Corydon Press, and Anti-Masonic Democrat, Volume 2, Number 8, Corydon, Harrison County, 18 August 1830 — Page 6

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Corydon Press, and Anti-Masonic Democrat.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mary Conway was the flower of her father's family. She was young, and well do I remember j that-she. was beautiful most beautiful. There is no object under the sunnothing in this wide world, full a9 it is of allurement, rich ad it is in glorious promises, and golden dreams, that burns into the heart like a fresh vision of young angelic loveliness, in the hey-day of the passions, There h something pure, and innocent, and holy in the mild lustre of her eye; something heavenly in the f oft and gentle smile which plays.ijpon her cheekadd lip?. I look back; through a mist of years,

but I see no object beyond it more distinctly than Mary Conway. They married early to yotiib, advantageously, and happily ; in age and fortune, her partner was cutisely suitable for her; their minds too were similarabove the ordinary cast, firmly moulded, full of sensibility delicacy and spirit. And the morning of their matrimonial life wore every pro?pect of a long anddelightful, and quiet day of 10V- f it cPmPft' liriolif tn nffinra it coomerl

doubly so to them; and lost in the plenitude of their happiness, they forgot, if it ever had entered their minds, how much care and caution, what watchfulness and forbearance, what kindness and prudence were necessary to secure the peace and tranquility they now enjoyed Lev does not burn always with the brightness of its first light; but it often grows more and more deep, sincere and unchanging, as time rolls array;1 :The feelings remain as. tender arid susceptible,, after the shield that protected them from every "unkind word or act has been broken. " ii The happiness in which they wereic2ged was a prosperous one; and Henry wasTrcj$frbusiners, industrious attentive and intelltgeni Every one who spoke of them prophesied- ih;;I they! would speedily realize a splendid inden?n-'-dence. They were the pride of the village'! But how small amatter sometimes, gives anunexpectcd direction to the fortunes of kingdoms, cities nnd individuals. It happened one afternoon, sevrul months after her mairiage, that Mary had a little lea party, at which severalmatrons of the village were present, and as it is often the case, :i long. and Jearaed dissertation on the manner of mauaging husbands had been given alternately by one and another; husbands and prudent wives, know what such amount to, and of how much value they are to the young house keepers. Unfortunately, Henry -returned in trie evening, fatigued and weary in both body and mind, with the labors of the day, and took his seat at the table. His favorite di-h was not there. He enquired for it in a style that, perhaps, savored a littlr of reproach; it was unintentional, Mary was in the presence of her ?e)f-constiluted preceptors: she wasashamed to appear too submissive before them, and be side her feelings were wounded bv her husband's manners; she replied, as she thought spiritedly;

but it was really harsh. Henry cast afiingl glance across the table, pushed back hj:s plate' and left the room. It was the first error. They were both sensible of it in a moment;1. but who should make the first concession, where both were plainly wrong oiifeiiOfe.. As Henry walked down the sfrinpgedyvi unpleasant meditations, and envcliopii65(?if ; , m the gloorn, a bright light from tHp-jnprWrin- fe j dows of the village inn attracted his- notice ; he j V stepped over: a tiartv of gay young men were .. 1

about sitting down to supper; as they urged him . to join the club; the temptation under the cic-? cumstanccs of the case was all powerful. Sup-' ilm

per over, he delayeda-little longer, taking his leave; liquor was introduced and he drank; music came next, and cards followed; though he did not partake of the last he looked on the games without abhorrence, the dread he had been bro't up in of evil had been broken. ' Returning late at night, his spirit? heated with wine, and the recollection of his wife's behavior before him, he found her retired, and passed the night in another room. The morning brought a cool meeting; the formal interchange of a few words, and a prating without explanation or complaint. The seed of discontent was sown; it bore the fruit that might be expected. His home was no longer the centre of attraction to Henry. His tavern companions were gay, good humored and attractive, and he left the fireside of his own mansion, which no longer wooed him as zealously and powerfully as the ale-house club of which he whs very soon the centre and life. The second error was committed. Though unseen by their friends, a dark cloud now brooded over the fortuaes of our young con-

pie. It gathered blackness "xwrlil perceptible to the evey and when it burst carried rum and des-

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proaches and bitterness: theylboth began in error and continued so These occasioned loud and

long, and violent collisions, tearful example was S ;

tnu? set nerore uieir cmioreu,-wrwu. i.i5.w bedient, violent and passipnatepiAn:3 : thpugh'Tor many years the impending bolt orjruinlwas stayed just above their beads, at last it sped.;- : Ilenry died a lingering and awful deatli. : His- ; estate was found lobe insolvent, his children grrev? -up to ruin, and Mary, the once" beautiful enchanting Mary Conway, ended her life in poverty and i obscurity. Thus fatal in its direct' and natural; conseauences was an error, a sinde error, thd

offspring rather of accident than intention. I leave. the moral for others to trace out and apply. ; :.

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A snake 20 feet long, as large ronnd as a stove pipe, and of a brindle color, was lately seen near -Lexington, Ky. and escaped into a cave. The paper says it is of the Bull species, and that $5004 have been offered for his majesty, dead or alive.