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POWER OF CoNscIENcE.-When Smith, the
barkeeper and accomplice of Mrs. Doyle, in the
murder of the unfortunate sailor in Girod street,
surrendered himself to the police. he confessed
that he had been forced to give himself up by the
terrors Of guilty conscience. Ever since heG
from the house, said he, the corpse of that muir
dered man has been by my side-wherever go
the spectre haunts me- and not for single mo-
ment can shut my eyes against the aPparition
sooner than suffer as have done for the last
few hours, let me be hung. l would rather face
the gallOws than be tormented by the dreadful
images of remorse and guilt. Such, we are told,
was the substance Of his statement. Had he lis
tened to the warnings of this friendly monitor,
when the first step in crime was taken, he mi ght
have escaped the horrors of unavailing regret
and the shame of an ignominious DEATH


Ne1u Orleans Commercial Bulletin.