, m the meat mournfut^ manner of aayliiuifian beiagi 
 of the miMTalMe KA» ahe suflhred, the atrocioua and inhitinan appears 
 aiHie she heh'jld^ Theae ahurming ineidbnti eaoited him with oraiit 
 amiprise; Lot tolheitpastoniahraeat, dlev peMtoived himeomingdmni 
 at a little dkrtrace, thiw^a pawnge orhaaetahniba, which stttnqpd 
 diem almost uMitionleis, particularly the maid} bat kaoinag it to ha 
 vMy injudietoiM, and centrarv to all polky to allenwt a fligntt lest he 
 would have annate him, and fcnowmg it would be the very means of 
 ekplioding the seont Th^ resolved^ no nriMer what the oijii' 
 sequence might he, to slaci their peati«B t however, a lew mimiisi 
 flight him <brward to them ; he spoke 'rcdy ftiendKr to the geais* 
 man, but loohedthe servant very mrewdty m the nee, paa^ ikm 
 eompKmettH of tie diy, fcnd passed awafy hito the house, keep' 
 Ma eye upon them with sternness; but theiroonatoaaneea evidei 
 condemned them in bis p res ence ; but' their situation bemg so d 
 gerous as they oonriderod, thinkkig to lAisli^ his ideas, they parM 
 i<rith apparent warmth. 
 
 fie resolved to make a speedy retreat to the city, situated Amhh 
 teen or fifteen miles; the snow drifla being iajuri6us to travellinf^he 
 did not arrive untft kite in the afternoon, Md immediaftely proceedsd 
 aiid laid the case hefbre a megistmte, as she related H ; oraers wei^ 
 nsued to die eonsllibttIsiry» for a force to aeoompeny him to his ttHh 
 rdtoaee, to have' him committed^ They arrived^ the foUowing moni^ 
 ir^, ttoCwithstandmg^ the severity of the ar&vious niffhti awut five 
 o*elock, forced open the door and found him aaleep; called the sM«- 
 1/tnt, but no answer ; searched the place minutely, but noting wis 
 found of her, but on old Bible containing her name andf age. Sef- 
 eml questbns were asked him, but he gave no sati^actory answefi 
 The miserable appearance of the hoose, presented nodiing but «n^ 
 unhKterrupted specimen of calamity. The constables o<Niveyed hlM' 
 to the pemtentiary, where he remained to wait his trial, which came, 
 standing for two days vehehiently. But to attempt to jgive the iriil- 
 entirei, it would re<piire a work four times lam as the present k in^ 
 tended. Tile aM^ counsel, whose profound talent wad acqune- 
 medts when excited in behalf of the Inhuman murderer, caused his 
 Kbemtionj now so meamfolty regrslked t^ tfiese in ter es te d an4 «** 
 
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 1^, QJreijuDwmiioQiior <tlviai^in«nleirs»t»y' p^pt^^^^^^en vrruvfr 
 
 pirildifuJoin of t)H» •Hpreone ootj^^^uDhewtptiDgli^jj^ney^^ Iq^I^ib igiMh 
 t||ci9rihe.inuildDR<Qrbis .wi^m iery^im Qf«ne^r ^ «il}9fl« 9KMrt«i 
 
 defith tbe. untbrtUQat»2ii6r;(iiii fepeiy;«d from t^.mpqf^ef of ji96aa|ty« 
 t|mRset)eatile^Ulil. deMi«i9 mmi^ thq air; ah? iViWthed 9jpi4 «(W* 
 ^^d hfir if(>!|J wpfto 4,«*rtl- 1 1** IM* Tetum, thor^fore*, fron^ po ijmph 
 q|iiAf()r}aW0i|i^«iquii|y.,a.TH evils are p^rlbifyiod, bqt ramfAO, ufi? 
 mM»i^e().i:«£l0'w!eyer^^9i find t]|ip,!'8torm hoiwJioie. 9jpd;tti9,.teq9p9t 
 Uow^ogt sure {rtdioatiQn«,;oC oteiiwl vf^ng^ai^rf aboptmi 4ilv 4fld 
 btbg ao^pDorninious dc»th. , It isifrQiQj4)i8 &ituDe,f|OiQclviot, afto^ilie,* 
 ing^ libevat^d ftom tbQ ftbo«k» mj9ptioi)Qd:o«ieti)))e aiUeaUoq of ir^y 
 ptfix. is, directed ih asqoial poii)t of vieW. T)tW:QOD9eqM90ces,of t(^ 
 latt'triailbi^ing a(^ ui^rioiis to bjs prt^erty* W wMf^duoed to a^ loer^ 
 topUiing. AAer dis<5Hargi«g,eyery OiXpefise aitqndiqftitbf reto, he Iwr 
 QHOe poor. Aodi destitutfti hf(yutg> ainjost nothiM tp eiH^ Iq^Mli^t 
 iWJih. disdMp byjaye»y !bp«jf»?fej»oiiJOTgw«Medr fjTOW: city,.)^- 
 i«||lld to the mi^wbte abode JO,j4no!wiW(e*l|e8f.ti,U«8lhcg«n tO/VlfF 
 ^ht retn<ir^, the mliSl^rabler^CAifdit^oo in.Ufe he wa» ?»dMc«d^ depti- 
 ilHji' of friend and strnngtr^ »i|ticipiling no, pfro^p^ot aptp^^^d , A>r 
 
