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

vakehlI hn Ib-ne Was but little time tDr cholce or
reflections Sun an opportunity WINS not likely to !
last long ali sti less to occur second tio that
what Old must do quickly. To murder him Was
all bss was iet to me, and, seeing cause Ia hosi-
teso whon the alternative his life mine, drow
from my bosom knife thai. hy some negligence on
the part OF the scarchcrs had been enough
to retain. In another instant he had boon with the
dead. raised my arm 10 strike; but Just thea he
seemed to be awaking: pausctl: there was saoth-
crea laugh beneath the hat. and. strange to say it
,hIied through mo. trcmhed from head TO foot,
oo. tncre was no time lost, and the weapon gtterod
Nus decent--whcn the appalling cry, "Encn,r 81 III,
again burst upon my cars, strikiprc- .ost sense
sss. The cloak and hat =. sne suppose
all his hdn.. Dor on instant we gazcd on
each c.sdf, without words and without motion. 1
had no power either to stir spcak--,o dcprccatc
10 approach, to fly from il.
The spell Dissolved. crcpt, or rather cdcd, from,
oim my eyes still fixed upon his visa 60 till the all
prevented further flight. I was now like a stag at
bay lie began To move in bis turn. With a long
measured stride, he put forth foot. and IL came
ugan To the hoor with the suund of cnormus ham
ncr on the anvil There for the space uf minute,
nc paused, liking INC with his fierce red eyes, that
seemed To burn with soroc unhoiy fire. tic took
second step slow and changing the first third
"a fourth onl tho fifth brought hin close 90 ns,--
aye so close, that could look into those terrible eyes
and eee myself imagcd there. And l did So I
could not help 1t, in spite Of the horror With which
/ they inspired me.
His shroud now folded round -,igh,er-tirh.cr
It'll the hair stood erect upon my head and my
| a.
under the horrid of suiocation while he f5del
me yet moro closely, his voice SOUNDING al the ,lnc
l"Encorc uEi
The catastrophe Of this fearful struprl,, yos los,
60 nic ia rapid Succession of visions, TINT ca,no
more or less distinct, md again melted away like
those fantastic forms which the clouds build up in n
summers evening, when the winds are high, nd the
sun 10 sinking amidst world al vupo,us. skim
med the air with brides dycd into the waters with
inc sca-mew' or oatcd on in surface with fct of
Seant parks that were sailing to unknown land
L M nnn l..,N. ii
The land oi the where the SPITE grew like acorns
anu inc stones OF the highway Gmeraids and dia-
monds.-As we neared II, the uir grew softer tho
skies brighter the waters clearer: IL WINS n world
unlike the We had left not in tfcgree hut in kind
and the feelings IL excited required now language
i"r thc,r EXPRESSION But evrn there tie scene fndt.
was Burning at the stake beside the Hueuesiots,
surrounded by thousands, who in general did not
cared not pity though the faces of MANY were
convuscd with eager horror; md here and there the
tcaturcS OF some young female, in desp q Of beads
s anu rosary expressed sympathy with fate.
Tho fumes from the liz fagots hisscd like SER
penis Anon. before the fires. that wrapt us as with
garment, were burn! out, vas tossing on the
waters OF the Polar Sea, amidst mountains of blue
ice whose tops were IN the clouds. The s,lrpc dush-
cd and broke upon these colossal masses as upon So
many rocks of granite On a sudden q crash like
thunder stn!ed the Hiuiinous pillows. The huoh
iSeoergs were rent and shyercd, aAd their submits
dissolved into floods, that came ROARING and tumiins
down their rugged sides till all around MS was world
OF cataracts, and in the pool below our little brrk
tossed and eddied like dry leaf in the whirlw ind
J. again the scene changed. ] an Indian prince.
hunting the tiger with my attendant rsjahs, richer
and prouder than the Persian satraDs Of old when
AerXcs led forth his millions perish on The Grecan
SOIL and build up an everlasting record to the glory
! oil the Atbenian. The sun set,-and rose and
again II set--and still following our spoted
pray over stock and stone,--dashnr through rivers
una down PrccpiceS so steep the chuEnos must have
Sroken ms neck IN the attempt to decend them, till
had ut last farfar outstuppcd my companions Of the
III PC 'bGHiF ff DR IN tie 9anf ms y eron,
from the gush of blood that followed. The animal
turned suddenly roud upon me- rearing himself upnn
ms hind-iegs with 4 hideous grow that sounded like
u human iaugh' INSTRUMENTATION again WINS the
man Of blood, with his cry of Encore un." Tongue
cannot describe, nor brain imagine the de.paiy Ihe
IoathIns, the shrinking of soul and BODY that ex
at again coming IN contact with his eternal
appdrltion i called the sands of tbc drsor, %
rise IN clouds and bury NEON the ,nounto;n o., s. n
and crush Moon the distant ocean IN ascend j.; n
SS tl ueiuge ana swallow mc. And my wish seem
Oh hKeiy 70 be- accomplished; for while wns yct in
horrors of bIs presence, by some mex olcabl bifir
or The scene wns IN Africa md the ,o 9, ,,,s nc c
had never been On every side ne far No ,bo 60
could reach was sand nothing but sand--bot ana
burning sand--wbch scorchcd the weary solos CT tho
feet ns though had been walking on rnnitor Ia
oundeny the wlDd began TO howl und M ire voico
the merry mass rolled, and sgeIled and snroed 49,
was ited up as the storm lifts up the sea; but i,s
waves were more like mountains. Then or,;n tho
unstable mass formed itself iDio MOVING coI,S,r -
these giants OF tue desert traversed mr. rafb,r o,
me I waste with speed that made flight hopeless
bt was not lated to perish by them. They rolled
around me harmless. and in less than vbo, so.r,oS
an hour, ell was Hgain calm, and the sun sunk down
upon slcnce--sence that was relrpssI WV"
raging thirst tormented me. But no stream was
near I'D tne moonlight exPanse and the night of the
desert had no dews to Inosten my parched Inns. Had
any benevolent genius stood before me- with an ofey
cd dIaden IN one hand, and glass Of fair wafer in
inc other had rejected empire, and snatched at the
more. humble boon with rapture The oa;ns IS Gro
or Of steei-and had felt both within The last few
hours-were nothing to the torrents OF tha ter,bie
thirsti II drank my very likelihood.
In the midst Of this unutterable agonv. bc,rd ~
thought heard, The rushing Of water STRANGE tbS,
had not seen u beforc!-Within hundred wards of
Inc vas an oasis or island Of the desert covered with
knew no name; but it breathed ffopranco sv,eetcy
tban all the spicy gales Of Araby the Bessod. vet
stn sweeter to my fancy the little crystnl spring
,h't onbo'ed from tho turf beneath sparkling, and
ieapin9 along over stone and pebble as II rcio;r
the soft moonlight If ever there was bliss on 9th