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-VOX.. 4. HARFERS.FERRY, VIRGINIA, JUNE 2, 1827.
NO. 3
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BY JOHN’ S. (jAI.LAIIF.K
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T2SB HEFOSXTOSY.
FROM THE 5tW YORK MIIIUOU.
PASSION AND PRINCIPLE.
[.? J'rizs Tale, b'j Mrs. Muizv. ]
tine evening of a beautiful autumnal day,
.'. lien a glorious sunset -a as fast mellowing into
i lovely twilight, a vessel from Kngland was
■ wifely approaching the harbour of .New York.
'.11 on deck was gaiety and hustle. The inte
uor cabin presented a different scene. Reclin
ing or, a sofa, a young and beautiful female was
weeping bitterly. Not with that calm, deep
grief which at once inspires pity and respect,
but with that violent and hysterical sobbing
which betrays conflicting passions. The hectic
'ufiiision of her check was alternately succeed
- d Iiv a (!. .tli like paleness—and her broken
• >:rl.wi.ati.o,s spoke of shame and dread, as well
us sorrow.
A young man of graceful appearance was
pacing the cabin "dii disordered steps, casting,
at intervals, glances t.f pity. mingled with re
preach, at bis agitated companion. At length
upproaciiina and taking her hand, he said, in a
voice which endeavoured to assume a tone ef
Jiilinuess-—
I'ttuc:..:, wj* «•_: annus 10 voursen. anunow
•rucl to uie. arc these violent bursts of sorrow!
In coni] nance with vour incessant entreaties. I
consented to revisit America: did you not pro
iiii-e that, if 1 would restore yon to vour friends,
you would endeavour to he tranquil.and repress
these useless repining', which h:n e injured vuur
health, and rav peace ? Isabella, exert your
fortitude. \\ c ara f.-.-t approaching your native
city—in a ;V.w hours you may behold your fa
uv.lv ; why, then, arc your complainings renew
ed ? and why do they assume s0 much the ap
pearance of reproach towards me?"
•• .Manly!" she. exclaimed, sobbing vehement
ly. "1 cannot see them! how can I meet I he
meek, tearful eyes of my mother? how can 1
•w ar to encounter the calm, stern'glance of An
,:.u'ta and—all! I cannot, d-wc no' sec ('ortIC
Sia ' ’’
•• Miserable Ctrl!" exclaimed he, “it is im
possible to reason with you Have you not re
peatedly assured me. that entiling, except re
turning to your larv,dy, and to vour native coun
try. c. restore you to health ? You will meet j
nothin': out kindties- i com v our relations, and 1
tue !"dr r,i Falward Stanly may suitly claim 1
respect from ethers.'’
Again Fab .la premised to behave with more !
calmness. The vessf-l reached tint harbour, and j
cite rs processed to a hotel, from whence 1
they determined to despatch a note to inform
Isabella's family of their arrival.
The time which intervened before an answer
could arrive, was spent by Stanly in endeavour
ing, by mingled arguments ami southings, to
restore his wife to some degree of composure.
But tranquillity is not for those who, like poor
Isabella, have forsaken the paths of duty, and
who, by following the impulses of passion, have
entailed on themselves regret and remoisc.—
Those only may expect tranquillity, who adhere
to principle, and take reason to- their guide.—
Isabella had learned lids too late, and though
united to the man without whom she had ima
gined she could not live, yet she was miserable.
! ‘our years prior to this second voyage, young
Manly had visited America. This voyage was
one of euiiosity and pleasure. His parents were
dead, and lie inherited from them an ample fir
tune.— fie brought letters of introduction to
several of the most respectable citizens of New
York, and his line figure and prepossessing
manners, made him a distinguished guest in
every family he visited. By means of a gentle
man with whom he became acquainted, Stanly
was introduced to tlie bouse of Mrs. Howard, a
widow lady of genteel fortune, whose family
consisted of three daughters—all lovely, though
in a different degree. Augusta, the eldest, was
a voting lady possessed of great mental acquire
ments; her manners were dignified, though a
slight degree of hauteur sometimes threw a
shade over her more pleasing qualities. Vet
her heart was not destitute of tender feelings ;
she was fervently attached toiler family, in par
tieular to her youngest sister Cornelia. Isabel
la, Mrs. Howard s second daugthcr, was on a
visit of some length, to an aunt in Boston, when
Stanlv first visted her mother’s house, conse
fiuentlv, he had not then an opportunity of see
mg her Hut tlie. lovely ami interesting Lome
lia soon attracted his attention. It would be in
in xuin to attempt to describe Cornelia:—her
beauty consisted not in " a set of features, ui
complexion;'' it was the diiine intelligence
of a pure and luvelv soul, which irradiated her
countenance ; the mingled lire and sweetness
which beamed from her eyes; the ever-varying
hues which sensibility, genius, and modesty,
threw over her delicate cheek ;—the fair and
open brow, where candor sat enthroned; the
tender sweetness of her voice, and the pensive
softness of her smile, which constituted the
ch irms of Cornelia. A nameless grace aeconipa
rm d her slightest movement; in short, hers was
that expression of iuhllictiwl leant'./, which,
when seen, must lie felt, hut which cannot
be describoi. The polished manner of Stan
lv. joined to his refilled taste, and classical
know ledge, soon rendered him a lavoiite with
Mrs Howard and her daughters, it v.as soon
risible that the Cornelia was the magnet that
attracted his frequent visits, i'heir admiration
was mutual : Cornelia regarded him as a supe
rior being ; and when, after an intimacy of a
lew months, he proposed himself to Mrs. How
ard as her future son in law, the proposal was
received bv her with joy, and Cornelia looked
forward w itii the happy confidence of innocence,
to a life of uninterrupted happiness w ith a being
who appeared to possess rvei v amiable quality.
