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If glm with those soft eyes in tears,
Pay ofler day in her voudk years,
Must kneid and pray "for prure from Thee,
What lur. fur deeper need have we 1
How hardly, if she win not Ilenreu,
Will our wild errors bo forgivun 1
A UI1ULL1SG SKETCH.
TIIE LAWYER'S BRIDE.
Jl'DOE RCMSK'S KIIHT CLIENT.
Old Judge Ki'Iiikoii. of Cowati, m fond
of telliuff his early experience at the. bar. My
first case, he would say. came upon me unex
pectedly, after 1 had waited a considerable
lime for a client. The way 1 cume to get it,
was this :
A voting pirl, Helen Mont refsor. was to be
tried "at our County Court Tor stealing a breast
pin, valued at four dollar," and $'J0 in K'dd.
from the trunk of her employer, J.miesi Wes.
ley, merclniiit, in the town of Hcdford. The
theft, which win detected live weeks before,
occasioned ipiite u talk at the time, as I lie pirl
wub beautiful, mill Wi'tdey mid his wife Kuniee
was uiijtliini: but tlmt. besides being generally
detested. People said Helen hud been treuted
iui4iiiefiilly by her inistiess, who whs jetilom,
uf her j and it was eveu hinted that there had
been foul play in the prosecntion for theft.
I'lis) siibseiiieiit trial of a gang of counter
feittis und horse-tliieves hnd so absorbed
public ulteiilion, that the case of Melon Mon
tresor was fm gotten, und no one seemed to
care for her liit lint when she was placed
in the pnsnner's box, her bentity riveted every
eye, uud when the Judge uaked her who vi-us
her counsel, and she modestly replied the bad
none, uud no money to pay u lawyer, there
win not a member present who would not
willingly have, undertaken her ense. The
Judge, uTttr looking rotitid for a moment,
Dxed his eye on me, and suid, "M r. Kemsen,
you will please act us this young lad) '8 coun
sel." 1 tlarted as though 1 had been shot.
Luckily a juror was taketi ill, and tho ronrt
adjourned till ten nest morning, or I am
afraid I ahould have made sad woik with my
client's case.
As I left the court roem I looked at tny
watch; it was eleven, so I had but twenty
three hours to prepare. 1 called upon the
Histriet Attorney und asked to see the in
dictment, und the evidence taken before tho
Justice of the peace. As tin tumbled over n
pile of documents ill search of the papers, he
Said, "the Judge must have hud a spite iigniust
you, Il'Mutcn, to put you in such u tight place,
und you a gieeu band. No offence," he
added, a he observed the rising color of my
cheek ;'roi offence; I simply mean that yon
are inexperienced. There are ihe documents;
take them home with you only be sura to
bring them to Court to-morrow morning.
You will sea that your client has not a
chance."
i was annoyed al this light reference to my
client, for whom 1 already entertained deep
respect, and believed innocent ; but I suid
nothing. Hastening to my office. I locked
mysull in uud commenced the anulysis of my
case. ThoeTideiicu consisted of the teftimo
ny of James and Luuico Wesley. Surah
Hrown, a seumstrees, Charlotte lioyci. a do.
inesUc. and Thomas llaiiiiegiin, a man of ul)
work, employed by the Wesleys. llunneguu's
evidence seemed nlraight-forward uud truth
ful, and so did the servunt girls, 1 made up
my mind that th' y were Uni unfriendly to my
Cllent.,an.'.l that 1 would seek all interview
wit a liiem. although it would necessitate a
journey to Hedl'ord. In Miss Hrowu's testi
mony I ut once detected iuteose mulice. und
determined to harrow her unmercifully in
cross-exuiniuiition. Wesley's evidence was
similar in style and mutter to that of limine,
gaa; but Mrs. Wesley's was full, discursive
und acri. nniiiuo such as thut "She had
always believed Helen to be a viper, but her
huxhund upheld the trollop." To my mind
the caso seemed clear ; Mr. Wesley herself
hud put those things in Helen's trunk.
1 next went to the Court House und re
quested Mr. Mace, the Sheriff, who lived in
the wing of the building. In introduce me to
the prisoner. He conducted me to hur veil.
Although the bolts clang, d h. avily us they
nruug from the locks, our entrance did not
o attract hcrutteution She was stand
'sped Lunds before her grated
g at the sky. The tiberilf
uud suid, "Miss Montressor,
e lawyer who is to manage
s to see you." bhe
round, and mndj an
indicate her readi.
not u word. The
were ulone. Con
was precious, 1
nust throw aside
ankly upon this
ut are iuuocent.
