The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-08-30
VOL. fe.---NO. So.


ana wound itsel. into more vigorous venom, ,
was there no sympathy III tine scene9 \Vas
| siere no rcmorse at the crme> Was there mn
horror at its consequences
''lcre honor, virtue conscience oUe.site5
i'as there no hify, no rcl,rtbtg uauh,
~. 10 sho7v me parents fonatmg orr their c.ii,r.
me" faHif He ruined ran. af.d Mea- ais,
traction mid 2'' ~.
No, no--he was Ut that insts ,,t pi5np;nr
their destruction, and even within four sbn,t
DAYS, ne deliberately reduced those ps.enis
70 chiIdlessness, taat.hasband 70 wdowhood
Nose smiling infants to anticipated orrhanef,e
and that peaceful, hospieable, confidiue fan,;,
~, to helpless, hopeless. irremediable rain.
Upon the first day of che ensuing July. Mr..
Guihr'e was to dine With the Connaught Bar.
at the Hotel OF Porto Relic 1t is the cns,n,n
ct the gentlemen of that Association to dine
together previous to the Circuit of course.
my clent coald not desirously have absented
himself. Mrs. Guthrie appeared a little fe
Versh, and he requested that on his retiring
she wousd compose herself to rest-slle pr,o
missed him She would and when he departed
somewhat abruptly to put some LISTERS in the
post otflce. she exclaimed " What. John. are
You going to leave me thus?" He returned
and she kissed him. They seldom parted.
cNen for any time, without that token Of az
'ec1ion. am thus minute, gentlemen that
you may see, up tn the last moment. what
little cause the~hnSband had for suspicion. Sc
now impossible 1t was for hun TO foresee a per-
tdy, which nothing short ofiufatuation couIti
have produced. He proceeded Ri his compan-
IONS with no other regret than that necessity
Tor moment forced hun from home VIII; h
the smile CT affection had never ceased to en-
dear to him. After day, however. passed as
such day night be supposed to pass, in the
how OF soul & philosophy of pie assure, ne re-
turned nome, to share his happiness with her.
hnrN :.
perfect Alas he WAS never to behold her
|, more Imagine, it you can, the frenzy of me
astonishment, IN being Informed BY Mrs. Por-
ter, the daughter of his former lancIady. chat
about two hours before, she had attended
MRS. Guthrie to oonteCtoner's shop, that n
carriage had drawn up at the. Corner of the
street, into winch gentleman, (whon she
recognized to be Mr.. Slerne) had handed her.
and they Instantly departed. l must tell Won
there is reason to believe that female
was the conhdant of the CONSPIRACY
What a pity that the object of that guilty con-
hdenre had not something of humanuy-that
as female, she did not ieei tor The CHARACTER
OF ner sex-that, as Mother, she Odd not
, ,,Ia oVsr ths sorrows OF helpless family.
what Panss might she not have spared
My Client couii hear no more--even at she
dead OF nlSnt, he rushed INTO the street, as ii,
IN It's Iiiegihi= .: m
VAN dId he awake tue pax cful family Of the
horror struck Mrs. Faiion in vain with the
parents OF the miserable fugitive did he a,ingle
the tears OF an iHpoteut Distraction il, ve,p
a miserable maniac, did he traverse the sjl.rt
streets OF the metropolis, affrighiing virtue
from lis sium0er, with the spectre of its own
| ruin, 49,
WIZ not dwell upon that night of horror
+ ! Will not harrow you with its hear5-rend,no
| recital But. imagine you see him, when ,hs
| cay haa dawned' rtuin'ns wretcled 70 his de-
| serted owelins--seeing, IN every chamber q
| memorial OF his,loss, & hearing every tongue
| less OBJECT eloquent of woe. Imagine Won
see hltp in the reverie Of his grief, irving to
! persuade himself 1T Wac all vision. :nd .,
! wakened only 70 the horIid truth by his b., In
! less Children asking hun for tueil Ino,ler
| Gentem II, this is not g picture of the fapcy,.
1t literally occnrred--thsre is something H. :,
oil romance iii the reflection which his ehiIdrer
awakened in the mind OF their afl cted father
| he ordered that they should be in,mediatr-
| ~ ha0ited III mourning. How rational conn. :.
times, are the rawlings IT insanity. FsraIi fhs
| purposes OF maternal life, poor inaocent.
| lhey nave no mOtiier---her tongue no more
can teach, Ter hand no more Can tend ter,
/ ---ior them there IS not Speculation in ber
| eyes to them her life rs Something woree
than deatl' OF II the avtui s,~ayc had yawp.
! ed her fort, she moves be ore hem. sbr,rJ.
| ed ALI sin, the guilty bu den O, u reaceis.a,
| sepulchre. Better, far better, their ,,ttIe "a,
| had followed IN her funeral, than liar tbs
hour which taught her. value, should reveaI
her VIce--mournirg loss tuey might bsys
blessed her n,emory. & shaa.c ne o,t 49,
/ rolled its fires into the fountain of Their g,r-
| rJw. o'
As sDon as his reason became s,fTio;on,,..
| collected, Mr. Guthrie pursued th, pro, re-.
| OF the Tug nves--hc tracei,hem succetei,,e
| ly tokildare, to Carelow, yvaterford MI,
! Haven, where they embarked->-on tf,ro,,.s
| Wales, and hnally to llfracoonbs. IN iaev,63'N
SHIRE where the clue was lest. an ,f,iI
SHAT III this route and restlessness cf en,,sS ~.
the crime they perpetrated was fore,gn ~ 80
soil, they did not make that soil the 9 ~ -
ITS hsbitaton will not follow them .bral,,Sy1
this JoyleSs Journey, Tor brand Nv NV re,oSS,3
thc unconscious scenes Of IT'S poIlu,,o b.
philosophy neveT taught the pulpit ne,'eA -
forced a more imperative morsIjfv tbsa ~
Itinerary OF that accused tour ,,tor,,,,..t ~
Oh, " there be a maid or ir,stron IN ~ =
land balancing between the ,.lternat;,.s %
virtue aud ct crime, TREMBLING bet,gsa,, ~, "
hell OF the seducer and the adnlterer eeS nc
heaven ofthe pareftal and the nnnt,s, '' h ele
.et her pause npcn this one cut Of he =
. 1 FIcn lippc l.