U. r. ezioa N, Editor. VOLUME 20, Mat putrg. WICAT XS NOBLE! I=! What Is noble? to inherit Wealth, estate, and proud degree? There mat be Borne other merit Higher yet than these tbr me? Something greater far must enter Into lire's majestic span; Fitted to create and centre Tine nobility in In man! What Is noble? 'tis the finer Portion of our mind and heart; Linked to something still diviner Than mere language can impart; Ever prompting—ever seeing Some improvement yet to plant To uplift our fellow being— And, like man, to fed for um: What a noble? is the satire Nobler than the humble spade? There is a dignity in labor Truer t h an e'er Pomp Snared! Ile whoeeeke the llfind'e furprovernent Aida the world—ln aiding mind:— I:very great commanding movement fterveti not one—but all mankind. O'er the Forge's heat and whys-- O'er the Engine's iron head— Where the rapid shuttle noshes, And the spindle whirls lig thread; There is labor lowly tending • Each requirement of the hour, There is genius still extending Science—and Odd of power! 'Mid the dustond speed, and elam# Of the looni•sheil and the mill y 'Midst the tt heel and hammer, Great rev itts arc .Though tut I.y crealures Rork and n ort.ere may be blamed; Commerce DUN not hide its featured: Industry Is not ashamed! {What Is noble? that which places! Truth in its enhanchlved Leaving steps—like angeltraces— That mankind mny follow still! E'en though Scorn's malignant glances Prove him poorest of his clan k 's the Noble—Who advances Freedom, and the Cause of Man! elyiitt 31,tiat4l11i11j. THE SECOND MARRIAGE. AN INOMBNT IN THE Ltrll Or A BARBISTBIL A busy day in the assize court in Chester, chequered, es usual, by alternate victory and defeat, had just termi nated, and I was wanting briskly forth, when an attorney of rather low caste in his profession—being principally employed as an intermediary between needy felons and the counsel practising in the Crown Court—accorted me, and presented a brief; at the same time tendering the fee of two guineas marked upon it. "I am engaged to-morrow. Mr. Barnes," I exclaimed, abide testily, "on the civil side; besides, you know I very seldom take briefs In the grown Court, even if proffered in dui time; and to-morrow will he the last day of- the assize in Chester. There are plenty of un employed counsel who will beglad of your brief." "It is an action of ejectment," replied the attorney— "Woodley versus Thorndyke; and is brought to, recover possession of a freehold estate now held and farmed by the defendant." "Am action of ejectment to recover possession of a freehold estate! defended, too, by a powerful bar; for I was offered a brief, bat declined it. Mr. P-- loads; eel you bring me tls'a (or the platotifr, and at tho'lust moment too! You must be crazed!" "1 told the plaintiff and her grandfather," replied Mr. Harem "that it wai tea late to bespeak counsel's atten tion to the case: and - that the fees, rill they have, With touch difficulty, boon able to raise, wore ridiculously small; but thy insisted on my applying to you—Oh, here they Sr,!', We. had by this time reached the street, and the attor ney pointed towards two figures standing in an t a ttitude of anxious suspense near the gateway. It was H usk, but there vas autliciont light to distinguish the pale and in teresting features of a young female, dressed in faded and scanty mourning, and necompanied by a respecta ble looking old man with white hair, and a countenance doAply i fiarrowed by age and grief. "I told you, Mist Woodley." add the atorney, "that this gentleman would decline the brief, o4pecially witH ouch a fee—" "lt is not the leo. man." 1 observed; for I was some what moved by the appealing dejection exhibited by the white-haired man, and his timid grand-daughtery "but what chance can I have of establishing this person's right—if right she have—to the estate she claims, thus soddenly called upon to act' without previous consulta tion; and utterly ignorant, except as this I perceive has; lily scrawled brief will instruct me. both of the nature of the piaintiffla claim, and of the defence intended to be let up against it?" • "If you would undertake it, sir," said the young wo man with a tremulous, hesitating voipe and glistening eyes, "for his sake"—and she glanced at her aged corn pattion—"who will else be helpless, homeless." "The blessing of those who aro ready to perish will be Touts, sir," said the gratafather, with meek solemnity, "if you will lend your aid in this work of justice and mercy. We have no hope of withstanding the masterful violence and wrong of wicked and powerful men except by the aid of the law, which we have been taught will ever prove a strong tower of defense to those who walk is the paths of peace and right.'! The eamestneas of the inau'e language and manner. tad the pleading gentleness of the young woman, forci bly impressed me; and albeit it woo a somewhat unpro fessional mode of business, I determined to bear theate r:" from their own lips, rather than take it from the scrawled brief, or through the verbal medium of their at torney. "You have been tmlytanght," I answered; "and if really entitled to the property you claim, I know of no masterful men that In this land of England can hinder f°u from obtaining possession of it. Come to my hot. I about an hour and a half honee—lith all then hare 'e'ento to lieu what you have to say. This foe," I added, ta king the two guineas from the hand of the attorney, who shit held the money .ready for my acceptance. "you must permit me-to returtil_ It is tpo much for you to pay for L g losin g jour cauae; - and if airt it—bot mind I do not Promise to take it into the court unless I am thoroughly misled that you have right and equity on your side--I shall expect a much heavier one. Mr. Barnes, I will tee you, if you please: early in the morning." I then bowed 40 hastened on. Dinner was not ready when I arrived at the hotel; and during the short time I had to wait, I more than half re• Ported of having had anything to do with this 'Worm. alts suit. However the pleadings of charity. the lug. gestions of human kindness, re-asserted their influence; and by the limo my new clients arrived, which they did \lryputictually at the hour I had indicated, I had quite mired the equanimity i had momentarily lost, and, TITE ERIE OBSERVER thanks to mine host's excellent viands and generous wine, was. fora lawyer, ilia very benevolent humor in deed. Our conference was long, amtions, and unsatisfactory. 