II MI n. r. OLOAN, Editor. ..... _1 VOLUME 20. ,telert Vtittrg. 11017611310LD I= We talk bf "old familiar faces," Arid lore flaw warmly and sincerely; But there are old familiar places, That cling to us almost as dearly. flay, %the among u,, whit a heart {lntent feelings holy sunshine fall, Can hear, untouched, to turn and part From even long-known household walls; Wolfs thug hove echoed to our pleasure, Walls, that have hidden us In oriel, Merl shaken by our dancing measure, And garnished by out Cbriettults leaf. Tim chair+, that %e 113VIt drawn around The ht flight lire, with friends beside UN, in that tiny world we fouhd The j.ote the larger world denied'uo. The table, tt here our arm was leaned, And iv:Hour ll'ow in pensitp thinking, , - The cosey curtain Ulu has screened north•cast droughhi have found u; ehrinklug oh! are there not sonic heart,' that ever A tint of lot e from can honott I Awl when they Ma} •uriooil e„" can never Mite the lass look without deep sorrow. And hots Oar sirisit learnt. to talk old tree, oeo IlitCololllllerlge, err o orr•lrir sonar 1100 r garden walk, thouith'ltt ere !Kano! lay Facrrtl plc 14. th! many iltbroMnng heart will yearn 'To !muNelml.l {r all, or nl.l green lam., All maul) a farewell ginner wilt turn, Hall dimmed, to peep ju,t once At +owe h i lryr ncteless Whi , l) Si I , hare dwelt it itb, till it A I",•ather in the gentle n ing, ./ hat out happiest tirenins. if )1k! lii e , than Inkt n nnl,le ilium • In It.komte w here thy iife-litht fully, 13..twatni awl wide, that they have At leaving even honselwld walk. trbilirt 311i!:Litelltuttl, TALE OP A BARRISTER. Esther Mason. Amer forty years ago, Jebel. Woodford, a foreman o • shipwrights in the Plyruntli dockyard, while carelessly crossing one of the traverse beams of a seventy-four gun ship; building in that arsenal, missed bin footing, fell to the bottom of the hold of the huge vessel, and was killed on the spot. Ho left a widoiv and one child—a boy sev en care of age, of placid, endearing disposal _n; but weak int'elleet,--ohnoat in a state of deat'itution. Ho had been a coarse -tempered, improvident man; and like too many of his class, in those days at least, dissated tlto whole of his large earnings in Present sonsuntie indul gence, utterly careless or unmindful of the future. Es ther Woodford, who at the time of her husband's death scarcely numbered five-and-twenty years, was still a re markably comely, as well as intercede& gentle-manner ed person; and moreover had, for her station in life, receiv ed a tolerable education? Der rash, ill-assorted mar riage with Woodford had been liastily contracted when she was barely seventeen years of age, in consequence of a jealous pique which alto for some silly reason or other, had conceived regarding Henry Mason, an intelligent can seafaring man of fair prospects in life, and frank di-position, with whom alto had for some time previously. re the west country phrase it, "kept company," and who was, moreover, tenderly attached to her. Estlier's mar ried life was ono long repentance of the rash act; and the severance of the do which bound her to an ungonial mate—after the subsidence of the natural horror and com passion excited by the sudden and frightful Ll:lAm°. of Alio eatastrophy—must have been felt as a most blessed re lief. A few weeks afterwards, she accepted en asylum with her brother-in-law, Davies, a market gardener in the vicinity of Plymouth, where, by persevering industry, with her needle, and thrifty helpfulness in her sister's household duties, she endeavored to compensate her kind hearted relatives for tho support of herself and a help less half-witted child. Mason she had never soon since the day previous to her marriage; but she know he was prospering in the busy world, and that some time before her husband's death, he had been appointed eldeNnate in a first-class merchant-ship trading to tho Pacific. 110 had sailed about a fortnight previous to that event; and nn* ten lazy months having slowly floated past, the lover of her youth, with whom in that last sunny day of her Yenng life—how distant did it seem, viewed through this long intervening vista of :lays and nights of grief and tears!—sho had danced so joyously beneath the flowering chestnut-tree, was once more near her; and it was—oh happiness!—no longer a sin to think of him-no longer e crime to recall and dwell upon :he numberless preofa of the &op . :affection, the strong love, he had' once felt for ker. Once felt! Perhaps even now! blow swiftly had the intelligence communicated by her sympathiaing sis ter tinted with bright hues tho dark Curtain of the future! "And yet," murmured poor Eatlier, the flesh of hope fading as suddenly as it had risen, as with meek, sad eyes she glanced at tho reflection of her features In the small oval glass, suspended over the mantletiiece 7 "l M imed doubt, Sully dear, if lie would recognize me; even if old feelings find old times have not long since faded from his Inerriory—" "Stuff and trumpery about fading away," broke in \IN. Device. Henry Mason is the same true-hearted, man Ito was eight years ago; and as a proof that he is, lust read this letter which I promised him to give to you, There, don't go falling into a flusfration; don't now, Esther, and to-morrow market-day and all! Don't cry, Ectlier," she added vehemently, but at: the same time sobbing furiously herself, and tltrotviug her arms round her sister's neck: "but perhaps—perhaps' it will do us goad, both of us!" It ;nay he nueoisary to state that I owe the foregoing particulars to the interest toll by my wife- 7 1ioreelf.a na tive of the beautiful Devon—lll 010 Rltillnea of tulle hum- Ida household. lather was her foster-sister; and it hap pened that just at this period, it