The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-05-01

ality. Septimia was lying dead beside
the Hungarian. My poinard was fixed
in her bosom. Whether had stabbed
her in my rage, or whether she had fall
len the victim to my unlucky hand in the
struggle, all was over. There lay the
unhappy pair, both euiltless, yet with the
heaviest punishment of guilt both young,
lovely, noble; both formed for happy
years, and for the richest brightensr OF
the happiest years, mutual love. Yet
there they lay. silent. cold, motionless,
heartless; their whole current of life and
Joy stopped in an instant by murderer's
hand. There is sometimes strange de-
light in knowing that the worst that can
come has cons. ! felt that strange de-
light, the hideous JOY Of a fallen angel
fixed in eternal chains. felt the fierce
consciousness Of utter and irreparable
ruin. ] Irejoiced in the agony of belief,
that the whole power of earth could no,
free me from single fetter Of my ruin
that had fathomed the lowest depth OF
undoing that all the racks and wheels OF
tyranny could not add another pang to
my mighty misery, my parehing and
burning up of soul, my perfection Of woe,
] gazed on the beautiful beings whom |
had extinguisled; even felt a, frantic
pity for them (; composed the scattered
locks on their noble foreheads l whis-
pered wild prayer for the safety oftheir
souls l even bathed them with my tears;
but they were not tears of repentance ;
they were The mere surcharge Of a heart
infuriated, until il had exhausted itself,
and sunk into weakness.
"Huw long continued this melan-
choly task know not, but was reused
by the approach Of my attendants, who
were alarmed by not finding me in my
chamber was then fully awake to
myself, and with the dagger still dyed
with my wife's blood, attempted to put
an end to all my pangs at once. l gave
the blow; but my arm was feeble with
sickness, and before could repeat il,
was seized and conveyed to my bed
The catastrophe of this night of horrors,
of course, soou reached tho ears Of JUS
tice, and should have been not unwil-
ling to abide its severity; but my noble
house forbade this humiliation, and was
hurried away in state Of stupor from
| Vienna, many a league.
| "My subsequent career is less known,
ye, more memorable. The dagger had
cut away from me all the honors, en-
joyments, and hopes Of life what could
now stimulate my ambition Who could
now be worth my hate, and who could
now awake my love? abandoned Eu-
rope, and went 10 wonder among oil ma
,ions where I could be fartI,est from the
sight Of an Italian face. the sound Of an
Italian tongue, the slightest memory of
times and scenes which yet were imper-
,shably fixed in my soul. But if they
were there, they were things in the
grave, and their revival was like the
fearful summoning Of the dead. ira
vorsed Tartary, plunged into the Sibc.
rian winter, even penetrated the jeal
GUS boundaries Of the Chinese Empire
Among them all carried my rcmorse
but it may have been owing to this pill
grimage that retained my senses or my
life. Labour is the grea. palliative o.
human sorrow. Hunger has no time fol
tears danger suffers no faculty to sinh
into lazy uselessuess. learned among
those barbarians something more-ths
use of those extraordinary powers whicl
natrra gi,os us in the human frame.
learned TO endure fatigue which woult
melt down the hardest European.
tanned the wild horse Of the desert;
swan ,hs cataract ! scaled the noun
tain.
) The fiery sun of the south darkene'
} my skin, but it could not wither up m,
nerves. Winter with its SHOWS md TEN
pests was my pasliIne. had soon be
come distinguished among my half sav
uge comrades for dexterity III the use o
arms. This was in some degree the re
suit of my Italian birth. Nature ha,
: given me the singular fexibility Of form
I found south of the Alps; no man anon
the desert riders was my superior at th
: lance, the scimi,ar and the bride. Dis
, tinctions, the distinction of barbarism
: were forced upon me, and ] became III
: came the captain of n troop. ] Nigh
, have been perhaps Khan in time, an
: shaken the Russian diadem as q ne'
J. Zingis, nj the head Of new uprising G
) the wilderness. But l felt higher exu
Q taton in the commands Of our Khan
9 join the Moslem army in the commence
{ ment Of one Of its most disastrous can
$ paigns. There again distinctions thick
!. ened over me. Some feats against tn
Q Russian cavalry drew down unbounde
$ praise from the Turkish Agas, and l wa
J, fixed in the select troops of the SaltaI
: ] now had an object in view at last
i War had become familiar to me-. ha
GU, down the bridge between me nm