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Graham's new stone building, in South [anover street, a few doors from Burkholder's hotel, and di pertly opposite the Poat-ofilce, whore those having business <nril (please call; poetical. A OEM. FROM THE PERSIAN. Once from a cloud a drop of rain • FHI trembling on the sea. Ami when she saw the wide-spread uialni Shame veiled hec, modesty.. " Wlial place In this wide sea have 11 Whnt room is-IHI (nr 0i« ? • fiafoil were heller tliiit t die ■; ,1b this immensity I” Hut while hci self-abasing fcnr ' ■‘v lu'luviincu confessed, 'A ahull received ami welcomed her, Aiul pressed bur to its breast. . And nourished there the drop became - A pearl f.»r royal eyes- * Uxii i ills ! hy.il* lowly.shame, j!A;U Rambled bjt to n»e I 3f&iaccUaHto«B. thb bio man. and bon* FROM TtIB'KXPBMKMCK OF A BARRISTER. Dinner had Jftieri over about half'pn honr one Sat- 1 ; urd*y afternoon—the only day on which. for years I had;beoii able to enjoy u dinner—and 1 was leisure* ly’'PPM’S a glass-of wine, when.'u earring© drove rapidly up to thd door, a load rat tat fallowed, and my friend Dr. Curlcis, to my great surprise,' was an nounced. *•1 have .called, 1 * said the doctor arwc shook hands, .to ask you to accompany me to Mount Place, i have just received a hurried note from-Miss Armi* • lage, elating that her mother; alter a very brief ill ness, is rapidly sinhing,and requesting my attendance, as well as that of a legal gentleman, immediately.** “ Mrs. Armilage J" 1 exclaimed, 'inexpressibly ■hocked. “ Why, it is scarcely more Hum a fort* night ago that 1 mol her at the Rockford's in brilliant health and spirits.'* . •• Even so. But you will accomptny me? 1 don't know whcTdto find any one clm for tho moment, and lime presses." . " It is an attorney, probably, rather than a barris. (cr, that is needed; but ondei the circumstances, and - knowing her as 1 do I cannot hesitate." • .Wo wore soon at a rapid pace, end in litllo more than on hour reached the dyhqp lady's in the county of Essex, and dis tunt'aboul ten miles from London. We entered to gether; and Dr. Cmteis, leaving me In the library, proceeded at onoo to the sick chamber. About tun minutes afterwards, the housekeeper, a tail foreign looking, and rather handsome woman, dime into the room, and announced lh.it the doctor wished (•> see mo. Slio was deadly pale, and, I observed, trembling like an aspen. I motioned her to proceed me; and ■he, with unsteady steps, immedi itoly led the way. ' So great was her agitation, (hut twice, in ascending , the stairs, she only saved herself from falling by < grasping tho banister rail* The passage I drew from I the exhibition of such overpowering emnliou, by a i person whom 1 Ijncw (o have been long nut only in the service, but in the confidence of Mrs. Armiugu, was soon confirmed .by Dr, Curteis, whom we met coming out of the clumber of the expiring 'patient. '“Step this'way," said ho. Addressing me,, and loading to an adjoining apartment. “We do not require your attendance, Mrs. Bourdon," said ho, as soon as we re ichvd it, to the housekeeper, who had swiftly followed us, and now stood staring with ea ger eyas in tho doctor's ficc, as if life and death hung on her lips. “Have tho goodness to leave ns," lie uddud tartly, porcoving she did not stir, but con tinued her fearful, scrutinising glinco. She started «l his altered lone, flushed crimson, then paled to a chalky whiteness, and muttering, left tho apartment. “ Thu danger of her mistress has bowijdcrcdher," t romarkefl. “Perhaps so, remarked Dr. Curfels, <• Bo that os it may, Mrs. Armilage Ishcyond all human help,— In on another hour she will be, as we say, no more." “ E feared so. Wh tl is the nature of her disorder?" “ A rapid wasting away, ns lam informed. The appearances presented arc those of a person expiring of atrophy, or extreme cniacUll in." ** Indeed. And so sudden 100 I" •» Vos* lum glad you are'come, olthnugh jour professional services will not, It scorns, bo required —a neighboring attorney having performed Ilia ne cessary duty—something, I believe, relative to the will of the dying lady. Wo will spoik further to gather by ami by. In the meantime/ 1 continued Dr. . Curtciv, with a prrceplible tremor in his voice,|i will do nuithur of us «iiy h inn lo witness the closing souno of the life of iM iry Rtwdon, whom you and 1 twenty years ago worshiped as ono of the gentlest and most beautiful beings with which the Creator over graced his universe. It will bo a peaceful part ing. Come.” Just as, with nniscless step wo entered the silent chamber, the list rajs of the setting sun were full-, ing upon the figure of Eilen Armit»ge—who knelt In speechless agony by the bedside of her expiring parent—and faintly lighting up (ho pale, emaciated, sunken features of (he so lately brilliant*, courted Mrs. Armitage! Hut fur the inutfaoablu splendor ol , her deep blue oyes, I should source!v have recognised her. Standing in (he shadow, ns thrown by the boa vy bod drapery, we gazed and listened unperoelved.” * Ellen," murmured the dying lady, “come nearer to me. It is growing dark, and I cannot see you . plainly. Now, then, road to jne, beginning at Ihu verso you finished with os good Dr. Curtcia entered. Ay," she faintly whispered, 11 it I* thus Ellen, w|i|i Ihy. hand clasped in mine, and with the words of Ihu holy book sounding from thy dear lips, lliul I would pass away !" , Ellen, interrupted only by her blinding tears, ma king sad stops complied. Twilight stolo on,'nnd throw its shadow over the solemn scene, deepening Its holiness of sorrow. Night oame with all her UXin; and the silver radiance kissed Into ethereal beauty the pule face of the woeping girl, still pursuing her •ad task. We hesitated lo disturb by tho slightest movement, the repose of a deathbed over which he lief and hope, those only.potent ministers, shod light and culm 1 At length Dr, Curteis advanced gently towards the bed, and taking the daughter's hand, i •aid in a low voice, 1 * Had you not bolter retire, my < dear young lady for a few moments?