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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. r errata d to It le pel u re, ;on A n 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 32X W.-M IKv ita-E i^'iit iW'M reteitded to have emigrated lately from Eng- and On being asked what his occupation vrus, he stated that he was a Tailor; but could turn his hand to any kind of mechanical business or country employment, lie was decently clothed, genteel in his appearance, and pre- pussessing in his manner, and seemed to iin derstand himself very well. Although an entire stranger, he seemed to be acquainted with every part of the Province, but studiously avoided to enter into close inti- macy with any person, associated with few, and carefully concealed all knowledge of the means by which he came to the country, and also o( his origin and connexions, keeping his previous life and hivtory in entire obscurity. Finding no better employment, he engaged in the service of Mr Bond, a respectable farmer In the village of Rawdon, who agreed with him for a month on trial,' during which time he ronducted himself with much propriety ;ind honesty; was industrious, careful, and useful, lo the entire satisfaction of Mr. Bond, his employ- ler, and even beyond his expcctatloii. He was perfectly inofTensive, gentle, and obliging ; uied no intoxicating liquors, refrained from idle con- versation and all improper lanKuagc, und was apparently free from every evil habit. Being engaged for some time in working on a new road with a company of men, whose lodging was in a camp; rather than sul)ject himsell lu the pain of their loose conversation in the camp, he chose to retire to some neighbouring barn, as he pretended, to sleep in quiet, and was always early at work in the morning ; but as the sequel will discover, he was very dif- ferently engaged. A ready conlormity to Mr. Bond's religious Erinciples, who was a very religious man of th«i aptist persuaaion, formed an easy yet 8Ucce«^- ful means for further ingratiating himself into the favour of Mr. Bond and his family; hit* at- tendance on morning and evening prayers was always marked with regularity and seriousness! ; and, in the absence of Mr. Bond, he woulil himself officiate in the most, solemn and devout manner, This well diroycted aim of his hypoi- risy secured for him almost all h« couU wiah or expect from hia family; he not only obtaineU the full confidence of Mr. Bond himself, but gained roost eflectually, the alTections of his favorite daughter, who was unable to conceal the strength of her attachmeiit to him, and formed a resolution to give her hand to hin. in marriage. Application was made to Mr. Bona 'fur his conrurrence, and, although a refusal was the consequence, yet so strong was the at- tachment, and 80 flfmly were they determined to consummate their wishes, that neither the advice, the entreaties, nor the remonstrancer. ol her friends, were of any avail. Sheweni with him from her father's house to Windior and under the name of Frederick Henry Mof*', he there married her on the l2th of March, 1SI.3, her name having been Elizabeth P. While he remained at Rawdon, although Iia professed to be a Tailor, he did not pursue hiw business : but was chiefly engaged in farming or country occupations. After his removal to Windsor, and his marriage to Miss Bond, he entered on a new line of business, uniting that of the tailor and pedlar together. In this cha- racter he made freqnent visits to Halifaxi al. ways bringing with him some goods, nf variou.>< defTCriptions. At one time he was known to bring home a considerable sum of money, and upon being asked how he procured it and all those articles and goods he brought home, hi; replied that a friend by the name of Wilson supplied him with any thing he wanted as a tailor. It is remarkable, however, that in all his trips to Halifax, he uniformly set out in the afternoon and returned the next morning. A certain geiiili>man, speaking of him as a tailor, remarked that he could cut very well and make up any article of clothing in a superior manner In lad, his genius was extraordinary, and he o.ould execute any thing well that he turned hi» attention lo. A young man having applied to him for a new coat, he accordingly took hii» measure, and promised to bring the cloth with, him the fiiRt lime he went to Halifax. Very soon after, he made his journey to Halifax, anO on his return, happening to meet with (he young man, he showed him, from hisportman teau, the cloth, which was of a superior qnalitv, and promised to have it made tip on a certaiii day, which he punctually performed to thi; entire satisfaction of his employer, who pa'i«l i»im his price and carried otTthe coat. About (his time a n'Jmber of unaccoun^teb'.e I THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OP and mystariout thefts w«r« rommitted in Hnli- fax. Articlet of pinte were inisaing from g*n- tlemen'e liouiee ; lilver walchee and rthnr valuable aiticlea were taken from ailvertmith'a ■hops, and nil done in an mvateriou!) a manner, that no marks of the robber s hands were to be •een< Three volnmefi of late actn of Parliament, relating to the Court of Admiralty, were miss- ing from the office of Chief Juitica Strange ■bout the same time ; he offered a reward of three guineas to any person who would restore tham, with an assurance that no questions ahould be asked.* In a few days after, Mr. JVIore productd the volumes, which he said he Jiad purchased from a stranger, and received the three guineas reward without having to answer any enquiries. This aflair laid the foundation for strong suRpirions that Mr. More must have been the individual who committed thosa aearet and mysteriousi thefts which pro- duced so much astonishment in various quar- ters ; and just at this crisis, these suspicions TMeived not only corroboration, but were de. ridedly confirmed by the following remarkable fact. While the young man whom he had fur- itished with the new coat, as was previously noticed, was passing through the streets of Halifax with the coat on his back, he was ar- rested by a gentleman who claimed the coat as hia own, affirming that it had been stolen from him some time since. This singular afi'air, which to the young roan was extreinaly morti- fying and afflxtive, threw immediate lii^ht upon all those secret and unaccountable robberiea — A special warrant was immediately issued for the apprehension of More : however, before the Warrant reached lUwdon, he had made his escape, and was next heard of as travelling on hori>ebackt with a portmanteau well filled with articles which he offtred for sale, as he pro- ceeded on his way by the I?iver Philip : and t'arly in Hie muoth of July, 1614, he made his »ppearanc«i in Saint John, New Crunswick, by ih« name of Henry Mork Smith. He did not, however, .-liter the City with his horse: but put liini up. and took lodgings at thehnusa of one Mr iilackhou8e« who resided in a bye- place within a mile of the City, and came into the town upon font. He found means to be- some acquainted with the officers of the 09th Kttgiment, who, Anding him something of a military character, and well acquainted with lioisemanship, showed him the stud of horses belonging to tlie regiment. Smith, perceiving that the pair of horses whicli the Colonel drove in his carriage did not mhtoh. they being of ^lifferant colours, and one of them black, ol- yerved to the Colonel, that he knew of an ex- uelltut black hort>e in Ciiniboriand,that wonid match hi.s black one perfectly. The Colonel Implied, thilt if he were as good as his own. he would give (iltv pounds tor him. Smith then proposed, tiiPt if he, the Colonrl, would ad- vance him fifleen puunds, he wouM Uave his own horse in pledge, and taks his passage in u sloop bound for Cumberland, andhring him the black horse. To this the Colonel readily con- sented, and paid him down the fiKeen pounds. This opened the way to Smith fo' a most flat* lering speculation : he had obser/ed a valuable mare feeding on the marsh cont.guo.is to the place where he had taken his lodsings. and cast his eye upon a fine saddle >nd bridle be- longing to Major King, which he could put his hand on in the night. With tht-se facilities in view, Smith entered on his srheme; he put himself in possession of the sadJle and bridle, marsh, ride her to Nr'va Scotia, and there sell her ; then steal the 'jiack horse from Cumberland, bring him to the Colonel, receive his two hundred dollars, and without loss ol time transport himself within the boundaries of the United States. This scheme, so deeply Ifiid, and so well roQcerled, failed, however, of execution, and proved the means of his future apprehension. Already in possession of saddle and bridle, he spent most of the night in fruitlesa efTorta to take the mare, which was running at large in the pasture. Abandoning this part of his plan 88 hopeless, and turning his horse- |Mart of his plan hors»- custody ; fur there, at Mr. HXver- wettthi^r's, int'ormation was given which dirrri- ltd the pursuit in tho direct track. Mr. Knox, through means of obtaining fresh hortes on the way, pursued him, without loss of time, through the Province of Nnva .Scotia, as fjr at Piciou, a distance ufune hundred and seventy miles, which the thiff had iiertormnd with thestouii hnrs^ in the apace orthreedays. Thereon i>>e 'itth July, ttie horse having hnen stolen an Hie 20th, Mr. Knnx had him apprehended by the Deputy Sherilf, John pHriwns, Ksq., and taken before the County Justices ill Court then sit- ting. Besides the horse, there were a watch und fifteen giiinean found with the prisoner ; and a warrant was issued by the Court, fur hix ronveyanee through the several Counties, to the gaol of King's County, Province of New Brunswick, there to take his trial. — Mr. Knox slates, that he, the prisoner, assumed different names, and committed several robberies by the way ; that a watch and a piece of India cotton were found with him and returned to the owners; that on the way to Kingston gaol 4ie had made several attempts to escape from the Mheriff, and that but for his own vigilance he never would have been able to reach the pri- Hon witli him, observing at the same time, that unless he were well taken care of and secured, lie would certainly make his escape, lie whs received into prison for examination un the warrant of conveyance without a regular com- mitment. The prisoner had rode all day in the rain, and having had no opportunity of changing his elolhes, which by this time had become very wet, it was thought necessary, lest he should sustain injury, to put him into the debtoi':« room, handcuffed, where he could have an op- portunity of warming and drying himself at the (ire; the stove having been out of repair in the criminal's room. The day following he was removed into the criminal's room, where irons were considered unnecessary ; and as he ap- peared to be quite peaceable, his hand-cuD's were taken off, and being furnished with a com- fortable berth, he seemed reconciled la his situation. On the 13th of August, I seceived the fol- lowing Letter from the Clerk oi the Cirouit Court : — Drar Sm :— Mr. Knox has left with me the exami- nation, &o. , relatiDK to More Smith, the horse stealer, now in your Jail ; ttieoe are all taken in the I'rovincu of NovaScotia, before Magi^tratea tliere, and | would reoommcud that he be brought up before the If agis - trates in your County, and examined, and the ex- amination committed to writing. I do not linow under what warrant he is in your custody : but I thiol: it would be aa well for the same Maeiotrates to make out a Hitimus after the examination ; as it would iM more according to tbrm. I remain, dear sir. yours, W. CIIIPMAN. After proper notice, .ludge Pickett, Mr. Jus- tice Ketchum,and Mr. Knox, all al'ended his examination ; in the r>' .Si;urti, came from KngUnd un account ol the Mar, liit.i been in America about n >ear and a hu'if, that he was born in Hnglitoii, Ihal his failiir snd mother wer^ living there now, and that lie ex- pected thr.n out to Halilax the ensuing .Spring , Uial he ptirchased a farm lor them on the Kiver Philip, ai d had written fur them to con.t; ||t> also statfd that he caine to 8ainl John on busi- ness, where he fell in with Colonel Duoiel, «>t the UUlh Kegiinent, who proposed to give him two hundred dollars if he would bring him a black horsH, within a forli.iglil, that would span with his own of the sdine colour; that ha told the Colonel he knew one that would tnslcli his perfectly, and that if he would lei:d him fifteen guineas, he would leave his ow:i mare in pledge until he would bring the horse, as he knew there was a ves.sel then in St. John, bound to Cumberland, where the hors>} wus.~ To this proposal he said the Colonel agreed, end having received the money and left the mare, went to his lodgings; but before be could return, the vessel had left him ; and having no other conveyance by water, he was obliged to set out on foot ; and having a long journey to travel, and but short time to perform It in, heoravelled all night, and at daylight was overtaken by a stranger with a larite horse, and a small mare, which he ofTeted for sale, and that he being weary with walking all night, off<;red him ten pounds for the mare, which he accepted. That they continued their journey some time, and began to find th||t' (he mare .would not answer his purpose ; the horse be- ing a good looking one, which he might sell ■gain tor the money, he bantered the stranger fur a swap, which was effected by giving the mare and fifteen pounds ia exchange for the horse, saddle, and bridle. He then produced a receipt which he said the ■Irangergave him, to the following eflect :— Received, .Tuiy 20th, I8t4. ofHeiiry Hore Smith, fltleen pounds iu swap of a horse, between a eiqall mare and a larae horse I let bim nave, with a tear, six or seven years old. JAMU8 CHPBMAN. He then stated that he proceeded on to Cum- berland, and bargained for the black horse wdich was the object of hia pursuit ; and not having money enough to pay for him, without selling the one he rode, and hearing that Cap- tain Dixon, of Truro, wanted to purchase such a horse, and finding that he, Capthin Dii(on, had gone to Pictou, forty miles further, to at- tend Court, he was obliged to follow hiro with all speed. That the next daj being Sunday, he was obliged to wait till Mondav (o sell his horse, and was there apprehended by Mr. Knox, and charged with stealing hit horse ; that he was taken before the Court, and had all his money, his watch, and his horse, taken from him, and was sent back to King's Couuly gaol G THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OF lo tiike lii* trial , and rnmplnined, tliat m ha was an cnlirt^ slraiifj;0r, and had noon« lo apfak Or him, iinleii the man wffrc Inken who i>ultl liirii th(> hnr«^, hi* oaue mighf Ur de«p«rAtp, for li»* had neirher frK-ndit nor mnney, nor any one who knrw him to lake hia pari. Hp complain- ed alMi) of having been badly iiked hy Mr. Knox on the way. Havintr bren aoked by Mr. Knox, in Mie roiiroe of hi^ exaininalion, what occupation he tidlowed in Ihii country, he replied, *' No one in pnrtirnlar." Mr. Knox then haatily iiwked him how he got bin living. He replie f, with great firmne*M and aelf.poatesinon, " By rny honesty. Sir."— AHer Ihia examination, a regular commitment waa maje out, and he re- turned to priaon. He submitted to his confine* ment without a murmur, and with much aeem- ing resignation; but complained of a pain )n his aide, (jccasinned by cold he had received. He seemed anxious fur an opportunity to aend for his portmanteau, which ne aaid he had left with some other articlea in the care of Mr. Stackhouae near f>l. John. The portmanteau, he aaid, contained hit clothes, which he would be obliged to sell to raise money for the pur- rioae of procuring necessaries and engaging a awyer, repeating again, that, as he was a stranger and had no friends to help him, there would be but little chance for him, though in- nocent, except the thief who stole the hor^e were taken and brought to justice. It so happened, on the day following, that I had occasion to go to the Ciiy of Saint John in company with Dr. Adino Paddock, senr. when, on our way, he had occasion to call at Mr. Nathaniel Golding's tavern, in Hampton ; and while placing our horses under his abed, we perceived a man mounting a horse in great baste, that waastandingat the steps of the door, who immediately rode off* with ail possible speed, as though he were in fear of being over- taken. On inquiring who he waa, we were informed by Mrs. Gnlding that he was a stranger who had called there once or twice before, and that she believed hia name was Cbuman or Churman. I observed to the Doctor, that that was the name of the man from whom the prisoner, Smith, said he purchased the horse ; upon which Mrs. Gold ing said that she could ascertain that by inquiring in the other room, which she was requesteJ to do, and was answered in the affirmative. We made frequent inquiries by the war, as we proceeded towards St. John, but could as- certain nothing further of the stranger by that name. After my return from St. John f in- formed the prisoner Smith nt what had happen- ed by the way ; he appeared exceedingly elated with the idea of his bein|( the man that had sold the horse, and said if he had money or friends be could have him taken and brought to justice, and would soon be restored to liberty again himself; but that if h« were sMfiered to make his escape out of the country, his own raae would be deplorable indeed, though he waa innocent fie again reiterated hit com- plaint, that he was destitute of money and friends, in a strange country, although anxioua in employ a lawyer, he did not know of aifr to whom he could apply for advice. He was recommended to Charles J. Peters, Esq., At- torney in St. John, with the assurance, that if there were any possibility in the case, of gel- ting him clear, Mr. i'etera woujd exert himeell in his behalf most faithfully. The first oppor- tunity that offered, he sent an order to Mr. Stackhouse for hit portmanteau, with inttrue- tions lo apply the proceeds of certain articlet, which he had left with him foraale,ifdi*poted of, in retaining Mr. Peters at hit AtlurMy.— The return brought a handsome portmanteau and a pair of hoots, leaving a small turn in the hands of Mr. Peteia, at part of hia r«lmi»er, which wat to be increaied to five guineat be- fore the sitting of the Court. This arrangement seemed to be productive of much satisfaction to _ Mie prisoner, and for the purpose of fulfilling that Mr. Dibbj the engagement with Mr. Petert, he expretted hers of the Mai a desire to dispose of the contents of his port- manteau, at far at was necessary for making up the sum. He gave me hia key, with which I opened his portmanteau, and found it well fill- ed with vario-js articlea of valuable clothing; two ur three genteel coats, with vests and pan. laloona, of the first quality and cut; atuperioi top-coat, of the latest fashion, faced with black silk ; with silk stockings and gloves, and a variety of books, consisting of a neat pocket - Bible and Prayer-book, a London Gazetteer, a Ready Reckoner,and several other useful books, except upontii He ha.i also a night and day tpy>glatt of (he ' Shortly after best kind, and a snail magnifying glass in a he was visited tortoise-shell case, with many other useful ar- In the New Bri liclea. Suspicions of his not having come bon- nig at Kingston estly by the contents of his portmanteau was nritoner to «n/i not the impression that was made ; but rather fee night be re that he had been handsomely and respectably ^'hit idea he tp fitted out by careful and affectionate parantt, ^ther to awai anxious for his comfort and happiness, and that en his profeasei he was, in all probability, innocent of the eommitted charge alleged againat him. He toon com- Write to his At menced selling off bis little stock, and for the eeived for his purpose of affording bim a facility, persons, ■kiadmiasible, a wishing to purchase from him. were permitted gelf and ewait to come lo the wicket door, through which h« aearad much d could make his bargain, and dispose of his |is Attorney's things. He never failed to excite (he pity of fbok upon this (hose who came to visit him, by representing judication ot hi his deplorable situation, in being reduced to lh<> «n omen that h necessity of selling his clothing to raise the krest himself i means of defending his innocence in a strange ) About thi& ti country from the unfortunate chaise preferred (ir from the Ci against him. Nor did he fail of hia purposs, iag a Pritcept t( for many, from pure sympathy for his unforfu- •Terminer and Date situation, purchased from him, ftnd paid hfli at kiDgs{' him libsrtlly, him, (here wi known the pr to visit him fi access to him and some of t hold free coqv last time he c «lsy glass for < while inHainI wjs that he h: The prison Dibble, a man several years disease, so tha was confined I k-oom, in the 1 taught a fchoo the fees and \ liouse, affordei fiimself and fa slaughter, and teen years of a rather. It ma' was in high es Mras regarded b lionesty and in •ny situation ni induced to adv Dibble's charac for many of t priaoner, and h tould be relied fcr my visiting %hicti did not! HENRY MOR£ SMITH. ■<>r« iMflbrfJ to anlry, hU own sedi though h** rated hi* com- or money and Ithoufh anxioua t know of Bi«r Ivic*. He waa tttra, Eaq.f At- lurance, that il' M case, of get- jd exffrt himaeir The firat oppor- n order to Mr. 1, with inatruc- jertain articlea, raale.ifdiapoaed hia AttorMjr.— ne portmanteau maliaum in the >f hia rtlainer, five guineaa be- 'his arrangement ch aatiafaction to oae of fulfilling ra, ha expreaaed mts of hia port- iry for making up . with wbicn I bund it well fiU- luable clothing; lb veate and pan. i cut ; a auperiot faced with black d glovee, and a ' a neat pockel- Ion Gazetteer, a rher uaeful booki. apy>glaB8 of the tying glaaa in a other useful ar- uving come bon- [>ortmanteau was lade ; but rather and reapecUbly ctionate paranta, ippinesa, and that innocent of the He aoon com- ock, and for the facility, peraona. I, were permitted trough which he diapoa* of hi« ceite the pity ot by repreaentlnj! ng reduced to the ing to raise the ence in n atrange charge preferred 1 of hia purpoii. y for hia unforlu- im him, and paid him Ubertlly.