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J 1 1 2 3 32 X I 4 5 6 ■ ■ ■ ' ! 1 ■ ■ 1 \ / . ih) V, .'-^ '\ V: ' iV ^ / ?ft *« >'r- ^' z:^j:. l^ •1 4 ' * / THE IIFl OF H IWTOK A LOYALIST OF THE itlemorable ttetJolutton of 177fi. *''" t^^'flJ^ "^ ™^ '"'^^ COUNTBY-HIS BANISHMENT TO NOVA SCOTtA-HIS ETERNAL HATRED TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG -HIS SUBSEQUENT PIRATICAL- CRUELTIES ON THE EASTERN COAST DURING T]{iE LATE ; STRUGOfcES OF 1812 AND 13: TOOETHSa WITH A -' COMPENDIOUS ARD WEIUDTHESTICATED ACCOUNT , OF HIS CRUEL AND ILL-FATED VaMILY, WHOSE UVES PAID THE PEN- *, ALTY OF THEIR CRIME& CAREFULLY SILECTED BY THE AUTHOR, J. G. HICKMAN, BARRISTER. AT LAW. ST. JOHN, N. B.: CARRILTON, BRIOOS & CO. 1846. .& '^^ ^i M %>• *\J, , **•■ m ■.r,42 5i€ wi ^f |i?i' |?j. **" s <3 >ji h- . ^S •->, J*«>-' jf'-'asar &•" *tr^ €^^ '. y-' n :-^^W" "■* ♦ ■ pm ' PREFACE. The first edition of this work, the principal de^gn of which was for the information of the inhabitants of l^fova Scotia and New Bmnswick, 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 proportionably enlarged, foi|the gratification and information of oiir more western neighbors ; hoping it will meet a similar approbation from a people already acknowledged among the most enlightened and sqlicitous searchers after useful knowledge. Anticipating the perusal of this will be productive of great ex- citement, as it exposes to the world the rise and fall of a family whose principles were the most insidious and avaficipus, and their dfesigns tlje most infamous, that the mind can^ contemplate, and which invariable lead to a violation of the laws of God and man. -^ 4 »».f^ ^>^^ '«9S ti«- ; Hv ■'H^ 5.1 THE NEWTON FAMILY. In the course of human events, whilst men are engaijecl in the yanous occupations of life, a duty devolves itself upon me, of so important a nature, that I cannot evade its principles. Therefore I hope It may not \)e considered by the readers of this publication an unnecessary or unimportant inquiry to transmit to the enlightened and Christian community a compendious account of the Ufe of John Wewton, his family, and succeeding posterity. The momentous history of which embraces the sole foundation of his immoral and atrocious cruelties, whose name in succeeding generations will stain the page of history with everlasting disgrace, and raise monumentB ot dishonor upon the characters of the children yet unborn of his rl' ^,*»"merousIy connected throughout the univ^i The unfadmg blemishes so richly deserved by him and his flfttunate family, never can, nor will, as long as a human bemg exwfcthis sectioaof the globe, be eradicated from the minds of those rela- uves now in animation, whose progenitors suffered the most barba- rous /itrocities on both land and sea. The rod of affliction Which ne held m his hand consigned numbers to a watery grave, lonjr an- tecedent to their expectations, in the midst of youth and bloomfthat happy portion of human life, and surrounded with the pleasures of existence, so consonant to human life, the value of which, when ju- diciously culuvated, far exceeds the splendor of the univeri ; whose inhuman murders and cruel inflictions have not gone to the grave, there to he in the deep recess of terror, to sleep in silence and sink in obhyion. No, but it has emerged, the i^nciples of which to excite th^ interest and curiosity of the inhabitants of the t-hristian world, that they may see the effects of a want of huniaa- ity. So alarmmg are the consequences of those base and perfid- \ ^& .—■ «^-qp.-i»(^y;S*'[p^-^?ijj»rr- • 9v, 6 ious cruelties, the intelligence of which when rehearsed (much more when felt) are sufficient to shudder the mind and weaken the heart, and be productiv9 of sc'rious changes of a momentary na- ture on the human constitution. Those faculties, so essential to mt^, bestowed by the great Author of nature, which adorns the mind, qualifies the intellect, and prepares it for the important under- takings, that it may not be deprived of any of its essential qualities, by picturing to the imagination the miserable fate of the loveliest works of human nature, whose inhuman fate will soon appear. Reader, thou canst but admire the works of Omnipotence, and view with consternation the grandeur of the universe, the sublimity " of his Orecepts, and' the innumerable ways and ^eans ho has prop- agated to our satisfaction, in exploding the boijd to the world whifch in its "effects contained the downfall, ^ndhearT- rending murdjjrs cvtr recorded in the page of crime. So lamenttrble are its depredations, 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, clear "tb the ynderstariding of all, which divine Providence will surely punish, qrie time or other, with severe male- dictions. But we find that in 4 short period the power of the offend- ed begins to make its appea(Ance, and in a little time produces seri- ous consequences. It may not be impropei' to remark, before fyrther investigations, and in order to remov? it from the mind of every individual, lest the name might 8een> to have any claim, and prejudice betray some to think that the fatxiily of John Newton belonged in any degree to the stock whigh pfoduced that great and illustrious dharacter. Sir Isaac Newton; therefore, in order to distinguish him, and mark the transactions arid circumstances of his progeny, which, constitute the object of thi^ production, and also to satisfy the mind of the solici- tous researcher after the rise and miserable downfall of this once curious md respectable family. John Newton, a native of the South of Scotland, who emigrated at a very early period, possessing an ordinary share of talent, in the course of time settled in West Ches- ter county, State of New York, and by his industry acquired a vefy desirable prcrptitty there ; but in the course of time to him was born a son, whom he called John Newton, the principal subject of this narrative. His father gave him the opportunity of receiv- ing the rudiments of a polished education, and at his decease be- queathed him all his property, real and personal ; but having ac- quired wealth, he became a dignified person in the eyes of many. As we find money has often been the means of exalting many to high promotions unworthily, without ever, iooking to their moral. ■'% character, particulQrly under the jurisdiction of British ifofluenoe. However, indulging iByself in the idea that na politioal sentiment which has or may fall from my pen inadvertentlyy^iH cause any ofience for a moment- As it does not belong to niy province-to m- terfere with political sentiments or national affairs, I barely state . the facts, as they have appeared in authentic records, and from their open exposure in the court at the bar of justice, in w^ich I have the honor to be a member. Therefore I leave eVery thing to the read- er's dispassionate remarks, most consonant to his disposition. The family of this unfortunate individual consisted of two