The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-05-19
NATIONAL WHlG.
from he u S. Gazette cfthe l7ih inst
Deeply Affecting Incident.
EDITORIAL CORRESP O.NDE.NCE.
H,pplSpIaa NAV Is lS17

dressing tuet, yet the opPoituui'y ioi tue PicaS-
ure springs from the deprivation OF thy compa-
nv. and the delight enforced from the CORES
pondence. is only an attempt to counterbal
ance the evil of separation-b that is natrra'.
Who wins honor until he has been forced 10
strike for some invaded or threatened interest
Who gains Immortality by verse, until the CO.
ercion Of circumstances deprives him OF free
will? And all The fardels of life, whose sup
port makes honorable, are taken up in obedi-
ence to necessity, and become means and
badges Of fame less from the will with winch
they are assumed, than from the manly man
ner in which they are sustained.
Ny voyage up was one oil quiet enjoyment.
The motion Of car is favorable TO rapid
thought, to the exercise OF fancy, or to the
high indulgence Of the ideal, so that one used
10 make much OF solitude, can profit by rail
road journey, can find pleasure in the emotions
called up. speak OF solitude not az the alb.
sence of persons, but as the want OF connection
with them. The most intense solitude, the
solitude which i felt, is The solitude OF crowd.
The mind throws out It's teelers, IN order 10
make an attachment with some one, and hnds
not single object within It's reach II with.
draws into itself. or expands upon distant OBJ
jects, and Ieves in It's own high intercourse
with the absent. II can have its own scenes
of delight, or horror for the rupture OF long
cherished ties; il may stand amid the flowers
Of youth, and while i enjoys the sweetness
Of The feast, sigh that the sweetness was drawn
out by The violence which crushed the petals,
and forbade the maturity oil fruit Ii may look
back upon associations broken, and lament TOO
late lhata word spoken, or word spared, might
have saved the link that kept whole the chain
Of social or domeslic affection.
i had, with special selfishness, placed my
small yalise upon one seat in the car, while
took anoiner, 80 that occupied bench 10 my
self; aud lady, who seemed 10 be unattended,
had quiet possession Of the bench Immediately
in from: of me. II was not until we had run
several miles, thar some trifing matter arrest
ed the attention Of all the passengers, and
brought The TWO front of ME, face 10 iace-and
such faces have not often seen. They were
alike in features and expression, and they were
alike also in the exhibition of feeling, surprise,
anger, and notification.
SIS that you, Elizabeth ?"
Eyes, Mary, it is /, but certainly did not
know ysu were here; should have found
another seat, and will seek one now"
She looked around, but was evidently struck
with sudden sense of the IMPROPERLY of such
movement.
II should suppose if you could find time to
go I'd tue CITY, YOU EUutu HdPc iOuHu utuc "
attend your fathers death-bed."
! eIf 1 did not attend, il was because knew
YOU had been sent for, too, and had no wish
10 see you there
"You might have gone, for supposed, Of
course, you would attend, and SO | slaid al
home"
Unwilling to listen, attempted to read, and
succeeded ia avoiding considerable portion
which followed. Il was evidently altogether
domestic, and required neither assistance nor
listener. At length il became almost inpossi>
Bile to avoid hearing portion.
s..Your husband might have helped il, il he
had chosen 10 do right"
"Most people can Judge better OF other peo-
pies husbands bad character, than of that
Of their own-at least they seem 10 hear more
Of it my husband tried hard enough TO settle
the difficulty"
.The whole family peace might have been
preserved, and the family property have been
saved, if he had not undertaken TO rule US all
for your own good"
81 rule Well, that is well rule, in
deed"
"Did you not say TO --, that you would
never have rest until you had driven US off the
homestead"
mo, never"
.sDid you not inquire Of lawyer Nj,
what amount Of money would satisfy mort>
gage?"
my husband did,
"And was moi that in order TO take posses
sion of the place 2"
emo: my husband had received money, and
he was anxious that you and yours should have
the advantage Of it, and he sought 10 become
the creditor himself | confess that it was
against my wish, as knew he could buy the
place at auction for less than he would add
vance on it, and had no reason 10 wish you
better off,"
50 And why not?"
"Did not all of you"-
Here was an approach 10 matters yet more
sacred, and opened the window Of the car.
But while il appeared that The acl charged
was performed, il became evident that the mo-
live was, in some cases. directly good, and in
others no, evil Suspicious had sprung up,
iealouses had been fomented, and lille tat.
Ting been exercised, and family which had
been reared in affection, or without differences
had split upon some imaginary point Of pennies
or kindness Instead OF appealing personally
at The first erroneous movement, each stood
apart, and anger, and all unkindness, were
nourished The old widowed father had been
allowed TO die without the sacred Offices Of his
daughters daughters, the blessing and The re-
ward of paternity. The property had been
wasted, and tile stranger had been benefited
by the wrong.
II was some time before either Of the party
in front Of me could speak. AT length one
turned 10 the other, and said $50 father died,
and was buried without u.s." A hand OF each
was dropped between the seat they met in
firm grasp.
'Ehe lalies alighted at Lancaster, and wen,
into one OF the houses at the Depot; in a room,
they evidently discussed their domestic es-
arrangement, and 10 view vi the sutierings
which their folly had caused, the one threw
herself upon the bosom Of the other, and
.'ihey lifted up their voices and wepl."
g Let US not part now, Elizabeth; come with