This promises
without hope,
hat your expe.
e.teys, in tu.k
Vons, and learned
she had lived
' era married
lived with a
jory, who
' t .Mm.
the day on which old Mr Uregorr died he
gave her a sealed packet, and told her not to
let lvm ice see it, but to give it to a certain
lawyer, when he returned to tow n, for It would
make her a rich young lady, and then he cried
and suid he had let Kuniee have her own wuy
too much; that she fell asleep with the
packet in her lap, and when she woke up it
was gone, and she never darvil usk any ques
tions ubout it ; thut Mrs. Wesley hated her,
and beat her. und treated her like a slave,
and that she sometimes thought of drowning
herself, she was so miserable: thut Mr. W es
ley said improper things to her ; that he was
a bad man, but weak and in his wife's control ;
that the day on which her trunk was searched
sbu was sent on an errand to the minister's,
was gone about an hour nnd a hulf, uirtl on
her return was tukon up stairs to see her
trunk opener! before she hod pulled off her
bonnet and shuwl ; then she wus sure Mrs.
Wesley hud put things in her trunk while
she wus out, becuuse sue (Helen; uau over
hauled it that morning, and they wero not in
then; but whether Mr. Wesley knew about
it 1 rould not say, although she rather
thought ho did, because ho looked guilty
when his wife wus opening the trunk.
Telling the poor girl to cheer up, I went
to the Bhentl a sitting room, wnere i lotinu
Mrs. Mace. 1 at once informed her that in
inv'oiiinioii Miss M ontrestor whs a persecu
te'd girl, nnd hoped she would try to cheer
her up, so that shecoulil enter me court room
with a good heart on the morrow; this tho
kind-hearted woman promised to do, and I
hastened to my office. My bruin was in a
whirl. Gregory grandpa the packet which
was to make her u rich young lady ita mys
terious disappvnrur.ee ! Whut could all this
mean? Was old M r. Gregory really Helen's
grandfather t Was the packet his lust will
and testament, bequeathing his property to
her T And hud Eunice Nuesuiilh, now Wes
ley, stolen it from the child us she slept, thut
she might clutch tho property by virtue of a
lormer will which hnil been Jnra-.a irom tne
old matirV'He cried, und suid he had let
Eunice huvo her way too much !" Iter own
way about what ? 1 felt certain that I hud
got on the track of a great villainy, nnd
thought I could understand the reuson for
Kuniee Wesley's hatred of Helen, and her
desire to blast the poor girl's churacter. After
spending a half hour in arranging tny plans.
I ordered a carriage and drove to Uedlord.
It was two when I reached the village. I
wished first to 6ee 11 annegan, Wesley's serving
man. JJy making a lew cautious inquiries at
the tavern, and disbursing u hulf dollar to t he
hostler, llanni'piin was soon in my room. lie
was pleased to find I was Helen's friend, and
on try promising never to let what he had
said get to Mrs. Wesley's ear, he told me she
hud treuted the poor girl like a dog; that be
had seen her strike Helet;. nnd heard her
threaten to kill her. and to ruin her reputa
tion ; nnd thut he believed the breast-pin und
money bud been put into the trunk by the
old cutaiunriii herself.
He staled what Helen's behaviour was
when the articles were fouud in her trunk, nnd
described the breast-pin und money. The
latter consisted of four hull' eagles, one of
which hurl u hole in it, that had been made
by Mr Mnrch, the jeweler, so Mm. Wesley
could put in on a ribbon, for it birth-day pre
sent fur the minister's little boy; und that
wns one way Mrs. Wesley knew the money
washers. He also gave me a letter signed
"Kuniee Gregory," that he hud found in the
yard thut day, uud which he maintained was
in Mis. Wesley's hand writing. Thut had
imide him siiFpect her name wasn't Naesmith
btf jru she wus married to Wesley ; uud he
had thought she might have been some rela
tion to old Mr. Gregory who died, end there
must have been something bad to make her
change her name.
This iiil'ormution made u deep impression
on my mind, taken in connection with what
Helen had told me ; besides the name Eunice
diKjuru seemed flouting in my memory as
though 1 had seen it connected with some
event which had faded from recollection and
was dimly recalled.
1 dismissed llannegan, and paid a visit to
Mr March, the jeweler, told him who 1
was, mid Tor what ) hud called. He remeiii
bered the half eagle business in fact it was
on his record, llo turned to tee on what day
the hole wus mude in the liall'esgle. It was
Wednesday, the 17th of March the very day
Helen's trunk was searched. 1 asked at what
hour the coin was delivered to Mrs. Wesley.
Hu replied thut she culled for it about eleven
in tlui foreirjon, and that Miss Montressor's
trunk was searched about one iu the after
noon of the same day.
"That looks rather strnngo," said . -"Would
you have any objections to attending
the trial to-morrow with your books und tes
tifying?" "None at all," he replied.
