Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-09-08

CAROLINE HOMLES.

ridge and S"uthey Acknowledged in print So many
poctcal obligations; but. strange say. IN" III
no way whatever related, but bv name, with on" ~
the best -! the minor poets nj England. The father
OF SOuthcy ~ widow was Esquire AMI not RcvrI.
end. Miss Caroline Ann Bnwlct, afterwards Mrs.
Southey. the daughter of Charles Bowlc>. Es;.,
Of BuckanG, near LyminGton i'll Hampshire; where
his daughter died in very unforeseen wIdowhooi "n
the 2OIh of this month.
y swcetcr or trucr poetcSs in blank v"r>" than
Caroline Buwles never wrote. Her cnr WIS - rNguI-
-itev at;unsd this really English measure. that hr
skill in il must have bceu ot those un!Ca"d md
unseen attractions which made Southcv her u!mir"r.
and Il, last her husband. Miss BOwles hada comfort
able independence of her own. She lived "n the
skirts OF The New Forest and her delight N wood
land cOntcmpla,Ons. When or how she became A.
auain,cd with SDu;icy 10 one has told u---En' even
he poets son. S"ut!cy pure and holy likiu- for her
known 20 many-wnS known I" his "wn mUc;
loved and excellent wife, and had her arpro1U"n--
When he married her. i'll 1889, he had been wi!"w-
er ior about years Edith Frickcr the Wi" ~ hi'
boyish aspirations, had died mad-pr"r Southr" wnS
10 do the same. The illness which impaired, am! Eua-
~ ruiurd, his noble mc!!rrt, was "ry>"rn hy VS."
Buwrs -t0rcscca before h. had offered h> hand ~ mar
rage. Why then, il will be asked, did ~" dedicate
her existence, even 20 great man. with ~" s!nl'M
OF such certain calamity humg;"- or": hnn WHY
Sl!. accepted his hndd. thinking. III her nu" w"aH.F
nature. thht consent would be means I" avert ~"
! terrible blow. She SURRENDERED! an nluU1.y t"
narrv man with grown up children, aud already a
grand father, without any other means 81 existence
than what derived from III" "Nrrti"n ct hr'u"
on the verge of madness Was no; tbs n"1" nrt 81
| female devotion! Who ;hn: loves Robert >"u''S
| does not love Caroline Bowfcr
! But nor" was forosccn hy Caroline Haw!'s. h1'
! that nlorc-,hc al" had hoped /" overcome. ~"
knew that Snuth"v', marriage r. dng "Ds wuEla j."
unwclcum. t" more ihun "I" ot h. children. -"
relied III" love "t ch, ,idr,n for ;!"r ";i.'T.'.
! trusted tn her own grIt" dspri"n tor mrhE'-
| friends. But no, S"uth"v soon t"rtsaw H." misery
! he had brought UPON the woman hc loved. I!r'r
was no disparity ot ar. She about iHly-'!!rrr,
and he was ,cIi sixty.iyr. Scenes 'uch a- W. ar
unwilling 20 dwell upon took place, scenes -r'h "a
South"y's cloudrd brau could not understand .l."
much The credit of bD;h parties wr hrI"N".
never pcrmi;t. - Til" rra. sufferer ~ tl.is 's
was poo- Caroline EIowlcs. Young Mr.. S"u;h"y ha'
been silent. with great good taste. "n is FAD part "i
his fathers existence. But now that II" wn" : y"
more friends may -peal Here ar" cxrar's from
two Of Mr. S"uthey'. HHI~hShcd letters :" a hI& o.
GRErA HALL. BIRD Sept. $50.
