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VLSIOitS OE, no:qr.
Prone npon'a bed of sickness,
Tossing there in feverish pain, s
Wondering oft; with childish weakness,
If I o'er. shall sleep again ; • : • ,
When my parching lips are longing •
For the
s tooling stream , at home.
FAICC4 springs, her pinions pluming, . •
And mid childhood-scenes I roain
•
The l m I•stand beneath the covering I t
Of the cherry,-trees in bloom,
White as though an and e hovering-
Shook
his wings and dropped perfune - ;
Cooling breezes waft thci incense, I
To each sense intoxicate ; .
JOYous birds in sweet concordance.
Warble mid the boner elate.'
•
Undulating hills eys -
Rise and fall on ever_ side ; s
There the brook its fore a
Leaping, laughing, on thny,glide •
Fleecy clouds. with light) all burnaedl
Seem , some changing palace fair, • I •
As with eastern splendor furnish,
••. Gorgeously 'they glisten' there:
•
-0 Disease ! i fin Would ,
• For thii risieri of my yi
lie'er again those hills can
Pictured with such 'perk i ,
For their pleasant scenes 1 ,
Tree and:cottage pissed:
Other childish forms are re
Where with friends I:nsi
And my playtnates are no
Children; in their song 9
Other ties to them grown .
They are not as once to
Then I thank thee,,wearyia
For the glimpse of Far
Praying I may e'er with in
gear 'the chastening s‘he
yotting . a tsciitit
From Knickerbocker 11Iagazin ,
ranscripts lidos - the Dock
late Sheriff.
BY FREDERI , BS -VULTE.
l l ti Say Mr. Sheriff," -inquired Old . thisdat . of
e,;" be' you good ,r. : fi gg ersr -i! '.
"Good at figures?" I ',asked, responsively ;
hat do you mean bythat question r' - and 1
'ook - ed. at the old man - with astonishment. v.•
1 He seemed lost at - the apparerit InuAness
`)bservable in -My manner of addressing him..
:ad apprehensive that I was offended, he ask
ed my forgiveness ; and dechtri.s.d " didn't meal
no offence."
~, ~. .
. \
"Oh: as for itat,•Tise,"l repli&l, -. )‘ I an
satisfied you ;Meant 'nothing wrong. ' Bu
why do you ask if I. am good at figures ?"
"Because,"' and-he.primped up hispont - 1.
and swelled out his • cheeks, looking/I forja 1
the, world,likean. antiquated Cupid.; (as he s,
mid with a - cunning and gayitwiiikle of. 11 s
.eyes, drawing his hands from out of his sid •
pockets, 'and- covering one `with the other, 'S.
As - to make'. aliollow of them, he .raised: the 1 .
up, gently at.first, and thn quickly, gay{,
swaging thenite and frO befor e mieyes ' and
cars; a jingling, chinking und Ayits heard,
"Because if y-oub,:low ni ch is twice fiv.e,?"
..- "Tiice'five is•-ten." •' . • i . ') • .
"Vat's it, and' dey be ;" rid - lie erased the
movement of his hands a ;the: instant he
showed me two half-eagles, Whielt t i e held be;
tween the .fore-finger an thumb of . each
baud. "They arc a pair . fl spectaclesain't
they, Mr.'Sheriff-?" and he continued holding
thein as before , ' "..and lai 'Exl thein with - a .
pair of specnicles
,; and gol . Ones they, be, and
gold ones they was. - Yes- twice 'five is ten,'",
said-he,• chuckling ;." and half- eagles don't
roost on., every tree, if w ole - ones does fly
above, my 'head. • .1." ain't fCnded - te Yon ?", .
" Heaven, bless you, T se,-no : I But how
about this affair? . I .. can'tt ompreliend you.;
'what means. this about 06141f -eagles .. and
'spectacles ?"- . .- • • • , . .
• . " Well, you , see, Mr. S eriff," sah lie " . .I
' was a-goin' down town y 1 terday,an 1 got its .
•far. as Wa:rstreet . hy old' .rinity," W enl see
Mr. Wiltonthe . lawyer; .
,nd he bowed very
purlittly to me; and he- o ne up
j i to me and
says:- • . • . 1 .. -"
`•
1 ' --
.
"tiood morning. Mr. 'llh sou. 1 ' '-, •• • .
• .: And I says :. '
1
" Poot . y •we11,.1 thank .jio .". I 1 .
••• "'And theß hosaYs,ag i:• , :1 1 ',
• '"Mr. Thiion, I'm we
.. glad iolseF volt-: ,I
n i
'want you to serve a-,pa r for rue on a-man
who. ives not far froth . - ere, but wbo.l.V l .e
been tryin&to serve for he last4,enr ;' t all of
' my 'clerks, from -the errand -boy, "io the confi
dential man,'haveiriedit ;lever!' I Myself have
tried it ; I have also employed men and bo . )3s,
'whO are familiar...midi. that
,busin4s ; haVe•
lodged it in the sheriff's 'office ; . an . (11.1 believe
the paper has been in the_ hands of eyery - one:
, engaged in the office. I have
. also•given it'
.to a score,- or more of • ' eonstald ; all,,all'of
. them have_failed ,to serve; it ; rid I almost
now, in.looking at it, searely nognize itis
a thing,orthe present' age,! it 10, ks r .c6 . greasy
- and dirty.' -Have . you a \ mind t t 'it'.?" . 1 : ~ 1
• -- " Try it; Said I; and - I look
,g at; him. in '
14
wonder ; " try it ? I never Ifaile iia nothing{ I
go at•right earnestly. Try it i-{ l -osa I will.:
Nrw - is_ t}ie, party, 3dr. Witten 1 -id L :. -,
~i
"'The plaintiff is a wotriati." • .',, 1 .
. . " A . woinan l and you know Om Sberiff i.
• how *ini!i s ifam to serve the w
. o.lept.' • . " -
• ',Yes : lAit, 'yi,-..e, Mr. Wilto rid - 't 'Want
you' to serve a woman." ' ' e - 1 1
. "IN o w,. why will you bother ; , -Mr. Shell=
.. lily! - - Why Won't: you. let" ine 11. iny • kor,v
,
- -.without slopping, me r
` Well, -well; go onl I only it
I. ' h e'n, 1 '!"lip( - .)sed-you were off
.I
a i 'wasn't 'off dre treat; I'w:
a good rate. . i-et Me see • let
• was Il=yes, 1 wa „.. I,' was wit 'women." •
"'Well;-Mr. Wiltxv
- , . -" Do you think, NI
the man? -The suit
.
ty Doolittle, my 'clic
. • Mr. reeliliope; an c
grocer and widower ,
sullect to rheumatic,
similarnilment ; and
- • fur tWopr three - year
;ill weflt- on very' iii
1 -', { -'°k, an. Irioh gi', t{
OIL
go !that she didn't wail Ater any, 1116,1 e abotit
the libusc ; that'she had! niarried M. Ore*
liok'
, and had become, 14. the law,of ;be, la .
the 'Metre% of the house InirsOf; that Tdr i ,P teen-.
