The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-02-24
CIRCULATING EVIL. REPORTS.

CIRCULATING EVIL. REPORTS.
nv KISS sED0wIcK.
melancholy instance of The cruelty
oi The circulation Of rs,l reparls. oeruued
les Years since inlbe csiy al New York.
4 yaSng man whom shall call William
Murphy. lhe con 81 . wealthy, eonspi
euans. and old inh.bilanl Of he city. con-
irsesed IN inlmsey with pesos Of se.
~ captivating manners and depraysd
mprsls. William. young. intxperienced,
aud nnsuspiclous. was llsuered wilh the
ai'sn,inn ~ this man. and was betrayed
by him inln many fnlies and sins. His
iAther Was imme. sed IN business. his on.
ly sister was constantly IN the CAV world.
aud nnhe Of Wiillsm's family suspected
The dangers ito which he VAS led. nor
did he the amaunt 81 them until his bad
intimate -Qri nd ilInol cali hin was
dei cied 10 cheating II gaming ,ahlc,
forged note. and was obliged 10 Us lfom
The riiv.
WIllan had bern tempted by This man
10 the gaming lstle: he had suffered
heavy Losses Ihere, bad heen led INTO nth
er Wong doings. The knowledge Il al
THIS came Ike thunder bnll upon his
family. They we're o.era helnrd Win
n.nr'ities,lon and grief. William shut him
sell up IN his room.
The Marphys were distinguished peo
pie; nothing IN the city wss talked uf So
much - lie disgrace 81 William Murphy.
Every Thug he had dine. aud much
wafsr arts that he had not done, aert
tnld aud re'o'd. snd every idle word
bfaus b. 10 The Mnrphys by ealing hen.
selses particular irirnds. Mr SnmeboJy
heard Mr.. S,msbudy rise. ~ha vas ser,
intimate sih he Murphys. say thai the,
should wonder il William hai not some
thing io 10 ai!h lie forger;es! Tile nexl
persnn ihrnngh whose hand. the repor,
rassef. sa,d. William had omslhing 10
dn with them. Aud the next edition uf
,he story was, thai William had actually
re ivsd The monty 90, BY The lorgels
aud IsId his gaming debts with l..
Oh. could these persons who thus talk
&c over the cslsmilIes and disgrace Of the
son Of their friends as they would have
discussed cnmmnn news, have locked
into the house &c The ar, q he'd Murphysl
Could they have seen the ls,her pacing
% aud down his spacious apartments, lis
hear, lilled Sl,h gref aud disappointment,
=. the Disgrace Of his own son--could
they have seen the mother rise from the
sleep!ess pillow wnh suuken eye aud
lln,iering heart--could they have seen
the d"mesiics removing sg,in aud again
the untuuchsd dishes from tables useless
" spread; AMI above all. could they have
tuloWcd The sitter 10 The roam of that
poor young man, and seen him. the pic
lure OF iemurse and misery, while she
hung over him, trying. in vain, 10 con
vince him tia, the faults we're not irre-
,rievable, thar tie storm would pass over
and hIs father would again loak upon him
with kindnrss. Thihk you il they had
seen all Ibis, and with the eye of tue
sympathy they might have seen il) they
r0uld, by sggraya,ing evil reports. have
muluplIed aud sharpened The arrows that
we've piercing the bOsnms of this unhap
ps family! Had they, by generous Ell
Tort Of the imagination, for one moment
put themselves IN the Murphy's places;
had they imltated linn Who without Elm.
Was touched with tie feeling Of our mfr.
mites, they would have been silent. or Ut
tered only wards ofkindness. but alas!
they carelessly cas-. stones which were TO
inf,ci DEATH !
One of the two or three friends who
had brongh, in The a,ing reports. called
into Mr.. Murphy's the second evening
after the disclosure. and told him as recei.
,e,l facts the rumors about tile forgery.
The momeai the visitor had departed,
Mr.. Murphy went fur the first time TO
Williams apartment. repeated whit lie
had Just heard, and demanded in voice
almost suiIocsted with emotion, confess
sion of the whole truth.
Tae poor young man had tasted IS
hnurs, he was weak and confused. The
sight III hue father. the anguish Of his dis
haired countenauce and The anger flashing
from his eye, deprived him Of all use Of
MS mind. lie male M attempt To explain
The circumstances alleged agsins, him. !.
Easily as 1, was he did not see how he
could exlricate himself from suspicion.
Ills laculnes were suspended. He mere
ly lecbly asserted his innocence. This
was afterwards proved beyond all ques-
in. and many circumstances came To
light ih,t aleylaled the sins he had CON,
tel, hui ala! TOO late for this victim Of
vi r.pn.s. The morning af,er this IN
ies,iew with his flI her he WIS louaj