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Advertise-^ W requested to etate, in t writing on their adveilke<uuynts, the lium* ! >, liar of Wines they Hash them inserted; or j I tlier will be continued in the paper nhfil j ' or.bbtfd tn\ ftjvl charged accordingly. j ^ Tho Law of Hewapapera. ii !. 1, All>mWrrib?'rs who do not give ev-( n press Notice t/? tin* contrary* ?h coo*:. I- , ?, red as wishing f<? e.ontipuo theii suljcrip* . . tioTvyJIbtftJ. - ' i L, 2. If Huliicribera order the dh v>ulin- ! 1 .HRtiM tb?ir popero, tfie puulirlion may ' n continue to setid them until arrt irayv-f' i? * are pajd. * I i> J. if swbserilvCrs neglect or refuse Ink- j tt ing their papers from the ortieea to which ! hi 4 .tliM OM i?nt ihov sr,. ??.U till their bills are *n?l tlwrfr pmtdN tj ordered to DC ui.icoi>tiiiuci!. 4. Tlie Courts hare decided thhC >cfn. J sing to take a nfetrspapl'r or juflridfMt) y from the ofluv, or ren?*vmg nnd'nojtviiui y\ it udrnlled for, t* prinurfrtv* evWefiee ''o| I^KNTIOH.VIi rim h. I \\ ALL KHD'J JOB fHBHSG: LXF.CVTKP Will! Kb*TX*.S? ,\*l> I?tSfAiV'l , ' AtthUgfcv. j* ?DU.HM figllSm R 15 M lb A Ta1.? of Thrihnj latere it. I u ' >ii. llu>u invi.a'tiln of wine??it*j n hint iio nto bo known bV. b t .:* <^ lj ? tlt.-dovfBP^ " V ' Hl.'AKSrKtK ' &o>ik eighteen inontlis vrlwo youfsogo. ' 11 X WAtfdoiug taj. doty to country ^ud j-tj myself on homo l.o M.<j !_v's li < A*lnO'C Itv y ....... 11 , rj -" ' l,?. " ( I or (*I;oms jicr Uittn with ,o.it Ueui,cle anv, ?yitl filhng up?^er\* p:ui-*e wiili ?n;nv ] " n)Mr* at trie cntrim uicc of tb<*>c pijipg u tpue* q( y am. We Itiul been crpisiiii i h tooatli* hi thjMt^rap^ c!ii.t?r i *? ly t'oc m? aiou.xLMO^t^yi^^o dandy ecu- j * fcin.s of mi honorable jc^taiii, *hyin we 1' piched np at Malt: I; *, over-ripe goimU We had touched at most ot' the port? <ii i' |JUm iouiaii*, whetc ?ypnn inay l?u jt*d foipaying fofc an*) whccoja/y.Y/ui iiro *Vld ! ' t/hatu ** i^aKHb >: are black and hjot rous. ltfj|j|f)|ii|[ ';' 1 ^ * At length, otif bcautiftila^mgfrtuv of ^ tli'jao twilighfr of chi^HJKit<t .gold, ' *n?h m poet* dream of.sHvd the Levant i ? alon (having been lor U>< i " thr.-a preceding d.tya, n</i vpell-l..>ui:d," (p bjt bound among tho cluttering ? Cj r) tl Witt Ao wlcaruro of our bull- |.'/ oraM?re!Tp^ ! ?vA l 11 anchor in tflPlfay AT? , v,. havo rea- ; " aoiv* of niT y^n fyr not being ul?** ex- j * plant,) where, after nwearing tho UAu-tl ** uuinbwr of oaii?> at thoyu.tfuminc oili er*, ? and the crown ol' the Venetian am) 'i'yii:- *' ioh traders who make it pert of their mbgioii to give offence to tlte bine-jacket*, ji where oiiync^ cart ,1? given with in-puni- : I ly, (Lad flie batisfueiioli to find iiiyneif, | > < al about avvon o'clock c. if., tented at tin- i mA.. lli- n. > I . wv>? VI mjr n III, uoill^ I I a.* inucu jusiicn ?o Uit; rtyyt bf?r of (>1<I ! o Ka^laod tu if wo had uot boon within a It iIhv'h tail of We Inland of the Minotaur. ' t "Aruyhe'? prtrteli dHfiKer?" inquired ti my helgbbor/tJaptam Wargrave, ffitp' 11 itbool-fellow of my eldqr j <] brother'*, 1 hadfennlokly tnako nionaiut- 11 Hh, j -1! I . ry to own n, noj1' ?? ' ) ' **l have flwanSWed too inuvu punch on ' comptdtio* fa Uie cowrie of my life." * t <*1 l?iOTt^e<f'Ai^Ad<1j fhmiYour lo??V<" 1 Tvarffmri,'Who ha(! prDhiivHi to t new1 jrfe oh TWaWfl the' frigate. ulf you want to get away from three noiay follows, 1 are oft white I/wri Thomas 1 and lm operation* engage their atteit- ' thin." *J ' M And, in compliance witL the. hint, I pou found mj*elf aanuuriug with UjiB,., arm in arm, ou the bastion* of??We j had an hour before u*; for the captain'* | 0t waa not otijmtitill eletetffetvl,' in orto lreep ati yyb at on<v- ed n*fc-frigate ,? arfd the alioea, wojat dgu> otwm abut* 1 mBWUiKiwr^Mgdlet t? $WSp awdy ther wdfoafTr**- #*.!!W WST*-^. irh<?tjr( ' J W IT a tilton h-1' tr - '*A, t ? r<) UTKKA-RY, '< I* i<4t* <'*% * ' <*# ?>!. ' V. ** 1t??? *?'. J? ?*.0 , I '. >*+*>*pyr\ a : n L* " e V" 1* 'f *T '*v* ff ?? iwft ff4 j lies oil' i.ia two bottles ;i day, lil*e u Tro-' < jiui; uiivl.Uic fat. nujj'.'r, whosat ophite < > ty jiiy^ mude Mich? J?!;iy . with thu.fhatn-; i yajjiio", as caused ine lo blush for my 1 t soue;&ui'.tin^k8. For mi own j?art, "l c iffStild well content' never to cxeebd a ji I ^ - / r - .uupiQ tn ginsses of gnrxl cfiirot. Wirfo \ uttl'cts ore in a tlHl'cr^rtt tray from most <j moii. The in ore 1 drink, the more m\ t ipiriti'aro depressed. While others get ' e -oaring druuk, L sit moping and despair- il ugj uud the next <hiy my head ache* like < ui artilleryman's."} . l . 