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

Hc uouI OPcHeu, as the itSHt sucauSS
from lantern across the cell, he saw
female form timidIy approaching. In
moment Almira had sunk upon her knees
beside him, and their hands were silently
clasped togeiher.-'l'hcre are occasions
when the heart spurns all constraint, and
acts up to its own dictates careless Of the
public opinion, or prescribed forms--when
love becomes the absorbing and overruling
passion--and when that which Under other
circumstances would be mere unlicensed
impulse, becomes hallowed, imperious
duty.-That noble hearted girl had believ-
ed to the last that her lover would be hon
orably acquitted. The intelligence Of his
condemnation, while ii bliehted her hopes,
and withered her health, never disturbed
for one moment her conviction of-his inno-
renee. There is union Of hearts which
is indestructible, which marriage may
sanction and nourish, and hallow, but
which separation cannot destroy-a love
that endures while life remains, or until
its object shall prove faithless or unwor-
thy. Such was the affection of Almira;
and she held her promise TO love and hon.
or him whose fidelity was to her unspotted
and whose character she considered hons
orable, to be as sacred as if they had been
united in marriage. When all others for
sock she resolved never 10 forsake him.
She had come to visit him in his desola.
ton, and to risk all, TO save one who was
dear and innocent in her estimation, though
guilty in The eyes Of The world.
The jaiIor, a blunt, though humane man,
briefly disclosed plan which he with Al
mira, had devised for the escape Of Ham
ilton. He had consented to allow him to
escape, in female dress,--she was TO re-
main in his stead, so that the whole con-
irivance should seem TO be her own.
liam plain man, concluded the jailor,
shut know what's right 1t amt fair to
hang no man on suspicion--and more than
that an not going to stand in no mans
way---especially friend who has done me
favors as you have. The tracks clear
Mr.. Hamilton, and the quicker you putout
the hetter.'
i To this surprise the prisoner perempto-
rily refused the offer.
j 4 am innocent said he; tbut | would
suffer thousand deaths rather than injure
the fair fame Of this confding girl
Go Dudley; my dear Dudley she sob
bed; sfar my sake, for the sake Of your
broken-hearted father and sister, 49,
do not tempt me, my dear Almira.
! will moi do that which will expose you
TO disgracs?'
ooh who would blame meg
The world--.lhe unglMritable world
they who believe me murderer, and haxa
tortured my most innocent actions into
proof Of deliberate vilfaiby, will not hest
tate 10 brand you as the victim Of cold
blooded felon. And why should ! fly? to
live wretched wanLercr, with the brand
Of Cain on my forehead, and character
stamped with infamy!
He would have said more-.-but the form
during this brief dialogue, had sunk into
his arms, was laying lifeless on his bosom.
He kissed her cold lips, and passionately'
repeated her name.-.but she heard him not
-.her pure spirit had gently disengaged
itself, and was flown forever. Her heart
was broken. She had watched and wept,
and prayed, in hopeless grief, until The
physical energies Of delicate frame were
exhausted; and the excitement of the last
scene had snappedthe attenuated thread
of life.
Hamilton did not survive her long,
His health was already shattered by the
long confinement, and the chafng of a
proud spirit. Almira had died for him
and his own molher--oh! how cautiously
did they whisper the sad truth, when he
asked why she who had loved him better
than life, had forsaken him in the hour Of
laff1iction-she, ton had sunk under the
dreadful blow. His father lived wither.
ed melancholy man, crushed in spirit; and
as his sister hung like guardian angel
over his 1ath bed and as he gazed on her
pale, emacia,ed, sorrow-stricken counte-
nance, he saw she, too, would soon be
numbered among the victims Of this mel.
ancholy prosecution. When with his last
breath he suggested that they would soon
meet, she replied; 4 trust that God viii
spare me to see your innocence established,
and then l will die contented.' And her
confidence was rewarded--for God does
not disappoint those who put their trust in
him.
i About year afterwards, wretch who
was executed al Nalchez, and who was
!, lone Of the three persons mentioned in the
commencement Of this narrative, confessed
j THAT he had murdered Saunders, with a
, pistol which he found at the place where
) the two friends had slept. sIknewi il would
J be co. was the only reply of the fast de-