Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-08-28
ANGST UNFEELING PARENT.


| One of the mos. extraordinary and re-
/ voting instances of want Of tenderness
in father towards his children we have
/ heard Of, was seen in Remington few
/, days ago. It was reported that man
in respectable rank in life, who had
| lost his wife about | 2 months ago, adop-
ted the resolution of ascertaining what
progress the human mind could make
towards perfection, without the assis-
lance of any OF the ordinary modes OF
improvement and was actually making
the experiment upon his own children,
by leaving them to themselves in small
house in Remington, naked and hungry
and covered with filth. The eyes Of the
neighbors were fixed upon the house for
some time, and they perceived that the
visits of the father were very untrequent,
and that no other person ever approach
ed the door. The unfortunate prison.
ers, very unlike other children, never
were heard to quarrel, or to give utter
ance to any complaint, notwithstanding
the privations the neighbors knew they
must have been subject to, from the me-
glect Of their unnatural parent. Infor-
nation was given to Mr.. Pace, the acting
overseer of Lamberth parish, that four
popr children were. thus scandalously me-
elected. The family that lived next door
to the house in which the children were
confined, having received the fullest
confirmation Of their suspicious upon
throwing piece of bread into the yard.
No sooner had the bread fallen, than the
miserable children ran out OF the house.
bounced upon and devoured it in an in
slant and then ran in, without saving a
word in answer to the inquiries of those
who were shocked at so deplorabe
spectacle. Mr., Pace upon hearing those
particulars went to the house but he
knocked in vain, for the inmates were
too much afraid Of their tyrant to be in
duced to give admission TO friend. The
officer then climbed over the yard wall
and went into the house, = fere he be-
helda most dreadful scene of wretched-
ness. There were four children, the ell
dest OF whom was not more than five
years old, huddled together on an old
mattrass. The only covering they had
was piece Of an old blanket, which
was literally crowded with vermin the
room in which they lay was scarcely
approachable on account of the una
70 ida bic accumulation Of filth. Mr..
Pace asked them those questions
which were naturally suggested by what
he saw, and was told by the eldest that
their father sometimes stayed away or
8 days successfully, and left them with
out nprsel offood--that they never am
swerea the door or the voice of the
ncighbors, in obedience to his commads.
he having told them that he would knock
their brains out If they spoke to any
body. The wretched children were
then washed and taken to Lambeth
workhouse, where they are to remain
until the parish officers Of Newington.
to which parish they belong, take mea-
sures to compel their father to maintain
them, not by taking tkem under his
own care, but by payinga weekly sum
to keep them out ofthe power of so cruel
a protector. These almost mere dihla
facts were. stated to one of the magis-
trates on Union Hall. They excited The
astonishment which our readers must
feel on perusing this account. The
magistrate advised that the children
should be removed to their own parish.
as soon as possible and the officerx
should then take the necessary steps a. I
gainst the brutal father who has not CALI
ed at the house since Mr.. Pace took
them out of their misery. The name
OF the father is Gardiner)
Gen Wayrei,'s Stco,,d-A BeIe.ss
ON. paper says: eve have recently
received number of documents tend !
ing TO prove that capt. Cornelius Dun
ham OF this town, purchased Of Bri.
fish ofilcer's servant, at Halifax. the
identical sword which gen. Warren
wore when he fell. The sword is now
IN the care of William Davis, ESQ OF
Plymouth, Mass
DisgracefM.-1he Del're Watch.
man, of Tuesday week, says, an IN.
fortunate culpfit was recently. N .dIet
execution Of Che law of the state New
Jersey stripped and tied 10 tree on
The side walk of one OF the most pub-
lie streets in Newark, New Jersey
and there whipped and Iacerated. while
OF people, of both sexes were
constantly passing and re passing.
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