Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, August 30, 1821, Image 4
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THE LOT OS THOUSJ
&oy> many Itft
.mOU JT
V \Mgain*e their |7? Yotmo.
IV hen hope lie* dead within the hear
By secret sorrow close conceal *d>
We shrink, lest looks or words impart, /
What must not be reveaTd.
?Tis hard to senile, when on^could weep ? f
To speak when ^ ^
*Jo wake, when one wcfald wish to sleteb,
A&mlmwi*? y\ im*
? T> ' .? vTfSrT ' r *
fWF.
v And bend beneath the bitter blasjljr? 1 'S
?f To uvethem from despair.
Ml' I
Whv;ie disappointment eifirX* torn *? *J
i&2isS?*fed? '1
TH* vDjaoHUMrl U/?n/1'^?si kAm?
1?N
Tftfc WeaWjhmd're rs home:
K. ?. OS LEARNING.
. 'il
** Ahj full or dangtr is the uphill road,
ThaU^da ^H49u^ to
Bis way thick miata of volgar error blind,
--"*f -*??????? 4J ' - close behind,
Lfugged^ P?i?
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Wt^boracin,." ;
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fc*te*tch of private
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OL.HUGE^. '
** April, 1820. i
! Ha&a
Mite
m**$
^rmrnW kttfatfc
?fhiii&watry'*
?Mf ?T I'm '
??' liis life,
Sf^t?
tfaitt arc6?d
iutf) bin confidence a ymmg German,
* companion of hi* studies, and em
forked with him for ?00$% TW
atory of the attempted rescue, as
tt>mnmnl> told, is pretty accurate ;
the bwt that 1 remember to have
b*mr*ft?in a numl ?er uf the Aannual
Ri'gMer. 1 ^oppose yofi arekcquain
ted with the incidents which defeat
?<l i he scheme, and gjive liack the
vescued La Fayette to h'w prison and
tesde hla ^enert u* deliverer also an
inhabitant tof the gloomy dungeons
tot Olmiuz. The sufferings of the
yoohg American, after the failure of
the attempt, were cruelty seveVe ;
alone, in a dark and atony cell) ap
prehensive for the Safety, even fdf
th? life of JLa Fayette, uncertain as
to the fate of his flriend ; now cursing
I Ills own rashness, which had pethaiM
doubled the sufferings of bim tin
i came to rescue* and now thf untow
I arti chances which had defeated jiis
attempt when so neat success ; ? this
I T *Jl" . ? ' . 7:
fet*T t)f the soon fell en the!
blood) am), for three weeks, delirium
rendered him insensible to lite I ter
rors of tiis dungeon. W itliwit as
sistance of ato j kind *8, hecanrecol-,
lied, fco# the Jev$r jfeft him.
{knots' not; the damps ?i
meotill forwarded the
*
rhr^niM 'tr . '
WWW cw .
bis corpse. f What k
I he has followed oOt the <?_
then amused hhnsel
The
led Mm wis
. iter, InadeneitHer 'query not
reply.) ? A chikK then there flfist
be a woman, and where thewiaa
woman, there* may tie compassion.'*
So saying he scrawled towards the
wall, at the top of which was the
grate that admitted light, afcr, and all
the inclemencies of the seasons; of
ten he listened* Watched, atAl called,
till at lifet a woBUtn'sface was stoop
ed towards the gate ;*Ke' tried French,
which fortunately, 'she' could Teffty
to. ** You are a mother ?" such was
the manner of hu address* toremov*
her scrapie*; " I have a' mother^ for
her sake have pity on her sop. !" Af
ter a good deal orWhOtic entreaty,
she; promised to bring h*m back an,
4i|i*w?rto hisinquirfefe, andtopro
eure for hira a German grammar.??
He learned jflMft 1?kCfriend Was in a
A in tlte'same fdrtreis ai?d thai
site was in tolerable healthy
bat in stricter amQnebent thtfn ever.l
Th* grammer was squeezed through!