** Bho under stood him, and rising from, her knees, threw herself < In an eostaey of grief upon the corpse, from which I the spirit had just passed away. Assistance was summoned, and the sobbing girl was born from the I chamber. i • I'lioeoonded, full of emotion lo' the library. whero Dr. Curteia promieod Rhorlly lo join me. Nuialoealy tnlering the room, I coma auddenly upon the bpbae hoopor and a young man, etemllng,wiih[ their by oka toward! me In Iho tocone. of ope nf the wlndowe,' Jnd partly ehrnwded by the heavy cloth ourlalne,— They were evidently in earneal conference, and eov. oral wordf, the efynlliOatlon of which did not at the ihpment elrilce me, reached my ear* before they' per leiveti my approach. _ Thb instant'they, did bo they turned"hastily round, : and eyed mo with on expres siotfcofflrirried alarm, which utlholimo surprised roe nbl a-little. *£All‘is over, Mrs,’.Bourdon," said I, finding she did not speak your presence is probably needed Armilago." A flash Of iri(clligcnbe,'oB I spoke, passed between (he pair; but whether indicative uf grief tnohienlury was Ihe.'glance, I should have been.puzzled to.determine. The housekeeper iinipediiilbly Icruheroom.jteeping her eyes as she passed, fixed upon mo with the same nervous apprehensive look vvhich had before irritated Cmrtcis, Iho young man followed inure slowly. Ho .•was,a lull and rather; handsome yuulhj apparently about oho or two and twenty years of ago. His hair ■ was jot black, and his dufk eyes wero of singular brilliancy ;tut theoxpression, I thought, was scarce ly.a refined or highly intellectual one. His rcacm. bianco to Mrs. Buurden, whose son indeed he was, j Was very striking. -He bowed slightly, bnt courteous. ! i A* 8 nn e< l! ,u h a 8 ho door, und'l wus j . to llio undisturbed enjoyment of my own rcflcc>J lions, 111 defined and indistinct as us.lhey were, wore j anything but .pleasant company.' My reverie whs at I length interrupted by (ho entrance of the Doctor, with tho onnbunccmeljl that the-carriage* was ini wailing to rccohvoy us to town.- . • • Wejmd journeyed several miles on our return before •“ word wiia spoken by cillitr of us. My companion j *?.’! apparently even more painfuly picucoopied than myself.- he was, however, the firsllo break silence, “ i’hp emaciated corpse we have just left little reseiu' bles tho gqy whose smiles you-and I were once disposed lo shool eaclt other 1" Tho doctor's voice trembled with emotion,'end iiis face, 1 per. eeived wits pula ns marble. .. " Mary,Rawdonr* I rcinarkcd, u livcB again in her daughter.", , , ■ "Yes, her very image. Do yotf know," continued he, speaking with rapid energy, ** 1 suspect Mary K:iwdon—Mrs. Armitogo, 1 would suy—has been foully, treacherously. dealt with J" I-started.with amazement; and yet tlie announce ment,bul'cmbodicd and.gave form und color to my own ill defined und shadowy suspicions. ** (ioo<f heavens ! How 7 By whom T" " Unless 1 am grimily.mi'slukcii,she has been pels oned. by on adept, lit tho use of such destructive agoats," ' ' ' Mrs, Bourdon ?" Nn» her son. .At least my suspicion point that way. s * ,c I* probably cognizant of, the crime. • But in order that you should understand the grounds up*. on.wliioti my conjectures qrd *jftVmsipully I must enter Into a short explanation. - Mrs.~Dourdohy a wuniun of Spanish extraction, und. who formerly occupied a higher position limn shu docs now, has ived with Mrs. Armitago from the period of her Imsb-md s death, about sixteen years ago. Mrs. Bour don has a son, a lull good looking fellow, whom we have seen." . • was with Ills mother In the library as I en tered it after leaving you." “ Alt! Well horn ! This boy in his mother'* opin. ion—but that perhaps is somewhat excusable— exhi titled curly indications of having been born U“ ge-| nius;" Mr. Armilago,,who had been struck by tlmj beauty of the child, gradually acquired the same lion ; and the result wus that he wus liule'by Mule invested—with at least her tactic approval— wtllfthc privileges supposed to bo the lawful inheritance of *nch gifted spirits; namely iho right to bo us. idle ns lie pleased—geniuses, yon’ know cuii according to the popular notion, attain any conccivube unioutilof knowledge per laltum at a bound—and to exult him I ”-1 jf? i* ,e hJ« above the useiul l and hononibte pursuits suited Ip tho station In IKe ini which Providence hud cast his lot., Tho fruilofaueh (ruining soon showed itself. Young Bourdon grew up a conceited and essenli .lly* ignorant puppy, capjble of notliing but bad verses, and thoroughly impressed With but one important fact, which was, that he, Al fred Bourdon, wus the mast gifted und ill used qfull (Jod s creatures. To genius, in any imdhgublo sense of the term, he has in truth no pretensions.— lie is endowed, however, with a kind of reflective talent, which is often mistaken by fouls for ertatice power. Tho morbid fancies and melancholy scorn ofa Byron, for instance, such gentry reflect back fiom from their foggy imaginations In exaggerated, und distorted feebtvncss uf whining versieti-s, and so on in other lights cclestical or infernal. This, however, by Iho wpy.tho only rational pursuit he ever follow ed, und that only by fils and starts, and to gratify his faculty of "wonder." 1 fancy, was chomislry,- A small laboratory was filled up for him in the little summer house you may have observed at the further ° r J' 10 lown - TO. study of I,is, if study a( .uol. dssuitory .natchoi ol sc.ci.oo tuoy bo coiled, led him, in I,is ax.inin.ili mof vcgiublu budieii, to n Si'™ 8 ac , qua !" tanc , 0 with bolnny, a science of w loh ciloni Armilago is nn enthusiastic .indent— a, d fl.r. r r '“ ‘ y . , .' cr ' ,lillcd 10 totnniro tngolhor, mini ‘ "“I' Allred B '" , ' d >>"- •ctlne u,mn the Jim 1 t ' wl.