VOLUME 19
POETY AiND.MISCELANY.
"aooD DYE."
fROM Tile 1.0•COV
Fareuell! Farm eii: is often heard
From the lips of thore nho part.
a ;shivered tone—'llo a voile Hold
But it swings not from the heart.
It may ntrsv for the knees cloning lay,
To he sung 'nenth a SUIIIIIICI'S sky;
But give to me the lips that tap
The hotie,t words--“Gootl
Adieu! Adieu! may greet the ear,
In the IZLIC of count) Frreell;
Bit when ue teat e the kind aud dear.
I't. not n hat the heart Would teaeh.
Wbene'er
u r graol. the hand of thu,e
We uould have (ureter nigh,
The flame Cl fru:n(l.l4 burst.. and glows
In'the uaTILI, frank it ords—"tined 111 e:"
'll.r mother .ending forth tier child
To inert %salt cares, and
Bresthrs thro her tears, her doubts and fears
l'ur the one's future life:
!", cold "adieu," no "farewell" !ken
/ I Vlttn her choking night
1.
1t the deeis,t soh of anguish gisi
I . GO I 1 , 1( . 114 boy, "Goad Bye:"
natch the pale and dying one,
%Alien the glance hag lo,t HY braw—
l% hen the l‘orlit n cold as the warble dour,
And the brow a pa•bliiir ,(ream:
And the lati,t pre-Fore of the hand,
The look of the clioong eye,
shat the heart must tindrirbland i
.1 long - T alatt "Good 113
The Vollag Lawyer's First Case,
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1, one of these long, low, one-story, uniminted bowies
‘ o ur i t ; weep. d tke log-house in Vermont, as the second
generation of human habitations, lay a sick woman. She
knew, and all her friends knew, that her iltisivere num
bered, and that'when she left that room it would be in
h er availing-sheet for the grave. Yet her face and her
Fpint were calm, and the tones of her voice, like those of
the (king snail, were. sweeter than those of life. She
had taken au affe9ionato leave of all her children, in
hith and hope, l sac o one—her eldest son:--a mother's
boa and a mother's pride. By great economy and un
nramd industrY.this son had been sent to college. Ile
cc a null, inoffensive, pale-faced ono; but the bright
op"' did net belie the spirit that dwelt in a casket so
frail. Ile had been sent for, but did not reach home till
the day before his niother's death. As soon as she knew
: or his coming, oho immediately had bim called to her
roan, and lett alone with_her. Long and tearful was
their conversation. Sweet and tender WWI 0118 last in
terview betn - ecri a mother and son who hail never lack
ed &vets of eonfidenvo oil either side.
"You know,lmy son, that it has always been my most
earnest wish and praer that )oil should he a preacher-of
the gospel, and thus a benefactor to the souls of men.
lo choosing the law, you are aware you Lace greatly dis
apirointed these hers,"
-1 know it, iltiar mother; and I have Bono i 0 not b u .
oust , I liko lht 1,11% su much, but because I dare not un
dertake n work ;to sacred as the ministry, conscious that
I am not oktmlified in tuned, ur Lode, or for the
work. ! If I dare do it, for your sake, if for no o her rya
t.ort I Would do it."
•.111„;Ciotl's nine, my dear son, in tiTotl's tinH, I Lint
tot \vill. I neither mire it, nor lihnie t nii. But !nutli
ke coo now, that ;nu n ill netyr intilert.ilie any cAuse
xbielt yon thin is uniii , t, and that I/li well never mil in
eT
„re•ningwrott,+ front coming to light and iiiiiii-htnent."
he son I:ifil something about et ery inan's haring the
"rlght to Intro his ease inesented in the best light he
could.
"I know what you mean," said she; hut I know thal
lin man, has violated the law> of God and man; tau ha ,
no moral right to he shielttra flew punishment., If ho
has confess'ons and explanatiolls to Mr, r, it is N%,. II But
far on to take his side, and for money, to him
hem the lalt , oems to inn no better than if, fa money,
tun convened bun from tho °nicer; of justice, Ruder the
Idea that every man had a right to get clear of tlie law at
hr tould. But I run n ink and cannot talk, my 'sort; and
et if )on t% ill give me the solemn ptum,se, it , rams as if
I should dio easier. But yon must do as ton fluid!. best."
Tho young man bent over his ding another, and %villa
much emotion, gavo the solenata prowls() tvhieh she de
sired. 'render was the laNt kiwi she gave hint, warn) the
thanks which rho expie,sed, and sweet the smile which
the wore, and which wits left on her contatenaneti after
her spirit had gono tap to 'noel the stitiles of the lt edeettaii
Some months after dent% of his mother, the young
man left the shadows of the Green Mountains, and to
ward* more sunny region, in tairge and thrifty village
he ripened his,ollice: the sign gave his Immo, and under
it, the words, "Attorney at Law." There he was found
arl:, and late, his 'Alice clean and neat, mid. his few
books studied over and, ever again, but no business. The
fuot fee which he took was for writing a short letter for
hni - black wood-sawyer, and for that ho conscientiously
charged only a single sixpence! People spoke well of
him, and admired the young man, but still no business
came. After waiting till "hope deferred made the heart
kirk," one bright morning a cozirso-looking, knock dots n
lot of a young man was ilecit makilig toward the office.
