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Did you see the leg-irons and chains in the picture of the prisoners working on the levees of the Ohio River? Chains that would hold the [illegible] against the tail-end of the ebbtide in Hudson River. Don't tell me they are criminals for the weight if the iron disproves every shade of justice. Then they talk about abolishing [illegible]. Were [illegible] some half [illegible] doesn't mistake us for barbarians and send missionaries to save us. In New York city it is said "Nobody needs starve to death in this city."- [Illegible]; but it might be preferable? [Illegible] is such a painful existence that many hope and pray for the soothing kiss of death. Prayer answered, the press kindly informs us.