Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-12-01


6 ovef . pEectpcc some hundred fee, deep.
bird swept over their heads, and. wheeling on ITS
light wings iGt on the bonsh OF ma lestic oak
I" Inch at present bears the name Ut many
gent lover of nature. Grey asked the tray eiler
TO move oaward whilst he attempted to bring down
MS game. Souers complied and usus pec,lngly
left Grey behind.
sharp ritlc-crack rang through the woods, and
a shrek mingled IN its echoes. The host was
murderer murderer for money. Blood may be
shed for revenge, and our sympa hes may be ex-
cited tor The assassn--bnt who can find chord IN
his heart from which pity can draw note of feel
ing for HIM who, with blood stained fingers, holds
the ttering con before his eager eyes?
Grey soon disposed OF the body by hurting II
over the precipce. As i, wen, numbering ,hro'
the shrubs AMI jagged rocks which lined The chasm,
he perhaps felt renOrse but IL was bu, for n mo-
meat With eager hands he opened the portman-
teau, and, rolling out The shining coin upon the
leaves, for some minutes coa,ed over his wealth;
for the country was almost uninhabied and his
demon spirit could rejoice in riches undsturbed
On returning home lie deposited his ill-gotten
goll IN the chest Ills wife heard the ring of the
com. ana her Gaiei, mind told her Charles Grey,
he's husband-he to whom her very heart had con
lded was Il Murderer She tainted! The wretch
needed her not. but gioomily seated himself be-
1 tore the ire Prom tie floor on which she had
fallen, Mary arose IA altered woman. She wept
not. she sighed not bat the iron had entered her
soul. The rose fled from her check, and grave
( III the forest, marked by single stone, tells YOU
where lies the broken hearted wife. Peace to
her memory! She has gone where the blue streams
were never csimsoned with blood-where the dag
ser never flashes over the devoted waytarer.
Charles Grey became a rich His lands
broad and fertile, bore luxurious har,ests. tall
mansion arose among those Old woods to shelter
the murdcrcrs head No cared for The emf
grant IN the country from which he came, and
whilst the winter winds howcd their mournfui
IL tbc of
Grey sent up from the altar OF God, his prayers.
No one attended church ottncr than he--no ono
wore longer face the Sabbath or lifted up his
eyes III more holy feryor. Had he repen,ed? If
so. why did he not surrender himself to the viola
ted laws and rehnquish his ill-got'en wealth.
Years rolled away. Villages on the RUNS
of that might ylorcst. The steamer heard
/, with its perpetual thunder and lightning ascend
, ing and descending the beautiful Ohio. and lovely
residences like gems summoned up by the en-
chautcr's wand from tho ear,h's bosom, studded
E the banks Of the svery river. The suspicious
O mind OF Grey (ior the wicked always suspi-
r cious) rendered him fearful of discovery,
grants were crowding into the State and entering
r land IN the most unfrequented spots. The bones
S Of Somers were still exposed; If they found
: bN any one rambling through the bluffs, the dark
affair might be investigated, and he the Cody ell
der and semi-murderer, would grace the scaifod
d instead Of the altar SaIiying forth one evening
Y
the aid Of ropes, TO The spot where lay the skee-
$ ton of his victim. The moon burned in the mid
s night heaven with the lustre which she only wears
Il on winters night when the SHOWS reflect her
l. brightness, and earth seems to the peary
G robes OF angels. One by the stars had APP
g peared through the arch above, and around tho
hills swept the glorious river; for nature is still
lovely, though for few moments her beautiful
J. form may bear the record of crime there placed
n by man. a young gentleman named Wilson, who
d was returning from visit to his "lady love -
c passed by the precipice, and observing ropes at
tached TO tree which stood by his path, endea-
q voTed to trace the spo, where they ended After
.e a narrow search he saw them hanging against a
or rock that formed The base of casm around which
the water swept their crystal current.
l. In few moments the young man perceive cd
I'd the form Of one whom he Immediately recognized
err as Grey. by his tall and muscular figure lie was
" gathering up some white substances in a bag
~ At last he seemed 10 have concluded his task and
throwing the bag over his shoulders and attaching
ID. ITS strings to his neck and body, he commenced
~ bis ascent. By graspng the rocks with his hand.
whenever they afforded sufficient portrudinc
ed surface and planting his foot firmly in The ssures
be Grey had succeeded in climbing half way up III,
= chasm. when, stopping TO rest, the shelly rocl
u- crurnbled under his feet. The murderer made !
"a oent struggles to sustain his position, but losin,
his balance IN the struggle, plunged headIsnp In
in to the gulf One Wild shrek told that the soul O
ds the wretch had gone to its Judgment. And Their,
d. lay the bleeding and nanglcd corpse OF the assas
cd SIN and the skeleton Of his victim! s.Retribntion
ev had peaed forth from the throne Of the avengn,
as God, and the spirit Of Grey fed its last habi Ia
in toni
for Wilson, who from emotions of fear and wonde
bad remained silent during the awful scene nov
isr with hurried sieps sought the house The nea,
his est neighbor. That night was the BODY of Gre
he removed to us home. and the bones Of Somer
did were buried. Those who had for go MANY wear
he worsrPped with Grey. hushed up The occurrence
ion as far possibie-ihough convinced from ci
his cufnstances OF his guilt. handsome marbI
de- slab points out Tic grave oil the assassnand a
ark epitaph tell1 you of his naaerous rirfues. an
led winds up the euIogy by describing the angels DR.
ace pairing him mansion among the bowers Of Par
disci
his Ny simple sketch is finished. II has two M
ant rais-(which makes IT thrice good mos, tales
wn The reader must perceive them
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,yT an advertisement at Havre, leads TO beliey
that our mother tongue has not made the ~onde
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