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TliE BILLIARD TABLE.
JUDUS HALL.
Oti one of Chose
tetnucr,-' when: the c
:tutlded with million
ries, sniniiig'with mof e thun ordinary lus-;
tre, a young enucinan was sesn rapiaiy j
pacing one .qi uie. prnicipai streets ol
Pittsburg , Ilad-he been a lover of na
ture, the Jxuty of .the heavens must have
' .attractedthis obseraiion; .but he was too
'inudiu wrapt up iii his thoughts -or his
'Vloak to throw a single glance towards
.the .silent orfcs,;that. glowed so "'beauteous-:
iy;in:tIiciirgiament.-:'':A;:piercihg wind
. . - - i
tflear : -nights virx De- fber of plifttef&rSC'crhir" was readily Detf
iondless; blu cr slry is fmittd to take a ball; and eh jracrin cr wit h an
5 of brilliant lumi'ia-- ! ardor in the fascinatiriflri dmus.emeutw:as
;. :-y.-fpt ; through'tl)e: street3, moaning and
. flwirg,.as if: it.Te.lt the pain that, u iiifik-
. ivfi.5 i ne intense cowm.es3-.pi ine -wcaiii- anions, enm tney iounu tne room -enure-.'
rr lihd drivesi the usiiaK'lorterers of the iy deserted." The nighi was tar spent.-
. :vigiit' irom tn.eir ..necujiGmpa, . lounging
.: -.phtces.'- .Every door -andrshutter was clo- j
common, enemy, save j
.vliero'tlie 1 , ' :. : :
"Blue-spirits and rid,
Black snirits and irre
11.
-vliii-h' adorn the shelvesjof the drnggist
'ninsled1 their '.hues, with the shadows of
'tne tiiifht; orw'hei e; the window ' pf . the
oti fei-i i o ner, redolent of light, and' fruit,
und snzctr -dtHTiis, ' shed 'it refulgence
"'ipon
the halt petrn-rea wanueTer. -
Hie .streets: were; Lrsdken except
streets;. were; irsaicen . except oy
' fearl'cs? . or' netessitouK:' few, who
luled rav'Ully and siicnuy aunor, as
1 1 i H CT
snectres
si
the - n rrht,. v Au :z hi
eke
love: .or
murder" would ". sira reel y
mg,' , as
lovers;
assms.' r i; rleasare;
TI
'-sends f forth ler tliousand?
iier: millions inta all th
a?id necesiiity
da
cers and
.t ;-puble of -his ly istefous xvoiuLr.
: '' On Tohdblnir the outlet of an obscure
alley, the
young
ntleman paused, cast
fa
a su
piciolts' glance around, as if fea:;fal:
;f bbspv
ition, and then
i . -.
i darted
lu tne,
steed'
nassaije., s
few
ra :jfd
Uoughv him to ; tne front ol a' wretch'!
buiidingt 'hpparciitlV. untenanted, or occuj
)icd only as a warehouse, througli w'hose
b'rokcif-Dai'iis the viud' whistled, -while
build in
in the heait of the town; b'.it so
t- li' J . 1 ' 1 J
f-r! iPT tin snrrouiiuinir- nouses.
tliatit miilit as well have been in the silent
bosom 'o ' the . ToresW; Anarrpw ' rught
:. of stairs,
lining the- outside of the .e-1
uihce. Jed to an i
inn;M' '.c'nrV - A s.'pnih n t ;
-these, .tin
- d fa m ilia
youtii, opening inq : uoor vn:n ,
it V of' an", accustomed visiter, C
liierged from tho
gloom o(he nlht, in
to theiig brand life of the liJitiard Koom.
It was a lafge apartment, indilTerently
lighted, nncl meanly furnished.- - In the
Ventre stood the billiard table, - w'hose aji
lurements had enticed so many pn this
e venimr to forsake the quiet and virtuous
ro'mforts-
f social life, and to brave .the i
bit in"- blast, and the not le?s, "pitiless 'pel
Ming's" of pareal or conjugal admonition
ItL- p;lished inahogany frame, and neatly
: briif died cover of green, cloth, its silken
pockets, and party- colored ivory balls,
presenting a striking contrast to the rude
leligenee cf the rest' of -the furniture;
v.iile a large canopy suspended oyer the
table, and intended to collect and refract
the rays of a- number of well trimmed
lamns; which htmor within the iCircum
. feren c e j shed an intense brilliance , over
' that. little spot, nd threw a cirresporid
ing glopm upon the surrounding scene.
Indeed if thst gay altar of dissipation had
:aeen -withdrawn, the templ of pleasure
: 'would have presented rather the djisof
Jlate appearance , of the'houso, of mourn
' ling. . r.' ' .- ' "'..- - - ;-:."; ' . -.Vv .':...-:..'
