Brunswick advocate. (Brunswick, Ga.) 1837-1839, February 08, 1838, Image 1

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BvwnshiicL .4 D inn <vt c > VOLUME X. BY DAYIS <fc SHORT. The Brunswick Advocate, is published every Thursday Morning, in the city of Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia, at $3 per annum, in advance, or $4 at the end of the year. No subscriptions received for a less term than aix months and no paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid except at the option of the üblishers. Q3= All letters and communications to the Editor or Publishers in relation to the paper, must be POST PAID to ensure attention. O 3 ADVERTISEMENTS conspicuously in- > Berted at One Dollar per one hundred words, , foj the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for ev- j ery subsequent continuance—Rule and figure I work always double price. Twenty-five per ! cent, added, if not paid in advance, or during the continuance of the advertisement. Those sent without a specification of the number oi iusertions will be published until ordered out, and charged accordingly. Legal Advertisements published at the usual rates. [Q=N. B. Sales of Land, by Administrators, Executors or Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house in the county in which the property is situate. — Notice of these sales must be given in a public gazette, Sixty Days previous to the day ol sale. Sales of Negroes must be at public auction, on the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the letters testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship, may have been granted, first giving sixty days notice thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this State, and at the door of the Court-house, where such sales are to be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property, must be given in like manner, Forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Es tate must he published for Forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published for Four Months. Notice for leave to sell Negroes, must be published for Four Months, before any order absolute shall be made thereon by the Court. General Newspaper and Col lection Agency. THE undersigned, late editor and proprietor of the Augusta Chronicle, having the ex tensive business of that establishment to close, and conscious from long experience, how much such a facility is needed, at least by the Press, is disposed to connect with it a General Agen cy for the collection of Newspaper and other Debts, in this and the neighboring Southern States, and will travel almost continually to present them himself. Should the business of sered be sufficient, the agency will be made a permanent one—and while his long connexion with the Press and consequent knowledge of its peculiar requisitions and benefits from such an Agency, and his extensive personal acquain tance with the localities and people of the coun try, afford peculiar facilities for the perform ance of its duties, he trusts that suitable on quiries will leave no doubt of prompt and faith ful attention to them. A. 11. PEMBERTON. Mr. Pemberton will commence atrip through Barnwell and Beaufort Districts, to Savannah, thence through Bryan, Liberty, Mclntosh, Glynn and Camden counties, and back through Wayne. &c. to Savannah ; and thence through Effingham, Seriven, Burke, Jefferson, \V ash ington and Warren, to Augusta. After which, he°will travel through most of the neighborind districts of South Carolina, and the middle nng upper counties of Georgia; and through the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, N. Carolina, Virginia, &c. He will receive, for collection, claims of any kind. Terms as follows : Newspaper accounts, &,-c. (including those of Periodicals,) when to be made out by him, from general lists, forwarded by mail, &,c. 15 per ct. New subscribers, with payment in advance, go per cent; without payment in advance. 12 1-2 per cent. He has been offered more in some instances, but cannot consent to take more from one than another, or than he himself would willingly pay j and now fixes on these rates as those he has paid, and as being as low as can be afforded, or as he has ever known paid— trusting for remuneration, more to the probable extent of business he may receive, than to the rates themselves, together with the considera tion of travelling for his health, and to collect for himself. Mcrrantile accounts, 5 per cent, more or less according to amount, &c. Remittances will be made according so instrue tion, and at the risk of those to whom they are addressed—he furnishing the Postmaster's cer tificate of the. amount deposited, and description of money, whenever a miscarriage occurs. — When left to his discretion, as often as circum stances, amount collected, safety, economy, &c. may seem to justify, and checks, drafts, or .suitable notes in size, currency where sent, <fcc <can be obtained—and at the risk of those ad -dressed to him in this city, will be immediately forwarded to him, when absent. Reference, to any one who knows him; and there are few who do not in this city or