Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-08-31

dated Frankfort, july ID, TFoW WIZ" ~ -
itor Of the Metropolitan has-been permitted TO
make the following extrsc';1
Oh the unhappy exit OF Beauchamp
and his wife, you have doubtless heard
ere this through the medium of our
public prints. 1t is still the topic oil
conversation here; and although there
are few who do not admit the justice
ofthe destiny of the i'll fated pair, still
assure you there is very strong fee
ling o. sympathy excited, and their
melancholy story not unirequently re.
ceives the tribute Of a tear, even in
the very spot where the unhaIlowed
deed was committed. Mrs, B. | IN
derstand, was originally from LoudOun
county, (Virginia,) and came into our
state with her father, on whom i'll for
tune pressed with heavy hand; the
result of which was dissipation, and
lastly death, leaving wife and this
young lady, the only surviving
child, in very dependant cifcumstan
ces.
Miss Cook was a young and lovely
woman, with fine sylph-llke figure,
a countenance the most sweet and ex
pressiye that | ever beheld. She
was literally educated, and her genius
and mind lowered beyond her more
wealthy associates. Her thoughts
were free as the air she breathed; and
those whose souls never travelled be
yond the doll and ordinary pursuits oil
life, did not scruple to affirm, that her
free thoughts ruined her. 1t is said
that Col. Sharp once addressed her
that, however, is not positively known;
hut 1t Is well known that he seducedher
Whena woman like her giVesherheart
all else is but too apt to follow. She had
a chiId--and her seducer was soon after
married to another woman Thisperfidy
Sung her to the soul; her health be
came impaired for a time, and the
gay lively girl, whose society mos
men courted, and women feared ,droop
ed like lily blighted by the storm
And this is woman's fate
All her affections are called into life,
Ky winning batteries, and then thrown back.
Upon themselves 20 perish. and her heart,
Her trusting heart, filed with weak tenderness
Is lett 10 bleed or break
1t was for some time feared that her
reason had lost its empire; she grad
uaIly recovered however, and her
hanh was sued for by Young Besu.
champ, very sprightIy and interes
ting youth, to whom she was united
She ingeniously told him of the calam
lty that had befallen her, and he as
generously buried il in oblivion: and
when the recollection of her wrongs
dId not intrude themselves upon her.
she lived comparatively contented
with the politics of our state, much
personal acrimony is blended; and
the seduction of Miss G. was charged
upon Col. 8. TO his prejudice. Mrs.
Sharp and her mother were very vim.
dIctlVe upon the suhiect-to quiet
whom, it is said that Col. s exhibited
certificates from the accoucheur that
the child of Miss Cook was a nlnlatto
AMI those ladies very impruden,ly
talked OF it as having seen the certlf
Gates to that effect. This information
was conveyed TO Beauchamp in let
ter, which letter Mis- b. got and read
just as her husband was entering the
/ door AS soon as the daming inteIli.
gence met her eye, she sunk in the
CHAIR for minute or two; and sudden,
ly recovering herself, she extended
her arms upwards, her dark eye fash.
ing fire terrible as the lightning of Hea
ven-'Oh, my God! this demands zen
gednce! veng cancel See, see,' said
she, handing the letter to her husband
-'Charlotte Cardy struck a tyra nj
down, and she is Landed in history: if
kill the villain, shall be loaded with
obloquy and branded as a nurderess.
Beauchamp took the letter and read
1t; then taking his wile's hand, and
locking her foil in the face, said, in a
slow and emphatic manner,-sMy
much injured, my much insulted Ann.
his doom IS SealedP With this de,
cl4ration she seemed appeased. Her
whole heart was now fixed on re.
venge, so much so that her counte.
nance underwent a great change, 10
sing all ITS sweetness and placidity;
and her husband said, at times he al
most feared to look on it.
After his return from ACCOMPLISHING