 tiUtter, ewjtj? thing so^iDing: fof> th» >i50Wi. .The effi^ta of biip 
 __her tt<>i^cbon9 vr0igbed.di«p iushls noifldiisoirnuch fp,i4espwr- 
 iagiipf foD(giv»o&^ (ta thi^wprlid o? Jt^e .'slrklJtO!, cqm^e, ; T.WnMiJg 
 every thins was as bad as it could hr, he dqtera^ioj^d, tos^uii()ii|f 
 pOK^b^e^jhrn/t^Mire c<g(mfortri»itb^ M'orW. Sovi^ral w^er^ the re^q^u- 
 tiifi^ h6 foim^ in hie p»ndii??ppoot|pgproje<3ts of, n different natune, 
 muno of ^h^nv pleawht tii^ )jja oonfMltatjoo, othep9,jthe t^rminatwn 
 «biOgeroi«i an^ )BJ«()OS^ ii^irmojiintable, ; Many vec^ the plans. he 
 dfu^sed for.tJM ^ootaoApti^ment pf;8tjuch| hP>weyQ]^. one wnich pf aJ] 
 otfiers a^tractcid?hi« kt^f^^f^^ in, aj cheei-i^g j^nt «f yie>y,; a«d. sej^oi- 
 ^*? I'idmtjiiirej )ResoLv}<ig,^i^k all dangers for it8j«opPl^p)f«hKne)^ti 
 thQfsI*: ation of his plaqe s^pnted so wf H adapte<l'to the. un<^rta|(i|9^. 
 Ife/detOi*pined,0'? t'j'S TOii^ingiOf her Majesty's. i»ftil. passing (rqm 
 Iffi^ax |ojy4nds!or Lviewjing thfi Intended 'place f of attack, V blcfe. 
 ad^d the rpad, bv throwing or .collect: .^^ a gro^t qwintiiy ot snow, 
 i9,lhe way,^hich n^ade J^e road'altnpst impassible. Wh' • ■: u ^ ' 
 qflfj^Or oame forwaiid* of coiorse he drove, into the , dignity i^ o^ «:^,to 
 P9^, where th^hpi^cis nyr^re ^i^tangM,, as if j^ingstsunJc to the breasit, 
 ^IU¥^^ri;ng.to,Df(>iu^n)a|ia£ebifi in the diffioplty, when to theit: surprise, 
 a.spwm ran v|oi¥a ft jittje; precipice - of threp or.*i?v>r;flprch^s, ve^, 
 pr^pitatcl^., 'orn.nr^piili^ bim, as he drew a caae of pistols , fn^fn 
 hvf^te'east, tc ti - V -yr'nfy on^ ,nir' Jent whi^t the mail possessed.' If he 
 d^4,tO moy4:iaA'? f^^tif^it^ri^ho would oo^sii^ bim.jq,|Bteraity.^ 
 

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 lady Mat ^&^!]f W«fWBWNof H^Wob'tfc»%i||»ee,||p4## 
 
 abl^ mio^ of uPDf^s,, )|i§,pfod))pe,qf, jaf|ai»y, faJ|#iMeVN)v iT^iW *» 
 
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 i»mA ^ jMuuki ^pd %y won 4wiV;«4«bWi«f<ll»*WW» *IW<w#P 
 Tr»n<|pr^d,.MwIp«ft Jby fi^lipgiW th©«wwi, $f#[V.;U^qiMf^K^;,lwr 
 
 leather tift^e, ac^ ^hwtihe, could fpalf^ ¥^ iwWtWWfJi l^.gtfcWvtt^ a 
 ihft,^leifih^,wd jffjiurfl^d Jw5k;io),4lw,f?viy . wW^. ««»* J<«3«»l«llir 
 
 ^4**y. ( 1 • -xr/fjiq •;(!'} .!! .Tjvr: ndol .'H •),<! 00 .JrKj'ij'jooV/ Jn ani 
 *^l«»«h *l| 4«ffl> «WW, ^odjKprifSf, pl«9gM»gr^4i#^nWta4;ACr>te^ 
 ^ut, at <pH« evwlB, W .wa»; o<>aNa^te(|rto;ffrii } < )| | j|.>T|||pr i|B^ 8ff»iffi» 
 lifted ^B jtW Jsr^apU hft .attfjfnpte^.jU) 4i9mi^:y,%h^an^ 
 
