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

Inn tIdr4 anu say VI Hull ~ = Oo
lence tllat defies refutafion, that, uhe-.
iher We consider him IN his private or his
Inublic station--as a manor IS a lawyer,
there never breathed that bein: less capa-
Isle Of exciting eumity towards himself,
lar Of offering, even BY implication, an Of
fence to others. If Tie bad fault, it
was. that above crime, he was above sus-..
|oiiciion. and to that noblest error Of q no.
ibIe nature, he has fallensa victim. Hay-s
!ing spent his youth in the cultivation of a
mind, which must one day lead him to e.
|minence, he became member Of the
profession by which | am surrounded. e
Possessing, as he did, a moderate ind !. S
Ipendence, and looking forward To- the
most f.attering prospects, was S. NEURAL "
for him to select amongst the other sex,
|seme friend who should adorn bis for.
Tunes and deceive his tolls. He found
lsuch i friend, or thought ne found her.,
g. tbe nerson IF Miss Warren, the only
ldaushteriof an eminent solicitor. Young,
beautiful and accomplished, she was Z: a.
|dorned with all that earth and heaven
could bestow TO make her amiae. p
Virtue never found a fairer temple, beau
lfy never yelled purer sanctuary, the
traces of her mind retained the admira-
Ii Zion which her beauty had attracted. and
lie eve her charms fired, became subdu-
! ed and chastened in the smodesty OF their
lassociation. She was in fhe dawn Of
life, with all Its fragrance round her, and
vet so pure, that even the blush which
sought to hide her lustre,. but disclosed
the vestal deity that burned beneath it /!
No wender an adoring husband antIci-i
pated all the joys this world could give
hi.a--:,o wonder the parental eye winch
.beamed upon their union, saw in the per-
spective an Gid age of happiness and a
posterity Of honor. Metinks ! see them
at the sacred altar, joining those bands
which heaven commanded none should
separate, repayed for many q pang of
@.axious nurture, by the sweet smile of
IiihaI piety, and in the holy rapture oftae
rite, blessing the power that blessed their
cEildren, and gave them hope, their
names should live hereafter. 1t was vir-
tues yision-none but fiends could envy
lit. Year aftefyear confirmed the anti
lcipation lovely children blessed
their union. Nor was their love the sum
liner passion Of prosperity
proved chastened it--before
ltse mandate of that mysterious power
which will at times despoil the paths of
1innocence to decorate the chariot OF tri-
.Iumphant yillainy. my client had TO bow
.linsilert resignation. He owed hls adj
.lversity to tie beneyolence of his spirit
he went security fol friends; thosefrlends
deceived i'm. and he was obliged toseek.
lin ether lands that safe asylum which his
lapn denied him. He was glad TO accept
Ian offer OF profess nal business in Scot
land during bis temporary embarrass-
Iment. With conjugal devotion Mrs 8
lIGathrie accompanied him, and in her
smile, the scil of the stranger was an
home; tie sorrows Of adversely were
dear to hin. During their residence IN
Scotland. perioa Of about year. you
.lsill find they lived as they had done IN
and as they continued to DO un-
It'll this calaaitons concurrence, IN state
! of uninterrupted happiness. You shall
-|hear most satisfactorily, that their Do
lnestic life was unsuiiied and undisturb-
led. Happy at home, happy in a hui
! bands love, happy in her parents fond
mess. happy in the children she had nur-
|,ed, Mrs. Guthrie carried into every CIR
lcIe. and there was no circle in which her
i society was not courted, that cheerful
.lness Which never was a companion OF
lyuilt, or stranger to innocence. NY
tsiient saw her the pride of his family, the
iIavorite of his friends, at once the organ
land ornament Of his happiness. Ills am;
.lbition awoke, his industry redoubled, a -
iIfhat fortune, which, though for season
tit may frrown, never totally abandons
! ,robity and virtue, had begun TO smile
Jon bin. It was at this crisis-in this the
.|aoon 81 his happiness, the day-splr1ng o
lIh;s fortune, that to the ruin OF both, the
defendant became acquainted with ms
Family. With the serpept's vile and tht
4 ersent's wickedness. lie stole int tht
.!eden Of domestic life, poisoning all tina
: as pure, pollutins all that was lovely
/ 'efy Ing Cope destroying man--a damoi
In fhe DISGUISE If yirtue--,a herald Of hel
Tn the paradise Of innocence. Ills name
|sentelnen, is William Peter Baker Dun
sIstanyille Sterne--one Weuld think ne hat
J lepithets enough without adding to the.