"I ha,, .worn t,ou the Altar of God, eternal hostility to every ftm of Tyranny over the wind of Mau'-Thomo Jeffenon. MINTED AND PUBLISHED BY II. WEBB. Vo&HIIlC II. OFFICR CV VITH TiRlUfifH AT1 1 rOrrowTE St. Paul's CauRcir, Main-bt. The COLUMDlJt DEMOCRAT will be published even Kntiinlnn Tff'O DOLLARS per annum, payable '"".I yearly inanvance, or 1 wo Dollars Fifty Cents, if not paid wit fan the year. 2fo subscription vnll be taken for a shorter jn.nua uiuii i,t.i- mviuns; nor any discon tinuance permitted, until all arrearages ir discharged. ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding a square tuill be conspicuously inserted at One Dollar for the first three insertions, and Twenly-ftvc cents for even subie fjucnt nscrlion. C?A liberal discount made to those, who a-lvcrtisc by the year. LETTERS addressed on business, must be post paid. Jl tingular instance of justice and saga city conquering fraud anp perjury. A Gentleman of about 5001. a year es tate in the eastern part of England had two sons. The eldest had a rambling disposi tion. He took a place in a ship and went abroad ; after several years his father died. The younrjes son destroyed his father's will, and seized upon the estate. He gave out that his eldest brother was dead, and bribed some false witnesses, to attest the truth of it. In a course of time, the eldest brother returned; ho earne home in misera ble circumstances. His ysungest brother repulsed him with scorn, told him that he was an impostor and a cheat, and asserted that his real brother was dead long ago and lie could bring witnesses to prove it. The poor fellow, having neither money nor friends, was in a most dismal eituation. Ho went round the parish making 'bitter com plaints, and at last he canio to a lawyer ; who, when ho had heard the poor man's mouraful story replied to him in this man ner : "You have nothing to give me: if I undcrtako your cause and lose it, it will bring me into very foul disgrace, as all the wealth and evidence are on yor brother's side. But, however, I will undertake your ause upon this condition: You will enter into obligations to pay me a thousand guin eas if I gain tho estate for vou. If I lose t it I know the consequence, and I venture upon it Willi my eyes open." Accordingly he entered an action against the younger brother, and it was agreed to be tried at the next general assizes at Chelmsford in Es sex. The lawyer having engaged in the cause of the pour man and stimulated by the pros pect of a thousand guineas, set his wits to work to contrive the best method to gain his end. At last he hit upon this happy thought, that he would consult the first of all tho judges, Lord Chief Justice Hale. Ac cordingly he flew up to London, and laid open the cause in all its circumstances. The Judge, who was the urea test lover of justice of anv man in the world, heard the Jcase patiently, and attentively, and prom- b iSP.l llim fill tllff nRmc(nni(. ttl Ilia nnnro. (It is very probable that he opened his whole scheme and method of proceeding. enjoining the utmost secrecy.) Tim Judgu contrived matters in such a manner as to have all his business done at tho King's Bench .before the assizes begun at Chelmsford, and rdcred his driver with his e-rrianc to con ey him down very near tho scat of thcas- izcs. He dismissed his man and horses, nd sought out fur a single house. He found ono occupied by a miller. After :ome conversation, and maki'iir himself muitc agreeable, ho proposed to the miller lo oliango clothes with him. As the iudsc Bind a very good suit on the man had no oa.,n to object. Accordingly tho iudee vilified himself from top to toe, and put on complete f nit of the miller's best. Armed with the miller hat and shoes, and stick away ho marched to Chelmsford, ho had iror-urcil Iodjjiugs lo hiv liking, and waited for the assizi's that should come on next liy. Wl.cu tho trial came on, lm walked ko ait ii"iorsnt "airy-fellow backwards! BlLOOMSOUiaa, COMJMI3IA COUITY, PA. SATURDAY, APRI1L 20, and forwards along the county-hall. no nail a thousand eyes within him auu wncn tne court began to fill, he soon found out the poor fellow that was the plaintiff. As soon as he came into the hall til. .1 . . . ..... null uruw up so nim' "Honest friend,' said he, "how is your cause like to go today ? "Why," replied the plain- till, "my cause is in a very precarious sit uauon, anu it l lose it, I am ruined for life. Well, honest friend," replied the :u. ... mi . . . . 1 miner, -win you tsKc my advice? I will lot you into a secret which perhaps vou do not know ; every Englishman has the right anu privilege lo except against any ons iu ryman through the whole twelve ; now do you insist upon your privilege, without giv ing a reason why, and if possible get me chosen in his room, and I will do you all the service in my power." Accordingly ........ ...o wu.iv ui uiu cuuri nau called over the juryman, the plaintiiT excepted to one ol them by name; the judge on the bench was Highly olleniled wilh this liberty. "What do you mean (sajs he) by accept ing against mat gentlemen ?' The Judge, who nan been deeply bnbcd.thoupht to con ccal it by a show of candor ami Imvinf n w ' " ' II n 1 HI" 1L commence in the superiority of his party, ,,im my ,ia vou ciaun your pnv. ilege in one instance, I will grant you a fa vor, who would you wish to have in the room of that man excepted against?" Af ter a small timo taken in consideration "Mv lnr1 T . t. . ajo hc,; i wish io nave an honest man chose in," and he looked round the court "My lord there is that miller in the room, wo will have him if you please." a i? t ... Accorumgiy mc miller was chosen in. As soon as tho clerk of the court had riven them all their oaths, a little dexterous fel low came into thejapartment,. andilipg ten gom uaroiuses into me nanus ol eleven ju rymen, and gave the miller but five. He observed that they were all bribed as well as himself and said to his next neighbor, in a sott whisper. How much have you got?" "Ten pieces," said he. He con cealed what ho he had himself. The cause was opened by the plaintiff's council; and all the scraps of evidence they could pick up were adduced in his favor. The younger brother was provided with a great number of evidences and pleaders, all plentifully bribed as well as the judge. The evidence deposed, that they were in the self-sarao country where tho brother, died, and saw him buried. The counsell ors pleaded upon this accumulated evi dence, and every thing was wilh a full tide in favor of the young brother. The judge summed up the evidence with great gravity and deliberation, and now "Gentlemen of the jury, (said he,) lay your head togeth er, and bring in your verdict as you shall deem most just." They waited but a few minutes before they determined in favor of the young brother. Tho judge said, "Gen tlemen are you agreed, and who shall speak for you?" "We are agreed, my lord; (re plied one,) our foreman speaks for us." "Hold, my lord, (replied tho miller) we are not all agreed." "Why says the judge, "in a very surly manner, what's the matter with you? What reasons have you for disa greeing?" "I have several reasons my lord, replied tho miller; tho first is, that thoy have given to all these gentlemen of the jury ten broad pieces of gold, and to mo but five besides I have many objections to make to the false reasoning of tho plead ers, and tho contradictory evidence of the witnesses." Upon this the millor began a discourse that discovered such vast penetra tion of understanding, such extensive law expressed with such energetic and manly elomiunco that astonished tho judge and the whole court. As ho was going on wilh his powerful demonstrations; the judge in a sur prise of soul Plopped him. "Where did you como from, and who are you?" I came from Wcsminsler Hall: I am Lord Chief Justice of the King's-Bcnch; I have observed the iniquity of your proceedings this day, and therefore ordor you down from a seat which oro no way worthy to hold. You are one of the corrupt parties in this iniquitous business. I will go up this moment and try the cause all over a gain." Accordingly Sir Mathew went up with his miller's dress and hat on began with tho trial from its very origin searched every circumstance of truth and falsehood evinced the eldest brother's title to the csiaie, irom tho contradictory evidence of the witnesses, and the false reasonings of the pleaders unravelled all the sophistry to the very bottom, and gained a complete victory in favor of Truth and Justice. From Chambers' EJingburg Journal. THE FORTUNES OF A COUNTRY GIHL. a stout. One day, I will not say how many years ago for I intend to be very mysterious for a time with my readers a young woman stepped from a country wagon that had just arrived at the yard gate of the famous Chel sea Inn, the Goat and Compasses, a name termed by corrupting me out of the pious oiiginal, " God encompasseth us." The young woman seemed about the age of 18, and was decently dressed, though in the plainest rustic fashion of the times. She was well formed and well looking, both form and looks giving indiovuions of the ruddy health consequent upon exposure to sun and air in the country. After stepping from the wagon, which the driver immediately led into the court yard, the girl stood for a mo ment in apparent uncertaiuly whither to go, when the mistress of the inn who had come to the door, observed her hesitation, and asked her to enter and take rest. The young woman readily obeyed the invitation, and soon, by the kindness of the landlady found herself by the fire-side of a nicely sanded parlor, wherewithal - Oesli her-sel-al'tfii4tJii--iid tediobs journey! " ' And so, my poor girl,' said the landlady, after having heard in return for her kind ness, the whole particulars of the young woman's situation and history, " to thou hast come all this way to seek service, and hast no friend but John Hodge, the wagon er ? Tray, he is like to eive thee but small held, wench, towards getting a place.' 