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JW. JONES, is now receiving and open
. ing at his Store, his supplies of
FAI.Ii WJIffTEHI GOODS,
which combind with his former Stock, render
his assortment very complete.
English Straw Ecsmets.
A ease ofhandsome English Straw and Florence
Bonnets, iust received and for sale, by
J. W. JONES.
Oet. 14,-24—if
300 pairs Superior Negro Shore for sate »>y
11 J. W. JONES.
Oet. 14,—21—tf
fipilE Undersigned has just opened a LIVE
RY STABLE in the Town of Athens,
Immediately in the rear of Mr. IL A. Fraser’s
Store, where he will keep on hand
VEHICLES OF
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u J7;i?r jtj j’ t 2 ojv-,
ALSO
GO OD 313 ID 3TJ £
Aiad well broke
HA R A ES S IE ORS E S
To Hire.
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dated with Carriages and Horses al all times
llis Vehicles have notyet arrived, but are ex
pected by the first ofthe Spring. He will also
on Livery the horses of any one wishing to
place their horses under his charge.
* P. M. WIfcLLS.
Jan. 27 39 ts.
&EVRGIA, HALL COUNTY.
HERE AS, Ambrose Kennedy. Adminis
» » tralor ofthe Estate ofEdward Harrison,
deceased, applies to me for Letters of dismission.
This is therefore to cite and admonish all. and
singular the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to shew cause (if any
ptoy have) why said letters should not be grant
ed.
Given under iny hand, this 20th day of Octo
ber, 1837.
E. M. JOHNSON, c. c. o.
Oet. 21, —25—Gm
GEORGIA. JACKSON COUNTY.
MARY WAFFORD, of the 2451 h district,
tells before me one dark brown Mare,
supposed to be twelve years old, shod all round,
had on a bell, tied on with a hemp rope, a star
in her forehead, and appraised by Elisha Dester
and Moses Watford to Thirty Dollars.
THOMAS NIBLACK, J. P.
A true extract from the Estray Book,
WILLL\M COWAN, Clk.
February 3—4o—tf
months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable Inferior Court ol
Walton county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell four Negroes, belonging
to the Estate of Jarrett Beall, deceased, a wo
man named Letta and two children,a girl nam
ed Rachael. Sold for (he b< rnffit of the heirs
and creditors of said deceased.
P ALLEN S- BEALL, Ex’r.
Nov. 4,-27-4m
BslWQk
SvUSCC 51 Hf C H £?♦
From Blackwood’s Magazine, for November.
“ The following is a fine ballad—a ballad it surely is,
though hardly so either in measure or in diction ; but
the feeling throughout i« such as pervades the true
antique heroic ballad ; the Lady’s Offer —an historical
fact, is nobly illustrative of the spirit of such an age,
and the triumphant close stirs like the sound of a
trumpet:”— North.
THE EASY OF THE CASTLE.
BY A NEW CONTRIBUTOR.
The Leaguer round the castle wall
Had oft beheld its bravest fail,
While week on week went by ;
Nor fraud nor onset aught availed,
Those walls of granite never quailad,
Those men were sworn to die.
The castle's Lord was far away,
But still its Lady roused the fray,
Steel heart in lovely breast!
And many a fiery rush was vain,
And spent the arrow’s piercing rain
Against that rocky crest.
But sickness came, and biting need,
That tames the forward spirit’s deed,
And slacks the strongest hand.
With hollow looks their foes they eyed,
And wasted limbs were nerv’d by pride,
That scarce could wield the brand.
One night the moon was hid in cloud,
The mountain-wind was speaking loud,
The sky was drear and chill,
When sudden word went round the towers,
That all must join with banded powers
And charge adown the hili.
Then trembling hands and fainting hearts,
And souls that only woke by starts,
Were scared and droop’d away.
The banner hung a powerless rag,
'Mid men who oft around that flag
Had. drench’d in blood the clay.
Upon his lonely watch there stood
An aged man of sullen mood,
But known in many a fight,—
Old Mark the Graybeard, deeply scary’d
With wounds that much his lace had marr’d,
Yet strung v;ith ling’ring might.
To him the Lady gliding came,
A pale aud solitary dame,
And spake with glancing eyes—
“ Thou know’st, my friend, our need so sore,
Thou know’st all other hope is o’er,
Except what Will supplies.
“ Thou stand the first, and lift thy sword ;
Two hundred men will own thy word
And rush upon the foe.”
S’ern Mark replied, “My cravings speak
As dear as thcu, but I am w;,ak ;
By Heaven! I will not go!”
A moment’s pause, a passing thought
Deep change upon her spirit wrought,
Though env-ed by fear and shame ;
And then with downcast eye she said,—
“ Then I alone must give thee aid ;
May G ?d forgive the blame !
“ Tin it lov’st my son, my only child,
Who oft upon thy arms has smiled,
And watched thy plume go by:
My breast now scarce can yield him food,
Fur I have nona to cheer my blood ;
But thou shalt drain it dry.”
! ' The soldier on the lady gazed,
And sluick with awo ; —his sword he raised,
And swiftly turned away.
With tramp of s'rength, and battle.cry,
He drew the band beneath his eye,
And hurrying sought the fray.
Before that charge of pale despair,
The lusty hosts collected there
Were turn, and dashed, and driven ;
And sweeping up the valley came,
With lances fixed and torches’ flame,
The Chief restcred by IL aven.
