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‘l'0l.UlllE Vl.sNtI. 21.
ARE LIIICDLIFS WARNING.
wlurulr vols ‘tux IITROYOLIIAS nucctm. :3!”
Br SANS Sonar.
Aha Lincoln! Abe Lincoln! Iiewsro of the day
When Freeman shall meet thee in Freedom's
array
Willi wrung: in their memory, and wuth in their
rye
llltll faith in their cause, and their hope from on
hlg
Willi the vote in their hnnd und the vow in their
haart
Ta pillar thee from power-whatever the smart
Ily, liy, from their vengeance, for nothing can
we thee
But leaving the office that accident gave thee.
lllolurt strong in thy Satrnps,bul.Fr2edonuls
stronger,
We have bent to the yoke, but wc hour it no
longer,
Then an vain ofthy title lnlrl proud of thy place,
llllt lhy country dcclaircs tlicc tu both .. disgrace,
lielloldthy black idol ; already ‘tin red
With the useless blood than has wantonly shed,
Thou art witty; of this we will give thee the
credit
But go, spew it back in the taverns that bred it
When the folly is over that chose thee to rule
Perhaps we may laugh at thee, dangerous fool.
We in ready to meet thee in our open lleld,
With Law for our weapon and Right for our
shield,
Thou hast bayoncts and bribery. Scatter thy
treasures
Tomen who will bless thy foul, barbarous
nmisures,
Bmnka care that thy bayonets are absent, or
IM
l-low week is .1 tyrant, though walled inwith steel,
Amen;-e, for behind the mild ballot may lurk’
The glint of 3 musket, or handle of n dirk.
Kxhhilhnwngl that Fl-semen should thus have
:0.
T 0 my the most sacred duty they owe,
Ihn butter thnn life without liberty, better
'lllnl Freeman should fall than submit to the
fetter.
THE DEAD ALIVE;
OR,
tom the Grave.
1! explanation of the subjcined uarra
“V9; Which is translated from a foreign
“"9l‘iPer, it is necessary to remind the
"drier that the island of Mauritius, apper-
t"P‘l’g at this day to the English, was
‘mslnnlly colonized by the French, and
that the population yet consists in a great
Ybneasnre of persons of that nation, to whom,
Y A formal trnty between the powers
concerned, their ancient laws and usages
Were preserved without any material alter-
The Witness
8,3303: lelbor twelve months ago, the
“N in odomir Francis, 9. rich merchant of
dim "id. in! found dead and frightfully
bod3“"9d I-n his own hallitntion. Ills
wmfailhdlscovercd lying on the floor,
M ‘ ,9 end Ind fnco mutllnted by menus
0, ‘h:'“'-0]: llld Ill doubt cs to the cause
diawv Cltlstrophe wus dispelled by the
0, m."Y Of the fatal weapon, by the side
,,audmf’:’l>8B,Ind than of a paper in the
con, , ' “'3 of the deceased. The paper
“““’d “I9 following words :
mun
G ‘ .
, ,.r:: ‘"5 the consternation caused by
ex glzazlenf, which wns the more un-
llu] . ' 6 can nlluded to in the note
h.q”,,';,',: “,:“ '3-dc Public. The deceased
Colon, I!" H "1 Krent esteem over the
' "N1 0f Itrint honor and pro-
r“v“lnhir:fTFoiaT
NE“’ YORK, SATf.'PtI)AY, JULY 2, 1864.
bity, and was uuivcrsnlly lnmcnled. liis
attached widow, after eudcavoring faith-
fully to fulLll his last wishes, found her
grief too overpowering to permit her to
mingle longer with the world, and took the
resolution of consec-rating her remaining
days to the service of religion. Two months
after the and end of her husband, she
entered a convent, leaving to in nephew of
the late merchant, a physician, the charge
of completing the distribution oi the effects
of Francis among his creditors.
