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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1842)
fITEWS & I’lil Y'l Bum’ GAZETTE. . €i. COTTIIVG, Editor. No. 42— NEW SERIES.] NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE, terms: Published weekly at Three Dollars per annum if paid at the time of subscribing; or Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid till the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless at the option ol'the Editor, without the settlement o fall, arrearages. lE7* Letters, on business, must he post paid, to insure attention. No communication shall be •published, unless wc are made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first insertion, Seventy-Jive Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will be made of twenty-five per cent, to those who advertise by the year. Advertisements not limited when handed in, will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrators, and Guardians, are required bylaw, to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must be adver tised in like manner, forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne groes, must be published weekly for four months; notice that application will be made for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days; and Letters of Dismission, six months. Mail Arrangements, POST OFFICE, ) Washington, Ga., January, 1842. ( AUGUSTA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 5, A. M. CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 2-1, P. M. ’ MILLEDGEVILLE MAIL. ARRIVES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. CLOSES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CAROLINA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CLOSES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. ATHENS MAIL. ARRIVES. Saturday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M. CLOSES. Saturday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M. ELBERTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Thursday, at 8, P. M. ] Thursday, at 8, P. M. LINCOLNTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Friday, at 12, M. | Friday, at 12, M. I\EW SHOES. TO- WIT, the following: Ladies’ Kid, Calf, and Prunelle Walking Shoes; Women’s sew’d Kip Shoetees ; Boys’ Calf and Kip Shoes, sew’d and peg'd ; Coarse Brogans, making my assortment complete from the smallest size to the largest extra size, low for Cash. A. L. LEWIS. December 16, 1841. 16 JYotice • A LL persons indebted to the late firm of Mc il MILLAN & VINCENT, are requested to make payment immediately to JOHN 11. DYSON. January 6, 1812. 19 Bonnets ! JUST received a lot of latest Styles, at pri ces to suit the times, at BELCHER’S Cheap Cash Store. June 9, 1842 41 For Sale, Bg-Jl A HOUSE and LOT, well hn ’ m iWm P r °ved and pleasantly situated in the ‘•I'laSP Town of Washington. For further particulars, apply to STEPHEN G. PETTUS. May 19,1842. 68 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July next, tefore the Court-llouse door in Washington, Wilkes county, between the legai sale hours, the allowing Properly, to-wit: Tract of Laud containing twenty-three more or less, lying in said county, joining Irvine and others, belonging to the estate of Bai ley Lunsford, deceased. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms made known on the day of sale. PETER LUNSFORD, Adm’r. May 5, 1842. 36 GEORGIA, ) Whereas, James M. Smythc, Wilkes county. $ Guardian of Mary H. Smythe, applies to me for Letters of Dismission. These are therefore to cite, summon, and ad monish, all and singular the kindred and credit ors of said Minor, to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause (if any they have) why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at Office, this 9th day of May, 1842. JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o. May 12. m6m 37 GEORGIA, > Whereas, Eliza Mankin, ad- Wilkes county. £ ministratrix, with the will an nexed, on the estate of Benedictine Crews, de ceased, applies for letters of dismission. These are, therefore, to cite, summon and ad monish, all and singular the kindred and credi'- nrs of said deceased, to be and appear at my of fice, within the time prescribed by law, to show cause (if any they have,) why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at Office, this Bth day of June, 1842. JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o. June 9. m6m 41 AND THATCHES, Clocks, and Jewelry of every ~ * description repaired and warranted, by A. W. KING. Washington, April 28,1842. 