Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-09-23

you 70 grant my dying request Alter short
eoosul.ation viii her faithful file de chambre,
whose cloak and bonnet she assumed, and
ping in that disguise unrecognised from the house,
she hurried, with steps nerved and made feet by
love and despair, 70 the little cottagc where her
dying lover lay. What passed at that melancholy
and agitased interview we cannot inform the rca-
der. Suffice il 10 say, that when she left that
humble roo, On her return to her fathers splendid
residence, IL was with more composed and
cheerful mien, and lighter and more elastic step;
and it was observed with establishment by her
unsopbst,catcd attendant, that night, that she did
not again relapse into the melancholy state of
fearful, though dcspairing indifference, or into
those parOxisms Of violent grief which had before
shocked and alarmed the aficctionatc hearts of her
domcstics, who all loved her for her mild and
kind dcmcanor, and who had bcheld with indigna-
ton and curscs not loud but deep, the tyrannical
and brutal conduct Of the father who should have
shielded her, as tender and precious flower, from
the slightest breath of the rough storms OF care
and sorrow. Ii was CIV ident that something had
occurred which had rc-kindled once more the light
Of hope within her bosom. and which supported
her through the agitating and trying SCIENCES Of
the three following days which preceded her nup-
tials. She appeared resigned and even cheerful,
chnngc which delighted her father, that he
resumed the scmblancc Of something ike affcc-
ton, and even when the day before that appointed
for her marriage, he presented her with a mngnl-
fcent Of diamonds, he consented to her earnest
request, that she might be spared tho pain OF
meeting the amorous Ephraim, until the unavoid-
able meeting at the church should bind him to her
forever. This request he the more readily COM
piled with, as he had that morning been informed
Of the death Of William Iambton, the only obsta-
Gle to the full attainment Of his desires.
At length the eventful day arrived, and was
ushcred in by a morning Of extraordinary beauty
and brilliancy. All nature seemed rejoicing IN
the soft cloudlcss light Of gorgeous summer sun,
when the marriage cayalcade left tho mansion OF
Mr.. Tolbot, and wound through the irregular VIII
lagc to the old parish church, where the Bishop OF
the Diocese was waiting in his robes of pontiticai
state for their arrival. Never had the quiet little
village Of K beheld gay and glittering
an assemblagc of wealth and beauty as passed
along its single street that morning. The aged
bridegroom, with a monkey-like grin upon his
withered face, fdgctcd in the carriage as IT he felt
the ridiculous incongrIty Of his appearance with
that Of the cxqusitcly lovely being, who in the
first blush Of wOmanhood, sat in her loneliness
beside him; incOngruty which elected stndry
-e...sA., S.y supplementary to Ephrain
GoIdilst, from the assembled rusfics, which that
amorous octogcnaire diligently pretended, though
with Indifferent success, not to hear. The bride
though very pale was composed and bowed cour-
tcousiy to the crowd. who were collected around
the gate Of tho church-yard; though for moment,
as her antique inamoratc assisted her to alghf, an
expression Of anxiety and fear passed over her
altar, and the dignified Bishop commenced the ser
vice with loud and clear voice,-whilc the BRIDE,
till now SO calm, appeared gasping for breath and
scarcely able to support herself, as she ever and
anon glanced fcarfully around the church. When
the prclatc had slowly uttered the admonition
which babe him who know amy just cause or i'm
spcdmcnt why those parties should not be joined
sin holy matrmony, now to declare tho same or
shcnceforth forevcr hold his peace, while breath
less stiffness prevailed among the assembled
eroupc, a slight hustle was heard at the bottom OF
the central aisle, and the next moment WILLIAM
LANBroN walked with firm, vigorous step, TO
within two PAGES of the bride, and, gazing around
" it'll flushed check and kinding eye upon the
bridal party, he slowly said, 4 know
sot one impeachment why this lady should not be
Joined, like the tyFants union Of the living and
'the dead, to Won miserable mass Of impotent lust
'and loathsomc smbccility, pointing to the shrink
ing Ephraim. sShc is already my rife Had
thundcrbolt fallen among the party, 1t could not
have occasoncd greater CONSERVATION. The cru
FL, unnatural father saw his fondy cherished pros
poets blishtcd, while he had gained an unrclcn;ng
creditor in the person of the bridegroom, who
had lent paid him large sums for his daughters
iand; while the venal Ephraim beheld himself
made n public laughing stock, and foaining with
age. nc hobblcd to his carriage, and drove to his
till solitary home. The affair buZzed abroad,
md Lambton's friends quickly crowded round him
ind his recovered bride, with their heart felt fe-
citations. They had been privately married on
Inc evening Of EmeIine's visit to the cottage, to
which they now returned, accompanied by the JOY
ul shouts of the sympathisng villagers. T.
The GOOD MERCHANT OF PHrLApELPHA.-A
Philadelphia merchant. many years ago, whose
realth and Importance were only equaiied by the
GOODNESS Of his heart and the purity OF his princi-
les. rescued mechanic from the clutches OF pow
rty, and, what was worse in those days. the hands
{ the sheriff The son Of the mcchenic was
oung, but old enough to know his fathers bcne-
actor. Many wears after this, the merchant
eli into difficulties, and at the most trying
Moment, when all his former friends had forsaken
im, the mechanics son, now comparatively
vcalthy, stepped forward to his relief 81 am
much indebted to you, said the reduced merchant:
By no means" said the other; II have only paid
he debt which my father contracted at the cor
er Of Chestnut street, thirty years ago, when l !
,as just old enough to know the cause Of my poor
,other's tears" The merchant grasped his hand,
nd burs. intoa food Of tears.-Cour. .
TmE Rrlryo PAserox STRONG IN DEArH-Dr. q
ierris in his Life Of Commodore Bainbridge, spca-
ing Of his last illness, says, "His intellect con-
inued perfectly sound and collected, till about O
NO hours before his death, when occasionally it c