% IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 i I.I lAai2.8 1!^ Ui 12.0 IL25 i 1.4 1.6 l; 5r A {/ ^ u if ^Ifi M/^ 4^ \ «s- \\ [V ^/^ Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4S03 ^ ^■b- o ^ /. ^ CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiquas Tachnioai and tlblloflraphle Notaa/Notaa uehniquaa at bibliographiquaa Tha Inatituta haa anamptad to obtain tha baat original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia copy which may ba bibliographicaily uniqua. which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha raproduction, or which may aignificantly changa tha uaual mathod of filming, ara ehaekad baiow. 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Tous lee sutfoe oxemploires origineux sont fllmte en common^snt per la promi4re page qui comporte uno smpreinte dimpresslon ou d'illustrstion et en terminent per la dernlAre page qui comporte uno telle ompreinte. Un dee symbolee suivants apparaltra sur la domlAro imego do cheque microfiche, solon le caa: le symbdo ^-^ signifie "A 8UIVRE". le symbolo ▼ signifie "FIN". Lee cartee, planches, tabloeux. etc.. pouvent Atro filmte i dee taux do reduction diffironts. Lorsque le document est trop grond pour Atro roproduit en un soul ciichA, il eet film* i partir do I'anglo supAriour gauche, do gauche k droito, et do haut en boa. en prenant le nombre d'Imegos nAceesaire. Las diagrammes suivsnts illustrent la mAthodo. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 t mu MirlHid «f liiM iHtMttig, ul iMir mMn if AUO AiKETOE ^%^'-^ i^' Towirid«ri8A3n9if UP TO 1841« wxmAcma jkH aooount op n» I *. v-,3ii*^3 '^ X's If^ mi!^ ■£•' 1 1 1 ■' J ii 4m.<- I i;i. ' ipi "j" ^M f II * I I' l l . tii# ii i'' i I ■•!i«ri> # ^l IV •I f ■ ' ^mx &fH M ■ #.,H" i.i4' 'stv, . .?f' r fr-«¥» S-p.'' «iii U \mh Ki t»"i <-vi /C* . HllTRT ] iD»d« hi* t lofonnatioi •d at Win M l«t«ly waa A Tail empIojriiMM in nia imbi 'Akfanttgl vince, but with few, I eoaotry, at ootiraokari Finding fiumar inti which tiuie carafalf aw yond hia «] toKieadiif tipparendj wurroad « kimaelftol neighbourii the loornini A roaiiy oftheBipt Idmaelf ioU %^ r^-^wU direct* *^^** fkomthia fi gained m.M oe|J the Bti p him in m-ir ■ >!! « refusals :>' they oeten the remon^ V { houae to V^ ), 6n the I2tti Vt While hi •U0 hie hue hiaranMwai bagia«8B, u qaeot viatt Miptiooa. vpon being 'J mmmfii ^■^ •It; •♦ 'n dU- THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OF • HiiriiT Mors Smith, the noted individual who forma the lubject of thii Nnrmtif*, mftde hia fint uppearance amonnt ua in ihe year 1813. Previoua to thia, we hare no loformation concfrning hiin. Simie time il the month of July, in thin year, he ap|)ear* •d at Windaur, in Nova*Sootia, loolting for employment, and pretended to have emigra- ted lately from England. On being aaked what hia occupation was, he staled that h« was ft Tailor ; but could turn his hand to any kind uf mechanical business or country •mployuimt. Ha waa decently clothed, genteel in his iiDjpearance, and preiNtiaaaaii^ in hia maniMr, and aeemed to underatand himself very well. •• Althtwgh an entire stranger, he seemed to be acquainted with every part of the Pr(^ vinoe, but atndittualy avoided to enter into close intimacy with any person, associatM with few, and carefully concealed ail knowledge of the meana by which he came to Um ooantry, and also of i *m prigin and connexions, keeping his previous life and his'.ory fai ootir* obscurity. Finding no better employment, he engaged in theserviee of Mr. Bond, a re«p«etiri»l« fiuniMr in the village of Rawden,v/ho agreed with him for a month on trial, durinf which time be conducted nimself with much propriety and honesty ; waa industrioai^ carefol^ and uaeful, to the entire af.tialaotion of Mr. Bond, hia employer, and even b«> yond hia axpectaticm. He was perfect y iuofTen^ive, gentle, and obliging ; used no h|. toadcatiiig liquora» refrained friMn idle conversat'on and all improper language, and Wta Apparently free from every evil habit. Being engas;ed for some time in workirr; on « 'aurroad with a company of men, whose lodging was in a camp; rather thun aubjeet kiiiMelf to the pain of their loose convordation in the camp, he ciioiie to retire to eMia neighbouring barn, as he pretended, to Bleep in quiet, and was always en rty at norkia the awraing: but as the seauel will discover, he waa very dilTorentiy engaged. A ready eoBformity to Mr. Bimd'a religious priocfplea, who waa a very religions mitt of the Brmr>g and eirefi> ^igjirayera waa always marked with regularity and seriouaneas *, and, in the absence of ^r. Bond, he would himaelt' officiate in the most soli>mn and devout manner. TUs r-^^vwU directed aim of hia hypocnisy secured for him almost all he could wish or pxpaet ftpomtbaa family | he not only obtained th^ full confidence of Mr. Bond himttftlf, bat gained miat effectnally, the affections oUiis favorite daughter, who was unanle to coo. o«|^ the strength of her attachment lo him, and formed a resolution to give hor i*aBd to hini in mirriage. Applientiim was made tu Mr Bond for bis concurrence, nnd, » I though « reAisal #vaa the consequence, yet so atroug waa the attachment, and so tirmly were tiiey oetermined to consummate their wishes, thai neither the advice, tho siitr 'ati<)B. Mt ike remonstrances of her frends, were of any avail She went with hm from hef faQIwtl house to Wiiidaor, and under the name of Frederick Henry More, he there married llir:: 6nthe |3ti] of March, 1813, her name having been Etixabeth F. < ' While he reraaia^d at Rawden, although he professed to be a Tailor, hd did hot ^• •ue bis business: bat was chiefly engaged in farming or country occupatiohf^. AJfier his removal t» Windsor, and his marriage to Misa Bodd* be entered on a newUmbf busiaasB, uniting that of the tailor and pedlar logethor. In this character hr> miule firi* qaeot visits to Halifax, always bringing with him a quantity of goods, of vtrioUs dlts> eripUons. At one lime he was known to bring home a considerak^le sum of rocm^T,iaid vpoo being asked how iie procured it and all thpse articles and goods he brougUt hMie, 1*'4[ < i v^ :fs- 'i .<>^***e;-' '*^**{fc^f 4 THE MYSTERIOUS DOCNOS OP ^ heropliedthatafViendby JienamtofWllion luppliod him with any thinff ho wanted M a tailor. It is remarliable. howovei, that in all hta tripa to Halifnx, h« uniformly tat o«t in tiie af>f rnooQ and r«»turned the next roorninff. A etrtain f(rnt!«uuin4 iMakinir of him aa a tailor, remarked that he could sul very well and make apaiiy artlc'o ef clothing IB a ajjporiur manner. In laci, hln geniua wai extr«ordip«rv, ond he could execute any thing wet) that he turned bit attentioQ tu. A youog msn bavinf applied lo bin for a •ow coa, hfi accordingly to«»k hm meaaure, and proniaed to brinfif the cloth with h'ni fJie firrit time he went lo Halifax. Very aoon aOor, he made hia journey lo Halifax, •nd on hi» return, happeninir to meet wiih ibe young man, he allowed him, from bia portmanteau, the olotb, which waa ol a auperior qnalKy, and promiaed to have it mad* on oil a certain day, which ho puoctnaliy performed to the entire aatkfactkin of hia •la- yover, whu paid ^m hia price and carried off the coat. . About Ihia time a number of unaccountable and myaterioua thefts were eommittod in (HMifax. Artieiea of plate were misting from genilemen'e houaee ; ailver watelraa mtti atay other valuable arliclea were uken fVoni SiWeramith'a abopv, and all done ta ao teyaterioua n manner, tliut no marka of the robbtr'a banda were to be aean. Thi«a jK>)uneaoflaleaci%of Parliament, relating to the Court of Admiralty, were miaainff {from theoflSce of Chief Ji^ ice Strange about the aame time: he off«tr»d a re«tfd«o( A special warrant waa umiw- diaudy issued for the apprebonsion of More : hpwever, before the Warrant raaekail r(Rai|rden, he had made hiit escape, and was next heard of as travelling on lnHMbaek, if^wm > portmanteau well filled with articles which he offered for sale, as he prooaaded ; Mrow way by the Riv^r Phili-) : and early in the month of July, 1814, he mada km aa- *«M*nce ID Saint John, Npw.Brunswick by the name of Hbnrt Mosr Si^ta. lie mi nou however, enter the City with his horse: but put him up, and tiok lodgi^gaite the house oi one Mr. StacJchoose, who residfd in a bye-plaee within a mile of the CmP and came into the town upon foot. He found means to become acquainted wittHnE officers oC the 09th Regimenf, who, finding him something of a military character, aad^ wcU acquainted with h'^rsemihship, showed Mm the stud of horaea belnagiag to the re- i.^iment. Smith, perceiving that t|ie pair of horaea which the Colonel drove in his par* • rnge did not match, they being of different colour*, and one of them black, observed to the Colonel, that he knew of an excellent black horse in Cumberland, tha« aipuld mateh ^wm black one perfectly. The Colonel replied, that if be v ere aa good aa hia owi^ he -f^ould give filly pcunds lor him. Smith then proposed, that it he, tho Colonel, woaU advance hi n fifteen pounds, he would leave his own horse id pledge, and take hia paa* 'PtSe in a aloop boind for Cumberland, and bring him the black horse. Tothik the • Oupnel readily consented, and paid him down the fifteen pounds. This opem d the way ' to Smith for a roost flattering speculation : he had obMrved a valuable mare feeding on 4he marsh contiguous to the place where he had taken hia lodgtnga,and caat bis eye apon a fine saddle and bridle belonging to Major King, which he could put hja hatnlOB an the night. With these facilities in view, Smith eiAered on hia scheme : he pot htm- aa)f,iD possession of the saddle and bri^e^ determined toateiU tne mare be saw femUng on the marsh, ride her to Nova-Scotia^ and there aell her ; then ateal the black home 1 m "msi .".«^-'.it v,ur« St '-f-i."-, %t. iwte. u-«fer ho wantod tifonnly M>t ijiatkini; of dfclothiog x«outo anjr > kini for a h with h'ln lo Halifax, It from hi* tre it roads I of hia am- mmittacl hi itebaa and (lona IB ao m. Thraa re miMHur f««ard*of '. IM1|(|||«»- wtliah ko ■d iithoat aMipiick»!:<9 i aijratari- aat at tlifo dadljreoa- Ifumnbed ta ofHaU- iheatiat aa ingnlv af- inuneMaM vuuaiaa- rt raaehad MTMbaok, proeaaded dahiaaf* f TH. .He tha totar, Mid to tba re- in hia pair- >iarved to uld matah el, woald ahiapaa- t^^thih t&e 1 the way teding en t biaeye I hand on pathino- rfeadioff ickJbon* I • HENRY MORir MflTIL (Hf % Ittm CambefIaBd.briof him to the Colonel, receive hIa *7« •>»f«»^'*^. Jj"*7' '"* ***■' ' oat lcH» of time tran-port hi.ftaelf within thfl boundaries of the ""'t"^ «»•*••■ ,^^^,,^ Th's whem-, •« d««ply »»"«, *nA ao uoll concerted, iailed, however, of exeoatlon. and imwiid the m^w oi hia future aopr^henaion. Alre«.ly in poeaeeaion orgaddla and bJidC/heeoanlaioatofihenightin fV.iiiKaa offorta to take the mare, which waa rn». ntog at lar^ m le pMture. Abandoning tbi. part of hia pinn "^hopeleM. and torninj hb ho«rJJealingg^.ain a different dir^Cion. he ^k "''V'l.'^'l'J.h ^f IV^Jr horaa feeding in a field near tha higbwav a« he pa««ed .hroi.gh the P'"-^ "f^orton aboat thirty mUea on, on hi. k>urnef . ifpon thu. freah '^home^he aet off «"»"«». rj»lc tba bridle and aaddia io the form of a pack on bia bac<, patting ilong all the auocaa*' SJ-dly In the charactar of a Hl«r. Night came on. and put hltn '° P?":"J2;L2'J1^ flM black horae, which ha mounted and rode on to P«»«c«illon of h a dealgn, *"»«»». hk^ed nMoT now aa already accomplished. But with nil tha certainty r,rwiccPia, h»f' S?e:?;rad"aT;iu'^ anKh^^ me.na which all ^1- ^^^'•""^^^^^^^^^ fb^aaa'^nor prarant. Fnjm the want of aleep tha P;««««»'V »*«Ji;"Jf « /jl'V*^^ travallimr in tba day. ha beoama d~way -nd exheuated, and •toppad » b-™ J>«2!£ ing to William P./arwaathar, at »»»« »»"'Uf« t»»»t "0"«\^,^ Mltli^^^ alMp. and atart a^in in the night, w aa to paaa th« /«!•{• beforaJ.i^light.B^^^^ fata would have ilTha overalept; and hia bone waa di«covertd on the barn Aww »5«n«, ^ni^\M ha'wa. aeen oroa.in« ^« »>/J;'jf\»'y ''^y W "^^^ cvoMing m tha night, ha would in all probability have carried hjf^jwgn ; *or it wm wH Sni. .ftariaij St 'bo .ama day, ih^t Mr. Knox, the owmy of thabofjjv rn.s-jd hwi horn the paatore. P. irauit waa Immediately made In »l»«^ °^ *i«J2JJ» '^^J^*^ atanae af tba rol.barV having put him up at the barn proved ^^.SfSlT ,?uT^wZ horaa to hie owner, ind oommUlinff the robber to cuatody j ♦^{^•jJi.f .^Jl't'^SE^ waathei'a, informaUon waa given WTiich directed the puramt • . »;j*^t "fcfc. JW- Knox, through meaiu of obuining freah horee. on the way P*"*** JJ^. 'f*^^^/*; of tinie, throuth tha Province ol NovaaooUa, aa far »• P'ciou, a <«»»•»« V«"it£ dred and eaventy milea, which the thief had performed whh t^etolen horee in tia iZaJT throa 5ay.. There on tba a4tli July, tha horaa having bean .Udenpn tba StlTMr. Knox had him apprehended by the Deputy Sherig J*>hn Paraon8,i:aj., abd taken before the County Juaticea in Court Uien aitiing. Bealdea tbe horae, there wjM a watcb and dftean guinaoa found with the prieoner ; and a warrant 7«" »•«'«*' *y*'»f Court, for hia conveyance through tba aeveral Countiea. to th.» gaol of Kinj? a CounW, Pnm^aa of New Brinawick, th?ra to take hie tr^al.-Mr. Knox .Utea, bat he the >^ aoner, aaeumad different names and oommit^''. f^»l«~^ ~^''«"*^'X"^,'Tiy^^^^^ vateh and a piece of India cotton were found with him and returned to t aniww ■S^yThii^ A?u H^'"» ' f^ looking one, which he might ad( agatn (bTtlS jwney, he banlerod the Htr.nger?,r a awap, which w«. <»ffi,eted fry givingthe mawani 2S .??"k k" '" ^f^i'^K^ f"' th® '"'Tf. "'J<'1«. •"d Wdle. He Sen Jrodareda Jh C«^ vbich he aaid the etranger gave him, to the following eiTeot t— f^"^"" ■ ^ i^*h »•" ff'**!!**"* *»• POHJeeded on to Comberland.and bargained for the black hoi** 2E» ''n- '° *!''J''" °C *•*■ .P"""'' J '"*J «°» •'*''% mo'-V enough loiVf or wSr W%nt aelling t .e one be rode, and hearin,r that Cap&io I>uin. of tniro, waSid J pwhaae such a hoaae^nd finding that he. Captain Dixon, had g^ne on to PlctJn fortj ^. further, to attend Court, he wa. obliged to folio- him witV all .pwd That tkJ W»n before the Court, and had all hia money, hia watch, and hit hore^ taken f«Z hfafc and wa. aent back to King'. County gaof to take hi. Iria^ Tand c^rtJ^Ied tSf s^n:ra"oK- thrhr; rcr:ijhrb;^dS;^t!rf!i;rhr^^^^^^^^ K;7y' "nJ^b^ S?. Ktfni^^^^^^^^ *^" ;r"HUmV.arn2dr :^,X h.^ii]iy ^^^^'lu""* ^y **": '^'"**' '" ^^ ««""« "f h'« examimitloH, what oeennation J^Uowed m thia countty he replied, " No ,me in particnl.r.'* Mr /Kt^ tfcen £35! -n^i.?^ noneaty, Sir. —After thie exammation. a regnlar commitment waa made «■»!' ^mnrT^-^'Pfr ?" •«»»"'i"«dt« hi. coSnoment withoSr?B.ime?. 3- S^Jl K ' '^^""n^^'ifirnV.***" •»"' co.nplained of a aeverepain lBhi.rtdi.^2ol3 by «ord he had reeeived. He^aeemed anxion. for an uppvtanity to wtS f^wTn!^ ^St:A\t'^^^ ''^. with iom. other aS?c1«,7tl!: e^S^oJ M.^^K S?llki/!!!i ? » "• ?** portmsBtewi, he nid, contained hu clothe., whieh Iwlro^ \ 'i. RitNKY uokn mmn. It to htpfmcd, on tb* 4tv foU(^»inff, that I h«4 o««mU>o U go to th« Cttjr of fMnt John In eooiMny with Dr. Adinu Paddook, Mnr. «h«m, on oor wtv, h« h«d oeeiiion to eall tt Mf . NaUiftsiol Qoldioc't tavern, in Hampton ; and whtU |aiolng our honwo ott' dor hli nliod, we perceived a nun mounting a horae In ffreat huM, that waa etandlng at tb4 atope of the door, who iramedlaiely rode olTwith all pOMtble ipeod. ai though hi w«rt in fear vf being otertaken. On mquirihg who he waa, wo wero infbrmed by Mr*. Qoldinji that he waa a atrangnr who iiad called there once or twice before, and that alie beuoved hia name wae uhuman, or Churroan. I obaenred to the Do<*tDr, that thai WU the name if the man Arom whom tlii pnaoner, Smith, aaid he purchae^.d the horeej ttpW which Mr*. Uoldlng aaid that abe could aecertab that by inquiring in the nth# rOM), which •bfl waa ro^ueaied to do, and waa anawered In the afllrmative. ' We made frequent Lnqairiee by the way. aa we proceeded towarde St. John, bat eouTi aiMrtAtn nothing farther of the atranger by that name. After my return from Bt. Jobs 1 Informed the pdaoner Smith of what had happened by the way t he anpeared exceed* ingljr elated with the idt* of hia being the man that had aold bim the horae, and aaid if h«hi4 OKMiey or frienda he could have him talcen and brought tn jo«tio«, and mot^A aooft be reetored to liberty ag«iQ himaelf i but that if be were infrered to make hta *#>' o«||f <^% of the country, bia own caae would be deplorable indeed, though he waa inn<^- mip^at. He «gftin reiterated hia complaint, that he waa deetitnte of mnney and fViendt, ia i etraago country, although anxioua to employ e I&v|er, be did not know of not t« ^rbon he could apply for advice. lie wu recommended to Charlea J. Petere, n).. Attorney in St. Mo, with the aaaurance, that if tbere were anjr noeaibiliiy in the ened^ of getting him clear, Mr. Peuin would exert himaelf in hia boMit moot f%itbfbny. Th« tm opportiinity that offered, he aeot an order to Mr. SUckhouae for hia portmnotefm, wtth Inetructiona to apply theproceedee of oertaii^ articlea, which he bad left with htta for wle, if diapoeed of, in retnining Mr. Petere aa hia Attorney. 1'he retom bfbogbt 1' hnMipme portmanteau and a pair of boota, leaving a email aura in tfit hiahdt ctf Mr. Pt- tenuif Mrt of bii-rviutfur, whicb waa to be increaaed to five gnineaa befbr^ tlie •tKnir' of tt(e Cbttft. Thia arrangement aeemed to be productive of mneh aatiifbdtlon tofM pikpnpr, and for Uie purpoee of falfiling the engagement with Mr. Petora, U etptepaia aOW^e to diapoae of the contente of hia portmanteau, aa far ta waa netieiaa^y vat,*aam^ MP the enm. He gave me hia key, wi^i which I opened hia pertmantetfi, and fo^ml ill filled with vanoua artiolea of valuable clothing; twp f Mbra|iV biin a faciUty, peraonf, wiahiug to purchaae from bim, were perinitted V> 6(ka4 to Im wiaM ^r, through wbieh be could make bie bargain, and dbipoae ^f bia ^nlp. W^ Dfvnr Ailed to endeavour to exoite t^ pity of tboae who came tQ vWt bim, WHp^ apntiog bia deplorable aitnation. in being rcdnced to the neceaaity of aelling bla clj^^ ing to raiae the meana of defending bia innoomioo in a atrapge country from tbe Omor- tonate charge preferred againat him. Nor did he fail of bia ^rpoae, tnt manv, mm mm agrmpathy fur hie unfortunate aituation, pnrchaaed from him, maid paid bim liberal' iy#»AoHWg tboae who came to aee bun, thiire waa a^oungman, wlio aaid he nt^ knnwn Um piaaoner in St. Jobs, and profeaaed to viait bun from motiv^e of fHend§hv i be bad aojceaa to bin through tho.gratee of the window, and mm^ 9^ ^^ f(^ ^^$ ^tolMn, he could hold free oonveraation through the grataa. t^ MM tine!fee etmd Ip. ^tmed off the night and day glaae for debt, which he aaid h6 oWed bim wbtl* In BfUit j«hn ; but tbe probabiiiiy rather waa that be bad given bim a watoh u eKcbangn. Ik TtIB IIY0TERIOIT8 DOINGS OP Tb« prboo wii tNn k«pt by Mr. Walur OibbU, • mtn oriMrmng Md uUnto. »|m Jw Mvwnl /••» h»d been tlRiGUd with • piintul diMMo, «> th«t for » |(r«)«t Mrt of MUuMi, IM WM oonflnad tp Iht houM, and frflquflntly to hu rooni, inUi« ('^innif Cottrt Home, »h«ri k« un.i,M «hoo! bjr which »««*Rs. !»grth«r wi;h the f«#* ,„d porauimUN or thfl jnil •od court hoMM, •flurdvd him k comloruble living for hlmtolt tnd fimUf aeoimi«Ung of hb wif« «qd d.ogbler. tnd onoioa mmd 'olin, about nln«t««n «««n of •.who coiMUmly attrndnd hb f^thor. It iimjt b« afao niH;«fgarf to in. riii.m, that Mr. bblfl wa« ono ot the |>rinciple in»inb«ni of tho Mmooic Lodge bold at Kintfatoa. and waa 10 higli eataam among ttiaiii s baaidaa. ha waa ragardod by all who knaw him aa • ■Mof hontaty and iotagrlly.and wall wo^hy lo All any ailuadon of raaponaibility or vm. I am induoad i« advart to iboaa Mrticulara of Mr. Dibbla'a charaoter booaoM I ^ tndabled lo hlni for many of iha partiaalara ralativo u, tha priaonor, and baca««a Mviag had a paraon who cmiJd ba relied on, there waa the leaa nacamity for my vtaii- ISg tba piiaonar very frequf ntly, wbioh did i»«t axoaad onoe in a,waak genertlly esoeat Upon aprclal ocoaaiooa. ^^^ — -— ~, #• • r* .«^«!3'^ "^l' tlf cww'fnwt o»;U»« priaoner he waa f iaitad by Liaotanaat Btxtar. •a oOcer in the New Brunawick Regiment, then reoraittng at Klngaton. Thia oflbar propoaed to tba prMonar to tnlitl him, aa a meana by wbiohlie might be releaaed frota Ilia MoflBameDt. Th^ ideir he apurnad with aoiiiempi, and ohoae rather to awau the iaet« i!r*i .V ''•P«n?"»« on *>»■ profee»ad inaoeenoe of the orime for which he atoodeo*. ^ . 3 r'^T'* '»*•»•' pwvailed on to wHte to hia Attorney on the anbi«««t. a»d iwcaiwd fur ilia aoawer.tbat aaeh a meaaure waa inadmiaalbl.i,and adf ited him to oooUfit ISif Jr AT "'' ***.• *^''* °^ ''*' l^*'- "• ♦•PP«*'«* rooch «liipl«Med with the abmpt 22!. ■*• L^!