American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-29

health rapidly declined for from that hour he never
held up his head Yes-yes. he died died 10 .
month from that day; and still live or rather
breathe-for, as there is life beyond the grave, SO
there is death this side Of it
You will suppose, that ! sought to steep anew my
senses III foreettulness but not so EVEN that
wretched resource was denied. know not that
ever thought of it; the blackness of despair had
seized me and ofearthly hope of comfort here was
none. My wife soon followed her murdered SON.
See me, she could not; but she sent me her for
lgveness. My children-hold. my brain hold out
lew moments, and then let welcome madness come
my children were taken by relation and thus
stood like the tree, which the fire of heaven
had fallen = rven -stripped-and blasted II lin
gered Tor days around the seat of my lost Joys.
stalked along the alleys and walks in our little gar
den, whee arm in arm had so often wandered
with beloved and conGding vile Sit was a lovely
season, about the middle OF April; watched the
opening buds rpoo her favorite shrubs and trees,
and in the gentle hum Of the insects, or the soft
swell OF the breeze among their branches, could
hear the vocrs oil those that were gone. The cher.
ished fawer knots Of my little girls, notwihstand.
ng their ne lect, were beginning put forth their
sweets and their beauties and | remembered the
days OF my peace, when had been fondly called to,
remark them ! should have wept, bad tear been
lett; bat my brain hot, and sco ched, and dry.
Once attempt to my children the eldest,
my favorie, my cha,m z daughter, tainted
entered the room the younger chiidrea-yes, my
little ones-my datllngs ran and hid their faIes 10
their auni's lap, though could hear Them sob as l
heir innocen, hearts breaking Yes, have
seen this / have known these things, and yet
breathe iusiied from their presence. Twas
evening. and hollow blasts OF wind had succeeded
The balmy b. eeze- Of the Midday. | sought the
graves OF my son, OF nv murdered son. aud his
murdered mothrr. willow slowly ard mourn
fully waved over their cod AMI narrow DIV Ell ings.
| remembered that my vile had often fondiy said,
that, from ,e'lled habits oil lie she did not
tear but that shuu d both be buried il that sweet
81 Of AID that We should not be separated even in
dea'h rernembered-' Here, overcome by
the rec.liectoDs he was calling up, the wre! ched
mans agony burst forth In a wild gush OF uncon-
rolled g'ei; and the repressed feelings with which
he had told rs lamenta5le story, becoming mpre
Violent from the reaction, ried him the mos.
prch of trenzs ~" Did'st not say, that she came
tor those who had murdered wlfe or child; well, [
have murdered bolh, and surely may-Ha by
heaven, she comes see, see, In the moon beam 3
see where she looms heavy and large and black
j Though We considered this as the rawlings of a
j conscience stuck maniac-fUr sue h he was at the
moment eyes were uncnnsciously tDrned TO the
quarer TO which he polluted and though boast
myself to be as ee from superstition as most OF
people, yet, confess to you. Ned, that my hat be-
! gan to Use upon my bead. and my blood TO rather
curdle, as it were, in my ve,ns-for the ship actu
| ally saw Alter the first start, you will readily sup
Ipnse, recovered my senses. ano knew that the
dreaded Flying Dutchna an" would scarce be con-
ltentt with small piize as the poor victim Of
incompetence ad this immediately intima,ed 10
our good captain; but he being verltabie an old
i TO B1wiing ever lived. begged that would
not speak, as our only hope OF safety consisted in
our being SILENT In putting the ship about
ra,her'' said " with all dc spatch: for depend on
.llt''-He would suffer to finish the sentence,
or he stopped his and walked away.
i You may laugh at me, my friend, if you please,
yet do carJldly confess, that when | oehed the
Il horror struck countt nauces of all around me, and
heard he agonized and shuddering groans which
burst from The supposed devoted wretch, that
could not witness her approach without certain,
i though und fined sensation oil dread. She neared
just at the hour of eleven BELLS as The sound,
sulen and mourninl. swelled and died on the night
breeze. thought had never, in my life, heard a
sound which struck so chilly on my heart. AS she
carried press Of sail, she was alongside and
!, my attention had been SO taken up with the ship,
hat had not. for some moments, observed our
melancholy fellow passenger. | ought TO have
watched him for now, with piercing shrek, he
: cried, !. comet" and, in the next moment, we
heard the splash Of the wase as he plunged into
) eternity.
need scarcely add, that the next mornings dawn
saw us prize TO his Britannia Majesty's ship the
] Endymon.s
81 Supposed to have been written in 1873.