was vacation time, we were paying a visit to a family in the neighborhood. A few hours after the receipt of the welcome letter, my %de chanced to call on Esther relmive to some fancy needlo-work; and on her return, I was of course, favored with very full and florid details of this little , bit of cottage u'laarice; the which I, from regard to tho reader, hatie carefully noted down, and as briefly as possible expressed. We mot henry Mason with his recovered treasure on the following evening; and certainly a more fseorablo specitneu of the vigorous. -active, bold-featured. frank spolkela, British seaman I never met with. To his com paratively excellent education—for which I understood ho was indebted to his mother, a superior woman, who, haring fallen from one of the little heights of society, had. kept a school at I'lymouth—in addiabn to his correct and temperate habits, ho was indebted for tho rapid advance —lie was but a fow months older than Estlier—,ho had Db tain 6 i l in the merchant service. Tho happiness which beamed upon Esther's face did not appear to he of that ex uberant, buoynant character that kindled the ruddy cheek Yrild ran over at the bright hottest eyes of the hardy sailor; 'orte mcd to mingle with it a half-doubting, tremb . ' .•.,.,, . , , , . , • . ' , . . . , , . , . ~ : ... . '..', 57t i d ;:` ~.. ,t • . , iiii ~ . , . , .. . „ . . ..: . i • . , . • . -7., ~. ' .;• , .rr .. 4, -•;:it-,, - ' „ r . : , F 4 r, 471 ~. • ~,-, t•-,. , . ' -,-, •I . , , , • •••,.. •!N - , - -4' 4 •-. '',- ~ , ~-,,N - i','• .4. , .t- .S• '1 ~. =, . r . 1 , - l , . ling apprehensiveness; albeit it was not difficult to per ceive that sorrowfully as she passed hor noon of prime, an "Indian summer" oftho soul was rising upon her brightened existence, add already with its first faint flush es ' lighting up her meek, doubting oyes, and pale.:chatig- Mg countenance. Willy, her feeble-minded child, frisk ed and gamboled by their side; and altogether. a happier group than they would, I . fancy, have been difficult to find in all broad England. The next week they wore *flied; and ono of tho partners of tho firm, by which Mason was employed, happening to dine with us mi the day of the nodding, the conversation turned for aims minutes on tho bride groom's character and prospects: • • "lle has die ring of true metal in biro? l remarked; "and is. 1 suppose. a capital seaman." "A first-rate one," replied Mr. Roberts. "Indeed, so high is my father's opinion of him. that he intends to confer upon him the command of a fine brig now build ing for us in the Thames, and intended for the West In dia trade. Ile possesses, also, a singular courage and daring. Twice, under very hazardous circumstance he has successfully risked his life to save men who have fal len overboard. Ho is altogether ,a skillful, gallant sea- EMI "Such a man e " obeorved another of the company. "might Rarely have aspired higher than to the hand of Ether Woodford, dove-eyed and interesting as she may be!" "Porliaps so," returned Mr. Roberts, a Milo curtely; "Bough he, it seems, could notthavo thought so." Tho subject' then dropped, and it was a considerable (lute afterwards, and under altogether altered circum stances, when tho newly married couple once more crossed my path in life. It tens about eight month . x after his marriage—though lie had been profitably enough employed in the interim— that Henry Mason, in consequence of the welcome an• nouncement that the new brig was at last ready for her captain and cargo, arrived in London to enter upon his new appointment. ' "These lodgings, Esther," said he, os lro was prepar ing to go out, soon after breakfast, on the morning of his arrival, "aro scarcely the thing, and as I, like von, am a stranger in COckney-laud, I bud better consult some of the firm upon the subject before we decide upon'perma ncut ones. In the meantime, you and Willy must mind mid keep in doors when I am not with you, or I shall havo one or othorof you lost in this great wilderness of a city. I shall return in two or three hours. I will or 'der somothing for dinner as I go along; I. hove your purse. Good by: G...d bless you both." Ingniriog his Way every two or three minutes. Mason presently found himself in the vicinity of Tower stairs. A Rcullle in front of a public house attracted his attention; and his ready sympathies wore in an instant enlisted in behalf of a young sailor, vainly struggling iu the grasp i of several athletic Man, and crying lustily on the gaping bystanders for help. Mason sprang forward, caught ono of the assailints by the collar, and hurled him with some violence against the wall. A tierce outcry greeted tlifs audacious interference with gentlemen, who, in those good old times, were but executing the law in a remark ably good old manner. Lieutenant Donnaghuo, a some what celebrated snapper-up of loose mariners, emerged upon the scene, and in a few minutes was enabled to ex nit in the secure possession of au additional prize in tho unfortunate Henry Masom who too late discovered that be had embroiled himself with a press-gang! Desperate, ,frOnaicd were the efforts he made to extricate himself (rein tho peril in which ho had so rashly involved him self. In vain! His protestations that ho was a mato, a captain in the merchant service, were uubeedad f lir Mock ed at. • To all his romonstrancea, ho only got the professional answer—"lf is -majesty wants you, and that is enough, en como along, and 'no more about it." Bruised, oxhauste l d,.ultnost mad,lio was borne off in triumph to a boat, into which ho was thrust with several fltilera, , and swiftly rowed off 1p a receiving-ship in the liver., Even there I is assertioitsland protestations work of no avail. Nothi n g but an 20iniralty order, the