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1Ekf virtue c tFr Deeds ~ Tiust executed Nv ff.. o.
- bsker 1ni wife. 10 the Subscrhefs one dsfei M 2 q
esy o bsr 1872 and ne other dotted The 23hay 81 Jat
ls@1 snd fetoided 90 be ctiss Office o rowht. r rur
poses therein mrrtiued, vel h~ s,ld o. d. bisrsf If 81
p"c enrs~h y the resdrnce of the saiI Mauatw BIKE
~ t'e lower end " POwnstau county, cah 20
COY o. Jshuffy ntSl, H far, end if not h, fs
dJ sJheent pafceli ~ isnd yns Poeha1n county.
'onanE % acres lyng 90 tie BuoknEh1m Road "n which
ihe .ad Mathew q. Baker fesde one containing 70
% acres, which conveyed ~ WIN. adam to the sad
btkrr lii containing 20 ~ fcc5 which "os conveyed
The said skef ~ Joffph ~ Dags ~ su, pofon OF DC
said iud wiit sufficient he balance nots drs
upss the ftd dsedf, with DE expenses 81 executing ft
trust Such tie afis ssitd the sublcfers wi b. frr
Wy 81 90 thc rurcia.tu. ptCuARD WATKINS TITUS.
WaL. 3. DANCE, tees.
Dtc,f 6.-vfSs
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.rnTErL,

IL peaions having open acrounts " IN The Estate If y -,
- btI' dec la'e Sadoitrof The city of Echmond III
rogue td 10 call on The socscfber f9 settlement 4. n 3,
expected thut a reference tothe hooks viii on,n he .+
have bad them posted AMI ready t. make ,fs
mems although It . desrrabt that greedy elo.e 4
ne administration should be made, yet shall eise re,s,r
PIE imt 10 these who may fall debt 20 The estate upo
GYMS bond iCf the payment thereof All those u-tfed a.
bonds and notes, are inio.ltd, ta Gt oi4i. sr.n.l G
'1's are very ugeutiy rtetcd, and ths, therefore /
~ compelled 10 require them 10 make edae pavps
Au persons falling T. cell reasonable tme may eSnset
hat legal Steps will be taken fof the collection thereof AN
persons having cairs sstust the estate, rfrueste TO
sent Them, prop ry aud legally suihenraied dist nsy b,
op1hed 81 Toe ut due, - enshle make
Went1 f7r their liquidation. Ny Office iu the CITY IIsf
where ihe Books and papefs VII be kept, and shce n M
generally stiend 4 ON 10 20 8 o'oork.
W. D. WHEN, Serer Of {, T.
aud Adn'or ct It6ht Bsi dec
t'ffs 80
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4 CITIZEN OF CULPEPER.


~ In last TUesday Enquirer, there ait error in
pof u TIE statement VI the dee isous of Che Geaeta p
Ia Tie case against HeHiHg, said that Judge Fd J
sentd from the opinion of tue Court lie did
oo"eutd ia lie Vpinon that the reosedins Chance
i'i "a YHeH'o", were e6r4a jHdie aud dist The emf
mace ~ TIE court 10 term time, Mt OTier.-rh mil
take not made by lie Pgnfer-tu by the R,norfr
he wishes Il to he corrected. $3.50 ~
u IL ruish'ns The let Of the Committee for Court. If
J1.i'c, all P'l Of King WIN. should have heea named
instead Of Mf. PJ!sfd Of X. \ O. ''
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$50 ,Iso BLANKS Blans.. { 2l.sO4 Tickets

