Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-02-11
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Il II BRa LIZ
/ singular - 9s1pHioH Ga.i- During the past
/ yeaT siKty-six individuals have been committed 10
| tbs gaol f1r debt and dliy-lwo for criminal Of
fences About half the debtors were released
within wt,h from the time o. their coumi,tal, and
'hire oltLe criminals were blought from Ne.
Bedford gao to be tired in this town There ure
now in gao onc debtor aud five criminals nplud-
+ "a StM Ura'eH Twenty-eighi years ago last DC
fio3't, tins individual SEA captain of New Bod.
/ ford. was brought to this town for mmelerina his
VIE aud afterwards attempting to xii himself by
cutting his throat He was supposed by some to
hive been insane and by others to have affected IN
sanity ia order 10 avoid the penalty Which the law
iniile's upon the murderer lie was brought to the
bar 10 answer lol the offence but he refused TO
plead and the evidence Of his mental dcrangcmcnt
vas s'iicent 10 induce the Judges after al exam.
ian,ion 1.-THE case 10 remand him to prison, as il
! would he mauie,tly unsafe for him To go ri arge.
Year alter year ta5 since rolled away, and the slo-
! ~ Tie murder has faded from the recollection
Of the community, until II IS .lrcumsl of lare
occurrence for any one 10 inquire after the insane
man.
| Twenty yours have passed AWAY, aud d.
| Brnley 10 stt IN his gloomy cell. A gcnernii5.
! have passed the enrth SINCE he WAS f Il iBmufe4
| within the dosoaio lis OF has pri4Dn hous ,
AID yet he II not permitted to goat l4rgc. Darn
! the whole this term, he MS nevlf been sleE, viii
the exception ola s2ht cod " h,ch ,stld linn bat
Two Or tlUee days During the slight lndlspos ton
he was asked II he would have physician
! " No, said lie, " don't bring Your doctors her
! Mature NUT "orh lis own cu,c" lie has ncyet
boon shaved during his long confinement; yeI h,s
keeper inform us that lac was ye,y clearly A,
one time he was nli cted by the tooth ache ply
| ipI IN, tI,,, L..
permit HIM tn enlcr the cell lol that purpose he
took the INSTRUMENT from him. and having fasleu, i
II upon his 10Th, he extracted it himself
! For four years past he has htdan inmate ol which
he seems very fond Ii is cal ut night She re
poses upon his bed aud great part ofihe day she
sits upon his shoulder. She cats from The som,
dish, aud he usr7iY, permits her dt&, to pal IN a.,
paw and take out the pierr she likes best ST.,
SOMETIMES couIes oct uG HE eel, bat scun retu4ns
| w lthout her he SoJh bceameS uneasy. IL Z ~
erdy app,a.s 10 be c0ntenled with las lat cAccp
hen The subject of the cause of his imprisou
nent IS lntrojuced th4a he winds np his story by
saying, an ready foI ulaL Why 10 they moi
ny Inc p
These some Of tie f,e's in relation to o.,
bradley. Let those TO " hom Goo rs cont mum, IA a
reason be grateful aud tcs ny thcu gratitude 10y
never resor.ing to any of thear stauuiauts whl.!
tend to dive her from her thlone.
Heehaat4s Rising Tho Mavor Of his city is a
leather dresser ths Mayor OF Boston IS nccban-
&c the late Mayor OF Washington is aprnter; the
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts was a Jour
n,yman prcssman, MI Bur.cs, n G. OF Rhodr
Island was blacksmith there are lhrec printers II
the Senate Of Pennsylvania, aud .iX IN thC House
and at least twenty IN the legislature of Massachu
| sets. y j. p3per
AntiQulg---An oak WAS recently filled, says t
Pennsylvania paper, on the no III side Of MuncY
Mountain, IN L.ycomlng County, Puns yaus
which was found upon counting ttr growhs, 10 b,
100 years old, and To have been mark cd by cutuns
instrument $50 years age the agc Of thc tree ben.
about $50 yeats. The n'heUcnt used IN msklt.
these marks, was probably I'd stone lsunu
ground into u shape bcafiU" some res nLl We
10 our axe, but much smaller ~ u. Ii IS aide,
that the marks are of such na;ura us to lcay
40 doubt that they were produced by such
cause
1Gs Uogto SGT lhrrted Five f.mal, S, sisters
have been committed to Salon goal. ona charge .
shoplinmS in the shop of Mr. George Collier
Wellington. ltappcars fom the statement Of h
prisoners hat, finding it very difficult to Obtain
husbands on reasonable terms at Wellington, thu,
committed the theft IN the hope of more easily Sc
curing mates II, Botany Bay,whcre, report say.
ladies' are IN much request London Paper
am Glad said missionary to an Inuiat
, chief, " that You do not drink whskcy but i
+ gticses me 10 find that your people use SO much o
IT. All yes" SAID the red man, and he fixed a,
impressive eye upon the preacher, which oommn
uieNtci ,he renroG before he uttered IT, d" We In