1 was obliged to Rend for Barnes before it concluded, in order to thoroughly ascertain ttto precise nature of the case intended to be set up by the defendant, and the evi, dance likely to be adduced in support of it. No my of consolation or of hope came from that quarter. Still, the narrative I had just listened to, bearing as it did the im press of truth and sincerity in every sentence, strongly disposed me to believe that foul play had been praCtised by the other side; sod I determined, at all hazards, to go into court, though with but faint hope Indeed of a pres ent successful issue. "It appears more than probable," I remarked, on dis missing my clients, "that this will is a fabrication; hut before such a question had boon put in issue before a ju ry, some producible evidence of its being so should have been sought for and obtained. As it is, I can only watch the defendant's proof of the genuineness of the Maim moms upon which he has obtained probate; ouo or 'nom of the attesting . witnesses may, if fraud has been prac• (hod, break down under a searching cross-examination, or incidentally. perhaps, disclose matters for further in vestigation." "Ono of the attesting witnesses is, as I bhve already told you, dead," observed Barnes. "and another, Eliza beth Wareing, has, I hear, to-day, left the country. An affidavit to that effect will no doubt be made to-morrow, in order to enable them to give secondary evidence of her attestation, though, swear as they may, I have not the slightest doubt I could find her, if time were allowed, and tier presence would at all avail us." "Indeed: This ii very important.' ShOuld pin, Mr. Barnes, have any objection," I ei d o (1. after a fow mo ment's reflection, "to make oath, should the turn of af fairs to-morrow render your so doing desirable, of your belief that you could, reasonable time being allowed, pro cure tho attendance of this womau—this Elizabeth Ware ing?" "Not the slightes l t; t hough how that would help us to invalidate the will Thorndyko claims under I do not un derstand." "Perhaps not. At all events, do not fail to be early in court. The cause is the first in to morrow's list, remem ber." The story confided to mo was was veto sad, and un fortunately, in many of its features, a very common one. Eflii,n,"the only cnifd of the old gentlemauj Thomas Ward, had, in early life, married Mr. James IrVoodley, a wealthy yeoman. prosperously settled upon his paternal acres, which he cultivated with groat diligence and suc cess. The issue of this marriage—a very happy one, I was informed—was Mary Woodley, the plaintifF in the present action. Mr. Woodley, who had been dead /onto thing more than two yours, beq loathed the whole of his property, real and•personal, to his wife; in fell min& donee, as ho expressed - himsor but a foiv hours before be expired, that she would amply provide for his and her child. The evalue of the property inherited by Mrs. Woodley under this will, amounted, according to a val. nation made a few weeks after the testeter's decease, to between eight and 111110 thousand pounds. Respected as a ivaiwk, centfortable in circumstances, and with her daughter to engage her affections, Mrs. Wuodely might hays pa-soil the remainder of her days haamly. But how :la gneutly do women peril and loso all by a second mart ta t ;e! Soett was the case with Mrs. WeTiley; to the n.:,..1.-h.lient-ef vel yhotly, she threw lierselt away aa; tiakatie. a m the district— a person of ~; 1141,1(. 4 , and altogether unworthy of a. u p .s, zat.+ltAnd. Silas Thormlyko, to whom she thus coometed her '1 ma ess, had for a short time acted a balllll on, the iarai: mill no sooner did he feel himself master, than Ilis subserviency was changed to selfish indifference, and that gradually as sumed a coarser character. Ile discovered that the prop erty, by the will of Mr. Woodley, was sn secured against every chance or casually to tho use end enjoyment of his wife, that ii not only did not pass by marriage to the new bridegroom. but she was unable to ultimate or divest. herself of any portion of it during life. L, She could, how. over, dispose of it by will; but l in the event-of her dy ing intestate, tho whole descended to her daughter, Ma ry Woodley. Incredibly savage was Thorndyhe when ho made this discovery; and bitter and • incessant were tho indignities to which ho subjected his unfortunate wife. for the avow ed purpose of forcing her to make a will entirely in his favor, and of disinheriting her daughter. These pereo cutions foiled of their object. An unexpected, quiet. pas: siie, but unconquerable resistance, was opposed by the, in all other things. cowed and submissive woman, to this demand other domineering husband. Her failing health —for gently nurtured and tenderly cherished as she had ever been, the callous brutality of