Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-01-16

AMErCH FROM REAL LIFE

A ~ days ago, as l was taking
INV aseD stoned mornings walk, in a
M October morning, in the suburbs
ode city whereof l am a denizen,
Ilbund myself, on sudden, in the O.
psn country. The melancholy land
scapes Of Autumn stretched around !;
and the bright hues which characteri-
red the season were beginning to dis
appear. Nothing disturbed my med
isations, except the passage of some
early market man or woman hieing
with their little world Of cares and
hens to the mart Of the town. IVAN
.dered ANONYMOUSLY onward until l dis
covered that l was, as it were in the
midst Of a. crowd, fronting a low, time
worn tenement. A few vehicles were
drawn up around it, and seeing med
ical friend whom l knew, inquired
the cause Of the assembly. He in
formed me that young girl had COM
United suicide, and was then lying
dead in an upper apartment. Moved
with sorrOwfM curiosity 1 complied
with his request to enter. In one APP
artment were several females, in
tears and distress; in another, the
witnesses, and members of the cor
oner's jury. Ascending the staircase,
found myselfin the presence of the
Dead, Of One, who, before the first
dark day Of nothingness had swept
the lines of beauty from her features,
was lying on pallet Of straw, pale in
dissolution. The sight was mournful
and sOicnFns-AAcr f.eo h-.l lingering
about it a. n The features of beauty: its
ensign was still floating above the
voiceless lip. and the dcep-sealed eye.
Heavy masses of rich auburn hair lay
in waves on each side Of her snowy
temples; a faint hue fingered about the
cheeks; but the tolmy and purple lips
Indicated how violent was the death
she had died. By the bedside lay a
half-eaten apple. and a large rhomboid
Of corrosive suhimate. Particles OF
this deadly poison were still upon the
fruit. Thus thelife-weary taker had
ended her days. l looked out upon
the gloomy waite Of country over
which she had aazed her last, at twi-
light, the evening before, and tried to
realize what must have been the depth
Of agony which possessed her spirit
then. How must her bruised heart
have throbbet with misery!-how
dark must have been her soul!-like
that Of the Melca of Euripides, when
she prepared the deadly garments for
her rival, and dedicated to death the
children Of ha womb. Thoughts OF
the cause nov agitated my mind. She
had con6ded and been betrayed
Cruelty and ,busc had been her lot;
but amidst al she had been constant
and devoted. Her hands were clasp
ed - ifin payer; and the potent poi
son had overcome her system ere she
could disunle them.
There are moments when the mys-
terles Of eternity thrOng SO rapidly
upon our imagination that We live
years Of contemplation in their little
round. This was the case with me.
There lay the PROSTATE form Of one
whose only crime had been, that she
had loved, not wisely, but too well
one who, stung to the heart by the de-
ssroyer Of her peace, had determined
to lay down her aching head and sor-
rowful bosom in the rest Of the grave.
As / stood gazing at the lifeless OBJ
ject before me, interrupted only by the
P'tying CALCULATIONS Of the few that
were present, or the sobs of those who
were below.-I was requested by the
surgeon in attendance, as a personal
favor, to go in his private carriage to
The house Of the father Of the deceas-
ed, and apprizc him of the fatal occur
renee, OF which he was still ignorant.
Receiving my directions, l went.
drove up to handsome dwelling in a
distant street. and was ushered bv a
servant into beautiful drawin--roorl
where q glowing fire was burning in
the crate. Every thing around beto-
1ened ease and plenty, ifnot opulence.
The folding-doors Of the parlour soon
opened, and the warm air from an ad-
Joining elegant apartment came in
Iron another fire.
1he father stood before me. He
2 respectable looking person,