Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-06-03
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ought to have travelled among the natives one Of
whom she has so completely depicted.
From the Recorder.
'tH: h.fector,-L am Juiiq, che unfortunate wife Of
HI.fedict Hymen. He who has caused more than one
Column OF your paper 10 be filed with lamentations. re-
iatlve TO my conduCt.-My hopeful husband does nt
take your very amusing and instructive paper. nor in
deed' any other for he can neither read nor write. He
was sent 10 school, II is true, as I have been informed
rom the time he was able to do mischief, until he be-
came large enough TO do work in the field: in which
~; " 'r,s',se application, he progressed in Webster's
?peii't's DOCK as Tar as cr"c5fr, but other avocations
since have entirely ~eraticated that from his mind and I
mhch question whether he could now con ovo tho u
P'aoet' 10 save hlm from a years confinement in the non
lleht'aTy. This being the fact, then. il requires norboet
10 rise from The dead to inform YOU, that NIaIedoct NO.
not the author of that essay-no' if is tho nroJnnGan :" q
me loint Iaoors of the rector of the academy, and , oracI,
ooc'oT III 'Ic heighoorhood, for which purpose thew were
U'oae'tu, Oil ana on for near on 10 three weeks: il is
true II Is said that my husband associated with tbeu
sometimes. we" "e'n
lHese circumstances have becn made known to mo
:, W.. S%P''s; Tue deputy sheriff, a very proper Young
man, Il whom am also indebted for the perusaI of vonr
pa 'eF'-and was IT not for his company, at times m,
:iIe would be much more intoierablc than if is. WI,
"ouIu you mink MIR. REFLECTOR my husband has be-
CONC actually jealous of hiD. 1t has been said that ica-
ohS eyes see double, and AIaiedict conceit, thar Inc has
so seen things; but more of this anon. win nnr A.
t'elector' give you some account of myself and hove 7
became the wife OF Maledict. My father is a rcntIo-
man, on whom fortune has not been over Iihor,I - ~
s'o"ing her layors, but who, Notwithstanding. has what
may DC termed a competency. am his onIv d,rrLfor
he has tour sons besides. lie is a gentleman of a s1ronn
lnqulrIhg mind, reads much and reflects more: he can
give the names of those heroes of antiduitv. who i :,
said, received the first rudiments of tl,eir 4 Ir, 49, m !" -
their well-informed mothers. ""'
lie was determined, he said, that | should not want
~ an education. / Nas accordingly sent from one
boarding school to another, until | attained INV Gf,oonT.
year; IN which time, if nv tnforesses did not da,tor NV
! acquired much useful information. besides MI,,s;o'
DrdN ing, &C. &c. With these accomplishment !,
handsome face and figure, and a fine voice. | returne,;
" my 'a'ners mouse, where | fondly hoped to be both
useful ahu amusing to those around me. Hero he.
came acquainted with the celebrated 1,DjJe, ,,o,f E,.,
ny VINO gave the sage advice 10 her nephew. NaIedict
tpai a faInt heart never won a fair Iady.n This woman
iau INeu iong enough, to easily impose upon a YOUNG.
lemale, unhackneyed in the ways of the worl5 AS wac
l confess, Dlr. Reflector, that | soon became bor dur
praised her cousin Mal.dict for op,Ifc,ttIrna
which he never had, and virtues which he ctoulJ nmf n"s
au.o connPtehend-and that be had a square of land in
W purchase, with four negro men and three nero .,
men, ana that he made HirfLone bqrs nj c,v,, IN ol
20 ''dt ne was rich in other thngs-wantcd no addi-
y" ~ vi iorlune, aud that his sole aim was TO he mi
'eu 70 some lady Of reputable connections. and srcI' 49,
" , P'siseo 10 say mine were. After all these nreI;,ni
y d les ne was introduced into my father's bo,irso ~
."' s't Oh oroadcIoth, entirely new. which I n,ouob,
D."o 10 SET rather awkwardly upon him. Soon aGcr
go, l was requested by my father, TO play one Of
10 ,%yOrItG airs l observed that AIalediat opened bfs
''o"'' ana rolled his eyes, and appeared to bc L..
Ills aunt whispered TO me. that her mo
PIE" was q very great coDuoisseur in music. and hat
'heh a boy ne had made a fiddle nm, 80 go 1 ,%
nod That he could play on the bapioc. '"" s'''A'
re appeared to be n man OF very Go,v vyor1. .nJt
oo.uP'Il"eu 10 ms aunt, of bis incorririble facit,rnitr
ne "ou!o reply that deep water was al,avs s,Ii ~
i,ns - @us%eIS would bear no affinity to the oues-
P'OPo9so' ms aunt would mention fbe oros,t e-
9aaC Ite"toh having acted simiIarIv. whom f. 49,
80 ih,ehSeiy engaged Oh more important n,,f.rs
y Nv" I "ouid urge that it was impossible for me IN fan.