Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-07-31

country, and my little income nsalE gone IN
consequence, is still farther DIMINISHED and al
most eaten up by excessive poorgptes. The
state of desttution to which we are educed few
could imagine to be possible Alaost every lit
tie valuable possessed has been alsposed Of,
and an insurance on my life has been forfeited.
Indeed, we should have been withoptthe means
of subsistence, but for temporary loan obtained
at most exhorbitant rate of intereil from that
usurer, Hickman. wish could bgye avoided
it, But Mary must not storve she nust never
know what want is Even as it is fear the
misery around her has preyed upoS her mind
and injured her health she looks Hle, haggard,
and detected.
"Sept 20h.-I am very unhappy about Mary;
she is in a most delicate state of hu. y. A let
ter from her brother which she received yester-
day, stating that the family estate was in the
hands of the Jews, and that he vas in the
Queens Bench prison, has given severe shock
to her system. 1t is vain for me TO try to blind
my eyes to what is coming she is oinking rap
idly, yet without murmur or complaint In
few weeks we shall be without the means of
subsistence, and must she die of."snt?
"Oct 30M.-She is dead. For her it is we'll
that it should be so, she never knew the utter
destituton which now awaits me. have le-
signed my living, for should mover be able TO
fulfil the duties it imposes upon me-. Friendless
and broken-hearted, in few days leave forev-
er tbs once happy home.
".4ena 29M-An insovent debtor, and in Jail.
The pittance | endeavored to obtain as tutor
has failed to satisfy Hickmans claims, and he is
merciess, But my release from all my sorrows
is, ] trust, at hand. Weak and feeble in body,
and prostrated in soul, feel that my sad and
weary pilgrimage will soon be at an end And
now, every thought, and hope, and wish is fixed
above"
The extracts will suffice to throw some light
upon the painful events of a life Of trials and re-
verses almost unoxampled, and d account for
the miserable termination of an upright and
bameless career.
My agent had now arrived, and was detained
by him until late hour in the evening, the bus
mess with which we were engaged being of SO
imperative a character as not to admit of any
postponement, As soon as wes able to get
away, sent for car, and hurried to the Mar
shalsea, but arrived too late. at is all over
with the poor fellow, sir," said the kind hearted
turnkey, as he opened the gate, and he spoke in
a husky, suppressed voice, as if he feared by his
usual rough tones to disturb the4dead mans
eternal repose. As he was spegking Dir, s.
Joined us he had remained with Shelton 10 the
last, and was now going to make some arrange
ments for the performance Of the last sad Offices.
He informed me that when he arrived he found
Shelton in a most excited state, and evidently
enduring severe mental suffering. At first he
was unable to control his feelings; tears rolled
down his cheeks, and the convulsiYe manner in
which he clasped his hands, as he prayed in fee
BILE, sobbing accents, betrayed the bitter anguish
that was within. He at length became more
composed, and lay perfectly slillOn almost mo-
tionless, for some time; when suddenly deep
flush over. spread his features, he half raised
himself in his bed, and stretching out his arms
as if to enfoId some dear object near him, family
murmured, Mary" This effort was his last
the blood gushed in torrents from between his
d lips, and he fell back dead. He was faithful to
Il the last. His hearts failing stream bore on it the
u u name of her, who in veal and woe, In prosperity
u and want, as now in death, had ever been the
pure, sole idol of his soul
y Iparted with s. at the gate, and proceeded to
+ the room where lay Shcltons remains. His fea
1t lures had been composed, but the bed was still
e unarrangcd, and the coverlit stained with his
. blood, giving an indcscribably ghastly appear.
u ance to the wasted features, still damp with the
y dews of the last mortal agony.
y And was this all that remained of him whom
g fourteen short years ago first met, fair-haret
l laughing child, spoiled child, an only child
10 the heir, as we all supposed, TO immense riches
y without care, without a sorrow, without want
It Six years had but elapsed since | last parteC
~ from him in the first bloom of an eXulting man
i hood -fatered, caressed by all, beloved, oh
how well, by one. How brilliant, how Iadien
80 were the sunny hopes that smiIedupon his early
path and now = turned to the window will
a' slckening revulson of feeling, and opened it tt
IL admit the air, for felt gaspng for breath. Th
v evening was still and calm, and the deadene,
AZ roar Of the great city came booming heavily Of
" my ears and to my suddened heart it seemed t
Ct tell mourntul tale of young spirits too soon dc
IL pressed, and opening hopes too early blighted, q
s' fair unfnIflled promises, beauty stricken in it
pride and manhood in Its lustiness. We hec
~ them not, but such sad realities are ever befor
IS our eyes
IL "stil, as we downwards glide,
)e Lfe's ebbng stream
Shows at each turn some mouldering hope or joy.
!; The Man following still the Funeral of the Boy
# Oh vanity of vanities and is this the worl
if whose vanishing pleasures we pursue wit
nr such blind devotion, on which we recklesl
Of lavish health, fortune, time? Fool, fool bi
tn terly muttered, as thought of many occurrer
re ces of my past But few years had passed ovt
III my mead, and those unmarked by care, dificu
ties or bereavement. still trod the highwa
of life with unabated vigor; but of the fa
flowers that once clustered round my path, ho
many, too carelessly gathered ere they blossom
as ed, or too rudely trampled on inther bloom, no
on lay witherod, perfumeless, and dead. The rt
lt- membranes of misspent hours, of neglected OF
is portunties, of love and peace rejected, SCENE
no to crowd upon my fancy like upbraiding spec
ey tres, and taunt, and mock at me; and turne
as. for refuge TO the dead mans wretched COUCH
&c, Yes, to that miserable, squad, lonely pallet, t
that naln ,vostoJ r;o;J cornso for oh ,h,oo e.,