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®1AC©N TELECJIfAPff.
Bv M. Bartlett,
"*o. The Telegraph is published weekly
. paton, Git.—Office on Mulberry strut, a
IL rods north of the Post office,
11 TERMS.
for o'/ear,
for Sit Month,
83 00
2 00
m ADVANCE.
CODDAUD & LAWGDOJV,
I gftf'E just received, direct from New York, and
13 offer for sale, at the lowest market price for cash,
'*40 barrels old Rye Whiskey
j0 do New England Hum
j0 do prime Green Coffee
04 kegs Nails (assoiled)
jO bbls superfine Canal Flour
g do Butter Crackers
6 mots Wine Bottles
jj hhds Prime St. Croix Sugar
6 do do Potorico do
) do Molnsscs
jj bores Bloom Raisins
10 boxes bar soap
2 tierces Rice
50 boxes American Segara
>0000 lbs Flat A square swedes Iron
3 bundles Hoop do
8 bbls Monongahala Whiskey
1500 bushels Salt
150 nieces 42inch Cottoa Bagging
200 lbs bagging Twine
5 pines Holland do
6 do 4th proof Cognac Brandy
3 hhds 4 th proof Jamaica Rum
10 bbls loaf A lump Sugar
20 bbls. Cider Brandy
50 do Northern Gin
30 do. superfine Flour
20 do. Mackerel, No. 1,2, & 3
5 do; Connecticut Shad
12 kegs Cavendish Tobacco
(JO bags Shot', assorted
20,kcgi Gunpowder
10'crates Crockery
3 bundles German Steel
1000 lbs. bar Lend, 7 dozen Hoes
3,1 reams wrapping Paper,25 do. writing do.
8* do. letter do.
20 dozen Wool Hats
20 do. Cotton & Wool Cards
13 colls Rope
20 boxes Spermaceti & Mould Candles
3 bales Osnaburg*
3 casks London Porter
400300 cut Tacks—10 boxes Windsor Soap
1 barret cherry Brandy
l do. Stoughton’s Elixer
5 boxesChoeolute,5000 Spanish Segurs,
Wines, Cordials, Domestic Goods, &e. Ac
Bacon, April 21,1828.
SPRING AND SUMMER
CLOTHING & HATS.
P. JUDSON &Co. have just received
at their Clothing Store and Hat Ware*
House, a general assortment of
CLOTHING AND HATS,
•of the most approved fashions for the
present and approaching season, which are offered low,
and for Cash only.
A liberal price will be paid for Beaver and Otter
Furs.
ID* A general invitation is given to those indebted,
to call and make immediate payment; and to those
who have been liberal in making promises, we give
notice that they will be no longer received hs an e-
quivalent for claims, as promises cannot be used in
payment to those to whom we ourselves are justly in
debted; and unless immediate payment is made we
shall be compelled to resort to the ” gloriousuncertain-
tjl of the lau>.” p. J. &. Co.
Macon, April 19,1821. 17
3. a i. winship.
m AVE just received from New York an assort
meat of
, GROCERIES,
which they offer for sale at the lowest market prices
for Cash or Produce.
Irish Potatoes, Cotton Bagging, Bagging Twine,
Loaf and Lump Sugar, St. Croix and Muscovnda do,
Holland Gin, White’s do, Northern do, Whiskey,
Jamaica Rum, Northern do, Cognac Brandy; Port,
Madeira, Teneriffe and Malaga Wines; Molasses,
Soap, Candies; Cheese, Pepper, Spice, Powder, Shot,
Lead, Mackerel, Coffee, Iron, Salt; Cast, German and
American Steel, &c.
N. B. Wanted, a. quantity of HIDES, for which
Cash will be paid at the highest prices.
Macon, February 11,1828 0
DAVID DALAI E YD A,
^^FFEUS for sale, by the box or at retail, Tallow
CANDLES, of his owu manufacture; which
■Me warranted equal in quality to any that can be < *
fared in this market. Fort Hawkins, Dec. 3.