sons and one daughter, the accurate history of whose lives will appear on the pages of this interestiflg publication, in their respective places ; the accounts of which will be found to contain their rise and down-, iall, as also that of their unfortunate father, .whom I am compelled to lay down and describe. The charges which .a^ imputed upon him by historical productions — the vile, unprinoyled, ^nd shameful actions he committed — no |»rallcl can be found in the annals of crime, and which seems he has handed^ down to his followers, m regular succession, the consequences, the most inhuman. I assume that in the page of history, neither ancient nor moderp, cannot be found any parallel. Wo, not even when the city of Jerusalem, when suffering in the midst of war, besieged by Titus, and its m- habitants starving to death within its walls, where we have ,lhe ac- counts^of mothers eating their own children, which of itself is so far beyond the precincts of natuVe that I can scarcely conceive it to have any resemblance to the actions which encompass this man and his family, which of the latter I am obliged to say that ^eir behavior and fate in life was mord miserable than the former. The names of the wretched family being Henry, John, and Maria New- ton, of which the account of the latter wilL conclude this work. As I conscientiously consider it a duty incum^nt upon me to under- take a task so difficult and contrary to my profession, that I pled« myself that no exaggeration of its principles will appear, beyond historical, and self.^|&wt principles, and actual knowledge, which have appeared in th^P^remq Court of Halifax. That the intelli. gent worid may vievir with abhorrence the conduct .of a wicked race, that having appeared to the eyes of the worid at the bar of justice^ cannot be regretted one moment by the most ordinary minds. In order that ,1 may enter into a detail of life in a compr«|henflive view. ^ ^ " /. J • n • The first, or eariiest account we have of him, we find m (inn- ger's Life of the Refugees, Vol. 1, p. 125 ; a work now extant, and wfelf authenticated. * » • ' We find that in the year 1775, a year so memorable in American history, Mn Newtotj, sqq of the primitive John Newton, who emi. \ ■ - ■ N ^ ks r o Und Mltjed in Wtoit Chiter county, State of New York, and J^'T Wther'i property, then of about ttW) aire of 31. of a iS^rS^*"* ««l intellectual^abilitiw, i period when thTvi-gor SLnSrffVl!!™*""' ^»»» ™»nhd6a f yes, a period whieh^. JS«S?r is ^"^^ <>: ^^P*"* »»» generalV tn' dinwrting our Jtt^tfon to hie prmeiptee^of hfe, we ^nd his (hther dotermiSd to ^Rh«oiily sen neutral, ,f possiWe, from being disfinguished in tM eyes of men. A. lesson quite contrary to his previous precepts and e*a«|^e; and m th» much the son-seeined to act in conform- ij with hw flitherV desire, and in accordance with the woids of H^.!?/* 5*J""**'T**^'* wy«,"Trainjipa child in the way he •nouldgo, &c. HowcTer, we are informed he immediately es- S'Knii! Sf. °^ "^1*2: T i^?*^""*' of ^^ ^^n of the battle t^?^^^i^^ ^'* *^ •'""''' which animated so many in !r^Ll, f**^®^ ■"'*"* ™ °"^««' :oa8ting trade, and when opj^r- tunitv offered, soon becaa^fitted out as a privateer, freqaentl;^ ict- ingtne part of the rpost cruel pirate. .. *' -^ V ^sTfirst cruel deed wl jBqd him engaged in during the war of 1812; was in the sinking of a brig from Cuba, bound foir Boston, between. Cape Cod flfid Ca.pe Elizabeth; the detail of which we find in the Halifax CcAnmercial Gaiette, given by one of the persons then^n board 'the privateer, from which authority #6 principally >q^ote the following. a On the morning of the 15th of July, 1813jjhe ,wi|y| blowmg pretty lusty from the Southwest, and a long, heavy sea imnning, saw a sail about five- or six miles to the leeward, which was immediiate- ly.annbunced to be a brig from the West Indies, heavily laden, wifen instantly orders were given ;^ the helnuman to run right foir her, which was immediately complied Wit^, decks bemg^ oleared,^and preparations mad^fbr an attack ; but the brig did not seem to rec- ognize them. When, 1^ their astonishment, the Spitfire fired into them the first broadside, carrying^awcty their mainsail, ^resaiU fly- ing jib, and other spars, her crew immediately jumped upon deck, resolved to fight, which thfey did^lantly for upwards of "^ hour, though havinc only^two giftis, a few boiMing pikes, and one '' of two rifles aboard, WTth whioh they three times repulsed the ctew of the ^tfire* though three times their number, and well antied; but out -of the bria*s crew, consisting of the captain and pine ipen,, only five were thin alive, and some of them J»dly wounded, who were criminallrput in irons, and caused to "walk the plank, their brig floating Ibng enough to pillage, her of every movable thing. To record the many depredations which he committed upon that coast would far exceed our present limits. Suflice it to toy, the foregoing, which of alt others proved to -trim the most lucrative transaction he ever accomplished upon the sea, and for that reasgs I sdlect it from out the many of lessjife- importancci though all con- taining mournful consequences. In order, to characterize him in • sport, he was known as a pestilence on the coast His hell-fiend piracies were the linbans of leaving many a brave fellow in thd deep, ^nd many a; ifisconsolate -widow weepiiig for her husband, '-V. r- =-j£^ .X 'tJ 5 10 I \ I whom she was destined never again to beliold in this world, and the poor orphans to bewail the loss of their father, so dear to them. To dwell on the misfortunes and transactions of this man would fill a work far more voluminous than time would at present permit me 'to accomplish. His barbarous acts, committed on both sea and land, appear to have be6n prompted by no other desire than the ac- cumulation of wealth, and an aversion to the American flag, on which his depredations were felt ; — these are tbe only i«asons that can be deduced from historical narrations. Before I conclude this subject, I wish to direct the attention of the "feader to another important transaction. As, the cruel miirderer became so well known and felt in his day of career, which, th«(nk Providenpe, has vanished, one which was, of all others, the , most cruel and lawless, and being quite fresh in the minds of many to this day, I will exert my pen to describe the following transaction in regular succession. A few nrionths after the sinking of the brig before mentioned, while cruising between Cape Elizabeth and Mount Desert, the crew of the Spi18in«- found many difficulties in making their escape from American cruisers equally as expert, and prosperity beginning to decline, the crew began tWmutinize, some charging the captain with cowardice, &c. However, he resolved to give them a trial on the first opportunity, as we findtfrom the above authority. On the 12th of October saw a sail to windward, then blowing a heavy gale from the Northwest r«ut about, and by noon