The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-12-23

( Latitude IL deg south, ltngitnde % deg. east
August 20, 1858.
{" SIR; DO not | entrcat you, allow tho
Just Indignation which know tho sight Of
my handwriting will cause you, to prevent
you from reading this communication. IL
csn not be more painful for you to receive
than for me to write. and nothing but
sense Of justice 10 you, and solemn promise
made to the dead, could induce INC to 50
harasa you and agonize myself. ! will enter
into 40 unnecessary details, nor weary or
disgust You with any protcstatioHa Of repen.
tance or rcmorsc.
"lf have sinned, God in Heaven oniy
knows how ! have suffered, aud il. in your
cruel bereavement, you bave cursed me, that
curse IL icariully fulfilled. And now sadly
10 the unhappy task Of telling you what
have 30 solcmnly engaged to do, and to fulfil
the last duty to those have 10 minded.
Your former wife died in Ccyon, ia
| June, 1856, Of disease Of the climate, which
was aggravated by previous one from
which she suffered while in Mauritius In
that ialand both her and myself were very
| III o, the fever. My own recovery was
thought hopeless, and indeed it was reported
that was dead This. Of course, coming to
bet knowledge, had u severe and injurious
effect upon her. But rs these particulars
are Of less consequence, ] will ay no more
on this point. la course of time we both
recovered. and, on gaining sufficient strength,
again took passage on IL trading weasel to
| Ceylon, in search Of better climate. We
went TO the mountainous regions OF that
tropical island, near the city Of Handy
where the air il cool, and TO most people
healthier than Other parts OF lndia. There
we lived many months 10 comparative quiet
but fever ugain overlook her who was the
mother OF your child. and though she lin
! gercd long and suffered much. no human
means could restore her. Her moral sensi
! bilites became moro acute Us she failed in
strength, aud with the first 'oss OF hope Of
recovery, she became anxiously distressed to
secure the restoration OF her dear little child
| to its bercayed father. She was ibccssant
In cXacting promises from me, that. If |
/ lived, T., should be taken or cent back safely
| to you, From these demands | had no
wish to escape. My only anxiety was to
do anything Ia my power to afford small
consolation. in the strongest assurances
could make, that her wishes should bo car
ricd out, although, after the mother was
! gone from me forever, the poor child became
| dcarer TO me. She was Nil had len, Yet,
~ had promised her poor mother. md, as
| that mother had sacrificed the world aud
evc-y thing on earth Tor my sake, | had 40,
the slightest thought, or wish, to neglect the
discharge OF the responsible, and to me,
fearful duty. During her last Illness she re-
| grct,cd having brought the child away, but
having thea much hope Of the happiness we
might enjoy, and anxious to be- less alone in
the world, she could never think Of leaving
| H. behind, claiming, as her mother that shc
had stronger personal right to a daughter
| than It's father whom she was about TO
! leave forever
! After this sad aud drcadiu time, con.
stantly aud anSiouSly sought an opportunity
/ 10 sCnd the child TO you, or her grandfather q
| family. where you would eventually obtain
her. My object was 10 find some good.
trusty woman, or n family going 10 Amerl
ca, bat such clIaLct never offered 10 sin.
gle insianv
! before 20 further, or into still more
| painful results, beg you viii allow me to
say that haso spoken OF the anxiety Of
g., ani her constant Efforts TO renew my
promise TO her, aud which were repeated
only two days before Der death, in the hope
that YOU will exercise more charity towards
her memory Let me trust that you will
do ~, aud think and feel less severely 70.
wards her. She paid bitter penalty for
all the outrage that was committed upon
you. In her last illress she spoke often.
icclngly and ,snderly, Of you, with how
much regret need not say, but wishing TO
Acknowledge to me that you had always
treated her kindly and carefully. and tha.
ou her and myself alone rested the rcspoosi.
biliiy OF that now fatal separation.
"lou will have perceived. erc this, that
have yet more to communicate. and og a
still sadder character 10 you. have writ.
,eu purpnsely IN the past tense, al i, were
IN oeder that you may se less suddenly
drawn 10 the Anticipation OF my unhappy
narrative, IA cannot wIite but once, for ob
vious reasous And now comes the most
painful part Of my duty.
Il hardly dare to tell you how cruelty az
we're the poor child took the death OF her
mother, She never Iotgot Il. Although her
own health was never dellcste. and she sui.
i,red much. yet from this time she bccame
more sensitive. aud grew weaker as she
grcw older and taller But were il not Tor
the occurrence OF what is 10 follow | should
no, have attempted 10 write to YOU unit, h.
was within your rach, ard on the point Of
being rstored 10 you--pcrhaps no, then
even.
As before stated, falling 10 fni any suit.
able oppor'un't, that could ,rus, to take
her sale 10 you. a, last started with hcr
myself, determined To risk going to Eng and
Tor the purpose, there To SIX son,c married
pair cf emigrsnts to whom cuuld ,rus, h,r.
or employ u suitable person 10 GO with her.
She had ocen very III before starting. but |
thought her sufficiently recovered, and her
physician Also though, she would risk moth.