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so. .ru,m, nf, all aiieotation, gentleman of fine e.lucntion. and on whom C mftlf ,l0, ,vr "J: 1 RJ l ,h, 1 had I ivishM eierv thiegdc-irable. "C;:M,i,f;,,ur5 "tU'l I pla.nly -one who would have clone honor to am pj reeved that a iro ca ftczrf occasioned Nation. and hid f.irto hp asr,hat would a llu, ai.,, t,on; an 1 (or fietth.it he em- have charmed and awed the w bole world pl-nciorhad no medical aid, w a-strong -lint all'1 said he, .abot two vearprvd ot in v c -"hi-ion. ince nhrn -ill i . I I , . . , nen all w h stir.hine. when thr h'n '!"t-m ncn.l,l.y ri.lex- h.pli hloo ran frolir through the.e veinoncnrov an.ldeteriiMnc.lt.. force him to and hohood mane me wilne-l met an ar.puntance w.tli me; for, a he was with one PUch as I had ('...amedof 1 voj:n?,amlto appe iraoceftVu I'csi. and I caMiot dictihe her. and if roM,o
"'i ') me very w -ouM not under' and
whom are now in this city, hut I shall add
'ailte Ichoo-e." He left j? 1500 in cash .41000 f which, in sit months from hi death, I am to pive to his "too much loved w'ho is in destitute circurnt mce, and obliged to work for her daily hrcad'.-and to tell her that he '-forgives her every thing, and w ishes her not to shed one tear for his hapless (ate, hut he hapjiyp Oh! how goodhow generous! His love for her was as deep and as boundless as the
hps" 1 thought I would heof .erviceto did anl evrr rr T, ! : .7 as JU,re as "e:iven- e was
and -ne er c;;n love but one'' And could -he dcreiw him? (Irrwl girl! If vou pos-tss feeling you will yet repent "in dust and ashes'."1 Vou can never he happy. And as surely as there is a -".od, his ven
geance will t;ill on those monsters in hu-
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.. . . "'""I, mil -in ii ;iven ioai one t.on, and cautiously avoide.lme. that w -trMc note uil.. .i
o - v..mi.'i in t iirci e vei 1 knew
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that i. in the same houe about a
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rhiiped her too much.
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..,,1 t.itluv,t!r,-.i nuAU 'e, m the l.rnilv fiat he frr.menllv went ed of ;- nn . ' Vn ' 1 . mane -V0U , a -vou ,r,a r.t,. H a c, i.ua.n.a.ua . . i:t attrr midn-ght, and somtime did not fo , -1 L' a , I .AU 'yxc' not excusable . Vou st return for hou,:j 1 immediatel v question- et X ' ''iY ' , VV He never injured y ou, ' , . flthe.rrvi.it rcM.cn..r tV' t, , r . i1 ,' ('' ""--i. a cure but always treated you m the most terJer rt,:'v'"t , L , n 1 1 . " " ,'H :"-(,,""l drear-,, Vsob.tewa.le. manner. How vou have treated him he ' ''7 ,! I!" COaMa:,t 1 Sta'"1 "-mof ,t "hkethe l you now ran iVtteMe lMh'n V u . ,vr,'t ..t coHT, . I MToontol m d t--.hat ne.the, co.d bl.ihte, plant ition." n, at.ent to be laH 'nether w ould believe h L thoh ' " - ' ' " ' "r U - M i "V,; "7 ",'V7:t" h,Urt ,Ht h '1C; 1 -A. ,0 ' t"-r of he-ue,Aou never had ca l"l e ie'him f !S n'U'- t""t"X Z VITt 'm itSt hCr'il,,,l t-atheriequestJeft her .fever man lived up to to n e f Zn or ,illIt..,l,.,!...- I ; 1 ! rt':U,n'rVr,e,,i;l,' '"0",crn .elation,. Du- did.-nor wool, 01 hear him in .dM- a., n ' 'irC cold .d" U:it' IT, T l,"re,MnteC,t"J"lt reccv- own defence, or read his letters )?t t .vt-.c ' bv - H ro dd 'i w'V 1 T , " .0:,e1lH,rr rej.lv. At length I feeling heart vou have so much abused, .., ,r,,,,, ri,.u.,n ..:.., , ' rot .dl ,t w.m because y . returned . 1 va albwed t" see her. but has ceal to beat! Thoe arms that :v,Ms,,lt,,Vu I 'u -tendeHy pres.,1 Vu ti hil lloni and ,.irr..-.r.i;.V. ''nt,Klrt M c,et. i-iemon and without anv explanation. I tho-e war,,, l,. nf, ......
