Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-01-23

Vstys-D1s
TonREY.
10th. Mae, is o term for an Iri.hman, and
one half OF kind, or benevolent, adding q let
ter, is lie, DIR. MAcxIE.
l7th.-A fuller, is a person whose business
1t Is to cleanse 10th. DIR. FULLER. l..
4 MODERN CELEsTrA-We copy the AZ.
neSed pathetic and melancholy paragraph. from
the Macon Telegraph, published at Macon. in
the State Of Georgia. Who can read il, with
out admiring the lofty virtue of the betrayed
one, or without having his tendercs, sympa-
thies awakened.
".NeianeAoiy Effect cf Sfshied Lere and
Wounded Prfde.-A young lady belonging to
an adjoining county, Of respectable connexions.
having had her affections won and won only 10
be sighted, by a perfiduous lover-with too
much pride 10 sue for a breach Of promise, and
too much feeling to forget the injury-detcr-
mined on self destruction. Accordingly, a few
nights ago, she left iLe roof Of her Parents. and
threw herself into tho current Of T~owilaea.--
Doing missed in the morning by Eer friends.
her footsteps were traced TO the fatal streams
and after di!igcnt search her body was found,
composed IN It's last sleep in the bed of the
river--hor cloak wrapped around her face and
~clentleG IN her two hands across her breast.
The remains were dccen'ly inferred Deeply
as the rash sep Of the unfortunate girl is to DO
deplorcd, one cannot but admire the spirit that
prompted, and the courage that achieved il.
ilardcned as the wretch must be, who coald
cause such a sacrifice, his feelings on learning
tic result OF bis treachery, could not lie en-
We'd"
What punishment could be sufficiently severe.
to administer 10 the hardened and abandoned
villain who betrayed and destroyed, the hopes,
the happiness, and the fortunes ofthe wretched
female, whose melancholy fate, is depicted in
the foregoing paragraph.
No curse Of Heaven, 70 violence of man.
nay, not even the united wrath of the fur;c.
themselves, could hurl upon his head, a punish
ment equal. to his offence! lie is thrice a mur-
deror, doubly a villain and less than a coward
he should he Stunned like the tabled tree OF
Java, and . mark should BIO affixed to him.
that society may shun him, as if ho wore q
walking pesti!cncc, a deadly con,agion. IIe
has dono that which is abhorrent in tho eyes
of God that which every p,incipica and high
minded man, looks upon with loathing and dis
gas.. Blu; alas! unfortunate and thrice injured
gt,lI iha, world, which, had she lived toterf
the story other disgrace, would have frowned.
aud dcrided her misfor.uncs. is now shut out
from her, and in the silent grave. that eternal
resting pla &C, she slumbers "to tic plaintivo
music Of the city Of the dcad," and dreams no,
of the sorrows OF her life, aud forgetting, is
alike forgotten, by the world, and her enc
mics.
Unfortunately, Cor Ike happiness o fsocicty.
the laws ofthc land, do not afford a sufficient
punishment, FOR those who trile with woman's
happiness, and sport with her fame. ConGd-
ing, innocent and unsuspec citing Unparalleled i'm
the arts Of tho world, and credulous, too often. =
aas woman fallen a victim 10 the villiany of
man, and lived bal 10 weep over tue wreck of
a once spotloss reputation, and TO witness all
The damning horrors, ond The accrrsed sensa-
tons of the betrayed. If in the midst Of her
affections, and wrc.chcdness she appeals to tho
laws Of tho land for redress If indeed her
proud, md yet broken heart, allows her to do
so-what redress docs she obtain, for blightcd
hopes and ruined for;uncsi In an open court
Of Justice, is she exposed 10 tho rude gaze OF
the hcurtloss destroyer; the wretch whom sl.,
loved not wise " but too we!i'-and .here her
already bleeding heart, is doubly la~ccraiod by
the destroyer, and she bcholds him with bra
zen front, making every cnoit TO provc boz to-
be what Othello, in the madness Of his ical-
ousy, pronounced the conlidins doaiing, and
guiIcless Desdamoua. By a hcarilexs crew.
she is exposed TO tho world Her faults arc
magniicd, her inpfudoncies, are perverted
into crimes, aud no effort is wanting on tho
part Of her destroyer to represent her to tho
uorlj,in the gu.se OF ono Of The God abandon
ed. III the end, perhaps, some two or three
hundred dollars, are awarded 10 her, and with
this miserable boquesi, she is told 10 GO upon
the world ogain;to DO contonted md TO Mias,
that tho application ola lit,lcsum ofsiver, can
restore, q ruined reputation! Such is The re-
dress, that a ruined woman receives; such 10
tho cold charity ofibc world and what can
wealth DO, towrfds 'he redemption Of ruined