Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, November 11, 1854, Image 1
T O.W A N I) A : Suturdan fllornino, 2Cocmber 11, 1834. Shltfftb |lottrn. THE SEER. Br JOHN O. WHITTIER. 1 hear the far-off voyager's horn, I see the Yankee's trail; llrs foot on every mountain pass, On every stream his sail. He's whistling round St. Mary's Falls, Upon his loaded train ; lie's leaving on the Pictured Flocks His fresh tobacco staiu. I tear the mattock in the mines, The axe-stroke in the dell. The clamor from the Indian lodge, The Jesuit's chapel-beil! I see the swarthy trappers come From Mississippi's springs, And war chiefs with their painted brows, And crests of eagle wings. Behind the squaw's birchen canoe, The steamer smokes and raves ; Arid citv tots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves ! By forest-lake and water-fall I see the pedler's show; The mighty mingling with the mean, The lofty with the low. • I hear ihe tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be; The first low wash of waves where sou a Shall roll a human sea. The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet, m.d warm ; The chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into form ! Each rude and jostling fragment sooti Its fitting place shall find— The raw materials of a Its muscles and its mind! AnJ, westering stiff, ihe star which leads The new world in lis train. Has lipped with fire the ie.y : pire* Of many a mountain -chain. The snowy cones of Oregen Are kindled on its way ; And California's golden saw,ls Gleam brighter in its ray ! Stittltir Calt. TM IB'PrDraiHiEM'ir. SV T!: AVTHOIi OF " TitE SUBALTERN." In one ol die northern counties of England, at the distance of a mile and a hall from the sea, and fittlrer removed from h well known military sta tion. there stands an old fashioned red brick man sion, the aiclutectuie and exieol ol which hardly entitled it to be regarded as belonging to the class nl manor-houses; at the same time that they may bespeak its proprietors as moving in a sphere con siderably ab ivo that of ordinary yeomen. For up wards ol iluee centuries, it was the tesideiice ola family, of the name ol Wilmot: a race, which,by some accident or another, contrived never, by ex ertion on one hand, or misconduct on the other, ei her to rise or fall in the world. One generation received it from another, in precisely the same cjadilioa in which the first had received it from lite generation preceding ; Ihe lands attached to it were not increased, neither were they diminished ; no rooms were added, neither were they any lak cm away ; in a word, among the continual changes which sublunary things, it appeals as if lite Toll arid the Toil alone, remained stationary. The last ot the name which inhabited that man sion, were a father and his daughter. The former, after serving many years in the navy, married in some distant part of the kingdom, a young wile; who lived only long enough lo present him with a pledge of her affection, and to make him leel {tow much he had lost, in being thus deprived of her. Whether his domestic affliction had any effect in producing the measure, is nol known, but Captain j Wilmot went no more vo sea, alter he became a | widower. On the contrniy, he withdrew himself entirely from public fife, and taking possession of the Toll, devoted his undivided attention to the education and nurture ol his child. In this retired spot, Rose Wilmot grew up, to be the idol ol her father's affections, and an object of love and esteem to all the surrounding neighbor hood. She was Laantifnl; yet her personal beauty Constituted the least valuable ol her attractions Artless, gentle and generous, Rose was pever so happy, as when, by chance, she found an oppor tunity of adding to the happiness ol others. To the poor, she was a warm, and yet a judicious friend : ! o her equals, a lively and cheerful corppanion; Wd to her parent, the very apple oi an eye, with out which, life would have no value. Rose was oot, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, accom p tshed; that is to say. she vyas no classic ; and >.io only modern tongues with which she was ap I iuainted. wete the French and English. She play- I "J, indeed, and sung with taste and feeling; bul j >•'-" sole instrument was the piano lotle, and her I collection of music consisted almost entirely of I * 1 and simple national airs. Bul Rose was pos | messed of