 I»WW guilty qf. the )i^ghestlNP9f|ph,o|r th^f^% rffrnfRPil^^f^mm 
 to J>e li^uqg ppi.Hv? 21st of Jupwy,** slgif^'/^foRli, |^ i)i^^^ 
 labouagii^ sad d^g^tfm of 4pirita,'j9f»,,tbe layaijtfffr ^e ft ffrf , if»onii|f^ 
 W Wf. ^^wpsgolng t9(fie«tfM Jie ,f<^i^6|9)88||Vmc^fwii^(;^ 
 fl§feU>!*t^f«^her,M n ,,;„.. , ^aBaii-A bmi .v nn,?-; -M 
 ,?^,,Tlie(?ay,ffr»yf!d,»wa4<fM l>y i»«W ^^ 
 
 lippok; ?;d^«T lu5,8p|i»ajrqd, to the sur|»ri^,^^->aav.jipf[^e^fl^j9if^i0 
 of, assembly of old aii<^ yoyng, W w?M d^ei^ tt|jq)^mw4if9^^ 
 appoii^ted.fofuqh ao exhibitiop^.so i^^m^n^f j^c^|add|^^^fp^|th^!A{f 
 aepobly pf spectators" witfe^ ]iy<^y;t9^i pf fW^p^ <^, .t^i;ijf(^^p^^ 
 father attd brother, and. his 0^0 <¥)qdnqt. Jt,ii9r.r)J|au[)«^4f<^ry^o |«^ 
 4>r «xpi;€8s evei^ word be said. Hia^Wie|K,|l^af i#(^.^rne^:u^ 
 any pifiodpje ; tfc^rsfore I will g^y^ .tl^en5M\ftw>«^ w^ife SPtiffl; «^ 
 kflowledg^jone^t: Lotr-jnti-o fn>hbm xne W'-il ,W0q 
 
( 
 
 TIm oMM lOT wflm^ TO iftts UMMTtwd ^M0 Mbfenno he #flABO poOi^ 
 Wttr^ Mbotf (n hbt§ bt tncMMy^ «4d tMt h« todc tueh « haM to 
 kM^ tbM R« ottf %if (MoMf 6likfh6 ilMiHiiih& Idlh of DeOMiibel^ and 
 Mfi«d'IMi III a ijrii«l» Kl) 1^^ M the Wobdi; Mid tMn6<td«y« 
 
 MtblldlUii t^irratt Ml%td «g6iit1^Mlik; ifad ftn«tif>, hi het eouhtew 
 Aibo« ttM'lhV* iif^iMiSH oT^Kp^Bti^ tMN Iho nlurdef Wns ftnmd 
 OW:; Bil^ li« UlbiyM 1o fliiTi #1k)it ettbh, if ^Me, had ihey mti, 
 lbw«v«h Wli^« HM^i^lMNiiifait^ with her, and ^ returned, he 
 tixM ill and ibel^e)^ tkMbgh (he body; ind biDried her aiiw hoort 
 inttf, uMeftli^ tMiik tf A liiMie dtcrcbyttd tree, fbf #hic<h rtiotd^r, 
 iM tbrt dfttto #n,lk» #a« tM^Mltf nHeMt«d h^ the lAiKtt and 
 mumf^ hit dMny^^ r t^Hi^ thii h«i ii» guilty of th« offbn^ hi at- 
 t«tti|ytift|| W t«)k tiie HMmfjii ttud If the diiver had given hiita op* 
 ttMitioik^ ho xroutf hM^ shot HiM. F6r All these crimes the hand of 
 nofid6iMM> fUtuM ttHjHm hihti and thdt he isgbing to recoive th^ le- 
 Wind of Ml ttAfa^fiMtt^ (Md uiihappy life, debased with the Mib^t cjhiel 
 wi^bm. *rhb iikatmitni^ti wfien he was krnnehed into etetnhy. 
 ^tMUg gtt<^ a iUliMliV^ of the important lif» and consequences 
 ^Mhi^iiMU iH9hih« llttMM'atad two sons, I have no# alnrited, with no 
 MWill dejIMe tff «o#b#, lb (hirt of the onty (hiUght^r, Who yt^ mat- 
 riiMI in (be fMlt 18M^ (6 a |eniteMan of ample ftMtune, 0ien resid* 
 ing at Woodstock, on the St. John river, in the province of Ke# 
 Bhttis#i«fr, #liM« «f^ nMdded ^, aopatontty, all the etMforts of 
 HA; uMF tiM MMiiMe dt KU iHm guilt, which hto gbhe befbi^ 
 tfe« #0iAd {^ Hi MIMse 6bl6M; Mlvhag be«n tri6d in thie Supreme 
 OtHxK eir PMdiMeMbJiv 91: ^., durir^ the July term ot* the yeair 
 IMO, Miil w1libh.ii« liiMMUmd, #iirb^ fbUhd to b6 one of the most 
 DMlaiidlk^ bdmreambiiir jgidMeed befbre an ^nRffhtened worltf. 
 Ail we #tlf ta^ih^^|9Ve tm» reiideM afn outline of the powerflii 
 Mkd «kM|i£it^t ^9Si^f ,«f n)i» atftagonirtic doonsel, which #in much 
 DRkm inte<<M aild HUlrtlcH the reader oh the a#fbl coos^ences 
 thkn ahy co m miM^fthy i/i^ humble pen confd produce, suffice it to 
 say., that MUfal HOWM' vrbs married at Halifkk, in June, t884i to 
 ^T. Sumner, and fof many years enjoyed happiness ; When, to their 
 lii bfort uto, AH |uM)Uldilthi^ was formed vnth Mr. Gordon, a Toung 
 