- -Among Ihuae who came aee him, there wa* a young man, who said he had known the priaoner in St. John, and profemed lo viait him from motivea of friendahip ; he had aceeaa to him through the gralea ot the window, and aoma of the glaaa being hroken, he could hold freeeoQveriation through Ihegra'ea. The laat time he came he carried ufl' the night and day glaaa fur debt, which he said he owed him while in Haint John ; hut the prnbabiliiy rather wja that he had given him a watch in exchange. The priaon was then kept by Mr. Walter nibble, a man of learning and talenia, who for ■everal yeara had been afflicted with a painful diaeaae, ao that for a great part of his lime, he waa confined to the houae, and frequently to his toom, in the County Court House, where he taught a tchool, by which means, together with the feea and perquisites of the jail' and court liouse, afforded him • comfortable living for •himself and family, conaiating of hia wife and slaughter, and one son named John, about nine- teen years of age, who constantly attended his father. It may be also necessary to mention, that Mr. Dibble was one of the principal mem- bers of the Maaonic [..odge held at Kingaton, and was in high esteem among them ; beside-i, he Mras regarded by all who knew him as a man of lioneaty and integrity, and well worthy to fill •ny situation of responsibility or truat. I am induced to advert to those piirticubrs of Mr. Dibble's character because I am indebted to him for many of the particulars relative to the priaoner, and because having had a person who tould be relied on, there waa the less necessity fcr my visiting the prisoner Very frequently, %hich did not exceed once in a week generally, except upon special occasions, ' Shortly after the commitment ot the prisoner he waa visited by Lieutenant Baxter, an oflicet In the New Brunswick Rfgitnent, then recruit- In^ at Kingston. This officer proposed to the triaoner to (l alilt fii Krow wona ; wb4 viHilad by Juilge Pirlcett Hiiii aavcral other neighboula ; and b''inKati««d whathar lia wwnted anything, At what lie could take. anaWarad " nothing, eicepi an oratigff or a lemon." Nineteenth, appeartd to declina very Tatt ; at 2 o'clock, was viaited by the Doctol', who anid the man must be femov^d out ufthalttfom, thathe wasto«>ill to be kept there, and Ihiit it was of no uae to give him mtdicine in so dimp a place. Twentieth, in the morn- ing, found him still declinini^ ; at lU o'clock^ Mr. Thiiddeus Scribiier and others went in to «ee him, inspectiii|2; fhft rnomt but ibund no dampncsi (bat could injure evdn a sick man taking medicine. Tlie Rev Mr. Scovil vUiled hith ill ih» aHer- noon, and introduced the sbbject of hifi ap- proaching end. The prisoner conversed llfeely on the subject, and expressed his conviction that there was little or no hope df his Recovery. He stated to Mr. ScnvU that be wet born in F.ni^land, that hia parents were formei'ly attach- ed to the Church of England, but had lately joined the Methodists ; that he came front Eng- land on account of the war. and that he *x> pccted his parents to come to this country next spring, which last circumstance seemed to ex- cite in him strong emotions. Twenty-first, the Rev. Mr. S. with others of the neighbourhood visited him in the morning; no favourable aymptomn. Twenty-second, the prisoner very low; violent fever, accompanied with chills, and agui'. Inflammatioo of the bowels, with evacuations of blood for the last two days ; ex- tremities cold, and strength greatly reduced, insomuch that he could only just articulate above his breath. Was understood to any, that tie would die for want of medical assistance, as the Doctor had refused to attend him any more in that place, and the BberifT refused to remove him. Hia situation by this time excited gener- al sympathy and pity; his seeming simplicity, passiveoesa and resignation, generally contri- buting to produce the effect. At 6 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Scovil and a- great number of the neighbours caioe and tat with him till 10 o'clock and then left him with ^e impression that he would not live till morning Friday, '23i, went to the jail early in the morning, found the pri- •oner lying on the floor, nakedl, and eeemingly U woiitii not I W'Af.fp:!! II .S'iiturday, he had pane Murviveil tiie want ol trie iioto was lh»! him .• — KmnsTOM, He tlu' priHoiicr, HI 'liKxIionI muiJHiH iliilonii ho Ih phi Hot bo ppfmlttf tiow is, hikI hi blauv which mn Uiuruforu rcqiivt . lift. A. I'Anpui , At this lime !t the vvliojo I ighe»t dcxfpe covii, OHjiecii iiii. aiitisent i in i;r«at diatrasa,' taid I.') Ii ul lulleii, IhrouKfi pain and w«Lknas«, and could hot gi?t up again, lie was taken up uiid earrnHi lu hia bad ; ap- peared aa though ha would inntanlly expire ; ('ontiffUed in a low and almost lifeless stale till 6 o'clock in the allernoon, \T hen he appeared to all prasent to bo r«ally dyiiii^. Uev. Mr. Scovil, .Mr. Perkins, Mr. U. itaymond, all neat neighbouri', and Mr. Eddy, from Sjint John, who happaiied to be iii Kuigalnn at the time, all .supposed him to be in the agonies of death. He fell into a stale of iiiseniibilily, and con- tinued rio until a pbial of hartNhorii was brought from an adjoining room, the application ot which Hcemed to revive liim a little. Aflei- some time he recovered so tar as to be able to articulate, and upon its being observed to him that he had had a fit, be replied that he was aensibleuf it, and that it waa h in fatnilf/ in- yirmi/.y, and that many of his cunnexions had died in the same way ; and further remarked, that he did not think he could survive another, which would probably come upon him about the aame time next day ; that he was sensible ^""Id eith«>r c he should not recover ; but that *lod would f '*" •"« fainili havehiin. He then asked Mr. Scovil to pray « >y>nond ; all with him ,• hia desire was complied with, and f'^j^ neighbuu ptayer was oflared up in the moat soloiuii and ij,'"" *"' ".""^ ? devout manner ; the occasion wns deeply a( Mr. Perkins vi fecting.and aKdeparted with the full cowviclion *'•. ""tt kindly that the patient would not linger till the morn I'ls"^''* ni«hf, Init. "" " Previous to this, no regular watchers bad at tended him ; but it was now considered higlilv necessary that some persons should sit will him till the morning ; and cuoiiequenily Johi Dibble and Charles Cambreau were appoiolef by the sheriff to watch him through the night. The next morning the following letter wai dispatched to Mr. Peters^ the prisoner's AUor Dev ; — Diin Sia :— I fear we shall be disappointed in on expectations of the trial of the prisoner, More Bntitl at the approaching Court, as I presume, from appear ance, he #ill t>e Ivinoved by death before that timt He is dying in conssqusiioe of a blow that he received as he says, from Mr. Knox, with a pistol, which h has regularly complained of since he baa been in Jai and ianow considered paitt recovery. As it will b matter of enquiry, slid new to me, I will thank ye to let me know by the better what would l>e tb neoessHry steps for me to takv : and not fail, a* have but little hopes of bis continuinff till mornlD) Yours, fco WALTEB BATES The return of the bearer brought the tollow ing answer." — St. Joav, Sept. 24th.— Dear Sir,— Tour favour yesterday I received this morning, and 1 am soriyt' hear BO desponding account of the unfortunate ini| in your cuKtody. It will be your duty, 1 conceive, i have a Coroner's Inquest on the body, and then ha it decently interred. With respect to the cause the death, that is a oircamstanoe which must re wholly on facts ; if any physician shall attend bliJ let him he particular in taking down in writing wbr the man says in biH last moments, as to the cTrcuFj staocet , and U a Justice ihouM be thoa present, id fa lianklulncHs. octor came, a lit found him I iried and suppj rhe Doctor acl ibierved to him ed that he wan hia family in- connexiona had irtber remarked, anrvive another, upon liiin about he JIENIIY MORE SMITn. Ik would not b« aniiti lu Im^li'. yoiirf, ulneerel/ VV»i.t«ii HAfim, Va'X- (;. J I'KI Kits Snturday, 2ltli.— Th« wnlchers ri-portoil tiKit ho had pan!' I u vi-ry n.-stlcjii nii^lit, and jihI Hurvived the inoniinK; lliiii he ri)mpi.iinf>d luc want oC medical usiiHt.itict'. The followinn notfl waa IhiMi aunt to thn Doctor wh»t attended him .• — KmnsTOM, S.!|il. 'IM\, ISM -Dour Doctor -Hmmi, Till' prlHtmcr, «ayH ttiMl li" l>i miirnrhiK lor want of ')ii(Mlical aMlHlHiico, itiiil Hint yon will notattond liiin , tinluriit III! Is rmiiuved into anotlinr rnuin. whluli uun< Hot bu p<>rinitlfil ; liu inil.st tuk(> IiIh lute wluTO tiu liow Ix, and iriii' «nily of Mr. Perkins, and that of Mr , Upoyji Jo pray Il'»y"™'""'; a" tiiesu having been in the imme- ^ riute neighbourhood. Hut the prisoner used liltlo or none of their conliiils or delicacies. — |lr. Perkins visited liim aliont 10 o'clock, a. tf., and kindly proposed to watch with him the nsuing ni^ht, for which he discovered much lankfulness. In tho course of the day the octor came, and pave him some medicine; ut found him so weak, that he required to be fled and supported while ho was receiving if, ho Doctor acknovv'.edired hit low state, but id not think him so near his end as to die before orninp, unless he should go off in a lU. Thi.s c patient said, was what he h.id reason to fear luplied with, and ooat aoloiuu and wna deepljr ai he full convict ion iger till the luorn ■ watchera had at considered highlv : I ahould ait witi >nsequenily Jobi u were appointe* \ trough tho night. owing '•."•'^ ,!!,*' ^ou'ld be his fatft before morniiiK, and therefore • ^" ' wished to make his Will. All his Clothes, at hi« death, he willed to hn Dibbleo ; and his money, about three unds, which he always kept l)y him in hifl rth, he bequeathed to the Jailor, for his kind lention in his sickness The money Mr. ibblee proposed to take chaiKo of,- but Smith id it was safe wheie it was fur tliepteaent. Mr. N. Perkins having had occasion to call at day on Mr. W. II. Lyon, was enquired of him concerning the state of the prisoner,— V. Perkins informed him that he was alive hen he Icit him; but thoua;ht ha would h". ad before night. This information Mr. Lyon mmunicated the same evening to a number persons who were assembled at tho hniHe o'. r. Scribnor ; and added, that he was liuad, that while he was on his way to Mr. Scrib- r's, (it having been in tho dusk of the even- ig), he had seen Smith's Uhost pass by him a short distance u(l, without touching tin; und. This singular repoil, as it came from ' ^ tptarter that could not be well disputed, veiy much alarmed the whole cuin|iany, and lurme'l Ihe subject of iheirconvcisation t.u- thecvuniny. B I priaonei i diMPpointcd in <>•' iri8oner,MoreSniiU resume, from appe*' ith before th»t ttmt ilowthathereoelve^ I a pistol, which h ce he has been in Jar ivory. As it will t ne, 1 wilt thank yo what would be to ; and not fail, as : nuinK till mornint WALfEB BATES jrought the tollow 31r,— Tour favour ing.andlamsoriyt^ the unfortunate mil ir duty, 1 conceive, II e body, and then ii«H ipeet to the cause >\ nee which must re 9 an shall attend niif down in writing wba its, M to the clrcufg Abe tbon ptcscot, Hut In return lo our narrative. After the prisoner had made his Will, ho wmi, for a short timH, lelt alone, with tho probability that he would shortly be seized by another lit, which ho was not expected to survive. About i) o'- clock in the evening, the Kev. Mr. Scovil ob- served to his family, that it was then about tho same hour of the day ut which Smith had had his lit on the day preceding; that he thought he would die suddenly ; hn would thereforo walk over to the Court House, and be ready there at the time, as it must be unpleasant for Mr. Dibblee tobealnne. Thiaso much awaken- ed tho sensibilities of Mrs. Scovil, that she could not bear the reflection, that a child, of parents that were perhaps respectable, thouht lie so near her, in a strange country, aick and dying, on a bed of straw. .She therefore called Amy, her wench; ''here," aaid she, •• tak« this feather bed, and carry it to the gaol, and tell Mr. Diblilee that I have sent it k: Smith to die on." Mr Scovil had been in the house, and seated with Mr. Dibblee but a very short time, when a noise was heard from Smith in the jail. John Dibblee, who constantly attend- ed on him, ran in haste, unlocked the prisaoii door, and found him in the agonies ot a lit, mid almost expiring. He made an elFort to speak, and begged of John to run and heat a brick that was near, and apply it to hia feet, to give him one moment's reliet while he was dying, for that his feet and legs were already cold and dead to the knees. John, willing to atibrd what relief he could to the dying man, ran in great haste from the jail through the passago round the stairway that led to the kitchen, where was a large lire of coals into which he cast the brick,vvaited but afuwminutes.and re- turned with the heated brick to the priscn,- but. to his indescribable astonishment, and almost unwilling to believe the evidence of his senses, the dying man had disappeared, and could not be found ! ! John ran with the tidings to his father and tho I!rv. Mr. Scovil, who were sit- ting in a roiiiii which the prisoner must havs passed in making his escape. Tliey were en- tirely incredulous to tho report of an alFair so unparalleled, and would not yield their belief until tliey soarrhe.l every corner of the apart- ment themselves, and found that Smith had not. only e/rected his escape, but had also carried his money, his boots, and every article of hie clothing away with him 1 1 It is impossible to conceive or describe tho feelings of astonislimenl with whicli every ono a!)(iut \\\'i house was lilled. when lliey iound lliat tiio man, who had been groaning anil agc)ni/,iti|j; under iho pain of an accumiilalion of diseases, which, ni:;lit afler nii^ht, sjenird li> have been wastinu; ins strenj^tii, anil bringing turn nearer to llii! clii.sc of his nnlia))py life — li.iil, ill u niomctit, and nt the very monipnt \\ iiuli w.ii (lin!i,!;!a tn l,c lus !:is', sei/.cd 'hc '-.■['- 10 THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OF portunity of his prison door being o)iet), anil rushed from his connnement, leaving not a vestige of his moveables behind him. Assonri as a search througli the prison confirmed I lie fact of his elopement, the inmates hastened outside, and continued their search around the premises. At this moment, Amy, the wench, made her appearance, carrying tlie feather bed/ and seeing the people around the house, she said to them, "Misses send this bed for Smit to die on." Her master told her to take it home, and tell her mistress that Suiiih was gone. . Amy ran home and told her mistress that raassa say Smit dead and gone — he no want im bed ! " Ah !" exclaimed her mistress, " poor man, is he dead ? Then, Amy, you may run and carry this shirt and winding-sheet, to lay Smith out in-" Amy, instantly obeyed, and told her master accordingly. •' You may take them back," said he, "Smith is gone!" "Where he gone, massa?" '-I don't know," said he, " except the devil has laken him of]"." Amy hastened back to her mistress, and told her that " massa say Smit l)e dead ami gone, and the devil has taken hi.ii •away !"--So much was tlie mind of every one prepared to iiear of his death, that the exprcs- -sion, •' Smith is gone !" sorveJ to convoy no other idea.— The'Shfiifl'iiimself, wiio had i;i)t been i resent, and did not hear of the affair im- mediately, gave iha sentence the same inter- pretation. A messenger having been dispatched to him witly the tidings, met him on his way to the jail, expecting to witness the last moments of the patient. On being informed by the mes- senger that "Smith vv.is gone," "Ah! poor fellow," tie exclaimed, '• I expected it. What time did he die ?" '* But he is gone olT clear." »* It is impossible," rejoined the SherilV " that l»e can be f.ir from his sick bed "' *' Why," re|)lied the messenger, " they were nil about the jail looking for him, and no one could fell which way he had gone."" Unparallelled nnd abominable deception !" replied the Sherifl", " how did he net ont of gaol?" He believed John Dibblee I'.'tl the door open while he ran to heat a brick, and then Smith made his escape. This was to us the first development of the true character of Henry More Smith, and th ih, by means of a counteileit illness, which tnelled the feelinRs and drew the sympathies of the whole neighbonrhoud ; which baffled every power of detection, and imposed even upon the phyjician himselt, did (his accomplished villain tfTt'Cf liis releasi', and was now iigain running at large, gloi ying in tlip issue of his schemL-. liut btlnii' we pui.Tiu' his history in his succeeding iidvtMiture.i, it rn.iy lie nocossiiry, for those who are iiiiar'qdainled with llie local situation ot the gaol, from which he escaped, ta give a short desciijili(.'n of it, Kings'orr is situated on a neck or tongue of land, formed ... ,, , the River Saint Joiin and JJellisle Bay, runni|*"'8"'> CQt»firm^ north-east and south-west on the western »\?} "f"" '"® "'" of the neck, and by the river KennebeckxT"" "^*. '"*'"*."'' running the same course on the eastern siiJiM '."^'""^ "'"'' rivt ' leaving a tract of land between the two have some i( •flr self-released arried his neck ^ttnday evening, rded advertise y unfavorab oner's escape i Court at whi n now to meet i mmoned )Ontry for the e.i ofse stealer. y whole time ed to make th iflUourt, and I fe about five miles in breadth and thirty mi in length. The winter road from Fredericton, the sw , of Government, to the City of St. John, cro«i^ "'"'' '^'»*''"S the land at Kingston to the Kennebeckasis, aj"" ,^ I"®" ■" this road is inhabited on both sidew. The rr?,''^'V''''_J'^,, -- is intersected in the centre ot Kingston [l^^-.y '^"''''" another road running northeasterlv to the hC""""',"*"^ '" of Bellisle Bay, and is also inhabited on b;"^*"! "'.'.'"!" sides. At the intersection of these roads, onT'"?,*'"^ "'* " eminence, stands the Court house, (un'lP' '"« country which is the prison,) and Church, facing e;^""";*^ "i""""'' other, east and west, at the distance of ^^^J 'f..?, "„^.'.!.,.' eight rods. At the distance of about ten r t'roin the jail stands the house of Mr. F. N. P kins, to the north, and an equal distance to south the house of the Rev. E. Scovil is si » ated, with various other houses in different •'"'y -'"nimoned rections ; the land clear all around to a c^ siderable distance, affording no hiding place From a prison thus situated, and 8nrroun> with dwelling houses, did our hero esca^ without any eye having seen him, and leavT' fl"''».^''" ' 'f; no mark nor track behind which could dirTJ^a"? Th in the pursuit of him. Finding <'""'''(? most oalnfnl unable to pursue in any certain direction, j^^, / ij „ '' conclusions were that he must either ^'M^Lni„„ i^Xt taken the road to Saint John or that leadiii;,jJ,^';P|",» Jj'j' "'' Nova Scotia, the way by which he came, ,^, ,g„ ^;,^P^ the only road he was known to be acquaUj with. Accordingly men were despatched, pursuit of him on the St. John road, and otli sent lo the different ferries, while I Biys.ii ■ • ,, , with Mr. Moses Foster, the Deputy Shet J^g^J} 'j'^.'^^^'^y took the road towards Nova Scotia, with^ speed, in the night, and rode on until we be^ to think that we must have passed him. Arij, iiigat a housa which he could not well |,|^j ^^^^^ |^^, ^jj without being seen, we stationed watcl J^ j^j^ji^^, [^.^j ^ there, and also set watchers in other stati, gpfj^,. distance and maintained a close look-out the W'h«n the robber night, but to no purpose. At dayliglit I Jvarried ofi^'a nished Mr. Foster with money, and sent ^ney, a pair of on, upon the same road, with directions tOt,oVet'bo')k wit ceed as far as Mr. M'Leod's tavern, disjg^ vvalked' Ici.s forty miles, and in case of hearing nothin|,g;npyt house him, to discontinue the pursuit and return. n|i(r„nn9 to the the same time 1 returned to Kingston niy!;^"',!,^^, three where 1 was informed, towards evening, ti:jj|,f, ^/^^ p^j] man, who answered his description, had ciyu,^ j^ j^'.^^] ,^p^^ ed the ferry over the Rellisle Bay the «y«i»iusiiicion on before in great haste, stating he was Koiiii;<^ba,-'ri dour, fr an express to Fredericton, and must be '■'»|)a^^ hfel' w by ten o'clock the next morning. Thisacci J^,^^,,, ^^^^ '^^^^ compared with Mr. Lyon's story, whicli ,n|,3,ijnt^|v'',spt i reader will recollect, of having seen Sii;.|^ fip^r.] that he ghost or apparition the same evening '"eat distmcp ho on .some s'l rt Bailee, th I'ds Gagefow 3 projecting frt n opporfunitj the house of fl les HENRY MORE SMITH. 11 ot and, ''Jimed .j.^j^j^ confirmed tlio opinion that we had now iUiaif. Udj, ruiuii^j ^jpj^jj ,jjg direction of our run-awa). And II »"« w'^'*'*:'" "'rfcen we remember rurfher, that the apparition ''7l,o^p'!!;'f«n*'^8i.i'' !"»''•'"« "''"•""* louclnn- the frronnd, we II t vo riv.''" ^*^*' """"^ '''*'" "^ '^^ rapidity with which ^"j .1 ;.i„ .rviW self-released hero was Kcudding alone as he and thirty un^,,jg^, ^-^ „^^^ f^,„,^ j,^^ ^^^^^^.^ t-j^ was now ^ • » ., ii,o «,Hl"'''"y evening, and he had tw(»nfyfour hours rJ! \ ]\ \Xn!lQ» 'tar', leaving little hopes of his being over- ofSt.Jolm crovl^^^y^g As my only alternative. I for- Kei»nebecKa8i»,^-;|^,,gj advertisements, and proposed a rewaid f twenty dollars lor his apprehension and re. tu » 1 r tftcaping foi- his life, and getting out of my that ieauii)!,^j, ^^■^^^^ all possible haste, had only travelled th side«\ The ir| re ot l^'"g8jori mijjjj^j^^^j ^^^ custody; but with very little "?*f^'f;,',roipect of success, knowing that he was es- inUaDiiea on " ,ping f„r his life, and would succeed in getting ot these roaas, on ^ ^j. ^^^ country before he could be overtaken, urt "o"se, lun, u^^j^y morning the 2rjth instant, Mr. Moses ,liurcn, lacing _^^^xet returned from hia route, and by this time J distan ^^y unfavorable reports concerning the e ot f*??""- „ .,r»oncr's escape had begun to be circulated.— ise 01 mr. * •^^- Vhe Court at which he was to receive his trial ;qua I distance lo ^^^^. ^^ ^eeton the Tuesday following, . • '^•^'^"y.' . ';,lury summoned from dilTerent parts of the juses in umereni ji^j ^^^^ j|,g express purpose of trying the n around to a c ^^^^^^^ H t . J b g no hiding place |jy^jjg,gjjjj^gg^jgj,gj^,jg^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ed, ana sorioun.^i , ^^ ^^^^ j^^ necessary preparations for d oor hero [8Cd^4court, and J felt myself not a little chagrined en hira, ana leavjj^gjjg^jji^g^^ jjjg^.^^^j^^j^^^^^ .^ which I which couia 01^1 placed. This feeling became heightened F inaing oursei i ^^^^ painful degree when I came to under- ^rtain direction, J^ ,, ^^^ g j^^^^ ^^^^ ^-^^ ^j^^^j^ -^^^^^^ e must either ti- ' •'■ ' hn or which he came, ,^t ,g„ ^-^^^^ ^^^ j^^^j ^-^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^.^^ ^^^^ ,vn to be acquaii,j|^ „„ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^,^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^f ^^^ were despatcneOjgrt Bailes, the next mornins;, on the road John roacj, ana oii;^,,j, Gagetown, having lain there till twolve les, vvlule 1 K|y*o%k in the day. Hut Smith did not lie on the Deputy fen^'g^jed of straw for rest merely ; even there he Dva Scotia, wiin j|pj.ojepfingfpggf, schcmtjsof villainy.wailins; ode on until weoe^^^ ,^ppjji.j^iijjy ^^ carry away som" Ijonfy the house of Mr. Bailos ; and it so hap- d that he did not miss hi.t aim, TnrMr. and . ■ -T Bailes had occasion to jpave tlio lifiu- ers in other stati^lon^^ jjjg,3^pp^ jp^^yj^j, ,|,g ,,„(„. u;,i„^1^p,], look-out the W'h#n the robber entered, broke opon a trunk, At daylight I .dvarried off a silver watch, ei5;ht dnllais in noney, and sent x)ttey, a pair of new velvet pmtalonn^, and a vith directions to},oWpt i,o„if^ ^vjth several other articles. He .eod's tavern, riis)gj, ^^.^Hced leisurely on hi^ way, slopping at f hearing nothi«fc,;npxt house and at all the houses that wf-ro ursuit and return. a|jrr„ous to the road, so Hint hp » boots cleaned. At this moment, Mr. Huiles, whom he had robbed the day proccdin;:;, was getting breakfast at Mr. Vail's, and writing iulvei-ti.