higher gifts (Ran can be conferred by the j I Cillers. Her heart was good, her j I * ::dmg was clear, and her disposition just so far j I 'Otnantic, as to giye 4 zest to the enjoyment of I - titmon life, without contributing, in any very se- I ' ,OUB degree at le4sl, to manifest its petty gneyan- I ces. As it generally understood that Captain Wil- I rr,ol ) in adduton 10 the Toll property, possessed I'■orne.htng considerable, which he had acquited in I e shape 0! prize money, suitors were not wanting dose , soon as she had arrived at the first dawn of I -manhood Many advantageous offeie wtre made THE BRADFORD REPORTER to her, bul she declined them all; tor her feelings were not interested.and her father had too much re gard for her society,to look forward to the period ol her marriage wiih anything like impatience. Rose, accordingly, continued to lead a single life, anJ she actually attained her nineteenth year, without having experienced the slightest symptoms of the tender passion. Things were not, however, to be thus forever.— It wa6 at the close of a September day, that a par ty, which had assembled near the Toll, lor the pur pose of celebrating, by a sort of fete champetre, the sixty ninth birth day ol Captain Wilmot, deem ed it prudent to take shelter against a threatening thunder storm, under his hospitable roof. The rain had begun to fall in torrents, and the first flash of lightning had passed, when a loud knock at the outer gate gave notice, that others, besides them selves, were in need of shelter. The signal being answered, there was ushered into the parlor a per son arrayed in the gaib of a sportsman, of whom nobody present knew any thing, bul who entered with that air of perlect self-command, which, wide ly removed Irom impertinent assurance, can be as sumed only by the men of lashion and the gentle man. His age appeared to be about six or seven and-twenty ; he was remaikably handsome; had a fine, open, manly, expressive countenance, and altogether, impressed the little party with a persua sion, that he was, at least, qualified to remain among ihem as an equal. He apologised for hav. ing disturbed the privacy of a family citcle, by stating, that he iiappened to be sporting in the fields adjoining, when the storm overtook him ; and the apology being readily received, he speedily look part in the conversation, as if he came an ex pected and welcome guest. Being pressed to par take of their evening meal, he did not decline the invitation ; and the moon was shining bright in a cloudless sky, when he rose to depart. Nor did he go anregretied. In the course ol one shori and accidental visit, lie contrived to make himsell so agreeable to his new acquaintance, that the Cap tain permitted him not to retire, till alter he had given a promise that no great while should elapse eie his vise was related. The gentleman, whom accident had thus intro duced to die family at the Toll, wan the Honorable Major Elliott, commanding officer of the re- i gimeut of foot, at that time quartered in the neigh boi nig barracks. Being a keen sportsman, he spent much of his lime in the fields; and, as he after wards confessed, had seen and admired llose, in situations, when she little dreamed ol being an ob ject of curiosity to a stranger. He had now seen , her under circumstances which enabled him to judge whether the impressions, made by his form er stolen glimpse, were justifiable ; and his behavi our 60on gave proof, that tie did thus regard it Major Elliot was not forgetful of his promise. He repeated his calls at the Toll, not sooner, certainly, | than his company was desired, but, as certainly, a I great deal sooner than it might have been expect- i ed. He called again and again ; he was again anJ ' again urged to stay to dinner, and he stayed. In : short, his visits became, in a very little while ev I eiy day occurrences; and, before a month had ex- j piled, he ofloieJ himself to be the husband of ■ Rose. It has been stated, that, in Rose's disposition, ! there was just so much romance, as to give a pecu liar zest to the ordinary occurrences of cord mon fife Such an occurrence it surely was, to be addressed in the language ol love; but to experience (hose sensations which her lover described, was, to her, new and delightlul. For, in truifi, Rose had fixed her affections upar. Major Elliot, irretrievably and inevitably, many days before his words, at least, i