CANAL COMPANY,

iSilSU Blanks, ' TSJ.-1o
In this Scheme, formed by the terpary combination
hloeis aud the drawing OF eight ballots, here will be 5
Pr'zss with thee Of the drawn numts on then Iossayh
Two OF them on $500 with only them on. Those ha
ing none Ct the drawn numbers then, being blanks
10 determine the fate of the kets IN IN. rne,
.e % hunters rom to Si Inclusive, viii be placed ia a
wheel on the Cay of the drawing, eight of them b,
OUT ana thai ticket having coubinaop the n. 81.
90 drawn nninbsEs VIII be entitled the prize of $4,000
Ina That having on i the Sd, 4lh ana 9Th, to s1o0o
Ihat having IL the fth 9Th aud s:h. TO :. 80,
dhsI having 81 the 5ih, 9Th and 9Th, to 800
! hat having ON II the 9Th, 7th sth, 10 s5soS
haI having on II the 9Th. 9Th 9Th, 10 ,0rs
nose tour tickets having them the 4lh 9th nal -
each ' '' ~" euo e'i,
Those six tickets having them the Sd 5,l and sh f'N
81, 9TH AMI 9TH; Sd 9Th aud 9Th; Sd, 9TH and gtl Ain
81. sns 1ihi ilh, 9Th and 9Th, each - '' xn,
Those ten tickets having tem the Cd 9Th aud -,, W.
2h 9th and sthj I'd 9Th and 7,h 3D. 9Th and All, IN
lih and ethi ST. 18th and 6ih Sd It'll ana 9TH: s Ain n5
S'li 80 ID, a'h and 9Th Sd, 9th aud 7Il,. each go
iEose ten tickets having The the Cd al and At.
3D. 81 aud 5hi I'd, Sd and 9th; Cd Sd and 7tI: 81 al
sd sih "a, 4!h aud 5hj 2J, 18th eth; 3D. Ar aud
7tii I'd, 4,h and stI; I'd, 5:h and 9Th, each GA,
All others with three Cf the drawn numbers on them
being 2ON each -'
Those 40 tickets having ON tb.,r tn ., r. @ -, III
uruiber each ~ vac 's' - - u'a"h
Hoae 40 tickets having lhem the 81 and 4th each
nose 20 Ia kets having il.eu the 9Th s. sin each -.
b. nL o tiIAets naVIng on them the 9Th and 7th or
All ot aar ' Win es stIn ot ~. -, is
i05e,) each w. "e'ns
And all ticket, having only ofthe drawn number,
on, (heIns 82s01 each
No ticket having drawn a prize Of .up,..r ,,o,io,.
can ne emitted To an inferior prize.
payable 40 days ali eT the drawing, aud sub 10
usual deduction OF 10 per tent " "t~e
u Tiekets y Shares IN the sbove o,,sr, %, It,. G
price 80, utiA Thursday the 18th INST. -NNNE's
F.ATES q .u'LN'I'YRE, Managers.
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sme nf Decree II Hanover county court prouo,c
= Ell tie 2lth VI Noyeubef 1877 will hr sold a, ,t
auction On The stAlondsy OF February, 1923 heinz uenriro
caut DAY, the Slaves belonging to sham Bu rh 81 -
's,ms o. "ome" sud child. PETER BUH, H. Aatl
Os''o' 6@-sy5-+
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II fEIfALE SCEOOL-

a iE.ff.4LE SCHOOL,
STtAILL he opened, ny residence the II Of JshIr
w ny, 1929 All branches, pertaining good sipaie
Education, will lie taught, III such maDn6r, may tend 10
confer on The pupil the greatest amount Ct real aud rIas
Tuition, Fer annun', so
Boarding IN my faulty, eTclu,ive of bed, aud paya
bic seWi-snnuslly 10 advance, ~
Dec. e. f0-.c.e
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VIZ P"b'e aye itsPcily ini1rmed, that Wt have m iIs
o yTty considerable and txpsn..e irnproyen,e.t, ;n
f-'tablinsn ard ,s "ow prepared TO h,ah At ,hon no,
able P'iees, a"d equal IN qusldy - auy imported
H. HAXALL. X CO.
a''t-e' s-fa
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u The Capital Prize TAousaIa IoI.a5s a. ,,-
,o eghSms OF the Dismal Swamp Canal Lottery, wa, ,,
"a whole Ticket by MessTs ohens this MAC 10 - a.
Itn'H ct Cumberland county, Va and quater Of a.,
co. "S.'aS D,ItGr FTisewas sold by mr. Henry Whvtc
Richmond, IA. Dec. s. 1897. 50 :,
RiehAaOnd Races O9er tie Tree Ri0 CV,,T.,.
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HERE az open 10 Subscribers until the fst OF jan
sweepsakcs:- s
Isl Sweepdake lor colt. and fllie,, years old mr.
piins TO next fall mile beats entrance $500 half fo,
iet-to Which there . suhscTihers.
"a Post SweePsakes Tor collie and heS years old n.
ping to Faa next 2ring Ellie hests entrance 29O
foi tent" which there aIe sutseI ibers.
o. Produce Sweerstakes for colts aud hlies dropt
ping 10 run spring fGSI mile heats entrance 800 L.3f
iTicii--io which there 9subscfbeis
4h Produce Sweepstakes for colts and G;es dronf .s,
sptins t. fall 1891, mile heas entrance 5000 baf M
'el Ito which there now subsoiitess.
Any dtsouB subscribe t. the above stsks
Richmond. J. M SFII,rS -
Tree Hill, Dec. g. 1877 Co
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Gen. ANDREW JACKSON.