nfG ccr in command candidly told him, should effect his lib , oration. Ills majesty was in need of seamen; and he I was evidently- too smart a one to be deprived of the glory of serving his country. "You must therefore," conch del the officer, ns ho turned laughingly upon his heel; "do as thonsands of other fine fellows have been coin polled to do—grin and bear it." In about three weeks from the date of his impressment, Mason found himself in the Mediterranean serving on board the "Active" fligate, Captain Alexander Gordon, without having boon' permitted ono opportunity of comtnunicating with the shoro. This was certainly very sharp., but k was hot tho leas very common practice in those groat days of tri umphaut battles by land and sea Very drearily passed the time with the boroaved wifeJ her husband had promised to send home something for, dinner, and various groceries; yet hour after hour wool past, and nothing arrived. Morning flushed into noon, day faded' to twilight, end still the well-known and always eager atop Sounded not upon the stairs! What could have dotainod him from his wife. abut up. impris oned as it were, in that hot, hurrying, stifling city? She feared to listsu to the suggestions of her' boding heart; and with feverish restlessness ran out upon the lauding, nii4 peered over the stairs every time a knock or ring• W . 1 1 ,4 hoard at the street-door. This . strange behavior woe, it seems ! noticed by the landlady of tho lodging house, and injuriously interpreted. A knock came to the door, and that person • entered to know at what limo ;Visa—,sheltad forgotten the young woman's name, expected tbo flamer she, the landlady, had undortakon to cook. Esther timidly replied that her husband had promised to return in two, or three hours at latest; and that she dittnot comprehend his continued absence—who indeed quite alarmed about it— •Your husband:" said dm woman, glancing insolent ly at Esther's riguire. "Aro you sure ho is your hus band?" The hot blood 8111111.50 d tho temples of the indignant wife as she said, "This apartment, tnatliut, I believe is mine?" ••011! certainly, rut long as yen can pay for it;" and ruddy slamming the door, the landlady departed. The long wrettilied night at, last over, Esther rose with the lightl.tkitltifter giving her son his breakfast from the re mains of•that of the day before, sot etY with him to the place of business of the'Mossrs. Roberts, It was early, and ono clerk only had } - r ot arrived at the office. He in formed her that Mr. Henry Mason had not hien seen, and that the partners worn greatly annoyed about it, as his immediate presence was absolutely necessary. Stu coil, torrifind, beivilderod by the frightful 'calaini ty which alto belioved had befallen her, she felt, convin ced that her husband lad boon entrapped and murdered for the sake of the tnottoy ho had about him: the wretch ed woman tottered back to her lodgings, and throw her self on the bed in wild, despair: What was to ho done for food even for her boy"! Hor husband had not : only his pocket-Look, with him, containing his larger money,' but had taken her purse. She was alone .and penniless in a strange city:. -The hungry wailings of her witless child toward evening, at length aroused her' from the stupor of despair into which she had fallen. Ttio mis erable resource of pawning, occnryed, to her; she could at leant, by pledging a pert of her wardrobe; procure sus tenaiteo for her child till she Could.heir from her sister: anti with trembling hands she began arranging .a bundle SATURDAY ,MORNING, NOVEMBER 17,' 1849. of such things as she could best spare, when the land lady abruptly entered the room, with a peremptory de mand—as her husband was not returned, and did, not op , - pear likely to do so—for a month's rent iu l advance, that being the term that the apartments wore engaged for.— The tears, entreaties, expostulations of the ' niserablo wife wore of no avail. Not one article the w man de clared should leave her hotfse till her claim w settled. She affected to doubt, perhaps really did so, that Esther was married; and hinted coarsely at an enforcement of the laws against persons who had, no visibletrans of subsistence- In a paroxysm of dospair , the unhappy woman r ushed out of the house; and accornied by her hungry child, again sought the counting -mouse of the Messrs. Roberta. She was now es much footsie as she had been too early in tho morning; the partners and clerks had gone, and she appears to have been treated with some rudeness by the Porter, who was clsing the promises when she arrived. Possibly thewildn as of her speech and manner, produced an impression un'avora ble to her. Retracing her steps—penniless. hungry, sick at heart— , she thought, as she afterwards declared. that she recognized my wife hi ono of the numerous la dies seated before the counters of a fashionable shop in ono of the Wriest thoroughfares. She entered, and not till she approached close to the •ladydiscovered her mis take: She turned despairingly away; when a piece of rich lace, lying apparently unheeded on the counter, met her ci:4", and a dreadful suggestion crossed here fevered brain; here, at least, was the MO3ll/3 of procuring food for her wailing child. She glanced hastily and fearfully around. No eye, she thought, observed her; and horror of horrors: a moment afterwards she had concealed the lace beneath her 811:M1, and with tottering feet was has tily leaving the shop. She had not taken half a dozen steps, when a heavy hand was laid upon her shoulder, and a voice, as Of a serpent hissiii,g in her ear, rominand eddier to restore the lace she had stolen. Transfixed with shame and terror, she stood rootedto the spot, and the lace fell on the floor. "Fetch an officer:" said