<-li.or .Ituin or lenl-lovels « I merely mundane dlelinelions, had Ihu impudence to aspire to tho hand of Miss Armilago. ills pas- I slon, sincere or simul iled. Jus never boon, I have reason to believe, in the slightest degree reuiproonted by its object; but so blind is vanity, dial when,about *7 Wt ’ u J\ B «go. an *clatcis4emtHt look j-hco and the lelluws dream wusauinuwh.it rudely dissipated tho untoward rejection of his preposterous suit was, there was every reason loVelive, attributed by both mother and son to (lie repugnance of Mrs. Armilago alone; and to this Idutic hallucination sho has, I tear, fallen u sacrifice. Judging from tho emaciated appearance of the body, und other phenomenon com niunicalcd to mo by her ordinary medical utlendcnt, a bhindering ignoramus, who might to have called assUlanoe long heforu—she bus been poisoned with iodine, which, udministured In' certain quantities, would produce precisely (he h line symptom*. Hap plly there is no mode of destroying human life which «o surely leads to the detection of tho murderer us (ho use of such agents ; nnd of Ihu truth the post Mortem examination of (he body, which talus place to morrow morning,will supply onolher vivid illustra tion. * * W ! *l assistance will no doubt be neces sory, and I am suro 1 do nut err in expecting that you will aid me in bunging to justice the murderer ot M iry Rawdon 7*' A pressure of (ho hand was the only answer. M * •hall suit far yuuul 10 o'oluok," said he, as he put me down at my own door. 1 bowed, and the carriage drove off. “ Well ?** said I, os Dr. Curlois and Mr. the eminent surgeon entered Ihu library at Mount Place the following morning alter a long absenbe. • •**: . replied'the doctor wjlhaohouk mg Voice { **slio has boon poisoned.*’ I started to my fool. “And the murderer?" ° ur •ueplolons still point to young Bourdon; but the persons of both mother und son liuvu boon sccur- ** Apart?" 1 ,' ,av ° a .crv.inl ■» rcque.l tie presence of a neighbor—a county magistrate, expect him momently. J »“«fc«iraio. Alior a brief con.ultetlon, wo all throe directed our elope to the eumnior liouao which oontalodd young Bnurdone laboratory. , In-llie roniii ll.cll' nothing ol iinpartanoo woe dlioovorod ( but in ouiii. Oloeed rooeee, wliioli wo broke noon, wo found o cu rioualy fiyliionud gtaas buttle half lull of iodine. “Tl»l« is il!”e«|d Mr. —j “«nd in a powdered stale loo—just ready lor mixing with brundw or any oilier available dissolvonl.” The powder had somej whul the uppuarance of black lead. Nothing I'urlhe* of any oonsequendo being found, wo returned to the house, where the magistrate had already arrived, Allred Bourdon was brought in j and he having’ boon duly cautioned that ho.wiisfrjol oh'lgcd to'an* ■wor any auestlone'.aiiinVil wliiil ho did say would be taken downi and if necessary, used against him, 1 proposed the following questions: “ Have you the key of your laboratory ?” “No, the door is always open,” “Weil* then, of any door or oppbonrd In the room?” At this qhostinn his face flushed purple ; ho slam* nicredp “'lhcre is abruptly paused.', “ Do 1 understand you to aay there Is no cupboard or place of concealment In the room?” “OUROOUNTRY-t-MAY it ALWAYS QH right—BUT RI&WpR WftoitG, OURdoUNTRV.” CARLISLE, PA., TIIIJRSDft, JULY ID, 1849. • Nor heio is the key,” ” Has .one had access lo'the cupboard or re* cess of which this is iho key, except yourself?” 1 mun Mibbk as If smitten with ague; hislipschutlcrcd, but no articulate sound escaped them.'- •- - / , • . ” You. need not answer the question,” said the magistrate, “ unless you choose to do so. J again warn you that dll you say will, if necessary, be used against you.” ” No one,” ho at length gasped,-masterlnghlshcs* jlulion by a strong cxoft.ion of IhewUl—“ no one can have had access to the place but myself. 1 have never ported with,the key.” Mrs. Bourdon was now called in. After interchange trig a.glancc of intense agony, and, as it seemed to ine, of affectionate intelligence with her son, sho calmly answered the quotations put to her. They were unimportant, except, the lust, acted upon her like.a galvanic shock. It wnsUiis—* 1 bid you ever struggle with your son on the landing lead* ing.lo lim bed room of the deceased for the posses sion.of this bottle?” and I held up that which wo had found in (he recess. A Might scream escaped her lips;'and. then'she stood rigid, erect, motionless, glaring alternately at mo and at the fatal bottle with.byes that'seemed starling /Void their sockets. I glanced towards the eon j he wus also affected in a tumble maimer.. Uis knees smote each other, and a caitnmy perspiration burst forth arid settled upon his pallid forehead^ •* Again T caution you,” iterated the magistrate, *’ that you. are not* bound to answer any of these questions.” The woman's.lips moved.. *• No—never 7”. she almost inaudibly gasped, and fell senseless bn the flour. * - Aa Boon db blio ' was removed, :Jano Withers was called. She deposed that three day* previously, as she was, just bofuie dark, arranging some linen iij a room a distant from (tie bedroom of her Lite mistress, k.h&Wtis surprised at hearing a noise just outside the door, as if persons struggling and speaking in low but earnest tones. She drew-osido a corner of the injislin curtain of (ho window which looked upon the fiaspngo or corridor, umTllicre saw Mrs, Rourdon striving to wreet'somcthihg from her son’s hand. She heard Mrs. Rourdon says, ” You shall not do U, or you shall not have it”—she could not be sure which.' A noise of some sort seemed to I olarni'-lhcm; they- coascd'-slruggling and ' listened attentively for a few seconds; then Alfred Bourdon stole, off on lip-toe, leaving llio object of dispute behind, which witness could not sen distinctly, in his mothers hand. Mrs. Bourdon continued to listen! and presently Miss Armitdge; opening the door of her mother’s chamber, Called her,-by name. ’ She immediately' placed what was 1 in her hand on the marble lop of o side table standing in the corridor, ond’hnslcncd to Miss Armitngc. Witness left the room she had been in n few minutes afterwards, and curious to know what Mrs. Bourdon and. her son hud been struggling for, went to the table to look at it. It was an oddly shaped glass bottle,' containing'u good dcuj oi blackish ‘gray powder, which, os she ,C u *r lo - l fr a n « ! ‘V. looked like black-lead !’