The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-06-14
From he Gsa,lsman's Magazine.
DIARY or A PHILADELPHIA LAW,
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Unnatural Prosecution.

Unnatural Prosecution.
Turnias hsr mashsI's pains and benefits ..s
t. lassltrr and eontempl-Ihat she may feel
Il,a saafP-T taaa seTpenrs toaih il Is
10 have Ihaakiess eal.d. Slakssptsrs.
Amaag the various occupations Of man,
lLsle are naae ia which The practitioner
!. - much rxPased 10 the extremes ol
human passion and human weakness, as
in ihase which hare been entitled eOnsas.
80 puiiici-she. learned professions.
Ia periods nf mental distress, when
ihe aasuishei si.iril wesiles Is ilIi the de-
m"n II tie world. and trembling under
Us load Ol conscious guilt
That rings
81 On one dark. dancing moment, crimes of years.
aai screaming Ike sallure IN he esrs,
Tells Sas BY Que, hts thoughts and deeds Of
shsme--
ard the prospect of endless beaiiic exist
ente in accepted ard cnnsecrared faith,
sinks benraIh tie weight Of iis own i'm
mortal naiure-when The soul shudders
., its suspended condition, aud even hope
seems paralyzed. and fiercesl terror
s;rikes lie alarum 81 Everlasting death
when the proud spirit plunes il wing in
Anticipation of the flight that is To lard il
in IT, lasi, eternal linme--'lis then the H.
mid and aifngtied mortal calls TO his side
Iie minister of heavens pledges, and in
tlre society Of the clergyman. seeks con-
sdlaIioa aud relief BY exposing the naked
hideOusness uf his rfime-covered heart.
In sickness, too. when the wan and
whitening hand IL disease is laid upon
the body, and sinking nature calls for an.
other nerve TO grappie with The iyrani in
whose grasp she 1,erishes; or when sutl.
den accident has Frustrated the natural
energies Of man, aud The giant strength
which, bn moment before, had passes.
ell the frame, il fed--'lis then, whether
10 the stately chamber OF the proud. OF in
the wretched hovel III the beggar--whe.
the' on the dnwuy cOnch OF pampered
wealth, or on the rugged pallet OF indi-
rercs. the physician is called upon to De.
hold. in each alike, tie proud aud strong
man wtiIhing in The agony Of pain--Io
hear from his waiting plants Of suffering
and Of earIhly wo, and to see around him.
IN various situations. without perhaps the
means or prospect Of relief, the havoc Of
disease aud death. spending itself in the
thubIe a'niciion Of the suffering he be-
holds IN the PROSTATE victim before him.
ard the attendant, misery and lameuia,ion
which bereaveh friends anil dependents
pour over the relic of their living hope.
The lawyer, also. has his experience
and exposure, though perhaps in a more
limited sphere; and in the vexa,ious as
siduiy Of Iiiigious splits aud the ernveI-
ling workings Of revrngeful minds. he Of
ten witnesses the widest extremes Of hui
man passion aud human weakness.
Some instances uf this character, | find
recorded in my diary. which, from their
immediate relationship 10 the romance Of
real life. have afforded me matter of much
ethical spccala'nn. and among the nunl'
her Of which have presented the follow.
lowing Anomaly in the character Of the
female heart.
had just returned from court: my
br1"n bay was suspended from Ills appro-
pirate hook in the bookcase. and weari-
ell aud worn with the exercise Of five con
sccuuEe hours IN close attention and Goa
iinement at lhe bar, had accommodated
myself for siesiu with composure as
settled as IL no ihtlucemeut. however ar
gumentauve or insinuating its retainer,
could draw me from il. held in my
baud quire Of looIscap closely written
over. part Of the labor of the morning, 10
which was nojdlng a kind Of famillari.
~ between its mountainous recapltulalions
and my imprtmrbAbIe somnolenrc, when
gentle knock at my office door aroused
the.
The door was Immediately opened by
my student, who sal near il, in close aud
dry converse with sume blark-let,cred
spirit, and | was sammnned IL answer
tie demand Of two we'll dressed females,
VII" inquired for me in a suppressed aud
ial,cring ipne. l.abnring in State OF
much excitement, my strange visI,crs
s,ond for moment in the centre OF the
room. mute aud mo,ionless. and scarcely
seeming +, understand my repeated sol.-
citations to be seated. AT length, after
they had witnessed the departure Of my
sluden, from the Office. and cast has'y
glance around To see il none others were
present To behold or hear, the younger oil
the two mysterious beings before me took
her companion by tho hand. and led her,
IN apparent uncunsciousuess. 10 scat
Use by the chair from which | had just
risen. The young female having gone
thus far, stand still and silent beside me,
as il she had not the strength 10 act or
move. placed chair for her on my
right, and directing TO her the most en-.
cunrsgins and suasive converse | could
command, al length succeeded in awaken
ing her attention. She became seated.
and raising tho fills nj a rich black veil,