hope told Kitty it *as -rta: the cook aid ;' he
had' married her, and begge'd Kitty - Ito : ,
: Conte
again, nndl lc mould settle': her. i Well,
kitty 'eft house at oticei; and, after "afew
days, Went to see Mr. Green hope tolget4l set
.tlenient withhim, but she W -as detile_dndin t
t.nt'e• i . Sli, went again; and again!: • find al
ways was;refused adinissioni into tb!c ;house;
and,slie never . Cotild see the:' old gentlemart ~
his .Iwife wetrld not,perinit i bi?r to,coinn ii:aidi
sec hini. At length, aft..o.iqeated effort. , AO
sgelhitn, she came to ere; laid told line of her,,
.i.A
;Ars. lwrote to him, and no s atisWer, was
sent to Me. I finally, letertnined testie him;
and you know of the diffidulties -I lain labOr
jai Under .to procure a service of the Iprocess
upon - him; His wife; who is! fearful •of an ini
114nceldetriniental to lieri interests; : which:
might belexercied in the Making othis last
! •
,will and testainent„preVentsthe admission of
atri one into the house, and. keeps the old
uutn a. prisoner, fin fact: there, you Have the
•,1114 whole. story ; and. , my! Client; Kitty, al
though I Might i comm cue° prOceedi*against
hint under 'attachment as areoneealed debtor; '
will potiallow nc todo scp,Oslicsaysi would
i
give too, Much, publicity tO' the matter ; and
beside, it would "be exposing: the ! old ,'gentle-
Man to too ankh pain; in ;case he slimild set
his name in mint as a concealed debtor.—
Atiii yet again, Kitty- liao4-s'tkat the moment
Mr.,Greenhope si - inad'e aWate of the claim, _
.he ivill pity her tt - ) the ;Ist fraCtiOn. But the.
difficultyll.Mr. thison, i t , d, see him ; and: yet
I Wieve,:ialtliough so inailly have tried it., if'
- any one: can accomplish a ken - ice, y-ou are the
&et - Molina." -. •i I ; -
=7 , •
"' \VA . ! I couldn'thilp; '74r. Sheriff', when.
he said Orris the gent. em takingimy . bat
off; and) . gin birnAlie!lOWest bow I could
- 1 .1 r
Make:" i 1 . .,-, ,:. j -. 1 ~- i .
i 't Well,. :chat, do yeJus say', Mr. Thi;. , en,"said
he; "willi You try it i'''' i -',
"Try if i.to be sure
,I Will," - said I.
"I,le ditn't lh - e far,ifromi here •, only around
the 'corder;: and if yousucceed in i serving
himi J . Will give you ten 41111ir5.." -, -
• • -
"Ten dollars I .'" said I. 1 1
~ - 'I
' "Itlas:si- me l that's a round sum for atSinall
job like Chat, I thought.! ',But von. _didn't
catelr nte expressing •niyi' 'thoughts. to I him,
lesslhe 'Might haul . ii, and:offer me less,' .
~ • 'NeS!It - en dollars. YOu've got toibel . cau
tionS and'cunningid lie, land loot: out
that Mt-L-' o i.
neentiiii! dpi it
suvilw I.IAF. e1.,+;, ! ... . nn, yon,: r;et. me bearfrom ton, Thison, to-day
!or to-itiorrow. !Good-byer ~-. • i: •
: "iAnd'be , left me. "Qonie de. chain on
mer wliat ,did he niattit,i said' I; and I was.
1 dinb-fOttndered ; I tins '; in '• a fig; rind. I
.conldn't till what he did tmear. , ; .but rfound
out afterward, when I trikl the service:; 'and
1711!tell 'yeti hinte by, abdut de Chain. ..
.‘l See . , lyir. Sheritt - I never failed to Serve a
palter in to life but:oncei„ and I'll tell You of
that another time, \ But ill tell you once I.
had a, `deelaration" agin' it Man by the name_
of BurroWS,Wlio bothered tile a good deal :
be.-;, , sliyed 'ine cVery where and every place;;
helm& hiS dodders always 'bout him ; and - I
r •
never Seed.hinywithout be rid a Irrse; a black
horse. When fwent to the : doo 'Of his house
to ',see: him, "I'm blamed ifi he didn't go through
t.oilie , stable.iti4,lear of his Iniuse, and tot
on'i and ride prii.:•strie in de front of his place, i
could see liinr. 'And when r went de il
ne:xt day, thin kin . ; -, slat I :would Pitlim sure
atithe'.stable,,hlanikd if he didn't ceine.right
pat nie on dat 'Old black horse agin : begot
',on' at : the, front! ofitlieliouse this 614; he was
1
toil wideawake. for me;.. I tried this a good:
many times; fust at the front doOr, at de
baser4nt, at de stable, in de rear,•and at ev
.eti- pint I thoUght I eould make: iiornething,
'at; • But I. W aF. deceived; be was always bur-;
roving jist like •a rabbit, out of oneliole into,
another. I„coub i lift catch •liim ; I .seed:thim.;
thenigh,4l good. tmany 'times on -that black;
lii*,e-bf his . '" i he knowed me jist as well . ay
11,.-noveci tin - ; Mid- sometimes ,1 thought it
; was Weirv- aggre,watin' in him ; he used. to
rsthp ii-id.ltis Norte by de corner of de streets,
(li.think be Must a finew.ed I was about;) and
d 6 S
, lien i kim up, thinking 'I - had it all
rilit4l and was jist a going to--,lathed if
iteNdidn't pull off his lint, . and 'Wish me a
li werry good ritornin' , •, and ;oil went de old
blacki‘ horse at a good 4ibt...”!. .'• .
• i" Well I stood! at 6t: corner, and I begait'
' -
for tai and I said !to yself,'."Tise . old
in
fkinOman, this: . ‘‘' \ ort't..'ile; at air feller inuSt
•he - conic up to, iflbe dbos 'ilea berse. NOW
irluttsball Ido I [Alit iihall : .1 do ? I can't_
keen i price wed ibps nag; and bless me,. if I
think I can -,wid . his rider; l'twon't ; ' do to be
riOnplushed.thiS ivay." 1 And I was thinking
.orriestitne'
time;
and Wonderinglivliat . I. should do
licit ; and I locked up; arid den 4 seen him
ti . g 4 iii,, stillon chit blatk nag ;• be pabsed.nie,,.
and he.said 'he Wished Ime a worry pleasant
tiiite_of it." II ec.inlilii't 1 bel p it; but I clissid
some, I. tell No'it ; and I •Shuek jay finger t i at!
hint ` ; antf• rhellet'eil eta to him Oat I'd .git !
b4,Eyet afor'e de DeVil!''would, and he must
duke a note(Of that ::
`"Now yoh see,-.llr. Sheriff, that, last part
*ft s :the aggerwntinist Of - all, to, wish me a
- welt pleasant time; and I 'wowed - then,,a.s.
- inv dander Avs riz,elF . .c.ould get:him:by aur.