> “ Would you bo able to svvour lo the buttle if you saw u?” . . - . “Certainly I should.” * ” By what mark or token ?” M p ,e name of Vulpy or Vulpy was ca&l Into ft— that is, the name was iu the glass Itself.” •* Is this it ? “Ills: I swear most positively/* ' A letter was also read which hud'been taken from . Bourdon*#,pooketii, It \vas^-inucU. joreueedr nnd 4 proved to bo in the hand writing of Mrs! Armilage. It consisted of a severe rebuke at the young man’s presumption in seeking (o address himsell lo her daughter, which insolent ingratitude, the writer said, sho should never, wi.ilst she lived, cither forget or foigivc. last sentence was strongly underlined in a different ink from that used by the writer of thu letter. ' * Tho surgeon deposed-to (ho cause of the death —- It had been brought un by tho action of iodine, which, administered in certain quantities, produced symptoms ol rapid atrophy, such us had appeared in Mrs. Armitage. Tho glass botllu found la the recess contained iodine in a pulverised stale. ■ 1 deposed that, on entering the library on tho pre vious evening, 1 overheard young Bourdon, address ing his mother, suy, ” Now that it Udom> it is past recall, I will not shrink from any consequences, be they what they niuy !V This wus the substance of the evidence adduced; and the magistrate at once committed Alfred Bour don to Chelmsford jail, to lake his (rial at the next asalzo lor “ wilful murder.*'. A Coroner’s inquisi tion a few days after also returned a verdict of “a il lul murder” .against him on the sumo evidence. About an hour after his commitul, and just previ-, ons to (he arrival of tho vehicle which wus to convey him to (ho county prison, Alfred Bourdon 'requested an interview with me. ,1 very reluctantly consent- 1 cd; but steeled as 1, was against him, 1 could hull avoid feeling dreadfully shucked at the change which so brief an Interval had wrought upon him. It had I done the work of years. Despair—black; niter de spair—was written In every lineament of his expres sive countenance. . ”1 have requested to see you," said the unhappy culprit,‘ rolliOf limn Dr. Cartels, because ho, 1 know, is bitterly prejudiced against mo. But you will tioL refuse, 1 think, the solemn request of a dying man— lor a dying man I feel mysoil to be—however long or short (ha i/ilcrvul which stands between me and the scaffold. It is not with n childish hope that any assertion of mine cun avail before the tribunal ofllic law against the evidence adduced this day, that I, with all the solonuiiiy befitting a man whoso days arc numbered, declare In you that I am, wholly in. noeent of the crime laid lo my.charge. 1 have no sneli expectation; I seek only that you, in pity of my youth and untimely Pule, should convey to her' whom 1 have madly presumed to worship tills mes sage: *Alfrtd Bourdon wus mud, but not blood gnihy: and tu the crime laid to his charge ho is in noeent ue an unborn child,’ ” •'The pure ami holy passion, young man," said I, somewhat aim tied by his impressive manner, u how over prcsumplmis, ns fur us social considerations arc concerned, ll might he, by which you tiffed lo bo in* spired, is utterly inconsistent with the cruel, d>is. Unlly crime, pi svhioh such damning evidence has un Jmur since been given,'*—■— “S.y no more, sir, 11 interrupted Bourdon, sinking, back in ills soul, mid hurrying his luce hi his hands : “ jl was h bootless errand; she tidid not, in the face l of lint evidence, believe my unsupported assertion! lUmfiwn nd* vtfZ i i“T ■/« . ll were us well she did not, And yet, sir, it is hard . 7*n 1 ° W S ‘. ln * lon re lo bo Irnmplod inio a liiloii'a gravcf loaded with (bo VT Uo r i f “!, lo | win «' 1 <•“ •leu.ncr Andrew muled iolions oflhoso whom you would coin in your i‘, lri| ! f, °"; N “ w boon lo servo and bless I Ah,- sir,)* be continued, 1 u„’in 1 1 ; d , l '? °, unal “ l Loul “v | whilst loora ol ngony sireumcd through bis firmly v| llo, end aller passing hiougb Hm locks, mol another j closed lingers,‘‘you cannot conceive the unutterable 'n, 0 oinleln U nn 'eTi| O I |. l m”'!/ ,id “ biitorncaa oftbo pang wtileh rnnda tbe heart of bini 'f l p 1 t b . ol ‘ on'llio, who feola lli.u bo la not only despised but loathed, ? blcll "S oi | each refused; word, ran high ; haled, execrated by her whom lit. soul idolises!- Imiuh flit ° P “ l “1 .'l'° * °"T " nd | Mine was no buy lab, Iraiislai.l passion )It lias grown o'", 1 ‘ oal .n.n " ‘T J ri ". , ? rf * with my growth, and strengthened with my strength, I’ .f L u l,l> “Wrimoo, and decided My life naa been but one long dream <‘l l‘or. All AndrawJ,.ckiion aboold back down to the Unit my soul hud drunk in oClior bandy in the vis. bn " Jl* u ', ld B “JT Ur f 10,0 , r ,0 . lnla . lh ° look*, iblo earth and lioavciis-tbo light of suiting auits- ll '.“ 1,11 - or boil I H II enlered by permission, and lborudb.ueo ofibe,.ilvor.lar.i-il,e breall,' ! or .u.,. 'J. "hTr"I.' 1 " I '’."l n ' mer.flowers, logolber wills nil which wo iitidgind of pl- . Itorl. aft os- giving vi nl lo his fooling, ol Ilia oelosilal purity and grace, aaomed lo bo incarnated f l ', 0011 .'!? f v„ „°i,-T.t'" T°? ‘ r ?'* l ° l‘«l'"f»<i ooncflniraiorl n«ti nninkin.ii i , j .is ■> to hack llio Jackson down to Iho basin> One of his for over lost I l *' Tlnm I rn no ,. 08 V”. 