How the heart of the young lawyer bounded at the sight
of his client! What su4ess, and cases, and fee's danced
in the vioion in a moment! •
"Are )ou lite lawyer?" said tho man . , hastily taking oil
ht bit
"Yes, sir, Mat's my business. What eau Idu fur
ME
hotneth ngof a job, I reckon. The fact is I
hare got into a little troublo, and want a bit of help."—
Ala lee took out a live dollar bill, and laid it on the ta-
The young lawyer made no motion towmd taking
"Why don't ion take it?" said he. "I don't • call i t
PAS. but to begin with—a kind of wedge—what do 3 eta
call up,
Iteleatioilfee, I presumo you mean.r
"Jot so, rind sour taking it, you are my lawyer.—
No take it." 1
Not quite
pto fast, if you iCtease. State your case, and
th en I will tell you whether or not I take the retention-
The coars e fellow started.
"Why', nutter, tho'cuse is simply this. Last spring I
.1 "1/ dOlng a little business by way of selling meat. So I
bou g h t ,
)(AC of oxen of old Maj. Farnsworth. I was to
liars the w fo ll ono hundred dollars."
soll l 7 —what become of the oxen?"
"Ibitclieroil and sold out, to be sure."
"By .
"Yes.ti'
"Weil, bere'r the trouble?"
"WhY. they rat., Mat in.Lonly gave my note for them.
need "ot p' it, and I \I, ant you to help me to get rid of
a"
"How do
ou expect i l me to do it?"
t), pht hay, gentlemen of the jury,
• u wa. lint rk: age when he gavo,:klej. Farm,-
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worth the note, and therefore, in law, l the note is good
fur nothing—that's all:" -
"And was it really so?".
"Exactly.'! -e •
•,'llow came Maj. Farnsworth to let you have the ex . -
en?"
.oh, the godly old man nover suspected that I wali
under ago."
'.•What did you got for the oxedin selling 'them out?"
..Why, somewhere between olio imndsed and thirty
and ono hundred and forty dollars—thoy woromoble fel
loWs!"
"And so you want mo to help you cheat that honest old
man out of thbso oxen, simply because the law, this hu
man imperfection, gives you the opportunity to do it.—
No, sir; put up your retention-fee. I promised my dy,-
ing mother never to do such a thing, and I will starve
first. And as for you—if I wanted to help you to go to
the state's prison, I conld take no course so sure as to do
what ciut offer to pay me for doing And, -depend upon
tho lawyer who dues help you, will be your worst en-
Pleil minority! No; go, sir, ald pay for your 43‘ . 1.
au honestly and live and act on the principle, that let
what will come you -will be an honest luau."
•'l'lie coarse young ,man snatched up his bill, and'lnnt
tering soMething about seeing Squire Snapall, left the
ollice.
Su he 10-t his first fco and his first case. Ile felt poor
and discouraged, when lett alone in the office; but he
felt that he had done tight. Ills mother's voice scented
to whisper, "right, my son, right." The next
,day he
was in old NH. Fain.worth's anti saw a pile'of bilk lying
upon the table. The good old man said ho had just re
ceived them for a debt which he expected to lose, but a
kind Providence has interposed in his behalf. Tho;:roung
I twyer said nothing, but his mother'S voice seemed to
come again. "Right, my son, tight."
Some days after this a man called in the evening, and
asked the -oting nian to defend him inn trial just cont.
ing oti. •
"Wilk is your ease?" •
"They act Use we of stealin•• a bee hive."
••A bee hive:— , prely that could not be worth much."
"No, btu the bees and the honey wore in it."
"Then you really did steal it?"
••Squire aro yon alone here—nobody to hear?"
••I ant all alone."
"Are so❑ bound by oath to keep the secrets of your
clients!"
"Certainly I ant."
"Well, then, 'twixt you and me, "Aid kayo a dab at
that honey." There was more than seventy pounds!—
But yell can clear me : "
"HOW can I?"
"Why, Ncd Hazen has agreed to swear that I was
with him tiNhing at Symnicook
,Pond that night "
"So, by pojmy, yon hope to escape punishment.—
What can you afford to" pay a lawyer_ who will do his
hest?"
• The man took out twenty dollars. It was a great
temptation. The young law)er staggered fur a moment.
"No, sir, I will not undertake your case. I will "not
try to shield a man whom 1 know to be a'villain front tlio
punishment which he deserves. I will starve first."
The coon with an oatlibolted out of the otlir.to, and
math" his nay to Snapali's office. The poor lawyer sat
down alone, and could have cried. But a few dollars
%sere left to hint in the . worldoind what to do when they
and binning of the face was gone, as if he had been fan
tied by the wing• of angels, and again ho heard his own
niother':. yoke, "It:gio. my son. r.g: t "
1./as and even weeks passed away, and no new client
made his appearance. The story Of his having refused
to take fees and defend his el cuts got abroad, and
wet e the giLes concerning his fully. lawyer, tuapuli
&elated that such Weakness would loin any matt. The
multitude neat against the young advocate. - But a few
noted and remembered it in his favor.
