The Delaware herald., 1854-06-21

him IN sleeping ara waking hours. AS he treads
the streets OF the city they walk beside him,
and their groans of rseery-oh, how terrible /!
--smlte him to the heart. As he raises the
the sparkling glass to his lips he sees the penury
and woe he has occasioned reflected in it; but
still he drinks the deeper damnatien to his SOUL
AS he stands alone in his chamber strange
voices proceed from every nook and corner, and
when after many useless endeavors he at last
sinks into sleep, is only to see IN visions the
squalld countenances of the victims of his
malice, and to feel that hell's deputies are
around him, eager to convey him to those tor
mems to which, without change, he is fast
Fastening.
One word more and we have done.
The wife Of Woodley, the once beautiful and
accomplished Ella Weston. now s!umbers with
the dead. As the breath of summer, 50 passed
she away, aud, though surrounded by want
and Woe, her end was peaceful, for she had
lived the life of christian, and she died the
death of the righteous. Poverty and pain, and
torturing misery on earth were hers; but the
fire Of irbulatlon separated the prec GUS metal
ON the cross, and her spirit now mingles with
the sanCtifed IN heaven. Over her remains is
reared no lofty monument to mark the sleeping
dust of departed worth, but plain marble slab
alone designates the place Of her rest. On it,
enc relied by a wreath, s engraven these simple
and yet how touching words, " My salnted
wife"
Frequently beneath the shade of the mourn
tul willow that oVerhangs it, may be seen the
form o. a manly youth. Beside him stands
man, who, though not far advanced in years,
bears the turrows of age upon his brow, and its
hoary irosts upon his temples. 1t is the hus-
band and son of the departed. Repentance
came at length--alas that it came so late, and
was purchased so dearly.
Unable to procure intoxicating drink-for he
was alike destitute of means and credit, he was
forced into soLriety, and while in this state he
was summoned TO the bedside of his departing
wife. That scene made him a man again and
on beDded kne.s, with the cold and clammy
handed upon which he had imprinted so many
kisses of affection ere the tempter came, with
that hand c!asped passionately within his own
he swore eternal enmlty to inebriating draughts.
Heaven had Needed the burden of that wonlan's
prdyer--she GleG upon his bosom; and the wall
OF agony that escaped his surcharged breast as
htr sPrt left It's tenement Of clay was truly
awful. For awhile, reason forsook its throne;
but kind Pro. idcnce restored it, and now be
is one OF the most eloquent lecturers that the
world affords His 80 ce has been heard
throughout the length and breadth of the land
and the mournful meiody of his songs has
touched the hearts and watered the eyes Of
thousands who have heard him. He still fights
maninlly at.ainst the strongholds of Alcohol !:
but his labors Will end ere long, for disease has
fastened upon his vitals, and threatens to re-
move him speedily But he does not fear Death;
he calmly awaits its approach; indeed, ,anxio ous-
ly longs for its coming; for be is christian
now, and with an eye of faith he beholds a
sainted wife eager to embrace him on the shores
of Canaan.