The national Republican., 1869-01-01
A erievou. Sin ar,evousiy Asoned.

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Among the passengers OF the Inflated steamer
United States, at the time of Its collision with
the America, were q gentleman and lady,
whose names appeared on the books 10 the
sumins that relation toward each other, had
forgotten the most sacred ties, for the disre.
gard Of which even Christian chsrity itseif
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OF Illicit love, and un6Iidled passion, eulmi.
mating 10 elopement, The Eentiem,s,n nan was ,,
ness on Vine street, who had always borne
high reputation among his fellows as q scrup.
ulous honorable man, and high-toned gener-
The lady was the wife Of his most intimate
friend, whom he had seduced from her ALE
glance to her husband, and was now carrying
both hoped TO enjoy their unlawful desires
withou utpsying the usual penalty Of the seotn
Of the world, or narrowing the feelings OF
friends gho might be sensible en- to .neiT ~ ,an, dis
human nature, conquered and borne down, In
spite OF its struggles, BY some overm ntering
passion, but md 1t Impossible to forgive,
even under such circumstances, a woman who
forgets her vows to her husband, or the man
who deserts the mother that nursed him. And
such q case this was,
band, and tho man, In order to enable him to
elope with her, had robbed, II 10 said, q feeble
and aged mother Of about ", ,Soo-her sole de-
penutnce, except tne uuty anu hutcuou Wnlcn
she might naturally expect from her son 10
| her declining years. Even thus far, only, the
| story 10 sad enough to contemplAtei for one
cannot think Of II without reneeting, At the
which follows such atransgression-the keen
| and bitter remorse Of the parties after sin has
slaked itself In safety, and both man and
| and outcasts, and disgusted with themselves
/ and each other, think OF the homes they have
made wretched, OF the friends they have out.
ragged and deserted, .nd OF the 'eorn they
| themselves have merited.
| And all this, too, for but a brief season OF
guilty enjoyment, even In the maddest costa.
| consciousness Of evil and sin relentlessly pur.
suing them A story like this, we say, would
have been sad enough, 4 II had even had its
stance, there was more melancholy sequel,
and one which must have seemed to each Of
the parties involved the direst and swiftest
| fury Of an avenglng Providence. The public
have already read the frlghtful and sickening
| details of the collision between the steamers
United States and America.
We have given them here hitherto un.
written chapter Of secret sin, which was cut
short by that shocking catastrophe just as II
| was emer sing iato open transgression.
Among the name, M In re iiss 81 the "ios y, SSy Sy
| found that Of the young German merchant oil
whom We have here written. The equally
guilty woman wal among the rescued, and re-
her own family, to reflect how soon cher sin
has found her out" and to repent, In bitter
| agony, a step which cost her at once her own
happiness, her station 10 society, and tho life
/ Of him for whom all was sacrificed.
The facts, as they were related to us, are a
| text1or the moraist, and we give them to the
i public, hoping that some one endowed with
| the gift will "point the moral and adorn the
| either the living or the dead. 1t was q griey.
| Gus sin, but grieyously has 1t been atoned
| and, without peering into the grave to con
/ demn the man, and forbearing to accuse" the
woman, we may pity both the life that was
/ lost and the life that was saved, for we Know
not which lot 10 hardest to bear, that OF the
| living or that OF the dead Cincinnati En.
quirer.