Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-07-01

YOU look better in my iifc;-quite Had l heard of
your neution should certainly have protested against
t-lute; but really my dearl suspect that What''
All. you sirle.-C Come, ncw--confess at once.
know that YOU have been toolsl shall not evade
gra'iiude-thoug far distant be the day.Bclieve me
700 am not SO selfish rs To expect you To cut OFT your
friends from all participation your property Alas
have little beyond the three hundred year, well
my dear three hundred year, let tell YOU, that
your three hundred year is an annuity on my
own life; and when die that dies with why
should make wil''-Ehe whte-withcrcd hand drop
ped from my grasp; tottered out of the ROOM beating
my forehead with my clcnchcd hand and hurried to
my pistol Overwhelmed with unutterabe an
gu'sh, disappointment shame, confusion and remorsc,
placed the key i'll its lock- Guied cheated, trapped,
laughed already by every one, for linking self
to ntry age the young summer of nv manhood;
how, thought |, can endure the ui the world
when IT discovers that my apparent golden fuit is gilt
with pcrishabie annuity was determined not 10
live. Judge ofmy horrorand increased disappointment
at finding the bullet box empty! lump OF solid lead
however luckily lay b, IFS side; grasped it with fun
Gus delight and endea'onred with all my strength of
jaw, To chew oil piece OF IT. but merely iacera;cd my
tongue, and stunned the of teet, at
tempt Flying To the fire place, cast te whole re-
iractory into the burning Goals drop soon cous.
cd down through the bottom bars caught il in my
inouider, and fashioned perfect bullet (barrig
the tall as hear: could desire. In nv hurry however
Ia snip it, buried the keen glowing tail the destnc-
tive cVnet IN INV hand. The agony of the wound IN
stantiy drove me down stairs quest of the usual
remedies. danced about like a mailman; emptiei the
Ihkhnttie OF my escrutore, and saw, without
the etty uozing in floods through my tortured
fingers, the SNOWY velvet that clothed the i.ur
plunged my hand into ice the paug; called for
OIL, turpentine, and thousand other thing, III success
sion; and they failed 10 give relief after mo-
Incnts trial, hurled them tie heads of the right
ed and aisconsolate bearers. An Inpulcnt old
man ut was my wife bcieyc) advised ,n,, to hold
my hand close to the fac. The thought was ter
ifc, and chased the belarn out OF the room 1t
sing Mar fact, that during all this time, the idea OF
easing my pains at once, by shooting myself. never
once occurred 10 INC; and by the time my wound be-
came somewhat eniurable it IS siill singular
act that my Intense appetite for suicide had
subsidized This ncntion gravcly and would cain adj.
nonsh every man to take wholesome hint from ti,
circumstances li there he any dear fiicui OF CAESARS
WHO IS resolved at cutting h, rUnt, let him nv all
'eans first cnt his iihgcr, and ascertain how he
likes the sensation of coli III his nesh and The an
pearancc of boodbloo OF his own beloved veins on his
stin-if he think OF leaving this world as n ti;Dgr
under tie greenwood rce,' let him get a friend To
place hit OF wtipcod in sp-lSnot round TIC neck
OF ms gr>; toe, and pull with energy enough 10 give
INN tprcASte of hIs suiferngs, local specimen of
stranguiation by the cord If he ueans 10 die like
gent'cnany SOFT o man. uirer pistol nlucnce Gun
piorc Inn To scorc his mustachns and tie iii; of his
nose three tunes with his piiuug; and tlicn do as he
praseS III lie has made up his heart perish bl Hood
let i'n take pewter pot TO the rivers brink with him.
ard prior to doing Judgment himself exhibit three
quarts Of cold water his stomach fasting VIII lac
crown himself afterwards? defy him From the lay
at ny discovery that DrSiaS income depended, on SO
fra thread nerowu HE she seemed TO me ft wax
wcaHer. Methougi.t She already thc wane.-
'lci kindness nd!cd in laudable ;ct;,n and ,oi
ci'udc towards her cherished, enca vohrcd all The
l'ie martial arts extan to restore, invigoyae her:
TeHehcitd my expenditure, merely 10 CRAFTY her
1oicai WiIns; and suffered self TO be convinced by
arguments which furnished myself she being less anx
i"s IN appearance or this poinf than Formerly that it
was i"iiy Tor a man To live up 10 his income. at
tempted TO insure her lfe but the polite Directors re-
Jecte my proposals.. Size down hill FAST and the
nearer She approached tie dark valley the s,ye. sin,
sPeh along. Tier time come, and in little
year from our wedding day was left distracted wi
dover with single hundred in ny pocket. got old
ye 10 attend to every thing needu but the safe of the
furniture and fxtures for was man absorbed in
deeper grief for the loss of wife. Those were, ,ruc
tears which she'd at her unera-Gye was astounded
al The copious genuine floods. With heavy heart
made the most OF every thing and quilted the town
ine does not abae the severer As the first
anniversary of my wie's decease approached nv grief
increased; had but five pounds left and owed eleven
| for mourning"