Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-05-13

way. and they sunk a. once into the yawnlng
furnace tha: roared beneath. Their remains
when afterwards dag out, were lie" s"o'e,s
full Of blackenrd ashes, exoePl my laht'
right hand, which was found ciasped IN t'a' .,
my mother, and both unc consumed 'o.i'",u
these sad relics 10 ,be sepuichre But WIN the
tears | she'd, there was blended feeble conso-
laion at the thought that they haa oien "e'p'I
they knew The fate Of Harriet, and tiehIful
Joy, that another paug was added TO the WRETCH
edness Of my uncle.
al can well remember what a feeling ot lone
illness and desolaion now took possession OF
me. A few days, few hours almost, mao
snapped asunder the only Inks ny "h'en
seemed TO be held % this world f'owara d
my youth had been headIong as had to'low-
ed The impulse of my passions."y n''a'' was
not So seared-the springs OF so'lai virtue
were not so dried up within men! nature
was no, so bleak and barren-but mat "i'en
sighed, in bitterness Of soul, over the wreck 81
things tina, had been. Thee were momeh's
too, when would gladly have paic 'he price Oh
nH my future life 10 redeem and canceIlhe past;
for already shrurk, with prophetic teaFs, rom
what was 10 come. Nor could the inoxica'eo
anticipa,ions of that ample veal which aw at
eG me, when another year should ela2se, m'ke
me forget tina, was doomed 10 ENJOY II alone.
l felt, too, that should enter upon my Inheri'>
ance with ,ain'ed name-a feeling which ut
falsehoods and fawnings Of the parasites who
surrounded me could mol obli'era'e.
| Time, however, gradually rolled on and
I grew calous, if no, recorciled could not
disguise from myself that the more select cir
cles Of society were closed agalns, me or, II l
found 10Y way into them, some blushing whls-
| l. -, ,vhi "A
ltude around me- For several years ! strove
TO bear down this osrracism of fashion, as !
considered it, rather than Of morals, by the inn
posing influence Of money. There was no
equipage, no establishment 81 the CAPITAL which
surpasst my own; there was no patron of the
arts, Of iterarure, or Of science, so munihcen' 4;
there was no benefactor to public charities so
liberal; there was no dispenser Of private be
nevolence whose aims we're so os'entatIou sly
blszoned forth. NY name was on every tongue
my movements and my actions we're the daily
theme Of the newspapers lived in the gene
raj eve; but could not level the barrier E" bich
excluded me from the region sought.
1t was during this period, and while Was
thus sQuandeIing thousands TO achieve the
conquest Of shadows, that succeeded in fixing
an intimacy with family rqull to my own in
station, and perior 10 il in fortune. The 81
dest dau ghrer was an heiress Of large rxpeCta
lions, and my proposals OF marriage were faso-
rably received. | might almost say that Ma
,ilda was mine, when one day received let
Ter from her father, perrmporily forbidding
| my visits. ] was thunders ruck. / fastened
to the house. and demanded an explanation it
was gwen in few words I,Ods referred TO my
uncle for any Information required
This blow s'ru,k me- down. | had run
through my pa'rim NAL s,2te. but hoped, by
nv marriage with Matilda, to repair my shsr
tered fortune Three weeks after il was known
thu the match wa, brok,n of was prisoner
for debt in the Kings Bench brtalhed no
curses upon Inc cause of this sudden reverse OF
fortune butt swoie revenge, in silence and
| kept my OATH languished away six months
a captive debtor and rhen, taking The benefi,
Of the act, walked forth begga', to Prey up
on the world at large b;d udi, d, during
that time, in an admirable school where. ]
found professors in every art by which fools
are quilted, and knaves foiIed with their own
weapons. was an apt scholar, and returned
10 the bosom Of society an adep' in the science
of polished degradation. Translate this into the
langu, &c of the Old Bailey, and became a
swindler by profession. Like the eagle, how
ever, was bird Of prey that SCARED into the
higher regions, and rarely stopped to STRIKE the
meaner ,'ibes of my species. l had not is ,
with the trsppings Of my birth, the manners
and address of the sphere in which had NOV
ed and these were now my stock in trade for
carrying on my new vocation
Among The children Of misfortune with
wt"m associate d in prison, wa. Char'es Fiz-
roy; bankrupt in every thing but exhau,tlrss
Invention, and unconquerable pers ve'anoe.-
| Give him the free use Of bis limbs, and with
matchIess 1exierity hp would make the cnntri
buions OF he morning furnish GU, the riutous
expenses If tn evening. 1t was his boast, that
he would breakfast with an empty pocket, and
dine with purse lha. should defray the csrouse
| Of dozen friends. And have known HIM 10
fulfil his boast, with heart as light, too, as
became man who thus made the creduloss
! fools Of The world his bankers.
81 was neeGyf dcspe'a 2, and an ou,cas'; and
linked my dSsiiny WIZ Fi,zroy's. He had
my confidence; such confidence as confrderates
in knavefy can bestow. When he obtained his
liberty, which he did shortly at er my own was
nlicbs6 he ,ntroI 90 me- Ms cor,