Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-26
Fror, fhs London ese .Honthiy Jusgasine, for Feb
Sin HAIRY HioHrLYER.
cx-TCTpE,S LAST CAR0yISE.

the town better, than or itarty ugnnyetgl hc "as
m the phrase U.s. every thing, and the best man at
cvory thinx-snpreme in each pursuit that had fash
I'm for H. sanction. He was member of the Four
ip-nnnd Club; and il universally admitted that no
IN better style. he was the best dresser IN London
aud ruineS thrce taofs by the dsinteresed reauI-
ness with which lie exhibited their choicest Pioauo
tons on his own well formed person.-dis oine,
were The most yeeherches his wines the most eA?u
e,,e that money could purchase-and certainty they
had cost dearly to the tavern keepers whon NC pto
missed to nav for them. He was celebrated IN .ns
Elves Court and if he was unable 70 t as' a,lva n.
Belc,,ar, who from constant practice hs ~ ~.
tege of him; or the boxing eoahe;h That con,J he re-
superior weights he had done tried he was tho
CURED of gen,lcman-hG,o i. -, - Tho NOR.
ninedeys .sfom the graz and on both occasion, h.,
hi. way 20 Cha,~ 10 kill his man. Tho frs, $50.
he tn. good ortveound.cl Sir Harry Justly ,.r,,
Major " Bl1y. seauccd the Baronet's mistress: the
ed hin l,dsrdacro, a plain country SQUIRE uho
o,ber ,.nenty TO call Sir Harry scovnI 1, vi" r
hsd%T with bis wife. Here again had Sir lie, ,or
g, 1n ina. could be required of gentleman. Bny
&c night dc won seventeen Thousand $500, 70 - s''-
Lackoram atyro in these matters, al haz.,i Ss
ing shat ey sailing his Commission in ..a I ino-
roons, drawing upon hls agent to the uttermos, RAJ.
th'ng In has hands, and pedging his pictures his
books, and the lease of his chamber in Albany Young
Lao*oraih could raise no more than 900 pounds to-
wards tho amount OF his loss he generously, with
respect to the remaining sum, declared that as he
should hold IL unbccoming q friend and a gentleman
TO press for it's immediate payment, Mr.. E,ckbrain
might set his mind perfectly at ease about it. upon
signing bond tor principal and interest to be paya-
ole an tweve--nay, even 5 months. Sir Harry be- |
gan lite with fortune of eighteen thousand a yeur
Having somewhat Of q turn for arithmetic, he a.
once perceived that it would be imp,udent to spend
more than twenty thousand, and wisely resolved
limit his expenditure by tina, sum, twenty five at
the Utmost But ciEcumst anccs which might hava
baisd the wnest calculations 50 ordered it. that 30
S's usually much nearer the mark; and however OK
srdoeonaty may appear to persons unaccus;omed to
investigate such matters, the consequence of these
continued discrepancies between the Income aud the
outS oing, was, that fine sunshny mornuo his
debts were found to amount to i0a,851L lbs e1d-t
Sefy complicated aud uglylooking row OF figures
whist his assets we're gracefully pctared forth by
that simple aud elegantly formed symbol fO) repre-
sentIng nought, To his own emphatic phrase.
Sir Harry Highhyer found himself most ma nan-
mously dishcd" 1t towards the close of the
London season of 1917 that he made this wonderful
discovery. What was - be donci He could not a,
the moment determine. Free air and solitude were
necessary to put bis mind into fit state for re-
ftcctoE So calling for his hat and gloves lie sailed
rth and avoiding dear Bond.streef and all the more
frequented avenues he crossed St. Administered
sided through st. James market, fe, his way along
a dirty, dGngy dehie, called Swallow street, he at
length found himself in the Mary-le-bonc felds.
There he satntered about for some tme hut 10 mo
purpose; one huAdred and two thopsand norr6s orS
.nIilngs, and pence we're not TO DO picked up in the
Hasiy te oone heiasi ne.l wat else under Heaven
could set him atieat yagains The more he thoupht
The more desperate did his position appear to him
But there rs an old French proverb that tells us that
force de cherefer ron trouce and so il happened
70 or Harry; for by dint Of thinking and walking
and walking and thinking he oil at once found him
sen on the identical spot where he had killed his
friends Hardacre and Major Blaze Here. by that
line operation of the mind called the association of
ideas, an easy and certain mode of his M
lars occurred to him els il possble" he cxclaims
that can be such deot as for nearly two hours
10 nave overlooked so obvious expcdienti Is il
possible that l. man of unquestionabe courage as
this very spot can attest should have BEEN for an in
slant in doubt about the means of escape from exoo
sure of my cut up-an event never should have
found nerve enough TO encounter Is il possible that
|, rational being, should have failed to think of the
very thing that would have occurred TO any ass in
London, at the FIRST blush of the affair! What shnl
] put down my four in hand,-Shull send nv racers
to Tatersallss Shall break up my snug. little es-
taoiishment at kiburn and confess to my pretty Ju
liza that it is oil up with me? Shall tell my friends
That can equaner no thousands for the reason
hat have no more thousands to sauanders No no.;
thank my stors, have too much courage to submit
TO that L. were needless to state in explicit terms
what was the nature Of the remedy intended to be
employed by this rational being for the many ills
which this Imam Of unquestionabe courage" was too
courageous TO encounte but having settled the ques
non entirely TO has own satisfaction he upon his way
home suddenly put his handkerchief to his cheek went
into an apothecnry's shop complained of racking {
toothnche, and purchased phal of laudanum {
Courage and nationality How different may the
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Sir Harry presumed to rush unlimited into the pre-
sence Of the Prince Regent his courage would have
been stigmotized as daring and reckless mpudcnce
his nationality as sheer insanity. But Sir Harry
would not have done that; be was too toelL-bred
mani consciousness Of the respect due from subject
TO his princes his Difference to the forms Of civilized
society, nay, the very consideration Of what was due
IRON man even unto man, would have warned him of
the tmPToPTfeiy Of committing so gross an outrage
as That This is mere passing remzEk, which, as L
1t is not necessarily connected with the subject, the
reader may consider not, At his discretion
Upon reaching home, Sir Harry gave strict charge
TO Laurent. his valet, not to come 10 him rim he
heard HE bell nor % allow any TO interrupts him
lie then went into his dressing roonD where he pass
ed nearly two hours IN. writing letters.
lie drew the phal from bis pocket! /,
"The ruling passion strong in DEATH ne held Il mn
10 the light; and muttering bright az rubyn cur.
sed bore though, for ali that, he twisted out the
cork, Pot the poison TO his lips, snd--fhere was
tnp ut the dressing room door
fWho the dpJil'a thar Tyidat I oayo ,os;t;yo