' i The stained and dirty floor was strewed-'
with fragments of segars,- play bills
dind riut1 shlk; the walls blackened uth
smoke; seeihed to hav' wituesied the or
gie'cf many a midnight revel. Afew
eandle? destined to illuminate the distant
recesV ofthc room, hung neglected against
the waJIs bowing their long Avicks, and
marking their stations by streams of tal
. low. which had -been su tiered to accurmi-
,'Ute tJirough tnany a bn .winter. liighL,
The ceiling was filing with cobwebs, cu
liouslv intermingled witli dense clouds of
tobacco smoke, and-tnigeu oy me strag
'sli'nV-ravs of liuht, which occasionally
. thoi: from the , sickly tapers. A set of
'. benches, attached to-thc walte, and raised
f suflkiejitly high to overlook nhe -table,
; 1 accommodated the .loungers,, who were
uot en g ed; at play, an d Xvho sat. or recli'
" ned--sorcmnl, putring their, segars, idl
, dipping Aieij-' brandy rand Arater--or m
dustriously cpiinling the changes of the
game; but alf observing a profound si
lence, which would have don 2 J honor -to
a turbaned divan, and was well suited to
the important subjects of their contempla
tion. . Little coteries of gayer spirits laugh
ed and chatted aside: or made their eriti-
have Ventured) to alk rib out on' suen a
i down t!hc lew, unfortunate;' straggler i to'the ordinary grarcsof yputha
wlmiaccdtthe blast on tais eve.ntiul even- j unity, l-iis lesturcsf. displayed
or
the locked -door's- seemed to bid tlehanpe naU lcnown neitfier- gmie nor sorrow. -t
o any inL ess; but that of the piercing e- fIix his brief journey .1, tlidrigh'.ri life,; - lie
1eineut:- 'Tlt'vai i it truth' a lonely ? back had as yet trod, Only in fflowery paths:
inn? on. the player- ia subdued accents:
any remarks on that suVjcct being: for-J
bidden to all but the parties engaged;
while the marker annoimqbd the state of
the game, trimmed the lamps, and supplied
refreshments to the guests, '
Mr. St. Glair, the gentleman whom we
have taken the liberty of tracing to tliis
variedcene, xyas coirdiiily greeted on
hi3 entrance' by the party at the table,
who had bben denouueg the adverse el
ements which had" causetl th absence of
se veral of their cioicest spirits. The game
at which they were theij . playing being
one T.vfiih ndmifted ot anhnftehnrte nMrn
soon lost to all that occurred "beyond the
little circle ol its, witchery. : i
J The jritcnse coldness; of the; niirht . was
so se verely felt-n the : badly warmed a
partment which we have attempted ta 'de
scribe, that 'the party broke Un earlier
than usual.- One fey one they dropped off,
. 1 -t. rsvi . -i v .4! 'f "1 - .
umu u uiair ana anotner,ci tne players
were left alone. These, bcinjr both skil-
fulirerigaod ca
h other fsihale handed.
land'became so dceplyinterlpsted, as scare e-
j.lyo observe ttte deft'etion cT their cora-
ine maricer, W'riQse ?errics were no
longer reauired. Avas" rio!ding over the
grarei tne canaie.s were wasting , in tneir
'dockets, .and although! a steady; brilliance
still leii upon tne table, tne back ground
was as dark a-it" was solitary. I . .
The most.ajeless obselyer iniglit have
remarked the great disparity of character
exhibited in the two 'players, who now f
matched their skill in tais graceful and
j.fast'-inatin? irame. St. Clair was a e'en-
teel young mail, of about five and iyerity.
His manners hid all the base ef q;ie. ac
customed to the best society;, tiis -eOiirite-hance
was open and1 prepossessing; his
whole demeanor iratdc and manly. . There
was a careless gaiety in His air, happily
blended Ayith an habitual I politeness and
eu uiucii'
nd amia-
no trace
of thought )r genius!j.;ibr Mr. St. !, Clair
wascna or tnat'iargexiasp w.ao pioase
without design 'and, jyjthiqHt talent,, and
by n ho, by di ut of 1 irt hjebr ts irtt -race-'
lui eei:ioi:i, ::Tirivo;!teV in this world,
than thosj whojytltiak ian fceh more, a
etiteiy. 'Feeling' :ho had,jbuf it , wasrath
er amiable than deep; andihisr understan
ding, though solid, wa3 of that plain and
practical sort, wh ;:h though; aaagted to the
ordinary business of life seldom expands it
self to gf asp at any object beyond the nar
row sphere. It was very evident that he.
