Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-04-24
THE KENTUCKY THALEDY.

0t(cuOduL
stances, and the terrible climax of the act
OF vengeance known as tie HsatUcky
Tragedy" excited throughout the coun>
try. at the period Of It's commissi n, de
gree OF earnest attention which even the
excitement that ma. ked the discovery OF
the murder Of DR.. Parkman. by Professor
Webster. fails to parallel. he impelling
motive Of The deed. tinctur4d as il was
With chivalric heroism. which seldom, il
ever. fails in awakening the admiration OF
our mobiles: sympathies-the So distinguished d
prominence OF the principal parIles. at.
tsches TO the tragedy. which constitutes
our caption. a mOurnlul interest which
will long be remembered thus fully re-.
Al'Zlng the enthusiastic boast Of hlm
whose generous young heart prompted
him t" champion the wrongs OF one he
IOVed-thHt he would make her story" A
memorial Of virtue 10 be remembered
when they were both in the dust"
Orville Beauchampe was the second
son Of a sturdy Kentucky taImer. who
had happily died some years before the
occurrence which has lent /" his name
tnuch unenviable celehrIty-Ieavins hl>
widow aud lLIee children. two Ut them
"d't~. when about ei .htcen years oil age.
was placed A- IA student in the law office
OF Col. Sulonon Z. Sharpe. an emlGent
lawyer aud politician, b:tween whom au
tnIlmAcy-centut tuted apparently, by Ihe
Warmest impulses Of mutual, regard
sprung up and ripeued into friendship.
but alas for the bt.nd seIi,nnrss OF hu-
man passion, their Intimacy WAS broken
and their existen ;es terminated by deed
which startled the en- ire country.
At tWenty-Une. Young Beau. hAmp" was
admitted 10 the brotherhood OF the Bar.
and At once assumed POSITION amv0s
the most promising young Ia yrrS vi tile:
S.nte. n short time >uO,cYucnL 10 his
release from legal tule!ase. ounS ie"u-
champs bee Ame acquainted wI Ii Miss
Anna Cooke, who. Ih her wIdo wed mu
cher. resided near the hOUIe ut the tor
ner. he studied Seclu,lun IRON SucieLY
and un5rOEen tracy IL wulch Mss
Cooke lived. fulnished u agreeable stimulIs
20 country town. aud she became The
theme of general cunversauinn. The an
dent and impulsive nature OF young Beau
ohsmpe prompted him to break through
the restraints Ut 50 unnei3 3hborly an l>u.
CecluSe reported 10 be as beautiful as she
was reserved, and he succeeded. 4 cold
eT heart than that OI BeauchAmJ Jer III .spI
have sttiven to resist the fascination ct
Miss C9oke's manner and, appearance
uniting IN her person all the eleuents OF
pbRslcal beauty -and. grace her. tace is
described as having been lovely TO II de-
gree which could suggest additional
charms to the most exquisite ideals OF
painter or puet. Her u.etluw tones ami
smiles. fraughI with the most powerful
magnetism Of love. soon won not alone
the love, but the worship, the ilvtI.
try. of Beauchampe. Existence with
out Anna Cooke would have been TO
his suul lie without III ight-beiOg wi huut
a directing thought or emotion I'm it
into more than passive con>ci0u mass Ut
existence He revealed lis love To her
poured out the homage OF his heart with
uureserved and gushing fullness charac
'terlstic OF :he SOuLh-Sweet land of i'm
pulse and of ferved feeling-ascertained
that t was responded TO with all the ar
dor Of his own affection and he asked
that his bliss might receive the cutmIna-
sing blessing of marriage. q sstt':sG
She had too high al appreciation OF the
noble and lofty homage she had gained,
TO practice upon it cruel deceit = and
Beauehampe leads with parrialising hOr>
ror aud surprise that the hand he claimed
had been foully dishJnored-,hat the
love he asked. to offer in pure alteration
upon the shrine of his heart, had been
deceived. betrayed aud trampIed upon.
But all conquering, love trlumphed
over the colder conventiOnalitiss Ot so
.oiety. aud over the promptings of man"
hood pride-he renewed his offer OF
matfiage and was accepted -Wetlded up
on the terrible. though sacredly sworn
condition. that. should he ever meet the
early betrayer OF her form whose hand
ne had received the weapon of vengeance.
that he would sacrifice his llfe-w would
immediate him upon tho altar of her wrongs
A ortst PerIoA of happiness vas permits
tel him an exciting political contest was
then IN progress. anI Col Sharpe, hts
friend AMI tutor. q candidate for the AS
'sembly Of Kentucky. reqnired the assis.
tancs of his youthful and eloquent pupil
10 obtain that he. for the first time since
his marriage. visited Beauchampe. and,
then and there, alter a aisepaIa.ion of. tiv
years. met. a. the wife ol his frientl. Or.
vile Beauchampe. herr whoal, Eve years
previously. iteis alleged. he haa. Z under
an assumed name, seduesd :: The isc0sni.
Aon Naslmptuais and Anna sCooKr. Mras
nsauchampe, in whose heart the m1f6ii'
desire for vengeance had cooled before
Sheomore ratdent 6reslof love and leonnts
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