 E' Vman oTAtigc) fdrtUtie^ ^^hose intimacy for ever desttroyed their 
 mtes in this lill^, MM bktMfght abortive orphanage on their poor 
 ^ children. It ik bdieved by all acatiainted with the parties, 
 that Mr. Sumner WHS ohe of the most kind and unsuspecting of hus- 
 bands. Beintf Sbmewnat oldlir than his wife, he loved her to dis* 
 iHivbtion, noiinpBttodihg.the chAracter of her parentage, of which 
 h6 was uUconserouv unffl after marriage. HoWever, it does not ap* 
 pear, from any incident connected with the testimony produced m 
 
 
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Court, that he i«flMfed oM hiii choice ; but, If any thing, qiiftlft the 
 leteiM, as «he o«ntoel tot the d^fondant attenkpted to produce a 
 obtanivanee on the pAH of the Hushelid, #hibh fliilM ttf feceit« hn&f 
 dithet* ftotn the CooM or juty^ ae Wm evidtot fhrni Oe tone of the 
 Ghief Ju8ti(ie, M his <$hirge to (hd Jbry, aii ix^li' M th^ r^rdiet itMlf, 
 which yna mfh^r a h/eMfj tittdkb to such c^eneea inl ftrture. A fbir 
 memhf after the trial the broken hearted nted diaboMMotate husbaitd 
 evacuated the country, and the Unfofiunaie author of hit misery, 
 firiendlesa and hometi^aa, vMndeted around uAttl the November Ibl- 
 lowing', when she shortened hor misery in this tife I^ a quanti^ of 
 pofsdtt. 
 
 Thus, raiider, thdu maytt view, but not without distnay^ ^ sad 
 and sorrowful view of the rise and fall of this sorrowfbd specimen 
 of human natui«, which is enough to sadden the hearts of ail Who 
 may read and reflect, with pity, over the iKiperfeotion of hniiMm 
 natdi^ 
 
 m 
 
 tt^i- 
 
 TRIAL BEiTWl^EN MffSSRS. SUMMDIG9 AND GORDON 
 
 not ap* 
 ticed m 
 
 
 IN THE SUPRliMB COURT. 
 
 Counid for the Plaintiff, Mr. Rickey, 
 
 MV LoBD AND OsMTLSMfiN : -^ 
 
 ^*^ I am ihstracted by the PlaintiflT, Mr. Sunimers, to lay his ease be- 
 fore you ; and Ktile do I Wonder at the great interest Which it seetAs 
 ' to haVe etciftid. H is one of those cases ivHich com^ home to ^e 
 ** business and bosoms^* of mankhid. It is not confined to i(h6 In- 
 dividuals concerned; — it besets every circle, from the highest to 
 the lowest. It ahirms the v«iry heart of community, and commands 
 the whole social family to the Spot where human naturt), prostrated 
 at the bar of public justice, calls aloud for pity aud protection, dn 
 my first addressing a jury on a subject of Ais nature, I took the 
 high ground to which I deemed myself entitled. I stood upon the 
 purity of the pravinciat character — t relied upon that cHiistity 
 which time has made proverbial, tiind althost di^wned the cry of in^ 
 
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 ccyiMfPpanwg tjHl @}|I|^mp(} .WipW <n^-SWW m ftt^wMf^tn'm^ 
 
