Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 12, Number 46, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 December 1821 — Page 4
r-LiXThO FUh ! in. them if thev hud, when M d'An
. . . , t : u t, . es cx'remely agitated, and his
.vis v,( tin
i)il',vr,H; verses.
uiicu eyes fixed on the portrait that
..v; r.:ul nioat, the hem dwells witli tha NVas suspended round GablielleV ;i i a ousau-i - l.trou:. and looks m a.a icr nCUM JlltA U1UU It ly P.XLhUUlU i lkc warmth", a like v.nccrity : but us time What do I SCC ' 15 not that the
m-vturcs it, makes iveacnery oi preloaded
....lures it makes iveacnerv oi preceauea po jt 0f Augustus. COUnt ot -.ends undeceives it the world unmans it- ; I 1 o . . rlf. and nnnearsin all its naked daonnkv. j IJofeVlile 1 es 11 it IS ; Why
Itisn it imperceptibly loses those stnti-) .i js aUcstion? Ami VOU arc his
nientsNhich it once cherished witn so muc.i ' , , , , . - delightVjd in their stead receives jument j daughter S added t Wl
parent?, and were about to asfci vemty ; and when I pew bi-f ded without delay. When 1 IrH I I -... .... .1 it . i tt,.. etc.
gei and had the importune to toe prison tne iuuili ui u. lose her, my preceptors made use ter-in law obtained me a regiment, of the most severe chastisements but my father would not ee me, to master the violence of my dis- so I quitted him without having position; which had no other cf ; received his pardon, though my feet than that of strengthening dear Augustus assuicd me lie had my obstinacy and increasing my . not the least resentment against iif conduct. Alas ! what troti- me. Aarrived at my regiment. I
! bles has this unhappy vivacity of! had frequent disputes with the ot-
;nus it
to eat of the "tree ', Aicuv-
ledge" Header take tin poetry, it conveys u.r're in one line, than all the prose we ever wrote. N more no more OV ! never more en me The fix-an e: the heart can fall like dew, Which out cf all Ike lovely thir.-s we sea
Kxtracto emoiions beautiful una neve.
Hiv ed hi a; r bosuns li!:e the
..-i'-'i.' !..! t ' IHi'.ie'. . iul w.ii.
ALisVV as not in them, but in thy power To double e en the sweetness el a flower.
v.;.; o ine uvc ,
No
no more Oh ! r.cvc;- more :ny
niore
Canst thru be my sole world, my universe 1 O.-ce all in all, but now a tiling apart, Taon canst noc he my blessii.5 or my curse ; The illusion's i;onc forever, and thou art Insensible, 1 trust, but none the worse. And in t.iy stead I've got a deal ut judgment, Though iieacn knovsho .v il cer found a led gment. What can be liner than the following : VvVd talkot that anon. 'Til sweet to hear At mianiivt 0:1 the blue and moonlight deep T.ie soagand oar of Adria's gondolier, Bv d.sumce meltow'M o'er the waters sweep; Ts sweet to see the evening star appear; Tis swed to listen as the mghtwinds creep From leaf to leaf ; 'tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, b..sed on ocean, span the sky.
lbs sweec to 'near the watch dog's honest bark Ihiy deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home : 'Tis swett lo know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and laok brighter when we come ; 'Tis s.veetto be awakened by the lark, Or iull'd by falling water's sweet the hum Of bees, the. voice of gh i?,the song of mrus, The lip cf children, and their earliest word. Sweet is the vintage, when the shocritiS grapes In bacchanal profusion reel to earth I'urple and gushing : sweet are our escapes From civic revelry to rural n.irth ; 6weet to the miser are his glittering heaps, !jweet to the fattier is his first-born's birth.