and paying passed joyously along, was
4. A . I . 4. !, rt i i.'Ki Li Irt r K 1
ii-uLuvaie uuxi vnc suiu wuiv,n vu
- thefeot of the unvyari" hp! a-mbushed in
the sunniest spots el our yexisience. .lie
wasia . man -or small jlbrfiine, and was
hrnmlv. marred .to iaiOvelv! VOUC2" wo-
man, to wuoin. ne was-tieyieuiy uuut i-
ed: and who; AvJien'ehe1 bestowed her
hand, had giveh him the pssessibn off a
warm and spotless heatU - They had
lately arrived at; Pitt dtSviTr ahd being la
bout tp settle in; some part .of the western
country, htiddeierminedlto spend .the en
suing spring: and summer in -this city,
where Mrs. St Clair iniiflit enjoy ithe
comforts of good society until her pus
band prepared their future
residence
her reception. ; j ;
His opponentivas some fen yoars older
than himself a short, thin, stnuglit man
--with a keen eye ancf sillpw complexion.
He vgis one of those persons vho may.
be seen iti shoals atihe taverns and gam
bling houseaof ;a largetownnd who,
mirle withtheirbetteF-iii'gefcoaches
and steamboats. He had. knoclted about the
ii'vC an oui com wuose ngmai imprtt
Sioh 'hid been worn j off ihe had 'few
marks left by whkhlhi! birth o coWry
could be traced, " But like that same cbin,
the surface .was' mily 'pltOred, th8 base
metal was-unchannr?d i He anedthe sren-
tiUtylwhich he did hot mossess and was
amDiuous oii saining .tiain: iu uieai uuu
manners i bui nature, when she placed
him in a few coadition, -jbaji never inten
ded he should rise above ii ; - j
It is unfortunate fbr jndh people, that,
like hypocrites in relicion, ' demagogues
in politics, and empirics ro all jso lhey
aiways overact ftaeir pans, anu uu
excessive zeal befray tbirj -ignorance j or
knavery Thus the person in question,
by mippJyin theTanage of his supe
riors "in education betrayed his ignorance,
and by going to the jjextreme of every
fashion was always ' to well - dressed for
a gentleman. Irj-shonj He was a ganv
uierjvno. roamed trora town 10 4owu;
preying upo 'yjbung ijbe
ceibcjuchees, and employing aVmucli inge
nuity in : his vocation, as would set lip
half a dozen s4awyersj and as much fin-!
lustrv; a tvoula - makie th fortunes -cf
half a3ozeh mechanics
Sach wereithe tJlavcrs jwho; wcielefi
together like :thCr iasricaampions 01 a
touroament--wno, alter vaKuuifeujiyf.au
their -ccinpetitoTS, now ponied their ;anns
against eaeh otheri l&oi a wHlc hey
displayed a courtesy, jjwhich seemedto
be1 the effect of a respect for each others
skill It was natural to St. Clair; in the
tv,i.w ;r-fn':sdiiied.'.'''TJic- latter
having found the opportunity he had loi
the ans of his profession. I The game of
billiards requiring great precision t)f eye,
and steadiness of hand, can onfy be play-
cu u en py one wno is completely maste?
01 iws-temper: and the experienced op
ponent of St. Clair essayed to tpuch
string, on vvnich he had! ofen worked
"You are a married man, . I beliove!
1 1 . : i
saiu lie. .
Sir,-'
was bad ptaj' yoti- had neariliarber. TU was deertedt
missed the ball'
"You
poke to mc j ust as I was stri-
kin 2",
san
l St. Clair goodhumouredlyvj
be nardon. 1 Where did vou
'Oh 1 I
iearn to J)Iay billiards"
' "In Phi adelphia." " ' ,
"Do the understand the game?'-
"I hate
(seen some line players there
. "Very 1 kelv. But
I doubt' whet lie
they play the scicjtic
leansi is the1 only place
game. New
.There
the
go
it in style. See here now! That ;ra;
very oaci piav
ot yours.
You played On
the wrorio- ball
yoi ; ; i
.-"No, ir; I was right.'
"Pardon me, cir: I pr
stand this game. .' There
pfess to liuylorT
was an . easy
cannon oil the table, y. bvu vou aimed
o
pocket the white ball.7'.
Yoij
afe mistaken,'; said St. 'Clair:
u:i v
cry well! I meant .no offence.
Now mark
ifvw 1 hull
ount ot thcsi
balls.-
Do vou see that?
Tiiert!s pily
ire a ijnirriFd
for you !
You say you'
man?- '
I said o. What then'
' "I thopght as much by your play."
"What has that to dp-with n' .
