Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-12-03
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iaiing. At length learned from
respectable source the following clo-I
sill. scenes Of his miserable careeT.-I
lie had pursued gambling in every va
riety until nc mad parted with all his
money, and had then sold his property,
md with the proceeds bad departed
for Ncw orr. There nc fell Ia with
Edward Livingston ard John DUBOIS,
who iiIc.cd hlm of every cent and
turned him upon the wide world tol
star.e. or live by the deeper and more
daring deeds OF crime. From those,
however, v no knew not his fate he Dor
rowed small sums, and by that means
Won and lost several fortunes. Never
returning the sums borrowed,his cred
it failed, and as DUBOIS took up the
last dollar with triumph, that unfor-
tunate youth, Richard Grindsley stoosi
gasping for breath. the very picture of
despair. The memory Of the lottery
ticket he found, his former inIsocciice
md Happy oonditions and the damnHig
thought that he had reduced an limo
cent wife and generous beoetactor 10
V L
ard he ran distractcdly from one end
OF the room to the other. Suspectlng
Dubois OF yiiiiany iii play, he challen-
ged him, and the next day they were
seen WITH seconds passing 10 io5oken.
Scarcely fifteen minutes had passed
ere the ground was measured, the
weapons ievelIed. aud u ball passing
through Richard ha;. grazing his
head. This. however, so far from
teaching bin how near he had stood
upon The precipice Of destruction, oniy
,y.,etted his resentment AID deterfnin-
ed him TO take the better aim at the
next fire. The next trial proved fatal
20 Dubois. The BAN passed il at his
right side, just below the arm, when be
staggered "A few PAGES, exclaimed
Any God. he has killed met' ard ieH
dead upon the spot. Many can speak
soldiy ofduelling& dying. hutsery few
ca behold the wild. asonizcd countc-
nan(e Oh bis victim bleeding before him
without an Involuntary shujdcr, ard a
wish that if could be recalled. Rich.
ard had not lost his sense of proprlety al
together, for he looked CHASTITY as he
turned away from the corse, scarcely
more horrible in appearance than him
self. lie waspale as ashes. and would
have given worlds that he could have
felt "a he felt six wears before, when
ne stroiled with Ellen on the Schuyl
kill, or when he received the benedlc
tious of his pious father and mother
But o, what a wretch six years have
made me, he would calculate. lfaer
Twas Innocent aud beloved; now an
ar outcast from society," have beg
CARED my beneiaotor, ard broke the
heart of ali innocent woman. who lovet
ms. ., whittier shall fly from my
sell.
Thus he walked The room of a gam
tng-housc, in New Yols, wringiug IN
hands and lanenting LIS folly; but
a!,s, lamenting too late. Had he lis
tened to the advice OF that good old oil,
man whom he had beggared liz his o!G
age. he had been saved, and the benc
factor lived his few short years ii
peace. But how was II now! Tina
old man. helpless as chiid, was with
out a penny, aud doomed 10 live b,
The charity ofthose 10 whom in earle
wears he had ministcred. Ills daugt.
ter, MS heari-broken daughter, ha,
Ioug been given upto hopeless misery
and compete d to beg OF maintain her
self and child by the pittancc earne'
by her needle. She was at last takel
il, and provided for, though she wa
but the shadow OF the beautiful BEN,
sic had been.
To cap the climax Of suffering. al,
break the last reInaining Fore OF he
heart, the last remaining tie tia
bcu A that still ford ard faithful w,E
to the fortunes Of her husband. il wa
reported that he had committed forge
ey 10 large amoun. In the state o
New York, every cent OF which he ha,
lost in one night nj the gaming table
lie vas now roaming ut large with In
reckless though fascinating woma'
who had seduced him by her arts from
the arms Of an atiect.onate and beauti
fal wife, who sill wept over his deep
ening destiny. and fragments of 4 ono
untarnished fame.
.Where, . where shall ! iiy fror
nv conscience ard accuser>s cried tn
unhappy Richard one morning. as h
rns.,ed from hovel in the suburbs o
BROOKLYN. "lf! return to the friend
have so deeply injured, their YER
hooks. their tears. their pity. and beg
CARED condition. will be dnggers to IN
soul. and if fly not hence nv door
viii, be the dungeon of silent an
solitary prison. living grave. wher
no raw Of comfort can enter, and tn