Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 46, Vevay, Switzerland County, 31 July 1832 — Page 4

er, that this was o mere suspicion, petbnps As Fiizmnurice bad promised Jc Ci.il fty: liuV.et'e iVa.i-, :

A SOZ.DIHH'8

I shall rever torget toe sreue. 1 ne evr- mi

nimr oarnoe w as o er, and our cancers assem ea it ni rre

bled in C"itpS were, sauntering over the from annoyance; and thnt wealth, of which

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u:i'il to her. and which I endeared to ens- me the tollowinc morning, I united with tm iy ond liiunoc

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is front my mind. ! have merely mention- patience till the appointed hour; but it rame in tbe enrnwr i.H ;-?;ws, ins tmi. -'" c. i it at present to fhow that life is never free and passed, and he did not airive. A sc-cor.d ver i'tey, ai.;i lre-:,o.cd around I i;c..v r ,(

you regret the want, has not conferred hap

pines? upon me. And now, since we nave been thus far each other3 confidants in these matters should we all live to return to England, you shall he present at my marriage, and give me your opinion of the bride." To this prospective arrangement we rea-

j'ii!) agreed; and in order to prepare for the

ipprnaching conflict, at an early hour we relired to rest. To he awakened from a sound slep, even to the ordinary labor of life, is felt lor t lie

moment to be unpleasant what then mustil

fee to be startled from the deep repose of the weary soldier, to ihe work not of life, bol

of death f.on he dreams of happiness and

home, to the h;rors of the Moody trade

from rcfreshu-ii st into oiardcr-us turmoil.

At the bea! of the w-n.ing d.-jm, we got

under arms and marched in 'oc: sh low f night to the advanced post, wheir e r? mained under cover of a stu- 5ed woi.d until day break.

At the first gleam of dawn, a Mgnal gu

ground, d'?:ussii;g thy news of the day, and

planning schemes ofamaseme.it for the morrow. A sheet w y in front were a body of pioneer?, r.iUint: redoubts and forming in Irenchments, and immediately in rear four onmp gru'd vtrrc, our German auxiliaries $iitins bofoie their tent? some with long f)ine. deeply engaged in the silcsi solemnity

of smoking; and ethers raising a choral stave, an f, i i !- wild an! beautiful strains of theii cou'i.ry, siiijr.i'ii themselves home. The wood and watering parties !;sd just returned from th'r labor?, ad the general bustle of the c,.T) wa beginning t settle down in the lo huoi, preparatory to repose. Our band of music, however, stiM lin-red on the grouid, j 1 vi'ig j'imf !d national airs, and deagnt.d ihf Iov ts of S- otiish song by whom U a 'eti. Vh. but sunset gleam,

warm mi r: ""eo'is, -K-eping on the hills, in glori ii contrast 'Vith their sombre shadows, lengthening ovtr the land, like outposts of the night. "O ie hit more before we go," cried an

. .i i i t l . : i ' i i j . i. i. 'im

omcer lo ne nanj, nc;cn was preparing lo.nrcu, ana we rusnea en io ine a acK. l in dep'.r': : -n ndiately it struck up theifight long and bloody ut tiritisb valor. beautiiU' - a of Dirandrte and Balerr-ia. aident enthusiasm, tot hd ut as fai:h. and breathing of love and death, in the tight of jobstinate as the instinct of t r r b'.M-d,g. wa Sunt f iv.iiU . fV.-m nhoep h( !H of fame welt linalh rrvi,fd il h sin n tud li.i

w.re then aot far distant. The effect of the which had been lowering and er(i slueu-.

maic wj heightened to a thrilling degree wa closed vith victory and -J- . c.;l,n. by the lime, phce, and circumstances in The sound of the ti umpe w i - , eedtd h which it was performed: the plaintive andthe song of birds, and tire, r - r ihe battlv flute-tones sinking like a death wail, and: by the vague and mystic lu i -o I the torn-

and a third elansed. and still he came not. I wit. try wrealh?. Jii bold and recLf'E

then feared he might be unwell; and fri'lins

certain misgiving respecting him, I forthwith sallied into the street, and proceeded toward-

his lodging.