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!. went o it. I he enduing night w.is nne ''tg'' her, and w.sh ber
ot tbo eolde-t, n.o-t "lormy and tempem es thu world a
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I would t.M venture out; but le intig he j wiaild. I to!i a I0":n .idjoiuitig t.H. and lav ,litni;r n t.li..b.ait 2 o 1 xk, w hen 1 heard w.r. g t up. ..e--, take bicl.akand cap. av! sally fjith. I f tvd. Korgnc n.o, leader; I inu-t notive i.arti. ul n
lint I n.iw ,iic r.d I! Arid tho-e daik blue ee
I "k ber ;y the pfi-th.it -o eft have wept and hurein delightibr!s; l-r s'i- is lu.cl .y ,e,l homage, a. e now rln-ed f -rever. 'i inhuman fim. who. hei voire nu m!l ....... mm m,,r ah l..,.a.
v.Mnlv believes a.e ler fro nd,', l-utthiyjed in the -rave, lie's gone in the bloom a.e in the hand, of a jo-1 (. , and they Jot life, ageil only twentv-two. Hut we
"o imt-imeirju-i .-w;., i '.'hall.dl meet ji.Mit. at the T'.ar of (Jo I.
our f.ist .TT,'i -un-jwhere everv thing will be known. Jv?.
i i m me ev emag ot
lance,;) u.f-u:.v nrt.muM n.
dt atb, we b.ve l-ei n t-.th r a ::v-t eve
e . hull met t aain.
;le.-t I rxpu-e the name, I v ulate the ' r) b'11"". and t o h,. !.,.t. w e h iv rn.. e 1 ! C r 1" 1 1 V I" rvi'O comnianiN of the dea l! Well I i"...m-i11"' sweetes-t In.-nd-bip it. r icli oth.Vs s0- V Vi li , VAjVj. . . ; i, .-. . i. i ... i ... . .. .. i . i . i . i . . . i i - i i
... loni i.ow?i i iaiiiw.iv ta.u v a tin e. 1,1 iui earn i a h m ,-v,f.,r a
I,' n over near the ,oiih llivei, w!.er u,h g.cn evident i '..of t?,r. ! v.is !'!
:l ,et..pp.d. I -at tl.i w ,i it v..,. my ,i- ,i'i"-,u ning i.is la-t, long ho;,,e. And v'oik ha I i' Iv te n published in L n-
tn-bmitd! u ;n,:,! rain '",;,- J "'"irht ! hr is gne-i. ,hn, -in, , (.pri.,tetl , this countrv. t m-r f-kp! lined. Hel.xed h seve tnl ftwrir- He rutitimt0 ji L.i.:.i. i...
.... v .j. i ,. .... ' 'viiir.i mes ! vimi .ifa: piciure ci i.'io " !U tl-";-. the -:,.,t .anl .f. MA,nff ,,.., Ie w, nt j ; f abjmerds, or -hell V' as i ,un;r iii ( l..:--u-., '( lal-e! I 1 - ! ! uu al"' ' hi tbe e e;.in:. and did no ip ,i n i i i r . V . - I . .. i r I. I 2Ail It. IiIK . r. I..n I H.A I . I.