1 turned to depart. At that moment
Wesley entered tho shop and was accosted
by the jeweler, who gave me a wink to indi
fate who ho wus. We had never before met,
so 1 regarded him ut my leisure. He was an
evil looking man. Over his left eye wus a
queer shaped scar, which run crookedly
across his forehead. The instant 1 saw the
scur, 1 felt as though tho whole thing was
clear. The scar, the description of which 1
so well remembered, brought the whole story
freshly to my mind. 1 remembered now the
name of Kuniee Gregory thu child murder
essand there stood her accomplice under
an assumed name. Giving tho jeweler a
warning glance, 1 hastened to my carriage,
drove furiously home, shut myself in my
room, and determined to pass the entire
night, if uecessury, in preparation for the
contest. I wished to clear my clii nt of the
charge mude againrt her, expose tho Wesleys
uud oblige them to make restitution to the
wronged and pillaged orphan.
1 ransacked my memory to God something
tangible concerning the past career of Kuniee
Gregory and her accomplice, but could find
nothing. 1 hud read the story many yeats
before iu a newspaper, the name of which I
could not remember. 1 could not prove that
Wesleys were the same parties; and should
I mention my nutpiciout in court, t bo District
Attorney would scout them as ridiculous and
malicious inventions of my own, and the
Judgo would charge the jury to pay no heed
to them. 1 must tap the characters of the
Wesleys in my cross-examinations of their
witnesses, and thus try to inQict a breach
sufficient to justify a direct asksult, on a
charge of conspiracy against Helen, and
.crush James Wesley on the witness stand.
Aud 1 wove my meshes for the victim, until
the morning sun's rays dreamed through my
windows.
The court was opened, a jury empaneled,
the cat called, Helen Montressor placed in
the prisoner's box, and the District Attorney's
telling, merciless opening of the rase com
pleted, in whut seemed to bo hut a few min
utes of time. - Helen seemed to look more
iunoceut than ever, and I resolved that full
justice should be dune her, if my resources
-tuld compass such a result. It is in such an
Je lawyer ftels the honor and dig
position it ia then that be tlgo
The first witness was Charlotte Bnyce.
She hnd been called by her mistress to go
up and see Helen's trunk searched ; shu weut
up and saw tho breast-pin and money found
in it tucked nwny in one corner. Hy my
cross-examination 1 elicited the fact that
Helen had just crime home from an errand
(on which she had been sent over an hour.)
when her trunk was searched, and hud on her
bonnet and shawl ; that "she looked quite in
nocent and unconcerned until the things were
found, und that she seemed astonished," On
dismissing the witness, 1 gazed at the jury,
but they snt with stern fares, as though ie
solved thutuothiug should make them clear
the culprit. I culled Miss Lioyce back, sny
ing 1 had forgotten a very important point.
This excited some attention, und when 1
usked her if Mrs, Wesley wus in the habit of
ill-treuting the prisoner, even body pricked
op their ears. The girl hesita'ted and stam
mered, and finally said she was. "Aud why
do you think so?" I nsUd.
"Uecuuse Mr?. WiBley boat her once
.with a large club, anil threatened to
kill her, aud was scolding her. lint don't
ask me any more questions," she suddenly ex
claimed, "or 1 shall lose my place I"
I gluuced at Mrs. Wesley, aud suw that
she was regarding her servunt with a look of
intense malignity, and to annoy her, 1 ap
pealed to the Court to protect the witness
against the threatening looks of her mistress.
This brought all eyes to a focus on Mrs.
Wesley's ugly countenance, and she turned
fairly while with indignation. The Judge
told the witness to speuk without icnr, und if
she lost her place by telling the truth, she
would tind plenty of better ones, lieing sat
istied with tho impression n Bile, I told the
witness she might go, and the District Attor
ney permitted her to puss without question
ing.
1 he next witness was Miss Sarah Ilrown.
the seamstress rut-eyid, hatchet-faced,
dapper little creature. "She was ut work j
for Mrs. Wesley at the time tho I lu ft was
discovered. Bho met Helen tho day befoie
the trunk was searched, coming oat of her
mistress room, und she looked soguiltvshu
suspected she hud been doing soiiiething
wrong. lbe same day Mrs. Wesley spoke
to her ubout the things being gone, and she
told her suspicions. Thereupon she thought
it would be u good plan to search Helen's
tiuuk; proposed to do it at once, but Mrs.
w esley prelerred to wait. W hen the trunk
was searched, the things were found in it.
just us she expected they would be."
w uen tne witness was pasted over to me,
I asked in a careless tone, how she knew the
money was in Mrs. Wesley's room the day bho
uuu met Helen coming llience.
"She knew it becuuse Mrs. IJYsley had
told her. Ci-uldn'lbe mistaken, for Mrs. If.
had spoken ubout the half euelc with u hole
in it, which she was going to present to the
minister's boy."
This 1 made her sav over again, until
there could be no mistake about it, und then
utked il'she knew who made the hole iu tho
half eagle.
Yes, Mr Murclt' the jeweler, uiado it."
"Is he iu the room ?" 1 asked.
"Yes, there ho is," said she, pointing. .