0g J deck bunds, un Irishman, who, with (luabrd cheeks* M- dura.il ■ Jl! lnC “ ? fl,B ?T iO % C, °. «ml heaving bosom, had con Cl hero basCdTo”: Ms S!. ' , ' Ui, '. rUlly '***' 1 Claimed, 8 “P.iplajo Eaker. Ibi. i. your bo.,', you ir"* \ “ n i sx. 1 iTuduallVu air “Tn , d ° Gen. jt.ak.an, ouryad In Hickory,) “bu.l Ibl. mild fahged lure ondil Alfir “ d Duud “' l w “» "f feller never banks." Applying Wn lii.mi, cent, be finefly to Die i.cou.utldh ofwllfuuSerprXrtd' be ,*, ,n ‘, o u r" ow 1 , | 1 "’ ,I ‘i^ o ho[Hl ,rom lb ” bo * , ' ,r . i, ‘ agiiiial hliq. ' * imircor pruierrea w j,|, t|, o daolurnllnn, “No man ever bnoked him Tlib ovilanfifl irltnm .» ai ..... while living, and while loan roiso. on arm, no man ' b * ek S .° •■*!?* ■“ the neaped with Bodn ' T 1W " 8 torp,'loffH, lb,upan ( lijs shouldori carried It up to i VV, m iQwn% ©ailed .his /rlsnds together, held a carousal lons peed by lhe prlpo;i«r indicative of p desire to over H, till the bout got through, then replaced It in be avenged op . The cross-examine* Its position, and resumed his accustomed cUoii An lion bythe counsel for the defence Vae able, but the forecastle of the Andrew Jackson; P failed to tfliuke llu, case tor the prosecution. His own admission that no ono had access to the re cess wbeterilie poison was found, told fatally a gainst ti ft py When called upon to address the in* ry, he delivered himself of a speech rather than a defence ■of an oratorical effusion, instead of a vigorous amt if-possible,.damaging commentary upon the ?Jhdence arrayed against him. It was a labored, and in part eloquent, exposition of the necessary (Qllibilty of human Judgement, illustra ted by nuu&rous examples of erroneous verdicts. His perorqUpn 1 jolted down at the time: Thus, my, lord ariff-gentlemen of the juiy, it is abundant ly manifetp»hot only by' these examples, but by the IcsllnioSv which every man bears in his own breast, tlmJSGod could not have willed, could not have commanded, his creatures to perform a pre tended limV, which Im-vouchsafed them no power to per form , Oh, he sure that if he had intenmd, if ho had commanded you to pro nounce irreversible decrees upon your fellow-man, .quonchin@hat life which is his highest gift, he would.have endowed you with gilts to perform that duty-sightly! Has ho done so! Ask not alone tliejjrnges dripping with Jnnocent blood which I have quoted, but your own hearts! Are you, accor l|ng to the promise of the serpent tempt er, “godi,knowing good from evil!” of such clear omni oi-nce, lhatyou can hurl an unprepared soul befori the presence of its Maker,’id"the full ! assurance; bat you have rightly loosed the silver cord whiol, -he had measured, have Justly broken the which he had fashioned! ‘t Oh my I.ord.’ysfio concluded, his dark eyes flashing with excitement, “It is possible that the first ah nonncemenl of my innocence of tins crime, to ■» hmh yodTh-ill give credence, may be proclaimed from tlwraAnil tribunal of him alone who cannot k *^ p » whose eye is even now upon us. should theruproclnim* “I, too, sat in judgment on ihe day when you presumed to doom your fellow worm ; ond- 1 saw' that (lie murderer was not In the dock, bol on the bench!” Oh, my lordi think well of Wtfat you do, pans© ere you incur such fearful liaibrd ; for bo assured, that for all these things Guqywill also bring you to judgment!” lie ceatijjd and sank.back exhausted. His fer vid declariraUon produced a considerable impress ion upon the auditory; but it.soon disappeared before thejealm, impressive charge of thejudire whoireassdfed the startled jury, by reminding them lhat.llieir July was honestly to execute the law, and not lo;di3putn about its justice. For, himself he said, sUslHined by a pure conscience, he was quite willjiig to incur tho hazard hinted at by the prisoner. {After a care.lul and luminous summin<r up, the - jury, with very slight deliberation, rt° turned a vqrdiut of - Guilty.” As the word pas sed the njjfr of the foreman of the jury, a loud piercmg..R||ick rang through the court,. It p ro . eroded fqtifcrt tali figure in black, who, with close ly drawn veil, had sat motionless during the trial just befbrojthe dock, it was the prisoners moth er. • ihe np£i instant she arose, and throwing back her v*if, wildly exclaimed, - He is innocent. innocent, UeH >e! I alone” • mother! for the love of Heaven be silent* ’ steuted tho prisoner with frantic vehe mence, himself over the front of the dock, ai if to grasp and retain her. c °ntinued the woman. •I perptgnxrd Uie deetf! He knew it not, fiifir pected it hot, till it was 100 late. Here,” she od- drawing a sheet of paper from her •‘here is my conltdsion, with each circumstance detailed!” I As she waved ii over her head, It was snatched > by her snn, and swifias lightning turn to shreds. ij 10 *** tiindl Heed her not—believe her not!” He at the some, time shouted at the top of his . powerful vole©; “Sheds districted mad! Now, my lord, vcnr sentence! Come!’’ 1 Ihe tumult and excitement in the court room no language uhioli I can employ would convey an adequate Impression of. As soon as calm was parliollay restored, Mrs. Uuurdon was taken into custody; the prisoner was removed; and the court adjourned, of course yvlthoul passing sentence. It was ev£n as his im said/ -Subsequent mvesttgatlon, aided by Iter confesaipn, amply proved that the fearful crime was conceived and perpetrated by her alone, in the frantic hope of Bpßl*ir.,,,» 8 p R l* i r . ,,, » or *V* r M°lized son, the hand and foitnne .v* i ? Anniiage, fcJhe had often been .present with him in his laboratory, and had thus become acquainted .with iliq uses to which agents could be put. blie had purloined, the hey of the recess; [and he, unfortunately top late to prevent the per* petrntion of the crime, had by mere accident dis covered the abstraction of the poison. Ilia subse quent declarations had been made for dm deter mined purpose of saving his inollmr’s life by dte sacrifice ol his own! The wretched woman was not reserved m fall Indore (lie Justice of her'cnuniry.. .The hand of Ood smole’hor ere (lie scaffold was prepared for her, J She was smltien whh frenzy, end died raving in the Metropolitan Lunatic Asayliim.