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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.

PRosCEEDfNGs OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
0lOnday, Dec. l2-The following petition. in
iavtH OF a convention presented and referred.
tron sundry Inhabitants of King George, Monon-
CANA, ONO, brooke, Madison--and petitions in
opposition thereto, from Charles CITY, New Kent
Sol hampton, Nouovay, Meek enburg and Green
brier.-Petitions were also presen ed and referred
IRON sundry inhabitants of Monongalia TO incorpo-
rate The Smiihfed Road Company, and from Jno.
). Fleming.
Tuesday, Dee. I3.-On motions made by
Messrs Branch and Douthat, wrils of election were
issued 70 Chesterfield and Charles City TO supply
the place OF A. McRae dec'd-and of Jno TyIer
esq. elected Governor.
DIR. Gordon from the g. ofC. off, repor' ed rea-
SeHdbfe, the following FIVE petitions. ]. Oftbe All
tofhes ana others vt Tazewell for a change in the
uIne Oh holding the courts of that county g. Ofthe
same 10 change the sessions of the Supreme Court
. VI The justices Of Tazeyell to confirm the titles
20 indIVid1als OF certain lots sold by the court.
D vi the devisees OF Alex. BOYD for the sale of
e'i properly devised TO his iafant sons. s. OF lsh-
Inael Moody OF Isle OF Wight, for a divorce from
his wife, who at the time OF her marriage with him
was the wife Of Mathew Hopper Ali eonenrred
Mr. SWinston from the G. Of p. and Grievances
Yesent report declar ng reasonable the petifio,
OF sundry inhabitants Of Petersburg PRAYING tina,
Harrison Street in said town may be straitened and
widened. COncurred IN.
Petitions in opposition to a convention were
presented and referred, from Lunenburg, Chester.
seld and Culpeper-and in favor of one. from Mel
son,Patrick, CUlpeper, Harrison, Preston and gsd.
fonl. W." 'eu
Petitions were presented and referred from WIN
NASH aud Others, Jno Howard and Others. the
Suckers Gap Turnpike Co., the p. and ID. If The
slonongalia Navigation Co, Geo. Park. Obsai,b
furpin, Jno Davis, James Bowling. Jno. Brown
seI.aIn Inhabitants Of Harrison, Of spottsylvanis,
Suo OF king"ood IN Preston, Amelia NJ Aexsn-
Ger, sundIy citizens of franklin sad the osrohors 80
he Bar Of that county, Wm Coffee. ssrsb gbrs.b
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eussing these questions, that in England where the
greatest stock of experience upon caaal navigation
j. possessed, some of the most intelligent among
them giving preference to railways and steam
carriages. Aud whilst this ought not to be deci-
axe against canals, it may be offered an addi-
.ional motive for restraining our expenditures upon
them, till the expediency OF railways shall be fair
ly tested; at the time that it furnishes not
shadow of reason, why we should delay TO improve
the advantages which nature has bestowed upon us.
l will not dilate upon the great benefit which we
may justly anticipate from The late improv ements
in the use OF steam, because design hereafter to
give you extracts from the letters of young gentle
man. now on tour in Europe, for the purpose of
acquiring reformation upon the various works OF
internal improvement which are accomplished and
in progress there. From This fruitful source we
may promise ourselves all the light, which can he
collected by an intelligent mnd, interchangeable in.
,lustry. and heartfelt zeal in the cause Of his
coun,ry's welfare.
lis very probable that the splendid achieve
ments Of New York will cause many among you to
look with some degree of contempt upon these sus-
gestions that will be thought orthy of Virginia
TO practice upon such notions contained IN
this ESSAY. But look around you and see whether
some OF your acquaintance have not injured
themselves by yeing with their neighbours, with
out examining the difference in their respective
situations Because your friend erecis splendid
manufacturing mill in secure situation, out of the
way Of danger, in q country (which will furnish
business enough to remunerate all his expenditure
this will not justify you in wasting your resource.
upon establishment which will cost more money
and yield much less profit, particularly where you
will be in danger OF losing your money and your
labour too by some torrent which, from the stuie o.
your situation, you cannot guard against.
/ persuade myself that not wanting in a
proper serse ofustce aud liberality TO
who iconveniently situated from enjoying the
blessings of market which will reward their
labours and at the time rebound to the advan-
tsee and the honor OF the staie that shall not be
deficient in zeal for the promotion of udcious and
well directed system OF Internal ipproveme But
with all tie precaution can use, we may ex-
pect to commit some We ought, therefore
humbly conceive, 10 weigh well every project be-
fore embark in 1t, that may Prosecute it will
The more spirit and less danger ofregret.
y FARMER
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.NOY[CE-