Ill,
STONE % CO IT,
LAVE JUST RtCKlTBD FROM BOSTON & HEW YORK,
AND OFFER For. SALE THE FOLIOWIXO
DRY GOODS:
122) pieces 3-4 brown Shirting
l 5') pieces bleached Sea Island Shirting
lii pieces 4-4brown Sheeting
I 5) pieces 4-4 blcaccd Sheeting
1153 pieces 3-4 domestic Plaids
tO pieces 4-4 domestic Pluids
35 pieces London dufile Blankets
10 pieces three and u half point Blankets
1210 pieccl fancy Prints
1 50 pieces black, blue and steel mixt Satinetta
•1 pieces black and blue Broadcloths
5 pieces bine and mixt Cassimerc
SO pieces Irish Line ns •
13 pieces red Flanucl
8 pieces cotton Cassimere , -
6 iieees negro Cloth
75 Plaid Cloaks, extra sizes
ft) C,untile! Cloaks, oxtra sizes
5) reams writing Paper, 28 reams letter Paper
.50 reams wrapping Paper
ilomhozetts, Cambrics, Muslins, Silks
Musin’. Robes, Buttb-’e Robes
Itol'MS and Canton Crapes
Casiimeru and Valentin Shawls
Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs
Hosiery and Gloves
Shell unit Horn Combs, &c. &.C.
40 cases coarse and fine Shot*
2 cases gentlemen’s Boots
20 cases fine and coarse fashionable Hats
5 ea»es Leghorn und straw Bonnets
12 cases No. It), Whilteniore Cards . •
4 boxes Saddles and Briddlcs
UixvAwdve &. Cuttevy.
| SlTO lbs. Castings,'assorted
75 dozen weeding Hoes
A large and elegant assortment of of Crockery and
Clawivurc.
1J50 dozen pint'and half pint Flask* . *
173 dozen half pint Tumblers, in straw 1 !
GROCERIES.
Also received by the last Boats
WO pieces Cotton Bngging
12 hhds. 8t. Croi* Stignr
70 bags prime green Coffee
3 hhds. Jamaica Rum
2 hhds. Holland Gin
2 hhds. apple Brandy
3 pipes Cognac Brandy
8 quarter and half casks Teneriffe, Malaga and
„ Madeira WINES-
50 barrels new Flour, (warranted good)
1 Ion Shot, assorted, 1 ton soft Lead
30 kegsEEE Dupont’s Powder
8 kegs shipping Powder
M boxes S„‘ a ,,
*> boxes tpcrtn and tallow Candles
boxes bunch Raisins
a bags Pepper and Pimento
®00 American Cigars
—Aiocon, Noecmbcr 26,1827 ■ -57
Cheap Grocery Store,
AT COLUMBUS.
J UST received, by steamboats Steubenville and
Monroe, a large assortment of GROCERIES,
which will be afforded at a very low price, vis ’.
300 barrels Whiskey
75 „ Gin
20 „ Wine
30 „ Rum
15 „ cognac Brandy
50 hags Coffee
25 bbls Molasses—75 bbls Sugar
50 boxes Raisins—50 barrels Nails
0 tons Iro
With a numerous assortment of other articles. Also,
general assortm nl of
DRY GOODS.
Persons wishing to purchase, will please call on
HUGH LOVE.
Columbia, Muscogee county, March 5. 3m
NEW CttEAV GOODS.
T HE subscriber has just received, and opened, at
his store on Cherry street, a general assort
ment of 1
Vron, Sa\t, Whiskey
The subscribers linve lately received
| and ofi'cr for sale, the following arti-
[cleat
300 barrrcls Whiskey
100 „ Gin
15000 lbs Iron
1800 bushels Salt
CO barrels Mackerel
10 „ Apple Brandy -
10 .I N. E. Rum
• A quantity of Sugar, Coffee and Molasses
Together with a general assortment of Hardware,
Nails and Blacksmiths Tools
KIMBERLY A CHISHOLM.
; WANTED,
r One hundred bags prime COT-
| TON, for which the best prices will
be given.
1 april 14 15
"CROtON OIL,
SULPHATE OF QUININE,
PYROLIGNEOUS ACID,
IODINE ACID,
extract OF ELATERIUM,
^hOGETHF.R whh a number of new and celebrat-
“ eu Medicines, just received and for sale by
* FLUKER & COLLINS-
FOR SALE.