«ements in (juest of the robber. About eleven o'( lock, he, with hin Indian, started agnin, leaving Mr. Vail's un- known ami undetected ; lnU not without taking with him a set nf silver teaspoons from a side cIo.;et in the p.irlour. The time was now come for the sitting of the Court, and about eleven o'clock on Tuesday tnorniiiii;, the Attorney General arrived from I-'rederieton, with very unfavourable impres- sion's on his mind, bringing information that thf robber was still traversing the country, s'enlirig and rohbi'ig wherever be came, with- "Ut sudicient efrijrt being nnde for liis appre- henpi'in. Tb.e .lory also wore collecting from the difVerent Pirishos of the County, bringing with them unf,ivonr,;bie ilea*, from the reports in 'ii'dil iiion rniicen.in;; his e.sC;ipo, Among th'^ rnuiy i>piru(:ns thnt were formed o i the fibjeet, one, p.Trticu! iriy, was V( ry industrious- ly r rrulaN'd. I'lie piisoner w.is u Frenchman, n! H it will lie rerollerlei! that Mr. Dibbke, tiie J lilor, wa3 stated in a forme; part p1 the uarra- 12 THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OF H five to be a Frenchman also, and that there was a Freemason Lodge lield at Kinsiston. The public mind was strongly prejudiced against 118, unwilling to believe the real circumstances ot his elopement ; and the Court assembled under the strongest impressions that his escape was connived at. The Honorable Judge Chip- man presided on the occasion. The Court was ready for business, but* no prisoner; yet high expectations were cherished that every hour would bring tidings of his ap- prehension, as he was pursued in every di- rection. The Grand Jury was empannelled, and the Court adjourned till next day at eleven o'clock, waiting anxiously for the proceeds of the intermediate time. And to render the means for his apprehension as efl'ectual as pos- sible, Mr. Benjamin Furnald, with a boat well manned, was despatched in the pursuit wiih directions to follow on as far as he could get any account of him. Wednesday, the Court again met and com- menced other business; but nothing of Smith yet. In the afternoon, Mr. John Pearson, wit- ness against him, arrived from Nova Scotia, a distance of two hundred and eighty miles. To- wards evening conclusions were beginniug to be drawn that he had eluded all his pursuers, and was making his way back to Nova Scotia, aod the conjecture almost amounted to a cer- tainty by the circumstances of a man being seen crossing the Washademoac and making towards Beilisle Bay. Nothing more was heard ing early, when Mr. B. V u reported that he had found sued him through Maugervi. hefore he (Mr. F.) reaclifc-.; robber h;ui lodged at Mr. Solomcn Perley's, and r-tole a jiair of new boots, and had offered the silver teasjioons for sale that he had stolen at Mr. Viiil's. That he then walkod up as far as ]\lr, Bailey's tavern, where he stopped some time, and that he was afterwards seen towards evening under a bridge, counting his money. This was the la.st that could be heard of him in this place, it was now believed that he had taken an Indian to pilot him, and had gone by way of the Washademoac and head of Bellislo, lor Nova Scotia. This was in accordance with the idea entertained at Kingston before Mr. Furnald's return. At ten o'clock on Thursday morning, the Court met according to adjournment, to bring the biisiness then hplore them to a close, with- out much hope ol iieaiiiig any further of the liorse-stealcr at tiiis lime; when about three in Ilie afternoon, a servant of Mr. Knox's, (who it will be remembered was the IMaintiff in the r.iuse,) ,'ame direct to the (."ourt with informa- tion to his ma.«lcr, that his oilier horse was missing out of the pasture; that he had been known to be in the pasture at one o'clock at ''hursday morn- eturued, and J" se and pur- ; ;;i t - e night ivl-'igerville, the night, and was gone in the morninti ; and that a strange Indian had been seen about the place. This extraordinary news produced much ex- citement in the Court; and the coincidence of the Indian crofising the country with the robber, with the Indian seen at Mr. Knox's, confirmed the opinion, that Sr 'h had made hirosell owner of Mr. Knox's uiher horse also J ! ! Mr. Knox, on hearing this news, became exceed- ingly agitated, had no doubt that Smith was the thief again, would not listen to the Sherift' who was not just v-filling to credit the report of the horse being stolen, and aihrmed that his life was in danger if Smith was suffered to run at large. His Honor the Judge expressed his opinion that great remissness of duty appeared. A general Warrant was issued by the Court, directed to all the Sherifl's and Ministers of Jus- tice throughout the Province, commanding them to apprehend the said More Smith and bring iiim to justice. In the meantime, men were appointed to commence a fresh march in quest of him, to go in different directions. Mr. Knox, with Henry Lyon and Isaiah Smith, took the road to Nova Scotia ; and Moses Foster, the Deputy Sheriff, and Nathan Deforest, directed their course towards Fredericton, by the head of Beilisle Bay, with orders to continue their oearch as far as they could get information of him, or to the American settlement. The Sheriff then wrote advertisements for the pub- lic papers, offering a reward of forty dollars lor his apprehension ; and the Attorney General in- creased the sum to eighty dollars. Indictments were prepared, and the Grand Jury found h Bill againsttheSherift'and Jailer, for negligence in suffering the prisoner to escape. They were held to Bail to appear at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer to traverse the indict- ments. The business of the Court being at the close, the She. ff paid the witness, Mr. Pear- son, from Nova Scotia, for his travel and atten- dance, amounting to one hundred dollars, after which the Court finally adjourned. Nothing was heard of our adventurer till after the return of Mr. Knox with his party from a fruitless search often days in the Province of Nova Scotia, and as far as Richibucto. The day following, Mr. Foster and Mr. Deforest re- turned from their chase, and reported that alter they had proceeded 'o within three miles of Fredericton they heard of a stranger, answering to his description, having lodged all night at a private hou e ,- but had gone on the road to- wards Woodstock. They continued the pur- suit, and found that he had stopped at Mr. In- graham's tavern the night following, slept late in the morning,being fatigued, paid his bill and went off ; but not without giving another seri- ous proot ot his characteristic villainy. He broke open a trunk, which was iu the room adjoining the one he had slept in, and carried of! a full suit of clothes belonging to Mr. Ingra- liam, that coi with otiier ai not to be disi his pursuers the noted h( not iiaving rr robber travel day went onl he found a ci the liddle foi and night, acock, leavin i:i exchange a canoe, haf anotlier canr vvbicli the 1 Woodstock, ' puling the c Mr. Bailes' \ scribing thei lar steed cha (hat they bot the stranger, man that he stranger to le handed the \ was found so Mr. Bailes' \ the property ly replied, tl had owned f of one like il jection to lei which woul( replied that he thought 1 could hear f that he was riot be detai penses and damage inct have no oh'y Fredericton watch, as h( turn in ten Mr. D. migl He appeare covering th on these co on. He CO stock until American s evening he concerning was asked it was then twelve mil comply wit an apology him, and In morning if in a very s arrived the I HENRY MORE SMITII. ir. ini{ ; and that bout the place, ced much ex- coincidence ol kith the robber, ox's, conrirmed made himselt fealso*!! Mr. ecame exceed- lat Smith was to the Sherift' lit the report of irmed that his sulTered to run expressed his f duty appeared, d by the Court, Mlinistcraof Jus' mmandingthem rnith and bring ime, men were march in quest irections. Mr. aiah Smith, took loses Foster, the jforest, directed on, by the head continue their information or :ttlemeDt. The nts lor the jjub- f forty dollars lor trney General in- irs. Indictmentij id Jury found h er, for negligence I escape. They : the next Court erse ihe indicl- Jourt being at th(! tness, Mr. Pear- travel and atten- red dollars, after tned. r adventurer till ith his party from in the Province of Richibucto. The Mr. Deforest re- eported that after I three miles of 'anger, answering ged all night at a on the road to- itinued the pur- )pped at Mr. In- owing, slept late , paid his bill and ing another seri- tic villainy. He vas iu the room t in, and carried jing toMr. Ingra- ■liam, that cost forty dollar-), and n Hilk clonk, with other in tiolesi, which ho concealt'd so :w not to be dis(-oV(M-ed. TIuh iiiloiin.itioii iiavp liJN piirsiieri' sulllcieiit proof (lint Ih> Wiisin(li>t>ii tlip noted horse-Hleaier. lint Mr. Injrcahimi M)t iiaving missed his clothes iminoilialely, the robber travelled on uninnlesled, and the next day went only as f.ir as Mrs. KobertsonV, where he found a collection of young people, played the tiddle for them, and remained the next day and night. He then i)rocee(ied towards Wood- stock, leaving the spoons with Mrs. Robert.son i:i exchange tor a shirt, and taking pas^aKe in a canoe, happened to fall in company with another canoe that had been at Fiedericton, in which Ihe Rev. Mr. Dibblee, Missionary at Woodstock, was passenger, with a young man poling the canoe. The young man had seen Mr. IJailcs' advertisements at l''re(lericton, de- scribing the man and watch, which had nsinirn- lar steed chain ; and observed to Mr. Dibbleo, that they both answered to the appearance of the stranger. Mr. D. remarked to the young man that he might be mistaken, and asked the stranger to let him se« the watch. The stranger handed the vatch with all willingness, and it was found so exactly to answer to the marks of Mr. Bailes' watch that Mr. I), challenged it as the property of Mr. Bailes. Smith very grave- ly replied, that it was a favorite watch that he had owned for a long time ; but if he had heard of one like it having been stolen, he had no ob- jection to leave it with him until he returned, which would be in about two weeks. Mr. I) replied that Ihe suspicion was so strong, that lie thought he would detain him also, until he could hear from Fredericton. Smith rejoined that he was on important business and could not be detained ,- but if he would pay his ex- penses and make himself responsible for tho damage incurred by his detention, he would have no objection to stop till he could send to Fredericton. Otherwise, be could leave the watch, as ho proposed before, and would re- turn in ten or twelve days, during which time Mr. D. might satisfy himself as to the watch. — He appeared .so perfectly at ease, without dis- covering the slightest indications of guilt, that on these conditions they sulFered him to pass on. He continued his march through Wood- stock until he came to the road that leads to the American settlement, and as it drew towards evening he enquired of a resident by Ihe way concerning the road to the Ameiican side ; but was asked by the man to tarry till morning, as if was then near night arid the settlement yet twelve miles distant. He did not choose to comply with Ihe invitation, and advanced, as an apology, that two men bad gone on lielbre him, and he feared they would leave him in the morning if he did not proceed. It happened in a very short time after, that two young men arrived there from the settlement, and being asked whether ihrv htJ. inf-t two men e tnilos Irom KrHtlerirton, and thfn iirnreffded iiifo •own, wherH the Supreme Cit'irt was thpn sit- f:ti(!;. The priso'ier was brought before the Court in the presence of n tan;e numher ot spectator.'*. The Hon Judge Saunders asked him liii name, and he unhesitatingly answered, "Smith*" "Are you the man that escaped from the jail at KinKston?" "Yes." On be- int; asked how he eflected his escape, he said the Jailor opened the door and the Priest pray- ed him out. He wan then ordered to prison for Ihe niffht, and the next day was remanded to Kingston jail. Putnam and Watson set nut with him in an Indian oanoe, one at each end, and the prisoner, handcufled and pinioned, and tied to the bar of the canoe, in the centre.— They were obliged to warch him the first night at the place where Ihey lodged, and the next day they reached the house of Mr. Bailes, op- posite Spoon Island, where he had stolen the watch and the money, &c. It was near night, and the passage to Kingston rather dffioult; and they being strangers, Mr. B. proposed that if they should stop with him fill morning, he would conduct them to Kingston himself — They willingly complied, and they having been |{|; up all the preceding night, Mr. B. proposei! i\ that if they would retire and take some rest, he ' , with his family would keep watch of the ,' prisoner. After they had retired, the prisoner i; ftnquired the way to Saint John, and whether there were any ferries on this side the river.— He then asked for a blanket and leave to lie down. Mrs. B. made him a bed on the floor : hut before he would lie down, he said he had occasion to go to the door. Mr. B. awakened Mr. Watson, who got up to attend him to the door. Smith said to him that if he had any ap- prehensions, he had better tie a rope to hia arm, which he accordingly did, fastening it above the handoufls, with the other end wouud round his own hand. In this situation they went out of doors; but in an unguarded mo- ment, Smith watching his opportunity, knocked him down with his handcuffs, leaving the rope in the hands of his keeper, having slipped the other end over his hand without untieing the knot. Thus, handcuffed and pinioned, and bound with a rope, the ingenious horse stealer, by another eifort of his unfailing ingenuity, akin "■ to his mock-sickness in the jail, had effected a second escape from his kei-pers, leaving it as a matter of choice, whether to Institute a hope less search for him in tiie darkness of nii^ht, or sit down in sullen consoltation on what plan *th(>y had best pursue in the morning. Nothing could exceed the cliaj^rin of Putnam and Wat- son on liiiding themselves robbed of their prisoner, excnpt the confusion which fillcl myself and Ihe .failor on the knowledge of his une?J3mpled and noted escape from the jail. To pursue him in the night, which was un- usu tliy dark, and rainy besidee, was both hope- less and vain ; it was therefore thought bestt to inform the Sherifl in the morning of what had taken phce, and receive his advice as to future proceedings. In the morning, accordingly, Mr. Putnam proceeded to Kingston, and on communicating the news to the Sherilf, receiv- ed a supply of money, with orders to pursue the road to Saint John, while the Sheriff, with two men, proceeded to Mr. Bailes'. There Ihey received information that Smith had change i his course, and crossing the Oakna- bock Lake in the night, was directing his course towards Fredericton again ! It will be remembered that previous to his escape, while a prisoner at Bailes', he made particular en- quiries whether there were any ferries in the way to St. John, on this side the river. At this time it would seem that he had looked up- on his scheme as successful, and evidently di- rected those enquiries concerning the road with a view to mislead, while it was his policy to return upon the course which would be judged the most unlikely of all he should take. But to return to our story. He came to the lake the same evening he had got clear of Mr. Watson and the rope, and there urged as a reason of his haste in crossing the lake in the night, that he was on his way to Fredericton to puochase land, and that he had arranged it with Putnam & Watson, who had gone to Kings- ton with the Thief, to take him up in their canoe on their return, and was to meet them at the intervale above, early the next morning.— This well varnished and characteristic story procured him a speedy passage over the lake, and now our adventurer is in undisputed pos- session of the country, at liberty to choose which way he should turn his face. On being put in possession of these particu- lars, we immediataly and naturally supposed that he was wisely and prudently directing his course to the United States, by the way of the Oromocto ; and so we followed up his retreat accordingly ; but in that direction no intelli- gence could be obtained, and we remained in total ignorance of his proceedings and history up to the 26th of October. At this date, when it was supposed that he had transported himseU into the United States, to our utter astonish- ment and surprise we find him again in the prosecution of his usual business in the imme- diat-j vicinity of Fredericton. His first appear- ance there again, was in a bye-place, at a small hoiiiie not then occtipied as a dwelling. It was drawing towards night, and the day having been rainy, he came to the hou.se wet and cold. An old man by the name of Wicks, with his son, was engnged in repairing the house, in which liicy had some potatoes. There was also a qmnmy of dry wo.id in the house, but as the oM man was about quiUing work for the day, llENilY MORE SMITH. Ij was un- both hope' l^ht be!)t tn what had 9 to future jcordingly, n, and nn iir, receiv- to pursue eriff, with There .-nith had he Oakna- ectine hi idenlly di< the road his policy would be hould take, me to the ear of Mr. irged as a ike in the •"redericton irran^ed it letoKings- p in their eet them at morning.— ristic story ' the lake, puted pos- to choose se particu- r supposed recting his way of the his retreat no intelli- imained in Etnd history date, when ted himself . r astonish- ;ain in the the inime- •3t appear- , at a small tg. It was ay having s wet and l^'icks, with e house, in re was also but as the r the day, he liad siiireix-d the lire tu Ijurii down. I'hi! stranger was uiixiouM to loi|);t> in their hinnlile Iiabilatioii tor the iiJKht, hut the old iiiun oh- served to him, that they did not lod^e there nt tiight, and gave him an invitation to tlie iittxt house, where he could atconunod.ite him bet- ter. He dl'd not acce|)t the invitntioii, but s.iid that he must go on eight or ten miles tbut night, iind 8u he (k-parteit. The old man and hi.^ son secured the door, Hnd retired to tlieir lodging.^ ; but when the morning came it was foUnd that Smith hnd re- turned to the old houne, .spent the night, burn- ed up all the wood, rog^ile^i himself on roasted potatoes, and again took his departure. 1'he following night he paid a sweeping visit at the house of Mr. VVilmof, seven miles from lyede- ricton. Finding a large quantity of linens, sprinkled and ready for ironing, he made a full seizure of the whole, together with a new coat belonging to a young man belonging to the hou«e. The plunderer, finding his booty rather burthensome, took a siddle and bridle, wliicli he happened to discover, put tlieni on a small black pony, which was feeding in the pasture, and thus rode with his lugisage till he came within two miles of Fredericton. There ho found a barrack or hovcT, filled with hay, be- longing to Jack Patterson, a mulatto, which presented a convenient retreat where he could feed his horse and conceal his plunder. Here he remained some days undisturbed ; would turn his horse out to feed on the common in the day, concealing himself in the hay, and would catch him again at night, ride into town, make what plunder he could, return to his re- treat, and conceal it in the hay. Our adventurer thought it was now high t.ine to pay his respects to the Attorney General liim- iielf, who lived about three mile.t distant. Here he was not altogether unacquainted, having made a previous call on his passage as a pri- soner from Woodstock to Fredericton. lie ar- rived on the spot about nine o'clock in the evening, retaining, no doubt, an accurate re- membrance of the entrance to the house; and every thing proved propitious to the object of his visit: for it happened that there was much company at the Attorney Gener.vi's on the same evening, whose over-coals, cloaks, tippets, comforters, &c. &c. were all suspended in the hall. He did not obtrude himself upon th.o notice of the company ; but he paid his respects to their loose garments, making one sweep of the whole, consisting of live top-coats, three plaid cloaks, a number of tippets, comforters, and other wearing articles ! Having been even more successlul than perhaps he expected, he rode back through the town to the place of concealment, dei)0siled his booty, and gave his horse, after this travid, a generous allowance ot hay. This generosity to his horse led to his detection, fji Pullcison haj»iicning to perceive that his hay was lyiu'.; in fin unusual manner out of the window of his barrack, iinmudi.ilcly liirincd an opinion that suine person iiad taken up lodgings in the hay, and in this lie was nut mistaken ; for on coming to the spot, he loimd t^inith lying in the hay, with a white coinlorler about his neck On peiceiving him to be u t-traiigcr, he asked liini where he hail come IVom, and was answered that he catne from tho Kennebeckacis, was alier land, and cetting be- lated had taken up his lodging in the bay, and iioped it was no harm. After Pallerson had gone into his bouse he perceived that the Ir.iveller bad retired Iniii the barrack by the window and was making to- wards the woods. Upon perceiving liiis. Ibc idea of his beinc a deserter instantly presented itself to his mind, and calling for assislance, he soon made the stranger a prisoner, whicii was easily effected, as he did not make much elfort to escape. It was soon discovered that their prisoner was n'> less a person than the far tamed Henry More S:nith, and no time was lest in committing him to Fredericton jail. Patterson, not seeinsr the comforter with liiin which he wore round his neck in the bay, was induced to examine the hay if (lerhaps he miubt Iind it. Thif led to the discovery o( hia entire deposit: for, he not only found the immeiiiaie object of his search, but also all the articles previously mentioned, with many more, which were all restored to the owners respectively. Upon the examination of the prisoner, \\\\ gave no proper satisfaction concerning the ar- ticles found in the hay : he said they wen: brought there by a soldier, who rode a little poney, and went off, leaving the saddle and bridle. He was then ordered to be taken by the Sheriff of York County and safely delivered to the Sheriir of King's County in his prison. — Accordingly, the Sherifl' prepared for his sa(« conveyance an iron collar, made of a flat bar of iron, an inch and a half wide, with a hinge and clasp, fastened with a padlock. To the collar, which was ))ut round his neck, wu.s fastened an iron chain, ten feet in length : thus prepared, and his hands bound together with a pair of strong haudcufl's, after examining his |)erson lest he should have saws or other instru- ments concealed about him, he was put on board a sloop for his old residence in Kiimston. They started with a fair wind, and with Fatter- son, the mulatto, holding the chain by the end they arrived with their prisoner at Kingston, w distance of about sixty miles, about 12 o'clock in the night of the ^Oth of October, which wus better than one month from the time of his trium|)hant escape through means of his pre- tended indisposilion. On his reappearance in the old s[)ot and ainoni; those who had minis- tered so feelingly to his comfort during the whole period of his affected illness, and who*)) he had so elR dually hoaxed, it might have been 10 THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OP mi' i'X|iPt'lli;;liti'»t liftf to hi's slintne-jiroot' conntpiiaiir*!. Il»' iipi'eiired pt'l'lfclly coinviwd. aid a-r i'ndiC- dr-'iit and iiiseli* were, however, determined to examine him 1 luorf closely, for which end we took ofT his handcMHs, and then ordered him to take offhis • clothes. Without hesitation or reluctance lie divested himself of his clothes, all to his shirt ; we then searched every part of his dress, — the sleeves, wrist-bands, collar of his shirt, and <'ven the hair ot his head ,• but found nothing. AVe then suffered him to put on his clothes . again, and we carried out of the jail, his hat and shoae, atul every article he brought with him. The prison in which he was confined was twenty two feet by sixteen ; stone and lime walls three feet thick on three sides, the fourth side having been the partition Wall between the prison rooms. Thisparfition was of timber, twelveinches thick, lathed and plastered. The door was of two inch plank, doubled and lined with sheet iron, with three iron bar hinges, three inches wide, clasped over staples in the opposito posts, and secured with three strong padlocks ; and having also a small iron wicket door secured with a padlock. There was one window through the stone wall, grater ,' the uiitdidu M no cominti- ;h the pas^.a^ft jccurely locked nlvvay.i kept by i'utn his intiru) iou?e by day or mer experience, ding strictness, tlie prisoner ireil, we put on with an ii'<»i 1 to allow him ! his) provision f the chain wa;* or by a strong; 90 that he could five or aix feet. Ilk, straw, and n\st having been Is, I considere*! I, especially as I other respects, h directions to uently through emained secure, risit him occa- n frequently at d always found sitting up read- ; he never ut- learcd resigned nonce or twice that hid iron^ rending him a^ ty in which I mind that we lout any addi- ;ood nature aa ys came up to to see his irouM ng willingness. inement, I wan kins had heard ,vhich induced in at work at particular en- insthat she had ng, late in the out of the win- [) proceed from of the prisoner the grates by so, that after m|)085ible that is person any on the grates, )able that the hiui. Never' Uieless, we did not Ircut the information with di«regard or negiecl. I went immediately to the prison, accompanied by Moses KoHter, Geo, Raymond, Allen Hapten, and Mr, Dibblee, the jaiior, with several others It was then the evening, and we carried with us two or Ihree candles. On opening the door, wc found him lying in his berth, chained, put as I had le!t him. I siid io him, " Smith, you have not got out yet ;" he answered, " no, not quite." 