Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-14

hlpttcd with the record Of what / was
60 become, it could hardly have bound mo
in thc fcttcrs of my destiny more certainly,
than did this ill-omened prediction Of my
uncle.
81 questioned my father haughtily, a few
days afterwards, as to the reasons of his bro
Their for thus speaking Of me; and I even
dared to insinuatc, that. had he felt what q
father should, hewould have resented the
indgnity. He answered me Il write il with
shame and contrition) most mildly. most
affectionately. The gentle being.I see
him now, US he tenderly took nv hand-apo.
logised to me--to mel who ought to have
stood trembling in his presence! I follow.
cd up my blow. With cold, but subtle ma.
Lightly, played off my revenge towards my
uncle, through the idolatry Of my fathers
love towards myself l barbarously gave
him a choice of misery; for I disdainfully
replied, that he must henceforth determine,
whether he would lose a brother or a son. as
had determined to remain no longer under
his roof, unless had the assurance that |
should never again see nay uncle there. He
looked at me. NV Godl what look il was,
SO foil of meek sorrow and appalling obedi.
cncel Without uttering a word, he snt
down tn his writing-table The tears fell
upon his paper; but they did not blot out a
lew bitter words addressed to his brother,
which severed forever in this world two
noble hearts; cast, indeed, in different
moulds, but which kindred blood had CO.
mentcd, in the close bonds of fraurnal lore.
for more than forty years.
This was my .frstrevengc but was /
satisfied No. a
Mt was only few months afterwards,
that chance threw in my way daughter OF
my uncle's. l met her at the house of a
common friend who knew and deplored the
unhappy schism which prevailed between
the two brothers. He was equally attached
90 both, and believe pleased himself with
the idea, that an occasional intercourse be-
tween the younger branches of the families,
might, some day or other, bring about a re-
conciliation between the heads NV cousin
Harriet was year older than myself She
was IN her nineteenth, l in my eighteenth
rear. loved her. Yes; the FIRST feeling
that glowed within my bosom was that Of
love. She was beautiful fascinating--ac.
Observation-Disclosures loved her. 7,
was not long before l was satisfied had
klndled reciprocal passion in her breast
Fhe mute eloquence Of her look and man.
ner was only the harbinger of that same
thrilling eloquence, which fell from her
tongue when l won the declaration Of her
affection.
"Her father knew we met at this friends
house; but whether he was told. or whether
he penetrated the secret of our attachment
never learned. only know. that at the
very moment when separation was madness,
his mandate went forth, prohibiting all far
ther intercourse between us, and that IL was
o6cyed. Not by me; for | was incapable
Of submission: but by my gentle Harriet,
who thought herself incapable of disobeying.
\ q nnt m ,rrto l. =
to meet; and my young hearts spring Of
happiness seemed forever withered.
"But here again, began 20 reflect. nv
path was crossed-my hopes were bIghtcd
by my uncle. | heard, too, that his
tongue had been free with my name; that
the blIstering censurc Of his austere virtue
had fallen upon my actions. | writhed un-
der the contumely. My wounded spirit was
nsatiate for vengeance. I meditated deem
", how could infiict it, so as TO strike the
blow where be was most vulnerable did
not brood long over my dark purpose. The
love still bore his daughter. was no,o min.
gied with the hatred bore towards himself
and cxultcd in the thought that I should
perhaps be able to CRAFTY, at one and the
same moment, two Of the fierccst passions
OF my nature-lust and revenrei
~ SUCCEEDED
=" 'lese Two words LET me shroud a tale
OF horror. Harriet was my victim! Ask
not how. triumphcd! She fell! An an.
gel might have fallen as she did, and lost no
purity. But her stainless heart was too
proud IN virtue to palter and equivocate
~ith circumstances. She never rose from
what she deemed her bridal bed. And GRO
twenty summers had famed her chccl no
graye-worm banqueted upon its loveljness
rms was my first crime. The rccoI.
lection OF it is engrayen upon my rncrnnyr
IVY an awful catastrophe The night w;na
Una, sung 6eT funeral dirgc howled with die
mat fury through the burning ruins of nv
PateTnai mansion. Yes that very night a.
IT were IN mercy to them, nv father
and my mother both persisted in tho
flames which reduced the house itself ,o ,;r,