35 Ileiluclion ! THE Subscriber respectfully informs the public, that owing to the change in times, he will work at the following reduced prices : Putting in Main-spring, $2 00 “ Hair “ 1 00 “ Verges, 2 50 “ New Chain, 1 50 “ best Lunett Chrystalsf 75 “ Flint “ 50 “ Common “ 371 Cleaning Lever Watch, 1 50“ “ Common “ 75 And all other work in proportion. O’ Work entrusted to his care will be prompt ly and faithfully executed, and as the prices are considerably reduced, he hopes still to receive a share of public patronage. ILF All work warranted, and unless satisfac tion is given, no charge made. R. 11. VICKERS. May 5,1842. 30 To the iuipfic. FpilE undersigned will commence a School -1- in the house formerly occupied by Mrs. Allison, on Monday the 18lh instant, designed to be oue of a permanent character. This institu tion does not appear before the Public in an atti tude of hostility to any other, but only in that of friendly rivalry, soliciting a share of public pat ronage so far as it may merit. It is the desire of the Subscriber to connect tho interest of the community with that of this School. This lie will endeavor to do, first, and chiefly, by perse vering effort on his part to raise the standard of solid Education, and to confer its benefits, to the utmost ot his ability, upon those committed to his charge : And, secondly, by reducing the Rates ol Tuition so as to correspond with the present pecuniary pressure, which has touched our own community as well as the country generally, with its withering influence. Pupils will be prepared for admission into any College, either Northern or Southern. Rates of Tuition : Ist. Orthography, Reading, Writing, with El ementary Geography and Aridimetie. $4 50 per quarter. 2d. Practical Arithmetic, Algebra, Geography, Grammar, Natural and Mental Philosophy, Lo gic, Belle-Letlers, and Chemistry, Ss>6 25 per quarter. 3rd. Latin, Greek and French Languages, Ge ometry', Day’s Course of Mathematics, including logarithms, Trigonometry, Mensuration of Heights and Distances, and Surveying, $8 per quarter. A. L. LEWIS. N. B.—Stated recitations in the Bible will be required of all the Pupils sufficiently’ advanced to profit by them. April 14, 1842. 33 TIIE Copartnership heretofore existing at Petersburg, Georgia, under the copartner ship name and style of BPEEI), HESTER, & Cos., was dissolved on the 31st December last.— Said Copartnership being composed of Wade Speed, James M. Hester, and Uriah O. Tate. U. O. TATE. May 3, 1842. 36 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. VfIfTILL bo sold before the Court-House door * * in the town of Washington, Wilkes coun ty, on the first Tuesday in July next, a Negro Man, named Sandy. Sold as the property of Matthew Faver, deceased. Sold for the purpose of mak ing a division among the heirs, the first children of Nathan Eckles, deceased, being the heirs in this case. I’erms made known on the dav of S ■ VER ‘ ns’r. ‘ April 21,1842. oi Matthew Favor, dec. GEORGIA, / Whereas Baker Lipscomb, Wilkes County. ( Guardian of Wylie M. Pope, applies for Letters of dismission. These are, therefore, to cite, summon, and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said Minor, to be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, (if any they have,) why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office, this 23d of March, 1842. JOHN H. D\SON, Clerk c. o. Marcii 31. mfim 31 ‘...•EOfttiiA, l Whereas, James M. Smythe, Wilkes county. ) applies to me for Letters of Dismission on the Estate of Samuel M. Smythe, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite, summon, and ad monish, all and singular, the kindred and credi tors of said deceased, to be and appear at my of fice, within the time prescribed by law, to show cause (if any they have,) why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office, this 9th of May, 1842. JOHN H. DYSON, c.c.o. May 12. m6m 37 months after date application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Or dinary, for leave to sell the Land belonging to the estate of Edward Jones, deceased. FELIX G. HENDERSON, Adm’r. April 7,1842. de bonis non. FOUR months after date, application will be made to the Inferior Court of Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell the Land belonging to the Estate of Joseph Bell, late of said countv, deceased. MARY H. BELL, Adm’x. May 26,1842. m4m 39 ITIOUR months after date application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Wilkes court, while sitting as a Court of Or dinary, for leave to sell a lot of Land, No. 233, in the 10th District, Carroll county, Ga., belong ing to the Estate of Rebecca Allison, deceased. G. L. RAREST RAW, Ex’r. March 17. 