Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-10-19

,of he kind was lately told aDe: the
lciscs0stances ATE well ksown in The
lcssofsy whssc they haPPesed, and ]
shall rive them III the man0ee thew
i~ere selated.
Every one must reeolleet the tragic
story e Emnet, the Irish Palsist, 1or
JIG vas 100 tsschirg 10 be soon forget
|tsa.-Dssing the tresb,es of lseIasd
he wastsied, condemned and executed
ON charge Of treason. llis fate made
|a deep impression ON psblic sys,paEhy.
lie Gas - young, - isssllageat, 90
have; 50 every thing tbat We are apt
to like in q young @an. His co0dsct
undes trial too was 20 le(ly and intre-
Pid. The noble indignation with
which he rePelled the charge Of trea-
son against his coontsy-lhe elsquent
vindicatioO Of his name-and his pa
ahetic.appeal to Postesiey, in the hosr
0S eoode@nati00-all these entered
deeply into every generous bosom, and
even his enemies lamented the stern
policy that dictated his execution.
But there was one heart whose an
ssish it ~ould be impossible to des.
cribe. In happier days and Esirer for
tunes, he had won the affections Of a
|bea"tsfal and interesting girl, the
|dawghtes Of late celebrated Irish bar
rister. She loved him with the disin-
tsrested fcsvor Of a woman's first and
only love. When every worldly max
sn ariayed itself against him-whcn
blasted in fortune, and disgrace and
danger darkened around his name, she
loved him more ardently for his suffer-
inxs. II then his fate could awaken
even the sympathies Of his foes, what
must have been the anguis!. Of her
whole soul, which was occupied BY his
image! Let these tell who have had
the portals Of the tomb suddenly closed
between them and the being most low
ed on earth, who have sat at the
Threshold, ~ one shut out in = cold
and lonely world from whence all that
was most lovely and loving had depar-
ted.
But the horrors Of euch \ grave!
% Eishtfai, 80 dishonored! There !
vas aotliog iora'emory to dwell upon
that could soothe the p.ngs of partingl
-oene Of those tender, though melan- !
choly circumstances, that eadeae the
parting scsne--nolhing e melt the
sorrow INTO blessed team ike he dewsl
Of heaven, to revive The beast in the3
hoss Of anguish.
To reader her widowed situatienl
moso1 eselate, che had Incurred her e. !
lhsrs displeasuse BY her sa6ostupate
I'D was IN exile from the |
paternAl roof But could the sympa-
Thy and kind Offices Of friends have
reached = spirit 80 siven in BY horror,
Il would have experienced no want Of
for ti1e,1Tish are . people
of quick aud generous sensibilities.--|
The most delicate aud cherishing at
tentions were paid her BY the families /
of wealth and Distinction. She was
led into society, and they tried BY all
kinds Of occuPatioas and -aassscmcnts
her grief and wean her
from the tragical story Of her lover.-l
Bot it was in vain. There are some /
strokes Of calamity that seattle and
Dcoreh the souLthat penetrate the Vi
TIL seat Of happiness, and blast Il, new.
e. again to pat forth bud OF blossom.
She never objected to visit the haants
u pleasure, tut she was As much alone
lherc, ~ in the depths Of Solitude
She walked about in n cad feverie. an |
parently unconscious Of the world n
rorad her. She carried with her an
inward NO, that moekedat the blandish- |
'oests Of friendship, aud needed not the
song Of the chasmcr.
The persen who told nc her story
bad seen her 1t . nnasqSesade. There
can be no exhihieioo of % far gooeI
wsetehednes, more striking and Paia-I
fol than TO meet It in such = sceOe.-l
To find It wandering like a spectre,
lonely and joyless, when all around is
gay-to see it dressed out in the wrap
Psngs Of mirth, and looking so wan and
wo-begonc, as il il had tried in vain to |
cheat the poer heart into momenta-
~ lorgetfulness Of sorrow. After
strolling through the splendid and gid |
dy crowd, with an air OF utter abstrac-I
ton, she sat herself down on the steps
Of the orchestra and looked about some
time with u vacant air, that showed
her insensibility to the garnish scene.
she began with the capriciousness of