Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-27

fui indulgence; aud perhaps the purchaser
who was aware Of all ,the Circumstances, was
little less guilty than myself. Again destitute,
/ wandered as cord To Troy, where my ne
ces, sites were supplied by literary gentle
.nan, resident al that place.
Ieu,ered the borough of Easton, Penn. al
another time. nv way from New York to
Harrisburg, a, which latter place had busi
ness, and where, some years before. had con-
uuc,ed the editorial depsr mem OF a newspa
per. was slra,ger in Eastop, and Satan
seemed 10 whisper tha, might here CRAFTY
my favourie propensity better than at place
where had any character al stake Having
souandered the small funds then had hity
dollars, which were divided between tire bar
and the card table, mex diyeseG myself OF
every valuable article Of apparel. Pennyess,
stranger, snd almost naked, The stomach ives
still un,aris6ed, and, 10 crafty its incessant
clamors, as las resort, / jnined small re-
cruiiing party, hen in the place, as 2riVa'e
soldier, under The assumed name OF Ihomp,
son, from no higher prinriplr than tina, OF con-
yerring the six dollars advance into rum. We
we're snor,Iy after transferred 10 Fort Niagara,
where ! remained ABBOTT month. But the
discipline of she Camp could no. gusrd agains,
the expedients by which l continued to crafty
this fatal propensity; and, in Fl Of in'empr-
ance, | was guilty Of violation OF discipline,
rendered capital by the. {ul's and articles OF
war; for which | was transferred, prisoner,
to Sackei's Harbour, confined in he guards
room. aud loaded with irons. Before court
marital convened | contlived, though al The
hazard of instant death, 10 etffc, my escape.
Overlapping he picke,rs of tic canlonment,
wandered through woods and morasses Tor
three DAYS wirhou, sustenance, In which !
progressed about forty milrs, until a. lrng'h l
round anoe at Alexander hav, with viii h
crossed, to The British damiuions Heaven which
had ever loaded me wi h unmer,ed blessings,
sill continued to b. merciful. Although
stranger, ard sppearing under The most unia'
vourablr circumstances, | experienced, at the
fist house | eu'ered, the kindness and tfec-
ton Of bro, her, and the confidence OF friend,
from mercantile gentleman whose name Was
Jones. He was a christian, and his house htt'e
Sanctuary in which The love Of God dwelt. He
immrda ely supplied me with decent appar-
FL, for | lad nothing but a soldiers fatigue
dress, and through his influence, in less than
", Elk, I was employed Al respectable VICES. 10
take the Charge of s. oal in he neIgnbor-
hood, for three mon'hs Here was he tirs'
ms .nce in which moral FEELING o,erpower'd
he srong propensity for the bottle. Twas a
| CHI, ia" neigh 'rhood my immediate pre''e'
| c. ssor rfficIared al be sacred alter, aud saw
| that indu gence in Inlemps rance would esuit
| in dismissal. which wouln piacr il out OF my
power ,o'rrfund ,he advances of my generous
| b neiactor. Ills was a step / dare no, lake.
| | completed the contract with perfect sobrI
ery, and commence ed new onP at an incr. ascd
! sal ,ry. which was farther augmented by super
numary scholars snm- Of whom were studying
karin aud the higher hssashss -sa edsss.a s,'.
over the fr,t s. Of 10: III erancr, after tire ah-
| stinence Of four or five mnnih, and wih pray
ers. and signs in,pioreh lhc God of Heaven TO
ave me from The galph which seemed 20 yawn
| before me My case vs. S communicated to the
village clergyman, who openrd his doors for
my reception, and ,rea'ed me with prcu!ia
dclracy and tenderness. b. all was in vain.
could not pass tare'n; and | could no' drink
one glass wi,h,n, following The enchanting
poison wi h another and another, tilffrenzy or
b-as'y in'oxica,i n e">u-d. neglected my
hoo nd dismissal followed. Collie ting
my earnings and dscharging my debts, p'o-
eesled o Montreal, genlrely habi,rd, and with
about six dollars
Here, ins,cad Of entering into business, /
passed he lire in the lowest groceries with
| W ich that city abounds, un,il had expended
very penny, and TX hanged my wardrobe for
rags One morning as awok, from broke"
anil painful sleep, alter excessive ip,oxica'
and fsin'lv calculated the lin oil Horace Ono
me Bacche. was surpri>, d 20 I'D ,ha' my
| stomach did not crave Inc accustomed srimu>
liant. Nature would hold out no longer; dis
ease had set in; my fr,me w1s debihtated; my
| q sh was As yellow a. saffi on, aud seemed th,l
| rivers Of water could not ally thu internal
bu nings which gnawtd my vitals wa, all
most naked; an Indictment winter had begun;
nad now become completely wre'ched; no bed
| would receive mr.; no house would shelIer me-
! comm"ncrd my re,rea' from This scene Of
ruin, aud wandered, with slow and trembling
pace, knew not " hi her, until my limbs re
fused to sustain me, and was res, lived iaio a
sleigh. My mind w IS no less drbiiira',d Than
nv body. When entered Brockvie, in The
inmr dia'e ,icin ty If my former residence.
knrw where was; and my mos, intimate
friends, with whom was soon surrounded, ap-
pc red as Strangers. was Immediately Sup
piled with clo'nihg and, with the kind attend.
ance received, my health recovered In thu
mean time, a HeWsDaper was established in tre