Between those double powers hemmed in,
The foes were crushed with shrieks and din, ,
And trampled down to gore.
Amid them Mark was pierced, and fall,
While loud the trumpet rang to :«U
His slayers lived no more.
Jn otfer years that noble boy,
His sire and mother’s only jjy,
The tgle her was fuljl;
For iife the sword of Merk he wore,
And when he died, his, tombstone bore
The blade in shrine of gold.
The SJar ci'Sf. Phil Hype.
“ She was a form of life and light,
Which seen became a part of sight
And rose when e’er 1 rurned mine cy®,
The morning star of memory.”
The summer ami fall of IS——, were noted
by the oldest inhabitants ofthe city of New
Orleans, as the most unhealthy season within
their recollection. —Even the acclimated did
nut uniformly escape the pestilence, which d i
ring a pause ol some comparatively healthlul
years,seemed to have been collecting ils con
centrated powers of desolation. A few days
after the disease of the climate had given de
cided manifestations of its appearance, but had
not yet spread widely enough to excite the
public feeling, or awaken the pubi c voico, I
strolled, as my custom, about the dusk of eve
ning to Masporu’s cofiee house, at the corner
of Chartres and Thoulouss streets. The spa
cious apartment was lighted by a splendid
chandelier, suspended from the ctmUc ofits
lofty ceiling. At tho upper end of the room
stood the elegantly ornamented bar, where re
freshments of every description awaited the
call of the customers.
i The walls were decorated with pan.lings,
ei'graviugs, and Iran.rd handbills of various
kinds nourishing in fancy D p«. Every ac
commodation combined to render lhe room an
agreeable resort to the merchants ol the city.
This was the hour al which, alter the light
repast of ths evening, they assembled to dis.
cuss the polities and business »l the day.—
Groups were collected near the doors ami wi i
dows to catch tlm little air that breath <1 lino’
the streets. while othors. in spiteol ilm sliding
stagnation of tbs surrounding atmosphere,
were seated closely together i * Hie i.'iltitor of
lhe disputing, with French vibe
j nieiicc of tur.gup mid gestures. Gver sever I
tabl’s beiit cmndes engaged in liq? game ol
domino, a pastime grenl‘,y in rep.;<c among in.-
grave renn.ui.ls ol lhe ancivi.l <.oim .tup.
Newspapers were in tiie h uids oi neu.y, am;
before the bar stood a nun.tier ut liiirsty souls,
sipping |< x.v.Ade vv timet, erauai irg ihc
'•WHERE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN' DELEGATED, A NUI.HFJCATION OF THE ACT IS THE RIGHTFUL REMEDI. J._//<!) 6’0)4.
concoction of some favorite beverage. I join
ed them and called for a cup of coffee. Tho’
a resident of New Orleans for the last seven
years, I had never conformed to the custom of
my neighbors, in changing my warm evening
draught for a cool one, although I would per
haps have evinced better taste and sense by
tlie substitution.
Having leisurely disposed of the contents of
my cup, 1 passed Jxam group to group, catch
ing the current news of the day and comment
ing upon it. The subject ofthe lever was hut
slightly touched upon, fur it disturbed not the
nimds of these, whom reiterated exposure to
the contagion had sunk into disregard of its
terrors, —After sauntering through the room, 1
pau»ed before a painting whose beaulies had
often yielded mo an enjoyment whicji iwccets
ed by tho repetition. It was the Ariadna ot
Vandorlyue, reclining upon the sea shore after
Theseus relinquishing her to Bacchus, had
left her slumbering upon the strand of Naxos.
The cm.tour and colour of the figure were
faultless. She seemed lost in voluptuousness,
visions of lhe hero who had left, or of the god
to whom he had resigned her. The soft pla
cidity ofthe picture communicated its dream
ing quietude to the gazer, and 1 bucaine lost in
delicious reverie, as I stood with folded arms
before it.—A tolerably smart 'ap on the shoul
der aroused me, and turning, I discovered an
individual whose appearance made me start
with astonishment. •• Gracious heavens!” 1
exclaimed, “are you here still; I thought
yi.u were at the Balize by this time.”
The person whom I addressed was a young
man, for whom 1 entertained the most affec
tionate friendship. His nnnie was Augus
Wallingford, I had known him as a boy in my
native place, in New England. He was the
only sou of a man of wealth. His natural
genius had been cultivated by a finished edu
cation, As the companions of his brilliant
parts, he possessed lhe wildest enthusiasm and
tiie warmest passions: yet mingling with this
rank exuberance of feeling, there was a lofty
generosity of temper and elevation of charac
ter. Originality was his aim ; yet his eccen
tricity was not the flightiness ofthe fool, con
spicuous only for his absurdities. In person
he was eminently prepossessing, in age scarce
three and twenty. After the conclusion of his
studies, he determined to become a wanderer
fora while. To his project of peregrination
his father reluctantly assented, wishing him
the advantages bf travel, yet fearing to trust
him out of ins control. Augus might have
gone at once io Europe; his father desired it;
but he declared that he would study in his
own country first, so that, when catechized by
tho people of other lands, he might not disgrace
himself by ignorance of his own. Leaving (
his home about a year sitico, he traversed
nearly the whole ofthe western states, and a
couple of monihs back, be had presented him
sclt to me in New Orleans. He had arrived
at manhood since I had last seen him. I
soon saw, in his character, the mixture ts
faults aud excellencies, which composed it; '
and attaching myself closely to him, endeavor,
ing to supply io him the want of a restraining
! riend.
