The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-02-02
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m1RII,LING NARRATIVE.

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"IWs The scene occurred IN New YORK week
IA IeN INV, .,. beore tho Police Court, and is from
ow wv yok Ta,tJer-a paper remarkable for the
'1e . Nv. and power Of it's police reports. We
# "D mothers all absorbing love of her
'n,.n better described. u one can read the fol-
'",, wthou, feeling queer about the heart he
-. denond he has none.-.4rgus. ...a
n GENUINE WRErQHEDsEss.-A tall haggard look
n l., woman. very neatly clad, but with an air of
S yarn ont aentiHty about her. was charged with
r.r0, brass candlestick worth two shilling,
81. s,t ouar from the other prisoners. and appear
.Iu be deeply stricken with poverty and sorrow.
n ,,v,s evident, howe yer she took no nte IN
her present position, nor cared for the disgrace or
convenience she might be subject to- but that her
muOws had deeper root and that her heart (alas,
vba wretched Leart was that,) was elsewhere.
She sighed continually, but her ssAs were suppress
sod as she didn't wish them 10 be overheard; and
her ewes were red and hard will, weeping, and
she would have wep still but that she had teu,s
TO She'd She was beyond that. The poor's hair
vas loose and ragged, her paroxisms, her wrinked
brow and haggord eye gave evidence Of much men
\ tai suffering, and her pinched up, artenuated nose
mdchn, and hollow skinny cheek, told but too
plainly that stark famine had almost done its worst
4 upon her. for she was much wasted, that there
could bu! little further effected by the grave and
4 the worms iier dress consisted OF an old ta,tered
GOWN, and that was all; for the rents hero and
4 %ese made it loo evident that she had no inner
"A garment, and she was also deficient In shoes and
stockings. God help her. much ms we are used to
Heneoi poverty and misery, we did not think
there wSso folrn a being in existence, or even
that being could exist and be so,foorn. Her name
\ was Ellen Barclay.
The Court having disposed OF three or four tri-
fling cases, called Ellen Barclay, but received no
answer. "Don, you hear his worship calle" said
wnichman. Still no answer. "Get up" added
The wachman, aad he was about TO lay rude hands
IN her when he looked her in the face, bnt was
terrified with its expression of abstract misery. II
0%"|en' The wre'ched woman was wrapped in
4 f'H own agonizing reflections, and that she wns
a'aware ofwhat was passing around her.
Beng at length aroused to n knowledge of her
position, however, her fit of -ibsiracii gn s'rsook
\ @i and aie became kecnly sensitive, her coun-
'RaNce relaxing from its expression of contempIa-
0'e suffering, disirust, un6 solicitation. t
"Doyou know what you are confined for Elen?'.
H9uTed the Court.
lido sir, do" exclaimed the prisoner, clasping
Aa hands together, and looking rs nothingbnt
tFp misery and want can look, 81 do sir, do. 1t
Us Tor sealing little brass candlcstick; g. Oh God
-oh God, wish ] had stolen and got off with it,
"' fear my dear little Diclsey Is dead, that my
poor little Ellen and Mary are crying themselves
To death over him."
e0u''- You acknowledge then, that you attempt
ed 10 steal the caudleslick.
fnsoner-l do sir-kili me-hang me-do what
you like with me-but Oh, for Gods sake send
''ne one 10 look after my children.
.Ou''-"here are your children
imoNa-Gooking widlyaropnd her)--Aht that's
sq"li-l fear uisy are dead and gone forever
~, "'! ''d nothing to wear, nothing to aea'--no
y ~ "M on-and their poor mother in prison.
~ uOd' wish had killed myself and them be-
e. " came TO this-for then at all events, would
~rE 'R SRln with them to have comforted them
+ III" 'ney We're dying
ytu ...c Oof woman, pity you, and will have
b,i gu cannot comfort me unless you
v,,,s a ~. my children. The biggest is only six
d,v ~ a'u 'hey have eaten nothing since Mon
d,s ~ go quick, Tor know my babies are
n.,, : Ay'ng, as human nature cannot stand as
con Us ney We're called upon to suffer.
p.. aea'n ask you where we can find thor
bill .."', sir, don't know how to tell you,
eliza. , '''u nnd it out myself, for it's somewhere
as,,, " "a. They are in long dark hall, under
hs ant ""ere we have lived for fortnig ht For
mi, m. ~ me rather of meIcies, worship, per.
re,,n 60 and find them; and, dead or alive I'll
Her. ~ let you do what you please with me.
sn.o, 4' poor creature threw herself upon her
look f., ~ p'ore his worship for liberty to go and
sired II children, and an officer had been de-
man en,. s'ad her for thatpurpose, when watch
hsIr o.I' ed with an infant in has arms, and two
and bs trembling little girls, the one about four
coat er about six years old, holding On his
nshlnp ,o,y the prisoner sprung to her feet and
alive q =" the watchman, shrieki1g ,.Is Dick
ally c..a". Is Dick alive, she laughed ,hys,eric.
danced .t ps' The infant wildly to her bosom; and
&s form, u' The Office, and throwing herself upon
FINISHED ; nGa she took her other two hall
@snced lap"h i.s IN her lap, when they all com
Dug and weeping together