her husband soon told upon the unhappy creature—warned her that Mary would soon i be an orphan. and that upon her firmness it depended whether the child of him to whose memory she had boon, so fatally for herself, mafisithful. Should be cast homeless and penniless upon the world, or inherit the wealth to which, by every principle of right end equi ty, she was entitled. Come what may, this truth should not, she mentally resolved. be betrayed or paltered with. Every imaginable expedient to vanquish her resolution was' resorted to. Thorndylie picked a quarrel With Ward, her father, who had lived at Dale Farm since the morrow of her marriage with Woodloy, and the old gon: tleman was compelled. to leave. and take op his abode with a distant and somewhat needy relative. Next, Ert l ward Wilford, the only son of a neighboring and pros perous farmer, who had Inewbotrothed to Mary Wood lay several months before her father's death, was brutal ly insulted, and forbidden the house. All, however. failed to shako the mother's resolution; and at length, finding all his efforts 'fruitless, Thorndyko appeared to yield the point, and upon this 's übject, at least. ceased to harraes his unfortunate victim. Frequent private .0111tre'nces were now held between Thorndyke. his two daughters, and Elizabeth Wareing —a woman appr oaching , Middle ego, whom, under the specious pretence that Mrs. Thorndyke's increasing ail ments rendered the services of an experienced matron mdispensible, her had installed at the farm. It was quite evident to both the, moth i er and daughter that a much greater degree of intimac.i snhsisted between the master and housekeeper than their relative positions warranted; and from some expressions heedlessly dropped by the woman, they suspected them to have boon once on terms of confidential intimacy. Thorudyke, I should have mentioned, as not a native of these parts; he had an swered Mri. Woodley's. adve;tisement for a bailiff, and his testimonials appearing satisfactory. he had been somewhat precipitately engaged. A young man, calling himself Edward Wareing, the eon of Elizabeth Wareing, and said to be engaged in an attorneys office in Liver pool, was also a not nnfrequent visitor at Dale Farm; and once he had the insolent'presumption to address a note to Miss Mary Woodloy. formally tendering his hand and fortune. This. however, did not suit Mr. Thorndyke's views. and Mr. Edward Wareing was very effectually rebuked and silenced by bin proposed father-in-law. Mrs. Thorndyke's health rapidly declined. The wo man Wareing. touched inuvih/y with sympathy or re 'more°, exhibited considerable tenderness and compassion towurds the invalid. made her nourishing drinks. and ad ministered the medicine prescribed by the village practi tionorwho. after much delay and pooh poohing by Thoradyke. had been called her own bands.— SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER. 22, 1849. , About throe weeks previous to Mrs. Thernilyko`e death. a sort of reconciliation was patched up through tier in strumentality, ,between the husband and wife; and an unwonted expression of kindness and compassion, real or simulated, eat upon Thernllyke's features every time lie approached the dying woman. The sands of life ebbed swiftly with Mrs. Thorndyke. Enfolded in the gentle but 'dondly embrace with which consumption siezos its victimi, eho wasted rapidly away; and, most perplexing symptom of all, violent retching and nausea, especially after taking her medicine—which. according to Davis, the village surgeon, was. Invariably of a sedative character—aggravated and confirmed, the fatal disease whiCh was hurrying her to tho tomb. Not once during this last illness could Mary Woodley. by chance or stratagem, obtain a momout's private in terview with her mother, until a few minutes before her decease. Until then, under one pretence or another, either Elizabeth Wareing, one of Thorndyko's daughters or Thorndyke himself, was always present in the sick chamber. It was evening, darkness had for some time fallen—no light had Yet boon taken into the sick woman's apartment; and the Pale 'starlight which faintly illumina ted the room served, .as Mary Woodley softly approach ed on tiptoe to the bedside of her, as olio supposed sleep ing parent, but to deePon by defining the shadows thrown by the full, heavy hanginge and the old massive furni ture. Gently, and with a beating heart. Mary Woodley drew back the bed-Curtain nearest the window. Tho feeble, uncertain light flickered upon the countenance, distinct in its mortal paleness, of her parent; i‘ the eyes recognized her, and a glance of infinite tiinderness gleamed for an instant iu the rapidly darkening orbs; the, right arm essayed to lift itself, as for ono last, last em brace. Vainly! Love—love only—was strong, stronger than death, in the expiring mother's heart, and the arm fell feebly back on the bedclothes. Mary Woodley bent down in eager grief, for she felt instinctively that the last bitter hour was come. Their lips met, and the last ac cents of the mother murmured, "Beloved Mary, I—have been true to you—no will—no." A slight tremor Shook her farina; the spirit that looked in love from the windows of the eyes, departed on its heavenward journey. and the unconscious shell of what had once boon her mother, re - mained in the sobbing daughter's arms. I will not•doney that this narrative, which I feel I have hilt coldly and feebly rendered from its earnest, tearful tenderness, as related by Mary iVoodley, affected me consideraiily—case-hardened as, to use an old bar pun, wo barristers aro supposed to bet nor will the reader bo surprised to hoar that