"Why, you married men arc accustom
ed to. carl
hours, and get sieeuv carliertkm!
ihah we
IdO
"I did
pot think I had 'shown any svm-
toms of drowsmesis.5'
"Oh no! I meant no allusion. There's
another pad play of yours
" Yqti will find I. play suiikiently well
etore we are done.
'Oh 'rjo doubt. I meant hothinj. vou
jJay an
married
. elegant
men get
ormne.
But
thai, ypu
it irrows
scare
d .when
late. No man can play
biiiiu.rdtj when
he is in p liurry to go home. -A nia
gentleman. can't help thinking of the
married
&o th
looks and cross answers .lie is like to get,
when he goes heme after midnight.''
"I WiiLlhank you to make ho such al
lusions to me," said St. Clair, 'T am nei
ther scared nor sleepy, but able to beat
,you as ljong jis you please." Y
"Oil Very weill I dpn't val ue myself on
my playing. Shall we .double the bet?
and jiavje another boUle of , wmc .?" -"
"If you please."- . ; ! f v
"Agreed. Now do. your "best-ror I
.shall. beat you.
. Pestered by this impc-ilirxCuce, Si. Clair
Iastsevcral games. , His, want of success
addecHo his impatience; and his tormbn
ter continued 'to vex him with taunting
remarks -untiljiis agitation became Uncon-
trollable. He drank to ifeauyiiis nervs,
but drink Only; inflamed his passion. ' He
doubled trebled and quadrupled the bet
to "change his luck; but in vain. . Everv
despera e attempt urged him towards his
ruin,- and it was happy for him, that his
natural
.before-1
troo d -sense-
i
enabled him to stop
is fate was consummated thodgh
not until iie had lost a large .sum. I
Y.exed with .his bad fortune, St. Clair
i left the house of dissipation, and . turned
his reutctaut steps towards his own dwel-
hni!:. His slew and thoughtlul pace -was
now fat different from the usual lightness
of his graceful carriage. -T It was not thai
he feared the frown of his lovely wife; for
to. him her brow had always .been "un
clouded, and .her. lips iiad pniy breathed
affection
She' was one Of thoie gentle!
beings,
whose sweetness withers not with
the ho
nr. or ine jseason: out endures
through ail vicissitudes.-'. - ' '-
It was the recollextion?t)f that fervent
and forbearing ' flovt; : that ncTw pressed
like a leaden weiffht upon the conscience
of the gambler nvhenTie reflected upoii
the raany little luxuries, arid innocent en
joyments of which that lovely- woman had
deprived herself, while he had squander-j
ed vast sunis irt selfish dissipation IIav;J
ing never before lost so much at play,
this .view Of the case had not occurred to
"him: and it now came hometo his bosom
With full ibrce bringing pan gs of keen
est sell reprdarh.. lie reeaUed the taanv
projects ?f MomesUc comfort they had
planned together, sonic of which must
now be delayed by hi imprudence. Thai
very ejrehin they had. spoken of the! ru
ral 'dwellig tney intended to inhabit; and
Louisa js taste had suggested a variety of
hnproveraente, with" which' if should
be hellished When Jie left Iiet he
promised to return, soon; and notvafter
aloiigahienef , !lte came, the rassener-T-if
not of nwh-t least of disappoinfegniL
Thp influence of xvmc; and thejisitlaon
"of his inoind, fikd wrotigk-nplhe usually
pJacideelings.o1 St Clair, itrfo a ftatc of
high witemehLj His imagination wan
dered lo- -.the -' past-and ,! to the future; aod
erery pirtme that hecpniemplaled, vidded
-"I Avill .td'LoJjisa," said he, ."I will
confess aliv Xate as it is "she " is still
wcluag for me. Poor girl?. She'little
thinks-, that while she has been counting
the heavy hours of mv absence' I have
been tnadlv courting wretchedness; ib!
myielf; and i prepariag the brtter cu!
lo-this frame of mintt ho' rearhedi his
O'ATtJdoori and tapped nitly tof admit
tance, fie vas surprised ithat MskSum-
Tfeoris waU jJaotimmediatelv C knswkred:
for the 'waiehfnl snlfrifndn M bi? ififc
hadjaiirays kept hcrfrometiririfr hi his
absence. knocked again and an
esh&usted, a: s'liphoJ house-inaid' clijn
.... v. ta m . iL- iv lirii ii a if.ii i-iii i:'H.iii ijii I I j
. jjjfeanile from ! her kandland ascended to his
mi venn-r to lie floor- i-ie snatr.ners th
vnerq js Mrs. bv Liairr' sai
(iof lie
to
the inaid who had followed him. I
'Gone'- -"Gone! VhereV'
."Why, sir. she went atvar with a en-
"1iVhen?7,f-'Where did she go?5' 11
"t dOn't know where she. wn4 $ir ;ii
neTr intimated a word to me. She start
ed mst afteri vou left home.1' "
?Did she leave no messajrey'
nurry.
