Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-04
From Tho New York Independent.
THE TROY TRAGEDY

THE TROY TRAGEDY.
We often look over the records Of po.
lice reports, and the statistics of crime
among emigranis, and tho population
of the dark lanes and alleys Of great
city. and find woman involved in coarse,
vulgar broiIs, and, now and then, i'm.
plicatcd in a murder. We are shocked,
and turn away, wishing 10 forget the re.
volling picture, and thinking, to-, it is
not necessary TO consider il warning;
for we have bccn educated, and cult.
valcI, ani surrounded by all refined
and elevating influences; therefore, we,
and those with whom We associate, arc
in no danger. . /
Men in high life commit murder, men
who have been educated, nnl walked
in Christian circles, so FAR lose their
sclfcommand ns TO commit murder, in
a passion, and sometimes are guilty of
bitter enmity and strdied revenge.
But Lady Macbeths appear but in his.
tory, or novels; at lcnst, not once in n
century is community startled by tho
revelation of revolving crime in n wo.
man Of gentle brit, and accomplished
manners. .. s..I. rrH
1t is not strange; ihen, that the whole
head is sick, and the whole heSt faint,
as we read the sad tale concern ne one
who has fallen from among ourselves.
In dungeon there is incarcerated
LADY, who, only few years ago, was
a school girl within the walls which are
visible from her prison, and where she
was az bithe aid gay Of heart as any
who today are tripping lightly through
those halls. --. ...
There must be much cxagseration,
and, very like y, Tuch falsehood, in The
rumors which are floating through the
public journals, concerning her history;
hut that she committed the crime. there
is no doubt, and tina, it was premedital
ed and planned with perfect GOODNESS,
by mind in no respect disordere,l, ey.
, ccpt by sinful indnl gence, and prompt
ed by a heart utterly corrupted AMI har.
dcncd. %. ~ .pU.sI
"She is high. horn, too. iii is reiterat
, cd. Aye, anI tins seems to have been
. the cause Of her FIRST step downward in
the path Of sin. .a .3 f
She was hiPh. born! and she must not
. wed with the lowly. What was tn, ma.
f ture of the attachment she formed, VIC
do not know; but this is the reason Civ.
en- for the opposition of her.lrienls, that
, the man she loved was not her equal in
birth He may have been her equal in
education, ia refinement, in every Guali'
" necessary to constitute him a worthy
:. and agreeable companion; bu, she was
The daughter of an Irish lord; and ar
& English officer, who was pail for the
services he rcndcre who depended up.
&. on a profession, and the reward Of hon
orable and honest labor, for his sup
port-must not aspire to the hand .
$ one whose fathers Golfers were filled b,
the toll Of the poor and starving pcasan
try whom he inherited with his estates.
We have M lsrrled aris,ocracy; bu
h much CT the foolish and wicked pride o
= the old worl,l has come over and plant
/? ed itseIfin our midst, without the money
c and titles, and ancestral dignity OF thu
}. old world to sustain it. '.l E tg
Mrs. RS home was in Qucbec
@ among the noble and the high. born; an'
n it was humiiating to her prou,l rela
;, lions that she should be connected. ant
It thrs be Obliged to associate with lh'
o pebian relatives of her husband, whom
J. they would not permit to cross thei
n threshold. She persisted in acting con
;. trary TO their, wishes, and they disinherit
n ed her. She, too, was forbidden hence
}. forth to call herself by their namo, o
Il number herself as one Of her father
n family.
k There are instances when it is rish
that daughter should obey the lnstinct
!, which God has given 10 govern her il
the holiest and most important relation
}. ship Of life, and thus disobey her par
| ents, when she should not yield to thei
,fI foolish and wicked commands, agains
70 her own convictions-as it is alway
D right to obey God rather than man
Whether this was such an instance,
is know rot. au
She separated from her family, an
" lived with her husband till lie died. Blu
! his death did not restore her TO tn cir for
a giveness. She had lost caste, had de
ut graded herself, and they cast her fort
" into world Of temf;ation, where, un
III fortified by religious principle, and feel
is ing that she had no friends, it is scarce
b. ly to be expected that she should main
,c tain her integrity. e4s
lf They sent her, with three sister:
IN when she was young and 'houshtles
m girl, to a republican land, to be educa
II cd. She mingled with those who ha
Q, none CT her high.born prejudices; wher
Id she was taught that worth constitute
ty the only true nristocracy; where one {
r. her teachers, highly cultivated and at
te complishetl woman, was herself th
IL daughter Of an English officer, and wa
te educated as archarity. scholar, and "
m not the less respected by hor pupils,
be) any who knew her. She mingled dali
i. and hourly with those who were supper
re ed by charity, or were supporting then
an selves. 7si79
mi Ii would be impossible that, her higl
/ born notions should no. be smodiiol
a. perhaps wholly dathroned by these ipfl'
ar encoss She could not return, to ht
n. 1home with the same reverence for mel
re arbitrary distinctions. They should hav