justified her in so doing. They bad met under cir cumstances so peculiar; he was, in his habits, language and taste, so different from other men with whom she was wont to associate, that if ever love did occur at first sight, it tnusi have occurred with her. Rote had no dissimulation about her; she did not, therefore, pretend to an indifference, < which she fell not; but releriing Elliot to her fatli er, hankly acknowledged, that, so far as she was concerned, no obstacle would be thrown in the way to their union. Captain Wilmot was a plain, honest man ; a gen llemari by profession and descent, and'too honora ble himsell to suspect others ol being otherwise He was not, therelore, so minute in his inquiries respecting the circumstances of Major EH'Ofi a greater degree of prudence or knowledge ol the world might have led Jiirn tp be. Frorp the Ma jor s brother officers, lie learned, that the lover of Ins daughter was a brave and good soldier; the army-list assured {nip,dial lie was, truly, the son of an Earl ; and, as the individual himsell never pro fessed to be rich ; as he avowpj, on the contrary, tli4t his portion was but slender, and that there was no other probability of its being increased, except by promotion in the army; Captain Wilmot saw no gouiqj lot suspicion. H Reply gaye his con sent to the proposed marriage, and freely received Elliot into his house, on the fooling ola /uture son ui law. The faith of the ioverß had been bul a short t.ruc plighted, \yhen, among many other utile pledges ol unalterable affection, the Major presented Rose with a beautiful Arab pony. '1 he animal, as a matter of course, became a prodigious tuyorjte with its mistress, ft was gentle and traetaole, not only permitting her to mount with the most perfect safe ty, but corning to her call, and eating pieces ql bread from her hand. Upon it, she was in the habit pi daily riding abroad with her lover; anil, truly, it would be a hard matter in discover a pair more lovely, or more manifestly formed for each other, than Rose and her pony. Such was, now, tfip order of the lovers'existence —and time appeared, at last, to fly on in that state ol holy and pure enjoyment, which never fajls to , accompany the progress of an honorable attach ment. But " the cojf.-e of true love never JiJ run smooth," as poor Rose soon found 10 her cost. The wedding-day was now but or. p short week dis'a.it, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." when Rose, who had agreed to meet Elliot, hall way between the barracks and the Toll, set out, one morning, unattended, upon her Arab. Having reached the place of rendezvous, and finding thai Elliot had uol arrived, she determined to ride on a little farther; she accordingly proceeded, almost unconsciously, though lull of apprehension, she knew nol why, till at last, the bartacks themselves lay before her. Observing that the troops were on parade, her delicacy would not allow her to ap proach nearer; so she reined in her little steed, and partly concealing herself behind the branches of a tree, she resolved to wait there, till thesoldiers should be dismissed. In the meanwhile, the battallion formed itsell in to a hollow square ; a piece of timber, of a triangu lar shape, was erected in the midst ol it. All was now silence ; and Elliot, mounted on a black charg er, took his station without ihe ranks. A moment • r two had only passed, when there came, from a part ol the buildiug, a guard ol soldiers, conducting a man handcuffed, and arrayed in an undress, to wards the battalion. This last body had hardly entered the square, when a wild shriek, and in a woman's voice, struck upon Rose's ear. A lemale, at the same instant, rushed from one of the houses with her hair dishevelled, and garments disorder ed ; she held up her clasped hands, and falling down upon her knees, before Elliot's horse, seem ed to urge some petition, with all the energy of prolound griel. But Elliot turned away from her, and rode within the ranks. The woman rose, ut tered another wild scream, and began to tear her hair; when suddenly, as it would appear, her eyes fell upon Rose, and §he ran tuwaids her. Rose trembled exceedingly. "Oh, Lady," cried the woman, franticly seizing Rose's bridle ; " Lady, surely Heaven has heard my prayer, and sent you hither! Bave him! For the love of (Jud, save him ! 