1842. m4m 29 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. WASHINGTON, tWILKES COUNTY, GA„) JUNE l. 1812. COTTING &. BUTLER, ATTOKMES, HAVE taken an OFFICE over C. P. Co zart’s Store. January, 1842. 28 To the Planters of Ocorgia. A PENNY SAVED IS TWO PENCE EARNED. rpilE Subscriber is now offering to the Far- JL mors of Georgia, “MIMS’ WROUGHT. IRON PLOUGH STOCK,” invented by the Messrs. Seaborn J. & Marshall Mims, of Oc lebbahan county, Mississippi, and patented by them. This PLOUGH in every respect is the most desirable PLOUGH STOCK ever offered to a planting community. It combines durabili ty with convenience—it will last a great many years without repair or expense, and will admit of every variety of Plough Hoes, (three tooth harrow excepted,) with perfect convenience and facility—it is not heavier than the ordinary wood en stock, yet far stronger, and being so very sim ple in its construction, that any blacksmith in the country can make thorn. Sample Ploughs may be seen and tried at Mr. Dense’s Shop in Miliedgeville ; at Mr. Martin’s Shop in Sparta, and at Mr. F. B. Billingslea’s in Washington, Wilkes county. Let the Farmer examine the Plough, and he will purchase the right to use them. The Subscriber proposes to sell county rights on tiie most accommodating terms. O’ All communications on this subject, post paid, addressed to me at Miliedgeville, or Wash- j ington, Wilkes county, will meet with immedi ate attention. B. L. BARNES, Agent for S. J. &. M. Mims. January 27,1841. 22 A NEW VOLUME. May Ist, 1842. TIIE SATURDAY POST. A Family Sheet of the Mammoth Class. 4 New Volume of the popular family New - the Saturday Evening Post, printed in Philadelphia, was commenced on the first of May 1842, beautifully printed on the finest white lin en paper. 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The lines are really beautiful and caustic, and we must say the subject which he satirizes is one at which ridicule may with great proprie ty be directed—at least in the opinions of the gentlemen. THE BUSTLE. Haste, Venus ! daughter of the purple wave, Unveil on earth thy radiant charms no more; Hie, maid of beauty, to thy coral cave, _ Thy peerless reign, alas ! too soon is o’er. Nor longer now, ye artless Graces, raise Your forms in sweet perfection to display : Love, Grace and Beauty with the Goddess dies, Since now la mode proclaims the “Bustle’s” sway. Hail! humpback’d muse, if such a muse there be, Os gods begot, or of the briny sea, List to my song, sweet goddess, now attend, And with my verse thy bumpiest numbers bleud. From Helicon, or from Parnassus’ height, Look o’er my page and guide my pen aright. Toll me, ye daughters ol the tuneful Nine, If one of you o’er wore a hump behind ! Tell me, ye sisters of the graceful Three, ll sucli a hump on one of you there be ! Oil! say, sweet goddess of the nimble chase, Does such a hump your outward woman grace i Proclaim it, mistress of the rosy morn, Does such a hump your <#itward Eve adorn ! Speak, gentle Hebe, fairest of the fair, And if a hump thou hast, sweet goddess, tell us j where. I Tail, beauteous Psyche ! thou whom nature blest j With charms by far more perfect than the rest; j In praise oi whom botli gods and men combine ; I Say, lovely sprite, wearest thou a lminp behind In vain, alas ! the sculptor’s god-like art Bids grace and beauty into being start! In vain be moulds tho female form divine, If Venus lacks an extra hump behind I In vain Apollo strikes the tuneful lyre, And ail the Muses in her praise conspire ! Even Poets tinir, ’mid Tetnue’s floworv maze. And gods combine to utter tortli her praise ! Ah, no ! ’mong all in vain I seek to find -V maid who wears a shapeless hump behind. Proclaim it, daughters ot tiie tuneful choir, And touch my song with notes of liquid fire, Whilst now 1 sing of etiquette, the laws, Extol la mod'’, and plead a “ cause. Hail, beauteous hump ! mysterious bustle! say j Os flesh and blood, of rags, or bran or hay, Art thou composed, and dost thou claim A local habitation and a name ? Say whence tiiou sprang, and what thy use and j end, And those I promise with my verse to blend. I Tbou art, indeed, tiie pride of every belle Who likes at all to cut an extra swell, And, by thy will, secure the utmost honor That feathers, rags, or hay, can heap upon her. I know of humps, at least*a score in