Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-04-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
From The baltimore American.
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friend the frs, describing his ruin and irwin, d,tcc
ilons ABOUT his family, the two others written after
ne. swallowed poison. The picture OF his mind thus
ueo'sed and overwhelmed, is appalling. lie WINS
ihe husband oil an aircilonao wife nnd the fatbcr
OF SIX children. lie dwells with henrt rrndino
agony ON The wrong he has done them, md the
misery his last net Is abou, 10 inlct Tho letters
me introduced with some remnrks by the editor
OF the Bee, on the necessity OF abolshing lieens.
ed gambling houses which IL il well known are
source of public revenue in New Orleans II ism
disgrace TO the United States, that within their lin.
It's, Legislators should, for the sake OF revenue
encourage this degrading e,-for to license
ga nOling houses is 10 encourage il and TO weaken
the odium of public opinion. New Orleans, we be.
iievc Is the only city IN which they are licensed :;
there are, however, cities in the United States in
which these infamous dens are known 10 exist and
are unmolostod
U.e,ter lst0
Dear + You thought it a fortunate chance that
"hch alter separation of 81 many years, brought
US together IN the cIiy-no doubt it was pleasure
Tor us both, and have 10 rceret not 10 have sought
more OF your soclcty-but my evil genius has led
me through life, which is Far from your habits
from the day ofmy arrival IN New Orleans till
within one hour, have spent most IF my time in
gambling shops, for shops they are here, opened to
every body both night and day. The consequences
you may easily guess at: | am ruined, totally ru-
med, and given mp to despair
The first idea of the man, who, forgetting his
duty 10 his family, his friends and society, haa H.
bandoned himself TO the most delirous Of all pas
SONS, Gambling, and thereby lost more lhnn he
possessed, 49, almost in every case suicide
Sell destruction rs a horrible thought To devote
ones self to eternal tormcns to die the doa,h of
hopeless feprobatci not 10 dare ut the most awful
moment, to cast an eye above and mplorc forgive
ness, petsuadediha Justice prcclndcs mcrcy-how
tremendous but for me TO llye--to 1--we dcsDiscd
by those whom esteem and lovc--io live, nGer
having sacrificed TO n vile propensity the happiness
OF beloved and 'lrtuous wife, the well bclnq of
SIX innocent children, the good will of numerou.
circle OF esiimable friends, would he n most horrid
state 10 live is mpoSsible--l is true, Mary
IS so KIND, so very good that under any cifcum
stances whatever, | would be welcomed and ma
ny ofmy nciehbors, even among those whose
good nature have IN certain respects imposed up
on, would am sure, treat me as if still were wor-
thy of their intimacy; but that very indulgence is
the punishment | dread the most | have no, the
courage 10 so and meet 1t; | will not, cannot
Let me die.
If / have for shor, time hesita,cd on WIN, I
Mary is and how much affected she will be by NV
death and the manner of my death, nm folly con.
WINGED she will no, long survive mc-yct, her soul
pure as yirgngold, will be received by the Angels
of heaven us q kindred splrit-mnc, oh dreadful
idea, AWAY with thee ....
-Four Of my children IRE With their good aunt
Mdc. R'''t She has much 10 forgive nc but she
is incapable Of repfonchng them with the faults of
their unfortunate father may the world likewise
have the same indulgence II may be true. IL is no
doubt SO, that the jewish legislator wrote that,
the sins Of the father would be visited upon the
children down TO the third and fourth generations ;
but long after HIM an inspired prophet gave word
that each one was responsible, and aorc accounts.
bic for his own sgresslons, and II seems TO me
that the Rcdcemer himself where, whore nre my
thoughts running how do | dare to write my
thing about him whom have so long neglected to
worship i was claiming, Edo claim, the lndul-
gencc Of the world Cor my innocent children i is
probable my llttlc Alexander will continue uador
the care and protection Of those friends, who now
have him under their charge. My pretty Josephine
the youngest Of all, may live to suffer 10 undergo
hardships md all through my faults he'll itself
IS too good place Tor the guilty father Of that
charming babe.
And thou, holy woman, tiou who 2G years
ago, devoted thysclf TO thy God, and has ever since
spent thy days IN an hospital, nursing the sick
thou, who never forgot thy brother in thy hourly
prayers what will thy feelings be, when learning
his fatc-I thought could not cry tens have Ions
been strangers to me, but this idea, the lde, of my
hopeless children, Of my dcsoiaic wife, recalls then
to my eyes - That weakness must be shaken of
else would not die, and must, | will misefably
perish.
F''' prevent if possible, my name from boinl
echoed Il re-eehocd in the newspapers Inform Mr.
Fc'@ avouc ayocai, nj Rounna, that am no more
but give no details the Same thing to Mr.. j. platts
Esq Utica, state OF New Yoke | know he viii
take precautions no, to have my wife too abruptly
appraised OF the sad tidlnss Is friend aud there
is no better man
One word motc-you arc somehow connected
with daily press. Let yout voice, lie, The voice Of
your coIlaboraors nc raised agalns, gamblers and
gambling houses. Those magistrates and lcgisla-
tors who concur in making the plunderng OF poor
deludcd wretchcs n lawful business become The &C
complies ofthc pundercrs and, inn degree, par.
tcipators in all the crimes and nrfa ion5 deeds to
which the practice Of play leads both glmhIcrs and
games'ers An income from such polluted
source, for either the state or the city, is OF no
account Let them raise all tn; money they
want by other means, and not lcense crime and
vice.
Buta few days ago, poor negro was put to
dea'h-hc was guilty and deserved his fate, but for
all the world could not have followed tho Gro wd
who ran to sec him suffer. We arc strange beings
Il never witnessed public execution; the mere
though, Of i, always rcvoted me yet in n few
hours will do away with myself
How happier that wretch was than am.
Since he committed the fatal deed which led
him to the scaf1'old, he had time to reflect, to
repent aud he was told to place some reliance in
the mercy of Cod--but | De, pair of that mercy /