I told Miss llrowu shu could go, nnd tho
District Attorney requested t lint Mr. Murch
should bo sworn. Thu Attorney handed
Murch the identical hulf-eagle. and asked if
he recognised it. He said he did , that the
Mugistiute who committed the prisoner had
mude a murk upon it.
"T hut's all ; thu witness is yours, Mr. Rem
sen." .
"Do yon remember, M r. Murch. on what
day of the month you made tbo hole in the
hulf-eagle ?'' J asked.
"It was on the 17th of March," s;id he.
"Why, that wus the very day the prisoner's
trunk was searched, was it not ?" suid 1, turn
ing to the District Attorney.
"Thut is the day mentioned in tbo indict
ment," he replied.
Turning again to the witness. I said, Mr.
Murch, please to recollect with precision;
you heuid the witness who proceeded yon,
swear that Mrs Wesley told her that' the
idenlicut hulf-agle. with the hol then made
iu it, was iu her husband's trunk cu or befoie
tho ltith of last Murch."
"Yes," said Murch, "I heard Iter swear
that, und was astoni.-hed, for Mrs.WeJey
brought me the coin on the ullenioun of tho
ltith und told mo I must have it lixetl Lv noon
next day ; al 11 on thu 17ih, she came for it,
and ut one thut ul'teriioon it wus found it; Miss
M'ntrussors trunk."
The District Attorney turned sharp around
and gave the Wesley u piercing look. Mrs.
W. sat immovable ; but Wesley turned pale
and fairly cowered beneath thu gazt of the
Attorney, who. 1 saw, was now convinced of
the true facts of the cute; and Judge mid
jury soemed to be of the same mind. I felt
certain, theu, of a verdict in my client's favor ;
but how was J to ciush tho Wes'ejs, and
how win back her estate? 1 decided on my
course. ,
llannegan was next, und I showed by him
thut Mrs. Wesley had persecuted the prison
er in tho most outrageous manner beating
tier, threatening to kill her and to ruin her
repntution. and treating her shamefully. His
testimony excited somuch imligiutiju against
the couple, thut I longed for the moment to
arrive when James Wesley should tukelln;
stand, When Hunnegan retired, .NIrs. Weg
ley whispered to her husband, and ha whis
pered to the Attorney. Thu latur seemed
surpiised, but announced thut the prosecution
would there rest the case.
fcverybody wus surpiised thnt the Wesleys
were not called, and u y plans were all disar
ranged. 1 divined ul once thut Mrs. Wesley
lud suggested this course to shield her hus
b.ndand herself from cr ss-exiiuiinatioii.
Had the instinct of telf-picsi-i vu'.ion told her
what was coming ? I rote to open my case
for the defei.ee, and 1 begun by slitit that
I had incontestible evidence that a conspira
cy h id been entered into to blast tlie chutuc
ter of my vlieut. to enable the parlies in the
conspiracy In perfect certain stent plans,
which would till the commuuity with hi rror.
1 saw that everybody v.us prepared to believe
almost anything, and determined to waste no
tiuto in wolds. So I requested tlut James
Wesley might be sworn, and desired thu
Judge to have Eunice Wesley removed while
her husbund was buiug examined, bho wus
lake n out by the Sheriff, und 1 turned to ques
tion. James Wesley.
"James We.-lcy."aaid I, sternly. "how cum -
thut scar on your forehead ?" "
As the villain turned ghastly pale,
gored and clutched at the railing of th('
oess-box for support, 1 full cure uf m
aud said : -
"Answer me; Hub IFarmdrt ; ho
that scar on your forehead t"
At the mention of thu name'
man," the wretch fell back upon I'
groaned, 'Oh don't dou'l bri
lite !"
T shall bring that np and rr
you answer me truly about
theft. Now, tell me did
oory pat those things i
twAr .
"Oh, my God I how did you know about
Eunice Greg6ry ? Don't bring that up now,
It's gone by, years ago," grouncd the wretch
ed man.'
"Answer me, then; did not your wifo put
those things in Miss Montressor's trunk?"
' "Yes she did, let the girl go, and don't
ask me any more questions."
Tho excitement had now become over
whelming, and the witness wus beginning to
fear for his bodily safety a fact I determined
to use us an addition! I screw. "1 shull otk
fur littlo more," I replied, "as I du not wish
to I'Xpose you to the rage of this audience, if
you'll answer promptly. Where U the will
ihut old Mr. Gregory executed, in which he
made his grandchild, Helen Montressor, his
heir, und which he gave her to give to his
lawyer when he returned the will your wife
stole from the child as she lay sleeping."
"Oh, Lord ! it's cotitu ut 'lust! just as I
told her it would."
"Where is the will?" I thundered.
' It is burnt." he exclaimed "but Helen is
his only surviving relation, and the will by
which my wifo got her propel ty is jorgvd
oue."