gVllE fo-mer Putne,'bip II GREEN MN 4 co. b.v
f nee" dissolved tordng 10 notice gyn the oath uI
Lt ""'m "" t"mmercllC Compiler, aud the bus,ne. heinz
hh"''cd, jointly o. c'Gail, 10 srtle he OUTSTANDING cy
'' ., "' 'ornr piafh'p becomes NECESSARY. aud they
'"ts'N ''quc'l All prtsts having cams hrfne Them ~
n ' nose Udehled I" make immediate payment They taI
w opp1''""y I" 'n"in the he"ds ~ tiepd hrn a6d tic
,n'' 10 ScP on hand g" aud choice If Grace ies
determined "selI 70. low Goods can he b,rl IN I'M,
place ~ Richmond, thcr hi Wholesale 80 fail They will
force AVID also Cotton either lsi arrjyr. On storr H. Ntyipg
nsf tnd conrnea u'ubefhouc) rec ftnv charge oil Sto,
lse tOthr planter. GHEEN NALL
=, HENRY BR1DGEWATER,
Nmches'cr. nec - ~ "a,
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EGUCAII0M

VIE sshcrloer iiheoa, continue la. School the c
years" uiSk"y Bottom, (ncsr the Fork Chu,cb I;u H.
yer eo'.'y. vac Term viii he Ift OF Isnuo
''" eid % he lOIh December, including yacafin 4 NM,
mouth which Viii he given in the course a. th .u,,
.s' rh'w5 7i Sriiin the Engis graulr, ib
,He use vi he gioheS, ARITHMETIC Euclids Eemeuis So
ms, avg, IRE, astronomy, uia and moral Dnjo I'D
r! i IsusiaS wi! he t'ysht in lbs school
AMI II, wa'hns, lodging aud candles 100 IolIs ~ ,i
As ~ s6 payable half yearly il 4d,snce,
Twelve or hiiten hoy Can be uisheu with hoard M ~
&c the family ofthe subselbcI to whose nrars
w.il be paid I ~ ~ ~ ~ ! 'oR
Dec. -. -, ~ ".
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HORNE rLiLE,F

