Public Leger, Volume 3, Number 118, Richmond, Wayne County, 29 July 1826 — Page 4
Fron the Villus Ueccrd. T!S FOLLY ALL. Tia folly all" to tit and pine. To brood oer every tricing irroW At every ill to h and whine, Nor think upon tomorrow. For then bright prospect we oy gwct. And we from hope should ever borrow, And think on joys that we may meet. When dawns on us the coming morrow. 'Tis folly all" to fret and sih. Always to dwell on cares perplexing To have the ready streaming eye, For trifliES troubles that are vexing; For ere the glorious orb of day Ilaet, our cares oay all be ceasing Our paths be cheered by Hope's bright lay, And every prospect may be pleasing. i Tis folly all" to let slip by The many jokes we might be tasting, For those we've lost to heave the sigh, While those we might have, fast are wasting. We've ill enough, aye, and to spare, Without anticipating sorrow, Then cle r the brow of gleomy care, And always hope a blissful morrow. The j ys we mi?ht have, if we tried, Would smooth out path, howeVr uneven, Would make u h-r if right applied, Enjoy a state hllird to Heaven ; But Mill to drink of sorrow rup, Embittered by corrosive gall, When we of sweets mis;ht ever sup, I say again" 'Tit folly all'
-u:u. t the cxnerienced eye of the
Mother could detect io her composition lat-
tenteerrnsot iccntigs, umi.. ..mv..-, r-i-ht create uneasiness, and perhaps dis-
scntion.
From the Literary Caskett. FALSE IMPRESSIONS. "Vmi arc certainly born to he a game
ster, mv son;" sighed the mother of young j.irr ) as she watched him busily employed, in preparing tickets for his new Pr: Lottery. "You have said so a hundred times,mothor; hut how do you know?' 5.iid he, with a curiou inquiring look. -0 iti in you," returned she; "I see it in the interest you display in your Lottery; in our plaving Pins" our pitching
cent; and I sadly fear, it will one day gam strength, beyond your power to control Mr?. D. was an amiable, and excellent woman; and by her judicious management, possessed an unbounded influence over the minds of her children. In their earl) years, thev were accustomed to see their father treat her with attention and respect, r.M-mli- rf.r them to her for cui
dance and direction. It was from her that thev learned the first elements ot kn wledie: from her lip they learned the simple. Golden Rule of Morality, and Religion: and her undeviating adl crence to truth, added to their tirm conviction of her superior knowledge, left them no power of questioning the certainty of her assertions Not aw are of the extent of this influence, she indulged in expressions that ver' merclv the overflowings of it motherV solicitude, quickened to anxiety, by recollection? of the misery to which an indulgence of this fatal propensity had reduced her unfortunate father. She intended them :ii .idmnnitnrv cautions toherson; nor was
she aware of the light in which they appeared to him, till laying aside the tickets for his lottery, he said, H am sorry, moth er; hut if you sav I am born to he a gnme-
strr. I suppose I must be one. "riot surlv, my child," said she alarmed; "unless you choose."-uBut you say I am to be one; and you must know," persisted Harry, for oti often say, that you teach us nothing hut what you know to be true" Mrs. D , was startled and perplexed, paused a moment foran answer; then finding none that would explain her meaning, led him from the room, in search of some amusement, that micht turn his thoughts into an
other channel; mentally praying, that if she had unthinkingly jfiven her child a a false impression, the evil might yet be avt rted. From thi forward, the little games of chance, to which all boys are inore or less addicted, were suffered to
unnoticed; the word gamester never
A mUtnlren course of education
x Sk j
had so cherished the natural romance ot
her heart, that now, in trie seconu year
her marriage, she was restless, ana uneasy ,
without continued proois, noi oniy oi u. most unbounded devotion of her husband s heart, but of the sacrifices of time and inclination, which his affection could make to her wishes. Harry D , submitted for some time, with very good giace, to the little encroachments of female whim and caprice; but at the time his mother became a resident in his family, he was fully aware of the necessity of checking their further progress. He accordingly began, with absenting himself a little later than had heen his custom, from the domestic r. nLK statin?, when questioned by
his wife, where he had oeen, ana w whom. One so unreasonably indulged as she had hitherto been, could ill brook the slightest manifestation of indifference, or the least appearance of inattention. Questions soon assumed the form of reproaches; which though they severely wounded the heart that still tenderly loved i m with the mast unruffled
calmness of manner and answered only by protracted absence. He returned home one evening, at an unuU illv late hour, and seated himself by the fire, in an apparantly perplexed and musing mood. His wife, for this time, sat silent and thoughtful, with no disposition toquestion,or reproach him. His mother wishing to break a silence that became oppressive, inquired where he had been, and what he had heajd: "On my way home, about an hour since "said he, "I stepped
into ITs Hotel, to see if the mail had ar-
...t.i I nver was so beset, and i may
4 -...! ' . Ill
add mv dearest mother, never so lernpu u mm .