'Is service, then, difficult lo be had!" asked tho young woman, sadly. Ah, marry, good situations, at least, are hard to find. But have a good heart, child,' said tho landlady, and, as she continued, she looked around her with an air of pride and dignity : " thou sccBt what I have come to mysell ; and I left the country a young ihire just like thyself, with a little to look to. But 'tisn't every one for certain, that must look for such a fortune, and in anv case it must be wrought for. I showed myself good servant, before my poor old Jacob, heaven rest his soul, made ino mistress of the Goat and Compasses. So mind thee rl " The landlady's speech might have gone on a long way; lor the dame loved well the sound of her own tonge, but for the inter ruplion occasioned by the entrance of a sen- Iheman, when the landlaly rose and welcom ed him heartily. 11a ! dame said the new comer, who was a stout, respectably attired person of middle age, " how sells the good ale ? Scarcely a drop left in the cellars, I hope ? ' Enough left to give your worship f draught after your long walk,'as she rose to fulfil the promise implied in her words. 1 1 walked not,' was the gentleman's re turn,' but took a pair of oars and came down the river. Thou knowest I always come to Chelsea myself to see if thou lackest any thing.' Ah, sir,' replied the landlady, " aud it is by that way of doing business that you have made yourself as all the city pays, the richest man in tho Brewers' Corporation, if not in all Loudon itself." ' Well, dame, the bolter for mo if it is so,' said tho brewer, with a smile; " but let us havo the mug and this quito pretty friend of thine shall ploasurc u, mayhap, by tasting with us. The landlady was not long in producing a stoop of ulc, knowing that her visitor novcr jeet an exaroplo hurtful lo his own interests by countenancing the consumption of for eign spirits, 'Right, hostess,' said the brewer, when ho had tasted it, " well made and well kept and that is giving both thee and mo our dues. Now, prolty ono," said he, filling one of the measures of glasses which had been placed heside the sloop, " wilt thou drink this to thy sweetheart's health ?" The poor countiy gill to whom this was addressed declined the pioffered civility,and with a blush; but the landlady exclaimed, " Come, silly wench, drink his worship's health; he is more likely to get thee a ser vice if it is so pleased him, than John Hodge, the wagoner." ' This girl has come many a mile,' con tinued the hosless, "to seek a place in town, that she may burden her family no more at home." ' To seek service !' exclaimed the brew er; " why then it is perhaps well met with us. Has she brought a character with her, or can you speak for her dame ?" ' She has never yet been from home, sir, but her face is her character," said the kind hearted landlady; " I warrant she will be a diligent and trusty one." ' Upon thy prophecy, hostess, will I take her into my own service; for but yesterday was my housekeeper complaining of the want of help, since this deputyship brought nie moie into the way of entertaining the people of the ward.' Ere the wealthy brewer end deputy left the Goat and Compasses, arrangements were made for sending the country girl to his house in the city on the following day Proud of having done a kind action, the gar rulous hostess took advantage of the circum stance to delive -an immensely long haran- iR.Jo.Koroy-Tronian on hr newiluries, and on the danger to which youth is ex posed in large cities. Tho girl heard her benefactress with modest thankfulness, but a more minute observer than the good land lady might have seen in the eye and coun tenance of the girl a quiet firmness of ex pression, such as might have induced the cutting short of the lecture. However, the landlady's lecture did end, ami towards the evening of the day after her arrival at the Goat and Compasses, tho youthful rustic found herself installed as housemaid in the dwelling of the rich brewer. The fortunes of this girl, it is our pur pose to follow. The first change in her condition which took place subsequent to that related, was her elevation to the vaca ted post of housekeeper in tho brewer's family. In this situation she was brought more than formerly in contact with her mas ter, who found ample means for admiring her propriety of conduct, as well as her skilful economy of management. By de grees he began to find her presence neces sary to his happiness; and being man both of honorable and independent mind he at length offered her his hand. It was accep ted; and she, who but four or five years be fore had left her country home .barefooted become the wife of ono of the richest citi zens iu London. For many years Mr. Aylesbury, for such was the name of the