Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-05-03
RaHERr EMMETT.

story of young Emnet, tie lfisl fairI-
OF, it was too touching to D Tor
gotten. During the troubles M ireland,
he was tried, condemned and executed
on a charge of treason. His fate made
deep impression on puOiic sympathy.
tie was SO young, so intelligent, so &c
nervous, SO brave, so every thing that
we are apt to like in young man Ills
conduct under the tTlal, to" was so lofty
and intrepid. The noble Indignation
With which he repealed the charge OF
treason against his country, the elo-
quent ylndicatIon OF name; and his pa
thetlc appea TO posterity in the hopeless,
hour of condemnation; all these entered
deeply into the very generous bosom,
aud even his opponents lamsnted the
stern policy that dictated his execution
But there was one heart whose an
guish it would be impossible to describe
In happier days and fairer fortunes he
lad won the affections of a beautiful
and interesting girl, the daughter OF a
late celebrated Irish barrlster. She 10.
we'd him with the dIsinterested fervor of
a woman's first and early love. When
every worldly maxim arrayed itself a
gaInst him, when blasted in fortune, and
| disgrace and danger darkened around
| his name, she loved him more ardently
for his sulierngs. Since hi. iate could
awaken sympathy even OF his foes what
| must have been the agony OF her whose
soul occupied by his image Let those
tell wno have had the portals of the
tomb suddenly closed between them aud
the being they loved most on earta;
| who have sat at its threshold, as one
shut outin cold and lonely world,
whence all that was lovely and loving
had departed.
10 render her widowed situation more
desolate, she had incurred her fathers
| displeasure by her unfortunate attach
ment, add was an exile from the paren-
tai roof. But the sympathy and kind
Offices of friends could nave reached a
spirit so shocked and driven in by hor
ror, she would have experienced
want of consolation, for the Irish are a
people of quick and generous sensibiI
tiles. The most delicate and cherishing
attentions were paid her by families of
wealth and distinction. She was led in
to society, and they tried all kinds of oc
| cupation and amusement to dissipate
her grief, and wean her from the tragi.
cal story OF her loye-but all was in
vain! There ate some strokes of Gala
| nifty tina, scathe and scorch the soul;
that penr trate TO the vital seat Of happi-
ness, and blast it, never again to put
forth bud or blossom. She never OBJ
ected to frequent the haunts of pleas
ure; but she was as much alone there as
IN the depths of solitude. She walked
about in sad reverie, apparently un-
conscious of the world around her. She
carried with her an inward wo, tina,
Knocked all the Establishments Of friend
ship. and "heeded not the song of the
charmer; charm he ever so wisely"
The person, says The eloquent author
ity Of the Sketch Book, who told her ato
~, had seen her at 8 masquerade, Afseri
stroling through the splendid rooms and
giddy crowd. with an air of utter alb
straction, she sat herself down on the
steps of an orchestra, and looking about
for some time with vacant stare. that
showed her insensibility to the gayish
scene, she began with the capriciousness
Of sickly heart to MARBLE little plain
tive air. She had an exquisite voice;
but on this ocrasion it was so simple, so
touching it breathed forth such soul
of wretchedness that she drew a crowd
mute and silent aroundher, and melted
every one into tears.
The story of one so true and tender,
could not but excite great interest in
country remarkable for enthusiasm. 1t
completed " won the heart of a brave of
ficer, who paid his addresses to her. and
thought one so true to the dead could
but prove afectionate to the living.
She declined his attentions, for her
thoughts were irrevocably engrOssed by
the memory of her former lover. He
solicited not her tenderness, but her es-
TEEN. He was assisted by her convic
ton of his worth, and the sense of her
own destitute and dependent situation.
for she was existing on the Kindness of
friends. In word. he at length sue
ceeded in gaining her hand, though with
the solemn assurance that her heart was
unalterably another's.
lie took herwil him to Sicily. hon.
ing that change of scene might wear
ont the rpmemhranrn Of aarI,, ,yoos