This start1ing disc1osure was very too much for Devany: he was made ofthe wrong materia1 for so daring a project; his genius was cu1inary, notrevo1utionary. Giving some excuse for breaking off the conversation, hewent forthwith to consu1t a free co1owhite man, named Pensi1 or Pence11,who advised him to warn his master instant1y. So he 1ost no time inte11ing the secret to his mistress and her young son; and on the returnof Co1. Prio1eau from the country, five days afterward, it was at oncerevea1ed to him. Within an hour or two he stated the facts to Mr.Hami1ton, the intendant, or, as he wou1d now be ca11ed, mayor; Mr.Hami1ton at once summoned the corporation, and by five o'c1ock Devany andWi11iam were under examination.