I introduced him to the best society ofthe
place, in which he made a brilliant figure.—
With his usual versatility,he caught at once the
tone ofthe circles of fashion m which he mov
ed. He became the favorite of his associates
of both sexes and formed for them an equal pre
delection. Thus he had gone on, enjoying
aims if among'a people « muse mantiers and
mode of life lie found pleasi 'gly congenial to
his own notions. As the perivii drew near,
when the epidemic ofthe climate was to com
mence its ravages, I constantly urged him the
necessity of a timely withdrawal. He pro J
misid to be ruhd by my advice, but. declared
that he would stay till the last allowable mo
ment and not be too easily frightened from so
paradisaical a spot. Not until several cases
ofvelluw fever had occurred, of peculiar viru
lence, could I persuade him to take p ’.w.rrgo
in a ship beund for Savannah.
Tw entv-fcur hours ago. I had seen him on
board, and beheld the ship u: moor ami full
■down lite river, with a favorable breeze. —
What then was my astonishment, to see him
again at mv side, when I was ccingratidaliug
him upon tiie distance tli.it lay betwuen us.
f o n>y expressions ot surprise and regret, he
replied laughingly “ upon my soul a most hos
pitable friend ; 1 risk my life to see you once
again, ana instead of feeling grateful for the
visit, you wish me to my face an hundred miles
away: I will be mote chary another time
ciicotmiering the plague for the pleasure cf
your company.”
“ I trust you w ill, and would to God you had
done so in this instance. But since you are
here, explain 1 pray you how you got here.’’
“ Why that is soon done—we dropped down
he river with a pretty- breeze, but it was a
dead calm before we g»‘ half a dozen miles,
and then it was a sluggish, leglike Boat to the
English turn, where the stream takes a bend
that seemed to be bringing ua right back again,
and that so slowly, that 1 thought I might as
well quicken my course in the desired direc
tion. So I made tho captain just put me ashore,
and seizing a raw boned nag, 1 got hold of al
a sugar plantation, I trotted up to town, pro
mising to be back before the ship had travelled
ten miles furl her. 1 arrived at the City Hotel
just at 2 o’ clock and as 1 dismounted from my
gallant steed, w ho should come up but my par
j ticular friend Walter Willis, who impressed
I and curried mo off to dine w ith him, and here
lam fresh from a bottle ol’celestial Burgundy.”
i The flush upon his face confirmed this confes
sion. llcmonst rance upon the madness of his
conduct, especially in his present state of ex
citement, 1 kn»w to be useless. I therefore
merely asked, when he intended returning to
tho ship.
“ Oh, so as to catch her somew here between
tins and the month of the river, my moveables
and money are snug in my trunk on board,
olid that, you know, is surely enough for mv
pursuing her. 1 shall take an early start in
j the mor,.ing, lest a gale slmul.l sweep sudden
| !y dow n stream autl carry my chatties out to
I sea in tho slop.
I “ Yes,” 1 remarked, “ your situation, at
j I his moment, is not unlike '.hat ol Ariadne
here ; her lover has left her on shore, and is
I rmmiiig awny irom her as fast as he can, ami
; so is '.our itigg.igetreating y-m wlmnre eqmd-
I;, itis'imsib.lc io the iiband Sumtn t.”
A good parallel” he replied with vivacity,
ins he fixed I.is ey«s upon the painting.
■ “ M hr;l ir.ct.miparablij lovelmeas in that form
(ami face ; stay, I li-ve disco\uy;< d a resem-
I biai.ce in it to'imolher than ms it if, yes a iiv.
! in"', iitci'ol likeness to lhe most I.e.mteom
i creuli.-rc inc nation, who first me! these eyes
■ m:t an h--iii' -i. As 1 sat stilb W.tiii rtn
’■ mir w inc, ho suddenly called to m« to look oi.il
lof the w iudow ; 1 ran to it ni d -s iw a hid}
t oa-’.iug, who Lt th't mume..t Ltr.mJ h.7 tr.ee
ATREA T S, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY-!?', 1838.
tow ards me and our eyes met; there was
electricity in the encounter ; such a counte
nance. 1 cannot describe it but bv its effects
upon me and by pointing to the face before
you. which, if those lids were lifted and the
eyes tney cover illuminated w ith the s«ul, that
now slumbers beneath them, would give you
a failhfui idea of her whom I have si-e.i.
The resemblance in form is even more perfect
than in face, let a shape so exquisitely moul
ded never moved upon the earth. Scarcely
had she passed when I was all eager inquiry,
Willis could only tell me that she had arrived
yesterday, m the steamboat Tambr.rlatte, from
Louisville ; that sho was an actress, a star in
all the splendours of its ascendant whom the
Hianugor of the St. Phillipi e Theatre had en- .
gaged for a short season at an immense cost,
that her parentage was highly respectable, her
character dignified and spotless, her name
Clar i Wilton, and, luatly, that she was to play
ihiavery uighi, in the character of Juliet. You
may be sure that I did not long deliberate
about going to see her, and was cn my way
to the Theatre when I stepped in hero fc-r a
glass of iced lemonade as a coolieg counte
ractor of my wine.
