The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-08-22

the guard of had noticed him before my conne
mentand marked him as would some dangerous serpent
The impress Of the demon upon his countenance had
him once when the work of destruction going
and pleasant group of bursting into flames
wrthng his Scared visage into smie had never seen
smile before. told Of dark and hateful PASSIONS of
exutaon like that which internal spirit may be supposed
feel, when consigned to the unquench-
able fire of torment
He told u.s. had orders conduct from the prison
Eager questions made the design ofths command
He made epy but commanded the door of dungeon
to be thrown open We passed Ou-many, with joyful hope
of speedy release and the enjoyment ofther home band
of soldiers received and conducted into the open
1t beautiful night of moonshne. The soft light rest
ed on the hills around veg the pointed roofs and old
spires that stood up among them The broad sheet of the
Loire lay before like vein of silver upon ground of
emerald Nantesthe rich and beautiful metropolis of
the Vendee silent the sepuchre Black smoke curl
ed up at intervals into the moonlight from the smouderng
ashes Of fallen dwellings The hand of the spoer had been
herehe tide of the revolutionary madness had gone
the fair city in mingled wave of fire and blood
We reached the waters edge low darkhuled vessel
lay ready to " On board traors said the Off
who had guarded thther You destined for Bell
isle marked his features he spoke. The Internal
smile was playing upon hem-but more iendish-more
Voting than Beisle lay at the mouth of the Loire
The outline of its fortress just visible grim and ragged
against the sky The revolutionary banner Tapping above
it, like bird Of evil, lowering its destined prey
We hurried board the vessel which
shmen already crowded. with prisoners like ourselves
The young and beautiful and high born of both were
there. There many, many familiar faces that
group, seen dmy in the lamplgh-proud men and lovely
men, whom had known in happier hoursbut there
VI recoBHon given 6Pery the pres
of unsared and peculiar anguish and meeting
was in silence broken only by the thick sob and
burst of tears.
light hand fell upon my shoulder, and a voice, 10 whose
tones my spirit would have responded from the very thres
hold of eternity, pronounced my started the sound
The next instant was caspng to my bosom the aest maid
of Nanteshe last and brightest link in the broken chain of
my affections. High souled and noble hearted grill see
thee through the dark medium of years. with percep-
ton clear thou being of yesterday The clear
expanse of brow touched with intellectual paeness and
that eye proud and yet full of tenderness living be-
fore The pencil of memory unerring one, its
called forth by affection, which but gathers
deeper intensity from despair.
There in life, when the ahectaon of indif-
ference and the constrained GOODNESS
goen and the deep and holer feelings of the heart ITSELF
poured out in all their freshness and original purity
moments cannot exist in the sun palaces of worldly pros
pery They found in the shadowy path of ADVERSELY
When the great and busy world around has pro-
we'd but vain and gorgeous decepona mockey rendered
more terrible by its promise of beautythen it that the
fountains of deep sympathy broken up, and hearts
mingled together IN love which belongs to earth
1t was so at this moment Agnes and myself had tasted
bitterness from the fountain The sns-I should rather
say the virtues of parents had been visited upon
geance We thrown together at when every
Hhm OF unquestioned authority
for deeds of unparalleled cruelty We knew that there were
those around who would exu Observation-Disclosures
who toasted upon human suffering, and amped down the al
tar and exnguhed the household fire with zeal surpassed
only by the enormty of their We knew all ths-and
YETI this moment was the happiest of our lives
shout rang from the deck above US, and quick dashng
oars succeeded Then there crash, if the planks
beneath us were rent away by strong hand The horrible
ruth burst upon The vessel had been fitted with sous
Pdpe or false boom-the fatal bar had been withdrawn
we're in the middle of the Loire, and the up-rushng of its
k,afe was nlrnadu caIf