1 know you have only to speak the word, and it will be done." " Save whom, my good woman ?" replied Rose, deeply affected. " IVhom am 1 to save ? and from what am I to save him ?" " My husband! My husband!" exclaimed the unhappy petitioner, now dropping upon her knees; " Save him from the lash ! They are about to flog him for a fault which he never committed. He j never did it, lady! Indeed, indeed, lie did not! O lady, save him ! 1 know the Major can retuse you nothing—speak for ium, goodjady, and Ciud will bfis-t you for it!" Rose was quite overcome, and burst into tears '• Heaven's blessing be upon those dear eyes !" cried the soldier's wile, as Rose put her pony to speed, and made towards the square. But there was no need to enter h—Elliot saw, and flew to wards her. " Rose," cried he, reining up his horse, when ' they met, " this is no place for you. (Jo, my love | —go Irom the ground ; you cannot stay to witness what is going lorwatd." " Nay, Elliot," replied she. " 1 will not go. I ' beseech you nol to hurt that poor woman's bus ba id. He is innocent; he must be innocent! lu ' deed, indeed, 1 cannot go, tdl you promise me, that | he shall not be punished!"' " You know not what you a*k, Rose," rejoined j Elliot. " Believe me, love! lam not cruel; 1 ' would not willingly injuie a hair of Ins head. But the nun is a criminal; he has been found guilty by a coo it martial, and discipline must be'preserved. 1 would refuse you nothing, and that you know, which I could grant consistently with my honor; but you would not have me to sacrifice that ?" '' So. Elliot, { would not have jou sacrifice your honor; lor that is dearer to me than hie ; but what is there dishonorable in pardoning even a guilty fellow creature? Is it nol the noblest use we can make of power? Oh, Elliot, remember how much we ourselves stand in need of pardon : And as you hope to be forgiven you own sins, lorgive the of fences ol this criminal. Look to his wile, dear El liot, and think what I should feel were her and my ► position revetsed." " Rose, you have prevailed," answered the Major; "but, in truth, I wish it had been other wise—you have exposed us both. But, yet, I will do as you desire, 4ml Inflow yon." So saying, he lurried his horse's head, and gal loped back to the srjuare. As lo Rose, her very braht swam round Tine, she hail performed a humane aequo, and for thai, her conscience rewarded her; but she had hurl, or pffcndpd Elliot; and even an approving conscience was incapable of compensating for ifiat Besides, had shu nol, in some degrue overstepped the liitc ol female dejicgey, in appearing belore a parade ofsoidiers, and openly exerting her influence ovpr the commanding officer. Such were Ihe liioughis which Holered across her mind, as she roJe leis nrely lowaids home ; but she was nol suilered |o pass lliqs. The nojse pf persons running was be hind her; and in a moment, the woman and her husband were at her side. " That is the lady, Will," cried the poor wile ; " that is she thai save you. Bless her, Will; thank her and bless her, as she deserves! ' " I cannot thank you, US you deserve, young la dy," said the man," but Heaven will reward you. Ay, and even 1 may yet do ybu service. Lady, Jiave a pare ol what you are about. I have seen you olten, where 1 would nol see you again ; and have heard of you, what must not be again spoken Farewell, lady ! Your goodness shall not go unre quited ; bul beware of—" The soldier looked as it he were about to givp utterence to something of importance, when his speech was interrupted by the coming up of Major Elliot. " Begoqe, 6ir !" said the Major, addressing the man, in a lone more harsh and authontive than appeared to Rose, to be requisite. " Begone, to your quarters; arid take care how you gel into a scrape again. There may not always be a friend at hand lo save you." The man touched the point o! hie foraging cap, and casting an anxious glance at Rose, walked away. What was :t:e fellow saying r ' arffed Elliot, in a tone of voice which indicated not only a con siderable degree ol agitation, but an evident de sire that the agitation should not be observed. "Nothing," replied Rose at least, nothing which is worth repeating. He only thanked rne for having pleaded in his favor. But he might have said something worthy ol being listened to," added she, with a smile, " had you not ser.l liiin away so abruptly." " Indeed!" replied the Major; "and to what might the communication tend, which 1 unfortun ately