Upon arriving there, and inquiring for mv

friend, I was informed, that, on the afternoon of the preceding day, he had come home "m.

a state of great excitement; and, having tins-

tily parked up his baggage, and dichrgd

his bill, had ornercd a hackney coach, in which he drove away--no one knew whither. There was something in all this ill tali ola ted to ease my apprehensions, ai d I forthwith set on foot an inn jiry after him, but I

could obtain no clue to a discovery; and, af-jof the gambling table

it, in the pride I luieitcc U;'I power, nau ed to starch the unsearcha!i to juc?Uon to doi.Lt to dUbelieve. til! at length he sunk ii.to t!ie abvss of atheism, and nature seemed nt h a feaiV.il and ii:s,ri mabiy nsysteiy to hie bewildered mind, thai he became horroi strnrkat his own 'houhts, and went raving mad. His ht ct biasphi-niing fury were iucceedtd by sudden dejection, and trembling tenor, ai d soie rii-ni :v, when he would sink down on his k:.ei s and weep like a ch:!J We gladly returned from this awful specta c le of ruined f nit it, and proceeded to the

ut xt apartment, in which we beheld a victim

chording witb the deep base of trampet and trombone, which pealed forth, deepened and rolled away in dying thunder through the calm. The performance had just cee.ed, when ve were suddenly aroused from the reverie in which it had entranced us, by th tramp ling of a steed bearit g an aid-de-camp at full ealiop. Suddenly he reigned in his

ing r.ight. The remnant of .j .r . iment had

assembled on the tlope of a s .-en hill, io

which the straglers of the Li' t company were returning, singly, id la airs; nnd I

came up to the giound jot & the last of tfie

survivors arrived

He who has been a tojourner for long

years in distant lands, knows with what tre

mours and misgivings tbe home of his youth

charger before the tent of oar commandingiis approached: but these are taint compared

efficer, to whim he delivered cenain des-jto the feelings with which the survivor of

pitches; a id, ohservr.g ihat he had a long the battles Ido dy day rejoins the remnant ride before him, ioimMliileh resumed hi!hi ririmer.r. wtveh returns at nipht. With

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a palpi'alinr hmt I heard the calling of the

muster roli, and maiked with breathless sua pense, the pau-ies that succeeded each fa

miliar nam. to which there was no reply.

At length, tnose of my two friends wre call ed, and, with lightened heart, I heard the re

er tryi g to trace out his movements in vain,

gave np the pursuit, hoping that time or hance would throw some light upon his sud len and mysterious disappearance. After the periis and privations of war, the lews of peace had been hailed in the camp,

a tidings of great joy; and, in common with

Heir to a handsome fortune, and r.atura'.-

Iv mbitious, he had associated with the magnates of the land, and "vied in vanities" with ihe weulthest and worst of its sons. But hie means, though great, were not equal to his demands, and, arhamed to retrench, he took

!to the gambling table, where with hopes de-

otl-eis, the return to my country, and thelfei red, health impaired, and fortune wasted, "omforts of home, were pleasant things to j his days and iiighls fevered away in agor.i-

nc. but as soon as the novelty was over. a:ng dreams, till at length he was cast out

journey, and setting spurs to his horse, was

soon lost ia the gathering gsoam o? r.gbt. It is with a strange and thrilii' --j sensation when an enemy is immtdial !y in front that Ui-i or jpr far an advance he-fore daybreak is hfa-d in camp, ac compani d, as it

' I T 7 - - - always is, with the cwv.ru- serving out of Uponse of their well known voices Our meetthree days' provi?io', .tnt nx'y rond of ing was one of delight and congratulation; bail-catri le -ach man; with tlis bu.-tle of j and, as the tents did not come up, we bivoupacking ! heaty bat-gage the noifc jacked beneath an old tree during the night.

and h'lob.i.s ia the camp the deep and hoi- The succeeding events of the campaign I

ne rt- it arggn.g up from) pass over, a not being In a:,) v,ty coonectf J

i'ci.ulatng upon the results mmt smoking rigarg

low roils

he old mtinct of the soldier, the lunkeiing

fter excitement and the hve of change, a-

gain began to return; 1 bee me "restless and

vearisome, and sought relief in the vicessiudes of travel. After wandering over the continent for a-

bout a year, 1 was recalled, by matters of

lomestic nature, which required my preence in England, w here upon landing, 1 pro

