Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, June 13, 1849, Image 1

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    I'aLLUIZIE Zo
TOWANDA:
ttlebticsban 111arninn, 3nnt 18, 18N9.
WE'LL MEET AGAIN.
inert again: how sweet the 'word
11.or soothing if, its sound!
Like strains of far•ofr music heard ,
On some enchanted ground.
meet azain—thus friendship speaks
When thee... 6 most dear depart,
And in the pleasinz prospect seeks
Balm tot the bleeding heart.
We'll meet again the hoer cries;
And oh! what thought but this
Can e'er as,tiage the agonies •
Of the last I.ariing 1.1.!
We'll meet anin. arc accents heard
Beside the dytryz hed,
When 'all the soul hp grief is Mired,
And bitter tears are shed.
Well meet again, are words that cheer
White bending o'er the tomb ,
Fur uh! that hope, 50 bright and dear,
Can pieice its dee p eat gloom.
the rustics, and, as is common on such occasions,
rendered them mute; but after a few elloris at
pleasantry by their new companion, they soon re
covered their loquacity; and from them Ambrose
Coppin, for it was he, learned that his fattier bad
died early the year before, leaving him sole heir
to his property, and that his own absence.had cans
riva: claims to be set up to the estates, which
were conducted by an attorney residing it. London.
Having gained Ibis information without going to
his father's house—for he had a misgiving that be
might be hlive--he called for the beet, whom he
questioned as to several matters connected with the
little village ; and more' particulailf as to- t•
Rose of Mill /hill as Rose Matthews had beech
named when he was a youth.
" Why, sir," was the, eply , " you mast indeed
have been long a shatkear to these parts, not to
know that the Rose hasildootneil again and again
—she is the mother of &tee children."
And who Is their father 1" asked Ambrose.
t• Miles Edwards," was the reply.
t..k! • • ",Hell and furies! and has lie—he, the err who
worked on my fitiliet's farm, obtained that which
I 04,n,nasiled, as well by the simplicity a her
I would have died to have ' —I once swore revenge --
dm." as hy the beauty , of her person, Tease hint
on her, he muttered in an under' tone, and now 1
t!.ew , .. leading her tather, a venerable man,. whose
were blanched by age, and accomriadating will have ii."
During this short, but violent . sally, the rustics
her voutlitul and healthful step to the decrepitude
stared at each other, and the landlerd, leaning for
of hi-. I , eal her way upon the performance of
ward with both his fists upon the table, and gazing
,ante pious July.
intently in the face of the stranger, said—.. And,
The shades of evening were setting in, when the
sere? by yours' oath, and by what you say, you
e Id man and his daughter closed the wicket gate •
ran be no other than the long last Ambrose Copping
of their cottage, which stood in the rdilst 01 a gar
den at ;he top of the village. The thick foliage of 1 ' 111 ' 14: e lf •
`• Anil who the devil else should I be r , shouted
a tie; plantation intervened between them
Amfirose; it is Ambrose Coppin be who threw his
aA the golden tints of the setting sun; but suffi
man ten years ago on Canonbuly Green. and Jared
(wet of its glory struggled through this obstacle at
once to light up the pensive features of the father I not come back till now: Yes, lam Ambrose Cop
ai d. to tender still more resplendent the clear bru-
pin, ready now to avenge an admit, and hating as
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note cornplesion of his daughter. I ever have hated.
They were quickly followed into the cottage by The landlord, recollecting the altered position of
Miles Edwards, a young man of hale and heady Ibis guest since his father's death, obsequiously
sugg4ted that "his honor" had better go into a
appeatazice, who was reeeived by Martin Mat
private room, where he would give any intorrna
theirs-with cordiality, and by Rose with that ex
pression of suppressed pleasure which betokens to"tLion that was required. This was acceded to, and
in a Miceli-time Ambrree became acquainted with
ail. save one, that the heart and eyes discourse
mare elceniently. than - the,tong,ne dares to speak. the courtship, Inania g e, and prosperity of Miles
•.' Be seated," said the old man, " tie . seated, Eilvrards and his handsome wife.