'You aro fortunate," said Wargrave, t Jrily. ^ ' I "Fortunate?" cried I. "I wish I could c ippreciate in)' 6w n luck! I am voted the 1 ttfkie.stdog unhanged, whenever it is iny.i h no to lrOjolh-; and alter proving a wet J flanket to a merry party over-night, nflt J ti vaily to ahont luyaetf whh tho headache t aid tiluc-doviU next morning.. It' there j d h: a fellow 1 rcully euvy, it is such a one ' f us Thornton, w ho is ready to chime in ' villi lUocliorus of tlio thirty sixth stanza n if "Nancy Dawson" between hi- two last s lottlea, and kecjw his head and legs an a lour after all tho rest of the party have a out theirs tinder the table. Tliero isSftiho- j tl ning fresh and plctuVoxqtld in tho mere h uund of "tlin viiifii 'h^gt'P?tho cup? ?h lie bowl!" It always appears to mo that ? lucchu.t the tmirersnl divinity, mid il hat 1 alone am exempted from the wor- al | t, WargrttVo replied by'rt tagtte, tliwionn- it tg laugh, which led mo.to coitctu M that eiuquciicu una lust on .fiiui. rf Vpt I it Wliiiitod- , . n "J->o you . knowf ll,pd, .n i,k1'v<hf>h. M'd lywiDme of .hue P^^vjianalian jdymU;v, 'n UiT.iu w o hardly Vivo Ifyjior dfte lothu |( lflfelicC of wine, ft hfa cvr I-< n th?) I p lnota of mankind tri'IisetiW'tho heftnhs j ,j f lit err follow iTootuVf*. i..-< I - ? - -y ?' ?... .I.VIIT^TI UII V I0- tru*-; I'Ui ii* lliojr ' h:iw <li??Hrl\y, n?| j, l?uko iiuiu?lU, limy would admit tintt f, mre Itcrow Lave. !>?en made by Ujc ^ than the mvyoiJ." :>,??/ Hi.A MT ) "llave you any ;m>ouohi^ in 1 ti" tirade/" MtdUenly.ioierruj^cd ( ^ aiiiou, ui u voice Vf#0!W r.u >s deadly. . .. ?['$* "Personal inunuiug. iVoiferaled.,. ^ ':Ol I -j natMlAfUfc!'* AiTor a uionVc'tit I r,, ?#S ot l?irt tnncy tliflt 1xi??r o?, Hcni a tfoepcr*slUiV<rki f . ' u\ ol the tut m.ijnr than* MvVdl U-Jmi ^ wnreof. A ut.ut r.rthvr totifta't M wind wxv to uLu. lire ou^r- ?m*t distuPi uh* NtnUuit. ol .clean ? .tnrJjntl^jLS . i' <y ."I sc;?;m t-.l, i.:|... v^c-y.^vavn jrfait j L nyuui^f^rv%< r i\ Ide should ikTJivm-, uts on :.ucli ;v*?y'! i . riT* ' :1 , 'Mo- i-fttlnfifl; the)!, tli'al V0U1* 7fl 1 );' K? fcv ? IWfViT^t! i*? !< ," v.td I, "still dodfoftil hove far r'-thW.t' j] > r**'ul the iiiior.y'.ou<'o?Hi of m?%| .j ks??k?i; * Tor, uu lii* word ui* ."V |^, W U?^ uay, 1 inarm' hcurd>?<)wr.iU'iut'.-t- j ^f our avoy.nl.ot i:iwua< y wid? W&Jfi W r, :tn<I jiiottiibitf in tf.-in.mkiv ? vigour >, laiiii'-!, li;at lwaaidec'.^ne of iil?f wd>U-<l ,, ^ the hil.n lly ol' rtn :in ' j- ' I r.\ui4o? ? ptl* >.o many or nW ?< >u 11t ' n.ZnJ Ii'ai j v> ? l: :! induced too SllthM? $ TimilVlHt V | .f rffir^Tf,Tyi>Tiw;'i)ui, !u wi>hii?yyu?ri>or,j, ,w Cflio 1 nittutfi Wo?'iiaV v-ail a t.iiri r ink rpr t.rtJ.rtf ot iif?i t> l?i open* jy is heart to you at .sight, .wuiow uie tu u^> (i iro you, lim* not. a 01 otlene# lt aa Jiuendid in t' o ilia^o ly >>? qr* ^ !|:U*Jd tO JVaeUl." . ' f,! .. "Koigivu me!" i \eiai::j?d \YYtgra"f(v j4 KluUiiiag l';-Jll!tV i ?'"?>-? 1:1a arin-y y jtvucdh in**. ' i^tv*m? 1J ^:itga?!lortlc?.l on* t i a <r> tenant? iilei^'uYtViny iniacruUc i^tory', had iny jealous soreness on out ,, imImmjjmt i>ru nu>?<1'n4R(.;n<niH niwuiulyr* (J hfnlMw 't?1W tlW "liMfW ?f m inj <?Arr*i and ^ WWhv4 frankly Aco|?od bin oyxdogV? j fl n<l otivred hand, 1 ouiild detect, by the i j gheof the moon; of ?uvu .j rofouutj djeetloiv on lh*> altonj f?c?xuf Vn^rjlte?So deadi\! ri prftehess?a * r, nrduej*?tlirfl invt fYuifitfly r r^HMtfd ? ' jyvlf on ilt^vvaU 1?cdd? him, as if to! j( ink the fedmnntiori of a friendly fCcling. i ^ ie did not syenk whin ln? tr*jk iiU placid t< ? at. nttof a few uiiouU* ?ile|t?i?', i bad tlu- L i ^d?v"!*iow to bear biiu fobbing like !i bild. ( . ? . "My dear, follow, yon ulWu-U tpo jnucli a U^uiUll^Ul aU word," s.il.1 ?, , endeavoring to reconcile liiiu witli him- , o I'lf. "l>i?nii%4 it fmia yettr Oiouglit*." ' Do je t fiip.ty." r"j?lied VVnrgravc, in a a Token voice, "that t]iy*e humiliating tears ' ? i drinato in anything {hat h.i . pfoswl I**- j y W.otrn tr* this night. No! The itssneht- ^ a i >na freWfM <? my inind by tlie Va?h Itunot* yon are generous emnig' to h*;-. in r it ftvm Iw.dif. ;>re .,t' n far In'uai ancient ? late, auU lar inoro iiaHiia*aLte nattrra. 1 , ? |w? yott toinvtbiucr in jetwi for yotjr for-: j] ai;;uue. Volt b.-t\'0 atilt;Vtu 'Tk ir t?t !* ( fi ai -diiy/euw ho (Yiyiinued lobki^it r vhteb. "tfevrtfw tboSO ftrftdff'V f?? Trie, j, md V-V'i ! I "t|ifrietxiH'( p l"yson oCtvuiob uty wttlift'' i ijiirI l?e tint text-ptnyaclf the -l^*rr? !** >, W lliefo v?u? llo.d. am h**t ?pfrtewttf. 3*+?+*r*r ifltl Wirf^M wItl, ,] ', " > > ' ' i MvMUfaU Authority it ImJ.U ainonjj the I nwiirtt* of <*??- flUMkiet. Uui.yuu wre 1 Mm foliaiMnii'tlMt authority U> U?c in- M MMttltm tif vrwrtftml bw>i* mtioii*.? M 9Wton*?tf4 in H<hh*uw? to "muboj^ivl h MM bY t bo j P- *& '*& ' * F' >^| L \ ".V if il l. ? W| , Ir, ?