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Tr IE rl TI VOI, The No. IX 2 (WHOLE : No. 509 ®he Se BrtaniaBhserter, ivy A WEEKLY, POLITICAL, ASRICTLTURAL, FAMILY NEWSPAPER, "L118 PUBLISHED AT THE VICTORIA pd PRINCE ALBERT, BR EVERY THURSO, AY MOANING, = BAIRD & PARSONS, ¢ 1m, Ta ee Ho. Burnham, THE STORY OF MARY WILBU Fog dared ov 'the city. A en firs| "Ina y room orice, the night ; but oe was the R ownty | OLERK THIRD DIVISION COURT, |, i Brida | was becoming perfectly agoitizing, he came y my couviclion,. Mr. Cortis of Saleixed, at the Oreste rig eed Office over Mr. Bigelow Store, = | fll Yam. fot; Tapped, aia Syfsd to: me. | I cm PORT PERRY c | ----- wens. onl ul once, glanog at Harvey's 10 odr cha Iriendy THOS. H. W. 5. PORT PERRY, Colton ' Wan Uncle 'Holborn's w. ve be kindled an ot pai fer and the solomn Stapaness of the hac 44 oo hn I rin mu, ; Lion ora r the Town- MONEY TO LOAN. my dear young brother and I > Da ju the dark round bir filled me with awful Revaslod Who fag sory of out past life Bp to Ontario: Maciporar ets in the Connsy of Fiod : amazement, that he had left us Biterly.d to. light the candle till | foebodings. He 100k p 11081 valy hight rhch saw he bight on Vietuia: Bosidetioe. = rock io ATO iy RATES OF INTEREST. titute. THis was so different figm all 'he me. Soon I'heard a heavy | téring's word-- his owh he furl trial came. Util that time . punciually a sed Vo. Behe cotlociod in Canc | MESSLEURS COCHRANE & COCHRANE, | had led us to expect I hus life¥ EIR and b nga the {end lsd coe inte his x or om & obervise and Myiltances : Prince Albert. | we were more than surprised--we were in- | S18irway. new that it wis he ; no violently, he looked so excited nd tario Auctioneer, ' BARBER & PY creduloe. Butthe proof wag left before | Person had occassion now for coming up 10 | ed. ¢ Be calm,' he said, with a gently ia. kh pd sted at du 4a what THOMAS PT o . As. E, us; it was convincing, indisputable. We | 00r story. Harvey's step had often sounded 'treating accent. But I had lost all self 00n- | was so bright to us had i = st had SD OEIMAR CUETO ies Architects, Railroad, Building and Land Surveyors, | were permitted to read the will with vor | to me very heavy when he cams home! trol. told upon him { for he was very pale and arr incor roms Abr, Breve | + VALUATORS, &C, &C, [own exee and we leamed thas, tha no fatigued. and disappointed. The lodgers | « Gentleman," he said, then turning tothe (CoRbt inosssanly. | LL in in the Jine kept Soufiant fp onhand. Shop OSHAWA, ©. W., only had the grey-headed old man left us| Who had cocupied this story with us had re- | strangers, ¢ ask this woman all you wish to was, of coutse, a case of ghaaed 20% vie opposi : moved the day before. Supposing, of copree, | know." And Haivey stood back from me, | dence. Our counsel could do nothing--there ones Fr Bs ge if paid within six months; if not. hy 7 nF A that Wh $2.00. Nosab- six months ; and no ts wa ia. id Details and R. WALSH, H oa Farrier, is always in readiness i, Er Sle Yaar ered, ir LF ay our fo H to attend to all who may favor him with 'MATES OF ADVERTISING, L Ho I well soguain ned with, the mode of | ma Yor each line, first =4i~ii mi $0.08 I disease thal horses Are Subject tor Sabsequent insertions, per line - « « 0.02] Charges moderate. Betidencor Prices Aver: Sts, Nadt 8 Juth Jor spun. - +. 500 Advertisements measured in and charged A according to the space they received for publicatiof, without spe. R 0 Y A L i cinat will be inserted until forbid, and charg, ly. Noadverisement will be taken ont efor wed 1 M wares of hall: If. yea Sd a4 oilers Any ice, the abject . hich is topromote the pecuniar! al Hote of any individual or ebmpany, 16 an advertisement, dnd charged actord. i Rr terms will, in allcases, be strictly ad. Sr canny banlly facriining importance of the North Riding olin ativhofie Oataves A necessity, ever ad ud condemiiing Rip 1 it ill cont Sonsini tuk {zh load n Ir ianiing county Ail sei white JOB PEPARTHEN T. in the amount