5tE 'u1'etibfr viii give reward of Zen Dnlins 10 sny
= person who VIII deliver n hun llving ~ P,yhisn co,
~ hear bcse"soHs IUerd itrge likely Burf Horc six
o. seven Yeas old lat pfine, with one or two Whit ~ q
pla ~ he .s,e aud large 'c firh hind leg lie
seegnd J'ih lh' h"fse 80 iior Powstan Cour,he
90 fhuc'day ihe i7n a hein- conrt day and 10 ctnr M
l'ed TO have been rfd O. Pe;crsurg; Al which i,e ~
ne, n" Pob'h have traded o. sid him. y notorious Vii
puis9ed from Csrteie a. the eJnniop,e fof having fs
waoh ava sun hug UNFORTUNATELY TO- nc e made b c.o,
aud $50 doubt onnd fidrs agreeable than " ikin-
Dec. 10. &C. 2aw4t ToIgV N 1,,v
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Is 20 emn'uen onthe hr' day Of October the ai of
'""c county as RUNWAY, negro man WIN q, A.,
rJ onh, and say That lac is Blacksmith by trade
anu "elnnSs TO MAJOR Jones OF Alabama and thn, m LoL,
nm, Of VIM Shank uCthc town Of Peersturr Va H. -
'aow enIeT made man. about lit, i'd mas wen o.,
nIsh The owner Is requested 10 chlplv with the law ana
axe ham away, % h. will he dealt viii - The law rrt
arc IN OO-Nl2w TtI ,,I
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Richmond, i3th December, 1925.
81" In compliance with the direction contain
=" q, 'he o'i section oil the act of 18th Feb last
entitled " An act changing the tim. of meeting of
the hoard OF Public Works 4 for other purposes -
= nave me hohor TO transmit herewith the under
ii'e"',"heu monuments, comprehending the state of
the Fund for Internal Improvement. for tb. wear
ending the Both of November. ls25 and estimate.
OF the probable receipts and di.b,rs.nen,s nj ,I.
following year.
With great respect, / am, Sir. YOUR mos, obedi-
ent servant,
J. BROWN. Jr.
III auditor.
A. State of the Fund
IL. Permanent Funds.
e Dsposable Funds.
ID. Receipts.
f. Disbursements
r. Probable Receipts in 1926
u. Probable Disbursements in IS5c
Ii. Interest on James River Co. Certificates of
Loan.
The Hon. the Speaker ofthe)
House of Delegates
Sfdfe q me Fund for Internal improvement,
JW Me year ending, 3oih Non. 1925
fe'h'""sf r AUS, IN SiV, -, Sliis,tjl N
DisPosnbfe fGNd,, IN Stcrk., via,
A'n""n, a. rsroted on
Amo"i~ 'ubstrir,i.n,
paid sihce 1920
Jarnes R.ror Sapius aud dapro. '''' W
PriatSn kUnd
amount ia Jane. River Comma
ny eeitineaies OF loan, IN sn, M
I'ofat on'oanf # Stocks a, nar value on. a.,
Dtspss"dte FH,ds, ia Ua,h, VIZ '''i' ~
Bti'nse tie r. ea.urv IN
h', ie<t a. ihen reported, 4,2OG SO
~ " ''''P'' since, li55Ia ~
DEDUCT amount Of LisL.r,e
menus s"ee ioo635 81
Balance ofCash now I'M the Trea-
sury, ,oooo .,
Total amount Of the Fund in
p,a,, ,~S ,"a".i aud C@,h' S2OOS2SI 10
n, LS"1 si,357,s5G
''F'SN"'e run" i6j,3Oo
Total seIount Of Productive
S'"e%S Si,523i5O
JAMES BROWN, Jr
Inn. J,, ~ drdisr.
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TIutIee's SaIe III lNLarls-

Ftf virtue q deed OF tfsl eEccmei TO the si.r.or e.
- Robert S'nser and iuly recorded 10 the gi.ft of
otthe Cotaig Court q Acnafle county, Va shan recd
g. sell AZ public saic, for ready money or 4 tsr fs 1
day VI January next before IN, do Of the C,fg j, m a.
Mlry, Wshinston, tnd Iaurs. " ''"''
Dec 10 ets7a Y ". soUTtLAIro oar Co.
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.Ibses !SaHee,

deruni"H' aidas,Is Of Samuel Lidcrs and other. a,
'he il'uig hl'', ~ tie county buckingham Va an tb
90" =! " '"o i"-b, aud moi day. On tie TN
ny" rcpi"y; i6-h' st the sam- place Aud he will si.o
e h"''u ma w'li'kc The depn.'ions AFFIDAVIT. of Wal
e o 'ne county aiorr.ad, the 10Th aui I'm 81
rc 30 al I" nc READ ~ evidence sui now I,prnne
~ ho tod"ty Court ct huckng ham the ChaDcery M 81
~ wcn a plaintiff ana Cyu. Pa khsf and You ale Isfen
"'"',; t"u : ~'' SAML ID. uAWDIMAN,
Backinsliam county Dec. IS, 1890. 65---w5t
MEETING Of the Trustees Of the Byook Iurapks Corr
"a Pny convened this t2th diy Of December 1876 Al Mn,
brii Tavern adjourned to meet a tho place on Friday
inc <'h t lor The purpose 81 eetting Dirercrs and deel
~. dividend PunctuI attendance ., equ,sfrd
prc.i' r'--td j. N. EUSTACE II. H. II. C.
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LOTTERY LAW.