the harsh voice, addressing olio of OW slioirniell. "No—no—no!" screamed the wretched woman, fall ing on her knees in wild hupplication. •For my child's sake—in mercy of the innocent babe as yet unborn—pity and forgive me!" Tho harsh order was iterated; and Esther Meson, fainting with shame and agony, was conveyed to the prison in Gillspur-street. The next day sho was fully committed to Newgate on the capital charge of privately stealing in a shop to the value of five pounds. A few hours after her incarceration within those terrible walls, ahe'ivits prematurely delivered ofa female child. I have no moral doubt whntevor, I never have had, that at the time of tho committal of the felonious act, the intellect of Esther Mason was disorder-6d., Any other supposition k inconsistent with the whole tenor of her previous life and character. "Lead us not into tempta tion," is indeed the holiest because the humblest prayer. Three weeks had elapsed before the first intimation of these events reached me, in a note from the chaplain of Newgit te, en excellent, kind-hearted man, to whom Mrs. Alason had confided horsed story. 1 immediately host. cued to the prison; and in a long interview ,with her elicited the foregoing statement. I readily assured her that all which legal skill could do to extricate her from the awful iosition in which she stood, the gravity of which I did not affect to conceal, should be done. The offence with which she was charged had supplied the scaffold with numberless victims; and tradesmen were more than over clamorous for tho stern execution of the law which, spite of experience, they still regarded as the only safeguard of their property. My wife was over wheltned with grief; and its her anxiety to save her un happy foster-skte . r, sought, without my knowledge, an interview with the prosecutor, in tho hope of inducing him not to preys charge. Her efforts were umsvail ;lig. lio.had suffered much, he said, from such practi ces, and was, "upon principle" determined to make an example of every oil - older he could catch. As to the plea that 14 huallanti,ltad beets forcibly carried off by a press-gang, it was absurd; for what wauld become of the property of tradesmen if tho wife of every sailor sem/trap ped, wore to be allowed to plunder shops with impunity. This magnificent reasoning was of course unanswerable; and the rebuked petitioner abandoned her bootless errand in despair. Messrs. Roberts, I should have' mentioned, had by some accident discovered the nature of the mitt fortune which had 'befallen their officer, and had already. made urgent cipplte.ation,to the Admiralty or his release The Old Bally sessions did not come on for some time: I, however, took care to secure at once, as I did not my self practice in that court, the highest, talent its bar af forded. Willy, who had boon placed in a workhouse by the authorities, we had .properly taken care of till he could be restored to his mother: or In the event of her conviction, to his relatives in bovonshiro. The sessions wore at last on; a "true bill" against collier Mason for shoplifting, as it was popularly termed; was uuheasitatingly found, end with a heavy heart I wen ded my way to the court to watch the proceedings. A few minutes after I entered. Mr. Justice Le Blaue and Mr. Barron Wood, who had assisted at an important case of stock-jobbing conspiracy. just over, loft the beach; the learned recorder being doubtless considered quite equal to the trial of a more capital charge of theft. The prisoner was placed in the dock; but try ns I might 1 could notdook at her. It happened to be a calm, brigh t summer day; the air. as if in mockery of those death Siissions, humming with busy, lusty life; so that sitting, With My back to the prisoner, I could, as it were, read her demeanor in the shadow thtowu by , her figure on the Oppesito sunlight wall. There elle stood, during the brief momenta which sealed her earthly doom; with downcast . eyes and utterly dejected posture; her thin fingers play ing mechanically with the flowers and sweet-scented herbs spread scantily before her. The trial was Very brief; the evidence, emphatically conclusive, was confidently given and vainly cross-examined, Nothing remained but an elaborate tad miscricordiam mantle," defence. which had been prepared by me, and which the prisoner beg ged her counsel might lie allowed to road. This was of course refused; the recorder remarking. they might us Well allow counsel for felons to address juiries.us read de fences: and that,•as every practical man know, would be utterly subversive of the due administration of justice.— Thcrclerk of the court would rend the paper, if the pris oner felt too agitated to do so. This was done, and very vilely done. The clerk, I dare say, read us well as lie was uhle: but old.. near sighted, and possessed of any thing hut a clear enunciation, what could ha expectod?— The defeuce, so road, produced not the slightest effect, either on the court or the jury. The recorder briefly commented on the conclusiveness of the evidence for the prosicution; and this jury, in the same brief. business like manner. returned a verciet of guilty. ••What have you to say." demanded the clerk. "why sentence of death should not bo pronounced upon you, according Id law?" The shadow started convulsively as the terrible words fell from the man's lips; and I saw that the soddenly up raised eves of the primotteF were fastened on the fearful questioner. The lips. too, appeared to -move;.' but no sound reached my oar ears. "Speak, ,woman," said the recorder, if you have any thing to urge hriforo sentence is pronounced." I started up; and turning to the prisoner, besoUght her in hurried accents to speak. "Remind them of the in fant ni your breast—your husbands^•--- - "Who is thiit conferring with the prisoner?" demanded rro w the judge In an angry voice. , . . 