I wish to speak
w i th
you. It was my. in- But, landlord, how do they go on now. They
1../::lon.long ago to open my mind to you about rent, you say the Creselane Farm, and boll it
My lather has been dead pow more than eighteen
11 ,, 5e. Both she and you have shown such dutiful
~::cation to my wishes *hail think it would be months, and there have been disputes about the
wrong longer to object to your mareay. The lit- Pr°Per t Y• How has this been managed'" •
Ile share saved by me is Just enough for our sup- ! "in short, sir, I think you will tied it to be thus:
port and that little u ill belong to her at my dead', this attorney whit hid helped those that claim your
plates, gave warning, to all tenants not to pay any
Inch -stmt! be far off. Thank Cud that, tower
.-r 'non it may be, 1. ant prepared to meet it with rent, ; and I felt; from tha two last bail crops and
a ileorder amongst the cattle, it was lucky fur
: , .•,..latioa to His -Sidi I should be very SC*.
I Mlles Edwards that he had such ampere."
t% eiat :lie moment came and Rose remained with
et the preiectum et a husband : become that to "What then," said Ambrose, almost risine from
I.i.r -non as you. will, and my blessing .be on his chair, and grasping the wrist of Lis autouished 4
listener, does he owe near two years' rent, anal
cannot pay it. A martian on his cattle, and the
two '-ears of bad crops—thank God, thank God !-
and the blasphemer clasped his hands in delight.
Ilfart . wearied and dispirited, Miles Edwards
tinitill striled throngh the miseries attendant
on die failure of his crops and other roislortunee—
but this accumulation of rest doe to his landlord
forever haunted him. la this state of-wand tie re
turned from p the fields one evening. and clasping
his own true wife to his bosom. exclaimed, " Why
Rose, why did I me billow your advice, and keep
the money your father gave as a More far a rauiy
We'll meet arain ; then cea!e to weep
Whatever may divide•
Not time, nor death, can (therm , keep
The loved ones from our side:
For in the mansions of the blest,
Secure from care and pain,
In heaven's serene and endless rest
We'll.urely meet again.
One Witness.—A Tale of the Law
PT J%MES SHERIDAN INOWI.Et
he beautiful pathway leading acmes the mead
ows between the villages of Mill Hill and Hendon,
ve as, on a lovely autumnal Sunday afternoon in the
ie.er 1760 annex hat thickly P potted with groups of
well dressed rustles on their way to the charett . of
latter place The. bells announced that the,ur
grater was drawing nigh, and the chimesfom
I:,e bane , ut il.mipstead and Highgate, Qtr ti'.in
~•inore subdued tone, formed as It were, one4iar
titriniiins choral eitleritig at the shrine of Atte Itylitg
announcement so unexpected threw Miles
of joy, and surTused the loveiyeheeks
conscious blu;shes. The time, bows
evc , . itas.ed . she became his happy partner, and
!lie fullness of a rsoorl and honored age, old
)I.t!!!,ctis slept beneath the greensward. in the
trite that coritamoti the ashes of his wife.
e early rears of the martiagc of 301iles Edi
t, and Rose were as prosperous as they were.
...yey three eh?,.lren were born to them. and the
~,,sitect of the future seemed to promise as un
luded a view as was afforded by a recollection
past. The .tnall sum left by his wife's Lab-
laid out in -stock of a link farm he rented
a mar, of substance in 'his immediate vicinity - ;
a-, ‘, rn lb ,. Jew first yeats, his crops were ahem
-IAI, cattle throve, his rest was duly paid, and
was whispered among his neighbors shut Nide*
1 . -lwariis will be one day overseer.
Norio of those privations and trials which call
, rth the enera , of esertirm, the exercise of resig
nazior., or the vigor of resolution, had yet occurretl;
but ali were too soon fated to the visit the peateltal
home of this affectionate tamity.
is the early bloom of her youthful beauty Rose
had afflicted the notice of Ambrose Coppin, a sue
of the, farmer of whom Miles Edwards Aimed his
He was one of three restless and daring
_Tnas that brooking no control, malted headlong to
the gratification of !wet" evil, reckless of the mis
'rhtct octrashined by it to themselves or others.—
Siw , ;!ed at home *Urn a child, he naturally thought
L manhood would have the same freedom from
re.traint, and that whatever he required would be
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"keded to h-in.
