Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1832-04-19

hsiKhseasd By her eonfasioa. Her
hasAfsluess wAs % great, that The &C.
ssrat eosid net hsip Imagining st her,
bat he weut 10 fsrthsr. ID vas Do.
eided that ne sheaid bseakfass On The
grass u the garden. In the mean
While ! felt extremely pNeasy. Woold
she like uel Weutd she obey With
out rriuctsnee ? This abrspt mar.
Rage, add this speedy dspastsrs,grisv.
cd me. When we Got up, end the
circle was broken, ] begged Eusens
t. conduct his cousin into . solitary
waik. ] joined them. and he len 20.
! then entered on the delicate subject.
| made no secret Of my birth, nor oil
ny want Of fortune: and added
pessess nothing IN the world bat my
swortl, and the good will Of the Gene
rsi--snd l must leave YOU in Z fort.
night. Open yosr heart TO me.
feel wyself disposed 10 love yos with
ell my seul-bat tha< 10 not sufIicient.
10 this marriage does not please you.
reposs foil eonfidenee ID ne, Il will
net b difficult 70 End the pretext Ia
break IL on shall depart--you will
not Do tormentsd, for / will keep your
secret While I was speaking. she
kept her eyes fred on the ground, her
only answer was smile, aud she gave
me the nosegay she held 10 her hand.
| embraced her. We returned slowly
to the company, and eight days after.
wards We went to the municipality.-
The following day, poor priest, who
had not taken the oaths, married ps in
. small Convent Of the Conception, in
the Roe Sc. Honore. This was in
some manner forhidden, but Emilis
see great importance on that point :
her pissy was gentle and sincere"
Singular effect Of imsg inafion.-
One OF the most singular cases Of the
eject of the Imagination upon weak
and credulous minds, stated in Oar.
win'a Zoonomia. 10 that Of q gentleman
10 England. wbs. walking over his
grounds, feund poor old wom an on his
premises, gathering sticks. He order
ed her TO lay them down, and TO Of
HE lands. She obeyed the command
but after she had laid down ihe fag.
COTS, abe cast her wan eye upon him,
and lifting her nerveless arm 20 hea.
ven, exclaimed in plaiotive tone,
!" Mayess thou neper know the blessine
TO Be scarnag' The nan was strucS
with her supplisnt imprecstien; he
returned to his house, retired 10 his
chamber, complained Of cold, and.
notwithstanding the application Of
wooilsus, and heat from fires, he con.
tinued to labor under this disease Of the
imagination for few weeks, when he
died! His offence was comparatively
small; he performed lawful att. and
that 10 . comparatively leniest manner;
boz her imprecstion apsn him was too
powerful Tor his nerves to sestain.
NetO MsGsissg Of the scord Ren,on.
sfr0fe. "A worthy farmer in the north
OF England vas enee waited upon by
q tax gsiheres. who claimed taxes
which had been already paid. The
receipt bad been mislaid, and the FAR.
mer cea!d not On the insiant produc
u. The man Of taxes beeanae very
ebusiss; and the farmer, IN his own
phrase renaenslrated with him. sWell.
and TO what essect did You remsnstra,e
with himF asked friehd, who heard the
story frssn The farmers own mosth.
: dent know was the reply, blu,
know the poker was bent, and had
70 get = hammer 70 straiehten il again.
CAGrbeTs's Scesisk Jesfs.
HsyoisHa. --s' tine day. said Mas.
sena, ''beibg 81 Buezenehen, 1 pereejy.
ed q youpg soldier belonging 10 the livbt
Artillery, whose horse had Just been
woanded By Innee. The young man,
wbe appeared quite q child, defended
himself desperately, rs sevssaI bodies
OF the enemy lying afOund hin could
testify. ] immediately despatched an
oiheer With some men Go his assistance.
bet they arrived TOO late. Although
this action bed taksn place on ghe bsr.
ders Of the wood, snd IN front Of the
bridge, the artillery man had alone
w,ihsieod the attack Of the Vmntl tsoop
Of cossaeks and ISayASisns, whom The
efieer abd men bad despatched RAD
immediateiy pct 70 Eight. His body
was covered With woands inflicted by
shot, ianees, and swsrds. They wese a
least thifty.' Aud do yon know, Ma
dame, who sbIs yoesg ofiess was p
said Aassena, tsrnisR 70 me. "A
Somau: Yes a woman! and q hand
sous womsn too! althsu0h she vas 90
covered With blvod, that Il vas aif.
hepit 60 Judge q her hesufr.'' she
hsd felleusd her laver "a ~ 49, -