y wb aphlets, Hend Billss Bi mes, Bill ore I Books heck Books. i LL ke, &ke., of wery style and color, executed prom, oh - lower + tes than at any other ries from & distance gettin, ren Bille, Figg ated, have them done 10 take h: with them. I H. PARSONS. J. BAIRD. Business Directory. DR. JONES, SSOCIATE CORONER for the County of Ontario, Prince Albert. CANADIAN BARK, Port Perry Agency. JOSEPH BIGELOW, Agent ~ ote, 5, &1. FEE "REVERE HOUSE," MANCHESTER! B. PLANK, .. asesssate PRAOPRISTOR. aged the bove hotel, and has HAMS a the' Bar w wilh the ott liquors and a paid 10 guests. -- a ey Whiao call daily. Careful ostlers bh in attendance, 'AGE HOTEL, GREENBANK, E subscriber wish wishes to inform the traveling public that he has taken the e hg uti Wi ich he has fitted and furnished ¥. H. BRATHWAITE, M. D, C. M., les the Le iD ation, GRATE Ce bulm of McGil) | Sha biok 'encased asin a Hh A oe LE a) Physicia, 4 and nd R. A. MURTA, lately. occupied by Dr. Agnew. | Proprietor. - k, Feb'y 13,1866. 6-ly DR. WARE, TRONER for the County of Ontario, Nid take he has Throat and ak whi swith the other ranches hh his profession, on [Towstt'a Hotel, | . KENT STREET, LINDSAY. Good stale a shed attached, and a attentive always in' in attendan at his resid gi terms, ence in Prince Drs. McGILL & RAE, PPISIOIANS Surgeons, &c. & §e. ke. Office and WN. MILL, MN. De pind RAR, M. B F. OAKLEY, M.D, ! ANILLA, SEES ced Se wp Cn JOHN BLImeE = 1 HN BILLINGS, ! ARRISTER, Auoiney at bn et r Vt SR 8 rt Bi 'COCHRANE, ARRISTER»>, Attorneys, &o. : SRE. B office--op] the Town ; act pico over Mr, Bigelow's Store. THORNE ata & MARTIN, RNEYS-at-Law, &c. Ae. Soke for the ' Ontario Bank. Rel Block, Kent street, Bye Avax Hussy if Chan- Pub) AMERON & 'JOARRISTERS and Attotney) County Council Ontag R. J: WILSON, | Bitte ox Low, ws Spicer GLISH,L.L. B,, | Attorney, . LYMAN EN| OLICITOR in Chancery, {Oicp--Sim "¥ pape i Free Omnibus to and from from the Cars and Boats. Saintfield Hotel. Is house iingnew, commodious, and well urnished throughout, the public favoring him for their custom may depend on finding fre i onyenince necessary to their comfort at- ed tg, ood Stabling, a and attentive Ostlers Sonded attendanse D. CAMPBELL, Proprietor. DAFOE HOUSE, UTICA. 0's Gib accommodationd. Careful 'attention uirements of travelers and guests, ie appl with the est wines, liquors and > DA FOE, Proprietor. THE ROBSON HOUSE! LATE SCRIPTURE'S HOTEL, DUNDAS STREET WHITBY, C, W,, GEOKGE ROBSON, « = « PROPRIETOR. HE Subscriber ny to announce that he has leased the building formerly known as Serip- ture's Hotel, for a term oe yours that he has renovated and re-farnished the building through- posite the "of the we Railway the Hotel, and the Stages for Uxbridge and Beaverton leave BF Careful a Ostiers always in attendance. GEO, ROBSON REVERE HOUSE BEAVERTON, €. W. to announce that he has | Jehieh 1510 bot fuss t in the best of d ' COMMERCIAL MOTEL, BROCK STREET, WHITBY. TE: | begs to n that he w as by im, sd whee he, best 80- tabling, enclosed She found Good sf en: J MILLER. NE "ALBION HOTEL, EAST MARKET TORO NT0, 0 ONLY #1 PER DAY. 4 and are THOMAS PALMER, pr, "' Toronto, Feb. 17, 1864. 6 STRANGE, BUT TRUE! ° Every Jou Juadg lads a and Sentlomanin the U the Puited Si Btates Br irs Sirens er, hee F: CHAPMAN, 831 Broadway, New Youk, 4 AR d to furnish Plans, 4}. Specifications, for imble iling, rive Private idea of Plans a) kinds of ls ts, mills an machin tombstones, patent ri; Yh can be had on the shortest possible Nee Pye is yesdutly Somilavcptes, England, where be has had S3perionte in designing, sur- veying and Superintending plein Des {gns may be seen in the Reading (WA, OF Ay do on "BARBER. to Oshawa, Ang. 30, 1866. 34 D. M. CARD, ICENSED AVOTHONEEF, Collector of Accounts on Commission, ther in or out of the County. Remittances 5 AE according to instructions. Sales punctually attended any- where in the County, on the shortest hotice.