The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-02-10

rails. One elegant, l,vcly and beautiful girl
sat in the centre Of a ring formed by about q
dozen gay young gentlemen. II was easy
to read that they were suitors tor the iact
was imprinted on their CONTINGENCIES. mere
then. sat Lucy Carr, the queen OF this denot,
ed circle dealing out her smiles on all AROUND
her with the equal and steady manner wnlch
showed her to be well versed IN the science
of government. Never rcigned monarch
with SWAY more absolute ;perhaps NO sove-
reirn was ever moro deserving ofPower
For the moment there seemed something
fnexnlcablc in this; had seen, as Thought
much of the world and mingled much III So
ciety-I had seen beauty attracting the
gaze of many, the flattery Of some and the
devoted attachment OF the few; but never
beheld SO many satellites attracted to SIN
gle sun. True she was bright and most be-
witching in the rude bosoms OF youthfnl
charms, and her mind apart from lutte
tincture Of vanity, was worthy its lovely
dwelling; but even then the thought stole
curiously into my head,perhaps she haa other
charms than those which play round per
person and mind. 1t had no business tnere
at such time, but it spoke out the re'iity.
A peevish and half suppressed VOICE ~ an
adjoining room, informed us that sickness
was an inmate of the residence, ana ocioie
/ left the house, an inqmslave ana no less
communicative old dame gratlousiy so'u inc
that Miss Lucy would doubtless SOON oe ~. .no
nossessor of the ample and rich estate OF the
Wexford family. the last heir of which lay
consuming with a hectic fever; and the
whole having been willed to the young iady
ON the event of the failure of the natural heifs
/ could not suppress sigh as pressea, her
hand at parting, to think that with all her
loveliness gay and enchanting as she was,
she probably had not in all that thronS Oh
hatterers, one single disinterested lover one
who would live for himself alone, and cher-
ish so much Of beauty and worth as the oess
gift OF Heaven.
Yet thus far all waslight, compared to the
shadows which fell over her destiny az ias'.
I went my way and six yeats passed oeiore
I VISITED that neighbourhood again. Wy
first enquiry was after Lucy Carr. "ohe is
dead, she died eighteen months ago, saiel
the landlord Of the Leopard Inn, as he care
lessly smoaketl his pipe. And what has pc
come Of the widow Wexford | asked, who
Law at the point of death six years ago
This question brought from the adjoining
breakfast room, the we'll remembered face
Of the worthy dame had seen at the ief-
mitage at the time of which spoke, VINO,
having heard the conversation, in her ankle
ty to crafty my curiosity herself, seized me
by the arm analead me to a seat at the table
The widow, j now learned, had recovered
was married, and blest with progeny
Which long before her disease, cut off all the
prospects. of the young lady. Poor Lucy,
said she, "her sun set early but long dim
twilight proceeded it. Flattered and wor-
shipped BY the gay and gallant throughout
the country, while her Splendid inheritenct
was locked on as secure--no sooner did the
scence change, and the blight of her fortune
come on, than her admirers dropped away
Neglected and unnoticed she retired to the
residence Of fayorite relative, and pinned "a
way, a sick plant, until she.fell to ruin. She
died in the season Of hewers; but there wal
none among all who had paid her homage il
her days of prosperity, found to plant I'LL,
on her srave" / forgot the meal that wa
before me, and left the table when my nfor
mer had finished, to spend melancholy hou
beside her forsaken house of clay, pluckin!
the rank and poisonous weeds that grew tai
and luxuriant around her tombstone.
At a recent session at Rochester, Monroe
county, Norman Ward was convicted of tn
crime of bigamy and sentenced to the stat
prison for ten years. The facts Of this cas-
exhibited an unusual degree of deprayity
He was married some years ago in the stat
of Connecticut, where lie became acquantc
with respectable family who removed fror
thence and settled in Rochester,, and
whom it was known that he had been MARI
ed-He came to Rochester, a year ago Las
fall, and visited the family, pretending thu
his wife was dead, and paid his addresses
young lady Ga daughter) of the family, VIZ
married to her, and shortly after started wit
her under the pretence of going some wiel
east of Utica. He left her at a tavern III
der the presence that he had some bnsine
to transact few miles distant. He the
abandoned her among strangers, and was n
heard of by her or the family until last fal
when it was discovered that he had remove
to the town of Phelps, Ontario county, whel
he was found with his former wife and 81
children, and brought to Rochester for tris
From the National MteAHgencer.
VISIT TO THE SEVENTY-FOUR
On Saturday evening last the steambo