interrupted ? ' " That," answered Rose, " I cannot tell; 1 only know that the broken sentence was one oleaution ; but whether against people or things, or witches, or hob-goblins you gave me no opportunity to dis cover." "Humph!" said Elliot. A considerable pause here ensued in their conversation, during which, Rose cast a timid glance towards her lover; and beheld with dismay, an expression ol violent, and, as she judged, painlul anxiety upon his counten ance ; suoh as it h3d never belore exhibited. " What is the matter?" cried she, greatly alarm ed, " You arc ill Elliot, or you are offended with me; and, indeed, I feel that I have done wrong." The anxious look departed, instantly, from his visage, and his old sweet smile look its place. " Not so, dear Rose; i cannot be offended with you though 1 may wish that (his had occurred somewhat differently. But no matter; llose had her way; and she is convinced, there is nothing whicli Elliot would not do to make her happy Let me, however, obtain one promise from you.— Never act again, as you acted to day; and take no lurther notice ot the persons whom you have oblig ed. He is not a good man; and she is a very bad woman; and they may impose upon you" " I promise," answered Rose, restored, once more, to her accustomed composure. The remain der of the ride passed, as their rides usually and Elliot spent the day at the Toll There was one member of the lamily at liie Toll, of whom no mention has yet been made; bul who, if long and faithful services entitle a domestic lo notice, ought not to be passed over Old Bligh, like his master, had speril his best days in the navy. He was originally a cabin boy, in the frigate ol which Captain Wilmot was fiisi lieu tenant, and, as such, waited upon his officer.— When iieutenanl obtained promotion, Biigh followed him to his own ship, where he filled the situations, first, of ooxswatu to ihe captain's barge and, afterwards, of steward in his cabin ; and, when the captain himself abanJoned the service, lliigli did not forsake him. He now executed the joint offices of mailro d' hotel, footman, and head gardener; and was as sincerely attached to I,tose, and her father, as if he had been their relation. It is a curious fact, thsl, whilst others treated Major Elliot with confidence the most boundless old Bligh could not be prevailed upon to cttgatd him without something ot suspicion. Civil and attei.iivelo him, he invariably war; because lie saw that a contrary line of conduct would have been displeasing to his master; but fie took no libeiues wj'li him, nor ail diessed him in that familiar tone, which old sei vauls are apt to employ, when they believe that they ate addressing those who have the interests of the family really at heart. Of ifii<, the Major himself was not unobservant, and he more than once complained of it lo Rose. There was another singularcircumstance remaik ed, at this time, by the friends of the family. Ma jor Klliot had lor some weeks back, been more grave and thoughtful than appeared natural lo him ; and the nearer the wedding day approached, (he more frequent, and decided, his fi's of abstraction became. Since the adventure with tha soldier and his wile, in particular, his manner exhibited symp toms the most marked, of a stale of mind very far from being composed. He would drop into fits ol musing, even whilst Rose was by; and wfien she was not present, fie fi tnlly attempted to speak a wpfd- For this behaviour, many reasons were assigned. Some imagrneJ that, now, when the moment ol tiial was at hand, his family pride, or, perhaps, the posiijve interference o! his relations, began to throw impediments in tiio way, others fancied that his own inclinations were changed, and that he repented of an engagement too rashly entered into. The only individuals, indeed, who neither observed the c'icuiiistance, nor hazarded a conjecture respecting it. were Rose and her lather. Their minds were too busily occupied in eontem platiug their o.vn approaching separation, to per mit ilieir seeing wnh eyes as clear as those ol ! persons far loss deeply interested; arid they weio j lop conscious of being themselves liable lo iris ol musing and kirgelfqlip!