 9wj|c#iy a nt«i^3p«i«pw#4 tmmyifimpfh ^^fmn^ilmki mf^iiimr, 
 
 fercd to continue, what home simll be safe, what hearth shall Ji^nil^ 
 cred ? What parent can, for a luoment, calculate on the possession 
 of his child ? What child shall be secure against the orphanage 
 tfwt !«^ri;igB;^ridrarffiMilitttti0aq(^w;hattsolitai||r-righi^ ^h^tlmr/ofilie, 
 oroft'MJertjn:) myo^^inifferty, ifjtIHeibndifr sfanMllwimire l»lRongou^(if 
 tbMrMKUdNireAYKniblifiiwiiibh niooleNi]i!'lnB;velledy/an(l>love eaacniei^ 
 tndrnli^iK<oMiiex3ff«tHif ifeto^be iim^dd by^ytflgarfand tifoinifn»< 
 ous libertinism. A time there was when that couch was inviolable') 
 when conjugal infidelity was deemed but an invention ; when mar> 
 riage was considered as a sacrament of the heart, and faith and 
 afiectlon sent a minglqd flame together from the sanctuary ;• — are 
 the dearest rights of man, and the holiest ordinances of religion, no 
 more to be respected ? Is the marriage vow to become but the 
 prelude to peijury and prostitution ? Shall our enjoymentji debase 
 themselves mto an adulterous participation, and our children propa- 
 
 unfold, and then tell me whether a single virtue , is yet to linser 
 among us uncontamTiftillS't #Mbifltib1|i|Mndfi1i>iMldship, or hospitality 
 are to be sacred. Ifere ijxe casQ whicji must go foph to the world, 
 but which I truiit^M^Ood^ot^ Si^$\^rSvni"aecM|)«iny, to tell the 
 reader that if there was vice enough among us to cgmntit the cnme^ 
 there is virtue enough to brand it with atritid^MiMt^^UihiA^titl ''" 
 r,4^£,;tUep|fii|itifl[;,]!^.^uinmer^iit)j» qu|tf Uppp(|8H)|e,,b»ityoH Wjust 
 b|»^|ce,h9a(TL i!nM(ibf;^ inuMort^pe^^im^ 9^4 
 
 it,4q^ .§ft^jpp a,|^^q)iif^ ,inctd«|i^t t9,{mc>, i»i8f<|ftHne,^,.th/B ]ipM pf 
 I^p^^ipi^li^Oft ipwrial|ly sM^fji^ped*^^ ?l?y^l'^ 4«Rr"!>f»t^^ 
 a»U^^i 4ts M^ l^ss guilty, u^tvuler^r >Kill jiide the|pQi^,|b^tni«ty){Had 
 t<^l^,4^l^M9nr8^,49i9^,th6 !idultei;^r,,by QbsCi(^j[np t^e reputjfiti^n 
 pf his vio^imt a^k ,to dimiiHsh' the inoral rosppfjs^Wlty .he jtnqiMrrj^ 
 M«. Su^me(^^ljl|4oub^dly foirm^fiiidiiJ^cepUo^ ^^mf ^ya{iQi(a;i]ii^' 
 tt9^&^ by ihiifmfii^ %ai ahafi^^ne^ ky h}s wif{|tijbis,.tqo geffer9U8 
 ccnjifidenca, his (oo ^od^c lojMe, b»8 l^^n slfinidarliifily perverted iiito 
 ^9urq0s, of his qal^inity] , ^ecausfe I^^, did Qpt, tyrannize over her 
 ifrbom b^ a45Nredt l^|90«^uie he eo^i^ld' npt suspecl.jura m whom, he 
 
 ,iViil 
 
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 «iff)iA9 their spqlif^vm) u3IWi wasjflipjn w ;»*^e vwy :«priB^ iftfrtVife*; 
 
 3%Wjl?Pr caugH«( lw|)reJiforoilhe*ttWW,ap4.^U «hfl yiy!tMes,^«jfi^w4, 
 
 Mm QPly OBQ, ai^ slift WiB^>le8f»ed,>fU^;iti.', AJoi^^ly faini^y 9\m^ 
 fJwit'ohiWrpn gwre hrtr(,t^,.W»fe«fa(^tP»n»s Qf;W^ 
 
 inpthei5,,tlWMl yjwngv;thMftf|«v§l)rti|ti,»WiNpyfld,,]^e3sw ahi^wj*^ 
 hj<«rt»i bapkinft » i^ i ,ATwW!»iijfi9[ii|fi,, , ., . H rw«« iojje^d the s*fm wer; ftf 
 tljifiiir |iy«R, ap4.whli it f^ij|^;th«jwar)i;t^sun?fiB9^ fpiep<ite ji^^^ 
 ip the stttishHwvpf thgi. hwi'itPn^f Wiy^Htwijtjti jt?,,8plen<N^ H|g[v 
 i^ h<WWtBed ;W tW^uCiTQW^rrtiWf^v^^ 
 