too, to" take the dice box in my band, as
within this veiv hour.' A contused, up
turned feeling, something like foreseen evil about to be accomplished, arose in the bo-
?om of Mrs D , she said to hereon.
'Sou art surely not serious; what consiaer-
lion, could tor one moment, tempi band and father to countenance that des-
yielded to his fate, vnthout a . .. rr. Arc Eteo being taken in
to aven u. x m. y- r - t the path of vice, for st? monthi bo down, with accelerated impulse. Far different was it during these months, .f. ..s" llv wretched wife. The
Willi HIS ,W"..T " - t uk ,,,! .loom and estrangment of her
added tc Irppnest i
of affliction developed energies in
habitual gloom anu , husSJdded to his late hours caused
Kr thP keenest anguin; i u-
" ' .miction developed energies it
H,r"u'" . tK.frht to DOS
sne was hii
a:
e-cav-d her lips; fondly hnpini. that the vivid impression he had evidently received of his destiny, might be effaced from his mind. After the laj.se of many years, Mrs. D found herself, in the autumn of her life, a wil"v, and dependant on her son. Those
years h ft legale trces of their course,' on l-r brow, and on hvr decaying frame;! hut tad expanded (he fotrn of her bloom-!
irg II irry into maid) firinnvss and beauty. The circurnstanre. u hirh h id c aused tier so much uneasiness in his b),ood, had gradually faded from her mind ; no expressions of her son evinced the j-libtert recol-
Jertion of it; and the uniform rectitude f
llis principles and coi duct almost banished from her heart the anxieties of a parent. Sue resided under hi1 roof, surrounded with all the comfort, and main elegancies ot life; and received to hf'r Tieart, with the softened feeling f a mother, his lovelv rf il I. His f -tirtf wife was beautiful, am
tructivc vice.
I am convinced it is a destructive vice, relied he; I know it has been the ruin of thousands; and I knew that with this conviction, and this knowledge, the mment I threw the dice, I should incur a moral responsibility, that would make a man in his senses tremble. Yet I know not how it is ; I have now, and ever have had, a secret, strange and strong presentment that I am born to be a gamester. Whence it arises, I know not; I have in vain tried to trace it to some accidental cause; and as I cannot remember the time, when the impression . 1 " ... I . m t t rt nil
was noi viviu, in rm .iiM-mni. i--- - dreams, I am compelled to believe that it proceeds from an innate, inherent prh ciple in my nature; and that it is a fatwhich I am yet destined to accomplish' fie paced the room with an agitated air, while speaking these few words; every one ofwhich,struck a death like chill to the heart of his mother: Her own inconsi lerate expressions to her son, in his early
boyhood, were from the ettect it was evident they produced on him at the time, too deeplv impressed upon her mind, ever to beetlaced, et time and sorrow had rendered impression faded, and dim; and now, when she thought to explain to him the cause of this tormenting presentimcntjt arose in her mind so shadowy and indistinct, that she found it impossible at once to arrange her thoughts and words, so as to convey to him a definite idea, and before she gained her perfect recollection, he K it the room for the night, and another opportunity did not soon arrive. The real truth was, that he had within the hour he mentioned, thrown the dice, and won; and that he had engaged to accompany a partv the next evening a few mile out of town. He went with them; he played with them; and in the new, and absorbing excitement, thought not of the flight of time, till the lights waned dim, before the morning beam. Then, when he looked around on the haggard and passion traced features of his companions,
"Of what society of hell." thought he, "am
I become a member? O Mature when you doomed me a gamester, you should hate given me. an iron frame, and a soul incapable of feeling." Vain w re his struggles to escape from the toils with which he had encompassed t.'imolf. fr.ich rnrrniu drnnned in. and an-
1 1 1 1 1 1 , m - ------ other morning found him wrought to a pitch of maniac excitement, that rendered him insensible to the lapse of time, and to the exhaustion of his frame. He returned to his home, after an absence of three days, languid, and miserable; yet with gloom) satisfaction, in the certainty of bis fat'He was now free from the .misery of su-
pense: ne was no longer in omhu, ii ms ian
L. .... Bt
cu nn knew him to be, whai
had said he must be a GameMer; jntat
! uated and undone one she l. nrru, . ...