~ v. , •
1 rneans,,l would; my feelin's, was Burt; and,
.I•Jihottglit, if he bnrrowed,. I
. would burrbw;
tOO „' Will, I - Was 'determined, • 4ter that; to'
catch hint ; . art&l . went to work i ttirnestly ; I
went to his heitSe,t6 his stable, a't day-break,"
at sun-se. i Aleliad gone'out ; he had - gime
in li I
o we 'never in time ; I was before himi•
d
I...Wris a ft rhiml; be was in his 'castle, and , . I .
wtiv:derii 'admittance, as till of his.servants;
• .
waiters, and ail, klibwed, me. I • . !
sulk thee
iht, th
eharni me, !I
t truth :
i re changing,
away;
to stray.
onger
1 d gleei
'4 . ronger
m
- •
e.-
rr SICSN
way,
eekness
n I stra
natt4
a
1.1
e t xrupted you
I
.
ggi
.
ue see where
rig tc, .olAige
•
sad llse1 Ise
c*l sirr4
way: Kit;
iefTer•foi
la retiie4,
g (1 , 1,-was
otue other
is serride
anC6 to
r.
grows -up
;r4,. was 1;
l id "gt e,
ntle I r itt
it 100, becf4ii
ar gouty tr
Kitty wfi,s l in
lat sinalL w
ge.s ; and
e day,the
client, to.
ely o
kitty,
A 71E I 4 391113,11AL--IIEVOTED Tq POD NEWS, ILITERATT2E, ACiRICULTURR SCIENCE, !Ott :t11011412117.
"Birneby, a thought struck me if it could
only be,.thought L" . .
0 What was it, Tise thig time,!be-
Coining'fairly interested, I could not risist
the inclinationko check the old man in' his
very particular and close narration. of etery
incident,, and Yet I wanted him io-close it up
speedily, so .garrulons - had he become. "What
•, • ;
was it, Tie r •s ,
,
u I begin tO think," continued
"after going higood many times 'bout de
house where de man lived, dat if I could Un'y
catch .a boy, or 'a man, or a wdinan, or: any
body, who went for to carry something Ireg
'lnt io the house, I might succeed. I seed ,a
butcher-boy, 4. good 'many times, go-in de
dpo rin de - a‘erneid. t and tried to get NM
ode , to let me carry in the meat and mar
ksting; so as to' bit in the howie ; but be
txtlked, shy atkne; and put his thuinb and
fi;geis to his Jwse ; -abd as he moved thetit
b ckards and foraris, he,said :
1 . I I •
g aorta 1;1 .
ontrost, c , ..usqutila,, i Ccauttn, Vsnit , l Da, e. arsbaorm* e l,prit k, 1854.
• ,7 ---
"'(,,,;nnun,on 'ain't what «•o deals iii; nothin' to, filly old sti.: sistant ; and I Iripwl dOW'',n into 'is sure a hand as na t ure could impress; and
but 'de best- of beef comes from dour stall." , .
aleompliinentary: allitsion to his politenesS. tine old wan said in A slow, solemn manner
And lie shy ed 'at nieag'in. Well I went 'l . ou are.the soul And body'. of politexie— - "Come ! come !Hi' li - right: : —comel"
.1 1
- I aecohipanied hitn .; and as we went, Tise
ag - tn at night ; mid after sta)-.ing -loot :in ()course the lady letiYon in 'at onceil"
. ,
hour or se, I Seed a tvoinati; va great big tall !,!".Not zanily • nght, itway;, she' looked .at fnform - ed Inc of what! had transpired since I
''
Woman, doingnit leg up dt‘lstoop with a bigclothes- pooty tight, andkVerry partickaler; -and - last parted with !din.'
basket: "Hallo!" . said. Ito 'myself, "hen's (lea she asked me
.td gin, her the sped, and ;.' I Started," said he, ".fust to - a drinkin
my
out:
And I waited for her tO come sail 'would fake the to Mn Greenhopb." shop, where the brothels is generally 'bout
and when she did come, I fettered her, i'l"l3ut you didn't •de it ; ?" ! .frciin 'let to twelve b'cloe' k ; but they wasn't
.
a little .wa3- ; and when I 'gat out of the wny;, i [‘.‘ No!. rite;! she' might :keep me and other there ; then I went to the corner of Wall and
Of Mein' seen, I Walked' up to her, and, asked; folks out 14- the chain,: but ;1 knowedrthat I Nassau-stteet, and 0'4.0 about, thinkin' i I
her[irsliet did wa s hing. She said yes 4 And! h . ad that inmeithat ,would !loosen • der chain. might meet 'On ther6 ;• then nein - I !went+ ,
I get from her the name . and number of de :WhY, you linoW, Mr/ Sheriff, I idlers' look .run• -•-clown fettle EXAange' ' and they Wii.slll
Suva where she lived, and. told her 1 might like an : inticice 4 child; no body . Would think -there, nutlet; and glen:l feli- 'las though !I
gall on her one of dose days. And den lasik-: ittly wrong of the ; and then'd asked her ag'ht Webldn't see'enutt all; and Ifelt ugly, - he
ed ,her.;if she
_washed for the •gentletnan in del ifishe woul 4 allow ink, de pleasure. of Presen-, kase I thought I Shouldn't see 'on at all; arid'
house where'she come out of; and she toldi ilig the specs to Mr,joreenhope. hisselfP, : then thiukin'llient the s cenfectionees shop in
rheshe did ;.dat she was in a . great hurry,andl I!" Vv she Opened. de door at last; with Ilreadtray, juss be 104% Cedar-street, Where So
•cooldn't stay talking with me just then; sliej 4! good deal of reluctance, !and 'down come inanv gentlemen go to; get their; 'even
'had 'some other places to call- at ; ' and 'that; de chain, and in 'I wnt ; and when 10;4 in, I o'Clocker, may be ley might be there; I Ht
she would have to stop ag'in when site came; seed de one! gentlern n sitaridin' on .4e fust ed day Way, d fo''' ,I - t there, bless• n
, _
~ .and a M. gr) ere, ye! ,
, , ,
Clack at, the gentleinthl76 for dirty
•- clothes ; flight. ; and I Went tp; and him :it Was Mi. Sheriff, I seed 'eonun'," . . .
and.slie said 'good bye' to me, .and left me: i 'wlerry lucky dat Iha Tened•to pick dem up; i"Both of them ?"said I, interrupting.hitn.
" After 'she had left me, Mr. Sheriff, I knowi find I- give .hint . the spectacles, and - he thank- i", Yes, Mi..Sherif,,both; and . den says Ito
ed . I. had to work sharp and quick, 'it I in-
. d , el me a good• deal; [and then I took the pa- Myself, da,Nonlueki; but howsotnever,l said
tended to Carry out my plan, bekase the wash-i per out ofniypocket and banded it i .te him; nothing' ; and I followed 'em, but •I. wasn't
er-Woman:;Weuld be back after.long ; :so that; „Old I told i liini. ag'in that it was werry lucky erns by, on'y I kepi my eves . on "ein nil 33e without watifi :r Minute,l mu into a .s.econtli' I foond hiSi specs, uslhe - couldn't See .to read titne ; 'and one of 'enneft - ; - and I den begin
hand elothing-shop, in au avenue cilus by, ilt paper without 'eini 'onle4s,' and I said on- for to feel good; midden I Wanted to see you,
and I bought a woman's hat; and then I Tliti .1 . ( SS :werry gaud ; 'tliiit here lade;' andhis•wife,, 'Air. Sheriff, for I didn't know which one !to
to a grocery-store:and got :t big lufsket...,- and :t he woman of the chain-g:inte, conic up theri, gO after; ,but says to invself, • I can't folkr
- I
put sonic things in the basket :lipidkivered it `"•ould read it for bhp :." ' . beth, and ary 'one of 'Cm will do; so I hop" )
,
up' with, nred hankereher; and I put on tli. :',.;',1 ".What did she say, to that hit von gave on track of one; and I Went after bitn ;
bonnet, and with 'my . old black cloak on, 1: \ lher, Tice ?7 sail L.- , 1, • - , ' . and I follered On; and he stopped ; and den
think I Made somewhat of a tie•mer'- , :Ind 1 •" Oh ! noth ii' out. f delWay. werri hash; Le went`onag'in; .Ind den he stopPed .oriec .
