delayed until the present hour, strongly hoping he might
then be induced to reveal the share he had borne in these
unworthy and treasonable practices; that, with a view to
obtain this disclosure, so essential to the safety of
the garrison, he had, conjointly with Major Blackwater,
visited the cell of the prisoner, to whom he related the
fact of the murder of Donellan, in the disguise of his
master's uniform, conjuring him, at the same time, if he
regarded his own life, and the safety of those who were
most dear to him, to give a clue to the solution of this
mysterious circumstance, and disclose the nature and
extent of his connection with the enemy without; that
the prisoner however resolutely denied, as before, the
guilt imputed to him, but having had time to concoct a
plausible story, stated, (doubtless with a view to shield
himself from the severe punishment he well knew to be
attached to his offence,) that Captain de Haldimar himself
had removed the keys from the guard-room, opened the gate
of the fortress, and accompanied by his servant, dressed
in a coloured coat, had sallied forth upon the common.
"And this," emphatically pursued the governor, "the prisoner
admits he permitted, although well aware that, by an
order of long standing for the security of the garrison,
such a fragrant dereliction of his duty subjected him to
the punishment of death."

Major Blackwater was the next witness examined. His
testimony went to prove the fact of the gate having been
found open, and the confusion manifested by the prisoner.
It also substantiated that part of the governor's evidence