— Alfred Bourdon; efter a lengthened imprisonment, wits liberated. lie called on me by appointment, a few days previous to leaving, this country for ever; and I placed in his hands a small pocket hthle, on the fly-leaf of which was written (he word— u J2lien!" .His diin eyo lighted up will! something of its, old, fire as he glanced nt the character*; h© then look the honk, placed it m Ilia bosom, and waving mo a mole farewell—l saw ho dural mil trust hlmsolf id speak—hastily depart ed. 1 never saw him more, - , Evening* ’Ti» a holy hour. Bright clouds have cost lliclr glory fur n wlijlo on earth, but luvo vanished liko Urn gonlMhw bofnro (bo rising auii. And yet Uioir lovliiioaK win liko Hie Ibiilga above, lob pure, lima oil, l«o beautiful lo fudo. They have Boomed sotnelimoii to float around our oarlli in nil their lovllness, until they canto an mar us, as to fool the withering touch Which (jin h»t bWnfghlj and, fading by degrees, ul last they sink lo bo among our streams of joy that lie. far buck in time's unending past. For llie American Volunteer.. might bo given to an explanation oCruie. ud of Ilia REPORT OF TIIE VISITERS OF THE ■ubjod. o.udiod, „nd th. P memory might be le.. bur t-o.iinioiv schools, , dened with the mere words of the author in .uoh' The undersigned, having been.specially Invited by studies as history, rbclorick,and mors) pliiloioi.li.. tho Board of Directors to attend the recent annua): if such an intermediate school tvero csloblithodt ot cxaiiiin.ilionaofilicCominoiiSchootsorihUßorougli, the nbmber or studies were reduced. Some of us in accordance with past usage present to (he public noticed also that in a few schools the seats of tho a Report uf their views respecting it, and. the System smaller children were without baoks.-and were other pursued. ‘Some of us attended tine- examination of wiso Inconvenient, and that there appeared to’bo a each ujid all of us were present at that of deficiency In the apparatus of globes and outline most of the Schools. Tho interest which was shown maps needful for tho illustration of geography. , f Th® by the community, bw the numbers present to witness slight additional expense which might he 1 incurred the exercises, was very considerable. Tho high re* ( by.>ihe adoption of these -improvements we cannot pututiun which our Schools havp acquired In this doubt would bo cheerfully tustuined byS community Stale induced somo even from abroad-to attend lljeso which now appears so urgently to call for 1 them.— assemblies, and wo think it most have been fully The titoro pcrlccl our eyslem, of schools becomes, the Buslainpd, and probably increased by what was there more necessary will bo a frcqucnlenlargcroenlof its exliiluiod. ihe audiences ytota evidently much dc- operations. They wilt present such advunlafcefc.that nglucd, and the eflect ol so much public interest is a Urge number of persons will bo Induced to share encouraging the schools themselves wo doubt not then*, and a higher range of studies will be attemo- Wlllbo aalutaiy. , led. When priVulo school. offered .uperior opporlt Ihe examinations were conducted not only by the nllios iipmy. entered them who are now found in Icacheruof the respective Schools, but also to a mote thqse, and a borrtspouding addition must be made to than common extent by tho Directors and Visiters, our system. . . It wus manifestly fair and thorough, giving no op* • There .|s one subject in rclstion'to which an et* portunily for concealment even if it hud been desired trrmo difficulty baa. been frit by all our Directors by any one, and most rigidly testing the actual at- Teachers, and Visitors. tWc refer to the moral tainnients of the pupils. . clior.iclcr.of tho Pupils. In -spile of all that has - As tho result of our observations wo have no Itcsl* hitherto been done, (and we arc assured that this is lotion in slnting our conviction ‘lliut these Schools by no means mcdhsideri(blejtOßecurcagunrdianßliip are eminently worthy of confidence and encourage- over Ihu conduct ofsiich-qs'sttcfid our schools there inont. When wo rememhor liuw brief has been the 1“ yd found In jhepi a state..of.morals which is a lime during which the present system has been |nl«ubject of very general complalht.,. Bhjfcoliy'and operation, how limited thu resources supplied for its Irudeness, are said to prevail to a lamentable extent, support,und the little encourogecnent which hue until even among some tVhoso attainments uro in other recently been afforded to it by the public, wc arc only respects excellent. Accessible as our schools are surprised Unit so modi has been accomplished. It and ought to be Ip,oil classes, it is perhaps impose!*/ n • IheJuborioua and self-denying ciforls of our hie to fiiid a remedy for this evil. We have no Idea* Boaid of Directors to ocknowlcdgo Uiul to jhom wc lhal «' can be applied by tho teachers alone... Tho arc indebted fur nearly all that is excellent in the censurable conduct is pevur probably exhibited to present condition of our Schools. Without cotnpen- 'heir direct observation, and they jhavq. m adequate sation, m tho mUUt of much indiffurenco ami even means of obtaining the information ftoni-olhers.—* opposition, and lor many yours, they-have labored Tho rewards.which they may sometimes think it earnestly in this cause, und sustained u burden from best to bestow on those wt>6 'they think are superior which must persons would huvo shrunk with impa. In good conductbo of bat.liuls avail, The study of lienee. Ibey have however. generally hod the Scilptures and of Moral Fhirb|ophv K and.lhe vurioos countenance and the comparatively liberal support occasions wMclvdaily life may afford, supply oppor ol o largo portion of the public in tho fulfilment and Unities for admonition -and instruction which we enlargement of their plons,us the necessities of the h ive reason to believ'd are not -usually neohsetedwr. system required. .It is hoped llial'such a mutual Whether an increased prominence-might not bfc felveii uonuOenco has now been secured, that these Direc Jo them wo are not able to decide. But wo sresat tors will no