run up to the windward of her, and fonp(jj|fer to be the Amazon, of Pangor, with timber, having female passengers aboard. As the privateer made another tack, to come down on her bows, the movement was expectantly watched by the Amazon, but, bemg heavily laden, she was unable to escape: when the" Spitfir# determined to exhibit a superiority of naval movement, contrary to all custom. She came alongside, fired a broadside into the Amazon, which was ineflfectual, tacked again, fired her bow guns and gave another broadside, which swept the schooner, fore and aft, and seriously damaged her hull ; while the Dl-fated and defenceless crew stood in ^rrified alarm, beholding the preparations of death awaiting them on every side, but still determined to defend themselves until the last. When, in a few moments, the desperadoes, casting their grappling-hooks, at- tempted to board, the gallant crew repulsed them several times with severe Toss ; but, being overpowered by numbers, they were com- pelled to fall back before i\p advance of the savage erew^ who qonquered the unhappy remnant c^ the Amazon crew, only six in number. They then manned the / schooner, steering E. by N. E., t"ipging wfth them not only the -Captured crew and craft, but the helpless .aqd defenceless females^, who fell und^r the unmerciful L ■■f.>'>.if ■i.;*" U graap of these cruel and unrelenting tyrants, How can the mind of man feel, when attempting to comment upon the miserable fate of this unfortunate crew, wrecked .upon the waves of destruction, and under the tyrannical and unprincipled grasp of pirates, whose brutal and sanguinary disposition inflicted upon them the most bar- barous and inluiman conduct. How can we avoid lamenting, with bitti^ tears and anguish, the fate of eight unfortunate females, led by a pirate crew on the wild waves of the sea, destitute of every comfort, and subject the brutal desires of men commanded by a captain who behaved to and treated them in the most inhuman manner, according to the corruptions of his nature. Lest k should prove disagreeable to the finer dispositions to enter into a minute detail of the unruly deeds of men subject to .the infirmities of"na. ture so agreeable to their mi^fik I will defer the subject, leaving them to the reader's conjecturoSI^ After keeping them fifteen days subject to their desires, they at length launched thfee of them-overboard, who died by the inhuman conduct offered to them. The . r6mainder they sent asbo^ on the Ishnd of Grand Menan, situated in the Bay of FunSy. Four of the male victims died of theii' wounds, and the remaining two were suffered to go ashore at Little River, situated about twenty-eight miles west of Eastport. ^ It is almost as unnecessary aa it is untnteresting to cite any more of the cruelties perpetrated by the privateers. If history could produce even one noble or genero<|f^deed, I would feel a sorrcw in depriving them of its pflblication, biit 'In vain. We might search historical and personal accounts, and we could find not the least symptom tending to g()pd, but every thing pointing to unmerciful and unrelenting cruelty. e"elf hotly R?,f«kf rf " r^ }^^^ ^"^''^ ^*y' ""'" «he was again lost sight of. rinilnl k""^'^ ^"'^ ^ T"^ ^y «"°*^°*°' f°f had the chasi con- hnued two hours longer, she Would have been overhauled, and if so, wo be to her. The foUowing morning the water was cpvered with a thick fog, ^«. !3 ^!i!? ''^'"T" "• *h« ^y °^ ^""'Jy' '"^^ this gave h?r great advantage, as they risked a course to shore, and the Nebtune Sphfire ^ ^*°*'^'°° W<>^°»> of ^ow water, as fast ak the T«^''m®"P^^'"«°*.P"* ^° end to. piratical expeditions by CaoL rt^.^l7T' ^ri^^l "^^^ *** ^^ residencefsituated as^before Sk?S^i^\'^!'^^'^ '^f:^ ?' '°™® y^^' h»t eventually departed it w^'gr^^*^ '^r" Sr **»^ "^^^^ '»f*™°"« «°d cruel acts, to ap- pear before fiinr, who will rewatd him as he deserved. His name ZL^t""r? n'*'^ *? the pages^f history with aversion and dis! T^^t f, "v.°°u ^ P«'"i«ed to sink in oblivion, so that the !n?SL™rfi^''''v*'V""''""**' h^ ^^^'^^ »f inhumanity shall rise and cast itself in the face of the children of his seed, e^en to Te generations unborn of him; which the attentive reader may view conspicuously when he reads the eventful, miserable life of two sons and one daughter, particularly of the younger son, whose cu- mlnfi^TTJ?' "*!? ''°""^^«" °*"^his ?i^uctionlwh^ life and bold undertakings does not enfold an equaS narmt5on"n? ? ""yi^^J^^*- J" o^derthat I may give a satisfactory narmtion of John Newton and his family in succession, commenS- aSoLf'^h^'r^ /"t"!"""^.*^^ daughter. I. wish to dmw the Sf?of »!, T •n*^^'" ^"^ ^^® ®'^®' «°°' "^^"^ °a™e « Henry, the nSwL 5r. ""'" rifi"*^ ^ brief as possible, observing that V?SifA T'?^ ^^^ ^ """'"^d '° »U« eventful life. He pur- fnSffl officer 8 commission in the British service#in 1815, in an infiintry regiment, and conducted himself with perfect regularity for W y '^":,f ^''I ^. "'•"^^T *'«'«' '^^ » no longer annoyedV her threats, asflie reader will find the principles of m the concluding part of his life Being engaged m a conspiring and mutinizing society, so injurious in ite eflfecte, and contrary to all law, this is one Important principle a«. mgned for her fatal rum. The barbarous treatment he ^e her, tfiat she seemed as if determined to explode the bond connected isjth him and his associates, whose feara were as conscious as that of his own. Her body was found by persons who were huntinir • 1 ?!? ^""ll"^ Vec^iax to that country, in an old gripe. After halS ing laid for four or five montlis, as the verdict of the inquest con- Mdered, it was assumed that her throat had been cut fronTear to ear. Previous to the^overy of the corpse, he was taken, for the above cnme ormutmi««jon, and confined and tried by qourtmartial, found guilty, and sentenced to be shot, which command wdS exedited in S! ir™°? XTl ^ ^^ *te °^ ^*» °"" ^« 4* of June. IWO, at the hour of 12 o'clock, 'fbe guard consisted of twelve men. ^ ;S!