Delaware journal., 1828-12-09

ing also died since there no impeachment to their
coming
s.The experiment partially succeeded--would to
God that it had not! would that she had gone down
TO her grave with her dreadful secret unreveaied !
would-but--"
Here Glanvilles voice failed him, and there was
a brief silence before he recommended.
sGertrude now had many lucid intervals, but
these my presence were always sufficient to change
into adelirious raving, even more incoherent than
her insanity had ever yet been. She would iy from
me with the most fearful cries, bury her face IN her
hands, and seem like oppressed and haunted
by supernatural visitation, rs long remained IN
the room; the moment left her, she began, though
slowly, to recover.
s'This was to me the bitterest ahiiction OF all
to be forbidden to nurse, to cherish, to tend her,
was like taking from me my last hope But little
can the thoughtless the worldly dream 9th depth
of real love- used to wait all day by her door,
and it was luxury enough to me to catch her ac.
cents, or hear her move sigh, or even weep anu
all night, when she could not know OF my presence
used to lie down by her bedside and when
sank into a short and convulsed sleep, | saw her
once more in my brief and heeting Dreams in all
the devoted love, and glowing beauty, which had
once constituted the whole ofmy happiness and my
sOorM
ssOne day had been called from my post by
her door. They came to me hastily-she was IN
strong convulsion flew upstairs, and supported
her in my arms till the fits had ceased we then
placed her in bed she never rose from 1T again !;
but on that bed of death, the words as well as the
cause, of her former insanity were explaned-the
mystery was unravelled.
. Ii was still and breathless night. The moon
which was at decrease came through the half-cosed
shutters and beneath its solemn and eternal light,
she yielded to my entreatles, and revealed all. Ane
NANNY friend--Tyrrell--ha polluted her ear
with his addresses. and when forbidden the house,
had bribed the woman had left with her. to convey
his letters-she was discharged-but Tyrrell was
no ordinary villain he entered the house one even
ing. when no one but Gertrude was there-Come
near me, Peham-nearer-bend down your ear
he used force, violence That night Gertrude's
senses deserted her-you know the rest.
''The moment that | gathered from Gertrude's
broken sentences, their meaning, that moment the
demon entered into my soul. All human feelings
seemed to fly fron my heart it shrunk into one
burning, and thirsty, and fiery want-that was fol
revenge | would have sprung from the bedside
but Gertrudes hand chung to me, and detained me
the damp, chill grasp grew colder and colder
ceased-the hand fell turned-one slight. bu
awful shudder went over that face, made vet more
wan by the light Of the waning and CHASTITY moon
one convulsion shook the mbs-one murmur pas
sed the falling and huees lips. | cannot tell yol
the rest-you know--you can guess It.
Loss Of the Ship UiHiam.-Thc Ship William
Sylvester Allen, master, of Warren, X. l. sailed
from Gottenburg with cargo of Iron On the l5t
of September, bound to Warren. r. l. Nothing
material happened until the Esd of Oct. when lyin
to in tremendous gale IRON S. S. E. at o'cloc
in the morning, struck with heavy sea, wbic
carried away the head, headrails bulwarks, &C
and caused the ship to leak very badly, but coul'
keep her free with one pump at the rate Of from t5O
to 1000 strokes per hour the leak constantly in
creasing until the morning Of the 5th of November
when we found the leak had suddenly increased t
an alarming degree, that one pump would no
keep her free. Set both pumps agong and foun
that it required one continually and the other lror
half to three quarters of the time to keep her free
In this situation we continued for three days, whet
finding the leak still increasing, and the a
most exhausted, twas deemed expedient, for tn
preservation of our lives, to abandon the wreck an
go board the first vessel that should heave in sigh
or, as the only alternative, to leave the ship in tn
boats But on the 9TH. in lat. So 30, long, 68 Sc
it blowing a gale from N. w. finding it impossibl
TO keep the ship up another day. as both pump
would not free her, and having previously dischare
ed 70 tons Iron, hove the ship to under close reefe
topsai in order that all hands might be enabled t
work the pumps; while in this situation, laborin
and toiling necessarily, the leak constantly gann
on US, and nothing in prospect before us but spec
dy termination of our suherings. it pleased an al
wise Providence to send us relief. At p. NJ
saw sail to leeward ; Immediately bore, and a
half past came alongside of her found her to b
the schr. Eagle, Capt. Sheffield. from ST. Johns, \
b. bound to Bermuda, then lying to under foresa
Immediately iorsook the pumps. and made prepara
tions for leaving the ship. and with great difficult
succeeded If getting out the boat AT Z P NJ. le
the Ship not being able to get even our clothc:
There being heavy on, came very near founder
ing in the boat, but eventually succeeded in gettn
alongside of the schooner, where kindl
received and most humanely treated by Capt. S