as t^b u " mxmj^fm-^^^m jd^t / hb f , fr i ft____l ' ' i a a a fflfc f jtv a ll p ii ilo a pi i i i salisbury n c tuesday june 17 1828 vol i ml i i'i rlatioii l ii.elan holv hum hi oppres lr..-nd win vibitcd him tha w-in m wkion iio'i'ki i w-.t.-w-i ii-vm w noil ol which ii wa scarcely possible he retired to rest that night hoping salisrur yorth carolina l,m *', ', that his mind should ever recover never to see the dawn of the folowing by r/.n allemono tv during ,!.'•• long season of gloom he day which was to brine him before ?. a tp f " 9 elegant establishment situated , . , , , i ' " ortin reading the house 1 „.,„„„■"..., i . ., \ ,,„ ii..i duems of herbert , .,„, was knife and lying down placed i unde ■ zz " *' 1 them a.ide is his left bide and 2 ol n lor ii orcompany the iiny won undoubtedly increase in his weight uoon it : hut ihe mini wis ***■" r k ?" 0 : * ' '' ,: * bow and i lection so itrong is lhedi.po.i broken and he railed of hi lion in man to attribute the depres rowardi morning as the drea.ful hou ....... ml if """ "' he mind ,., the influence of was fast approaching he tool ir * *;* i i mo no tb t ti 1 ■„,... ,, 1 ,.,,.. ... ,, - abl .' ' nolle all ul which will be sold re s 0 "' " nu ""' the latter tend only ter and having made o ni i j:cw il , , ,..- ■ li.posed of io increase tht lormei l rnm an in light around hisneck with thisht us equal i any in the pl.ee i before in h pin difference to relig n i iwpei pro pended himself succ sivelv on hrec '"*'*" i ' •'" l ' ''* ' * *' ; "-' tod oub , i . . .„., ,,,„,,_ „ l u the truth or heveliitinn vain ol them would bear him at i t.-tl in ly hut king thai could , in setting the door 0 n the rift ■ ' " ni»y plea • n i ml kind x wa : ■..,,, a„te.l ljible v beul ' iv "' c *'""' y c being lo»g enough to admit a i " '"" '"° natural consequence would be a full angle of the door he hei ' 1 !,'\ l ii ,|', ,-., . ri wynne acquiescence in all that it required himself and pushing the chair fym sa ... " * ' j 1 he folowing incident will shew to under his feet hung till the «' bilfc .. ti 1a i'liuix what a pitch of depravity he had ar ness of temporal death was pa l_ntwtaim\u..vt .„,,, „","„., a iiv.,1 vi,*,|.',.i„-.-eisii,g„,th.,l,-ie,,d u'hil in il.is ag,,„,/.i,„r sifiai i .. it ' t ' ' **' hi mentioned the clerk-ship oi th heard a voice say distinctly three tim 1 .» ' ' •'*' s cutlery and h ' »■•!•. •»«« < he i ■;.,.! the pre » tie over » at l.-„,i he i it , ' .,'■, sent incumbent might soon die for he though a heavy blow had been recelv of c l0 « • •"*" l r ' . had some , tpeclation tha lhe place ed upon is head , andaftersom n . ' * ! ; •"■ ' ; ul.l be confen^d on him by th „„,„., coming to himself he fold fzz'f lin ml at whose disposal it was thus the garter had broken md ik had i ll "' rf » vo1 ' '" l coveted what was not i..s ., and len upon his face with much diili ,„ zff '. .' zz'zzzx ibnttoo with the spirit of murderer culty he reached the bed and calling n leased te call i,k wkkhii ' ' ' ly of pre ' hut he at length obtained hi i ....... ... , ,„.. hi i 2 a ..,,. izzn , " , . ) . .',- 1 i ■" '■ 11 a i ... i i.-s nnd le desire rhe clerk soon dying cow as clerk and « hh it went all resolu s . j 5 „' .,, ,. *■*',. z"z'zf per was appointed his successor he i lions of self-n ler cowperw v'.xfkl-ih vtiv ll\n.\v v ut'i „,;, . ;.. „ " ' ' " ' z zz *..,.. iiciiepied the place without reflectingl mediately impressed with a sense of j t 1 '*, '*' "' ;''.. ' \ , *., . . i ' ' /'..,. be b "•" ""' zzxelz for a moment on the state ol his mind i his great sin and was driven event jtm i'h ! ■', " " . ' „ " ' '"* " ', . t,iiii,ii»i.iui-.iii„iimii which altogether disqualified him for despair although more nan 0 4_h=_1 : ibi method to inform , i j no ii ij/e of william cw/i . uny trust of importance : he wab more years old il was now the first timi ■■ ■' l "'.' 1 "' -'■ ■ * la,lel,il,i.i vi-s li,,,>n . every one must feel an interest in over of a disposition so reserved and that it could be said of him as of paul j e'icepi'xfpreve , ■ lie i for le un lhe life of the pott cowper by whose timid as to be altogether unable to behold he prayeth his friends ooodsandl dace intended i * *, ' ' . writings the fancv is so pleased and appear in publick ks then was op obtained for hun a place with lit •))".'