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was then. already ttod.mimence operations."
,' iie said I 'Was an old sinner, and - de like; and ' niori • and he talked a little 'kyr ile with soilie -
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! '" So I bobbled 'apthe. stoop; ainl ; - I ringt; ste didn't ;susfect My innereent - looks; and one he met;
,and het pushed On; and bimdby
i,-(ithe bell ; . and I stooped a little, 'so as not ISoon ; ye(, she looked. moren she said.'' hewent in a house whore there is lots of lot:,
to 'appear too big ;for the waslien.woina . n ! -,! :!: " That 4•as a ItiCkYincident,. Titre, 'of v.our likes; and I follered hini.werry ileac then, hitt
though She was a large woman , and I curt,llinding the, spectacles;' it .procured Your ad- he didn't know noedn"bout it ; and lie went
shoved to the ealrwia; opened the door and ;iiission into the 'tense" slid Ito hint. . . irrilie haek 'office on de ftist floor, and :. I
Ik:time in: and whiout my sayiii• a Word - nol• ,! "Yes! Yes.!:- it Was - lireky," replied lie, egun`" ha's there noW" .• •
l 'notliiii','slie toll ine to gitalong upstairs ak-.'irawlinnA;;.; "but (rat didn't do it" 7 1 liy this time, w 4 had "reached the . pike
quick as I Could ;;•she didn't knoW tue : front; 0 " 8101, What was! it, then?" I asked, '.
de woman; an' I went up stairs; and I didn't li "My nurlitenesi,", said he, gravely, and and so . thinking; w 6 opened the door, iiii,a,
know what to do; and I was wondetin' what. ittakine• a ;very-graceful :bow, 'with his hand ' true enough, one of the twins iej,as there, ;but .
1 'should..do • and when.l. got to the! landing :!phiced : across' his ,breast ! " yez,i. v 6; I My. which One, and whmlier he Was the one I
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above. .fina -was! thinkin g what 'next,' ro timflite.nesi done de business; and he! smirk- wanted, I could not tell, But Tise,on whom
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blained if my -eustoliter hisself didn't come: ifi arehlyi "She couldn't resist me; !I knew Ii rel'e,d in this vexatious emergency, solsod•
out ofa room ;' and seein' me, lie called rni) •! -was captiwatin' than, worry eaptiwatin." the u•oblem at onde.bY goirig,ru p tcliiin4ind
Nifncy ; and he begin for to complain about, i "Nes, 'rise," saidil; - '•1 know you were on ann uneinir in his peculiar manner, that, s lie
liii.. linen Mein' not so well done ; ;and then I :, captivating expedition just. theft." ! . e.,
bad a writ for his. nest." -.1 - • !
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rit4 - up. trut, beka:se My work was near done.; :;.'t Aed.then old Tise rumbled out a vigorous 1 " ty arrest! arr.st me! what fig)" laid
ilid dropped lily basket; and I, PUMA cut la! ba! ha ! he ! lien: lie! hi ! hi ! .hi I and I lie, peamazement.. "You must be mistaken;
My,priper and shook mYsell, and tin hi I Ilan- :,ending with a slight .reference that; inl that Sir ll' ..- t , 1-• ~ • ‘; ,
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P 641. it to hitt]: But bless you, .74' Sheriff; : respect; I Was frequently; in -the same boat , "Ain't .mistakeri; Sir," replied liison.
%,tu - otthter s._en hint - then.' I tirofight he'd -'*itli hitn.l. - • i • ! , •
Yorir•nanie is William Stopford; and I' ouess
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;:i'erit me up, lie was so put out; and he said .4 ~ :iid Bat's de way 'bout the 'spectacles 1 get',a. writ ag'in .&-one,--ain't mistaken; Sir."
iin inthin' about an old man: who 4, l ,iight to be ';and the ball-engles; 'but': gracious' me, Mr. I "Ilut ,you are niistaken, Sir. - You saY, you
!ashamed lit tussete ee .,;.., 7 ,„ ..: i ;:ri•ssile Ilii% ;+llel - iff, wasn't dat fr lucky hitt" • •-,.....• 1 ) 03-c a writ:aphis %Villiam btoprordr! , •
;self up as a female, imposin" on people: - But L'i), " Xes, it 33 LLS :, and I suppose Mr. :Wilton 1 " Yes, sirr- and he . mumbled out ' "Sir"
;pelf
W as s o
„h a ppy I - didn't:say nothin' to hini, :'thought it Was Veti' surplisino• didn'the ?" that I . thought Inver should hear the -curd of
, . Ir e.,
:on v dot de dignity of de office truS' be kep' -3 " l'i) be 'sine he ilid . and more'u 'at,,, le it.. "Yes, Sir! agiin 'William StOpford:l - •
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np, and we couldn't - afford to let 1 , 14•11 nibbits !tole ine it wasnt nibrenthree or four hours 1,5' Welr, then; my .ancient Theban„ " replied
:I,f . lie was, bunpw asmitul he • pleases, out 1 'iftet• he give the paper to me, his client:had , Stopfonl, With a g vat 'deal of assuranee; "If
twit old foxes ; and (len.l . left ;Mtn, wishin" Jgoi all her money; and !,I - got . ,two :,11aWeiv . . •Youdraye . gOt a wit •against William: topi
hini, as he did me once,, ‘a- . werrY . pleasant 4rles for that job, land - Plenty comOitnents, ford, all I- have toisay it; that I am not he:
;tittle:'- - !; . I', itoo." . '. 7 - . ; ,..; '' . :end von will have l t to go a little farther te find
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'Now, don t- vontliink, Mr. Sheriff, that ';1 " And you det•erved. all you got, imy old : lint, for lam not I William,Stopford ; sii ' . yeu .
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i was merry good for rae'l ' Wasn't it • well ilfriend ; and lam always , rejoiced to !see and S r ee you . areimistaken.' .
done '" i
w „„i ( 4, - - B e t no* , asHave :my, ovii: ~;,-.,.,..1 Tie.. t elet.l. - see:" -
. , 1 I hear that - aptuess,isuclt ~., ' renrs, is Well re- '"'Well, I' mightl be, but I•emess I ain't," re
v • • '
1 :", Very good, • Tise : Better thin' gookk". TOO - i 1 •- ' ari a ,1‘.....1n4 thy,.
