Rural cabinet. (Warrenton, Ga.) 1828-18??, November 29, 1828, Image 4
POETRY-
FROM THE CASKET.
BEAUTIES OF CLARA.
There’s beauty in the boundless blush
At early dawn of day;
There's beauty in the golden gush
Os Nature in decay;
There*a beauty in the blooming rose
In Summer's silver shower;
There's beauty in the bud that blows
In the ambrosial bower;
But morning's ray
At dawn of day,
And Nature*® golden gushes.
Nor flow'rets fair,
Can e‘er compare
With Clara's crimson blushes.
There's brilliance in the sinking star,
That gilds the lucid lake;
And in the fair reflection far,
That seems a Heaven to make;
There's brilliance in the drops of dew,
That in the violet roll;
So like the light of love so true,
iu woman's sacred soul;
But starry light
Im not so bright
In the illusive sky,—
Nor violet blue,
Just dipt in dew,
As Clara's azure eye.
There's music in the lulling lute,
At day's declining hour;
There's music in the mournful flute,
That dies in distant bower;
‘Thore‘9 music in the minstrel's song,
That sings in yonder tree;
And in the breeze that bears along
The tender touching glee:
But lulling lute,
Nor mournful flute,
N *r all the tuneful throng,
Nor sighing breeze,
Can ever please,
Liae Clara's silver song.
RASH VOWS.
On Jessy’s lip there glow’d such charms,
I could not for my soul resist her;
l caught her blushing in my arms,
Aud in her bloom of beauty kiss’d her.
Till panting, trembling, and afraid
To give her tender bosom pain,
I cried forgive, forgive sweet maid!
I vow I’ll ne’er offend again.
1 do forgive, she kindly cried,
And sweetly arch'd her smiling brows,
1 do forgive, she softly sigh'd,
But pry’time, dear, make no rash vows*
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MISCELL VNKO IS.
• —— 1
TilK VICTIM OF GjLMLYG.
Induced by curiosity, 4 entered
one evening a gambling house in the
city of New Orleans. The room in
to which l was shewn was spacious,
and contained all the different machi
nery and implements necessary for
carrying m that destructive and nc
fan hi i practice. In one part there
.s a F i Bank, in another, one of;
ti e featernitv was seated at the table,
•
:tii park of cards before him, ready
to ntrap and fleece the young and iti
experienced, aud in a third was aj
•roulette. \ took my stand by the last
and silently observed the players.
The keeper of the wheel sat behind a
little counter, and gold and silver and
bank notes were .piled up in tempting
nrray before him. I viewed with as
tonishment the fluctuations of fortune.
Ooe’- man would stake a few dollars,
and in s short time by a lucky turn of
the wheel be in possession of hun
dreds; and another lose sum after
sum, until enraged and disappointed
he would curse his luck, and leave
the house in despair. The different
piles of money rapidly increased and
diminished, and the glittering treas
ure changed hands every moment.
The owner of the wheel invited me
in the technical language of tfic craft
to try my lic k. 1 whs tempted to do
so, l lost ten dollars in about as many
minutes; but before it was too late, I
summoned all my resolution to my
aid. r.ud turned my bark on the gamb
ling table and its fascinations. As 1
hit it, a young man, apparently a
bnut twenty right or thirty of
nge, sntl of a prepossessing appear
ance, stepped up and laying down
two notes of a hundred dollars each,
in a voice somewhat hurried and agi
tated, requested the banker to notice
his bet. The like suin was deposited,
the wheel was turned; and the stran
ger won. A faint smile came over
his anxious countenance, as he took
up the money; but instantly laying it
down, and donbling his bet, lie declar
ed he would again try his fortune,
lie proved lucky a second time, and
now appeared to be debating within
himself whether ho would retire with
his preseat winnings or push his for
tune further. His evil genius pre
vailed, and in one short hour, I saw
him stript not only of his former win
nings, but also, of a large sum be
sides. As he laid down bis last stake,
a sigh escaped him, and when L also
shared the fate of the rest, the pale,
ness of death o’erspread his counte
nance, and with an unsteady step, he
left the room.
