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

executed, such was his luck, or SO profound
were ms calculations, that they failed fpe
successive Seasons. Fitzroy, however, was
one on those men who, when satisfied that
what they engage in ought to succeed, ac-
SSoraing 10 the means employed, only derive
resh vigor from every fresh defeat. He
P'ayeo ms game sirth time, and won. Tho
Same DAY that saw my uncle rise with thou
sahos' saw him seek his pillow at night, a
irantic oeggar! He was too proud man,
100 honorable, will add, not to throw down
MS INST guinea, In satisfaction Of soch de-
hands. tie never suspected villainy in the
business. He paid his losses, therefore, and
IN less than week afterwards, an inquest
sat upon his body, which was found ut the
bottom of his own fish pond.
VI had my share Of this Internal plumber;
Out SO ravenous had been my appetite for
revenge, that not one pang Of remorse dis.
,uroed the rIotous enjoymcnts in which it was
1avished. On the contrary, the very consci-
BUSINESS that 1t mas my uncle's money
squandered, gave zest to every excess, and
seemed to appease the gnawing passions
winch had so long tormented me. In two
or three years, however, boundless extrava-
gance' and the gaming table, stripped me of
my last shilling Ii was in one Of the frenzied
moments OF this prohigate reverse of fortune,
that committed the crime for which, if to-
morrow dawned upon me, should be pub
icly arraigned.
"F1tzroy had been fortunate the whole
night. had thrown with constan, bad lnok
lie had pocketed some hundreds; had lost
more than | could pay. asked him for a
temporary loan of fifty pounds, to make
good what | owed, and stake the small re-
naming sum for the chance Of retrieving all.
lie refused me- Ii was the first time he had
ever done so. But he not only refused me,
ne tainted me with sarcastic reproofs for
my folly, and muttered something about the
oSeiessness OF assisting man who, If he had
would scatter them like dust.
he should have chosen a filter moment to
eNhort me, than when | was CALLED by NV
losses, and by his denial of my request. l
was heated with wine too; and half mad
with despair, half mad with drink, sprung
upon him, tore him to the earth, and before
the bystanders could interfere to separate us.
had buried knife, which snatehed from
table near me, up to the handle in his
heart! He screamed-convulsivel grappled
me by the throat-and expired His death
Srlpe was so fierce and powerful, that I
oeIeve had we been alone, his murderer
would have been found strangled by his side.
1t was with difficulty that the horror-struck
Of this bloody scene could force
open his clenched hands time enough to let
me breathe.
u have donel remember, US if it were
but yesterday, the silent response which my
heart made, when my uncle pronounced the
whitening sentence on me. MOI was my
indignant exclamation. Il may deserve a
hundred public deaths; but if know myself,
would never undergo one!'-NoR WILL I.
When that which have written shall be
read-other hopes and fears--other punish
ments pcrchance, than man can awaken or
ntiict-will await mo. My first crime-my
ar't revenge, and my last, have recorded;
my last crime others must tell, when they
speak of the murderer and SUICIDE.
"JAhIs Morley"