Ihe presentment agiast one OF the Keepers Of
the Lottery Offices in this city liz. come on for tri-
albeiore the Superior Court Of Law for this county
now in session. The question arising from The
facts proved IN the case, was, whether the selling
OF Guarantees came within the law We under
stand that Judge Brockenbrough, considering the
Act OF Assembly as a Temedidi not = pelai sta
lue instructed the Jury Tuesday, that the sale
OF Guarantees must be regarded as coming within
It's provisions. The Jury after retiring about ten
minutes, returned with a verdict of guilty : (thc
punishment would be one months confinement and
= hne )-Judginent, however, is not yet pronounced
In the case and it is expected that Exception will
be taken to the opinion OF the Judge, and the case
will 80 up 10 the General Court
We understand, that, in the case Of John II.
Amedey, convicted during the present term OF the
Circuit Court Of the United States for this dis
trict, upon an Indictment for DESTROYING the
schooner Pacific the high seas with
intent 10 deiraud the underwriters, motion was
yesterday made by his counsel for new trial. on
the ground Of alledged error in an opinion Of the
court given during the trial on a question OF law
touching the regularity OF the evidence sdduced [ o
sustain the prosecution. The court minated a
wish and intention TO put the care la such shape
that The question may be adjourned to the Supreme
Court.
We learn that the Spanish Expedition from
Corunna and Ferol, arrived II Porto Rico on the
Ito oil November, where they were 10 land 1000
troops, and proceed for Havana
y T. .ney. .4dr.
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EDrCArInN

'lk uh'efttef viii continue IT, scDol The eu.uns ,esF
't TIE New Design, " swamp Setooboue. aa,u
Tour "''e' ON ne eli, of Rich on fhe fcu, tag
~ 'cn n"nih will tn 9th 10, Of Isnutt next
i"on viii be wenty dollars fOf &c Wh.ls term, six io
t' qG1ter Tor Srhclafs NhO tn whole
Dcc.lJ. 6G-2t+ EDMUND Reid.
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EDVCIVTON

sChUoL i"r t'e tucti1n y,,h IN the ain Greek
ana ehrh language, Enssh Granmlr. t,,.o. 4, nv,
""" ,he n'r "i maps a"" sl"he the Elements
u y usual MINOR branches VI EnSii.h Edu~a7n viii bo
~ ny me '"h,e hers, on the 18th JaausTv tx Al tho
''l'nct oi Nv Tniiafeuo near r,,lors Fc,ry in he
county o King William. yacnion Of one rnoud, viii b
10Th December ensuing. 0' $40
rfm' f'I board aud tuition 800, leach hoaedr 6.ra;n
Ia. pw,' ~ and to,vcl) Tor tuiioli alone 500 's
10 ho-r who may favor them eifb he pat,,r... Tho
'nc, promise I" u.s. iheis best promote lie
Gsted 10 ,iieIr care. 800 - '| 'e ~
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EyNgLJST{ SELN.E TU,IVE.

~ ~ PNf, b,. hest En.li, S.ins Tame recently isu.
n y ~ ~ ~ ported dreef irou Londcn ~. ssic on ac-
cup,Hiodltiu. tcf,osby WM. WA BALr j..
dec 3d. So q
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oI.nNIsTIAN w. TALIAFEKRo.

n.
NOT ms injection TO remit aus degree hi. 10 The %
"', 4" n'' profession 1. W.TALIA FEERO,
i'''' - --wft
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THNnE suhscliher pcdinly ininfm bis dfsss aud b.
pihc, that h h's orcneda Tavern the house on Id
East sie the road leading " GiDuceae AZ Kim queen
Courthouse ho' he uyie 40 Those who feel m Interest ip
BIN, and df.l o. be CON foraJy accommodated 10 call
cniefrria, NJ rHct0rs will 20 wantne he part ~
ro opri.fo 70 s,c satisfaction lwho NAY plel.e a.
hr wt their pitrnaec. It, woud invite the
of r',eiicTs p4ricisrly tbs spus,on hprmuch 81
someyhu reiied i'en' I've t're VI te sfart- iard.
Use 3. O5'- v1t ROBERT Eyr.ce,
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LUCGAN MINOR,

