The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-24


give up all these things and say Thee and dee,
and be a plain Quaker. Here Is her confession: :
| "Copentry, 6tA-I rose in good time to writ
to Priscilla Quincy, and felt in state Of darn
ness and encouragement about my language.
| but am happy TO say my mind again feels clesR
dare not draw back. lhope to continue in IL
| habit with spirit, ard if by yesterday week I
have kept up to il, and then feel discouraged, Il
NAV give it up. felt saying thee very dificuT
| 10 -day TO MIS-, but l perceived IL va
more so after ! sang to them altogether
on pretty well, but doubts came into my q
this morning; yet were | not 10 Pcrseve
should, 1 believe, feel unhappy in il. IA
shall | saw thes TO IL, in N0rwieh.@
| WILL / think. make ME lose all my dissipation
| character, and b. guard upon INV tongue.
| "Earihom, 9L..-My father, Kitty, and myJ']
self set out early thi. morning for NewmarkGL
| When was there, l saw Henry B; -
sensation was odd when saw him. for -
| to my heels and ran away. | thought ] -
not get couarge 10 address him in the plain
guage; but after collected myself, did il 81
| out much difficulty. How easy II has
| made to me. By what nice deIrcss | have
| tered it, but bell the hardest part is to q
l have felt the advantage of il, though .
| in a dark and discOuraging state II n
| think before l speak, and avoid sayim
| and also avoid the spirit Of gaiety and
| Now look upon her minister, and
wife and mother. When at sixteen,
my heart is in such hy-away q
think if ever i, were settled on Cd
would never, never fly away, Al
This thought she carried out in an
Her heart did settle down, and she, IL
thoughtless gDi, became of ths pu
best Of women.
Let Us pay her a visit IN her thrty-seeu
year No matter what the weather is, wet1
dry, or damp or cold, she is ready for Some
WORK Of charity. Ne1gats is not lar of. There
in ar. shut up female prisoners, and she visits
them. How they look, or what they are, We
may learn from the picture gwen Of them by
her daughters:
| AT that time all the female prisoners ia New
gate were confined in the part now known as the
untIied side. The larger portion Of The Qaad>
rangle then used a State-PrisOa. IL
partition wall was not of sufficient height
prevent the State prisoners from overlooking q
narrow yard, and the windows Of the two wan
and two cells, Of which the wOmen's Givisi
consisted these fG ur rooms comprised about
hundred and ninety superficial yards, into WIZ
. al the time of these visits nearly three hundr
women with their numerous children we
! crowded; tried ami untried, misdemssnants a
felons; without classif cation, without employs
meni, and with other supeTintenGence thai
that given BY a man and his son, who had
charge of them by night and by Gay. Destitute
of sufficient clothing, for which there was nd
provision; in rags and ciTt, without bedding,
, they slept on the floor. the boards Of which
were in part raised to supply SOFT Of pillow
In the same rooms they lived, cooked, and
washed.
with the proceeds Of their c!amOTOus beg
ging, when any stranger appeared amongst
them, the prisoners purchase LIQUORS from
regular tap in the prison. Spirits were openly
drunk, ana the ear was assailed o. the most
terrible language. Beyo that necessary fOI
safe custody, there little restraint their
communication with the world without
although military sentinels were posted
the leads of the prison, such was the lswiess-
ness prevailing, that Nr. Newman, the COVER
nor, entered this portion Of il with reluctance
Fearful that their watches SHOULD be snatch-c
y from their sides. he advised the ladies' though
1 without avail TO leave them in his house.
"lnto this scene Mrs. Fry entered, sccompa-
MED only by one la3v. sister Of Sir i. 7. BuX-
ten. The sorowful ami neglected condition Of
these dePraved women, ana their miserable chill
: Gren. dwelling in sIch "a vortex of corruption,
deeply sank into her heart, although al this time
nothing more was cone than 20 supply the most
destitute with clothes. A vivid recollection Of
the green baize garments. and the pleasure Of
assisting in their PREPARATION for this purpose Is
still retained in her family. She carried hack 10
4 her home, and into the midst of other interests
and avocatiOns, a lively remembrance OF all thai
she had witnessed ia Newgate; which within
a four years induced that systematic effort for
ameliOrating the condition of these poor out
casts, so sgnally blessed 5y Him who said. That
JOY shall he in heaven over one sinner that Ir-
Penieth. more than over ninety and nine Just
0 persons which need no repentance.
: The prison hous., reformed by her efforts,
The prisoners made better BY her c0uaseis
The whole land reused to the necessity of ame-
lioraiing the condition of criminals ana oi
changing their treatment. Government com
PEELED to act in this behalf These were the r.
q suits of this good wOman's labors. and should
she not be blessed, In the efforts Of human
benevolence, the Friends have always been
d foremost; yet among all their PhilanthrOPis,s,
c none rank higher than Mrs. Fry
What she had to endure. and how much she
had to labor, we cannot know. She ~itnssse1
the most heart-rending scenes. bat only 20 min
0 lister TO the sufferers. We select case she re-
o lates-that of woman accused of participation
in a robbery: she was probably innocent; but
the law doomed her to death. and there was,
r could be, No reprieye. She writes in her diary,
: As follows:
"Among the rest vas a woman named Har-
. riet SHELTON; very child might have read her
countenance. open. contiding, expressing strong
feeling, but neither hardened in depravity. nol
capable Of cunning; her story bore out this inn
preston. Under the influence of the man she
:, loved. she had passed forged notes: adding ons
more TO the melancholy list of thoss, who BY
the finest impulses of our nature. uncc ntrollec
u by religion, have been bu; lured TO their own
: destruction.
''She was ordered for execution-the Sc ntencs
was unlocked for-her department in the prison
had been good, amenable 10 regulations, quiet
G and orderly; some of her companions in gull
}. were heard to say. that they supposed she was
=, chosen for death because she was better prepar-
;, ed than the rest of them.
II
d Her case excited The strongest compassion
Mrs. Fry was urged even vehemenily 10 exer,
herself in behalf of the unfortunate woman
u there were circumstances Of extenuatiOn, though
h not Of a nature 10 alter the letter of the law
: Amongst other attempts she made one through
the Duke of Gloucester. They had no- secr
each other for many years; not since the day:
of the scarlet riding habit and the military band
at Norwich. How differently did they meet now
u on what altered ground renew their acqusint
e ance. Life had been tried by them both-th'
world and its destinations. The Duke OF Glou-
y cester came to Newgsts; and his former com