On entriing Iris [Alice one afternoon, the , yonng man
In‘nnd a [into lying on his table. It read thug. '
Arn-haw's compliments to Mr. Loudon. and re
rine,gs,if the nut too much trouble, that he would call
on her at hi, earliest convenience, as she wishes to con
sult him professionally, and with as much privacy 'as may
Rose Colta , c. flue 'rah
How his hand trembled wlulo ho read the 'note. It
!night lead to business—it might ho the Mat finite of - an
honorable bre. But who is Mrs. Renshaw? He only
isnen that a Muni by that name, a widow lady, hadJato
ly arrived on ay bat to the faintly who resides in that cot
page:- "At his earliest convenionce." If lie should'gO at
none, would it not look ns if he were ut perfect leistire?—
If hn del) ed, tt (mid it not Mt a dishone‘fy which he had
vowed never to practice? Ho whistled a moment took
up his hat, and went toward "Rose Cottage.' On reach
ing the house, lie was received by a young lady of mod
est, vet easy manner. Ho inquired fur Airs. Ilcushaw,
and d i m young lady said.
“My mother is not well, but I will call her. Shall 1
carryi vcur name, air?'
"11;ndon, if von please."
'rite young lady cast a searching, Fill prised look at
him, and left the room. In a few moments the mother,
a "gra l :eful Well bred 'wipe( about folly, entered the iount.
She had a 'in:ld, sweet I . :fee, and a, look that brought his
own mother so vividly to mind, tha. the tears almost
Ins - e es. For b0111(1 reason, Mrs. Renshaw
red end.) trr.e,..ed.
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"li i is'Mr. Loudon, the lawyer, I suppose,' said-she.
At )onr sei vice, madam.' .
"IS there any 'other gentleman at the Bar of your name
1 -,-
air?" 1
'None that I know of. In what way can you com
mand my scriiccs, madam?'
The lady colored. "I ant afraid, sir, there is some
,n stake. I need a lawyer to look ztt a difficult case, 41
man of piiucipie, hou! I can trust. You' were men=
tinned to me—but—l expected to see an older man.'
"If you will admit me,' said Loudon, who began to
grow net eons in his turn, "so far into your confidence as
to state the c.eze , l think I can promio not to do any hurt,
even if Ido no good. And if ou tho whole you think it
best to commit it to older and abler hands, I will charge
you nothing apd engage not to be offended.'
The mother looked at the daughter, and saw on her
face the look of confidence and hope.
-The whole afternoon was spent in going over the case,
examining papers, and the hjse. As they went along,
London took notes and memoranda with his pencil.
"lie will never do,' thought Mrs. Honshaw. "Ho
takes every thing for, granted and unquestioned; and
though I don't design to mislead him, yet itseoms to me,
us if he would take the moon to bo green cheese, wore I
to tell him so. lie will never do;" and she' felt that sho
had Wasted her time and strength. How great then Was
her Lurprifio when Loudon [wished aside the bundles of
papers, and looking at his notes, again went over the
whole ground, sifting and scanning every point, weigh
ing every circumstance. pointing out the weak places,
tearing and throwing off The rubbish, discarding what
was irrelevant, and placing the whole affair in a light
more luminous and clear than even she had ever. seep it
Wore. Her color came and wont as her hopes rose and
felt. After ho had laid it open to her he added with un
conscious dignity.
"Mrs. Henshaw, I think yoUrs is a cause of right and
Justice. Even if there shouldbe a failure to convince a
Jur) so that law would decide in.your favor, there are so
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SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1849.
mane• circumstantial proofs, that 1 have 'no - doubt that
justice will bo with you. If you please to entrust it to
mo, I will do the best I can; and am quite sure I shrill
work haidor than if I were on the other side.'
• "What do you' say, Mary?' said tho mother to the
daughter. "Yon aro as much interested as I. Shall
we commit it to Mr. London?' -
"You - are the best judge, but it seems to me -that he
understands the ease better than nny one you hnvo con-
versed with'
Laudon thanked Man• with his eyes, but for some-Ica-,
son or other, hers were east down upon tho figures of,
the carpet, and she did not ace him.
"Well, Mr. Loudon, we will commit the whole affair
to you. If you sue&ed we shall be able to reward you;
and if you do not, we shall be no poorer than wo have
been.''
For weeks and months Louden studied his case. Ho'
wns often- at Rose Cottage to ask questions on some point
marmite so claar. lie found they wbra very ngrecablo
-thelmoiher and the daughter—asido from tho
and I, l am not sure thnt he did not find neension to oak
questions ofteirer than ho would have done had it been
otherWiso. •
The ease, briefly was this. Mr. lienshnw had been an
active, intelligent and high-minded man of business.—
fre lad dealt in fruit, had large furnaces nt differeut
places, and did business on an average with three hun
dred i difierent people a day. Among others, he had deal
ings with n man by the name of Wenn—a plausible,
keen! and as many thought, nn unprincipled man. But
without .guile himself, put all confidence hi
him. In a reverse of times—such U 9 occur i
years, let who will ha president—their afra l
I ..cinbtirrassed dnd terribly perplexed. In Ord
cate his business, it was necessary for Flensh
a distant part of the land, in compiny with
Thetja ha died—leaving a young widow, n
child, Marc, then about ten years old, and h
in a Condition as bad a:; need b.? - : fly, the kin
crcd t , tr, their beststiful bumf, edited Elia Wm
to Ms. Heashaw and her little girl, while the
propeity went to nos the debts. The widow:
phan kept the place of their joys and hopes it:
der, l and everybody sn'd "it didn't look like
house." But within four years of the - ideal!)