 %8ing 7+Tf stwdi th9 4e£9f)dfiiH»,MVr)vM^<}W^ . . H«;.'FW .thft p^jftti^ft 
 dQ49«M$lfiri^c|,,t«ti«y«TJf^plf»SHff'C«lM> '\%iPWfU,9m^ QPPSWIJ^ ^ 
 dfliy!^!Cftrapi|i^ midv ^?owi^-#,«u^f, W^, ,90»ftt«nt,^U8t9([|^ b9>}Qrj% 
 
 frwnd ; wdj ijwle^Sfg^iwpt^hoOyJfeWW^iW^JWIs' h^;i!v*StHiRffel5 
 I^*dw41i^(»|,.:j5»aj:flnw>j^,f.!,j,, or!; ,-»iivu:f. ■:(] ?Ul "in V"i -^it? ..tii$'.>r! 
 ; iQpre, oa thcf avitl^Qri^ , of tjjis 'hrt^ti dv I jaccq^ehin^ w )mymf^ 
 wifjigjd himself wtp, nj^yjtjUeuit^ wtlwcy -^ of ih^vjjg^g , encpiwagl^ 
 tl^^triptiraacy i^,<riei^8bipr-!?f ha^yj^g <?AMnt^Jrfeited a.^yippftl^y 
 in his joys and in his sorrows — and when he Bei9JWd;ito9.pur^^«f^ 
 {qjs, skepticism, itself t» 4p^btHh)na^ ,a^ jhaving, upder tl^e. yeiy j^foc^ 
 tufliry,pf his roof, peri>et|:fM,«n, a^ult^ry thp i»w>at unpreoedepted . 
 aiifl perfidiQUS'.' If t^,bMrti;uetqi|i). ^ mof]^^^ weaMh pay<;the, 
 poimhy o^, sMC.hturpitiidef \\ ^qv(» am\Umep, if this, be prpv^^^ 
 yw, here i mny tp)fe myr^n^ri^iw^llBayt under no earthly oirpura'^ 
 atfmces can f^justi^Qatiop of ,the adult0|er be aiddoQed. No matj^i^ 
 u^Uh wh^t §pphi«tcy he.fnjay bla^phemfi, thrp^ghiiits palliatip^f Gpfi 
 or4aitied, nature cemeiMed^ and hi^ppioiess oposepimted that cpieittuil 
 unin^q, and it ia cproi^iciiited treasop againstGpiil, and man, and soci- 
 efyy tP fi^epiptitp vipjatipp*; The aopial cpmpact, through every fibret 
 trembles at ita Qonvequ^nc^,; ppt or^ly pptlpy^ h^t javyr, ; not pnly la,wv 
 bu^ nature ; nptpnly nature, b|it religion,, ^eqpjreq^.^n^denounc^iil. 
 Pifrent and offspring rrf* youth «nd age fnthe die|i|4 A^^p ^^^ toflnhijrf^ 
 
Y 
 
 th6'i6htl4 ftom iti oNudto — ereaturefMsanw aKve sad eMatmre» mHI 
 uiftftonk— ^Um/ gmadiiirei shivtoriiig vd tfee teifge of dMith^ihe iii^ 
 fkilt, qtttekbniiig in the m^thei^ WoinA^'^i^ Withiod^ aecbid i«i 
 eoM> CkmH and ex<BemM adttlterV. I aijr^ tfien, tl^liere it is onet 
 prbv6d that hoslMnd and wife Hv« tdgeCh«r ia aMat^ ttf hiappineiiit 
 no bontingency ott wliri<ih die ann ean shine ean wavMat any mam in 
 atlitoijiting their separation. Hie hoiii^ of adv^ltdty is womaa% 
 hear. In the full l>faze of fortuned fieh fneridtan, tier modest beam 
 |MS^ from Virigar notiee; hut when the doads df iro eolleJtt 
 arofond us, and shades and darltiiess dim l^ waaderer^s path^ that 
 ehnte and io^Iv light shines fbtth tb eh«enr him '— an emmem and^ 
 ak emanation of the heavens. Ifh^ it is bM fbr the cheerfiilneM 
 Widi whieh dhe bore the ehange I ptise 'htr ; it is not that withoar 
 a sigli she surrendered alt the baahtes 6f prosperity; but Uiat alhe 
 pill^Rred her poor husbend^s head', welcome aaverstty to malie him 
 Inppy, held up tier little children as the wealth- thai no adrersi^ 
 coafd take away, and, wh^ she found hb spirit brdken and his sem 
 dejected, with a more than oASeuline uticfenitanding, retrieved, ill 
 some degree, bis desperate fortunes, and'skved the Rroe wreelc that 
 s(riaeed raeir retiremMl What was sueh a woman worth, t ask 
 yMl ^ If you can stoop to estimate by diNiss the weMh of such a 
 creature, give me even a notary*scafeulatiea, and tell w^ titen whiit 
 WM she worth to him, to wHom she^ had conseerated the bioem e/* 
 her youth, the charm of her kmoeenee, the sj^lendor <^ her beaatyi 
 the wealth of her tendem^, the pow#r of her getMas^the treasuie 
 of her fidelity. 9het the mothei^ of his childven^ the pride of his 
 heart, the joy of his prosperity, the solace ef his- misfortune, what 
 was she Worth him? Fanen as she is, yeu may sdll estimate her; 
 yoli ntty see her value eveti hn lier ruin. The gem is sullied, Um 
 diihiond is shivered; but evea in the dnst you may see the mag^ 
 nilibenee of its materiaK u ^r 
 