ceeded towards London, and was overtaken

by darkness at an inn but one stage, from the

metropolis, at which I took up my abode for the night. In pising np stairs. I was accosted by a voice familiar to my ear, and looking up, recognized in the speaker my old

messmate, Wade. Upon my inquiring after

hi lady, he informed me that she was then

along with him at the inn, where they bad

just arrived fiom a jaunt in the country,

which he had been giving her, in conse

quence of ill-health and lownees of spirits; and that they were to proceed next day to

call on a medical friend of his, who had been

very successful in the treatment of nervous complaints, and mental dejection, and who

then superintended a private asylum a few miles from town, where many patients laboring under seemingly incurable melancholy, had obtained great benefit , and frequentlycomplete recovery. He said he wished to consult the doctor respecting his wife, whose

health had not been improved by means usu

ally employed; and, as the residence of his

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the torn a

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f lie i

t'h .leant; s.te mu-ing upon -i'. iuititatt:i on the past, or

p.;Erl; g nt t'.ie lumre; . d perchance, a ,'ew a v.ry few tii..ksg btie.s pondering

on tac fioai Jts'.i'j '! i!i.i. tbe mystery cf

deatb, oi hk .-. arthi' S- s crtt beyond the

from the haunts of St. James' a beggar and

i maniac. Upon entering the cell we found

him seated on the floor, w here, in imagina

tion, he pursued a phantom game, and raising his head at our approach, he regarded us with a gaze of horror, and crying, with

the voice of despair, "Lost, all lost!" struck his head with his clenched bands; and fell back upon the floor exhausted with agony. These frightful cai-.es of excited iHsanitj were too much for the uerves of Mrs. Wade, and we were about to quit the asylum, when our conductor proposed that we should see" sec some cases of a less agitating description among the victims of melancholy. "My patients (observed he) who labor under mental dejection are mest numerous; and sad to say, the cureless sorrow is chiefly incw dent to the most amiable and highly-gifted of human beings for the ti e glowing fancy and the warm and susceptible heart are ever the first to fall under aflliction. Too keenly

alive to the joys and sorrows of life, they are

easily raised to rapture, or sunk into des

pair. Saying this he ushered us into a neighboring cell, whose inmate w as standing with his back towards us, and his arms folded across his breast; he appeared to be ia the deep abstraction of a distant dream, but at length pressing his forehead with his hand as if trying to recollect something, "It cannot

be," he exclaimed, "that she is married! her heart was mine, and how could she give her hand to another! but I have been unwell of late, and have had dclirous slumbers; me-

Ihought she was wedded to wny friend, and

if f vc

i! S COU!

be prescsit at the ceremony ; at whif h we re

r.ewd our engagement fa attend. Acror dirgly, at the time and place appointed, w,

rrivtu irgiiner; mere were tw prron.

present, and they were but ti cl! teen

acuu.-ind apartment into h room. dr.Pni

tides, by a more than usual g .

we nil three ivt it Lor don, v-

aezTJtis oi tru tary men upon tacit eiurt from abroad. We adjourned lo tbe eld Slaughc . Coffee House in St. Martin's Lane. wh. we

' H vi-.g mad" cur brief anane.nen;sed the evening; in the eomc f f vhich.

:or ;'pnrc--:.i.1g evert , anj leeii- g trie chili, Wade advened to hn mar i ..-r vl ieh. h

of tvfc-:t begn.ni-,g to be severe, I quitted the .informed us, wi o tike place n a f.-w days, Wc i-'oijg vi.h two mess-Myites Vv'adc andiar,i claimed the fuliihrc .t of our promise to

fi viiiiice, and we sea'cd o.iistives by a bl. zii'g riie, a few yarij :n front of cur canvass !.abtati.n. Our vouvrrHtion, s tniqht be ajjpoed, turned upon th- tnpected eyents wl.ich to-morrow's dawn would uher in, ffh-M, observing that Ftttrsi.auict re mained silent and thoughtful, "111 lay a bet," s id Wade, "that our fiiend here ri -s a ve n3"u )o hand; and that there is s. fair hdv ii England c-f who an he is thinking ; iVr I'm sure nthir.g les could make a s .t-licr, a:.d t e oi

Lights tec. lock so mc-ir,J; ;"v

ir.g ct a ba't'e, wtr. . a glirious atT ir mi'h ry s" n-ar ;it h r.r?."

r - .1 if.-. !f a tail g.t i ii p r- , tit ijj 13 ! t! lf., !.