*#, to look, wuli alarm Oi suspicion, upon (fie musings and iorgeitulnecs ot the Major. And, now, but one day stood between the w.sites r.f (he Joyets. ami their aecomplishmujit. It so hap pened, that, on that dqy, 4 sn;all paity,—the curate, of the parish, with tus mother and sister, —had been invited to meet Major Elliot at dinner Between the Curate jjthe reverend Abraham UTl liarnsj and Captain Wilmot, a close intimacy sub sisted, and Miss Williams and Rose were bosom friends. The party weie pi ihe apt o| discussing ceitaiu arraugetnenis, which weie tp fake place subsequent to the wedding;—the cirecnun of the marriage janrit was under consideration, —whan old Bligh made his appearance, and informed ! Rose, that a person in the kite lien desired lo see j her. Rose, instantly obeyed the summons, and ; had teached the parlor .lour, when the j'rigling of' spurs in the hall, beyond arrested her. Major Elliot entered ; he seemed heated, and a good deal agitated. " Whither go you, love ?"cried he, 111 a hurried | lone, seizing Rose by the hand, and leading her i bapk to her chair. '• Some 0,10 desires to see rne," replied Rose,! smiling sweetly, and gently disengaging herself;, " I shall be with you again in a minute." " Do not go, love," exclaimed the Major, forci- j ply detaining her. and yet struggling ;c appear I calm ; '• 1 know who has asked to see ynu. J saw her enter by the back way, as I came up the ai enue. t is the woman with whom you promised to hold 110 lurther erilercourse. .You will not go, now." "No certainly," answered Rose. " Tell the woman, Bligh, that I cannot fee her; bnt, it she lias anything to communicate, let her tend in her message by you." The awkwanluess attendant upon such a scene had, in some degree, passed away, and all pnities were recovering their wonted composure, when Bligh again entered: "The woman would hardly be persuaded to go, Miss," said he ; " and though I told her how you were engaged, she was only the more desirous, on that account, to see you. At last, when 1 positively assured her you could nol be spoken with, she asked for pen, ink and paper, and wrote a little note which is here." " Read it not, Rose," exclaimed Major Elliot, starting from his chair, and grasping at the bit of paper. "It is some infernal petition, some impos ture, to deceive your goad nature; —read it not." Bligh, however knew his duty better, than to permit a note, addressed to his mistress, to pas into other hands. He shrunk back Irom the Major's clutch, and held it tight. " Nay, Elliot,'said Rosa," this is absolute folly. You must look apon me as 110 belter than a child, if you imagine that a single note, or any other single communication, either with the husband or the wife, must necessarily expose me lo danger. But I have no desire lo.read her billet. Give it to my father, Bligh, or to Mr. Williams—he is beside you." " Give it to me," cried the Major, in a voice of thunder; at the same time grasping Bligh fiercely, by the collar, " as you value your lite." Hie whole party were struck with astonishment; Captain Wilmot half rose Irom his chair; whilst Rose trembled excessively, the color coming and going upon her cheeks, in rapid succession. A6 to Bligh, he shook off the Major's hand with the coolness of a veteran, and delivering the note note to the Curate, stood, bolt upright, between him and his own late assailant. " Read, Mr. Williams," said Rose, in a tone of womanly dignity; "and read aloud, ihat all may hear you. There must be something singular, indeed, in that piece ol paper, when it produces such effects. Mr. William did read; but, before lie came to an enJ, M jor Elliot was gone. The letter ran thus; " 1 have toiloweJ you, d-ar lady, far and near, lor the purpose ol putting you upon your guard; but nc opportunity of speaking has been afforded me; even now you will not see me. But, per haps, you may read this, and, if so, (he kind office which you rendered to me and iny husband, will not go unrewarded. Oh, lady, beware of Major Elliot—lie is a villain and will betray jou. They say you ai lo wed him to morrow. Wed hi 111 not, tor he is married already; his wife now lives in the very count) hom which 1 and my husband came." It were impossible to describe the effect which the perusal ol the above note produced upon all who listened lo it. It seemed a? if deep had sud denly fallen upon tl'cni ; for all sat, or stood, motionless, as it the Arabian taie had been veidied in them, and they had all been changed into marble. Two seconds, perhaps, el.rpscJ, tie their senses w ere suddenly and painfully recalled. Rose, who had been s'andiug in the middle ot lire apartment, drooped, like orje smitten by a deadly wound : not a sounJ", or motion, niaiked the workings ol her feelings, but, at once, she lell flat upon the carpet "My child, my child!" shrieked the Captain roused by the situation of his daughter; " my Rose, my own darling child! Help! help! run! ride! fly 1 fly tor medical assistance!