-- Cl moderate. Daysfor Sales appointed on application at the Onsenvam Office. All letters ly addressed to the Uxbridge Post Office, wil erly hd the promptest attention. = |WESTERN ASSURANCE COMP'Y TORONTO, C. W. INCORPORATED... cccsisrivinennen 188 10 Capital, - , S400, 000. Versipenr.... "JAMES PRINGLE, Travelling Agent, County of Omario THE COMMERCIAL UNION Assurance Company, 19 & 20 CORAL LONDON, on Par. sr, MONTREAL. CAPITAL £2,500,000 OR $12,300,000. T= Company affords perfect security assured, and offers the advantages of tual office, with freedom from all liability. JOHN H. BROWN, Agent, Manchester. 385 & 387 Sr. to the a' mu. ly J. D. Cottingham, SER DENTIST, RR ETH Extracted. E Tr Teeth Scaled and Regulated. "Teeth filled with Gold, Silver, or Cement. Teeth inserted in Gold, Silver, or Rubber ql work entrusted to him will receive Prompt Dtionts will pot be expected to take any work thy Lis not iefactory.. Be uorant ae teeth, consideration with every parent, For that he time of second dentation the identity hot the mouth is formed for life. Office and residence--BORFLIA. 'erms Cash-- produce taken at cash price. Brelia, Sept, 6, 1865, 51y3- PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES th | Cote ik esas Fores sod Cor English Pink Dental Rubber; New and beautiful Yalgnin al Tost! for Arti. 0. D. "WAID, SURGEON- DENTIST, Stmt ED oie a ao Soros ahi, Bo and J. Bolster, M. B., MONEY - TO LOAN!! $100,000. - S---- NE HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars to Loan on ) seourity, in sus | to suit borrowers, at a very moderate rate of interest. Apply at 'the far-famed Manchester! Warehouse, 1o JOHN HODGSON. i Hl pL LX bt, | rela reas, Ei LO FeAl :| separated by a narrow hall. pennieless; but, by wonis which I cannot bring myself to write, he had fixod upen my character, with his dying hand, the seal of utfer wothlessness! God only knows whete- fore this black deed was done--the arch- fiend must have prompted it. It was a grievous and terrible wrong he 'did, wn daring to fix on me a strain deep and broad enough to clovd my .whole life! It wasa woe heavier than I had . imagined [ could bear ; but we know net, till the trial is put upon us, how great things it is possible for us to endure. ¢ Harvey was younger than I. God bad reatly blessed him with genius; his soul was finely attuned and keeuly sensitive, and the unexpected blow fell upon him even more heavily than upon me for the consciousness 'of entire innocence of the evil charged upon me, und a firm confidenee in the infinite mercy of God, supported me. Oh, how poverty, in comparison with that wrong, seemed a small thing to us! ¢ Of course il: was impossible that we could remain in Hampshire alter a charge had been brought against me, which it was out ol my power to disprove. 'We were young, and poor, and destitute. He who had de- liberately wrought the great wrong was dead, and his lips were closed irrevocably over that great falsehood. ¢ From Hampshire, Harvy and I went to Greenbbsh. We had a few dollars which the poor boy had made by the sale of a picture of his own paintrag, and with this we set out in life, scarcly knowing whether to go, or in what way to busy olsselves. Our father had been an aitist; be lived and died puor. 'Harvey inherited his genins-- both of us poverty. ¢ When we weni fo Greenbush, Harvy re- solved to teach drawing, if he could find a small class of pupils. I, who was not in any manner gilled, determined to set him an example of patience and hope, by labor- ing with my needle ; thus thinking to sup- port myself andaid him. Forsix months we remained at Greenbush, in extreme poverty. We found little encouragement ; and, with- out friends, so young and so poor, it was no easy thing for Ws to work 'our way forwarl. At last we became ro destitute that we felt any sort of change would be a relief; for in our case change oould not be for the worse. Ther we removedlo a large city not far distant fiom Gredubush.' Haivey supposed fthut 'he sliould Be 'thuch mere likely to find scholars there; and, as a scameiress, | wonld