^*V* ■'?^*'i.*¥ •«'««•<* '•in*' «o look upon thia abort and aaaum 'Wr. M an iadicaiioB of hia dltpleaaqre with him, and aa an omen that he. bk Attdiw ■ijr. iroaM M interaac hiuiaelf maeh In hie behalf! Aboot Utla UoM, Sept. 7ih, 1 recevied a lattei- ft-om the Clark of the Circuit Court SSTT'I'k n^'PlrV* •"•"""" !;f °"" °^^*' •"'' Terminer and Oaneral Goat DtU. vaiy, Ui ba hMd at Kinffitoo on Toaaday ihe 27th of Sfeptember. On the appruaeH of tto larkMl Ibr bia trial, ^ waa encouraged by hia frienda to rely with flill conlldeoeo ott Wf Attorney, with lopeated aaaorancea, that bo would five hia eaae all poaaiblo aiioa- Sfii.^* uu •" t^ P'o^'Naed iMoranca of the law, (Ind thia ignorancbhe had ofton doclared wjUi nooh apparent aimplioity,) the pnaoner knew too Tnuch of it to loain lltoaoirwith confldenaeto the iaauoofacaoao which oould promiae him nothing ITnt eoQvktian, and conarm bia goilt. He therefore, upon hia profeaaed diaaatiafaotion #tth Bw AtiorDey,«|ipearod to think no more akrat him, nor to renew hta enquinea eonoan- tog" Wm, bujaetabotit a more aummary method of extneatinf himiblf from the power z!.'* ' «• turned hia attention to the Bible, and pemaed U with an air uf moeh Sk'j^ ■•.^•^«'» the cpnceroa of the onmien world eniroaoed all hia tbooghta r lie •eitttad bimeelf, m every reapect, with baeominff propriety, attd hia whole demeafl^ waa aooh as to engage aitlehtnter«at in hia behalf. ««"»wwor -JiSi^i*!""' *>• ''^o;'«/«'(.«yn>P»omaof a aevere cold, being troobledwitli a hoRvv "««P»f oonso. "nd complained of a pain m the aide, but. aull submitted to hia eoniii»J •rot wtthoiit a nwrmuror conj, laint. He would fVeqeemlyadvertitotheill uaage whioh' wSrlA^*^ ^^•^''•li'^ ^^t "^^y^^ '•wtou, after h«i wai inaae priaoneiTpaiiioo. fwond, aa he expreaaed It, like a dead man ; that when he had recovered hia reniiralttm JWcb had been for aome time aoapended, he raiaed blood, and continued to raiMT blood ^eaaionallv by the way forttro or three daya; that Ike pain had never left him dadl; ^ waa noivgreatlvincreaaed in eonaeqoence of thO cold he bad received, and tbat^' UIiTiT*?? ■* he KeWevp<», »PPK>acMnff to a gathering in the inaide. which he ftaf«d !2SL?i^'^l'i??V°^J"*- . "e-*'**^* »»«>*■•<» -pet on bf^ aide whlcrSS tweWed and muoh diaiolpred, and apparently very painftil. All thia waa accompanied SuiS'JlC W*?/r^ locr^ed feebleoe«i of body ; bat he atill diaeovered a rennA:/ W» M^^tiOB to hia fate. Hia aitnation waa aaeh aa to excite aympathy and fe^^^ ■ ' ' ■■ ' ■ '■• ^hi iit4 J a»i/», ■» ?M!%'^t^!^^:K"^-v •t^mip^^tj^fc:^:^^ HENRY MORE SMITH. f •o tb«t tn enilMvor wm TttflH to r«*nd«r him m omnrnrUbU m poMiltla, bf kMping Hi* •Mr(tn«»nt prxpirtv tnm )-«rftil with htnf, «n4 provi4iAf bini vith •neh ft>o4 u ir«» Mnptfed fen th« dolieacjof hia fionatitutbii. Hkfl duiti*aa«, ho«r««ttr« euntinuod to iiMr«M«. •ni his «trtnftjitA dwiiiit, with tiitJM tfmft*r»w nf tpprtxiehtiig dli«itntion ■» »*in in thn li««fnt<*h, fVAqntnt rvtint of bUmtl, aiifl •( ln«r«M«d iitliiCulnoM «l th« contiMifUl on hl« ■id«. It wtt nttw eoMi(l«r«4l hifh tinw to »ppi/ to ■ p ifsKimii, anU on tli* Uik of H«ptflmbi)r Mill firs «luctnr, who •xa-ninnt an orange or a lamoii.** Nlnet«««th, appeared to declhie irery htHi •t'io'aiook, waa wiaitad by the Doctor, who aaia the omn launt be reoMtad out of Uyil MRMfn. that he waa too HI to be kept there, and th4 it waa uf no uae tn tftve Uim nedielM < ia ao damp a plaon. Twentieth, in the moraing, (buad him itill daoniniv l*^ JO oMioelu ' Mr. Thtddea* 8oribnplleation of which iat med to revive him a little. AHer aome time he reeoverad oa far at to bo able to artiealate, and upon ita being obaerved to him that he had had a > llt^ he rep'iod that he waa aenaible of it, and that it wu hia fatnilif irffirmitif, and that ' mani of bin coniwxiona had died in the sams way ; am further reinetlbfti, that he did not think he could aurvive another, which would probably cwne upiKht '" CJambreau were appointed by the alwriff to watch hij AtToi!ie"*w™°™"***'*^"°*''^'^***"'^'"*^'**'^^^^ Mr.Pelow, Mi* priaone^^ roun,ftc. ^ WAi.T«5l UATJttl. t The return of the bearer broMftht the following anawer:— Llii |>»1tl. *■• "."l"' Jp*» »««elw«mrtance which ind»( re«t whollf «n tkrtn. t "iL'L"' ;?■*.'■ ?*'"S',""*f"«^«' Which inil«Jr««twhoHr «n fhrul uV/nf ohviiirtiin ih-ii ■«««« Mm i2 fialurday, 34th.--The watcheiti roMrted that he bad pasaed a very reaUeee niirht, and but jdit aiirvived the morninjp ; that he complained for want of ra<»dicai aaaiataoee. \bm^ foHowing note waa then sent to the Doctor who had attended him:— ^^; . .^^ iJ^'S£ltIlZ',t^&A^i}*l *8J4.-IJe«r Doc'or :-Smith, the prisoner, aar a that he is aufTerinr for want Bt m*^ MUMaluca. and that you will nni attend Mm unlena he la removed into nnoVhtrtoom iihtchemn^Si. parmllled ; ha muet take hia ftite whera be now ia, and if ha ilieH iti jail Jn anouiVv will 'tJfc« «i.5!^!i??Jir X WAn};«. 'l';.'*'^""'^*' ' •""" '«'«"f«?» "«"••' four «trentloS.T"mM™^?.£^^^^^^ *^*'* ♦ At this tiine the sympathy and compiiBion of the whole neighbourhood was exerted" t* the highest degree. The family of the Rev. Mr. Scovil, WjJcially, manifestetl deep emieem for mm. and sent him, everv tKntv that tkov tti.^nnin ..^..i/ .:4i.- r>J_. ..f!' I ly proposed to v^r.toh »ith him the ensuing oighi,,for whicb he diacoyerrd much {haoE.''^ fiilneiw. la the crurse n the day the Dpctor ,c«n|io, and tfhve him acme medicioe; bS found him so weak, iJiiit he required t<. ho lifted and ^suppor^ while he was recefyini; .^j- u r*^*°' acknowledged hM) low state, but did not think him so near his enaalT l^ t'f J '* mormtig, unlese he should g(. '-.It muoh alarnod Uts whole company, and formed the labject of their converwtioti tor th« •vrning-. ' Bat to r<>t.ttrn to onr narrative Atlnr the prisoner had made ht^ Will, he was, for a ■h«rt tnnf^. 1"f> alone, with the probability that he would shortly be t9\%-iA by another fit, whic'i lid was not expected to survive. About 6 o'clock in the evenini;, the Rev. Mr. Heovi! ohservod to his family, (hat it was then about the samw hour of thn day at which Smith had had his fit on the day precedini;: that he thon/ht he woi*.M die sud- denly; he would therefore walk over to the Con rt Home, and be readv ttfere at the time, an it must he unplfmnant for Mr. Dibblee to be alone. This so much aw/ikened the snnsibtlities of Mrs. Scovil, thnt she could not bear the refleciion, thit a child, of pwrants that were perhsps respectable, should He so near her, in a stranjfe c >untry, sick •ad dyin?, on a bed ot straw. She therefore called Amy, hnr wench ; ''here." said she, '*tako tliia feather bed, and ciiry it to tho (^aol, and toii Mr. Dibblee that I hava ■eat it for Smith to die on." Mr. Scovil had boen in the house, and seated with Nf r. Dibblee but a very short time, wIku a noise was heard trura Smith in thn jail. John Dibblee, who constsnily attended on him, ran in haste, unlocked the pria m door, anil found hill) in thf agonies ot a fil, and almost expiring. He mide an eflfirt l > speak, and bagged of John to run and heat a bnck that was near, and apply it to his feet, lo gitre him one inf)meiit's relief while he was dying, for that liis fnet and leva arere already cold anH dead to the kneee. John, willing to afford what relief he could to the dying man. ran in great haate from tho jail through the paaaaite round the stairway thai led to the hitchnn, where was a largo firoof coala into which be cast the brick, waited but a few minircit, and returned with ihe heated brick to the prison; but to his indcsorib' able astoniahment, and almost unwilling to believe the evidence of his senses, the dying man had ilia appeared, and could not be found !! John ran with the tidinga to hia father and the \i>v. Mr. Scovil, who were aitting in a room which the prisoner must have pas-, sed in m ikmnr hia eecape. They were entiicly incredulous to tlie report of an affahrso unparalle'e I, and would not yield tlii^ir belief until they searohed every corner of the apartment thpmselvAs, and found that Smith had not only effected his escape, but bad akio oarrioij his money, his boots, and overy article of his clot ling aVay with himj 1 It IB i.npnssible to conceive or describe the feelings of fstonlshnient with whiohevery one about the hour.a was filled, when they found that the man, who had been groaning aad agoniziiiqf undnrthe pain of an accuinulati mof diseases, which, night after night, seemed to have beeh waisting hia strength, and bringing him nearer to the cloae ot Ms unhappy life — had, in a moment, and at. the very moment which was thought to be hid last seized the opportunity of his prison door being upen, and rushod from hia confine* meat, leaving not a vestige of his moveables behind him. As soon aa a search through the prison confirmed the fact of his elopement, the inmates hastened outside, and con- Hiilicd their search around the premises. At this moment. Amy, the wench, madebor appearance, carrying the feather bed : and seeing the peopM around the house, she sard to them, '* Misaos s^nd this bed for Smit to die on.** Her master luld her to .lake it home, and tell her mistress that Smith was gone. Amy rq^i home and told her mw* tress that mossa say Smit dead and ffone — he no want im bed ! " Ah !" exclaimed he? mistress. <' poor man, ia hn dead ? Thon, Amy, you may run and carry this shirt and winding-she( t, to lay Smith out in." Amy instantly obeyed, and told her master ac- cordingly. ** You may take them back," said he, ** Smith is gone !" " Where he gone, maesa?" ** I don't know," satd ho, <' except the devil bus taken him off." Amyhast-i tehed back to her mistress, and told her that *So much was the mind of every ofl prepared to hear of bia death, that the expression, "Smith is gone!" seized to convey no othtir idea. — The Sheriff himself, who had not been present, and did not hear of the affiir immedi- ately, gave the sentence the same interpretation. A mesionger having been dispatched to bim with the tidings, met him on his way to the jail, expecting to wirnese the hast moments of the patient. On being informed by the mesaenger tliat *' Smirh was gone,'* *' Ah! pour fellow," he exclaimed, "I expected it. What time did he die 7^ ■*^%a.t be * ..^I^^Hb' t '4 ] ■-■Tr-:!--g.-:V..-, -,-*„:?ir,^,at_-;-rs-,-~j....^. 19 THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OP ii gont off clear." " It is impo««ibIe," rejoined the Sheriff " that he otn be far from bia BidK bed." •« Why," re|)lied tho mosaenger, "they were all about the jail looking for him. and no one could tell which way h« had gone/' " Unparalhd and abominuble de- ception ! rep!:ed the SherifT, •♦ how did he get out of ffaol ?•» He believed John Dib- blee loft tho iloor open while he ran to heat a brick, and then Smith made his r^cape. Thii waa to ua the first development of the true character of Henry More Smith, and thna, by meana of a counterfeit iUnrsa, which melted the feelnM and drew the eymna thiea of the whole noilfhbourhiMjd ; which bafflid every p«iwer of detection, and impoaed even upon the phyaician himself, did this accomplished vii i»n effect his relonse, t^d waa now again running at lar^^e, glorying in the laaoe of his acheme. But before w« paraue his history in his sncceoding adventures, it may be necessary, for those who art unac<}uainted with the local situation of the gaol, from which he escaped, to give aehort desonption of it. Kinffatoo is situated on a neck or tongue of land, formed by the •j^**^i?u*"^ ^°''" *"** JlellJale Bay, running north-enat and south-west on the weatem aide of ihe neck, and by the river Kennobeckacis running the same course on the eaat» crn side, leaving a tract of land between tho two rivora about five milea in breadth and thirty miles in length. The winter road from Predericton, th^ seat of Government, to the City of 8t. Jdm, crorses the land at Kingston to the Kennebsckasis, and this ruad is inhabited on both aidw. The road is intersected in the centre of Kingston by anotlier road runniQir north-ewterly to the head of Bellisle Bay, and is also inhabited on both sides. At Um mteraection of these roiids, on an eininence,8tand« tho Court hiuae, (under which is the* priBon,) and Church, facing each other, east and wesf, at tho distance of about eight rods. At thR distance of about ten rods from the jail stands the house of Mr. P^if. Pcrkm!', to the north, and no equnl distance to the south the house of the Rev. K. Seo- vil is situated, with various other bouses in different directions ; the land clear all tLtwmi to a considerable distance, affording no hiding place. Prom a prison thus eituated, aftd aiirrounded with dwelling houses, did our hero escape, without any eye hnving aetn hini, and leaving no niark nor track behind wliich could direct in tho pursuit of bim.. Fmding ourselves unable to purauein any certain direction, our conclusions vver»-th«| he mast either have taken the road to Saint John or that leading to Nova Scotia, tjhe way by which lie came, and the only road he was knoWn to be acquainted with. A«-v cordtngly men were despatched in pursuit of him on the St. John road, and ottiors aeat to the different ferries, while £ myself, with Mr. Moans Poster, the Deputy Sh.Tiffl took the roa^ towards Nova Scotia, with all speed, in the night, and rode on until we began to tbiak that we must have passed him. Having arrived at a house which he could not well p^aa without being seen, we stationed watchers there, and also aet watcbera m other stations, and maintained a close look-out the whole night, but to no purpose. At daylight I furnished Mr. Poster with money, and sent him on, upon the same roud, ilHl directions to proceed as far as Mr. M'Leop'a tavern, distant forty milea, and in case of hearing nothing of him, to discontinue the pursuit and return. At the same time 1 1«. turned to Kingston myselfi^where I wa» informed, towards evening, that a man, who answered bin description, had crossed the ferry over the Bellisle Bay the evening before in great hariie, stating that he waa goinf on an express to Predericton, and most be there by t«n o clock the next nrorning. This account compared with Mr. Lyoii'a eiory, which tne reader will recollect, of having seen Smith's t^hott or apparition the same eveninr m the twilight, confirmed the opinion that we hid now got upon the direction of our run- away. And wljen we remember further, that the apparition wcs passing without fotidb- tng tht frround, we will have some idea of the lapidity with which our self -released hero WM scudding along as he carried his neck from the halter. It was now Sunday evening, and he had twenty-four hours of a start, leaving little hopes of his being ovcrtnken fir me. As my only alternative, I forwarded advertisements, and propoeed a reward of twenty dollars for his apprehension and re-commitment to custody ; but with very little profpect of succesa, knowing that he was escaping for his life, and would succeed in getting otit of the country before he could be ovartakAn. - .-**'^' Ml thiat oircu] Tuesi press Mj forth in vh I cam and s thefi the n in th( waa ] bootj Mr. I door watci rflever and I than Uhat the I his, a and I they diaap exerc luid( •erip La ialani way Grae tog, I whiol c thefi • an in ~>«ra8i there Aeigl Mtion, lgfon\ ,ingt ilhims ;Jkehi ▼erti .«gaii hmc V.Taei able Abe mad i X\ HENRY MORE SMITH. » Monday morning the 2Gth instant, Mr. M.n an island, and that he had better Rta/ till the morn- ing, and that he would then direct him on Ills journey. He made on ivl«rge fire, by which tho man examined his pocket book, and was observed to cast several papers into tluB life, and finally he threw in the pocket book aiso. Mr. Green on seeing this, had an immediate impression that the man must be some improper character, which idea ,.>«as strengthened by the circumstance of its being a time of war. *In the morning therefore lie took him in his canoe, and carried nim directly to Justice Col well, a neighoouring Magistrate, that he might give an account of himsfclf. On his examina- tion, he answered with so much apparent simplicity, that the Justice couid find no just ground for detaining him, and consequently dismissed him. He then made his way to aa Indian camp, and hired an Indian, as he said, to carry him to Fredericton: and cross- ing the rivor, went to Vail's tavern, on Grimross neck, where ho ordered breakfast for . himself and his Indian, and had his boots cleaned. At this moment, Mr. Bailes, whom -^ - he had robbed the day preceding, was getting breakfiist at Mr. Vail's, and writtug ad- » vertisemeiits in quest of the robber. About eleven o'clock, he, with his Indian, started again, leaving Mr. Vail's unknown and undetected ; but not without taking with him a Mt of silver teaspoons from a side closet in .the parlour. .MUiThetime was now come : for Ihc sitting of the Court, and about eleven o'clock on Taesday morning, the Attorney Gc(Beral arrived from Fredericton, with very unfavour- able impressions on liis mind, bringing information that the robber was (itill traversing t^e oouutrv, stealing and robbing wherever be came, without sufficient '■ffort being' made for his apprehewioD. The Jury idiBO were collecting from Ui|e, different Parish<^ 1^ M THE IfYBTEEIOUS UOINSB OF of the Coanty, brin/gring with tbon unfkvoonbl* ideu. firom the report! m cireolation eoncerning his eicape. Amoii^' the nrnny opinions that were formed no tlm mibieet. one, particularly, was very indusinotisly circulated. The prisoner was a IVceoiuoa! and It will be recollected that Mr. Dibblre,the jailer, was stated in a forim r part iTtlie narrative to be a Freemason also, and that there was a Freemason Lodge hold at Kin*- .irton. The public mind was strongly prejudiced against us, unwilling to ht liere the real circumstances of hw elopement; and the Court tiHsembled under the ^tronjrest im- pressions that his escape was, connived at. The Honorable Judge Chipman nn aided on the occHsion. ' The Court was now ready for buainess, but no prisoner : yet high cxpectntions wer« cherished that every hour would hritig tidings oi his apprehension, as he wm parsned in every direction. The Grand Jury was empannelied, and the Court a.ljoiirned til! next day at eleven o'clock, wfiiiing anxiously for the proceeds of the intermediate Umo. And 10 render the means for his apprehemion as efftctual as possible, Mr. llenjaonn Furnald, with a boat well manned, was despatched in the punuit with direcuoiM to fol- low on as iar as he could get any account of him. Wedneadav, the Court again met and commenced other business ; bill mthiag of Smith yet. In the afternoon, Mr. John Peamon, witness amiinat him, arrived ttomNo. ▼a Scotia, a d stance of two hundred and eighty miles. Towards evening cuncinsmM were besinning to be drawn that he had eluded uU his pursuers, and was niAliing hit Way bacK to Nova Scotia, and the conjeciure almost amonnted to a ccnainty by tin eiiciifflstauce of a man being seen crossing the Washademoac and makin? towahU Belliate Bay. Nothing more was beard till Thursday morning early, when Mr. B. Furnald retaniai. «nd reported that he had found his course and pursued him through Maugcrville: that ttie night before he (Mr. F.) reached Maugerville, the robber had lodged ut Mr. Solo- mon Puriey's, and stole a «p«ir of new bouts, and had offered the silver teaspoons for mi1« thkt be had stolen at Mr. Vail's. That he tiieo valked up as tiar as Mr. Buil-y's tavera wh«re he stooped some time, and that he was utierwards seen towards eveninjtr undera bmigf, countinj; his money. This was the last that conld be heard of him in tMs plaue, it was now believed that he had taken an Indian to pilot him, and liHd gone by way uf the Washademoac and head of Belliiile, for Nova Sootia. This was in aocoN dtttce with the idea entertained at Kin^Um before Mr. Furnald's return. At ten o'clock on Thursday morning, the Court met according to adjoumnwnt, to bring the business then before them to a close, without nioch hope of hearing any far- ther of the hiirse-stualer at this time; v/hen about three in the aflemoon, a sorvantof Mr. Kaux\ (who n will be remembered was the Plain iff in the eauee,) came direct to the Court with jpf -matioo to his master, that uis otner horse was niissingout of the iiai. ture ; that be hid been known to be in the paetore at one o'clock at night, ana w ■ mmm in the mirniug ; and that a strange Indian had been aoen about the piece. This cztn- ordinary news produced mucn excitement in the Court ; and the coincidenco of the Id* 4iau crossing the country with tiie rohber, with the Indian seen at Mr. Kn x'^, confirm* ed the opinion, that Smith had made himself ownerof Mr. KnoxV other hoisuaieoiit Mr. Knox, on hearing this news, became exceediingiy