*,' A .J i iti * - -- ? COMMERCIAL, r- T-n??-i~-- -- ----LANCASTER. C. II., SOFT ... liviuity, anil wine is -field to a libation voriby,-it" the jjods. pool*! tools'?-iliey teed to have poured foriu tucir hlooil as ears like lue, to know that it is a fountain >f luial damnation! Po not fancy that I dl (Ulc to drun fair si\ do not class me in 'our indinfiintii.n i!,a cm.ni<~l ?I. - p w.., ??iv tfviiomu uiiiiq UIIU [ grades himself to the loss of intoxicalon. Against a vice so tlagrnnt, .how atsy tourm one's virtue! No! tho true longer lies many degrees within that tearul limit; nud the Spartaus, who warned heir sons against wine bv exhibition of heir drunken ITeloTs) fulfilled their duty dindly; Drunkenness itirpliss, tu fact, an XtiUctiou of the very faculties of evil.? The enfeebled arm can deal no mortal lew! the st iggeriiig step retards the por etration of sin. The voice can neither nodulate its tone to seduction, nor hurl lie defiance of deadly hatred. The runkard is an idiot; a thing which chillen mock at, and women cluvstise. It is he man whoso temperament is excited, K't overpowered, by wine, to whom the nun is fatal. Do not suppose mo the postle of a tetnperauce society; when I ssert, on my life, my soul, my honor, hat after three glasses of wine, t am no niger 11 ulster of in\ actions. Without oiug at the lYidniont conscious of .the 1 Iiange, I Login to see, and feel, and m.?nr, I nd reason ditfeVently. Tho thirior tr.m-' itions between ?o0d and evil are forgot n; the lava boils hi my bosom. Three lore, hn'd I heroine a madman." *Khtl1iM positive phrsiciid j itirritltyi" said I. "You must wt course , fganj yourself ft>t tfwrptionf" I am fWiyfnecil Wo ca'se K?h.' .Vnroh^ my own ' acquaintance, I iiWvr fifty itfen who are1 pleasant ertnipauui1 it? the" in'mimtr, hut intolablo after uiner; men who nonher like whiu nor inulge in ii; but who, while simply fulfil!ig the form? nud ceremonies of society. v<jiiciitly Lcluum o<iioiw..tu others and a MrdqiMt'-MhojnsclAU".'' , t'. v.? ' I really bdicv? ygu ,mo right.'' "1 l'now tltai.Jk UiJU listen. When ikK<'4ino yuuivlnoUu i> friv'iid* :vt Wentdninf e,it J w^cmllic lu,uud?lti,-'U? flu ??u* f fcu;?. intended for thy clmrcli; ami the npinlnney .whiyh un1 fadior and mother Ita'ch 1 to'inv election (or c<'liege, Added f liVsthmrtrfs ' tA inj-6xt*rtioti4, that at W ?flrly a<jf4 of ftmrtetni,u their whb rrni; rcumplished. I was the first toy of ntv ^ e:fr.<. A s'liduaehtf* en iHtnst's Churilij owned my hi^ed anibiticn; atal All that j tovnitk'Cybf Mne at AVw*ini d?tor was to , wide carer tiie fkrocrett 4mpp?i% inlc* n tiKibio <tn oocasious t>l tiic?u uinni|di-. Wli* ACOiMuMMOl ts? ?Ml?\ .? ? ii|? t?<wuu ?<l |?ix>J'nViv taken o?li'tU. Uote Ait' the in* ryulg, of fljy Ui^urc^ nnd a very .>ru;?!l ' lyp^UoTTof lliu lh rv tavern jM.rt,, \t lnell fh neeV^r i)T sttuUar f- t'-.! ?>yfc4':d lo efevaui^Vtiv fcub'tV { ? hi a !i h';tl?d 1\ h$>'t >? and infctiljTor.rrifcc,' we all tIMed firtlr blether, jnopiiiVir to riot,, hllT{"iW4w!tii:cA Ih.^lilvnHinWh n Kit ttrtis> , ?t. KxyjnUioir*u?infn?|r?f mychvtion.? ( never ro'e-hed*' Vxlord* u?v profftbiounl runpoC/U- wefe hli^lUcd; niuh withtuafew ' loiillvv, Qffrfclliec Uivd cl .the-disappoint- ' . it ? * L >*Wob?hl|> of rttMrinl Kfe, fonlM 'whidi >*d b?*n fotfcible to the fow, Mocribod ? pcxjf Mm, ?u 'the diacradit of lit* hango. Mm took a dialiko to her daughter-in-law, nr?y, ini)Im|ii. WArgravo'* family, fri?nda, ?ud #JM&|ancm. ' She My that afu r they k?4 lw? dining with Imm ?:4' % '1,1 AGHlClJlTruiiA ii Carolina; Wednesday jj' . .. A... L_ . the cursed vino their company compelled uie to swallow* bortipiuiely, poor Mary's liiitu was ciigVosscu by preparations for the amVal of lier first child, a pledge of domestic happiness calculated to reconcile a Woman oven to greater vexations ibau those arising from the husband's irritability. Mary palliated all uiy bursts of temper, by declaring her opinion tbey, "any ! man might possess tlio insipid quality of I good liumnt-; but tiiht Wargrnvo, if scmeI what hasty, had the Iw-st liesrt and principles in the world." As soon as our little boy made bis appearance, she excited llie Contempt of all lier female ac<|uaintanocs, by trusting ''that Harry would, iu all rcspects, resemble his father." Heaven bless her for her blindness." Wargrave paused for a montent; daring which I took care to direct my eyes towards the frigate. "Among those fciitfllo friends, was n certain Sophy Cavendish, a cousion of Mary's; young, handsome, rich; but gifted with that intemperate vivacity which I health and prosperity inspire, Sqphy was a fearless creature; tlio only person who did not shrink from my tits of ill-temper. When 1 scolded, she bantered; when L appeared