Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-02-04
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sell, there would be q thousand Get No
karoun, and go about thy business: ana n
stead of wishing 10 mond the world. frv =,
mend thine own mannars.,
I Ihus saying, the Geaus vanished. and K,-
roun Immediately awokc. After mu.:nv
| awhie on thr strange dream, he returned 4,
.nc CIT OF Bagdat, much wiser than when ha
ict IT. 1t 10 but fair 10 say he immcdia,ely
gave np has profession - beggar. and hirinss
nanscii . hsherinaa, became q much lnors,
,eslccssoie and contented parsonage than he
had ever been beforcs--.Nssc Years GIN.
Mrs E~snsef's rfsif 10 hSr husband N priscs.
The following Interesting extract 10 from
the memoirs ofThorhss Adds Emmett. h,slv
published at New York. Mr.. Emrnet was
brother Of Robert Emmett, who was execok
ed on charge OF treason. and whose adj
dress TO the court IN answer to the question.
what he had to ssy why sentcace Of death
should not beiv<sscJ npen Aim, will never be
forgotten by sny one who has ever read it,
Thomas "A. Ennnet was thrvnn into prisen
but escaped with lii,. te afterwards REARED
to this country, and Cor many years was one
oil tho most eminent lawyers in New York.
where nc died two Of thr'e years since.
"Mr. Emmett was row close prisoner 10
Dublin. and he says that he has a perfect idea
o. SIR Hudson Lowe AS the jailer Of Napoleon.
lie resembles his own jnler in . thousand
parucuars, that he can realize and believe
all that Napoleoa has dictated on the unIacl-
ing and rutiian department OF the Governor
OF 81 Helena Mr. Enmnct relates many an
scdotcs OF Ais iAprisonmcnt. Twenty OF tho
pariots were confined in ono jail--each hay
ing ssperste room. They contrived to aain
the confidence OF one OF the subordinate kesr,-
ers, and every night about ~ O'Clock ID was
induced to unlock the door 81 each room and
permit them to come together. They assem-
Died IN common ball. on each side Of which,
the cells were situated aud hero thev con-
vsrscd till nearly light. when they returned
quietly to their rooms. Their object MA
conversation. something to heguile the tedi-
Gus hours of night. They ssood up or sat
nown on the bare floor. and felt happy in the
enjoyment OF such privilege. Their doors
were locked alter tscan NJ they returned to
sher apartments mir. Emaet was At that
tune connected with his present vito, whose
superior character and ardent affections win
more than once appear in the narrative Of
her husbands sunerrings soon alter "a eon.
finenent to the walls Of the prison che wns
permitted to visit him.
The room in which he lived was about ~
ieet square. She declsrc,. when cncc nh
United, that she would sever leave Il hut
with her husband. Tho servants Of tho so-
vcrnmcnt ordered her III rrsremptory man
ner to leave the prison. but she as positivelv
refused. Force was not resurteti "a. bit 4
was ascertained that the keeper had order. II
she ever left the room, never permit her =
return, it being natural enough to presume
that IN opportunity oflocking her out would
soon occur. But such presumption was il
founded: she remained in the room for twelve
months, and left it but once, and then undcv
peculiar circumstances. Her child, then al
Mr.. Etnmefs fathers, was taken sick. and
dangerously I'LL Information was communi-
Gated to Mrs Emzet; but how was she IA
go? She appealed TO the mother Of children.
to the jailers wife, and at the hour or mid
night she let Mr.. Enmet out Of her cell, and
conducted her through the jailer,s apart
ments to the street. She visited her child.
remained till the next night, and returned br
means Of the same sympathy. Az she was on
the point Of entering Mr.. Emmets room, one
Of the keepers discovered her; but il was too
late. She never aysiled herself OF the Same
permission again. During her abscnce Mn
Emmets room WAS frequently visited; the
curtains around the bed were clsscd, soma
bundles OF clothing were put in the bed, and
the keepers desired to step very softly, and
not to disturb Mrs. Emmett. when afflicted
with the headachel'