agitated, had no doubt that Smith IVbS the thief again, would n t listen to the Sheriff who was not just witlniy tj credit tiie leport of the bors^ being stolen, and affirmed that his lite w«« m dan^^cP if Smith wa« suffered to run at large. His Honor the Jadge expressed bis opinion Thu t ^r«at re- niiSdiieas of duty appeared. A general Warrant was issued by the Coart, directed to all the Sheriffs amlMimt* tero of Justice throughout the Province, eMiraandiug them to appreheud the adld liore Smith and bnttg him to justice. In the moan lim», men were appointed to eom- Bnenceafeshmarch in quest of him, to go in difi«aiah Smith, took the road^to Noira Sootia ; and Moses Foater, the Oeputv Sheriff and Nathan Deforest, directed their coarec towards Fredericioa hw Ihe h^ of Belliale Bay, with orders to eoatiaoe iMr search as far as they coiiid' mm circDlation FreemaMMi, - iwrtiif tlMl Id at King- hi lieve the riin(;eat ini' pieaidadon itioni were an pursued ourned till !ilintetinM. • iienjamin lUlM to fill. ni. thing of 1 t'lomNe- iimking hie inty bj tlie ig towarde J rataraai, ville: tiiat t Mr. Sole- •ns fur eel* •y'd tavera, iig under m im in this •d gone by 9 in aocer> irnnoentyto ig any ftur- sorvantof ii direct to oi the |ia»> < wegifNM [Viia cztm. ot the lo* », confin»> rsuaieolil that Smith ; to cre^ if Snuth t^reatre- I the arid ed toeoni* [noK, with ''oater, the ricion, *y covldi ^'» HENRY MORE SMITH. If infonuAtioD of hire, or to the American aottlement. The Sheriff then wrote advefw tleementa for the public papers, offering a reward of fortjr doltara for hi« apprehenaion : and the Attorney General incrjuscd th«i auin to citrhty dollar*. IndiutmenU wore pre- pared, and the Grand Jury found a Bill aurainat the Sheriff and Jailer, for nogligenee In aoAring the prisoner to eao ipo. They were held lo Bail to appear at the next Comt of Oyer and Terminer to traverse the indicfmenlt. The bneiness of ihe Court htxim at the close, the Sheriff paid the witnow, Mr. Pearson, from Nova Scotia, for his tnj »el and attendance, amounting to one hundred dollars, after which the Court ftoallv l|4j?urned. f Nothing WM heard of oar adventurer till after the return of Mr. Knox with hia Eirty from a fVuitless aesrch often days in the Prooince of Nova Scotia, and aa faraa ichibacto. The day folbwing, Mr. Poster and Mr. Deforest returned from their chase, and reported that after they had proceeded to within three miles of FredMrictaa tliey heard of a stranger, answering to his description, having lodged all night at a pri- vate house; but bad gone on the road towards Woodstock. They continued the pur- •nit, snd found that he had stopped at Mr. Ingraham's tavern the night followioe •lept late in the morning being faiigoed, paid his bill aud went off; but not withoS gmng another serious proof of his characterintic villany. He b/oke open a trunk which was in the room adjoining the one he had slept in, and carried off a full suit of elothei belonging ro Mr. Ingraham, that cost him forty dollars^ and a silk cloak, with other articles, which he concealed so as not to be diaoovored. This informatipa gam msraraaersanfficient proof that he was indeed the noted horse-steal er. But Mr. lo- gnham not having mieaed his clothes imra»nlifliiely, the rubber travelled on umnolestod «W the next day went only as far as Mfa- R"bertson's, where he found a collection of jronng people, played the fiddle for them, and remained the next d^y and night Ha then pr^eedea towards Woodstock, leaving the spoons with Mra. Robertson in ex- Change for a shirt, and taking passage in a canoe, happened to fall m company witk nnotber canoe that had been at Prederioton, in which the Rev. Mr. Dibblee, Miwionar? at Woodstock, waa paesemrer, with a yonog mnn poling the canoe. The young maa had seen Mr. Bailes' advertisement at Fredencton, describing the man and watoh. Which had a eingnlar steel chain ; and ofcserved lo Mr. DibWee, that they both answer- «d to the appefcrance of fJie stranger. Mr. D. ^etnarkod to the young man that ho tmiilit be midtakent &pd asked the stranger to let him see the wakch. Trio stranger faaiMhid 2* »**.?? J^''** **' **••»»?««'"• "nd it WM found 8o exactly to answer to the niarka of Mr. Aiires* watch that Mr. D. challenged it as the property of Mr. Biiiles. Smith very mvely replied, that it was a f&vonrite watch that he had owned for a long time • bi4 Wat tf he had heard of one like it having beeht stolen, he had no abjection to leave it Jth him un.il ho retnhied, which would be in about two weefca. Mr. D. repiiad that ^v an snapiciutt was ao strong, that he thought ho would detain him alsu, until he could loirirotn Fredencton. Smith rejoined that he Was on imitortant businesa. and could not bo deUined : hilt if*e would pay his expensee imd make himself reepoiaiblo for the Jmagr inenrred bv his detention, he would have noobjection t.* stop till ho-, without discovering the alighiest indieatiuoi STiP^'t iiV" on these conditions they euffered hiin to pass on. He contimied lia marck tbWHi^h Woodstock untH became to the rond tliat teado to Ui« American aettlemenL fod a« It drtw towards evening he enquire Inf* resident by the way oi>Boerainir the Wad to the American aide; but was a»ked by the man to Urry tUl morning, as it wu Ihw near mght and rhe seti lement yet twelve milVe distant. Be did wrt ^Miooae te Mnipljf wiilim ififvitktiov,^knd advanced, fas no tjology; that two menhad goae" tm fra- fi*e him, and he feared they would leAve hihritt die morning If he did not pioeeed. - ft {Mjjmedm a vefjrMhoittimeftfteri that two ybung' men a^ved there, from theaetye. S&i^'*L&'%**^4!^®a'*^**^'*'W**«*''^» ineoloiithe load, tJwy en>wei»d. » '" "*' ri:i'"^ "' " "■'• ■ "'' " ~^ ^"^"" •— — — T^"^"'! -•— nw y ^ i aaa y ta - . t JU 9 'U799SC^;Z* ^g^^ '- ^t^-J- '^ii i ^ tYH jj-^^MM^ ■ " • ' ' ■ ' .»■,•-. i ■ ■ •'• - ' .^ ■ 'i ,'■',''.,, W , I ..., ..I .■'■ . I , ^ ' „ I •» 16 .■irnt.n I'.uiu -tffv. -t: THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OP i and foIlnw«d him to tho Ainertotii ■ettlement, but found nothing of hinj. The d«v toi- towinf Mr. Potter ..Id Mr. DePorfo.t arrived tt Wood.lock, Ind Kinir than^^oui •till on the !»ck of hj;n, tl,ey puri.wd o,i to the American Jin«;. but cShe. SC 2"aT3^"r"; ^^^ "'*:; TT** '^' in'^'bit.ni. of Smith*; ch.r^ter; ^^^0]^? B4ewri. P. & D. then made their way back ti) the river St, John, and there, moat un. expectedly, came acroee the pa.h of our adventurer again. They found tfatS hi rSSt li^'l? "'^T** K "7"' ^"'^'- *'•" '•^'"hmem. and JaJled hi.ielfBo^ lnufK.„i!ln?T"*^ the character of a pursuant in queat of the thief who had broken I;L.!^!S J"' ' ?'f^ I*"" ^^ irns a noiurioua villain, and would cerUinly be hunflif taken, and apprared to be extremely arxioua that he ahould be apprehended Wev traced h.m down to the river where the Indians were encamped, and Wd thai he h3 SL'Tnf?iV°*°'*""*°'°"''"'* J*™ ^'^i^'^^ wood, to U.. UnitSd StilT; K ?he I?L it ''* roote not unfrequcnlly travelled; and hence had baffled all the 0.rn .l!i'^T°:?' • "^ *^"""^ TT^' ^«""'' ^' ^ »• ^^^H^^ it waaww time Stif Zi„„ r''^ their report, it affcrward- apiHsared that the iXdian. bis conductor jfter having gone about two days on the route, began to be weary of bi^ job. (DerhaM finding tha it m.^ht not be productive of much profit,) and diacovered thit sS c2! ned a pistol, whic^ he did not like very much, refused to guide him any longer, gaw him back part of his money and returned. This materiallj turned the scale with olr . adventurer, and Port uee. that had hitherto smiled on his enterprise. refSaed! hke ffi Indian, to conduct inm much further. Uoible to pursue his journoy alone, ht ina Tf ; course, obliged to return, and he had now no alterSaiive but'' to tr/hls chance We known road. It wns now the 10th of October, and he reappeared on the old irriuS _ < wanting refreshment and in quest, as he said, of a desertor. Wl.ilehis breakf£t i^s* preparing, intorniaiion of his presence was circulated among the inhabitants, and Dr .'.WttiJured?""' " *'™**'^ character in the place, effected ^is apprehension; and, b«ld ; ^J^uu^'*^^ ^^ ^^ •*°!f' V ^"^ ^^' Inirrahara he had on, excepting the pantalwoi. which he had exchang(ed for a pistol. He suid he had purchasQ the clothes 'Very i dieap from a man wbolie believed was a Yankee. He wi. ti.eo taken in charge^jK Mr. A. Putnam, and Mr. Watsoji, who set out wfth their prisoner for PredericioiJ: On Uieir way they stopped at the A.torney General's, three *^au).s froip Prederfci iad then proceeded mto town, where the Supreme Court was then sitiinir. The omiSS wait brought before the Court in the .presence ot a large number of spectiUors. ^e JHon. Judiee^ Saunders asked hiin his name, and he unhesitatingly answered. " Smi f V '^'u yi>« the man that escaped from the iail at Kingston ?" "Yes.'' On beinff askei 1 how he effected liie^escape, he said the Jailor opened the door and the Priest onma ^ hiia out. He was then ordered to prison for the night, and the next day he wS £- > mended to Kingston jail. Putnam ahd Watson set out with him ip anT^^w cino^ (one at each end, and the prisoner, handcuffed t^nd pinioned, and tie4, to ti7bar of Se ^^''S!^V?'\ Jbey were^ obliged to WHtoh hi.n the 6r8t night at the place Spoon Island, where he had stolen the wetoh and the money, &c. It was near Ht * fk /^»r"T S ^'"ff«'°" »ther difficult ; and they h^ing strapgors, Mr. B. propSSS " *^i? *^ *^:«y should Slop withhini UJI morning, he would conduct them o KingstoS- ^^If. They willinarly complied, and they having beenup all the preceding JighVlS * B. proposed that lAhey would retire and take sJme rest, ke w.^UTaJS^would kZ' i!7i^ ''li^^iHTr: ^^^'' ^*y ^^ retired, the prisoner enquired S V tiS l?^'!:2'^ Tx^^l there were any femes pnt^ fidothe rivef. He then asked foTa -^lanketand leave to tie dawn. Mr.. B. made Mm a bed on the fluor ; but before io »2rou'd-hedown,^he.atd he hadocca«on(iO«o to thedoor. Mr. B, awakened jHuwZ rSx. iRPulCu IXC ECCui-oiniriv nin faaT^t\i.\^. is ^anginm. QA had betti >ar tim a vrkna ttta S>nn, WuiCu uS accordiagly did, fasioiuiig |& v^' I UianMotvM «r noihing lod propoc- lit dujHiMd S rao«t «Q- lat h« hajl uelrBonf lad broken be hung if Bd. T^ey bat Ii9 had p«, by ti^e 9ed all the Mwtia^ cooductor snaitu Qtuf- 7 with (Mr 1. Ii>e the bb wap^ |>f ce by ibe 8, ?iiid Dr. lataloqyiii, ^J icion, ^d itrs. l|be ;• Sraitt" iog atjud le waa jje- ar uf (jhe the plj^qe , oppoai^ prQpoj^d ighi. a^. Led for, a HENRY MORE BUlVR. IT ly •bore the hutdcnA, with the other end wound round hia own hand. In ihia aitaation tliey wnnt out of doom ; but in an ungtiardnJ moment, Smith watching hia opportunity, kQucked liiiii down witii Win hainlcutla, leaving the tupe in the hnnda uf hia kee|)er, hav« iflff alipped the other end oirer hia hand without ontieing the knot. Thua, handcufKid and pinioned, ar.d bound with a rupe, the ingenioua horao atealer, ' by another effort of his unfailing ingenuity, akin to hia mock-sicRneafi in the jail, had onected a aecond escape from his keepers, inaving it as a matter n( choice, whether to ioatitute a hopeteM aearch for him in the darkness of night, or ait down in sullen consulo tation on what plan they Had beat pursue in the morning. Nothing could exceed the chagrin of Putnam and Watson on finding themselves robbed of their prisoner, except the confusion which filled myself and the Jailer on the knowledge of hu unexampled and n(4ed escape from the jail. To pursue him in ihe night, which was unusually dark, and rtmy b^aides, waa both hopel^se and vain ; it was therefore thought bedt to inforni the Sheriff in the morning of what had taken place, and receive hia advice as to future pro- ceedings. In tlitf morning, accordinsrly, Mr. Putnam proceeded to Kingston, ana on communicatmg the news to the Sheriff, received a supply of monuy, with orders to pur- sue tke road to Saint John, while the Sheriff, with two men, proceeded to Mr. Bailea'. There they received information that Smith liad changed his course, and croesing the Oaknabock Lake in the night, was directing his course towards Fredericton again! It will be remembered that previous to his escape, while a prisoner at Mr. Bailea', he made particular enquiriea whether there were any femes in the way to Saint John, on thie aide the river. At this time it wt>uld seem that he had looked upon his scneiiie as suo- ceaaful, and evidently directed those enquiriea concerning; the road with a view to mis* lead, while it was his policy to return upon the course which would be judged the moat uolikeiy of all he should take. But to return to our story. He came to the lake the •ame evening he had got clear of Mr. Watson and tho rope, and then; urgnd as a reaaon . of hie hajste in orosaing the lake in the night, that he was on his way to Fredericton to Enrahaae land, and that he had arranged it with Putnam and Watson, who had gone to ' JUgaton with the Tnicr, to take him up in their canoe on their return, and. was to meet ' them at the intervale abuve, early tho next morning. This well varnished and charac- teristic atory procured him a speedy passage over the lake, and now our adventurer ia in nndiaputed posaeision of the country, at liberty to choose which way he should turn his face. * '» < On being put in possession of these particdl^rs, we immediately and naturally sup- poaedthat he waa wisely and prudently directing hia course to the United States, by the way of the Oromocto; and so we followed up his retreat accordingly; but in that diriic- tion no intelligence could be obtninod, and we rMiainud in total ignorance of hia pro- ceedings and history uii to the 26th of October. At this date, when it was supposed ' that lie had transported himself into the United States, to our utter astonishment ancl aurpise we find him again m iho prosecution of his usual business in the immediate Tiomity of Fredericton. His first appearance there sigain, was in a bye-plaoe, at a small house not then occupied as a dwelling. Itwas drawing towards night, and the day ' having been rainy, he came to the house wet and cold. ^ old man by the nsme of'*. Wicks, with hia son, was engagiid in repairing the house, in which they had some potatoes. There was alao a quantity of dry wood in the house, but as the old man waa ' about quitting work for the day, he had suffered the fire to burn down. The stranger waa anxious to lodge in their hunble habitation for tlie night, but the old man observed to him, ihat they did not lodge there at night, and gave him an invitation to the next - iiouae, where he could accommodate him better. He did not accept the invitation, but mid that he moat bo on eight or ten miles that night, and so hp departed. ' The old man and his son secured the doc^ and retired to their lockings; batwhenthe '^ BMming came it was found that Smith had returned to the old house, spent the night, '^ bamed up all the wood, regaled hima«»lf on roasted potatoes, and again took his depar. ' tinre. The following night ho paid a sweeping visit at the house of Mr. Wilmot, seven SUIm from FrAH«nAlnn. 1i*ih • ■»_ «.• k.i . j . ^ Jtraog uiu bdoniiiig to till Louoe. Tlw p uoT™, nr/...- i ?T *?*' ^}"II*H to b plundo, 1,, could, «,„r„ .0 hi. rotr„M".*?;n"..l hTo^U," h.,'"" """• """" "'« •weep of U.0 wJ.ul«, cSu^g ^ flvo to, iaT thr«^ n ^ J lT•w»'"°•"*^ *"']""« ""• comforter., and othir wear n^.r icle. ' SI ni beeV^^^^ hu booty, and gave h>. horae. aJler tin. travel, a generoue aU^J^rof h^v * Tm!^ neroauy to hie Lree led to h.e detection, for Pttterec.n hajS to pj^^^ive it^C b»y WM lyiuif in an unuaaal raannor out of the window Thie^wraS irm.dJ?i-l? formed an opinion that eome peraon had taken up Jodging. in ihThlJ aS Tn fhS hi WM not myaken ; for on coming to the epoi. he fJund sS ",i«a KbJ^av whh ! white comforter about hi. neck. On pecoiving him lo be a . rfnrrr he iLIS.! wi no Urm? ' * * "^ ^"^ *^*" "P *"" ^"*'«'"« »" »*>• *»•>' •"'^ "opS^ f J!;*^' Patterson had gone into hie houee he perceived that the traTeiier had raiinul fh^^tha iS"'*?''.''^^^' '''''^r *"•• *" rnakinrtoward. the*w«,d? Up'.?rH rcSS. thj.,theideaof hi. being a dew.rter inajtaDily preaented it.elf tohi nrind aKnSj not make much effort to escape. U was eoon diwovered that thTirSS w'.« no !«! i^Z'^rX^n^l^'' "-'^ ^- Smith, and no time waa'^Erri.SSi:; hrJL'f.Wh*"'!!:- f*'^'" '■ ^°'' ^« »°» ^*y ^"«d tI^e*imnSdi e object of ht .t^ AT?™^';;^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "**'*''*"•* '^'^ ""^ "-•• wiiich^were .a rS tak^nCth;ahlTffnVv'iT*"«;^'**f^f^^^ "« waa then ordered to b. ta»en by the Sheriff of York County and .efely delivered to the Sheriff of Kind's ron.S» Sad^iVTfU. ^ccornce had lonir ninee bocomn aeared, and thcrn «raa no aon^bilitr with* in, atronfr enough to give the aiightf^at tint to hia ahame-iiroof countenance, tie ap« tMiared p«>rfo«:tly oonip«)a«d, and aa indiflTornt and innenaiblo to all around him aa tifoagh le worn a ataiue of marble. On the enaaing morning he waa eon'^ueted to the jail, which he entered wltliout h««i- tation or aeeromg regret. Afler hia former eaeape, it had been cieireil uut of e^rmy thing, and cnremlly awept and aearchnd. In the courae of tlie auarch there were fbaiid aevrral brolc^n parti of a watch, and among thn rcat, the box which contained the mainapring. Thia eonrincod us that the watch, (which ho received froui tho young man before hia eaeape, in exchange for theapy-g'iaa,) waa intended to furniah him witn the materia]* for uiaking a aaw, infoaae all other plana he might adopt to accomplish Ma release, ahouid fail to auccood. We found a largo dinner knife cu*: in two, which we auppoaod to have been done with a aaw made of the mainspring, aa a trial or expe* riment of its utility. • Having by thia time, from painful nx|terience, become a little acqaamted with the depth of nia geniua, wo thought it not impossible nor unlikely, that he mi(rht atill liavt the aaw concealed about hia p^raon, althoupfh Mr. Burton, the Sheriff of York Cnanty, hadaearehed him before hia removal fVom Fredericton jail. We were, however, detON mined to examine hitu moro cloaoly, for which end wo took off hia handcnlTa, and thea ordered hhn to take oflT hia clothea. Withnat heaitation or relactance lie diveaied himaelf of his clothea, all to hia ahirt: we then aearched every part of hia dreaa, — tht aleevea, wriat-banda, collar of bia ahirt, and even the hair of nia head ; but found no> thing. We then auf!bred him to put on hia clothea again, and we carried oat of the jsil, nia hat and ahoea, and every article he brought with him. The prison in which he waa confined waa twenty two feet by sixteen ; atone and lime vralla three feet thick on three aides, the fourth aido having been tho partition wall between the prison rooms. Thia partition waa of timber, twelve inchea thick, lathed and plastered. The door waa of two inch plank, donbled and lined with aheet iron, with three iron bar hinges, three inches wide, claaped overataples in the opposite pnati, and aecnred with three strong padtocka; and having also a amall iron wicket door ae- eared trii ha padlock. There was one window through the stone wall, grated witha and without, and encloacd with giaaa on the outaide, ao that no commnnication coull be had with the interior undiacovered. The paaaage that leada to the prison door it twenty feet in length and three feet in breadth, secured at the entrance by a padlock en the door; the ontside dix)r was also kept locked, so that no communication could hn had through the pasiago, without paaeing through three securely locked doora, the keys of which were always kept by Mr Dibblee, the jailor, who from his infirm state of hefaltb} never lefl the house by day rr nig^'t. -f • Having learned a lesson by former experience, we maintained the moat onbendinf fltrictneso, auffertng no intercourse with the prisoner whatever. In this manner socar-^ ed, we put on his right leg an iron shackle, with an iron vhain ito more than long e- nottgb to allow him to reach the necessary, and tike hta prbviaion at the wicket door. The end of the chain waa fastened to the timber of the fle^r by a strong atanle, near the partition wall,/60 that he could not reach the grated window by five or si* leet. t^9 WU provided with a hunk, straw, aiM blanketa, as a bed ; ind his wnate having been moeh sweiiM with the handcuff^, I considered it unnecessary to keep them on, espeei- eiainy as he w^ ao thomugbtv secured in other respetets. In thiniituatlon I left him, with dlrecttoM to the jailor to Tool to hhnfr«ftiuently tnrongh the wicket door; to see that be lemained secure, intendinff at the same tidiaf to visit hiM ofiiiaAtflB^v inVaelf.- — ' . " ,!■>,■ ■ -■ , - •■ - * . ..-aii '•"^ m THE MVaTEWOUB DOINOfl OF The jailor e«m« to look at him fV«(uientlv at th« wirk«t .l.wn- .. Ji..