«J f? *° ^ P''^. °^ execution-the unfortunate mim placed upon his one knee, and his coffiq beside him. When ordeis were given, the unfortunate body met the fete of an Ul-spont lifo in ftM world. Several were the rumors of other ladies aSd genUe- Sl'li^° )^^ presence could be no loo«r seen but on account pf Aeir character and the life they lived, ft was suspected that ste had abandoned him, and repaired to some other pEe* ShS^S ite. lJJ^ -rt- i\ f I 14 him one'female child of about eight months old, of which; nothing is known. But when nc^r body was found, several ladies and gentle- men recognized her decayed appearance, and all came to the unan- imous conclusion that she was the unfortunate wife of Henry New- ton, whose fate was-jQst remarked. The principles which led to his detection were — as he was on - parade one day, he carelessly dropped a paper, which his sergeant picked up and examined, and found it belonged to him. This led to an insci'utable search, when all was discovered, and when brought to trial gave immediate conviction. These illegitimate proceedings were introduced to him from members who were residents of the country. By his vindictive disposition, he thought to establish its consequences in the service. However, he derived but little suc- cess, t)wing probably to a limitation of 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 misfor- tunes, so much so tbat the reader needs no comment upon it. Suf- ficient to say, that the transactions of his father, which you are al- ready acquainted with in a concise m^inner, together with his own, has absorbed from the earth, where the remnant of his cruelties are mouldering to dust, has collected its ingredients into vascular vapor, hovering in the atmospheiie^ pursuing the footsteps (^f its unfortunate victim, until, at last, unable to support its just,icQ, U descends upon him in mighty fury, and commands he shall no lopger enjoy the paths of the living. Just like a mighty river, deriving its source from little and little, until, by degrees, its power becomes sp terri- ble that it cannot be withstood, till it mingles its waters in the ocean. So you may evidently see from what little circumstances sterious events oflen times will^ emerge,-:-a8 it was from dropping one of those papers which contained his downfall. But divine t^rovideoce has innumeirablQ ways and meansin producing his just dispensation. But in order that I may satisfy theTfhipds of solicitous readers af\er this unfortunate family, and that I may detain their patience no longer upon incidents which occur in frfaces far remote, was becajuse I wished to elucidate, in the simplest manner, to all who will ayail themselves, both old and young,, in perusing the hisj^ory ojT this fam- ily, hoping it shall be found a|greeable to the tf»Q4,8re8t^ fe^ling^vOnd ' productive of interesting infoirmation. I wish to attract the attention of the reader to a more inliportant life, pregnant with the most seriQU? evils and consequences this side of the Atlantic. Never was there so difficult an attempt ma,de by any writer, to commence to give a satisfactory account of the life, perils and undertakings of John Newton, second son of the primi- tive John Newton, which embraces the sole foundation of my pen to 8Uoh a pov^erful degree, that if the greatest revolution that ever took ''I ,/ 15 on 4 / . place in the" universal worfdjifere in motion, producing the most tre- mendous eruptions — causing the overthrow of kings, empires and republics, I could not, witfeC justice to myself or the world, evade ex- plaining its consequencef'and difficuhies. It should be handed over to the most scientific and enlightened characters of the day, that they might develope its origin with impartiality and purify its princi- ples from the misty ^Iwunds with which they are encircled. That the enlightened world might observe, with transparency, the cruel- ties and vile murdei^ he committed— Jiis oppressive exactions — the motived which induced him, and important concerns he was en- gaged in, is a tasjt so difficult in itself, and laborious, that it would employ the min^ of a more competent talent than I am possessed of. i Although behig appointed to unravel the principal incidents of hLs life without the least exaggeration, I have thought it expedient to comment upon it with brevity, and, as a satisfaction I owe to tny- self, by giving it the earliest publication. Others, I presume, ipay treat it with.'more severity, but my principle wont permit me to treat it only as it' deserves. But to overlook its dismal proceedings, with- out treati^ it in a manner subservient for some, and interesting for otheni,— ;Without the slightest enumeration of its parts — what barely cannot ;|fe avoided — the principles of his life are to be found in what follows : JLt the breaking out of the refolution of 1776, his father had to abahdon his country and property, which was confiscated. He set- tled at Windsor, in Nova Scotia, where he had born to him this son, John Newton, and during his residence there received a share of ed- ucation in proportion to his talents ; but not being endowed by na- tute with great acquirements, his unfortunate father inever conteril- plated much to have him promoted in a political or military point of view, as we find he did with Heniy, whose ambition and activin^ i/ppeared far flupenor tg his brother John's, which pleased his father I an admirable point of vieW, so he had him promoted, as it was ha father's glorious element to be distinguished, for every movement Kj»'«Jife. seemed to aspire to such. However, John's character ^d disposition seemed, in several inatancfes, dissimilar to that of Henry in their Vouthflil days. Henrjr was his fiither's companion ^nd favorite in his walb. John was the principial favorite of his nother, because his teifiper appeared more smooth, and hk affeC- Jon greater. But as he grew up, he became very precipitate in >» acUons and temper— so nnich altered, and mind so much de- praved—far beyond his mother's expectations, whose character was so humane and charitable— virtuous in every respect,—but to her tnisery. Her husband's cruelty and inhumanity deprived her of pleasure in this life. She departed this life before any consequence* . ■--'•fiilM Hhi. if-* T/ •i ^ u 16 took place. She eiideiivored by every means, to reclaim hioj, and exhorted him to return to a thought of righteousness. But his vile heart was as hard as the rock of adamant — proof against woman^s influence. She saw and viewed with abhorrence the. mournful incidents that were likely to descenti upon her family, which sank her to the grave. John Newton being the principal subject of this discourse, the life of whom I will treat as it deserves, by barely explaining (lie most momentous and important concerns connected with incidents and occurrences of this unfortunate individual, whose miserable dowofall is the conscious reward of an ill-spent and unguided life- time, which has proved his shameful ruin — not undeservingly. However, in order to proceed with precision, relying upon my own foundation* with actual knowledge, and sanctioned- by indisputable testimony before the bar of justice in the Supreme Court of Hali- fax, during the January term of the present year, which will be found of more length in the columns of our Journal. Therefore, sufficient for the present to ccmdense the account as much as possi- ble. As, no doubt, many of our readers are ab^ady aware of the circumstances alluded to, and whtoh has received the wise and dis- passionate decision of tfce law of the land, so just «nd admirable fojr the protection of the innocent. This appearmg before the respect- ability of the province, and so immutable as to deserve no censure. ^ John Newton not possessing acquirements of education su$cient to please his father, by which fae remained at home ; but in a little time, by the influence of his brother, then an oflScer in the service, he