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thev a.e c aild. which infest the ftfri-
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pr-t w if i i 1. o if.uuif i h.a.ie and letn- wirte a lew hues, w due h put in hi? vestid. 1 wu-ud.l t) f dloH , f..r my 1 I . -l p Kkti, a in ; J nirht r.u 1 them in tin i-r hub ! ; bat I sp nt a sb eples's i.ivbt. "' "" ur, and then retir- d s on after I 1 'he n x. i '.ay I i!.d not e bit. i until he v ;,r ,,,J he ume !un urorm. as if in (;..::. e Pi t- dir.i.f-., w ti he atp.uct ,f 'b-tte-- . I strm k ali-'ht a oon a
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'.i-v-uer than natur"" he bui.-t into a d h) d of tf ai-, at.d left the loom. I in-ta:.t-Iv af-e and f.dlowed. lie attf rnpted to 1 1 a, h hi fo'n h, hut etrusib-d and ft II on
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; ' . i,','. no boa ifl :'nd a rouj le o ' y bun i If, w lib w Inch he w;i-ac !.itl. The v-iuoi in in vv.1 a to . . t t u. J.'.d, f r several ln . . i h;i-v e to loiia ;-.n :;rtj-,andan e. , -pt-ak, rfrp: v.li'n l.e fimo to .! ,(wl i ii, I. i 1 1 v r, be jreuerdlv
.1 t t.d.e ; b i.e.) an eifii then he ki.nab-- tvanwrr forne ques ,.-k . r 'onielhtng. His roti lu'1
p'.ke that he wanne who had
k the fuji T sorrow "t. the verv ai ex use f or bi conduct, he ; 1 he h id "been out of health fir a lone ; '", an I wit so still ; which ru ide hi-n ap
t'p ; tri'-.M.v. l is uue, ne ne-
iiiioiii-o... ouisiioioit.il-". OMll If i ' . i iiim iiimmi; I'Ul I IHHIIIIV . 11 . . ., , rr. I!.- . ''.! -t. a- . i :mbur. tbe i-.t s . .etl .- A;.a..l.r.v I ,i" ' 1 )n U H'1 ,r(f rs 01 the "wonderful me tm;e-t t rating asru.-t hi-. b'.lv-w!1kb',,c!'11 him, ami lu- appM- d nn ommonlv ! ' roPf"ls- 1 tiefe tn use nn? nru s .' . ... - i . 1 ! . . - 1 1 1 ; . i .
atnivoenomi ateu ur.LLS, (?ay tlie sin. tli-tr) from the trrm uts of misery with wh;rh all pin r rs, more or less, are afdieted by them, mid from the heartiescti7s who ke p tbeni."' Crockford,
the fellow whose name i? riven to thr
more Milan.:!., ly than ivir. oon aLtr I ble. and v i nt to h... ! I bill found hook, waf f.-rmeilv a fi-hn.oipcr, in a ' -t -tir;' l.iniM if. he di.q.pcl hi- kiiHo an I ,,:! 1:1 the .-goi..,- -f. .? ;.! Ii- xpin .1 . vrrv small wnv of basiprs. He soon
fnr-b d nnd utoi I- but d ve is ' rr '.rr ' r eivf i ano tu:n- Kr,Mn0 bankrupt, and tun ed U hIIpo.
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1 v I i:i! ama?sf d a prii ccU fort. ire, nnd raided hiiTi-i If to the soc iety rf rohle. men ad millionarics. e-tahlishing tlds fitneus "heil"' m St. James1 he for mod a partnership with those sporticg lord?, who kep i ti e ba'k ground, and gave it a fashionable mania. He h audit 'bri e or four adjoiring houses n Q lams1 street, pulied them duwn anil built on hc ir nfcs his f-resent e? abihmerit, which is appropriately ailed a princely palace of knaverv and ruin. The expenses are calculated at C 10 000 a week! The supper rcorn into w Inch the visitor is first introduced i designed to produce the most agreeable impression on his senses; the bv Mesare laid cut with costly plate, china, and sparkling cut glass; the walls ore decorated with large mirrors which reflect in endless repetition, the magrific.ent chandeliers and other captiva ting ornament. Foreign dishes are served up in (Jde's firt style, and their high flavor gives the greatest possible zest to Ihc claref, rhampacne, and 'Re Ccnt'c Punch,1 which pas around with the greatest rapidity. All the vast ex penses are encountered to dazzle the visitors, and surround the fascinating resort with every. meretricious exeito-nv-nt; and must ultimately he defrayed by what is sure to ho wrung from the victim's pocket.1' It appears that 300 in an hour fall into the Ru k by one given point alone; this makf sX'9.000 a week, and 3G,000 in a month! and it i ra'culated that, in ten v ears from the commencement of this nefarious estab
lishment, the profit, exclusive of the heavv expenses, wll amo-jnt to 140,000.
him I wj a ni.'.i d v-riow, ana w,is
' tiittid, and at hi-j sei v i c, and p.'. i tic i pa ted :i H-'.u t iew !!. M v len tnu-t P t form
j deeply in his sutlerirc-, I't.d impl Ttl bun the td ;!e e whih m tongue letu-es.