He pulled out his watch, observed that he
had ten minutes to spare, ordered the refrige
rating draught, in which 1 conse. ted to join
him, and we sat down at a table, alternately
to ftsle and talk.—My eye was al this moment
attracted by an individual, who sul within a
few feet of us; and a little stand on which
was placed a cup of coffee, that remained ua.
touched before him though an inviting vapour
curled upwards from its surface. He was a
aian considerably advanced in life, his head
partially bald and his hair almost white ; his
countenance waa clouded with settled care. 1
recollected to have seen him several times
within the last month or two, and to have
marked him as a man of unusual appearance :
but of his name and history I knew nothing,
nor had curiosity oven prompted mo to inquire
respecting them. My attention had been
called to him at this moment by the regard he
seemed to pay to us. 'l he back of my friend
being turned towards him. I was the Only
observer of this. He he d a newspaper in his
hand, but his eyes instead of resting upon it
looked over the spectacles ha wore and were
fastened upon me in that steady gaze, which
often rivets lhe sight upon an object ot inter
est, with an influence like that of the snake
upon the bird. Wlien he found me reciproca
ting Iris stare, he resumed his reading, and us
he withdrew his eyes a rapid change passed
over his coa’itenance, like the convulsion ot
mental pain. He put Iris coffee to his lips,
but scarce moistened them, and in a few mo
ments arose and left the room. Augus seeing
that I watched the motions of the old man,
•upon whom he bestowed u casual glance, asked
who he was, “I cammt inform you,” I said,
“for he is, except by sight, utterly unknown
to rue ; but he seems to have been afflicted in
an extraordinary manner by something that
has b’.'on said by uncut us, niusl likely by your
self, for you have talked in a tolerable audable
tone 1 assure you winch 1 have been liny
times upon the eve of advising you to re
press.”
“ Pshaw,” said he “ I never had a secret in ;
my life and therefore I never whisper; but \
come, it is time to go ; you will of course give ,
mo your company.’' I consented, although I
was no pluy-goer anti had cot even noticed tiie
bill which hung Irom the wall before me, and
a glance at winch now shewed me, in embla
zoned lettering, the at notmcemc.’it of the lady, ;
whom my friend was dragging me to see and j
admire.
The theatre over which St. T’l.iilippo has
the honor cl’prcsidirg is a spacious and splen. I
did structure of rich and’ast-Hul architecture. •
It presented at the mmiie. I we took our places, I
a spectacle to dazzle and delight. 'I be first ■
scats ofthe whole of the firs’- mid second range j
of boxes wire filled by the beauty mid f.ishio.i (
oftlio citv, arrived in its geyeet apparrel, and,
as it th.is scmieirele of splendour were not
enough to fasci; ate the sight, a mirror curtain |
added to lhe circle iis other h’df mid doubled •
the magnilice’.'.ce ul the scene. As we seated ,
ourselves, i'.io green cur'.rin was on the rise'
unfoldii gthe vast field ofihnt polished surface ■
from which the audiei.se beheld itself reflected, i
You might discern the i-isiai-limcous effect !
produced by the holding up of the gigantic ;
looking-glass, in tho rsadmess with which
each female in lhe glittering ring sought out !
her own image in the mass of forms before her, I
and bestowed upon it an approving smile.— ;
But there was brief time for the pleasing self- i
contemplation. The mirror vauiohud with its I
visionary duplicate of the assembly, and Ro- j
meo ar.d his comnamoussti oiled forward upon
lhe stage. Their acting was respectable, i
nothing more ; i’.-wa.s lhe expectation otsome- I
ihi ’g better than had been seen for a long |
time, that had called the crowd now filling ;
the house to oveillowi’-g. D voiton to tho
drama, a prominent p.issmn ofthe liench and
infused by them into the American part of tho
population, made them forgot the stifling heat
and the infection, which lloate-l through the
air of lhe town, and winch a (hrotig like this
could not fail to coueuiiirHie and bring into j
aclion. At length, to the inflate ecstacy olj
Augus, who had with difficu'ty restrained a I
certain itch for sibilation that ufiecled the lip ,
ofhis tongue a bile the poor devils wi re doing |
their best, the scene opened in which Juliet!
first came A thunder of applause fol
lowed her appearance, in which my eompan- i
ion joined so energetically with a loaded cane, ;
that ho battiii-ed the box to pieces and trans-;
Ibrmud the bullet head ol ins stick, irom a
sphere to an irregular po'y hedron by lhe force !
aud number ofhis blows. She answered this)
compliment by an acknowledging inclinaiion,
so full of mmlest gratitude and greet*, that it
was reiterated again and again. In this scene
she had but little to shy, bat the delicacy of her
limitless Icaturcß, th': ehnsio purity and glow
brilliancy >’!’livr ci-mp'cx"’’. tmh i .litem d
by art; tho ever v iryr g cxprsseio. -.of her
face, lull of intellect mid sentime.:i- 'lhe ex-1
ipiisile svmmeliy ul her fuitn, clolliid in lhe'
most ia.sii. iui a:.d appropi icte ce lume, the rich- ’
Hess, tnelody and well lumpeied power of her ;
tones, at.d lhe uimlLcl. d grace of her attitudes
and gestures, all mamfrsted themselves within j
lhe f"W inoim i:ts s'.e stood b. ini'e the audi- ’
er.ee. The delight of Anrus tens delirious, j
and forced Irom me a cui.fcsEmi ih ii his ac- '
count of tins hisci: a'.i g being, hail nut been'
even tinged " i<tl '• dagger..tin i. Sb.*: retired,
1 turneilto adilress a fi ri'i d b.'hi:..J r,i '. whon !