became collector of the port of Halifax, an office which he en- joyed for many ye3rs ; but his shrewd conjectures, and tentativ^lae- chanical inventions, was the met^ns which compelled him (when discovered^ to abdicate that office, by exactions which he practised IB ai lucrative point of view. Secret communications were issued to the Secretary of affiurs ; immediate orders were given for his re- .mo^, by which he became reduced^ wiu thought it expedient to abandon a city life, and retire to a covmtry residence, whe^ he could transact all business of importance in privacy. Previous to bis removal, he got married to a ladf^hoae name was Brooks, re- /omrkable for her desirable fortune and lytalifications, though not of an inviting ajDpearance, and pretty fiir advanced in years. It ap- MAIS, with accui;acy« it was sot for love, but for riches he married ]9«r4 which, when possessed, bis abrupt and disdainful temper glim- mered in full uniform. However, Uvipg together for a pejriod of fburteen or fifleea months the most hateful and disagreeable life, pturdering each other on all occasions, ni|(ht and da)r, even diuriog their time of residence in the city, after beuag united in the bond of noxpage. Tbc^ became th« bourse of all who knew or w^ J ■Vj,_. V tglim- t Qof e life, during dnd of r w«re / 17 conversant with thepi ; so much so, that the ladies and RentlemeH piking the street would be lUtening to hear what mlKhfproS went along, just as if their residence wiA a vjlcano fearing an erup^ about to take plac^. Many a repeated mSgX"? re- spectable neighbors Would be alarmeJat the dawn of day aid TTI'J^ ^% exclamations from her bed chamber? whi^^e would be sacr.fic.ng her unfortunate body with kicks aid blows.-! No servant would stop more than eight or ten- days But o^ coarse, stout Irish female, who was advanced in yea«' and beina whnt ?wr7 '^^" •"i««'«^.and both natives of tK^TecouX^ whose fortitude and courage in behalf of her mistress etvaSdE m the eyes of the latter, a^d depressed her mrhvTth the former So -her perfection was so^well known by her mistress Vh«t if Xi wou d speak of leaving 4r service, sheCuld elE^' £ in t most allurmg and sympathising terms not to, .Sd tSl any recom -Znll^'i:"' PT' "^^'^ «^« ^»»°"'d have at the W^tim^rt Then ^h^' •"•«^*»«"°«« t° her, and her mtaerablelSSime,^ 7£ll^ T' ««"''»*' *ho8e name was Maiy Crow, would b^o' r5lv "» <^o™Paf on, :«rhich would induceTer fron^tTme to tin^ to stay. However, he removed to his country residence ThShS SSr^'^tt'ir^hrr"' ^'^•"'''^' ^^^-^ 1":^ Sn^'for J tI«^-^-j! ^ i®[ ^^"^ 8'** ^^"^ f °d worse, increasing with U^ great d«tance of the settlement in which they were Xel ^t nmed no less than fourteen or fifteen miles from the c.K whSh her acquaintances were. The few houses that were^nveS w";,?ii » detw^ninauon, together with a recited of herm^te?f / V »■ \^u,. ' ■. ■-■!. .4.-< %jx:s^^f0s"m^^ f 18 ance, which excited her with sl thought, of incomparable gladnete, as well as her mistress, who consulted together when his absence would permit ; the conclusion of which, sometimes depressing, and other times mingled with expectations of seeing better days. But to their unhappy njisfortune, we find them disappointed in this world, in a melancholy point df view ; so much so, that the reader cannot but be affected with comp^ion, when he reads the follow- ing transaction. As the master never made much freedom with the servant, nor she with him, unless with mingled sentiments of contempt for his be- havior ; kno^ying his disposition to be so nefarious in itself which polluted her mind in her presence, that she presented a countenance of disrespect, which he braved, and overlooked with determined steadiness, as you will see his important and infamous motives for so doing. . As her bed chamber was situated right opposite to that of her mistress, but so convenient, that any noise made she could easily diinnguish in a moment, and also any light which might be in use in their apartment ; the rays of which, would proceed through a certain crevice into her apartment, which alarmed" her many a time; and for her own satisfaction, she would rise up out of bed, and peep through thitf aperture into bis* chamber, when she would find him walking about, as if in deep meditation, with his head down, and then return to her bed in pxofound silence. However, on the night of the 10th of December, about one o'clock she awoke, as she conceived, whether perfect orimaginarjr, as we may suppose, by a delicate screan;i, which attracted her thoughts in a fearful man- ner ; so much so, (as she related,) her flesh crept, and blood ran cold; not knowing the cause, she wished to persuade herself ad' if caused by phantoms. Turning herself about as if powerless, she Eerceived the rays of light emerging with slight interruptions into er chamber, as often before. As curiosity prompted her to see what was in motion, she rose iR profound silence, made her way to the aperture, which presented a perfect view of the chamber ; every step as she moved along, caused a feafful sensation in her mind. — But to her inconceivable horror and dismay, she perceived her loy- ing and afibctionate mistress the murdered victim of one, which no Appellation can be formed ; she saw, as she related, the murdered lying prostrate on the flopr, with nothing more than her night dress, her bosom covered with blood ; so much so, that she could npt per- ceive where the fatAl wound was inflicted. The weapon of destruc- tion, was a large knife lying upon a chair, uncleaned of the blood of the innocent. He was moving here and there, (as the saying is,) cleaning this and that, as if preparing for fKe removal of the body, no longer*wantbg ; she saw him also examine a large mail bag, as we anticipate, to be the shroud of the murdered bodyi in which it is ..%- .^^IfflStf:*?^^-.- 19 to sleep in the silence of the grave, until the day of retribution wjli appear, #hen man will be summoned before the judgment, to ac- count for his forbidden and unjust doings in this world. Let the at- tention of the reader be drawn once more, to see cou|d he form an idea of what the feelings of this unfortunate and mi^rable spectator were, when beholding in the dead of the night, (the time appointed for the living to refresh themselves,) her beloved mistress the pros- it**® ^'*'^"" °'* atrocious marder, then bleeding in her gore, situated far from friend or stranger, in the middle of a barren wilderness; knowing if she gave vent to her finer emotions, no alternative in the world would appease his vengeance, but immediate death to pre- serve hi3 own life. But alas ! the poor affectionate female little knew what a few hours could or would produce ; as she followed her mis- tress through many a dangerous and perilous breeze, she had the mortification of beholding the most miserable and affecting sight the mind can conceive ; of all others, none can compare with this, the last remnant of earth's creation. The miserable spectator re- traced her footsteps to her chamber, with such silence and ease, ev- ery step moving with such caution, as if they were to be the means of cdlmg the dark ages of the world to exalt their inanimate frames, which have lain thousand of years in inouldering ruins, and crush with vaogeance the Christian and heath^ nations into one common mass, that their remains might be mixed unpromiscuously ; the very idea of which, would deprive man of reason, so necessary to his well being. These considerations, arfd n\any more, heaped on the ^^ °' .