longer have reason to distrust the cordial jsfied that nil these and every other Instrumentality co operation of their fellow citizens in cycry reason* In tho hands of teachers will never perceptibly di* uqlo unoojiaking.nnd that the latter will supply them minish the evil so lung ns they have pot tlie~co*ope with sufficient resources for the improvement and ration of those who control and influence the-chlldren extension u( their operations as our population in* when out ofjichuuL At present there are many pa creates, und a higher dtsgrce of intelligence may rents, guardians and others, who.do nut co-operate*' nemand it. Past experience has shown that no pub* and sonift ivhnse example and hifloftncn is drctdedlk lie expense is more profitably incurred than that opposed to. that of.tho teacher. In such circuit which, is applied to tho proper education of thu people, stances not only are thu children affected bytheir li has always promoted a more pleasant stale of so- torruplion, but these become powerful .inslrompiaj c cly, an increased ability to appreciate and enjoy •« injuring their,companions. ‘ The - responsibility other means of general instruction, a diminution ol for this result cannot be fastened wholly or prinef crime and poverty, arid a disposition to aspire after cipnlly upon tho teachers. In (ho moral education all kimls'ol improvement, h draws out the native Children no earthly power ie*n resist, or bo equal talents ol youth, which might otherwise have been to that of a p-renu And if- the energies ot parents lieg.cclcd or perverted, it increases the relative inftn- MW P*»l combined with those -ol touchers, the efforts once ol u community, and elevates tho mind above; tho latter arc likely to be comparatively fruitless, trifling and sordid pursuits. A well educated society. A proper regard for Ilia reputation of our sckoolli cun avail itself ol (he lessons of history, of tho re- 11 nd f° r the purity and honor.of* thosb pupils who qnircmentsiil urt,anUi»fiheiinprovemenls«rscicnce, might otherwise be uncontaminaled, demands thal' Uy Comparing ilsuli with less favored comiiiuniiics leoio whohave tho control of the hours and plaoeaof reasons aro found for contentment, progress, and amusement, ond the associations of these children'* patriotism. Uy the diffusion of intelligence reepco* should exercise a must wulch/ul vigiluhce over them ling public sorvshls and public utfairs its members ir » these respcctsf Then, by JUilhfaHv assisting qualincdiw pCriUnn tlnrttmtrt tif-itoemmr teaciieri ia~j»r<ifwfly. estimation-and- forminrvtha ~ and to exercise the rights of suffiuge. They luurn »»«*rul habits of the pupils, much could, be accora* to pnxe what is taught in tho past history of our pushed in (his impnrlnnt mailer.' Should parenia - country and to feel un Interest in tho wise and good more frequently show their interest in the * men who|p example is therein recurded. As a mere school*, by^consuliliig-with the teachers, and by matter ol pecuniary benefit such an education has tfbndly visile at suitable, times, should they listen always promoted improvements in the soil and in less to ruiri/ r ond interested complaints, and always modes ofeu tivaiion, objects ood marls oftrade have sustain tho reasonable discipline of the school, thu created, new channels of wealth have been do- vvo think would bo very perceptible and said- I vised, and means of intercourse jiavc been invented, lory* ; : v • , j believe therelorc that cvcn whero un individual > o*hcr parts of nnr country, much has bcen.ac -1 expects no direct participation by lilmsclf or family Complishcd by meanjiof Conventions of teachers and - in tho exercises of our common schools, their indirect friends of education, in which the improvements and j benefits are sufficient to warrant him in a liberal cxjuricnce of the more favored individuals and sec. support to the means of intellectual und moral cdu* lions of our land arc made common to others. Wa eahon. know of no reason why such Convention* might hoi ihe object however of common schools ahould not 110 of rqu.l. benefit should they be callctlond held al be made too extensive. It is not tu afford such an slated intervals in thin vicinity and county, and education us cun be obtained und oan be used only "honld our .Directors und Teachers tike initiative by. ir lew. They arc intended to bestow those pfi* •'•CP* * n nutter* w« doubt not they would find vileges, which like tho air wo breathe arc tho com. themselves lllilm.iiely sytsluined by many others. A .mon wants of all. Hence the studies pursued in Inlelliuenco might bo imparled to the | tl|em,should bo mainly,if not exclusively such as uio niinds of many who aro now indmetant to the whuld | adapted la thu capacity and. condition oj cv£ry indi. subject pf.Cnmmpn Schools. •' .. .< -- vidual and needed h) every station ofsodiuiy. U h.il /In these remarks and anggeslions, we do not ima* ever oqonol be uni.versally beneficial, it appears tu *' no ,ve ~ro presenting anything new to Ihe minds us; should bu confined to schools of a different chuc- (, f nnr Board of Directors, or conflicting with their oeler. Indeed, it i* not possible, perhaps, fur tho P'sl policy. On the other hand we desire hither to course of.studies pursued In them to embrace even 'encourage and sustain them by what wo believe ta all which might bu, universally beneficial, since I he 'ho voice of pijMio sentiment, ond the oflon cx* neither the time of our youth, nor the resources pos- 1 pressed wishes of their own hearts, I seesod by tho Slate ore sufficient for this ji.irpuse,— f " ’• Rcs/wctfolly* . . I A scleolion therefljro uf’lhosq are oil Conway Wing, Win, I?'