; said .1.: ••It. was soiNeriative; rowing could busines to attend to,"and that whieW, atpri i ;-- Writ from his poezet, quietly' put on ii,lsispee
-1)e better. But 10W did - you feel When son d ent, engre.sFes all thy the,tights, let. tis• ferget, i tacks, looked at 'lie writ with all.theserions
,
Were going up stairs - Without any plan or 4- ifur the time, your ;Achievements, :14 , 1r prJocet4 1 !less .usual in his °imposition when riblut a
etise in voiir head ? should von bel 'disco - v(4.- [on our voyage of, '!,olservation „With imy writ 1- work of this, character; loOked at .-me; and
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ea,..and i - eihr disomise penetrated,What would l - of 'ne erat ;', and 'may you niay figure 1 then' nt.Stopford •,1 and then he seemed pleas
'son
t:` that
x-on have•done then;, ell? Cbme,! tell nie,.lmore extensively thanek - er. - But if .you fail . ' l td, and gaily observed Co e
Tis'e !'• ; . - ' , i
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- .Hto observe,my 'directions to the-letter in this 1 twasn't often he was Mistaken, but he 'vas in
i -, "Public justice! hem 1..: ' I. dont
: know; imatter, doubtless the wholething will end in ithis case." - . ; •!And ,thetraddreSsing m?,lul . said,. : ;
1 rioilliticr better nor public, justice. "1 And tire, manner not verY, agreeable to Me, I 'assure . 1 1 " Air. Sheriff, P i m. blamed if I ant nustal , -
, I I? .
Old man 'kept repeliting public justice;; nib-' lon. .:S.nd for tlie-purpose of reassming the !Len.
1. 1 thought . all the time '1 had a writag'in
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bits, foxes, . burrowings, ' cunning, dignity„ [ old nian i , I. said, !I: expected nothing but a i WiLiain.Stopfoid; but its lolin rwrint and
1 Walier-Woinan, _bonnet, foxes, haskets, gig-' !favorable turn, so filt• a s such things' could be N linot William.. Why, how-in nature could .I.
1 , • • - 'be so u ist•iken? ': Ye yes • I want John and
1 aline. and laughing the While, arid between,: termed tlyprable."What's my meatus anoth- e_ - i- • • : 11. - 3 , 1 7
:72.,, ,
tia,4, exclamations smoothing, - and rubbitig,• - • el.'s poisim ;' antieeounted to him:that I had ilnot :William. B i less my soul!, bless my soul!
and Phiving, . and feeling his ;iiheeks midi a writ of 'ne eze.tit republia against John ,I VelieVe ringittin' old 1'
t. 1 . . \
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inOutli, evidently cOaxing himstill hito theft Stopford,', who it Was. intimated, had received ll' . " Let Me iiee your l writ .' cried Stopford,
' Iniury of fancying, himself the
: chief of spet-li from GA, - ernment'an appoiutment of Consul +' i• horror; "let' nre, see it 1 .perhaps' T and
{els, the test at'the game of hurroWing. 'i ' : i for one of the Carribbean islands,.. - -and who I therit , was aver? weak hope lin that; ' per
i '‘• New Tice - as-yOU've not thronel this lit 4 Was theri : b - usily engaged in preparing for his ;,' haps' -,-" you may be mistaker! again.„
,-, I' " I can't be mistaken twice" replied Th'i
did interruption of the
• incident Of the 11(4 departure ; but that the writ, if it struck hint, ,
n - tm eo tle con
that 'constimmatrot devoutly ;. son, 0 Where there be , o )
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eagles and spectacles, •let•me hear about 010 would• prevent -
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Service of the paper von had figaitist - old Mr.ill to be wished;- an' i entire. exemrtien Or freedom' sinned; once is enough ,• butysexciisable in
Oreenhope; and let it-he ,verY hort, for from arrest, by being beyond the reach of his use now ; I'm gittin' ,old.;'? -. And he' handed'
the writ to him.! - • ..
Want vou.to acCompany me on arf.expedition creditors, . !,
Of a very diffictilt character, Which is . noivi,,in[ " Stopford,' • Said . Thison; e meditating ; :Stopford loeked at it; read it; re-read it;
• • - ' - ,I ''pears ` C " * o ford - examined it thoiouolily • 'and then bow? sat
11Proel
process of preParation by, the :,attorneyiia i to me I liceid of him afore.. ..., p ~~
:which•all:vour natural and acquired faculneg, -- r ivho iis lie, Mr. Sheriff ? ain'tlie one of the : 14stied that it' wa i l all!ri:g1:11 in tact, iitft. :•rori g i.
ofarchness and;perception will lie called in' twin-brothers ?. I . thin'k. ',I got
. it..' .-,
.• ;I" . to hint, intimated tolluson "that ho wou l d
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.to requisition. 1 1 ou will be ready to go withl ".Yes;my old.friend,!' he is 'one of the li•at once.furuish the required - .security as soon
• i ''; brothers, and therein Consists the ;difficulty ;',l, - as Ilia brother, -Whora - ,lie mo ently ,expected,.
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in(, won't you 1".. , - ..i. ,
'" C 1 . ' •.' anellf you know they, resemble each other •;so close (lithe in," , 1 • - ,-., ': • ;
the
,o biers.; you, yes . any,time, -,,
~ ed that all
announcement, I fear
;ti' .von know, Mr. Sheriffid -
. never refini. ly that one is not di.stineuistable 1 '
front` thel .; • At this
von. &it what is\ this business? what ii d+ other ;; their •dress, their actions, ; their 'mint: difficulties:l hail conjured upl in. 1 . 41 mind ,
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- ' •••,, ~ i : ners, speech, in fact, their toute edsemble.-- 7 1 arid which, of rfecessity, by the brothers being
write, .. , id
" e,execi i"' I replied, solemnly.. ' 4' and lamat a 1+ •hoVr_to Proceed ;• I might,', brought;together, must exist,' so' cloy d,
• d
• ' "No expout 1" echoed he,' , contentiously and. I Might - ; not arrest John; an
I; then ini they resemble; '.,the one ..so like the other as
and gloomily. 1: , j.. case I,' arrest; the;
. wrong one, how tan I bet could. not be l distinguished but by acmes,";;
" NloW about the Ispectaeles, Tise." 1 'assured that..: hare riot got the ; right one,i that I should most likely theh meet With my
I test' extrenie in keeping them distinrmish,
~ " Yes. 'bout de spectacles.; Well, Mi. Sher' t. the veritable -.To*-? . Fnll of diffienlnes t can't, grea :
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.' : cc l; and in tini great extremity I called upon
,from
iff, I took de Writ Mr. Wilton ; and if you perceive..?" ! : ' • i
OCV bad a little was to go, jilt{ behind i , 4 .. "gh yes, I perceive ~ ;clear
•• I kin see as ' as •my assistant tO advise.nie. • ,I. . .
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bib' stores ou de corner of Bioadway ali,),_ though - my eyes, Sias fifty year younger thart . i "Nes'er you' Mind, Mr. Sheriff," Sa l id lie,
l nd manner usual tO-hitn when
e e
Rector-street •,. and I went .along; and I cent(' •they tan :I. can:Fri:l:wage dot part lof it, •ore . y, . with the, off -1;
up to delouse
: where Mr.. Greebhope lii•edt; youleave it to Me. lint, there's' something, - perplekities; oubts:, and troubles, ihad all.