! | pu?poscd writing 10 you immediately nii"I my
bro,i.r..n.law's Dr. .iOEihcv. the p"v!- b:"th''5
visit 10 U.s. about three week, a-". but perpetual nm
drancr- of ali sorts have ceu-- me, IL! now :" ''F
! the execution "i that purpose. II E"d "H' @'"' "
report, believe ms desire to npat II I" You womb
have broken through nl hmdraucrs. BUi h.s'"
fallen into that state Of total Encouragement" t Is'
lcssnrss oi mind aud spirit whih vr",r"eS AL "i'
energies Dr.. S"uthcy could til"r" u- out w" anI'.
bur IN that short space Of tim" hr saw enough I" coz
firm all his apprencnsions. He feels confident tia.
disorgunza,on of the structure o The hrnn surely.
though slowly, progres-nG-;h"n.h 1t may not a"r-
lii. :ur many. very many N"1r-. but ihr cor
s,urru is so shaken that ,lrr. can be Int" sIg"Hg;i
lctt 10 wresilc with any it.mrsS that InHF ,uP"rT"i'
and 10 M y perccp'51H, there iS III nj r'-p"'i3 IRA
dual progress "i change Tor IA" w":~" "ihrF rom
rcnlv nlach increased i.cblcncS- winch. however,
the pulse does nat ndlcatr,) from Whatever o!hci
cause, dear one cam now scnrcc!y walk across The
room with safety una>sistydror Ill nor rise from h7
chair; and wnen the !rw liDG GU"- are .T"r blessed
with here enable IL craw out for It'll" air aii
exercise (strctly eIjulned by 0ur rc-dcut medical
adviscrl ne walks so unseady. nIi Is :" nenr SIM
;nr after Il short walk. that Il makes ne mISera
| bly, nervous. insufficient support n nm. look 10
nothing else than his being qlir shut up tiIs WInt"r
for he il chiIed not wuracd by such slow walking
as he reduced to; ana DR.. Souih"y By II" mcHnsrc
comments 1t. You may CoRcesrc how 1t adds I" my
di.tr.ss Ia feel tina; h. s III state n require the
GeSt ddiiD D"i'cGl SYJrSW6Hc5, ana ihnt cannot
place aIIv confidence in that which alone within opr
reach-mOst unfortunate circumstance, ns" prcc!r
ding me from taking counsel with hi, "Ii!Gr"n, :"
which it would have been such Il comfort 10 r'.Sor
IN nv present perplcXIties. That have TIE ftrit6
c,pndcncc and 0ppr0batt0H Of his brother, aud Ny.
Warter is Il great consolation ns far Il, am
individually concerned.
OF late nv dear husband has been Jess restless N the
dnv-rmr, sitting quietly on the sofa. turlnE over h,
leaves for an hour two at i!.T'. =" thai have
been able 20 occupy myself little n "i old WITH
my pencil, md now my --latest and perhaps 'Hi
attempt satisfies me, for hGct somehow In&..
out IN excellent likeness ot thar Gcnr HuSbHud. OF
whom there has never Vet been resembling. portrait.
Here il u chapter Of cEol>En, but never Wa
Raphael So conteu,cd with the most glorious oi M.
works as with this. my poor defective "r%w'nS'-
"Yes this me-" WIS the remark "t my dear husband
when showed il 10 him. AitrrtLoua;cy yours,
| CAR. SOjTiirY.
GRrrA HALF. 2i,h Oct. lNiH.
Nothing gratifying, nothing hopeful,
have now 10 tell. Though there IL stll great caus
Tor t!amktuines, in continued exemption from aii
acute pain and bodily suffering; but mans there !"
increased iccbicnc-s aud certainly, from week L"
week, the mental future progresses. spark niie
spark goes out OF the little light l"it. Yet capacity
Tor en- ynca. remains; and God bc thanked. and IN
his r0H he sti!l lives III h books, taking tn nIl hp-
pearaIce ~ mach delight in them n ever hav"
no doubt however that there is nj times painful
! consciousness of his condition. When any person
has been admitted 10 see him OF late Ia very rare oc'
currence1 he hos scarcely chosen To look ai them.
and would speak word though, after they WEE
goue Oh my reminding him that him S"rh p''"n
had been here, no would answer IL kh"" nun E''!
