Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-10-02
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farenfal Indulgence d Jarea.Le pe,uers;ty
ihe following dreadful INSTANCE of RI.
PerniciOu> effects Of excessive ma eo,,J in
duiSence is related in HoIcroG's neoo;r,
ii's eldest son William was boy Il
| ex'raordnary capacity, and Mr.. Hocroft
! ,iou 5ht no rains should be spared for his
instruction aud Improvement. From the
hfs'' however, he had shown an Unsettled
disposition, and lis propensity to ra,nble
"as such from his childhood, that when Inc
was oDiy four yeals old, and under the care
OF an Aunt at Nottingham, he wandered a.
way 10 place y. sOne distance. where
there was coffee hvase, INTO which Ie
Went, ana read the newspapers to the cor.
pahy, by whom he was taken care az .,,,
sent home. This propensity was SO st,ong
IN lliui that 1t became hab;tual, and he ha1
run away SIX or seven tiacs before tl,e I,st
once, Tor Instance, in 1856, when he wa
aoout thirteen, he had taken a little mare
oe'ohSing 10 his tather, and went ID North
aaiptah, where lie was discovered by scms
respectable persons in the place, aud word
oe're sent to Mr.. HoiorOlt, he went down
anu Drought liIin home with him. On
sunday, November Sth, 1899, he brou,bt
mis- father Short poem; his father cSn-
'.rsed with him IN most afJaai;,nat.
manner, praised, encouraged. and toId him
tAat notwithstanding ~ former errors and
wanderings, he was convinced he world
become g""d and excellent man. Rnt h.
'oa.lssI' "neh ta%ins hi9 by the hat1to
EXPRESS Ia, k'ndness, tfiat4ke hand..af.tLe
you'n' Instead ct returning tie pressslSas
usuai, reTaihed CID ard insensihle. It's
however, at the moment was supp.sed IN
De accidental. lie seemed une,no srrassaI
cheerful, and asked leave, withou, anv an,
Pearance oi design OF hesitatiun. to dine
WIN frend IN the city, which was imme.
aiateiy Sranted-tha ked MS father. went
down stairs and seve. al times anxicusly on,
CURED whether his father had rome 4,
dress. AS soon as he was told that he had
ieit nus room, went UP stairs soain. brokA
open drawer and took out forty nounJS
WIN this, the watch. a Focket-poet. and \
paif OF pistols o. his iather's. b, ba.tan.J
away to JOIN one Of his acquaintance. who
was Scin5 to the West-indies.-The mama
OF this young person was g. He was inn.
mediately pursued to Grayeserd, but iner.
fectuaily. -''''
IL was noi discovered til the fonovira
Wednesday that lie had taken the uonry
AFTER several Gays If the most dist eSsiip
lnquIetude, there appeared strong d. esu,nn.
i've proofs, thai lie, with bis acquaiatauc.
was on board'the Fame, Capt. carr. then
lying IN the Downs. The father mud n
friend Immediately set of and travelled
all night to Deal. Their information rrn-
we'd true, for he was found ON board the
fame, where he assumed a false name.
'houSh MS true situation was Known tn The
captain. lie had spent all tie m .aey ey-
cept hfieen pounds, in paying tr his yas-
sage ana purchasing what he thousn he
wanted. He had declared that he woulI
sh"ot any person who came to take HIM.
Dut that II his father came. he would shoot
himNeii'--ii,s youth, for he was about SIX.
teen, IDate the threat appear iuc, edible.
Inc pistol, pscket-toUk aud rctnainirr
money were locked up Tor him by his ac2
qualntance But he had another nsir nf
pistols concealed. Dir. Hulcrogt and b's
friend went On board, made INQUIRIES. anil
unde:st oil ne was there. He had retired
INTO dark part of the stee age. When
he was called he did not answer. p Ii,l.
was sent tor, s as he heard the shin's Stew
ard, some OF the sailors and his Ci;ber IN.
preaching, conscious Of what lie had dDnr.
and unable to bear the presence Of In, C,,h.
er ana the opea shame of d lection. he srJ.
denly put an end to his existence
" A very extranrGinsry example Of u.e
fatal InHuepce of the doctrines oC Va
TAIRE and ROUSSEAU occurred on Fril,-
evening, at the Royai College If Henry ~,
IL the irtant person Of = scholar not Four-
teen years OF age. Tie YOUTHS ua,n i
-, brother ~ the drecror of
Ina walk which the lads Of the COLLEGE wara
taken, he devla,ed a lille from the ranks.
and was punished accordingly to the disc;,
pine established, with several hours ian.
prisonment. In this prison, he formed K.
perpetrated the resolution of HANGING him.
self; aud previous 10 its conuIe1io1. los,
the following document on the table. which
| translate verb tim.
MY WILL die happy -
bequeath my body to the pedants-mv
soul 70 the names Of Yoltaire and Jean
Jacques Rousseau. who taught me 70 dss-
plse all the VAIN su?erstitions Of this vv,,lI
and all the absurcities propagated by the
iatulty OF men, aud TIE airocious syhtie-
ties OF decei;ful priests
have als vs. acknowledged Supreme
Being, / have always thought the oplv re-
lielon worthy of that Beng, was Virtue
and PrObity. dare affirm | am only #
no transgression, no " thstardirg m,,. AZ
weakness and fragility.
lappear before tie supreme being with
the words of Nuit 10 ~