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general was conducted to the wall of the unfinished cathedral, against 

 which was placed an old wooden arm-chair : he declined the offered 

 accommodation, and refused to be bandaged. Having declared that 

 he died a true patriot, and expressed his wish that others might prove as 

 sincere as himself, he gave the signal, and the next moment had ceased 

 to exist ! Thus fell the gallant Piar, lamented by all those who, free 

 from the trammels of party spirit, could justly appreciate his native 

 worth and talent. Bolivar, from the balcony of the Palace of Con- 

 gress, witnessed the finale of the bloody drama. He pretended to be 

 deeply affected ; and, to keep up the farce, refused to admit any (except 

 a few confidential friends) to his presence during the space of three 

 days ; at the expiration of which period he returned to San Fernando, 

 on the Apure, leaving behind him a printed proclamation, detailing the 

 supposed treasonable practices of his victim, and lamenting the dire 

 necessity which demanded the sacrifice ! Poor Winton was not released 

 until the morning after Bolivar's departure. The government condes- 

 cended, however, to borrow his money from time to time. When he 

 had expended his last farthing, and was induced to solicit some remu- 

 neration in return for his advances, his request was at first answered 

 with civil excuses. On his becoming more importunate in his demands, 

 he was treated with contemptuous neglect. He would absolutely have 

 starved for want of the common necessaries of existence, had not the 

 British who resided at Angostura occasionally contributed to his sup- 

 port. He speedily grew depressed in spirits, and, I fear I must add, 

 debased in mind. He was constantly inebriated when he could procure 

 the means ; and his body was, at length, completely emaciated by disease 

 and excess, He died, covered with ulcers, at Angostura, in the year 

 1820, and was indebted to the benevolent feelings of a black washer- 

 woman for the very shroud that enveloped his last mortal remains. The 

 once rich and respected merchant died a wretched and neglected 

 pauper, G. B. H, 



THE SLEEPER. 



YE waters, flow tranquilly on to the ocean, 



Each wave soft as music when sylphs are in motion ; 



My fair one, way-weary, now rests by your stream 

 Flow gently, ye waters, and break not her dream ! 



Ye winds, through the green branches tenderly sighing, 

 Breathe softer than roses in Summer's lap lying, 

 And still as an infant whose slumber is deep 

 Breathe gently, ye wild winds, and break not her sleep ! 



Ye sweet birds, so lightly among the leaves springing, 

 Oh ! wake not my love with the gush of your singing; 

 But sing as the heart does when joy is most deep 

 Oh ! hush your loud warble, and break not her sleep ! 



C. W. 



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