1 tlien cvamined every bar of the grates as closely as possible, as also did every one present, again and again, until we were all satisfied that the ranse of the alarm was only iinai^inary. Smith .ill the while lying quiet, answering readily .kny and every (juestion that was put Io hiin. Mr. IJasten had yet continued scratching and fxamining the inner gratis, when it was dis- covered by all present that there w.is a small chip lying on the llat h.w of the outer grate, Vvhich Was pupposiu) (d biive l;een there acci- dentally, Mr. Rasieri; liowcvur, being (uUy satiafiml that the inner grate remained secure, was led, lather by curiosity, to reach through k'is hand, and take up the chip that lay on the bar of the outer grate ; on doing this, lie thought he could perceive that the bar was inclined to hang in a small degree. This led to further e.xaminalion; and to llie utter astonishment of all that were present, it was found that the bar was cut one-third oil", and nvtfully concealed with the feather edge of the chip. Our aston- ishment was increased by the lact, that it was impossible to reach the outer grate without first removing the inner. This gave the hint inr a yet more effectual examination, when it was fonnd that he had cut one of the inner bars so neatly, that he could remove and icjilace it at pleasure, having contrived to conceal the in- cisions in such a manner as almost tn preclude llie possibility of detection. There ii little or no doubt that in two or three nights more, he would have efiected his escape, had not his works been discovered, through the very means which, artful as he was, he employed to con- ceal them. On being i\Mj disnuvt-rv we put on him light handcuffs, sefincii his chains with padlocks again, and sit four men to w.itch Wiin ;he whole night. The next day \v» secured tiie inner grate, fiilin,!^ the sqn-.res \v;tii Imrd bricks, lime and sand, If.ivi'r^ !\ sr.;( ■► ;.! ihe npfiur cornor of only foiiv hy flv<> inches, in which Was in^erteii a p.uie of";;lasj in the cen- tre of the wUl. This snull openins in a wall three fpet lliick-, admitted lilfle or no li'^nt, so that Ihe room w;is rendored almost a dungeon, which prevented the prisoner from boinu seen at any tunc tVom Ihe dour witliuiit liir light of ii randlo. I''rom this linttr wo iicvor rntcri'ii the prison witiiori! ca!idh:s and 'ao r\- ihrcc men. On the 13th of November, I addressed a let- ter tu Judge Chipman, to vvhich 1 received the following answer ; — " .Sai.nt Joun, Kovcinbcr 14, 1811.— Ucar Sir,— I re- ceived your letter ot yesterday relating tu tlio new attempts oi' U. M. Sniitli to cgcuric. I liave for- warded the same to Fredericton, and preeume that a Court will be ordered tor liis trial us soon us mav be prcctiuablu for tlic state of tlie truvelliuf;, ana ttic nccc!<8ity of procuring the witneiiri from Novu .Scotiti i tliougli I should suppose not probably beiuro the iuo malccs. in the mean time tlie utraotit vi{;ilunce and precaution must be made u.sc of tu secure him ; and you will be jnstilicd in any measures of severity that you may tiiirt it necessary to adopt for this purpose. I um, dear Sir, faithfully yours, W. BvinB, Esquire. W. CHIPMAN. Wednesday, the lOih, we entered his prison and found that he linil 'oeen employed in break- ing the plaster offthe partition wall with his chains, and broken one of the piidlock.i, and appeared to have been loose; seemed very vicious, and said he " would burn and destroy the huiidintr, — would make it smoke before he left it," and that we would sea it smoke. I then prepared a pair of steel fetters, case hard- ened, about ten inches long, which we put on his logs, with a chain from the middle, seven feet long, which we stapled to the floor; we also put an iron collar about his neck, with u chain about eight feet long, stapled also to the floor in a direction opposite to the other.- and also a chain from his fetters to the neck collar, with handcuffs bolted to the middle of his chain in such a manner as to prevent his hands from reaching his head and feet when standing, leav- ing it just possible for him to feed himself when sitting. All these irons and chains he received without discovering the least concern or regard. When the blacksmith had finished riveting the whole, I said to him, " Now, Smith, I would advise you to be quiet after this, for if you are not you will next have an iron band put round your body and stapled fast down to the floor." He very calmly replied, " Old man, if you are not .satisfied, you may put it on now. I do not regaril it, if you will let me have my hands loose you may put on as much as you please. I care not for all your iron." In this situation we left him, loaded with irons, the entire weight of which was fortysix pounds, and without any thing to ait or lie upon but the naked floor. — Although he was thus situated and in an entire dungeon, he appeared not in the least humbled ; but became mure troublesome and noisv, and cxreedin^ly vicious against the jailor. Despair ,Tiid madness .■»eemed now to seize him, and raving and roaring would unile with the ut- terance of prayers, and portions of the Scrip- tures. With a tremenduous voice he would cry out, '• O you cruel devils— you murderers — you man-sUyers— you tormentors of man !— How [ burn to be revenged ; help, help, help me ; Lord help me la he revenged of those 'It'vib ; help mc, that I may tear up this place, that I may It n''( be one st •hall not be •H slroncas f of nil m|Bkne tlie to dnntro} man, lormen •lioufing, '"d lio^ht to read i»f comfort fr( thipf, y(ni vill No pily, notn ne^s, all troul trouble ; O (i me,— I fear there is mere open to recei him whom 1 1 upon his pare then rave aija sider you hav soul'i to lose, •ider you hav tiouble ns we well as they, lion, it woul( from my sight if for you that you that my h to see me,— nt row, chain.* ai O! wretched Ibis place oft of pain and soi I will cut the from this plac iug " trouble, t rmeated. In tifl he becaiT MTOuId take no to him, and fir The weathe WM allowed h ble bed of stra hod to be take count of his at one of them m tempted to stai after having I now dropped i ID his bed the night ; bat on on examining the iron collar sttple from th( so as to jirever On tho 17th «art stapled it icti could not n •iiuatinn he rei quiet, yet with iiif until the 1 hofing now be HENRY MORE SMITIf. 19 ailtirt'sscd a let- h 1 received (he —Dear Sir,— I re- ilutiDK to the nuw luric. I have Ibr- iid preeume that a U8 Hoon UH mav be ruvelliiif;, and the IroiuNovu Scothi; ably beiori! the ica lost vit;ilunc(! and secure hlin ; and res ot severity tliat t lor this purpose. '(v*. CIIIPMAN. itered his prison ployed ill break- 1 wall with his* e piidiocki, »nd e; seemed very )urn and destroy Hinoke before lie lea it smoke. I jtterd, case hard- 'hich we put on e middle, seven the floor." we lis neck, with u ipled also to the 1 the other; and the neck collari ddle of his chain it his hands from nstandinf?, loav- !ed himself when lainshe received jncern or regard. iiitihed riveting , Smith, I would s, for if you aro band put round irn to the floor." man, if you are . now. I do not e my hands loose 1 please. I care situation we left ntire weight of nd without any ! naked floor. — and in an entire B least humbled ; and noi(*v, and jailor. Despair seize him, and with the ut- s of the Scrip- oice he would yrou murderers — tors of man !— elp, help, help eriged of those up this place, Ihal I may turn it up stroncH'' SRinpsoii, then will 1 he reveii>;»'d of all m|pneinie<». Help, help, (") Lord help me to destroy ilipst* tormentors, munlfrcrs of man, tormenliim me in chains anil darkneKR ;" thoufine, '•darkn^sH,d:lrl ni.ike.snll th« noises he can hy yelling; anii NCrenmiiif;Hll liijht, and knockiiiR very loud all iii;fhf with .•'onie part of his irons. 1 wish voii would coida up <'i\ilv and it'dvii^f w hat is best t.)'l>c done. \V. lilUIJi.tK." f came ti the jtil accordingly, end found hi* irons iininjined, and to prevent him from using his hands so freely, lucked a chain from hi,« iVflers to his hand .;ull'^i, and left him. On Siindav, two gentlemen from Nova Scotia, at t!ie reqtip.^t of Smith's wife, came to make 20 THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OF fit 1 tnquiry ■(tar him. I went with them to the jail to see if he would iipeak or take notice of them> or of whttt they would iajr to him from his wife. They told him that his wife wished to know if he would have her come to see him, and what she would do with the colt he left ; thflt she would sell it for two hundred dollars, •nd have the money sent to him. But all they Mid had no effect on him, any more than if he had been a lifeless statue, which convinced us all that he would go to the gallows without ■peaking a word or changing his countenance. The next week he became more restless and vicious, and on Sijnday, on going into the j»il with Mr. Rulofson. from Hampton, and Mr. Griffith, from Woodstock, found he had broken up part of his berth, had broken his chain from the hand-cuflfi), leaving one link to the staple, the parted links concealed ; lore up part of his bedding and stopped the funnel of the necessa- ry. It appeared also that he had been at the ! [rates ; but how be got there was a mystery, or the chain, by which his legs were boundi was unbroken, and the staple fast in the timber. We then raised the staple and again put on the chain to his hand-cuflfs, fastening the staple in another place, more out of his reach. The next day I found he had again broken the chain from his hand;eniii9 and invention; perhaps in a manner and decree unequalled in the memory of man. On the 1st of March, on (•ntering his prison in the evening, we found him walking in front of an ejfigi/or likeness oj his wife, which he had made and placed before him against the wall, as large as life. Whan the light was thrown upon this scene, which he had prepared and got up in the dark, it not only filled us with amazement, but drew out all the sensibilities of the heart with the ^§gic of A tragedy, not so much imaginary as real. This efTigy he intended to represent his wife, visiting his wretched abode, uid manifesting sigua of discoDsolatioo, anguish, and despair, on behold • ing her wretched liusband moving before her in chains and fetters, with dejected mien, and misery and despair depicted in his countenance. The efngy was formed out of his bedding and the clothes and shirt he tore ofT his body, to- fiether with a trough three or four feet in ength, which was used in the jail to contain water for his drink. Rough as the materials were, yet he displayed such ingenuity in its formation, and conducted the seen* in a man- ner so a£Fecting, that the effect it produced when viewed with the light of the candles, was really astonishing, and had a kind of magical power in drawing out the sympathies of every one who witnessed it. He continued noisy and troublesome till the 6th of March, when we took his irons off, and caused him to wash himself and comb hia hair, which had not been cut since he was put in jail ; neither had his beard been shaved. On receiving a piece of soap for washing, he ate a part, and used the rest. We then gave him a clean shirt, which he put on himself with tha rest of his clothing, after which we replaced his irons, which he received in the same manner as an ox would his yoke, or a horse his harness. The term of the Court of Common Pleas was now coming on, which required much of my attention for the ncce.ssary preparations ; and Mr. Dibblee, the jailor, being about to remove to Sussex Vale, to lake charge of the Academy there, my situation began to look rather awk- ward and unpleasant. Accordingly the jailor moved away on the 11th of March, after the silting of the Court, and from the extraordina- ry trouble which the prisoner was known to have given, I had little hope of finding any one who would be willing to take the charge. However, I prevailed with Mr. James Reid (a man in whom I could confide), to undertake the charge of him ; who, with his family, mov- ed into the house the day following. After this. Smith appeared more cheerful, and became rather more quiet, until the 24th of .March, when I was called on by the jailor, and informed that Smith was attempting to break throutjh th« partition where the stove- pipe passed through into the debtors' rooms. — On entering the jail we found him loose from all his irons,— his neck chain was broken into three pieces ; the chain from his neck to his feet into three pieces; his screw hand-cuffs in four pieces, and nil hanging on nails in the par- tition, His great coat was torn into two part.", through \\h strips, one ported will formed out himself by which he a The cluiiis the staples, lorn coal. were hII bl presented tl wfra prese Micheau, I W.ilfer I i«( then raised chain, put ( ded a chain this silualii ( was again lielieved thi some misch ingly found in three pai wall with a We lefi him repaired : a his fetters t floor with a cured his h: neck and fe not reach ir he remainec in singing a then again ( the wickel-i ing on the i jail and fou chains, and again, and v as if nothin; chain about bedstead fio of his reach means he cc in his chain there any br inferred tha cutting his c it occuned t links concea let down a c bottom, and purpose, we which he ha together wit long,— This etroyed his c but by the myiteriou» ] A|the enchantr "it. and addec which had b bob-sled, by IlKNRY >rORE SMITH. 1 ai lit>. Wh«n ia iceiie, which the dirk, it not , but drew out ■it ilh the MMlic of ry at rear Thia hia wire, viaiting ireating aigiia oi apair, un behold- iving before her lected mien, and hia countenance, hia bedding and off his body, to- or four feet in e jail to contain as the material' ingenuity in ita scene in a man- Oiect it produced r the candlea, waa kind of magical ipathiea of every ublesome till the his irons off, and ,nd comb hia hair, I he was put in seen shaved. On washing, he ate a then gave him a himself with (he :h we replaced hi* the same manner horse his harness, ommon Pleas was ired much of my reparations ; and ; about to remove B of the Academy look rather awk- dingly the jailor aiaich, after the the extraordina- er was known to )e of finding any take the charge. At. James Reid (a Je), to undertaku his family, mov- owing. more cheerful, t, until the 24th on by the jailor, as attempting tu where the stove- debtors' rooms. — him loose from was broken into his neck to his rew hand-cuffs in n naili) inthepar- xn into two part-S through the bjck, and th#n rent into utinll •trips, one of whicti hn iisfj n.4 a l>el', and iiii|)- ported with it a wnodi'n Hwoi-il whiili he liml formed out of a lath, and with wliioh he .iinu-oil him<rrisp,' which he appeared t" unden^taml very well. — The chains trom hii« leg^ were disengifged from tlia ataples, and tied togf>lh«*r with a4tri|>of ih<> lorn coal. t\ii hinds, hi.; chain, put on a pair ol'iititl Iianit-ciit1:i, mid ad- ded a chain to \\\h neck, stapled to tho floor In this situation we left him until the 2Slh, when I was again called by the jailor, who said, ht» believed that he was loose «gai;i, aixl ahniit some mischief. ()i\ enteriiiK the j.ijl, I accird- ingly found him loose; (he chain from his neck in three partti; he h.id beaten the lime olf th»t wall with a piece of his chain three feet long. We left him for the purpose of gettini; his chain^^ repaired ; at night we added a new chain from his fetters to his neek, and stapled him to the floor with a chain about four feet long ; we se- cured his hand-cuffs to the chain between his neck and feet, so that when standing, he could not reach in any direction. In thit situation he remained until the 3Isl, spending the time in singing and hallooing occa.sionally. I was then again called by the jailor, who on opening the wicket-door, found a piece of chain hang- ing on the inside. I went immediately to the jail and found that he had separaled all his chains, and tied his feet chain to the staple again, and was lying in his bed as unconcerned as if nothing had happened, having a piece of chain about his neck. Wo then took his bnnk bedstead from him, and removed everything out of his reach, but could not discover by what means he could separate his chains ; no link in his chains appeared to be twisted, nor where there any broken links to be seen, from Ihissvo inferred that he still must h^ve some means of cutting hi* chains. M this moment, however, it occuned to nstlnl he might have the broken links concealed in the privy. Wo nccordingly let down a candlp, by which we could see the bottom, and with an iron hook jirepared for the purpose, we bionght up a bunch of broken links which he had tied up in a piece of his shirt, together with a piece of hi.s neck chain a foot long. — This convinced us that he had not de- etroyed his chains by means of cutting them, but by the application of some unknown mytterioun power . I then determined to break Ithe enchantment, if strength of chain would do it, and added to his felter.sa large timber chain, which had been used as the bunk-chain of a bob-sled, by whicii (our or five logs were usu- ally h.inled lo ilip null :it once Tlii* cli.iin i Wi? h.id previ'XHiy imcI ••veci* nl \ Hi/" bt'twej'ji 11' it fit a cotinnon oi cluifi md .i i.ir;.';i' \\ot*i} Irjco ciMin. Secnred iii this minncr we lelf bun, an. I «•> the t".lli of April I'minJ jii^ neck rli.ii'i p.ut seven ictt 1 iiig, I'nmlv stiplcil t.< th'' liinbev. The nesLi inorning ttie jiilor \'' fiirmeil ine iha? from Itio iincoinninn noise h* made in the nigh', be w,is conviiu'el li>- mni; be lo'ne Crom iort|.' of Ills iron-< or clnin*. f then co'iclii'.lnd that lie iiio.-t have brol siiiialion, tu break either ol the o\ ch.iins ; but to my uticr asloiiiihineol, [ louml the ox-chain parted and tied with a swing to the .staple, his hand.cuffs, letters, and log chain having remained unin- jured. We f.istened the ox.-^Iiain to his neck again, by driving the Ntapie into anotber link. Alter Ibis, he reni.iined more fjuiet, his wrists having heen much gillud and swelled by his irons, and bruised and rendered ttore by his exertions to free himself from them. At this lime I received a letter troin the Clerk of the Circuit, of which the following is a copy :_ .S.VINT .loiix, March 15.— Dear Sir :— At length I en- clu.40 you tlio preoupt lor sumnionini; a Court nt' Oyer and Terminer and (Jaol Delivery in your County, ou ThumUay thu 'Jotli April, tor tlio trial of tlic lioi'Ro stealer.— I al.'^o enclodo a letter from Major KhiK, for his saddle stolen from him nt the aama time. Yours, Jko. WAItlJ CUIl'MAN. ■J'o W.vLTBR Hates, liscj., Uijh t>horiir. Alter this our ))ri.soner remained for soma lime rather morn peaceable, and amused him- self with braiding straw, which ho did in u curious manner, and made a kind of strav^ basket svbich he hung on the partition to con- tain his bread. Sometimes be would mako the likenessiuf a man, and sometimes tiiat of a wo- man, and place them in postures singularly striking; discovering mucli carious ingenuity. At this he would amuse himself in the day; but s|)ent the night in shouting and hallooing, and beating the floor with his chains. On entering the jail, we discovered the imaje or likeness of a woman, intended to represent his wife, lie had it placed in a sitting posture, at the head of his bed, with tbe New Testament open before her, as though reading to him. while he sat in the attitude of hearing with serious attention. I was induced to look into the New Testament, and found it open at the 12lh chapter of St. Luke, and the leaf turned down on the 6Sth verse, which read as follows : '' When thou goest with Ihine adversary to the Magislrate,as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou maycst be delivered from him ; lest he hale thee to the judge and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison." It would seem as though he had *■"» THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OF r I i I int«'ii loil t.) r";"/r^;oiit lier n.i I'Piuou'liini; hint fill- III* i'i<('j|ii! from llio <'iiriHt,il)|»'^ oil bi-4vv.iv to Kicu't'iH, wliilt* lio Miiiilil ili'ifiid hi* coiiiliift liv I'f ifiriti,' ti> lliH n'l'n'i" |i'>ili.iii lit iliH H Mi|i- (ill'" llf |iiM'!ii''t''l iiiiiiy oiht'r IiUmiiphni'h, vvliirli lio '.xmiiM I Inr!" in ilillfifiit tJiinilVMiil lMMiiin.'», i/iiiiit'Miii'n till? rriott riMn.iikaljle in- mMMlilV :ill>l illVlMltjilM, A S,irrial (y'oiiif for lii^ frial hid hopii «i»in- ni'irii'il 10 iiit'i't ;it Kiiiii'tton (iti the 2illl) (il A- f>nl;!)iit it Will iinHlponHd iiiilil the 4i!| nl May, ri'i iifi'oiuil ol ih** ice h.ivjiiu' rnidaini'd Miimii- iillv 1 itH in till* livor, no will n|(()ear by the M- 'ii'wifii» InlfHri .• Sti'iT Jons, 'ith April. ISirr— Dear Sir.— I Imvn re- Tiveil ymir Icltcr liL'tiiiiinx tliu vory i-xtruordiiinry ♦ciinluct of ttio culprit In your cimtodv. Thorc! it '"(.•rfnliily a inyHtury in thin man's inoanii and olinrftc tcr wliiuli Is unl'iitlioiiuililo, and I t't-ur tlivn^ will be ronifiilfrnblii ililllciiliy with him on the trlnl. Your vij[lliincp iind oxortions oCcoiirMe cannot bo reliixt'd. Ah tlii» bout tlihij? to b(! dono, I dHpntclicd your li'ttpr 'Without doliiy, to the Attornny (ioncriil, tlmt Ihcy niip;ltt adopt, nt iloud Qu^irtorx, any kuuIi niuui!