sullen, sho piqued mo into cheerfulness. \Vo nsurlly met in morning visits, when 1 whs in a nmori to take her railleries in good part. To this playful girl it unluckily occurod to suggest 'to lief cousin, 'Why dyu't you manage Wargrave as i dot Why don't you laugh him out of his jvrVersifVV Add Mary, to whose disposition and ntnnners all these agactriea were Hffeign, toon began to assume a inost pfovokiugsportiveness in our doanttic disputes; would scuo Jne by the hair, the sleeve, point Iter linger at tue when 1 was sullen, and laugh heartily whenever 1 indulged in a reproof. I vow to Heaven, there were moments when this innocent TwITy'madetno hate her! It does not b< corny you to aivj the monkey tricks of your cousin,' cried I, one night, when ' she had amused herself by filliping water I at me across the dessert-table while I was j engaged in an intemperate professional dispute with an old brother otlieer, 'iu ! trying to make mc look like a fool, von 1 on more than cm* bedtHion, I hurt indulged, r b*p*n to hate him, for 1 folt ItitU in hi* l>*raence. I win that he waa my auparior in*timir?er a Khi>madiiig.thta he wotil j made a happier aumiaa of up) ^fr. T?-t ( had n? pretax\?ar liamiaaiugXhiiu my bouee. lie eoelftioibut Uavuiecn that h?< *m odioua to me; yet he had not tho daljp^cy to wj^idraw from oUt aocJety. rekbapa hegfrfaofltthtJii* prenenee nece*aai^P to pn^Pfia pHrdti? I Vrhap* ho * v t Vv ^ # .<|Mr #* only m;ike u fx)l of' yourself! 'ifon't be | intimidated by n few big wonb,' cried ] MisrC.ivcudish, wliou this ebulittou was j reported lo Jier. 'Moil and nettles must , be UiUkhI into Uiuuue*s; they have a sting j only for t|;?*?e who arc al'raul of iheui. I'eiweverv!' She fl'd persevere: and, on an ooc;isuui equally ill-timed, again the angry ltnsbnnJ retailed several upon tlni wife he loved, 'You tnnil not banter him in com* 4 iff . ? -fCt* lf|Uu^ men who hate being shown up before othets. Hut when von are alone, take your revenge.' 1 "It was on my return from a club dinner I that Mary attempted to put these mw- i chi'-voos |irecdptK into practice. I wui I I itc?too late; tor, against inv will, 1 had beeu detaiucd by the joval party. Mary .who buy been beguiling lire time of my] nbacncuiu her dressing-room with an entertaining book, by which her spirits were exhilarated, begau to laugh at my excuses; to banter, to tuoek me. 1 begged her to dfcdstv " She jKjraistod. I grew angry." I bade lior be silent. Khe only laughed I more l<Sitd!y. 1 stamped, swore, raved, j She approached mo in mimicry of ray violence. / struck hcr\ "I know not what followed this act of | brutality,'* cried NVnVgmvo* rousing him- | seJf. "1 have a faint rcm?>i!il>erHmo of , l.Aiii-1!-.- * ??- ? ' * KiirrMinjj .iiici unpionitpr* Offering*! he sacrifice of my lilt' in atonement for such ' ingratitude, lint I liave a very strong otic of the patient immobility which, fioiu that moment, poor Mary assumed in my pnsouee. bh? jested no more; she never laughed again. What world* would ) have given had she remonstrated?-dcten-' dod herself?resented tl?e injury! But no! from that fatal night, like the enchanted prineess in the story, she became elmverted into marble whenever her husband approached her. I fancied?so conscious arc the guilty?that she sometimes betrayed an apprehension of leaving our child in'the fomn alone with tno. Perhaps slio thought me mad! She was right. 'Hie brief insantly inspired by wine had alone caused me to raise my hand agatfist her. 4,I knew the soeret had been kept from her brothers; for, if not,?lino manly follows as they were,?nothing would induce them again to sit at my board. But there utis a person whose interference between me And my wife I dreaded more than theirs?a brother of Sophy Cavendish, who hai loved Mary from her childhood, and wooed h'-r, and been dismissal shortly after her aequaiotauco with uty*sil. .That follow I never could endure! lloRco Cavendish w ak the reverse of his sister?grave, eun to. dejection; cold and dignified in hw demeanor; sententiourf, taciturn, repulsive. Mary had a great opinijti of hint, although alio had prif.-rred tlio 'vivacity of my manner, and the iuipetuov >Hyv>f my character. But now that tlieso qiQUittaa had been turned against herself, miglit not a revulsion of feeling cause her { ,tu bar cousin! She must have felt thut Horace Cavendish would havo invited nn executioner to hack his arm" oft', rather than ri!8? it against a woman! No provocating would have (mutual him to midresn her in thoeetrrms ofinault in which. nil. .\:.u now., u |i;U w :n to he done it.Ii tnc? Nlv guarHmDs clecided that in fit/hy the mthtenvo of ni\* pad tiult **thf prftv^r injuricAl*! and, eager to i s.