section. He is now' Agent for the following Neswpa pers and Periodicals, and authorized to receive subscriptions or payments therefor: Chronicle and Sentinel, Augusta. Constitutionalist, do- Southern Medical and Surgical Journal do. Georgian, Savannah, Advocate, Brunswick, Ga. Mercury, Charleston. Southern Patriot, do. Southern Literary Journal do. Southern Agriculturalist, do. ’Western Carolinian, Salisbury, N. C. Farmers’ Register, Petersburg, Va. Southern Literary Messenger, Richmond,Va Merchant, Baltimore. Reformer, Washington City. Augusta, June 22. [CpPublishers of Newspapers, &c., who may think proper to engage his services, will please give the above two or three conspicuous inser j tions weekly or monthly, and forward the No’s I containing it. BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY BIORNXNG, FEBRUARY 8, 1338. POETRV. From Hood's Comic Annual. STANZAS COMPOSED IN A SHOWER RATH. Trembling as Father Adam stood To pull the stalk, before the Fall, So stand I here, before the Flood, On my own head the shock to call; How like our predecessor’s luck ! ’Tis but to pluck—but needs some pluck ! Still thoughts of gasping like a pup Will paralyze the nervous pow’r, Now hoping it will yet hold up ; Invoking now the tumbling show’r ; But ah ! the shrinking body' loathes, Without a parapluie or clothes ! “Expect some rain about this time !” My eyes arc seal'd, my teeth are set— But where’s the Stoic so sublime Can ring, unmov'd, for wringing wet? Os going hogs some folks talk big, Just let them try the whole cold pig RIS CEL I, A \ V. JUDI) WATSON. “Poor Toni's a cold.’’ —King Lear. Some years ago I paid a visit to a relative, who, with his wife and a lovely family, con sisting of three daughters, occupied a beautiful mansion in the environs of Eye, in Suffolk. My cousins were just budding into woman hood, —Maria, the eldest, being in her nine teenth year, Selina, her second sister, in her | seventeenth, and Julia, the youngest, just six , teen. My arrival was a source of considcra- | i ble gratification to them: for although they 'could with perfect security take their rambles ! round the immediate neighborhood indepen -1 dently of any aid from the other sex, they had j hitherto been without a male relative or friend |to accompany them in their more distant ex j cursions; and about a week after I appeared I among them, my services were put in requisi j tion for this purpose. Our first jaunt was to I Framlingham Castle, to which so many histor ical associations are attached. The town in which this monument of feudal power is situa ted, is about twenty miles from Eye, and the intervening country is beautifully picturesque, being interspersed with towns, villages, and country seats, and in the highest state of culti vation. Though my fair cousins have very little to do with what I have to relate, I think I may as well describe them, as I would willingly af ford to the reader who accompanies me on my visit to them, as much of the enjoyment I my self experienced, as can possibly be conveyed to him through the imagination. Maria, the elder of my cousins, was one of | those bright visions which very seldom appear in the present state of society, and with the j present system of female education. Though j beautiful in person, her greatest beauty lay in ] her mind. The dark hair simply braided on each side of her forehead, the light hazel and liquid eye flashing with intense expression ' under the least excitement, the Roman nose, | the beautiful smile displaying a set of teeth | white and shining as polished ivory, the classi \ cal contour of the head, the glow of health | mantling on her cheek, the graceful form neith |er too tall nor under size—these Yvere some ! of the personal advantages she possessed ; but they all sank beneath the absorbing inter ' est excited by an examination of her powers of intellect and the extraordinary originality of I mind she displayed. Gentle, amiable, and un assuming, she required to be drawn forth to he duly appreciated, but so unconscious did she I seem of any superiority, that she disdained I not to converse with any one who sought it, i adapting her powers and knowledge to the ca pacity of the person she talked to, without ap | pearing to know anything beyond. Though of j an independent spirit, perhaps too much so— ; though abhorring flattery, and giving her opin ion often too strongly against those who j sought to convince her more by personal inllu ; ence or the weight of authority than by argu * ment, she was so kind, so self-denying, so do : voted to the comfort of those around her, that i every one, even persons of the humblest capa city, felt quite at their ease in her company, I and perceived not the immeasurable distance I that separated their minds from hers. i I The awe with which this gentle girl inspir ed me during the first few days after my arri | val at her father’s house, is quite unaccounta . ble. I had been accustomed to talk, to flatter, and flirt with the young ladies into whose so jciety I had been thrown in London ; and with- ( j out vanity I may say that at the age of twenty seven I had fallen in love as