< nt(iniiin)(, (vxr«pt FiIh xii'knitsiM.) ho ha« ('Ithcr dclitved loo lonir, or ht* Ix-oM loo liuHtv, which hiiM priH'ciilpd his r*oaii« bn- fori-, iiiid I liii|»> nnd trimt will b« tin* »iinia witli you. I iini ^orrv I'lir lln- trouMi- yini iNiHt liitvr with Iriin, mid coiilldcntly lioiif* nnd frii-tt liu will not ovadir vi'ur vlilliinoe. Yon nrn too well nripialntpd witli )ii< condiirl to ni^i.'d ntv iidvico. I tiiiiHt clniin from \ wife was cominjjt to see him; but lie look no notice of him, no more than if he could nei- thpr see nor hear, and set at defiance all at- tempts to extort one single expression, as tho' he were destitute of every sense. The third day we found that he \»ad heen at the stone wall, his face bruised and bloody, f renewed my attempts In elicit somelhing from him, by telling him that the next day he would be brought before the Court for his trial ; but all was in vain. He gave me the most decided indications of confirmed insanity; patted his hands, hallooed, sang without articulating, and continued to sing and beat the floor with hia chains the most of the night. The 4lh of May, the day appointed for hit trial, being now come, the court began to as- semble early in the morning, and numeroua spectators crowded from every part of the County. About 11 o'clock his Honor Judge Saunders, and the Attorney General, arrived from Fredericton. About one o'clock the>whole Court moved in procession to the Court House, which was unusually crowded with spectators. After the opening of the Court ia the usual form, the prisoner was called to the bar. The jailor and four constables brought him and placed him in the criminal's box. He made no resistance, nor took any notice of the Court, and, as usual, acted the foul or the madman. snapping his fingers, and patting his hands; he hem'd and ha'd» took off his shoes and sockr, and tore his shirt. Every eye was fixed on him with wonder and astonishment. After the Attorney General had read his Indictment, the Judge asked him how he pleaded to that In- dictment, guilty, or not guilty. He stood heed- less and silent, without regarding what was said to him. The Judge then remonstrated with him, and warned him that if he stood mute out of obstinacy, his trial would go on, and he vyould be deprived of the opportunity iA pulling I 4nd Ihdt se til) tlieretur lln ulill coi without h»'l JudgH then Jury ol two (irisoiiL-r at hliiidlely, II iividence hi •)H"'y, it ap kJine ni.itf I iiiK which I the utteram rjueiilly rcli ■tood iniite The Juil>( «1 to enter I lor the \>\\M 4'ljourned I Tin; next mi ttcoordiii^iy to the bur, before. IJe his UDual itil prolound hiI was still cid eye was fue ♦ager uKent terved that Ihis morning ral (u proret Alter the , had taken thi before the C ttanil np for Mear the evi( Ipiiie disrega tCntiun to at fDiistabies w and : but tc ed resistance ihem so iurii Manage him. Ciuioned his e would floi all, as thougl furious aniin They then arms back to ■till continue ^filings befor a pipe-stpin. aad bound hit to the railing himself over[i afely availed kicked most 1 wiling in tVor »e elforts of Another rope hound each w tliat he was n I IIENKY MORE SMITH. i>3 h ikll liU art •ml 111 II •t!i but he took no he could nffi- defiance all at- WHsion, aa tho' J. he V>d been at and bloody, f nomething from Kl day he would his trial ; bnt lie moat decided ^ity ; patted hia rticulatint(,and floor with hia ppointed for hia irt began to aa- and numerous r part of the J Honor Judge eneral, arrived clock the.whole he Court House, with spectators, in the usual the bar. The ought him and X. He made no • of the Court, . the madman, g his hands; he oes and sockp. as fixed on him nt. After the ndiclment, the led to that In- He atood heed- ding what waa n remonstrated lat if he stood il would go on, he opportunity ■t f.t pulling hnnielf nil hiit ceMntry Inr t!(| him tu plf.iJ not ^uiltv Hi) wliU coiiliiiuuil iiiiii)', ami acting tlit* Inul without ht'triiyiiiK the !ilit(lil<><.t iMinilinii. 'I'liit JuiIgM Iheii ilir'Ttt'd the SIhtiII'Io einpiiiintl a Juryollwf'lve innn, tn ini|iiiit' wlwlli*^ tin; (iriMOiifi- al tli«; li.ir etmul tnutH » illullv miil (i>i' HliiiiilHly, or liy tlie VHitulioii nltiod. l''r' sui'in'iiiol into llie ullL>mn''u (ox in bel'orc. He Hht down (|uicHy, and maintained bia UHual itilence and innttention. The most prolouiid Bilence leiiined in I'li! Court, wliicli was Hlill crowilej with sppctators, and every •ye waa fixed on the prisoaer wiiii the most •ager atlenliou. The Judge then ar'seand oli- terved that the prisoner appeared more calm this morning, and directed the Atlurney (leiie- ral (o proceed with his trial. After the Jury had been empannelled and kad taken their scats, and the witnesses brought llefortt the Court, the prisoner was ordered t* Maud Up tor liis defpiire, hold up his hand, and •ear the evidence; but he still inaiiiiained the Inline disregard and inditl'erence, giving no at. ilntion to anything that was said tu him. The nslables were then directed to hold up hi.< nd : but to this he olfured tiie most determin- ed resistance, and fought and struggled with ihem so furiously, that they were unable to Bianage him. They then procured a cord and iiiioned his arms : lint this was of no avail; would flounce and dear himself from them 911, as though he had the strength of some furious animal , They then procured a rope and lashed his Itrms back to the railing of thu box; but he ■till continued his struggling, and reaching the tfilings brfore him would hi-.ik them out like a pipe-stfin. Tliey then proci.ied another rope •Qd bound bis hands toge.her, and secured them to the railing in opposite directions. Finding himself overpnvvereil in his hands, ho immedi- »(|ely availed himself of his feet, with which he picked most lustily, and soon demolished all the failing in front of the box, notwithstanding all tie efforts of the constables to prevent him. — Another rope was then procured, and his feet bound each way from the posts of the box, so t|i«t he wai rendered incapable of further mts- chief.' Aflrr sfriiring Iiilii in this in.innpr, ill the coniiliible* bfing in r«tndiiif.i«i for hism.iv*. ineiitt. wliiUi liR liinHell now •i.tt an uiiroiicprii* tfd us tliough iiiitliing fi4d happened, the .Aitur. liey (ieiieral proceeded to read liis llidiclllienr, in wliirh the prisoner -loul cli.ir^'d with hiv- ing te|nninu«ly f.toleii a reitaiM l>,iy hortr, Ihs properly ol l''iedei'i'-k Willis Knox, Kii| ,oftli»» value III thirty live iiounds. Mr. Kik^x having lieoM swurn, Slated llie in inner of hi* purKiiil alter ilio ftrisoiier, with .ill the circunisianrei., until he catn*' to Tiiiic, at lia-f i(tre,idy been ds- taileil. At Truro I'.e eir,Mged Mr t'eiiifon, Du- puty .Slirrill', to pursue on to Piciou, wlie;i< ill! was iiilorincd Ihe prisoner had gonu to tell the llor^e. Mr. Peters, ('ouiisel fur ih'' prisoner, on Ihr crosS'i'Xaniiiiatioii of Mr. Kn»ix, asked him how lie wiutt! his christi.iii iiimi',— * VVillis,' oi ' Wills.' He answered, " | uin chri'^ii ned and iiiiini^d .ifter niy kihI- father, laurel Nortli, tho I'lrl ol Willsbiroit'^li, and I never write my II, line Willis." Mr. Peters then proi-nrHil authorilier, to show where one letter omitted or inserted in a iimm's name had (flashed an in- dictment, and moved that Ihe prisoner be dirf- charged from this indintmeiit This move w.is overruled by the judge ; but waa resurved fur a question in the Court above. The witness Pearson having been sworn, dcjiosed and said, that he pursued after the prisoner the whole night, and early Ihe next morning was shown the prisoner, and arrested him on suspicion of having stolen the horse, and told him that the owner of Ihe horse would soon he present. He seemed but little surprised, and only replied that he came honestly by the horse. The witness further stated, that he then asked the prisoner where the horse was, who tinhesitalingly pointed to the house where wit- ness soon after found him. Witness went on tu stale that he took the prisoner before a Justice for examination, and thence to the jail at Pictou. That he then went to the house which the prisoner had (rointed out to him, and there found the horse; that he returned home- wards with the horse about ten miles, and met Mr. Knox, who immediately knew the horse, and called his name "Drittain." That they then returned to Pictou, where the prisoner remain- ed in jail, and on examination was found to have in his possession a watch, and about flfteen guiiieiiH in iiionrv, with a number of watch seals and otner articles, some of which it appeared he had. stolen on his way as he escaped with the horse. That he was committed to the charge of a constable and Mr. Knox, to be con* veyed by a warrant from Nova-Scotia to the jail at King's County in New Brunswick. That before he was taken from the jail at Pictou h^ had cut the bolt of his hand-cutl^ nearly through, and had artfully concealed it, which was fortunately diacoverec?, and new hand cuff* 24 THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OF :l ( ^ii'oUclid, (illirrivisi! lip iiiint r:ert;iii)lv linv»» m- e ••»j>eil from his kceixri belore lie nniveil at Kincs'ioii. Tli(* circiiiti'ilancf"! ii^riinsl llip piisonfi' vvpi'p, that lie (;■'*'■ <"f'Mliii')ii;lnry .sfnteineiiN ;is lo the way in wliicli he cninp (;y llie liniso ; at one titiif iissfitiii::; ilial lie tinu^ht liitn Inin n tied- lie; ■•if diiiitlii'r, iVoii) II l''i'r>i)r!ini Conn«el (or tlip priMoiier, in cro-'s-ex- .•iniiiiiiig, ask«'l Mr. Kin'x, iliit you ever ^?e the ^irjsoiier iti possession oC the Iforse ? '• No; hut iiH ;i<:k.io'vl(>(|u;»'d it." 'Did you cv-i.-r heir hioi -'HknowledKe th it lie was in possc-isino ot' Ihc horsii ill iiny ot!i(;r \vay, than hv sayiojf he ■«-atiic hoiK'sily hy liiiii .'" " No." — Mr. I't'drsoii ^Vir«li.>,., a;,t' :i;:.f j; ivie ,,ulH- ••icnl (or hi'Ti to ;•;•' vc. i i -. ..iii r ■ w,,y, hntion, in h|s situation ; but >Mi»,r..vp "««•»<"' "HO"**" "r '"v/iiiioii, in D|s situation ; DUi DUij,d>e o« the 24th ofMay.^oiug into the Jail early in the iaorning. (after having examined his chains at two . the prisoner w;is jjWocIc the day before.) I found three links of his • ■ ■driest chains separated, and lying on the floor, ng part of the chain without the staple. He con- ■ed in the same way until the 2nd of June, when found the largest chain parted about the middle ' tied with r string, which clearly proves that s and chains are no security for him. I then put id e hs received liin j apparent satisfac- ned without delay, ever, gave me to ner would not be requested that 1 r, and inform hiir. his conduct. Tim uid observed to hiiiij nee of death, andl nly one pound o(j . during the short} s soon as his deatlij resident, he wouliil ort time only waij eudful event. Bufj his hands, sangi One of his visitoiwl insensibility, ob *' loo late for you iy i is lixed now, aiu!i little time in mak ' lian to act the loo;, t visit to the jail uiid his Testameni ■n on the followin^L ng you seemeth t' ool, that he may h d appear, that ht d insanity on Scri|) do so ; yet it cannr.'J d us to know whn'i e, as he must havsj] would be that he 1. bread and water" him a light chain, which he has kept on ever, pe. I never discovered him at work at any thing, he frequently produced effigies or liljenesses, ' striking, representing his wife. He now pro- led an eflSgy of a man in perfect sbnpc. with his ^ures painted, and joints to all his limbs, and ised lUm in clothes that he had made in good tie and fashion out of the Clothes ho had torn off Sself, (being now naked.) which was admired for Ingenai^. This he would put sometimes in one ption and sonletimes in another, and seemed to se himself with it, without taking the least notice lythlng else ; continuing in his old way halloo- withottt any alteration, until the 13th, when the fler informed me that he refused to eat, and no *)t was sick. I went to see him every day— found |fd not eat— all the hread and other provisions freyed to him he gave to his elTigy, striing ou a kg. and put in his hands. He lay perfectly still land night, and took no notice of any thing.- lid drink tea or milk, which I gave him twice ii *^for five days, he then refused to drink anything two days, which made seven days that ho eat no- |g. In that .ime he began to speak— would a^k ptions, but would hold no conversation. 15ut imost extraordinarv, (he mo.st wonderM end tteriousofall is. that in this time he propiircd. pscovered. and at once exhibited the most striking ore of gonius, art, tnste, and Invention, tliatevor , and I presume ever will be produced bv uny kan being placed in his situaJlon, in a darWirooni, Ined and hand-cufff d, under sentfuce of death, kout so much as a nail or any kind of thing to It with huthlshaudF, and naked. Be exhibition is far beyond my power to dc- >e. To give you some faint idea, permit iir^ ay, that it consists of ten charncfcrs. mrr.. ken, and childrcn,~all made nod paintni he most expressive manner, with all the limits i joint! of the huiaau tiaiw' -each pcrluiniiiis J) ■ dilTcrcnt parts : their features, shape, And fortti, all express their diili.'ri'ut otiiccs and characters; their dress is of diil'ereiit fashion.", and suitable to the sta- tions in which they are. To view them in their sta- tions, they appear as perli'Ct as though alive, with All the nir and gbiety of actors on the stage. Smith sits in his bed by the side of the goal, his exhibition begins about a foot from the floor, and compasses the whole space to tltu ceiling. The uppermost is a man Whom he calls his tamborine player, ov sometimes Dr. Blitnt, standing with all tho pride and appear- ance of a master musician : his left hand akimbo, his right hand on his tamborine, dressed la suitable unilorm. Nexthini, below, is a lady genteelly dressed, gracefully sitting in a handsome swing ; at her left stands a roan, neatly dressed, in the character of a servant, holding the side of the swing with his right, his lett hand on his hip, In an easy posture, waiting the lady's motion. Un her right hand stands a man genteelly dressed, in the character of a gallant, In a graceful posture for dancing. Beneath these thfM ligurcs, sit a young man and a young cirl, (apparently about fourteen,) in a posture of nlt- ing, at each end of a board, decently dressed. 'Di- rectly under these stands one whom be calls Buona- parte, or sometimes ths father of his family ; ha stands erect, his features are prominent ; his oneeks red ; his teeth white, set in order ; his gums and Una red : his.nose shaded black, representing' the nostrilsi his dress is that of the harlequin. In one hand he holds an infant, with the other he plays or beats music \ before him stand two children, apparently three or four years old, holding each other by the linnd, in the act of playing or dancing, which, with a man dressed in fashion, who appears in tho cha- racter of a steward, sometimes in one sitnation, and sometimes in another, makes up the show, all of which, you have at one view. Then commences tho performance. '■The first operation is from the tamlwrine player, or master, who gives two or three single strokes on his tamboriuc, that may be heard in any part of the house without moving his body. He then dances gracefully a few steps, without touching his tambo- rine ; the lady is thou swung two or three times by tho steward ; then the gallant takes a few steps ) then the two below tilt a few times in the niosteasy, plea- sant manner; then the two children dance a little, holding each other by the hand; after this, Smith begins to sing or whistle a tune, to which they are to dance, at which the tamborine strikes, and every one dances to the tune, with motion, ease, and exact- ness not to be described. Many h.avc been the ob- servations of spectators; amongst thctn, an old Ger- man observed, tliat, "when ho was starring " the seven days, he was making a leflj,'ue vrith the devil, nnd that he helped him.'' All acknowledge with me, that it exceeds any lhin<]^ they ever saw or im- agined. His whole conduct irom the first has been, and is, nn3 continued scene of mystery. He lias never shown any idea or knowledge of his trial op present situation ; he seems happy; his irons and chains are no apparent inconvenience; contented like a dog cr a monkey broke to his chain ; shows no more idea of any thing past, than if he had no recol- lection. He, in, short, i>. a mysterious character, jiosscssing the art of invfiilion beyond common ca- jiucity. V am almost ashamed to forward yon so long a letteron the sulijfct, and so iiiiiiitelligiblo , t think, if! cou.'d liavn done justice in dcirribing (hw exhibition, it would have been worthy a place in the ' Itoyal (laTictte.'' and better 'vorHi the attention of the public than all tlie uax-workr ever exhibited in this rrovini'c." " I am, with all flue respect, dear .Sir, Your very linmble servant, Wai.ilr lUrri • • lo Ihomas Wetmorf. l'>q, Attorney General'' • IV S. -Wnlnrsday. 2P(h. This morning I foini'', he had added Xo hia wyrkis a drummer, placed (it ths 4 26 THE MYSTERIOUS DOlNtiS OF ■;| "1 1 1 !: Itffof hiri taniborinp jiloyr, ciiuiil ii) iippearitntic, n;itl fxcijydiiig in port'cinuuncc ; t'cals the (iruiii with vithur liuiiil, or buth occahiunully, in fonuiM't with lljo taniboi'inc. keeping tiiiiu with iiL-rlcct exiictncSH ; soinetiliit'H f ittiu>?, lit others t-tandin;; or ilancin;:.-- lie had ali^o, in u inoststrikinf; inn'iner, chunked tlto jiosltion of Ilia sui'nc. llic laily above doscriUed to Im! «ittin>; so )i;racotu]ly in \w\ bwinj;, witli so niatiy attendiint!) and iidniircrh, is now rc|jr(.'sonted sitting inn deji'otcd ]iosturc witli a yoiin.!; infuiil in tier arms; licr gallant has lull lier and is taking tlio young girl bufore described, about lonrlecn, by tlif hand, with an itir of great gallantry, leading licr, and daucing to thu tune with jiurlect exactness, re- present more thau can bo de-oribed. On viewing this, an old iScotehnnin (il.iserved, ■ some say he is mad, otiiers he is n tool : but I say he is tlio sharpest man I have ever s thoroU'jh'.y se.irched ; but neither tlie cliain nor sl,)|)lc could i,(, loiind ; neither (Miiild it i)e imagined how he broke the glass, w it was far lu'vond tiip r»Nicii of his chains <.)ii my enter- ing tlie j lil, Sniitli yiiid to me, " The devil told niy druinmcr. if I diil not put that chain out of I lie way, yon wotihl certainly put it about my neck again ;" that he h.ited it, and had mur- dficd it, and put it timlcr the dirt ; hut he fear- ed jie ;,li(iuld liavf no peace till he raised it «g*"«4jp,. f^e ci fiddle, or any instrument of music, he '^"''to vvhich thf phiv for his family to dance ,• if he had a .>-^, i, .,.,„„„, ot bagpipes, he could play on thein very wi'og|,h„ riijht" and that if we gave him wood and leather, Ifc~,.'k„i,„, , , ^^ ,, ,« J .... u •^P"' II all Ol would make aset Hewus onered a lile, ^^"'Jf to.rether he handled in a clumsy way; but he K^id f^^ Jancin" believed he could learn to playon it. He Vf^^^ „,j,(, ^^ the boy for it, and then took the fife, and wo'.^jj^jj|g ^^j^^ play any tune either riuht or left 1>'>'>'1^'1' with the mO' then told him if he would behave well 1 VN"'p|gyp^ g„ nut put his liarid-culls on that day. He I'^P' jarful was II that he would then have his family in l<''b|© to do iusi order for my ball \ hut he observed that vvljj^,^ of perso he put one hand to anything, the other woj^j^j p',|^gj| follow ns though the liand-cufls were on. 'fOTmanc? an gave him some materials that he wanted, ij^ terms the then left him ; this was the 17lh of July, jirenti^jna,, the l.ith we found him busily employed "^Jmber of hi his familVj making improvements lor the b,pgf,( ^^^^^^ ^ 1 gave him pen, ink, and paint, and many [ff,, f„,. ^^^^ tides for clothing, &.c. |,|^ mad» it i All his figures were formed of straw froin^ji^ natural bedding, curiously entwined and interwover,,y^j.j, ^j- ^ The colouring he had used belore was his iiiiji^on, he Cii blood, and coal which he got from a piece,,J|| ^jn, 3,,^ ii3l' ''■'#1 an a ugh all tl t part of g the equ that he c lice of it rvatioiH. nofher g( [and, who ice, both t our pri burnt timber in the jail ; and their fi"* <^"ap person an ing was made from bis own torn clothes. i)((^was pleas now began to talk more coherently, and .- - counted f* r the broken glass. He said Jo ine, •' My drummer cried out for more air;" family stood so thick about him. " Well,"-,, I, " tell nie how to get more air and I will, to work at it.*' " He told me to make a sir. wisp of straw, long enough to reach the g and break it, which I did, and then after doing the wisp put tlie si raw in my bed aga lie continued improving his family, by dres:,__ and iiaintiiig them all anew, and by addinf,J3|j^bjtion| '.,' their number. He said that there was a ii^^ally tor s ileman and lady coming from France to at{|^rj3,y„^ j^,, his ball, and all of them must perform Wf;.g*(f, Irelan With the money he rt'ceived hoi.l visi:?j5|,(,e a„j many of whom I have known to give hii,«||i,,.ope . j, dollar lor one exhibition, ho j)urchased cc(|)ge^4 famou- enough for a curtain or screen. In front tflgjttkinds ; bi partition .stood all his family, which he ^firespects e tinued to improve and increase, until he (jjl^. 'j-j,,, they Wrre all jiresent that were coming tu jjnn, ^t St. ball; and about the 10th August complete.:f^ c^uarte .show fir exhibition The whole consiste-cijiunt of th twenty-four charactcr.o, male and female, 'liiplour from whicli beat mu.iic in concert vvitll the fi<»Mhe exprf- while si.vteeii danced to the tune ; the u)^^ hy seeii two were jMigilists , Honaparte with hisbiNBJf the prisi ti^'liiing an Iri-shtnan with his .shiilelah. I^ientals, h musicians weredresfcd in their proper uniltiSii-, "\ g^i .some •.^elc drum/iiei.-., some lamborine pli'}'jftAjeserter'i and home were bcll-rincers. In the ci:d hi* J:incii'g uut.sttr, 'vah U't.. bco't ii»iit,_;,ii tl. r ■■m'^ HKNRY >rOT!K PMTTII 2T irt ami jjcket, •'"'■gi^vM on. Ii> w >idvn i.-e.l station mfooil an -.1,1 sent i,'ave iiin » '>'''^,lier in Scotch unilorin, afiinu; ai ^.'iitiii.'l, put about hi? neck, d^jlp ^.j^m^ hini^el! Miit t.elMi e thrin. his IV-et and said if he "al'^i^^p,. the curtain, (.laviiii; a tune on ih.. tul.il.', t of music, he ^^oVwhich thev would alhian<-e or l).Mt in p^r- nee ; it he had a j^^ harmony with the inwi,-. The onc-l,;ill ly on Ihem very ^>^o|l the rit?ht to one pail ol the t'ln-, aii'l th- wood and li-ather, ^^,, half on the lelt to Ihi-olhei- part, ami llwn ■usotrereda lite, w'"^ to:,'efhei- as re^ulji an. I as natf.nil as life- way ; but he Bjid "rtie danrini,' maslei- with hi- liu'ht hind .«nd to playon it. He yf^^^^ ^^,■^^^^ ^^^ p^.^^ .,,„, |,j^ ,,,,■, |,.,,,j and tiMit imd maile It a point to exjininrt 1.II cnriositioj, brrr.ed of straw fvoiii.,^rth natural and artificial, ami that havim; heard nneil and interwoyefm^pl, f,j- gn extraordinary porson I had in ised before was his c^on, he came for the pxpreis iMiroojp of sfo- ko (Tilt frnin a Diece.i»ifc u:» ~,,a i,:„ ....i..-u:i;.... II ..,;'.... ..: 1 he got from a piece.^ him and his exhibition and their first cl ,,j||| pprg^,, ari() every part of 1 own torn -'-'»'"■" ■• - • . . • . . . r )ut lor more air; ;outhim. '♦Well,;'v more uir and I will, old me to make a sti; iiii^h to reach the g lid, and theo after giraw in luy bed ajja,, i(^ hi.s family, by dres^ llavini^ vif-wed lis vci't'ortnaiii'f own torn clothes. «|^-vvas pleased to say that ho had travelled ■e coherently, and l^ugh all the con.inent of AmpriiM, and n. ^lass. Hesaid Jo iiitjj(^t part of Furope, bnt hid „pver m^l any- ... !•„« ,.,,,.-n nir- '•"ig the e-qn.ili.f what he tlinrt' saw pi'rlorioHd, that he certainly should nit fail to in^-crt ilice of it in the journal of his travi.-l.'* and rvations. ,nofher gentleman, Doi-tor Concrlvn, iVom [and, who had been Surgeon in His M..ioii;£in!.' to the tlar- hat were coming in ijjHi at St. Andrews, h,iviiii; heard, while at til Au^'ust complete I^Btl (iuarters, from the Attorney Oneral, an The whole coiisisle.cetunt of this extraordinary ciiarm'ter, took , male and female, s,tap|our from Fredericton, by way ol Klnr.sion, oncert wiflj the f'oi^the express purpose of silislVini; his niri- to the tune ; the u«i^, by seeiii}:; tor him.sell', \Vli..'n on enter- onaparte with hisbW|i» the prison, Sniiih .seeinij; the Do. 'tor in ;th his shillelah. MLientals, Slid l.i him with ni'i'-li !;ood liii- 1 in their i)roper uniloSii-, "t suppose ym are coni'' Iu'h' j.v)! suine lamborine ph'yjff^leserler'; : tliei'e is mv old d suiiie lammirinc pi.'