to tell me the cnute t.f them, lit tli itik- Ti s t ih - ta lell v oj. tb at life tome. d l.io t i n:y kr: h.. ... a i i . . T. ... ; i. t :.. -. --. no n i i,t migir i...jt.ii nothing moi e l!ian ,ii ill tuin, whi-h lui.'ci.a' larthest a e taketi means he was sulject to, and that he should be om i- hump to shoiirn it, and it will sue belter soon.1 I told him I was confident ceed. I hav e taker ;.f;i5(, anl it alteadv what be ailed,1 and that he could no'v has commenced peilMinni it-.lutv . Kre deceive me. He statti-d at this .issei tion, youre.nl this my son ow s vill be ended but still tried to di-gni-e the teding of 1 shail be at rest. v soul will 'em thr bis buistmg bo&om, by using every argu- woildof spirit, anr, I fumlv believe, at rnent to persuade me that mv tears weie peace with my Makr. Mv poor remains groundless. liut tiiidmg bis arguments I commend to your are, an I icquest them failed, he told me I must excuse him then, to be int ncd privateb, and with little but might c: 11 in the evenuig, when he ho- parade a po-sii le Thechain arouiul my ped he should be better, and his thoughts neck and the lock of hair in the heart at more collected, and he would then con- the cud of it must not b removed; but vcrecwith n e with pleasure. I bowed with the lock no in my pocket book, ae-cnt, and left. must be buried with m As I m well in tlic evening I called at the appointed Xfiown in this citv , but mre particularly time, and found him composed and prepa- on my dear C"s account, wio 1 fear would red to see me. After a few introductory grieve at my hapless l.:te,,ou must let no nan. iik-, he i rjnrtrtl nijr btstui y , w bi. Ii I em- ce m bol, or kr,.'- mv namr. In gave bun in full. Having ended, he flung my largest trunk you will jnd every other iii n-lf on mv bosom, and told me he direction necessary . I tWive all mv en-
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upon in" bv tbe ihce i-ed.)'" e led my advice, and begged of me to emies, am' pray tiod to f uiiv e them, "for
they know not what thev dc'."1
Tray pardon, and don't grieve at the h apless fate of your -metre fnend. God bless you! barn ell IP liy this it seems he had made an at tempt upon bis life before, of which he
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id ice whi' h ii a piivate ' M I-iy wr. n we simul.l n ave more lime; .nevei iniormeu me. .mi ins requests, ex-
i.att of the ntv. and I hut invited me to take lodging in Ins room, kept "don t grieve, liave been strictly ad
! f- a 1 i.pi-t le'.ni f ord-il be a lather to him, and sw oie that death
, )(. i.iherwi-c; t-.i the tl,., i j.t ot :d"tie should part us. Though I felt un-,.m-.v. trc;ic fit' f i4i v vir' 'Uthy o the h-Mior, t I didlovehime- '''! i.'. ;vd heart with - . Iipn ni as a son, and we made solemn pled- , h be kuouabv 1 1 exj m n .! g" of lVind-hip. It tieing quite late, he w. ks ago theder,. lM d . ailed I -d he sfion'd defer giving his history till
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a leqest I gh-illv accepted, in the hope hered to. Since his burial, I have exam-
ot keeping him Mom ekpomg lum-ell o inetl is irunk, in wan n, among many nights, which I have gene. ally sucieedfd er inteitslng papeis, hav e found a
in when the weather was very unpleas
ant. The nel day, my fiienil was equal to bis wntd, ami gave a history that would have incited a beait of stone! O leader, coid I vuhave bear I and seen him! Th peaily ti us tilling like ram from bis daik blue eyes'. It is not to be diocrihed. I can never forget it. Alas! I weep while I think of him! I found that not only my fears were tn.e, bat that the half was not told.1' He was indeed ai object of pity. The son
ally tued to tmite. Le checifu! :uidl" 1 hlS fitanliS, a young
oth-
corn
plete history ot hm.-t-lf, tbe unworthy ..bject of bis affections, the vile wretches
who nunc! him, an-l the viler mean they used "to poison bliss anil pluck young heart asunder!'1 And "in six months from the time c f his death,11 he h:is giv en me liberty to "publish his name, history , anil all rise 1 ehooie.1' It is wiitten in a style that cannot he surpassed, and, with a few alterations will mike a tragedy of the deepest pathos. Ai he has given me. unqualified libertv. I ihall not only expose the fair deceiver, and those fnendvvho
huvo dcr.e worse than murder him, all of
