New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-03

he next inquiry
".say whatever you think best was the only
esponse. ..s.h.,ha
Touched with sympathy, in the belief that she
dreadipg the opposition Of friends, or the IN
,v;tshle embarrassments before her, note was
Tent 10 her the next day, containing words OF en-
pouragemeut and sympathy, and saying tnat tne
NJ after should not be represented as 'fiaeoniS
airtat;on-' bat what was much more honorable sua
as a matrimonial engagement. -.
wherever the writer Went IN tePiy "
all questions on the subject this representation WIS
made
But the interference OF good.natured friends was
not ali of this sort-in fact, the majority was OF
decidedly opposite character. Mr.. A. was quite
Young man and decidedly wealthy; Mlss u. was
some eight Yeas oder, and not particularly oies'
by Namrnon OF course, marriage between tue
gentleman aud lady, in view OF such disparity o.
wears and Of fortune was regarded by the TRENDS
If the former as most unfortunate, and among those
friends was Mr.. c. the clergyman OF the watering
place at which the parties were staying. very
strong and actise Efforts made to break o. 'lc
intimacy--and they finally succeeded before tue
parties left the springs, il was seen ana uu4ei'
stood that they were two. Why ana no" ''e'
became SO, they do not say, yet seems P'~n-
,bose who have read Corinne. The ladys a''fSc'
tious were rare, bat they were mainly in'e"ec'uA'
o,a ,be fascination they exerted over her adnlreI
faded with the glance OF her eye tue ineiouy VI "0
voice. Passing beyond the magic circle nc a.
opcemingled with companions, mainly young men,
who could only regard the idea oil his marriage
with one as much his senior in years as his JUNIOR
p fortune with incredulity and derislon' lna' nc
should be weak enough to disavo" IN tner pres
ence the attachment with professions oil whcn SS'n'
cere when uttered) he beguiled her at iengm
willing ear. was no novelty-thousands had done
nc before him. But when he added to hssassever'
otions to bis friend c. and others that there never
had been bit of sentiment in his intimacy WIZ"
Mis.D. hints that the acquaintance was enslrey
of her seeking-that he had first visited her "nen
stranger because invited to do SO by no'e nom
her pen, &c &c-fully justitylng II not muse"
drawing the inference that the acquaintance mao
hoer, nr;msrjlv of her suggestion and that ne
,heyssore should not be held responsive ior !" SUD-
seouent intimacy-he rendered inevitable tram
Of balefl consequence most torturing TO her. dis
credjtsble to him, and injurious to the Ministry
upon which he had now entered. ..t .el
OF course, the facts Of the ten weeks intimacy
at the watering place could not be concealed ana
were not permitted TO slumber. The assurances
which had been given TO friends at home and else
vbora of an engagement, based on the emphatic
relation of the parties, the devotion OF their hours
TO each other, and the foregoing reply OF Miss D.
when asked what TO say on the subject, could not
be recalled. The fact that the intimacy had wholly
ceased was of course obvious to all Interested
The lady met all inquiries, direct or inslnuated,
with simple and repressive silence She soon
after left her home (N.) and spent the winter IN
neighboring city. But even here reports were
borne to her ear Of representations OF the affair at
the watering place most dsperaging to her delica-
CIV. to say the least--and these representations
came directly from the immediate friends OF A. aud
uurported to be based ON q perusal of her private
letters to him She was finally constrained to
sneak and in reply 10 the friend who brought her
IN fresh recast OF the stories circulating to her
prejudice, stated the fact that while at the water
;ng.ulsoe A. had offered her his hand in marriage.
!" am very glad to hear it, promptly replied Prof
r.. III am glad to hear it tor his sake shall
think much better OF him for it. This statement
If M;ss ID. made in imperative sefdelense against
cslumnious Representations, months after tine init
macy had been forever terminated, soon found Its
wav To AS ears when he denied it an toto, saying,
..Tbere was nothing in the affair-no sentiment
and never had been-not a thimbefull. Before
tb;. however, Miss ID. had written lbut not yet
.ent TO A. the following letter, requesting return
of her portion Of the correspondence which, under
other auspices, had passed between them;
Letter TO Mr.. Il.
al must avail myself OF this opportunity 10 re
ouest Won 10 return to me every note and letter
mine. and every fragment OF my correspondence
which Won may still have in your possession, now
aver uiimportant you may esteem it. And mus
ask YOU 10 tell me, without reserve, whether auy
person but Yourself has ever seen these letters, by
accident or otherwise, or whether any one has ever
been made, in any way, aware oil their contents
Intimations from sources which cannot disregard
suggest these inquiries to me- Ii happens, unior
, tunstey, that your most sympathetic friends, and
those w no claim to be most deeply IN your con
fdence are persons not particularly kiensly to me
Perhaps ought not 10 be surprised at the way
in which my name is mentioned by those who un
dertake TO speak in yoar behalf, and who are sup
posed 10 speak from your authority. When | re
member how unscrupuously my mostsscred rights
and interests have been already sacrificed In THU
affair, and that too, without any imaginable object
in mere motiveess caprice, now that your interest
really require you TO indicate yoaFseii AZ my eS
penso, surely ought not TO be surprised at an
thing fe ~
Wfily allow me, for your own sake, to sugge'
10 Won some little caution on this subject. Wer
the impressions which now prevail in n. with r.
gard 10 my relations to you, to come by any accdeI
TO the knowledge OF either OF my brothers. the a
fair would be likely to find more memorable te
mination than the importance which you attach
il would seem to require But venthough ha
received no intmation on this subject the exstenC
OF these letters could not but be matter OF SON
anxiety TO me, for they contain, some OF them
least sentiments which have no longer any exis
ence and cannot endure that these memorla
should remain 10 convict me OF the miserable a
. surdity involyeslSn them. r.sl ss ~
For the regsS6 which have hitherto prosesse
for YOU. not insifcerely indeed, has proved, mu
Acknowledge upon trial. not what thought il