—look to her:—arid you, Bhgh, letch me my pistol*! 0 the villain— letch me my pistols, j say !—saddle the horse, and let me Inflow hitn. lam old, but there is strength enough left to Jiaw a tiigger, and he shall (eel it " Thus the old man raved, alternately lamenting over his daughter* Isle, and cursing Imr betraye-. Nor was it without great exertions 0:1 the part of the clergyman, thai he was prevented hoin imme diately carrying his plans of vengeance into effect. Bul the situation of Rose was even more pitiable than that of her paient—she was borne to her chamber in a state not of absolute in-tmsibil* v, lor her eyes opened and pjitsed, and her hands oc casionally moved, but no sleep cants (o refresh her; and the only woul which she Uttered, was, one# or twice that the 114010 ol Elliot passed, a* it ■ appeared, invojutiianly across her hps. Our tale is drawing lo a close, and 11 is a melan choly one. The lirst dawn ot lire following day no sooner appeared, than Captain Wilmot, intern upon chastising the treachery <>l Major Elliot, set out, attended by Bligh, towards the barracks. It secured as it, on the present oceassion, the old ; man's strength, toth ol baJy and mirul, were su- j pernaturaljy rp perved. But the pursuit was huit J le-s; Elliot had not returned lo lus quartets, li was afterwards discovered, thai, immediately 0:1 quoting ihe T°D> he took the road fot London ; j bom whence, having obtained pettniosion to join the portion ol his corps employed on foreign ser vice, he unibaikcd for the East Indies. What be came ot hini, whether he fill by die sword, 01 whether a pestilential climate earned htm off is not known The only intelligence respecting hirn, indeed, which ever reached Ins til la eJ mis tress, was conveyed in a letter from himself. It bore date ten days posterior to the discovery of his j baseness, and was thus worded . " How, or in what terms. I am to addre-s you, motrl beloved and most injured of women, I know not. That you will condescend to peruse ihese lines, knowing from ;yhorn they come, I am doubt ful; and it you do peruse them where will be the benefit? Ro&ecanst thou forgive me? I deserve n no:—that I know; but yon were ever a be.eg of pari'y arid mercy Can that mercy extend even to file? I acknowledge ffiyaelfto c.e r. villain, out i am no! a heaitless one. I know that { couhi have betrayed ami seduced you; and thai, had not Pro % i..tri.ce iri'erfered to save you, you would hate been ere this, miserable as lam now. All this I ai know ledge, and so offer no excuse for it. 1 only | wri'e (o say that, go where 1 will, your linage shall i accompany me . have juved but one; thai one is yourself— My marriage was entered into as a means ol ex tricaring myself fiotn pecuniary emburrasmenls but the woman, with whom the hated connection is lormed, I loathed at the time, and she has long ceased to be treated as my wile. You. Rose, you only have I loved. Clod is my witness, that I pro | ceeded in rny villainy step by step ; that, when | first [ saw you. I dreamed ndl ol your ruin ; that at each visit. your influence over me became greater I 3d greater;—that at last, 1 f|; how worthless life j would be without you : that —but why all ibis? j Do 1 seek to palliate my wickedness ? No, no, no ! I farewell, dear Rose, for ever! Your miniature I hangs upon rny bosom, and there it shall remain j tdl that bosom cease to beat. To-morrow. I j embaik for a distant land, from which I shall never return. But may you yet be happy ! May the im age of one, who would have been to you all that tnan ever was to wotnatt, cease to retain a place in your memory; and may another, and a more worthy lover, restore to you that peace which 1 have basely taken away. For pie my only rest ir.g place is the grave." llose, whose health had seriously suffered from the shock winch her nerves experienced, had just quilted her room, ami was able to appear, as usual, in the parlor, when the preceding letter reached her. It had a powerful, but not an agonizing effect upon her feelings. She wept bitterly over it ; but never, except at