A Prompt Reply. -An Arabian philosopher was once at the court of a certain king who was us much distinguishedfjr his injustice as his despoti-m. The king, agrec-ahlv to his charaiter, wa desirous of irritating the s age by some rt his nults. To this end he positive ly ufllrmed, that in the infernal regionwas a rixill for the purpose of grinding the heads of the lenrne.il and then demand
td of the venerable philosopher if it
verenotso. He in his turn, replied Mth a firmness and dignity worthy of be highest eulogium; Yes! but it is the blood of tyrants which makes tha mill tu r ii." Mr. Randolph. Mr Randolph who has not shown himself ten times in the House of Representatives during the recent session, the day before Congr. sa broke up sent a letter to the speaker, requesting leave efabser.ee during the remainder of the session. But for thia communication nobody would have known whether he was in U'.i.-airgtnri or at Hoaiud:e. Mr. Randolph is one of the greate-t architects of ruin in the united States. When the preser.t administration is built up enough to bo worth battering down, we shall begirt 'gain to her his shrill voice in tho breach. .X. Galaxy. Singular Will. The will of Sir Gilheit Jvisf has been proved u der 300000. The deceased ha- b ft legacies hr his dog at tbe rate- nf per week. They are to her fed with milk, barf v, oatmeal, and tripes. Al further alhwHiirp for k-nnel furniture, as w il aa medicine, and o mm to lock after th m. No d g to be kilbd ui der or. tei ce of
old age, or from a false notion of charity. His horsts and mates to vave a run for life in hu meadow- a F f. !I Berk-; to be provided a warm d im winter, .with plenty of bras , ail. ,t d hay; 8s. a week to be. allowed for e.tth, besides pavmei.t for a trusty ai d honed person to nttend them. A parrot he gives to M irtha H tk. and for the '-are of the bird l b q:nrV rlv durir g he bird's life. 20 a year u long as sHr suivive it. Ijmdon pnper. EX TRAORDINARY C0Ur. 0 the 10th inst. a row. the property 1 1 Jane Porter, an lderly rniiden l idv in tPu vicinity of S'.elbvville, died at the uncommon age of d.out thirty years. fo ttu: st riio of 1 SOfi. she was put into a close pm fo. the purpose of weaf.it g her gecord a d ln-t calf. f.t which time 6he wa- 6 or 7 )ears old.) where she was regulaily fed and watered for. 23 years, giving milk of thJ richest kind every day during tbe whole time. She was al all times wl and hearty and was milked the day before she died. She never wa- ou ..f her pen but once, and then p.. t t ut of the enclosure of the farm, having been scared by the discharge cf a gun near 'he pen in which ebe was kept. A largo number of the oldest and most re-pec-table citizens in this rouniy can attest the tiuth of this statement, si ould acy ptTeon be disposed to d uht if. Kmtucky Compiler Frca the Ferksliire Kan rienn. ETYMOIJ GILS. Iloosicf:. On the In rdera of the stream, now called by this name, (as tradition saith,) there formeil) dwelt a good old hd), of rather a gossippingdisposition, and who was possessed of an insatiable curiosity to learn, ai d aa unconquerable desire to be the first to communicate all the wonderful news in
the vicinity. Among other things, she
was prodigiously Jond ol hearing of all
the lamentable cases in sickt.t 3?, far and near, and seemed to live on the
pains and aches, the "gripes and grumbles," of her fellow creatures. With this fondness for the sad and horrible, she never failed to run out when the Doctor was passing, and bawl out as loud as she could 'Doctor, who's sickF Thi9 she repeated so often, that at length the man of medii ine grew tired of her importunities, and invented a hundred stories of impossible and improbable cases, with which he amused himself and ridiculed the old wt mae's love of the marvellous, but which she swallowed with the same avidity ai ihc did the Westminster Catechism. At one time he told her he had been
to see a patient who had the Mortal
oorboi igmus, and that he had turd
Iiim completely by taking out his in-
sides ' and washing them with soap sudj and vinegar. "Is it possible, Doct '."' exclaimed the old woman, "w il, I hope the man will have a clean conscience after this." At another tune the D -dor told her he had called to see a child that was born without any tongue. "O me!" cried the old ladv, fc,bow will the poor hing ever talk? is it a boy or girl, Doctor:1' kA girl,M he replied. "Ah,
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