No sooner did be behold Rose, than, two far as ILs
a..-ro would permit, he loved her : loved her at
paoion, for of affection he arm tompa
:xle. The gentleness of her diSPOShiOn was so to
y at variance with the impetuosity of his, that
`h`-' -prank from his advances, and firmly, though
r....z.'ratio, denied his suit. Enraged at the pre
•'•;hof a low!) cotters darglnef daring to re
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of, a wealthy landowner. placed (AM tilr above her
-- e he determined on revenge. A violent brawl,
however, in which be because engaged at a village
festivity, was followed by such eerie Uri COUSeqUelr•
oes, had he quitted the conntry,and . went aboard a
ship tOving a " pass," as it was then termed, for
trailing in the way of the Algeritte cruisers, and
for mitking reprisals on these felorious pirates.—
This event prevented the execution of his threat,
at least for a time, arid it was not until the period
of which we have been recently speak in; that
Ambrose found it safe to return home.
It was late in a winter evening , when a stranger
—in the rough garb of a seaman—made his rap•
pearanee at the Green Drar„on, and taking his Owe
on the " long settle 7 beside the fire, endeavored to
enter into conversation with some peasants who
were enjoying a quiet pipe and tankard, and amus
ing themselves, as most persons do wlfo have no
business of their own satisfaction, the atlairs of
their own neighbors.
The unusur I aspect, swarthy complexion and an
eolith dress of the stranger, attracted the notice of
PUBLISHED EVERY VEDNEMMY, AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COMITY, PI, BY E. OrMEARAV GOODRICH.
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" Yon did right," replied &se, "tolio as you
thought bm4. it was b e at, as had been Proved up
to now. Your industry and out thrih, have not
been wanting to avoid the mtsfonune that has fal
len- upon us. Trost to that God who gave us what .
we hare, that he will not forsake us in the &Knot
need."
"True, Rose : but you have yet to leans the
worst, of all Ambrose Coppin has returned, he is
now our landlord. You know ite once loved you,
so far as he could love anything but himself--ha
threatened you when last you parted, and we both
know his bad Wank head too well, not to fear be
will make us feel his vengeance. Your repels be
hind two years, and what- are we to do !"
The storm that had so long threatened at length
bind over them. Ambrose Coppin had no sooner
substantiated his claim, to his late father's property,
than be put a distreis into the house of Miles LI-
wards, sold his furniture, farming stock, and all
i that was upon the land—which just, and only jrot,
i sufficed to pay his demand and the law expenses,
I the unhappy father, his wife, and three children,
were turned out of house and borne. This was
his first eon of reien,ge; bet neither his last nist
his greatest as the sequel Will show. '
Thus %edam, bilks was. beholden to. the kind
ness of his former,neighbore for a lodging for hi -
self and family; one affording stteher for hith and
1 his wife, and others undertaking the care 'of his
I chars% an ono therni, though, unieed, them
c‘ stoimor n osi or osxvw;oTio7i. PRAM .4JET: 41.0WL"
were few who dared to she* the eentpaesinethey
felt, for Ambrose ..was the
. owner of wad the
v illage tenements. With this assistance and his
own industry, in a few months Miles was able to
rent a cottage, his principal wear:Won being that
of an agricultural day titterer.
Changed as was his condition, be bore
. all with
fortitude, supported by the. devotion and apparent
resignation of his wife. StiU, however when he
would suddenly return, be could perceive 'that,
though she smiled upon. him, she - had been shed.
ding tears for him and his. She studied to be
rileerlul and make him so, but it was but too cleat
to him that all was elTon, and that the creature who
claimed, and had ever had, hialemlerest care, was
smiting under the cruel affliction.
The mislarturies that had Men upon him in his
former state, seemed des'ined to track him in his
humble sphere, work became scarce to him through
others were employed; from place to place he was
discarded without any reason assigned. He had
ever borne a good character yet there were whispers
abroad that boded him no good ; and those who
had hithermfore assisted him now reiused to
do so on the score that heconkl,get plenty of work
but never remained long in one employ. This
went on thus, until poor Miles and his hollering,
patient wife were reduced to the last st a ge of des
titution.
Since his accossion to the estate, Ambrose Cop
pin had nightly frequented the parlor of the Green
Dragon, nor did he ohen quit it sober. When in
his drunken trouts he was accustomed to boast of
his power and once declared he would drive that
villain, Miles Edwards from theneighborhood and
added he with as oath, "if i caw manage that, then
that tool who tool• up with him when she might
bare shared my Ineaus i vill be within my reach
—and nave her I will if I break her flinty heart,
and lose my owu life in the attempt!"—Pondering
on this scheme he reeled to bed, and the next day
set about its completitin.
