Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-01-04

DO! N6 that is name shall never
know again.
Your happiness, my friend, mas,
De complete indeed, to be surrounded
as you are, by such group of loving
aud beautiful children. Does little Ann
grow rapidly, and does she ever SPEAK
Oil; but no-breathe no. nv
name TO her, tell her not of my fale.
let me be to her as one that has never
existed Ellen, | have strange fancies
OF late. l nightly haunt the grave Of
my dear little child, OIL which / 81. for
hours, and weep and groan | had
planted at the head and foot two Grim.
son rose bushes which have been wa.
tered with my tears and which have
grown up and spread their green fol.
Iage over the grave The flowers were
what are called black: and loved To
gaze 90 their dark beauties when lust
unfolding. The other night attwiIeht
1 was surprised to see the colour Of
the flowers Of muc,, lighter red. re.
senollng blood, and hanging their
wtthered heads to the earth. What
does this portend3 Oh! that was with
my chid-at rest-ai rest"
0i the power Of her imagination,
and the energy Of her feelings, the
following 1 think good specimen.
vi one Of theae dreams / must mob
omit to tell you, because it made a
strong impression on fly mind.
thought we were sailing together.
Col S--and I, one calm MOON
light night, on beautiful lake, which
seemed o. clear and Transparent. as
crystal, the scene WAS peculiarly love-
ly, ! reposed my head Cd his bosom.
'he cir famed my burning forehead,
and waved aside my dark clustering
locks. A delicious fragrance filled The
air, asd strains Of more than earthly
music were waited to our ears. ga,
zed on him madly, I was "lapt in f.
lysium His very breath seemed Ia
give me being, and his smile, SO sweet
so gentle, ditfused over my heart lee.
ling of undying rapture Suddenly, I
thought furious storm arose-ihe sky
was dsrkened--the waves rolled ia
mountain pillows, the Like yawned
beneath as, our little bark became the
sport OF The winds, and The waves ;aDd
heard a voice: that tent the firma.
meM, cry, you shall perish | caught
lin convulsively IN my arms, and +
said, we will hive and die together.
Ii coldiy threw me off, and l saw
by his side young female, whom he
tenderly embraced, and who seemed to
cling to him for protection. was
horror struck; / felt as ifcFushed under
the pressure ofthe earth-as If all ma.
lure had conspired to blast and destroy
me My brain was on fire, AID T
though ms heaI4 was mass of burn
ing lava A dagger, all at once, gilt.
tered in say hand, 4 rushed upon him
and buried it to the hiit 10 his bosom.
a stream of blood spouted from the
wounn; t,e.uttered one deep and expi.
ring groan, and dropped headiong ia.
TO The lake, which dubbed for a mo.
lncnf, and closed over him forever. I
laushedin agony ard made one spring
to follow him. hot awoke, almost n
cenvulsiens; cold sweat covered my
body, i shiyered 10 every limb, like
one under the influence OF an ngue and.
for several moments / could not be.
iieve tina. it was moi real For worlds
1 would not have such dream again:
bet, it is passed, and now look upon
it 40 mere fancy, as the sleeping
thoughts of on imagination dIsordered
by love"
i think she carried her revenge too
fer, though to a woman OF her sensi.
bilities and passions, the wrengs she
suffered must have been dreadful. The
gentleman who has surDished these let.
tiers has, in some ,n'' oduc,ory remarks.
very correctly observed-'fsd Mrs.
Beanchamp's Hnnd been early and.
properly imbued with sense of reli-
gion, her misfottunes nigh, have been q
avoided; and, instead OF closing her
life in the flower OF her youth by her
ewn hands, and leading her husband
TO ansuntimely and ignominious end.
she might have been, with such ca
pacity as she possessed, an ornamens..
to society, and glory 10 the world
She seems to have been permitted to-,
follow too ouch the bent of a mind ma
turaIly vigorous. and tinsed with rO>-