Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-02
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
To the Honorable II. G. Orrs, Mayor Of H..
of Boston. wy


that no one is too poor or too humble IL h. 'Yu
liced by you; | address you as a Moyor w w.
cause il is only in your officaiI station ,h,, Wv
can help mel do II through the public py ~,
for there are others who are unhappy k. m "
self, from like causes, and for that, The r,msjr
if there is any, must proceed from public N.Y.
,hority; and lastly, because do no, feel hs s
have ,he right TO ob,rude myself, and nv -;
series on your notice, in personal visit. ''
avn a widow, and The mother of,wo sons -,
one daughter. My husband va, d .ea.f,,;as
man; he strOve hard TO gam an honest liyioa
He was successful ill the turn uf the in.
seemed to set tie TIDE against him. His
paYiure from his home, which ha3prn.d G..
year, ago, on the 10th Of the last month ~.
ordered TO be his last, and 10 be- followed hv =.
return TO it. Whatever there i, We, If ti"
that was Of earth, belongs TO The bosom Of ,hI
deep; what there was from heaven, land pr,s.
fully acknowledge how much there was Of ,h.,
trust shall ace anc know again. The liu.
Of means that were lef', j gathered, by The kind
ness Of an only brother, who also Is gone brfo,.
me. commended myself and my farbr,ls,.
children to :he care Of Him, to whom, .lo,s
the bereased are encouraged 10 raise .bsi,
thoughts and their hopes | have done al {
could, by stric, economy and prudent mea.ur,,
to MAKE my children ir,elligen, aud ,iruo,,
and TO enable them, by their own powers, to do
yell to themselves, and by heir attainment, n
do well to Others. was prospered, aud W,
got fai, and was as happy as the btrea,ed and
remembered survivor OF happy alliance en-
ever be. My oidesl son preached TO m,,.
hood with .xc' llcn promise. have esz,do,
him, with fearful eye, foi many an hour. when
he knew il not watching for tae devrIoprm,n
Of his manlIaess. and to admi to my cart III.
sweet consultations. which canno tell YOU Of
for there are no words for these widow
and the mother, who sees in her son tn. worth,
the beauy, end the manliness Of him, who ory
SIC could so love, so lose, and SO mourn, and
forever, Con feel what mean, if there be d,
words to tell Of th'm.
This treasure suddenly changed his actu.
TONED habits, his gentle manner. his frank COM
placency. Clouds came where it used 10 b
sunshine, and silence instead Of Cheerful r.,
mark; ,hen came irregulariry in he hcun 4
returning 10 his home; then later snd still I.lu
hours; aud still deeper ga herring uf gloom O,u
his once lovely and innocent expression. r.
eye tina, used to turn on me wllb graceful and
Ieveren,ial affection, was averted; ane it visited
me only with rapid AID 6lfuI gIauces. "Wh.,
nay son" said ], has overtaksn you! j. ,h,r
any sorrow that has crept into your heart.
What is il! Here is the bosom into which 70.
may pour it. Tell me, my son-you have 10
sorrow that is not my sorrow" The rai
fsrced their way, hot no words. His h,,t
seemed bursting. but he would tell me no hrng
Tie appearance OF wretchrdness grew vpN
him-ihe habits Of irrsg ulsri,y increased on
who can tell wi b what fe,eri,h agony! wltb.
ing the tnrmen ing slowprss Of The taa
hand, and listening with al my soul, hrOsan
to the mere sense OF hearing, TO every passing
footstrp, till The frigh,iuI Stiffness Of dep and
dreadful nigh seemed TO shu, me GU from h
human world, but hs came not No k'ndnnI
no en'reaties, ne demand Of arrnal rlsb,
could touch ,hst chatged and impen,lpe
heart; and yet the agony which il lri, wost
spread itself over that once delightful fact-tA
at length il ga hered that rigid and men,eip
emotion, when ventured 10 touch upon N!
own wretchedness, which forced On me h'bar
rible apprehension that there was somehYI
deeper than sorrow in the changed ssp,o
my boy, and that had lived, or wa, doans
ID live, to regard the keeper OF my hopes, Z
source Of my reasonable ambition, the ''syE &
comfort Of my widowed years,.a, crim!n'. s.
wa, driven by this new impulse 10 k''' d
where those hours were spenr which one. y ~
longrd to me, and who they were hat roos:
me- of q treasure which could ret enrich hr
but which had made me poor lfdeed.
the agency Of friends who took pity On me
traced him out. was relieved 10 know i6'
was only OK the way 10 'rlme ofpubIIc no'asI
and lha, he had not arrived Il, H. hsId
him among the rioious, and he vicious, !n"s
persons older thin himself, who had sd''n
him away; he was described 10 me 10 iheh"
sy mitIh of SEINE public houses oil 'hr o3
and at some places which .hudder to 'hlhA
fear honored Sir, that my poor BOY ~
TO me and the public cannot no" 's''''
10 lift my eye TO the widows God, WIN oD
supple ations, than that hr will enable mr.
bear This grief, az becomss one, who GU"
doubt his grace and goodness
Debts and duns and ,hrea's are hourly ma;
at my humble mansion, where only there '''',
be peace and humble graliiude.-Ny ""
broken, and ihe.e is no help for me, IS "n
los, son But | have another ,on appr''"..
@ m anhood. Am | to go through ihse'
sorrowing measures with my other 81"
there no way, sir, that these men WI" ~
public houses, and especially one ina