At night, !tiles returned somewhat lite to hi
desolate home, having wandered About to a dis
tant part of the parish intending to ask for work—
but fearing both refusal and insult be had failed to
do so. The unhappy couple therefore, consumed
a port on of their last remaining loaf, putting by
sufficient for their children': morning meal and.
bought temporary refuge in that which leech. an
diatinctions--steep
The sun had not long risen before_alorg knock
ing was heard at the cottage door, and two persons
claimed admittance. Upon therbolts being with
drawn, Ambrose Coppin and his man, Wilson, (a
fit instrument in such hands,) rudely thrust them
selves in demanding to search the place for some
plate said to have been stolen from Coppin's
house, the night before. Conscious of -innocence,
Edwards made no demnr but led the way to every
place in his homestead, his wife trembling wi h
agony knowing as she did the wickedness of both
intruders. •
"Ay, master what's this!" s t aid Wilson turning,
over a sack in a small outbuilding where Miles
kept his spade and garden implements, and' hold
ing up a silver cream ewer.
" Wine's this, indeed replied his master.
" why, part of the property taken from me last
night and turning to Miles, hecontineeil, " Mas
ter Edwards, this most be looked into. You have
been dismissed from many places, and now we be
gin to see that the reports about you are true."—
Miles darted a look of fury at his accuser, and wall
prepared to strike him down, but his wife sprang
forward and seized him by both wrists : albeit:end."'
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' said she, the tears gushing down her cheeks, " if
you are liniment, trust in God who has never yet
forsaken ai." A livid hue overspreal the features
of Miles Edirards, as be spoke, or rather screamed
—"lv, Rosy - , rr I am innocent r and this rmrn your
tonzue!" and for card a few spaces, he
fed pea eless on the floor.
, Regardless of the scene that was passing. Cop
pin and his man continued their search, and discos--
lered several other articles of plate, and, under some
bushes at the bottom of the garden, found two pick
lock keys.
Scarcely sensib:e of what was passing, Miles
Edwards was conducted before a magistraie, and
upon examination, the evidence appearing clear
that be had been from home unusually - late the night
ltefore—that Coppm's door had been opened by
picklock keys, and pwperty stolen—that the prop
crty found in Mites Edward's opthouse was inden
tilled and sworn to, and that the locks could be
easily opened by the keys friend in his garden,—
he was committed to Dieu-gate for nial, for an of
fence the penalty of which was death.
Removed to a jail, he had no time to ponder
upon the wicked scheme that, he believed, had
been contrbred by Coppin forbis trim. The sym
pathy of his neighbors teas aroused for his mount
ing wife, who, after his short and emphatic appeal
to hew, had never once doubted his innocence, strum
a the presumptions tr„,ftiost him were. They aided
her as tar as their small means would allow arid
provided such comforts as they could for the en.
happy prisoner.
Rose bad several interviews with her husband,
rinsing his confinement, and strove to assure
him
that all might be well. '• lie dares not," said she,
" no, bedares not peril his immortal soul by' swear
in to your guilt. Remember, busbeedi berets only
do so upon the blessed book of eternal ilk. Be
comforted with that."
Worn out and exhausted with grief and fatigue,
she bad returned one night to INI tonne, a few
days before that appointed for the trial, when she
was surprised bi agenda tapping at the door.
.Upatt,
opening it she wassinkened inr the sight of W ilson,
who, without noticing her emotion, put to the door,
and in an nn let tone, told her be came with good
news.
tz What good news can you_being to one whom
you WC 15000 to snake a wid4kinr I what good.nevas
to these three wretched helpless diddle:it, so soon
to be fathedws."
Do not tare, nn.strers, but lutes ' resumed
Wilacta;,—" you inow Cam onset the tww wit
nesses against your Weston& I bare done a thing
for, which my own life is in danger, and my mis
ter knows it. I hate him ; Steer him. I am de
termined to make aly escape. To-morrow night
L enter ea board a slop. and shall be kept so se
motel), that no one will know where I am ull hun
sate, tar away' from k:terland."