all, Which have been worn time immemorial, To-wit—tiie back, the shoulders; and ’ts said That humps abound upon the smoothest head. Now, if from these paternity you claim, Then tell me, pray ! what is your proper name ! Some call thee “Bishop,” “Boiikey,” “ Tour nure,” And others, by at least a dozen more ; But now, forsooth, myself will call thee “ Bus tle,” Which means, you know, to frisk about and hus tle, Or move, at least, witiiin so small a compass As not to raise a riot, row, or rump- us. But these aside, in thee alone we find Love, grace and beauty, in one heap behind ; j In thee alone new beauties rise and live, Which only art and etiquette can give. Among tiie grave, tiie gay, tiie sad, or merry, Each maid displays a hump, la Dromedary; The rich, the poor, tho’ duns & debts entrammel, Are found equipped, ala mode de Camel ; The young, the old, though long since tired of fashion, Alike delight tiie extra hump to lash on. In truth, ’tis strange the gods should thus mis take, And place such beauties on a Dromcly’s back, j When Venus, sure this mark of grace should j claim, And raise complete, her beauty, back and fame. ] Ilail, wond’rous age ! when Nature’s perfect law \ Resigns the contest to a bag of straw ; When Fashion bold, embracing every whim, Augments the form where Nature fain would trim, And taste, as fickle as the fleeting wind, Must needs attach an extra hump behind ; While youth and beauty, bending ’neath the load, Becomes a martyr to the laws de mode. But, spite of these, I’ll plead a “ Bustle’s” cause, Extol la mode, anil emulate the laws, The age, the custom, etiquette, and taste, The largest bustle, and the slenderest waist; And it lor these I’m favored by tiie fair. I’ll add the grace, the manners, and the air, For all are written in that perfect code, The Law of Fashion ; or, in French, la mode. ORIE. Jrii*StUiSiH O t • v-. He’ll Do. —The Rochester Republican tells of a man who come to market to dis pose of his cattle, which naturally led to conversation on the very common theme of “hard times.” “Y T es,” said the cattle sel ler, with an air of peevish positiveness, “times are hard, and this is a hard world, and in my opinion very few will get out of it alive.” A Frenchman, who was exhibiting va rious sacred relics and other curiosities, produced among other things a sword, which he assured his visiters was “ de sword dat Balaam had when he would kill de ass.” A spectator remarked that Balaam had no sword but wished for one. “ Ver well; dis is de ver on“ he wish for.” From the Tennessee Watchman. ru E TWO HARPS. Had they or hearts, or yes , that did tliese deeds ! Could eyes endure to gain* BUc i, cruel hands ! SUAKSPEAKE. We present to our readers a narrative which is identified with tho early history of lenncssce, ami which must shock and hor . rify the soul of every individual possessing J the ordinary social feelings and sympathies jof human nature. The tender, the delicate i and tender female, tnay well feel the shud derings of horror thrill through her soul, and allow the pale mask of terror to mantle her lovely visage, while she peruses a nar rative of such tragic deeds of carnage and death. Indeed, the bold and brave and manly bosom, may indulge the risings of i virtuous and chivalrous indignation, when j ho reads the story of slaughtered babes and I matrons, youths and men, murdered in cold blood, merely to gratify a hellish thirst for i carnage, and a fiendish delight in human ! misery, that men could possess, but a devil incarnate, carrying within his unnatural j and accursed bosom all the ranking and j burning furies of the infernal regions: “ In tiie year 1707 or ’OB, two men came into the county of Knox, said to be from j Georgia, and represented themselves as be | ing brothers, bearing the name of Harp. | One of them was a largo and big boned i man, of a most vicious and savage counte- I nance, whose name was Micajab, who had a wife. The others name was Wiley, who ! was not married. As to where these men j j were raised, or what their right names ! j were, Harp or not, has never yet been as- j I certained. Shortly after settling themselves j W iley married a young lady by tiie name I of Rice, tiie daughter of an old gentleman | who lived some five or six miles from Knox : ville, while the other, Micajali Harp, took i j another woman to live with him, by the ! j name of Roberts, and thus lived and coliab- ! j ited with both. They planted and cultiva- j j ted a small crop, the first year after they | j came to the country, and lived