A minute examinatioll of the papers of
the defunct, led to tho discovery of the
period at which the unfortunate merchant
had been robbed; and this period wns
found to correspond with the disappear.
ance of A man named John Moon, lung in
the employment of Frenois. Of this man,
on whom suspicion not unnnturally fell,
nothing could be laarned an inquiry; but,
shortly after the division of the late mer-
cbant’s property, Moon reappeared in the
colony. When taken up and examined re.
specting the ounce of his flight,he stated
that he had been sent by his master to
France to recover certniu sums due to the
merchant there, in which mission he had
been unsuccessful ; and he further averred,
that if Clodolnir Frcnois, in his existing
correspondence, had thrown any injurious
suspicions upon him (Moon), the whole was
but I pretext to nccount for deficiencies of
which the merchant himself was sole cause
and author. This declaration, made by 3
men who seemed to fear no inquiry, and
whose worldly circumstances remained to
appearance the same as they had ever been,
bad the Lifect of silencing, if it did not
satisfy, the exnminators, and the elixir soon
fell in a great measure out of the public
recollection.
Things remained for is short time in this
condition, when, one morning, Mr. William
Burnett, principal creditor of the late Clo-
domir Frenois, heard a knocking at his
gate at: very early hour. He called up
one of his servants, who went down and
opened the door,:ind immediately returned
with the intelligence that a stranger, who
seemed desirous of keeping his person con-
cealed, wished to speak with Mr. Burnett
in privulc. Mr. Burnett rosc, threw on
his dressing gown, and descended to the
parlor. He saw there a stranger, of tall
person, seated in an easy and familiar ltti‘
tude upon a sofa, wiih a number of the
Morning Post in his hand. The backof tho
visitor was turned to Mr. Burnett as he
entered. Rather surprised‘ to sec in stran-
ger conduct himself so, like An old friend
of the house, Mr. Burnett said aloud, “ Sir,
may I beg to know your business with
mu '1"
The stranger turned round, and advanced
to snlute his host warmly and courteously.
Mr. Burnett started back, and uttered 1
loud exclamation of surprisu and alarm.
Well he might; for before his eyes stood
his friend and debtor, Clodornir Frenois,
whom he had’ beheld, nearly I year before,
a mutilated‘ corps, and whom he himself
had followed to the grave!
Whnt passed at that interview between
Mr. Burnett And his strange visitor, re-
mained for the time a secret. Mr. Burnett
ens observed to issue several times, pale
and agitated, from his dwelling, and to
visit the magietnta chnrged with the con-
duct of the criminal processes of the colony.
In tho course of that day,wbile John Moon
was rogalirlg himself with tea under the
pnlm trees of his garden, along with a Cir-
cnssian female, he was arrested and taken
to prison by the ofilcers ofjusticc. On the
following day he was brought before the
criminal court, accused of robbing the late
Ulcdomir Francis, the crime being con-
joined with breach of trust and violence.
Moon smiled at the charge, with all the
confidence of a man w 0 had nothing to
fear. Tho judge having demanded of him
it heponfessed the crime, the nccused re.
plied that the charge was nltogetller ub-
surd; that clear testimony was necessary
to fix such n delict upon him; and that, so
far from there being any such evidence
producible, neither the widow of the de-
ceased, nor any one person in his servlcc,
bud ever heard of the pretended robbery
even once mentioned by Francis during
his life,
“Do you then aflirm your innocence?’
repeated the jnge, gravely, nfter hearing
all that the other hnd to say.
“I will uvouch my innocence," replied
Moon, “even before the body of my late
master, if that be necessary.” [Such a
thing oftcn took place under the old col-
onial law
“ John Moon," slid the judge, in a voice
broken by some peculiar emotion, “it is
before your lat: maaier that you will have
now to assert your innocence, and may God
make the truth appear!"
‘A signal from the judge‘ accompanied
these words, and immediately a door open-
ed, and Clodomir Francis, the supposed
suicide, entered the court. He advanced
to the bar with a slow and deliberate step,
hhving his eye calmly but steadily fixed on
the prisoner, hislate servnnt. Agrent sensu-
tion was caused in the court by his appear-
ance. Uttering shrieks of alarm and horror,
the femlles present fled from the spot. The
accused fell on his knees in abject terror,
and shudrlerlngly confessed his guilt. For
a time, no voice was heard but his. How-
over, us it became apparent that a living
man stood before the court, the advocute
for the priscncr gained courage to speak.