No, 70, and 77, in the 3d d\'trict_ Troup
o' Apply to
oMoroe county, April 7
JOHN PITMAN,
tf 14
Public Sain of f-otg
Within the Reserve and Tom of
I At the Coweta Falls, on the Chatahoochy Rim.,
N conformity to an act of the Legislature of this
state, passed on the twenty-fourth day of December,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-
seven, to lay out a trading Town, and dispose of all the
lands reserved for the use of the State near the Coweta
Falls, on the Chatahoochy River—will be sold, in the
TOWN OF COLUMBUS,
On Thursday, the 10/A of July next,
614 BUILDING LOTS
of half an Bcre each, in the plan of said town;
Twenty-five Gardening LOTS, of ten acres each,
on the north-east and south of the square reserved for
the Town and Common, and adjoining the seme;
twenty Lots of twenty acres each; sever.ty-eight Lots
jo one hundred acres each s and thirty-one Fractional
parts of survey.
The local advantages of this town—the rich and ex-
tensive back country it has already at command, and
the increasing importance it will derive from the ces
sion of the lands on the west of the Chatahoochy ri v*
er, will eusure to it a degree of commercial import
ance not surpassed by any other town in Georgia.
The Town is situated on the' east side of the river,
immediately below the Falls, whiqh admits of a safe
and convenient navigation for steamboats from thence
to Apalachicola Bay.
Terms will be, one-fifth of the purchase money in
cash or cur/ent bills of chartered Banks ot this State—
the balance in four equal annual instalments.
The sale will commence on the day above men
tioned, and-lviir lie continued from day to day until all
the lots are disposed of.
IGNATIUS A. FEW,
F.LIAS BEALL,
PHILIP HENRY ALSTON,
JAMES HALLAM,
EDWIN L. DF.GRAFFENRF.1D,
Commissioners f.,r laying off the town of Columbus,
and the Reserve at the Coweta Falls.
_ O'The Editors of all the public Gazettes of Geor-
E 'a, the Charleston Courier, and Tuscaloosa paper will
sert theabove advertisement for sixty days and for
ward their accounts to me at Columbus, for payment.
SOW2L WOOLFOLK,
Scc’y to the Board of Commissioners.
, April 20,1828.
SELECT TALES.
SHOES, DATS,
Crockery, Hardware, &c.'
He has also on hand a general assortment of
GUOCEIUES,
CASTINGS, &c.
Which will be sold low for cash.
Feb 25 8 R. COLF.MAN.
magon potkl.
The undersigned having taken the a.
hove Establishment, recently occupied
by T. Uruen, Esq. is now prepared to ac-
commodate BOARDERS and TRAV
ELLERS in the most genteel and comfortable man
ner, and solicits the patronage of his Friends aud the
jidic. JOHN M. SHELLMAN.
Macon, February 15th, 1823. 7
Washington Hotel.
The subscriber having taken the above
House, formerly kept by Richard Mor
gan, Esq. on Broad street, in Ferry, Hous
ton County, Georgia, is prepared to ac-
commodate BOARDERS and TRAVELLERS in
genteel and comfortable style. *
March 10 y P. OLIVER
LA PAYBTTK HALL.
The subscriber havingtaken the above
Establishment, respectfully informs his
friends, and the public in genera], that it
JSEHWl i3 prepared for the reception of compa
ny. His BAR will be provided with the best LIQU
ORS, and his TABLE well furnished. His STABLE
will also be well attended to. From the attention
which will be paid to render those who may favor him
with'thelr custom comfortable and agreeable, he
hopes to receive a share of public patronage.
ALEX. MERIWETHER.
Macon, January II, 1828 6
K
Shaker’s Garden Seed.
ED and white Onion Muskmelon
Blood beet Flat Turnip
French do.
Early turnip do.
Carrot, Orange Sage
Parsnip Squash pepper
Long cucumber Solid celery
Early do Fatsley
Dutch summer squash Asparagus
Crookncck do. Nasturtion
Do. winter do. English sorrel
White bead lettuce Summer savory
Speckled do. Scarlet radish
Ice do. Savoy cabbage
Imperial do. Red do.