we'll" | am persuaded he dares not tr~H hIm"f -
speak. The week before last heard hun say 10 h"n-
sell. as he standing before II bookcase Il "'7''
| my head was in the right place
| Mrs. Souihey not Il cheerful poc'oss 10 poe
css, we fear, can be cheerful This remark IS" i'r'
heard made bv a witty lHdv who Is still hnppE h' -
10 saw WHY things. j. should not rnI" t." kn"".
she obcrvcl ''thc lady who wrote thc Flowers 81 tn
| Forest or she who cXc!glus--
| slow spreads tie gloom my -oul d"s'r"-
Mrs Hunter who san. tho Cherokee lm.Ians Death
Song could not be II NICE person Mrs. li-i""H"
writes on bInck-cdgcd paper. and from b" ""urT!h-
yur..Lousr Mi-a LHndUnS best poem II "n The i.'a.
Trayr IN n newly.rradr churchynrI. These ry.
cheerful subjects. Nay. Mao B"w!-. who i So clever
seems 70 live in church Yards. Way .houd mot wo
man write about winter irc,!r-, hHy!elI-, mmd IT,"
hnppcS. of domestic lliri do not car" Tor Ci!GrL
house porry."-[ L0Hd1n, H., Acrs.
TIE WEEPING BIRCII.--Vi-itnns 10 W",;mi1-
stcr ABBEY haze of late been @r,ay alarmed r%G -
cited bv supernatural movements cJht'" ~ lhc mon
umcut of Dr. Bu,bv, considerably NOR" striking than
anv which are made by the miraculous Mm'onn, Of la
v The image .: the deceased C!!O pmn-t"r -,.rDu TIM
10 time observed 10 shade its hcai IN dsapPr"vh "h
10 knit his bruws end irO"H with awful severity! i't
| extraordinary phenomena first appeared the ollie
morning. when a revolutionary leading articl" cane
out in the London Daily News. suggesting the nb"
ton Of ioggin- i'll the public schools. ~" mHI d.
heart of any pcdagoguc Of The old school w"nG' az
rorrsr be violently moved NJ the idea oi beng d"-
prved OF that qualification which il derives from tie
Exercise of the rod. To indemnify old schD!a-:'" :"
.m.n 10. the o6a OF the dcg ght which some "i u-"
seem 10 take in whipping children, they might 3r i.-
ni,ted to oiiciatc Is assistant "Xecut"ncr To 'r .
ti,yri,,, IN the prisons UEG III order - r1N"r ''
with sufficient wo.k, law should be made I!ils..''E
the Inaltrcutnent of women with tngcl.hti"H' lh'h
| ma be some doubt whether the whip - proper 81.
s,runcnt whercwi,h 10 teach tender youth "u"''."'
letters, but il is unguestonaoy "nc Nt? -I.u"' D..
uuteachiug ruitian his nhurnaG cruelty, ""'"'
FEMALE LOVE.-IIow vcry :e"; women E7-e
ever been IN love. How very ie" even i"GEF! ito"i
election! They marry bccau-: hey arc esisd' A'Ii
bnsnsa ,La n:rr;mge = sr;ablc. j is their vcca.n
y" bs mrrri.a: parents approve, end they have 10
| ,,,her utrarhnen, Any oossrveHt person hv4ng N
society where there ' CONTINUED , Hal!Sss arr 1. a"9 E,
| IN mnrringr, mist be- struck wan this tsc'. up,
,.t' W ~ mn, be- exhausted, or his arrow blunt--"e
.nrccs ,w hearts now. AM inclined 10 think that
pr r,nly in lovo-one who bore tie symptoms OF ih-
Snalady-would be thought very iinproper yet hay:
ntTcn fouced that there must be man born IN Tho
world for every woman--ouc whom 10 sec would De
| 10 love, 10 reverence, 10 adore-oIe with whom ou,
sympathies would so entirely blend, thar she w9ui
| recognize him at once as her true lord. Now t"'
then these pairs come together; and woe to her a.'