Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-08-12

.ardrobe Ior rags. One morning as 1 q
- from broken and painful sleep at
evcessive INVESTIGATION, and family elac
1891 The liooof Horace" Quo me Bac-
80 was surprised to fiud thatmy stom-
~ AID not crave the accustomed stimu-
Int. Nature could hold out 20 longer;
disease had set in; my frame was debll'la-
80 nv Ash was as yellow as saffron, ana
Il seemed that rivers Of water could not
aUav the internal burnings which gnawed
INV vit,ls. Twas almost naked, an ncle-
mont winter had begun, / had now become
comolsfely wreiched, no bed would receive
me- ma house would shelter me. com
7nenced toy retreat from this scene Of ruin,
and wandered with a slow and trembling
mace I knew aol wmtheri until my limbs
refused 90 sustain me, aud I was received
ON a sleigh. Ny mind was no less debit
tated than my BODY. When 1 entered
Brockyille, 90 the immediate vicinity OF my
former residence, / knew not where 1 was;
and my most intimate friends, win wnom
i was soon surrounded, appeared as stran-
GERS. ] was Immediately supplied with
clothing, and with the kind attendance /
received, my health recovered. In the
rlean time q newspaper was established IN
-the village, under the title OF the brock
vile Recorde7," and was employed as ITS
editor. continued IN this capacity Tor
few months. until intemPefance unhiled
me for business, and / lell the PrcFlnce al
most as destitute as / entered 1t.
Sucb are some of the Ilcidents which
have attended my cOurse-and tlese arc
but few Ofthe wounds without cause
and complicated woes. produced oy NOR
dinate attachment 20 spurious lquor' Inns
has been my ruling passion; has loaded nay
l;n,bs with irons. confined me ~ guard
rooms and dungeons; made me Kissing
and a bvword, so that the very rabble 11Ve
treated me with conumely, whom in bet
ter'doys. II would have disdaned 20 set
with the docs of my tlock."-Ihore have
indeed. been some lucid intervals otshort
continuance. Nature could never have
held out so long, under the consuming m
fuence of one incessant stream OF liquid
IRE AT these periods, guilty and undo
serving as 1 was, Heaven never failed TO
confer choice blessings The wealthy aud
the educated be;rended me. But these
intervals, either Of partial or total abstn-
ance. were like the calm before a storm;
and the prelude to a more daring movement
In the road to hell
Here let mo pluse-my feelings recoh
at the reirospect--I would gladly obIiberaie
the traces OF the past from memory. but
while they still hive 10 the sottened light OF
mental perspective. and | am enabled 10
say. "Such things wera" may not q salu
tary lesson be derived from dis shameful
storyl Perhaps a living example may eX-
hibt the fatal tendency of this prevalent
vice in more vivid col0rs, than abstract
moral preceDt. j have given this recital
as a desire that others may avoid the brea-
kers on which my bark was wrecked
This desire has oyerpowered the strong re-
pugnance ] felt 90 seal, with my own pen,
she story Of my own shame
The time may come when my term OF
legal death shall expire, and experience a
kind ofresurrection from the tomb, aud a.
gain find this fatal liquid within my reach.
Butifm enlargement is TO be the means
ofre-comnencing this destructive habit; If
The animal functions. now restored to their
proper tone. are again 10 be heated, mad
dened. infatuated; would now, on Bonded
knees, invoke the Great God, that tins
prison may rather be my tomb; that / may
never see these doors unbqrrcd, nor again
exclaim, Ell am an American citizen" !
do not make this solemn appeal without
impressions of the deepest awe. / would
not offend a Redeemer whom ] love. /
would not tempt a God whom fear, and
whose Christening hand lies heavily upon
me. I dulge hope ofbeiter days, and /
could not desire these hopes, fondly cher
ished, 20 be blighted On ''the land of forget
fitness could not leave tins mortal
3eaemcnt willingly, for cling TO lte But
there is something so appalling 10 that
which / have Just escaped; something so
inexpressibly fearful In the idea Ola CON
firmed drunkard lettering on the verge Of
the eternal world. and It's fearful revers. Ons
chat prisons, dungeons, falling rocks or
mountains. would be comparative minis
tefs Of mercy.