Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-12-08

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40 that this matter was at once settled
A. firmly a. IL written in the book of
tate. AT the end Of about six months.
my regiment. and along with il, were
removed to Fredericks,own, a distance
OF about one hundred miles I'D the
River St John and which was worse.
the artillery was expected to 60 OF to
England year or two before our ro
gimeut.
The artillery went, and she along
with them and now il was that lact,
ed . part becoming a real sensible
lover was aware that when she c,t
to that CAV place. Woolwich, the house
OF her father and mother, necessarily
visited by numerous persons not the
most select, might become unpleasant
to her and I did not like, besides.
that she should continue to work hard.
l had saved a hundred and firtv ru,.
meas, the earnings Of my early hours,
IN writing for the pavmsster, the quar-.
termaster, and others. in addition TO
the savings of my own paw. sent
her all the money. be fore she sailed. and
wrote her to beg Of her. IL she found
her home uncomfortable, 10 hire a lodc
ing, with respectable people. and AT
any rate, not to spare the money. bv
any means, but to buy herself good
clothes and 10 live without work. until
! arrived in England t.: and in order "a
induce her Ia lay out the money, told
her that should get plenty more be
fore came home.
1 "a the IN & Il, 4 \
have 1t, We were kept abroad two
years longer than our time Mr.. Pitt
(England not being SO tame as she il
now having knocked up dus, with
Spain about Nootka Sound. OH how I
cursed Nootka Sound. and poor Pitt.
too, aW afraid Al the end of four
years. however. home l came-landed
at Portsmouth. and got my discharge
from the army by the great kindness
OF poor Lord Edward Fitzgerald, who
was then Major OF my regiment. /
found my little girl a ssrra,f of all
,ooTk. land hard work il wa-.) at fre
pounds year. in the house Of Captain
Brlsse, and, hardly saying a word
about the matter, she put into nv
hands the whole of nv hundred and
nifty guinens, unbrokcn.
! Need l tell the reader what my
feelings we're! Need tell kind heart
ell English parents what this anecdote
must have produced on the minds of
our children Need attempt TO de-
scribe what effect this example ought
to have made on every young woman
who shoul4 do me the honor to read
this book: Admiration Of her conduct,
and self graduation ON this indubita BILE
proof at the soundness 81 nv own
judgment. we're now added to my love
Of her beautiful person.
Now, do not say that there are
not many young women Of this country,
who would, under similar circumstan
ces. have acted as my wife did on the
CONTRARY, do hope and believe, that
there are. Bot when her age is con
sidersd-when we reflect that she was
living IN q place crowded, literally
croiDded, with gaily dressed and hand.
some young men, many Of them really
richer and in higher rank than I was,
and scores Of them ready to Offer her
their hand when We reflect that she
was living amongst young women who
put upon their backs every shilling
they could come st-when we see her
keeping the Bag Of gold untouched, and
working hard to provide herself with
but mere necessary articles Of clothing.
aud doing this while passing from
fourteen TO eighteen years Of age
when we view the whole of these cir
cumstances. we must say that here is
an example which, while il reflects
honor or her sex, ought to have weight
with every young woman whose eyes
or ears this relation should reach"
| MURDER
II is now long since the public pa
pers announced. that n female had
been apptehended at Bremen, on =
charge Of having committed murders
Of unparalleled atrocity. The slow
progress made in criminal proceedings
there, as 10 common through sll Ger
many. has prevented her being brought