9 Ser-: . ' ui; dej

V dfc '.''I'' ) : -. . i ;ei.tc.r a-abrr pn i . i( n trariy;" to -ay, I c ir.. -, '?,?' avi ig ?po!;e -s .? s.-.

friend lay onlv a little way out of the direct

with my story. Suffice it therefore to sav.'road to London, he took my promise that I

that the conclusion rf the war took idaro a i would accomnanv thfctn on their visit on tte

few months aftei this rttf.ir; ami h.ivi.ig pas- j follow ing day . Upon entering the breakfast that I oh, horrible! was invited to wit sed unscathed through itg aiio-- . pai lor tiext morning, I was introduced to ness the marriage." At these words, the

i Mrs. Wade, as a friend of her husband, who f, n-jhad been present on the occasion of her mar-

in ttie nun PeM oj

I he bride 'as lei'

veiled, so tb.i we could rot distivguioh her

features. Her head was brut downwards,

the s?etned much afT.cttd during the

i! .1 ihn

t ertmony , but began to regain her cornpe. sure toward its t lose. As scon ns -it-wa-

nrvptct i-.f)concluded, she lifted her veil, and looking

';nid!y upward?, disclosed a face of exquisite beauty, beaming through tears. At th.it mo-

.1- - v t:;'u I PJ. Rl 1 WHS SliUUtM Y Slf MM py a dCP fen

'VM s-ii.o; i.io t vi.liive bod; and, turning; roynd, beheld Fitz . w I

i 0. i Mr-y i". m . ' Ai;. iM Irmurice. nale m cr.f. mmI t(.irppn..rr

I 'I J.V. . I fc V"

n- t ti; !.".. J i;cr, ?; jr. al wards tb Joc-r. thronrrh whirh V.p wif-n!

r, to vt: vi n,i toiriided awav. Mv firit imnrescion .. il..'t

rl the (that he felt sirk, owing o the warmth and

clsene of the rem; but. upon observine

t- j'.he simuUaiiecv.t? agitation c-f ihc bride, who

-1 'Vr r:T: s-.'enn ai;

ista.ic, Vet .Iseerred aboit to faint, a sntr:fi..n ti.ithr. .

rckrefiir no. cress my n:ir.d, tt.at in the new married lady.'

n age. At that word a hectic flush fevered

her cheek for a "burning momei't, but spee

dily pa?-.'! away, leaving her paler than be-

.-ion i

i

"it yen .:;!: !

!ve to return h. . . ig ye.!, and it i ,; t, av-e fit ,icr ci-jm- ;i. r

i'u!, bti, a alri-.idv lo t? . r J i.-, v i ;; love ino?t up.or. earth, and 1 1' i!-ri t . d .mow may drprive me for tvtr. B :t cf She or'une, r! which iu i,giet the want, 1 a! Host legrt.t ti),? possession to ;. poor man s at leait, pretty .jtp of the jHleetion of himislrts"; tut it vvai so long before 1 obtained hem mine, something like even a reluctant insr tit, tb".t 1 hive sine had some painful .Hisgivingg, h-t bh: may have, been wrought apou by the remold trances of In r friends, to accept what, ir poiut of fortune, they might Consider an advantageous offer, and thu have

been induced to- gut 1u.r hand, whW-re ihe

ec?gi:ed tr.e objoct of his attach::!e h.er violent emotion seemed to sere secret irtfeiligr.nre between

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K I 1 t' U k . .1

if had r iie.i', wl :u icat;

th'-m, ai d to render it pro'oaHo that the fe.u-

exr ii ?od to us, rcrcctint;

:s wih-'. heart toward? liimsylf. well fou::;!ed. Howtvcr flits

mis'it be, tie jul net M'.v.n to have observed

Ii:zmauiiccs ;u;ititoi5 and sadden depar ture, and probably vfibccl the man rotary indisposition of tii" bs nte to the feeling's natural to a young woman on such an occasion.

