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From the New- ' ork Atlas
There is q strange relish in the hu- man mind for scenes and narratives that harrow up the soul. Poetry has noted the paradoxical feeling of the sjoy ol griet,' and common observation may assure Us that there is mood of the mind not improperly expressed as the pleasure of pain. Mankind, and espe- ciaily the gentle sex, have their com passion and kindly feelings generally excited by the fate of the condemned criminal, yet more than half their num- Der, and females certainly in not the least proportion, will voluntarily attend the rcvolting spectacle of public exc cation, and gut their eyes with the a. gonies of the dying. By kindred sen tlment, the more refined and higher classes of society, whom association and habits of life withdraw from these scenes, will feast their hearts with the narratives ofsuch transactions; and will dwell with intense earEestness on the page which describes the worst passions Ot tuC oOdI. ciN ttfC itOol SfaSl LOFJlIGS that the malignity of man or the direst calamites have ever inflicted on the lucllless victims.

 We do not attempt to explain or ac- count for this remarkable trait in the disposition of mankind, but it's existence is iadisputable; and although the very &let that ideal horrors are so often de- picted glowing colors by ymasterminds, Is sufficiently indicative of the truth, a more conclusive evidence will perhaps be found in the unquestionable position that we shall ensure the universal peru sal of the tale subjoined, by introducing 1t, as it well deserves to be character ized, as one of the most horrible ana .Tightfal tragedies haat zDas eper related.

 1t comes from the pen of the author of the articles entitled ( First & Last, given in the former numbers of the At 