1 I turned and confronted him with a look u haughty as his own. 1 lie did not think proper to pursue the inquiry thriller; and after muttering something about the neces sity of not interrupting tho proceedings of the court. again asked the prisoner if she had any thing to urge. "Not for myself—not for my IWO.", at hist faintly mur muredhe trembling woman; "bat for that of my poor. dour in{ Itirty poor widens boy! ..1 do not think, air. I was in .4 was friendless. i r. lill? , htisbend. too, whom yen hero heard"—. She atoppod abruptly. a - chanklng sob struggled In her throa t and but fer the supporting OM of one of the turnkeys,' she would have tailor' to tho ground. • "Unba'ppy. guilty woman." wild the recorder, wl i th the coolness of a demon, "tho plea of ineaulty you would'eet pp is nttehy untenable. Your husband, it seems, is ser ving his majesty i i the royal nary; defonding his ectuntry whilst hisi wife w breaking its laws, by the commission of a crime which but for the stern repression of the law would sail tho foundations' of the security of property. ind"--1—: \. I could) endure no more. The atmosphere of the court *teemed to stifle ma; and‘kraslied for relief into the open Befdro, however. I hadi street, a long, piercing s c ream informed niv mod - judge had done his fluty. No etliirt was spared during the interval which elaps ed previous to the recorder „presenting his report to the privy council—a peculiar, yrivilego at that time attached to tho (Arco to procure a mitigation of the sentence. A petition, +nog forth the peculiar circumstances of the case, was carefully prepared; and by the indotatigsble ex ertions of on excellent Quaker gentleman—whom, as be is still aqe, end might not choose to havo his name blazoned M the world. 1 will call Friend—was soon very numerously signed. The prolocutor, however. obstinately refused to attach his name toitho document; end the atisenco of his signature—so strangely did men reason on such matters in those days—would ,it Was fear ed, weigh,licavily against the success of the pennon.— The amiable and enlightened Sir Samuel Romilly not only attached his name. but aided us zealously by his tulvices and influence. In short, nothing was waited that appeared likely to attain the desired object. Two days before the petition was to bo forwarded to the proper quarter, Henry Mason arrived in England, the exertions of his employers hiaing procured his discharge. Tito "Active" was one of Captain Hosto's squadron, which obtained the celebrated victory off Lissa, over the Franco-Venetian fleet commanded by Admirable Do bourdien. Henry IMason;lappoared by the 'testimonials of the captain aim officers of his ship, had greatly distils guished 'illinset( in the action. Wo enclosed these papers with the petition; and then. having done all in our power awaited with anxious impel tine° the result of tho re corder's report. It was announced to me, us 1 was sitting somewhat later than usual 'at chambers, by Mr. William Friend. Tho Judgment to dio was confirmed! All our representatious bad not sufficed lc.counterbalance the supposed necessity of exhibiting terrible examples of the fate awaiting the perpetrators of an offence, said to be greatly on the increase. Excellent William Friend wept like a child as he Made - the announcement. There are many persona alive who recollect this horri ble tragedy-;;this national disgrace—this act of gross bariiiiritji on the part of the great personage. who:liras, hitving carried cif the poor woman's husband, loft, her to (fie for an act, the very consequence of that robbery. Who among the spectators can over forgot that heart-rending scone—the 'hangman taking the baby from the brest of the wretched creature just before he put her to death/ But lot us not rako up. these teiribo reminiscences. Lot us hopo that the truly guilty are forgiven. But let us take consolation from reflecting that this event led the great itomilly to enter on his celebrated career 'as a re former of the crimnal The rental ne of EAther Mason wore obtaing from the Notleate officials, and quietly intoned SePlelWe's churchyard. A plain slab, with her name only plainly chiselled upon it, was some time afterwards placed above the grove A few years ago I attended a funeral in thesesuo graveyard; and after a slight search discolored the spot. The inscription. though. of course much worn, was still quite legible. • • I had not seen Henry mason since his return; but I was glad to hear from Mr. William Friend that, after the Inorpassionate burst of rage and grief had subsided, he had, apparently at least. thanks to the tender and pious expostultious of his wife—with whom. by the kind inter vention of sherif s. he wai permitted long and frequent interviews—settled doWn into calmness and resignation. 'One thing only he would not boar to hear even from her and that was any admission that ehb had bean guilty of oven the slightest offence. A hint of the.kind, however unintentional. would throw him into a paroxysm of fury, and the subject was consequently is Lie presence studi ously avoldid. . la a fow days after the execution, Mr. William Friend called on me just after breakfast, secompanied by the bereaved husband. I never saw so changed a , man.