The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-29

ID a'lifsiaoiAN Bb 1 oISS.
A lady at Orange Springs a fcw day
sluce Transmitted to n single gentleman il
New York, an anonymous mute. written il
a playful manner Inscribed +" To Mill,
aud enclosing Two or the iloweis common
~ called " Observation-Disclosures The not,
| has called forth the following reply, which
we have been requested Ia publish We
viii only remark, that q writer who holds
a pen like this, should not suffer il to lie
idle.
70 The Uplnoun lady, nor nj Orange
Springs,
Athough II mny imply mn @
grcglous vanity 10 regard the present ! re-
eei'cd, other than as quis, yel female at
tentons ofony sort, are so seldom brsiow,
ed on me, that am resolved To shut my
eyes 10 its obvious bearing, aud To believe
like IA good Catholic against IN, bttter
Judgment thai il was intended rs a serious
compliment. And SerjouS one il is = SO
SERIOUS, that am induced, upon further
reflection, To wish could find refuge in
my vanity from the imputaiion which its
properties, name aud inscription, seem SO
clcrly to indicate.
You are, doubtless, aware that an inn
partial trial is considered IA matter of COM
mon hight in onl..eountry; and so great is
the befignity of the laws, that the accused
in our courts Of justice is presumed TO be
innocent until he is proved 10 be- guilty
Imagine, then, the pungeney Of my regret,
wheA found myself condemned without
evidence, aud. dtbarred even The fclon's
privilege of a hearing aud, that too, by a
tribunal from which there is no appeal
Wy despair would have bcpn complete,
but for the conviction, that the fair are
usually mercilnb and although infection is
not always more easily endured because il
Is imposed by the hand of beauty yet /
nm induced IN lay my case before YOU,
not indeed with hope oTrc,lrcss, bat with
the fant expectation of exciting yonr pity.
Thus stands The charge against me :---
Two cmbtcmatic .Ro,ccrS are presented
prickiy, rough, deStitate oC .tiogfrnec, aud
inscribed "ro Municipality ininna-
ting that ] am nothing, worse than nothing
positively bdd-bad, even as n bachelor
bad as Two bachelors!
. How intolrrablci The very climax of
denunciation
Were | conscious That my ease If as in
deirnsIble as that of 4 bachelor, | would
not presume 10 oller word in pallallon
of the charge. But mine, I contend, is n
vcnial offence, or rather an Involuntary
aud rcnediIe9s misfortune aud IL is 10 re-
lieye myself from nm occusalion sodeioga-
tory in is nature, and 30 blasting in IFS VI
fects, that. | must be permitted to state,
land have "A Witness tn prove the truth
of my statrmenitihat ] have once worn,
aud not unHiln5'y, the sihen chain ul
Hymcn.
Yet what can poor Widower do? Or
what excuse viii be accepted for not tbrns-
Ting his nets u second line into the ma
lrimonial noose2. REASONS he may hive
-.as plenty us Sir John Falstalf bnt'hon
cruel the dilemma, eithcf 10 ndmit4heds
paraging impntation implied by the pres
sent, or Ia DISCLOSE the niorIifying secret
ny rs the least Of two evils, the latter
alternative il preferred nor shall forbear,
when thus thought to'the stoolof peni
fence, 10 confess, not only my indi, dual
caamiiles, but those Of thebrothcrhood,
If, 10 due time, The haplcss nidower adj
dresses some hlilhsomc maiden, and at
tcmpts TO breathe soft rapture in her ear,
after a prolonged period of 8uagensc, tlet
me not for the world say coylthyJ he is
told OF the eAhansllng properties al first
love, and snecrngly advised to seek a mate
among the widows. II he has chiI ,rrn
still more unproptious il his suit--for who
could endure 10 be a mother IN law To
the widows, then, in solemn form, aud viii,
longitude OF phiz, the detect sulor applies
And what IS his reception there lie Is
not only reminded Of his first love, but Of
his late rejection. She is not to BIZ the
Hird m the range Of his alleelons-not
she Perhaps her lady ship also has chill
dren, and " hat a miagiemcat! Conflicting
interests, partiailcs,. sqnabhes'-t chev
No, Sir-pass on. OnN aih he goes, year
after year, upon the same interminablr
pilgrimage. Each successive defeat is the
more certain precursor Of that which is to
follow. lie thus grows old in tire pursuit,
and Whep AT last he finds himself the scorn
of the sex, and withdraTs from society,
he is followed even inhD his sceusion by
taunts and reproacbc% His very misior-
tuues, Instead Of coucilliating respect, ere
converted into crimes aud aItb gupn his
life may have been continue,i series oi
dcyoiious 10 the fair, yet net only graft
tudc, but common justice is tented him
After signing oai, from lime. In time. III,
ardent and dolorons--" ray presume To
hoP""--ond al TINT sc,,i M hing and
shircring under the cold response Of
must heg 10 b., cxcusrdn--and tprr1
h'"g an u mo,2; to be Thea SINK dow
uro" u e scale ofdctrrioration, 10 thr lryr
OF " .chelors, WHO never cared enough foi
Up SIX 10 hazard III" modification of refu
81, is really too much Cor human nature
10 sustain. Yet, such is our melancholy
lot! After having endured perhaps do
zen reiusai5, and as many reflections ant
distnissals, for thrice happy is the widow
or whose experience has not enabled hin
TO distinguish very accurately between
these heart cutting trrms1 and retired IL