«>.j -, j i wp my uund tlat we aUl.* b« ..bin to k,n,p l.in. w„hiut any addit'onal t o bll iJl raaniloaled good natnro a. w.li a. rc.gnai.oo. for ho al.v.y/ 0*^0^ o 7h« w.rfi! d^r^o. rw,.h«d to .00 ,hat hia i,o« w,« i„ order, witi tha gr'oatSat aotiag wU? 'On the twelfth day of hia conflnement, I wna informed that Mr. Newman Pnrfcin- K.J WorJi at iho yraira. On making more particular enquiry. I Inarned from MrT P«rUJ«. that aha had Heard a ooiae like rubbing Vr fliini Ute m t .« ni^M . 1- V k i ,.*^*"-*'» head outof the window, .he con.idere5 tlu! -ojJVo i^octd f?oi^^ ho^ i.^1 KnJwi^ the alluaiton of the pri-oncr, chained, that ho .:ould L reach Z ar«?«ih.' fl*^°"*»"« fcet;«nd knowing ala.^ that after th^ ao.rch frXrmX"\i^:j^Xnl^^^^^^ could liava retained about hia oeraon anv ihin« hi, II: i u ""P^"""* ^0*^ «» „ tfi^i^'%:i=j!ri;^^^ E sir IK wa. then the oveh.ng, and wo carried with ua two or three candL On ftjlSt .k wa. diacovered by all preacnt that there wf. a ama 1? c n? liing on thf Jl^baT^ th« outer grate, which was auppoaed to hate boon there accXH? Mr FU-tn„ h^* •ver, being luUy aati-f>cd .hat the inner grate JJLfned S; ili" S!l r^utT. curio«iy, to reach throuKh hiH hand, and Uke up the chip that « !! the bjA thl C^-.'iiirdrgr'Vhi.td'isvSir^ .Src^iriL^Va'ct ?„':iiit ftilly concealed with the feather edge oflhe chip. Ourattoi^ahZu wa. Tnl^rJSJd J^ »er. Thie gave the hint for a yet moreefTectual examination, when it 37on?d thli he had cijt one ..f the inner bara so nently, that he could remove and rinll^ if .* J^ jarejjmm^ contrived to conceal the inc^i.on. in -uch a rnner i aftt to^'Lfe the po^ibiflty of detection. There ie Utile or no doubt that in^w^r thJee*^ Tiift more, he would have efTecled his aecond eecape, had not hL worka bLi Sfln^Si/' through the very mean, which, artful as he waa, he employ^ to concet" fc'^^ll beinjf aaked what matrunient he uaedin cutiinir the grate. V an«we?ed wXh^rfS? I& .-wS'J^'"!*' "T^ ^^'^®' ^•""'y ""^ »" «°« t^^th, and a common hand-aaw Jili! Oa being aaked where he got hie tool., he answered that he had left them k tMA Uil when he went away, and that tnoM be had given me werrallVhf ^£&^iS? ?h.'„*S,"'T"'[S:^'"i*'\'*'»'^°^ the knife, (it* having bej michlhiXr^Sjiad; than ttie edge,) that the bars could never have been Jirt. «i aeetiv throulh w?h ?h.V^? rtrument, we were induced to wa*e a atricter Me^lCZdk^tinlZSLn^^ lime wall, near the irntes. a verv B«a» ••♦'^k -e-J--^ k." -_' : " f*:,? P*« oitlw ! L: rb«d ' t«i-a wra ukuvs iOajf, Mjo 53650 uoauy CQi uu boUi tlie edgcB, no doubl ot his own'wMk % THE MVI*TrRI<»U8 DOINGS Of AA«r ihU diicorrrj wa pnt un iiiin Ught hindcufli, arcurfxi liU cbtiiM with Mdloete ^[•111, auil «fil lour uwn (a w«ic»i him ihn whole niuht, Tb« iiext iUy wo ■•«3ur«d ta« ini»f gmle, filling the aqiiarrM with li*'J brtck«, Iiiho ■nil Mfid. Uavins a •i»a«'« M •ho M|»p«'r ctifu«r of oniy |i»ur by llvo irwh«w, in which waa iiuiortttil a pan* ol glaaa in Ul« cen».r«M»l*lhi) walJ. ThiN aiLall oimuiiiir m a wall ihr«so tVut thicli, adtiiiUcd lUtl* Of iM) light, ao that lh« room wnn rtMlunid almoat • duMgron, which iwrvaniud tk« ptkf met froiu helug «e«a at any linio from tho duor wlih« ut the light of a candls. rtun, ikm iimn wcnutror "nturndtlie priaon without ciiiiiIUm and two or throo n>«n. Oo tJHj I3ih of No»«inb«r, I addroMvd a iotUir to Judge Chipniaii, to which I i««#if««l ^ foUowtug anawur:-. !!lt'^*ii"M''Jl'.rr'?''^ •*• »*'<;-t'*^' "»»■-' 'V •'*•"' """' ••"!' •>' yi^May r»lail«f u ilw Wudneaday, tho lOth, wo enlerod hi« prlaon and found that hn had b««n eroplored m WTBtklng the plantor off tho partition w»ll with hia chain*, aid broken one of ttie p«d- lockii. and appoarfid to hivo bet-n looee ; Muined very viciooa, ami a^ he •• would ^m and d«troy tho buildlnj.',— w.Mild maku it amoke before ha l»»ft it," and that we would Me it aiuoko. I thon |.r.'|»arid a |>air of ateel fettem, caae hardened, abont ten iDchea long, which we put on hia lfgn, with a chain from tho middle, aeven foot long, which waataoled to the floor: we alao put an Iron collar about hia neck, with a cliaia about MgfU not long, ataploc* aho to the flw'rln a direction oppoaite to the other: and alao a etitjt) from hia feitera to tho nock collar, with handcuffa bulled to the middle of bia chain in ittch a nmnnor aa to prevent hia nanda tVoni reaching hia head and foet when atand- mK, Uavingiijuai poanlbleforhlm tofoed himaolfwhen aitting. All ihe«« ir«M and eftalna he received without dincoverlngtbe leaat concern or regard. When the biaok- Mnith had finiahcd rivoting tho whole, I aaid to him, " Now, Siaith, I would adviae you 10 be quiet after thia, for if you are not you will next have an iron band put round yoof •ody and ataj>*ed faat down «o the Bwtr Ho very calmly replied, •« Old man, if you V\^°\ ■**'*"<'^» y*"* ""y P"* 'I "« •^O'^- I <'o not regard It. if you will let mc havn my fianda looao you may put on aa much iron aa you pjeaao. I cure not for all your iron. *Lr*' ■""'**"" *"* letihim, loaded with irona, tlie entire weight of which waa forty- m poonda, and without nny thing to ait olr tie upon but tho naked floor. Although be waa thi^ aituatedand in an entire dungeon, he appeared not in the leaat humbled ; but btieame ttme troobleaoino and noiay, and exceedingly vicioua againat ihO jailor. Deapair and ■Mtinoaa aeetnod now to acizo him, and raving and roaring would unite with tho utterance fjF'/*'* ■"d portiona of ih« Ncripturea. WMh a tremenduuua voice he would cry m, " O yoa cruel devila— your murderera— yoo man-slayer«— you tormenteraof man I ' Jbw I bdriv to be revenge I ; help, help, help me ; Lord help me to be revenged of thf • ' delrile; help me. that I may tear up thii phice, that I may turn it upaide dowo, um^ there may not be one aiick or atone of it lefl. My hair ahall nu be shorn, nor my n . • cut, t'.ll I grow a$ atroiigaa .Sampeon, then will I be revenged of all my enemiea. I help, O Lord help me to dcbtroy these lormentera, murderers of man, tormenting rae iq chaini ai)d darkneaa:" shouting, "dorkneaa, darkneaa, O darkneaa^r-not light to i«ad the WofdofQod,--notono word of comfort from any. All la,— you rogue, you thief, Iouvillain,-.youdee''rv9 to be hanged. No pity, n^t ono word of conaoltttionr-all darkneaa, all trouble:" aingiiig " trauble, trouble, troubh > God help me, and have mercy upon me,— I fbar therelH n( rtv vy for me;— yea, th o ]» mercy, it ia in Jeetu, Wboee arms atand open to receive , «. ' lioer jJull I dare to look at him whom I have of- fended ^ Tnen he would call u|k«js ( : . pn juIb, and deprecate hiti wicked life : then rave again, "hmrderors, tormentc v), coi^aideryou have aoula toaave. conaider yoe have ■oula to lose, aa well aa I, a poor prisoner ; coaii4er you have children that may h« i* HRNUY Moim Mirrrfi. I p«dtooJ|a UimI liu|« I tlt« pd«- l«. rrmn • CiMIH Will Nltfafpt*- k*a. (m iM nM iMjitall- rrMAN" ployed m tlM Md- QuId burn *« would en ioohea if, wbhsh tia ftboui nd abo « bMohain •n ttand- iruaa and le blaak- IvIm you undyoar in, if you havn my mt iron. M forty- (h h« waa It boeaine ipoir and utterance roold cry I of man ti doftbr . ' IWO, U'4 • my n , « ea. I Qg me IQ to read ou thief. Lion. — all and have in Jeana, [ ba?e of- fe: then yoe hare niay b0 bfooffht to Intuble aa wall aa I j con^tdar I havn |i«n*nta ae wait •« thay. Ot If my C^raata kiiaw my altaition, U wotiM htH thaw. Mr w*f«, b#frm« fWwi my afj^M ; why ill you loruiwnt ma I tt ia f..r you that I aiiffWr all mv «^n)w, -ll lafor jnn mj h«an blM'da. Nut a frmtid foiii«>a u> ■'#« m**, nothing h*ifon m« but'pain and •fifrow, ebaina aad dtrkiic«««, muarv and dntth. O! wr«t» h#d m*-, haw long im I lo miffar In Ihla faoa ol loniiaat ! Am I to liiif ar a life of }»ft*n and aorrow in rhaina and mla^ry ? Na arill out thn thraad ol lifn andb** rrlii»v*>d (Vnm thU |>l««o of dtrknea* and troubin r ainginr "tr.iubU., trouble, iroubln," a thouaand timiw r*»p«tt«d. In thia tiMnnar ha oantUHKid ravinf till ke b«i<]ama »flr» hoaraa and axhanHad, woald Uka no noCiee 9( MytHing that waa aaid lo him, and Anally left oflrg^eaklnf *»nttr?ty. Th« waatlMir having b«rum«* Vf»ry eold. hm -aa allowi»d hia berth afain, with a com- fortabU liH oTrraw and blankata ; but tha blanhata had to bo taban away ttotn hint afain,on ac«KM ui .f hia having attamfitnd to htnttf himarif wtih ona of them niada into • »P«» Hd ni %t ott* iptad to atartw hima^lf. bot thia ha gave ofar, altar having ftitad thraaof ar dyyi. ifa now dropbod Into a atata of qiilHinaM, and lay in hi* h*d the ■oat of ♦ I. iltt-a, day ai wall ae nl»hc } but on ihir 16th of I>Kjamb*fr ae found, on ix- anuiing hia|,i.jun,ih«t he had brokfln the iron collar Irom hie nock, and drawp the •la, ' from tl» timber ; but replaced it again an as to pretent ttetet^tidn. On the 17th, we put a ohain about hia ne«k, and ataplfd it to the floor In each a man- ner that h« eoald not reach elihfr of the aiaplea. In thhi aitnaMon he remained aecure Md raUitr more qaiet, yot With oocaaional ihoiiting and Mreaining until the I5ih of ianaaty. Th* weather having now beeome very cold, and no (Ira allowed blm, feara were entertained that ha mirht fraeie : to prevent whirh It becnmo neccaaary to re- ■eee hii n-ona, which, with the naceptlon of hia fottera and handcnlTa, were accordingly taken off. l-'or thia relief he diacovemd im aigna of thankAitnoaa, but heeaiue more noiey and troubleaoma.oaiH'eially in the night, diaturbing all within iho n-ach of hia veiaa, with ecreeehing and howling, nnd alfmanntfrof hidooua noiaee, enliroly unlike the hiMiian voice, aad tramnndnonaly loud, oven bnyond conception. In this mantier he eoatmuid ibr five moniha, .Kscamonally cominiiting violence upon himself and breaking hia chaiiia, during which period he eotild never be aarpriaed Imo tho utterance of one nofte word or artioulate aimnd, and took no notice of any poraiwi or thing or of what waa aaid to him, no more than if ho had been a dumb, e'cneeloM animal ; yet perforin- Imm loaiiy rurioua and aatoninhmg aotkma aa will be related hereafter. In tho Now Teatamont, which he alwaya kept bv him, a leaf waa obaervcd to t»V ftnrno^l down, tinder which, upon examination, waa found tho following Scripture, hi tiM 3d Chapter ol let (Corinthians, •♦ And I, brethren, cortld nA apenk unto yon, dtc. Tke wfather hnviiig been intenaely cold throujfhout the month of January, and he having had no fire, great foara were entertained that he moat perish from cold : but eMoniahing to relate hia hands and f\!ot were ttwaya foond to be warm, and even hia ebaina! In Fubruary, when the weather began to moderate a little, he became more tioubleHomo ; began to tear off tha lime wall and latbing from the partition, and break everything' ha could reach. A aironi iron-hooped bucket that contained hia drink he broke alt to \ eeea ; the hoope he broke up Into pieces not exceeding three inches long, I '1 ./oiild throw the piecea with such dextority, though hundoufred, sa to pot out the cnndlev'heii the jailor would bring the light to the wicket door to examine what ho waa doing. - ■ j: ..• -^..-w.^'^ui ' Aa the weather moilnnted he became more nday eiid vicious. >s will appear by the foilowinijr loUer which I received fVora the jailor on the 10th February : rh«f« ntHfl ba lomethiia done with Rinllii-halstkteniiljiwltoUi ni«know«wa«t|M IvITm onaniM (liiflH •M«^M,..„« -h,«l.jp»injh. J«v KmrTund when I «« to ull 1^1^,7^7.7. I iS;ht,h7yVl.^^ KJtt^H'*"*' ' ?»' ^"u'T^.^V-^iV "f'l"'"'*"'^ t«liintoffhl. Iron*, he maktu nit »h. n» MVhVcaBT./vlH J2««nd«.r..»mii,»«lln4ffel.i!jdk!i..ek».s Twr lou.i ail aifbt with Mne pail ef hii ifon", I wiJh.o' Woatd coiiiB up early aaa aJvUe whut i* b««t to ba dona. »• « .•w«,^^i^wji.b ^oi i came to the jail accoidinjfly, and found hia Irooa tininjured, and to prevent him Mm aaing hia hanis ao freely^ locked a chain from hia fetters to bis h«nd-€uA. nrii on UMk UllM. ^. m THE MySTERIOUfl 90(NQ8 OF On Sonday, tro flr«i>tteinan from Nova Scotia, at the requeit of Smith'* wife,, to make enquiry after him. I went with them to the juil to aee it he would apeak or ? .f"^u°°''^?. ° *'*?"V °' f**" "^"^ ''•«y **»"*<* "y ^ him from hie wife. They toM Imn that hia wife wiebod to know it he would have her com* to e^b^Jiiow tnd what aU would do with tlie colt he left ; tha( ahe would lell it for two huiidred^lara, and haM^i^ Um money aent to bun. Bat all they said, had no eifeot on bim» any more than if W> had been a lifeleea slatne, which convinced oa all that he would to to the ffalloarl' V mu "' ■'****"'? ' '^"'^ *' cluingiiig hia nance. jitkSf The next week ho became more resUeaa and vicious, and on Sunday, en iroinff flto the jail with Mr. Rulofaon, from Hampton, and Mr. Griffith, from Woodetock" foundb* had broken up part of hia berth, bad broken hie chniu from the hand^uflb, leavinir one link to the au^le, the parted link* concealed ; tore up part of hie boddinc and etSpMl the rnnnfl of tho neceaaary. It had appeared alao that be bad been at the irratea i hoi how be got there waa a myatery, for the chain, by which hia legs were bound, wae ttn. hroken, and the aiaple fast in the timber. We then raieed the staple and again put ^ the chain to hia haod.cuffii, tnatening the ataple m apotfier plaee. more ouc of^ The next day I found he bad agiin broken the chain from hia havd^caa and torv off a large portion of Uthwg and plaetenng from the middle wall. Finding Una, I deter- mined to confine him more closely than ever, and ao put a chain from bis toot round hk neck, eupled to the floor, securing the hand-cufla to the middle of ihia chain. He kni already givenauoh myateriou* and astonishing proofa of his strength and inventioiL tiuii /fif"- "® ^ocld finally baffle all my ingenuity to pravemt his dstsape. The twiating «f the iron collar from his neck and drawing the staple from the timber, mm a feai tfaS sued eve7 one with wonder. Tho collar was made ot a flat bar of iron. ai» inch aii4« half wide, wtth the edgea rounded. This he twiated as if it wre a pieoe of lealber, «ii4 hrott It mto two parte, which no msn of common strength coiild have done with oneeaA of tho bar fastened in a amitb's »ice. The brukenoollar waa kupt a long Uoie and shto«ft to many a wonderer. As might be expeeted, bis wriate were frequently much awollad tUd very sore ti-om his exertions to bueak and get loose trom hie irons ; yet ho aa- gjwd as^inaenfible and M regardleaa of his situation as if he had in roafity booAiik Notwithstanding t^iese emiqg insanity which characterised thepe works of his in tiiai prison, yet other parts of his performance there indicated the moet astonishing geBius and invention ; perhaps in a pMtnaer and degree unequalled ««9 the memory of man. Ote tne iBt or March, on entering bis r^Mnaon in the evening, we tmrnd him walking** feoiH. ?L*' '1r^ ?*■ '**"**'f y *« «*/^ ^'»"»'» ^^ '"^^ «>»de and planed dMbre hit^Mnitwt the win as large as life. When the light was thrown upon thik «!S, whicfiiwlill prepared and got up in the dark, it not only filled us with amazement, but drew outa» Jhe sensibilities of the heart with the magic of a tragedy, not so rouofa imaginary «a> real, l hia effigy he intended to represent his wife, visiting hU wretched abode, and manifesting signs of disconsolation, anguish, and despair, on beJiolding her wretched nosoand moving before her in chains and fetters, with dejected mien, and misery and despair depicted in bis counienance. The effigy was formed out of bis bedding and JfJfJf !!"?■?*' ""^"^ ''^^'® °^'^* ^^^y* toffeth«' '^ith a trough three or four feet in lengih, which was used in thejail to contain wat^jr for his drink. Rough as the mate* ria^s were, yet ho displayed such ingenuity in ila formation, and condoeted the scenoin a manner so affecUng, that the effect it produced, when viewed with the light of the candles, wan really astonishing, and had a kind of magical power in drawinir out the sympatbies ofeverjr one who witnessed it. ■ He contiimed noisy and troublesome till the 5th ot March, whop we took his irono ofi, and caused him to wash himself and comb his hair, which had Odtbeen cut since ho "•s pui iu jaii j ueitiier had his beard been phaved. Oh receiving a piece of soap for waahmg, be ate a port, and used tho rest. We then gave him a clean shirt, which ho put on himself with the rest of bis «l»»tlvag» aftor: which wo replaced his irons, wbidi he receired in the same manner as an ox would bis yvke, or a horse his harness. HENRY MORE SMITH. ! t' M th^ term of tho Ooart of Coinhion Pleu wai now cominff on, wbl«h reoaired raneh of my fttttniion for t^ . ataoMarv pr«|Ninttom; and Mr. Dibblee, the jailer, being about to yemete 'tdrMnaaex Vale, to take charge of the Aoadomy th<»re, my aUbntion began to look rather airkWardalid unpleasant. Accordingly the jailer moved a«ray on the lltlr •f Maroh, after the aitttng of the Court, and from the extraordinary trouble which thO yiiiOMir wae known to have riven, I had litlle hope of finding any eno who would bii ariUfaw to take the charge. However, I prevailed with Mr. Jamea Reid (a man in whoM I cMld confide), to undertake the charge ot him ; who, with hi* fkmily, moved into.tiio houae the day following. i^<'^ After this. Smith ap{|>eared more cheerful, and became rather more quiet, until tho 24th'of Marob, when t was called on by the jailor, and informed tliat Smith was ai« tempting to break through the partition where the stove-pipe passed through into tho debtors* rooms. On entering the jail we found him loose from all his irons, — his n«ok« chain was broken into three pieces ; the chain from his neck to his feet into throe pie- eee^ llii screw hand-eiiffs in four pieces, hnd all hanging on nails in the partition. Hl^ grest e'oat was torn into two parts, through the back, and then rent into small strl|Mh' one of whioh he U6od as a belt, and supported with it a wooden sword which he had formed out df a lath, and with which he amused himself by going through the * sword exereis situation he remained tintil the 3l8i, spending the time in singing and hallooinf occasionally, i .ras then agam called by the jailer^ who on opening tho wicket-door, found s piece of chain han^ng on the inside. 1 went immediately to the jktl and fbond that he had separated all his chains, had tied his feet chain to the staple again, ait4 was lying in his bed as unconcerned as if nothing bad happened, having a piece ofoham about his neck. We tlien took his bunk bedstead from h'ro, and removed everything oat of his reach, but could not discover by what means he could separate hts chaine ; > no link in his chains appeared to be twisted, nor where there any broken links to bo, seen, from this we inferred that he still must have some means of cntting his ehaiot*! At this moment, however, it occurred to us that he might havo the broken links eon* " coaled in the privy. We accordingly let down a candle, by which we could see the bottom, and with an iron hook prepared for tlie purpose, we brought up a bunch of broken links whioh he had tied up in a piece of his shirt, together with a piece of bte; neck chain a foot Usng. — This cocvinced us that he had not - destroyeil his chains bf' means of cutting them, but by the application of soniie unknoten mvtteriouB poiosr. I then determined to break the enchantment, if strength of chain would do it, and a4>i dedto his fetters a large timber chain, which had been used as the bunk-chainof i| bob-sled, bv which four or five lo^ were usually hauled tu the mill at once. Tho chains we had previously used were of a size between that of a conimon ox-chain a^d a hLTM horae trace>«hain. . -i-j -i ■<'»■ ^ Seeuredintiiwmannei^welefllihnjandon the6th of April found his necki^kuit parted agiCin I then replaced it with a strong ox -chain about seven feet long, ftrtkil|f' stapled to the timber. The next morning the jailer informed me that from the uqepnir mon Boiw ha made in the night, be'was convinced he mast be Ioqm from somo^ol^il^ £ i F^ ■i THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OP *•***■ .*"■ «*»•!"?• ,'V*" cono'aded aiOiiaed' J^maelfwuh braiding etrair, which he did la a coriouf mannii^ and maSr* iinTS lUaw basket which he hung on the parUtion to contain hU bread. Sumetimea be »ottid ■akethohkeneaa ofaman, andaomeUmea that of a womto, and pace theminsMK %V9§ SiaguMy atnking ; dwcpvenng n^ucb eunoua ingenuity. At th^a he would^^ ^ffirc'JbiM ^* ' *'^°' "'^^^ ■houung and hallooing, and beatiog tbeflo(»; i^Si!n!T-"' ^'^'2? 1° ^°.!"''?