Cabbage do. Early sorrel
Early turnip radish Turkey rhubarb
Early June Peas White marrowfat
VegetableOysters Cranberry beaus
Early Yorkshire Cabbage
Double Peppergrass
Early Golden Hotspur
Strawberry Dwarf
Green Dwarf Marrowfat Peas
* Earley six weeks orredeyed Dwarf Beaux
Early Sugar Corn
Received and for sale by
Dec. 24. ELMS. SHOTWELL A Co.
JAMES A. BLANTON,
H AS just received and is now opening and offer
ing for sale at the very lowest market prices,
for cash, o large and entirely trash stock of
DRYGOODS, - *
GUOCVAUES,
DA TS und SHOES,
HARDWARE and CUTLERY,
Cvockev\ awA GUwsviare,
SADDLERY, &c. See. Sic.
Which were all laid iu-by himselfin the Northern Mar
kets, specially for the trade of this place, Rtid will no
doubt suit purchasers both in quality and prices. •
Merchants and Plunterx from the country and the
citizens of this place and invited to call and exam
ine for themselves.
WANTED,
A few hundred bags of COTTON, for
which Cash will be paid, dec 24
Fas'VuoivaWe Summer Goods and
CLOTHING,
Brought to Knoxville Jail,
^"IRAWFORD county, on the 21stlnstant, a hegro
fellow, about 40 years of age, by the name of
Sandy. Says he belongs ;o John Fitch, who lives
near St. Stephens, Alabama. The owner is request
ed to come and comply with the law in such cases,
april 28 17 L. LAWSHE, Sheriff,
NOTICE.
AH persons indebted to the Georgia
Patriot establishment, forsubscription
or Advertising, previous to June 1827,
the time of the transfer to Mr. E. H.
Burritt.will settle their accounts with
M. Bartlett, who Is authorised to close the business.
April 15,1823. C. E. BARTLETT.^
NOTICE.
f\ LL persons indebted to the estate of Henry Carl-
-AX ton; deceased, are requested to eomo forward
and make immediate paymeut. and all persons having
demandvagainst said estate, are requested to forward
them as the law directs. ' ’
WILLIAM HEAD. .Mn’r.
- MARY W. CAULTON, Am'x.
Monro* county. March 4,1828 10
A STAGE • .
Has commenced running from
Macon, by way of Marion and
Dublin, to Savannah, onco a
week. Leave Macon every
“Wednesday mnrtiing. arrive at
Savannah Saturday at 11 o-’clook. -*«ve Savannah
at 2 o’clock same day, arrive at Macon roMday nignt.
Office at Moreland A Townsend’s, rasaage'through,
seventeen dollars. 9 rnarcM
aud Valencia do. silk Vefvets of all colors, India Le-
vantine, white linen and silk Hose,cotton do. (lag and
bandanna Handkerchiefs, India do. Italian and India
Cravats, plaid and white do. silk and common Sus
penders, Russian Belts, Gloves, Stocks and Stiffeners,
Cloths and Casstmeres, shirting Linens, Paddings,
sewing Silk,Havana and Leghorn Hats, Shirt Collars,
gold and silver Epaulettes, Lace, Cord, Stars, Sec. Ac.
READY MADE CLOTII1NO.
Blue, brown and black DRESS COATS, FROCK
COATS and COATTF.F.S
Fine Bombazine Frock Coats and Coattces
Circassian Coattces
Brown and white linen JACKETS
Circassian and striped Jackets •
Velvet, Slarscillcs, Florentine and \ atencia VESTS
Morning Gowns '
Fine Ruffled Shirts, (linen.) CottonSh.rts
Silk camblet and crape PANTALOON8
Concan and Circassian
100 pair French and Russian drill do
Stripe arid silk drill do
Fine hombazine and Nankin do
White and broWn linen do n •
Denmark satin do
Mixt and purple drill do ,
Cloth and cassimere do
Common striped do Sfttin sine do
* • Dutch Trowsers, &e. &c.
The above Clothing is made of the beat materials,
in the latest fashions, particularly for customer*, and
will be sold low for cash.
TAILORING.
Carried on in all lU various branches, with neatness
and despatch. „ J- FITCH 3c CO.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
m
AN ITALIAN STORY.
