Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-06-06

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j to interfere no more with our arrange
! meftss
The seconds seized me by the arms,
land compelled me TO retire. But
warned them at every step. Never be.
fore did feel SO deeply The value and
hazard ofthe human soul: My remarks
were without effect. except on one of the
/ friends Of the younger principal. This
is a horrible place, said he, &, II cannot
endure it, and he turned with me from
the scene.
Now then for it, cried one Of the Sc
conds, as he returned. Take your pla-
ces.' Shuddering FASTENED my pace
to escape the result.
sOne-two-" and The next sound
was lost in the explosion Of the pistols!!
oh, God.' shrieked a voice of agony -
] | turned round. The younger principal
with his hand to lis lace, sllrieked again,
guiyered and fell to the ground! rush.
led to bin. With one hand he clung to
the earth, the fingers penetrating the sod;
while with the other he erasped his left
jaw, which was shattered with a horrid
wound. turned with faintness from the
sight. The charge had passed through
the left side fthe mouth, crossing the
teeth, severing the jugular and passing
out at the back part Of the head, laying
open, entirely, one side Of the face and
neck. In this CHASTITY wound, amid
blood and shattered teeth, had he fixed
his grasp with tenacity which could not
be moved. Bleeding profusely, and CON
vulsve with agony, he lay for several
minutes, the most frightiul spectacle
had ever witnessed. The countenances
OF the spectators expressed conscious
relief when it was announced by the sur
geon that death had ended the scene
Meanwhile the murderer and his party
had left the ground.
One of the company was despatched
on my horse to Communicate the dread
full news to the family. The young man
was ceansed from his blood. aud borne
Immediately to his carriage: accompa-
MED it.. 1t stopped before small but
elegant house. The driver ran to the
door and raped. An elderly lady onened
it, with frantic agitation, at the instant
when we were lifting the CHASTITY remains
from the carriage. She gazed for a mo-
meht, as if thunderstruck, and fell faint
ing in the doorway. A servant rem o.
we'd her into the parlor, and, as we pass
ed with the corpse into rear room, {
observed her extended on sofa, as pale
as her hapless son.
We placed the corpse on the table,
with the stiffened hand still grasping the
wound, when young lady neatly attir-
ed in white, and with a face delicately
beautiful, rush ed franticly into the room
and threw her arms around it weeping
with uncomfortable emotion, and ex-
claimed with an agony of feeling. My
brother my dear, dear brother? Can it
be-O! can it be::'
The attendants tore her away.
shall never forget the look of utter
wretchedness she wore as they led her
away-her eyes dissolved in tears, and
her bosom stained with her brothers.
blood.
The unfortunate young man was Of
New England origin. He hal settled in
the twon Of N, where his business
had prospered SO well, that he invited
his mother and his sister to reside with
him. His home endeared by gentleness
and love, and every temporal comfort,
was scene Of unalloyed happiness; bat
in an evil hour he yielded to a local and
absurd prejudice sentiment Of honor
falsely SO called, which his education
should have taught him to despise. He
was less excusable than his malicious
murderer, for he had more light and
better sentiments. .fhis one step ruin
ed him and his happy family. He was
inferred the next day with the regrets Of
the whole community.
His poor mother never left the house
till she was carried to her grave, to be
laid by the side Of her son. She died
aiteK deiirlous fever of two weeks du
ration, throughout which she ceased not
Ito implore the attendants, with tears, to
preserve her hapless son from the hands
of assassins, who, she imagined kent con-
cealed for their murderous purpose
His sister still lives, but poor. and bro
ken hearted. Her beauty and ENERGIES
have been wasted by sorrows, and she Is
dependent on others for daily bread.
have heard some uncertain renorts
OF his antagonist. the most probable Of
4 which IS, that he died three wears after
81 the yellow fever at New 0rleaus. r. !.
|gIng with the horrors Of remorse. Such
was the local estimation Of this blood
deed, that scarcely an effect was made
to bring him to justice. Alas, for the
influence Of fashionable opinion! It can
silence by its dictates the laws of man
and Of God, and exaIt murder to the
/ glory Of clivalry!
When We consider how many hearts
Of mathers. sisters, and wives, have been
made TO bleed by this cruel and deadly