The Polynesian., 1841-01-30
]. JARVES, Editor.
From Bcntlcy's Miscellany for March, 1850.
TIE LOrKSMrrIl OF PHILADELPHIA.
C.nllulcd from nagc III.

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TIE LO,KSMlTIl OF PHILADELPHIA.
~ Concluded from page l3l.
l AMPS rcjoiccd in his acquittal as one who
IN that the jury had performed a solemn
Nv faithfully, and who was g lad to find that
"a personal experience had strengthened,
&hcr than impaired, his reliance on the tr
mails of his country. He embraced his
Hujlv. as one snatched from great RESPONSE
! INV and peril, and his heart overlooked with
6anktuIncss when at night they were all once
Eorc assembled round the firesidc, the scene
n 50 much happiness and unity in other days.
| M vet Amos felt that, though acquitted by
| IL Jury he was not by the town. lic saw
| tat in the faces of some of the jury, and
mst of the audience, which he was too
Arcwd an observer to misunderstood. He
vshcd it were otherwise; but he was con-
| tsn,ed to take his chance of some subsequent
r,caton, and if it come not, of living down
|he foul suspicion which Providence had
! Permitted, for some wise purpose, to hover
| ~ time around his name.
| But Amos had never thought of how he
| las to live. The cold looks avcrtcd faces
| hi rude scandal of the ncighborhood, could
[& borne, because really there was some
acusc to be found in the circumstances, and
Because he hoped that there would be Il joy
u ending of it all at some future day. But
lie loss of custom first opened his eyes to
hs real situation. No work came to his
Ion: he made articles but could not sell
lem and as the little money he had saved
las necessarily exhausted in the unavoida-
De expenses of the trial, the family found it
6possble, with the utmost eXcrtion and
Economy, to meet their current outlay; one
Stticle of furniture after another was rcluc-
|Untlv sacrificed or some little comfort
1ridgcd, until at the end ofmonths of dcgra-
hilton and absolute distress, their bare board
uas spread within bare walls, and it became
Rccssary to beg, to starvc, or to remove.
HE latter cXpcdicnt had often been sugges-
ed in the family consultation, and it is one
Nat in America is the common remedy for
n great caamitics. The Sparks would have
Rmovcd, but they still chung to the hope that
Ac real pcrpctrator would be discovered, and
DC mystery cleared up; and, besides, they
thought it would be an acknowledges of
4e Justice Of the general suspicion, if they
&rncd their backs and fled. They lived up
en the expectation ofthe renewed confidence
b. companionship of old friends and neigh
hors, when Providence should deem it right
p draw the veil aside. But to live longer in
PHI dclp hia was impossible, and the whole
AmIIy prepared to depart; their effects were
Easily transported and, as they had had no
Credit since the arrest, there was nobody to
prevent them from seeking II livelihood else
Where.
Embarking in one of the river boats, they
passed up the Schuylkll, and settled at Nor
fstown. The whole family being indust'i-
eus aud obliging they soon began t" gather
eomoIts around them, and as these were not
embttercd by the cold looks and insulting
anccrs Of the viccnagc, they were compare
hvcly happy for a time. But even here there
*as for them 10 permanent place of rest A
sherchan, passing through Norristown, on his
PAY from the capital to the Blue Mountains,
tccognizcd Sparks and told somebody he
Knew, that he wished the community JOY of
paving added to the number of its inhabitants
ahc notorious locksmth of Philadelphia. The
hcws soon spread; the family found that they
Here stunned as they had formerly been by
hose who had known them longer than the
good people of Norristown, and had II fair
4rospect of starvation opening before them.
~ h'y removed again This time there was
20 lnduccment to lmgcr for they had no To-
al attachments to dctan them They cross
20 the mountains, and descending into the
'Ralc OF the Susquehanna, pitched their tents