The “ Posthumous Papers of a Person a-
ruout Town” coutuins a tale of extraordinary
interest, pathos, aud beauty. It is too long for
insertion in our columns; but supplying the
place of the portions we havo omitted, by links
sufficient to connect the main incident of the
story and make tho wholo intelligible to the
reader, in ihe persuasion that bis sympathies
cannot fail to be powerfully excited in tho pro
gress of the narrative, as by its touching and e*
ven tragical termination.—Nat. Adv.
“A STORY OF OLDEN TIME IN ITALY.”
“I am the daughter of noble parents, whom
I will not name,—for they should rest undis-
gruced in their tombs—who loft me sole heir of
a large estate in the most fertile fields of Italy.
I had fair and stately halls, vassals for servico
in court or field, ladies for attendance, and ev
ery other thing needful or umicedful with which
human pride can he pampered, and honor or
humor desire or. deserve.—Mistress of these
enviable possessions, I had many princely sui
tors, who met with such honorablo onte’rtain-
ment as their many pleasant qualities merited.
But there was one never seen among those
flattering suitors, who was a thriving wooer
with my heart, though he never worshipped at
its shrine; and might have had that woman's
toy us a gift which he was cither too bumble or
too proud to ask.
“This was the noble gentleman called Gui
do de Mcdicis, the owner of tho poor estate,
touching upon the wider skirts of mine. Ho
was of an ancient race of poets, painters, sculp-
tors.legishitors, and members, of all tho intel
lect ol Italy j that proud land, where the hand
ol humble genius is of more nobility than tho
entire body of merely honorable birth. But he,
ol whom I write, is uow cold in a grave only
vaster than his great capacity—the earth em
bracing the sea; and could these miserable and
shameful tears, which fall at the recollection of
tho wrong which I have done him, oulwater
that sea, they would not enough mourn him
who is the drowned hope and pride of my dear
father land.: vainly therefore do I weep a sin
which tears may never wash away, nor any life
or death atone for, to heaven and my country.”
An eloquent and impassioned .description of
Guido follows this;
“From some inquiries-which I had mado o-
mong his domestics, 1 learnt 'that his heart
(which. 1 had thought possible to bo mine) was
irrevocably given to tho fair Bianca, daughter
of Baptism Btionaveiili, an old merchant of Flo
rence : and that in a few days, he w;ts jo set
out for Syracuse to claim her hand, in fulfil
ment of a solemn compact, made wlion passing
his novirkite in that city. This intelligence
camo like death upon my heart; and for many
days, 1 held myself averse from the guy com
pany and tho old courtesies of my house. My
nublu friends saw my spirit to be sick, and strove
to come at its disease; but I had already form
ed my resolution, rather than confess my weak
ness, to die of an undiscovered grief; and, since
my malady was hopeless, that it should also be
voiceless. I preserved that strict silence which
is a lone tho security of secrecy. But, never
theless, 1 wept ;uy sorrow in the loneliness and
darkness oi the sleepless night; and this I did,
till the paleness of my cheek was now so con
stant, instead of its wonted ruddiness, that it
was scarcely noticed, cither by thepitying kind
ly, or the prying curious.”
Guido leaves his bouse for Florence; and
the Italian Lady, unable to support his ab
sence, follows him in secret;' and becomes in
troduced to Guido's intended bride:
‘‘Bianca Bunnaventl was indeed a woman
worthy of a sculptor’s love; for all thoso beau
ties which Art has imitated from Nature were
iniugled in her. in her form were blended nil
that 1 had till then thought the idealities ofGro-
cian grace and Roman majesty; in motion she
was stately us the swan; and swam the air ra
ther than walked the earth. Her step was as
an inaudible music; her voico sweeter than the
lecollectcd music of u dream. Her mind was
a book of pure and wise thoughts, written sure
ly by somo hand divine. Her countenance
such as angels wear—and tlioy were made fair
that man might love heaven, where all is beau
tiful. Love shone in her eyes, but with so ho
ly and pluctd a fire—two sister stars burning in
the winter, beam not a chaster light; wherever
they turned all eyes were illuminated, and what
ever she looked upon reflected buck the beauty
she turned upon it.* Indeed all those fair and
admirable qualities which mako women worthy
of that paragon of earthly creatures—mail— she
was. perfection. Thai Guido should love the
genilo girl, was no longer wonderful; fur le
vel! loved turn the mure that he di(l lovo her, so
endearing a power hath beauty in its purity.”