suspicions, graver even than those which pointed to forgery, were evoked by the sad history. Much musing on the strange circumstances thus disclosed, and profoundly cogittive on the boat mode of action to be pursued, the "email hours," the first of them, at least, surprised me iu my arm chair. I started up, well knowing from experience that a sleepless vigil is a wretched preparative fur a morrow of active exertion, whether 'of mind or body. I wias betimes in court the next - morning, and Mr. Barites, proud as a peacock of figuring as an attorney in an important civil suit, was soon at my side. The can had excited more interest than I had supposed, &WAN) court was very soon filled. Mary Woodley and her grandfather soon arrived; and a murmur of compiesera lion ran through the auditory as they leek their setts by the ei4 of Barnes. There was a' strong bar arrayed against us; and Mr. Silas Thorudyko, I noticed, was extremely busy and important with whisperings and sug gestions to his solicitor and counsel—received; of course. as such meaningless familiarities usually are, With barely civil indifference. Twelve common furors woro called and sworn well and truly to try the issue, and I 0,T090 amidst breathless silence to address them. lat once frankly stated the circumstaces under which the brief had come into my hands, and observed that if, for lack of advised prepara tion, the plaintfre case failed on that day, another trial. under favor of tho court, would, I doubted not, at no dis. taut period officio, reverse the possibly atprescut tmfavor ebbe dicision. "My learned friends on the other side." I continued," "smile at this qualified admission of mine—let them do so. If they apparently establish to-day the validity of a will which strips an only child 'of the inheritance be toothed by her father. they will, I tell them antithetically, have obtained but a temporary triumph, for a person who—if I, if you, gentlemen of the jury, are to believe the case intended to be set up as a bar to the plaintiff's claim—bas succeeded by the grossest brutality, the most atrocionsi devices, in bending the mind of the deceased Mrs. Thorndyke to hill selfish purposes. My learned friend need not interrupt me; I shall pursue thee° ob servations for the present no further—merely adding that I, that his lordship, that you gentlemen of the jury. will require of him the strictest proof—proof clear as light— that the instrument upon which be relies to defeat the equitable, the righteous elaim.of the young and amiable person by my side, is genuine, and not as I verily be- lieve,"—l looked, as I spoke. full in the face of Thorn- dyke—"vonnEnt" ••hly lord." exclaimed the opposing Counsel, "this is really insufferable." His lordship, however. did not interpose; and I went on to relate, in the most telling manner of which I was capable, the history of the deceased Mrs. Throndyko's first and second marriages; tho harmony and happiness of the first—the wretchedness and cruelty which charac terized the second. I narrated also. the dying words of Mrs. Thorndyke to her daughter, though repeatedly in terrupted by the defendant's counsel, who manifested great indignation that a statement unsusceptible of legal proof should be addressed to the court and jury. My ad dress concluded, I put in James Woodley's will; and as the opposing counsel did not dispute its validity. nor re quire proof of Mary Woodley's identity; 1 intiniated thatl the plaintiff's case wee closed. The speech of the defendant was cam and guarded.! It threw. or attempted to throw discredit on the deathbed! "fiction," got up. Mr. P. said, simply with a view to ef fect; and he concluded by averring that he should be able to establish the genuineness of the will produced, by irresistible evidence. That done, however much dm jury might wish the property had been otherwise dispo sed uf, they would of course, return a' verdict iu awn-- dance with their oaths, and the law of the laud. ' The first witness was Thomas Deadly, a smith, rebid. lug near Dale Farm. He swore positively that the late Mrs. Thorudyke, whom ho knew well, had cheerfully signed the will now produced, after it had been deliber ately toad over to her by her husband, about a fortnight before her death. Silas Thorndyko, John CUtrimins, Elizabeth %%Taming, and witness, were the only perions present. Mrs. Thersidyko expressed confidence that hot husband would provide for Mary Woodley. "And so I will." said sleek Silas, rising up, and look. iug around upon the auditory. "If she will return, 1 will be a father to her." No look, no sound or Bympalliy or approval, groetod this generous declaration. and he sat down again, not a little disconcerted. I asked this burly. half drunker', -witness but ono l ques tiou—"Wbert is your marriage with Rebecca Thorndyke to be celebrated?" ' ••I don't know, Mr. lawyer; perhaps never." "That will do; you can aft down." Mr. P— now rose to stele that hie client was unable to produce Elizabith , Wareing, another of the attesting witnesses to the wilt. in court. No suspicion that any opposition to the sclemn testament made by the deceased . caroprwAstri.ta Mrs. Therndyke would be attempted. had been enter tained; math° woman, unaware -that her testimony would be required. had left that part of the country. Eve ry possible exertion had beau put forth by the dofortJant to discover her abode without effect. It was believed sho had gone to America. whore she had relatives. The defendant had filled an affidavit setting forth these facts, and It Was now prayed that secondary evidence to estab lish the genuineness of Elisabeth Wareing's attesting signature should be admitted. I. of course. vehemently I opposed this demand and broadly hinted that the w!tness was purposely sent out of the way. • “Will my learnod friend.” said Mr. P--, with ono of his stylish sueont. "inform us what motive the defen dant could possibly have to keep back a witness so ac cessary to him?'' "Elizabeth Waroing," I curtly replied, "may not upon reflection, be doomed a safe wituess-to subject to the ordeal of a cross examination.