Nashville Inn, November 18Th. 1927.
Dear Sir: Your letter of this day has been re-
celved, and hasten 10 answer IL. The statement
to which you aliude is wholly destitute OF truth.
| was not in the Senate Chamber or Apu-Chsm-
Der in the year 1919. My Aids de Camp were
General Call and Captain Easter The former is
sill living and will satisfy any person who will
enquire OF him, that the statement is untrue A.
10 commodore Decatur and myself having such
conversation az stated to have taken place il the
anti-chamber Of the Senate; Ne never fbad such
conversation there or elsewhere Com Decatur
and myself were friendly at all times, aad no harsh
or unSind expressions passed from one 10 the
other 30 far from my visiting The Senate Chan,
Der, was invited to do so by several of The
members OF that body, declined doing 30 ssd
assigned my reasons Tor my conduct.
AIN very respectfully,
your most ob't servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
The Honorable T. Grumpy, Esq.
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Ne} virtue OF Deed o. Trst executed 6y c 6alss
~ Irving. II The county Of buckingham and Of record
The cltik uce Of Said eoUny, arug date the 7h dsy ~
HAY a.i To- the purpose Of securing the payment Of eerts
Of money tsrcn utouod, shall the 2<th Jsv
Of Nov next at the panson Of fhe sad living l,ng uoi
James Ryrs the county sflresaid sell or cash toihs
highest bidder all Of the u and OATS made On th
said plantation the present year. AMI the shdsy Of pf
ntgt The residene Of The fad Irving shall, ~ k4
manner cell The crop of and cats made there during
YEAR Is trustees shall sell such tile unly ve,ted w.
PEYTON HARRISON, THUS
NELSON FACE, teos.
o. 6a-fIa
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TRTTSTIIiE- ~ s 81 4

gSK virtue OF Deed Of Trust, rom the late John w. An
~ bearing date the i4h dey Of March, e27 and duly re
corded IN the county Of Hanover, the suisse her sole
Ttuce, ibeing thereto required. provided by sai
Deed will proceed 10 sell, for ready money, The Psntaon
IN Hanover called Woodbury., Thursday the roth dsyf
January s29, the next fair day thereafter crops Of
tobacco, fodder, Nc made The said pansou tse
'acsi to The said plantation may be found snbsced IA
the Deed Of Tfns on the day succeeding t. sale Woa-
day. The uheIbtr acting under the aforesaid Deed Of T1u
land heing thereto required afo eEid will
o cash. Ensto, the late residence Of toe John L.
lar ~ ianover, Che foo~ins Slaves 20 Henry, Toa
bfisicr Epkrsm, Harry, Robin John WilsoB Lucy
key Lucy, Norrll aud her children Bob, Kitty Hsnnah
Nancy aud Ioll Nancy and her ohidfen Betsy Anna anil
Dehnsy anl her notes-e " any, since tie execution
Deed; asD two Iur". four mules, egh cows, Wii
hteT also suudy Articles IL household aud kitchen
allure, 'undsy books aud a the plantation ueus beiOsjfr
The sa plantations lists schedules Of which snsst
10 tie said Deed aud duly recorded. WIN. ANDERSON,
Trustee.
Dee. s. G2 -wam l2stslas
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L refsors having ugains the ksisie ~ HiclsN
i will please pfefnt thef hcropnfs fbe
rrors OF he SAID Bichad tugheand al thcse inde H.
90 the ai estate tequcftcd 90 pske immediate ss
Oh me flniarfafots. WIZ. HUGHES.
PLEASANT BOOTWHIGuT.
Dec. a. 02-wfus
n FEJJHLE TEfCHER TV.4VTEU.
Wish n employ ssgle Lady, o take oharre i selon
Ia NY family sbich, ncriiHg few hgaiden, lni
anGt about twelve Scholars. one who ths
urlth I,ugu,ge Gtanusdcaliy, GtcF phy, Eeediesenk
swing istnuf sud Musissiii nse With ercnutas sofst
mailing aapifcstiou o. The uafcrihrr Ncrr need arf,
'rs ssusfsel,y tcstmouits % Der quai6ea,ion f,
'u-ri JERE. com.
s.uihfrp'on N, pee.e. es-wfw
afA 81 10 au Dsfftefr attend tuisil isin n ~
vicwil, ~ K'chla1i. snl'e would be ptstffc'
sirl rs r5t.calaIst 90 raLuEfr vi. WhLrfhtr.
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MEETINGS