1 sensibly felt interested in his fate
and apprehensive from the composure
lie exhibited under his losses—for it
was the calmness of despair—that he
might attempt some rash act, and I
determined to follow him. As he
paced the lonely street, the bitter
groans of heart felt anguish that burst
from him, sufficiently denoted his
misery and sufferings. After walk
ing a square or two, he stopped under
one of those large lamps that are sus
pended from the corners of the streets,
and drawing out a pistol, appeared to
examine the priming. All my fears
were now realized, and it was too ev
ident that he meditated suicide. Af
ter casting a hasty glance around
him, he turned into a dark alley. I
immediately followed and saw him
raise the pistol to his head.—But one
moment more, and I should have been
too late—the deed would have been
done, and the succeeding second would
have found him in eternity* As he
was in the very act of firing I sprang
forward, and arrested his arm; but
lie shook mo off in an instant and
turning the weapon towards me de
manded my business. ‘Do you wish
to rob me,’ said he with a bitter
smile, *if so, you have come too late,
the gaming table has kindly an
ticipated you, or do you seek my life,
i (exclaimed he with increasing ener
gy, take it, take it then, and confer
a favour on a ruined and helpless
I man, and prevent him from adding
! the crime of self destruction to the
long and black catalogue of his vices.
1 now interrupted him, and briefly
stated the cause of my interference
that seeing him lose large sums of mo
ney at play, and fearful of the conse
quences, I had followed him, to pre
vent, if possible, any rash attempt he
might make on his own life. I conjur
ed him to reflect on the misery and
sorrow he was about to bring on his
aged parents, or perhaps an affection
ate wife and family—l implored him
to give over his fatal resolution; and
ended by offering him aH the assis
tance in my power.—He appeared to
be affected, and after some hesitation
agreed to go with me. Wc proceed
ed in silence to my room, when he
thus addressed me.
‘lt is but just that the man who has
evinced such a lively interest in my
welfare should be made acquainted
with the circumstances that brought
:me into my present situation. My
! name is L —, and am, or rath
er was, a merchant in the city of New-
York. I was connected in trade with
a man in whom 1 placed unbounded
1 confidence, aud for some years our!
concerns went on prosperously. I!
married an intcscsting woman, and j
became the happy lather of three j
lovely babes; buttho cup of happiness ’
j was only raised to my lips to bo dash- 1
*cd for ever to the ground—my part- j
j tier proved a villian—lie embezzled
all the effects of the firm and fled his
.country, leaving me to answer for
debts to a large amount—my failure:
was the consequence—l gave up all.
mv affairs and received an honorable
! discharge from my creditors. They
appointed me to proceed to this city !
to settle some accounts —I arrived
here last month, and succeeded be- j
yond my most sanguine expectations;:
I collected debts to a large amount, A
only waited for an opportunity to rc- j
turn, when in an evil hour, I entered
one of those sinks of infamy and ruin,
that abound here in such numbers,
and induced by the display of wealth,
the hopes of retrieving my broken for
tune, and tempted, I believe, by the
devil, I wagered my money, and par
tial successes at first, lured me still
further on. until I lost my all. 1 left
the house in a state of distraction,
and the torments af the damned could
not exceed my agonies. I borrowed
next morning from my friends, on va
rious pretences, all the money I could
raise, and in the desperate hope of
regaining my losses of the preceding
night, I madly returned again to the
gaming table, and you know the re
sult. Unable my longer to bear the
sufferings of a guilty conscience, I de
termined to rid myself at once of them
and existence, and *fly to to the
bourne from whence no traveller re
turns,* when your interference pre
vented me. But why should 1 wish to
live?—dishonoured and infamous, i
shall only drag out a miserable exis
tence unable to look on the. past with
out despair—How can 1 dare to face
my creditors, my friends and family,
after what has passed—how’—For
shame, cried I, interrupting him—
those sentiments are unworthy of you
How can you dare to face your God
—how can you dare to leave your
helpless family unprovided for and
unprotected, and your creditors and
friends unrequitted for the kindness
they have shown you? Do you dis
charge your obligation to -them by
cowardly flying from life? Arouse
yourself, you are yet young—set seri
ously and immediately about the work
of reformation—your talents are of
the first order, and you should be em
ployed in retrieving your affairs.—
But i have not even the means of re
turning home,* said he, —1 told him 1
would cheerfully supply him with a
ny money he might want for that pur
pogo and giving him a hundred dol
lars, advised him to engage his pas
sage in the first ship—he promised to
do so, and shaking me by the hand,
we parted.
I neither saw nor heard from Mr.
L the next day. On the
morning of the third, as I was sitting
at breakfast, a servant called me out,
and informed roe that a gentleman at
the point of death, earnestly desired to
speak to me—l was much surprised at
the summons and unable to divine
from whom it could be, as I was a per
fect stranger in the city, and iiad been
in it but a few days—l followed the
servant to an hotel, and entering the
room he pointed out, was shocked and
astonished at beholding in the person
of the same Mr. L 1 bad be
fore encountered. As I approached
the bed he stretched out his hand
to me, and in a faint voice exclaimed.