lie demanded that the identity of the mer-
chnnt be established, and the mystery of
his existence oxplnined. He said that tho
court. should not be bissscd by what might
prove to be in mere uccideulal likcness be-
tween I person living and one deceased ;
and that such an avownl as that of the
prisoner, extracted in a moment of extraor-
dinary terror, was not to be held of much
weight. “Before being admitted here Is
scbuser or witness," continued the advo-
cate, uddressing the resuscithted merclnnt,
“ prove whonnd what you Are, and disclose
by what chance the tomb which so lately
received your body, mangled by bullets,
has given up its tenant, and restored you
to the world in life And health I“
This firm appeal of the‘advocate, who
continued steadfast to his duty under cir-
cumstuuces that would have closed the lips
of most man, called forth the following
narrntive from Olodomir Frenois. “ My
story may be soon told, and it will suffice to
establish my identity. Wheuldiscovered
the robbery committed by the accused, he
bed then fled from the island, and I speedily
SIW that all attempts to retake him would
prove fruitless. I saw min and (1 sg
before me, and came to the resolution uf
terminating my life before the evil (lay
came. On the night on which this deter-
mimtion was formed, I was sealed alone in
my private chamber. I had written the
letter which was found on my tablc-,nnd
had londed my pistol. This done, I prayed
forgiveness from my Maker for the act of
despair I was about to commit. Tllc end
of the pistol was at my he:ld,aud my l'lli;,c-r
on the lock, when 1] knock at the outer door
oi the house startled me. I concealed tl‘o
weapon, nnd went to the door. A man
elnened, whom I recognised to be the sex.
ton of the parish in which I lived. lie
born a sack on his shoulders, and in, it the
body of 5 man newly hurried, which was
destined for my nephew, the physician,
then lying with me. The scarcity of bed :4
for dissection, as the court is aware, cl .-
pels those who ore anxious to acquire skill
in the medical profession to procure thrill
by any possible secret means. The suxioll
was at first alarmed at having met ml-.
“ Did my nephew request you to bring this
body?" said L “No” replied the null;
“ but I know his anxiety to obtain one for
dissection, and took it upon me to come ztnul
offer him this body. For mcrcy‘s colic,"
continued the sexton, “ do not be-tray me,
sir, or I shall lose my situation, and my
family’s I-read.”
Vilhile the man was speaking, B strange
idem entered my mind, and brought to my
despairing bosom hopes of COIll.lhll0il lifu
and recovered honor. I stood for a few
minutes absorbed in thought, ullll illcll,
recollecting myself,I gave two piucus of
gold to the resurrectionist, the sum which
he had expected. Telling him to keep his
own counsel, and that All would be null, I
sent him nwny, and carried tb body to my
cnbinetc The whole of the household lull
previously been sent out of the way on
purpose, and I ind time to carry into exe-
cution the plnn which had struck me. The
body was fortunately of the same stature
as myself, and like me in complexion. I
knew the man ', he had been apoor ollclldcr,
IlhiiIldDllLd by his family. “Poor rclic ui
mortality I" said I, with tears in uly ey es,
“ nothing which man may do can flow in-
jure thee ; yet pardon me if I rudely
dlsfigure thy lifeless substance. IL is to
prevent the ruin of not ouo, but twenty
fumilies! And should success attend my
nt.tempt,I swear that thy cllildrrn slllxll
be my children, and when my own llvlll‘
comes, we shall rest together in tho torm-
to which thouphnlt be borne boforc l'llL I"
At this portion of the merchant's llI‘I.l‘l:.l-
tive, the most lively interest was exciil <1
in court, Ind testified even by learn from
many of the audience. Frellois lllus pru-
ceeded: “I then stripped vii‘ my clul
and dressed the body in them. This at -
complishad, I took up the pistol, and with
l hand more reluctant: than when I had
applied to it my own person, I fired it
close to the bend of the deceased,luld :1’.
once clused such a disfigurclnent are run-
dered it impossible for the keeuozlt eye to
detect the substitution which hlnl bccu
made.
Choosing the plaineet habit I could get,
I then dressed myself a new, shaved 011' lhv
whiskers which I was hccustolned to wear.
and took other means to alter and disguise
my nppenrance, in case of being subjected
by any accident to the risk of betrayal.
Next, morning saw me on board a French
vegggl on my why tondistnnt land-the
native country of my ancestors. ’l"ur-,
expectations which had led me lo the
execution of this scheme were not dis