Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-08-26

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CARDS and violates the mos ornamental and necel1arv
quality Of her iex, haaty e purchais oser rate
her ideal enjCynlents. She becomes the duDe VI oe
deiigning man, whs, perhaps under the mzl OF con-
Seaality, corrGPts her mind, and debates her perlon
Too late ihe doovers her error, and uo matter how
great her frmEels and magnanmit, experiencing the
im5ecity Of her phiiolophy feems to relieve heIief
from wretchs3 life, BY Iucide.
MRS. C0DwLN.
Mary Wofonecrafr was born on the
17th of april, 1859. in London, or at a
farm upon EPpins fsref. The education
of this extraordinary woman was fender,
and ihe had none Of thofe early advantages
which have been the Iot of mott women
who have been ditinguiihed il the literary
world. She was remarkable in early life for
ylvacity and refolutisn, az nineteen years
OF age lhe lived with a Mrs. Dawfou, at
Bath as a companion. but was obliged 10
leave Mrs. Bawton, to attend TO the wants
of her dying mother, to whom her behav-
ior appears TO have been very dutifui.-
After the death Of her mother, lhe found
herfelf IN narrow circumstances, and was
anxious TO fix upon fome mode of life to
tecure her independence. In the 24th wear
OF her age fhe opened day fchool at H.
lngton, which was ioon after transferred to
Newington green. She had, for her part
ner, young lady, TO whom ihe was frong-
y attached, who repaired 10 Liibon for the
irecovery Of her health, in puriuanee Of the
advice Of phy6cian. This Circumfance
IS worthy Of notice, FOR il gave occaGon to
the difplay Of that heroic friendlhip, which
10 much ditinguifhed the life and charact-
er OF Mrs. Goodwin. Hearing that her
friend was likely to die at Lilbon. Mrs.
Goodwin abandoned her fchool, in contempt
ct every confederation Of interef, and hav-
ing borrowed fufficienr fun OF money,
hewto Lhoon TO attend the lat 1ilhes Of her
friend. On her return to England, ihe
found her School had futfcred greatly bY
her abfence; fhe therefore entered into the
family OF Lord Ringfborough, as governsCs
to his daughters, in which fitua:ion howev-
er, ihe remained but lllorr time. In
1897, fhe fettled In the metropolis, and
had rccourfe to her pen for lu5ftence.
Here fhe purified her literary labors; wrote
fome Of her mott popular productions
The Aniwer to Mr.. Burke and th5 Vindi-
cation Of the Rights Of Women Han1s-
ted feyeral works, and contributed many
articles 70 the Analytical Review. In 1902
fie went to Paris, where ihe became ac-
qaainted with Mr. Gilbert Inlay, bY whom
fhe had daughter. She had always en-
tertained the mott violent prejudice againit
the conditions of European marriages. She
did not think it confident with the nature
of man, for him to enter into an indii1olu-
bic union. She did not ike thole recipro-
cal legal RESPONSIBILITIES. which take away
the individuality Of action and conduit.
Nrs. Gedwin, as lne frankly acknowledges,
took upon her tte dEtie5 9tf marriage without
the ceremony-fhe lived with MIR INLAY.
She was now more than B years of age.
The connection did not prove fortunate.
Mr.. Ianlay disappointed al her hopes. He
Abandoned her. In April, 1905, fhe retur-
ned to London. The conduct Of Mr.. In
lay drove her to defperation, and fhe at
tempted to put al end to her life, but was
prevented. Her mifery increafed, and lhe
again attempted TO deftroy herief For
this purpofc, lhe repaired TO PutneY, deter
mining to throw herfelf into the river. We
have here another inftance of great rei0Iu-
ton IL rained. and Mrs. Goodwin. to
facilitate her delcent into the water, walked
up and down the bridge for haif an hoar,
that her cloaths might be thoroughly dren-
ched and heavy. She now leaped from the
TOP Of the bridge, but finding till dificul-
~ in inAiDg, ihe tried 70 prels her clothes
clolSly around her. She at lafi becam, in
tcnhble; but Il this moment ihe was di(-
covered and taken out. The next remarkable
event in the lie oF Mrs. Goodwin was her
union with MIR. Codwin. They had long
known each other; and the union took
place about fix months afte- Mrs G5dwin
had finally lott al hopes of recaiming Mr.
INLAY. They did no5 Immediately marry,
bosa diaikias th- responsibility end condi-
ticus attending th-t ceremony in England.
Rur afrsr Ms fSo4cvin f0.,-1d barl-lF T,-e-