. Knox.' J, N. lloffmah, Al | mo-l general importance bucurnes indispensable. No Kromer, J. fl. Weaver, J »s. S. Brown. S. Elliott, J. one supposes that in uur.schuols all is lunghl which Hy c r, J,*»cob Slirom, W; RIIovV S.'Ensniinger, C. 8. it might buiUotul for everyone tu kmm ( ,biU (he aim Stovensnn, John Lyon, David-Smith, Henry 8. Ritter his been to introduce oil which is actiully attainable illarkneas, P. Mb»aor*milli, Joseph Wilson! and practicable. The number of studies has been w,n « Butler, M.M’Clollan, Jacob Duey, James A. enlarged us fist us thu resources and the npporluni- Dovinncy. lies iifforsd by iho.publio would permit. Tim lcmj>- talion is indeed sumutimey string tor. bglb pirenls and teachers to encourage siicli its urb curiails and obstruct, rutliur-titan those which urn common und I useful, since they are’ immrlikely to excite admira* lion and notoriety. But wo Imvo nut discovered any such fault extensively prevalent In our Schools. In a fovv insluncus wo did indeed notice an evident de ficiency in thu elementary and primary studies while a higher .degrco ol excellence was shown In. those! whloh wcru.moro advanced. Some pupils wktfo'buld answer all nncstiqns in |hd hlgho? been evidently neglected in tfio primary departments and in those schools where reading; wfUlng,’ and grammar were lunghl in theft first stages, we could i out but think in some instances (hut luu little utlen* , 'ion was paid to distinctness in cx-imlnutiun, ml.in. lalion ln (ho sentiment rend, legibility in writing, and accuracy in spelling and punctuation. While nearly nil Wore nlfo (ogive by role l)io pimcip.il rules which nro laid down in their hooks, they did not in somo instance# appear tu have understood them, nor to huvo acquired the Ini bit of readily applying I hem. I his suggested to us tho importuned of spending a short lima uvery d-iy, especially in (he primary schools, to bo employed in reading short lessons, in which no one should ho permitted to proceed without a correct .understanding and utterance ufoaoli word, and also in writing soma familiar exercise upon tlio slate nr bhokhourd, with a view of, attending to the, first principles of orthography, punctuation, and j composition. Wo do not however suppose fftojl qni*l versa! accuracy in these resprots can ba-uttained.^-1 There will bo inequalities In (ho ( tlonla snd acquire 1 mcnls of pupils here as well as in other studios. No system or dlligcnoo of teachers cun entirely succeed in applying a remedy. tVod>nibt not (but our tench* ors have boon quite as onieful on polnta os ii usual. Wo only desire to direct tha attention of those who have the oWgo ofthose s(tidies lu a mors than ordinary'diligence with regard to them. All obsef valion and experience allow that (he consequences of 4 a Hilluro hero can never bo subsequently repaired. 4 and none ore more mortifying or embarrassing,-! 1 Tlipoo too are eindios peculiarly within the province 1 ofCoinmon Schools* nnd should be considered as in. 1 forlnr in importance.tq mi oth> rV.. ... « I ' l \ ,,o rt n l , ' ,^or6^‘, P il * ttnd •Indies in the Female (ligli School, and (he length of lime rvccyenaiy to the! comnlollnn of the course there, seem 10 demand the establishment of nnothnr school between It nnd the grade next below It. It |. difficult at present fur. many who Item qualified for tho onioy m «nt*Mts prlviiegee to obtain admi-sloMo It. the vutfcly of studies which j U,crowded course must die tract andl AUffua the energies of hqlh teoohor and pupils. The bodily health and mental elasticity of holh tnuet necessarily be Injured., Time cannot be given forexerclio or reore.qtfoi}i . possibly more time t IT $2 00 PEBANNDM. Equal RI B hI. for IheOlrlb The Sun, f> f thirdly, says ihe k.lt Dapatch, -uNocates the establishing, of a free ncaderay,br ' educational Institute for girls. This is apropo- Rliiun which shall have our hearty support, prcvi* tied tha profcasorrsses are to finish or instruct those M. A. D.’s "Maiden* of JlrU IhmtMu'f.'fo ; the duties ol wives and mothers, and not to mo king them a set of useless philosophers in pstUk coals aspiring to seats in Oongre>>B, to govern men and guide the Stale, Suppose the frei* school built, and ihp phairs.distributed .thus: / Mrs. Grundy, Prof, on the art end myftterj of cooking plain (Julies, broiling beefsteaks,buying pork and beans and pumpkin pie, with dally ex* perimenia in the art of pickling, preserving fruits, A'r. and the making 1 of goosphorry and oiher do* mostin wines, J'ruci/oal experiments dnfly at C A. M. on the economy of*marketing, the nature of. weights and measures,,the purchase of dry goods, and.their manufacture into articles of db) meMle utility suiloble p)4be families of mechan ics. cieikvor storekeepers, whose Income is to be taken at $5OO per nnnuin.es the maxiupi. I - tyra. .Win Jones,,Prof. on the nature, lernpef { and oapabllllee of ehililren, their heat, tvntjp qf ' treatment, vviih daily experinients In the nursery,'. A sufficient nuinher of Jmbia always In beprovi ded liy iho 7Vn Governors for Ilia use of the inn As andpiannfnrc clana. ,i . J .Ilirs.. John Smith, *Hrof. on lha philosophy of manaaing servants,'once lerrhed helps, but which' larin is now abandoned, as there la no help in them. Dally experiments In housawlfery anil polishing ntnliogany.jyjih tlbo grease, lo iftoff ft. mode of llvjng practised by. out niothets in lb tit' system of dontealin economy. . Mrs. Candle, Prof, on the philosophy of oor ernlnir hiishantja, and to give daily lectures and experiments qn .the beat mode of treating those animals-when caught, with tllusltaiiona of their ' propensity tu tyrannize over the softer part of our apeejoui' , . . , Will our lumlnnua oolempotary aecond thenfoi gramme for bite role of the Female HightSohopit ■ Scnimqmo * Liov—A Hungarian..lndy vhp wa* I ho mount of, delivering loimvAnitrian.officer* Inlo (ho It mtli of iho Mftpyni'*. ha* boon iriodhr, oourl mnrliul, »l Presburg, at)d aenlenoed to ha pah* llcly scourged. This Is the most brutal act' oS re cord. . , ‘ ' —,, ... .... “If you don’t glve.tna a-penny," criedayonng hopeful to bis mania, "I know a-hoy Ihai’rf got the measles, and I'll go.arid eatcb ’em,so f'wlfl.'" Me.
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