^*"^. ^* W® o' ^»l*e««*» of a woman, intendQd ta hSv^w 'i? ■7'*^\ "® ^J-'^r ^ "^'f*^ "*u' "'"""fif P*^"»f«» •* the bead of hia bed» wi* tut JNdw 1 eeumeptpp^n before her, as tbovgh reading iq him, while he aat in tht atti* <«««ofheiMriugwith aerioua uttentioii. Iwaaindqc^d to look into the N«w Teetft^ jaw^and four4 it op^ii at the ISth chor»«r of St^J-uke, and . the leaf turned i0wTm _jU^ver«e, which read as followa;,," When AhofigoeH with thine adTorsar^ toth? WMiatrate, i^s thwi art m the way.give diligono^), tbM Ihou mvyeat bo delivered f^wm b-A j^pstba beie thee to the judge a»d the judge deliver thee to the officer, awUK.. f^ cuBt thee mQ,pnfioii/ It wop)4 «e€WW! though he had intended to Wptom!^^ If .W wprwchiog^bwi^ for biii eacap^ from tjie cpnatablea on hia «(ay to KnntoT M^be WQwld d9f«nd,hu condnct by referring te the above pertionof tht SQiiptuitJ [« iW«ducQd>ma4iy iitb^r likeneaiea, which he Fould pjiMse in d^rent aicnilEaar iid»7 Vma, mmiffBXiag the moat remarkable ingenuity «nd invention. "P»»o»«t ppi^ .A Special Court fp^ bi» trial hadrWn euroraoned to meet at Kingaton on the aOth of 4H 5- but It waa poatpoaed U0I4 the 4(b of May- on account of the ice faaviHg tamnti ^ ttWwuaJly late iq the nver, as will appear by the following letteiv : . ; 0'~. 1 rSi'iS.'.i/''"''.' Wl'l^P'ril IBlfc-Dear Slr,-I liave received yourleherdetailinff the ver» e«t»n* to be done, I diioSched votir ^^<*".";"*5C'*?"*?f< »*■* ^^f miBht adopt, at H«al Quarters, imV weh meawrtL ¥S**l5'"Bi'T«*B"«^""^""** "'* "''"''^ of the prisoner"' Ve^iy rMp?ctfu"ryo'ur*r' ""''" """^ i| tobellone, rdiTo«ch-«r yVuTleJeTwj^^^^ id Quarters, Mty such maaniNsaa th»ytial«iM tStSSt' •8l?iroA»,l«b April, jeUl.v.Dear8lr,-r iiavejust received, by eipress ftom Frederiotan a* iSlL iS^iS , ^'Sfl'141'^"*!;'"' 'u""i»«v''^e» f'""' ^he state of ilie ri^er, it will bnmpracUc'bre fo, hSS to bt^K^S^l of the ath. nnd as he hasbitherto taken the whole bnrthen of thi. tr»ni Jfi."» hi ".-i*'£^i5'il*J**i^ -JWfeU to the extraordinaiy backwardness of tne si reebeuBeiided to hold th« Court on the 90th ot April. . ..„„ „, j9?*f S^but I will forward one in time,, or the ooa you have •^ W Bat««, '£«quiM(n . _ - — v r i. '—^ — -I ,|roui le season, which was not probably ,^^„ „„,„ „ „_, I haTb not tidie to forward a new precept by this co*- waa' vrrr 'i**' ••• t'>«»»H«iP<». UTiia cin be easily «r- Yortr'siruTy, " W. CHnm'tt, The Court waa accordingly proelamea, and at ttie aiuiie time I wrote a letter, ibcUm. «h1i^5«(JIC'TJ ''I?"**"' V?"*'^?* /<""'•**•'> 'n«'o*llif Jroor itrocIaniatloA of the CIrcnit Court, (or iK* ' t^a aiDiih, t/>e koMe-atwltr. I afiall b« vary awry iTJadf • bmfam'mktMtil^MU ^ff^. ►'iri* SiKS ''. !.* >. rtiil Uier of tu »A with • uninjured. 3iher link, d iirellea he Mlawo Miri of Oytr of tha hotM 'jjufMAar,,; iheMM>«)d unin |p4»* Sr^be floor iteoded to bedkWiHi D thf «ui- , tredffiNttr , aihI ihmi (opreMWit Kligetpafi MptanM dtatftMN «'aQthojE r t8iiiaiMii.t I«IM tMi rrPMANJ tkdUr i«»n he tana. 4«-. '71 Mi-^tb laat.lM a^) en it WU9 f thtscoii-' )eiiRil)r«r- HirMAit, 'l! *• r^(. HENRY MORE aillTi|. ^,ft ( -•^-^r»Ra!.ffi;i,Wi??:»M^ VMtbll JU edpa.Iviilf telM man maul dlAcnlt CMe lluit ; Kick better after I left tue orhUehaii Jall*Tu I eh«in« thai went haai „. une, or weak-band lllain, with all tile ar< and i^^Sl^lSliJffi55?iSS»^ MM niwirf wmcM wmm jjajNatad with hie eonduei to need m, ailvtee.^ ^1 mu¥t cUUjn {J;j« y«-» ">• P«»»cware oi ^ «^"j|^|;)J7^ W". Bath, Eequlre." vim On the 30th of April, I went into the jmil and found Swith lying quietjr ^ij •!> Wi ironi »nd choine uninjured, and told him that on ThuwHay next, the 4|h of MfOP, h* t^t have hii trial fiefore the Court for his lile or death ; and that Mr. Peaiwn, lh« 4 Deputy Sheriff, who apprehended him at Pictou, bad come^to waineaa againrt him » b«l he Sinoaitentionto what I .aid. The aecond day Mr. P^^^c^m to -ee torn, and t^him that hM (Srolth*e) ,wife waa coming u> aae him 1 but he took no nottce of hun, fto more than if he oould neither see nor hear, and set at defiance nl) aitimpta to nMt^j,^ one aingle expression, as though he were destitute of evenj senw. ^^sj^w^ " The third day we fonnti t^athe had been at the stone wall, his face bmiaed and W0og4 I renewed my attempts to elicit something from him, by telling him that the nexft^daf! r'T^ ••i..'L .-i.r^i._r^..*i.<. r>»»^ r..* has trial • hut all was m vain. He ffSTe OM ho would be brought before tliaTourt for has tnal ; but all was »n jrain. 1^ f*^l^ die most decided loaioationaoPjonfiemed insanity ; patted P»nw»d*. "•^S°f*'*?5 vithout articulating, and continued to aiqg %nd beat the flwr.wilh hisoUinsthe moit*f ^Th?4th of May, the day appointed for his trial, ^^m^'' f^J!*'* ^±^^ Assemble early in the morning, and noiperoMs spaotatorp crowded C»P« o'**^!^^^ Couniy. About U o'clock his Honor Judge Saunders, and the Attorney QetteMl Mbi lived irom Frederictoii. About one o'clock the whole Court wovnd »MWK>«i«wl Ijjo Conrt flouse, which was unosqally crowded with Bpectatots. Aftdll tlw ^V^wj^ Court m the usual Ibnn. the prisoner wss called to the bar. The ioii«r!»nAJonr«»»2 «[!b!ea brought him and placed him in the criminal's box. He *»*•»» *»»»;221i!5: took any notice of the Court, and, as usual, acted the tool «>f the madniw., anapwif *» &iwra. and paUing. h^ hands: he beirfd and ha'd» took off hi* .hoes vmI smJ^ mA . tori his shirt. Every eye was fixed on bim with wonder and •'^•wnfc^^tJeiHht Attorney General had fef d' his Indictment, the Judge aeked him ho» k» P»«^e4/t«^t S3?cTment. mSUy, S^Wt guilty. He stood Heed^ese «d«ilent, ja.th.»« r,«^^^^ CSsaid'toJiro^^TheJadgethen remonstrated with hini. "J;*»'!»^.^ *Jf»f JS ■tood mute out ot obstinacy, his trial would go on, and he would h« deprived of tfe«M^ nnctwnity of putting nimself on his country fo^ defence ; and that -entenoe wo«WhJ Sfen against him 1 he therefiire advised hlra to plead not guilty. He stUl conUwj^ Sute. a^d acUng the fool withont hetraying thj slight** emoUoO. The Judge the« directed ihe Shofiflfto ei^ipannel a Jury of twelve men, lo inquire wheUwr the pwiwjer at the bar stood route wilfully and obstioately, or by the viaitaiionot God. TronaWI evidence brought, before the Jury on this ioqniry, it appearedjhat ^^ 'f";f.^««»"»;'»; same state ^r th f^^'^JjiSl next morning. The next morning, Friday, the Omrt assembled :a©cordingly^nd tig wabner was again brought to the bar. and plaoed in the erimuoiira box «*.»w*^ **• Stdown quieSy.ai^d iSaintaiood his usual silence and inattention. The mwtjro- fijm»J sii«»~;« r«i2nod in the Court, which was still crowded wUh spectators, and every eye was fixfed on^the prisoner with the meet eagw "i^entiofc. Tne Juogo ig«tott and observed that the prisoner appeared more calm this moBtwg, and directed th» *»• tfjrnejr General to procfijd with, bis trial. . • ^u '^i\iii'> ' ^M^^, i | t s , i i « m! ' »g ' ai ' M f»NWi '**^ • THE JiYttTERlODS DOINGS OP cnc«, ud foa^t and ■trailed 1 ti»^m.^fi® offfr«d the met determined resit t- ■ome fliriou. animah ""° *"" ■"' " '*'°°«'^ ^« '"'d tite .trengtli of JtSiwtentfuwT^ T." '^f *°K^^ "'i"'»°^^''- »>« ' '>«fc- «it like a pipe.rtein. ¥hev then n^3 '''f?" *>"" ''ouW break them^ In hi. lianda, he immediately aLledt^if 3 li; f'"*''!!*^ hlmaelfoverpawerrt •ftHi of theconetaSh/to prevent him ''^ *'"' *»?*' ""^''^ttMding alt thd bound each w.y frZ^he^lTihTboxT^Z IT^""^ ^^ r''"'*"'' "d hiafoet l^hkt After aocnriSt En thiainSkS^^^^^^^^ F-JirX^o^S^^^^^^^ "*i. that he puraaed afterth* iwt»d him on auapicif n of batSn J steUn tL T "*^ 1* 't?^," ^^'^ Prwoner, i^nd ar.' tl» u«ae would SbfpreJe^J^Hir^^^ *°" Wm that the 'owner of , that he eame heneeUy by^hLe tK luil^ k?22 •»T>^'J. "^ only repKel ^ the |wi«,ner whew i,e C,Twn^^7lnlLJ.^^^*^^\''^^^^ '^"^ »>• *«>«» "ke^ ■e-fww, after f3 hiT wSew tJ^fonTl^^^ ^^^^ ^° *^.« """^ ''»'«« ^^^^ ?j-Hce for examination and heZt tl^ilut?Pi6^;i''^f?V^l ^''^^ fco«»«e which the rri«>ner had S-!/™;» fJ^; /j ^°- T*^* he then wenttoth* Wtomed homewarTiuh the h'Te^boutten «^^^^ ^m"'^J'** ^*»"^5 '^'^^ ydy kww th« hor«e. and caS hSnamr" i^^^td^^ S..?'»K^"fK*» "'"' *°"»«'*- FictM, whore the nriaunar *«m»^H 4« 5.?i *""*''• V**' ^hey then returned to i» hi. Jo..e.«on aC^ran^Tb^t X^fn U*,^^ examinatio,^ wa. found to hare •"rf-JJ other .rSJl^;Ji>lorthkrH?^^ :^\' ""TJ"*' «»* '''^*?*' •■caped with the horse Tii.* k- Jl- ^ appeared be bad stolen on hi. way a. hs gSTto^e clteyr'by?w„t„?Lr^^^ 1 ' i^™"?We aL Mr! New Bronawick. That before hTwMSken?mmfK.^ -^ .J""i." ^'"^^ ^°»"»y' « bohofhi.hand^uffiin«tflythrw,ffl7 anl^^^^^^ ". 1^"^*"' •»• had cut the natel; diwoyered, and ~ w hwd f nffi nLw J^^^^^ concealed it, which wa. forte- caw/ from hui k*;«II; k!!-!!"..^^™ P'*."^?^' otLerwwe he muft certainly haye ea. •■■v- BillAY MOI^S SMITH. Ip from a pefi!&r } at another, fVom a Frenchman i agam, that heawapped for him ; aad at Amherst produced a receipt for money paid in exchange. Tho Coumel Tor the priaaner, in crqai'ezaminmg, aaked Mr. Knox, did you ever aoe the prisener in posiieMion of the hoise ? "No; but ho acknpwledged it. **' Did yoa ever httar him acknowledge that he was in poaneaaion of the horae in any other wajg than by aaying he came honeaily by him ?** ''No." — Mr. Peanon wai croaa-examinea ip the aame manner, and anavered to the aame effect. «^ Afr. Petera, In defence of the priaon^r, produced authoritiea to ahew that by the evi- | dence tho prisoner waa not tiiken in the manner as atateii in the declaration, and thai J it waa Hufficient far him to prove, ma general way, how he came in poaarasion of the b(me, which be waa able to do by a receipt he produced for the money paid m ex* dbange, the beat general evidence that can be given, aa auch ia the common way o^ 40ttling in horaea. He acknowledged that if the priaoner had been taken on the back i^thenorse he would then have been taken in the manner aa atated by the Atiomef, fbtlehi], and conaequently bound to prove bow he came in poaseaaion ; but in the pre« feat oaae, he himaelf, or any one present, might have been in thia unfortunate priaoner*a •ituation; dragged to the prison, to Court, and to the gallows, because he could not produce Uie person who actually sold him the horse. The prosecutor had not produced any evidence of the horse ever having been m the poaseaaion of the priaoncr, anyothift ^ray than by hia own confession ; and he trusted thnt the Jury would not heaiuite tif^ iMnit that, the priaoner waa not taken in the manner stated in the declaration, but would pfononnee him, bv their verdict, *Not Guilty.' ' The Judge, in his charge to the Jury, overruled the plea, by stating to the Jury that _^.hia having been taken in the manner, was proveid by the various accounta he gave of ^ getting posaessin of the horse, thus rendering himself liable to prove Uow he caiM' * by him, or to stand gailty of having feloniously taken him, as stated in the Indictment, 'Asx they had heard the witnesses, and if from the evidence and circuiiistanoea befofii tl^em they were fiijly satisfied that the prisoner nt the bar had taken tiie horae feloni« ouily, aa stated in toe Indictment, they would find him Guilty; bat if they had any/ C dovbta, that leaning to mercy, they would find tiim Not Guilty. While the Jury was out, the Sheriff invited the C»urt and other Gentlemen to visit the jail, where they were shown the irons and chains, and the situution in which the prisoner had been placed. The JudgQ observed that it waa fortunate the prisonar nod been sent to Kingston Jail, as no other jail in the Province would hav* kept him. The Jury, after an absence of about two hours, returned with a Verdict of Oufhf* The Judge then proceeded to pass upon him the awful sentence of the law, Ptttthy unihout the benefit oj Clergy ; but the cTiinina\ remained unmoved hnd umffected^ and Continued shouting imd hallooing. The Court asked the Counsel f«r the the pri' . WHier whether he had anything to offer in arrest of judgment, or why the sentence of I^th should not be ext>cuted upon him. Mr. Peters then rose and prodaoed authori- ties to show that the present law that took away *' the benefit of Clorgy " for horto- Ueoling, was not in turce in this Colony, and that it could not be con9ir|ied fo be in. force, and must be a question to be deciued in the Higher Couit, where he noped ta- have the honour of discussing it. The Judge admitted the plea ; bat gave his oi»inioa< I against him. The business being ended, the prisoner was returned to big (ell, where ho received* his chains with willingness and apparent satisfaction; and the Court adjourned with- out delay. The Attorney General, however, gave me to understand, tiiat the prisoner would not be executed immediately ; and re<|ue8^that I would observe^bts behavioar^ and inform him by letter the particulara of his conduct. The next mornibg I «iMted I hhn and observed to him that he was now under sentence oi death, and that' lie would ^ be allowed only one pound of bread every day, with water, during the short tiiop he had . ..^ 1S-.M ^VXmm* mm MAAn o<« Klcs ^An4li uraa»«»anf «B««ci mttww\e^A Kir #kA fwAcililAnt Ka W/knl«1 Ka.^ W £;t77. _ m*%^\W* o « XSZSt. C8W (5WSa »mrr ^B"*«*r»T* ' i*t ««frtfv -T^ty »»«e«tv^» vj ■ ^•s-'«^j5»j»«S»* executed, and that a short time onl^ was left him to prepare for the dreadful event. • Btlt tot paid no attention \ pattud his h^nds, sang and acted the fool as cwoal. One oC iif^fuji'' r, tmttMi iW.ri i' • THE M'^ttTERIOUS DOIlfOS OP Wi yUWin being ranch aurprlMd ftt hii inwndbility, obMnred to him, •• Smith, itii tflo v««,m»ni*°t""'^"'J"~'''' yooff**' '• fi-'^ed now, and you had bettor employ yonr little tioo in mtking your peace with God, than to act the fool aay lonffer." On Er?"i !/•£.*" ^ J u*''/,f"'''.''V»~° ••'^'"■' ''« *"«""«» hi- Toitament open, and a let him become a fbol, that he may be wl.e.»' Prom this it woSd appear, that he either founded hi- protended inaanity on Scnpfure precept, or aflfected todS i yS it eannS be «;«PPo«ed that he intended ua to know what uae he made of thia Scrioture, aa he rouat have known that our conclusion would be that he waa " more rogue thnn fulil » «fl»!!L?*'" "'"1"*^V°" 'iTf'* •"/*,'^**•^ '*"""«f ''hich time he manifeated no'aiCT i« f KT' l"?r ^? ''•"'V'?'' '^ ? '«",»'"'" hia allowance, and tore off every paS ^Inlr * '''°^'il^' 'T'"* *'^™f *'/ '"f^'^^y '"'^^^' After thia time I allowed him othw' proviaioiie, and hia aubaequent behaviour waa brieily atated in a loUer to tho Attornev ?r.T/; J°f J/**''''*^^ P"''''*^"^ * V''* •' ^r G««ette.« The followiug i, t tJS copy of the letter, aa it appeared in thia paper, July llih, 1815. * • " Copy of a Latter from the High Sheriff of King'a County :— Owte^it K?nJ5 n;«^;ilT&1'" 8ir.-.H.Tlng heard nothing from you .ince the laU iienry More Hmith, ainoe hia trial and Matence. After eeourina him with atrAti* nhnin. ilTki. neek »d leg., and with hand-outf., ho continued beating th^Soor. Klffing^J'lnd nT.h ww5 UUle intermwilon. making different sounde ; .omeU«e?with jinklnir hU ehSina: "d romtim.^ Without, aoparently in diiferentpart. of the jail, inaomuoh thit th^aSer freointrv .enTfor «T S1?Sku°^,* "Jii^wl* '~« '^^'^ hia chuna, which I conceited and^^ueS?rob.CT red wm Sf: E aSS'oTllL^^l wS ^T " VJtr '*"?«*h or kiTen tion, ii hia a^tnS ; bS m - . . . " ^' '••f •.B'wnS »■*«» the iail«arlT irt the moraing. f after harinir examined hia cHmLa^m* *«L i2rL*i' *^yhefore.)I.founUreelink.of hia h»e.t chain, f.^arSSTand »7'ng^ ttPr, being part of the eham without the aUple. He continued in the aamewa* until ih« 9-l«# m». when we found the largeat chain parted about the middlVaSd uS^7h\ Strina lw«5f JIa Jk^I;w^k' L^**,^"' "*"* fhaln. are^o awurity for him. I then puton him .""g^ht Sita with which he haa bees ever aince. I never diaeovered him at work at anv thin* hot llfrm,^^^ produced efflgie. or likeneaaeaa, very atrikl«g. i,pr.«mting hilw/f. He nS piSJ^TSSr- ofa nan la nerfeot ahuie, with hia featurea painted, and ^inta to all Wa l7mba ind^aedSS self, (being now naked,; which waa a«imired for its ingenuity. Thia he would nut «mi*d™^u one poaition and mimetimea in another, and aee^ed tS amiMe himgelf ^Th it Without takS?tft It"', ?:?••*."' iWf thing elae ; eontiauing iir hit old way hallooing, without anVSteratii SitiT the 13th, when tie goaler informed me that he reftiaed to eat. anI'Jo doui SJXck ri^tS aee him every day- found he did nut eat-all the bread and other provlaiona conTeved to Wm hS gave to hiH eftlgjr, atrUng on a atring, and put in hia hand,? He Uy^Sy S llv and nSht and took nt. notice of any jhinK.--would /rink tea or milk, whichTglvT film twice a day^foV «ve aay,,he Ikan refused to drink anything for two day,; which ra\de,eveS diva that Ve S Bottteg. In that time he began to apeak-iwuld aak queaiiona. but w^uld hoW n5'S.iver,i5i But the moat extraordirarv, the most wonderful apdmyaterioua ofTuia.ffinTiJtiSlS; prepared, undlacovered, and at once exhibited the moat ,tiriking picturrof gwSia art taatT and Invention, that fter was, and I preaume ever will be produced Sy any KKfnrDiacedikwI situation, in adjttk room, chained and hand-cuffed, under aentencro^ deSrvritroltK^m^^^^ S;'i?w«7o d5iHhI'^"#„*°''""' ^'**^ but^ia haida, and naked.* Th. eiKtion s f^rT^^^ My power todeacnba. To give you aome faint idea, permit me to sav that it r»n«i tJi«?*L. -i^JJ^iV^S'T"?*' "^r^"' ""'^ «^hildren,~all madV«^d painte?in theSoat fxires ivc^^S^^^ vnth all the Umba and jointa of the human fr«me.-<.ach performing different pMia^thcl; KSm ahape, and form, al «xpr»aa their different offlcea »nX charac^Trthe'fdSl^is of dT£?i^t faahion,, and suitable to the atationa in which they a^. To view them in their staf^'-'^S^^ f'^t!".i!ir''f'*^ *hough alive, with all the air and gaiety of MtoraSiTeata^^^^ > in VU bed by tb« aide of thftgoal, hiaexhibitioa bagina Swut a foot fromth»l<»r ^nd rnm™^ Ja^wjoie «I««r«.the ceiiinj:^pe i^pwmoat i^m.T>Som h^ aSk1^Wm£' hSrfSA^'fc'^"^ tJ'^r {^!,P"*i and appearance of a mMtaVTusVciL ; £^^^^ mna akimbo, hU rfght hand on hia Umborine, dtesrad in auitable uniform. Next him %^w ^}^^A ««W«»y £["•«'. graceftillyaitting inahftndaome avrtng TaVher lift stinds a^^ BMtly dressed, in the character of a aervant! holdina th« .M* nf ♦hS '.-; Ji":l m- - :~*-^^i ISa^^lLu^ '^Lh " T^ l^*^?' waiting theTady 'a mitbn ' On ?er right; hauFata^ S£L^f^Sifir,!r^'*' " *• «haractar of a gallant,ina graceful posture for &ncing. flanSST ttaae three iigures, ait a young man »nd a young girl, (apparently a^>6ut fourteen,) in a poiSSe^ ^^PP" -imrtuv HENRY fifORI SMITH. of ttitjagf ftt MMh •nil of ft bttftrd, decently dresied. Direoilj vnder tKcMiianda one whom 1m' eftlUBuonaparta, or pomctimta the father of hie famiW ; be atandii ertot, hii features me prom- inent i hi> ohrekt led ; hie teeth white, aat in order; nis guiua and Hpaied; hid imse ataaded blftok, repreHcnting the noatrila ; his dreas ia tbat of the harlequin. In one hand ho holda aa infknt, with the other he plays or bt ats muaio ; before him atand two children, apparently thrc« or four yeftraehl, holding eaoh other bv thehand, in the aot of playing or dancing, whi'li, with • mui dreaaml i« fashion, who appears in the oharaotcr of a ateward, sometimes m one Nituaittnnt i^id aoraetimea in another, nMl(M up the show, all of which yua have at one view. Tftmi oommancea iho performance. Th« flrat operation ia from the t&mborlne player, or master, who givea two or three slngla atrokea on his lamborinc, that may bo hbiird in any part ef the house without moviii).; his booy.i He then dances (traucfully a few steps, without touching his tamborine ; the \aAy if, th- n swung two or three tiraeu by the steward ; then tho gallant takes a few steps ; then the two hdow tilt a few tin\ea in the most easy, pleasant manner : then the tno children dance a little, hol which they aip to dance, at whicn the tamborine strikes, and every one dances to the tune, with motion, ease, find oxact- BMS not to bo described. Many have been tlie observations of spectators ; amongst tlieiii, an old Oerman observed, that, " when he was starving the seven days, ne was making a league with the doril, and tha*'. he helped him." All acknowledR* w'th me, that it exceeds any thioK ihey evat •aw or imauined. His whole conduct from the nrst has been, tind is, one continued scene of my- ■terj. He nas never shown any idea or knowledge of his trial or present situation ) he seoma happy; his irons and chains are nt apparent inconvenience ; contented like a do^r or a monkey, broke to his chain ; shows no more idea of any tiling past, than if he had no ret'i>il<>ctiiin. H*;' ia, short, is a mysterious character, possessing the art of invention berond commrin capacity. 