of the misery that consumes me ? Will you not afford me the consolatory hope that we shall make each other mutual heart, and a face bedewed with Virginia heaved a deep sigh, and pressed the hand of Eugenia. "Deprived of you," said she, "what would be the va deeply affected by the irrepa-lue of existence? Alas! will rable loss she had sustained; that amiable, unaffected, and becoming gaiety which had hi therto animated her charming countenance, was succeeded by a profound and habitual melancholy. Even the presence of her loved Eugenio was unable to force a smile; yet the tenderness and love she felt for him, seemed to have gained additional strength. She was never happy but when she was in his presence; and when he was compelled to leave her, her heart seemed weighed down by a fatal presentiment of her destiny, and torrents of tears suffused her lovely cheeks. the time never arrive, when I shall consecrate myself wholly to you? I know not the reason, but a terror, for which I cannot account, incessantly agitates me. The last words of my expiring mother are ever present to my imagination; 'May the moment which is fast approaching,' said she, 'be the last misfortune Fate has in reserve for you! Oh my dear Eugenio! if Heaven should not have heard this last prayer of the best of mothers; if I must live to deplore thy loss; alas! better would it be that I were to die this moment! Eugenio, on his knees, con such gloomy thoughts. He recalled to her mind the last request of the Marchiones, who had fixed the period of their union at the expiration of three month safter her death. "Oh my Virginia!" ex-jured her to divest herself of claimed Eugenio, when he met her one morning in the groves of Torre Vecchia, and discovered on her pallid counten. ance the traces of the tears she had shed during the night, "Oh my Virginia! shall I ne ver experience a termination "More than half that time has elapsed, my dearest Vir time to the enjoyment of them with increased ardour. ginia," added he; "in a few ruling passion, diverted his weeks our hands will be join-sorrow, and he devoted his ed, as our hearts have long been. Calm therefore, the effects of a too extreme sensibility. Our future prospects flatter us with the hope of a succession of peaceful and happy years; why then should we imbitter the present moment by chimerical and groundless apprehensions?” Virginia listened with delight to the soothing words of her lover. The soft accents of his voice insensibly calmed the emotions of her soul; and, tho' she was still the prey of me lancholy, yet the first transports of her grief were succeeded by a mild resignation to the will of heaven. With regard to the Marquis Spanozzi, after having deplored the loss of his amiable lady for a few days, he had so far consoled himself, that the tears of Virginia became insupportable to him; he studiously avoided her presence, and passed his whole time with the Countess, whose society appeared to him to have more charms than ever. The Count Caprara sincerely regretted the death of the Marchioness; but the pleasures of the chace, which had ever constituted his The three months fixed upon as the period for the marriage of Virginia and Eugenio, had elapsed. It was determined that the ceremony should be performed without that pomp and parade usual upon such occa sions; and the Chaplain of Tarre Vecchia was made choice of to give the nuptial benedic tion to the young and lovely couple. On the eve of that day which had been anticipated with such impatience, Eugenio conducted his beloved Virginia to the grove sacred to their virtuous attachment. It was on an evening in the month of September; the air was calm, and an oppressive heat had withered the flowers which decorated the rustic altar. Eugenio, enraptured with the idea of his approaching bliss, hastened to gather fresh ones; he formed chaplets of myrtles and roses, which he suspended on the trees engraven with the name of Virginia; then throwing himself at the feet of his beau tiful mistress; he seized her fair hand, pressed it to his beating heart, and exclaimed (To be Continued.) The horid practice of duelling having of late become peculi- || arly prevalent in the United States of America. And as so peculiarly the distinction of rank, and to so great a degree, that you were interested in his favour the moment he appear the Legislature of the land deed, and obliged to do justice to not appear disposed to crush his understanding without his the evil. I send you the sub- || speaking a single word. Joinsequent official story, hopinged to one of the clearest heads it may have some influence upon the minds of our present honorable gentry. WARNING TO DUELLISTS Mr. White, in