shaw l , Brown ) returned. lie hod been detain:
ken limbs and business, ho e said. What was t
ment of the widow to have 'ht in set up a clain
Wen ns his property! Ile had loaned Mr.
money, he said—he had been with him in sickness nnd
in death; and the high-mindod llenshaw had made his
v. ill on his denth-bt d, and bequeathed Elul Glen to
Brown, as a payment for debts. Tito will was duly
drawn, signed with Mr. ilenshaw's own name, and aisty
by two competent witnesses. Every one was astonished
at the cLim—the will—at everything pertaining to it.—
It was contested is court, but the evidince was clear, and
the will was set up and established. Poor Mrs. HenehaW
Was stripped of everything With a end he'art she pack:
ed Op bet simple wardrobe, and taking, her child, left the
vilbign and went to a distnnt State to teach- school. I•br
six years she lied been absent, and for sixL years had
Drown enjoyed Elm Glen. No, not enjoyed it, for be en
joyed-nothing. lie aied the huggnrd look-. +lll - v
frequent appeal to the bottle—the jealous feelings which
were over uppertnost—nd his co.lrsr, profane conversa
tion, t:hoivect that tie was WlTtellta. recline , lalgea, too,
of hir , hig,t:trtio.,; op in hit bleop
jug his fist in his dream , , and ing "all h
it, and the like
Suddenly an:l privatoly, MN. rlen , haW returned to
her once Todd village.
_She had obt tined some infor
mation by which she hoped to bring truth di light, for
she had never believed that her n l ever made :inch'
a will in favor of Blown. To prove that Oki, will, was a
gery was cc likt London was now to attempt. An ac
tion was commenced, and Brown soon had it nice of the
warfare now to be cat ied on against him. (Ii roved and
swore, but he also I rid aide his cups and wet t to work to
meet the stortu like a man in the full con l iousness of
the justice of his ean;e. 'net e was writing. and Tiding.
posting and sending writ , —fur both sides had much at
stake. It was the last hope for the widow. It was the
first case for Lottdoill The continually, ono and all,
took s:de, with clrs. IlettAtaw. If a bi,y, road reach a
jurv, it Inti , t have been in hor favor. Saapall was enga
ged for Blown, and was delighted to find that he had
only that "white-faced boy," to contend tt ith; and the
good public felt sorry t h at the widow had not selected a
man of some ago and experience; but then they said;
"wanlen wdl linve, titeir own way."
The day of trial caitio on. Great %vas lie excitement
to hear the great "will ease" and eeely horse in the re
gion was hitched somewhere near the court-house.
In rising to open the C2I9C, (AIN: Loudon wroi embar
rassed; but modesty alwa)ri meets with enccuragcmcnt.
The court gave him pationt attention, and I.outi felt that
it was deserved. In a clear, concise, and masterly man
ner, ho laid open the case just as it stood in his own mind,
and proceeded with the evidence' to prove the will to be
a forgery. It was easy to show the character of Brown
to be ono of veal iniquity, and that for him to do this
was only in keep.ng with!his general character. Ile at
tempted to prove that this wilt could nut ho genuine, be
cause one of his witnesles on 11.8 deeds-bed had confess
ed that it was a forgery,' and that lie and ilk friend had
been hired by Brown to testify and swear to its being
genuine, Here ho adduced the affidavit of a deceased
witness, taken in full before James Johnson, Esq., Jus
tice of the Peace, and acknowledged by hint. So fur all
was clear that the case - was won. But whensit came
Mr. Snapall's turn, he demolished-all the hopes by prov
ing that though James Johnson, Esq., has signed him
self Justice of the Petce, yet he was no magistrate, in
asmuch as his comt4op had expired the very day be
fore he signed the paper, and although Ito had been re
appointed, yet he had not been lesgally Dabfied to act as
a magistrate—that he Wight or might not 'have 'supposed
hirnself to be qualifitd to take an affidavit; and tli'at the
lan', for very wise reasons, demanded that an affidavit
should be taken only by a sworn magisttuto. Ile was
most happy, he said, to acknowledgo the cool assurance
of his young brother in the law; and the only difficulty
was that ho proved nothing', except that his tender con
science permitted him to oiler as an 'affidavit a paper that
was in a law not worth a straw, if, any bettor than a for
gery itself.
There was much sympathy felt for poor Loudon but '
he took it very coolly and seemed in no way cast down.
Mr. Snapall then brought forward his othersurviving wit-
ness—a gallows looking fellow, but his testimony was
cleat" decided and consistent. If he was committing
perjury, it was plain that ho had been well drilled by
Snapall. Loudon kept his eye upon him with the keen
ness of the lynx. And while Snapall was commenting
upon the case with great power, and while Mrs. Hen
shaw and Mary gave up all for lost, it was plain that
Loudon, as ho turned over the will, and looked at it again
and again, was thinitink - of something else besides what
Sampan was saying. Ho acted something as a dog does
when he feels suro he is on the right track of the game.
though he dare not Tel bark. -
When Snapall was through London requested that the
witness might again be called to the stand. But he was
so mild, and kind, and timid, that it seemed as if he was
1 the cue about to commit perjury.
"You take your oath that this instrument, purporting
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to be the wiltof Henry Honshaw, was signed by him in
your presence?"
"I do."
"And you signed it with your own hand as witness at
the time,"
"I did."
"What is the data of the ivill?" •
'•Juno 18,1830."