1^ am almost ashamed to forward you so long a letter on the subject, and so unintrlligiUle ; I thinh«. if I oould have done justice in describing the exhibition, it would liave been worthy a placain the Royvl 0ieril not believe he was ever equalled ity man.' This evening, a gentleman from Beaton, having heard>. the above description, came to see the performance, and declaced he could say as the Queen of' Shriba did, that ' the half had not been told.' " To this the Editor of the Gazette adds )he folloiring remark! : 7r) " We have gJTen an entire copy of the above letter, which has excited onr astonishment, and. will, probably, that of every other person who has not seen the exhibition and performance de« scribedinit. Those who are acquainted with the iberiiT, know him to be incapable of statiug, falsehoods, or attempting in any way to practice a deception, and will of courf>e {^ivc credit to the' statement of facts, won&rful as they may appear to be, which he has made." -^ > Tho Sapreme Court, in July, being about to be held atFredericton, and feeling anx- ious, to know the fate of the prisoner, I attended for this purpose; and having ascei^ tained from the Attorney General that his destiny would not be fiital, I re:urned agaitt^' to Kingston, when the Jailer informed me that the first night I had left Kingston, Smith had drawb the staple of the chain that was about his neck, and had so concealed them; both that they could not be found ; and the glass in the briek wall was broken at th«^ time; but that the chain could not have gone through that way, as the >utdMi» ' f'sssss m ImO t7indo':$' Was wnulu ; wisl ihu rOuin and cvCry utbcr psft uf th;; J-iil usa- •en tliorou|fbly searched ; but neither the chain nor staple coulcl be found : neHber eoald it be imagined bow he broke the glass, as it was far beyond tho reach of fan i H the: MYSTEUUOUfi DOINGS OF e^ina. On my enterisK ihm jtii, Smith itid to ma, " The d«f il tola my dromm«r. If I dW not put that chain out of the »»y,y«u would certainly put it ahout my neoktf;inr tttt he hatod It. and had mordered it, and put it und.ir th« dirt ; but ho feared he Jhould tovo no iHmce till he rai» m m&m: HENUY MORE BWITH. .It 9 ; the other inff heard much of an rxtr»ordin»ry person I had in prwon, he caoie for tb« •xpr*** uurpoHo of iftfing him and hiH oxhIiuUon Hnviiig viewed iiMi penwn and every pert of fiw Uiufoimance, he wan ple««ed to iny thtt he h»d iravellod t. rt.iiKh all the continent of America, and a great ;)art ot Kur p", but had nfvcr met anyihing the equal of wiiat ©e there saw perforuicd, and Ihnt he ccnaliily should not fail to inaert a notice of it l»i the journftl of hia truvcla and obscrvaiiona. '' Another gentleman, Doctor (.'ouL'lyn, from Ireland, who had been Surgeon m IlM Majcity'a Horvice, both by land and koi, cnno aUo to vihU uur prUonor, and see hit e«- traordinajy exhibition, and after having viewed it occnaionallv foi aevt-ral day* white lie ri'mainod at Kingaion, declared thut ho had lived in England, Ireland, and Scotland ; had been ftJ France ond Holland, and throujjh a great prl ofEnrope; harl been rt*— — Humburgand other pliiceii t'aniouH for nuinerouM cxhibiiuuw ofvanotia kiiida ; but had never met with any that in oil reaped a equalled what he there aaw exbibiled. The Diictor ihen belonging to the Oarnaon ut 8l. Andrews, having homrd, while at Head Ciuartors, from 'ho Ailornpy Gen»'ral, an account of this exirnordinarv characier, took his lour from Frcdericton, by way of Kmg/«ton. for tho «X(.ress purpose of saiialying hi* curiosU;^, by seeing for himself. When on entering ihe prison, Sinnh sot-ingthe Doctor nnd mllr to hm f miiy, nnd »iiiinniiin«« tak«< hia ftj- r(fiveiinKa except we repent and furffive our onemiea. Thev»"rd of Ood is plain ; except you forffive your brother hm freaims ea, neither will your neaven. It Father forirtve you when yon nak of him. All men are ainne s before flod •,— watch tMrefore and pray thut ye enter ii«»t into temototion. I wutch liore and prny with mjT family nipht and day ; tliey eiinn..t prsy for thein«olvea. But I shall not stay lonir: lie c«uld flfo to mia as aaperoargo of some fesael, or he could pet his living with his fanUly aa a show in aey coiMtry bat Kuffiand, and he had n.'verseen i-uch a show in Knpland ; / that h« had never enjoyed him«trtf better tt»iin with his fanulr at profont. He did not care for himself so t tat his family look' d well; ho would be wilHn^rtodie und ha ehould like to die here, rathor than go amonigr his enemies; but he ^olie fhend in England, old Willie, tf he is yet alive ; ho was alwaya hia friend, nn like to jfo and aee him. And ho hi»d one aister, he said, in Enfrlnnd, that he wan? ••• J ahe played well on the pianoforte, and ho himself conlfl play on it too. She waa rwrri«4 to a lieutenant in the army ; hut he mm promoted to be captain now. If |io cottjid ho would go to see her in England, whore he hnd fri»'nd«. ;He alao said thnt be had an uncle in Liverpool, a merchant : thf-n looking earheitly ufon nKj, he soid, "My name is wt Smith,— my name is Hci^rt J. Moon: I wasedu- catrtd at Cambridge' Colloye, iu Eusrlimd. 1 un-lerstand English. French and Latin ■well, arnl can ep^iak and write five different laniruages." Ho also said thit he could ifwte any hand, t»8 hnndeome or ae bad as I "ver how. ^f said he had five hundred peanda in the Bank ofEnglantI, which was in the cartW Mr. Turner, a».d that ho wiahedlo have hia wife jjet it, as he did not know where ho shrultj go; but he knew h4 nhoftld meet with trouble; yet he did net fear whnt man could do to him, for he could but kill liim and he should like to die here. Aher heafkening tA'tbeiirMiicohe- ront obacrvaiiona for a length of tjin*?, Without beuig able lo obtain nn niinnmSi^piM qoeaticn I put to htm, I left him for that time. iTjie next nmrning, when the juiler went in lo see him, Smith nft'td he had been fish- ing and had caujfht a lert^e tisli. 'I'he jailer, on looking, porcoived the chnin which Smith had formerly worn about his neck, and had h^en inii^sing a lonr t'mo ; bat nevenouldtindAttt wliereorby what means hecoiujealed it. Af^prthis, he commenced a Hew scene of mystery, that of fortune-telling; in which, if he did not postuea tho power of divination, he wua at' least wondf'rfully succeasfnl. The jailer carried hiin hia brojtkfast, with tea ; Smith rvbaerved to him that he could tellliiin anyihing, past or to oouie. Tho jailer then a»!(ed him to tell him something that had, happehed to him. Smith replied,— "Some lime ago you rQt}e a great wiy on my accoitrtt; an^ carried luticrs and popera bout me, and about Qtbersttto. Ajjain you Went after a man, nnd t-uK nsa iu gv vS ».»»^ n^kCr »w man you wanted. He fxild vou what yob •died. You then asked hiin if th^Hre was any watorynear, that you could drirk. He tftld where hehaddrunir; Mdrou went to it, but fonhd the water so bad you nmtiyfld wlih >■ Uk«> hi* Ad- ifr-'t Hn Mfttd ti«y all moint ; r-nvn iIih plMCe tnndinff lictbre ; but he would liht thoy would Ircii i|nd wou'il »m ho mutt not it ho had d(MiQ for^fave alf h 9 ly brother tl«i>. The«>»f.rd of I your HMven. i God ; — waich I pr«y with my atny lontr: le with hia fanUly w in Kngland ; t. He did not to d ir>, und he rrt^ak^hadoiio nndnPM|||i^ it he wnntmlo too. Shn WM in now. If io king rarheitty IS : I waa edu- >nch and Latin 1 ih'it he coutit d five hundred (»•, n».d that h<» ', but he knew to him, for he vtli«^nitic(ihe- Bn8wer*»ip n y had been fiiih- lo chain which onr t'mo ; hot he commence^ Kit poa»oei8 the er carried hi^t yshintr, paat or [)pened to him. iT, and carried :er a man, and itmt yOu FuUiiQ the mad on the yon what yob dri^k. ttAtf>Id water 00 bad iSI^^ ioUR flMITI r. & you did not drink it." The Jailor waa grnatly aalunulit'd "t th'a, kiuming the whoir aflair to bo trtM* juat oa h« haii ainr<. nut lu ht* vxiM'vivd. Kud vnry unnktily to iMppon. Baaulea, hu ot'ion hit niton a lievDlopntont ••! liiuta, whio 1 coold unt b« ac- oonnieil I'ur but upon the aoppoaition ut'»t'nn myHixnoua knowii^iitfo of thinm b«*yoa4 the r»aGti of common coQO«|ii|on, a« th«t loliowing pariicuiara will tuUy tfatiiy. ' Tlio next morntnir, Augutt l.'lllt, \w lo d hii own forliino unt «.f lua tiMixMip. After looking inl«> the cup fur atiiiia tiioo, hr* kituic«l it, and lold tlie jnilur lio w«» ifoiuK nway ftom tliia plact, tint lie «aa ifomg t'Vur tho wat^r, and miMt tiava a box to put h;a fam- ily in ; tliat lie aaw thren pHpura mat wora written and Mf nt ahoui ttim, ami that oim of theiu WHM larger than tiie uihnr two, and cuoiamed aoiuettiiiig for liiwi that hu did imA yet uiidoratand; but he wouh' aoon ki-.ow. The next morning, Aug. 14ih, lie looked in itia cup •-•gain, and lold the jmlvr that tbeae three pap«rM were • n tli« ir {wuy coiniug, and would bi* here thiit dity ot 4 o'clock, and ho wonJd aoon know what liitiy gontaimid about hum Aci.oidingly i recuivied papera from Fredurictoo, oontaioing hia Pahoun, and lw9 iut^ia juat aa k« litd predksteuli . >*' „ni In addition to thia, the following muat bo regarded aa a very »in(rular and rinnw^. able predictiun, which, ind«(>cndeiiily uf aume unknoan mva'eriouM iiteaiia, uitmioc b« . accounted loi. £nrly in the muining ho rauiaikeJ to the Jjilur in hi<» u^ual niaAn(fr will be here thia night, and you ahull Bt>n that I wiW atfont liiui.' — Now ma k Ih* ' ••quel. It HO iiHppenod ihut a froi^li brouxo apringinjf up to the Koulhward, with a afrung flkio^l tide, lite vefat I which coiilamed the young muii wiia uloiigaida in the duck in Ht. John, on tho itamo day about two o'clock. He wa# then an see the performance, lie put down a qiiq^ter dwllHr by Snilh, and •aid ho would give tt to him if ho would maku hia puppeta dance; but Smith would not take any notice* of him, and young Perkiiw continued to urge him tothH perforronnca^ . but without eflfeci, uniil ho was qniie oii>k up hia fiddle and w«j|t through 4b« . periormunce lo the entire aatiafaction of all proaont. 'Imm Now the reader mar account for tiiis myatcrioua nrediction and its fulfilmonl aponT f wbaiflver grounda he plcades ; but the arrival of the young uun trota aea that day, hi» . 1 coming toKmntoe, and bia being afiironted by 8m th lO tho jail, are iacta which «•»• i V not be diaputeo. TLn writer ip awareth.it ko may incur the impttiatiua of waahna— i fqir narrating aooie thing^rejiifirclo the prisoner ; but ae they art; all n|)araotaffi«tle «C : hits in a high defl^ee,ifWf)?«flfa all «nit»d. aet lum tiirth bvforp Uae world as a oi)aM444 ter, aiugtiiar and unpre^a^fiviipii, i)^canM :2s*Kr 36 THK MVSTKHIOUH D<)INCi8 OF 'I to Mm kf niftit, hfl eoold Ull i grett dfltl by Ihnm. ♦• Your nttghbour," h« wld « with youn* pi|ra, ami I had th«» o«rnwity to look at lh««m. but Ihi^y did not aiMWtr U» Ma dn^wriiKton, and I con«wiu.>ntly allowed ihwM» r wile had new pntatoea veaterdty ; and did not appear in hia liaual good humour. Although he wourld bnthtnik and act, at time^, rationally, yci he had never racover^d from hia pretuided Inaanify, nor evfii until hia relenae frotu mf oaatody; thoa carrying out Ilia 8chem^ In perfect wirtJom, to the Icat. Bot now, with tlio pardon in my hand, 1 I oped to nmke aomo irnprr^aion nnon him, and if poMibla, bring him to aome aenae of hia altuation, by coinpnaaionatelv pr .poaing my aaai^ta .ce to Rt liimout of the Province. I 'hwn prooaaded to inform him that I hud received hia rdon, that hit Atlorney had proved hk friend, and had petitioned the Prt-eidHnt an«l Goart,atating that he waaa young man, and ihia huving been the flrat lnatanc^^^of a caao for horao-atealing before the Court in thia Province, prayed thai mercy inij^it ba axtendad and hia life apared ; and that thO Preaidont and Council h aidimt ami n«iano4L oft cy ml^nl b« II graciooalf w aiKh risea Court and h you would low whTe h« hia fnmilv in na of grttinf to tha n«C(>t- inh to Hfo my nuich an yoQ rardii without >iitinui!d talk- teh aii<2 praj i not pray for nded waH life; leating large I, " Now yott I. I can read in the Old or in the lieht ly and aay to h and u>li hor out and lodk wlien I waDin It Methodiifti •lid want to all tha Metlio«liat rao«tinga( and wmil4 |>rav and «ihort ainonfat th<>in,and flnnlly hm-«iii« a l'r<»a<*h''r, rind praiotx^d in Hrightun, Ni>r liamtit'tn, HoutKaiMptun, and Ui i^indoii ; and grwkt nuiabindoii." tin wnni «iM In a^ain hia raaanna foff Kvlng U|t iironohin;, or rathc*r ilin rniMoiMi that ir«v«iit<*il hu oonltniiiiif lo praach.— » a had ifivan iihiiaolfap to the company uf lawd womrn, and had o intracted thedtaeaae ooaninua to auoh aaaoaiationa. A eouriMt liha thi« eould not ratiiain lon^ eonecnlad, and ih« iaaua waa \bml h« wae prevantrd (V-iiii prrachiittr. and waa fivKiituully obliifiid to Inava England, and aotne to tlM«d lik«t anak'-a." Wboa I read hia I'ardon, he paid nut the leaat attention tu the naturi- oU it, but aakMl qufatioM^^ M foreign lo the nature of ihe aubji'Ct aa pnaMible ; onlv he aaid, ho wished I wooid five hiui that paper ; he dreamed it waa coining. I told him that aa aoon aa I ^ ouM get hiin aomo cUithea made, i would give hiin tho papnr ; and that I w the neoeaaily ot ate^U iof ; and in the evening I went with a tailor to take hia roeaaure for a coat When hm aaw the tailor wi.h hia meaaiire, be aaid, " I wiah you world give me that ribbon m your^and." — " It ia no ribbon," anid the iailr|r, " but a meaaure to neaaore you t r a new coatt come atand tip." ^ What!" Mid he, «' do you think you are tailor enongli W) make tn«> a coat ?" ** Yea." " Hut you do not look like ii ; let mo look at your handa and Angara;" and upon aeeing ihum, a4dti|>,** y«>a are no tailor, yoo lo hour for liia living. Beaidea, he aaid, if be were an di<«puacd, he could burn nf the bouae wiiliout a candle; for, anid hf, I can make fire in one hour at any time. •• When 1 waa a boy," continued he, "every one took notice of nie aa n very forward boy, and I obtained a licence for shooting when I waa but fifteen. One liav when ■hooting, 1 killed a rabbit on a farmur'a land wherf I had no nght. The old farmar came after rae, and I told hini if he would come nenr mi I woiilii kii-nrk him down ; but he caug it me, and lied mo faat to a large aUick of fa^gota, a. id fiit I'or a conetable. While be waa gone, I mide fire, nnd burn«?d up the wtinle stack, ai>d got oif clear ; but the old farmer never knew how hia fuggota took fire. You do u d iiae ingguia iu thie country ; they are little atioks tied up in hundiea, and aold to bnil the te»-keitle with)? and if I would give him a candln, he would m>ke tiro to litfht it. Accordingly, I pro- vided matonala for hia clothea and a lighted candln in work by. lie continued to aew by the light oi the candle but a abort time, and put it away from him, ZSt wiilimil ii i »•>•* He Cuaipiuttju ilin m ai."M:vt«t ill tilb ilvaiciBi iiiMliltur, ami wu«»> eionally attended to the improvement ot hia f imily. Aug4Mt i^thf at evening, many peraona came to aec hia performance, aa waa uaual ; and when they were all gone out, be told me that he hud carved a new figure of Bona- 3d THE MYSTERIOUS DOINQS OP parte : that tho first hn hid mailc nft(dy in.ire thiin a year, and almost every day develn^ad wrnie now feature of his character, or profluced sorno fresh offort of his genius. I had hud much troublo with him, iind my paiienco often severely iriifd ; but now I viewed him rather an an obj»'ci of comuiisseration, and could not ihmk of turninjOf him out of jail, naked, destitute, nnd friendlesH. In such a siruuion he must either utorve or steal ; so that his pardon and roloaso w uM become railior a curse than a blessing. I repre- sented theso thmffs as fee'in»;ly as I couUI to hun ; pave him a box to pul his family m, and tdd him he uuist be ready to leave the Province on Tuesiluy morninir, ajid I would procure him a pnsnigf either to Nova iScotia or the United States. To alvthii ho gave noatunfion, but Hukod fcome frivolous questionn iibout jMohawks ard sniikeB, and acted tlie fool; so that I betran to conclude that I would now have more trouble to pet hi'n out o* jnil, than I formerly had l^keep him in it. # •Tho next day Judge Pickett and Judj^PMicheaii ottendejlAt the Court House, to take the recognizance requirod of him, M appear nnd pload Uk pardon when called upon to do so. Alter divesting bim of his irons, ni^Af^ruiahing hini with decent clotbing.'^it was jiMiWl|ftvn (ho jail. However, he fini !y took with much difficulty I could prevail on hi .^ , j...,. ,,,.„„y^,, „„ „„ , ;y „^ one of hta fnmily ii, one hand, ind a pair of sciitbom inihe other, and with much pfli)rt we^gofc him up into one of the Jury rooniH,whon Judge Mittheau read his Pardon to him, *nd explained all the circuinatanoes which united to pnKluce it ; to which, as usual, he gave no attention; Uufc looked about the room, and talked of something else. Judge Pickert then req-iired hi:^ rBCf»gnizv>ce, and informed him that if he did not leave the Provinoe immetliatelv. he woii.d b« tuken and tried on two Indictments pendinir against Ikim in the County of York. II • took no netice of what was fav), but Miked anddHUCsd lAout the room, t<.ld tbe Jndfre he looked like a tailor, and asked bim to give him hii •hoe-strng. His Purion lying oa the Uble, he caught hold of it, and before it could b* recovered fnHO bim, he clip|iod off the seal with his siii-sors; ha said hn wanted the ship rhat was on it to carry h.m nwtiy with his family. He tore the collar off his coat, ^ and cut it in pi'ces with the scissors. Finding Ihat nothing else cculd be done with ' him, I "etnrned him again into prison; when he snid to uh, that for our using him so kindly, he would, for one shilling, shew us all his performance with his family. UpiM vniich. Judge Micheau gave him half a dollar, and told him to return a quarter dollar change, and then he would havo moit^han a shilling. Ht» took it, said it was a nice piece of money, and put it in bis pocket ; but the ludge could not make him understand the meaning of change. ' , He then performed the exhibition in fine style, but when we were leaving him, he seemed out of humour with Judge Pickett, and told him thit he had thrown stones at hira, that he would burn his house, and tliat this place would be in flames befor* morn- ieg. He could mike a Are in half nn hour, and wanted a fire, and would have fire, and I should see that he could make fire. Upon which wf lefl him, wi'hout apprehending Miy tiling fro i» his threats more thaii usunl. But the noxt day, iho 29' h, when entering the jail for the purpose of preparing for his removal. I percfeiVed that there was muoS smoke in the hsil, which I supposed had come troir. the J tiler's room ; but ho said that nosrhnke had been caused that morninir, but that it proceeded from iho pris(»n door. I im- mediately opened the door, and found Smith sitting quite uncoic«jrned before a fire Which he had made with the chipsof his carved work, and ether nv«terilAt««E|e observed toJO^t'hat fire was very comfortable, that ht* had not seen any before for-aMig ti^, that lle^iid niade the fire with his own hands, and that he cviuld make it ainHn in ten minHiet ; that he could not do without me. I immediately extinguished th» fie© and shut hin^lb in suffocatirtar smoke, which did not seem U> give him the least inconvenience. T-bfl* ac- count of his having intide the fire, had excited the fears of the neighbours, who came in to see the feat. I ord-red bim to put his tamily into his "box immediately; he took no notice of my orders. I hastily took down one of them, and laid it in his box, at which he seemed pleased, and said he would put them all in that box, and '%mBTii«» ■ m^M^mmm^^ ••IW^ HENRY MORI SMITH. begau to tako them di,vn verv actively, obaerving that h« did not want aaeisUi am- one. bul leave him with the l.aht, and he woufd have them all ready in half an^, Wo left him with the candle, Hnd retnrnin;rin ahoui an hour, found f.i,n walkiD*; or. anil fiV»->rv tlnnor ho hnA nm^k^.l .... Jt^ .k.. i ■ w ' . *. f, floor, and every fhinsr he had packnd up in thn box very neatly. It Was remarkable em see with what skill and ingenuity he had packed th...,, up. f gave him aSii of ne^ , lihoes. and w.th the y« on Lis .houlders he ,„,.rr.hed off to theWt I hL p'^repared ?i ^ Suint John. On the way he told iho ailer, if he would uive h.m but ono dollar h« would te«ch him the way to make a fire at ^ny tine ; it «^ould be ve "y crvctont* foj hnn to knavv how ,o make fin, on any occasion: Receiving no reply from theTaUer, he sTlik ;Te'f .-et:;:- ""^ ^^'^ "" "^^^ ^^ ^'^ ^°^' -^ --"^^ S^L Joh„ aboili soivnd'ihaf'ri;?,'''"^*'''® Ti"*!? "" "^.f""*!" her appearaiwe between two clouds» he ob- served that there was a reLtlon of his that h^was glad to see ; that he had not aeea one of hi. name for a l(«gllwe. On our arrival at" .he prison in St Jolin. te said ho u.usi have a hot JTpper with t^a, and then wished to be looked Cu a •»"„» aTtTn\T.