I'LL rfaei,. ,y IN tht Loui.s and
" ~ .idfrsn- fhou'ons ,. Roa,Is, Louisa"
Urr.f5. f6 --syAs
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ne following Is an extract OF letter from
member OF the Virginia Delegation 10 a gentleman
in this city, dated
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10000 G2
sa,OOs,2sl rs
FROM U.4.SHL.N GTON

to'Aer Doamsnt, in the E,.qa "a 1ra'''r
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The Proceedings Of the Matthews Meeting OH the Con.
'entioi, are inype, and will appear Saturday.
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~ INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. We submit to our
eaders ia this day. paper the general of the Fund TO-
Internal Improvement f1r the year ending the 5O
miitei by the 81 Auorli- Report OF commissioner Of
the james AMI Jack'ogs River Canalaud 3Iv. very eaho
ie Essay ON the latter Improvement by gentleman Of srea
experience and kilt Without expires, any opon
Of our the scheme which lac proposes we may Ice PEI,
united 10 add that should have much sao.
At tins tiVc To- continued Essay We lad not supposed
"c"ain many ingenious and valuable this
esiins subject.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-09-17
tETZE EsxsPoS1yGR &.
ELLEN ROSEWOOD

ANoHG all the SORROWS Of human life there is no.
thing 50 desolate, 50 witherng, and SO oveIvhelm-
ing, the grief arising from the view OF our native
scenes after long though unforgettng absence.
Wandering on from flower to flower in quest of
happiness, We observe the gradual change of things
with which We were connected without any deep
feelings Of sorrow; we mark the progressive altera-
ton, and follow in its course. But the scenes Of our
childhood remembered as they existed in de-
parted days time flies over our natal fields unno-
ted il our retrospective view the vista Of memory
y sill green and 1owery-still the haunt Of those
We loved il the sunny days Of our expanding exist
ence. The heart travels not with the silent lapse
o Years it folds the mantle Of its infant loves a.
;ound !ts budding joys and sits IN memory's bowers
still listening to those voices which no longer sound,
and responding to that music whose sottest echo
has long since ceased to vihrae. Wherever we
roam, with whatever scenes We are delightedly con-
vcrsant, though, unconscousy to ourselves we
have almost totally changed from what we were,
yet We turn tondly to the abode Of early years.
and hasten from the cares, the sorrows and, per
haps the honors of life, to the cradle of our being
and minge with those playful forms we once 50
deeply loved, without pausing to estimate the dis
asters Of forgotten time without rejecting that,
ike ourselves many Of or young companions have
been scattered over the word-many may have
gone long since to the untravelled realms Of IN
known eterny-and all may have lost the memory
q him Who traces past delights 50 tondly when
We awake from this delusive reyerie, and look a
round on the place Of our birth-on all ITS well
Known scenes, without behold.ng one familiar face,
one human object who thinks or cares for US alas!
the sad reality is more than can bear. The tears
OF agomzing convection blot all the fairy pictures
Of fancy and the consong though treacherous Joys
OF years are lost on the spot from whence they
sprung.
When IN the dawn of life, l left my birth place,
= pursuit Of knowledge, bitter was the sorrow felt
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with whom had passed the happiesthou of love. |
But thought should soon return and when my |
mind is cultivated by study and observation, said |
fondy to myself, surely the pleasures of intercourse
viii be yet more sweet and joyful. Consoed by |
this illuding suggestion, tore myself away; but ,
long was the time ere was destined to return and
sad the events which hung over that first, last part
ing fmy childhood. Yet the time did come when /
determined once more to tread the scenes which I
We're 50 dear to me. As approached the village, \
looked around for old familiar objects, but all WAS
strange, unknown, and unwecome. Still went On i
sadly and silently, gazing around on every thing
and beholdng nothing that loved, save Tie river,
along whose banks had run and sported and an-
Slsd and the eternal mountains over which had +
climbed in days that now were memows. Ny path {
lay by the graveyard, and, mpelled BY the sadness /
of my feelings, opened the little gate (a.d even I
that was strange, for remembered The old one |
and in silence entered. On every SIDE a vast mum |
Der Of tombs and graves unknown to nc, present