I perceived in o e corner et'ilie b >x, the elder !
Iv person v. i:o had iitiraeicd n.y alici.iion al
.'Lispero’s. He w: sb. in hick into tho J
hud.?, but 1 lunik-d tho i.-pi-Hy .■■ucceeding I
i’hm.g.’.-i of Iris »;ui* .I: imticc. Hin ii: -i asp <■! ’
was 1b..l of pL’iimi'c* na) , rh.’i. Jit, as .! Im had ■
fully pailakm ol the pm..dur ienmg, uliii:h j
nes M.il c >prr<*i g ito--If ia Icuritta. 1 »»u : L
he compressed his lips, and his brow becam.
wrinkled with intense pain, and the frown ana
muscular distortion of fierce anger followed.
He seemed convulsed for an instant with pas
sion, till burving his head in Ins hau ls, his-faci
was concealed from my view. I continued to
regard him with lhe feelings of curious interest
excited by the unaccountable mystery of his
conduct, till he raised his head and resumes
his first posture, folding his arms and smooth
ing his coui.tenance into rigid sternnsss, as i!
wrought up to endure the torment which had
distracted his mind and visage.
From this time I kept my eye upon him.—
The play wt.:.£ on. In lhe maflq’jorade scene,
Juliet was hailed with redoubled rapture. —
Thea came the interview with Romeo trona tho
balcony, in which, as the character which she
sustained developed itself, she began io evince
the perfbciiu, of nor conception and execu
tion. Romeo himself caught inspiration from
his. mi-jlress- ami surpassed his former self.—
“The dull • : ,u!gar villian!” ejaculated Au
i gu.-i in my -ar" nven his dull grossness cannot
Leip being reused anti refined by her presence
and her converse. Cupid be praised she is
now out of his reach ; how it pleased me io
see her recoil from his kiss; it makes me
blaze with jealousy to see him puluto her with
his touch.
“ Wait” said I smiling, “until we get them
1 both into the Capulets ; she cannot then avoid
coming to close qsarters.” “My life on it,”
he exclaimed, “ she will even then conduct
herself with consumate delicacy ; though I
am on fire at the thought of what she must in
evitably submit to.” Just then she uttered a
passage of surpassing tenderness, w ith ail the
witchery of" fresh and girlish fondness, and lhe
feelings ofthe audience burst forth m a long
and loud expression of approbation, which
drowned several of the following sentences. —
Augus was in an agony as he strove in vain to
catch the tones of her silvery voice. He curs
ed the crowd of boisterous brawlers, as lie
called them, besought them to cease their sav
age yells, and hissed with all his might. The
pit gentry, interpreting ibis as an expression
of contempt for their idol, only clapped the
more, roared ‘turn him out’ and assailed him
with various misiles, which took equal effect
upon his inoccnt neighbours, as himself.—l
tried to drag him back into the box but he
leaned over tho front stiil further, and by the
wild vehemence of his manner attracted lhe
attention of Juliet herself, who, foran instant
forgot her Romeo to fix her eyes upon the
youth, whose figure among the audience was
so conspicuous. She seemed in a moment to
understand his motives and smijed in gentle
approval of them, while by a motion of her
hand and head she appeared to deprecate the
efforts to which they led. lie saw the smile,
understood the gentle reproof, and retired be
hind me out of tile sight ofthe people below,
delighted with her n >ticc, and happy in shew
ing his devotion, by instant obedience.
His disappearance stifled the tumult, and it
is now my care to prevent his proving the
cause of its recurrence. I besought him not
to suiter his admira'iun of a preiiy actress to
make him regardu-ss of public exposure ana
, ridicule, Aly exlioitaiions were not needed,
i His manner had charged as by magic, when
1 lie received that toksn of grateful, yet admon
i ishing recognition; he became as quiet as a
I lamb; and during the rest ofthe pl ij r< mui :-
cd absorbed m deep uitetitioii to every word
and lock of Juliet; the passionate intensity of
his feelings exhibiting thems::lves alone in the
' workings cf Ins cour.L nmice. As he had as
serted, sb.e managed her motions wiili such
matchless and delicate dexterity as to avoid
i the touch ol Romeo without seeming to shrink
from it; her dignify, devoid of prudery and
stiffness, vet awe-J and repelled him, althbu.rh
his countenance told him how ready he would
have beet! to .take advantage of a player’s pri
vilege. T hmi lhe triigcdv ofthe drama com- !
inenccd, the eyes ol the audience began to
moi • . i and sopowtnfld was the pathos ofher
acting, that lhe mTi ;g mood cxlended itsell
to those least troull 'd with sc : r ’nhty. 1 had
occasionally cast a:: eye upon the ckieriy str:'....
ger behind me. His emetic.>s ice;eased o..eh
momet.t, and at the ci -e ofthe !.;M sue e his (
eob.~ were nudiL'.e ; he arose and i: wt. .:rd out
of the box. Amid tiie tears all around him,
.Augus shed not a drop, 'lhe fountain seemed
'dried bv the burning heat of inward passitm.