-ajK* the taoit reproach of mother's pale ice and gluoiuy .xv?wil?i?J.gl!ulty accceded ? their v,.\l lift eon, I was ga/ot1 in tho?^tu^ujenfof Mfflit Dragoon*. waiter they u>Qd to call me \Y.y;gr.ivc tho .ppao.-m^ker." I never ?il n,qyai;rvh I never l?:nX an enemy.-? et, twelve months after joining tlio?tli, tlA'T n'cqnlrVT' the opprobrium ut-being j *)pitfrr'ntdnre fdHovv; 1 li?*l Ibutfhbono of iY Hrcftlier offfh'crs, tltfd Vena nit tWtnsst i ncomfortftblc'terirt* with four odioiK" , 4'Aiwl this kudden change tlarn- attributed to U?e sourness | rikiatr front my disnppuiutiueuU in lil'u. j hftvo .^neo ascribed it to it truer orign? | irritation of the closes of bruiidv, ting l.ojtli sie?-jt^|eej \y!?icli formed tliw luxu- j \ of ,i mcvycejjar. Smarting uudcr the iiisctbuhiic.** of unpopularity, I fancied 1 ated my profession, when In (Het! onl) a red Itmeh'. I maungsd to gel dri liulf av, and returned to my mother^ trnn-1 tm rrfc?f; where, vtutend of regretting tliu j rilMilt life F had (bnRikn, my peace of| .in 1 and c ntentmcnt cubu i-nek to inni t once. There was no one to bear me >iMp*ny over the bottle. I >va* my inolhr'rt qi'Ditanl aoiupanion; i seldom Lute J r'ne; I became healthy, happy, Moved as nelirlibclir ami fellow citizen. But Irfghr distinctions of affection followed. A ounjtf, and vc-rv beatitiftd girl, of rank i:d turbine superior tor my own, detuned ? encourage the humble venumtiun with rhiclr I regarded hor. 1 becameombuhlued'tuK'lieit ber bund. My mother a*urul her J was tho beet of sons. I reaJiv promised to be tbo bent of husbands. Ihu believed us both; accepted hie?mari*j?l iuc; 411.1, on welcoming home my \ gentle Mary all reineiohWilcft of n? to h<- oh:, crated.? | the Svorld, if not hrilltmit, rAs InMtnimhfa. My mrrtliwrV table r?lowort those boapitHHiiea over which my Alter lnul loved to preside. Mary's tbreo wutlieis were our constant giustst and A usgravwrUMt calm, sober, indolent kVfigruv.'-^-oiicc more beatne fractions Until I, at cask My poor mother, wh)i. Kuld couA?ive no fault In my disposition, nelmfihg that; ns tn other fnWnncos, tlie 1 insltand nad discovered in the dailvcoin 9 >, . _ -- . L, GENERAL A MORNING, JANUARY 5. 135:). | 1 _ . . . _ ! thought I whs not to bo trusted with the I deposit of her happiness!" "lhit surely," said J, "after what l ;' . altvadv oeeurcd, yon v. i re careful to rei frain from the stimulants which hud bcj trayed you into an'uiiworthy action;" "Ri^ht. 1 ?( <* careful; My temperance was that of an anchorite. On t!?e pretext ot health, I refrained for many months from tasting wine. 1 became luvsrif atrain. My brorhers-in-law cdlcd me milksop! I cared not what they called me. The cur| rent of iny blood ran coo) and free. I waniod to courtier back the conlidencc of my wife!" "But perhaps this total abetinenec rendered theordoal still more critical, when you were compelled occasionally to resume your former habits?" i "Uight again. I was strong as magazine ' against myself! There occurred a family ' festival from which I could not absent my self?the wedding of Sophy Cavendish. Kven my wife relaxed in her habitual I coldness towards me, and requested me to ! join the party. We met; a party of some thirty,?giggling, noisy, brainless,?to ; jest and be merry. It was settled that I I must 'drink the bride's health;' and Mrs. J Wargravo extended her glass towards ' mine, as if to make it a pledge of reconciliation. llow eagerly I quaffed it! The bridegroom was to bo toasted; then the i family she was quitting. At length the | health of Mrs. Wargravo was proposed. I (Jould I do otherwise than honor it in a 1 bumper? 1 looked towards her for further ' encouragement?further kindness; bul, instead of the expected smile' I saw her palc'f trembling, anxious. My kindling glances and heated countenance perhaps I reminded her of the fatal night which had been the oricin of our tiii?nn.t..^?.....i:..? 1 j,-- ? \ os, she trembled) and in the midst of her I agitation 1 saw, or fancied I saw, a look i of ryiupathy and good understandingpaas j between her and Horace Cavcudish. I turned fiercely towards him. lie regarded i me with contempt) that look at least 1 'did noltmisinterpret: hut I rtivnytd if!" I Involuntarily I walked from the parapet, \ and walked a tew paces town:da the frigate in order that Wargravc might recover breath .and composure, lie followed two; lie clung to inv arm) the rest of his narraive was spoken almost in a whisper. mood which had now taken posacssiou of' me, it was easy to give offence; and Caveudish appeared no less ready than myself. We < pi a r re lied. Mary's brother attempted to pacify us; but the purpose of both was settled. 