(lie bai
After some lime,
[ihathfe-gramto
b much am
Iscover
ble knowledge of Germaiu]
?i^?
it, that if she cod Id
of i (lis friend's pri*
i, he wished she would convey it
him. Jlavingih Vaib fried to
Make ' intelligible raarkeupon thq
paper, ite made softewitfa a piece of
mortar, scraped from the wall, wood
a black silk handkerchief that he
teokfrom his neck. atiAin which lie
folded the grammar 5 this with a good:
of trouble, was S^oear
the Ws, and in a
fd, some w
ment.
English
d by his
A* ? *W
tisfving Hu
nt*
t
mw-kW*
cuied his release, after *-i
he pleaded hi* bwn cause in French :]
asm* that he bad not sooght to res
Cne a sta(e-nrifconer, but the friend]
of Ipa fattier; ?C Ws country, aud <xl
mankind; to procure whose release,}
Would then wfl
andtosa
cuncluded^the
return to lite
so
hie )m?
able wtoh ^otplar
issi
h^tx ?* T** ' PT?P ****
t?u Jetij, that* bad
worfil
America;"
are charge
nefts Jbut I
search the
Uhave
limin
1 may merttiob that the young pri
sorter came from bis dungeon almost
entirely bald> iliid that though the
strength of bis oonetitqtioa soon re
moved all the ftfi& effects of bis un
wholesome confinement, be never re-[
Covered his Mir ; this contrasted with]
the yoUth ann animation of bis coun
tenance, gave hi m for many years. a|
very singular appearance. - KetoroJ
rising into' eminence
his income was as
she had nothing. )
Ss?Stt!
family. These die
?5 t0 dttknowledl
he ine?|tty -bestow
the young : wdtoan ;
thus delicately CopR
be objected to by be
Shete
,aq
a exhorted me to bear it at
ter and bisf jivife,
reugtb to me to
RHHPJHE|alamity fepv
rflddt'his affection ought not
has been the tutor of bis . ?
JtafJWfe. W? .*.!?
" ISS&fiS
(h<#W
charactei
which fc
the tons and daughter* of a i
lic.|Wor in it o*ly when ?x<"
AL.U1? t? rafawas ?_ W.- .i ? iLif]
tttal tbu diedn?
evinced ihs beaut v
and traveljfeg were recommend
ed a* the last remedies; his brother
found it impossible to move at the
tittie, and there wag no other friend
ot relative on whom could be devol
vedtjtb# care ?Llbe . invalid. ?Col
Hnger left hi* farm, came to C bar lea
ton, deposited his wife end infant
children with bis father-in-law be?{
came the travelling companion son
physician of his sister, aud, nearly
a yearafler, brought her beck in a
state of recovery, joined his family,
ami returned to his estate. wj .
During t lie war, when a descent on
the enemy was expected on some of)
the greet cities of the south, and
dien on Bavsirttah ratine than New*
Orleans, Col. HnyrWIptirtid krfb*
?
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Ifofiner* Aflfexntilini; his lMIiJitq a*
hiiu j,| ll^prc^ tirc of ihc-iC
r, hcexphitied the ilntv which
blot fropi theni. ?? ,Vy couu
j a?it yoitr country call* me to i<?
dvfrtK*. , I go with * wiping heart,
txrfbniemling you and ymSjnother to
it ftud to lif-averf JLe* mi? see that
you, on your ?ule, yieM your father
with' willing iiearte. Notv Anhrace,
all of yfcn, wilhout a (car."' ?
nted his h^y ami not a
rmur was heard ; evm the yoime;
to4tnilc ^s fueir beloved
:nt rml
odiev proud ly
ihed tlie tear from his eye, a?d
led that he waafM i notp^K> de
1 his country* . Av^you not vvitft
Ottomans?
'old
like tlitfrwifo of Cacs^m
Suspicion, lie alone is tlirt
son to undcrtnkejfhe noblo
jMyenturous iaskof diveit
shafts of calamity from1 him
has b??n wounded without
S has ^athm without pity, nud
1a stand without help. It is the
or of unblemished character
who* on such' an/?<^asiony
? to stand, like Moses ill the
stop the plague of detrac
frl ruth and 1 line, 'those
t steady, fiends shall come,
vindicate the 'protected, and
jirotfcctvr. A good
f"ire, > 'carefully to
tpe?ake of others
uim
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