ed themselves to my view. paused in speech
less grief hare returned, thought /, and how
haze my pleasures been increased SIT down On
marble slab and wept. Where was + Among
the dead among the graves Of those whose shouts
Of welcome | tanccd would hal my arrival and |
whose smiles Of Joy would fail ike sunshine Oh nv I
weared heart Now what Is let for me, said and |
sighed, but to read their epitaphs and pass unseen
away? rose and passed from tombstone to |
another; every name read as familiar to my /
my own, and memory wrote upon my heart
the history Of their innocent existence But there |
was one, upon whose grave no green sWard vet had |
unfXed in the enclosing soil. Upon that little |
tombstonel saw the name of Ellen Rosewood the |
lovcest fairy of fairy scenes her mothers |
idol and my boyhoods love; the pride Of her ma
tive village and the delight Of all who love artless
innocence and unpresuming beauty. She had lived /
pre-emlnent in all my "reminiscences her image |
was always before my spirits eye, and could nct
tail TO compare my memory 5 portrait with the draw
ings Of my vision, amid the beauties Of the world,
while still sighed and thought that none outshone
the beautiful and innocent Ellen Rosewood Could
tins be the termination Of all my hopes and all hc?
beauty Thus suddenly must all my long cherished
day dreams fade, even as the light Of being had
faded from her speaking countenance' a tear fell |,
from my swelling eye, / mournfuIly hung over
her last cold couch, and glttered for moment a
mong the letters Other name. never thought to
she'd tear for thee, said l. 'Ts not the only one
that has been she'd responded voice behind ne. /
started-turned--an behed the aged sexton
His hoary locks had long summoned him to Tie !
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so often prepared for tenants Younger and farer
than himself; but life still fingered on, though he
was left alone among generation that knew HIM
not | saw in moment that even this sole survjv-
ing object of early knowledge did notrecognize the
playful boy in the melancholy man and was not
solicitous to renew my acquaintance with him, how
ever worthy he might be, who had piled the COLI
clods upon the graves of all loved Resuming,
therefore, as much of Indifference as | could mask
mytace wthal, requested % know the time cause
and manner, Of Ellen Reservoirs death. Like
solitary hermit from his cell, tear stole forth from
the old mans eye. 'Ah SIR said he, lit was a
sad sight to see her dropping and DYING away--so
sweet and innocent She was but It's what We All
must come to, though to be sure, twoud be more
reasonable it should come to me than to one like
her. hat was the cause Of her DEATH 'Ab,
Sir, twas love--loye and sorrow, which mean isc
thing, as far as I've seen vet. Yes, Sir, there
be some who will laugh at love and call it folly, but
it kills more than fire and sword Ills long story
this-but thus it is in sholt. There was fine aal
liant named Walter Barry, who bcci.u2 close joined
to Miss Ellen in all her studies and ramblcs for
long time, and they were always together in all
places, and their eyes could tell tale across wild.
room They were in love, as every body knew,
and none in this treacherous world could love true
But there was one who had always loved Miss Eilcr
most de- pcrae from boy, and he could not brook
this Bury's succcss-though Walter had bccon.:
from wild and thougat!ess, a very worthy young
gentleman. But this made it SO much the worse
he hated him the more for his reformation SO Le
sworc revengc and one night, when Barry was re
turning home, he met and stabbed and killed lin.
But what Was passing strange, he went directly to
magistrate and told what he had done There We
but one way, then, to follow The poor mad yout
said he wished to die, since Ellen would not love
him-and-and yondcr he lies, with nothing but hi
crime to mark ms grave. After this, poor Ellen
dropped and pinned away, month after month, az
mournfu AID beautiful 4 creature 4, Gods sun cve
shone upon anI-there SIC hes But those al,
happest vito die soonest, ana wish it had pleased
Heaven to spare me the bulgmg Sd sweet VIRGIN
IS Ellen Rosewood. So saying, tie old man wen,
onward to anothcr part Of tie cemetery and began
to eXcayate new grave; while l bow ed over the
tomb Of Ter who had been the brightest light ofm>
infant years-,n, loychest object of my lts--and
WePtto t1nk that the purcst feelings of the heart
should generate the bttcrest sufterngs, and the
taaest portion of creation be the innocent cause o.
the most revolving and dreadful crimes.