1 saw tlint lie looked upon mo as a venomous reptile to l>u crushed; and 1 looked upon him as uio lover oj Alary. WDW uf .us must dio 0 extinguish strch deadly hatred. "NYo met at Sunrise. Both were sober then. 1 shot him through tho heart! I surrenI dered myself to justice?took no heed of I uty defence- Vet surely many must have i loved nie; for on the day of trial, hundreds ofwilneasoss came toward to attest my i i ??- -- ? - - 1 11v.intum > | toy generosity, my mildness | of nattfto. Many of our mutual friends I attested upon oath ill it tho deceased had been <>bsfcrve<l to seek occasion* of giving nil', offence. That lie li.nl often spoken of me disparagingly, thrcatuTiigly; that he ' had been hearod to any, I rleseree>l to die! | It was now jure that Murv bad taken him int ober confidence; and yet it was by my wife's unceasing exertions that this mass of evidence had been collected i.i iny favor. I was acquitted. The Court ! rang with acclamation*; for 1 was 'the I only son of my mother, and she wns a I widow;' and the name of Wargrav? com-' | inauded reaped and low Mom many, both | in her person and of that of my wif e The Cavaudtsli fatn.ly had not availed ! ' itself nmrcih-vfy against my life. I i it j the conrt 'without a blemish ttpou my i I character,' and witli gratitude for the gooi] olliccs of huudreUs. was not yet quite a wretch. ")Uit I had not yet seen Mary! On the nfea of severe indisposition, she had retrained from visiting me in prison; and now that all danger was over, I rejoiced that she had been spared the humiliation of such un interview. 1 trembled when 1 found myself once more on the threshold of home. To meet her again?to fall onco more upon tho nock of my poor mother. whoso blindness and infirmities had forbidden her to visit me in durance. What a trial! Tho shouts of tho multitude were dying away in the distance; my sole companion was a venerable servant of my father's, who sat sobbing by my side. "The windows arc closed,' said 1 looking anxiously upwards, ns the carriage stopped. 'lla* Mrs. Wargrave?has my inothor quitted townl'" i "'There, was no use distressing you, Master William, so iong as you was in troubla.' said the old man, grasping my arm. 'My poor old mistress luis been LMMIWI Uivwsu VTWHS, BIIU UieU Ol a htTuKC ! of apoplexy the <lay after you surrendered yourself. We buried her, sir, by tho side of your father.* "'And my wHW said I, as soon n* I could recover inr utterance. "4I don't rightly understand?I can't quite niakoont?1 believe, sir, you will find a letter,' said my grey-headed companion, following me closely into the house. " From Mary!' 14'Here it is,'Jie replied, opening a butter of the cold, griin, cheerless rooui, and pointing to tho table. "'Kroin. Mary?' I again reitcratrd, as I snatched it up. No! not from Mary* not even firom any mcnr.her of her family; not even from any niemlw of her family; not even from any friend,?from and acquain* I tanee. It woe ? lawyer a letter, inform* ing me, with technical precision, that 'his client, Mrs. Mary XVargrave, conceiving she she had just cause and provocation to A 9 (I -? ? ND LOCAL INT .La 'rt- i-.-.-r'-:is. ? *****? '* rt-^C'i J H withdraw herself from my roof, had al- ? ready taken tip her abode with her family; ii that she was prepared to defend herself; hy the stHjncf aid of the law; against any v opposition ! might ofler to her dtisi^n; but j " it.,. ..n .... k.. ?i.i.. ? i ! ,. ur mi.?n uii^iii w rtin cnuiY nu* " Il,sclient, Mrs. Mary Wargraro, fl uuH ovcr, demanded no oilier Maintenance ill a a tl:e trifle allowed by hCr marriage n settlement for her scpefate iw. Instead i' of accompanying mo to the continent, she proposed to reside with her brothers.' ? ' And it was by the hand of a lawyer's s clerk I was to learn all thin! The woman p ? the wife?whom I had struck/?was e prepared to plead "cruelty, agiiinst me iu h a court of justice. 81 "Drink this, Master William," said the t< poor old man, returning to my side with d a salver and a liottleof the Madeira which had been forty years in bis keeping. "You tl want support, niv dear boy; drink this." h "Give it nie," cried 1. snatching the glass from bis bands. "Another?anolh- R< -or! I do want support; or I have still a h task to perform. Stop the carriage; I am tf going out. Another glass! I must see s? Mrs. Wargrave! Whero is she?" it "Three miles off, sir, at Sir William's. My mistress is with her cider brother, sir. " You can't see her to-night. Wait till morning; wait till you are more composed, i' You will lose your senses with all thosfe h cruel shocks! li "I have lost my senses!" I exclaimed, throwing myself ajnht into the carriage h ?"And therefore must see her,?mast h see her before I die." Cl "And these frantic words were constuutly on iny lips till the Carriage stopped at tlic gntc of Sir William Brabuon. I would not suffer it to enter; I traversed s< the courtyard on foot; I wished to givo no ii I fear you; that " I P ' That you despise me! Speak out Madam; apeak out!" "That I pitly you," continued Man', resolutely; "that I pitty you aa one who . lias the reproach of blood upon his hand, " and the accusation of ruftianly injury * against a woman on hia conscience." "Aud aucli are the lessous you will teach " hiin." "It is a leason 1 would scrupulously withhold from hiui; and to atcurt hia ig- * < uorance, it ia needful that he should live . 