often, and had j broken as many vows of eternal constancy, as l the most successful of my contemporaries. For a whole season I had been in vogue, and as I possessed a very handsome competency, and was not quite so ignorant who my grandfather was as some of our modern peers and states men, many a mother had laid her snares to en ; chain me for life to her well-bred and accoin | plished daughter, who could execute a head in j j crayons thal seemed as if it had been copied i through the medium of a distorted looking J glass, or squall with a “voix cclatante,” let out to its full pitch, and dreadfully out of tune,] Rossini’s “Unavoce pocofa,” or Bellini’s “Son ! virgin vezzosa.” From such a fate I had al- 1 ways escaped, and had never supposed myself j capable of forming a lasting attachment foun ded upon mental and not personal attractions, until I beheld my fair cousin Maria, whom I soon loved with a devoted kindness of which I have since given the most unquestionable proofs. My cousin Selina was a very amiable and ] very good-tempered, a very timid, and a very pretty and elegant looking girl, with light hair, deep blue eyes, and the fairest of complexions. Inform and person she was a Ilebe ; and in the ball room, no one votary of Terpsichore possessed more attractions; but site had no 1 mental superiority over the ordinary herd of young ladies who grow up to learn to play,and sing, and draw, and talk a little about chem istry and natural philosophy, until they are married, when this bait of the husband-trap is thrown aside and forgotten. Julia, the youngest of my relative’s daugh ters, was rather a singular girl. Ever since her childhood she had suffered from ill health : she was a tender and delicate plant, requiring much care in cultivation, and until very shortly prior to my visit,apprehensions had been enter tained that tubercles were forming in her lungs. The upper part of her countenance was beau tiful. With a fine expanded forehead, hazel I cyc3, and brown hair worn in a crop, she pre sented a truly interesting appearance. There was an air of patient suffering in her mcekcoun tenance truly angelic, and at times the saga city and acuteness of her remarks gave evi dence of great powers ot mind, though there were moments when her faculties appeared quite obscured, and she was incapable of ex ercising any powers of thought; but this in variably happened after too great bodily exer tion. Like her two sisters, she was gentle | amiable, and affectionate. Such were the three girls into whose socic- Ity this visit threw me. Their father, a distant cousin of my mother's, was a very excellent ! man, but not over refined in his manners and. ' conversation. lie had a fortune, but having lost j his wife soon after the birth of Julia, lie had determined to reside entirely in the country, where he devoted himself much to field sports, j keeping a large stud and a pack of hounds, i The widow of a friend of his, a very acccom ' plished woman, had undertaken the education ] of his daughters, and had most faithfully per formed the task. To her care had inv cousins i been wholly confided by their father, whom ' they scarcely ever saw till dinner time, and in ; the evening, which was usually devoted to mu j sic, of which he was very fond, and in which jmy cousins wore great proficients. About ]a month before my arrival, Mrs. Wyndham. | the kind instructress of my cousins, had sc; jout for the South of France on a visit to a sis ! ter who was in a declining state of health ; and i she was expected to be absent during six or j eight months. As 1 have said before, about a week after my arrival, a plan, was formed to ride over to i Frainlingluun, and explore the old castle in that town. Accordingly, after nil early breakfast, my cousins and 1 set out on this excursion one tine morning in July. Maria, who was one of the best horsewoman in the county, rode a blood mare of high mettle, w hich her lather had lately purchased for her, and I accompa nied her oil rny favourite hunter. Feliua, too! timid to venture on horseback, accompanied : Julia in an open laudaulet kept on purpose For their use. The country from Eye to FranilingLnn is 1 like a garden, or rather it might be taken for' a continuous and richly cultivated estate laid out with the greatest taste so as to produce the most jiicturesquc effect. It seemed the tri umph of landscape gardening. Butlovelv as the country was, it increased in beauty as we apjiroacheci Franilinghain. About six mil- - from this latter jduce, we entered the jwrisli ot Monk Soliain. After passing through it, we came to one of the most beautiful villages I ever beheld, called Earl Soham. 