he who alone can save, snou.u ......... him from destructionShe CTcaknes,,and errors, inthe.r prope -h&l, and bitterly regretted the infaoMo. thai led her to expect so much, that it w; jt p-r haps the remote cause why the had lost all. Trifles that she had formerly maSn.fi. d into evils, now weighed like dust ... he ba lance, against the real troubles ha beset ,erS and the consciousness, that she had ! exacted too many sacrifices of t.a. nd I of iclination,caused hertolook wi.ha le...e t j eye, on his present dereliction from hu du""isee plainly," nW ' h" mot.ho,r' "it was to preserve his own dignity, and to check mv encroaching folly, that he first S deviated' from his former regular hours; land if his present dreadfu course is the r uv'iatmn. mv regrets
; consequence oi ui.u T - .mav well be bitter, and lasting. With I these feelings and these regrets, it would
deeply wound me, my aear "u t';u' from your lips, in his presence, the slightest allusion to his present course of litc:no, let me rather by a cheerful surrender of my w ishes to his, convince him, that in a return to his former life, he has nothing to fear from my exactions." The heart ol Mrs. D sprung to her daughter, at this ingenious acknowledgc-
i errors, blie wisneu mum
i .-mi inr r:in' in nit nni
explain io m i nn-entiment. that he ascribed to an uncontmlable propensity .of his nnture; yet fearful it had taken too deep hold on his imagination, ever to he removed, she y leld ed her own judgment to her daughters wishes, and watched in silent agony the progress of his vice. ... , At the close of six months, business and pleasure dispersed for a week or two most I.f'his gaming companions, and restored ii..-,, n to the bosom of his family.
Regubir hours and rest, braced his languid frame, and new strung his shaken nerves. Hi. piiit, too, assumed a healthful tone: and the dross, that tor months had been Mthering round his heart, began to melt ! before the genial warmth of the pure sym1 nathies of his nature. ! "Where;' thought he, "have the aflecI tions of mv heart been buried Tas he cares!sed his child, and looked with admiration ! on his lovelv wife; pleased as formerly, with little attentions, and expressions ofalfection, vet apparantly unconscious when thev were withheld. "Have the) then re-
animated to life, only to add to the muer-
of mv reifrets? out it is
rr.ach itsht cn the crganizaticn frames, ar.d l:ns so clearly deVf 0G i force cf natural propensity, my of the strength of this peculiar tej ! myself, is so strong, that I fefc u vain to thin!: of resistance." ' "Would your faith in these ? discoveries continue strong,' SaA der Mrs. D. , who had hitherto" lent, "if you could trace this pre J1(
1 you speak of, to an accidental tvJU
"Show rw out tne slightest ca which it may be traced, and I re-cV j ever." "Then listen to rm aljft ! said she, and see if memory will nrt some little circumstance, of wilat j'l bout to tell you' She arcordiu', ted to him minutely the ineicKtsro, with his pin lottery ; her ow Ur;1 expressions, with the eifect thev pj'j upon htm at the time. "And thi j l j mother, was so," said he, after J some time, "it was, upon m s;i(r c; It is enough, I believe it mi5er3-.!
that 1 have been; to be the dupe life, of an allusion of my own hp,;:' : the wild theories of other. Wrr? 5 ; tickets laid out cn the theoldmar! !- continued he, a sudden recollect;, iingin his mind. They were,":'; his mother, 'Ti3 clear as r I now to me; and fear nothir-:. rr, ! ! continued he, kissing the tear : wife's cheek; "the illusion h.1;V.'