" But the robbery what doyen know of door
" Everything; my master put the plate in the
oul-house himself, and the keys U 3 the ganlen.
followed, and save him do IL"
"Thee - said Rose, " as yon hope to be saved, 1
entreat-you to stay and say as much, and spare the
life of an innocent man."
"1 dare not?"
" My nereainsi, then, "ball hrinz,-those to my help
who will keep you here, and I Will ,wear to all yon
have said
'• Fool, would you have two u iinesses a g ainst
your husband instead of one! Do you not know
that a wile cannot he a witness' for or a gainst her
husband 1 And if von could. who would believe that
I lied before the juz , tice Cee your sense and you .
may yet have in thank me for my friendly treiis.
Good night." Thus saying he gently rinsed the dnnr
after him. and Rose only recovered her .44e11-pos
selccion as his retiring footsteps died away upon the
ear.
The longer she reflected en the fart " „ oinlety ries ofstrangers . and those whocame from thought- executeil in cold water—the face readily heroines
disclosed to her, the more she was hew tldered how lessness, could Hot he e. trot to sympathize accustomed to it, an d i t i s midi m o te refreshing
to act. Were she to accuse Coppin at once of the o v ermuch a ith a lesnla "W"ttritt. `than when warty . a good razor will do is duty
crime, she would not be believed, and world most The order having been given t tit up the pris-- 1 w i t h co ld as well as with warm lather.)
likely be deprived of her liberty, and thus render. cmer Web Eelaardsi he mad e h al r famarre e at ! The face of the roan just out of beet, aver the day
oil unable to assist her husband. Were Phe longer the bar . As the noise of his cum s fettersstmek. ' has beeun for serest hoes, or balloter a i rs earA .
herself as a witness, she could not be received , for nit die ear, a thrill of horror ran through a patty of puffed and rKlekned, whiter, as it ertcourtters the
Wilson had truly told het so. Summoning. there. his catty friends and neighbor* who had Place! ) sharper air of daylight. or exchanges with 'that of
fore, all her remaining ermr"&", she awaited the tnemselves near the door, to w anese,to his charar- the living room, or Passage or street thr "his gear , -
day when she would, have her last interview w its ter, ifcalleil upon to do so. Near them also, stood tug chamber, meet - Ines a sharpness and thinness of
her husband before his trial. the proeseutor, Ambrose Coppin, on whose brow feature indicative of distress—the shiver completes
Admitted within the walls of the prison, she was visible that malignant hate vrhich so truly char- the ten We.
found her husband in die millet of a reckless, wretch- °defiled his ilisPrisiti°n. A portion of world live and are awake every
ed set of men, expecting like him, the issues of life l During the reading of the indictment. and (other hour in the twenty-four.
and death —Their coarse talk prevented her for l reluainanees the Pueou"; cli-4- alt anxious look ILet any man undertake a ride or a walk from -
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some time from commienealiug with him: and at ti to every part of the court. as if in search of some five till eight on i simmer s morning, and contrast
length a ribald jest, tittered by one rellian, 'wens. of e. The one for whom he sought met not his ' the same with ai similar stroll or adventure after
cot Miles to such a degree, that with his fettered ep's• and lie wrrin4 lii- hauls in ag o ny of d e spa i r. br ea kf as t, and depend opal it, if health be the ob
hanchi tie felled him to the ground. A general up- In a few mumebts he her 7 inte mare composed, and sect, and the beauty of nature be appreciated, he
roar ensued, and the turnkeys interfering, Miles ""l'h'd to such tomtits as'lse saw arumate the eye wilt grr 6 the preference to the foster.
andhis wife were led into a small cell apart. from . tell upon Cor l ett. but the latter shrank beet amidst It is a healthy !tin when a man can wake on the
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the other prisoners, and there ellowed an interview.. the crowd. instant, at the slightest stria!, and can jump Mit, of
Rose havipg pacified her lialband, told him. that At length the prosecutor's counsel rose, and .af- bed as he would plunge into a ) river. The refresh.
