Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-06-09

wallop them few times against But
ter Hill, and walk down to the juno
ton Of the creeks and help himself
.[Western Carolinian.
THE GAMBLERS soL1LoQUY.
Alone l take my walk within these
rugged prison walls, without ray OF
blessed light-without one friend to
whisper a word Of comfort to soothe
my troubled heard. Reared by kind
and tender parents, surrounded by all
the comforts which wealth and social
friends could afford, my early days
were spent in pleasure-but, ali! the
recollection Of that happy home and
pleasant hours adds but a deeper pang
to the broken heart. While in all the
pomp and pride Of youth, little tho't
that / was doomed to such fate. Sc
duced by gay companions to visit the
gaming table to witness the sport, new
err did l dream that this first departure
from the paths Of virtue was 10 work
my ruin. ] looked on with amaze
ment. and saw the frequent changes
which the game effected in the for
tune Of those engaged. Sometimes a
fortune was at stake, and by little
risk Of loss, it might be gained. While
gazing on the play, the hope Of gain
overcome my sense of propriety, and
l resolved, to try my luck ! was
successful. Again and again visited
it, till my thi, st for the sport induced
me to indulge in it to great extent,
when it reached my fathers ears; and
oh! what bitter anguish did it cause
In the deepest recesses Of his soul did
he entreat me to abandon il, and warm
ed me Of the dangers and disgrace that
were sure attendants upon such vile
habit. l promised TO abandon it, but
the spell was too strong. In short
time / was again at the game. My ia
ther could no longer tolerate my con-
duct, and drove me away. The tears
which my mother and young and ten
der sisters shed, caused my heart, hard
ened and depraved as it was, to throb
with grief. Driven from home and
disgraced, lost all pride and self-res-
pect-soon was mentioned only with
the odious title Of gambler With
reflections of my own depravity crowd
ing upon me, l determined to bury my
sorrows in the glass, but it has kindIed
anew the sorrows with its own addi-
ton. While under its influence l COM
mitted the bloody deed for which !
have been a, raigned. My conscience,
were it all, preys upon me with sever
ity enough 10 send me to the grave
Led on by idlcness and bad company,
l have left the peaceful and quiet Of
my fathers mansion, where in youth
l was surrounded by an affectionate
mother and tender sisters, disgraced
them, and planted the thorn in their
bosoms, rendered myself disgrace to
my parcntage. an outcast from the So
ciety of men, the tenant Of dungeon,
for which, should Justice overtakc me,
I shall soon perish under the gallows.
Had taken the good advice given me,
| might now, instead Of suffering the
feelings Of remorse, been enjoying all
the comforts of life. But my race is
nearly run, my fate we'll nigh sealed,
and now l lingcr with the only hope
that my awful and ignominious death
may be solemn warning to escape the
pit into which fell, and that the grave
will cause these bitter feelings to cease.
BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcT.--Thc fol-
lowing beautiful extract is from the
pen Of President Van Buren, in 1918:
'The struggle which gave birth to
our nation must ever be regarded as
one ofthe most important and interest
ing eras the world has ever witnessed.
History records no event WHICH called
into action race of statesmen equal in
all the splendid virtues which adorn
and give celebrity 10 the human char
acter; and it is a fact honorable to our
nature, that Of the long list Of patriots
and sages who at the hazard of all that
is dear to man, signed the Declaration
Of Independence and Of those who
framed the great charter ofour liberties,
there has not been one, who in after
life has fallen from the eminence to
which, by his connection with these
events, he was raised; or has in the
least impaired the character he thus
acquired. Those whom the ravages
Of time have yet spared to their coun.