in peace and friendship with their neighoors. But at the end of the year they commenced stealing and plundering ; however, it was some time before they were detected. They stole hogs and sheep from their neighbors, on j Beaver Creek, and sold them to John Mil- i ler, an old gentleman living in Knoxville, j which sale led to the discovery of tho thieves. \ Shortly after, they stole several fine horses j from a man by the name of Tie], who resi- j ded in the immediate vicinity of Knoxville. ! ,Tiel suspected the Harps, procured a few of his friends to go with him in search of his j horses ; they went to the house of the Harps | and found they were not at home. Tiel j and his friends went in search of them.— j Upon examining the woods, they found where horses had been fed ; and, taking the trail, they pursued them across Clindf riv er into tiie Cumberland Mountains, where they found the Harps encamped in a large cave, and the horses empounded near bv. They succeeded in taking the thieves and recovering the horses ; but before their ar rival at Knoxville, the Harps broke custo dy and escaped. Shortly after this, tiie Harps commenced ! tho bloody work of inhuman and ruthless murder, which they prosecuted to an extent | that alarmed and terrified tho inhabitants of the whole country. Their relentless and | furious rage, neither the aged nor the youth; j neither regarded sex nor color. They first murdered a boy bv the name t of Coffey, who was on bis way to mill, on { Copper Ridge, in Knox county. Their next j victim, so far as known, at least, was a man j by the name of Johnson. They murdered j him on the road about two miles below I Knoxville. They shot him through the j head, ripped him open, filled his abdomen and chest with stones, and threw his body | into tiie [lolston river. These tragic deeds aroused the whole ! community. Every man carried his fire arms, his dirk, or his butcher-knife about him ; and search was made after the Harps in every direction and every section of the country. These monsters in human shape, j afterwards murdered a man by the name of Ballard, supposing him to have been Hugh Dunlap, Esq., who had been very vigilant in endeavoring to arrest them. The whole community was now in a ; state of consternation and alarm; compa nies were raised, scouts kept continually J out, and rewards offered for die apprehen sion of those murderers and murdering wretches; in consequence of which they were compelled to seek shelter in a more wild and uninhabited country ; and they, therefore, fled, taking their women with them, to the mountains, along the line be tween Tennessee and Kentucky, occasion ally breaking into the settlements and com mitting tiie most awful murders. When they left Tennessee, they went through the mountains at the Cumberland ! Gap. When they had proceeded as far as | Richland Creek, in Knox county, Kentucky, they fell in company with a man by the name of Peyton, wiio was peddling, having his goods packed upon his horse. The Harps murdered Peyton, took his horse and goods, and proceeded on their journey.— Shortly afterwards they came to the house of a man by the name of Pharris, who was settled upon the road, and kept a public house, for the accommodation of travellers. They arrived at Pharris’ about breakfast time in the morning. A young man by the ’ name of Langford, from the State of Vir- 11. J. It il* PUL, Printer. j ginia, who was on his way to Kentucky, I had lodged at Pharris’ the night previous, [ and had not left, having tarried to take i breakfast before lie set off’on bis journey, j They also called for their breakfast which was furnished them, and afier they had eat en they disputed with the landlady (Phar ris not being at home,) about tiie charge ; upon which Langford remonstrated with them for quarreling with a lady, whereupon the Harps quarreled with Langford, who told them that if they were scarce of money ! k “ as no justification for disputing with a | lady, and that he would not permit anv man ior any set of men to abuse a lady in his j presence. Finally, Langford paid the j charge for the Harps, and all set off togeth ! er. After travelling a few miles the Harps i murdered Langford, and threw his body by I the side of a log, and covered it over with ! brush. A few days after, a company of J men were driving cattle along the road, and j “hen tiie cattle arrived at tiie place where j Langford had been murdered, they took | 1 right and run in every direction, bellowing most hideously. The drivers were aston j ished at this strange and singular freak of j the cattle, but their surprise was soon in ! creased ; for in collecting their cattle they discovered the corpse of Langford. His name was marked upon his clothing. His corpse was carried to the house of Pharris, and was immediately recognized by the fa mily. Tiie Harps were pursued, arrested and carried to Danville, Kentucky, and committed to prison. They, however, soon broke jail and made their escape. They now went into tiie new part of Kentucky, where they increased their attrocities to a most dreadful extent; murdering ail class es and sexes without distinction, not for plunder, but for the love of shedding human blood. They sometimes robbed travellers, but from citizens they took nothing, except such articles as their immediate necessities demanded. Murder was their every day occupation. Again those horrible transac tions aroused the community, and they felt it absolutely necessary for their safety to a dopt some means to free themselves from tiie depredations of such a marauding foe. They collected into companies and scoured the country, in search of tiiose brutal mur derers ; and in consequence of which the Harps returned to Tennessee, contriving, however, on their march thither, to wreak their blood-thirsty and hellish vengeance upon almost every unsuspecting traveller they met with on their route. This excur sion of tiie Harps was made in 1790 or 1800, and tlie many unknown murders committed during tiiis excursion will only be revealed when tiie secrets ofall hearts shall be made known. After their return from Kentucky, they remained in Tennessee a short time before it was known or ascertained that they had returned ; but as soon as the citizens were informed of their return, they began to be on tire alert, and sent out scouting parties to seek for them. They, however, soon re turned again .to Kentucky, crossing Clinch River in tiie eastern part of Roane county. Thence travelling along what was called the Kentucky trace, ascending tiie Cumber land mountain, and crossing Emery’s river at or near where the town of Montgomery now stands. About two miles beyond the river they met two men, one by the name of Brasil, whom they murdered, while tiie oth er, whose name is not recollected, made his escape; Brasil had with him a gun, which the Harps shattered and broke to pieces o ver tiie rocks. They proceeded on into the State of Kentucky, spreading death and de solation among the inhabitants. On all these bloody excursions they took their wo men with them—camped in the woods or lived in rock houses or caverns among the nioti ntains. When they entered Kentucky, they mur dered a man by the name of Love, then proceeded to Henderson (now Union,) a thinly populated region. In this country lived a man by the name of Slegall, who had formerly lived in Knox county, Ten nessee. The Harps had frequented his house on former occasions, and it is said, had cautioned Stegall’s family never to de signate them by their real names in the pre sence of any person. On their arrival in Henderson, they encamped with their wo men under a projecting bluff’of rocks, call ed a rock-house. They went to the bouse of Stegall early one morning, and called for breakfast; Stegall not being at home, Mrs. Stegall told them they could have breakfast, but they would have to wait some time, as her child was very fretful & cross, and she had no one to nurse it. The Harps replied that she might put the child in the cradle, and they would attend to it until she cooked their breakfast. She accordingly placed her innocent babe in tho cradle, and retired to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for them, leaving them rocking the cradle. After Mrs. Stegall had prepared their break fast, and the ruthless and savage murderers had partaken of her hospitality, she went to the cradle to see if the child was asleep, expressing some astonishment that the child should remain quiet for so great a length of time. And what must have been the hor ror that seized upon a mother’s soul, and the pang that rent bosom, when she beheld her tender, harmless, and helpless infant, ! lying breathless, with its throat cut from J ear to ear, and almost floating in its own I blood ! She shrank with horror from the J awful and shocking spectacle, uttering a ! loud and frightful scream ! while the rust | ling current of Iter veins were pouring back their floods upon her woe-stricken heart, I and the warm blood curdling in her bosom. 1 Rut the relentless monsters 1 nqt theip. ( VOLT Mi: XXVII.