— All the warm kindliness of his nature bad vanished, and was replaced by a gloomy, fierce austerity. altogether painful to contemplate. sir." said he, as hs beroly touched my proffer. od hand...thoy have killed her, you coo, spite of all you could say or do. It much svailod me. too, that I had helped to win their boaatod vlctories;" and he laughed • with savage !interims.. "lienry-11"nry!" - exclaimed William Friend, in reproving accent. "Well, well, sir," rejoined Mayan, impatiently. "you are a good man; and have. of course. your own notion, on these matters. I also have mine. Or perhips you Think it is only the blood of the rich and great. which. shed unjustly. brings forth the iron harvest? ,Forgivle me," he added, checking himself. "1 respect you both; but my heart is turned to moue. You• do not know— ! none ever knew but I—how kind, how loving, how gen tle was that poor, long•snftering girl" He turned from us to hide the torrihlei agony which convulsed liim. ' "Henry," said Mr. Friend, taking him kindly by the hand, "we.pity thee sincerely. as thou linowcst; but thy bitter, revengeful expressions are unchristian, einbul. The nutliorities whom thou. not for the first time, railer' on so wildly acted, ed sure of it, front a sonso of duty; a mistaken one in my opinion, doubtless; still"— "Say no more sir."' interrupted Mason. "We differ in opinion upon the subject. And now. gentlemen. fare well. I swished to see you. sir, before t left this country forever, to thank you for your kind though fruitless ex ertions. Mr. Friend has promised to be steward for poor Willy of all I can remit for his use. Farewell. God bless you bollti" Ile was gone. ; War soon afterwards broke out with the United States of America, and Mr. Friend discovered that one of the most active and daring officerirhi tho Republican navy was Henry Mason, who had entered the American alit vide in the maiden name of his wife. and that the large sums he had remitted from time.to time .for, the use of were the produce of his successful depredations on British commerce. The instant Mr. Fiiend. made 'the discovery, he refused to pollute his hands with money so obtained, and declined al t further agency in the matter. Mason, however , contri ved to remit through some other charinel to the Davios's with whom the boy. had been placed; and a rapid improvement in'their cirounistancifie was soon visible. These remittances ceased about the middle of 1814, and a twelvemonth after the peace with Artie:ice. we ascertained that Henry hulled In the , battle on Lake Champlain. distinguished himself, as everywhere else daring and furious lisle with which ho fo country -which, in his unreasoning frenzy the murder of his wife. Ho was mogul his former messmates In the "Active,” a prisoner on board the Americtiu Comm • crugh's ship. recognized him u ho lay at,. dock. in the uniform of on American na countenance, even in death. wearing the defiant expression which it assumed on th , beloved Esther perished on the scaffold. FASHIONABLE GI Ms. Sw•isshelm of the PiliSbllrgh Sa ono of Oa pleasantest and most original ago, gives the following matter-of-fact one of her admirable `•lettere to country gir "There are hundreds of girls in every 1• parade the streets in feathers. flowers. sil whoso bands are soft and white as uselessn them, whose mothers keep boarders to go their idle daughters. These . mothers will t wait on tables. curry loads of marketing, menial drudgery, Into and oorly l with ye clothing-than-would be olio veed I, to ;a t& while their hopeful daughters Spend th lounging in bed, rending somo silty look. t in Music and French, fixing finery ) and ti evenings ore devoted to dressing displayin and accomplishments to the best advantage derment and admiration of knights of the young aspirants for professional boners-:-4o patients, lawyers without clients—who are and soulless ns themselves. Aftei a whit • sounding simpleton captivates a tape-mo• expounding. or pill making simpleton. Th spend every cent thereon be raised by hook all thatcan be got on credit—in broadcloth, a f lace, carriage, attendance, &c.,-11 ng thei ets on somebody's chair, lay their mpty h • body's pillow, and commence the r empty I other prospect than living at sombocky's ox no higher purpose than living genttelly an. neighbors. This is a synopsis of the lives 4 thousm and ball room belles, perhaps of I some wl costume you have on vied from a passing gla sands of women in cities dress elegantly on who have riot a sufficiency of wholesome f. forint& bed, or fire enough to warmalteir ro boarded is a ••genteet boarding house" in There were two young ladies and a piano i • hall and parlors handsomely furnished. The lady, the belle, wore a summer bonnet at to silk and blond concern that could not last m or three months; silk and stain dresses at tw four dollars per yard, and five dollars a piece thorn, and the entire family, woman, boys, nlno in ell, slept in one smell room,-with tw or pine shavings, two straw bulstent, and quilts for bedding: no sheets, no slips, and t wall hung the peagreen cud white satin, the r lawn drosses. These ladies did not work, bu piano, accordion and cards; ,and nearly broke the-week before we wer6thero, because ano prcaunte lived just as they did, called on I groat clumsy gnylplaain on ho neck. None . ono, and Mrs. Labaliuda, the belle, could ea and had a bad fit of the sulks to console her of a chain. But, dear me! I had no notion away onion. I wai just thinking how busy try girls are apt to be in the full, and this led what a lilseing it is that you have something that you think it a disgrace to livo idly. It blessing tolive iu a country where it is a cred for idleness ht,the permit of vice and misery. get weary, er think year lot a hard one whoa pickles or preserves, apple butter, sausages ant future use." . CORNERIIIIO.