The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-27

/ wish to become quite stranger 10 me, and for
that il would not be requisite for the 10 become
! entirely Indifferent 10 you2 And how could !
= become Indifferent TO the person love best on
earth ! feel within my heart a source OF the
deepest love, sufficient 10 calm and soothe all
your sorrows, and you discard me!
Do not break The heart that is
beating only for you. You who once loved
me'so much, forgive me. When you confess
TO me your sorrows--your head upon my
breast, your hands in mine, my lips upon your
forehead-do you think lha, they will not be
less Than il pent up in your own breast2 Do
no, sacrifice our mutual happiness to an emp
~ fear that will abuse your goodness. Per
haps, alter all, you are the more jealous Of the
two. God knows what suspicion you may
nourish in your breast, for am at loss how 10
interpret your secret sorrows. ! cannot think
that you wish 10 abandon me thus foreyer-o
deprive us Of mutual happiness-life is so
short, my beloved, and we have been separated
already SO long Soon. shall not dare TO
make proposals, always refused like my CD
resses. IL is not in your character TO make the
first advances, and from custom you will fear
too much TO make further attempts. and life
will then pass by, and you will be unhappy,
and your wife will die Of grief, Oh, return.
return unto her ~ ..Ia
The following are extracts from diary. with
lock 10 it, found in the chamber of The duch-
css al the chateau de Praslin. On the first leaf
the following words are written:
i For my husband, the Duke Of Praslin, Qor
him alone.) r-E . ,.r&
Jan. Is, lS42.-Twice have the pages of
this book been covered with the outporngs OF
broken spirit. burnt them in moment OF
despair, 10 efface all marks Of my suherings,
aud only show you my happy thoughts at
your return. Two years have passed, and my
hopes are destroyed forever; but feel The want
Of expressing 10 you all the tenderness and love
have felt for you.
"You have taken my children from me.
My children DO you think me capable Of
corrup,ing them? love you too we'll not To
HEM from me, to place them uEder the care Of
giddy, young person, without any religion,
aud whom you only know from an eight
months acquaintance.
have been illuminated, az 'haps you
think me guilty otherwise "" yud never
have deprived me of my chlhii9n, TO place
them under the care of a stranger who has
usurped my place in your house; and yet be.
fore God swear never loved any one but
you" .".
APRIL 23.-lt is now some time since have
written, and my position is now far worse Than
Il was. Mde. D. is mistress of the house.
What an example 10 the chidren! A young
!, woman of % 10 be allowed 10 enter at all hours
the room oil man of 81, and to receive him
al all hours in her own apartment! Had she
not the imperlinence 10 tell me that she could
} not interfere between me and M de Prasln, as
she thought he must have sufficient reasons 10
Withdraw my children from my superinten-
dence2 r., . -
To-day, perceiving myself angry at seeing
you come out from a tete a tele with Mdll. d.,
thought 10 act most judicieusly in flying with
oul saying a word, believing that should thus
avoid any scene of recriminalion, and testify
my disapprobalion gently wi,hou risking any
thing. Good God how lar was from antic.
palng the frighlfu rage in which my unlucky
genteness put you. Certainly no violence
could have urged you further than 10 follow me
ing gestures; apd afterwards TO come 10 my
room and break vases, and take from Inc two
) presents which | valued so much, and which
you gave me, when believed you loved me
so much. Perhaps you have given them to
another. You have made ME burn the letters
proofs, and only relics OF that love.
"All is finished. We have quarrelled be-
You'd recall. Oh, he is more than harsh he
is cruel towards me. How could he acquire
this excess of aversion for me, whose love he
knows to be SO pure, so tender, SO devoted 2
!, What infamous influences have been TO work
upon his heart, once so good, SO afectonate
so iust2 He excuses hi,iself doubtless by tell
ing himself that my character has become hate
full and nlractabe. But whose is the fau?-
!. Has he not disordered all my sentiments, all
my principles? does he no, seize every occasion
to hurt and wound mel The chamber live
in kills me with its bitter recollecons. II seems
that since you have been Duke de Prasin, and
possessor of the chateau, | am no longer wor-
thy of your wife. Since you wished for no
More children, you have believed yourself freed
from all sentiments of affection, from all con
. sderaton. from all regard. Was then only
A machine Far from dreading age, like so
many women, | rejoiced in the antclpalions Of
+ the happiness we shouldha together, as hav-
, ing loved one another so long-in talking over
our old recolections-n living again in our
children-in quitting together this world for a
better. Alas! why are you no longer relisious2
| "My fears would not have arisen, if you
had not excited them. / no longer see you anne
nable to any restrain, Of religion. For long
time you have adopted the appearance Of the
most disordered, you affect the greatest levity
4 oil manner, the greatest contempt for the bien-
, ceences have seen you depart from the truth
:: so far as to say that you have done one thing
i, when you have done another Oh, am more
A unfortunate than blameable. You know that
was jealous temperament; if you loved
NE, if you loved peace and union, why do all
that would have been required TO excite jea,
ousy in one the least susceptible Of III But,
my God, how supers,ious does grief make
, one! So | am ashamed Of ia On Sunday,
the day OF your arrival, on rising perceived
an enormous spider. This frightened me. In
this moment, while writing, turn my eyes
and see little spider. My tears stop. feel
|, an emotion Of JOY as if a cause Of hope comes
to me. How weak is the spirit OF man! New
erlheless, it is in thee, my God, my heart has
placed all its hopes. Thou sendest visible signs
of thy will, Oh, save him. and if it be posi-.
BILE, restore him 10 me! Grant that he may
read the few lines that send hun, and that they
may touch his heart"
49,. MORE LETTERS.
The following, found in the Dukes bureau,
, lao, rS NJ, date