"When did Honshaw die?"
"June '22,1830."
"Were you living in the village whore he died at the
time?" -
•
"I was."
"How long had you lived r -there?"
"About four ,years, I believe, or somewhere there
abouts."
, Bore Loudon handed the judge a paper, which the
judge unfolded and laid before him on the bench.
"Was the village a largo or small one?"
"Not very large—perhaps fifty houses."
"You knew all these houses well, I presume?"
"I did."
"Was the house in which Mr. Renshaw died, ono
story or two?"
"Two,-I believe."
"But you know, don't von? Was he' in the lowor sto
ry or in the chamber when you went to witness the
deed!"
Here the tness tried to catch the eve of Snapall, but
London very civilly held - hi in to the point. At length he
said, "in the chamber."
"Will you inform the court what •was the color of the
house?"
"I thitik,l feel surd,--it wasn't painted, but didn't take
particular notice."
"But you saw it every day for four years, and don't you
II about ten
rs became
.r to extri-
know?"
w to go to
"Can you remember which way the street ran?"
"It ran east and west.",
• The street ran cast and ,west—the hou3e two story,
and thipainted, and Mr. fli i mshaw was in the chamber
when yet; witnesod the will. Well. I have hut two
things more which I will request you to do. Tho last is
to take that pen and , write your name on that piece of
paper on the table."
Tito witness demurred, and so did Snapall. But Lou-
.13voWn.—
(I an only
19 business
dness of the
was left
Irest of the
and her or-,
perfect or
a widow'm
f Mr. fien
d by bro-
don insisted upon it.
"I cant, any' hand trembles so," said the witnesg.
"Indeed! But you wrote a bold, powerful hand when
you signed that will. Come you must try, just oblige us."'
After much haggling and some bravado, it catne out
that he couldn't mite, and - ever learned, and that ho had
requested Mr. Brown to sign the paper fur hint!
le amaze
fo.r. Elm
lienshaw.
"Oh, oh'." said London. "I thought you sworo that
you signed it yourself. Now one thing mote. and I hove
done with you.' Just let me take the pi:whet-book in your
potiket. I will open it hero before the court, and neither
steel nor loco a paper.
Again tho witness refused, appealed to Snap all; but
that worthy man was grinding his teeth and muttering
tlimething about the uitncirS going to the devil!
The pocket-book came out, and in it was a regillar dis
charge of the haarer,John (Min, from four years im
prisonment in the Pennsylvania Penitentiary and dated
Juno 15, 1831, and signed by Mr. Wood, tho worthy
tarartian. •
T The young advocate now took the paper which he had
handed tolhe judge s and showed the jury, that the house
1,1 lalth llZlnalgun dlvd nun alionon , ..l in Oro ancrut annning
north and soute— that it was a one-story house—that it
was red, the only red house in the village, and moreover.
that he died in a front room of the lower story.
There was a moment's silftee,^and then a stided mur
mur of joy all over dm room. Brown's eyes looked
blood-shot; the witne:s looked bUllell and dogged, and
Mr..6napoll tried to look very indifferent.
his clench-
II" to prove
Ho mode no defence. The work was dole. A very
brief, decided charge was given by the judge, and, with
out leaving their seat, the jury convicted Brown of forg-
"That young dog is keen. any how!" said Snapall.
'•When lis conscience tell.' hint he is on tho side
of jrutice," said Loudon, ovethea . ring the remark. '
It was rather late in the evening before-London called
on his clients to congratulate them on the termination of
their suit, and the recover• of Elm Glen. 110 was met
by Mary, who frankly gave him her hand, and with tears
thanked and praised hint, and felt sure they could never
sufficiently reward him. London colored. and - scorned
more troubled then when in the court. At kilgth he said
ebruhtly, "Miss Ilenslow, you and your mother can
note aid tne:' There is a friend of yours=a young lady,
whose hand I wkli to obtain. I alone in the world,
poor, and unknown. TWS is my first law rase, arid
when I mar have another is More Mau I know."
Mary turned pale, and faintly promised that she and
her mother would aid him to the exteut of their power.—
Then there was u pause, and sho felt us if she, the only
ono who was supposed to he min - hated and cool, must
speak.
"Who is the fortunate friend of mine?"
"Don't you suspect?„
"Indeed. I do not."
"Well, here is her portrait," handing her a', minature
case. She touching a spring and it flew open, and in a
little mirror she sari her men filer! Now the Crimson
Came over her beautiful face, nod the tears came thick
and fast, and she trembled; but I believe she survived the
shock; for the last thou I was that way, I saw the con
scientious Yong lawyer and his charming wife living at
Elm 'Glen; nod I herd them speak of his FIIIST LAW SUM
Graham's Magazine.
The Philadelphia Despatch tolls a story connected with
the whipping-post of Delewaro, whero a man recoived
twenty lusher "well laid on" for some offence, of which
ho had boon convicted against'the good people of that
coin M o n we alth.
The culprit, instead of bellowing like "ten thousand"
when the sturdy constable applied tho lash, laughed all
the time immoderately in the midst of his groans and
oaths, which made the angry officer lay on still harder
without, however. hsseniug in the least, the extraordi
nary hilarity of the 'prisoler.
On giving the twentieth blow, with all his strength,
which mado the blood spirt, and broke his whip, the con
stable could stand it no longer.
