Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-07-29

know that old man. (God bless him,
and I know if he knew how happy
feel to-day, that he would give me
dozen Of saddles, if asked for. Ma!
, Gods richest blessings rest upon him
is the wish Of penitent man who hum
, bly, implores his forgiveness. This wa
, my first felony, and occurred about th'
,, goth Of May last. The saddle | ex
; changed in Va. M"
Leaving my horse in Va. | camt
home on foot on the night of the 25tf
, of May. came home at night because
there was a warrant against me fol
breaking the peace, by an assault and
battery. On the night of the 9th ol
May, leavipg home at night was tempt,
ed to entsr Mr.. Hudson's stable aud
take the horse'Sin question. On Tues
day following, sold this horse to Mr.
Greene, of Clarksburg, Va, for the sum n
Of forty.fve dollars. Soon after this
came home, made up the case of assault
and battery, paying seven dollars, BOT
some necessares for the family, settled
off some Of the debts had incurred
previous to leaving, and found myself
once moro pretty low in funds.
It was about this time that | thought
of Coun,erfei,ing little,not by making
lit, but BY purchasing that already made
at a discount. In fact wrote TO two
men in Ohio, whom | supposed had it
from what had heard in relation to
them, (wri,ing under fcticous name, J
but obtained no answer. Oil! that !
could have beheld then the iniquity of
my course as clearly as can now be-
hold it. Verify, "the way Of the trans
gressor is hard"
The balance on my horse was to fall
due on Thursday, the goth of June
| had not the money entirely-the a.
mount being twelve and half dollars.
How to procure it | did not know, un-
til Satan instructed me. On the nigh,
of the 22d of June, il | mistake not. l
went to Mount Morris, entered Mr..
Ensle's shop, took the gun in question,
went to Virginia, disposed of the gun,
came home, and paid of The note four
days bef6re it fell due. Noso, only, can
l see how much more preferable would
lit have been 10 have! requested q favor
Of lin I was indebted TO, Than TO liavo
committed disgraceful felony. Man
can only see himself fully when it is
perhaps too late,
On the 29lh of June I came to Waynes-
burg to the exhibition. For the last
year ] have had an exceedingly great
difficulty with the Morris family, of Mt.
Morris, in this county. 1t originally
grew out of wedding of my brother
with one of their family. They have
injured me (for which fully and freely
forgive them,) and | have not been slow
to retaliate on favorable opportunities.
1t was to chagrin and vex him, that |
dogged Mr.. Morris to the dwelling Of
his relative, and there perpetra,ed that
malicious act upon his carriage. | can
never forgive myself, it appears to me,
for that deed. If fremorse and anguish
are meritorious Of any thing, he must
forgive me. m p: .ur 4,
was imprisoned for the last named
act. Truly misfortunes seldom come
singly." would have been out again
however, in all my iniquity. in less than
week after | was committed, had it
not been for single alterations lock
was changed. had duplicate keys
made for me that would have released
me, beyond the possibility Of doubt.
TIE changing IF Mat lock saced mig SOIL
from hcltIrc! O,how grateful TO God
/ do | this moment feel for that change.
And the other day, still anxious for lib.
erty, ] inserted some little broken pie.
ces Of marble into Que ofthe locks down
stairs, that i, might not operate, and
thereby be changed for one correspond.
ing with the second door from without
-,ha, l might only have ono key to
daylicate. This | am sorry for, and
hope Mr. Worley will forgive me for it
especially as it is the only injury that
| have done him.
| cannot close this communication
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