1 ?i: t I-:- t \*- u a iuicu irum ins miner > rwi. u argrave, ^ our child tnuHl not grow up ir. observation ^ ! of our estrangement" 1 j, "Thcu, by Itpavcn, my resolution is d taken! Yoti hn*s Appealed to the laws; ^ by tbo laws let us abide. The child ia s mine, by right, by enforcement Live where you will; defy me from what sheb i ter you please; but this Httle creature, whom you have constituted ray enemy, remains witbtffae! Surrender hn to me, 1 or dread the Cousenneaces!" , j "You did notr I incoherently I ^ *"at " a announcement of mv arrival. It was dusk: the servant did not recognize me; fu when, having entered the offices by a side- tl door, I demanded of a strange servant ad- m mittancc to Mrs. Wargravo. The nnswer h was such as 1 had anticipated. "Mrs. Wargravo could see no one. She was hi ill; had only just risen from her bed."? ai Nevertheless, I urged tho necessity of an tc immediate interview. "I must see heron ot business." Still les.*. It Was impossible cl for Mrs. War grave to see any person on iw busings, as Sir William and Mr/ Braba- ni zoir had just gone irito town; and she Was cl quite alone, atul much indisposed. "Take w in this note," said 1, tearing a blank leaf fi from my pocket book, nnd foldlttgitto re- hi present a letter. And following witheau- ot tion the servant I despatched on mv er- ai rand I found my way to the door ot' Ma- ot ry's npnrtnn nt. Itwti&tko' be^bwitrtgof ? spring. The invalid wassittHig in a large arm 'chair before the HVe, With lief litwe at hoy asleep in her anus. I (Hid procedod o? the servant into the room, and, by theim- ( perfect firelight, .she mistook me for tho in medical attendant she w as expecting. ui "Good evening Doctor," said she. in a th voice so faint and tremulous, that I could ju searcjly recognise it for Irers. "You will find me better to-night; but why are you in so late?" "You will, perhaps, find me too early," It said I placing myself resolutely beside re her chair, "unless you are dis]?osed to an- w nu! the instrument with which you have ra been pleased to complete the measure of pi your husband's miseries. Do not trou- fr< bio, Madam. ^ ou have no personal in- I of i ? 1 iu n]>prv:ii?'iiii. i come iiero, a Drok- | gi on hearted man, to learn my nwnftk of 1* life or death." A?ul, in spite of my false in courage, 1 staggered to tlie wall, and la leaned against it for support. ui "My brothers are absent," faltered Mary. F "I have no counsellor at hand, to act as cs mediator b-uveeu as." ll 'For which reason I hazard this ap- it | < I. i uiu here to speak with o?y own tj lip.-, to your own can*, to your own heart, ti I >o not dccido upon the suggestions of iji others* i ? "I hire decided," uiur nured .Mrs. War- | giave, trrciftcably* i >' "No, you have not.'" said T, again ap- | ^ proaching her; "for yonjiave decided with- y1 out listening to the dofenco of your hus- ? baud, to the appeal of nature. Mary, ? Mary! have you so soon forgotten the ^ vows of eterual union breathed in tlie pre- ? scnce of Clod! Are you not stilj my wife ? whom I adore,?my wife whom I have in- ? jurcd,?my wife, whoso patienco I would * re<piito by a whole life of homage and a adoration. Man*, you have no right to cast from you the father of your child." "It is for my child's sake that I seek to 11 withdraw from his authority," said Mrs. ^ Wargrave, with more firmness than might 01 have been expected. "No! I cannot live ^ with you again; my confideuce is gone, 01 my respect diminished. This boy, as hi* faculties become developed, would sec me tremble in your presence; would learn that ^ juwMm xdw* ** v m sf ~M ? # ? r 0 * l *fc c M M ?t n U! ? _.,_jj li ..J?iL?*?*L"_1 ax.? ELLIGENCE.Xr ? ' < 5 ^ NUMBER 47 4- * * i ,/bn J? Li.?.! .?1..J?J.. ? 1 . 1 jjziiu/ Wargravo, by tho arm, anil drondig I Knew not wliat. "Have I not told you,"lie replied in a oic? which froze the blood in my vein*; ? wiui yeiyre quitting uomc, i una swnijwc-vi half a. bottle Madeira! My rame was heated, mv brain maddened! 