The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-05-09


r. t8hsn hare aJtf q vas the harry
hush1ad II an adored Wlfr"--Ilr SPOKE
80 shoi AL thgI that &,arc.ly could
aear az understand LIN 80 | 81. lHc lap
ia flfa,r al elsnt io.eIy c'lIrrn. ! had
,sers hl,s.iee -iul,s mn cnuId eoiry, but
! did not know IL. | LETT nay happiness al
toae. iud snueht 1t rhrrr it mas nof 10
lie found -abr9gd Ny affairs ncre nrg
l,ctad, aud went 70 rum. The SD, thr
unenmpl tiaina iauts Of ny funily, instead,
Of awakening ne 10 repentance and re
form, stung mr. To- madness In momenis
ol frenzy. would starr from their prrsener
---rrtutn 90 tbpm 10 state which ven aow
! cannp' uanr, and there bitterly rerfoach
them FIR Tie want Of that affection 81
winch any onu misconduct deprived me.
Ny ridcst SON.
lie had gradpnl'y approached one Of The
main shronds, aud, Is hc pronounced ths
llsl wo' ds 81" him canN ulal,ely seize Oh
them 10 prevent nis faliios-
Ny eldest SON." H. repeated, " was an
officer in the army, aud had beca absent
for many months be- reformed to witness
Ia misery. the degradation, the ruin Of
la father. t1e bitter, the unavaliing SORROWS
,ly, long abandonrd IL hopeless drspan
deney, had ceasrd 10 oppose e,en thV must
tender circumstances IL my nov ungnv-
erned passions. My son lad witnessed
nothing of my changed disposition for,
pre-, nus 10 ms departure, bad been the
most anrction5te of parents. He was not
only my child, bat my l,Iend-my cum
paulpn. Shockrd beyond cxnressiou, with
rrery .rcIlnS of his soul outraged by thr
first exhibition OF my unland treat
mrnt of his beloved mother. he frankly
declared that he pud not bear II, and tnat
u INST not be repeated. Worked mp IL
freuZ, by the CONSTITUENCIES ofthe drgrada-
ton which he Witnessed. the fufies of bell
seemed to rae in my breast, and IN that
moment Of dstractlaS madness ! struck IN
the earlh-mYson my own once brloted,
cherished, idolzrd son-f murdered h1a!'
Th" passengers, as we'll a. the crew, had
collected ronad the miserable MIN, and a.
Underlined fell Z Of aurrur, which ID been
creeping o'ef.as ail, greatly augmented
hN this Fearful conf sson. lie witnessed its
fleet, and thus proceeded
Slight MS the personal ininry which
the blow loAicted, bal the shock. the dread
foI shock. combined as il Vas with the hart
r'nding change be Witnessed in his one
happy home, orrrcame his mpId, his allec
tloaate nature--ir sunk und,r il, his health
Iaaidiy declined for tom that hour be
never held up biz head Yes YES. he did !
died in mbnlh from that day and |
still live, or rather breAthc-for, a. there is
- hie bry Nnd the grave, 50 thrre IS a death
this side oft.
You viii suppose, that ! sought 10 steep
an " my senses in forgrttness bot not
So even that Wrctchcdrcsnurce Wa drn,e1.
| know not that | ever thorght of it; the
hIaelur,s Of despair had sci1rd me aud
ofearthly hope, OF comfort, therr WAS nolc.
My "itc sooa followed her murdered son.
Sc" me-, She could not but she sent mr
her forgiveness. Nv children-huil J, my
hfain. hold aut few moments, aod then
let "elcoms mad Iess comr--nN chiliren
werc token by rrliton; and thus stood
liz tree, on Whichtae Gre Of hea, ca haa
( Hen -livrn--strjpped and blasted.
laner"d for days around the seat of IN
los' JOYS. Islaked along the alleys aud
Ndk- IN our ltNr garden, where, arm In
,rm. bud nftru wandered with he.
loved and caaG Ing wife it WAS Iotel,
t"asan, about the mddl,. Of April ; | watch
- the opening buds upon her f,,orltc
shrubs and trees, and IN the gentle hum oG
the insects, or the soft swell Of the hreez
among hrir branches. could hear In hsp
thai we're gpn". The cherished flower
knots Of my httIe y IL, mol tlth,tandmg
their neglect, were be.lpnng 10 pat forth
their sweets aud lh,ir hraufies, and r.
memhprcd the DAYS III my pcacr, " Inn
had h""p fpndiN called to remark them -