*" individual, could not procure a more melancholy and affected^heart, than this unfortunate spectator possessed. She laid herself down with a mind overwhelmed with grief, at the awful de- privation of the rights of human nature, there already deprived.— Sleep had fled from her eyes ; her soul waa like unto the troubled waters of the ocean, undulating in every direction that the wind of heaven might blow, caused by the innumerable thoughts of a soul laboring amidst inconceivable horror and dismay, at the fate of this world, and imaginary scenes that present themselves beyond the grave, so terrifying to a troubled soul on the point of departure.— She related among the rest, that she watched with an attentive ear. to hear hini remove the body of the murdered, firom out of the fatal ^*"' which covered him from the inclemenqy of the night of the dark 10th of December ; a night pregnant with eternal ruin, the worlM of which have risen against him in this world. However, pro- found silence was kept by each; but after ashort period of fifteen minutes, as supposed, «ie knew by the emerging rpys, he was pre- paring the passage, and in a little time she heard a slight noise, as If the door received a shaking, which copducted through a narrow mil to the rear of the building. These circumstances cUent and acquife*- ments when excited in'behalf of the inhuman murderer, caused hb, Iiberfttioij, now so rooumfully regretted by those int^re^d ^pd w- b ^ \ f i ^.mUK '"'"I M'WWWPi^ '<» -[V .*.. »,VA .,■ '^■S^ -- interetted, as one evidence was not sufficient to comml|lfeit) ui th» circumstances of ^wo. murders, by pampered evidences wh.ch appeared. Sufficiem' to say, he gained his liberty amidst the scoria and disdain of the. sup'-^me court, unhesitatingly believed to be cuii. ty of the murder of his wifeahd servant, of neither of whoso mortal remains no twee can be found. Various are the opinions of the death the unfortunate servant received from the monster of insanity whose pestilential desires infected the air; she breathed and sad* deped her soul unto deatJK Let us return, therefore, from so un- comfortable an mquiry. The evils are performed, but retnain un- punished. However, we fin^ the storm howling, and the temp« ' bIowmg,8ur« indicaUons of eternal vengeance about to m bring an ignominious death. It is from his future conduct, nftettm ing liberated from the above mentioned case, the attentidn of mi pen 18 directed ui a social point of view, the consequences of his last trial being so mjunous to his property, he was reduce,d to a mere potning. After discharging every expense attending thereto, he be- came poor and destitute, having almost nothing to eat, looked at with disdain by every body excommunicated frtwi, the city, ban- whed to the miserable abode in the wildejness. He began to view with remorse, the miserable condition in life he was reduced, desti- Ik K « ■ and stranger, anticipating no prospect appeared for tfie better, eVery thing Keming for the worse. 'The eSLcts of his former transactions ^fiied deep in his mind ; so much so, despair- ing pf fdrgiveness if Ihis world or the world to come. Thinkins every thin^ was as bad as it could be, he determined to secure, i? possible, Ins future comfort in this world. Sev6ral wefe the resolu- tions he formed in his mind, respecting projects of 9 different-nature, «ome of them p easant to his consultation, others, the termination dangerous, and almost insurmountable. Many were the plans he devised for the accomplishment of such ; however, one which of all others attracted his attention, in a cheerihg point of ^iew, and seem- ed as lucrauvc, resolving to risk all dangers for its kdcomplishment, the ^ituationof his place seemed so W9II adapted to the undertakine H-lit'Tfe'^i'" the robbing of her Maijes^mji!, passing from Haiifex to Windsor; viewing the intended plrtMimiiijh hemlock- ' » aded the road,- by thro^ig or collecting a ^WuSk of snelffttti^ in the way, which made the road almost imp|^Hfs9Pn the malP^ carrier came forward, of course he drove intdfRfmculty in order to pass, where the horses were entangled, afr if almost sunk to the breast, appearing to be unmanageble in the difficulty, when to their surprise a man ran down a little precipice of three or four perches, verv'^ precipitately, commanding him, as he drew a case of "pistols' from JW bwast, to deliver in one moment what the mail possessed. , If he love rtfte foot farther, he would consign him to eternity— % iriiin u the scorn ) be guil BO mortal 18 of' the insanity, and sad- TJ so un- nain un- afle n of m\f 2s of his ) a mere ), he be- koked at ity, ban- to view id, desti- »red for ts of his despair- thinking jcure, ir i resolu- - nature, nination )lans he h of all i seem- ihment, taking, ig from ! olock- 't r sneliapir hemair^ )rder to breast, irprise, s, very ' from If he lity. — .■nfi / Bounding forward, he ^hich proved his destruction. After exhausting him of strength, 'they bound his legs with an old reserved leather trace,'^so that he could make no resistance ; the oth«r took a belt of worstednnaterialv and bound his arms, and hauled, him into the sleigh, and returned back to the city with such joy in their arms, as if they conquered the United States upon the Oregon ques- .tion. I assure the public, between the men murdering each other through the deep snow, and horses plunging in the same as if terri- fied, was a «ight fdr any traveller to relate in this natite country. But, at .all ev:ents| he was committed to prison — examined, sworn, there to remain once mofe to await the serious consequences cdn- nected in the 4tfeach he attempted to commit. The January term approaching, he^was tried in the Supreme Court of Halifax, and found guilty of the highest breach of the law, received his-sentencc to be hung on the 2l8t of January, at 12 o'clock. / He remained laboring in sad dejection of spirits, on the lamentable and ignomini- ous fate he was going to meet, and the fearful consequences which befell his brother, &c. ■^ Tfc» day arrived, watched by him with such terror, and at tfb appointed hour he appeared, to the surprize of an immense crowi of assembly of old and young, he was dressed in the usual costume appointed to such an ekhibition, so inhuman. He addresse'd the as- sembly of spectatbrs with a lively tone of voice, of tbe life of his father and brother, and his own conduct. It is unnecessary to say or express every word he said. He dwelt but a short time upon any principle ; therefore I will give the substanqe of his entire ac- knowledgement : « . , " ' i . f ■ v *■ - • • ' » . " *\ ' ' . ^ T - ,y • -^ .' ■> - / 3L,^wl&lle£ t^,i^^ *j. Jf*.. ^ t s .V*fe\ . >* • '..