Western statesman. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-1845, 1844-06-20

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L the apartment LEI4W. @ woman bad I.ad sI
, starvation Wa da.efnisd fa Iaamtl pos.
+ ..h.a. some further mfIcuIBfa. eight ~ tee
lsae.t NnHlaJ taps, doWu Wh.eh fhe walnf
WH faraHHF lI1u Gle .HuW without, when
..rffr mrt mr rfr surtr o. uuf readers may
3 have sfru Described DO fhr works of baaeG.
.nf Sue, nr rnmr other da.uaat1r Of Degraded
.Iie, bui Which We dj not suppose m1gll b..
found su near IHf Own homes.
The place wa d.IrI uIG au almost nfaI.
eWb.o stencil, caused hg the proximity ri n
vault NJ one cod. anI al fbe other from "a leak
~ drum, hY ihf filthy current al which The
floor WIZ flooded. The atmosphere, of course.
wa cold aud damp, although an effort had
been made to wafU it by plIHg up chipS in I
the centre ~ large open Fireplace. The
. only furniture visible was single chair, an
old water bucket, spruce beer bottle, and a
small iron pot Al the dry end Of The room.
I'm corner near The fireplace, lay the corp,n
OF the unfortunate woman, whose fate we bad|
been informed Of previous to our descent
She lay, as she had died sometime during the
night previous, upon the damp boards, with. J
out even straw mattra3s under her, or any !
covering except an old wooden blanket or ruf.
Tier head was without cap her hair DISNEY. ,
eIIed, and her face, hand, and arms very much =.
8lnacIaied. TWAS this appearance, combined L
win me extreme wretChedness around her
Tn'cn gave those who looked upor boz tho !,
aea tlat she died OF starvation alone. r.
lnqurlng for some body who could give us I,
ome Information in relation to the woman's -
ieath, we were directed to her husband. and
utter seeking some time among the crowd
VINO mad passed into the place, we found him. Il
lis countenance was the only one around us ,e
nat dld not wear an appearance of commits
ration or horror, but in his could be seen on
the most Impenetrable Stolidity Persons
'ho knew the man and his habits told US he b
"S dfUn6! that he was discovered in that CO
tate IN the morning, and had continued SO
nee. We questioned him, however, in reIa.
on to his wite's death, and found that he re
'uId give but vague account of them. She M
ID llVed with hln seven weeks in the place
which she died, being all the while sick tn,
e was poor man, he said, and could afford
better habItatlon; and the one in which he
as, his landlord refused TO repair. He tried
make the woman as comfortable as he
uId: he cooked for her, but she could not
1t; and he had bed for her to lie on nm
SIN or eight days before, when an individu.
10 whom ne was indebted trfinr sum for Gu
III, took 1t from under her. After she was pos
ought to the cold floor, she fingered in tim
PesS state until her death, which happened city
Thursday night, about IL O'Clock. was
There is little doubt that this sketch oave ton
nethlng like true account of the poor wo. +
MS feelings, but circumstances convinced Oct,
that the wretch spoke altogether more Mis-
bly, of his own conduct than it deserved Con
ring the whole time of hi, wie's illness ho son.
been every day more or less under the r
uehce OF liquor, and made the hole in pref
cn ne IIVed lodging place for the aban- a tin
Gu VI oolh sexes. On the very night IN ceivt
oll She dIed, MS companion was notori. of tn
glrI VINO had been little more than week Re
Vi '''e mouse OF correction. The man and the
creature drank bottle of rum, and divi. lutiol
not 'ie) CdIled a bed between them and OU
ck woman. That the latter did not find counr
arrangement comfortable is evident from sugge
statement of the husband, made TO 40. on tn
Tor some bruises and scratches on the ETY. Of
OF the corpse-that in the night she rot oppre
, ST. 81 by the fire, and owing 10 her weak. July,
leli upon some broken beer bottles. In. would
II is probable that she died when either season
or liquor had deprived him of conscious. ant Il
al mat ne knew nothing of the matter ofthe
nc ""oNe IN The morning. ranks,
+, poor women of the neighborhood, who semblt
'le uedIh was made known, came in to mem
Whatever assistance they might. m. in fave
"a me husband loudly for leaving them Octobt
mt oil his wifes illness, and for ALLOWING that 5
dle without friend by her TO saw 2 Thame
Nord' and as they most feared. witbopt
'nsoaon OF religion Indeed, sir" sho a lad nl
&c OF Them TO US, "the people he used TO father
'' nun "efea bad enough; but the "Hert
iea'ure that's gone, as any one NAV see. SHOW