Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-09-14

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ed all that was dear to him
picion could be awakened.o s g.
towhom such a female as N.Y. a
permitted an j: /. macy win bas
ters; while at her house then "sr
parties which it originated. tba @ y,
and Mrs Guthrie, had fr,o us
portunities ofmestiag. Who a do',
suspected that under the ve ,va
virtue in the presence Of ;.
and respected matron, and # a. as
cent family whom she had reara'
the sunshine Of her exap,-...e =
abandoned profligat. could ba,vau
his iuiau:t:cs ! Who would NJ.
suppose that in the rebuke r.
presence, guilt would have torn,
garland from It's brow AID bhs1
into virtue I? But the aearayitr
man Wasof no common dye 4.
ofinnocence was selected onls
sanctuarysof his crimes. and q
and the spotless chosen as his 49,
because they would be the moro
pected subsidiaries ofhis wcEp,InI
was his manner and hi langusd
suited than his society to The
ment ofhjs objects. Ifyou beI;evs
self, the sight of suffering AFFECT
neryes--the bare mention Of ;mm1
slnote upon his conscience-an
course, with tie continental couy
refined his mind into a p nful SCI
ty Of the barbarisms Of I Gland, !,
an internal tenderness towards ii,
land 50 irresistibly impeIIed him
prove it by his residence. that he
hapless victim to the excess ofhi]
ings, the exquislteness of his polls
the excellence Of his patriotism
English estates, he said, amouhta|
bout 100000, a year, and he retail
Ireland only a~srfling soCol, more
kind of trust FOR the necessities off
habitants-in short, according to hi
description, he was in religion
and in morals a Stoic-a sortof va
ing phiIanthropist, making Fix,
sterne, who, he confessed had tie
of his name and his connexienl a
mental Journey in search Of object
whom his heart might weep, and hi
sibility expand itself. How happy
that Of the phiIosophic pvofligate o.
tanning the vices and the name, hi,
ness has led to the arrest of cIines
he had all his turpitude to commit
out any OF his taients 10 emDeillsh
1t was by arts such as | have a
to-by pretending the strictr
ty the most sensitiveh honor, the mo
and undertaking principles ofvirtu
the defendant banished every sus
Of his designs. As far as appea!
went, he was exactly what he de.
himself. His pretensions to NOR
supported by the most resei:ed a.
specttul behaviour--his hand was
in the distribution of his charities,
splendid equipage a numerous TetI
system of the most profuse and pr
expenditure left no doubt as to the
ty of his fortune. Thus circrmst
he found an easy Abundance to the
of Mrs. Fallon, and there he had
opportunities of seeing Mrs. Guthr
between his family and that efso !
table q relative as Mrs. Fallon. IN
ent had much anxiety to lncfea'
connexion. They visited tosethe
Of the public amusements, they ?
of some of the fetes in the neishb
Of the metropolis-but, upon eve
.casion, Mrs. Guthrie was accom-
BY her own mother, and 1y the re-
bic females of Mrs. FallOn's fs'
say, upon every occasion, and chi !.
ther, tosproduee one single lnsta
those innocent excursions upon WI
SANDERS of an interested calamn
! been let loose, in which tlis un'O
| lady was not matronized by her
relatives, and those, some OF IL, Il
| spotless. characters in society. b
| Mr.. Guthrie and the defendant
'quaintanee was but slight. up
| .occasie;, alone they dined t O.
was at the house OF the plapth'
in-law ; ans. that you MAY have i,
! lustration of the defendants ch'
I shall briefly instance his conc s,
this dinner. On being inffeua =
! MIR. Warren, he apologized TOT !
acknowledgement his vislls,es
that he had been seriously Gee,
arranging the affairs of his l lam !.
Their, Who though tenant Tor NE !, .
tractcl debts to an enormous & {
he had already paid uPS eros " =,
| which honor and not "a" co;IP =
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