—The following from the Albai man, would not be amiss in this region: "Corners have always been very popular 'a body, except Othello—who getting wrathy one ed out that ho would rather have the phoby en' moon, than keep a corner in the thing he other's uses. Ile was excited. With the sin tion, we say that corners have been popular w body, and justly so. The chimney corner. fo is endeared to the heart from the earliest to hours of exiatouce.' Tho corner cupboard! IS of sweet things has it contained fur no in yout what luxuries have .its shelves groaned in man snug corner in a wall! Who ever objected thing? A corner in a woman's heart: ChM and jou may command the entire domain. the temple of fame; Arrive at that and you be mortal. But a word of caution to the corner!. Is said by a good natured cotemporary. that y that hang round the corners of our streets, hang in a different corner when they grow u a prison yard! SENDING aR 171(BRELLa BY TAILNOR•PIie—At , very gentlemanly conductors on the Erie mitre the N. York Journal of Commerce; none is belt for his politeness and humei than Mr. Ayres., since, an old lady from the neighborhood of Big on the upward train of cam, when they had passes ton and were upwards lOU miles from I'lormont, missed her umbrella. nThere!" she exclaimed mealy. in a voice that attracted the attention of e Care. "Them: Ido declare, I've left my umbrell the steamboat down to Piermont," and continued ing her great loss tilt Ayres entered. Sho !opt' grievance and sorrow to him. "Bless you me said ho, "is that all? We can put all right in a Bend for it by telegraph, ena'na—and so saying h od up his hand to tho boll rope that passes throug cars, and jerked it once or twice, and then wont t or car, where by arrangement, all articles picked boat are carried along with the train." Ile .ret moment afterwards with the umbrella. "Lord exclaimed the old lady in a fever of delight and e ment. "I ;mowed they sent letters and nowspd Telegraph. but it's the fust time 1 ever heard of an umbrella:" KISSII4G AT TIM CARS -Tug LOUDEST YICT. are in tho habit of warmly greeting acquaititan the arrival of the passenger trains, at this ns well other station houses. It was only the other d yoUng gentleman rushed through the crowd to I la , dy, seized her hand and gave her a hearty k smack of which sounded above—We were ' ll day. the dip of gnng si but it is enough to state; report startled a country lass bard by. who excla . her lellen—••Massy Joshd tokof on airzlea gee tots keers ?" SCIVICZ Ili • scnoot...=-A school toischer. a yoUi put the question to her, scholars one. morning, - made you?" The largest boy in school could neither could any of thoscholars. till she 'tin estito smallest and youngest urchin in thO "school—lie ed promptly that God made him., The teacher. to the largest boy. atild—"Are you not - ashamed know what this,little fellow knows?" "Be." replied the "big ,un" "Thunder? th e might know;, 'taint a fortnight State he was model MI awn had been' hero he had by the redden 'ght against tho be aocused of • d by one of bo. conveyed I. der, Maction • •tched on tho at officer; his acne stormtul, day that his RLS. rday ;toiler, Alton; of tho formation, lo rgo city, who and laces, cd s 7t s oui c otit r a ,thni n seew mk slave, mmeaeooprse a living for more . Ji r mornings t king lessons I e like. The their charms ) for the won •ardstick and ) tors without as brainless tho piano uring, law two ninnies r crook—get t tin, flower , , empty pock ads on aotn - life, with no enso—with spiting the de of street .ose shining co. Thou tho streets, od. a earn- me. I onco ouisville.— tho house; Ideal young I. dollars; a , I .7tltihraene atlnvdo for making and babies. . dirty begs throe dirty tere on the ch silk and played the heir hearts her, who 1 lam with a f them had no supper. r the want =MI -our COUtl to think o do. and a a groat t to work. So do, not titling up i; sauce for y Dutch- id% every day, blot• bay the loves. for to excep- Ith every instance, ho latest hat stores 11 With oodl A ouch a • at there. =11:1 =ME ftfors. It ung men ory often —that of •'Such a 'ha, haP to went up from that little elate. at that moment, was seldom heard In the neighborhood before, or since! Poor Smith stood for a moment, sal exactly paralyzod—that would be a faint term of expres sion; he wax 'frozen—actually statua-isitd is his tracks. and he hugged his boots to his side. coughed. sneezed. choked—then griuned, a ghastly smile! - As soon as the paroxysm of laughter was over, the lady twought forward a chair. and ',hieing it before the victim. said— • • aboard I "Pray, he seated, Mr.Smith."' ong the l ads. up/ I, r known Not long :htuntou Cechoc uthionly dolor. iu tho bewail ated her dame." minute I , reach ,h all Elio anoth- tp on the mod a • massy? tonish- pens by 'sanding ;Friends t CS upon as at all • that a • arda a as, Lilo jag to at the med to on the g lady, "Who of tell, tell the rtottoer. tuning not to ok be 11150 A TrlAlt, in Adv a 1260. IA 01Ma VOE gIIPAIZZING.9 Boss months since, a joyous. contriving young wo• man, residing in this city. the daughter of highly respect able parents, found himself somewhat intentionally de tained at the house. one evening; and before she was aware of the fact. scateely. sight-had set in. The dis tance to her own home was but is few blocks. however. and as she expected a' little gathering of ladies and gen.. demon that evening at her father's, she determined upon returning homeward unattended; and bidding her friend. good night. she hurried along upon the walk. towards her residence, into which her family had quite reoently removed, from another part of the city. Upon turning the first corner, she was suddenly stir. tied by the approach of a well dressed young man. who accosted her with a "good evening." and offered hie ser vices to escort her 'same! Alarmed, for an Instant. she would have avoided the stranger; but as ho advanced to her side, she ventured to turn towards him. and a glanoo satisfiod her;—sho recognized the young gentleman as a familiar