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tJna all I have left of thee / f>o I fvod our
little prattling Emily thus/ Father of
mercies/ my childj/ my child / art thou
gone /” The poor sufferer had fainted,
and our utmost efforts could hardly re
kindle the feeble spark o! lile in her ex
hausted frame. She opened her eve - at
length, and with a long-drawn sob ex
claimed, 44 .My father / forgive me /”
44 Forgive thee my child/ I bless thet /
heaven forgive and bless then as freciv
as thy father / ’
44 It is enough / Everard I forgive
you.
An explanation like this I had drea 1
cd ; but when the painlu! certainty left
no room for better hopes, I c mid hard
ly support the shock. Everard Drey,
t.ie son ol my old iriend, whose con
stant example and whose daily lesson
had been du v, had seduc d from inno.
cence and \ irtue a h art that loved and
trusted him ; and 1 ft to struggh un.is
s;st, d with the accumulated miseries of
gr*c 1, sicknes disgrace and nenurv, the
lovdi- f t victim that eta r soil r d on the
ni.ai (/t sinsuaiitv 1 j>iv own life has
not been unmarked with sorrows : 1 have
mourned the loss of h u n ts, and follow
• i.l my kindred to tlv- grace ; but never
fl’:' my spirit sink Witir.n me as at this
lu;; ^ent . Ye who have hearts to feel
’•‘.ill not ask why I werp at the recollec
♦ • oi
A moment’s reflection determined
my conduct. I v.vnl below, v. lu re i
found hverard walking the room in an
agitat'on which excited me pitv. 1
beckon,,; to him, and immediately re
turned to t.v chamber ; he followed me
wknout an:. ,ve 1 in;r.
, approached the hereof the d-ir.y
hinny in sitence : she c isf her eves on
v. and \vilr'ly t x . ,im. d,u lew ravd !—
your daughter !—protect my child ! 1
dal not come to disgrace vou, Hverard !
I felt that my days were !>ut few ; I
wished to see you, to forgive you, and
to die !-protect-!” She falter
d her eyes closed ; and a single con
• ulsive gasp freed her gentle soul front
Tiie n\(V,rings of mortality !
five ftilh'T watched the expiring
rt.uggle. of his beloved daughter, r.ttd
funding his iK. •, lifted up his soul in
snent prayer to hi, Clod.. Not so Ever
ard. “Oldman! mourning father 1”
«rted he in the voice of distraction, “See
here the murderer of vour dau^ht^r !
hmily w as the child oi‘virtue ; all ihf
pow crr> of h 11 were nut in array’ • a-'.. , t
hir ' r arcwcll !*’ added he with an ac
ctnt of frenzy : aud instantly flew from
die house.
Let me be brief. Emily’s babe rests
in the same grave with its mother ; and
her wretched father .quickly descended
to that place a where the tricked cease
from troubling.” Humour’s hundred
tonga-s preceded my return to Mr.
Drey’s. Mv friend relapsed and died.
A raj ill decline hastened his beloved
wife to join him. Everard is no where
to he found: amid this wide wreck of
life and happiness, I seem left alone to
tell the tale.
Daughter of innocence ! listen to the
voice of age 1 When the youth of thy
fancy point»to the flowery paths of plea
sure, and with the ho bed eloquence of
desire, cries, Come, come !” fly, fly
from the forbidden path, and ♦rust not
the lips that utter deceit 1 In thine own
bosom thou hast a treacherous foe: thv
heart hounds at th • voice that would lure
thee to destruction, a ul responsive an
swers to the syren call! il tst thou friends
who would mourn thy fall t Lose not
the “ g >od name” which years of p. ni
Unt virtue cannot recover! Hast thou
brethren and sisters i> Shall the finger
(d scorn be pointed at them for thy sake!
I last thou parents ? Oh, why wilt thou
clothe the laceofthy mother v.i h shame,
and bring down the grey bails of thy
father with sorrow to the grave ! Do t
i thou fear the God who male thee/*
| l ::ii i,, ere thought shall he distraction ! !
; fhv fancy lead thee to the tomb of I
j Emily Hammond 1 thej e read, “ seven-'
te. n years—disgrace ;uid death !” Els —
oh fly 1 daughter of innocence, ere thy
gUt of in lams open to rcci ive thee !
From the South-Carolhna Gazette.
Among the many very singular cir
i cumstancta tfhich attended the settle
ment of this country, I ha. e foun 1 no
one that has given me more entertain
ment than the exp >rtationof \vi vi s irom
England, for tit colony of Virginia.
l-»r. Belknap, in his. American Biogra
phy, «t work replete with information
and entertainment, has given us the fo!
j lowing sho’.t- account < f that very un
! common article of merchandize :
“It seems to have been a gent ml st n
timent among these colonists, not to
make Virginia the place ot their perma
nent n sidencc, hut after acquirm ; a for
tune, by planting and trade, to return
to England; for this reason mo t ol
th.-m were of f^nilit- and
I
hid no natural attachment to the country
To remedy h s m teriil defec , Sir
ivhvia Saaclys, the new treasurer, pro
posed to the Company to send over a
freight of young women to make wives
for the planters. This proposal with
several others made by that eminent
statesman, was received with universal
applause, and the succt ss answered their
expectations. Ninety girls, 41 young
and uncorrupt,” were sent over at one
time (It.20) ;md sixty more, “ handsome
and well r. comm, nclecl,” at another
(1620). Titea were soon blessed with
the obje.cts of their w ishes. The price*
of a who at first, was one hundred and
twenty p »und» of tobacco ; hut as the
mini v.r 'wa ne scarce, the price war
increase I tv) one hundred and fifty
pound,, the v 1 ie of which, in money,
w »s three shiliin per pound. Bv a
subs quent act of assembly, it was or
dain l, th t the price of a wife should
h iw the precede nee of all other debts in
recovery and payment, because of all
oile r kind s of merchandize, this was
most dv sirabl
Ah, desirable indeed! The hearts
of those ru tic batchelors must have
leaped tor joy.—And could that u ob
ject be now obtained for so trifling a
quantity as “ one hundred and fifty
pounds of tobacco,” there would not be
a butchelor found in the country. Our
beaux, by only pres rving the remain*
of t-ieir segar.s, might soon purchase,
w ait. perhaps, their gallantry could nc.
M r acquire. Our desart country would
soon be converted into beautiful fields,
waving with that delicious plant ; and
a sw eet savor would arise, testifying our
attachment to the fair sex. In short,
1 myself would immediately become a
tobacco planter. QUID.
intelligence,
crr-jy-T"; 9
RUSSIAN ACCOUNTS.
Si. I'fcTKRSiiURGU, Jan. U
On die Iourtli and filth of January
messengers arrived from the army,
bringing the following intelligence; to
i His imp i ,,il tnaje.stv.
Skirmishes of the out posts have
::,k n place almost daily, since the 23,J
Dcceniht r, in v/hich the French war
ll p .Is <; in every instance. At the mo*
i**e it gen. liar on iienigsen, with the
troo;., under his command, had taken
positic i nr tr F iltusk, he was attacked
L»y fie die is* on o' the enemy under gen*