TO-
last? I am Henry de Melvil. said youth, I shall only speak of those ' obeyed him, and after many mis he, embracing them tenderly. that followed my entry into the ! fortunes, which I shall pass over Our dear fathers brother, ex- world I was twenty four years; in silence but which were occaclaimed the sisters ; do you bring old when my father, by the king's sioned by the violence of my
5 any account how and where order, who u lsliect to recompense , temper, i marricu m inai coun3 is? Alas! no my dear chil- i him for his services, settled my , try, without my fathers consent, on b was fvilpil as w.ll :is maitiaire with the daughter of one ' a rich heiress whose fortune was
vour' mother ; and I have used of his ministers ; tlie birth of this! the least of her endowments. everv possible endeavor to find young lady her virtue tiered- Appoiine (this was her name)
us
he 1
uicn
out the place of their banishment, i ucation her beautyher fortune (was every thing that was amiable, without having been able to dis-! and the rank of her father left I V'tuous and accomplished ; her disposi- ,, , r lf ' , tj, ! , 1 j lion was so suit and insinuaiinn: that it cover the least traces ot it But nie nothing moie to desire. Ii n ft..,n,v, lwor ,hn !.;?,rP.f,r
how
neai
r it is that you have been so was on the verge of happiness, if ! mine ; an 1 brought me back to icasoa me and have not heard of there was any on earth; eight and happiness. Unfortunately my Ap
the enquiries I have mad- after days more and I should have l)oli:u, alihou-h immensely iicb, and you ? Are you here alone ? mow been biased with her hand; Z
furnish this hidden asylum ? and my evil genius fohade it, or rather; could be prevailed bv what means do you live in it? my impatient temoer overturned! lor hav;'lnK what he Gabrielle, a little recovered from all my father's projects for this al- j A.r l
T, I have loved thee round my withered heart
Thine evening presence did a freshness fling ; "Which had, perchance, its long lost tone in part Revived and then I had esay'd to sing In nippier strains but thou art like the world Oh ! I had shap'dthee, to my fancy's eye. Of brighter, purer mould but fate hathhmTd Me and my hopes in darknr ss ; and the sigh Which oft, perforce, must swell this bleed nig breast, " ill be, that 1 have found no truth on earth. Then fare thee wlII ! O nuwVt thjv. stdl be bkit ! bear the curse that rented on my birth. Tiicii fore dice wcU ! my iirst,' last, latest prayer. The Two Sisters, A MORAL TALK. FOl'XDKD OS FACT. (ConUnm-d.) Augustine melting iP,t0 tears, and r.er biunte joined together stood motionless at a liule dis-
tance lrom her sister. The
have votl done to arrange anu v uuiu ucen my woe ; nut wa5 the idol of my father, and he never
I upon to pardon mc
he called, undei -matcl.e'.'.
nty-four years of the
I f 1 111 I . I. hnmi nnyf ,1 .- I . -. I
ner irigni. loin ner unete uuw ncr nance, anu bcvucu iiiu lurever father discovered that part of the from the beautiful Gabrielle." cavern ; how he had fitted it up The two sisters looked at one anfor the reception of his family ; other with astonishment I and her own adventures since the perceive your surprise, said he to moment he was arrested M. them, but do vou not interrupt
d'Anges was astonished at the re- me. Oi e day, bcingat the prince eital. and could hardly bel;eveit de Rohan's we were playing very
mar.ee being ended, sh
ro-
ran to
throw herself into her sister
arms ; hu t turning her eyes to wards the door, beheld the two sti angers leaning on their guns ;
she instant I v gave a
shriek and fell at Ciabrielle's feet
3Il d'Angess endeavored to excuse his indiscreet ruriosdtv, hut Gabrielle, terrified at seeing her dieter in such a situation, neither saw nor heard anv one hut her In the mean time Kugene run to the fountain, and brought them some water, which he administered so successfully to them both, that they soon came to themselves again. The seeming in terest which the sisters observed tiie countenances of the two strangrrs quickly tranqnilized their minds, and they even ventured to hone that thev had brougnt them fume news of their
heaven ever formed, an epidemic fcei
earned off my five childien, ar.d mjr dearest and best of wives." Here ho paused a few minu.es in the gieaustagony of mind, tears streaming down his cheeks it) torrenti, and lie stemt dtobd struiing with liis intard feelings ; after a shoit pause he continued thus : u The losi of foui of my chihhen von ...ti.l.. r. "l - .1 l... . t. . r ti...
" .... - - v ' ! UlLh V IU 1UWL11 IJV Ll Jl 1)1 111V W I 1-9
possible that two persons so nigh, and 1 lost considerably, ! brother, v.h,, ivn a n, v tn tb 2n ,. ,;is.
young could have So much resoi- Which Wa3 Won by (ia'uiielle's I order ; so many fatal u-ihfMtuues en l!;e? ution. Tiie education they had brother; he rallied me perliapsa back ofo,:c another, undci minded my given themselves surprised . him little too much. I ltt n,y u-,n- fflf Swfe T.
still more ; he returned than Kb to per as. was ubiiai wit., me, and anProvidence tor the vib.bie marks swered him in a sharp ar.d severe of his bounty on these two young manner ; in short he came at six creatures; kissed them seveial o'rluck the following morning, times, and viewed then with si- to demand satisfaction. I rose; lent wonder and transport Eu e touglu, and I had the misfor gene also admired his handsome tune to plunge mv swort into his cousins, and seemed to dread no- bosom I immediately sent all thing so much as the loss of a whom I met to h'u assistance, and single woid they said. running to my father's apartment. Gabrielle finished her recital tung with remoise. I precipitateby asking M. d'Anges bv what v to1 uc subject of our means he had penetrated so far m- disp.ute, ar.d what had been its to their asylum? - It is no more cuntequenre.