She never thought of suspecting that Manly's
regard for her could ever become fc.r: she
I judged his heart by her own, and that heart
j so tender, so confiding, so lull of benevolence
j and virtue, how could it suspect another 1 Man
ly. who knew that Mrs. I toward would not eon
sent to separate entirely front her daughter, had
when he proposed their union, promised that
1 he would only take. Cornelia on a \ i-it to Km;-;
land, to show, as he sail), his treasure to his sis
ters and friends, and then return and settle in
New York; he sent to his sisters a miniature ot
Iris intended bride, and the time was lived for
their union.
About this time Mrs. Howard rreettet! intern
! pence that her daughter Isabella had consented
to receive, as her future husband, a voung gen
tlenian who had Iona; paid his addresses to Lei,
j and who was esteemed by the ivhoie family
i Isabella had used the license which i, loo it i
| (jucntly allowed to beauty, and had kept her
lover long in suspense, lh-r friends were hap
| py to learn that she had at length determined
to reward his constant attachment. Mrs How
ard, in particular, was rejoiced at it; for she
knew Isabella was volatile, and acted too often
from a momentary fancy, she hoped that her
marriage with a man whose character was ex
emplary, alid whose habits were, domestic,
j would aid in giving more stability to her beau
j tit’ul, though volatile daughter. Jt was agreed
j on that the tnaniages should take place at the
i same time; and Isabella was desired to return
I home to prepare for that event Isabella </tV
' return—and burst upon the astonished gaze ol
Manly in all the lustre ol' resplendent beauty —
; Never had he beheld a being so dazzling' Her
j wit and gaiety were irresistible; her smile was
i enchantment. Corneiia, till now the object <>•
j lii' highest admiration, seemed hut an ordinal.'
oeme; compareu twin mi- la-euiatn-g i~it.■ ii.i.—
She knew the potter of her beauty She n-ac
Stanly's admit ation in lot enraptured ga/e.—
Coquetry was natural to her ; hut in tin-, in
stance,gratified vanity paved the way fora pas
sion, Mulentas it wn& sudden Stanly appcareii
to her m> far superior in person ami manner-, to
the amiable man to whom tie- had promised
love and constancy, that in h -- than a wet k the
fickle Isabella hated the engagement ttliiel
bound her to the atniahie Chaih-s Mortimer;
and could think, without shmhh r:rrg. of supplant
mg her high touted. unsuspecting sister. Mor
timer, who was necessarily detained in Boston,
and who v.as to follow Isabella as soon as pos
sil r-, was of cour se ignorant of the change in
h* r whom lie idolized. Stanly’s mind «,e a
whirl of conflicting tel lings , the child of pros
peritv, accustomed to tune, his slightest wish
gratified, and ever the -hn e of impulse, the bar
nrr which his engagement with Cornelia oppos
ed to his wishes only rendered them more ar
dent. Hi.- better ft clings at times predominated,
honour resumed her sway ever his mind, a* d
when Cornelia stood before him in her calm and
innocent love line.-", lie ti emhled at the base idea
of indicting pain on a being so tender and -o
pure : and his soul revolted at the projects he
had half dared to f rn. The innocent ear.se of
hi- embarrassment e-.mld not avoid nn'i mg that
his manner, at tunes. - ,j change.;, ir.it -:
was far from -u-pecting ?!,<• cu-’-e The p<
trating "v *- of August? -aw fat'*><•?—,nd -ne
earne.stiv wt-hed for the arrival oi t ’harb - 'C *•
time- Her ir,vc‘y was still forth*-*- mores-te

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