Having achieved everything, and not car
ing to prolong the painful scene, I asked the
D'stn'ct Attorney if it would not be best to
dismiss the cuse. Ho cheerfully assented,
und Miss M ontrestor, who in her lluth of agi
tation and thankfulness, looked more lovely
than ever, wus released from thu custody of
Ml. Mace, uud placed in charge of his wife,
while Wesley aud his wifo slunk uwuy from
public indignation.
The excitement wns so great llin court was
not adjourned till three I'. M., nnd 1 wus
obliged to state, for the gratification of the
crowd, how 1 had managed to get on the
truck of the IJ'eleeys. I told that, uiuny years
before, 1 had read an ncrouut of thu minder
of a child by its aunt, Eunice Giegoiy. assist
ed by her lover, one Hob Ilaruiuti, for the
purpose of possessing her nil Ce's ettule. u
that account it wus stated that Illinium, nt
the lime of the murder, hud fallen down an
urea und gashed his forehead terribly, which
afterwards healed and li ft n peculiar scur.
Thu hints 1 received from Helen's btory, und
tho letter signed Kuniee Gregory, had set
my memory ut work, and when I no t Wesley
und observed the peculiar scar on his fore
head, the whole thing flashed upon me, and
1 determined to make a bold push to expose
them, und not only defend Helen uguiust the
churge of laiceny, but wrench from her iiiiiki
turul aunt the patrimony tfial hud been with
held from her.
My explanation was received with applause,
und u movement set on foot to huvc the Wes
leys indicted for perjury ; but it was never
curried out, us they disappeared from that
part of thu eount.iy, and we all thought it
best iiot to bring them back for any purpose
whatever.
Helen secured her estate, nnd I secured
Helen ; und if you will go home with me, you
shall have nn introduction to tier and the
children. Thut Mist care did the business lor
iiiu ull urouud. us by ilM-cnrcd a great repu
tation, plenty of practice, a handsome wife,
und u large lorluue.
MU I.H THE IIAPID OF MAG tKIA.
A Fearful Predicament HU A'"..ue.
On Tuesday latt, u mini named E. C. Tay
lor, a resident of West Wiiilield, Herkimer
county, (a guest of the Endow House.) de
scended the bunk of the river, near thu sus
pension bridge, probubly for the purpose uf
viewing the bridge from below. On reaching
the bottom lie slipped uud fell into the water,
just above the briiige, and when discovered,
wus thirty or forty rods below the bridge,
near the shore, rolling over and over, boiuu
along by tho resistless current, until he
caught hold of a large rock, und after souiw
hard snuggles succeeded in ri-ucliiug thu top.
The ulaitn was iminejliutcly given in thu
neighborhood, and il was soon decided there
wus no way reaching him bul by meuns of a
rope ladder. This wus immediately procur
ed, und alter much hesitation, delay und al
teration, occasioned by the difficulty of deter
mining where to place it, inasmuch us the
mull could not be teen by the projecting bunk
over his his head, it was loWeitU to thu (lis.
tunccofof perhaps u hundred feet, and be
came entangled itinoug the rocks and t:ies.
It was ut olico decided that Rome one liuit
go down to disentangle it. In a few moments
Willurd 15. Coburn, -porter of the Ludow Ho
tel, volunteered his services, uud proceeded
to the place where thu ladder was ultuched
to thu trees, lie needed assistance, und soon
two more brave men, Anthony Shiley und
Nut Crano offered to go down. Tim ihree
worked bravely fur more than an hour iu con
ducting the ladder, whilu men nt the top
carefully let it down. A I Liiglh, the waving
of hundherchiels and cltcciing on the Canada
side indicated to us thut tlio man had sprung
to tho shore from the rock, uud hud began to
ascend the ladder. Cautiously uud with tirm
Step, he climbed up three bundled feet, uud
was greeted by the shouts and acclamations
of the huitdci'ds of spectators who had usseui
bled to witness the exciting scene.
Area of tho Several Counties of Ponu
eylvunia. The following statement of the urea in acres
of the various counties in Pennsylvania, has
been reported to the ItVvinue PourJ ;
Al una, eV.Weiljmo.nlcr.
GC-ta-n
UtS -Ml
I?.IS1
vji.wnt
MNi.ll;HI
S'll.iu.)
II7.SHII
sn5.li
4 III.IHiO
e:it 4MI
U"I.IIH
VS-.IUI
Altfjiiirtiy, 4-j..'6ii.i!wri'iu-e,
AruiRi fnii-,
ltN.ver,
ll.-rki,
Hxirorit,
llluir,
llrwlford,
Muck.,
tliltlrr.
C'iinit,ria,
ChtIkiii,
IVnlr1,
Clir.lcr,
rlimoti,
Cl-ai field, "
Ul, t in ,
(nliiinli'a,
CrnwfnrU,
ruiiiaT!a.iil,
Huiinliin,
liriuwore,
f.,k.
Kne,
r'nyeitp,
t rnnkliii,
Pint mi,
firurm-,
Ifuiitiiigdiiii,
I nil a to.