We have the MS proceedings Of The jackson
meeting In Greenbfier county; MIR. William Smith
IN the Chair. Lswisburg, where il was held. was
The town IN which Mr. Clay had public lnner. &,
made bis Celebrated speech. Our currespondest
writes US, that both an Adams and Jackson
meeting were held Oh the saale day the ..last de
cided) the laTgfs." The Jackson meeting an.
pointed Nlessrs William Smith (lae member OF
Congress) John Bowyer CsljM eli and Or. Eu,h
Wilson special delegates to aUesj the Legislative
Convention. The adams meeiing, Mr. SaInp.
son Mathews IN he cha.r,) appointed NessIs.
Ballad Smith (loTmsT member oil Congress) Lew
IS Stuart, William Il. Caiwell, Cyrus Csrv. Jcb,
a Forth, Colonel James M'LaugbiIn, p II We
tbettd, Joseph Anderson aud Samuel M'Clupg.
Delegates 10 The Adams Couv cation. (SoiDe df-
ference IN the numbers, The Jackson people an
point dspu les; The Adams TO The Council
oil FIVE HundfeiD
An Adams meeting was ed at Wsrren.on, in
fauquisr county, on tie Goth ut. the first DIV Of
the November Quarterly Court sir =. Smith
in the Chair,) and appointed Messrs. John p
Smith, Aldridge James, Jobn Z. Philips, Robe,,
Rand ilph, Joseph Thompson, James X. Marshall.
Armisiead Blackwell, Thomas l.. Moore Tboma-
Turner John b. bowman, Thomas Marshall and
Lloyd Noland, (weVs menbtrs!) Tie War.
'enion Gazette states, that this meeting was at
tended By about J 10 persons; and 90 the same d,y
meeting 10 favor OF Gen. J. " mustered, abon,
Since writing the above we have received the
official Proceedings. We are informed, that in =
Stead OF l25 persons only attending the Jackson
meeting at WaIeBtoa there were about 800
that whilst the Committee were out preparing the
Resolutions, 200 Of the meeting subscribed their
names as friends Of Jackson, and the rest of the
meeting were deprived Of 40 opportunity to sub.
scribe by the return OF the Committee. The
meeting appointed Gin addition 10 Tie Senator Of
tie District, aud Mr.. Kelly one Of the De!ega e.,
the following deputies - attend the Legisl.tiyt
Convention, viz WIism Skinker, Joseph Chi.
Ion, ". Il Smith, Whiting Digges ,Inman Homer.
Francis W. Brooke, w. +. Philips, J. S. IIoretf
and David James, ii Dembsfs
IL gives Us gresi Tlsassre 10 lay before the pub
lie, the following extract Of letter from member
OF Congress TO biz friend IL this place. We have
long know that lev men were more attached 10
principle, o. mole disniefestsd iLau hIr y. T. |
Barbour. lie has never, on any occasion, permit
ted personal considerations 20 Induce him 10 be |
come the instrument OF sChisn or dissenion aulonr
'bs party who acts8 wIsh hm on Principle; nor
has be ever suffered ambition TO blind him TO the
Interests Of HE country. Twas the repubHcanisro
81 lbs feeling aud PRINCIPLES Chat induced han on
many OCCASIONS 10 yield every thing 20 the rub. I
ici VIII Ills course a. me1lye, ol the I.seis.
. lure; The sacr fees he made q se.ye bis con.
uenis IN That capacity, aal ia i,s sill mois
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REsrERcAY, the II oil ID. did not III an hour.
Tor want OF business. Several petitions were pr -
ssh'ed ana REFEREED 90 be noticed in our next
MI Atkinson made an uH@J cessful motion To re-
duee the period Tor the reception Of petitions rom
gyteeH TO ten days. On motion Of Mr. Jones Of
Pendieion, an inquiry was directed into the exps-
Jisncy Of making appropriation for opening The
road irom Stanton 10 Pafkersbgrg- and on no
uoh OF Mr. Chalmers Of calling the debts due to
TIE Literary Fund b. individuals, and other wise
lnyeslIng them.
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THE GRAVE.