.' *' l ,'** "* *" i 1 f " r *" "' , a jj the heart improved j and more panic position and dissatisfaction with the cotton whose skill in maladies or h,ili z.z v , ' '",■,',,. % ' -. '',' '''* '- ■'-■ '■' -. cb ularly when in him we new the appointment from another quarter snul and bodj was of incalculable ad at the iowesi rut of i i t'ariety strange union of shyness and ambition cowper was told that he must expect vantage to our poet while residing . i 1 ' 1 ', ',' ""' ' ' . .' of cheerlulness and despondency no fav.iur from the house of lords ;| with ur cotton w cowper's brother widmh cu an.'i will mr cowper was born in heartford but that every measure would be taken from cambridge came to see him ind accomn imion . ■ possiblo shire on the uth nov 1731 at six on his first examination to disconcert it was by his conversation the despair lru " 191 ' inav'wish years of age he lost his uffectionate him this put him upon the rack gave place to hope thinking a less ia ' ' ' '\ ' , '". ,.' ',. ., i im or not mother whose influence had in all necessary records wen at his com expensive mode of living would now philadelphia m i ravid i'miks been spared would in all probability maud bul his j'tstrac|ed mind was serve liim as ins health had i.e un i • ,, i t i \' \ • t " 14 1 have rescued him from that depression not iu a state for culling information quite restored his brother obtain 1 v lu r v.^l-.!\i\lm\l\yi-l\v , suni'vil r.un cot v of spirits wiich hung in a thick cl ud he now had his own covetous desire for him a situation near cambri-ip . « ■ t ,,,, ,, . ", ... ■ . i , ,,, ,, , t . rflllb mbwrib-r being to reiurn over his mind during the greater part to his daily augmenting borrow tu where after a threatening of his i v isburj mil z z '- i i , ' to tl s'ern partof , itctoi le of hit subsequent life it is n painful i .. publick rxumin-ti n !■• ; i l , , m , .,,. t b .- ,,:.- • k „ ri il .. ,, m .,"-..- ■ -.,.! next wint pleasure to read his letters written so give up all claims to the clerkship and with mr unwin in whose laniil ,., zz z z zz ' z ll z \. i ■"■ !,' i ' years alter her death in which he his resignation was like to cast doubt resided until his death which t k here he is prepared to carry gpraks i his mother with in ardour upon the discretion of his friend who place april 25th 1800 di/inr bu in of affection that would have done hon conferred the appointment the picture i have drawn is a gloo m all its varioi , - •. i ■ , , ,";„' l 1 '^ our to more youthful davs he compares his feelings every time my one but it was for this purpose :" ' ill be dyed any , thai .* „ soon alter mrs cwper's death our hc entered the office which was daili , 0 refute ihe imputation of infidcliu z z zy z zz zz..2 ' , ' ' ''■.' poet was taken from the family ind for hall a year to i ii uf a criminal ,|,, t cowper's melancholv was the cf finished nil a t » i ,,' sent to a grammar s.h „■!, where he just coming in view ol lhe gallows f ect „| religion we see it int.n - hres-es dyed by putt » , any col flail mi i was single out as lhe fit object oi he looked to insanitj us the only end ,,,., uith his nature and his darl t ! . ' '. ','." * , which au eldei boy might vent his of his trouble i-'or this he longed hul ,„ werr w hile living in rebel nn i .. ,,,' apleen so constantly was he har and his greatest fear was that his rea a g,,i n8 t god the truths of religion """' v '" ' m " -.• rassed by this youthful tyrant that he sou might be continued so long as ere the only balm that could eas ', mi -,,„\ \.,,„\ dared not to lift his eyes upon him not to exempt him from an examma his troubled heart even while amau ' ' , ,'„' zxzzz ..„.,. ■■ ■ ■ ■ h r ,,,,,' , "■'"," high than to bis knees : and he knew lion before the house seeing tins m ,, lin ,|, ,. vnut hf„l tyranny the text ail his i ,,,. his oppressor by his shoe-buckle bet would in all probability be the case he <> i yil not fear what man can do unto "'"* ' •"' t ., ,,,,- ' i v ,,„• b .. ter tho ,, nv other part id his dr.ss resolves upon self-murder as thc onlj m e gave him renewed vigour lb zzzz [ if ,"' "'* : '." ','',''*' * " *' " afterremainingtwoyearbatbchool alternative calling at an apothecii melancholy which succeeded his con joseph wood i , , , | ,|',, *,',':"",','," , .'■" . '|. .'''" ',','.'.',", ,""'' _'* cowper was sent to reside with an ry's simp he bought an hall ounce vers i on had main external causes to *■ mills occulist for the recovery of one eve phial of laudanum which he carried in aid the naturally pensive disposition ol snitvi n ' * ' " * which was like to fail neither here his pocket lor several days read ,,, , ,,,„,!. the death of his brut ji'sr received i'm nor in westminster where he alter against thc approach of the fatal hour ,„.] hia seclusion irom society wen 1 / . wards spent 8 or 10 years did been seeing one morning in the news pa mu ch against him to this we mav '"' jov the advantages ol religious socie pers a letter on suicide he was confi 1,1 his having too much leisure , . ,, "" : * ' '",.".,*' " ; i'noy.aa i r.inns tyj and on leaving school with classi dent the writer had him in view he private devotion with him seemed tu iv..rk hall be better mad ban mn in town ki-kimi hanks ' cal attainments ol lhe firs order he was so infuriated that he rose up im ,,!