Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-09-15
FROM THE COLUMBIAN.
Mr.. philips Speech.

! Upon. the first day or the ensuing Ju-
l.y, Mr.. Guthrie was to dine with the
connausht Bar, at the Hotel OF Portobel-
Isa. its the custom OF the gentlemen OF
That association TO dine together previous
| to the circuit; of course my client could
hot desirously have absented himself.
airs. Grrthrfe appeared little feverlshs
landke requested, that on his retiring,
|,he world compose herself to rest--sf'e
|promisea him she would; and when he
departed somewhat abruptly to put some
LETTERS in the post-oifjce, size exclaimed,
i. What, John. are you going to leave
Ime thus ~ He returned and she kissed
him. They seldom parted. even for a
ny time, without that token OF affection.
II am thus min lite, gentlemen. that you
| NAV see. up to the last moment, what
little cause the husband lad for suspicion,
land how impossible twas for him To FORE
see peidy which nothing short Of infa-
|tuation could have produced. lie pro-
lceeded to his companions with no other
regret t,an that necessity for a moment
forced him frnma home which the smile
! of affection had never ceased to endear
| to him. After day, however. passed,
as such a day might be supposed to pass,
in the Aow of soul, and the philosophy Of
pleasure, he returned home, to share his
Happiness with her without whom no hap
piness had ever been pertect.-A he
.,., - a., - h., Il obo1J l,o, ~, cro Inc
CINE, if vou can, the frenzy of his asto-
nish,ne =, in being informed by Mrs.
Porter, the daughter of his former land
lady, that about two hours before, she
had attended Mrs. Guthrie to 'confec-
toners shop, that carriage had drawn
up at tie corner Of the street, into which
a gentleman (whom she recognized to be
MIR. sterns lad handed he:, and they
Instantly departed / must tell you that
there is every, reason TO believe Chat the
ifemaie was the confdant Of the conspi-
Tracy. What pity that the object Of
that guilty Conscience had not something
of humanity--fhaf, as a female, she did
not feel fer the character of her sex
'ithat. as u Mother, she did not mourn o.
)yer the sorrows Of helpless family
What pangs MIGHT she not have spared !!
| My client could hear no nore-even
lat the dead Of night be rushed into the
Istreet. as If. IL It's ~ > fifIegite. ~
/ y; in vain DID he awake the peaceful
family Of the horror strac1s Mr.. Fallon:
In vain with the Parents of the nisera-
lille fusitives, did he mirele the tears OF
Ian imE otent distraction IN vain, mise
ratle maniac. did he traverse the silent
Isfreets Of the metropolis, aflisf:fing vir-
tue frosa It's slumher with the spectre OF
Its own ruin
/ Twill not dwell upon that night of hor-
'Iror: will not harrow YOU with It's heart
iIrending recital. But, imagine you see
-Ih,m, when the day had slawned, return
ling wretched to his deserted dwelling
l--seeing in every chamber, me-
noriai of bis loss, and hearing ever,
,ttongueless object eloquent of his woe.
Imagine you see hin in the reverle OF
is grief, trTingto persuade himself it
was ali a vision and awakened only to
1.-THE horrid truth by his helpless children
iasking him for their mother! Gentlemen,
Ithis i, not picture of the fancy: it lite
ally occurred; there is something less
'lof romance in the reflection which his
1children awakened IN the mind of their
Inflicted father; he ordered that they
| ,hou.d be Immediately hatited in mourn
ing. How rational sometimes are the
rawlings Of insanity For all the purpo.
.es of maternal l'te. poor innocents.
They have no metl.er; her tongue no
more can teach, Ter lard 70 More can
Tend them ior thea there's net SC spe-
cuIation in her eyes" to then her life
is somthing verse tliandeath ar il the
lawful grave had. yaNned Ter forth, she
moves before them, si,roided al in sin,
1.-THE guilty burden o; it. peaceless sepul-
chre. Iettcr, far better, their little feet
had followed in her funeral, than that
|the tcnr which taught her value should
reveal her vice: mourning her loss they
Knight have blessed her memory, and
SHANE aeednot have rolled It's fires into
ltae fuuHain ct their sorrow.
! AS sacn as his reason became sufficient
fly collected, Sir. Guthrie pursued the
Progress CT the tugisives /; he traced them
Isuccess.veIy to Kildare, to Carlow, Wa
lterford, Milford Haven, where they en-
Ioarked--on through Wales, and tlnal y
Ito Ilfracoombe, ii Dev0nsbire, where the
Iolne was lost am cad. that IN this