The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-07-15
NATIONAL WING.
7 H E CITY G L E R X.

7 II E CITY G L E R X.
BIT MISS cArHARIsE NJ. sEDsEwIcK.
"A sisters love. dwell upon the theme
The ouly love on earth to which the earth
Has given no faint OF self rcgardful care"
HENRY WARE.
(Continued)
els il far, sir, asked Ruth, TO that place ~
"No; very short distance"
81 suppose, sir, it's IA prison 20
Eyes, house Of detention, where per-
SOILS are confined to await their trial"
"Then Charlie is not yet tried '-he is
not yet condemned, is he :"
"No, no; not yet"
"Not yet" struck like toling bell on
Ruth's heart.
"Your brother" resumed Henshaw,
."wrote to you the circumstances Hetold
you, of course, that he was not guilty."
"No, he did not say that"
s'He did not - exclaimed Henshaw, in an
alarmed tone.
"No, sir; why should he 7" she asked,
speaking for the first time with an assured
voice. eYou would not ask such question
if you knew Charles, Mr. Henshaw.''
81 do know him, and feel confidence
iii his integrty,-but"
"But, what 9-oh, do speak out"
81 only besitated because cannot bear
10 distress you. fear we shall have diff
Guilty in proving your brothers. innocence:
but we will not talk about that now. You
have never been inside prison, and you
must try and keep up good resolution"
Ruth did try. But when she saw that huge,
stern ediice, called the Tombs- when the
massiyelocks were turned to admit her-an
when the keeper, having been requested by
Henshaw, to permit the young person with
him TO see Charles Hathaway, scarcely noti-
cling her, led them along the dismal corridors,
with that hardened Indifference which use
gives, her heart sunk, and her feet moved
draggingly. They were intercepted and
impeded by party visiting the prison from
curiosity. II consisted Of two or three ell
derby people, two very young ladies', from
the country, full of pleasing excitement from
being for the first time within prison-walls,
the scene, to their imaginetions, Of SO
much possible romance-and their cousin,
young city lawyer, who acted as exponent
of the scene.
tBabe, the pirate," said he to them, lis
in that cell, No. 81"
ssThat horrid wretch we read the account
of, in the newspaper How l should like
to see him !"
tsThere is still more curious monster,
Cousin Jane, in No. S3-the German who
burned his wife to death"
oOh, horrors. And who can that be
between them, in No. 49,"
81 don't know somebody worse than
either suppose. Who is it, Mr.. Farran I"
Al r.. sscairug.
'sLetus pass, if you please, ladies'" said
Ruth's conductor. Our amateur visitors
stared at Ruth. One said, touching hel
cousins arm, ooh, Henry, did you ever SEE
anything so pale as that poor girl. Mercy
Do you think she is going to be shut VI
here 2"
ssNo, that is impossible. What limo
cence, sweetness and misery" Ruth's
conductor was now unbolting the door o
No. 80. The youngest of the ladies, i'm
PEELED by irrepressibe curiosity, followed
close enough to see, when the door Wa.
opened, handsome youth, pale, haggard
and sorrowful, bending over sheet of pa.
per, on which he was intently writing. She
could not see that the paper was wet will
tears. Ruth darted into the cell the keep
er shut the door, and rebol,ing it, said t.
Henshaw, cody, "You may call ME wher
she is ready to come out" Henshaw
walking to and fro, unoccupied, III the cor
rider, presented too tempting IN opportunity
to crafty the young ladies' curiosity; ano
their cousin being put up to asking some
questions they got possession Of Charles
story, and, what was far more important
Henshaw found out that the inquirer was
Henry Sandley, young lawyer, whose
very clever management Of a criminal cast
had, few weeks before, been much talked
of in the city. Henshaw gave him retain
ing fee for his friend on the spot, and Sand
ley engaged to get the trial put off till testi-
moniaIs of Charles Hathaway's good char
acter could be obtained from the country
On those documents, and on the testimony
of his fellow clerks, he said, they mus
found all their hopes Of clearing him; a
the same time he confessed the chance wa.
small, against the overwhelming fact Of thu
stolen goods being found in Charles's pos
session. 'sWas there" he asked, 'samons
the clerks, any one who could be suspected
of the villany ofputting the stolen goods into
Hathaway's pocket I" Henshaw hesitated
and only said, in reply, that there was not
clerk in the shop he should not sooner hav'
suspected than Hathaway. Henshaw was