1 shall not stop to describe the beauties of this sweet place—the long street of straggling houses peeping up their heads amid gardens and shrubs, and flowers, and trees—nor two rising grounds, upon eacli which is seated a mansion inhabited by the lords of the place—nor the beautiful church and parsonage house, both of which appear seated in a garden—the church yard being elegantly lakl out, and containing but very few of the insignia of mortality. We stopjieda moment ill the middle of the village at a very neat inn, bearing the sign of the Fal con ; and this is particularly impressed upon my recollection from my seeing there at the ] door, the man 1 am about to introduce to the j reader under the name of Judd Watson. This individual seemed about thirty-eight years of age, of a tall and athletic frame, and a noble countenance ; but there was a wildness in his j gaze which indicated that if not actually in-; sane, lie was on the extreme verge of in sanity. Still there was a gentleness in his look and manner that completely lulled any terror his first appearance might have inspired. His dress was superior to tint of the country louts around him, and there was something distingue m lii.s appearance which indicated a refinement of breeding not known in this country except among the gentry. His lan guage at times was that of a well-informed and well educated man; but when the cloud came over his mind, lie would imitate the pro vincialism and pronunciation of the country 'people, and his ideas were as incoherent l as Ills language was wanting in refine neat. .Still he was gentle and harmless. He excelled in all the sports of the field, and ' would undergo the severest fatigue in their •"pursuit. Brave,bold, and enterprising, he was ever the foremost in danger, ever ready to take the jinrt of the oppressed, or to rend- r assist ance where he could give it. lie seemed in no want of money, having always sufficient not only for his own wants, but to assist those ; who deserved it among the peasantry’ of So ' ham, having, notwithstanding his aberrations lof intellect, sagacity enough to ih ■ ■ l tie se on v> horn Ins ci. u ify would he thro .', n;■ ay. Just ns we hid got beyond the viiUge, af ter hating quitted the Falcon, Maria's hor.-e started at a boy, who had been rc.-iing by the j road side, and who suddenly rose nrr the creature ’j head, (hi the other side of the highway sumo men w 're digging a well, and : had i;e fleeted to enclose the spot w Imre they ~ , ' I were excavating, .worm s mare n.- ke.l to | wards the chasm into w hich my cousin must j h eritably have been precipitated before 1 ! could have had time to come to her assistance. —when just as the mare’s hind legs were with- I in a foot of the brink, a man sprang forward, land with an almost supernatural exertion of . mu. - alar strength dragged the animal forward, I caught the fair rider in his arms, lifted her ; from the saddle, and placed her upon her feet l on the ground, lie then seized the bridle of ' the ihare, but ns the frightened creature sa.l- , (Italy turned round towards the pit, my cous ! in’s deliverer overreached himself, and was 1 dragged by the horse into the gaping chasm, . then about twenty feet <h op. Both horse and , man were got out w ith some difficulty, the for ’ iner with very little injury, the latter with a | broken leg. As I saw the brave fellow emerge ! from the well, I recognised the features of the inan I had seen at the Falcon, and who had I interested me so much. Though suffering I great torture from a compound fracture of the (injured limb, there was a glow of satisfaction 'in his countenance, arising from the service jhe had done us, which indicated a let ling and 1 noble heart. With the assistance of the men • or;, loved in digging the well, all of whom , hud fortunately escaped unhurt, I had Judd ; Watson conveyed to his cottage, which was 1 situated at no great distance from the spot, 1 and sent to the nearest surgeon, with a request i that he would immediately follow us thither. ! We had scarcely laid th ■ sufferer on his bed, I when Mr. G appeared, and very skilfully 'set the limb, the bone of which hid broken in , two places. My cousin Maria, hud accompa nied me to Judd Watson’s, m -oiv ed to conti ib i ute all her personal exertions towards his re covery. Selina aniLJulia, whom we h:d left j at sumo distance on the road, hming ridden 'oil before them, laid proceed'l to I’ramling ! hum unconscious of the ucci.i'-nt tli it Ltd be fallen us. Judd Wats, m’s cottage was li:'ed up, if not j with luxuries, at L•■:-1 with ail the not cssnries of refined life. It consisted of four rooms, two ;eu each floor. All elderly female, having tic appearance of a retire.l upper servant, in some to pay the greatest iesj.eetain! at;out i.o to .l tide, who. as she informed 11s, | • | |,i; od her ! > take ra;“o! in it. We ad. 1 ,'cr a fovV qi- 1:-5 a liontL r ilia.- ter, Li mg c t.> kno ,v so.in - thing concerning him, hut obt-iiniii;-- no satis fi'-mry repli'-s from her. we gave 1; ■ the noin'. In consequence of this accident, oar iour • ney to Frandingham was deferred to another day. From this time forth until Judd Wat son’s complete recovery, which did not tike place till towards the end of September, Ma ria, who considered him the preserver of her life, and I rode every day to Earl Solium to see him. He grow attached to our society, and at length seemed to look for it Whilst we were with him—and we devoted three or four hours of cacti day to him—the cloud of insanity seemed to have passed from his spirit, and the more we saw of him the more we deplored the '•■mse that had ruined the intellect of a being, firmed to be an ornament to hi.s country. Ilis mmd was highly cultivated, and, from the names of individuals he let drop in conversa tion a.; having been personally acquainted with them, I came to the conclusion that he must be not only of good family, but of high rank. I formed a thousand conjectures.