Ho sighed fr :que:.t'y ai d heavily, and when
the curtain fell he asked me Io leave the house,
as she was not to appear in the afterpiece.
it was about 11 o’clock when We found cur-
■ selves in the street. The moon was full and
the air fresh, compared with lhe atmosphere
we had left. Wo directed cur steps, by a com
mon impulse, towards the river, and walked
i for some minutes in silence. There had been
I a peculiarity m the emotions of my compnn-
I ion, which made his conduct the subject of
some perplf’xil v to m ', to behold him play the
madman: crazy with d..!igh'., would not have
surprised me, for such was Ihj wont; but here,
there hud been altcrmite exhibitions of mental
ecstacy and agony. I sought an cxpi.imitioii
by inquiry, ills reply was, ‘my feelings are
almost inexplicable to myae’d. Had 1 seen her
when in as soberly phlegmatic mood as my
■ temperament will allow 1 should have wor
j shipped her at first sight—no wonder then
1 ih.it warmed wi:h v. ii.e I sir*..ld have acted
■ the lunatic as I did al first. Thus fur my b> -
ht’viour is easily accotu fid for. But, when
■ sb.e motioned to me from the balcony, a sensa
tion came over tn : I cannot d< fine. S< me
I sr-irit seemed to whisper it mysterious intima
' lion, that I had seen a. d known and loved that
being once before. 1 was .sabered i.i an in
stum arid my mind fill into a train of thought,
full of vague and struggling recollection and
.sensations as I slrovr to id entity the object be
fore me with an image long chciiuhed in my
soul’s inmost rucesscr. luat idouiiucation I
have not yet elf clej, bill the possibility that
thoss two beings c-iioti'd I): the same, is full oi
all bit*ernetss. 1 will * xp'ain this to you. It i
is the onlv secret ih t I ever had. I had a
thousand iillle “F'aiTW’ with children us my
own ao-e. At twelve I breame attached by a
gmriue ass ctimi to the only drmghttr of Mr.
Dnrimoulli, to whom my father, iris i ilinvite
friend, paid a visit nt his resiuetn’c near Bos
ton. L'he was a little angel in btn’iiiy, intelli
gence and heart. For sever::! weeks I was
h.:r constant compat ion; wo soon dotted upon
each other, and the separation, th: t followed,
almost burst our young hearts wi'h utiguish.
1 never saw her aflerv. ards” I never brualbed
mv feelings to a human b; ing ; but believe me
when I lull you, that tho childish love us
the boy, not yet in his teeim, lias ii ll n.mced
every action and purse.:! ofthe k’.iiu'h cxml'mcc.
A piesi.mtimci.t tin! dcsliuv ..‘.I <>;: ■ dav
bring us together, h.is <>os:i’:ifcd • n me, up to
this h *ur. ' I might h: v .. .r. at i
woi ed, and | i •
tfe’it «s she was revived f.r jkc afor.e, a:.d ex.
periei’ced nd*uneasinees from the fear of suc
-1 cessfiil rivalry. At all events I resolved to
. ’.ike my chance and not present myself un
worthy ofher ; for I heard that she was grow
ing up a paragon of personal lordliness, genius,
> accomplishments and sweetness of temper, and
I determined to be as even with her, as my
iiaJtlraLeadowments would permit. Youthink
; mo a huir brained youth and so, abroad, I am,
. but you know not what intellectual labor I have
f spent aud still spend t’pon iny improvement.
I On this errand I started upon my wanderings,
■ hat when they were finished I might lay the
. fruits es my toil aud travel at her feet. Re
. garding her thus, imagine my sensations of
. fancying that. I recognized her in the Juliet of
, to-night. She, the pure untouched, enshrined
> saim of tny visiens of paradise, an actress,
piosti'.uting her talents, discarding her delica
cy, exposed to public view, converted into
i public property, the associate of the unprmci
. pled and immoral, Gracious God ! the bare
chance that it is she, is too harrowing to my
heart; can I in deceived in her person? she
has grown from childhood to womanhood, since
i ia.si f beheld her, but she has a nameless sonio
, thing, that stamps identity upon the image and
that something tells me it must be she.”
“ Is her father alive,” I said, as a suspicion
flashed across my mind, “and aie you ac
quainted with his person?”
“ I have never heard of his death ; I think,
nay, I am sure I should recognize him, for i
saw him but three or four years ago.” By this
time we had arrived upon the levee. The city,
with its whole stuccoed houses, lay on the in
terior ofthe high embankment, and lhe ship
ping. with its dark hulls & its forest of spars
& rigging, upon the outside in equally pro
found repo-e. It was as bright as the sunshine
at noon. The sea breeze, whose steady cur
rent came freshly up the river, wafted the inus
quitocs from the shore, gave us a pure reani
mating atmosphere to breathe, and fanned the
feverish brow of my companion, who opened
his bosom to the cooling air. The stillness
was now and then broken by the shrill, harsh
I creaking of the ungreased wheels of one ol
| those waler carts, that ply daily and nightly
i through the streets, piercing the tortured ears
: of the stranger, till his hardened auriculars be
! come habituated to the sound. In the pauses
of this melody came music, floating over the
| waters, of a finely contrasted description. It
) was the rude chaunt of some negroes return.
ing down the river to their master’s plantation,
j and beguiling the toil of their oars with a wild
j yet rich and well harmonized chorus. We
: walked slowly along the leveo in silence, until
! I spoke to him of his return to the ship.—
“ No,” he replied, “ I have now a tie that binds
me here ; my doubts must be removed before
I leave this place: if my suspicions are ground
less, I shall have nothing to detain me ; if
otherwise, Oh ! I know not what I can do, yet
I will not depart without making an effort to
i reclaim her from her lost condition,”
Hitherto we had encountered no one in our
j walk, but opposite fort St. Charles, whose
! white walks and green mounds lay in the
j moonlight, a stone s cast to our lett, we saw a
i man coming slowly up the levee;he ap
: proached us, 1 recognised the old man, who
■ had been the subject of my close observation,
. and Willi whum some siutrul.ir sympathy seem
’ud to c>».rieet us. 1 felt intensely interested
in satisfying my suspicions in relation to this
( strange individual. I requested Augus toscru
' tir.ize his face keenly as we passed him, and
i then managed to throw myself in bis way, so
■ as to bring us both to a halt, for a time long
| enough to afford my friend tho desired oppor
tunity of scanning the face of the stranger.