,
and I rot oti de stoop ; and I head de Idlncls 'bout' it I can'ffe soseer' clear..{.' S. pose, Nri, been' mastered by him; :" leave that ItO foe ;
in de windows of the second-stoey of his hlinse Sheriff, you find;dentboth tOgetherwhen. you . iTm - all right; 1 I'll keep posted; nosy I tell
I've ot hith
go,.flipper-flopper, as if Some body . was 144 1 - ge, after John?, den fin blamed if we , ain't I you, never you mind,... g , right,
I,ty_ I -,_. -3 ^ 't kr' John from Williatri land I'll have - him righter binieby.'
4!e
,
ing,,out to sttewho it was an . 41 - d inan';`g
NV4S looking trop de blindsat inti, right abode
my bead ; and I sect be got particklar ',,an
ions; 'and
. 811 at onst, I feel• something strike
my' bat and bounce off, and 4ei it fell (in. e
pavement; and I picked it tip,.nnd it scias.a
pair, of goold spectacles iand deli I felt &oil;
... td 1 t" 1-
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and I run up on de sto4 ag7in
. 4 an. pu,
ed de bell geed and strong, - for den I lido\
edd had it all right, and that 'the old - thin
tz ,
was' mine"
. ,", That Was a capital - hit; li*."c.) . '
-• '' "Well, it was, Mr. She - rill;.; that 4, it was
.ailtit on my caput, as- de lawiers say, •add
•that means a capital hit" And the old *1-
.1
low', screarned Out a bar ha' ! hal at Ins cap
ital! hit.
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Well, den, de door was op4ned oniy i a , "it.
tle,'bout six inches, or £o; add I . beer , a
ciallkinl . o'f 'haitis; and I'rn ,hlessed it d .re
i
wasn't- "li. in fastened on 'de i : inside tif jde
door; and en I knowed about de Clivn
game ; and de door couldn't be openO•any
furder ; ; nna
. woman stuck lair face traelde
openin' ; and• She looked•awfullsavage t!...e.,.
and She w fed. to know my lthisinessi; nd
then•l Put n the innoceritest look I
.1 in
.. Id,
and told I was passing by !de •housie:,
~nd
.. de old gentleman up stairs dropt his s' ta•- •
. cies out of le windew,•and dal it waslo stu
nate \I was So near tb pick .Ibiatit,up; !tn if
i e
she 'would on'y allow me to iband 444;t es
to de' old . 'gentleman hisself, I wouldibi so
kaPPY:' l' . • - : .. i • I' . -P
." You old—," interrupted. I, at 1.4t0.. he
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started ; and I hesitated . w 4 - I could not
apply, any opprobrious or cedsorious !'pl het
. .:!. -• ti q i
gone, for you -Wont, ..noa- Jon, •ot,
nor-!'other front iolin!,;ian' if ),•0,4 should ail;
for 41m, nary One oVem would answer, beF
kase:, they both Would know, if you asked . fo
either, dat John was wanted. Now; Ave.tnu4
work together, and this is tnyi• plan i " I'll
scoot roue' andiplay Shy, keeping, of ours
my eyes. wide open to see 'if I kin' find them;;
.“won't - say -nothing, nor do 'nothing, but
keep a good lotik-Mit. I know where they
drop in; and if I should-find any one of 'cm,
alone, you must beat some paitiekaler plke
clus by, where kin . ifind - you easy, so as to
git dim nice anti-sure. How d 4 you like iti•?
mnit it a good
.
I assented at once :to the' pl operations
laid out by so, experienced a - bawl; and I
bade him, without delay, -proceed to carrY
his p 1 into effect, giving him noticeat'what
place I would be found ; and 'pi. ..the satne
tinie• I enjoined himito a strict! petformance,
on phis part of '`ithe.detailf of attack and final
capture. - !•i • -• .
parted;! 'and i-earce honr had passed
7-4 h-time Palaing_ y earily and.. heavily . with
Ind, for I inusi\ adunt toy inindivas SO, intent
irothis\affair Nest- lay} assistant should. fail,
that time and circumstances wore on inOst
heavily, lazily; langiiidly • I was, rieverthel4ss, -
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winching eagerly for: . a Signal from I .lliisan,
and busily ob‘erving the hand old -Time
of t the dial ofklie clock of St:t Paul's as !he ,
M i nved,an steadily, surely, slosidy, and as it
wtoilcl only appear to inofe to one , watching
fiir the end'; yet, the end did came, and with
i .( not old Time, ) who appearedall
'titlow with tUiccesii on his brow, written With
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BM, TiseP .observed 1, " You* klio: NV they
are dressed alike in every particular, even .
their white pants, shoes, and coat,. find' hat;
ay, the hat with the • crape-band * on: each.—
.. Ilse," and ,1 spoke to him with sot e alarm;
"should they desire, when the pther brother
comes, to retire in 1 room to confer together
•
privately, when -they- come out noun, you
cannot tell Oich is your. prisOnet. Have .
you thoug.htiof that, and of the Uncertainti
of finding - your man 1" • ,
" -Yes, 1 haVe ; but I'll fix it r you hin 'pend
on. me," he answered ; and I was somewhat
relieved wlnin the old man announced to me,
in so d'oternin - ed -a manner, that_lie . would
"fix it," and I might " - depend on im topford-Hlohn, - I ineans---leame toward
and'olorved "that-his brotheris was ex
pected-eve:TY minute, and - ,he. hoped that
would extetid a little
.courtesy tois' him- by
waiting; and he doubted not that ithe bnst
ness would -he arranged speedily and satisfac
torily to me In the *ay. of, suretes:
Sheriff, - yoUr old -friend here,,is - Mk Thison,,
doesn't make such mistakes as in-my case ire
quently,...doOs he l"—and though there WAS
a bitter sneer, in his manner. s. . .
"Mr. StOpferd,rireplied,. - " Audi mistakes ,
are 'sometimes very necessatT, akin this mat
ter, for example: but, "coming directly to
'your : question.; he does .very freqiiently make
such mistakes;: acid takei, too,. 'under thern:
he very safely misses his man.aad his Object ;
he his a keen perception, also,_ v ast you have
already witnessed." •• i
•At this toint of-our kiouyersation; the other
lirothr, - "Williani, came in, and; :;•ing 111-
son mid .myself, concluded there .' - ' som,e-,
thing !out," i and' 'addrmsed John [with the
qtm.tion: I i , r
" Who i the Plaintiff, and what mond of
bail is refinired!", 1
" Will yo i n allow me, " saki
_ , Mr. She *ff,
John to meit" toquive a few xninut ' private
: ..Foxiversatidn with my brother! - We - will re
tire in this! room; adjoining for a fewl Minutes."