creation, he was blest with with the most benevolent of hearts, and was in short, all that the most romantic can fancy of their heroes, and all that the ancient heathens could imagine of their gods. I am sir, a native of Ireland, of one of the best families, and have no inconsiderable property in that kingdom. I was educated in the university of Dublin, where my birth and fortune recommendig me to the notice of many young fellows of the first distinction, I entered into the closest intimacy with several, and was looked upon as a sort of chief in little every of amuseparty ment by them all. In the variety of acquaiutanse with the bewitching Maria should which I was at this time fa voured, I contracted a friendship, of the warmest kind, with a young man of quality, of my own age, whom I shall beg leave to mention by the name of Henry. Perhaps few men ever possessed so many qualifications to command universal esteem: his person had that prepossessing something, Henry had a sister,-poor Maria! nearly of age; I had another, unhappy Charlotte, close upon twenty-two: the friendship subsisting between him and me produced an equal esteem in the young ladies, and both continually dwelling on the praises of their brothers, it was no wonder that Charlotte entertained the most tender sentiments for him, or that cast a favourable eye on me. And, not to take up your time, Sir, Henry and I grew passionately in love with the sisters of each other, and, proud to have the opportunity of rivetting, as I may say, our friendship, we agreed upon paying our addresses, which were kindly received, and one day appointed for the celebration of the two weddings, to the infinite satis-gainst me; For ever hated be the fatal hour, No sun to shed its salutary power, But let ill fortune, all array'd in tears, Be doom'd attendant on the time a lone; The church yard screech-owl bode uncommon fears, And fright the midnight traveller to stone! Henry and I, Sis, had just parted from our mistresses, and retired to sup at a tavern, to take leave of our bachelorism, with a select party of friends. Two or three hours we passed in the most agreeable manner, when, unfortunately, an argument arose between him and a gentleman in company, about the superior excellence of lobsters and crabs. Trivial debates have been justly remarked to produce the most fatal conse quences,—this was unhappily the case with us. I saw Henry exert a warmth which I fancied rather too vehement, and took the liberty of hinting my opinion. The conversation was in an instant changed, and his whole resentment turned a he called my friendship for him in question, and made so many severe observations, that I could not avoid a little of the acid in my replies. The quarrel of friends is always the most bitter; things that would appear indif ferent in others, carry an additional poignancy from them, and a retort, which would seem trifling in a cominon acquaintance, is a crime of the most unpardonable colour in a friend; the very cousideration that should mitigate, becomes an aggravation of the fault, and the most striking plea why we should overlook an error, is : : constantly the reason why we will not. This, Sir, was our situation Henry thought it hard that I, of all men, should offer him an offence: I thought it equally cutting, of all men, to receive an injury from him: in this frame of mind we proceeded from severity to seve rity, till, at last, he gave me the public lie. There was now but one means of satisfaction broke up, and Henry and I left; the company instantly appointed to meet at the Phonix Park by seven the next morning, attended each by a friend. (To be Continued.) AS it appears to be your in-path of science, and nearly at clination 66 to hold the mirror up to nature," and to pourtray the foibles of your fellow mor tals, without malignity, I take the liberty of giving you a character. I shall not exagerate, but draw him as near to the original, as my abilities will permit, and I doubt not the likeness will suit, not only the person I have particularly in in view, but numbers whom I never saw. It was in the year eighteen hundred when the intimacy between Edward and myself was first formed, we were at that the same period began the world together. Never during our minority did any schism of a serious nature ensue. The world smiled on Edward, but looked with a lowering eye upon me; I was unfortunate, he prosperous, he rose with velocity, I sunk beneath my diffi culties. He still used me in a | friendly manner, at least he would have me to think so, but the disguise he assumes for the purpose is too thin to conceal his estranged affections." I matter not the manner in which he conducts himself, |