I'll. I" IIuiiiiii.
i'lliWiiLi-liiph,
AS-lM-.l.iiZrini1,
60.11 il.veiiinn.5,
4 IA MNq X!,,:.iur,
7.'.. .:. ' ifi-Xmii,
aii.'iiilli lli-ri-r,
4-.1ii( Mifflin,
4-.1-.hic; il'inriM-.
H'.O.Iioii l'iila -mrry,
6ic.,miilj.i'ili.'iini.tiii, V Jt.tfl")
47-4 :ti oiiiiunitHiluiiil, "2 4su
3-l.lSKl I'errv. .'lit fli
T in. nee I'luiuik'.t'bi.t, ',ti.-:iO
avj.linc O'ke, .171 ina
i-.li.l.Kl'ulier. 6SII.K.I
S.'l.uim -Vim i Ik ill, 47(1 .nfi
!ll-lni Somrrtrt, (17-!. null
:4l.l-jn'uil,van, r,-,h(Kl
' I IS.irWi Siifiiiu-lmiiiia, Slli.osu
&(k'i.fKKVrnig!i, 71-1.0111
41 ii1i.'i,i. a and hivilrr, S',sil
..I3.(. WimiRii, .'.U.iXill
47:lmn:VVrrfii, M-J,'Hn
l I .fllli, tVaahingftsi, Al l.'mU
:iiiiyii!'a)ii, 4l'.no(i
' inrelaii.t, filii.untl
ng, K.SS.fillli
iw.noa
',r.. On the
. Green.
some
ice
-i
a tlx t .
SPRING 13 COMING.
BY Xm. ). DATKCB.
Yes the bine-eyed Spiing is coming,
Ere m thu balmy, sunny south ;
See tier sportingskipping, ruutfiog
Songs of joy are iu her mouth !
Su-a her roll old Winter's carpet,
White and fleecy, o'er the plain ;
Down tho moiiiitains, see her roll it,
To its frigid goal agitin.
See her ope tho valo of pleusnre,
As with iruigie'a fairy .wand ;
And restore the hidden treasure
Winter stole with ruthless bund ;
While behind hur groves ure nodding,
Nodding in the silver sheen ;
And the purple bloom a dotting,
Dotting o'er thu velvet greeu.
All around Kt vocal rivers,
Piping forth their merry song,
While the gushing streamlet quivers
Dancing us it moves uloug '
And a troop of warblers singing
Notes tlheieul o'er the plain;
While the echo music's linging.
Kinging in thu chorus slraiu I
Spring is coming o'er tho mountains,
Laughing, frolicking and gay t
Seo her opo tho summer fountains,
And wjili roses strew the way.
All rriiund her clouds or glory,
Puint tho festooned, fiingy trees;
While the youthful uud the hoary
Duuce beneath thu gulden leaves 1
Yes, the glorious spring is coining,
Uro.tthiiig now in zephyrs mild,
And thu honey bee is humming.
Humming ant hems strange uud wild.
Yet ii spring of greater glory,
Changing not with months und years,
Waits us not in song uud story,
Hut uinoug the rulliug spheres.
Coroner Conncry and Mrs. Cunning
ham. To one of the charges preferred against
Coroner Connery, by ILL. Clinton, Esq.,
Counsel for Mrs. Cuiiuliighum, viz ; that he
(Coroner) caused the lady to be stripped
nuked, iu presence of two men beside the
Doctor. The defence wus so plausible thnt
t hut we were almost inclined to believe the
chargu exaggerated, and that tho Coroner
was more sinned against than sinning. Mr.
Coiinery offered to the Governor und tho
public the lady's own note, over her own sig
nature, to show thut tho examination of her
perjou was conducted with the utmost deli
cacy. The following is the note said to have been
written by Mis. Cunningham, which we cut
from our hies of the 4th of February :
' This is to certify that the examination of
my person, by Dr. Woodward, was conducted
iu thu most delicate manner. There was no
indecent exposure, uud it was at my request
thut il was done. E. A. litttbhi.L.
Feb. 4lh, lbo7."
Ouu of our Reporters visited Mrs. Cun
ningham on Monday morning, when the fol
lowing dialogue occurred :
Reporter I perceive, Mudnm, that your
Counsel has, ui'ioug olher accusations, pre
fetred a charge aguinst Coroner Coiinery, to
the i ffccl l hitl he caused yon to be stripped
naked iu the pretence of two other men, who
worn not medical men?
Mrs. C. That is correct, sir, I can us
suru you, sir, that I ws ordered to strip my
self; that 1 wus stripped down to my toe's,
and stood iu u pel feclly nude state, before
Deputy John, an officer; Dr. Woudward, and
a lady, who was permitted to remain ill the
room ut my special request.