 After this they retired to Weodstock, where they lesided, iA thii 
 .the most domestic manner, on theremfMMs of their once spletidid 
 establishmenl The butterflies ^t in tiMnr Mibn^tide of prosperity 
 flattered around them, vanished at (he fir^thfettlh of their advetw- 
 ty; but one eariy friend still remained fiutMUl and affbctibnate, and 
 that was the defendant Mr. (jlordoa is a young man of aboat 
 eight and twenty, of splendid fortune, polished in nis manners, in^ 
 teresting in his ajppearance, with, many qualities to attach a fViend, 
 and every quality to ihscinate a female. Mest willingly do I pay 
 the tribute whidh nature claims for him ; most bitterly do I lament 
 tliat he has been so angrateAil to so ptodigal a benefectress. Now, 
 if it shall appear that all this was only a screen for his adultery ; 
 that he tooK advantage of his friendv misfortune to seduce Uk^ 
 
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pletidM 
 DSpefHy 
 adveiw- 
 ite, And 
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 lew, IH" 
 fViend, 
 
 lameat 
 
 luUery ; 
 uce the 
 
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 wife of his .)i(09omt that jM,«flfe(^ cropfidetic^ Dnljr tp betfur H ; 
 ^ hoypprfeoti^ t^.ifiMi^impM |H^f^ jtbut 
 
 i^lhe, ini4]«t4if ^pffl^. P9 Jw* ^^ hu tiqtioi, frien41<iil» lK>pe|«a9, 
 •opnN»aniQn|<^ -^ft Miiu)^,' without a w't&t, and a fhtl^r without « 
 oPd-^^gmewMis G«4i,it|t i^^iKMHl^i/to^turp lieiey ihmnlf Into 
 HP «^^cfitioi|9r? XoqiMfiiwst for muroert ben Ji the hwid |tbat 
 lUfdered umpp^icj^ ITou oquvict ffir tmuuii; here Jbi |he f iteit 
 ' ' naty;toiyi«»ip)^||. Tqj«<k<^^ hen is opip ifjbo 
 
 lered virtue of her idedpeit. Mftrtt Aod dii^ved it even in the 
 ^wl that hoapitality held out to him. They pretend that he is iii> 
 pocent to effrontery the. most unblushing I O what' bsult, ojUed 
 to the deadliest iiuury t O hasot detestable, and damnable hypop- 
 rii^ 1 Of the final testimony it is true enough their ounning has ae« 
 , ^ind us ;, h\^^ uiyler fmvMJbnqp, I i^hall ,{^.ur , Upon tl^s hdiffess 
 filch a flo(Kl^of llg|^tl^^liWiU'4^t iwt.i^ 
 mil, hut the iiiQst4)|irit«i)i)e,4l(<iplie,.to touch jhe holy Bi 
 widsfy ll>y th^ir panoti^^Uflifwt^^ hMn^^^ A&endjfifP^ 
 
 m pafrtiifppikmmf^9 w il^t V^ ^ me r(||oic«^ MvHind unit- 
 tir how oatittfous^y ibcj^ j^ift<ioAflpif«cy, tber^ is,<^ .pc^fpcf^ aji^e to 
 
 'FW'W'''*ftTOWi^*flTKW .nlfr"* ' . A . i ,,, ■ ., .r,,.M, , .b:*d 'ciil it. ;<:■>.<.,■!. 
 