They were to lib married un tho marrow;
and,the Itulian lady, subduing her passions to a
sister's love, attended thu solemn ceremony, and
agreed to accompany them from Florence to
the sea-coast, where they all took shipping for
Syracuse, tho residence of Bianca’s family, and
aro overtaken by a storm;
“The frail vessel, which had lain on the w*
ters like a log, strained under thoir strong stir
ring, and creaked as if its ribs wera severing.
High wave followed high wave, as if they note
indeed not waves, but mountains sliding off the
face of the earth in the sea of space—whou
DR. GEO. K. HOLLOWAY; h&vinglo-
cated liltBMlf at Conte's Store, respectful
ly tenders lila xervicex to the inliabitanta
of Laurens and the adjoioinz couotir*. in
the various Branches of bis rrulosxion.
Laurens county, Feb. 28,1822. 2a Q
TEN DOLLARS RE WARD.
8traycd from the subscriber, about
the 1st of October, a large sorrel jenny
MULE, about 7 or 8 years old, paces
_.Well. Any person delivering raid Male
to the subscriber, living about 5 wilts above the Flat
shoals, on Flint river. Pike.county, shall receive the
above reward, and all reasonable expenses K«d.
march 17 11 tf IV1 LI-I Am CAROILE.
iiWV J
*£■
april 23 3t
For Male,
An F.legsnt silver mounted GIG
with Harness complete. FoMerois,
apply to
A G1LLI8 A Co.
notice r °H* n S some way over the coremiou level of the
water, they fell with u crushing noise into the
bed of the sea. At length all the. fiuy. of the
tempest seemed gathered, and again the light
ning glanced along the deck, and muigled with
tho washing waves; so that it was not easy to
say whether.lhe water was not lightning, or the
lightning the watort for they appeared one. The
crazy vessel uow dipped dowu, aud now heav
ed to this side, and now to tint other, liko a toy
in the hind* of the mighty tempest. The mas
ter gave command^ seeing that, tha ecwbibke
with every rush over the ship,. that, those, ytlu^
feared the peril should go below; but not ipip
of the trembling throng stirred from where they
held by the ship—for all saw tho worst, and
none thought it possible to escape from it. Bi*
ancu clung in horror to.her husband', who strove
to comfort her, and bid her take heart. Tho
old manyovered his gray head with tho fold
ings of his cloak, and, us ho sal motionless and
wordless, seemed tha very resignation of des
pair.”
The storm increasing, the vessel was driven
on the rocks; but again floated off, without sink
ing. Tho tragedy now thickens:
“It was true that she had endured but little
hurt, and with ihe recoiling rush of tbo waves,
was thrown afloatagaiu; but ere the master could
leap to the helm, to put her further out, a stroug
sea came driving before the wind, which now
blew tts^ it would part tho poles, and again flung
her, as if she was no mightier than a sea-shell,
upon the sharp rocks. She broke nt the blow
like parted bread, tho stern half of her hulk'
tumbling over into the sen, while the head of
the vessel lay reeling on the rock. Then the .
shriek ot dismay, and death went up from men
that worAnever more to call on Heaven; for
many of the crew wero crowded about tljo helm
and - .when it parted, went dowu with her, nev
er again to rise with life. Tho veuerable Bab-
tista, Guido, his fair wife, and my wretched
self, stijl clung to the chains- at the how; hut
not long held wb there, for'a strong wave came
mounting at our backs, and in a moment" wo
wero hurled with the halved vessel down from
tho wreck, into tho gaping abysmal depth wo
had loft in tho air. Again tho fragment mount
ed to the surfaco, and wo had all held to oach
other and to tho ropes which were coiled round
our bodies, sayo tho feeblo Bianca, who had
sunk out of tho grasp of her husband, but being .