acquaintance. Disguising her voice. and reply ing in a timid tone, she accepted the proffered gallantry, determined at once to•administerS lesson to her young friend, which ho should not forget. The conversation which passed was brief, and the beau suspecting noth ing, as ho was not aware that the family had changed their quarters, tripped along at the young lady's side. appar ently very wolf pleased with, his companion. In a few minutes they halted before a modest brick house, in a somewhat retired Wool, at the west ond;and the lady re linquished her attendant's arm. •Will you come in?" whispered the lady, softly. "Thank you," Wits the reply; and biz fair companion opened the front door." Closing it carefully. they found thernselveS in the entry; in total darkness. "Wait a Moment," said the yottug woman. "and be perfectly quiet. I mill return instantly:" and with these words, she ascended the stars which led to the parlor.. Tho first thought of the young man, as she retired. was to open the front door and move: for he suspected all was not as ho at first anticipated. Ho turned to the door, it was fast. Ile fumbled for the latch. or leek. or whatever Becured it, it was not to he found; and an instant rt . .‘rwards, he hoard footsteps approaching, la the dark ness. His heart thumped against his ribs, and he began .to wish himself safely out of doors again: but be was quickly re-assured by the encouraging whisper of the new made acquaintance, who approached btm. appar ently with great caution. **Hush!" sho said. ••alI is safe. quiet now, a mo• ment—remove your boots from yen feet—l will return in en instant." Our hero was content: and drawing off his boots, he secured them togellter - t and held theni in I bis hand. to await the return of his{ riar friend, who , again ascended the front Mahe Entering the parlor a moment afterwards, the female rogue found some half a score of young lady friends. with their brothers and beaux present, to whom she quickly and briefly communicated the advent - o•l've got him in the entry, down stairs." "Put out the lights. keep perfectly still, don'l slightest sound, and I will show you earnest:re merit." The lights wore removed, the party anal* solves around the room—the hulk of the com the victim intimately—and again the lady deli stairs, and approached her friend. "Softly. now." she said, taking the hand unoccupied with the boots. "softly. All ill stairs—all is arranged—come!" and she led shyly along up the stairway. His boots thee the railing—' •'eh:" exclaimed the fair otter_ sake, make no noise—or all is lost!" The been moveramped his boots mo nt his side. nor dreamed of aught save. bliss all did he suspect the exiiiiitiOe of a huge stockings—but ho was • bachUloi. and this trifle! They entered the parlor. All was darkness a! The lady closed the door behiod them. and lad' panion into the center of the room. Nola b heard, and little did the gentleman suspect t I at that moment surrounded by a dozen °this ancos. "Romnin hero ono moment," said the gir get a light—"' 1 The gallant railed the soft hand which had conducted him thus far towards—he knew not what!—aii. ventured to prose upon it a kiss; but it was dexterb4sly with. drawn, at the very "nick of time," and hie lips came in contact with his own fingers! "Wait moment," added hie loamorated, leaving him quickly—and, then. passing through a door stew farther extremity of the room, she disappeared.- A minute had scarcely elapsed. but it ieemed a month to the little par ty, who were nearly choking with suppressed merriment —it was an age to the victim. But gentle footsteps were hoard again; the beau Fixed anxiously towards the di rection of the door; it opened with rising!' movement. a blaze of light gushed into the parlor, and behind It be be held the face of an old familiar acqualntancel ..Ladies and gentlemen." she said. NU', is Mr. Sosith.". lie turned upon his tormenter a look of comical recog nition. and, like Felstefl; his witsCcoming quickly to his relief, ho replied: ..Did you think, Calls, l did'ntdinoto gout" Another Mar foilowed this remark, and the company was;vory soon upon good terms This was his first and last effort at picking up an ae. qunintance; and it pi4iived a cure for "sparking" with him: Within six months ho made ample apology for his error, by making Miss Cally--Mrs. Smith!.—Flog of our Union. 0" Mankind might do without physicians. If they w ould observe t h e laws of health; without limpet, if they would keep their tempers: without soldieis if they would observe the laws of Chriatauityi and perhaps without preachers, if each one would take care of his own con science; but there is no dispensing with the newspaper. r_7" A wag has truthfully said, that if some men could come out of their graves and Lead the inscription on their tombstones, they would think they had got into the wrong grare. PRICE CONLYNDROM.—The following. by Miss :• P. Brown. of Meriden. was adjudged the best by the cont. ntittce:--awhy le the Great Russian Bear. Nicholas. like a half-starved foal Because he's got Hung(s)ry , and wants Turkey." MATRIMON y.—A young lady was told bye married lady that she had better precipitate herself off the Niagara Falls, into the basin beneath, than many. The young lady repliod—.l would, if I could find s husband at Om bottom!" 3 When Julia Long Mood up et the alter, thirpriest renrarked.—"le your name Julia Long? The innocent girl replied. "it ain't nothing shorter!" But it wasn't eo . . long. NUMBER 27, Mal she malt—. I betray the iti a me- zed them 'ploy knew l - aded the hieh was I . gout up ar gallant ad against I"fur pity's securely Least of at in ht. u but a d Wane her corm- nth wag et he was acquaint. MOO u;~:.:s
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