Wilson would not appear against him. " What, - re- ter stating the circumstances before rehearsed. ob- mg reaction awakens him up, and he feels assisting,
plied he, " will that matter l There will be that served that there were but two witnesses for ez- as a young lion ; whereas, the heavy steeper, the
wretch Coppin, and hi. evidence will be enou gh! , amination against the prisoner. Much notice was late man, if awoke endifenly finds himself petulant
a What ! one witness, and such a one ? No, no; excited in the court by another repitition of the and annoyed, and then requires, if it be important
it cannot b e that twelve honest men w il l kill ono& words uttered by counsel; " two witnesses!" was he should get up; some tea minutes to yaws and
er on the word of such a wretch as he. But are repeated in a tone of hysteric laughter, which seem, stretch himself. Ile may hecomPatedla di* *hos
you sure, Miles, quite sore, that one witness is lea to come from the place directly nutter the dock. rd bather who stands on the 'brink ,of the strewn
enough r Order was. however, soon restored. the judge hair- fearing to venture ill. J
"There cannot be a doubt of it." ins intimated, that upon another interruption, they
"Eves then, hides, yoo may yet be saved; he sbmikl direct the cowl to be ektared• -
may yet repent, or he may not appear ; and it he The binned advocate proceeded in his address. I
says nothing, you are free." intimating an intention to call the witness, Thomas
The husband mournfully shook his bead, tint Wilson, before he examined the prosecutor, the
made r o reply. Rose, until:now, had worn a coon- only other witness for teasons which, hesaid would
tehance,of intense sorrow, which she vainly en. obviously appear in the course of examination,
deemed to conceal from him, but when be again The crier having thrice required Thomas Wilson
looked nt her face, it was the very - image of calm- to come koward, and no answer being returned, a
ness. Her eyes no longer darted glances from manifestation oftatishietion burst from the ptisori
place to place, as if she saw some object of terror:'en's friends. This irregularity was soon subllued,
their lids were partly drooping. Her voice ceaseel and they were dolY'ailmosisised by'tbe itk4: l3l His
to o w n th e tremu l ous intonat i on it had hitherto lordship. leaning forward, inquired of the connsel
b orne; an d h e ,. b an d as she placed it upon that of if he thought he had sufficieat evidence whhout
her husband, grasped him with a nerve arid firm- I Wilson ; and having been answered in the animas
nets that amazed him. Suddenly rising from the tire, he d e sired Ambrose Coppin to be called.
lade bench on which she hail' been sitting, she "Ambrese Coppin, come forwaid to be sworn,"
paced the cell for a few moments , an d then return- cried the officer of the court.
Um, stood opposite to Miles Edwards, and thus ad- " Here," exclaimed a voice at the rear of the
dressed him : prisoner's witnesses : and presently their proeeru
.
"You know, Mike, I never yet offended you tor was seeing , elbowing his ' way amongst them,
through all our marriage d ays :.....yea, once I d i d , Ile had nearly an ived at the foot of the witness-box,
when 1 doubted of your guilt ;—it was but for a ma- and was stretching out his
. hand to grasp the Gos
ment, and you have forgiven that, f never as k e d i pets, when at that moment the woman in the-rein
a favor of you , for you were always too ku s t I n d cloak rose from her seat. let fall her stir* and step
good to let me want anything you conk) afford. I Ping forward a few paces, exclaimed with a kan
de now ask a favor of you. and you most wit re- i tic shuck--
km me. Do not spear, I most be heard --prom_ "De not touch that blessed book, , and Ilse your ~
Ise that if by any chance, you should. escape froth soul forever !"
death, you will work for our shildreni and be as Amazement was depicted on every countenance ;
both a father and a mother to them. whether I ant 'when, in another second, a loud report was heaPl.
alive or not!" and Ambrose Coppin. the " one witness': against
u Wife, wife r' cried the ag,oniveil Miles, vdo I tife' l Edleatd": tumbled on bill face a mangled
not talk of chance ; there is none. I must die, and f cm ?"
am prepared for it ; you must live, - and watch over kluging away the pistol with which slat had .lane
our poor children_ But what dreadful thing do you 1 the deect• and throwirgessie the bonnet and cloak
mean—whether you are alive or not ! tut I prom- t that hail hitherto ecatecalcirlie e . the woman !Prang
use all you wee" forward and clambering rip the dock, disclosed to
His wife no longerable to command heremotiim. the a- 51 ° 14111 °d gaze of Me Preseeers the , , features of
burst into tears, and flung her arms monad his his wile. .he threw her arm minklua " leck ' cry*
neck. ing
co
r• ma ns i ons ' d ie, ' - I rem that 1 ettrumt, that I ••••• f said I omild be near yob ; I o ?' would
shall act, long °naive your trial, I feel it in my a help You- I'm am saved jou ate "a' ed r'
Her grasp because relaxed, and she tell back, in
bean's core. But I will be near you as you stand
berme your judges, and help you, if there be need. a swoon. into the arms of an attendant turnkey.