.'JT'xjeserier'; : tiiei'e is my ol.l Or rinccrs. In the ci;(»||»t know but he deserte.l tVom • i:r, 'Mlh li.'t; bo'.''s l«l>t,-;ill tl.t) leaf ..r^ mv luiiilv."' Km;,' ninnier, I si)in>' rej/i- III' seem- el very mueli pleise.l with lii« M*w r"»;ior. aiiit readily exliiblled every part of his pertormaiice, |.) the lull satisfaction nt the Docliir, who ex- pressed his ast.inintiineiit in the most unquali- lied terms, an. I ai'.knowlo.lged thai it far fX- veedi'.l his anticipati.ins /^ M :ust !3lh --At eveninjt v\e found that he had improved his .Scotch sentinel, hy givini; him a I'iirved wooih-n IkmiI. Ilnished with fhif natural I'eaturc-i of a bold Hi.;hlani|er Thi« w.is the tii'st of his c.irve.l worU. He hud also riiiKh improved his pni^'ilists. Bonaparte, hy s.Miie unlm-ky stroke, had killed the Irishman, anil had taken off his head and hung if up at his ri'jht hand. A browny bold Scolchmmi had taken the Irishman's pl,i":e, and was )ji\in)j; theCoisian a hard time, knockin;^ him down »*^ oltnn as he (jot up. Next ilay at noon I called to see him ; he had been liddlins: remarkably well, and sin^iiij? very merrily; but on my enlerint? I found htiu busily employed at carvint; a head which wan to t.ike nonaparte's f)lace, for that bold Scotch- man would overpower him soon. He observed that carving was a trade in England, and that he did not expect to do so well at if before lie made the triai; and further remarked that h man dhl not know what he could do until he set about it ; and that he had never failed to accomplish anything he undertook. He said lie had never seen any such show in F.nglind, as that ho was now working at; that he had only dreamed of his family, an.l had the im- pression that he must " go to work," and make tliem .ill ; that if he did, it would be better with liiin, and if he did not it would be bad with him. That he had worked ever since, tiy tii'^'h' and hy day, and ha'l not ijuite completed lliein yet; that there were a shoemaker and a tailor that had not come yet I'or want of room ; that III' slionl.j iiKike room If he di.l not i;n awuy ; that he iiad been here iinlil he had be- come peri'ecflv i-ontente.! : and "contentment," he said, " was the brishtest jewel in his life ; " .ind that lie never ci.jiye.l himself belter than lie did at present witli his family. In the evenimr I went in t.i see him again; and as my curiosity t.) l;n.nv the origin of ho singular a character was greatly excited, I hoped that the present would have proved a lavoiirablfi opportunity to draw some informa- tioa Irom him ; but he cautiously and -studiotis- 1. ::void»'d an^weriinr any q'U'stions relative (u his priv.'tie life, and afli'Cte.i not to understand what 1 s;iiii lo hiin Someiiiiif's lie would talk very freely and in a kind of pr.ip'ietic strain, of his future ileslinies lie s.ji 1 ||,. knew he w.is g.'ing I'loni home, and that he sluuilil Ijml enemies; that every one will) knew him would be ulraid o| him, and look upon him wilh dislriist and hoiror. Tint o.-.M«iriii:tlly he w.is dislressei) in hissleep with .ill kiiid^i 'i| iMeufui'.'s r. lining iiboul hiiu Cr*ai ■■^^'^mW:'>'-'- 28 THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OF 1^ m ho-{!i anil all kiiiJ^ ol <;attlt» and creppini? iliiii|^H ; Hiiakea and aildoi>, iri>;^M iiiul toads, and ev»>ry hatuful IliinK- Thai lit' would start up from Kl(;ep and walk a\iout the prisi):j ; then lie down and tret aslt-ep, and be uiinoyed with tliPin a^ain. Then he W(iuld sit up and talk to liiti family, and sometimes taki^ his tiddle and play to amuse himself, and drive away these dreary hours of night. He saiu these snakes and adders he could read very well ; that he knew what they all meant; and could under- Mtand something concerning the others; but that these tro^s and toads coming together he could not understand ; only that he knew he v.as to leave this place and ^;o on the water : and that he could see i>a clearly as he saw me •landing befoie him, that he should find ene- rtiefl, and every body would be alraid of him : but he would hurt no one. That he should find trouble, and have irons on him, but that Ibey would come off again. That the crickets cjme and would get upon liia children, and would sinp; among them, that he liked to hear th«in ; that his mother told him he must not hurt them, they were harmless, and that he must not hurt any body. His mother, he continued to say, always £;ave him good advice; but he had do'ne that which he ouf{ht not to have done, and had suftered for Jt ; but he forgave all his enemies. The Lord •ays if you would ask forgiveness of him, for- give thy brother also. We cannot expect for- giveness excep* we repent and forgive our fijen'.s. The word of God is plain; except you lorgive your brother his trespasses, neither will your Heavenly Father forgive you when you ask of him. All men are sinners before i<'\, or he could get his livi.ig with his familv, as a show in England; that lie had never en - :ioyed himself better than with his family at present. He did not care for himself so that his family looked well; he svould be willing to die, and he should like to die here, rather than go among his enemies ; but he believed he had one friend in England, old Willie, if he is yet alive; he was always his friend, and he should like to go and see him. And he had one sister, he said, in England, that he wanted to see ; .she played well on the pianoforte, and he him- uelf could play on it too. She was married to a lieutenant in the army ; but he was promoted ' to be captain now. If he could he would go to see her in Kiiglaiul, where V;e had friends. He aUo said th;ii he had an uncle in Liver- pool, a merchinii ; ihen looking earnestly upon me, lie said, '• My name is not Smith,— my name 19 Henry J. Moon; I was educated at Cumtiiuljje College, in Kngland. 1 uudei>land Knsflish, French and Latin well, ant? can speak and write live diflereiil langnage.s." HealsosaiJ tiiat he could write any liand, as handsome or as bad as 1 ever saw. He said he had five bun- dled pounds in the Rank of England, which was in the care of Mr. Turner, and that he wished to have his wile get it, as he did not know where he should go; but he knew he should meet with trouble; yet he did not feat wiiat mail could do to him, for he could not kil, him, and he should like to die here. Afie; harkening to these incoherent observations I'm a length of time, without being i.ble to obtiiii, an answer to any question I put to him, I le!' him for that time. The next morning, when the jailor went ii to see him. Smith said he had been fishing an. had caught a large lish. The jailor, on looking perceived the chain which Smith had formerl} worn about his neck, and had been missing a long time ; but never could find out where oi by what means he concealed it. After this, h> commenced a new scene of mystery, that r fortune-telling; in which, if he did not posses; the power of divination, he was at least won deifuUy successful. The jailor carried him hi breakfast, with tea; Smith observed to hii. that he ^uid tell him anything, past or t come. Ine jailor then asked him to lell hie something that had happened to him. Smit; replied, — " Some time ago you rode a grea way on my account, and carried letters atii papers about me, and about others too. Agai you went after a man, and you had to goon tli water before you found him, and I am not sur but that you found him on the water. Whil you were after him, you saw a man at work i the mud on the highway, and you enquired ( him for the man you wanted. He told jo what you asked. You then asked him if thei was any water near, that you could drink. H told you of a place where he had drunl and you went to it, but found the water so bi you did not drink it." The jailor was great, astonished at this, knowing the whole affair" be true ju.st as he had stated, and had no recc lection of ever having mentioned the circur stance to auy person. Perhaps all this may i attempted to be explained away in some ma ner, or may be attributed merely to his imagi: ation, or the hazard of an opinion; but it wou be a coincidence not to be expected, and ve unlikely to happen. Besides, he often hit up a development of facts, which could not be a counted for but upon the supposition of sor mysterious knowledge of things beyond t: reach of common conception, as the foUowi: particulars will fully testify. The next morning, August 13th, he told t ■ fortune out of his tea-cup. After looking if the cup for some time, ^he kissed it, and to the jailor he was going away from this plar that he was going over the water, and ait; "k HENRY MORE SMITH. 2'.<* ^•ell, am? ran speak liiges." HealsosaiJ 1(1, ns liaiidsome or nid he had five hun- uf England, whicli irner, and that he et it, 38 lie did not i; but he knew he yet he did not teat for he could not kil, o die here. Afin. !nt observations tut )eina; t>i»l*? to obtaii, I put to him, I le!> » the jailor went ii lad been fishing an< e jailor, on looking Smith had formerly had been missing a Id find out where oi id it. After this, li- of mystery, that c if he did not popses: le was at leait won ailor carried him In h observed to hii mything, past or t ked him to lell hie ned to him. Smit; you rode a grea ' carried letters atii It others too. Agai you had to goon tli m, and I am not sut n the water. Whil aw a man at work i: and you enquired ( mted. He told yo in asked him if thei vo\x could drink, h here he had drunk und the water 8o bi he jailor was great. ig the whole affair' ed, and had no recc entioned the circur irhapsall this may! 1 away in some ma merely to his imagi: apinion; but it won e expected, and ve les, he often hit up hich could not bes supposition of sor. f things beyond t: ion, as the followi: ify. gust 13th, he told t . After looking ir e kissed it, and tc vay from this plar he water, and aiu have a box to ptit his family in : lliat he «aw ihree pspeis thiil were written ami nent iiliout him, and that one of ihcin was brL'er tinii ilir> other two, and contiiined sdint'thiti'^ I'T ftiin that he did not yet u'ldfritand ; but Ij? wuul I Btiun know. The n»'xl inornins;, Au;^, Mth, he looked in his cut) a^iiin, and told the jailor that tl'csf; three paper.s were on their way coininfr, and would be here this day at 4 o'tlcirk, and lie would soon know v\liat fliey cotitaiiied about hitn. Aci'Drdin^ly I revived papers from I'ri- doiicton, cuntaining ins Paruoiv, and livo let- ter* just as he had predicted ! ! In addition to this, the fnUowing must be regarded aa a very singular and renuirkHble piediclion, which, independently of some tin- knov/n mysterious means, cannot be accounted lor. Early in the morning he remarked to tho Jailor in his usual manner — " This man over the way has a son who has gone to sea, and is at sea now ; but he will be liere this night, and you will see that I will attioni him.' — .Now mark the sequel, It so hap- pened that a f^esh breeze springing up tuihe southward, \yith a strong llood tide, the vessel which contained the young man was along.'fide in the dock in St. John, on the same day about 2 o'clock. He was then and there inlonned that one of his sisters lay dangerously ill at Kinus- ton, and that Dr. Smith was just goin^ up to visit her. The young man hired a lioise, and in company with the doctor, arrived at his fa- ther's about the time that we usually visited the prisoner iu the evening. I called at Mr. Perkins', and found that the Doctor and young Perkins had just arrived. Tiie Doctor said to roe that he heard much of my extraordinary prisoner, and if I had no objection, he should be much pleased to see him and his show, he had heard so much ol his great performance. Young Mr. Perkins taid that he would also like to ttee the show, and all went with tno into the jail, and found Smith lying on his bed ; but without appearing to take notice of any one present. Mr. Perkins, like every one else, was much astonished at the appearance of his show as it was exhibited on the wall, and had a great desire to see the pertorinance. He put down a wIikIi riiiuiot he clHlinli-il. — The vvntfi ;•< awoie that tir' in.i> incur the impntiition ot weakness lor iMrrntinij soin.- tliin;,'s relative to the nrisonyr ; l>ut * weieltie inspiration of Clod. VVlien the lio^;s came to l.;ni by ninni, he could tell a great deal by tiiein, "' V-mi npi^;bbour," he said to me, " bad a bUil'. sow that had pigs, some black, and some all white, and one with red ►.pots before anil be hind." Hy them be said lie coiiLd tell much. I was aware tiiat Mr. Perkins ban a sow with young pig!«, and I liatl ti-ie cuiiosity to look at tbem, but they did not answer to bis descrip- tion, and I consequently allowed these remarks of bis relative to the jov/ and pig9 to pass Inr nothing. However, in the evening;, as I svas. leaving the jail, .Smith said to m^^ ^and witiiotu a word having been said about my looking at the pig.",) " The pifjs 1 lold you about are not those you examined,, they were it months old."' 1 made no reply, knowing that Mr Seovil had a sow with pigs, answering to his descrijitioii in every particular. On Saturday morning. Smith said to the jailor» " Your neighbour over the way there, lias 4 sow that has gone away into the woods, and she has pigs, — some all black, some all white und some black and white, and she will come botr.e belbre night, and when she comes, she wiU have but one pig, and that will be a plump black pig, and they will never know what be- came of the otliers." Accordingly, the sow, about 4 o'clock, came home with her one " plump black pig." and w;.s immediately driven back into the woou. *he way by yvhicli she appeared to have come; but according to the precise terms of Smith'B prediction, th«* others were never found I The next evening after I had received hi* Pardon from Fredericton, I rvent io see him, and found him in bed, but said he could not eat ; asked for new potatoes, and remarked that tho jailor's wife had new potatoes yesterday; and did not appear in his usual good humour. Although he would both talk and act, at times, rationally, yet he had never recovered from hit. J i^^^T"' iu TlIK MYSTEIUOUS DOINGS 01)' im n li prfren I*-.! in^Auily, no, t-vcn until hi^ release liuiti mv (•iistn(l\ ; IhiiHracryinij out hiii scheme, I'l peilect wiii(Ji>in, to the b»l. Hut now, with ilif |iai(l(iri ill iny liaml, I Iwiped to nvike some imi-rf-sioii I pon'hiiM, aid if ims-ilble, brini; l.iiii Id •si«1aricc to <;«t liim Mill 1)1 llip PidviiM-e "l tl.cii pioreedeir to in- l.rin liiiii thai I lind rpreiv-i;H,ideiif rind Coui t, statini,' that he was a yo.iiijj rnuu, and this iiaviiiK been the liivl iiisliiiict; lit' a cise for iior.sp.stejjinn hefon; ilif (Jonit io this ProviiifB. praved that mercv iiiiijht be fxtfiided and his liie spared ; and liiiil the I'lPsident ami Connril had be^n );raci- on=:jin." I proceeded to say that as'soon as be was ready, and woidd let me know where be wish- ed to {.ervini; that thev inijrht be a means of getiin;; bim a living unti'l be could find better employment, without bc- Hit; driven to the necessity of slealin;;. He re- plied, '■ H.ive yon lujt (jot boys and \'irl.s that wish to see my family dance? Krin? all votir r'.imily (o see Iheni ; I will shew them as much »» you please, I ut others must |)av." I remain- "d with him nearly an hour afterwards without ^ayint; any more on the piibject of his PAnnoiv : during which time lie continued talkintr inco- herently as he had done the eveninf? before — That we muft watch and prav lest we enter into temptation : that be prayed with his family; ihey could not pray for thernselveti. That we xnust be spiritually minded, for to be spiritually minded was life; but to be carnally mindeJl was death; and much more of this kind, repeat- ins large portions from the New Testament, nearly whole chapters. He observed, " Now you see I can read as well to you without the book as others can with the book. I can read to you almost all of any other chapter in the Uible you will name, either in the Old or New Testament, it makes not much diflference ; in the dark as well as in the light. My wife is a f^ood little woman ; she would read in the Hible on Sunday and say tome, * Henry, come iind sit down and he.ir me read the Bible; but I would laugh and tell lier » could read better without the book than she would with ; and would go out and look after my horse, or do any thing on Sundays. I have been a bad fel- low ; when 1 was in England I gave all my at- tention to rad his Pardon, ) the nature of I to the nature y he said, he )er; he dream- lat as soon at i e, I would give )uld help him K, and that he ity of stealing; a tailor fo take I he saw the , " I wish vou rhand."— ■' 5t lut a measure* ; come 8tan4 ou think vou oat?" " Ye*." it me loiik at in seeing them, 3ok more like lake a coat for I ; but he said atiil wished 1 would (five hiui a riiiidlp I'l work by, and lie would m:iku liiuHell a w.ii-itcnat lie Raid I ihmmI not he atraid dniik iliiiii)^ imy harm with the raiidlc ; he wouKi put it i\\ liif niiddk" tif tlif tloor, aiul l ik-' r,4 •• iii,it his »lr,nv •lud clijpH (lid iin( take t'uu avid inuji up lii'4 r»inily, wliicli he i-oiijil '.(l live ^viiiiuut, ;.s li>^ /•uul.) Mi'l tjhiiur lor his livjiiij, Pt-sides, l;f> •aid, if In* 'voresodijpii^.ciljlH' coiihl b.irn up r|,e house without a ca'uile ; tor, said he. 1 can make fire in one hour at any t'O'c, " When I was a b:'y," contitiue.i he, '• evpfy O'le tcnk , uotice ot me a* a \ery lurvvard boy, and t nh- (ained a lic.'iice tur sliootiii)^ wlieii I was hut fifteen. Dnf day wlieii shootnit;, I killed a rabbit ou a fjiinoi's land where I had no riiclit. The old fairner c.ime altHr toe, and I fold him if he wduld cnnie near mi- I wmiiil knock him ilown , tiul lie caught nif, and tied me fast to ii lar^^e sl.ick of fajigols, and .> the whole slack, and f.M't fj'f "'lear; but the old tanner never knew liuw his taggdls tonk fire. Vou do not use fag;;ols iu this country; they are little stick:* tied up in bundle^) and sold to boil the tea-kettle with ;" and if I would jjive him a candle, he would make lire to light il. Acc'irdiimlvt 1 proviiled materials lor lii.'< vlothes and a lii^hted candle to vvork by. He rontinued to sew by the li>;ht oi the candle but a short time, and put it away from him, and *aid he would see belter without it; ami he iHMupleled his waistcoat in the neatest manner, om! occasionally attended to the improvement tdhis family. Au)l'ut M'Jha^vkd and siiakcs; and acted ihefo'.'l ; no lii.il i lip>.'.in 111 i-oiiciiiilf lh.if I \MUil,l i,,nv h.ive more trniible to get hiiii out ul jail, tha'i 1 li>rin('iiy had tn |\eep him in it. The next day .lodge I'iikeil ant) Judge .\Ii. clieau .iIIi'ihIiiI at ihe C.iurt lluu«e, lo take lli>; recogni/..iuce reipiiied of him, lo a[ipi'ar and ui'ail his pardon when iMiletl upon to do «»o. — Al^'.-r (liv'-iiiiu; liii!^ of lii.« iron'.-, and I'urnisli- iii^i 'lim with deoeiit i hiihinji, it was m ilh much dillioulty I coulii [revail ou liim to leave thi- jail. Ko.'.RVer, lie I'iniily toi;!c "iie of liis family in ;taiiire8 which uniteii to produce it ; lo which, as usual, he gaVe no allention ; liut looked about the room, and talketl of something else. Judge Pickeli then re(|uiied his recojf- iiizancc, and informed him that if he did not leave the Province in. mediately . he would bn taken and tried on two Indictments pending against him in the (Jounty of York, He look no notice of what was said, but talked and danced about the room, t(dd the judge he looked like a tailor, and a.sked him to give him hit shoestrinir. His Pardon lying on the tahle, he caught hold of it, and before it could be re- covered Irom him, he clipped off the seal with his scissors; he said he wanted the ship that was on it to carry him away with his family. — He tore the collar o(T his coat, and cut it iu pieces with the scissors. Finding that nothing else could be done with him, I returned him ag.iiii into prison ; when he said to us, that tor our utiing him so kindly, he would, for one shilling, shew us all his performance with hi* f.iinily. Upon which, Judge Micheau gave him half a dollar> and told him to return u quarter dollar change, and then he would have inon* than a shilling, (le took it, said it was a nice piece ol money, and put it iu his pocket ; but the Judge could not make him understand the meaning of change. He then performed the exhibition in fino style, but when we were leaving him, he seem- ed out of humour with Judge Pickett, and told him that he had thrown stones at him, that he would burn his hou.se, and that this place would be in llames before morning. He could tnake a fire in half an hour, and wanted a lire, am! would have lire, and I should see that he could make fire. Upon which we left him, without apprehending any thing from histhreata more than usual. But the next day, the 30th, when entering the jail for the purpose of pre- paring for his removal, 1 perceived that there was much smoke in the hall, which 1 supposed had come from the Jailor's room ; but he said that no smoke had been caused that morning, but that it proceeded from the prison door. — t immediately opened the door, and foutid Smith siltiiij quite unconccnied bcfcrc a fire 32 ■l"HE MVStERlOUS DOINGS OF which he \iM\ ma<1« with thecliips of his carved work, Hnd other batrtiali. He observed to me that fire MUn very comfortable, that he had not seen uny before for a long time, that he had made the lire Mrith hta own hands, and that he i:ould iBdke it aRaJn in ten minutes ; that he 'Toold not do without one. t immediately ex- tinguished the fire and ahtit him up in sufToca- ting smoke, which did not seetn to give hiitl the least inconvenience. The account of his hav- ling made the fire, had excited the Tears of the liieighbours, who came in to see the feat. I uid«red him to put his family into his box im- "mediately ; he took no notice of my ordet^. I hastily took down one of them, and laid it in tiis box, at which he seemed pleased, and said te would put them all in that box, and began to take them ^lown very actively, observing ihat iie did not want assistance from any one, but leav« him with the light, and he would hate them all ready in half an hour. We left hifn with the candle, «fld returning in about an hofifr, (found him walking (he floor, and every thing He had packed up in the box very neatly. U \v«8 remarktlble to see with what skill and_ in- genuity he had packed them up. I gave him a pair of new shoes, and with the box on his shoulders he marched off to the boat I had pre- pared for his conveyance, and with three men in the boat we set oat with him for the City of Saint John. On fbe way he told the jailor, if he would give him but one dollar, he would teach him the wpy to make a fire at any time ; it would be very convenient for him to knew how to make fire on any occasion. Receiving no reply from the jailor, he commenced preach- ing, praying, and singing hymns, and sometimes acting as if crazy, during the passage down. — We made no stop by the way, and reached St. John about 8 o'clock in the evening. On his perceiving the moon as she made her nppearance between two clouds, he observed that there was a relation of his that he was glad to see ; that he had not seen one of his name for a long time. On our arrival at the prison in tit. John, he said he must hav« a hot supper with tea, and then wished to be locked up in a stronij room, where he might have all his fami- ly out to take the air to-night, else they would all die in that box before morning. However, we found all the rooms in the prison occupied, or undergoing; repairs, so that there was no .place to coiifinc him. € directed the jailor to provide him his supper, while I could call up- on the SheriiT to know what would be done with him for the night, and how he .would be ditiposed of in the morning. I understood from the Sheriff that there v/m no vessel that would fiail for the States before some days, and there- fore made up my mind that f should send him to Nova Scotia. When I returned to the jail 1- found Smith at bin supper •* when he had ^niahcd his tea, he looked into his cup and re- marked that he must not disturb his family iii- night; that he there saw the vessel, then lying at the wharf, that would carry him to his wife^ and there would be rrying. While in confine- ment, the following letter was received from bis wife; — " DwifL HosSASif,— I received yoar letter of the aM Oct. I((l6 : you Rsjr you liave sent several Utters,— if you bsve, I have never received them . Yon wish m«i to come and see you, which I would have done, if l had Kot the lettei in time ; but I did not know whether you were at Kinuton or not. Hiy dear, dd pot think hard of me that I do not oome to see. you,— If you write back to me i shall oome immediately •— My dear, as soon as yOti receive this letter send mu an atiiwer, that I may know what to do, sO no mora at present, but that I remain your lorinK and aflbo- tlonate wife, Eiuabbt^ T. M. S. The iailor, by the direction of the Sheriff, cleared out a small room above stairs, with an iron grated window, where we confined him. with his family, foi* the night. On the next fnrfning, (he 30th of August, finding there was no vessel bound for the 8tates, I determined m ffehd him to I*Tova Scotia ; and happening to Tttiet wi(h my friend, Mr. Ddniet Scovil, hein- forMfed me that he had a vessel (hen lying at the Whai^f, ii'hich vtbuldsail for Windsor, Nova Scotia,- fn half an hour. I, accordingly, pre.' vailed vtith him to take Smith on board, which was done wifhout loiis of time, and at high water the veaset hauled off from thef w^harf, to my great satisfactfioti and relief. While the tessd was getting under weigh. Smith was in th^cabinalone, and seeing a great number of chain tif'aces lying on the cabin floor, he took them up and threw theiM all out of the cabin window ! " Bfecause," said he, •' they would* get about my neck again.