The que'sdori thus frankly put, was about
oi tn
being: , answered in the negative by e; as that
was a state Of things rdesired in ~ to avoid,
F .,n
bccause. of my :inabilitY to disti ish my
prisoner: and I ;Was about answer s
in
in as
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delicate aidniill as I could' give, A he I ob
served Thi r soa Makin,g Al sorts f Motions
with his head and hands;
,and h , fearing,
doubtless, that 1 has going_ to gm t ,the re
quest, interposed : Ins objections un it the bail
bond, was signed ; and he begged me l : in a
whisper; to make out the bond, nadbe would
let ale "know, bimebY, the reason Fwliy he in
sisted on this being executed at once. 1
At Thisolis suggestion, 'though I could not
tell what was passing in the old man'S mind,
I sat'aown, and, prepared the bail 7 bond - ; that
concluded, lintimated 'to my, prisoner . that
all Was ready, arid he had belter si ) gn atorice,
particularly, aslit was a darling o ject df by
assistant, and I rarely crossed bin in any
thing. : - . • .-
" les, Sir !" said he, seating.hi
Fide of the 'table 4t -which I sat ; • :,'
ed .t6-liiin my Pen, and he wrote '
a... hold; (lashing 'hand. It: • .-
I; ":Ferliapts" 7 lhe • continued, •• "
Theban, here, Would like. to ivitui,
11;0 is it, ; would you ??? • t ',. .. I
"I'm goin' to do dit," . . said 11
he moved toward me; and I vacat'
and:gave it to him., ; . t. • ;
"Thai , klee, ;Mr. Sheriff ; tam I
I'm, gittin' old.: Ohroh! that
.how it bi.thersjme !" and Tise to
i
and dip "lied it I(n.the in -Stand, ,
' to-Write 'his name : he conld'nt!
was the Matteivitli the pen-, n.
ink; it *as tot. thick. He tried
hair lia(b"got[on_ the. pint." ; I
off; he guessPd it was right, now,
ped it in
.the ink again; he , c.l
wi t h rich a pen-- A 7dhe dipped_
a g ain'; aiid the 4 e tried to writ:.,
then: he • thoVit . he had. too
th
pen.; and' he d , e ' bond pre.' i
left', hand;, as,i lay on the, f A b.le; I
intensely !. int rested in{ reading
and the pen still in his 14 8 4.6 Lau,
again, and neffound he hild his ,
ly i chaiied,'tio giving io* ;do',
downwards, ,nd a repeater, .an
"Wby,wh3i! what the devil ar
cried John Splpford; "what d(
eh': what thq devil are,,you abo'
Tise, thus interrupted in so al
ner, affected entire innocence
charged Upon him.-
" You ,blasted old 'heathen !
• s
white pantallons ! See what yc
V,:.• 1 " slagken all the ink Oul
on my -Illavisyouh i .....,..„ 4, d ,
'elf 1. You blasted old he.0..;...11
," Din't mean to do it. I ask,
sir.- You seC, sir, I wasn't thin'
thing but the bond ; and I hop(
me r- - 1
And looked, and beheld the blackness o 1
darkness-on !the white troWsers ; and grew
was the areal of the dark spot'tl e old gentle
maniibad cast on Sohn Stopfo 's pantaloons.
i " Sheriff," lobserved
. Stopfor3 " I will pro
cure bail _irnmediately. i I cl, n't 'like this
black business.. I have sent ray brother, and
lie will be here with good and !sufficient bail
i a fevizninutes. lam arcee4lingly anxious
to get rid of the company of t at old friend
of yours as 4con as I can : bl, t him !--ink
spot !" `, 1 . .
' Thison, although I could servcelv keep my
gravity—l Was satisfied, had done this thing
intentionally-put on the best 'face be possi=
bly could, 'and took the deaunCiations of
Stopford ve'r'y coolly ; and, co4iingi up to rite,
he- whispereil : " Didn't I tell you, Mr., Sheriff,
.I'd make hina
. righter birneby and I spottd
him fust-rae. - Now, let de t\ ins get mixed
up, so (Int en old man can't tell 'em anruit !
" Old Tebail ! old Heathen!" eh ? rii Jet
him know he ain't going to come any of his
games of hit and miss with, -ne. - No ! no I
no ! he's spotted for All, .day, any how; and
dat's what I eall'spoifitN a gentleman ! He'
lie! her' and he smothered [his laugh les ,
Stopford should hair Mm.
The' sureties soon 'after
having executed the , bond, I I
ure with ";Old Tise,". and -,
joyncent ofi that sort: of feelini
on an *tempt to foil An off
'" by gettingf themsel4s mixl
said ; and to the eontemplatio
of spotting l a , gentleman.
--
1 --- ', •
. A iirsaAND-11; TROINLE.t
i i
since, ;a laWyer otthis city v
office husily employed in stu
when the door opened and a
of. Erin entered, doffed his
desired toltuke an advice of
lawyer,. - him sit down,
business.
" Sin ie. replied, "I wai
my ifc _,iddy.'"
The , laws•dr asked what wa
Pat seemed very loth to tell
"Does she not treat you i
take carelof your hopse, h
you,, or d?es she like any
yourself t' were the inquini
lawyer, niho endeavored f
i . ain to pump out the nowt
t li
, a divorce. At las wear
tion, the disciple 'o Coke 1 .
be clicutithat he c it'd do
without knowing, a l the fa
"Welt, if I intliit: l rePli
"shut° there's a little - darl
thau p.iddy."
~,
The lawyer' cold hat
laughterlsuffleientl to infl
that the Jaw coaiLnot tod
his, and pat left. wAth a cc
of sorrow than ofianger.r
ler.' I 1
t •
"Pr i i` Have'you any h
inc l uirect a very modest,-14
1 \
"Any whail"
liuth-horn bonne
Any—you dnn't. urea
Tice young lady was
properrestorutirs. j
.1. '
ilitetuptes .- 41 - ginithrl4
ti)'.#'s::.,'- . -*'-'s: -. t.
Ann° 1630, Andrevir Jac ksoil P
• - •
DANK OF XIIE UNITED STATES.. ' , ' -,„
• : It has been" already slieWn, thet Geneta4! t . , :
~,
Jackson in hie first annual nessage'' to .C44n- , , ,
eeese called in question° both tho eonstitu- • e •
tonality and die expMiencY of the: natiornd .
bnek, in a way to show him -adverie to .. .the. . '
imskitution and disposed 'to see , the federal : '
government carried on without the aid otimeli
an'aesistant., le the iame -missage Ne•-..sub- 4 -, -
mitted• the qeestion to l Congress, thet if. inch
,an institution is deemed esseneial tOthe fiscal ' , ,
operetions. of the gievernmenteerhtither- a nit- .
tional ete, founded upon the . credit ot e the '1 '
government, end its revenues,emight ,not7be • . : ,
devised; which would avoid all Constitution I.
! lifficulties -- , and at the same time, seenre ...all - .
the - advantages to the government and-cetin- .
try, thet were expected to' result. from - the- ' i.
present, bank. 'I • was , not ,in Wishing:ten . • '.,
when the message was - prepared; and had no .
Conversetion with the - President, in relation. -
to a substitete for the national bank,
.or :for .
the curreecy which it furnished, and 'which, .
having a general eircelation, was better: en- \ -
titled te the 'character ef "national" than dte '
issues of the local or State banks: .We knew : . -
each other's 45pinionsNin, the question of a - ‘- .
tank itself; but it had gone no furtheee. I , '''
, had -never mentioned tb him the idea of - roe
,'Siving the old cerreneYe then, and for twenty • ,i
years, extinct iv the United States i nor liad I \ - . 'A
'mehtjoned• to• him the dett - of i an iedependent '
•subethrisuiy--thatie Ito 44, -, ' - i 4 governMent -
treasur neconnected ! with -any bank—and - '
which was tobave till receiving anddieburse
ing of the publiomoneye When these 'dealt ,
were mentioned tes e histe he teok -them- at ' ('-' •
once; but it was net ktitil the Bank - of the . -
•United States shOuld be -disposed of, that-any- .. - :.
thing could be done{ en these two subjeete i e . 7
and on the latter. a preeess had - to be voile. •
through in the use 41Oct:A betas, as deposi- '
..!',
tories eithe public -moneys, 'which,required
,:e
several years to show its lento and tuculeate . 1
its lesson. Though strOng in the' confidence .• .I
of the people, the President was not deenied ' e,
.\ _ 1
strong enoegh to encounter all. die banks of . .- ;
all the State; at once. , Temporising was in-' ; $
I .lispensable—and even a. conc iliation_ of- a \ i
part of them. Hence the depcesit system-4r - . ' t
some.. years' use of local banks asfiscal agents . 1: ,
of the g overumerkt--whiel gat're to - the naafi- "'e _ e
tutions soseleeted,,tlie, invidious appellation . ' i
ot ' i pet banks ;" meaning that. 'they were; 1 .
government favorites. -. .- e -.' . : I
In the meantime the question which e the . e .
,t ',.
Pre.sident had submitted -to Congress in. te- e • i
latiOn to a gpVernment fiscal ;gent, was e: i
seized -upon As at admitted &sir to estate - • • - -, "!
lista government bank—stigmatized it once . ' ':
A.4"fi "thousand times - more dangerous" than - •
an-ineorporate na oriel bank—and.held upi ,_ :
to alarnethe countey. ' Committees in .ea - ch 1
House of Congress, and ell the public press ' 1
in the interest of the yexisting bank of 'the '. ;
teekee,Statee, took it ne in that sense e _and . . _
instruction to thWFintnieeCntainittee` of the •
Senate, to report upon. a.plan ter. a iniforin
currency, end ender a iefOenc to-the Coin
ls..
mittee. of Ways - and Ideans'of t e House, of
tied part, of the Peesident's - tri sage which• - . 1 ;
related to the bank atel. its Cetrreney, most :.
ample, and.elaborate, 'and : Argumentative .ee- • .
ports were made—wholly:repudiating all the -
sugeestions of the President, arid - sustaining
..
•the actual bank of the United• - ',States under -,-- -
every aspect of coestitutienality andAif_expe-: ' ,
diency; and strongly' presenting it for it re- , ,
newel of its charter. 3 These reports were .1
multiplied without -,regjed - to expense, OT
number's, in all the varieties of newspaper and -
pamphlet emblication ;1 and lauded - to the
..
skieS'for their power paid'excellence, and tris
umphant eefutation 'of • 'elle the e Piesident's -
opinions. .Thus was the " war of the bank" e
comnienced at onceeinhOth Houses of .Con
gross, and inthe public press, end epen. ly at .
the instance Of the bank itself, which, &epee . i '
ting its positionas int institution of the goy s e
eminent for the convenience of the govern- 1
ment, sekitself:ep foe a power,and streggled . e
for a continued existence--in the shape of a. , • -
new charier-4-as a. questionsof its own, and -
almost a right. It allied itself at the - . same
time to the . 'peditical party opposed' te the
[
President, joined in all their schemes ef pre- - .
tectiee tariff and national internal impeove
ment; and became the head of the American
systerie i With its ',moneyed , and politieal '
power, atdiumerous interested affiliations,. -
and its Control over other -banks' , brokeraand
.„..
money-dealoe, it was trely te 7 power s and a
.. great on i e; and, in answer to a quoit:ton put
e by General Smith; of Meryland,thairnian of :
ise the Fin ence; Committee of the Senate, Wieldy . _
en nienlioned, (and appended eeith, otheresenes
tions and answers to .that, report.) Mr. Bid - •
die, the leiresident, showed 'a
power in tle nit' 1
es tienal bank to' save; relieve or - destroy the lo- _ ..,
fi s . Cal banks, Which exhibited ie as , their Once .
,
e lute maeter; and, of course,eable to control . ~..
, e ' them at will. The lquestien. wee put. in a stirs _
it of frieudship to the bank, ar with a- View . ,
te .
to enable its president to ethi it the institn
i ~.. , !ye_
; tution its' great, jest and benencent. - ene s
question Was "Itas'lhe bank at any titne op
pressed any of the - Srtate barite 4" and the tine
,swer, "Neer." , And, as if that -was not '
enongli, Mr.. Biddle :went on to . iay t "Theta
aro eery few batiks which. might net, bee*
been destrOyed by an exertion:of the pewee
of the bank. - Note . have been iejured. Ma- 1
ny have been saved. ; And More have heele - ; e
and are censtantly-relieved, when it is- tenor .
that they are solventlut are indfiering . Midi ,
temporary; difficulty." This' was - proving en- •_
tirely 'too bluelt. A power-tie injtite tied de
stroy---te
,relieve and stoic the thoniand banks
of all ,the Statee ited. Territotice, was a pewee
over the business and fortunes of nearly . all.
the peePle -of those Statea'.and Territeriest -
and might be 'need for evil. as Well aa tor '
good; .04 was a power entirely too largeete -
be entrusted to any men, with aleaet'ia his .
bosom+-er to any goefernmeet e reaticandble.to
the peeple; mucli less te a variation livith- _
out a soul, and 'elms asible -en:heaven Or
e le
earth. This was in vi w 44', Ole iises' 'which
the - parties to the' teit tien had not foteseen; -
but which waa noted atthe'titne; and Whiehi
in the pregress - of . dip t e eeipment strtiggle
with the , bank, 'received . exertipliffeattensi
which will be 'remain ' red t}y the gelleietio l •
of. that Jay •stliile me ory ' :leant' ; "end I after ,
wardi, known - ea long iiiiitOrY ha* - parer te
If s
tratismiKtepostetity.t e,knowledri of nation-.
al calamities. '.. -- • ..- ; 1 :-, -., ' '
, e . . , ,
self laloiag
nd I hand
is in
x ancient
the bond.
.4son; and
mylehair,
obliged.--
rhewnatiz,
.k the pen,
nd he tried
something
it
. was the
it again; a .
e picked it
and he dip
uld'ut write
t in:the . ink
• a{thn,. and
Mach in his
with the
.tifid seemed
its contents.
. ' lie tried
a too high
ble motion
still anoth-
•, you about r•
vou mean
• • '
rupt,
of wilat was
-
look at my
n have done
of your 711.11
I you = me.au,
your pardon,
of any
you'll excuse
ppeared ; and,
k ray depart
.,
e left - tlo en-
connquo t
r of the la
n of his s ste
.1 -L-A few 1 ,40
is seated F in f
!Auk out ad pt
ouDg, stout st
at, and said: h
his . holiotO The
itid id his
t a di.voice.oofil
the trpuble,but
ell,,does she not
' she distr4sed.
One better than
made loy !the
a some- time im
of the, desire for
of the investiga
ormed hi 4 would
nothing for him
ti of the ease.
,e(I the hnsbnnd
nt I love betthei
I -••
ty. , ;errant from
I nif die Eibernian
h sueh a ease as
untenanco more
Bostos Travel-
b-horn bonnts F'
ss of it o p ee p-
teg 7 horn
!iought..-,wfbp
.11 1 _
1
is alisliTS
t' 40 - ilipnt 'llia
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