than just, my dear children, that jjv futhlCl who Was as vio1 inform you in the iirst place of ent as mvself, and who rested
my adventures m my turn, an- the whole happiness of his life, swered he. although they do not his fortune and that nf h tAu
so much honour my nature as dren on an alliance which was at yours do yon,-resolution and pre- once honorable and Morions, be
strveance itisnot probable he has came furious at seem" his hopes ever told vou the cause of my ' biasled, and terrified atthe corire-
e.uc. anu in order that you mav quences of the duel, and the :earn a part ot mv misfortunes, it king's anger wirli certain disis necessary that I enter with youiora. e loaded me with reproaches into .some details, which I will a-' and drove me from his pretence bridge, however, as much as pos-' in a rage. My brother, my tensiole. ,1, . k
uci aiiu njuUM'Cin VOLUSLUS. wa-
oiir father and 1 were the: absent ; I ..vs witliout mor.ev. only ch. dren of the count Mel land sr.rrowfiilly thinking .mi ::'at val; we loved one another at all! I hud best do, when an 'officer .d
. .::.!;!Ctec!
.n:;:!:ed
n l'V O "It " ' . rr 0 1 ,
r.anie appeared cn the;
-tuoooaorotnersougnt. justice spared me the t, ouble of to do. though never perhaps were hot )rr i-rO.....;,.. . r.,
;iuuispositKns o opposite as his;i,5 hi, ai:l
and mine. Austns. several . mo to pn-.,:!. u.
" iT . P . naiu- inree months
rv ...M,,.rcl,ou unasiiunous ; adverr.arv was not hadlv wonn.l us ea.niinS mind was like the cd. hnt after tiree months, u as emple o all the virtues ; be was ; nearly ceove, e- a-ain. and with loved, adm.red. and esteemed by all u e nob!e,.ess posMble a-
iw.v iiou, . m motlicr lovett ; i;nowiedred that be was ti ie iir-i i ' scofloIJ ; that in v.-1 ic?. I placed be ! 1 i- 1 . - - A W I a S I'll
nil aiu, out 1 was hei
Unfortunatelv natui
sauits on her tender frame ; bhe cxpi.rdf on the body of our fifth and last tiiild, a minuie after its dissohuicn ; r.nd whilsr icqueMini; ma to bs a father to Euti:C t!ic son of licr hi other, who has be en my most in'imt friend I remained sonrj time in a state of stupor, that made nvj liope I should not long survive the objects cf my tender love, but heaven suffered me to live in ovdci to expiate Uiq fauks of my youth, in wretchedness and tears. I couid now no longer abide tho country, where I had so much happiness, and wheie I had just lost it forever; I sold my estates, which weie considerable, and sent the money to my father's ban
kci in I ranee. I embarked w ith my nephew, and after a passage of sir weeks, I Lndcd in mv native country. I hoped to find my father there. thatT might, thiGiigh the medium cf my brother and friends, obtain his forgiveness before I introduced myself tchis picstnce ; to till ri tiid I to k t!.c r.ame of n v wife'.
brother winch I still bear nv dear children, think th:
been my afllictiui when 1 understood
my btli.r hr.d been massacred ; )our parents baiiird cd beyond the seas, and that I had not a single niend left ; not an acrju.iintar.ee ! I was in possession of a huge fortune, consequently seen aircsted and tl iown into pi iitn ; Kugene iuiroed the sume fate. We dally expected de.tth. I even desired it. as tiie terminalien of my misfortunes and the re-unionr of my Appoiine hoped that (led. in his mercy vi,u!d have pardoned my Gifciices. I was resigned ar.d dm mt; four month; th:it I remained in prison, I prepared M.vself daily for the moment that wa.
to gire me
clrcn i In f;r:c, mv
T ii i ! i r
uiai list ; i was cancti, c.irucu ueioic
tlif infamr-us tribunal, and condemned ar an cmijrar.t, or rather as having a for-
tune ; I descended with the other tic-
lim, they they cut eff cur hair, ar.it
then put us in carts, desired to canv u
; but think t must hac
a fiery temper, . impatient of con
trol ami the least contradiction made me outrageous : mv mother took delight in seeing mv little passions, whilst I was a child, and wished every body to give wav to in v will. Far from correcting or punishing me when I deserved
jit, she encouraged me in my pcr-
; her favorite to blame ; but us M'n-d-c'-irrd l!'e last' ard lco lull 1 v.as sent bacU nnllv wnc l' oV ' . V- !V V- , i t prison, my executioners intendim; to .iially x asot atter tms event, that the Violence lski mc. with several others condemn,
ot my temper SO terrified her. that i to death, early the following day."
y "as Mire oi Dein;; unnappv i with me and therefore would ne-1 ver eonbent to marry me Wiierrupun my father "pn.pied fny brotiicr Augustus in my stead, whose happy disposition' wa-5 well known ; lie was accept-1 ed of, and the marriage concht-1
77,;? the ::si:z! fir ac lice in rrr.ir.-. u'ury g. the tirr.r the ggil.ktir.e iz i")ffUi i l order thai n j cccidc-t haf pe:i by the hr.ir chjiu :h: ir.itrrr: en;. (Tn he Continued. ) "I! I N'T I N neatly executtd at th-s SUN Odlcc.