surely be able to obtain work. ¢My poor brother was not a great pro- ficient 1n his art. He needed an instroctor for himself, for he was only seli-taught ; but he had more of hope than uny other mortal | ever knew, and his 'sole ambition was 10 excel in his profession ; it seemed great enough to overleap all obstacles. No matter how darkly the days passed with us, we never revealed to one anolher the des- pondency within our hearts. We were spared to each other, and we knew that, with health and energy, none need starve in a world that is overflowing with plenty, ¢ We took lodgings i in an obscure part of the great town, in an old house where many other families lived. Our tooms were in the fourth story--two small apartments, There were two other and large apartments on this floor, both occupied by a poor family --a man and his wife, avd several'children: ~~ ¢ At last, after many unavailing attempts to procure work, through the kindness of Mr. Hay, whose little girl Harvey was in- structing in the first roles of drawing, I was introduced and reccommended as a seam- stress to a Mr. Woodruff, who kept a large clothing establishment. He promised 10 supply me y with work during the remainder '| of the winter; this happened on the sixth '| day of January, a date] can never forget. On the" afterncon when this arrangement was made, I returned tomy room with the lightest of hearts ; though the day was dis- wety and the air damp with heavy fog, it seemed bright and cheerful as a June day to me. 1 carried with me a large pack- age of work, for which 1 was to be paid as it was floished. This was one article the between my em- and myself--the money earned was 10 be given me at the completion of every job. ' Ob, how thankful [ was then, when 1 thought of my brother, 'and of the easy life which we should hereafter lead! No dread of wearinees, or of the possibility '| of failure or fatigue, entered into my head. h Work 10 do, and wages! Ah it seemed to me that day as though I had reached the very hights of bliss! P,P. omni Eki Bebe well, ci ws san Render, la, Scogos | uy i I vn oe George ® , Breed as Jama Manchester, og 5th, 1866, «1 sat in my room while the shadows of that the person advancing through the hall and entering Harvey's room was none other than himself, I waited for his appearance-- most impatiently waited ; I go longed to tell of our ggod fortune. ¢ It was probably flve minutes--it seemed an hour to me-- before I heard his step in the hall again ; then there was a tap at the door, and Harvey Immediately entered. Certainly it must have been he who, had just before come slowly up the stairs, but there was nothing dispirited ir. lus manner, as he stood there looking upon me with the gladdest of smiles. He did not speaks but kissed me twice, and then sat do feet. Looking again upon me willy that happy smile, he clasped my hand and ex- claimed, ¢ Long live in memory this day! Mary, we have a fortune at last; the sun shines I" «Yes, that's the truth,' I said, thinking he had heard through Mrs. Hay of my good luck. ¢ Mr. Woodruff will let me have work enough 'to keep me busy all the reat of the winter. Won't we live now 7" # To Jericho witly your, sewing! Don't you know 1'm an artist? I've sold' my pie- ture, and here, behold ! is a twenty pound note! Just think of it! What now?' « What, 10 be sure! are yen quite certain that you're not a little crazed, Harvey?" I asked in amazement. «1 do so wish now 1'had shown youn. the picture before it went," he said in answer, regretfully. ¢ You didu't know it, to be sure. angel's head for several Jaye, moruing and evening, in my room. But I fear now you will never see it ; for it is rold.. Long live this day 30 memory !' « Amen I' I shouted, excited as himself; and oh), how long it was before we subsided into calmness, and talked like reasonable beings ! ¢ Harvey had gone oul, taking his picture with lum ; his intention was to visit a cele- brated dealer. Oa the way he was stopped by an old man, who asked to ree the paint- Ng When it was uncoyered,he looked at it in surprise and delight; he asked my brother what disposition he was going to make of his work, and if he was poor; and then he said. he had the exact counterpait of that head among his collection, and he of- fered £20 for it. This seemed 10 Harvey an enormous sum, and he accepted it at once, ¢ Harvey had taken a yiolent cold that day, having walked with old, thin boots many miles through mud and thawing snow; and the slight cough with which he was always affected was painfully increased.-- But this did hot trouble him--he thought not at all of it ; and when I spoke of seeking an immediate remedy, he would not hear of such a thing, declaring that it was too late for me to venture out then, and so he dis- missed the subject." ; * We did not light any candle that night, The fire-blaze was so cheerful ; it made such pleasant 4ight and shadow in the room that we did not need any other illumination, Strong as young giants in spirit, we talked of the great things we would yet accomp+ lish. My dear, young, handsome brother ! How hus imagination rioted in those delight- ful visions which flooded his brain 'It was a moohlit night ; the ci and the mists had given way, and the queen of heaven smiled on the earth. Thivugh she large window st the 'end of 'the hall which separated our rooms the light clearly siream- led ;: we needed no candle te light either of us to bed. We would be prudent after all, though we were so fortunate. « From ten o'clock when I retired till the clock mn the epire of St. Mark's toled six in the morning, I slept not for a moment. 1 was 80 glad, so thankful ; I knew then how hard a thing it 18 to bear wudden prosperity with calmness. But one thonght, only one, in all those hours troubled me--tne great wreng Uncle Hebron had done me in_his death. How could it ever be overcome ? The bitter thought took in those still hours that form a passionate prayer ; and oh | how [t 1 wrestled with the angel for the blessing of a restored name! Yet even then I felt that 1t was better to suffer as 1 did rather than venture, as the old man had, before the Lord of heaven, with u falsehood staining his soul, "4 In the morning I sank into a sound sleep. When I awoke again it'must have been near mine o'clock, and there was a | sound as of many persons passing along the hall, and in the neighborhood of Harvey's| . Iarose in amazement, and some- Dm of alarm, and dressed myself hastily. ¢I've been working on a child-|{ leaving me alone fronting a group of men who looked searchingly upon me. ¢ One of these persons, » commanding, officer-like individual, stepping forward at these words, fized his piercing eyes upon me and demanded. ¢ Give me your name tell me what you are 7' «| am Mary Wilbur, a seamstress, the sister of this young man," I answered steadily, ¢ What is your brothes's occupation 7' * He is an artist." ¢ Where was he yesterday and last even~ mg + Part of the day--that is, in the morning --he was busy with his sketching in my room. In the afternoon he was out till dark, giving lessons to his pupils down town. In the eveaing (rom seven ull ten o'clock, he was in my room.' ¢ Where were you in the afternoon of yes terday 7° * In the street seeking for work.' ¢ Are you poor 7' ¢ Yes--no, not now,' 1 added thinking of our late good fortune. ¢ Ah !a [itdne has [allen to you, then ?' continued my inquisitor, glancing from me to his companions. ¢ Yes, sir I' ¢ Through whom 7' ¢ Through our own efforts. My brother has sold a painting to a gentleman, and I have succeeded in getting work at Mr Woodrufi's store." ¢ Look here, madam,' said another of the men, wilh stérn impatience; As he spoke he opened a large closet, which was built when the house was erected, in the wall of the room. I did look, O my God! upon a murdered man, and did not faint or scream, but 1 felt that the sentence of a terrible woe was pronounced upon me in that moment. ¢ The body was bent together and crowd- ed into a box. It was thatof a young, slight man, who had evidently come to his | death by violent means. 'Have you seen this body before,madam ?' ¢ I drew nearer to the body. I bent my head to look scrutinizingly upon it; the I did so, and thougLt of where that corpse "was found, and heard that momentoua-ques- tion. I was horror-struck ; and for a mo- ment it was ulterly impossible for me to utter a word. I tarned to Harvey, and his glance instantly assured me--he was no murderer! Then I felt wondetfully coura- geous andcalm. I answered at once, 'No; I have never seen that"person before, either as a dead or as a ving man.' ¢ My brother was arrested on suspicion of murder. They carried him away to the prison ; they left me alone in my misery-- my unutterable despair: How those days that followed passed, I know not; they came and went, and were as a long, horrid dream.. They left none other than a dream like trace in my memory. ¢ At last there came lo me a oma who had been appointed to defend Harvey. He had visited the dear boy in prison ; and he had besought him to come and assure me of his entire innocence of that foul deed. And Mr. Cortis would also examine me asd a witness, before I was called upon. at a public trial. The person who was murder- ed was a young man, an arlisan, who had lived in a houre but a few doors from the Neither Harvey nes I had hoard oven that he was rien It Jy appeared that he pe nown by y many [3 have recently become heir to a small perty--to iain, his ity a pot faulted some w 4d midis awful crime ' "The bx was i recognized wi the man's friends; 3 mediaialy recog in Harvey's Hf RTA i a "| dy his bed were found Am EE tara clothes. The closet in which the jody » wis discovered was, Jockad =the» ke; among my brother's things ; ti levee been broken open by the wh in their search. These men had previously ed throngh the lower part of the house. In- deed, the fact that some notorious villains lodged there (of which we were at the ime ignorant) had first induced the suspicion by some of these persons the dreadful deed was wrought. ¢« Mr. Curtis endeavored to assure me that there would not be the least difficulty in proving my brother's entire innocence of the crime with which he was charged ; but 1 could not conceal ' from my: thie fact of the great imperfectness of my evidenee and mine was t sist that could be fa- vorably adducsd. 1 hau never seen the nting that Harvey sold ; the person who me il was altogether Em: to either of us; he had not even given my brother his name, but merely purchased the | picture in the streets ; and there was no clue whereby to discover him. That heavy step upon the stair, which I had supposed I could hear men talking all the while with my. broth, and heaid his voice 10 answent to be his, | was now morally certain had been those of another who had entered his very blood seemed freezing in my veins, as | d was nothing to be done. False wilnesses, who testified to the most flagrant falsehoods, were not found wanting. Our ruin was oom lete. hey allowed my testimony ; but it was on ed; and proved to be noth ing worth : «ll that I could aver was set dows as Lhe testimony of an interested penacrs, who was resolved even to waar alsely, if so her brother's life might be saved. Had not the dead declared that I was unworthy all confidence and respect ? Was | not worse than a heathen in the eyes of the pure and holy ? ¢Tnere was a moment when all hearts were constrained to frel, when many wept. It was when Harvey, at the conclusion of the evidence, arose, and declare! before God and man his entire innocence. That sweet and thnlling voice! 'tis ringing in my ear constantly ; and that pale, beautiful face, grown at last entirely calm, now is it ever beforc me ! my brother! my brother! ¢ Many gave credence to his words, know they did; but the counsel for the Government had not labored with the jury in vain : they brought in a verdict of delib- erate morler, and my darling was con- demned to death. When Harvey had finished his earnest, simple statement, 1 could not resist the frantic iupulse that seized me. I stood up in the presence of the mighty throng, and told with voice that never faltered the story of our lite. The could not silenceme by word or look. 1 felt that in the moment when they were aboat t» take from me my all, I had a right to pat in my protest--they should not work that wrong till | had spoke u. 'Anguish work- eth inspiration ;> and it seemed to me in that hoor as though I were inspired and sustained by, a spirit not of earth. And they let me speak until, exhausted, I fell to the floor ; but my efloit was made in vain. « The day of execution was appointed to be three months from the time of condemn~ ation. The Saturday of every week they suffered me to be with my brother in his cell, and during the five days I labored-- God gave me etrength--to malotain myself. I took lodgings in the house of a Poot woman who lived near the prison; all cared for then was to be near hiiu-t0 foel that he was near, to see that 0 aly a wall of stone interposed between us. That day of the week which I spent with Harvey was given to him solely, 1 comforted and nursed him, strengthenel his heart with words which had no balmy influence for me; I made more steadfast his faith, and his hope in Heaven. It was a blessed work the Father in heaven suffered me to 0. ¢ And all this time he was dying--slowly surely dying ; and we both kuew it--knew it and were glad. Excitement and despair had given him a death blow--he would not need that of the law. There was a physi- cian in the prisony a kind, good man, who did much toward allaying the fever of Harvey's mind, but he could not restore the dear boy to health, to life, and it was with joy that we saw this ; we could bear all but the thooght of that 'shameful execu- tion for an uncommitted crime. ¢ Hie spirit fled away from earth one week before the execution of the sentence which had been passed upon him. I was with him in that hour alone. I, only, supported him in his last moments. 1only received his last words, his last kiss his last blessing. My wild sorrow was hushed then ; I shed not one tear, but talk~ ed with him calmly and peacefully, as though we had been at home, and speaking of an earthly future, I made no effort to call in ofhers when I saw that the time of his departure was at hand, While he lay in my_arms, still living, I was strong to r, for he was mine ; but when my' 1ears fell ¢4 last upon his face, for one moment and he knew it not--when 1 felt the hand which had mine so foudly growing icy cold --when driving back those tears to my heart which they ed, | arose and pointing to my dead brother, 'prayed that he might be mine for burial--when I weut again from the prison, this plea refused, and sought my dwelling place, how could ['but wouder at the providence of How could ah ove human feeling in my heart 7 « Sometimes, in my Dbillerest sorrow, I have wondered if there were indeed a God of meroy. I have had dark and dreadful thoughts ; have wished | were dead ; yet: even at such times, | have found my guar- dian angel. The faith which Harvey kept to the last has tended to re-assure com- fort me. The Almighty is mercifal, and shall 1 hesitate to trust in Him Shall I not Jathet prove that trust 'in hastening from this ary Word ' } vataot Kee in this inhospitable place where human beings have trampled u aod crushed me; among those who Lave dared to take from me the joy of life, who have hea insult and intolerable wrong upon me, I cannot I will not liva! Father, forgive me if I hasten beforn the time ! « There 1s a river dark, and pwift, and deep--a current that flows on mightily to- wards the eternal sea. '2 Thure 14.8 vest fur hose who wou NX ¢1t must be mine. Ifl fing fo i into ita embrace, and float on to the land of the { from Bots Jin heute: can~ not bear, 1 ghastisement. Hete I am an oul uman pity, mercy, and love." There 1s no strength = the arm of flesh. My heart. A= inied, fused Fi LET ife, ----- our Father on the etern 3