Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1839-05-18

from time TO time deferred il, from the diff.
Guilty Of approaching so delicate subject.
AS the time OF parting approached, how.
ever, ne drew the conversation TO that point,
and was informed that the sum Of five hun
dred dollars, would relieve his friend from
embarrassment. Having large sum in
his possession, he generously rendered him
the amount required, and Hamilton after
some hesitation, accepted the loan, and
proposed his note for its payment, which
Saunders declined, under the plea that the
whole transaction was matter Of friend
ship, and that no such formality was requi-
slte When they were about to part Ham.
ilton unclasped his breast-pin, and present
led it to his friend, {" Let this" said he,
"remind you Of Kentucky; thrust, that
when | visit you next year, shall see ii
adorning the person Of some favorite fair
one" shave no such confidence in you,"
laughingly returned the other; and hand
ing him silver-bandle pen-knie curiously
embossed, +" am told that knives and scis.
sors are not acceptable presents to the fair,
as they are supposed 10. cut love, 50 have
no fear that AImira will get this and ]
know that no other human being would
cause you to forget your FRIEND" They
then parted.
, As Hamilton was riding slowly home.
: ward, engaged in thought, and holding his
bride loosely, deer sprang suddenly from
the thicket and fell in the road, before his
horse, who started and threw him to the
gronnd. In examining the deer, which
had been MORALLY wounded and still strng-
Cling, some of the blood was sprinkled on
his dress, which had been otherwise soiled
by his fall. Paying little attention to
these circumstances, he returned home.
Though his absence had been brief,
many hands grasped his in cordial well
come, many eyes met his own in love, Tor
few Of the young men of the country were
so universally beloved and SO much re-
specied as Hamilton. But to none was
his return so acceptable as Almira -.
She had been his playmate in. infancy, his
school-mate in childhood, in maturer years
their intimacy had rpened into love, they
we're soon to be united in the hottest and
dearest of ties. But the visions of hope
were soon to pass from them, as the mir
age Of the desert that mocks the eye OF the
thirsty traveller, and then leaves him
death devoted wander on the arid waste. g
| A vague report was brought to the Will
ace that the body of a murdered man was
found near Scottsvlle. 1t was first men
honeo by traveller, in company where
Hamilton was present; and he instantly
Exclaimed, no doubt it is Saunders-how
unfortunate that l left him!-and then
retired undergrad excitement. His man.
ner and expression awakened suspicion,
which was unhappily corroborated by a
+ variety Of circumstances, that were caut'-
ously whispered by those who dared not
openly arraign person whose conduct
through lie had been honest, frank and
manly. He had ridden away with Saun-
ders, who was known to have been in
possession Of a large sum of money. Since
his return he had paid off debts to large
amount. The pen-knife of Saunders was
/, recognized in his hand-yet none were
willing, on mere surmise, to hazard d.
rect accusation.
The efectoflhe intelligence upon Ham
iIton was marked The sudden death oil
dear friend is hard to be supported--but
. when one who is loved and esteemed, is
6 cut off bv the dastardly hand Of the assas-
8 sin, the pang & bereavement is donbly
: great, and in TIM instance the feelings Of
r gratitude which Hamilton felt towards his
!; bencfactor, caused him TO mourn over the
: catastrophe with melancholy anguish.
E He would sit for hours in state of alb.
straction, from which even the smiles Of
). love could not awaken him.
1 The elections were at hand, and Hamil'
!. ton was candidate for the Legislature.
5 Ia the progress Of the canvass, the foul
/ charge was openly made, and propagated
d with the remorseless spirit ofparty anlmos.
! |ty. Yet he heard it not, until one eve
If ming as he sal with Almiro, in her fathers
i house. They we're conversing in low ac-
: cents, when the sound ofapproaching foot
steps interrupted them, and the father o.
5 Almira entered the room.-.sMr. Hamilton
' said he, Il am frank man consented
5 to your union with my daughter, believing
your character to be unstained--but re-
D Igret to hear charge is made against you
which, If true, must render you amenablt
to the laws Of your country. ! believe 7
= to be fabrication Of your enem'es--but
r until il shall be disproved, and your char
!, ac,er as man Of honor placed above suspi
8 cion, you must be sensible that the -propo
It sed union cannot take place, and that You
visits to my house must be discontinued
d what does my father meant inquir
IS led the young lady anxiously, as her indig