-' During the passage, he appeared VeVy active ; he played on his fife, and was quitd' an agreeable pas- senger. But on the vesselVarrival at Windsor, he left her immediately wifhoOt any ceremony ; and notwithstanding the very strong regard which he had always possessed for his family, as he called them, he left them' also, and every thing else that he had brought with him. He was seen only a very short time' in Windsor before he entirely disappeared, and never was known to be there aHerwarc ^, but watt seen at some distance from Windsor, in several other places, and recognized by many, but always carefully evaded being spoken to. After having made his appearance in different Carta of Nova Scotia, he called at a certain ouse, one morning, on a bye road, and ordered brenkfast, and asked for a towel also, auJ a pieceof soap, that he might wash at a small brook that was near the house. The woman of the house and a maid, were the only persons in the house at the time; and Smith left a large bundle which he carried, on a chest which was standing in the room, and went out to wash.— • Ths bundle ance, and a ^•o tliat Hlie '. ^lie has in tl -at llin wiiiiii ■tl will open ^0, anil I'ciiii ■which llipy PTaluu))le iirl * She lie^l i where he h stolen these handed the ' said, " llier . there.''" and iance, that s ; 11 Yec." " r about mv st /them." 'Ur ly vecogni'/.i ■ and cone hi' > den tieasiLiri he was in I The infoi with, a res; .resided at t .idso said it •:seen hi.*) Tv'i ■release fron (^heard of hi; Aboard ofu f f'.yfis not kn( .:i] a irash at a small The woman of ( only persons in lith left a large chest which was t out to wash.— Thvy did watcliP'i, of many other The bundle prpsflntej ratlicr a «inwiil;ir appear- ,ance, and altrarled the yonin; wornaii's riotirp, jiio that she siiid to tlie other. '' I won(ier whut f»lie huB in that biindlp; il you will krep watrli -at Ihn window, v'liiie ho is wasliiiiir at Ihp firook, I will open and st?e what in in it •*sn, and (nnnd a cieaf tmrnh^'f i>( iwhich thpy c imlud liCleen, wit'i PTahiahle arliclps. '■ She tied up lin; hnndlp ai;ain, and placed it where he had left il, and said, " thin snari lias stolen lliese watches." When he came in, he handed the tnwel to the yuuni; wotnai', and ■ said, " there were just tifieen watcher, were : there?'" and with such expre.'^sion of cnunten- ' anc.e, that she could tint retrain frotn an^werini? " Yes." " l!ut." said he, '• you were mistaken ( about my steuliiii^ thetn, for I came honestly hy Ithem," Upon which flie ynunawotnan instant- ly lecogviized him to he ileni'v Move Smith; • and coticluded thnt he wascnllectii;.,- hi'^ •' hid- den tieasure," which lie iiad i'^ positcl while he was in R.iwdoii. The information I rcceivei! fiom Mrs. Bee'.- with, a respectable lady fioin NovaScoiia, who resided at the time in that neighbourhood, who sdso said it was not known that lie had ever : seen his wite at that lime, from the titno ofhis •release from confinement. Tiie next account I »heard of him stated that lie had been seen on iboard of a plaster vesi'el at Eastport ; but he ^Iwas not known to have been ashore durina: the isftime she remained there. He employed him- jself while on board eni^^ravini; a number of Ismail articles, some of which he made presenfa iof to young ladies who chanced to coma on Aboard. v^ lie was next seen at Portland, by a g;enlleman which vvei ed Boktnn about the 1st November, where iiP'*r her ilepai was supposed he ntust have, in some way, di« tJlnf tl'Uir ol i posed of much of his treasures. Kmm thencHk sinifle r-.ir. I life he proceeded for New York, on the 7th of Ntfl vemlier arrived at New Haven in llie Dostw'f stage coacl), by the way of New London, wii a large trunk full of clothing, a small |)orlalil(1 desk, and money in his pnckets. He was dress/i ed in a handsome (rock-coat, with breechesnd and a pair of top boots; and remained at Ihi^i steamboat hotel several days. While he re mained here, he always eat his meals alone atid preferred being alone in diO'erent parts i the hotel at dill'trent times,- every part of whic tilt! iirideu keeper ol I iiini.il Alle ol' reH|ieria Voik iilfer enquired th iii.iM, (lor t ed llieii) wli 10 th.it whei H time very but he C(' he had an opportunity of becoming acquaintefPC''- vim In He .40(11! with, while he remained waiting for the arrivaff ''"^^'ii conlin of the steamer from New York. !•" ''1 lh.,t a i The hotel was then kept by Mr. Henry Butflt '•;" " ''^'t w: ler ; and as it p.flerwards appeared, the travel'Wi ''** '^'♦'t'' "I ier found his way, by means of keys, into Mr*f 'finoveij dc Butler's desk and side-boards, as well as ever*W^ '"^ •"''« his part of the house. He kit New Haven in th('W^"'y' steamboat at 5, a. m. on the 10th November Wi-* change ol 1S15. After his departure from New HaveiO«''' »»''''". o\ Mr. Butler's servants discovered that thei;'*?^''* ''long w'lole quantity of silver spoons, to the number'*)!?'' '^"* I"'culi of four or five dozen, which had been careful!)' put away in a side-board, was missing, and nu;' to be found on the premises' ; and it was found' upon further search by Mr. Butler, that t' watch and several other articles, with mone,''^' from the desk, had sympathetically decamp*.*' with the spoons, Air. Butler imagined tha the fhelt must be chargeable on some lodger !•'•""'-' himself the hotel, and immediately fixed his suspicion* j^"'"!'''" ""'' upon Smith, whose appearances and movemeii^W* 'l""- "y about the house furnished symptoms too 8tron;W^'*.''."K ^ddr to pass unnoticed. Mr. Butler without loss il time, set out for New York, and arriving therf™'^ '""*''' ""' f before the boat had carried his adventurer, h'jY^^ '' ''**'i*'* ' furnished himself with proper authority, an^* Y' ^^'' " hoarded the boat in the stream. After MrrS^ ''!"''' '■'< » Butler had made some enquiries of Capt. Buti'^'"'"' "' •' ^'*'i ker, who could not identify the traveller aniorj^"''' '«'.i'fn dr all his passengers, Smith made his appearanrf*?"' ■■•'''<^'^'« hi (rom some part of the engine room and was in;."?,''"*' ')'"' mediately ordered by Mr. Butler to open h/"**'' /";• "y'(i trunk, with which he complied unhesitatinglv™ I'"'*', "'"' ' but the trunk did not disclose the expectf.V" *'"' f "^'c'e booty. There was, however, in the trunk f^'^' "'"' »'"K' very neat portable writing de.sk, which he re "••'^'''^^rv to fused to open, and Mr. Butler could not fin:"?',)^'""''e out how it was fastened. However, he callf;'|" ""' ^^'■"''r for an axe to split it open, upon which Smit;.?*'"^?'!'^^"* I' said, '• I will show you," and, touching a spring the lid flew open. The desk contained a set i ■^. neat engraving tools, with old silver rings ar: . jewelry; amongst which Mr. Butler perceive.'^ a small ear-ring, which he supposed to belor;^ '" to a young lady that bad elept in his house, "^'tijoll'' «■ ' c.ll fort I). hut at Nfw '•'A '^^'0 itna [the other Hi ho mecliani Ull of tU.^ g|J tlieiii to ilj. deihall leadirij ttte, and fiorn I fiitMe< loiind in some way. di«tJii'- '!'>"r nt Ihe hotel Ujiori Ihu cvidunce nt res. Fmm thenc^ Hini;! ' ''•'1'*''' '"^ ^^^' Allen, at with breechejnd t'liqniicd Itie prtrticul.ir-n'oncprninn W, II. d 'remrtined a'. th/iC^'"'''"' (''"' "'i"* ^v.is iln" iiiitne iie h;id as- yg. While he reW*'*' "'•"'" ^^■''''•' '" ''''*''"^'"''y. Hfinform. his meaU alonefli*'" ''''"' when hf; w,is put in, Iir i)ehave{| fur 1 different part* ,,«« ' ""^ ijupreme Coarl in New Haven in th(»g|^'r:; r ■..-,,, .. ie 10th November "'"* ••hnnRO of situation had the efiect, as it from New Haver o*'*' »*'''>". "<" rt'wtorini; hi:* health, wliich icovered that thej-qp^''' f-l">i|: It'-' ('i^pl^y of hi. in-erunty ions, to the number»*'' '^'f P<''-'iaanly ol hib new situation seem- h had beencarefoUi* c.H loith. During Ihe period of h vas missing, and nu:> and it was found' Mr Butler that ^«K|"'« "'"•'"■ •i'l'"''". "i •li'" atlitp.(!e of tii^htiiie;. Iticles with moneinf,"" n'«'-hanically had he adju-ted this pm- ' '■- *uii ol liM f;i'iii;is, lliiit hi; wonld actually llieiii to tli,'ht, and make the iiiKiu'e repre- iiiy: himself knock down that of UntltT, to under and amiHenient nf many liiiit came him. Hy his iusinuatinj; manner and • atiiig address, he not only drew forth the alliies of those who came to vi\ined f «''« oper authority, an*!* 7' ''^^''''-V^'' T'' 'J^''"-""'' , • r ._•'.. -r^e lai)se o( a few d.iyn, howevnr, made iin- lions o| a very diireront nature : tlie .lanua- urt term dr;;w niRh, at which our pri>>oner |o receive his trial ; but on the very eve trial and a'fier the Coiiri had been suni- ulli'jP '■•'" ''J''h- Duriii!; Ihe perioil of hi:i con- nu';)3fi>;iit at New II,iveii, he amused himself by iind'W'''^' two imanes— one represenlim; himself, j,( ^itllie other Uutler, in the atlitc.de of tii;htiiie;. helically decamp*** itler imagined tha' le on some lodger i"! lixed his suspicinr,' f ncesand movemen!! symptoms too stroml iller without loss c^ {, and arriving then' stream. After Mr uiries of Capt. Bun the traveller aniori nade his appearanc ne room and was im Butrer""to"open hi/4.'' '"i'/'y ".'« P"V "♦'".'"''"' "''i'^'' *'''• died unhesitatingl)«2''.'''' T !'\T ''"'"■ "' f^'^^'^Tu' '• ' ' BclosP the exoecle'.** *'"' '^''^'cled his escape in t!ie (ollowimj etr in the trC X^ -"' -,"«"1"- '"— •• And hei. it will desk, which he rej*^™-'," ^''? r""^ descnpl.on ot the .Ho,. «r.nlH nnt fir*"*"' ^^'"' "'* Situation ot the apartments. However hJlfle'tJ''^^"'''"'-^'-"'^^ "^ H^"^^^ "' ,.«„„ ,»u;nh «mir'*'^'^l"^'''''^''si'«^''"ii"'^d to survey, here was a ,dTuchSsnK>'^^''' '-'""'"•' ''-" "^^ f'"" '" "'« ^'-""y * U m11 !?«!. Jr'^^'''-''-^'' ''V tlieir resiieclive .ll.ors ; between old silver rings «m- ..,,„,,,„ . ;:„,.„, „,.,.,•,„ ,.,„,,, ,,,„ ,,, ,, Mr Butler Derceive''.^'"!'"^ " ''"""''" I''"-'i'i"n crossed the ball, cIh in helrtr-*^ '" '^ >» f'"'"- a'*"', '" ''How nn entrance ept tween the two prison doors, and it wnt so plic« led, is the name by which our prisoner il iiMW known.) was confuied in the inner prison. The dwors o| the prison opened by khoving in* w.irds, and when shut were secured by two Kironi; tmlti, which entered into stone postSi with clasps lap|)ed over a staple, to which wer« fixed strung padlocks. Tliese padlocks, our prisoner, by some menns, managed to open or remove, so that he could oi)en the door at plea- sure, and fw the padlocks again ingeniousljTi that lie Could not be detected from their ap- pearance. On the night of the 12th Januaryi at llie usual time of feeding the prisoners, New- man availing hiin.selfuf these adjustments,npen- ed his dour, came out, and replacing the lock*, took hiii stand behind the door of the partition, which, when opon, would conceal him from observation. The piisonersii. the other apart- ment receiveci their supply tirst, and the in- Ktant when the servant was proceeding from their door to go and bring Newman's supper, he stepped thro' the partition door, which had been tirst opened and not shut again, and fol- lowed the servant softly through the hall to the Iront door, and walked away undiscovered ! — When the servant relumed with his supper to the wicket, she called him, but receiving no answer, placed his supper inside of the wicket, sayint: '• you may take it or leive it ; I am not goinii to wait here all night" She then se- cured the outer dour, and so the matter rested till the morning. The next niorninir, finding that the prisoner had not taken his supper, tht servant observed to the keeper, that she feared Newman wai dead, for he h.id not taken his siipner ; and she called him. but could not hear or see anything of liim l"poii this, the keeper came with hie keys to unl.pck Ihe door, and to his utter aiton- ish'inent found both locks broken and thepiison empty. The keeper made known the matter 10 the ^hpril^, and en the 13;li, Hied.iy ^uhsetjuent to liis escape, the loll. -wing Nolice was iiisertdd in tlie L'uiiUfrticiil Jjiirual : — '• I'uw.M'.i: op \ ^'l niN I— One of tlio ninut nccom- pli.-liLil villains tliat, ili.-;;rii<;e our country, lirol:a lidin till- ilail ill tills City lui I'lidiiy cveiiiii;; lat, bu- twicij till- liuur.s 1)1 live uml .sl.\ ociool;, anil succfcii- cd in iiiakiiiK liis esciipo, llie Cellovv enlls liiiiiseit ?i(Mviiian. mil] \\ii» bound ovii lor tiial ut the Kilting of ttiu next .>-'inet iimi.on tlie eliar;,'uolbiirt;lary, liaviiiK rolitied tlie Ihhim. olMr. II. liuiler, ot' plute, money, Jcc. He i.s Mippo- 'd to lie an lCngIii>limuii, uiiil is uiidoiibtudly a iiiu.'-t pruloiiiid aiicpt in tha arts ot knavery uikI deception. He .speaks Ibe Elip- Jisli and 1- reneli liiii;.'uaf,'es lluoiitly. uiirt can play oil' llie air of u genteel t'leiicl.nian with the nio.st impo- (iiiii; i/ravitv. lie is of iniddliii;; .stature, .slender uud active, and appi'ai> to po,sse:ji! uu a-.toiiisliin;; variety of itc-i.iiis, lie is ficiv of well, uiave or pay, ^ilellt or lo(|U;'CiMUs; and can lenoe, box, ti.trht, lun, isiug. Uur.ce, play, wlii-tle or talk, us occafioo tiuits. fi H THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OP i',«i M. r. smnied lilnifielf whlli' In prison, by mnklntr and ibanuKliiK tt I'upix't Show, wiiii'li Iil- inMrnriiii'il up- parctitly Willi siicli nnuii-< iit lofxcltu tin.' WDnilcr of lliu creiliiliim, liiivlii;? n pli'cc of an did liDr^'-'-liOi), wliutt(>(l on tlu^ Willi oIliU (|im;^'i'oii, in tln' (inly lii- itruiiit'iit uf liU llK'(:llulli^IU ; iitiil I'oiniiUiliihiK iiiily ol th(.' Hcurcity ol limttor \'> cdiiiiiIcIc Iih ui'diip. Ilu had tilt; mlilro-n. liv nil irrc^lstiliU' llinv oi XDud liii- moiir and clit'crl'iiMic'-, ti) niii'o.' komiu Im'IIcvc, Hint tiH wnK i|iiiiu nil lnn. ho ncativ, ^hut tliu block ciiuUI 1)1! tiiki'ii out and ri'iilwcfd with- out any marks of violciici'. 'I'liroii;.'!! tliu liolo he noiild thrust hiii arm, and by wrciichin;,' oil' ftroii;r padlocks, and shovind back the bolts, tit lln' hour oi' supper, when the nerHoii who waiti'd on the pri-"inciH was )?iviii;{ tliein tlieir lood. i'oiii.d a lice pa^siisc to the hall of tlio Couutin;; llou!:c, aiiu thuuco to thu ■treet." The H\w wliicli 1ir ihpiI in rutting tlifi door of the jirison, i* supjioaed to liave hfeti oiiu wliicli lie Blole on boaiiUhRslfiaiii'ioat I'"ui.ton, un his pansaue from New York to New llaveii : and 80 artCuUy did he cot. coal tlie saw, tliouyh re[)eatedly searched botli liflori! and alter liia confinement, at the suf^a.estioii ofCapt. Iiiinlccr, that lie retained it about bin peisoii unlil by iU means he elFected bis escape. About the lirnetliat Newman made his elope* menf, Mr. Duller happened to be in New York; nnd on his return by land, ho met Newman travelliui^ kisurely alona;, a few miles tiistant from the city. Mr. Duller readily recoi^nisod him, and immediately instituted a imrauit ; but lie baflled his attempt to apprehend him and made hi)) retreat into the wooils. Upon lliis, Mr. Butler enj;aK('d .1 party of men, with doi^s and fire-arms, to ffrret liiiu oul if possible; but lie had vigilance and art suiUcieiit to elude all their efloris to lake him. The next moriiint; aCier the chase, he male his appearance at a certain house, where he found tlie table placed for the family breakfast, und without i.avilation or ceiernoiiy, sat dawn nt the table and bewail to eat. Wiiilp he was eating, he obs.'rved to I he family, that he would not let llieiii take iiim ye>i( nt Bridewfll: »nd rt»urn#<^ with him to New W.wen in the (.teanibojf. his arrival at the f'oiinly H'nise, the Sli^rifF hi: him cloHPly cetirclied, to see lb it he had i' HiWM, or S'ly other instrument*, by wliirli h> mi;,'hl etfoct another eH.-ape. After the nenrc lie w:\i <'o:ifi'io 1 in the rritniuiils' room, him! ctille 1, with a shackle about oo« (it his lei/s, t which wan att icbed a Ion:,' iron chain, lirm, stapled to the lloor, and in corti.iany with t« negro boyn who were confined lor Mtealin:;. Ill tluH Hittialinn he was left at evening: a' the next moniing, when the keeper came ' till' dour of his prison, he foiiiiil him walkii the ro.itn. i^moking his |iipp, with the chain u his shoiildrr, and the liainh-ulfs in his hati which he presented to the keeper, ^laying, "y may lake thene, Ihey may he of use to \oU ; I tliey are of no more me Id nie." The keei- on attem;>tinu' to open the door, fouinl that liad not only drawn the staple, but had rais the lloor also, which was of t-tron^' plank, l.i; ened to the sleepers with spikes, 'i'lie he,. ofboine of the spikes w^'V' dr.iwii thro'igh pi inks which he had t;ikeri up, and with wh lie had BO barricade, 1 the door, that the kce|t( attempled in vain to enter. Upon thin, 1 e c. ed upon the Shorilf, who came and ordered prisoner to open the door ; lo which he lepl from within, '• My liouse i^ my castle, nnd m shall enter alive without niv leave." 'f Sheriff then ordered the two coloied boys,(« stood trembling from fear,) to come and rem the tasfening from the lloor ; but the jirisu, told him that de:illi would be their portion they attemjited it. The Sheiiirnnding him determined not open the door, und having attempled in vai: get ill by other means, sent (or a masou and tiered him to break an opening through hiick partition which divided the lower rc^f, AVheii Iha mason commenced operations 011 '| wail, ' vman said to the Sherilf, ''It is in;-*-,, to make a hole throu;>;!i tliat wall, for I c '| kill ev^'i-y vagabond as fast as they put I ^| heads in ; but if the Siierifrwill bring no of^ in but ^'eiitletneii,l will open the door for li i: The duorwas tlien opened and the Jiherilf ' it in and secured him.' and soon after, 1 "': Ftroiigly, Willi additional irons and chai; Finding himself, now overpowered, and ,.• other escape r.dlier hopdess, lie had reci f lo hi^ (dd sclieme ul' i/elUnsi and scrcami'iS'K any lliiiig but the human voice, and seem ■'■ in every part of the house. — This he kei all niglit, until the whole town was lii> alaimed. A Special Court, was therefore^ mediately called, and in a few days he'vi brought on his trial. The trial was brought on as a case of hi-t^ rv, the prisoner having entered a chani'i i\lr. butler's, and stole uu ear-riug belu>. Ins oc were, thins;, much to fits his rn his he no rlia vulsiv olTh leg that h Capta him. whetl custoi he we woiih when Capta ferenc nnid t dninjj eai( belon it and friem; lae to h HENRY MORE BMITn. 87 wfll, and rtfurnH the htHiimbojf. U SI', tlip Slierid hi: ! It) it llH U,\(\ t' iiH, liy wliirh h A fffp tlip nHnrc- riin;il,i' riKiin, hitiil f (PiiH (it hn Ifii!*, t iinti rh.iin, liifii! riiTniiitiy witli I" I'll till' Miruliiij;* li'lt at cvt'niti;,' : a: fnliud iHin WillUi: will) tllH Cllillll U 1)1, -I in Ills hail I III 'iiyinir, IP (it iHP til U)U ; I ) nic," 'I'lii' \ifc\" ■ (lull!', lollllll tll.lt aple, lull ti;id raiv ot stron;,' jjlinlt, li' sjiikfs, 'I'lio li'' •• (iiMWii llii'o'!i;h ! '!) u)', atid will) wli dour, III. it llio l;e('| r. l'|iui) IliiH, 1 e c, I'anit; ;iikI (inlei'Pil ' • ; !o wLifli he ip|i1 i^ tny ciislhf, nnii n lit inv leivi'." i wo ('(ilored h(iy8,(w r,) to come am) rem (uir; iiiit lh(; pii', that wall, for I c f last as tliey put t ;.| iriirwill hrinK no U open the door fur h, |; lel and thodheril!' ;; lid soon alter, i ■ al irons and chai; jverpowered, and < (less, he had reci .: 'ing and scrcainins- i n voice, and seem '■' ise. — This he ke! ule town was lil^' :)urt, was theiefure- in a few days he*= it on as a rase of hi-t- ; entered a chani'i UQ ear-riug belu. '• la • TiiunrlniW then lodajn? at tho hoiis**.— rsVwman oMiiinpd c >'irni«l to pirai! h\» cbt evprv /i7i'c vuf ii"' the nitno, and Ihnt the rvi- drncn lielnii' the riiiiil did not eit.ddi'^h th»« chHiirc Unvcvcr, ho wnn fmiiid K'lil'v fttid •en'eiicpd to lliicc y,-nrM ffiiil'inHtncnt in the J\fin (iiiti' SiintLinif .Ui/ir«, which wan con- ► ideri'd ra'hcr a .^trcii'ti nf imwcr oii acciMint i<( liin intiino'is an I ni'inrii.iH rliiraclcr. lie wis roniit»(|iiMii ly sent (.(;'ll;e next liav to Ihf pi act* of l)i>i intiire r-nnli'ii'i.)".,! and I ilniiir, iro'if'il and chiined ; and id a w;il'i,' 'n under a slronu tiii.ird. Alter I:iriivel ai N'f.v ILiven, w Ik re I wn put ill pi'SSP^sii.111 of these p ii'ticiilars foncprii- in;; him, I'll perron w IK known m the I'ni'rd Stales who mill. i prTl'.'.tiv ilnilify him to li.- the iinted Fh'iit/ J',I,irr Smilh. Init mv-clf. I w;i8 roiijieipu'iilly n'lpicmcl fur the gruMi'-ahon (if Ihf pnblK!, toyn til tl e Simsfitin/ Mhn i to i'e him. I had llie ciiiiosiiy lo -en how he coii- (luc'i'il himself at New (iitt'.and mot'ep led lo tiimsliiiry, about filty railew, f.ir the pnrp hh. On my arriv, 1 at Siinshnry, I I'luiiiired of (\ipt. Washburn, the kee|)Pr ct tlie prison, how Newm.u) conducted himself. He answered ih.it he behaved verv well; th.'t he had he lid he was a very hid fidlow, hiil he bad fi'i many that were worse he did not think anv thiri'i had in Newman. I fnrlher eii(]iiiied of the kee|)er what acenunf Newman t;ave of him- eelf, and what he rudcnowledt'ed to have been Ilia occupation. II is answers to the je eii'piinp' were, Ihat he projessed to be a t lil n-, if any thins;, but th.it he ha.l not been accMslumed to much hard work , as he liad always been siiliject to fiiii; that his fits were iViiihtlul, ,nl that in Ills rjjony and distress he wi-uld turn round on his head and slimilders- like a top, and he was 80 pliafed and bruised with his irons in liis rnn- ViiUive aKoniea, that he had taken tlie shackles oflf his lei;s, so that now he only had one on one leet This was as convincing; to me as ponsiblti that he was my old fiukvd, Smith. The Captain asked me it I had a wish to liberate him. I repl ed, my oliject was to ascertain whether he were a prisoner I had had in my custody more Itian twelve months, and that if he were, he would know me immediately ,• but would not profess to l;now me. Ac cordiii^lv, when he was brouirht into mv presence in tb(? Captain's room, he maiiitnined a perteet indif- ference, and tOdk no notice of me whatever. I Baid to him, " Newman what have \ou been doiiif; that has broii2;bt you here ?'' '• Notiiini;," said he, " only I had an ear-rin:; with trie Ihat belonged 'o my wife, and a youiii; lady claimed it and swore it belonged to her, ami \ hid no friend to speak in favour of me, and they sent lae to pi'iaou." I then askeJ bim whether hv had ever »«•«« m» Inform. IN jooied firn»»t- jy iipiin ine nnd iiid, •' I do not know bii! I hufir Fpen yiiii at Ne\v ll.iven, there were many men ill ciitii t.'' " Wlieie del ynil Com" Iroin ^" — His reply wa«, " I r itne from Cuiad.i *' "What c(innir\ m III lire yi II ;" " A ^"rell^ht^a^, hofn in i'rini'c " lie I, ad hpow \,\ London and l-iv- prpiiiil, hilt never at ilriu'hton. " VV."» yon ever nt Kint'sli'ti, Nt-a III iin (wii~k r ' lie an«wer''ii, " .N'l," h« did not know where th.it wfi>', with » roiinfenanf e ao nnmoved mi if he had sjioken in all 'he confi lence ol ti ut'i. He appivired r.ilber innip fleshy tli.in when ill Kiti.';<(iiiti ; tint sull remained the 'aiTie sub- file iiiNsierii.us liein:;. 