Needless were it to state the confro-ion that pre
Depend OD the faith of a wife who never deceived
you-, she will ant fad you in your danger." vatted in court at tins appalling tragedy . nor will
The time was now arr i v i ng for strangers to qu it it be difficult to guess the sequel °ldle tale. Miles
the prison, and Rose bade her 'hatband goorl,bye, Edward was acquitted, there being no living teitti
teihn hi m to remem b er a obe bad toed _ molly against him. The notomty of the offence
Th e d ome of t h e "Justice Hall" were em . ty , mw ., committed by his wife rendered her guilt easy of
I dud by. * s ons da te l o we r orderanxious for ad- Po* anti the court being thenaittiog, the due pro.
I mission into the body of the Court. Some, from r ule ut la w VIIS Prep ared—she wase l est ' da Y t ried
t h e w d owncast eyes, wowe d to b e but too a mply - and convicted—and within four and twenty hours
interested, i n t h e b es d those a b out to wear is t h e i afterwards beirq, still as she had remained, excep
bar ; whit (Ohms seemed bent on enjoyment of 'Mg only during her trial, in a gala of oiler inssm
the me i an d ie ly scene, as a matter o yb c 6,l ay mere . l sibility, she died a felon's death. Miles Edward;
amt. Ammo( the holism mute , a dedy . bint a ig was liberated from jail, but his mind was averset
iceman, vowing sissuke elimk, and Week bonnet, I — his twasmaliall fled- nu maraud the earth si , , few
tied down over the ears, and supporting herself with I Yeas*, * wanderin g beggar and a babbling maniac.:
, _..-
a cane. gin was supposed to be the mother of a
youngrisoues, whose trial stood Ent on the he,
and whose punishment if hie crimewere proved : I
admitted of no trait anion. She was entered to'
Pass dull:TX the crowd, and take her place upon a
form isunstraietely smiles the dock, the spot whets
the prisenersistand during their trial; having seat
ed herself, she bent her bead kit ward upon her
hands, which were crossed over the head of het
cane. F g rail' position shq.pever stirred except
ing only whenn slighlabutklet ir , or a long drawu
sigh escaped her.
.
At the apptinffed hour, with due. solemnity, the
king's and judges entered the court, preceded by
the sheriffs in their laveinlan silk rohe,,.and alien
Jed by the loot mayor, and the alderman of the
rota, in their state attire. The sword of justice bier
* been placed over the chair of the chief magis
trate, the 'edges took then seats um' the bench and
the bo.iness of the session proceeded.
Several prieoners, among whom was Miles • Ed- ,
winds, having plead, the youthful offender, before
alluded to, was put ern his trial. The counsel for
the presoak:lois kinveil the Coact that he' Skinld be
detained quid the follownz sessioo, on the genuitl
that, through itualvertituee, he had been indicted
upou a swum requiring two witnesses to the moot
of the offence, whereas ; on the present charge, there
was but one witness.
At this moment a voice was heard, but from
whence it proceeded none had oleerred,. e i dinin=
the words, " one witness !" The council 'proceed
' ea with his address, his milting in due creme was
granted, and the prisoner %vas removed from the
bar.
By this time the oh!' woman in the red cloak had
ceased to attract nitice. Those interested in the
fate oP had other thoughts than the tnise-
Tnt Risme Orsrr.xrunr.." Father)" Ira an
urchin, the other day, qt seven summer* suateig,ht
wietere..." lees go to llonia and roll tea
" Roll; boy! what do yon know about rain? .
" hiellwrit; 'about RI Why, I can roll your dant•
ed eyes 04 in len niirrim."
Isn't it rather art odt fact in natural bi.V7:3;, that
the wale; is ca -iitt when it rains the ?tercbry„.
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I Ail
Id'- ,"' - 1 . : f',,` :) if . ,k,illf n. V ' r
1 „
Oa EARLY . gifiLmtL.:-.-16 ... fkikli*; sauteinieem com
mence their work at a very awl, been: The cuers•
tryman rises with the WAAL The tradesman expiuma
his your tg mew s& esueery the openierid the shop at .
eight. The city man of business makes a print of
tieing in his ?thee at nine or ten. The idler, of the
pleasure hunter, or die man of tua breirkhetis al tau
or eleven. We may give each Person from six to
eight hours rest ; an a mallet of tact, the tales. elven.
to bed the mote rest weretptir .
