The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1842-11-17

EiduSHu 0hNA hio WdAf MutSN idu low
yards in his rear and given him fatal
wound. The last words he had ut
tered' 'DdHs la Instant &C sera fai,"
might have been spoken in a prophet
&c spirit. Not a minute had elapsed.
and he was already corpse.
INTERESTING SToRY.--A wealthy
merchant Of Paris, whose name the
Gazette DIES Tribunanx-irom which
We take the following interesting tale
conceals, It states, from motives Of
dehcacy, having made some disastrous
speculations on the Stock Exchange,
was obliged to fly to England to avoid
his creditors, leaving behind wife,
who though young, was the mother Of
three children. Unfortunately, her
husband had involved her TOO in his
ruin by inducing her put her name
to bills Of exchange, which she had no
means Of paying when due. Unable
to follow him, and dreading a separa-
ton from her children by arrest and
confinement in prison, she gave up
her house and furniture TO her credi-
tors, and retired to a humble dwelling
in an obscure quarter Of Paris, with on
y a small sum Of money and her own
personal jewels and pharaphernalia.~-
In very few weeks after her retreat,
her miseries were increased by the ar
rival Of intelligence Of the death Of her
husband. When her money was gone
she continued TO maintain herself and
her children (lbe eldest but very little
above the age Of iufancy) by the pro-
gressive sale Of her jewels, and these
being exhausted, she was reduced to
the abjcct necessity Of disposing Of
even her wedding-ring. Encouraged
by the uniform kindness OF manner
with which she had been treated by the
ieweller TO whom she had trans
ferred these valuables, she confded TO
him her forlorn situation, and consul
ted him or the best mode OF disposina
OF small quantity Of enc linen, as the
only resource left her. The worthy
man, TO save her from the exposure o.
going to other persons, agreed 10 take
tbe linen himself al It's utmort prieo -
From week 10 week she went 10 hin
with sometimes a damask table-cloth
sometimes a pair Of sheets and a
length even her own chemises. Al
last some weeks elapsed without hel
again appearing at the jewellers shop.
The master, who had become in
lerested in the fate of one whose
manners proved that she was above
the humble condition in which she bad
appeared before him, sought out and
discovered her wretched abode. Or
entering it, he found her lying sick
and almost expiring, and her three chill
dten crying around her from want O
bread. On asking why, as she was
unable to come to him, she did no
send her eldest child, she told him tina
she had not a single article more Il
dispose of, and had been living up
on the allowance granted by the arron
disement to its INDECENT inhabitants
After gently blaming her for giving
away to despair, the jeweller told heI
that be had been mistaken in the est
mate he had made Of a diaclond eros
he had purchased Of her aud it pro
we'd TO be Of so much greater value
than hs at the time believed, that h
was her debtor to the amount Of 2 ,00(
/ r., which sum he insisted upon he
receiving. Not content with this res
ltitution, il such it really was he pro
posed TO her,until fortune should smil'
upon her again to place her at the heaC
Of his domestic establishment, and ht
would have her children brought u
and educated under bis own direction
Gratitude aud her maternal feelings
would not allow her 10 refuse an ofe
50 advantageous 10 herself and chill
dreu, and SO honorable and disinieres
ted ia him BY whom ii was made. Th
arrangement was carried into execu
ton, and the distressed widow ha
now every prospect Of comfortable
though comparatively humble, subsis
Ienoe, and OF seeing her children Q
least put into a way ofptoviding hon
estly for ,hemselves.-- Galignan'
Messenger.
The following is an official order
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