Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-01-08

January d mere were two ytng III rooms ONLY
III The "oik.house; one OF then. Z feet long aud
10 feet 8 inches vide, The other about Q feet
square. In each Of these rooms there were two
htos, each ct Them / feet q inches wide, aud q
tee' long. In each bed there were at one tine
two women al the least, either expecting labour
or recently confined.
AN INsrRUCTIvE Miss sedcwick.
\ melanchoiy instance oil The cruelty Of the
circulation OF EVIL reports. occurred n few wears
since in the city Of New York. A Young man.
whom | shall cali William Muir by, the son of a
wealthy, conspIcuoas, and old inhabIt NJ If tho
city, eontraciod an intimacy with a rerson Of
very captivating manners and deprate1 morais.--
william, Young, inexperienced and unsuspiclous,
was hIttered with the attention Of this man, and
was betrayed BY hun into many foliies and sins.
lits luther was immersed III business, his onlv
sister was constantly IN the gay world, aud
none of Williams family suspected The dam
gers into which he was led, nor did he know tho
amount of them until his bad intimate (friead
will not call hln) was detected cheating at a "a.
ming table, and forged q note, and vas obliged to
ty from the civ.
William bad been tempted by this man 10 tho
gaming table; he had suffered heavy losses there,
and been led INTO other wrong doinas. The knowl.
edge Of all this anne like Il thunderbo.t upon his
family. They were overwhelmed with nortfti-
cation and grief. William shut himself up in his
room.
The Mufphys were distinguished people; moth.
Tag ia the city was talked OF SO much as Inc DIS
grace OF William Murphy. Every thing he had
done, and much worse acts that he had not done,
were told and retotd, and every idle word brought
10 The Marphys, by people calling themselves
"partlcuar friends" Mr.. Somebody heard MIR.
Sonbodyeise who was very intimate with tho
Murphys, say that they sho:ld not wonder If Will
liam had something to do with the forgeries.
The next person, through whose hands the report
passed, satd William had something 10 do with
them. And the next edition Of The story was,
fhat William had actually received The money got
by the forgery. ard paid his gaming debts with il.
On. could those persons who thus talked over
the caIamities and disgrace of the son of their
friend AS they wouldahave discussed common new
have looked INTO the house of the wretched Muir
phys! Could they have seen the father pacing
up and down his spacious apartments, his heart
filed with grief and disappointment at the dis
nraeA afhis aun soa-couii they have seen the
mother rise from her %sleepless pillow with a sunk
en- eye and futtering heart; could they have seen
the domestics removing again and again the IN
touched dishes from tables useiossly sprcad-and
above all. could they have followed the sister 10
the room Of that poor young man, and seen him,
the picture of remorse and misery. while sbe
over him, trying in vai1 10 convince him
tnat Inc faults were no; irretrlevabie, that the
storm would pass over, and his father would a.
gain look "p)n him with kindness. Think YOU If
they had seen all this, (and with the eye Of true
sympathy they might have seen IT'D they could,
by aggravatlug evil reports, have multiplied and
the arrows that were piercing the bo-
SONS OF this unhappy family? Had lhey, by a
generous effort Of the Imagination, for one mo-
ment PIT Themselves in The Murphy's places
had they initiated Him who without sin was touch
ed with the feeling Of our %infirmilies, they would
have been silent. or uttered only words Of kind
ness. But, alasi alas. they careIessly cast stones
which were 10 intllct DEATH
One of the two or three friends, who had brought
in the flying reports, called into Mr.. Murphy's the
SeCnDd pypuIun after tho licctacnra ,1I til H.,
IS received facts, the rumors abou, the forgery.
The moment the yisiter had departed, Mr.. Muir
ply went for the first time TO Williams apartment
rePeated what he had jus, heard, and demanded,
n a voice almost saff1cated with emotion, a dis
closure OF the whole truth.
The poor young man had fasied for IS hours;
lie was weak and confused. The sight OF his ath-
sr, the anguish of his disordered countenance,
md the anger flashing from his eve, deprived him
If all use ef lis mind. He made no attempt TO
Explain the circumstances alledged agains, him.
ttslly az II was. he did not see how he could ex-
rieate himself from suspicion. His faculties were
lie merely feebly asserted his inno-
'ence. Tins was afterwards proved beyond nli
lnestion. and many circumstances came 10 Ugh.
hat alleviated The sins he mad committed, but,
alas! too late for the victim of evil reports. The
morning after this interview with his father, he
vas found dead in his bed. An empty laudanum
'iai was beside his pillow. Truly, "ihere is life
Ind death IN the tougue.S
| trust, my young friends, this story may awa-
zen your attention to The subject Of evil reports.
Il may be rare that such fatal injury is inflicted,
Is In the instance | have related; but If they do
10 other harm, they certainly harm your own
Iolls.
DHTRAISISG FOR REST--"Speaking ct Tur-
ley.' We heard an extensive tale YESTERDAY. 1t
vas told Us by The Doctor. A man up town, on
,oing to dinner a day or Two ago, found a macni-
rent turkey, weighing fifteen or twenty pounds,
'moking hot on the table. As he smacked his
ip= IN anticipation of his pleasure. he happened
q recoiiect that he had himself purchased a pair
# ducks IN market that morning. and began 10
wonder how they became transformed into the
iish before him.