St. Clair
i ...
motioned, the girl to , ratire,
aivl sunk into a chair
"She has left me," he exclaimed, "cruel
faithless Lduisaj Neverdid Xbepevp
yeu would have forsaken me?- No, rjjo, -
it cannGt beJ Louisa eloped! The
Kind-
esr,
.11 iiX. CI Cjgp
ot human beipgs'
Im-
jerose, and priced the'rodrn -tortjired
witJi pangs ot unutterable a ngisri M
(Tzkd rour.d the an irtnipnt a'hd his avvid-
Xvnar once so nappy-seemed desoiatei as a
t r i ' 1 - j
iorgh. tie raunnurd the uameol u
uisa
ana a thousand lays rosc to ins veca
lr .1 1 1 '
Allall were blasted, v For hshe,
in -whose love ,hQ. had conhdecujhat'pure,
angeuc bemq-,.whose very existence seem
ed htwined with his own, had never Ipved 4
hml She preferred another! He endeavor
ed t calm his passions and-to. reason de
liberately; but in vain! Ayhocouidjhave
reaioned at such a moment?- lie mecjhan-
iy.. drew.! out his ;watch; it was! past
o'clock Where cculd Louisa e at
i an. hour?, she had no intimates and
acquaintances, in x thS city.- (ould
cue have, carried her aw4iy by fprce?
4no-i-the truth was' top plain!. iLbu-
iwas a faithless woman and he a fbr-
snlcjen,; wretched, broken hearted rhn! ;
In i an agon y of grief he left his .ripuse,
ancl 'wandered distractedly through; the
street until chance. directed, Jib r'esfe'hed
the confluence of trie rivers. Toi this
spo ; he liad stiolled with ' his Louiia in
the r last walk Thejje they hadtoor,
ga:ing at the Monoi)gahela and-tlii Al-j
leghany, uniting th-eif streams 'ndj los-
rngj tneir own names in that oi tKe nio;i
and Louisa had compared this 4meieting
of the .waters'- to" the 4 mingling of two
kindred souls, joining to part no rnlre
until both shall be plnned in the vast
cedn of eternity. To the Jover aril St1
Clair was still a fervent lover there vis
no remembrances dear, as the. recbllec
tion of a tender and poetic sentiineht,
breathed from th? eloquent lips .of hffec:
tion: and the afflicted husband,- when .he
recalled the deep and '-animated tohe of
feelmgv with which Ithis -natural ipiage
was. uttered by his wifeiT c'ouldiriot dbnbt
but that it ivas tlic language -of. the Jpearf.
A I his tenderness: and -confidence TeTiv
ed; andVIre turned moarn fully, with iblfulJ
bui softened heart determined to eekhtis
dwelling, ami wait as patiently as lie Could
uciit the return oj day should bring'forne
exj(.lanation of Lpuisa'Ohduxt.
At this mbment a light appearecyipass
ing ra'pidl y froin the bink of the Aile
glijany towards the town, in ari instW it
vas lost Tan d again it glimmered amon
the ramparts Forte du ' (Juesne-rano
then disappeared" He advanced eaukicus-
Jy Ito wards the" rumed fort; and ciamfcfer-
mg cvernne remarus oiin-j Dieasrjvoric,
entered the ; area carerully examining
tHivhcle ground byfthejclcar moonlight:
Bat ho animate object Was to be see
confused niass of missha jeri ridgck anf
broken rocks were alghe to be discxjfv-ered
the vestiges crf 4werfbuiivrk;
wljieh' had once breasted thej streani T
' j'lt is deseked,"'said the iereaye has
bahd, "like my once happyi dwellibg.---
ine Mag is jrone tne musi:c is sucni:
sirbOff towers jiavev fallen jaiidlalrvis
Viatel'' - :"::i,ri: u '
de
Pfirpfexed bv the sudden disappearance
of lthe lirrbt :and indulrrimr a-afrue Sus
picion that it wai iif some! way cdnlectcdT;
wikh iiis misfortune; he continued to ex-
plort?-the ruins..A faint ray ef light now
cajight his eye, j and ; he sUently ap
nrbached Tie -soon reached the en
trance of an arched vault formerly i'pow-j
der magazine,- trom.wcicn tne iim-rraa-nated.
Thie doorway was ! closed) by a
fewdoose boarisjeanedxaxefully against-
it, nniLeride&tJy lritendedoanora tnnel
canecnlmect; but a crevice, wnjca naa
;b5ea- inadvertently-Ult,iJriaUtc4 tjhe es
cape ofihat srrangeamof lightjiwhich
had attracted ;mi3 attention, .and jphich;
proceeded! from a small tapr.placed iir a
dark lantern. Two peTsonsjgit jfbreitj
one of whom the jastonished St Clidr xe
coiized as his kte companion the gajn
iltr! The other was a vcaeill-rc5sed;
niacin, with a ferocious and sinister ex-j
pression of countenance, which -at once
"Ves, siriJrideed she' went off' w"i& a
" gentleman in a carriage'' .' ' il
re bpspoke his character. ! They weYe busij zle 'then
qt 1 vf examining a number cf Isjrei keyslli5; and
yvnica seemea.newry made.. - -
the gambler; jutrsp- odds about that.
hev do fent fin" ' ' :::-' i .-;
MIts iirworkin? ift loerniffliiL and with
bad tools,'' rejoined the other," - MMe and
Dick has beff at 4TnTora w:
and if thpm
if i can make
! "Hav'nt lb
, , . - - - r ' - . j
iwa i yj uoy f -saiue gaumier. -.-"j.. wave i
"Cltimsy on no,t youipu! tit; into iSelnavU loV'eYvfll-'ra
c..3v. utnuvc, auu pjr tiiimwiiAi i
Tourseli. ; 1 -
" Well that's - riglii '' Don't X ahyys f
Tiinn wprv, inintrt nrjri fliin f . II n hvnvv:
fivu yo'u a fulf snafej Come, don't get
put pt heart, that Ley will do rand so
t'iii thkr " ; i ; ' '
I ;-St Clair' could 'listen- tio. longer." -Un
der any other circumstances, 'the' scene
before pirn wuld have excited his curios-:
ty; but the discovery, that he had'ifceen
cupod py a sharper a mere grovelling
felpn'-addecf to Uie sorrows, t hat: already
rilled 4 is iiosomi stunc 1 hini sa: keen! v.
fhaf-hej haul notpatlence nor spirit to push
us discoveries any turther. ;
"It jwas for -thp comp'auy of such a
vrotcrj' jsaid he, as he agajii mournfully ;
bent his steps homeward, "that I lefTmy
Louisa! '.PerhapiS she may have guessed
the trdth. Some eaves dropper may have
vvhispfred.to'he tliai T'. wis the. associate
pf gamblers and Ji 6 use breakers! - Shock
ed at. my duplicity - and cui It, she has
fled frpm, contamination! No, iw!Sh'e
wouiai not havp belie ven it. totie would
have liedrd my explanatieji. IJer kind
jieart jvould ha.ve pitied andorgivn. me.
Perhaps my neglect has aHerJ4ted heri afv
lection. I have left her too 'often alone,
and id doubt. She has suffered what l
have lett to-niht.ithe nanirs oi r'.rsnenseu
and jes lousy. She could Ijpar it no lon
ger, myci uelty has driven her' Ibrever
from me." ' .''. i ; . ' ' '
lie again entered his habitation. How
: hanged! No hand was extended to re
ceive him; no smile to welcome jiim. All
was cjrfeerlesl, cojd and silent. A can
!dle, hiiarl exhauited to the socket, was
burning.1 in-thcrMrloriisbcddin -a pale
light
over 'the gloom of the apartment.
but
t
lat brht; peculiar orb, that . had
mven
warmtn and lustre to his little
tas extinguished! St. Clair shud-
worldt
ideredi as he looked around. Every ob
ject ifeminded; him of the happiness he;
pad destroyed; and he felt hjjmseir tf mo-;
iral suicide. Half dead wkli cold, fatigue,!
land distress; he approached the ,re !
when' a note, which had 'fallen from the!
read as fallows;
j' '"That agreeaLle woman, Mrs. 13., who!
has paid, us, $p many kind ottentiens, has
jjust sent for me She is very illand faa-
cies that no one can nurse licr so vell as
lllgliT
t
Your devoted
1 : - LOUISA." i
jTlie feelings of .St Clair can be better
limagiined than described, as he thus sud
denlyj passed froma state xf "doubt and
despair, to thje lulHide PfjOjV lie feiss-t
r ed the cliarmingi fbrllet, and enacted sever
ral other extravagaricies, which our read
erswil'exeus'e us from rclaiing. Here-,
tirecrnt length to his eouf h wiiereiiii
exliat!isted frame oon sunk o rcfCsct .j
- lie rose early .the neit:rr?ernjp. Loiir
isa was already m the parlor to Velcome
him h'smilesl r lie jrankly related 16
hqf all tSat had happened, on the prcce
dingniht L5uisa's affectionate jieart
sympatfusedin the jTain'he hal saf7ejed,
and tears stole dmtn her cheek which was
tale with watehihg- ; . I f
1Ajo not tell me, ' said fat iair, - that
L have! only' iaffered that wfuciuvfen have
oftenf endured, ao you wm not re
pioac cie-Duii Know iv, x ieeipjt;.
and; here rertouuce.gamirtgioreverl
we.
Vef again shall Vou Imvc cause to' cpcj
plain of my dissipation or ncn-lcot." , f
-.tile kept bis wVdjxanif auaoAvle'dgea
that the -peacyhd joy of hiV after dayi"
wetecheaply purcha,sed withjtlie miseries
tof that ei
I i-"v-;
jrentful night.
moors of Grenada:
- rrefined slid .elegant -gallantry.
whicJi rnadeHheloors brOreuada Jamous
through ail ' JJur oye, ftms a singular con-,
rait, when viewed inlcomparisbn with the
ferocity natural ffo all those.of Afncar
Those ilo'slems Who, in UcV esemed
it a glorious rroof of thei r address if they
rould cut .off with dexterity the heads of J
me 2iaiu, iuen Tuey jusivu
saddles, arid crob!sedHocdv upon.thp bat
tlements of their lowcs and the' gates cf
their paraces those turbulent wajmou,
isho seemed to acqu:rc4iie nns m geaceri
and flrcre ever reedy io revolt agaicyeir
If ino-Vto debascand io aaOTnatelhern-r4-
werft TeVthe tentJerek the ih!riusl
sive, Jnd tire most passionate cf -lovers.'
iriar wires annongnt aitue petter. tnan
sllves; leeame, when they werjs "fcejoved,1
queens R':goddcse to those; wlicse
hearts the possessed. It was to fuease
thtrm tb.it Inrv was" tmrsued TTo daz-
iortu5ewcrey.'i5X ia emulous
ra-rack to; thej noon, caught his eye. aim nox;tberwho, after six veai-i
irhdress,,was;to jiirngeland m LouesiJenccreceive a, pcV tuleAt anU-iH)
lisa hand 'writibg. He tote it open and ,onftf. fl'n mAi' Wd. ftttiil.Wn r.r
(rayself. Of course, I capnot refuse, and
jonly regret, that j I 'must .'-part frgm i ihy
idear Oiarlss 'for! a few hodra-V '-iCjJ
efforts to fiumph m the list, wqb th
ne:u, audvtor$parkIe at the feast..
aingijar union or miwncss jvati
lb crncltv
of dclicac 4 withbarbarism. -this vds&umr-'
th recd f valouraj:d corlsurlcy cau
tplsed iojiave Qatighiit b . .
cjjaracte ritic; in their native H-atf'iu'A sLi
una uuiiuvia- manners ui emvairv hd?
Tmust "ratlifcr incline to thu sdruoshioii
must vather incline to
thfit tlioy b wed 4his love and de
icaev or
senumenc ijAvaras teir women to "the
SijianU.), However this mayi bej thu
ladies of Crenaa4Avere wprtky of tovr
they v erei perhaps, t!;"?., jfcot. c jjrnirl
women in the world.! An Arabian his;o-
1 rian, who wrote atjufrenafla, :t th
the year
3lahomet
0 or our era, in tup" rc;?i ot iahoniet
the t)d, :aeaks- thu3 ct the.e: fOvyly t
maIes:-: jj ''.'.'",; J. . -
. "ihey pre i all beautiful.; But their
1,' . ..4.. t : t. ; . . . . - '
uvaiiiy, u ijacy i.,jii urT,tnKing, ftcpiires
cuii urj3. taieci irqm incir line ana grce
uil hguresl I hey. are abpv
size; aud lia wherti isan haht sarrirr r1.':iS
to be seeu,
v J k k.-i' i .ia- - '
I heir long black hair des
cends to t
leir heel?. Their t
kth' nr3
rcsplendeiitly white,! and their liberal vuc:
of the most excuisite' ncriamcs rnWs tbMr
:km a freslincs and lustre which none ol
the other Jloslcm ladles posi'esJ Their
ueporimenf. u
motions
spn
nightly, their', u.uderstanding ncutea'nj
th
qy cf their wit is often disnla L
eu an nappy BaiUt-s, and ton -&loU
. A hcididss of these women, likd that
the ladieibf Persia and TiiilieyJ con&is
I
ed dfa 'Jdiig linen tunic, bound ttlia gir.1'
die, a dclilnaii witlu. &trait leevtv larg'
white drayerr,.and sl.ijrs.ofJhor6cco lea
ther. rrji j stufl. were all extrtunely.flne,
and. cominonk' .cmbmid red with mild
silver, and
Tcarir:; incir natjr wa3 noumt"
in tresses,
and floated pn their. lwulder?.
