Litchfield enquirer., 1846-03-19
DEATH OF DIR, BRADDEE.

The Pittsburgh Commercial Journal
mentions the death of DR.. Draddee, the
notorious mail robber, who died last
week IN his cell in the penitentiary of
that city. The Journal adds
=" Until two weeks before his death, his
disease had not assumed a formidable
type, but then he began TO sink rapidly.
Up to this period he had steadily and We
hemently asserted his innocence of the
crimes imputed to him, but so soon as he
became convinced that his recovery was
impossible, he confessed his guilt, and
although we are restained by prudential
considerations from farther allusion TO
this point, we may venture to add, that
in his confession he has implicated sew
ersl persons who had not been suspected
of participating in his crimes.
II is known that Braddee's wife who
chung 10 him during his trial, and sug-
gested by her presence and the signs Of
aff1ction, that beautiful apostrophe to
love in anguish, with which Mr.. Biddle
in Braddee's defense electrified the
crowded auditory, had been unfaithful
to her vows, and married another during
Braddee's imprisonment. He was not
made acquainted with the fact, and for
the five years he was in confinement, he
was fond Of an opportunity of talking
about "his wife and children" He
spoke of them in terms Of warn, affec-
ton and undoubtedly his desire to re-
cover his liberty was stimulated by at
tachmcnt to them; even after he became
aware that he must soon die, he desired
10 be set at liberty, even if it were to die
in barn, 10 the end that he might not
die prisoner. But so soon as he learn
ed The conduct of mis- wife, he instantly
ceased TO wish for freedom. 1t was the
final blow to the poor convict, the unex-
pected thrust, like that which extorted
the memorable Ell tu Brute, commanding
surrender; and, poor fellow, he gave up
at once. He never after mentioned wife
or child, or desired to move beyond the
limits of his cell. The name of his wife
was avoided with an iron will, although
for the previous years of his confine-
ment it had been pleasant and hopeful
theme.
A question was a long time existing
whether Braddee could read or write.
in his last illness it was satisfactorily as
certained that he could do neither, al
though every effort in the earlier part of
his Imprisonment to determine the ques-
ton was successful.
THE ALL-PERvAD1Ns INFLUENCE OF
SLAvERY.-The Cincinnati Herald men,
tions several facts that must make us
blush as people for the subserviency of
of our literary men, and that tell no
f1attering tale of the progress of Anti
Slavery sentiment in the country. A
beautiful edition of Longfellow's poems
was recently issued by Carey e. Hart, of
Philadelphia. On examination it was
discovered that several excellent poems
denunciatory of Slavery, had been
omitted. The author, on being intorrog.
ated, acknowledged that they had been
left out with his consent. say ing that he
could not get the work published, only
on condition that they were omitted.
Paulding wrote and had published, in
1916. work that contained, on one page
an allusion TO Slavery and the Slave
Trade, as conducted in the South. In
1885 Is after he had become a locofocc
politician, another edition of the work
was published, the offensive page was
stricken out, and another inserted, de.
picting the evils TO flow from Abolition
ism! He was made Secretary of Navy
under Mr.. Van Buren,.
The last edition of Bancroft's History
published in 1S4l-'2 contains new
chapter devoted 10 notice of Slavery
in which it is spoken of as a patriarcha
institution, and placed on a footing &C
ceptable TO the friends of the peculia
institution. He has his reward, us MFR
Folks Secretary of the Navy.-Ohi
STATE Journal.