The quantity of repose necessary for each perste
depend., of averse, much upon their %re, sex, and
Mate of hearth . : but, on aft avesageoindwith heal.
thy people, seven to eigl.t houmaie indispensable.
Contrast the health of the later and eitilit riser; the
difference is detectablein a. man's face Late Istre
make a man look as thoegli be had lived half as
long at_tain ; his fate shoes deep anti strongly
marked furrows; and hie mesh is relaxed ; his eyes
look vascular; anti the lids look re] and heavy. The
neit Jay always betrays a man who eras' up late
the ove . rolgtit. The early riser inspires the heal
thier portion of the atmosphere, and thereby as a
great gainer (fur the lie• abed breathes a noxious
cmie.) he secures a better appetite, also, and is bet
ter able to Digest what he eats. -The late riser.
comes tlo . wo sl.Jrs a 1( though he bail been washing
his lue with warm water (a very bad habit when
in consnuit practice'; even- shaving Ind belles be
TOE Una or Lamm—Light is .nsweasary, to Lfs ;
the world was dead chaos before its cesaur, eV&
mote disorder would %rain be the tonaegtieneirWi
its annihilation_ Every charm. which speeds itesH
over this rollirigglobe, is directly dependent
luminous. power. Colors, and often,
‘ probar,
forms, are the result of light, certainly the coasts
quence of solar tadiations. We know mocha the ,
mysterious influence:of- this great agent, but we
know nothing- of the principle itself. The .solar
beam has been tortured
.. through prismatic glasses
and natural crystals. Every chemical agent has
beers tried upon it, every electrical Alice in the most
excited'etate biormhtio bear upon its operations,
with a view to the' discovery of the most teemed o 4•
earthly- agencies ; but it has passed thwinh.,every
trial without revealow its secrets, attdArren the et.
fect. which it produces in its pat hire unexplained
problems raid to tax the intellect' of man.--ifirrrea
Poetry of Science.
QIIIICE IN VIES A PPLICATICIX.-" It amazes me,
iloal write" better sermons--1 am sick
of the aid! prosy affairs, - said a Ludy iu the pets
etre of a parson.
" But It is 110. easy mailer, my good woman, to
write good sernionri," suggested the minister
c• rejoined the lady," " bat you are so Wog
about it: I could write out hall the time, if I
only had the teL •
" Oh, if a text is all you want, - said the parkin,.
"I will furnish that." Take this one from Solo
man— •It is better to dwell in - a cilium of a house
rop, than with a brawling woman in a wale
house.o
" Do you mean roe, sill - enquired the lady
quickly
" Oh, my gnoJ woman," was the grave reweave,
you wxll never make a good sermonizeri you
are too soon Un your appitartma.". .
Nova. 11 KA DiNG .—" No young, unmarried wo
man,- says Jeremy Levis, " might to be permitted
to read a novel of any description. Had f adaugh- .
ter with a heat of ice, and a face as grim a.. 1 th e
lion's head on an antique knocker, she should ne
ver pore upon a tale of love to make that ice smoke
or induce ner to believe that her face was as good
as I her neighbor's.. Nature teaches us to sin Door►
enough iu all conscience, without oar needing the
bellows of imagination to infiale the lung pre ri.a
turely." Such sentiments trona a nasel•writer must
be alloweikto.Come with considerable weight in,
asmuch as tfsey - arc an direct opposite to his in
tenmt—young ladies constituting a very proPoition
of the whole number of the• readers of fiction.
z \
Gaon lieszoa.—Good Imam is the clear, blue
sky of the sop', on which every star of talent will
sliine more clearly, and the sun, of genius encoun
ter no vapors in his passa.ge. ft is the moat exqui
site beauty of a fine face- 7 a redeeming grace in a
homely one. It is like the green in the landscape
—harmonizing with every color, mellowing the
glories of the bright, and softening the hue of the
dark ; or, like-a flute in a tall caned of instru
ments, a sound not at first discovered try the ear,
I yet Ma i ; up the breaks in the castled with its
deep melody
MESE