"Well, here, mister," said the ofFendod officer, "I've
done my duty, and I can't lick ye no more; Pt like
to knew what it is that's so funny?"
"Funny! Ha! Ha!" roared the other. "Funny! why.
it's the best joke I ever heard of! Ha! ha! ha! ha! Ex
cellent!good! ha! ha! Whey! Oh! ha! hat" said he,
as alternately his pain and merriment predominated.
"Funny! well, what is itHwhat is the joke'?"
"Tito joke:" now roared thoothor—why it's excellent!
You're got the wrong smith! ill aint the man that was to
be;whipped! It's the other ono! Now you with have to
go it all ovor again!" Really- it's too good! You must
lick tho other men! Ha! ha!" roared ho, as they took
him back to the prison to dress his wounds.
133 A chapfrom the county. dining ate city friend's,
who ranked among tho most hushiemible of the "upper
ten." desired a little more sauce on his pudding. Think
ing this word too common or vulgar for such a place and
occasion. ho astonished. the presiding goddess of the ta
ble by gentilieising it thus:—"lf you please, marm. I'll
trouble yea for a spoonful or two of lour impudence."
FOND OF A JOKE
THE VARET.EII.
The tbrrner tat in his ea s ey chair,
Smoking his pipe a clay's
While his hale old Wife, with busy Care,
Inis clearing the dinner away.
A sweet latie - girl, with.fine blue eyes,
On ler trand-pa's knee was catching flies. ]
The old man placed his hand on her head,
With a tear on his wrinkled face,
Ile thought how often her mother dead
Had sat on the sonic, sonic place.
' As the tear stole down trout his half-shut.eye, - •
'Don't smoke, said the Child, how it makes you cry
. .
The house doe lay stretched out on the floor.
Where the snit, arternoon, used to teal; '
. The busy old Tife, by the opon door, •
Was turn hlg tho7pinhing wheel—
And the old brave clock on the mantle gee
114 d plodded along tilt almost three:—'
Etill the fanner sat in his easy chair",
While elute to his heaving breast,
The moistened brow, and the head so It,
sweet grail-I-child is ere p7e4sl.d!
! Ills brad, bent down, on her soft hair lay—
Fast asleep were they both on that milliliter Y!
A RARE CASE-FEMALE INGENUITY AIIEAD
Several days since a well-dressed, middle-aged female
called at this office to inquire particular} fur the papers of
a certain southern city. We examined our files, and
foimd none as late as she desired. Her face was covered
bya thick veil, but the dress and jewelry, in sight bete- !
kened something unusual in the person agebefore usi—
She was very anxious to know if the editors published
all the romantic scenes that occurred. We informed her
that "we" seldun let a good story pass unnoticed, provi
ding that wo knew the particulars. The lady hesitated
to speak further, and we - were about bidding her good!
morning and resuming our business, when she gained
resolution to icquest that we would preserve tho papers
that might arrive front said certain southern city for her
inspection. We promised, and were about leaving her'
again, when she resumed, "Perhaps I hail better tell yon!
ail," said she in a solemn manner. "Alit" The affairs
began to assume the air of n romance. "What ie the
case?" wo inquired—"inneway match probably?" - She
hesitated, but spoke something as follows:
"The lady was a widow, middle-aged, good-leuking.
and wealthy, and loft two children. Her friends lived
near Detroit, and are of French Canrian descilt. I:he
gentleman was a wider:oil, and left ni;:childrei is no
of wealthy family; opp - osition to a marriage was vigor
ously made by his friends. The lady, determined not to
lose her lover, for sha-loved the widower, therefore pro
jected the following stratagem. A runaway match arid
ma'rriago was proposed. The- widower consented—but
after they had traveled as far as the said soufficin
as man and wife, the said widower refused to make the
young widow his lawful wife. This the - widow bad
foreseen, but she had the sagacity and intelligence to l as - -
cettain, that be going info the state said city watt in, the
laws were such that she could wrest the widower and
compel him to marry her. Accordingly, ciu his refusal
to accede, notwithstanding her entreaties and recollec
tions of what she had done for hint, and how she hived
his very shadow, appeared to consent to live ns she ‘Yas.
Without exciting suspicion she took d walk; after finding
a magistrate's office, she sent an officer for her widoWer,
and soon had the joy of beholding him in the presence of
the olticihl, Who buthlie "power to make her lippy. The
widower finding that further opposit!on was useless sad
would cause him a great deal of troublei and being told'
be her that she had this in view since tho patties lef.
home., and the purity!of her intentions, as well es sagac
ity and perseverance striking him forcibly and favorably, '
he consented and they were mulled." "And." said
she, "to tell you the meth, the parties aro now in this
city. Indeed, I ain,the lady. But I have strong reasons
why I should • dislike this being published." ,"Di ,vou
intend taking your her band's home?" said we: - "Dh,
yes," said she. "Such a'scene as that in the magis
trate's court you never saw. But I have secured the
man 1 love. Please suppress this if )(At can. Keep the
papers if you please from ------," and raising her veil
drawing forth a rich watch, dibclo , ing ti delicti:te white
haat!, rind a rev bciattiful face, she lived prettily, "aa
MU
Ties is sub-tantiallythe, details of an netnai scene, and
several of our fiiends were standing in the Commercial
Reading Room and :Saw the lady talking to ns, though
they did not hear much of the conversation by their being
employed in rending the exchanges. Tittly this lady is
a kern one, and she evidently told us the story that it
might aptiertr in print, for we remembered nfterwaids,
that she refused to give names of persons, but freely
spoke of the Mimes of places. 'find' is stranger than
fiction, and the ingenuity of woman is great.--('in. Coin.