1 aw in the woman beforo mo only tiid irinion, the mourner of Horace Carcnd: tli.il had no longer a wife. "Mary prepared hcreelf for violetlce at uy hands," continued Wargrave, "for intiiictivclv she attempted to rise and apt roach the bell; but, encumbered by the Iiildj or by bcr own weakness, she fell tck in her chair. "Don't wake hind'' lid she, in a faint piteous voice, as if, aP >r ah, his hclpncss constituted her best cfeiicc. "Give biin up, then, at once. Do you Itink I do not love him! Give him up td is farhcr." "For a moment, as if overcome, she jcmod attempting to unclasp the little and which, even in sleep, dung tenderly > her night-dress: For a moment sbti Mimed to recognise tho irresistibility of ly claim. "The carriage waits," said I, sternly.? Where is his nurse!" "I uiu his nurse," cried Mary, bursting ito an agony of tears. "I will go with im? To rataiu irty child, I will consent td vo with you again." "With md Live with the, whom yoii avo dishdndrdd \*ith ytfdr pity, your coumipt, your preference of another? liathr again stand arraigned before a criminal ibunal, than accept such a woman as oiy ifc!" "As a servant, then; let aid rftteud as it irvant on this little cfesiture, so dear Uf to, so precious to me, so feeble, so?:?" "Is it Cavendih's brat, that you pldad >r him so warmlv?" crie?l I. infnriitih/1 tat even my child should be prefetrted id ic. And 1 now attempted to remove* iin by force from lie* arms. "Help! help! help!" faltcrod the fet&ld, alf-faintiag mother. Hut 110 ooo came, nd I persisted. Hid you ever Attempt i hold a struggling child?a child that hers wcro struggling to retain?a young lild?a soft, frail, teeUe child! And by did site resist! Should not she, wroait u? alio whs, have known that raislief would arise from such contact! Slid ho had touded those delicate limbs, that agile frame! 'l'he hoy wakoUod frpui is slc<'p?was screaming violently. Ho niggled, and strugglod, and monnod, ml gas[?ed. Hut, on a sudden, his sfrriek* iased. lie was still, silent, breathless." "Dead'/' cried 1. "bt^ahc imagined at. the moment, whertj t Ui? Mwamous of her fearful .shrieks, tho insula rushed into the room, llut no, hud not again become a murderer, a jw curse Was in storo for. mo. VfnJji ludicul aid was procured, it a as found I ial a liiub was dislocated; the apiueiflj-eUt tbo boy a cripple for life!'* "What must have been his father'sTeorso!" "His father was spared the intelligence, r wuh not for foartecu mouths that I was moved from the private madhouse, tor hich, that fatal uight, 1 was convoyed,a iviug luauiuc. The iulluence of wiop, ission, horror, had induced epilepsy; out which 1 was only roused to a state freu/y. (Jsreful treatment and solitude adnally restored me. Legal steps had ;eu taken by tlie Hrabozou family dut* g my coutinemeut; and my rautilatod >y is placed, by tho Court of Chancery, udor tho guardianship of Uis mother.? or some time after my recovery, I Wnuo a wanderer on tho continent, will* to intention of wasting the remnant of ty blighted existence in restless obscuriBut I soon felt that the best prop* alien, the best sacrifice to offer my luired wife and child, was the attempt to jnquer, for their sake, an honorable posion in society. I got placed on full pay i a regiment appointed .to a foreign ataon. I made over to my boy the wbolo f my property. I pique myself on liv-v lg on my pay,?onHtrinking no wine*?? u absenting myself from ml the scducons of society. I lead a life of penance,f penitence, of pain. But, some day ot t .or, my little victim will learn the death f his father, and fuel thai he devoted his 'retched days to the duties of an honor' ble profession, in order to spare him irther dishonor as the Mm of a tuicide.n "Thau's God! was my inurraurmhapiQ* latum, when at this moment I perceived le boat of the Astnea, whose appfttaeh nablod me to cover my emotion witbtbe ustlo of parting. There was not a wc*#* f consolation?of palliation, to be offer' 1 to such a man. He had iudeed afford J me a fearful commentary on my text. ? fever before bad 1 duly appreciated th? erila au?l dangers of Wis if ?W Two gentlemen, Mr. D.--aad>Mr. i., stood candidates for a seat Us a*Xsu?tisduro of Now York. They . %fitl vio Mitly opposed to each other. ^Hipplba rtifioe D. gained the oleclon.. When ho ^as returning home, much elated with r , iccess, ho met a gentleman, an aeqffteitv- a jnanoe of his. " WeU," any* D., "I have ot the election?-L. was no match for ' io. I'll toll you how I flung him: if thorn aopened to he any Dutch voters, 1 coul<l ilk Dutch with them, and there 1 had I be advantage of hira. If there were any 'renchman, I could talk French with hero, and there 1 had the advantage of fen. Bat aft to U, he ie a clever, honest, Vjk ad bio little fallow." . "Yea, sir," replied the gentleman, "and hare he had the mdvtuUngt qf you/* ?" ??? ?" 1 " jp **9lZ t'