The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-09
Tie Grave OF q Friend !.

The Grave OF q Friend
Our horse Rolla, whose long silky tail Just
escapes the ground, and whose finely aTched
neck, and sleek. plump sides, are the envy
of horse lovers, and the pride Of bis owner J;
Eour horse Rolla, who has grown old, bat mott
gray, in our service. shares with us also thed
pleasures and tile pride of an airing in The
lcountry,as often as it is convenientfoF both,
or suitable for one to ride alones
In one Of these jauntsa few months since,
passing along Turner'S lane, we saw the.nor-
Them gate Of the Monument Cemetery O.
ipen, and as we {bota Rolla and ourseItl were
in a contemplaliye mood, (horses never ru- /
inmate, we tuned into the city Of the dead, 4
to see what there was for reflection In alI
that vide abode where, within a few wears,
marble columns, broken shafts, simple en-
Iclosures, and modest headstOnes have sprung
Iup, as IL one.half the world living; was ex-
pressing its gratitude tD.the other half. dead
Passing leisurely along one of the smooth
avenues of the place, gazing at this inscrip-
tion, and admitting that sculpture, and look
ling for the nook that might contain Us and
ours, we saw leaning over a newly sodded
grave female form. 1t was impossible, we
4 Thought, 10 pass without disturbing. or to
1panse, without an appearance of improper
1cdriosity. We therefore turned back, and
urged Roila 1--WE never spur nor strike him1
towards another place of egress; and as we
lpassed out of the gate, we saw the face of
the young woman moistened with tears, but
mot disturbed with extreme grief. "A mourn-
full "reminiscences appeared to hang upon her
brow, but there was beneath-a ray of hope,
that seemed TO create rainbow beauty on
the sorTow-token above. We understood not
; the expression. The solitude Of the visit
seemed to forbid the thought that widow, a
mother, or sister was mourning there; and
the tranquility of the features was against
the suPposition thatblighted love had come
2 to offer itself at1he grave Of the fallen one
= That which would, under such circumstan.
Ices, have promoted overpowering grief
!. Busy as we were with suggestions to solve
. the mystery, we scarcely entertained a hope
n that we should arrive al any Just conclusions
! Shortly after one of the recent violen
y rains, we turned again into the buryine
. place, and our attention was arrested by the
, ellects of the storm upon grave, the very
2 lone over which we had seen the young wo.
= man leaning. The neat sodding had been
!, torn away, and the injury was SO recent that
: the requisite repairs could not have been
applied We paused then to read the re-
. cord upon the head.stone. Il was simple
= statement, that William - had died al
y the age Of %, and the esteem Of a few as
= sociates--for he was without relatives-hac
made his burial honorable, and added to the
IS statement Of his name and age aTecord o
ID their esteem for his social virtues, and ahei
m hopes Of his future happiness. IA small
tt piece of paper was protruding from the earth
y We drewit out. Twas roll, containing
e. lock Of hair and one or two Ornaments
" The. paper bore also the name Of both th,
le tgiver and receiver of these articles. w,
noticed the latter, and made a.nlinute of i
ch liza our pocket-book. Then deepening thl
he the hole in the grave to considerable ex
10 tent, we re-deposited the paper, the hair
en- land the iewelry, and then filed In the earth
Try $50 that The new sodding should safely cove
Ier all beneath.
ne ut was not until within few days tina
dF I've obtained a solution of the mystery 6
Ell 1the females visit, and then II was throug
ON as marriage notice in our own columns, cor
Ter taining the young ~ oman's name. We il
40 Estituted inquiries, and learned enough
led satisfy US that when we saw herat the grave
she was taking her farewell, not Of hersll
.es VeT, shut hsrslove. Anew light bad arise
ssnd upon bel. heart and as the ssonrces of ii
~ former illlnin Atom had ceased, she chs
~ come e dismiss from her. bosom every u
ara gering beam.
I'D 70 no other could she entRisl the tosel
nor of affection she had received and 50 81
bis deposited them all with tne reipai rs OF Be-
md with whom they were. connected, and WIN
ser, she did that, she deposed, also, from ils Sc
ion ID her bosom, the iniag which had 10 Ion
rev ef an object q be represented
Ills Beautiful was The sense Of propriety ID
lit animated her heart 4 dat the d8
Sci might have asked in reason, had thus Be
led paid-allt thai he Iiping desired ia tie. h
cogenanl alIch tbey had formed, was nt
yer. secured 80 shadow of former idol
-sn- across ieF heart Scarcely fingered thef.
In remnant Of the odors from tle Incense Wi
ind Ind been offered She had conc q ma
sqi- clean bosom, upon which neu aEfectiS
H. we're to rest---up onsWhich new con6deu
IS a Was 70 lean. And she arose, and wentfo
lho' from that grave, with tears chat lac IN
e. would have pardoAed. had he known
I he ollgin-With smile Tat The dead W6i
we'd have blessed, had he looked downup
anne scene. And henceforth her Ieaninps are
life. And should the current Of Affect