Reporter Then how do you explain the
note which you sent to the Coroner, uud
which distinctly stutes, not only that there
"was no Indecent expose, but that the exam
ination wus conducted in the most delicate
manner, nnd at your ow n request ?"
Mrs. C 1 never wrote any such note, sir.
Reporter Why the note was read public
ly at tlio I nqnest and copied l y all the re
porters. It completely exonerated Coroner
Coiinery from anything like indelicacy, he
even slated that the communication was un
solicited. Mrs. C--1 repeal, sir, that I never wrote
any note bo thai effect. 1 never saw the pa
pers, indeed 1 wus tint permitted tu sou them
uud consequently could not have written any.
thing of the kind. The circumstances to
which you allude is probubly this : John cume
up to me in the molding with a written notu
in his hand, stating that Dr. Woodward
thought it veiy bud ihut the newspapers had
stated that he Dr. W.) had, whih' conducting
the examination, taken improper liberties
me. 1 said, "No. ceitainly Dr. Woodward
look no improper liberties with me ;'' thut is
not true, but if it was necessary tl.at I should
tut stripped nuked, then the examination was.
I presume, conducted in as delicate a manner
us il were possible to do it, but certainly :o
iuiiiroper libeitic were taken wilh m.
i believed that it was legal tostrip me, and
so I submited, nor did I refute a single re
quest thut was n.-ked of mo by order of thu
Coroner, i scept to permit a Dagncrruu Br
tist to tuko lil.i'tipubc of lev children or to
daguerreotype the rooms which I occu; ied.
I alsO refused to give inl'm muti.m concerning
my own private affairs t" Dr. U'i o lward, as
1 did not consider they 1, a I anything what
ever to do with tho deatii of Dr. ISurdell. or
would give any clue which might load toth-i
discovery of his murdereie.
Reporter Then if 1 ur.derstund you right,
the note tea. solicited ?
Mrs. C John certainly showed rti t note,
und asked me to fcit n it. Thinking, as 1
said before, that the law permitted mo to be
stripped, I in thu confusiou nnd exciicmeut
consequent upon thu trculmetit which 1 had
received, signed it, scarcely knowing what I
did, and believing, as 1 wits informed, that il
would exonerate Dr. Woodward from the
charge of taking improper liberties with me.
When I came to mysill and reflected a little,
I sent to the Coroner, requesting that he
would let me read what 1 had signed, a re
quest which vug peremptorily refused.
J repeat, sir, that I was stripped doWn to
my toes, and stood reriectly naked in the
presence of Dr. Woodcurd, John Coiinery,
an officer, and tho lady I hate mentioned,
and for a woman of my age, and the mother
of ao inuny children, to be so treated, you
mav imagine hot? 1 felt, bnt I cannot de
sen he it.
This is Mrs. Cuuoing'aam's statement as to
bat charge, aoa wlja on iki tl.' U we
miscellaneous:.
mny obscrvethat a reporter states ho siw
John'' write the note in question, some five
or ten minntes befure it was read to tbo "gen
tlemen of the press" by thu Coroner. Con
uery is to bo oil his triul before the Court of
Common Pleas on thu 24th iost. Would it
not be well to have Mrs. Cunningham's testi
mony on tho occasion ? A'. K. Lrprcts
March 16.
Butter and Milk,
for the purpose of analyzing miik. there is n6w
what ii called "lactobutyronieter" a straight
glass tube, closed at one end. and fir tiine-teen-twcnlieths
of its capacity divided into
throe equal parts. The third or these tho
part next the opening is graduated for the
the tipper three-tenth;, into hundredths,
which nro continued to the number of ten
ubove its line or termination. The lowest
graduated third or or the tube is filled with
either, and after careful mixtures, the third
with alcohol or eighty six to ninety degrees.
The whole is ngriin ,el mixed, closed with a
cork, and placed in a water bath heated to
one hundred nnd nine degrees, .4 Fahrenheit.
It is kept in an upright position until the ther
mometer falls to eighty-six degrees, when the'
amount of fatty matter collected on tho sur-'
faco Of tho liquid is determined by reading
the degrees, or centesimal divisions which it
occupies, from bulow upwards to the lotter
level of the curve. It is stated Ihal in somo
careful experiments mda by Dr. Andoreon,
of Scotland, the quantity of cream obtained
from the first drawn enp of milk was in every
case much smaller than the lust drawu ; anil
those between afforded less or nitre, us they
were nearer the beginning or tho end. Tho
Quantity of the cream olii Minn,! r,..-.nt 1 1,.
drawn cu from somo cows exceeded that
uuuj mo uirai, iu tue proportion 01 sixteen to
one.
In others, the p'ropoftion was not so great;
I robuly, suys Dr. A ndcrson, it nrght be fouud
to run us ten or twelv in m.n Th,, .!irr...n.