<,. t he place 1 active duty let rr.uii i ' '" ell ,-, . . \, . ■ ,.. ' was as ignorant in all points of religion mediately and walked hastily into the the impartinl infidel if such there h „ . . / t ,, zz z '"■■ as the satchel at his back field where he intended to perpetrak ,,,,,,. cowper's melanchnly from the r nl ivil p wil , ■ •, . ■• ■ b'elon ' io peter's between the years of 8 and 18coyv the dreadful deed after proceeding gth to his 69th year and then say if he ll '" - 1 ' ■ *■ ' : " »«• lea ., ,,„ .,, ..... ,„,,. per was often assailed by a depression ol ibout a mile the thought occurred to cnn t h h t all was but the gl n thai *"*" "" , "' " fhai.kv spirits very uncommon at so early an him that there was no necessity for hangs over a mind devoted to religion -„•. - ,,, v c april lit age the despondency was not how murder | he had only to sell his effects pnion | ,.,„,, u|xn ' '".","! ever without long intervals of cheer and pass over to france : and in case » ' 0 ',. „ , „ " , fulness and strange as 1 may beem ever means ol support bhould then a no , for a neinnv issued by the i ".- i - li ..... ,..,! the lld he waa now running a high careei nf fail he might by a change of religion hi 0 f north america in 17 - ' ■ !^; ,';■■'■* is > vice , as it respects lying he gloried in easily acquire a place in some cloister w j,h h the formality and anguagi i i,,,.,.i ,•..,. i his proficiency shortly after leaving without further consideration he haa bm ,-, thousand dollars was pre kind 7.m „, ' ', , westm.nster c svas put under the tened back but while preparing for hi ' „ en , ed , 0 , he , ame bank in i 8 l 9 , and u ' '* ,' i .., careol an eminent lawyer i he dis passage the plan lost all ppearance ol „,,.,,,,,,,., ' *" *. ,' position of the family did not tend tu practicability appearing even ndicu _ cheer up his naturally pensive mind ions he then determined on drown ,,.„.,,,. 1 1 '■ ' ' we u.is never induced 10 ai i ; ing having hired a , nch he pro " bee bottled when the b tl hck worship nor was the gloom which needed 10 the destined place but thc are wet it is never goud the hot hung over his mind in clouds grow na water was low nnd persons pies 1,1 ,|, , ought to be tv pcrfectlj d . uavih run mr still more dark even dissipated bv the which precluded he possibility of el a t he corks rood :,'.>■,. llut little disposed to study and hav driver to return and closing the shut , ,, , , i v ' ' ' , ' , " l mg much leisure time he spent the ters of the coach twenty times did he five torn or maple jar h.vi been .. 1 , greater part of it with his friends ihen put thc phial to his mouth and as often mntlo lhe present sea , in th lown ol wagon mis reside i london they sometime was it weighed down with an irresisii lyndon vermont beyund what |, sulf ''"'" vc ' <>' f ' induced him to visit the temple ol ble f hen returned he retired eleni fur tho consumption of the inhubi ,, . ,, ',; ,, . ", ',. god j from which by disposition and to his room and then prepared to drink i.nts of the town ■ 11 „ m ,„ 1 11 ... , ( , bocieiy he had previously been entire the p isnn but was prevented by thc — ly excluded the study of law was to entrance of a person in an adjoining suday schools u i estimated , v'wc l't",il v vv 1 i lima task it was commenced apartment grieved of his ill success h therc are on . mimon two hundrt;d 1,1 ■ lyn.l : ttrnngh the mtreaiy.il hi.latlier ; and and trembling wllh lear lit emptied , , , , '* re llre.d shop « i lonl !» . , / ater 19 year re.idenre in the temple 1.1 , and threw the phial housand children c g th i fi alihat cowper could h ,, was ., the ireet and assumed quite a cheer ■' s"nda school instruction in th ,, ''">*■ en constitution and an accumu ful rountenance in conversation with a united states i 1 ' . commi si \ 11,11 ik ul llll i.-iioiim is i i an aiiyca i where » imen li ive obtain d .. parliamentary or legi.l.ti , , . i im th ii hu a ! ., ' noi fidelity onini.i"e"le'.b','.,"l .'.'. '" ' i the port in i !,..., d accortluib lu gt nt p i ,,.., ,,.!,„,.„. , ' j )- lh v .. cries did not into .. u h.nds till lb r . ■•»•-• ,.',, "" wl "■''*• ' i'-"s married on the 6th ult by the i ■•■ mr.ste ic mr i a lb email i o miss nn i lark dauirhtcrof cul john ulark tlec'd vl.o m the hill nib lib ■ , -, 11 tt li „ in 1 - i missklvuia i henry g iml-dauicht , 1 i »' ' '- llenryi all of halifax i ounty v'irg