^h TV ^"'' "?' ^" t'"''y ""^ '^ ""^^ »he air to-night oK thoy wSJ rUtA ?"'' •^^"'■'' '"^"""^- . H«^«ver, wc lound all the moms in the piimml cnp.ed, or under|f.,ing repairs, so that ther, was no place to confine him. I du^^S lUi "i*" T'^'^.u ht'' T^^"'^ ^'^'"'^ ^ ''^'^^ «^«^' "P°" tiie Sheriff to knonSJ would be dond wnh him for the night, and hov^ ho would be disposed of in the morn^Sf I understood froi» the Sheriff that there was no vessel that ♦voi»id «iUl for the Tt, ?fa before s-medavs, and therefwe »ita« up my mind that uS^^d hLto^^^^^^^ Scotia. When 1 retdrned to the jail I found Smith at his supper: wS he md fin shed wSp ' nlrt! L''^'^ ITu^^'' '''^'"*' *" y'"ff "' »»»« ^harf, th>.t would carry hxm lo ht cKomt^wrli'^ "^'"-- ^-•*%-«J,-«»4.^ following letLr waa ^ 5^K hard „l.ne timt Tdo' not c'.uae ?u 8e"ym.3'V^ w i e'b7c\?o mTr*"«ha.r/^'« .*'^ 'i*'"^'.''* i"^ d%, n-i^ooiinH you receive this JeUer«enJ IBB an liiJL-,.^.. ' *(""' c 'P>e irnraertmtely. Mr wi7h"anYI^J' «!L?/J''r'''" f '''" ^'^^"f' •^'^^^^'^ out a small room above rtair.. On th. „!,? ^^^ '?u^ o^ TH'^i '"^ *'°ft'^"^'^ ^>'»' ^"^^ his famiU, for the nio-hU ?lil I? '"''•'■"'^"*^; '•*" ^'.'*- ^^ ^T''^' ^"d'^ff ^''«f« '^^s "'» vesser bound for the States, I dutarmined to send him to Nova Scotia; aftd happeninff to meet with ml fr|end Mr Darnel Scoyil he mti>rm.d me that he had a vessel the-flyJa^ot the wh J wh.d would sail for W.nd.or. Nova Scotia, in half an hour. I, accord^ y. prev^^^^^^ ^ilh him to take Smith on hoard, which was done without loss of tS „„h !» m»J aTSSr...^fi2''f ' T' ^;'*^"'ff "'."'«'■ '^^^SK Smith wa. in the cabin alone, and seeing thfmf I n.^?^ t ""^T "'"•"'? 'y?- °ll '•'^ •^'^'^^" fl"^'-' he took them yp* aS S n^t ^ ''" ',''^,*'^ *=^^!.^ *''>"'^»"' • " Because," said he, " they woult ^t hSoJiX neck aga.n." Durinsr the passage, he appeared very active; he played oflis fiS and ul^T* ?" agreeable p. s,en.rer But on the vessel's arrival at W^nd^r. he Irftrer itnmodiately without any CHremony; and notwithstandin.r the very st onff Sllrd which he had always possessed for his family, as he caUed them. helellthVm ali^^and every thing els; th .t tie had brought with h.m. He was seen only a very short *Ume m \f loJsur before he entirely disnppeared, and never was known^ tl 11\T.JIT -ar«3, uacwas Been at souie UiHtanco from W iidsor, in several other olacesindVA cogni«ed by many, but aUays carefully evaded being spoken to. ^ ' .oli^^ - ^''^^- ^^^ *»'P^a'"aiice in different parts of Nova Scotia, he called at a certatn house, one morning, on a bye road, and orders,! breakfast,and«;kedforatowel "mmmim TfFE MYSTERrOUS DOINGS OP f the houie. ihe89 watcbeB." V/hf n he came in, ho iianden me iow«'i to ine yQung id, " there were just fifteen watchc!«,worether«," and witli such exprewion }, that she couid not refrain Irom antwering •• Yes." " But," said he« ituken about my stealin? them, for I came honestly by them." Upon alio, and a piece of snap, that he might xrash at a small brook Ihat was near The woman of the house and a maid, rrne the only persons in the house at the time; and Suiith left a large bundle, which h" cnrried on a chest which was etanding in the room, snd wetit out t > wnsh. The bun.lle prosonted rather a smgular appearance, and attracted the young womnn's notice, so that she said to the other. "I wonder what he has in that bundle ; if you will keep watch at the window, while he ia waHhing at the brook, I will open and see whit is in it." They did so. and found a great number of watches, of which they counted fifteen, with many other valuablw articles. She lied up the bundle again, and placed it where he had loft it, and said, "thw man has stolen thea? watches." V/hf n he came in, ho handed the tow«'l to the young woman, and said of countenance ** you wcru miHtiiken about my , . - - •. , - which the young woman inntantly recognized him to be Henry More Siniih : and con eluded th««t he was collecting liis " hidden treasure," whiott-he hod deposited while be was in Aoden. f , , , /. tvt a This inforilalion I received from Mrs. Beckwith, a respectable lady from INova-Hco- tia, who resided at the time in that neighbourhood, who also said it was not known that he had ever seen his wife at that time, from the tune of his release from confinement. The next account I heard of him stated that he had been seen on board of. a plaster vessel at Easiptirt ; but he was not kiwwn to hove been ashore during the time she re- mained there. He einrloyed himself while on board engraving a number of small ar- ticles, some of #hich he made presents of to young ladi^'s who chanced to come on board. He was next seen at Pox l»nd, by a gentloman who had known him, at KingBton ; no'hing, howeTer, traospired here conoernioK him, only that he was travelling with considerable weight of baggage, through the State of Maine w.Mch gavfrise to the following ludicrous story, which 1 •aw ijU »lish 'd at Eastport, of Mysterious Stranger tratelliag in a stage. One cold and stormy night, the bar-room of a hotel was tilled with sturdy farmers surrounding a cheerful fire, and dis-- eus^iing the Htfairs of State over a muK of flip. • The night having been tremendously stormv and wet. the wind whistling all round he ho^se, and niasing every door and window rattle, the land- lord expressed much fear fir the sufcty of the stage-couch ; but suddenly the sound of a distant stage horn announced the approach of the coach and remoTed thp landlord s anxieties. He re- plenished the Are, that the approaching travellers n»ight ha^e as warm a retreat as possible from the unusual inclemency ..f the night. Some time passed, and yet the expected coach did not come up. The laoiUord's fears got up anew, and with an expression of concern, put the questtoa around, "Did not some of you ii.i.r a horlr?".and added, •• I ha»e expected the stage a long time, and I thought that a few minutes ago, I heard the horn near at hand ; but 1 .ear that ■omething has happened in the gale that causes it to be thus belated.;' I thought I heard the. •tage-horn some time ago." answered the youug ar.ih farmer Hopkins; "but then you miw^ know that ghosts and witches a»i» very busy o» suidi n^hts as this, and what hind of pianlis they may cut up we cannot 'ell. You know the old adage, Bmy as the Devil in a gale of wind. Now who knows but they may have*"— H«Te he was interrupted by the sudden opening of the , door, accompanied by a violent gust of'wind and the daohing of rain, when in rushed, frqm the with a signillcatlon to which a"prof lund silence gave expressive utterance. 1 he stranger no their reserved, yet voluntary respect with asight nod. and proceeded to disencwmber himself his wet clothes and warm his fingers by the fire. By this time the dnver entered, Mutt^ the baaKUKe of his passenger. " The worst storm I was ever trouWetl wth, Wewing iighpn my teeth, and I guess the gentleman therr found it the same." Here a Jowwisi.er ensued betweeij the drirer and the landlord, from which an unconnected word or phrase dropped upon the ear of the inmates. • Dan't kn-.w,— came in the,— a*, rich as a mine," &c_ Upon this inBonnatwn the landlord immediately toik his wet garments and hung them carefnlly before the f^.n. i »oPf that vonr netting will notinjure your hei;th, sir " " I hardlf think it will my good fnei.d; i am no child to catch cold ttom a ducking." «' Shall I show you a rooni, sir 2" said the landlord ; we cin lot you havens go d h roo^n and as comfortable a suppe- as in the country. ihe strap- uer was immediately conducted in>6 a handsome parltour in which biazpd a cheerttil fi»e> and, m a short time, a smoking supper wab placed on the board. Aiter supper «as over nr .ai-ca lut J his room, and sent for his trunk. " I like y landlord into _ y<»ur accommodations," aceostin^tbe kn'diord,''""an'd if you"ukrury"proiV.8'al8" equally well, I shall be your guest for some time, though I know not how long. Nay, I shad stay at any price you may please-^but remember X must have my rooms to myself, and they mast not be entered vithout ray leave : and whatever i '':*»*: i;|g|?;*«?ti;^?' lear the houie, le at the time ; Rtandintf in the ppuarance, and ronder what be vBHhing at the rent number of IS. " thii yQong nd said, •I to the iuch expression But," said he« them." Upon nilh: and ccn- rsited while be rom Nora-Sco- not known that- n confinement, rd of. a plaster he time she re- ler ot small ar» I come on board. ngston ; no'hingy • derable weight of us 8tury, which I cold and stormy Tful fire, and dls- ously sturmT and r rattle, the land- mnd of a distant nxleties. He re- t aa possible from ltd coach did not put the questfoa the stage a long ; bot 1 ear that ought I heard the. t then you inuM^ t kind of raanVs in a gale of wind, en opening of the , rushed, frqra the essed in a fui cap gled with fear, all • upon their m^ c stranger noCtajL^ umber Wmself^P ered, Warw tbe •ring ligh^inmy •r ensuea between id upon the ear of [8 information the hp fin. «* I hope ly good friet.d; I said the landlord ; itry." The stran- KTfiill fae; and, in . . _.- til- jf *i TCr nr —iiurxi s::tr is," aoeosting[ thie It for some tinte^ !-i-but remrmbw i e : and whatever j HENRY MORE SMITH. Do you consent to thcie my terms ? ' 41 '♦I do, sir," replied the Very well." rejoin^ do, no Qvestions to be asked. landlord, " and you «hall not . . ., .^ . ed ti:o stranger, " then the agreement is I'lmpletcd, you may go now." " Yes, sir," returned the landlord, "Tiut what may I call your name, sir ?" " Beware, you have broKen the bargain alrea- dy," replied the stranger, " I fcrgive you for this once oniy, my name is Muitland, now ask no more questions, or you will certain' y drive me from your houne." After this, the landlord re- turned to his bar-room, from which the merry farmers had not yet withdrawn ; but were cndea* vorinv to penetrate the myi"tery that hung around the stranger. "Well, landlord," said the arch Hopkins, " what do you make him out to be i" " That is a questior^I dare hardly answer. Ke is a gentleman, for he does not grudge his money." " I wi.uld not think he should," replied Hopkins, shaking his head mysteriously. " And why not," exclaimed several of the company . "Ay. just as I thoutht," returned Hopkins, with another shake of the head and significant loot, at the kndlord. " What in the name of all that is silly, i^ the mattrr with ynu, Hopkins," ex- olainwed the landlord? — " What upon earth can you know ?" *■ I know what I know," was his reply. " Rather doubtful thiit," rejoined the landlord. '* You doubt it," returned Hopkins, rather warmly : " then I will tell you what I think him to be, and what I know him to be : he is nothing more or less than a Pirate, and you will all be murdered in your beds, Smith, (which was the landlord's name,) you and your whole family, Hefore morning. Now what think you of your guest ?" All the company stood aghust, and stared at each other in silence for some time, until the landlord ventured to interrupt the silence again, by asking Hopkins, "How do you know all that ?" Hopkins answered, in rather a sitly manner, *' 1 guessed at it ;" which did away with the effect which was produced by his previous assertions : and the landlord, dismiss- ing hi* fears, exclaimed," " As long as he pays well, be he man or devil, he shall stay here." " A praiseworthy conclusion," proceeded from a voice at the back part of the room, and at that instant the mysterious stranger stood before them. All started to their feet, seized their hats, and naitea lo ask no questions, nor make additional comments, but went home and told their wives of Smith's gu'^st, and Hopkins' opinion of his character. Every woman fastened her door that night with suspicious caro, and the mysterious stranner, and the delineation of his real charaa- ter, by H pkins, became a subject of g neral conversation and comment, throuKhout the villaga, and gradually became the received opinion among all the settlers ; so that they set down the mys^ terious strangor for what Hopkins guessed hioi to be, and concluded that the art'cles which com- ■posed his baggage could not have been obtained honestly. The stranger finding how the conversation turned upon him, did not think it prudent lo prO' tract his stay in this piace, and proceeding to Boahm in the roach, was never known from that time by the mime of Maitland. He reached Boston about the Ist of November, where it was sup- Rosod he must have, in some way, disposed of mochof his treasures. From thenoe he proceeded >r New- York, on the 7th of November arrived at New Haven in the Boston stage coaoh, by the way of New London, with a large trunk full of clothing, a small portable desk, and money in his pockets. Hf was dressed in a handsome frock-cott, with breeches, and a pair of top boots ; and remained at the steamboat hotel several days. While he remained here, he always eat his neals alone: and preferred bcin^ alone in differeit parts of the hotel at different tintes: every 8 art of which he had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with, while he remained waiting for le arrival o( the steamer from New York The hotel was then kept by Mr. Henry Butler ; and as it afterwards appeared, the travaUat found his way, by means of Keys, into Mr. Butler's desk and side -boards, as well as every part of the house. Ht left New Haven m the steamboat at 5, a. m. on the 10th November, 181o. After his departure from New Haven, Mr Butler's servants discovered that their whole quantity of silver spoons, to he nuuber of. four or five dozen, whicb had been carefully put away in a side- board, WHS mi sing, and not to be found on the premises ; and it was found, upon further search by Mr. Butler, thatu watch and several other articles, with money from the desk, ha'! sympa* "thetica.ly decamped with the spoons. Mr Butler imagined that the theft must be chirgeable on tvome lodger in the'^otel, and immediately fixed his suspicions npon Smith, whose appearances and movements about the house nuaished symptoms too strong to pass unnoticed. Mr Butler, without loss of time, set out for NewYoik, and arriving there before the boat had carried his adventurer, he famished himself with with proper authority, and boarded the boat in the stream. After Mr Butler had made some enquiries of Capt Bunker, who couM not identify the traveller among all his passengers. Smith made his appearance from some part of the engine room and was immediately ordered by Mr Butler to open his trunk, with which he complied unhesita tingly ; but the trunk did not disclose the expected booty. Thero was, however, in the trunk a very neat portable writing desk, which he refused to open, and Mr. Butler could not find out how it was fastened. However, he calted for an axe to split it open, upon which Smith said, " I will show Tou," and, touching a spriw, the lid flew open. The desk contained a set of neat engraving tools, with old silver ruigs anJfewellery ; amongst which Mr Butler perceived a snaall ear-ring* which he suppuxed to beiung to a young lady that had slept iu his house, and Uld her ear-rings on a stand at the head of her bed, which were missing tne next morning After hw departure one of the rings were found at the door of the hotel. Upon the evidence of this single ear ring, he was arrested and put into the Bridewell in the City or New York. The keeper of the Bridewell at that time was Archimial Allen, an old friend of mine, and a man of respectablo i w /'I vtt^r itittmt 49 THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OP -y an irre.'^istahle Aew of good liumuiir and cheerfulncsji, to make si>me believe, that he was 'Uitean innocent and harmless nia^; and excited sympathy enough in those who had the ('urio:ii.y to see him, m obtain Keveral ^raj.ification8 ^ich ^prisoners do not usually enjoy : yet the ••"p*" ••' r::5 "UtiTrtiis Tra^ ^Vxavrtt lO trCCOiiipitShitr^ !5!5 Si6tx»5 of rp€ttpc- ^hicl: lit cttcct-d u^jipivvisi^ 5 bole in his prison door, Which is aevera' inches thick, so neatly, that the block could be taken oit and re- placed without any marks of violence. Tb ougb this hole bo eould thrust his arm, and by wrenching ofF strung padlocks, and shoving back the bolts, at the hour of supper, when the person who waited ou (be pri«m failed him in UH una singular , with the situa- eeper, permitted I, and rTam thia doors, a timber inner prison.— two prison doorrt ween it and the name by whlck ' e prison opened ;ered into atone 'i'hiac padlucks, p^n the door at from their ap- prisoners, New- iciuif the locka, al him from ob- and the intitadt l»per, bd stepped nd fgllowcd the ■ed ! When the I answer, pltlced : going* to \Vait le niornlng. ervant ohbervect rfTind she call- >e with hie keyi le prison empty, ibsequcnt to his iintry, broke ftom/tt una succeeded in ;tie sittlnff of thiS •, iif plate, money, be aits ut kiia\erf Lbeair v.fa treittrel ve.uiid appeart! to uacioviM ; and can 1 himself while in Buch nienns aa to r wall Ml niH dun- of timlicr to cum- rfulnc8!i, to make lugh in those who ly enjoy : yet the setsd ujyawijis s taken uVt and re- by wrencitine off fUo waited «u (he Icusp, and thence Tho Hiw which he used in cutting thedoor of the priiton, is supposed to have he*n one which ht ■tole on board the atearn'oat Fi;lton, on his passage Irom New York to New H»v»n: and e«> artfully did he cunceal the saw, thoiitfh repeHtcgii and tire-arms, to ferret him out if possible ; but he had vigileace and art sufHoient to elude all their elforta to take him. The next morning after the chase, he made his appearance at a certain house, where he found the tal)le placed for the family breakfast, and without invitation or ceremony, sat down at the table and bettan to eat. While ho was eating, he observed to the fam'lv, that ho would not let them take him yesterday ; referring to his pursuers " Wax it you they were after ?" enquired •ooae of the family. " Yes, but I would not let them (Ind me." " How came you from New Haven ?" was next iaquired. •' I staid a great while," he replied, " but they did not And any- thing against me ; only a young woman pretended to say that i had an ear ring of her's, whioli bclimged to my wife, which was not worth waiting fwr and so I came awav." Here, howeve*i'; he was aporehended, and sent again to Bridewell ; hut when he came there, Hin denied being the man ; and had so altered his appcar:.noe and dress, that no one knew him, until Mr. Allen, the the kcopur of the prison at New Haven, came and recognised him. He took him in charge at B'iflewell, and returned with hina to New Haven in the steamboat. On his arrival at the County Bu >-»a, the Sheriti'had him closely searched, to see that he had no saws, or any other instru- •Mvr ■:% by which ho might eifect another rgcnpe. A/ter the search he was confined in the orimi* nals' room, handcuif.rd, with a shackle about, one of his legs, to which was attached a long iron chain, firmly stanled to the floor, and in company with two negro boys who were confined for atealini^. . _^ In this situation he was left at evening : and the next morning, when the keeper came to tM •^borofhisi prison, he found him walking the mom, smoking hU pipe, with the chain on hie shoulder, and the handcuffs in his hand, which ho presented to the keepes, saying, you may take these, they may be of use to you ; for they are of no more use to me." The keeper, «m at- tempting to open thedoor, found that he had not only drawn the staple, but had raisert the tLoor also, which was of strong pi^nk, firmly fastened »q the sleepers wi'h spikes. The heads of -ome of the spikes weie drawn through the planks whiah he had taken up, and with which he had eo barricaded the door, that the keeper attempted in vain to enter Upon this, he cali«m. When the mason commenced operatior s on the welH' Newman sai^ to the Sheriff, " It is no use to make a hole through that wall, for I dould Vill every vanBibond as fast as they put their heads in ; biit if the sheriff will bring no one in but gen- tlemen, I wfll open the door for him " The door was then opeing. I underatood that he w la the tirat that ever effjoti»d an exemjition from la- bour in that prianu by or on any p< etence whatever. He kept hiiuaelf clean ana decent, and among the wretohrd viotima who were daily brought fVom the hoi rid pit in chaina and fettera to their daily labour of making nail8„ W lliam Newman appeared quite a distinguished character.