----.'.... i iiv iiiiiciruvu
ill the quality of the cream was also much
greater than the difference in the quantity.
loin una il appears mat the person who, by
bud Ul ii U i ri 17 of I lie rnn l..o..u i.nt l,..n
ol hm milk loses in fact. oboiTt as much cream
as would be ufiorded by six or eight pints at
the beginning and loses besides, that part
ol the creum which alone can give richness
uuu uigu navor to tne butter. .According to
Mr. Drown lhr wpII.1. ,;... .i. i
- wf, , i, uilUI U
author, there is great diverity in the milk of
LOWS, which is inrreaai.tl ,v mn- ;-.,.,,, ...
- .,j ...u,,j ..iiiuiur inn-
ces such as her age, the condition she is iu,
tho proximity or remoteness of the time of
culving, and especially tho manner in which
she is fed. It frequently happen-, that, of
cows, not only of tho same breed, but even
those which are tho oft'spring of tho same
parents, led on the sair.o farm and in tho
same manner, the one will yield more milk
than the others. Cows too old cr too young
also give less milk than those of middle age;
A lean cow never gives so much mill; as one
in good condition. Cows geuerally give
more milk for a few weeks alter th-y huvo
calved than they do at any other time. Tho
food with which thoy are fed lias a powerful
influence on the milk of nil cows; und tho
mode in which they are reared has a conside
rable effect on their capacity to givu uu.k.
A cow reared on bad or indifferent, pasture
and scuuty subsistence, will never turu out so
good a milker as one reared on pastuiago
which is sweet and rich.
The Wiut of Situsltiiie
'Yonr city horses don'l get enough sun
shine," said a shrewd farmer, "and no wonder,
therefore, they arc so often nnhealthy. In
the coldest days of winter, when it was clear,
my old father used to take his htries out of
the stable, and tie them to tho fence iu tie
middlo of the day so that they wihl got suasion-.
"
There was ovon more wisdom in tho farm
er's speech than ho supposed. It is uot
horses only that suk'er for tho want of sun
shine, Thousands of persons living in cities
injure there health becuuse of the waut of
sunshine. Tho over-worked operative, who
ia confined all dny in n dark ill-ventilated
room, owes nat a huh of his fondness for a
dram to tho absence of the light, joyous, ex
liberating sunshine. Tho palo, sickly child,
that by und by is laid in its coffin, amid tho
sobs of its heart-broken mother, might proba
bly have grownup a vigorous manhood if it
had been bred ou a breezy, clover decked,
sunshiny hill-side. We can compute tho
adults who die annually of consumption sole
ly because they huvo deprived themselves of'
sunshine year after year. In the physical lifo
of Americans, especiallh thoso who dwell in
cities, there is no deficiency so marked aud
fatal as that of the want of sunshine. Tho
human animal requires sunshine quite ad
much as a plant.
New Process of Tanning.
We huvo received from Edwin Dunirls, of
Elkhoru, Wisconsin, a sautplu of calfskin
"upper leuther," tanned by a process for
which a palrut was issued to him on the 6i.th
of January last. It is well tanned, firm, yet
solt and clastic. No bmk was used in pre
paring it, uud tho inventor informs us thut
the outlay for buildings and fixtures is just
about onc-tcuth that of tunning with bark,
only one vat being required lor every ton
Used iu the common process.
Catechu (ulJ.'tmi japonica) contains more
tanning thu u any other substance employed
iu the manufacture of leather ; hitherto, how
ever, it hua not been used lor making the
best qualities cf leather, because- it rendered
the skins tanned by it brittle, and liablo to
eiack. This defeat bus beeu overcome by Mr.
Daniels, who employs il as the principu!
iigeitt in his process, combined with thu sul
phate of aluminum, the nitrate of potash, and
uu uc;J, by which tho skins and hides are
p!uui;ieu" iu high degree, at:d the tannin
inf do to combine with the gelatine iu proper
proportions to form solt and firm leather,
susceptible of a Hue finish, free from brittlo
ucs's, and not liablo to crack.
A Cosn.r Shaft. We notice in the En
glish paper an account of a shaft recentlv
completed in Wales, at a place known as New
Tredegar. Mr. Powel, the owner, hnd been
fur years at w ork, und his outlays aud interest
up t limn r f striking the vein, amount to
nearly $300,000.
.
Uoi.d vs laoa. M. tie Carnall, inspector"
ofminos in Prussia, sots np th vuloe of all the
gol.l mired during 1.'4 21.000.000 or about
1 120.000.000. The iron miued daring the
same vear. was valaed at from 30.000,000 It)
32,000,000,1b or about $150,000,000.
... . ...
A Coal BrRKiya Loroxonvi, in lliiniv's,
reeeullv ran 2fi4 miles and saved 22.50 irt
cost of Lie) by burning coul instead ol w.oJ.
The coal nse Jin Illinois it the bituminous,
which is abundant, but wood is every year
becoming dearer, so that the nse of .the
former article ha Uecctau aluoet iuuiafwiM.
tie to UxvflititMk.