Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-12-15

(Froa, he Cincinnati Message Of Nor. go
Inv is rIuA rI0N AND PARTICULARS OF A
MOST D\RBAROUS AFFAIR,


An inves;i.suon " as vesterlay Inade at the Wesley
Chsp-l, IN tins CITY, "tHch 'ees facts oi the
extraordinary character. thai esI! - knaNnt cxist
IA Me history ct deprayiy, waaia l. t.eH..a ii ( IN
-...--,. w i.~v" nar ! - fl ,lent, 10
gre detailed account of tho ttal. III The evidence
which we heard, II reference the case The Secreta
~ Of the Committee Of Investigation noted down the
evidence as II was gwen in and will SION publish n re
PIT o the proceedings embracing all the important par
tcu'srs touching the matter when the public cal decide
the question nf guilt. relative the parties implicated
in The brutal cueitos which are said to have been per
pe'raiei
Suffice il, therefore Tor the present, to say, that
oumber oil persons, both male and icn'ale,- family
eounexions-a!l wealthy, ,nd hitherto considered emi
neatly res~ctable,-a we believe, members Of the
church. and two Of whom are aged minister of the
Gospel aud his vile, yesterday brought betre an
Investigating Committee of Methodist cle,eyincn in
this city To answer charges preferred against them ~
brother IN the church. having been guilty of such ss
both Of omission and commission fiji the mind wilh
horror bu, 10 name ihem
lobe as brle, as possible, and 10 give in a Condensed
frm, the facts adduced to sustain the allegations AGAINST
the accused, AMI which successfully cuntradlc
TED or satisfactorily dsp7iv, by witnesses Tor the d.,
i'ncet appears Tat, a. rs tic Sih Of July last il be
camc a1own - cs:'i peIs in the same neiuhhoh ,od
III this CITY, thai WDHaI amed Stibhs. wha was niue
~ fire gears oil. lying the house oil her son. Mr.
Sahnei Sibhs, IN 81 utterly miserable condition. that
The scene almost defes description According 10 the
bent beteah the burden u nearly hundred years was
c,nhnej BY lock and key in dismal r,un from which
she seldom allowed To escape among The most l,,ath
sone and dlsgusllu objects that the mind Of man can
conceive. Ii apr that she Brought & left ehor in
tile alley by, OF the plazzl the house. during the hea
Wy fall OF rain; and when different, times afterwards
che WAS visited IN the above mentioned by neigh
Bring and women. her situation is decribcd by the
Witnesses as being horrible 10 the last degree To usr
the anruaac 0f the witnesses themselves IN descrbin,
&ta WAC t,l,a I,ta,, l.,at, IL
mattrass, with no bed clothes fr covering hut rarred
qailt-her head rested on dirty, hIsck pow-her lee
bic body partially clad in ,at,ered ga-menis-her mat
ted hair completely filed with dis nsng verin; she
was welier!ns In her own filth. a when the vsiier
jiied her up such vile stencil from her bed and
nile,l the room rs 1t was scarcely possible II endure
When Mrs. Coppin see the wreiched crea.
tnre sie found the doors OF the house locked and
one babe her enter when She knocked She heard
Tending graans, and was determined effect entrance
into the here Mrs. Stibhs Law suffering which
she finally accomplished by going through ian entry
way" When the unhappy invalid saw her, she
sreicned her trembling arms toward Heaven and bles
sed God for sending her deliycreh She seized and
held her hand with adeathlkc grasp, and mpored her
Assistance begged that she mph, be sent L, the Po,r
H,cse-,oi her sifrings and prayed that thew MIGHT
DC aileviaie,i small girl entered the room and Mrs
CoppM inquired OF her who took a., the invalid: the
little s'rl answered 'nn51dy took Of her." An /
rsh servant gr came in. aud expressed great delight
that mrs ooppn had come 10 relieve Mrs. Stibm; who
ste SAID was abused most dreadiuly --bu, she was a.
frzid to make it known abroad
Tn subsequent occasion, when this witness visited
the place, the Po furnishing old lady asked her Sun for
an apple and told in reply that she did no, wan,
any. She alsj desired 10 60 the fire; but Mr. S,bbs
replied she did not want to go to the tire-,hat she
would only tumble about if she attempted 10 do 50.
The weather was then cold and uncomfortable still
the I'D lad, was clothed but in rags. Her dress was
gone from her knees downward and the sleeves from
her besm her elbuws. " hen her son inlaw Reverend
R'er Richards N, told that unless better care was
tsaen OF i,'s "a heT ia Law she would die he is fepre
ssnld 10 have ssld Let ne, die ,sea; she 10 old, and
has lived a,ag enough!v
Tie ssnn aR, the s,n and several of the dauob,ers
were repeatedly desired 10 contribute u the relief Of their
osnis rnoass -;hsf refused nd neglected 10 d. 80