brewer, and his wife, lived in happiness and comfort together. He was a man of good family and connex ions, and consequently of higher breeding than his wife could boast of, but on no oc casion had he ever to blush for the partner whom he had chosen. Her calm, inborn strength, if not dignity of character, con joined with an extreme quickness of per ception, made her fill her place at her hus band's lablo with as much grace and credit as if she had been born to tho station. And, as timo ran on, the respectability of Mr. Aylesbury's position received a gradual in crease. Ho became an Alderman, and sub sequently a sheriff of tho city, and in con sequence of the latter elevation was knight ed. Afterwards and now a part of tho mystery projected at the commencement of this story, must bo broken in upon, as far as lime is concerned afterwards, the im portant place which tho wealthy brewer held in tho city, culled down upou him the 1839. Number 51. attention and favor of the king, Charles I, then anxious to concilinte the good will of the citizens, and tho city knight received the farther honor of baronetcy. Lady Aylesbury, in the first year of her married life, give birlh to a daughter, who proved an only child, and round whom, ns was natural, nil the hopes and wishes of the parents entwined themselves. This daughter had only reached the age of sev enteen when her father died leaving an im mense fortune behind him. It was at first thought that the widow and her daughter would become inheritors of this without tho shadow of a dispute. But it proved other wise. Certain relatives of the deceased brewer set up a pica upon ihe foundation of a will made iu their favor before the de ceased had become married. With her wonted firmness, Lady Aylesbury immedi ately took steps for tho vindication of her own and her child's rights. A young law yer, who had been a frequent guest at her husband's table, and of whose abilities she had formed a high opinion, was the person whom she fixed upon as the legal asserter of her cause. Edward Hyde was, indeed a youth of great ability. Though only twenty four years of age at the period re ferred to, and though he had spent much of his youthful time in the society of tho gv and fashionable of the day, he had not neglected the pursuits to which his family's wish, as well as his own tastes, had devo ed him. But it was with considerable hes itation, and with a feeling of anxious diffi dence, that he consented to undertake the charge of Lady Aylesbury's case; for cer tain strong though unseen and unacknowl edged sensations, were at work in his bo som, to make him fearful of the responsi uimy uirAiwus 7itjuurtne"resulf. - The young lawyer, however, became couusel for the brewer's widow and daugh ter, and by a striking oxerlion of cloquencei and display of legal ability, gained their suit. Two days after the successful plea der was seated beside his two clients. La dy Aylesbury's usual manner was quiet aud composed, but sue now spoke warmly of her gratitude to the preserver of her daugh ter from wauls and also tendered a fee a payment munificent, indeed, for the occa sion. The young barrister did not seem at ease during Lady Aylesbury's expres sion of her feelings. He shifted upon his chair, changed color, looked to Miss Ayles bury, played with the purse before him, tried to speak, but stopped short, and chang ed color again. Thinking only of best ex pressing her own gratitude, Lady Aylesbu ry appeared not to observe her visitor's confusion, but arose saying, " In token that I hold your services above compensation in the way of money, I wish also to give you a memorial of my gratitude in another shape." As she spoke thus, ehc drew a bunch of koys from her pocket, which eve ry lady carried in those days, aud left the room. AVhat passed during her absence between the parties whom she left together, will be best known by the result. When Lady Aylesborough returned, she found her daughter standing with averted eyes, but her hand within that of Edward Hyde, who knelt on the mother's entrance, and sought her consent to their union. Expla nations of the feeling which the parties en tertained for each other, ensued, and lady Aylesbury was not long in giving the do sired consent. "Give mo leave, however," said she to the lover, "to place around your neck tho memorial which I intend for you. This chain," it was a superb gold one "was a token of gratitude from the ward in which he lived, to my dear husband." Lady Aylesbury's calm serious cye3 were filled with tears as she threw the chain round Edward's neck, saying. " Thesa links were borne on the neck of a worthy and honored man. May'st thou mv lie- loved son, attain to still higher honors." Tho wish was fulfilled, though not until danger and suffering tried severely the par lies concerned. The son-in-law of Ladr Aylesbury became an eminent member of
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