TWELVE DAucarnms OF THE YEAR.
NonTll WlNM—Twelve dattgliterl, my lad)? I-
Ypot.—Ye4—twelve daughters; and that ye may not
mistake them, liste their descriptions. The first is
cold, stern and unrelenting in disposition, pittdessnd I
uncharitable, bath and unforgiving. nor Hanle is Jan
uary. The second, who is very diminutive in size com
pared to the sitters, is frequenly worse than January, and
always as had. She persecutes the poor and needy, and
fills tho workhouse with s!sivereing objects. Her:mne
is Felnuary. - The third is spiteful in disposition, boister
ous in temper, and passionate in the extreme. 11cr gusts
of anger are iiho teriblo hurricanes which'raise the bil
lows of the stormy sea, and swallow up the frail vessel.
Her name is March. The fourth is tt - capricious and
wayward as a child now all sunny with smiles—then ab
sorbed in tears—now singing as gaily as the nightingale
—then tinvionS and overcast. Iler name is April. The
fifth is a bright and languishing virgin, srhoso hours of
mirth and merriment are seldom invaded by a moment
a tears, and whose pleasure is the cultivation of sweet
flowers. Her name is May. The sixth is more, serioun
and sedate than her sister whoni I have just alluded to.—
She delights iii shady groves and the banks of clear riv
ulets, where's:le reads or meditCes at her leisure. Iler
name is Juno. Tho seventh is hot, fiery and voluptn
ous;seoking in vain to quench her thirst of pleasure, anti
only intoxicating herself by the renewal of her enjoy
, ments. Her name is July. Tho eighth is n'maiden
whose looks bespeak that inellowness which is als'o to he
found in the fruits that hang over her bower, or in the
harvests the gathering of which she i loves to superintend.
Her name is August. The ninth is staid and matronly'
in deportment, combining the remains of passions of
youth with the discretion and reserve of mature years.—
Her name is September. The tenth is uncertain and
mysterions its her conduct; at ono moment sportive and
gay, at another dismal and frowning. Her name is Oc
tober. The eleventh is inhospitable and cheerless; frigid
in manners, cold in heart; witholt a virtue to speak in
her favor. Her name is November. Tho_ twelfth and
last is a miserable and shrivelled creature, with bleared
eyes, toothless and tottering in hos gait, dressed in furs,
whicb however do not keep her warm. and slipping at
every step. Icicles depend from Tier nose; her very
breath is frozen. Her name is December.—Pirktoich
Abroad.
SZKSIIILE QIJESTION.—An exchange paper asks. "what
sort ofan economist is the man who chows $lO worth of
tobaceo in a year. and stops his newspaper because he
can't afraid to pay for it."
=
BY J MES ntssELL LOW ELL.
'Wonderful, to bin that. has oyes to see it rightly, is the
newspaper. To mo rmr examplo, sitting on tho critical
front bench of the pit, in my study hero irt; f /ttalain, Ithe
advent of my weekly jonr'nal is as that of a strollingthea- '
tre, or rather of a puppet show, on whose stage, narrow
as it is, the tragedy, comedy, and farce of life are play
ed in little. Behold the whole huge earth sent- to me
behdoinad illy in a brown paper wrapper!
Hither to my obicuro corner, by wind or steam, on
'horseback or drotnedarybaelt, in the pouch of tho Indian
runner, or clicking over the magnetic wires, troop all
the famous performers front the four quarters of tho globe.
Looked at from ) a point of criticism; tiny puppets they
seem all, as-the editor sets up his booth upon my desk
and officiates as showman. Now I can truly see how ,
little and transitory is life. The earth appears almost as
a drop of vinegar, on which the solar microscope of this
imagination must be-brought to bear in order to make out
anything distinctlr.
The animalcule there, in the pea-jacket, is Louisilhii
lippe, just landed on tlia coast of England. The other.
in the grey surtout and cocked hat, is Napoleon - Bona
parte Smith, as , uring France that she need apprehend, ,
no interference from him in the present alarming fun&
tore. At that spot, where you. seem to see a speck of
something in motion, is an immense mass meeting.—
Look sharper, and you will seo a mite brandishing We
mand:blee in an excited manner. - That is the great Mr.
Soandso, defluin,g lit position amid tumultuous and irra-- -
pres,Fible cheers. That infinitestimal creature, upon
whom some score others, as minute as ho, are gazing in
open•mouthed admiration, is a famous philosopher. ex.
pounding to a select andiance their capacity for tbe .-
ss;t.e. Thlt scare° discernible pufflet of smoke and dust,
is airevolution. .That speck there is a reformer, just
arranging the lover with which he: is to move the world.
And lo! there creeps forward the shadow of a skeleton
that blows one breath between its.-grinning teeth, and all •
our distinguished actors ari whisked off the slippe y stage
into the dark beyond.