---But to settle the mat tor. my !Ord," I exclaimed, "I have hero an affidavit of the plaintiff's attorney, in which he states that be has no doubt of being able to find thisinportaut witness, if limo bo allowed him for the purpose; the defendant, of course. undertaking to call her when 7oduced." A tromondous clamor of con sel hereupon ensued, and fierce and angry grew the war ,of 'words. The hubbub was et last terminated by the ledge recommending that. under the circumstances, " a juror should bo with drawn.'" This suggestion, after some detnurt was agreed to.—Ono of tho jurors was whispered to come out of the box: then the clerk of the court exclaimed, "My lord, there are only eleven men on tho jury;" and by the aid of this venerable, if clumsy expedient, the cause of Woodley reran., Thoradyke was do facto adjourned to a future day. I had not long returned to the hotel, when I was waited upon by Mr. Wilford. senior, the father of the young man who had boon forbidden to visit Dale Forel by Thorn dyke. His son, he informed me, was ill from chagrin and anxiety—confined to • his . bed, indeed; and Mary Woodley had refused, it seemed, to accept pecuniary aid from either the father or tho son. Would I endeavor to terminate the estrangement which had for some timo unhappily existed, and persuade her to eccept his, Wil forrPsoufor's freely offered purse and services? I instant ly accepted both, tho mission and the large sum tho ex cellent man tendered. A part of the money I gave Barnes,, to stimulate his exertions, and the rest I placed in the hands of Mary Woodloy's grandfather, with a' friendly admonition to him not to allow his grandchild to make a fool of herself; an exhortation which produced its effect in due season. Summer passed away, autumn had come and gone._ and tho winter assizes were once more upon us. - Regular proceedings had been taken, and the action of ejectment of Woodleyeersu4Thorndyke was once more on the cause list of the Chester circuit court, marked this time as a special jury cue. Indefatigable as Mr. Barnes had been in his search for Elizabeth Wareing, not the slightest trace of her could he discover; and I went into court, therefore, with but slight expectations of invalidating the, as if fully believed. ficticious will. •Wo had, however, obtained a good deal of information relative to the former history not only, of the absent Mrs. Wareing, but of Thorndyke himself; and it was quite within the range of probability that something might come out, enabling me to use that knowledge to good purpose. The plaintiffaud old Mr. Ward were seated in court beside - Nlr. I3arnes,,os on the former' abortive trial: but .Mary Weodley had for tunately for herself, lest much of the interest which at taches to fenstde,comelittesis and grace, when associated in the mind of the spectator with undeserved calamity and sorrow. The black dress which she still wore—the orthodox twelve months mourning for a parent had not yet quite elapsed—was now fresh and of a fine quality, and the pale lillies of her rice were interspersed with delicate roses; whilst by her side sat Mr. John as happy as if no such things as perjurers, forgers, ;Or adverse verdicts, existed to disturb the peace of the glad world. Altogether, we were decidedly less interesting then on tke former occasion. Edward Wareing, I :Mist not omit to add, was, greatly to our surprise'present. He sat, ,in great apparent amity, by the side of Thorndyke. Itlwas late in the afternoon, and twilight was gradually stealing over the dingy court, when• the cue was called. The; special jury answered to their names, were duly sworn, and then nearly the same preliminary speeches and admissions were made and put up in as on the pre. vious occasion. Thames Headley. the first witness culled in 'support of the pretended will, underwent a rigorous cross i examination: but . l was unable to extract anything of inportance from him. "And now." said the defendant's loading counsel. *'let me as my learned friend if he has succeeded in ob taining the' attendance of Elizabeth Wareing?" I was of course obliged to confess that we had nut beau able to find her. and the judge remarked that in that case ho could receive secondary evidence in proof of her iglu tation of the will. A wispered but manifestly eager conference' heie took place between the defendant and his counsel, occasionally joined in by Edward Wareing. - There appeared to be indecision or hesitation in their deliberations; but at last Mr. P— r —rose, and with seine ostentation of manner addressed the court:- "In the discharge of my duty to the defendant in this action, my lord,- upon whoso fair fame most undeserved obloquy has boon cast by tho speeches of the plaintiff's counsel—speeches unsupported by a shadow of evidence —I have to state that, anxious above all things to Stand perfectly justified Wore his neighbor and society. he has. at great trouble and expense, obtained the presence hero to-day of the . witness Elizabeth iVareing. She had gone to reside in France with a respectable English family. in the situation of house-keeper. We shall now place her in the witness box, and having done so, I trust we shall hoar no tnoro of tho slanderous imputations so freely lav ished upon my Clint. Call Elizabeth Wareing into court." A movement of surprise and curiosity agitated the en tire auditory et this announcomout. Mr. Silas Thorn d)lea'e naturally cadeverous countenance assumed no ashy hue spite of hie efforts to appear easy - and jubilatit and for the first time since tho commencement of the proceed. ing I entertained the hope of a succeeful Mrs. Wareing appeared to answer to tho call, and was duly sworn "to tell the truth." She was a good looking Woman, of perhaps forty poen of age, arid bore a strik- . 