I Mankind, without exception, are
Fastening. with rapid stride and uad e.
waiting step. " to the house appointed
for all living" This Is :he place of
rendezvous where all these travellers
meet-this, their common resting
In'ace.. But to the living, the thought
is dreadful, as the fate of at last re-
c|ining there is certain,
The knell, the .hroud, the nnattock, and the
| geove,
The deep, damp vault, the darkness; and
the worm -
These are objects which often fiji
u mind with terror and dismay! un-
nerve the strongest, and unman the
most daring. Well may they terrifv.
when we consider whittier death leads.
and what its precursors "a hectic
cough, with its atteHdant fush2-a slow
consumption, preying on the vitals--
a burning fever, drinking up the blood
= and the direful plague, betukening
sure and sudden dissoiution--are often
its dread messengers. All! then tho
laugh Of mirth--the gay and festive
circle 1.-THE oft repeated round of un-
satisfying and unsubstantial pleasures.
are shandoned for ever and, in their
turn succeed-.the dowscast iook---the
'pallid CONFERENCE.-The meag,e as
pect--tlse hcslIess hand and check
sure ihdices Of time almost departed.
and Of death at hand.
Such its preculsors-and whittier
does II lead ITO the sepulchre,that
universal dwelling place of man.
Here rest the rich and poor togeth-
er: Lazarus as much exalted az
a Dives-..a Dives AZ low laid as a
Lazarus and he whom Torture
led to The worlds conquest. and am
biti0p to weep for more worlds to
cor qher, now rests in no softer btd
than the inhabitant Of yon poor cot-
taec, who pined in penury and want,
Ilt void Of honour, glory, wealth, ,and
power, and sunk to rest unwcpt. for
cotton, or perhaps unknown, Tic
same cold clay. their commou wind
ing sheet-.the same sepulchral worm
now banqucts on them both, uucon-
'cious of the statiops they once oc-
;upied.
Here kings and subjects meet.
The proud and lowly--enemies and
friends, all on one comnen level.
The Winds breathe alike on all thclP
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:, ~ ~ =. odtt.rdny Morning, Febrwarv 40. 1872.

70 short time. so far restored he,
~ ina, she was soon able to do a eooe
u uays %.0s work. s, l can cheerfuIIy recon ON.
"e"'1 ptg, t Hrdicine TO the public.
: rHlLO JUDSON. Pastor Of The
{ a.. Church in Ashford, (Cono.)
SsAtord. Sept. a5, 1924.
fsr sa!e Wholesale and Retail bv
IT,: nr, u Il; mLLINGHAsT, Provi.
iy' Hsnce' and sold BY Druggists genera
Ian. 6.
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| approaching which shSll give him rest
snail he cover then before the days o
ms second childhood come, and b,
weakened by mist. rtune When in nos,
ess'on ofheslih and strength, at the ze.
NTH OF manhood Shall one little in
cldent un-string his nerves, or a reu;.
ttion Of it make him faller. Wbat
are we even in our most prospcroo.
day'-tbe brightest morning gives place
to night, and the happiest hours pass
away. Fortune rolls by us, we grasp
the shadow and find that il endureth
not: Fame, that painted skeleton, that
syren which lures US from the paths of
peaceful life, leaves Us at the tomb
and sheds no halo where the soul rests
4 he poisoned cha'ice of Love, is only
asted to palsy the heart, and IN AXE eve.
y succeed pg moment less happy than
he last. Every passion is aroused but !
o sting us--but these things are feet. !
ng and pass away they should only
trlke the root deeper in the ear,h and
make the tree more firm :; the bias,
adversely should make it more hardy
nd call ont its dormant energies.
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NO. 51.