Yes, the little show-box . has its solemn sugges ions.—
Now and Mon we catch a Om* . of a grim o d man,
ho lays down a scythe and hour-glass in the cornet
v.hile he shifts the . scenes. There, too, in the ditit back
ground, a wicrd shape is ever delving. Sorrietimea he
leans upon his mattock, - and gazes, as'a coach r whirls by,
b , earipg the ae•Wly Married on their wedding jaunt, or
glances Carelessly at a blabe broUght home from hristen
mg. Suddenly (for the scene grows larger andlargess
e look) a bony hand snatcheS back a performer in tho
midst of his part, and him, whom yesterday two iniinileS
Oast awl future) would not mace, a handful of. dust is
enough to cover and silence forever. fray, wo see the
same fleshless fingers opening to clutch the showman
nil guess, not without a shudder, that they aro
I)ing in wait for spi , etator also.
Think of it: fur 'three dollars a year I buy ft seasan_
ticket to this greet Globe Theatre, for which God would
write the dramas, (only that we like_ farces, spectacles,
and the tragedies of Api:ll on better,) -whose scene-shif
ter is Time, and whose curtain is rung down to Death.
Such thnught•, w.II occur to nr e sometimes as I am
tearing otYthe- wrappei of my newspaper.' Then sud
denly that otherwise tob'ofteu vacant sheet beciimes in
vested for mo with estrange kind o; awe.. Look! deaths
and marriages, notices of inventions, discoveries, and
b00k , ,, lists of promotions, of killed,- wounded and
his
sing, news of tires; accidents, of sudden,wealth and as
sudden poverty—l hold in my hand the ends of myriad
invisible electric conductors, along which tremble the
joys, sorrov. s, wranizr Arinmphs, hopes, and despairs of
as many men and womol everywhere. So that upon -
that mood of mind which scenis to isolate ms from man
kind as a spectator of their puppet pranks, another au
pervciteQ, in which •I' feel that I, too, unknown and un
heard of, am yet ofisemo import to my fellows. For;
through my newspaper here, do not families take pains
to sencl me, an entire stranger; news of a death among
them? Are not here two who, would have me know of
their marriage? And, strangest of nil, is not this singu
lar person anxious to have me know that he has receiv
ed a fre-t supply of Dimitry Bru . s . rs? But to none of
us does the present (even if for n moment discerned as
such) continue-mil:let-lions. We glance carelessly at the
sunrise, and get used to Orion and the Plciad4. The
wonder wears ofr and, to morrow this sheet, in Which a
vision was let down to bie from Heaven, s' all be the
wruppage to a bar of soap, or the platter - for beggar's
broken victuals. •
'1111.: ENGISII SOLDIER
In no other counts in the world is the soldier so heart
ily as M Envivil: and in none is ho more cor
dony admired. Met{look down upon hint with unboun
ded contempt; women leek up to him with passonato
adoration. lle is ridiculed on the one side; he:is wor
shiped on the other. , Ile is at once a lobster and a hero.
Ile is insulted in the trets; he is courted from the areas.
The buteher.s boy shoulders his empty tray withja face
f of impudence, and the cook-maid, as,ehe retires with
the joint, looks back et hint with a face full of love.—
His rod coat, his errect carriage; his handsome person,
the halo of bravery which surround hint, gladden the
eyes, posses the imaginations, and till the hearts of the
gentler sex: ,whilst men think him a poor creature indeed,
because ho may not put his hands in his pockets, stay out
after night-fall, or get drunk at discretion. They see ho
is nt the mercy of the drill-sergeant—that he has sold
his hh:rt• for a shillink; a day—that ho is turned into a
mere machine, without an opinion 'ofhis own, without
even the ordinary mivilegt of a free and enlightened
citizen to wear as much dirt upgn his person as Ito
pleases, Fur all this they heartily dc'piso him; and be-
Call.e ho is adored by the women, they, moreover, cor
dially detest him. It sides, ho is , mixed up in their
minds with some undefined notions of taxation—and that
is enough in'itself to rendur hint the most unpopular an
imal in the world:—.Vorth B, itisri Ikriar.
Ytt.t.ow FEvint.—lfali you got do jandore, Pete? do
whithe oh your oyes am paler n 9 salTrum.
II todi our mouf ob dose insidious comparisons, Sambo
l'se got de Kalluinfot:nea gold lover—wen doerisisarribes
in de delirium stag,es, den dis initorvidual Ids; lobes for
de rejoin of perpetual gold. Dot is, Bombe,, perwided
congress dos not porhibit us to also our slaves, and order
real estate wid us.
NVelf, Pete, you i 3 insane! A gemman ob 'your color
talk oh foolishness off after deco visiumaq- white folks
down Cape Horn. I guess 'twill be in a horn day'll find
do gold!. if you includes to take do stages, Pete, I hall
detract my remarks on }our appearence, and subsurtout
cioreforo dot all ob a color, all ober alike, yen is do dark
est, greenest niggur in Belknap trod—you is a disgrace
to do whole colored sex! you is green as a geese.
Empty (3i.3 building ob your presence, Sambo, or I'm
not responsible for your early deconse.—Boston Post.
KISSING TO SONIT. PURPOSE.—A story has reached our
ears, of a singular scheme for raising funds, which-was
hit upon and put In practice at a donation party held not
more-than a thousand miles off It appears that some
of the kissable ladies present actually allowed• their sweet
lips to be tasted at the rate of fifty cents altisii—this be
ing considered n.suitable price for the privilege! If we
are not misinformed, one gentleman of the party took five
dollars' worth !—Sawbetch Observer.
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