New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-30
4 VISIT TO PLSSMORE WILLIAMSON
F,s. "a. Car. ccS ..freeass.

aR.u,nh.r ,so.. in bonds 90 hou.d with them"
Nvs.Rs. EpIroRs: Knowing the readers OF The
adroea.s would Ike 20 hear ION tnls champion .,
liberty through one sho has visited hs prison aud
copyersed with him IN his cell, forward you me io-
loving sketch. Stopping few DAYS IN rnra9eipula'
proposed 20 friend TO visit PassucTe lSl-oo,
which was readily acceded 10. We walked up spIace
strict % the corner of Seventh street. and waeh for
an omnibus As we entered the omnibus, observed
a grave lock ing Friend, reading newspaper, scared
resr tire door, Ny companion shook hands W''n run
and Introduced him 10 uie. Ii WAS thos. WINS .'l'
father OF PGssore llamsoD then on DIS way 20 mOy-
snenspg to visit his imprisoned son The newspape'
con- ak the frat account OF the fan OF Sevastopo,
which he read 10 US. We arrived a. Moyan ,nsing
pri.op which Is situated about two miles south OF
Ch.s,but street, the central part OF the city ana
aiabied. We followed Thomas Williamson To the
massive iron gate which the turnkey on the lnside
opeued and closed and fastened al err our entrance
We then sfoer ded long fight Of stone stars VIA
non ratings 10 the second story, and passed nqmprr
of cells with iron doors crates through when we
cav the prisoners. We came % a room about twelve
bv fourteen feet with a-ched ceiling all stone ara
iron ~hew ashed and we're introduces 20 fassulor9
Williamson By bi. fsiher He cane forward and shook
bsnds with US very cordially, and gave each 81 us
seat There we're one or two VIZ tors Just lcavldS
az we entered. His fa,her then READ the news
from Ssvasropol, 10 which Passmore "h1.an-,n
sid To THIS we must submit and looked mp TO
ne with a al nifean smile. though, 10 Judge
Ksr he never wouo submit, lthi, version of ~,
and then converted freely abolt the war After ths
/ H.
10 converse Oh He sai+ that at tho time re called on
The slaves a. Waleut street wharf aud informed the
mother and her children they were free oy the laws d
Pepbsylvs1is be thought he was then doog rish' ne
thought so STILL and mad not changed his mind. tod
him ,esd oil tie JUDGES reports and endeavored to
read hem impsrtially, AID 20 NY mind Judge haoxs
decision was very clear. He said bathe had that Day
convened with the celebrated Judge - OF bslt'-
more and he substani lated hls course IN every point
except ole. This room was not bis CELL but roo n
he il allowed 10 receive visitors IN. s cell vac lev
doors from this, aud We vi-ied IT. At the left OF
the entrance hung a email slate, On winch was
written, Passmore Willismson Contempt jay
All. 49, No. 7s.7- No. 20. Joseph Andersoa.
q I arc.ry. Sept. rs. 1885," No y. jan Carr.
Murder. Aug. Is, 1855" Tue cell vas about SIX
feet wide and long enough TO receve cot bedste4i
at The foot OF il; little daygh allowed To p4ss
tbrou. glass where two huge stones Of some SIX
feet square left two inches apart AMI f)r ne the
frame of this stresk OF light tsis dismal cell,
with its stony sails, lie stony floor, lie STONY cei"gs
ard s iron doors ord its iron CRATES fOrTs tae reeP
inf apartment of Passmo o Williamson, infested WIN
yermin III i. said old OF the most ulthy par OF
this mammoth prison, with ts seven or eislt hunored
prisoIers. We returned to P1ssmone "lliamson
room again end registered our nance 10 book which
hs. heen placed here BY q friend with areliesL Tor
all visitors 20 write their names. We said to Pass
more Williamson, every friend OF TIE slave a. 'I9
North felt for him, and all friends OF huery mos
tbzed Ceepy il his csse, aud trusted tie Lord you'd
override tits imprisonment for good. lie replied he
had DO doubt of II.
Psssmore Wiam'on is thrtytve years old: -
by profession, in moderate ccum- in'ea
is of slender FORM of bilious temperament, with large
head black eyes and black hair placid countenan e,
gentle and refined in his manners, bur frn rs the walls
of the prison he is pcarcerated in. Tie has wife and
three chidrt babe thrs weeks old, hls VIE nav
ing BEEN confined suce bic Imprisonment
His father is member of the society OF rneul';
and one OF the most substantial kim; none stand
high er for probiiy having spent his life as CONVEY
abcer-the guardian OF wido and orphans II not
sirai ee that son brought up under his tuition and "a
his flee should have high regard for JusIise and
truth and especially for the Judiciary and the office he
hold in dire CT decent from hisrspowued predecessor
DR.. Franklin, Dr.. Rush. and DIR. Wi-ter whose man-
ties have fallen him. We babe b. farewell, and
raid we boz ed soon TO zee him under different craum,
stances. With much feeling he sssented, and hoped
II might be 80 by truth irumpbDg Tor equlvaent 20
THE. ] said TO my friend who ACCOMPANIED ME, that
be would OF live lOng in prison. His reply was that
bis health had failed since he las. him II is very
Gle ar be has made up his mind like William Pena
when he wa, confined in Newcastle that bis prison
should be his grave rather then yield to justice; and
sovil Passmore Williams on make his PRISON his grave
ere be succumbs him whose course, We fear, has
taken Oh he lineaments OF Adele brother 10 sgrt az
well as in HENRY RUSSELL, VI. ID
sandeica, 9th month, 9th, 1855