'ing resemblance to her son. She rapidly, smoothly, arid uniliesitatingly confirmed the evidonco of lloadlby to a title, She trembled, I obse . rted, exceasivoly; and on the examining counsel intimating that he had no more ques tions to ask, turned hastily to leave the box. • "Stay—Stay! my good woman." I exclaimed, "you and I must have some talk before we part." Sho started and looked at me with frightened earnest ness; and then her nervous-glances stole towards Mr. Silas Therndyke. There was no comfort there; in his countenance sh e o only saw the reflex of the agitation end anxiety which marked her own. Sleek Silas, I could see, already repented of the rash move he had tuade, and would have given a good deal to get the witness safely and quietly out of court. • I It was now nearly dark, and observing that it was na cessary the court and jury should see as well as hear the witness. whilst under examination. I requested that lights should be brought in. This was done. Thecae- • A seemingly !titling ruse. occasionally resorted to, to evndc The eitlet min isittop of lath, tbr a good purpose. • . , dies wcro placed in frolit of the witness box, an side of Mrs. Wareing:'la few others were diapo the bench and jury desks. Tho eiroct of this parti. of tho gloomy old court was, that the witness et strong bright relief frees the surrounding shade • • ing the minutes change or play of her features visible.. Mr. Silas Therudyke was, from his thrown entirely into the shade, and telegrai tweon him and thelwiteess was thus renderedl purpose. together with the profound silence wh ed is the court, told fearfully, is I expected nerves of Elizabeth Wareing. She already ace about to swoon with agitation and ill-defined al '•Pray madam," said 1, "is your name W. Tucker?" She did not answer. and I repeated the questi , "Tucker." she at last replied in a temulo'us "I thought so. And pray. Mrs. Tucker, were in trouble in London for robbing pis lodgers:" I thought sho attempted to answer, but no sour l her lips. One of the ushers of the court hande glass of water, at my suggestion. and she seem° cover somewhat. I pressed the question; at last plied. in the,same low, agitated voice. •'Yes. I have boon.' ••1 know you have. SINS Thorudyko. I bolhi your bail on that occasion. and the matter. I null ionpromised—arraned—at all events the pro was not pressed. Is it not so?" - 'Yea—no—toll' "Very well; efther'onswer will do. You live lava, with Mr. Silas Thorndyke—as his 11011801 of course—when ho was in business, and a couco vender of incalliablo drugs and pills?" -"He was held to bo skilful in the preparation o was he not—well versed in their properties?" "Yes—l believe so—l do not know. Why am such questions?" "You will know presently. And now, woman, the question it to Gol on the last great diy—wh the nature of die drug which you or he mixed W medicine prescribed for the late Mrs. Thorntlyke!' The witness looked wildly around the court, search of counsel or sympathy; but encountori . ngi but frowning and eager faces—Thorndyko mho co discern in the darknoss—she Weenie giddy and I stricken, and seemed to loose all presence of mind' "Ile—he--.h0," alto at taste gturpod—"ho mixe d do not know—But how," she added; pushing ba hair, and pressing her hands against her hot -to "can this but What can h mean?" A movement, attracted the attention of the judg he immediately exclaimed. "The defendant mu kayo the court?" An officer tilaced himself besl. wretched murderer as well as forger, and I reium , cross-examination of the witness. "Now Mrs. Tucker, please look at this leiter. WAS that WI/WI had been addressed to Mary Wooa her son.) "That is, 1 believe, your son's haudwri "Yes." "The body of this will has been written by tho hand. Now, woman, answer,—What is your son young man who, you perceive, if guilty cannot e rom jn lice was it ho who forged the names of the de. 1 1 Mrs. Thorntlyko. and of John Cummins attached "Not ho—not he?" shrieked tho wretched - sr "It was Thorndyke—Thorndyko himself." Au. with a sudden revulsion or feeling; at the conseq of what she bad uttered flashed upon her, she cul l "0, Silas, what have I said? What have I done? "flanged me, that's all, you accursed devil!" r, Thornd)ko, with gloomy ferocity. "But I dee= for trusting in such an idiot—dolt and fool that I I doing so." The woman sank down in strong convulsions. an! by direction of the indge, carried out of the ball. Th. ions srence which Pervaded the court during this . in which, the reader will have obierved, I played a tentative, and happily successful game, was brok. the witness was borne off, by a loud murmur of ind, tion, followed bYcongratulatory exclamations on till minetiou of the suit. The defendant's counsel du, their briefs, and a verdict was at once returned f. plaintiff. All the inculpated parties were speedily in cu and.the body of Mos. Thorndyko havinglheen disint! it was discovered that she had boon destroyed by ide of mercury, of which a considerable quantit: detected in the body. I was not present at tit. of Thorndyke and his accomplices—he for murder Headly for perjury—but Leant by the public prints ho was aund guilty and executed. Headley was ported; the woman was, if I remember rightly, ad as evidence far the crown. • Mary Woodley was ofermrse put into immediat: session of her paternalinhoritance; and is now.