d tInguish. now seemed as it were to tri.
!. umph over all and in the very bonr
d when il was the turn Of The more hate
fullqualties to have unco ontrolled sway I,
when every induccment, even the opin
ION Of the world Of that world by
which she was abandoned. was in favor
Other deserting the man she was inn
PEELED by the unaided, irresistible pow.
er Of her affection, to csmfort him ia
| his helpless wretchedness. to strip her
|sef sf oil that she possessed to frrnisfx
him with food and such aid as might be.
stead him and this too for man
whose claims upon her affection. If they
could have been estimated. were pro.
badly Gas such mems claims mostly are)
less than that which he would have
had upon brute devoid Of reason T
knew that most females know no limits
IN their exer'ions for meu whom thev
love; and that this should be the resuIt
of sincere and ardent and pure at.
tachment, excites no wonder; but that
woman divestcd Of all the most estiA
mable attributes Of her sex; degraded ia
mind and in person. regarded BY the
better part Of society as an anomaly !
a monster, belonging to neither sex but
the reproach Of both that she should,
in the depth Of her humiliation, practise
in one instance at least. the same devo
ed virtue which would have added dig
nity to the most exalted of women that
'he should do this with disin' crested
,ess which admits of no doubt. (for the
,bject ofhe- love was wretched Grim
nal, whose days were numbered, and
vhose name was welded to. contempt
md disgrace,) this it is that excites my
si adjustment, and the highest venera
ion for the passion which can work
uch wonders.
he treasures Of the deep are not so precious
Is are the concealed comforts ofa man
locked up in woman i,vt
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THB CONDEMNED CELL.

l LIZ
There are tragedies in real life which
but for their every day occurrence,
would penetrate men 3 souls deeper
than all the fabled woes that poets ey.
eryet rhaeinel. do not a.lude to the
consuming or broken hearts which one
meets AT every turn, which are either
masked by their owners pride or pass
nnheeded by the selfish short sigh led. .
ness OF the million, bit of those pub.
lex and notorious spectacles in which,
as on a age, the miseries of mankind
are exhibited even paraded. without
exciting from the behoiders more than
a passing remark sometimes without
being thought of at all.
The condition Of criminals sentehc cd
to Imprisonment or death, is of all 9th
ers he most heart sickening. Every
feel'ns of humanity rcvons ut the de-
graduation 10 which these human being.
are exposed and, putting aside the
enornity of the cr,me, il is impossible
to contemplate men in this condition,
without sensations ofthe deepest pam
and humi iaticn. Few persons visit
these abodes Of wret"hctlness and il i,
perhaps well that they do moi. Little
good cah result from the spectacle
is indecent 10 gaze upon sorrows that
cannot be allevia,ed- -aud as for the
benefit Of example, always strangely
over fated--what, can be, the force Of
example from persons whom imprisnn-
ment, and suffering. and conscious help.
lessEess, have reduced 10 condition
little above that Of the inhabitants of
Bedlam, in point ofinteflectual power +?
Years mus pass before the impress
ions which visit of this kind has made
upon my mind will he ob!iterated. The
ap pearance of the build ng, and the en-
trance to the prison, form srccession
of horrours, the gradual increase Of
which prepare the mind for those which
are to ensue, and are fit prologue to
the tragedy behind. The massy fas.
Jennings to the doors. the chains, of forms
and size as various as the crimes which
ill the heart of man, and hanging upon
he walls as ifin mockery Of the orna-
nents which are to be found IN ordina-
y dwellings; the thick stone walls,
hi ough which the passages seem rath. {:
n to be cut than built. cast chill up
IN the blood, and the respiration is
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