 £Here the ieaioediQis^^ detiil of tbojivn' 
 
 ^?«Ui. 
 
 ut 
 
 
 w^geotii^mon, truest yxHi m\i ha«ir evjory nai^icte o^ , 
 Me«e in ywyrilwoll^liw ,i^ iPummer^s twe 
 
 ^uld be .yio)w0e aniimfffffpn^Pff* ' Be M tfiaoeve^ Jbte w^ 
 ,f|iild fri«nd (3onlQa,. t(Q«i|l||yi,ra$(!^^ jm^,as tib^ hitAm^wAttfm 
 lfmi0^\^9hBdiHi»ywh»n^^^^^ the ih{M(i0;«|pd.|b^r.^f 
 
 4)^ MUwtion. l|e jhp^M Jo^tMi luotboi^ And that misenMile 
 i^ber M n^he i .agpgy > of iw>l»miV ^ 8^^^. ais^tinrlaw in the 
 MUvoom ofher^j^Mi^ 
 'Qoffioni ,0oiidqnl,nx9liaaB^,4he hea^^^ ^fpe 
 
 ,ptiii;n,y<y;iV«:e;n|de%,ff)jf,)lWW<n% O.l^eanens! wwrtjl^w 
 lifoach.WM'lh^ V M» WltflW% Wjfw .have^diihqoDrBd ^ifiy- 
 Mt it k ^.m^f^MM^havei;!!!^^ 
 ipfc mereily tl^t,ypu;)|m^f4owfA lif^V^ m Ym^trnm m fl»e 
 ;ihther of «» ftb]^ia>ftj^^ v$ i».no(jfi«iieiBr tnMy^ hi^ite i^ 
 amMfnpaot to wJhich fdl il^,world,fSi|if9re a rta<4v/i^enera|ii9nj,-^t 
 ,|MM*Tyou» h»w»4ftn^ 4ti^my^(lfH>wi»^n|gr«ae»l«^^^ ^f^i'm^ 
 IhMbwous f^yvxw^\)\mm. fW famed jwy tahlei wh0|ie, j^ 
 altdeed «(»y ^mmm vwh^j^ s»w Jbr m «11 the ,We)iinwt pf 
 liar virtue, i|nidr.that,t«t, qbf iwfK-bPwrwhieii our Jlittle ho]||iln«ii.cp' 
 4r»n ware wrfpt in JthatE^popei or which ywiVvA f^^mr r^HmA 
 
 ,.,,¥*.i'L , ... 
 
m 
 
 wife of his ■})fi^iomi %t ,|^,aab(^ oopfideticp only tp betnur H ; 
 
 jpi.the midat of |i<mA|; ^ i^ If^ hb viqtiQi, iKeiMn«i9» Irapeievt 
 'OprnMUDioai^i^ -^ft Myu^,! without «i w'tSs^^ and « fiul^er without « 
 .QhUa--^8nMWH|8 G4i4!,i|t4tp>t«ooi^'to^turp li^ ihenwlf into 
 nn «i|«ciiti0n9r? Yogi wib^ for nnixwrt hem Js the himd i|^t 
 lucdered innpR^noj^ You oqnfict ffur treaaon; here Is |he filMt 
 • • nlty;toiyiM«ip% )t«^«^^ here 18 o|Qp wibp 
 
 _ lered virtue of her (k^^ffitH. nenrvi «nd d^BoIved It ■ even in &b 
 _ nrl ti^t hospitality heM out' to mm. They pretend that he is ui* 
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 of his own. Is it solitude ? Can he be alone, while tnemory, stm" 
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 children ? O, he has no dhildren ; there i« the little flitorite thAt^^ 
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 O, gentlemcjn, am 1 this day only the counsel of my client? 
 No — no ! I dnrl the advodate trf" httimlnitVt of yourselves^ youli 
 homes, your Wives^ your fkntilies, ypUf «hildren< t am glad thai 
 this case exhibits sucfi atroci^; unxrmnted as it is by uiV mitt<' 
 gating feature4 it may sto(l|be frigtitful Mdvancie of this calamity. It 
 will be met now, and maifid^th tengeanee^ If it be not, ihre" 
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 tween man atid ndan ; farewell to that vinMSpilHous and recipro(»l 
 tenderness. Without which rttetViage 'm hat a consecrated corse, tt 
 oaths are to be ViolAtedi laws disrcipardedf friendshi|p« betrayed, hti« 
 manity trampled ; national and imUvldual honor stamed, «nd if the 
 peijury of.fhihetis and husbands wilt give such misoreancy a paaiM 
 port to their hdiiiet, and ivives« and dttughters« farew«ll to alt thai 
 yet remtiins to ,your country^ Mark this day, by your verdict, youf 
 horror at the ptofanationf and t)e!ieve tne, when the. tiand which 
 records that Verdict shilll be dust, and the tongue tlmt asks it trace' 
 iess in the grave4 many a happy home will Inecte its conse^uenceSf 
 ^- and many a mottidr tcach hcr little child to hate tlie impious treason 
 of a dwellings O, I knpw I need not ask-this verdict from your mer' 
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