-•a rho was about four months ago, when 1 dined wit and her husband at Dale Farm—n comely. pros; matron; and is happy es a woman with a nutnerou, Bony and an easy-tempered partner can in thiv, acc.l to romance writers, vale of grief and tears, be 'ex to be. The service I was fortunately enabled to her. forms one of tho mast pleasing recollections life. AME [CAN GENTLEMEN The following hints. which we take from Tim Journal, are applicable to more places than Now Y . ( A young Englishman taking a walk in Broadway the son of an American to whom he has brought a is an overt' day spectacle—yet a spectacle which 'a in most cases, answer for a picture of a healthly mar ing a walk with an invalid. The frame of one is developed, his chest is broad, his step firm, his fool of a man who could enjoy anything or defend hi from any intrusion upon his rights. The other is flat and narrow-chatted. undersized, weals-limbed, looks like a man who could neither eat with a is. appetite, nor hold his own with any moderate-sized who should assail him TIM average height o wealthy young men of Now-York pereepti,bly win with the number of the same family througlt w:teni property has descended—a man who had a rids g father being smaller, usually, than ono who- had l icit father. In England, as it is well known, it is the contrary: the butter descended a man is, the the care which has been taken, ctnnmonly, of his b health and manly exercises. anti the better develop. system and figure. English gentlemen are taller healthier thins English working-men. Arnirican men aro diminutive and feeble-looking in comps with American mechanics /sad Ara/stns. The dale' between the two countries, as to the pleasure of let a fortune. is easily estimated, therefore, for it is the ereuce between a long and healthy gratitude, and a and diseased ono. Thore is almost 'loosens° for a wealthy man sons are unhealthy, or undeveloped in manly proper The means of protecting children against neglecter I management are easy to the rich. Judici s care d, hired, if t h e p are nts are too busy to give i 'theme, and seclusion and discipline are more pract cable in hOuses than in small ones.- But Nature has seldom us at the mercy of first errors. Health cats ha redo , . after long trifling and abuse. At five years of a. , ten s twenty. thirty—any time before the rallying f have entirely given way—we can have health; and. compulsion to reform comes early enough, wo can more put into progress the manly d eve l o p men t ‘1 solf-iudulgouce has arrested. St 50 A VZIAIt, in Advance. AN IN C IDENT. OD each 'ad about 1 1 lighting , d out iu About ten months ago, Mr. John M. Spear," upon ono of his usual visits to tho.police Court, one morning, no• ticod among the prisoners a' youth who was poorly clad, and for soma cooso was weeping. The philanthropist eat down by his aide, aud, the following conversation then ensued:— roudor. oductly position ling be ' ossible, sofemil "Why are you Isere. my son?" "I am accused of eel. ling newspapers. sir, without a license." "Are you guilty?" "Yes. air." Have you been arrested before?" "Yes. twice." "What fur?" "For selling newspapefs." "Why do you prosist iu doing it?" "Becauso I don't know what else to do to get a living." "Have you a father?" "No sir, my father is dead."- "Is your mother living?" "My mother is a drunkard; she does 'not take any carp of me; I don't know where she is now" As ho uttered these last words, the deep waters of thelittle fel low's soul burst forth afresh, and ho expressed Isis grief aloud. "Whore do you lodge?" continued the philanthropiit. r Nom' Union street, air; I pay nine pence a night for , y lodging in advance.' End I buy two plates of beaus Id ttio • course of the slay, for which I ,pay as much n'oro. Haw do you spout! your evenings? I walk , about the streets or go into the auction rooms. Why idou't you sit down in the house where you lodge, by the lire uud read? Be cause tho'woman of t h e houso is poor. She has no room for me at hor Ciro. Would you like to go into The conia try to work, if a place could he obtained' for you? Yes,\ sir, I would be glad to,go and work for my living. I don't want to stay in Boston, but I have nobody to get a placo for me. I don't want to go doWn to rise jail again. " Tho philanthropist now spoke to the judgo respecting the prisoner. Mr. Power. the clerk of the Court, said that it would be of no use to try to do any thing for that boy, because he had been twice sent to the jail for the sumo tiring before, audit did him no good. "That is a good and sufficient reason" was the calm and determined reply of the plsilanthrodist, "why tie should not ho sent there again " h reigu poa the led as if rm. i roing or =l2 =LI passed her a to re- =I DK= rataad, ocution oleo I trooper tor and MEM aßkod , After some conversation the judge reduced the fine to one cent and cost, which the philanthropist paid, and then taking the boy by the hand they both left the court. Now for the sequel. Mr. S. toed the boy to his own house and supplied him with food and clothing, and th - on tallied a place for him in the country. =3 t was tit the 111 nono Id not Last woek, the day before Thanksgiving, the grateful boy, for the first time, came into the city to coo his bone. factor. Ho had been steadily at work at the ploco which Mr. Spearo provided for him, and is still at work there, earning nine dollars a month antijiis board. Such is the lesson which charity teaches us. We will not moralize upon tho evil which would have pursued that boy, had ho bein left to the moray of tho polico court, but thank the generosity of him whose only . wish is to heal the wounds of woo; and who always • Mal it, I k ber -iples, !Mg o tho d tho • • "bath a tear for pity - and a hand Open La (lay for melting charity," for his noble service iu the cause of humanity l' (It l ey, by . • nig?" THE lit Hi/AN 15.111.1r.tnr ESTABLISHMENT.