•It it all over now, the fatal die is
cast—but while the spark of life yet
lingers, let me relate the circumstan
ces that laid me here.—With the mo
ney you so kindly gave me, I madly
sought the gaming table once more,
and—lost it—driven to desperation 1
seized the fatal weapon—you were
not there to interpose: your kindness
could not then save me; my guilty
passions had their lull swing, and;
you sec the result; the faithless pistol
performed but half its otiice and has
! left me lingering in the agonies of,
death; but it will soon be ended: spare
;me your reproaches; time will shortly
|be with me no more, and I already
suffer sufficiently; listen, I beseech
jyou to the request I am about to
I- I believe you design going toN.
| York?*-—I told him I did. ‘Call,*
said he,‘on my Emily.* you will find
her at No——Pearl, inform her of
my melancholy exit; tell her that the
recollection of her kindness has sooth
ed the thorncy pillow of her penitent
ard dying husband; and that my last
thoughts and prayers were for her;
give her this ring; it was hers before
we were married—she presented it to
me in the days of our prosperity,
when I was a happy and a guiltless
I man, unsullied and unstained by infa
my and dishonour—carry my bles
sings to my little ones—and God
Grant that they may forgive their
wretched father*—His emotions pre
vented him from proceeding and he
gave vent to his feelings in a flood of
tears. He now lay silent for some
time; the approach of death was vis
ibly rapid, and I ventured to remind
; him that his earthly career was fast
drawing to a close, and that if he had
any other request to make, I would
conscientiously attend to them.—'l
have no more,’ said lie ‘see my aged
mother, and tell ’ The words
faultered on his tongue—he seized my
hand, and giving it a convulsive grasp
—expired—the victim of gaining.
Warren Superior Court.
October Term 1828*.
John Wright, Henry J.'j
Wright, Henry Might, j
in right of hb wife. j Bi| , f dj ,.
and Jesse rope, m
right ofl,is w;if., #c.
JosephUilUnd Chap- | tnbution ’
Heath A’x’rs. of j
Richard Heath dec. J
It appearing to the court by return
of the Sheriff that Chappell Heath,
one of the Uefemfants •in the above
bill is not to be found in this county
and by affidavits of Leonard Pratt,
Sheriff’ that he resides without the lim
its of the state, on motion, it is or
dered that service be perfected on the
said Chappell Heath by publication
of this order, in some public Gazette
of this state once a month for three
months before the next Term of this
court, and further ordered that the
said Chappell Heath do appear and
answer said bill on or before the first
day of the next term of this court.
True extract from the minutes of
the? Superior Court Warren county,
Georgia October Term 1828. _
THOMAS GIBSON, elk.
, — 1 mu ■ it u ._.>■. t- -i ■I”
FOUR month after date, application
will be made, to the Honorable Inferior
Court, of Warren county, when sitting
for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the
real estate, and the negroes not disposed
of by the will, of John M'Cormick, dec.
SARAH M'CORMICK, Ex'rx.
BARNETT CODY, Ex‘r.
July 12. 7-4 m
GEORGIA, Warren county.
Whereas, Spivy Fuller (Administrator
de bonis non and with the will annexed,)
on the estate of Thomas Smith late of said
county dec. applies for letters of Pissmis
sion on said estate.
These are therefore to cite and admon
ish all and singular, the Kindred and
Creditors, of said d**c. to be and appear
at my office within the time prescribed by
law, to shew cause, if any they have, why
said letters should not be granted.
Given und-r my hand at Office this
28th day of Vlav 1828.
Z FRANKLIN, elk. c. o.
May 31st m6m
AFTER the expiration of the time re
quired by law, application will be made t
the Honorable Inferior Court, of th®
county of Warren, when sitting for ordi
nary purposes, for leave to sell 106 acre®
of land, lying on long creek, adjoiniug
Richaid Heath and John Harrell. A part
of the real estate of Elizabeth King, dec.
JAMES T. DICKEN, Ex‘r.
July 12th, 1828. 7 4m
| Georgia, Warren county.
WHEREAS Henry Wilson applies
for letters of Administration on
the estate of Jeremiah Wilson, dec. lat®
of said county:
| These are therefore to cite and admon
ish, all and singular, the kindred and cre
ditors of said deceased, to be and appear
at my office, within the time prescribed
by law, to shew cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand this fourth day
of November, 1820.
Z. Franklin, c. c. o. w. c,