The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-30


time had been, a crowd was gathering; and
not only the ladies, but all tongues were
loud in thanking Capt. S. for his gallant con-
duct. Meanwhile he gazed en- Yamma with
wonder, and she on him with grateful sur
prise. Many of the Farsees have fair COM
plexions and Yamma's was transparently So.
Indeed, she looked, though pale with fright,
and dripping with brine, so much like Venus
rising from oceans bed, that S. pronounced
her, in his own mind, the loveliest of crea-
ton. He galloped to the fort, procured pa
lanquins, and saw the fair Parsees conveyed
home in safety.
81 wish for Capt, SIS sake-I wish for the
sake of happy termination to my story
that lis acquaintance with Yamma had here
terminated; but am impelled, by the laws
of history and the nature of my information
to proceed, not with the wing of fancy, but
with plume of plain matter-of-tact. In short
then, Capt S. used every means in his pow
err to win the love of Yamma. He cores
ponded with her through the medium OF
fokiers, or religious mendicants and fortune
tellers. He loved hertz destruction; he Of
fered to marry her. She listened to the ma
gic of his addresses; she forgot all the Gus
toms of her tribe; she afforded her lover OPP
portunties of seeing her; he visited her in
the disguise of Hindoo astrologer, and she
agreed to leave her father and mother, and
follow him for life. Unfortunately they
were discovered, and so promptly followed
| by three stout and wcll-armeu Parsees that
S. was nearly killed in an unequal contest to
preserve his prize; and poor Yamma was
returned to her enraged and disgraced fami-
ly.
"I'he reader may conceive her terror and
confuson-how she protested her purity and
innocence how she was disbelieved and up
braided--how S. stormed and raved--how
he offered her family every reparatlon that
an honorable man could make, and how
they spurned his terms with contempt and
indignation. He cannot, however, SO easily
picture what followed, for he may not have
believed or Known that such scenes occur
| in any part of the world. Well, must
briefly describe it-no cannot dwell upon
it-I will hurry it over, merely sketchlng
the outline, and turning with horror even
from my own faint colors.
"'rhe heads of the tribe were assembled,
and an oath of secresy having been taken,
the fair Yamma was introduced, arrayed as
a bride, and decorated as the daughter of the
rich jewcller, Limjee Dorabjec. After GER
tain ceremonies, her motherand grandmoth-
er approached her, where she sat like a
statue; and presenting poisoned bowl and a
dagger, said, in firm tone, Take your
choice. -" farewell, mother farewell, ia
ther! farewell, world" replied the heroic
Parsee daughter, taking the deadly cup;
"Fatc ordained that this should be Yamma's
marriage"-and she drained its contents !!
Her leaden eyes were watched till they clos
ed in death: she was then stripped, arrayed
as corpse, and conveyed to the receptacle
of the dead, as have described.
"When S. heard that Yamma was gone,
and suspected that she had been murdered,
according to the customs of the Parsces, the
noble fabric Of his brain gave way, and rea-
son fell from her throne. "My horse, my
horse i" cried he; and he patted his war
neck, the scise saw the fire of his tear start
ed eye and trembled. Away went horse and
rider far behind the groom. He heard the
hoof Of thunder OH the ground, and his mas
ter's voice urging his spirited steed toward
the foamng surf then loud explosion, as
of breaking billows; and, on gaining the sea
shore, he saw a black point on the stormy
surface of the ocean, but he never saw the
brave S. and his Arab more,