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r at—we found a large and convenient hotel in Middletown; and as we could not resume our journey until the next day, the young people among the travelers soon arranged to have a ball in the parlors of the hotel, and thus turned an unpleasant incident into a merry one."The sedate men of our party, (and I was one of them,) after enjoying a few moments the sight of / the dancing, repaired to another room for the purpose of playing whist. While the waiters were bringing in tables and cards, Doctor Hamill offered us some genuine Havana segars, and related the following circumstance:'"I witnessed, many years ago,' said he, 'a never-to-beforgotten drama in this very village of Middletown, wherethe snow-storm now detains us. It was, like to-day, Christmas eve, and I was on my way to the small town of Amenia, where my family resides, to spend with them the holidays. But a mishap prevented, as you will see, my joining them. At the time I speak of, Amenia was not connected by railway with New-York. An entire day and night—not a few hours, as to-day—were required to reach there. When we arrived at Middletown, the driver of a coach containing six seats, in which twelve travelers had been closely packed together, declined to go further. None of us insisted that he should take us that day to our destination, ten miles further, as night was coming on and a severe snow-storm had set in. We stopped at the only inn then in the village, and after warming our limbs by a wood fire, we repaired to the beds which had been prepared for us. At about midnight, we were awakened by the opening and shutting of doors and by terrific shrieks. We got out of bed at once, and inquired of some servants we met in the hall the meaning of the noise that had disturbed our sleep. The servants were so frightened they could hardly speak. At last) in answer to our inquiry, they pointed to a great light in an 'open space
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in front of the inn. We went out and saw a man hanging from a post over which our host placed a lantern every night. The unfortunate man was struggling in the last agonies of death! About fifty men, armed with rifles, surrounded him and kept the lookers-on at a distance. Some of these men had blackened their faces;others concealed theirs by the folds of their cloaks or broad-brimmed hats. A short distance from the post a fire was burning, and its red light, reflecting on the crowd, the wretch swinging in the air, and the snow-storm, then fiercely raging, made of the whole proceeding a scene of*horror and desolation. After a short time, the contortions of the wretched man ceased; the rope holding him up was cut, and his body fell heavily to the ground. Two men among the mob then threw it into a wagon and drove away at full speed, while others scattered the embers of the smouldering fire in every direction, and soon every thing was enveloped in darkness."We returned to the inn, none of us, as may be imagined, disposed to sleep again after, the terrible scene we had witnessed. We stood in the bar-room, and waited for the dawn of day; indulging, from time to time in smoking, and drinking whisky-punches. Neither did our host devote to sleep the rest of that eventful night. He kept us company, and anticipating our desire, related the circumstances which had brought on the awful transaction we were talking about."The man who had just been hung, our host informed us, was, a few days previously, one of the most popular and esteemed citizens of the country. He was the son of a highly respectable farmer living a short distance from Middletown, and his marriage with one of the prettiest girls of the village was to have taken place the day after Christmas. He had received the education most of the American people obtain from our free schools, and helped his father in the management of his farm.
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