Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-24
cHIRoGRAPHICAL BLUNDERs=

!, 80, .-1,N .'' souvenirs Tor this year there
Oil u |ouiit oil errors In writing and acct.
dents thereirom accruing. sufTc;en, Inv ~ -.
one careful of the manner in which a. .-".
Is used, except it is useful to get into scrapos
ana draw down 10y our own act more ri.
oIcule ana misfortune, than old Father Fate
would see ut to bestow; for il is as true as co.
1ch-eiSh'bs oil the nonsense we hear uttered
by wlsc men, that nearly all the real evils
men have to contend with in this life are M.
'riouteh first and last to their own Ignorance
and ldleness.
y seiectman of ''o,r fozca'' lost his re.c,oe.
tton' IN time of high excitement. BY an nm.
accountable carelessness or expression. in a
mole TO one OF his colleagues, as follows.
deacon :. W. ESQ. I've bin fore DAYS ma.
Nhg rats and sngin OF UNI" All which, when
properly translated means, that the said wor- !
my father and director Of the town affairs had
been engaged four days in making out rute,
Loi taxationl and signing them: but some
now or other the contents of me cruditc Sc.
Iectman,s note, crept quickly from ear to ear
among his ''cOnStickUtntS" as one of our.less
crudIte legislators calls them, till the towns
men decreed that he was too ignorant to re-
man one OF their fathers any longer, On
position manifested Itself in town IneetipGs.
ana the questions were propoundcd, of what
Use the manufactured and singed rats had
Deen TO the town and also what amount of
pay had been required for their labour? The
result OF the affair was, that the unfortunate
man was rejected on account of the insia-
mticant note, and died Of ctagrin in year
or two after. r.
much worse accident had like to have
belaIen member of the most august body
III inc Cnlon who wrote 10 his dearly beloT.
cd, lonely and lar distant spouse, soon after
his arrival at Washington, that he had ,.ioin.
ed himself 10 one Of the most agreeable mis-
SEES IN the city" The cosoIate woman was
appalled,. Wicked as she had heard the Re-
preScntaiives IN Congress were, she would
not nave believed that her bosom's lord
could have been sCduCed to the commission
OF such u base, trcacherous crime. She read.
cred, re-read, groaned, doubted and read
again-thc worst of it was not the actual OF.
fence, but the shameless ayowal of it with.
ont note Oh comment 1t was mentioned as
u common affair, of no consequence to her
or any one else: Il have joined nyse!fto one
ol the most agreeable misses in tins city. -
Oh! he was an abominabe wretch.
The session wore away and frequent LET.
tiers came IN light happy style, but no more
mention was made of the miss, though his
anxious wife searched in vain for an expla-
haton OF the horrId mystery. She ina gin
ed her iaIthless husband rcvelling in all the
delights of lawless love. and then she tore
her hair and cursed him-then she would
sit pale and wreched by her infants cradle,
and talk TO IT by the witching moonlight, OF
lis fathers lnfany--aud then her brain would
wander. his agonY--ior ii was agony, be-
cause She was Il fond wife--preyed upon
her health jealousy, like secret poison.
crePt through her veins, and u slight fever
gave way To confirmed hectic. a short. dry
cough seemed TO he the first Indications Of
consumption, and the poor woman, strug-
CLING with her secret grief, seemed to aIher
friends, to be given TO the DESTROYER. The
doctor looked dubious, and advised, that
ncr husband be sent for immediately: she con-
sehted, and servant was equipped for the
journey, and waiting for the siage.-Sho
drew out the packet OF her dear husbands
letters and required to this. as she had Of
ten done before, with kind of agonisinp
satislactioh-hcr sister accidentally looked
over her shoulder, and observed, I'll wonder
no" many person there are IN one Of these
meSscs" "What mcsscsl" asked the dis
tressed wife "Whv, that one your husband
has Joined, ! should think IL would be very
pleasant" The poor woman could not en-
dure the ocean of JOY that burst upon her
heart. She laughed Historically --fintcd--
ccorcred--cricd laughed again-,& seem.
ed IN worse condition than ever:--fhe stage
came-the servant entered for his letters
when she seemed to he little composed,
and ordered him to replace his trunks and
go about his business; all hands remoDstra
ted, but she was rcsoute-stilI she wouId
not have prevailed; had she not explained
the mls-rcadlng OF the word mossos, and de.
cared that all her sickness was occasoned
10y the anxiety and grief it caused.
She recovered rapidly, but the member
of Congress will not soon forget that ono
corclcssly made letter, nearly caused bis
wile's death.
.Narch Of I1iei'crt.-The Brownsville Pc. Giaaxy
OF the 18th inst. contains The following cautions
Whereas Fanny Morton alias Kerr. has with
out rnnsn. rcin.eL Capitalization and i. nnnilnr ON