Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-10-14

eFor can smile and smile--aud be VILLAIN.
There is something in the human
breas', which always rebels at a devIa-
ton from right, and pays ample reward
for goot. action or even thought. Nhe-
tber il he the mere force OF education,
or a principle worked up in our nature
by wise Providence, | will leave for
the determination of ADLER pens than
mine. But certain il is, that such spi-
rit does exist in Us, and the sweetest
m sic Of sinful pleasure, M matter how
melodious NAV be its magic swell, will
surely be made discordant by its muir
muring voice. 1t reminds ne of the
importunate Sinbad with the venerable
old gentleman sticking to his shoulders,
or rather of the miserable Monsieur
N,orbeau and his prosecuting friend Mf
Thomson.
There was a voice like this running
in EIarry's ear, while he was striving to
allure the aifectionate girl { ON her hap
py home, and even when she hesitated
Tor a moment at the strength of his ar
gumenis, and he WIS almost sure she
would fly with him, his triumph was "a
duIterated by that same feeling of shame
and guilt.
The blow which rescued his victim
from his grasp came upon him like a
CLEAN of lightning from some angry
cloud; his eyes flashed almost living
sparks, and he seemed precipitated into
some fathomless abyss, with an intense
agony, which for some time deprived
him of life.
When he awole the moon shone paler
in tie cleaning sky, and the brightest
stars had lost their dazzling lustre; half
the twinklng spangles, which little
while before glIttered with SO much
briIliancy had eniirel y faded away, and
only few might be here and there OBJ
served, vainly struggling with the rosy
flood of day, which was already stream
ing up the eastern sky.
The hour was soft and still, slum-
bering repose breathed its noise,ess in
fluence over earth and air, where no
object stirred save some beautiful cloud
as it silently changed shape in the mag
nificence of the opening morn; and not
a sound broke upon the listening ear
but the chirp of some airy winged bird
as it awoke from its little dreams of mer-
riment and affection to new happiness
in the new day.
The soul of Harry bowed itself down
before the works of God. aud for a little
while was freed from the shackles of
sophistry. 1t sought not for an answer
at the oracle OF that shallow philosophy
which reasons till it reasons itself out of
all reason, as a piece of flaming fuel
will feed upon itself till the strength of
its materials has departed. But be look
ed in upon his own heart, and asked il
he were not beyond the reach OF decay;
if thought, affection, spirit, being. as it
is neither sensible to the eye nor to the
touch, and entirely Independent of the
general rules of mate rial substance, such
as pressure, visibility, sc. might not be
superior to the evanescence of those
substances, and triumph in the sublinity
of its imperishable nature above the
wreck of mortal things
sand am l." said he, with tear in
his eye fresh from the softened heart
sam doomed to pass away-would that
by which | am created, for created |
am, set me in such beautiful world,
to live to love-to hope-and be swept
oil into interminable oblivion, without
the accomplishment of tie puresf wishes
aud guilt? Can it be, that there is 40
difference between it and virtue? IF
so. why do | feel such aching agony
thrilling through every fibre of my
heart? why do | tremble TO look upon
what have done, and feel that with all
my indepe 4dence, 1 have only brought
accumulated misery upon my head
Great God, pardon a wretch-who--
"Who has not the heart of chicken,
by all tue SAINTS of the calender" said
grufi deep voice from behind. Henry
S arted on his feet as he turned to be-
hold tie intruder, when Patrick ora
nagan stood erect before him The
gentleman bearing that name, alias
Peter Thomson. alias William Dub,
alias Richard Mullen, alias Col. M'Kam,
was in height about six feet, stout built,
with red hair and large whisIers, look
ing like Hercules, in modern dress of
the most costly and fashionable kind
lie was one Of those worthless who had
wrought upon the naturally rowing dis
position of Henry TO leave his home and
ioiu tnpm i'm AN enterprise 10 circulate