speaker suddenly turning round, revealed, io

the wan, grief-worn visage before us, the wreck of my lost friend Fitzmaurice! Scarce pausing in his soliloquy, his gaze fix'n g and dilating upon the face of his first love, "It

fvre. After a few common-place topics had! wag it w a? a dream," he continued, "I knen

h en disc u?sed, Wade a?ked me if I liad.it wa and here she is herself conae to con-

itil heard from Fitzmaurice, where he was,! vine me of her truth. Angel of my life, let

ai d what he w-as about? A deeper tingejme ihar.k thee! and he sprang towards Mrs.

than b tore again overspread the face ofiade just as she was swooning away into

lrs. Wade, and confirmed my suspicion. I(lhr nrm of her hucband. 1 he doctor rushed towered briefly, that I had not heard of mv'in betwiit them and Fitzmaurice, and hurry-

friend for sometime, and was not arqu ainted inn us out of the cell, secured the door upon

with his movements, ihe subject then drop- the- unhappy man, whose cries came after us.

ped, and the conversation turned upon gene

ralities, until we at rived at the doctor s resi

dence, w hich was within a short walk of the

ilum he supei intended.

He received us with a quiet kindness r ther to be felt than expressed. He was apparently about fifty years cf age, of a gravt but gentle demeanor, with an eye which rested upon its object with a fixedness not the less searching for the want of quickness and brilliancy. His voice was soft and low. a ul there was altogether about him an air of repose, as if the emotions of troubled minds, which he had so long witnessed, had chastened down in him all human passion into quiet endurance and unchanging calm. After dinner was over, Wade made alio ion to the state c-f bis wife's health, and the loctor. after putting some questions and giving her some general directions, stole a look at hrr unobserved, and then rallied her upon ihe unreasonableness of low spirits in a young

mm ried woman; took occasion to advert to

the bad cotif.equcpces of indulging in anv sc

i ret utnvaihng giief, which, he observed, had

he ,;a: .

I.

ftnM led to the most deplorable of humar:

i!):il idics, even mental derangement ; of which he. stated many melancholy cases in (he a-y Ian) under his care; and having thus excited our curiosity, in accordance with our wishes, he agreed to satisfy us with a sight of sorm

of his patients. We approached the avlumi

Min-ugh ppaciou and beautiful grounds, and

Meanwhile, the company having ptalcn of. having p.ised its gates, were conducted by

some refreshments, the new nr-tnied pair stljit superintendent to its seciet cell. The off open ihcir nun, and the party separated. 1 first which we entered wa tenanted bv a ra

is we hastened back from the avlom. Upon

re. iching the doctor's residence, the carriage being in waiting, Mis. Wade was helped into it by her husband, who bidding u? a hasty atid incoherent adieu, leapt in after her and instantly drove away. The sudden meeting wiih the object of her first ailt'ction in such appalling circumstances gave a fatal shock to a frame already wasted by secret care; a rapid decline succeeded, and in a few weeks the was released from all earthly sorrow. A short time previous fo her death, she made a full confession to her husband of her previous attachment to Fitzmaurice, and of the overpowering remenstances of her friends begging his forgivness; and whatever the naline of his feelings might have been, heeinved lo her with unremitting attention' till her death. After the lact duties were paid to her remains, he set efF for the continent, to seek, and haply to find, in foreign svenes, excite

ment to Ide and alleviation cf its sorrows. Ed m h u rgh M: gas ine. THE PRETir VISkfl. With angel fare, and fitrltless form, How strange thnt you re not to uiy likings Tet, w hen you cuff your poae and slorrn. I own your beauty vastly striking!

I'oitd rin upon the scene 1 had jast w it

nessed, I returned to my lodgings; hot, feeling the time tedious, I passed the evening al the theatre. I retired to rest rather fati

gued, but could not deep, so much were my

1 . i- . 1 r a

ging maniac, who stood uefore us wnn lettered hards and visage fierce and fiend like, screaming curses upon nature, and shrieking out that there was no God his ecs glared

like balls of fire, and the heil that raged

A Coiuf.arison Dr. Cx, ppeaking of A!ca ho!, at a nice! in j of a Female Tempcranre Society, rein.iike.l that there was no more nourishment in Alcohol, than in a ll.ih cf lightning. A colder l.itelv called cut from the ground Hour of his dwelling house lo his wife, who wai nursing the pledge of their hue in the "-irre'..-.

could tot bestow her hcait. ! own. hovvcv- thoughts haunted by the events of the day. within him had scathed a once sanguine and ''Angel, descend with :h-:bpr: