Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-04-07

MasH
TnERE is amagic about home which
endeari 1t to every heart. The good
aud the bad alike IabOur under rs IN
fuence; and whether il be the soldier,
who returns all covered with scars and
glory from foreign wars-or the per
seyering merchant, who has amassed
wealth abroad, which he intends shall
enrich his native counlry-or the pur-
sler OF the phantom happiness, who
Comes back disappointed IN has search
-or any OF the countless uumber who
are voluntary exiles from the land OF
their birth, still tHose thousand deli
cious associations OF youth and mcrri
rnent throng nponthe wanderer'smind,
and, like the dove from the ark, he IS
forced to confess that the world yields
no resting place but home. The e
motions of Henry were OF a mixed
nature--a trembling hope that ne might
get redeem his honour, mingling with
a fear that be night be destined
but to behold the desolation which bis
own guilt bad occasioped, impaired a
festIessnesst to biz situation byno means
euviahle. His feverish anxiety made
him hate the unconscious space which
divided him from hi, love, and fine,
who Is indeed All arrant tyrant ovefthe
idle aud guilty, seemed 10 drag his Ia
~ wing along the way IN very mock
49,, - -. ,u,.,asratI pn4.t
To a v%illatu, a voy ge at sea is a We
~ uncomfortable amusement, and he
generally feels as The whipped school
boy, .mOst Aaominably refreshed -
He gets tired Of looking now on the
water, now onthe sky, now on the
water again TIE monotony of sur
rounding oeiects compelled him at last
TO look in upop himself, and gloomy
meditation, spreading her melancholy
shadow DER his sonl, left him in "a
condition much pleasanter to describe
than endure. Toe call from The mast
of Gland! land!' broke the disagreed.
blsthoughts of Henry, and the blue
cloud, like country, scarcely visible in
the din and dreafy distance, aroused
feelings Of different nature. He rack
ed his Imagination TO suggest in what
manner he should be received. Were
heaven so kind as to have preserved
her life and 1--we for him, his highest
ambition would be to return her afiec-
lion; but should he'fnd that death had
deprived him Of that hope-he shud
dered, and the gallant vessel passed
on in is foamy career
AT length he arrived at his fathers
house. Elisa sweet pleasure to meet
with friends when we have passed
through much time and danger since
our separAtion-whe we have float
ed, for day after day, and week after
week, upon the unstable ocean, waf.
ted OH amid tie horrors of elemental
strife, driven by adverse winds, and
dashed by unfriendly waves.-there is
q sensation Of exquisite JOY in standing
on the firm level Of our native shofe,
where man is mightier in his ownem
pire, amid Objects that are useful. and
friends that love him. Such would
have been the qualification OF young
Millimouc, bad it net been destroyed
by the terrible news that fate had des
tined should be his punishment.
M4rmcnia, in the hopelessness OF
anrequited love, and losing all that
made life dear, was not unwilling that
existence should end. She vas one Of
those beings who cannot pass through
the world without becoming immedi-
ately entangled in it's dangers and dis
tress. As the beautiful plant, which.
stretching its delicate tend!lIs around
the nearest object, mast wlther and die
if that object be rude!y torn from its
support--so the shock which Henry's
tretchery bad oceasioned, weighed up.
on shcr spirits, and endangered her
life. Gradually she bad grown less
earthly in her appearance and actions;
a thrilling sweetness infused itself in
TO the tones of her voice, which pcne-
trated to the heart like melody itself
Her rosy cheek faded-and her sfuIl,
ripe, laughing lips grew pale and thin,
and were only lighted by those me-
Eaucholy smiles which belokcn the spi-
rit's triumph, that it viii soon be- at rest.
Constant meditation on her disap
pointmentha at length such an effect
on her that her reason wandered, and
she became A mere dreamer in her
waking monaeais; and at the time OF
her lovers arriysl, she was so wasted
away that no strength remained, even
ia counlv oath the dictates of her Way