A small, H
,11- .'
but very rich lm"6fi.jthv
lieaa. i sal
under an.- enihrotdercd
which flojved'flowp tQ-Jrti'c kzfe
,ve
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CAUTON LANDS lN.TEXA. C
We deem it a tiuty warn tiie unwa-u
ry againstpurc h-isin fallaciojis njnd spiiri- "
ous .scrip )r prete'ndcdvpatents for bndi
c-A.iiv. wy ine aei or rne jiexicpn -go
eminent qll .., Speculation, pll transfers at
pamblinslin
lands there- areittcrly et
ciuSed.
rautst arc made to actual avi-
tract is a lowed than to single mefi, but
none can jiold suclro)erty witjliom rcsi
deiwe.mTd.ciiieiiirip, . .' " , :
...j A gentleman cf tfio ldghct Vcspcta
bilitJA ceticntly arrived from : 'i exas,v
related toj 4l3v4inxcc'f-Vf4frawtt
and blind! delusion.. SalcscT irhagiriarv
titles ludbeen.nadeifcy f . harpers to gciv .
tlemeii .ifi vujioHs parts of the United
LStatei5ii 'fennesseei'tia. IewTTcrk and"
ebewkori: ;and c rcu oua.mcn. who fair-
eriis elves woith '100.000 Jbtind.
on arrifilg in Texas that the a!n!s were
granted On certain cohditious, ljut 'iicAri
careless gaicry, w fiicii.. hcighteiis their ;?-..:?;
other !iarin? ' ThoiV riinvrWt;,-ii -?. js '-t
spld.!j Piinged into despair, t,ome t.f tho'io ?
uupes qumea inat ipe cnunrry irf c;sgtir, . 4"
bbcause they had brrn deicd in thifl
Every editor and printermlleTJnif rrj
States !iJit lo -dnpmicc :t(t the ptiblk '"j?:
such Abominable deception. 'The' 'Lawk'-, f
ers 01 j sucn patents might as nvcil sty
land in Nova Ztnrbla of iji the joon.
M Asto nxris lt&el TA t ' div of: m ortr.t 1 rr?
sets rapidly into it and a rnoffe his ieen .
devised oftnadHKr thefkw nmihit Jinm.
t o T " -- c -
slavery, jsh oniy jcr.ci;e jeneraiiotti
!' irDviflffGrccii iias beoi frying td ge.
up a exatcrr.;nt agam theNorih, on
account of the repreheiisif)Ie conduct of
certain individuals pn the -.slave cuet ion. '
TJie coridoct of there c nthuiiila is cone
dem nedit theio'rth, as innch I as-at thj; '
South. bf the irTcatjnass of our - citizcus; .
We ciri Ml the editor bXlthe Ttelegra pU j 15
that every one of those wojn tenn J jft
the errvUicipatorik engaged whh hijtr ' -;
and-'Mrl palhoun lnJDppoin': the-a&trVin M '
listration. ire doubt it - ho ran hti .
through nil cr Lngland a single friend
of Gen. Jackson Vho countenances thti
proceedings.- A YrJfoJpostu:j - ' t
A 'niTi Lrouirht an. action in the Tfisttiti
Ce of tU eny, wfeui Va dedded en Tbnr? '
RaiiAI. V.dl .Ml tl.A v.?,f 'in liL. nil Ii 1 1 hi
lis fai aiinedtts ago of Ct"!QeJ:'Xa
cTuiencc procucto, u yas tliirwn fuat the cn, v-j-
ifce t&ic of his Tnae. tvt bui lirde jaoic tlau ' !
sc-vciitcerj and the Ia-w beio wcijr rxpixrt m tfit,
clue, the rcrerend ecnuanoi hd frdzmcixl prtu:
mouUof uercnahv.--P37rf. Crt - , ,,;
The T Tuseaiooea'f Abbahia) (Spirit ol
ihe Ace5 cfihe Cth ultimo Etate,1 nhat th ;
Vjitrt tlonse in tnnaoa leu -uunng: mt
sMsUnifthe Ctonrt let ecibut?ortxy
nafelyjce Jtrd, snspectin from the a
peanmc'cr the ivallsiandilio wktet beA . -'
adjonrned the Court? fiji Pufp9pS
goinginio'a pilrate house, about ,
rarauteaj befoTO4he baildirtg, wlucvP fr'.
brick,":tn y ;'v-- v
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