I aa master of myself again." A. L
Curious Amusement. The TVj as Seleueus in Anthencus inform? J a custom of playing at hanging, frf version of their guests, which w ;
this manner: A large stone ! the middle of the roi.m,over wl v . ! hung perpendicular from the he jir Several of them cast lots whoilhi. j The man on whom the lot fell m:: i stone with a large bill-hook in hj
! When he had properly fastened'.:. ! bout his neck, one of the company v ward, pushed the stone from uirJ and left him hanging. Iu in t tion, he was dexterous enough to .j ; rope, all was well; otherwise he c: j j capering until he was hanged a il ! the great entertainment of the
CIiSCTIClI ITOTIC2 fV N Election will be held, on Sa'ur ilay of Ansust next, at Vausrh Richmond, for si Ju-lice of the lYnce.t . oincy occasionei! by the resienation m .V.brrrv. By order of the Board uf .1 )?!, ' county. WM. M'CLANC.S July 15, IH26. lb2. SMn7fInJiani, In the Union C,r:i f U iion county. $ the Term of Marc,..
Wilson, alia?
Kuphrama W.n J,
vs. rt Wilson.
iablc; and fondly attached to her husband jjcied destiny would be fulfilled; and he
ii
ill in vain io
struggle against the tendenciesof my being ;
j might resist them now, yet must uiui mately be their victim." ! He placed his child upon the floor, Uwk his hat, and was leaving the house, when ' his wife, who had watched his motions with j breathless anxiety sprung to him, pale and ' trmldinfT! "Harry ou will not go? "'
W?hat would you, Maria," said he, laying down his hat; "Why this agitation? but I ! do not require an answer." "You do not, ! returned she, "and if you now go to join them. I may indeed say, farewell, even to the little hope that has never yet quite ! deserted me. I w ould not," she continued,
"seek to place the slightest restraint on your inclination, were I only concerned: but believe me, miserable as I must be you yourself will not be the happier." He turned from her, and for some minutes paced the room in silence. At last pausing before her: "Heaven knows, Ma-
; ria. I would not cause you one moment s I misery ; yet bound by the ties you are, to a ! being fated like me, 1 know not how it can I be avoided. My first impulse was, to hid you discard tne from your heart; hut that 1 can never do I would stay there ej ven in ruins I had myself made." "Tell ' me. my dearest husband," asked she with
a quivering lip, "am I the cause the remote cau-e? I am aware," continued she, interrupting him as he was about to speak, "that mv errors, my weakness, must have excessively annoed vou; but do not fear
their recurrence ; tin soul disclaims them now, sis the follies of a girl inexperienced in life, and unac quainted with herself." "Spare me the pain, of hearing these causeless -reproaches of yourself, Maria; and be assured in the elements ot my being I repeat what 1 have o- ce said before: I cannot remembei the time when I was not haunted witlHhe consciousness that 1 was born to be a gamester. 1 long ago referred this to s tne nrrct principle ; but ol
lute years, since science ha? thrown so
And now at this diy, to wit, r.r.t;. ; ri he il dav of the Term nforari, In ; s iitt Conifdainant, bv Jame IVrry, -;.-i licitor, nnd lilcs hi r Hill in thi- U l:i-; s iid Ocfrndiint; and it ap;ieir:nr to i- ; of the Court now here that th- vnd ; is not a resident of this State -TUni-.-: ; ed that Hie ju-ndenry of uid ' -; I four weeks sueeefively in iw V I : p iper, puhliahed in Richmond, a)t"'i-j diana, notifying the said Roh Tt ti ;' l ' J I pear before the Judges of the Umou r ! j on the first day of their next Term j the court houe of said County, on t. of September riext, and nnwer ? h 1 11 j 'fault tl-reof, the said Bill nnd tU -1 j things herein contnincd, will he '
ence, and decreed upon nccuruiti:;!.
A true copy. Attest JAMES LEVISTC,.
1154
TO COHTIlilCTOBi; COURT HOUSE TO BE rXTTVURSUA:T to orders issued irot. !
Justice of Kamiolph contau r let, to the lowest bidder, in the to on Saturday, tte '29th inst. the luildm: COURT HOUSE, 40 feet squ art, : 2 brick chiinnien, I doors and lC w" ' ' roof of joint fhinles; doors and w'"'. joists put ill. The said House win be contract!: the brick-work will he ; and the wood-work another 1 rr House, and conditions of the ale will .1., ,r aT K 111
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July 8, 1826.
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