Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-01

The hh,Ime'returnIng soldiers, sweeping owe,
idan,,oII' woTed Garonne, the vision of peaca
:Par!ed. Our regiment was ordered =.
nmeriea; and at such junc,u,e we could
' wv mien honor iorsake its standard
saw oiooa shed IN the west---a. tho
,;SsS. y. we lotomac and Mississippi tes.
tuneo'--and there we buried ry.any rrt 10
bravest OF our band---men who ~ !" une
yed no less than five VICTORIOUS camna;an.
against the chiyalry Of F.ance, and ,Shr,
deserved prouder fate than TO be st,ncS,
Gown In the wilderness by Yankee bullets
dreams Of home again took nossas'
sion OF us when that war ended: but for M.
I 'hey were as short-lived as before Wb;is
othcr corps sailed homewards, the vessels !,
witch mine had embarked, but to which
on Aus'ih, fortunately no longer BELONGED
49, away Tor the waters Of ST Lawrence
ana ior three years was condemned 10 ya
getate IN remote fortress in the Coras,, -.
canada. There received intelligence RI.
was motherless--that Alice. lust risino; into
"oinapiy beauty, and despoilesi OF her l;ttIa
patnnony by legal chicane, stood alone ~
the wide Woodland, saddest of ali 80
meroi'css consurnption----the disease fba,.hoa
oeht down the parent steIn----tf,reareneS
also TO iop away the tender scion that had
I houfisneo under ITS shade. | could bear ey.
Pctriatlon no longer. In less than mon,1,
after the receipt of this information. I ,"a,
suCcOGr; ~ give Det
IA ~ w 10 Sated her last letter from tb,
C ~ "is"'' Nhliher she had Been carr;a,i
"iet hei iiother's death, by an am;ahia' b.
,auy' VINO COMMUNICATING her forlorn s;,na'
fo on anu moE Hpot ny her many rare andun
that cre eu, Gn ru perousy resolved
not be left TO die without al, 'e ~s should
made TO save her. Need | say,ctt neIng
that 10 my homeward-turned eyes thesiore,
headlands Of that island were objects of IL
| tense interest. or that I availed myself oil
the first opportunity to deburkl | question
much whether the certainty of.irremediabl.
woe IS so harrassing 10 the heart, as the an,
lprehension Of impending eYii-that 'shope
that keeps alive despair | entertained a
presentiment that l should find Alice on her
bier; and my trembling lips could scarcely
give utterance tothe inquiries necessary To
acqIaInt me with the place other residence,
! | found 1t vacant, and there was Il temporal
~ relet even IN that vacancy. Unaware vi
my movements, and sanguine that change
OF scene would contribute TO her restoration
20 health, her protectress had resolved Son
trying the effect OF the air of France. They
had been gone barely fortnight, and de,
termIned to follow them without delay
had business of some consequence, regarding
r but | was cOntented that it should remain
undone till had INDUCED the bent of irater-
nal affection, and tried whether brothers
presence could not re-invigorate my poor
Alice's sinking frame
Avranches, g small town in the south.
western corner of Normandy, was the place
where they intended to reside. The most ex.
Ipeditious way for me to reach it was to EN-.
bark IN one OF the packets plying between
Sntt HON
land run across in a French mark et-boat u.
Granville. IN accordance with thu plan.
boarded the first vessel that passed through!
the Solent for St Heller; and ere the sun
went down beyond the waves we wero
ploughing, the English shore was barely viz
IDLE on the northern horison.
Our voyage was tedious, and il was the
morning OF the third day before we came IN
sight OF Jersey, and doubled the perilous
Corb'ere. The wind blew stifily from the
southeast, and we made the bay of ST. Az,
BIN with some difficulty On landing at St.
Heller, made immediate inquiry for n YES
sci to carry Me to Granville; but though sew
eral barks belonging to that port Law moored
IN the harbor, and groups Of Norman mar
ket-girls, with their plated petticoats AMI
picturesque COTS, werefingering on the quay
. anxious TO depart, none ofthe shippers would
undertake to put to sea, until the wind should
chop about into a favorable quarter. Con.
vinced by their representations that DELAY
> was absolutely requisite, tried to curb nv
impotence; and, to beguile the interval, ser
off on rumble TO the eastern side Of the is
land.
II wGs in the middle of September. Tho
harvest had been some time reaped, and tho
orchards for which Jersey is SO famed. re.
> sounded with the jocund laugh orthe young
villagers, employed in gathering the abuS.
dant produce. Wandered as far as Noun.
. Orguei, and from the ramports Of that an
cient fortress, spent an hour in gazing Oh
the French coast, WHICH is visible almos,
from Cape de la Hogue 10 Mount St. Mich.
cl. The rock strewn channel that interyenes
! was covered with breakers, and saw THAI.
u the French boatmen had sound reasons fcr.