entangled in tho coil of tho ropes, was not swopt
itito tlmsea. Wo might hear another wave
coming with a rushing roar ^towards us,.as if it
had determined we should be"it3 prqy.;«vWhoa
Guido, seeing, with the calipncs3 of Courage,
that, if we awaited it, our escape was hupploss,
cried out, “Father, takb thou tho care of tho
Lady Erininia, as I will of thy daughter;
lot ux at once leap boyond tho reef info the sea,
and .struggle for thp land.” ..t,' ;
“And now shrink not as from the sirpVnf-
fiond; to hear me tell tho story of that crime
which has cursed mo here, and ^jvhich inay 4
hereafter. After theso words he again cried
out, “Biunca, my beloved, where art thoul’*
The fatal love which had fed upon me .like a
(lame upon a living sacrifice; even in this aw
ful hour burnt sonsibly in iny hateful heart, and
prompted by that miserable passion, and the
lovo of him und of life, somo fiend answered
surely with my tonguo, “Here 1” and he caught
at mo as a;desperatu drownerdolh at a floating
weed, and leaping into the sea, cried to the .qld'
mail, “Follow me, father, follow moBut*hu« -
hoard him not; fur I saw that he was dead,
and, had fallen on his swooned child, who,
as wo leaped into the sea, shrieked out, and au
ditorily informed me that she still lived, thougil
my struggling soul would fain have acquitted
its conscience with the thought that sho was
dead, and so have palliated to itself, ifyt failed
afterwards to Guido and to Heaven, its damna-
blo deceit. Guido heard not fier cry, or if ha
d ; d, took it, in tho stunning turbulence of tho
tempest’s roar, for mine. For a long time ho
buffeted the .waves with a giant’s strength, 3nd
a courage that could not ho weakened; and.
still, ns he beat the waves aside, or breasted
them liko a living rock,'ho cried, “Be of good
choor, my Bianca, I shall save tlioe yet!” Aud
when I heard him call on her name my heart
smote so fearfully within me, that, though I was
sitro of death if I had disclosed that I was Er-
mina, I thrice had nearly' confessed the dread
ful truth; but my love of life, and qruel love of
him, stifled my voice.—Twice, i saw, in th*
glaring flash of lightning, that he gazed upbn mo
to seoifl had life; for the fear of disclosure,
and the peril of the waters, made me voiqelcj* -
and strengthless, and I lay almost lifeless in'hia
clasping arm, us ho struck through tho wayok
with tho othor. Ho looked on .mo again, but
tho waters had .trashed my long hair, over my .
face, so that hd knew me not, and still he claqi- -
ed me to him tenderly, and beat his burdenod
way through the sea. Loqg time thus hd con
tended resolutely witli death, wbon just, as his
strength was spent, and ho bade me commit nay
soul to Heaven, he descried lights not far be
fore us, and faintly told me still to hopOj for wp
were near land. This nerved him anew, and bo
plied his way lustily, till we at length touched
the rocky shore, where, summoning a desperate
man’s might, ho climbersd up the low, craggy
cliffs, and feelipgthe firm earth under him, drop
ped to tho ground injittter exhaustion. For
some time I knew not what occurred, for safety
then seemed-mure dreadful to me than the dan
ger; I had passed through, and'I swooned.
When I recovered, I found Guido endeavor-
iug to bring life back,.*by cherishing me in his
bosom.. And ever and anon he would call for
help, as strongly «s he might, • to tho distant
fisherman's cottage’s where lie had first discern-
the light which led him to'the shore.
“At length we descried the light approach
ing tho spot where we lay, still on the ground,
-and could hoar the loud halloo of the comers;'
and, after some time, guided by his continued
cry, a fisherman come up with a torch. A* it.
neared us 1 shruuk from it liko a foul aud gu.ity
thing that Toves darkuess rather than day, but
in vain; for Guido’s anxious eye looked at last
un my face as the light fell on it, when, uttering
a dreadful shriek ofdistnay ,aud despair, ho drop
ped me from his arms, and starting from tiio
ground, like one made instantly mad by somo
sudden stroke upon the brain, he rushed, stag-
gcriu^aud streugtliless, but wildly, to the cliff,
i cluug to him heavily, to ’preveut him tram a-
gaiu leaping into tho sea ; but I dared no< •l-'B’jk
to him, save by feeble, inarticulate crie*. Ha'
glraced at file a look.which withered ine, and
shaking me hku a serpent to tho earth, with a
terrible cry, flung hiinsoll from tho cliff.inko tho
I beheld hinv heating his way back to tbrf-.'.
wreck, a* the lightning momentarily arched
ftotn the firuumcpi; and, at length, Vsaw him
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