1 under-loud iliat l)»r \va<, tlie lii-t that evt-r < tl'eiied all rxem;iti":V Iroin l.il, itir in that prismi by or on any pre- tence wli.itiMr. He kept himself clean and decent, an I ainoni; llie wretched victims wli'> were daily brnii;.'||| from ihe horrid nil in chains arid fetters to Iheir d.iily labnir of mnk- in;: riails, William Newman apjieired (|Uile a diNfiimiiislii'it characln . ,")und at work on any part of the watcli or knife, and yet there was no doubt on the minds of those who saw it, that it was in reality Ihe protlvC' tioii of his own geniMs, and the work of his own hands. For this information I was in- debted to a gentleman named Osburne, who resided in the !ieighbourhood, and who stated that he had seen the knile and watch himself, and that it was regarded by all as a very rixtra- ordinary piece of ingenuity. Ho lelt Siinsbury decently apparalled, wiT some tnonty in his pocket, and in possession oi some articles of his own handiwork. He di- reeled his course eastward, and was seen in Bo.sion : but lor some shoit time, nothing par- ticular or striking was heard of him. The first thing concerning him, that arrested public at- tention, was published in the Boston Jiulletin, and which came under my own eye — " Beware of pickpockets ! A stage coach destined for thi.s city, and full of passengers, a few evenings since, was the scene of much contusion, whea one of the passengers rang the bell, and cried out to the driver to stop his horses, as his pocket had been picked of a large sum of mo- ney since he entered the coach ; and at the same time requested the driver would not let any of the passengers out of the coach, it being dark, until he, the aforesaid passenger, should bring a light, in order to have a general search. This caused a generul feeling of pock- ets among the passengers, when another pas- senger cried nut that his pocket book had also been stolen. The driver did as he was directed, until the gentleman who first spoke should have time to have procured i» lamp; but whe- ther he found it or not re..iained quite uncer- tain. But no doubt he found the light he in- tended should answer his |)urpuse, as he had not shown his appearance to any other light — However, the pas-enger who really lost his pocket book, which fortunately did not contain bat a small amount of money, thinks he shall hereafter uaderstand what is meant when a man in a he will p ever »uch with him As he w well as hi: identify hi in the Uni ed with him was cunistance exterr al a] by which apparel, al of adsumini to these character ficulty of account hi effecting d his perfect the most di To the id( his actions identity of pend, in ot steps and r On this shadow of in the stag the njeans pointed wi ted charact predation i successful, course in c necticut ar characters and deprec suspected made his i character Brunswick Goods frui coming or said, he in ate terms, Here he Bates, Di Square, hi the famil] Sheriff Ba to let then well. He found iMr. was upon could not would lea dingly did hand writi contents e HENRY MORE SMITH. 89 ing (he nam* he handle, lip received ly recniirilud esire to le;iva the brij^hte.it fi' more cod. ueiitly Ufver ment was up he \e(l with ;hly linished lit; handle of eiR in itll its ini what ex- tu thi^ iiige- ! of mechiin- r been found ir knife, and iiids of those the proihic- work of his n I was in- sbm-Mp, who i who stated itch himself, a very f^xtia- anilled, vvit*^ possession o» )rk. H« di. ivas seen in iiolhing par- :i. 'I'lie llrst ^li publii; 111. )n Ihi/letiii, ? — " Beware destined for ew evenings iision, when 1, and cried rses, as his sum of mo- and at the ould nut let ich, it being iger, should a general ing of pock- mother pas- )ok had also as directed, oke should but whe- piite uncer- li^ht he in- ns he had her light — lly lost his not contain tks he shall mt when a fnan in' a sts^e ctach calls out thief, and that he will prefer darkness rather than liuht, if ever such an evil joke is oflered to be playei with him again." As he was continually chanRine his name as well as his place, it was impossiole always to identify his person, ej^perially as few persons in the United States were pi>r.son.»lly acijnaint- ed with him. The didiculty .i' recognizing him was not a little inrrt'ased also by Ih.e cir- cumstances of his continually cltant;in^ his exterf al appearance; and the iniquitous means by which he could obtain money and rhansie of apparel, always afl'orded Kim a ijcrlect facility nf assuming a diderenl appeirance. In addition to these circumstances also, as a feature of character which no less contributed to the dif- ficulty of identifying him, must be taken into account his unequalled and inimitable ease in effecting differeiit and various characters, and his pertect and unembarrassed composure in the most difficult and perplexinj; circumstances. To the identity and eccentricity therefore, of his actions, rather than to our knowledge of the identity of his person and name, we must de- pend, in our future attempts to trace his foot- steps and mark their characteristic prints. On this ground, therefore, there is not the shadow ofa doubt that the robbery committed in the stage coach, and that the originality of the iveans by which he carried oiFhis booty, pointed with unhesitating certainty to the no- ted character of our narrative. After this de- predation in the coach, with which he came off successful, it would appear that he bended his course in disguise through the States of Con- necticut and New York, assuming different characters, and committing many robberies and depredations undiscovered and even un- suspected for a length of time, and afterwards made his appearance in Upper Canada, in the character of a gentleman merchant from New Brunswick, with a large quantity of Smuggled Goods from New York, which he said was coming on after him in waggons ; these, he said, he intended to dispose of on very moder- ate terms, so as to suit purchasers Here he called upon my brother, Augustus Bates, Deputy Postmaster, at Wellington Square, head of Lake Ontario, and informed the family that he was w^l acquainted with Sheriff Bates, at Kingston, and that he called to let them know that he and his tamily were well. He regretted very much that he had not found Mr. Bates at home, and staled that he was upon urgent and important business, and could not tarry with them for the night, but would leave a letter for him. This he accor- dingly did, properly addressed, and in a good hand writing ; but when it was opened, and its contents examined, no one in the place coulU make out the name of the writer, or reaii any part of the letter ! It appeared to have been written in the characters of some foreign Ian- gnuge. but it could not be ileciphered. Thi« was another of his characteristic eccentricifieu, but his intention in it could not bo well un- derstood. He did not appear desirous to make himself particularly known to the family, nor to culti- vate any further acquaintance with them, but proceeded thence to the principal boardin;; liouse in the town, and ongagi'd entertainment for himself and thirteen other persons, who, he said, were engaged in bringing on his wag- gons, loaded with his smuggled goods. Having thus fixed upon a residence for him- self and his gang of waggoners, he then called upon all the principal merchants in the tovi/n, on pretence of entering into contracts for stor- ing large packages of goods, and promising to give great bargains to purchasers on their ar- rival, and in some instances actually received money as earnest on some packages of saleable goods, or the sale of which he entered into con- tracts. It may be remarked, by the way, that he wrote also in an unknown and unintelligible hand, to the celebrated Captain Brant, the same as he had written to Mr. Bates, but with what view was equally mysterious and unac- countable. Notwithstanding his genteel and respecfabk appearance, there was a singularity in his manner and conduct, which, with all his tact and experience, he could not altogether con- ceal ; and hence arose some suspicions as to the reality of his pretensions. These suspi- cions received confirmation, and were soon ma» tured into the reality of liis being a genteel imposter, from the fact that the time of the arrival of his waggons was now elapsed, and they were not making their appearance. At this juncture, when public attention and obser'^ vation were directed to the stranger to observe which way the balance would turn, an indi- vidual named Brown, who had formerly resid- ed in New Brunswick, and had moved With his family to Canada, coming into contact with the gentleman, recognised him, from ."i certain mark he carried on his face, to be the far famed Henry More Smith, whom he had seen and known when in the jail at Kingston ! This report passing immediately into circu- lation, gave the impostor a t>mely signal to de* part, without waiting for the arrival of his waggons and baggage, and without loss of time he took his departure from Canada, by way of Lake Erie, through the Michigan Territory, and down the Ohio to the Southern Stales. With his proceedings during this course of his Travels, we are entirely unacquainted ; therefore th« reader must be left to hit own 40 THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OP reflections ng to hi^ probable adventures, as he travelli'd through thii immense tract of coun- tiy. There is no reason for doubt, however, that ho ha(J by tills time, and even long betbre, become so ciinfirmed in his iniquitous courses. (but he would lei no oucayiou pas'! unimprovt^d, that would afford him an opportunity cf induig* ins; in the predominant propei.sity of a miod which seemed to glory in the prosecution of robberies and plunder, as well as in the variety of means b} which he effected hit uuhsard of and unprecedented eicapai. After \m i^i'e a^aln al !»ni] history. Ivinjj.i Conn Mid ho had ihoulil proa lytes; a-id ik (or under a i M.vs, ho ap preacher in wonder ? Fi. into an an^p ••hiiracter, h( got many to as his Iiypoci sensible of it I'ome seared proper sense tliat he had f'ullow him t( 'le aflTectofl u 'finformatioi "f tlie paiticti '^Iiile itinera! newly assumi ounts wont t if time, so cor nuch popula nd had a eon lowever this ength of timf lew chavac'ei ny supernati noHier featu injiularly div iider which ispicion, ind fouling prope as not to be was capab ing be capab! ter. Accord hich we hav ngth lisclose id placed hir his true lig It •would aj len the natur ere adopted order to cl nds of justict Qtlsman's eoi Tir.NUY MO HE SMITH. 41 inity tfindulg' sity of a tniad prosecution of J in the variety tiig uuhearcl of Affor \m arrival ia \]\o Smliiorn Stitos.Avo five again ablo touleim s iM'^tliinj:, of liisliri ami history. Wliih; !;•> w,i^ y>-t in tli;; jiini in King .1 bounty, it will liu ri'iiieiuburiiil, tint h,! i:ii(l he had huen a preanlitT, anil th vt h\ ihoulil jn'oauii again, anil wnuld gain [jios'i- lytes; a'ld now his predidiun isln-oujiitalioui; lor undora new name, that of IIkniiv iloi'- MN.S, ho apjicared in t'le chrini'.ti'i' ot a preacher in iho Soutiiem Siate.s ! And what wonder ? For Satan himsfli' is transformed into an angol of light. — Here, even in this character, ho was not wiih'jiu siiee'ss' ; for l:e got many toi'ollov/ and aduiive hiui ; yet decj) as his hypocrisy was, lie seemed to he fnlly sensible of it, although LisoDnscii-,"eohad';ed that he had been sboeked to sec ^^o many 'ollow him to hear hi'Ti "reach, and even to be aflected under his prea:diing. Onr sourio f information does not finnish ii? witli m my f the paiticnianj which m;irked liis conducf, (rhile itinerating through the South in Iiis newly assumed chnrai;ter ; yet jeneral ne- loun'ts went to say, that ht; had, fjr a lengtli )f time, so conducted himself, that he gained nuch popularity in his ministerial cjdling, ind had a considerable number of adherents. lowever this may have been the ease fot" a ength of time, yet as the assumption of this lew chavactei could not bo attributable to ny supernatural impulse, but was merely nother feature of a character already so ingularly diversified, intended as a cloak, iider which he might, with less liability to nspicion, indulge the prevailing and all eon- ouling propensities of his vitiated mind, it as not to be expected, with all the ingenuity c was capable of exercising, that he would Ing be capable of concealing his real char- ter. Accordingly, some high misdemeanour bich we have not been able to trace, at ngth lisclosed the hypocrisy of his character id placed him before his deluded followers his true light. It would appear, -whatever might have en the nature of his crime, that legal means ere adopted for his apprehension ; and that order to expediate liis escape fi-om the nds of justice, he had seized upon a certain Qtlsman's coach and horses, and was travo fomul citliiT upon lild lia.u';,':ii;iMir hi.- pcr.Miii , liiil in licii ilii-ii'df, tlu'v rctliid liliii pos.Ms^nl of 11 hir;;i' iiiiiiihcr ol MiiuJI t'-VN (liroii.'lr wliirli, iKi iIduIjI. 1k' liiuiiil IIli•ull^ ui' tlt>>l)Oiiii;.r ol'liiiv MirjiliisiP.;!' ol' ciicDl'ilin,:,' iiinliiiiii ; whortMiiJiiii lij; i|iiiu iir.'j wort' l-!i. in, ifil to IJridooi'Hj ■Hill till.- uij'iiiiii;; tci'iii ulCicnonil OL-ticiuii^.'' Hero Iip remained ill confmeinont nmil the, pwiotl of liid trial came rotiml; wln'n, for want or«ii(li(:ient evideiico to coinuiit liiin \o tlif Sfat»i i'ri.ion, lie wna tliuiict! (li.-cliai'fieil, ami till! n<;xt, acfuuiit wti licav of hlni, l)rin_'t Jjiin bf!for(M)iir vicMV uikJut tlic namn of Ih nry Preston, rtifi'stud in tlio a'jt of uti'Miiptinj; to rob the Northern Mail Co;!c!i,as v/itl aupeir bv the fullowiii" extrmits iVv-.u the ••Tiniu;!:" l'i;.i;(I;ill. llicy (ii-cuvfrod Wi.' iivisoiu r iibiiul a liiiii- rili'il yiiuls aiii':i(l (;(■ the st;i;.'i', iMii! oil :iii;,rii,ir;:iiijr ni'iirer, tlu-y saw him ,iiiiii|) o\ir v li'tic ■.•■viih'iitly to nvoiil notice. 'I'hi-, oluoiiivi;, cxciU"! tii(:irsi!i(ii(:ii;ii. anl. Canaila, v,-e ran s!aln notliinc; with rei taintj ; *^"'■c■''■' "j*:" 'H"*.^ but like all hi.-: pr'.iviousi iiiov('iiieiil!i, we may miia olTljut tU-i liaz iJ'.l tliiMjohi'ctufi', tiiat they were; siicli *<■•«• I5ruiis«ick. as vvouM do th-- usii^il iionour to'his wietehcd -;!'l/l"»v'"l it to Iiniteh-eioii. let \Vi!li all Ins taet, he oouul »'U4Uino« lie mad not always escape ihi; haiid.-i of justice ; and hi;nce hi;) coar.-ie is not nntVequeiitly .iiler- rxjiUul, and his pio^ri'Sd impeded by tins n::-ft;r:uiH'.> of tin; pii-;(in. It iti ovviiij^ to t!ii« eir'niiiHtaiice, tliat ni; are enabled to keej) )):ice will) him in Upp-cr Canada, v.diere wu jiiid hiincoMlim.'d in tlie duil of Toronto, under .. the char;."- of \nu-/r,uy. ■'' *<>"''> ' I'or tlii> iiifo''Putl>)n the writer I'.^ indebted "t^iibt an equ If. hi^^ hruilier. Mr. AutiU.sTCfl Uati'.s, re- visit to Uj)(i« ['•illii'; in Upp'T Canada, from wiioiio letter, isonal kiiowloi (lit'id 4111 Auirust. IS.T,'), we make llu; follow- u*d iiidiviiliifl! ill!.', ex'ii'.''. whicii will pr.i:it out the cireuin- |1,q (ri'mi(i(.;iti stai'.cfs v/li; 'h luTvi.' L-iiioi'd us in endeavour- "^ ol!''ii(.'c', Mr. Henry I'rc.-.ioii \v:i.j f:..imni:lii'ii Willi until ilonduy, lor luriujr iiivi.:ii-i.:; ■• i'niicK Oppicb, MnniJnv At'i/niiit: — Tlii-i iiioriiirif;, Henry I'li'-lon, ooiiimiltrd (or alleiii)itiii;; to rob tl^e SortU.;rn Mail, was i)i'.jii;,'lit ii|> lii.inn.- il.e t-itriii^' Miiristratc.^, wlioii tlift lli:,'h .Slifiijrotc ):-niic:'M;ouMfv ajilieared anil (IcinaniU'U llu- iiriioiier. vvhosc real name wa.'s Henry (jihnev. ai a l;;,!jitivc IVoiii jii-tico : llu stated, tliaf ot; Kridav last, the jii'i.oiier \vii-< to have beiMi iried lor Grand Laiceiiv. and wat' lodired iiitli'J ll')iiseot'I.)'itcntioii,at Ni •.vrnii;.-li,oullinr.'iday under cure ol'two per,ioiiH--llial in lin' eoar.-o .roC u mil!!'...'.- of your letters e;ipe!',iaUy 1,,,..;,,,, - ■,-> liv Vt. SuoTi'! Xi'l'.oly. ill wliieli voii men- «»cr n.lMl.:; .•■ t'lr yisiir Ir ti'piiod r!iat you \v<;;e wiiiii;;; a new edition of' jMdro liiniseU C!l\ el (Smiili." I have to reiiiii.'vt tliat yo'.l will (■u.-:per;d thii . piiliiicatioa until VLiu In .v from nil- ii'^aiii. There i.< «10tl COIlCcl'llli a man now cualined in Toroato jail, who lieuis the t^l^■^;^ ;;(, ii;||'!- i!'.- eriiiti'iii of .^lor;; .Sinitii. and i.-i -liiiiio-ed to be the ' ' '. ' saiiij. Many thiii:;< iKU tolil ul him whiidi no other tlU'OII;:;li llil.S I P'Mson could perforra, J \',iil not attempt to repeal Wmjii, tiiom. a'- I caiiiio* vouch tor tl'jii- triil.'i. oiuiui. " From- eui rent report.*. 1 v.a> iiidtieed to write, to iiier*ee in what ni'.inia'r lie is to !;e di-po-ed of. ,1" , ,' . ]I 'port, sayythixt Hie man i-^cdiideuui'd lo I.ee\fciut>'d.<*''ler llmtl h'. tor sihop'breakinjr— he v.idies the .Slienlf to do his ndvariec 1 in duty I ttmt he had much rather ba Inmu'ed tli-aii sent '; ^ '. ",' , to the IVnitontiary Jlaiiy are the curious storie.*- r I'Om Ulloi toid oi'Iiim. which, as 1 said before, I will not vouoli_,,,i ,,,,, , „ ,,,, - - - ,„«iiu >\ conii any means ol concilinc: iiiin f.i',-. .Slimild the .Shcrill' write to me, his i'llorianliua lua y be relied on." Htiveral communications from Upper Ca- . nada have reached U3 between the date of Pfirt'j' the letter from which the above extract i»"7" .'^' ''^ made, and the pre.jent time ; buf, none of "^*f^y» *'^^* them contained the desired information atfbeart ; lor n to the particular late of the prisoner, and th:»life and Totiu manner in which he was di,sposed of, uuliljuid obtr.ined the 18 h of Hcptembcr, 182u. Jf nm L be liy a letter inn Mr. Au;^ustu9 J^'i^^'^tf^u fjj^ ji.iv,.,^ bearin" this date, it would appear that the* % \' prisoner had not been executed, but had . , , . . been sentenet.- to-one year's eotiAnement in^^"'* ''^ ' the Penitentiary. We make tho followin;{'''*ic« pnv^ent.s extract : liis raisiirabh it pre?( Ills ? " I '^\vo you all tho informattoii that I cnu obtala,.* Iviuiriton rf.;pretlnf the pri'ioner eriqnired after. The .Jailor, j-xih... ion wUgi^i'aUo tUi4 Deputy .SliuriiV tliat hud biw i«agUltl, hli WO HENRY MO 'RE SMITH. rhnrcf,, »avf tint ho roiila Iflarn iiofhinf? from Iiim— ..:ii(l lin onll.-.l lii^i iiiHiifi Smith.— tliat he wns lifty-Hvo viiira<'M,ljut (Imiii-i tlirit lie iv.-r \vii« )ii Khin-toii, "is.'W lirtiiiswick. Tlic- jailr>r Inul one of your l^n(>k^ anil sliDWi'tl it to lliiii, liul lio (ln:iicn fobe th« Kitnic Mv-itorloiis Strnufii'r ; tluit lie wan eotidcmned and MMitt>n';pd to the I'eniteutiary for out ysur. iUl crimu waa barglar}r.'' llicpitniiitj : until, we mav y were siiili his wri;U;lu'(l n;t, ho ooiiM Justin^ ; :»ii'l iiiMiily lUcr- j owinji; tothi» lileil to ki'i'j) lit, when; wc loioiito,uiulci It ^ouhl have aiTorilt;^ tlin writur- of tlippe Memoirs preat satisfaction, and no . • ,1 .ht».(t floubt an <'quHl siitisfaction to tlo rcO' ]*;r, had it been in liis power to have paid ft rt liln s n- ^''*''' ^'^ niM'*-"^ Canada, that lie niiL'l.t be able to state from his own certain and per- \vt!o;io letter, nonal kiiowhidgo of th(j i)ri:-oiier in T oronto, tliat he was, indeed, the self same no- akc iln! follow- led individiiiii that was in hi:' own ci t^tody twenty-two years ago : and whom he had nil ilio fi'.cuin- the graiiliciilion of sceint^ and rccou ni/.ing subsequently, at the Simsbury Mines, ill endeavour- ^-here he j. laved oil" hit; siiieeted fit-- with such art and consequent advanlaRC. I' the MYrtTK- jij^j aUlMniuh it is not in the writijr's power to close up his Memoirs with so im- iont tuuu : portant a>id valuable a discovery — y ct, kee[>iiig in view the characteristic features of II to acknowipdj* the man— his professed iprnorance o»" Khigston, in New Brunswick — his denial of leitcis ''';i'^"''''j-'. ever havii;;r seen the ilrst edition of the Memoirs, and the care which he took to keep !veiii't'i'c>u oiMcra himself enveloped in mystery, by utterly declining to give any satisfactory informa- V*?.'.'''"'^TiR're''i" *'"" conceiiiing himself; all lliese eircumst^inees united) form a combination of fea- I'il. Willi I'Oiiis the tui'es so i:i:u'l;ed, ii:; to carry vou\ i r-tion to the mind of the reader who has traced him im\v'i"id? niVm throu;!;li this narrative, that iie is uo other than the same mysterious Henry Moro iitti'^niit to rop'-'uv i^mith. !(Vu('.'h1 to write 1" There is- another feature in the prisoner at Toronto, that seems strongly corrobo- ;.•, ro4ie;-iin'i •''"Jfaiive of V, iiat we i!re desirous properly to establish; that is, his age. He acknow- Die: ;u''''i'|i^ '"■ '^ ledges to bi! lilty live years of age ; and .'tlthough this would make him somewhat .■i'd't%'!iMtc>'u^^^^^^^ '^'''"' ^''^^ ^'*-''^^ ''S^'' y^'^ ^' ''^''"^ '^'"'"^ point — that the prisoner at Toronto ia well e' .sniMiii ;> *><' '''^advance:! in years, and to must the ;;ubjeet of our Memoirs be also. t^a" ouii^^^^^^^ From iaforniation which we have obtained it seems that he has undergone liig trial, , , I will u)t vouchjjjjj ^^,,j,; conimilted to the Penitei:tiary for a year's continement. Whether he found uu', us 11 or J. ftriy means of ctFocting an exemption from labour in the Penitentiary and then re- conciling himself to his conlinement, or whether he accomplished one of his ingenious rom Upper ^'*"jepfirtiiros, wu are uiiahle to determine. One thinir, however, is highly probable jen the date otj^j^.^^,^^^.^;^^. -- - - - - -^ ibove cxtraet i» ... . n r-r, but, none of 'i"ainy 10 p and down in the earth, in the practice of his hoary-headed xcept a Power from on High has directed the arrow of conviction to his i\iiatioii atfheart ; lor no inferior impulse would be capable of giving a new direction to the "prisoner, andtb-.>life and ictions of a man, whose habits of iniquity have been ripened into maturity, isposed of, uuliljuul obtiiiaed an immoveable ascendency by the iiracticc of somany successive years. It mil I- be aeknowledged tha*^ there is an unprecedented degree of cleverness ia Aiif^ustus lJat«s,j^n ijig ;i Iventures, which casts a kind of illusive and momentary covering over the appear that ''>*iy^,.ii character of his actions, and would seem to engage an interest in iiia favour, ecuted, u ''l (and this is an error to which the human mind seems remarkably predisposed when k'^^the'foUowin"^''^^' presents itself before it in all its cleverness), yet who can read the history of *his misviruble career, without feeling pained at the melancholy picture of depravity it prcs( nts ? Who would have supposed that after his condemnation and sentence nfnatl cuu obt^irtj^ Ki»g!;ton, and his life, by an act of human mercy, had been given into bis hands ' lllat had' iim i«aguiti, he would not have hastened to bis wife, and with t«ars of compunction mingled 44 THE MYSTERIOUS DOINGS OF HENRY MORE S:\I ITll. with those of joy, cast himself upon her neck, and resolved, by a course of fatijr« rectitude and honesty, to make lier as happy as his previous disgracel'ul and sinful career had made her miserable ? But ah ! no ; his release was followed by no such effects ; rendered nnsu?ccptibIo «f every natural and tender impression, and yet under the full dominion of tlie god of this world, he abandoned the inmate oHm bosom, and set out sln;^lc handed iu the fresh pursuit of crime. There is, however, one redeeming feature which stands out among tlic general de- formities of his character : iu all the adventunis whicli tlie history of iiij cours* presents to our view, we are not called upon to witness any marks of violt.ncs and blood; and it is perhaps owing to the absence of this repulsive trait of v;hara"ler.. that we do not behold him in a more relentless light. lii^'ls i»';'k:&^\| - i| f • ,„„ "i'mn^ij^^^^'"'^^^''"'- ._,_^ .