Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-08-28

the children he adored with y s;ete,,e society,
| n brotber,s council. and D.. chorocter tbo+ t,,,,
ed acquaintance ;nto f;endsb;n he cnioyrd
deliphts Of which humanity fear ;s not allow.
| ed n nermanence The Human mind nerhans
cennot IMAGINE q lot IF nrrer mr. more no,.@crt
happiness. 1t was scene on which ambition
! in its laureled hour mipbt laolz with envv
compared with which the v,loar olor;es of he
world are vanity, a snot of such serene and
hallowcd solitude. that the be.rt mnet have
been stormy and the sn;rit turh;d which lie
charmed silence did not sootbe into content.
ment. Vet. even there helps em;.eorv on
| tered. VET even hence The presen+ o,o3 Voc
! banishei. lis stre.n}s vere no;sonej ond tic
paths laid desolste and its blossoms bloom
| inr with celestial life wore ,y;tbercd ;nto oar
| lands for the tempter How shall ! descr;he
the hero of this tr;unnh Is there ne
that has words of fire to parch wbatevrr thev
light on : Is there nbrase so notently cala.
mitous that It's Kindness freezes and its hes.
sings curse? Bu no. if Won must see him ca
to nv poor client. upon whose break;nr heart
he crouchcs ike a demon: 90 TO his dead
fathers sepulchrc--the troubled spirit of that
carly friend will shrek his maledictory DIES.
cription; go TO the orphan infants cradle,
without mothers foot to rock, or a sires arm
TO shield tits wordcss cries will pierce You
with his character; or. hear from me The moor
and impotent narration of his practices-hear
how as a friend he murdered confdcnce-how
| as a guest he violated bosnitality--bow as n
soldier he embmced-how as a man he rushed
to the pernetration. not merely ola Iawlass
but am unnatural endowment over everv bnnan
bliss and holy sacrament. and then sav v,bc-
| ther it is in mortal tongue TO enitomisc those
practices into characteristic enithet ! He ;s
Won know gentlemen. an officer of dragoope
and about twenty wears ago was in that c,na,
| CITY uuartered in this county. His own man
ncis imposing beyond description. and tbe
habitual hospitality of Ireland to the military
rendered his society universally solicited
He was in every house, and welcomed every
where ucr was there any board more boun,;-
fully spread for him, or any courtesy more
warmly extended, than that which he received
from the family at Oaklands. Old Mr. FIT.
gerald was then master of its hereditarv man.
sion, his eldest son lust yereinr upon man.
hood, and nv client but school bow. The
acquaintance gradually grew into intimacy. the
/ intimacy ripened into friendship. and The dav
that saw the regiment depart. was 70 lis
generous host a day of grief and tribulation
Year after wear of separation followed Carr.
tain Kerr escaDed the yicsst,ldes of climate
and the fate of warfare. and when aftcr y
tedious interval Che chances of service sent
him back to Mavo. he found that fine had not
been indolent His ancient friend w,s in n
better world. his old acquaintance in his "a
theirs place. and the school how Char,es an
husband and a parent in the Gttje cottage cf
| which Won have heard ALREADY A f,m;jy az
| Fiction had estrapged Colcne, Fitzrerald from,
his paterna] res;dcnce-it was nv mere chance
while ATTENDING the assizes duty. he recoo,
nizcd in one Of The officers of the garrison the
| friend With. whom his infancy had been f,,ni-
| Ear. You NAV easily c,ess The grat;6ca,ion
| he cxpcrienced-a qualification MINGLED with
no other regret thanthat it was soon 70 vanish
He was about to dissipate bv foreign travel the
melancholy which proved on him. and could
not receive his friend with personal hospital.
tv. Surprised and delighted. however. he
gave him in luckless hour a letter ofco,,rtcsv
TO nv client, requested from him ard his
brother-in,law, Mir. Kirwan. every attention
| in their power to bcstow. And now. GENTLE
men. before introduce him to the scene Of his
crimiral;ty. ycu shall have even tba faint nm
finished sketch which has been piyen nm me e.
| his character. Captain kerr of the Royals ;e
very near sixty he is native of Scotland
| he has been all his life a military officer. in
other words, to the advantage of exnerience
and the polish OF travel he adds what lord Ba.
| con calls "that left-handed WISDOM" with
winch the thrifty genus OF the Tweed has
been SAID to tortlty her children. Never
am told, did there cInigrate even from Scot
land, man OF mere ability, or of more cum
| ning-one whose address was more capable OF
| inspiring confidence, OF whose arts were better
| calculated TO Hui Suspicion years have given
nm the caution OF age, without eXunguishing
the senslDllitles OF youtni nature made him TO-
| mantle. nativity made nm frugal, and halt o