— Perhaps,” I thought, “he may be seme no ble lunatic who has escaped from a private madhouse, and remained here undiscovered for a number of years.” For several weeks after this accident, I fore bore speaking to him concerning himself. In deed Maria thought I had no right to indulge in any sjioculations relating to her preserver, or to force any disclosures from him except' such as lie might volunteer to make. Think- 1 ; ing, however, that by knowing who be was 11 might lie better able to render him services, I resolved, after obtaining Maria’s consent, to question him on the subject. One day, when he vvas in a more than ordi nary rational mood, Maria and I being seated one on each side of his couch, I thus began— 1 ] “My friend Judd, arc you a Suffolk man; .born ?” ; “I am not,” he replied ; “I first became a citizen of this troublesome world in the metrop olis, nearly thirtv-iiino years ago.” 1. , | “Have you long resided in tins pretty vil ] luge r” “About twelve years, I think ; but my mem ory sometimes fails me so sadly, and the past ! vi-vs in such fantastic and horrible pictures be- ! f ire me, that it is like an incubus ujion my mi-' ! derstaiuling. How ever, old I hum ah has a better | 1 memory than I,and 1 believe she observed tome j this morning, that four days back she made 1 the twenty-third half-yearly payment for the rent of ibis cottage.” S “You seen to have been well educated, friend Judd, and your manners and language ' are evidently those of a gentleman.” “I am glad you think so,” he returned, rath j <>r 'h'i’y ‘Have you always borne the name of Judd Watson r” 1 asked. The countenance of the invalid became flush"J, th"ii deadly pule;u convulsive twitch ing seemed to draw his month all sorts of | shapes, and a shudder to creep through his 1 | frame. “Ask no further,” ho cried, in a voice almost 1 extinct, and conveying an expression of hor- ] ior ; “for God’s sake, a k no further. Seek j li it to know that which has made me the poor; jin ane wretch I must so long have apjiearcd ito tli" inhabitants of this place. lam not mad j now—l can speak rationally. Who I am,none 1 shall over know. Hannah alone possesses ;my secret—lmt it will die with her. O my I young friends, your society since the fortun ate accident v.liich brought us acquainted, lias he 11 the only assuagement of my sorrows that has been afforded me for many years past. Let iii" enjoy it whilst I can, without its being j embittered by those dreadful recollections ! which throw me into such a state, that I am I mad, at the same time that I have the horrible I consciousness of being so.” ! “My friend,” I replied, “T will say no more j to you on the subject, and entreat that you will ; forget it was ever mentioned.” .Maria vvas much affected, so was I ; and v. e i"ft Ju ! 1 WaL-on with increased regard ■ for his person and regret for the misfortunes which had broken down so fine a mind as we I divoveri'd iii' to he. From this time the sub ij- at was never renewed. Judd'recovered the j use of his limb, and was soon a constant and ' welcome vi-iter at the mansion of iny rela tive, with whom he became a great favorite. 11 is fits of insanity were gradually less fre quent ; and though a ertaiu abruptness, per il a-.j I i:,.,v sav wildness, of manner still re • c maim'd, there was scarcely over anything de cidedly irrational in either his manners or his ■ conversation. .1 hiw bile, wei'k after week passed away; !tk" attractions of my cousin Maria kept me .;. i■:i 1 longer at Eye than I had originally in tend'* 1. 1 ler father seeing my partiality,kind ly insisted upon my lengthening my visit, to u I.k'h fie had not much difficulty in making in ' cons ut. Judd Watson now came to see Hs very day, and a room was always ready fcik 11 w hen he chose to stay all night. He vv..-i!.! hunt and shot with n,y relation, who was delighted with his knowledge in wood craft, and in ihe evening lie would sing with Mii i and rue, or instruct Julia in drawing, in 1 v. 1 ill'll he had genius sufficient to have raised h: n to high rank as an artist. One morning I was awakened by iny ser v nt who brought me a note, which ho said lie was desired to put into my hands without a moment’s delay. It ran thus : “Earl IsoiKuii, 11th Febuary, 1621. “My dear friend, —1 am in immediate want of your assistance. Hasten to me the mo ment you receive this, or you will be too late. “Yours, with true regard, Judd Watson.” Fifteen minutes after the receipt of this note, j I was on horseback, and in less than an hour ' after, my panting steed stood before Judd Wat | son’s cottage. The door was open—l enter- I ed. Neither Judd nor Hannah was to be seen. I l >ll the dressing table lay a letter addressed to j j myself, with a trembling hand and a presenti ment of evil, I tore open the