-J.s£*Jt: W ' \x ^/' ^'^^ #' it ■ however. W^en thfafntlZn .T**' 5uP^^^^ '""i came in and shower ?CuZhrK''.'^'''^^f'^^^^^"^ ; after, under thrtrunV oTa ,arae h/' ^"^''""f »»«>• « ^^ hou« - and that of his liZ\^ ^ ^^^J^^^^y^^ ^""^^^ for which murder, tempt nff to rob tfip mnil cfn„„ \j w- i^ , v °* ^he offence m at- posiSonf he wou 3 h^e shot^him in^'uT' ^'^ §'^^" ^'"^ "P" Providence turned altnst him and ttt h" "^ """"" ^'^-^ *'«"'^ °^ ward of an unfortunZ anri , S,' .v ^^ 'f ^'""S to receive the re- actions. ThrmoZnt arri""^PP ^f^^^^'^^ with the dost cruel Having gf^en a narmtTveo? t^'h^'" ^" Z"" ^T'^'^ ''^^'^ ^^«™^y- entwined with the fathS- and ll - W^°' '"'^ ^"^ consequences small degree of i row to ttr^fT' ^''*? °r ""^«*^' ^'^h no ried in the yea SSJ to a ^nf ^^ """P '^^V^^^^'"' ^^^^ ^«« '"^r. Brunswick XrL v,. J^ ?*"" "'''''■'•" '''« province of New > liCuntl tC exposu^^^^^^^ '",. apparently, alf the comfor^of " the word in iLs KT ^ u"^'^^' ^uilt, which has gone before apd eloquenrdiSlnv Ir^/h '^*''?'? ^" ''""'"« ^^ t^e powerful more E t atd^LtL,t^h"*'^°;]'^^^^ "''""^^'' ^^'^^^ «'•" '""ch ' . tl> ' X- ■ . r ■ r ^ r u % • / Mdi..'-- ; -Ji'.; ■ fij.;»;l ..■ . , ii ■ t • 1 ^-''■5 ■%irf^t'miwm--f ,1ft-. 2& Court, that he reflected on his choice ; but, if any thing, quite the reverse, as the counsel for the defendant attempted to pSce a connivance on the part of the husband, which failed to recede fam Chief Justice, in his charge to the jury, as well as the verdict itself which wa. rather a heavy stroke to such offences in futu'r A few evacuated th '^" 'T' '^' M!'" ^T'^ ^"^ disconsolate husband evacuated the country, and the unfortunate author of his miserv friendless and homeless, wandered around until the November fl' pS "" ^' ''°'''"^' ^'^"•"'^^'^ ^" *h^ 'if^ by a qutntUy of Thus, reader thou mayst view, but not without dismay, the sad and sorrowful view of the rise and fall of this sorrowful s^m^n mayTe'ad Id "^I'r' l^"^"^'^ '" ^'t'^" ^'^ ^^^^^ -^ -^ "ho ITatore ^ ' ""'"^ P'^^' ''^^ ^^^ imperfection of human TRIAL BETWEEN MESSRS. SUMMERS AND GORDON IN THE SUPREME COURT. Counsel for the Plaintiff; Mr. Richey, My Lord and Gentlemen : ^am instructed by the Plaintiff, Mr. Summers, to lay his case be- to Ue^'x^ed"'. -"^""".'l' '' '^' e-at inteW wVch Ft^e^„ to imye excited. It is one of those cases which come home to thA iv'rarcoTcer'S'^ Yxf ^"''°'^- ^' ^ "°^ conf^edTth: t the lowest H'Tu* ^"^'l ^v^T circle, Jjrora the highest to hp ^hT' • 1 r "^? ^^^ '^^'y ^^^"^ «f community, and commands luh^htr T^^^^'^y }"> the spot where human nature, p™ "ed at the bar of pub he jnstice, calls aloud for pity and protecU^ On my fii^t addressing a jury on a subject of this nafure, I t^k S high ground to which I deemed myself entitled I st.^ „^„ If purity of the provincial chamcter'^-I retd upon St Thas^! which time has made proverbial, and almost drowned thVcr^ qhS^ •'if '4, 26 dividual suffering in the violated reputation of the country. Hihn- bled and abashed, I must resign the topic ; indignation at the novel- ty of the attempt has given way to horror at the frequency of its repetition. It is now becoming almost fashionable among us • we are importing the follies and maturing the vices of other countries- scarcely a term passes in these courts, during which some una- bashed adulterer or seducer does Lot announcpe himself, improving on the odiousness m his offence by the profligacy of his jusUfica- tion ; and, as it were, struggling to record by crimes the desolating progress of our barbarous civilization. Gentlemen, if this be suf- fered to continue, what home shall be safe, what hearth shall be sa- ^"^V 7:,. P*""®"^ can, for a moment, calculate on the possession of his child ? What child shall be secure against the orphanage that gpjTings from prostitution ; what solitary right, whether of life ^l °V",, "^\°'" °^ property, in the land, shall survive among us, if that haUowed couch, which modesty has veiled, and love endeared and religion consecrated, is to be invaded by vulgar and promiscu^ ous libertinism. A time there was when that couch was inviolable« when conjugal infidelity was deemed but an invention; when mar*' riage was cd^sidered as a sacrament of the heart, and faith and affection sent lt^ mingled flame together from the sanctuary ; — are the dearest rights^ of mari, and the holiest ordinances of religion, no morte to be respec.ted? Is the marriage vow to become but the prelude to perjury and prostitution ? Shall our enjoyments debase themselves mto an adulterous participation, and our children propa- gate an mcestous community ? Hear the case which I am fated to unfold, and then tell m^ whether a single virtue is yet to linger among us uncontaminsrfed ; whether honor, friendship, or hospitalitj are to be sacred. Here^ the case which must go forth to the woriti; but which 1 trust in God your verdict will accompany, to tell the reader that if there was vice enough among us to commit the crime, there is virtue enough to brand it with an indignant pjmishment. Of the plaintiff, Mr. Siimmers, it is quite impossible but you must have heard much ; his misfortune has given him sad celebrity ; and It does seem a peculiar incident to such misfortune, that the iosff of happiness is almost invariably succeeded by the deprivation of char- acter. As the less guilty murderer will hide the corse that may lead to his detection, so does the adulterer, by obscuring the reputation of his victim, seek to diminish the moral responsibility he incurred. Mr. bummers undoubtedly forms no exception to this system ; be- trayed by his friend, and abandoned by his wife, his too generous confidence, his too ten^r love, has been slanderously perverted into sources of his calamity. Because he did not tyrannize over her whom he adored, because he could not suspect him in whom he '*>--- linge ■^^' 27 trusted, he was careless, and crime, In the infatuation of its ciinning^, found its justification even in the virtues of its victim. I am not deterred by the prejudice thus cruelly excited. I appeal from the gossiping credulity of scandal to the grave decisions of fathers and husbands ; and I implore of you, as you value the blessings of your home, not to countenance the calumny which solicits a precedent to excuse their spoliation. She was then in the very spring of life, and never did the sun of heayen unfold a lovelier blossom. Her eye and look was beauty, abd her breath was fragrant ; thfi^ye that saw her caught a lustre from the vision, and all the virtues seemed to linger round her life, so many spotless spirits, enamored of her lovelijiess. What years of tongueless transport might not her beau- ties gain, to render them all perfect. In