the moment, was she observed to allude to its contents. The name of Elliot, indeed, soon ceased to be heard ut the Toll; and to ueiran. ger, it might have appeared as if no such person had ever visited it. The only remembrance of him and of the scenes connected with him, not positively set asije, was the Arab pony. That little animal, at Ins mistress's express desire, was still permitted to browse and play about lite pad dock ; he was still as great a favorite as ever, and still cantered up to the gale, at the sound of her voice, lo receive his Utile portion ol bread irotn her hand; but she never mounted him again. No saddle, indeed, was put upon his back, till after the last scene in this sad drama hud been acted. Ruse Wilmot was a strong-minded and pious girl, but she was a girl of deep and enthusiastic feeling. She never complained, and she did her best to assume that cheerfulness which she no long er experienced. But the exeition necessary to lha ( end was too greaf, not to be apparant: and at no moment was she an object ot livelier commissera lion, than when she strenuously endeavored to ap pear happy. l'oor Rose ! she was smitten where wounds are always the mosl severe; and her'.* were mortal. For several months strong hopes were entertain ed that youth, a naturally good constitution, and change ot air and scene, would woik their custo maiy results, and res'ore her to herself. To tec tiro for her the lust mentioned benefit, Captain Wilniot chalked out, and cat tied partly into effect, a lout through several of the most interesting counties oi England. But all wou'd not do. The maiden be came daily weaker and weaker, and at length en treated to be conveyed home, that she might Ji£ n. the abode ot her fathers. Alas ! what a change was now vicible in Rose 1 The delicate hue, which was wont to tinge hot cheek, had given place to an alternate hectic flush and deadly paleness Her tine hazel eye was still bright and expressive, but the brilliancy was that which consumption never tails to produce and the expression was one of unchanging peu-ive ness. bite was no longer the lively and cheeiful creature, whose very step gave evidence ola con tented mind, and whose playful conversation com uiunicateJ happiness lo those with whom she was associated, but "the ghost ot what she was," she could only crawl from her chamber to the parlor, j and trom thence, when the >nir shone warmly ott', Ito a seat upon the lawn. Boot Rose! The fust I autumnal leaves were beginning to tall, when site j returned to her home; the last wete still noon fhe j trees, when she was earned to her grave. It is useless to continue such a initiative much , tnrther; nay, were there not a lew details rti pos j session ol the writer, which we e enmmutneatod i by the clergyman who attended Rose during hct | last illness, it might justly conclude here. But I these, we arc tempted to give ; and wo give litem HI the language ot the Reverend Abraham Wil liams, Irotn whom they were received " The disease,"' said our itiforijian', " gained ' ground upon her very rapidly; and tn a hole while j she was no longer able lo quit her room. A sofa j was then placed lor her near the w itidow, on which [ for an hour or two e?ch day site reposed. But e\eu | tins—the cxeiitou oi being lifted tr<>m oue place U | another—became soon too innch lor her ; and tho kept wholly her bed. Tlte calmness am', fortitude which distingin.-hed her Irotn the li.st never, how ever, left her. Feeling indeed, that the hand of ileal h was upon hci, she riu longer scrupled to speak ot Elliott; but it was invariably as end she httdlov ! Ed, ami could stil! love, to idolatry. • Surely (F'd w ill forgive him,' sgid >!}c,on one occasion, when the sacrament was about to be ad rmmsteicd to her. ' 1 say not that he was guilt less; oh! no, mi! Hut I lorgtve htm, Ircelv ! oh, most freely ! and here'—clasping her thin whita hands together— I pray that he may be forgiven by linn who knoweth whereof wo are nude, ant) who i not extreme to mark whai is done amis*.' Mortal man could not witness such a scene, and restrain his tears. " I had eat with hei till a lata hour, one evening in the latter end of October, and aha appeared tuoiti easy and chee.tul than usual Oar Jevoirous being' ended, we had talked, as wo were accustomed to talk, par tiy of the unhappy cause of nor sorro w,ir.d partly ol ..its poor enitd.ou at ia scuoo', md ..a STOTSJDmaa