-A German. papor, tho Gronzboton, has tho following notice of tho Ruuian army:— "The Russian troops are well armed. The weapons of their foot aro of excellent workmanship, solid and las ting. The lance is the chief weapon of the cavalry.— They have but a few regiments of cuirassiers and hus sars; three fourths of their horse are lancers. Their horses are excellent. Not so the Cossacks, who are au irregular corps, and bound to find their own arms and •accontroments. Their weapons are of rude workman ship, and unfit for use; their horses cat-like. They shine in thieving and running away. Throughout the, Polish wars it never once happened that the Cossacks ob tained a victory, 'hut sovoral of their regiments wore put to flight by a few sidiemon._ At Pulway, when the Pol ish General DWernicki, with throe thousand raw sithe men, and without artillery, mated nine Russian regi ments of horse, the three regiments of Cossacks headed the flight of the Russians. They never, on any account, stand the fire of artillery. They say. "Our pikes are for midable, but We cannot stab the big guns." The Rus sian officers aro, for the most part, uneducated. Many ofthom write but ono word. viz: their names. Same this lorn ca t ir an e cased: : then ences imod plied 0 ~it. ;tis for MI ' co ne. Ibold ? tll3 1131 "The officers of tho Cossacks are proud of their igno rance. and their proficiency in the noble art of stabbing and ctitting..:, Nest to them in ignorance are the officers of the Russian infantry. But they pretend to deep wis dom and learning; and although they cannot read, they nth fond of making their appearance in reading rooms and book shops. In these places they will stop any length of time, handling the books and, looking at the title pages with a show Jr intense interest: Ono day 1 watched ono of these gentlemen, who sat quietly for two hours, pretending to road the Deutsche Zeitung. I watch ed trim because I wanted the paper. When be had done I asked hint what ho had read. Ho looked a little puz zled, but aftet l awhile he said, "Oh, lots of news; the doings of tltworld. Thefts M Hungary, horrid murders in Turkey, and the English troops are about to march." I read the paper, and found not a word of news from Hungary and Turkey, and the parlimentary debates, which are published under the head of "England," had nothing whatever to do with the marching 'of,_kroops.— The bostinstructed officers in the Russian army.are the natives of Kurland. Many of them speak ee‘vcral lan guages; they aro won read in the science orwar, and a few have a gOod classical education. T,haY are conse quently promoted and placed in the adjutanf general's office and in the guards. They make rapid career. "A general of thirty-five years of ago is by no means a remarkable thing iW Russia—if the man is a native of Kurland. Of this class are Nesselrodo, Sass, Rudiger. Delia; Gallitzin, Rosen, Geissmer. Pahlon, Seeder'. Richter. The artillery is the equipped corps of the Rus sian army, Thp guns aro yell made and fitted up with all the fashionable improvements. But they are clumsily served, fur the regulations for drilling the men aro of tho most practical char:loer. Thui at Grochen three hun dred and twenty-three guns of Diebitsch were paralyzed by the sixty-three guns of the batteries. Tho Russian government spend immense sums of the ordinance, and the number of their guns is enormous. Russia can at any timq devote four hundred guns to a foreign war; while in Russia she would tight with no less than soy n hundred. The term of service of a Russian soldier is fifteen, and in many cases twenty-five years. After serving his ' time, a Russian soldier is scearcelyfit for anything except ' thieving or begging." • 'w up r tho lady:_ rred, It ler- raps silted poe• least =I pro- Ming ectod &uder OE 1110%% 1101.1....1S1) WAS GATHERED TOGETIIEII.—No descrip lion can convey the slightest notion of the way iu which Holland has been gathered, particle by particle. out of the aaste of waters; of the strange aspect or t' a country, an 4 thc; incessant vigilance and woudrcus precautions by whichrit is preserved•. Holland is in tha fullest sense, an -t alluvion of theses. It consists of Baud and mud rescued from the. ocean, and banked up at all sides. Produced by the most dex terous and indefatigable exertions, it can be maintained only by artificial means. If the efforts by which it was redeemed from the waters were to be relaxed, the ocean would reassert its rights and the Miele kingdom would be submerged, the slightest accident might an•eep Holland into the deep.. It was once nearly undermined by an in sect. Indeed, this necessity of •destroying insects is so urgent, that the stork, a great feeder upon them, is actual ly held in veneration, sad almost every species of bird religiously protected from injury. Bird nesting is strict ly-prohibited by law. The drift of all is palpable enough. I But it is curious that the very existence of a groat country I should depend upon such gutrattt2es.--Bentley's Phis, u lana. 'hose 'ons. I mis• be yes, urge len ,mod tees the Once hich NUMBER 32.
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