Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-07-30
Receipts first day.
Punishment of Aristides.

Receipts tirst day. Receipts first day.
Christ Entering Punishment ol Aristides. |
Il9 los fl Is. 81
in God trust. Amen.
April lJ--Receipts. Gl IS. 6li An adj
Nerlisernent ol a finer description could not
have been written TO catch the public. but
not shilling more was added TO the receipts.
lhey rush BY thousands to see Ton Thumb.
Iney push-ihcy hght--they scresm-they
faint--they CRY "helpt" aud ''mur,ler!" They
SEE my bills, | warrant. but to not read them.
Their eyes ara on them. bat their senses are
gone. IL Is AN insanity r0biss fnror--a
dream ot which would not have believed
Enslishmen could have been guilty. MY
situation Ia now one ot extreme peril more
80 than when | began Solomon thirty eight
years ago. Involved i'm debt, mortified by
the little sympathy which the public display
towards my best pictures, with several pri-
waite engagements yet tn fulfil. awoke, ~
usual, at iour O'Clock, this morning. NV
mind was Immediately filed with tn. next
picture ot my series. 1 irlt immediately, lis
1t The whispering OF an evil OF good spirit
but believing it To be for good, | called on
my Crcitor, who has led m through the will
uerness tor forty yeats, not to desert me at the
eleventh hour
May al have just received a LAWYERS let
ter tile first Tor a long tine. have called on
the writer, who is an amiable man, and has
promised 10 give me time. came home un-
der mingled feelings of sorrow delight. ankle
" and anticipation, aud sat down To my pal
cite under en- irritable innuence.-My brain
became confused, as I foresaw ruin, misery,
and prison before me. went on with NV
picture, and rcjoiced inwardly al lite effects;
bat my brain, hsrrassed and confused, fell IN
To deep slumber, from which | did not a.
wake Tor an hour. lawoke cold--the fire out
and went again to my picture.
May l4-rhis day d. years left my native
Plymouth for London. closed my exhibit
ton, with the loss Of ELL No one can ac-
cuse me OF showing less talent OF energy than
20 wears ego.
May 2l-Worked hard at my picture, and
advanced immensely. Felt uneasy because
could not give my dear son money to go to see
his college friends.
June 3-Called on my dear friend Kemp,
who advanced me some cash to get over my
difficulties. BY the time my pictures are fin
ished they will be all mortgaged; but never
mind, 80 that get them done.
June l3-Pictures much advanced, but my
necessities are dreadful, owing to the failure
OF my exhibition al the hall. Ia God trust
duration; but Thy will, and not mine be
done.
June 10 God, let il not be presumption
in me TO call for thy blessing upon my own
works. let no difficulty on earth stay their
progress. Grant this week thy divine aid
From sources invisible raise me up iiiends TO
save me from the embarrassments which want
OF money must bring upon me, and grant
that this day week may be able to thank thee
Tor my eXtrication.
June l5-Passed in great anxiety, after har-
rassing about for several hours in the heat of
the sun
June l6-Sat from two TO five o'clock star
ing at my picture like an idiot, my brain pres
sed down by anxiety, and the anxieus looks
oil my family, whom | have been compelled
to inform OF my condition. We have raised
money on all our silver, To keep IN fyom want
80 case OF accident. have written TO Sir
kobeTt Peel, To -, aud To -, stating
that have heavy sum To pay. have OF
Tered The Dukes Study TO -. Who
answered firsi Torncnted by -, harras-
sed by pubIic business, up Cam" s'e follow
ing letter
WHITEHALL June 16.
Sill am sorTy 10 hear OF your continued
enbauassments. From a limited fund which
have at my disposal, send az a com,ribu-
ton Tor your relief from these endorsements
the sum ol ESQ.
! remain your ob't servant.
''RoBERT PEEL."
June 2l-Slept horribly-prayed in sorrow
and got up in agitation.
The next was the last entry, made evident
ly Immediately before the world closed upon
tho unhappy man il ran thus:
June 22-God forgive me. Amen. FINS.
Il. X. HAYD0N,
Stretch me no longer on this rough world"
-Lcdr. The end of the Goth volume.
It's something to ponder Onto reflect how
the heart must have been torn while that re
cord was being made. How swayed with
fearful passions, and how gradually the bitter
sense OF the worlds neglect forced down the
bitter influences of the soul, and gave rank
luxuriance 10 the growth OF that desperate
feeling, which demanded the sacrifice of his
/ life.