: The recognition I expected took place, and
! the mutual astonishment of both parties was
! inexpressible, when, m tho clear moonlight,
i mv companion discovered the features ot the 1
j ia'.hm’ of Miss Diirltnore, and the old man
/ more slowly recalled the countenance ol the
: son of his friend,
j When the first ejaculations of surprise were
over and I had boen introduced to Mr. Dart.
: more Augus hurriedly asked him, 4 Is Miss
Clara Wilton, the actress, your daughter?”
‘ ‘ Vcs,” he replied, with a groan that seemed
to come from his inmost heart, “ she is too tru
i ly, iny lost, unhappy, unworthy, child.’’ —
'•You do not, then, countenance her present
profession —meeting you here, I had for an in
; staiit feared that she was pursuing it. under
I your protection.”—“ God it) heaven forbid” |
! ho exclaimed, “ no—no —she adopted and ad- ,
; heres to it in defiance of my authority and my I
I wishes, knowing my peace to be ruined, my |
I heart to be broken, my life rendered miserable !
■ and precarious by her conduct.” “ And what I
I in heaven’s name led to this disgraceful dire- 1
lection ofher duty to you and to herseli ?”
*• The story is soon told. hen she was u !
child often vears, I took her to see tho 4 Chil- i
drea in the Wood” as a reward for some good i
behaviour which had particularly pleased me.
Oa that cursed occasion were sown the seeds
! of a passion for dramatic performances, whi-h
! sprung up and ripened with fearful rapidity.
She had at the age of fifteen, read s very play
liu the mod.ru languages worth perusing,'
I Soma private theatricals, which I unwillingly i
■ encouraacJ, confirmed the bias of her mind. |
' That she possessed eminent genius for the stogv ;
■ cannot be denied ; but was it therefore in- ■
I cumbenton me to assent to her adoption of a j
i discreditable profession, which I abhorred.
I and thus throw away upon a selfish world lhe .
! ireasure I had baen hoarding for years—my
| only child? No: not if I had been assured’
i that her talents and success would have pro
| cured her the fame of Siddons. Knowing all
(his, sho kept her projects profoundly secret,
1 indulged her unsuspectingly w ith constant
visits to the theatre. About eight mouths since. '
one fatal night upon which she had gone thith- :
er, her companions returned tn alarm without j
her.-—I hurried inquest of her, still blind to ;
lhe dreadful truth ; but I neither discovered nor :
heard of her, till her announcement a week i
( afterward to appear upon the New York boards i
mid'i’ the assumeiLiiame she now bears, When
I recovered from the insanity to which the
shock of this intelligence drove me, a spirit
took possession of my soul which quelled thu
disposition to hurry after and reclaim her by
persuasion or force. - I said let lier go. For
live months I shut myself up from the world ;
the sympathy and condolence of my nearest
friends were heart sickening to me. Confine
ment, however, became intolerable to my rest
less misery. I came hither, for the spot was
remote from the home I could not endure, aad
its climate was one. whose pestilential terrors
1 courted rather than shunned; for of what
value is liiT to one bereaved as I am? Lillie
did 1 expect to be followed here by her. When
i learned she was to appear to-night, my root
-d i dl iiltion struggled vainly ngaiiisl a pa-
's pride ; i t:'.e b*vaty, genius, and idirac
:iv.-iis of his cilihi, u>;d mv reel bore ma i.iv-o
fontnrily to the house, w here I was to behold 1
Vol. V—i¥o. 42,
. her in that character, her assumption of which
> was tiie cause of all my mysery. While sho
. stood before me, the agonizing conflict of a
. thousand opposing emotions,wholly uurn»pnpd’
, ma- The perfection ot her performance WOUI4
1 sometimes beguile me into forgetfulness ofthe
sad reality, and I ulteru. tely, shared in the feel-,
: ing of my tellow spectators, aud became absor,
; bed in those peculiarly my own. Often did I
strive to break the spell, (hat bound me to my
seat ; but an enchanting infatuation kept nw
fast. My weakness in seeking the sight of
, my unworthy olff pi mg, is the subject of self,
exasperation and reproach. Wo never meet
r again.”
f- “Say not so,” earnestly exclaimed Augur,
I “but rather that you will delay not u moment
in those endeavors to b* ing herback to yum
which if made in season might have, nay 1
, could swear would, have been assuredly suc
cessful’”—“ No,” replied the old man his sea
. lures fixing themselves in stern inflexibility,
, “my resolves are nut thus wavering ; th<?y arq
. the fruits of a long aud agonizing struggle be
. tween the weakness of natural affection and
the strength of proud and high principled duty
I te myself; let her know the diQerpnpe between
the parent, whom she has abandoned so hope
, less wretchedness, and lhe world upon which
she lias voluntarily cast herself.” Then,”
said Augus, 44 1 must enter upon lhe work un
aided and alone.”— 44 ITu,” said the old mau
with incredulous emphasis, you attempt her
, disengagement from her present career, whgj
motives have you, if she is naught to me now,
’ v hat can she be to ?” “ Every thing,” ho
answered, 44 have you forgotten how, wheq
i children, we idolized each other ? Since child
hood I have never reheld her ; but she has ev
er been before my eye iu anticipation and iq
soul ray wife. Iler present conduct and con,
ditionare therefore to me tho sources ol afflic
tion and shame scarce inferior to your own.
