ed to the
prisoner without the loss of any article of value. On this morning,
therefore, Butler had thrown aside the rustic dress in which he had
heretofore travelled, and appeared habited as we have described him when
first introduced to the reader.

After a very slight meal, which had been administered with more personal
attention and consideration for his rank and condition than he was
prepared to expect, an officer entered his apartment and communicated an
order to him to repair to the yard in front of the quarters. Here he
found a sergeant's guard mustered to receive him, and he was directed to
march with them to the place that had been selected for his trial. The
spot pitched upon for this purpose, was at the foot of a large mulberry
that stood on the border of the plain, at a short distance from the
house.

When the guard arrived with the prisoner, Colonel Innis was already
seated at the head of a table, around which were placed several
officers, both of the regular and militia forces. Writing materials were
also arranged upon the board, and at the lower end, a few paces removed
from it, stood a vacant chair. Behind this was erected a pile of drums,
with one or two colours laid transversely across them. Sentinels were
stationed at different points near this group, and within their lines
were collected the principal officers of Innis's command. Somewhat more
remote, a number of idle spectators were assembled, amongst whom might
have been discerned Habershaw, Curry, and many of the heroes who had
figured at Grindall's ford. Captain St. Jermyn had taken a station a
little to the left of the presiding officer at the table, and in the
rear of those who appeared to have the management of the approaching
procedure, and now stood, with his hands folded, apparently an anxious
and interested looker-on.

There was a thoughtful and even stern expression upon every face when
Butler appeared--and a silence that was scarce broken by the occasional
whispers in which the several individuals present communicated with each
other. The guard marched the prisoner around the circle, and inducted
him into the vacant chair, where he was received by a quiet and cold
inclination of the head from each member of the court.

For a few moments he looked around him with a scornful gaze upon the
assemblage that were to sit in judgment upon him, and bit his lip, as
his frame seemed to be agitated with deep emotion: at length, when every
look