packet and read j as follows: “You aio too late, my friend; I am again I in the clutches of those who in times past first cast a dark cloud over my mind, and consign -ledme to hopeless captivity. I escaped from ■ NUMBER 36. them and lived, as you know, in quiet seclu sion, w ithout troubling those who have usur ped my rights, or claiming any portion of the wealth which another enjoys, although it be longs to me. Had I been able to send to you earlier, you might have rescued me. Old Han nah has, I fear, been made away with. Per haps you may vet discover me. God bless you all r Judd Watson.” No one at Soham could give the slightest clue ns to what had become of the unhappy w riter ot the above letter. I therefore rode back to ’ * ' Hall, and communicated its contents to Maria, who urged me immediately to set out and scour the country in all direc tions. I thought this a good opportunity of expressing iny hopes with regard to herself but the only reply I could obtain from her was that she would engage herself to no man un til she had know n him long enough to be sure that they could mutually entrust their happi ness to each other’s keeping. The only di rect promise that I could obtain, was that she would form 110 other engagement. With that 1 was obliged to be satisfied. Having taken leave of my fair cousins and their father, I set out on my journey. During four months, I spared neither personal exertion, nor expense, to discover what had become of Judd Watson. I bad advertisements inserted in all the news -1 papers ; I employed agents in every part of j the country ; J visited every place where Iliad I the remotest chance of hearing of him: but j all was useless, no tidings of him could I [gain. 1 wo years had at length elapsed since his disajipoarance, and I had long given up all hopes of seeing him again, when one day, being at my club, I was informed that a person wished to speak to me on a matter of urgent importance. This person proved to bo oid Hannah. “Uh ! sir,” said she, “lain at last come to tell you where to find my poor master, who has spent two long years in captivity, treated as a madman, and indeed rendered one—which was what the villain wished who kept him in bond age. But retribution has at length overtaken i the guilty. I vvas myself kidnapped and sent to Holland, and there prevented from returning , to my own country, till the event which has liberated rny master has also set me free. If you will follow me, sir, you shall immediately see your friend.” I assented, and Hannah leading the way, I followed her to a largo house in Grosvenor Square, the door of which opened at my ap proach, and I was ushered into an elegant li brary, in which, upon a sofa, reclined the lost Judd Watson, but so emaciated, and so alter ed in appearance, that I scarcely knew him. 1 “.My friend, ’ said he, holding out his hand, , w hich 1 warmly pressed, “my bodily sufferings I trust are at lengt li ut an end or nearly so. You j shall now know who I am. I feel lam dying, | and I quit w ithout regret a world in which for j many years past I have experienced nothing I hut suffering!!nd injustice. lam the unfor tunate Earl ol * ' % ", of whom you must have heard as having escaped from a madhouse in w hich he was confined, and for ever eluded the search of his family.” The circumstance I well remembered. The Earls tale of his sufferings I must abridge, and state the facts in us lew words as possible. He had married a lovely and amiable woman, the perfect counterpart, as he said, of my cousin Maria. lie loved her with a species of idola try seldom found in married life. She died in giving birth to a son, which,in two (lays follow ' and its mother to the grave. The shock caus ed by his bereavement was so great upon th» I mind ot the inconsolable widowerthatit shook Ins intellect, and made him commit several I acts which ii nut the result ofactual madness, I very nearly approached it. The next heir, an i unprincipled and ambitious man, obtained a j commission to enquire into the state of the Earl’s mind, and in the meanwhile had him 1 pLced under restraint, which did what kind I lid soothing treatment would have prevented rendered him completely insane for the time. ( In this state he vvas brought before the com j missionors, w hose decision was that he was in j sane, and bis relative was appointed his guar j dian. He was conveyed back to his place of ; confinement, from whence he escaped soon af ! ter; and accompanied by Hannah, an old ser j v ant of the family, went to reside at Earl So j ham, under the name of Judd Watson. Here J he liv ed unknown during twelve years, fesrt be ing length discovered, was taken back to his place of confinement, from which hu was released after the death of his relative, by a tresh inquiry into the state of his intellects, which had recovered their proper tone. Bat his body was broken down by suffering, and when I saw him he was a prey to a disease from which there was no hope of his recover-* ing. * # # # * ; ■"i A few weeks after this, I attended the funer al of my late friend as chief mourner, there being none of his relatione present { ye.-BM