But her value is u 'diminished in uiy view, for
I believe her still as innocent as when she left
your roof ; and that an infatuating dcii sion of’
the fancy has made her what she is. I cannot
yet relinquish the hope of realizing that hap,
piness with her, to which I have for years look
ed forward.” The father slightly shook his *
head. “ Your expectations of reforming a dis
obedient child are vain. She is no more my
daughter. 1 have no interests in aught that
concerns her. Do what you deem fit. I be.
lieve your intentions towards her to be good
and honorable ; but were they otherwise, I
should not call you to account for them. She,
has thrown herself open to the libertine and
joined herself to tiie profligate, and what is it
to mt to whom she falls a prey ? would that I
could banish her existence from tny mind. I
must leave you now. This place will not con,
tain me long. I must fly from her as she
■ once fled from me.”
Further remonstrance was manifestly use
less.—VVe offered to accompany him to his
residence, but he declined our proposal and
left us while we returned together to my own
house. As we parted for the uight. I said to
Augus, “ God speed x our plans ; command nay
aid in their execution. Above all be quick,
that you may escape hence for I tremble hour
ly for you and for her also. Draw on me for
whatevei the absence of your baggage may
render essential.”
44 What bas your consultation with your pil
tew suggested,” I inquired when we met in
the morning ; “ in a matter of feeling like this
I leave you to your uwa counsel.”
“ All that I have determined upon,” he re
plied, 44 is to ebtain an interview ; I have not
(’rained one argument to be urged, one persua,
siun to be employed ; one sentence to be utter,
ed ; I cast myself upon her h< art and those im
passioned impulses which will excite me in
her presence.” He restlessly awaited the
proper hour for his visit and then inquired the
way to her lodging, a respectable boarding
house in St. Anne street. He thus described
afterwards tome what followed. *• I awaited
her appearan.ee ; with a throbbing heart aud
whirling brain. Yet the occasion called for
consummate management and self command.
In what character should I address her? I
could not declare myself tier father’s delegate,
for he had disowned her. 1 must act upon
mv own responsibility, aud biave the reproach
of impertinent interference wi'h her a<*ltu..s.—•
Should I remonstrate with her as a friend or
plead with her as a lover ? My childish ulluc-
I lion for her had been warm y reciprocated,
I but maturity seldom retains the traces of iu-
I infantile feeling, and in speaking to her in the
; language of passion, I ran a teariui risk of
| co temptuous repulse. Further refiectfon was
I cut short by her appearance. What a vision
j of beauty burst upon my sight; how unlike
j those ofher professiec, who took like ungels
|on the stage and withered witches off it. Au
■ tired in all the toilettee’s trickery, and acting
I for applause in every look, she dazzled tho
j sense ; bu* habilled as now in modeet white,
with a single rose among the clustering ring
lets on her temples and her neck, she molted
the soul. I saw before me the matured image
of my boy ish love. I arose trembling in eve
ry nerve ; I- opened my lips without the pow
er of articulation , her eyes sunk under my
j regard and her face became suffused willy
1 crimson,
j Tho intense struggle of an instant then en...
I abled me to say, “ I cannot apologise with suf
ficient humility ter thin intrusion, and the ob.
■ jeet of which, I fear, I shall be as little able tn-
■ justify in your eyes ; but before I name myseii’,
' you will indulge :nc by one effort to recollect?
in me an old acquaintance.” The rapid re-,
i coverv of her self-possession, bespoke lhe pre-,
sence of mind whieh ho- iivoeaiio.os had afo
; ready given her. The earnest, yet modest
scrutiny of a moment, seemed to awaken her
. recul'ections. “I seldom forget a face I liavu
I ouceihoroughly known,” she said with char-.
. ming frankness, through the lapse of many
; years and your change from tho boy to tho
I man, I still recognize you as Augus Walling,
j ford, the companion of some of the happiest
hours of my childhood. 1 must then,” sho
added with a playful air, 44 acknowledge your
claims to aiiquaintiinceship,'’’ She met my
proffered hand. The pressure was to me de
ircious. We seated ou rec Ives, and after a mo-,
incut’s silence, I mastered tny thoughts and
words sufficient to enter upon mv delicate
subject. 1 remarked upon theslrange coiuci
detice of our mi'ettog in this distant place. I
■ spoke ol the danger she incurred and conjured
i her Io fly from it. As I proceeded, the ardor
ot mv feelings, fed by the fuel ol her glowing
i beautv, hurried me to that, from the uieiilioa
us which I had at first shrunk. 1 lucalted th-*
peffod of our early intimacy, and assured he-,
that the childish fondness ot my infancy had
''TipeniWk-L’Ap the matured affection of inuuUvu<\
I told her liiy- hopes long cb rislied, thoug h
4-Uil mjw rnirevealed, and 1 besought her aof i *
•’ blast,'bnkro bless them, by c * .Seining lu ux
j change her fatql though f^.i,—
i