the connubial rapture there was only one, and she was blessed with it. A lovely family of in- fant children g»ve her the consecrated name of mother, and with it all that Heaven can give of interest to this world's worthlessness. Can the mmd imagine a more delightful vision than that of such a mother, thus young, thus lovely, thus beloved, blessing a husband's "^a/t, basking in a world's smile. It was indeed the summer of th0ir lives, and with it came the swarm of summer friends that revel in .the sunshine of the hour, and .vanish with its splendor. High and honored in this crowd — most gay, most cherished, most pro- fessing —stood the defendant, Mr. Gordon. He was the plaintiff's dearest friend, to every pleasure called, in every case consulted, his day s companion and evening's guest, his constant, trusted, bosom friend ; and, under guise of all, O, human nature ! he was his fel- fpsf, deadliest; final enemy. Here, on the authority of this brief, do I accuse him of having wound himself into my client's intimacy — of having encouraged that intimacy into friendship — of having counterfeited a sympathy in his joys and in his sorrows — and when he seemed too pure even for .skepticism itself to doubt Mm, of havings under the very sanc- tuary of his roof, perpetrated an adultery the most unprecedented and perfidious. If this be true, can the world's wealth pay the penalty of such turpitude.? Now, gentlemen, if this b^ proved to you, here I may take my stand, and I say, under no earthly circum- stances can a justification of ifie adulterer be adduced. No matter with what sophistry he may blaspheme, through its palliation, God ordained, nature cemented, and happiness consecrated that celestial union, and it is complicated treason against God, and man, and soci- ety, to attempt its violation. The social compact, through every fibre, ' trembles at its consequences ; not only pblicy, but law ; not only law, but nature ; not only nature, but religion, deprecate and denounce it. Parent and offepnng— youth and age — the dead from the tontb — V. 28 ?nl^''"*^ ^yu"" '^ °™Heman of impeachable veracitv Jat the defendant expn^ssed himself the discover^ in his bed S' "know very well the jury will award damages agabst me^il I wmTve'lie^nv'^T to compromise it ; he ofes m^S^^minry' 1 will give the overplus in horses." Can you imairine anv th!n„ more abominable He ^duced from his fri J.S^ tie X of hfs souf and the n:oAer of his chUdren, and when writhing under the receni wound, he deliberately ofieW him bnltes in compeT^t'on I wS not deprecate this cruelty by Vny comment; yet SiTTery brute he ''S!^^ .^'^J ^°' ^^' ""°^t"™f mother, ^ould have iL iti li?e SSfmernt^^^il^ tTt I '^''''^^' it assented Ili^thS wey mean to arraign the husband as a conspirator, because in the hour of confidence and misfortune, he accepted a prSd^pecun' ary assistance, from the man he thought his friend. ITthey do I call upon you to visit it with vindictive and overwhelmmg damages I would appeal, njt.to this civilized assembly, but to a hordeTfX-" ' ririfice? ' • r '"^T^^'l f- 'h^ost^inhuman monster Z L ff f„,h "'^^'"y» bis character, his wife, his home, his chiU dren I In the name of possibility, I deny it ; in the name of human- 1 » n. r 1 , / 1 . ' ■ / k . ^ ■^J . « >'\ ■ir^. ,i^' " i ■ 1 31 ity, I denounce it ; in the name of our common country!, and our common nature, I implore of the Itfftrned counsel not to p^mulgpte such a slander upon both ; but I need not do so ; if the sea] of advo- cacy should induce them to the attempt, memory would a^luy their unhappy homes before them; their children would lisp its contra- diction ; their love, their hearts, their instinctive feelings 4s fathers and as husbands, would rebel within them, and wither up the horrid blasphemy upon their lips. They will find it difficult tp palliate such turpitude. I am sure I find it difficult to aggravate. It is in itself a hyperbole of wickedness. Honor, innocence, religion, friendship, all that is sanctified, or lovely, or endearing in creation. Whpt compensation can reprise so unparalleled a sufltrer ? What solitary consolation is there in reserve for him ? Is it love f Alas ! there was one whom he addred with all the heart's idolatry! and she deserted him. Is it friendship .? There was one of all the world whom he adored with all the heart's, idolatry, and he betrayed him. Is It society ? The smile of others happiness appear but th« epitaph of his owh. Is it solitude ? Can he be alone, while mertioj^, strik- mg at the sepulchre of his heart, calls into existence the spectres of the past ? Shall he fly for refuge to his sacred home ? Every ob- ject is eloquent of his fuin. Shall he seek a mournful solajce in his children ? O, he has no children ; there is the little favoritel that she nursed, and there — there, even on its guileless features — there is the horrid smile of the adulterer. O, gentlemen, am I thi|'aay dnly the counsel of my client? No — no ! I am the advocate of humanity, of yourselves, your'^ homes, your wives, your families, your children. I am glad that . this case exhibits such atrocity ; unmarked as it is by any miti? gating feature, it may stop the frightful advance of this calamity. It wi 1 be met now, and marked with vengeance. If it ]fe m, fare- well to the virtues of your country ; farewell to all confidence be- t\treen man and man ; farewell to that unsuspicious and repiprocal tenderness, without which marriage is but a consecrated curse. If oaths are to be violated, laws disregarded, friendships betrayed, hu- manity trampled ; national and individual honor stained, and if the pequry of fathers and husbands will give such miscreancy a pass-^ port to their homes, and wives, and daughters, farewell to ,all that yet remams to your country. Mark this day, by your verdict, your horror at the profanation, and believe me, when the hand which records that verdict shall be dust, and the tongue that asks it trace- less m the grave, many a happy home will bless its consequences, and many a mother teach her little child to hate the impious treason 01 a dwelling. O, I know I need not ask this verdict from your mer- cy ; 1 need not extort it from your compassion ; I will receive it \ V 4- / . '-A+'j^iiA' i^ ICV i^'Jk.. . . r . m * ♦.■uvpif-*" fe*4if*j'> "i^*^^ •^i.Tyr-^ife «»K m^r^'v*i^^^-'*. not as husbands, but as citizens ; not as citizens hn «„ "^^^n™ , as men, but as Christians; by aU ^our owSrons "ublTn^^ "^ vate, moral and religious; by the hearth Snir? ^^°1 P"" desolated, by the canons of the ting Sd f^^v sour^ j^" *'°")^ save your firesides from contagion /our coun"^^ CJ' "*'"' ^ tJ'l'fnl"^""'^'^ with a verdict of Oni THoLail'Xe'^n. \ ^ \ ^ eK"^ « *wS^ «»^| \ *' *rf^-*yWP^iP*' 'i-* * ^»"?j!i,*M»SiS,., %- , ^T^ Usbands; nen; not and pri- he home , save, O e crime, and sor* \ amations red^/aad ve Hun- \ A'i WT«aSV " titB V v ^ « '■'■■' *i'- ,, ■'. ■ ^r\ '■ ■ -^.'/i 1 (; 'i^v->i>- , V ■, ': VJ cj^ f? ^. »ia. aw ''^