— go obtuae waa he that he could not be taug..t to make a nail, and yet ao ingenioua waa he, that he made a ji-waharp to th) greateat perfection without being discovered at work and without " being known until be waa playing on it. ' It waa in the city of New Uavap. that the author publiahed the Firat Edition of th-ao Meraoiia, being aware that here, where hia character and uaprecedentel actiona were perfectly known throughout the ountry, the publication of hia doinga at Kingston, and hia career throughout the Provincea of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia would not onlr be desirable and acceptable i but would alao be received with lesa scrupulous ueaa, when brought, aa it ware, in contact with facta of a similar nature publically known and believed. While theae papers were being prepared for the press, a gentleman from Waihmgton, Major McOaniel, on hia return from Boston, boarded some time in the aame house with me, that of Mr. ioaeph Nichola. and having heard some details from me of his unprecedented character and actions in New Brunswick, and having also become acquainted with the facts relatirfg to his im- prisonments and escape, Ac. in that plae*, could not repress his curiosity in going *o see him, and requeated me to accompany him at his own expenc^ He observed that it would be a high gratification to him, on hi* return to Washington, that he would not only have one of my books with him, but would also be able to say thaV he had pera >nnlly seen the Sheriff from New Uruna- viok that had written the book, and had seen the remarkable character in the prison of New Gate that constituted the Bubject of the book.jind also the prison in New Haven from which he escapei the noted •' Now Sm , it." He looked at me and aaid, '•Sir are you going to the Jeraeya?" "Why da you think jwttf wife is there ? " I hope ao, I Irft her there," waa his reply, and that with as mneh ftrm«p« and seeming earnes'-ness aa if he had nevtr before seen my face. After I had left him anil'|n« turned to New Haven, and furnished the printer with this additional sketch, and had the Me- moirs completed, one of the books was shewn to him, which iie persued with muih attention,' and replied with seeming indifference, that there never was such a character in existence ; but that some gentleman travelling in the United States had run short of money and had invented that book to defray his fxpences! .... .,,,., ^ . Immediately after he had rcadthe Memoirs of his own uni>aralle1ed life and actions, and pro- nounced the whole a fiction, as if to outdo anything before related of him, or attributed to him, he ad led tne following remarkable feat to the list, already so full, ot his singular and unprece- dented actiona. In the presence of a number of young persons, and when there was a fine fire burning on the hearth, be affected to be suddenly seized with a violent c.i o» irio an. I aniil. <• Sir are vou iroinB to the Jeraevs i" Whv do vou think vout "^ m HENRY MORE SMITH. \ hard Uhnur, and was permitted to employ himnclf in any triflinfc application he ohoiie. or in maliinR jowihnrpt, renknivci, lcuiv«>a of vnrioua d««ortptinnii, ind rini(a, in the mechitniain of whicii Tie manile^tca much orixinal talent and uharacleriatio ingenuity. Many peraona. f^ont mere curiosity, piirchaHed from him wevt^ral artiolea of hia handiwork From amont; the real may be in^tunnjil the cane of two young men, who very much admired hia email peiiknivek, and propoaed purchasing two of them on condii ion of his engravinu his name ou the handlea of them. lie immediately engraved, and with perfect neatne a, " llenrv More Smith," on thoon* aid* of one of them, " Willivm Newman," on the other side, iind an the other knife he engra* ▼ed, *• MysteriouH Ntranger " Ttflso knives were kept hy their owners as a curiosity, and many Saraons were nuoh grntined with seeing them. One of them waa sometime after brought to kiBKBt')n, and I, my«cl. had the gratiflcatiou of seeingthe name of my old Domaatic, engraved on wneyo: " Brware of pickpockets I A stage coach dettined for this oitv, and ful of nassengcra, a few evenings since, when one of the passengers rang the bell, and cried oat to the driver to stop his hordes, att his pocked had been picked ot a largo sum of money sinee ho entered the coacli ;and at the »ame time requested the ilr.Tur would not let any of the pasien^era get out of the coach, it being dark, until he, the aforesaid pasdengei, should bring a light, in order to have a gen ral search. This caused a general feeling of pockets among the t assengera, • when another passenger cried out thai his pocket book hail al?o been stolen. The driver dia ae ' he w^a directed, until the gentleman who first spoke ahould have time to have procured a lamp; but whether he found it or not remained quite uncertain. But no doubt he found the tight he in- tended ahould uaswer his purpose, hb he had not shewn his appearance in any other light.— However, the passenger who really lost hia pocket book, which although it did not contain but % small amount of money, thinks he shall hereafter understand what is meant wuen a man in n > stage coach call.s out thief, and that he will prefer darkness rather than light, if ever such an •▼iljoke is offered to be played with him again." . Aa he was continually changing his name aa well as his place, it waa impossible alwaja to'3? Mentirv his person, esprciaily as few persons in the United States were personally acquainted "^ with him. The difficulty or recognizing him was nut a little increased aUo by che ci> cumstaucci «f his continually chanuing his external appearance ; and the iniquitous means by which he could obtain money and change ot apparel, always afforded him a perfect facility of assuming a differ- ent appearance. In addition to these circumstanced also, ab a feature i mtting many robberies and depredations undiHcorered and rven unsuspected for a length of time, and Afterwatds made hia appearance in Upper (.-anada, in the ch-iractcr of a gentleman met otiant from New BniD8w}«K, with a large quantity of Smuggled Oooda *from New York, -n vit lie SEhi Waij cor-iHg Oii aftcf hisii in waggoiis; these, he saio, he iiitc^sss^iu dispose of oa very moderstte terms, so as to suit purchasers. '*^ Rerehecilled upon my brother, Augustus Bates, Deputy Postmaater, at iMllington Square, naftd of Lake Untari a, and informed the fiimily that be was well acquainted with Sberiff bates, at Kingston, aud that he called to let them know that he and his family were well. Ue regiei:tea very mMch that he tad not ionrd Mr. Bates at home, and stated that he was upon urgent aad - mmmm \ ih 40 TIIK MYSTERIOUS DOINOS OP important bu.JneM. and eo»ild not tarry with th»m for the nluht, but would leaw a l«tt«r for hits. ThU hi. ac»-«rdln«ly did. nrup.rly addrw.ed, and In a good h|indwnttnK ; l.ut when It wa. open- mi. andltii content, osainlnrd no one In the place could make out the name of the wr ter. or rtad any part of the letter ! It aporared to ha»e been wrUtcn In the chara. tera of «omc (oreljii UnKoane. but It could not ho derlpliered. Thl. na« anulher of hla charactcrl.tic •cce'ntrlcltlei, bttt hU Intention In it could not be well understood. , , , . , - i . u . Ha did not npiiear ue«lrou« lo make hlmnelf particulnrly known to the fumilv, nor to cultivate aiiT further aoq.mlntiu.ee with them, but proceeded thence to the prlnclpnl boardinn houne l» the town, and »M.ttaBed en»ert»lnmcnt for hlmaelf and thirteen other iM-raoi.e, who. he «aid, wtrt •uxairrd n brlnnruK on hU wagRona, lo;ided with hU .rauKKled b..o.U. llai-lnK thn. Hxed upon rroar.lt.u.e for h.uV.ilf M.d hU gang of wapK..net«. ho then c,.l^«d upon all li.e p.lnclpal iner- ohanta In ihe to*.., on pretence of entorln« into contracts for Htoring large package, ot goo4a, and pron.l.ing to glv grrat l.trgait.s to p..rcha.cr. on their arrival, and In »ome in'tanf" ••• tuaUy re.eiv«d .noney ... e.irne.t on .o.ne package, of saleable goodn, or the .ale f which ha entered Into contrHCtV It u.ay be rem irked, by the way, that he wrote hI^o luau unknown uid UBinte iigible h.i.»d, to the oeleWated C.pt. Brant, th. aame a. he had written to Mr. Batea, but with what view W.U equally my.terlou. and onaccountiible. ,,,.11.1 ^. Notwith.tandiiig hi. genteel and re.pect.ible appearance, there wa. a ilngularlty in hi. n»an. ntr and conduct which with all hi. tact and exncrienoe, he - ould not alto^'thcr conceal ; and henot aro.e .ome HU«piclon. a. to the reality of li . pretension.. 1 ho.e .a.i.lcion. r«cel«-d con- flrmation.and were aoon matured into the reality of hi. being 11 genteel Impo.ter, from the faet that th.' time for the arrival of hi. waggon, wa. now ehjp.ed. and they were not ""V*""* «»»•" »P- DMrance. At thl. lumture, when public .ttentlon nnd observation wcro .Hreotcd to the .trangae toob.crvr which way the b.il.incc would turn, an iudivMual r-amed Jirown. who bad f«>rnierly reaidedin New-llrun.wick. and had moved with hi. family to Canada, com.nu '"^o «"";"«» ^*^ the Hf itleman. recognkM him; from a certain mark ho onrncd on hi. fiic;', to bi the far fame* Ha. y More Smith. w« h.» had .een and known when in the jail at Kingston ! ^„«m^ Thf. report paa.ing iXe.hately into circulation, gave the iinpo.tor a timely .ignal to lepaT^ without waiting for the arrival 01 hi. waggon, and l.^gguge, and without Ioh. ot t njo he lOok 5. dtparture from Canada, b, wav of Lane Erie through the Miohlg.u. »"'» "Z^' •'"^,'»"*" *^ Ohio to the Southern 8tale..-With hi. procreding.. during thi. oour.c of hi. travels, wear, eat relT unacquainted ; therefore the reader must be left to hi. own refloctiou. a. to hi. proba- bl "adve.rturo.'. a. he travel ed through thl. immense tract of country. 1 hou i. no rcamm for doubt. how»ve;. that he had by thl. tl e, ami even long befo.e, bcci.me .0 conflrn.ed In hi. ini- quitous «wr.es that he would lot no occaaion pasauniinpiovcd. that would artord him 'i" op»';^'- t'nUy of indulging in the predominant propensity of amin.l which «cmed to gloy >n the jwo- ■•cu Ion of rcbberre. and pluoder, a. well a. in the vaiiety of means by whioh he ertoc^ed hia «n. he«rdof and unprecedented escapes. ... , .1 : „r m. iir<. «na After h.H arriT..l m the Southren Stati.., we are ag.i.i able to gleun .omcthing of ^ ««";'">"« hiatory While ho wa. vet in the aaol in King'. County, it wil be remembered, that J'C "aid he hidbetn a rreacher. and that he aliuuld pre-cti agHin, and would g.ua pros. ' tes ; and now hi. SfedSion i.brounht ab.mt ; for under a new ni^me, tbat of Hknky ioVKiN . he appaared m the K«t r "a preicher in the Southern State. ! And what wonder ? For Satan himnclf 1. tran.- fS^td into an angel of light-Here, ven in thi. character, he was not ^"'th.mt .ucces. ; for he Mt ma "y U, fol'o w and a.miire him ; yet deep a. hi. hyp ori.y wa.. he .tonied to >^ f" »? •"; ?We of it. although h.s oou.cience had become seared, and wa. proof against ""7 T"»P«'' ;«^ of wronB Ue acltnowltdued that he had been shocked to see so niany follow him to hear him weTh" and even to be affected under hi. preaching. Our source of Information doe. ''ot furm.h Si whh .nany of the particulars w hich markea his conduct, while itinerating through the South ?nWsnewlva»8nnied character; yet general aocount. wen', to say. that he had, for a length of time .rconVuct^^d Keif, tha L gained much popularity in his m ni^teri.l ca hng. undpi.^ a oaS!idcra°le "umber of ndheronta. However this may have been the caHe for a Jength of time, wrasreasaumpiion of this new character oould vol be attributable to any •"P'ln^ty^l »°- Inul but wTmenly anotlier feature of a character already .o ■^'"Kl'lfriydive-aifaed intended Sa doak. under whfch he might, with less liability to .u.ptcion. indulge the P"V"lmp^"^ *"^ SontxouiM viopensitiea of hia vitiated mind, it waa not to be expected, with all the tngenuity he wasca^/ieof e'ercisingltbathe would 1 ntr be capable of conceal M»t; Wsri^^tl character. AccoSing > , iom. hi^h miaSemeanour which we Lve not been able to trace, at lo.jgth^d..clo«KJ lu h>pS;y of hi. character, and placed him before hi. deluded foilov .v. m ^" 5[""i»^;*'^,„ It wottld appear, xrhatwer minhl have been the nature of hia orune, that legal means were JitXU hKUensioi. ; a?d that in order to expedite hi. escap. from the haudaofjti^ke. h« had seixed upon a certain gentlemau . coacU anu m iwb, aiiu ..as 'J«'''~^-''^'S •^,';^;'^r__j1L of a Sntleman (n state, when he was overtaken and apprehended m the Stat. »' *"y»"f^ H«e he was tried and convicted, and nestenced to seven years hnpnaonment "» the.statepnwn SbaKre. which, from the nature of the climate, was Renerally l«hev»^ T".*** ^?7 ^hlrJ I S^r" Tkeoarticu'laraof thU adventure I received in the city of New York, in 1827» whew^ ^much>;in8 to obUin aU possible informati.JU concerning his proceedings in the Southern States, while asaing under the character of a preacher. I lenn* a littiar for hira. but when it wna opvn- >«iiMi of thf> writiT, or iirtcrii of Home fiiralRil terittio •cct'titrlcltisi, itmilv, nor to cnltivtta )til boaritinK houM im 111, who. hfi Msid, wcrt iviiiK thua Mxrd upon I) tlic piitiuipMl tnar^ Ke puckaK" o' RooA"i ill kunic insturicM M- r th« aale f which h* "o in au unkiinwn and Uon to Mr. Uatea, but nRularity in hit man- tiHH'thcr oonoral ; and ntpicionM rnoeivi'd con- inpoater, from th« fael B not mi^kiniBthtir ap- Irvotcd to the Ktrangw iwn, who hud formerly rnimr Into oontuct wWi ">, to b< the far famed .initaton ! ^ imoly sitinal to depaTT^ lohii of tmc! hp look crrltor^, and down *h« 3 (if hiB traToU, w« af« r.tio.«« &B ti> tiiii pruba- "h«i^ in no rcaHiin fot ctinflrnied in hia ini- Id uti'urd him ai) oppor- pd to glury in the pro- uoh he efi^(^od hia «in> ■■t icthinx of hiH ilf« nnd ahprfd, that lie aaid hr i)»(lvteH; and now hia IN . he appeared in the Sutan hjmsi'lf is trana- tvithimt aucceas ; for he ironied to l)c fully aen- iiinst any proper Kcnae follow him to hear him lation doea not furnish ting throuuhthe South | ho had, for a length of *1 jrial calling, and li.id a e for ajeugth of time, any aupematural iin- y dive'aified, intended ) the prevailing had all- tit h all the ingenuity u^ his rts' character, arc, at length diacloied vrt in hia trueliijht, that l*g«l mtana w«re )m the handa of jhMtlce, rStaS of iaryUBd.'- ment in the.atate p»iwn >ud irould termtinate hia York, in iiih where I lediaga in the Sotithern IIKNHY MORK HMfTH. '•4 1^ ^ In the year I83!i, itio happonfd that I had ooeaainn to ▼islt the city of Hew York afalo, when renrwrrt my enqutriea ronccrninii him, but to no effect i no »o(irce« of luformailon to whieh I lad aocei*. ylcldod any account of itlin, and tbe niom nitional aonjeotiire wit«, that he eithei ter> mlnateH hia iwurao in ttn* matp priaon at BaWimore, or that one d^y. ■honld he outllvo the p#> rioj of hii (lonftneineiit, niid he ugiiiii lot loo*e upon f he pomn of nociety, tome froah derelopmeat of hu character wouhl point out the ecene of hia renewed deprada'inna. In thia pftlnfiil atate of obaourity I waa reluctantly obligt^d to leave the on luy return from New York. hero of our narratirt, Another year had nearly flapacd before an? additional light wae thr.wn upon hia history ; but In an nnexpeote*! momfnl, when the auppoaltion of bia having ended M* eareer in the prlaon at , ^••♦'"'"r" waa beoomlng Hxed, 1 reoelred, by the politenean of a friend, a flie of the " New York Tlmr ," line of the nuiribmn of which eontalnod the following arricle, bringing our adventurer |^|tn fuli into view, in hia uauul churacturiatic aty>e : — '« l'uui.a<>rri«g|-H.ii.BBar unn Hraaor AanhiT,-A VrnntU gantleman from Iha H.ioth, (lo repreaanled »y lin.i-c f.) H|ioFm», lar^faw wanlf* pA«i, uiidnr thf nniu« of Henry Honit, baan rnnnlnir up it blll.and runniii«.l.iwii iju. liul, at ilia li'rnnkhii ||i. im., wn«, thl< aftainoun, arrealed at the aalNbUbiiienl. on the UUi*A V, Kill. !Bo 183ft.— Jii«t BH this otBce waa clwalnK on Hatur'lajr evenina, a vew , (lerentiy dren-ed, lallini: hiHH«>ll Henry I'roHton, win lironubt up in therualody pin tlteruaiody rob the mail. The ahmit a hundred vldflntl%tu avoid waa depwulted In «,!.' ',". *?"',5|;""'' "'' ,•» •ho'l time, ihe «uard diac.ivered the rat nibhiliiir nt tbe bait and dealring the driver TJntXlV^::'tl! l'" ^"T"' »'r,0»''*«jr letWuiaelfdowa. and f.mn.l ihr prUoner actlvaryVwiplflTed' mire"! o town 7Jr,M.rexpen"c "•" "** ' "" *"" '»•"»""' *rreilod. placed In Ihe ciPl.»e7and ^ ,.i »«^ i.a^*" J"" r''"*" ""/'*'•".'."■'*■.'*('■'.'.'* k«'»P«"'. ciaped from coiiflnoment, and eruiaed Iha river on -^t h«'.?, J..'''''fV'.''"iy" »;• f'>fa'''e«k''^*"'1i i p.J|H I wrtil* t »M - , „ i>«rM|. !■ (MiNilvmnMl M> ^ aiMulu- _ ralhtr N b««g«ar li« m*M » Mia iMflor*. 1 wiM n«i vMcli fl>r,' iM ti!»1HmmwtM la lat, hki InC «Mtt«nMir h* wIM «■• ••vml commttBlo»H«m fiwrn Upp«w QfiiliUkftvt MMh«4 « betwM* lh«d«to«#«kc^UMi fr9M wkich the »b«»B Mtratt b •liii', tUW^ prM«nt lim. ; bullion* of Ihaia «»♦«*•«»'»•* •had Jnform«ti ri an to ih«. |.»rticttt»r faUt of th« prlaoncr, and th« niaantr in which ha ^M m p«Mdof.ttttiiUhol«tbof»o»«oroh«rU«»,(lMI). .w . .k- «»«-.« h. 'jy .litter fkom Mr. Augiiata* BaUt. bearing thU d»i«. \t would "PP"' t*»J.»»»?, J'tJ^LV "a iiOtWn flMouttd, but had b*«»r Mnt«n<«d to ^no year t conHneioant in thoj oBiUBllary. w WAkatkefoUowlogmiraet; j [ Klv* yo« >n «li« Intermallon lh«l T «n «ibulii ««P«e««>f.»*«„l^,yP" •"?/,','!;lS^^^ ■ '• ^' -"•"*. tlii |i«4hl» la rharft, ••jr« thai h«ct-«W iMtn Boininf""' i «f four booha wit ■huwad it l>i hlin, bui ha d«nl«d ahr ii^acrti»'n to ihajenoiilfles he mntia «>f hli« Uia parson la ilantlarr for una y«ar MNta Myiitarlow* Ktraaffar j HU criina wim burKlarr " thai ho was contaMM HartrnMhava aflbrdtdtho wrilar of thca^Mamoira graat •atlifhctlon; and no d""*^"* .H"! HimilHii lo the tmtdm, IM it ♦'«m in hia ;»ower to hav« paid a viait to Upper Can *». tMI ■ MMlMMla to aUta f^oili hia own certain and p«r»onal knowledge of the priaonrt \* Tmw^ llMth«««a.railMd. the self aamed not*« individual that wa. in hta own cuatody tw*«trt« »a«M^Aa.iiirhomi|^adthe gratification of seeing and recognising suhsaquanUT, at »■ MubtiS^il^n. wht^lfplaywl ollhU «fa«ted flta with •uthart and conaequent •<>*»»«• , •ut iWlSwth t it nHh'ho writer'a power to close up hi* Memoirs with so important utAtik maWea afaoowy-yetTeepIng in riaw the charaoteristlo featnrea of the mar-hls profcWM n K!.nee oTkSJitJn. 'i., Niw Ijrunawlok-hls danial of evar having seen th« «"» 'J f '"jLfl Mameira. Md tiPcara wtileh h« took to keep hlnw«lf enwtopjl In myatary, by uuetly JaaWU|| to ttlre arty aaUafactory Information conoernliii hlmaalf } all these ''^''>'^J^*^\'l!'* ^^'^J^^ coaua-atian of featuraa so marked, aa to earry aooHctlon to the mind of the reader ^ntym uHSUl hff SroSh Sla namtUa, thM he is no other (khn the same mystwious Henry Mol Tttera Ukaothar feat«w in tba p'laoner at Tan nto, that sai na atrongly corroboratWa of s^a - rTiMlMiri r I ■ r - -— ^"-'' • th » 4s, hia age. He acknowledges to be Ml; flra ym '^ *****^SiTO.wS»ldmak'6 him. omewhat older than hi. r*aUw,»ft i^««««/W prftouar at Toronto is wall advanced lu years, and ao must tne B«bJeot of oil itkoii -?*«^, kwhlah we havo obtaine.1 it a*em« that he has undergone his trial, and wa «;•» Maaarvet who can read the history of hismlwjrable career, without feeling pained at the mela» Sj'pKo of denra^ity it U^Ju ? Who would have s'upposed that a?ter "• condem^tta MrfJertence at Kingston, and his life, by an act of human mercy, had been go(haveha.tenedtDhiewife, and with tears of .compunction mjagW wKSof >y. rast himself upon h« neck, and resolved,^ by a «^«>""V°^ '^'"'iT^i^ hi hoSstjr. to make her as happy a. his previous disgraceful and ainful career had made h^ ""fet ah /no, his rtleaae was followetfbf no such eflbctu; reipdered unsusceptible o/.^'Jr.^ Bat ah ! no, his rtleaae waa followeffbf no sucn eiwcw; remwreo un.u.crpu».c ,j uTii^J tnl) and t«>a*r lTft)'e«sion. and yet under the full dominion o? the god of las world, be .bai^ """fiw^.-rowrT^r, onrredwwTngTeat^^^ itand" out aihtfpg the general de ormlH^M hil ehMi^er ; in ail the adventure), whiisl*, the history of hU coorae P"««>»t'. i* «"^;^^'!' Jfl «ri ttoSM upon to witne^• any mnrk- or»lolence and blood^and it la ?«>•?•, »;?"« ♦5*1 SS^^tWaitpulsiTe trait of eharacter, that we do not behold, him in a mott relentlew li«h| m j ITH. <)(niUiN«dth«4< rkloh )w «|M m th«ptliHMifr ha '•nitontiary. W nlUt. f kaoWlSdf* of f M WM COIlCWMM o dotiMTan MWj T Omi d*. tMt I bonit la ToroBtt uttudf tw«iit]f*t« Lhtaqutntlf^Mtll tent «dvM>U|M. ^ important andtHi -hia profcavM i| firxt vditinn e/ tfi )r uitrrly dMUiiai cea unttcdt fbnn :he reader «ho> hi Tioua Ilenry Moi roborativ* of wh* b* ftfty «w yftt? tAe i«Djaot Of OV » hit trial, and wi ny meana of cflSed elfttt hia eon6iM kable to detfrmliK n the earth, in thi 'cted the arrow 11 FW ilirectiun to (n rity, a»l obUin« «a in all hit advea haracter ofhiaaC 9 to which tb» b«| tin allita cleT«| Incd at the melan hif coodem ia0<|i ten given into 'hi inunction laingl* iture rectitude M eer had made h« ttible of ev^f M tiia world, be abii : of p.ritue. leral de ormitiMii ( to our vii-w, « haps owing to-tl 9tt relei>tle«a Ufh t'*4n