Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-08-08

| iiei 'irs qnIvered OF the name of her chill
"feh, ana an expression passed across her
spirit.
1T must he done" she said, whilst he-
voice isi'efed-"there is no alternative but
WI ,r9st 10 Leslie. IL il Can be, the
world Shall not know the circumstances for
our chiidren's sake and you, Henry. Won
WIN ieei better. Happier when all is over,
thus ~" ~ o'
'it is almost dark, Corne,ia," I soid "it
com nehces 10 snow. i'll ring for your
carriage" WV
NO, no." she replied, it is better for me
10 60 thus Oh, Henry, how I renroach
m yscli ior my un,hnking extravagance II
E!-it Isl who is the cause of this, Ills the
'a'ne placed on The hsuLles, which surround
me- al ded she, casting glance around her
apartment, more fitted for an Eastern Sui,
lana Than an American mairon, "tbai hes
wrought this upon us. Yes, yes-I SEQ il all
now. The scales have dropped from nv
eyes, aha now poor, how valuelcss, do these
outward l'nppings of life appear, now know
The sacrifice they have cost you"
She departed. was left 10 nv own "a.
nect lions. Need describe " hat 1 suffered
ourinS her absence? remained mot;opIess
IN he same seat; but how much lived and
endured in that hour. Many may pss,
'htougn long life, and their oil ofseneaiion
ana suffering would not be equal 10 wha,I
eArer'enced then. They may speak Of tbs
agony oi the rack, but what corporeaI main
can compare " i'm mental suffering:
Cornelia returned a length: Leslie ,s all
.na' we wish him." she said, che will ar
range every thing, SO that they NAV nossess
'heir own, and The world no, know The Cir
cums'ances. Our children will be snare,
from inher'ling u tainted name
Two years have passed, and wba, ao 81.
'e'a'loh 10 our situation since last | penned
nv thoughts. We are NOW res;diho in
small two'slory house 10 Brookl,n. One
iemaie domestic is our only servant, Slv
WIG divides her time between household al.
la'rs ana insifuc,ng our girls, and ibei, rro.
Sfess Is greater than when they were a,
fiench boarding school, at an eypense M
eight hundred dollars each We are bon,;.
ef-as for myself Infinitely happier, sinccI
nave surrendered principal and inieres,-
yes, to the last cert, of my in po:,en sno;,s
ne world, The gay and fashionable world.
nave deserted US but Cornela is left "a mo
anc have nothing more ~ wish She MAD.
every arrangement for the change IN on,
NE. l was passive in her hands. She sue.
famed my often faiiering resolution. ard
strengthened me against the wild supye,,ions
OF despair. She supported every tkinp viii
'"'''todC, tHpuEN she CON!1
moi give up at once, all those iuynries .nd
eiegancies, she had long priced so hioh
without some womaniy feeling ofreeIe, a11
apove all, she could not be insensible In ,ba
GOODNESS and hea'lessncss with which she
was shaken of 10y those who had once wors
shipped her as "brght particular ,ar."bv
those too. 10 whom she had given her warr,
affection, without many bitter panp /,
Is, however, all over now. Spiri, is Ion M.
ole 10 cling 10 earth she has iuund conso.
i"tlon m lie only true source OF happiness.
Something is lett TO us-and have oh.
famed situation which brings me n sal,,v
OF twelve hundred year-my srjri, jscaJm
Tor Cornelia has led me 10 the path O; reace,
mas taught me The cnnso!ing power of ,ej;,
g ion--has Shown ne The purity and beauty
OF virtue. But this calm, This peace was no,
procuted at once. No-The soul came,
pass al once from state Of gull, TO a state Of
Innocence. Many were The dark moment.
Inc hours oil agony, passed through, before
Could hope for forgiveness from that poweI
on whose immuiabIe laws of Justice had
'ramPled--!rom whose suggestions Of con,
science had turned. so long. Now am
happy, there is peace within, and ean
glide serenely TO my grave, by the "wo,ld
forgotten and The world icrgot''