Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-29
TALES OF A GOOD woMAN.n

from Mr.. Legget's interesting Critic erh;h;.s
the horrid results of ntoxication in a forro
almost too repelling to be contemnlated We.
tne delineation does not exceed the re,lsto
oimllar incidents are often related in tbe
newspapers; and the moral of the story ;s
calculated to make deep and lasting i'm,
preston. MY
The first Of the Tale is a most nowerf,,
ana vigorous sketch, and the direct and No,
siuVe tendency of it is calculated 70 he NJ
the most saiutary kind. 1t is written in the
form OF confession, by one, who born of
lespco,aoie ana ailiuent parents, and brought
up win tender indulgence, is gradually led
| astray INTO the paths of vice, first from = 10
bit OF associating with persons of infar;o,
stations, and afterwards by beino ;ntrodn
ced to visit the haunts Of ganesters of the
| most absolute and abandoned class.-Tbc
unhappy young man is hurried from one
grace OF wee to another, till he at last loseg
d,ihis property the arts ofhis associates. and
all the respect of society from the confirmed
irreguiarity of his habits. In order to nsy
debt OF honor, he einbezzles the propertv o.
Ills sisters, which had been entrusted ia b;s
guardianship, and afterwards, to prevent bic
ihlamy beng discovered, he marrics youpo
interesting and wealthy female, from whose
partial eyes ne managed To conceal his ex
nuptlais, the resolution OF the dissipated brc,
band is sufficiently exerted to enable him -
refrain In great measure from INDULGENCE
IN his deplorable and ruinous practices Rut
me natural delicacy and sensitiyeness of his
character had been too thoroughly eradica,
ted tor him long to find a sufficient source
oi happiness in the quiet intercourse of so.
ciai love. "The old impassioncd WAYS and
habits of his mind remained and, falling ~
with some former companions Of his mid.
nignt orgies he was without difficulty persna.
ded TO revisit the "club" where his fortune
and reputation had been spent and where
ne was to become yet more deeply inplica-
leu IN evil. About this period of time the
marriage OF one OF his sisters making it ne
cessary that her portion should be forthcom-
ing and having now man to deal with
VINO could not be put of by the articles
which be had hitherto practiced on his Gre.
auious relatives, be is induced 10 load his soul
I WIN another act of infamy, which more than
Inc lirSt, Preclpitates him rapidly towards II.
retrievable ruin. "The crisis Of nv fate :,
says the unhappy drunkard, arrived ,, NJ
generous and noble hearted wife had na,-
emtotiiy resisted all the caution OF her reIa-
ives TO have her fortune settled on herself
NO, she always replied no trust him with
my happiness, and my fortune shall 90 with
IT, III rested with me now, either to tell ber
candidiy my situation, and throw myself on
her generosity; or to make use other fortune
secretly, to replace that of my sister. Tbaf
strange pride, which cIings even to rui,t and
degradation, prompted me to the latter =
10 replace the money of which had rob
bed my sister, / robbed nay wife of thar.
winch after events proved she would have
given me with all her heart
OP TO this period had loved Amelia nc
much as 1t was possible for me to love no.
neFous, Virtuous woman. Her affection. am,
the complete acquiesccnce 20 nv wishes
which she exhibited on all occasions had
Won all that was left of a heart scared in the
hres OF mad yoluptuousness. But from tie
moment had robbed, hated her Will
the injustice which believe ever aceonnr-
MES the preparation of injuries, consider.
cd my wife a spy, prying into my actions
ana at every moment on the eve of discov
erlng the deception had practised. the rob-
berry had committed. An confidence wa,
now az an end on my part; all pleasure II,
her society; began to estraDee myself from,
nome, and by degrees TO drink ClralTis. 10 keen
up the courage of dastardly guilt, and make
me sufhcIently brute TO meet her after nv
nightly orgies without sinking iato the earth
NOW IT was that my downhiI course became
more rapid than ever. fell in companv
with some of my old associates Of the cJnb.
renewed my intimacy with Baltv and the
ierret-eyed butcher; got halffuddled, was
robbed and cheated every night, and return.
ca 10 my home every morning moro of Z
beast than | left in the evening.
10 lIquIdate tire losses thus incurred
deeper and deeper draughts arc made OH his
Wie's fortune, and to bury tho CALLING con
seriousness OF his turpitude---stiIl CALLING even
to his scared and Inundated hcart---he steeps
bis senses III the stupefaction of brandy
FROM one excess he proceeds to another,
until he at length becomes a mere brute---a
oioated mass OF dlSease-and is entirely for.
sakon even by those who were addicted, but.
IN less degree, TO the hateful vice by WHICH
nc mao oecn Frustrated. tic becomes 81
length reduced to absolute penury, and has
only mIscrablehovcl to shelter himself and
IA IL,ll.. lr..... H.. Wv