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VO.Lna, !XXVI.
THE itEGISTER.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
Twines W. Chapman.
idvance Psyraerit la Cash per year
if paid _ , within tbe year, , „ •
If nottat the end ottbe year,:
To the "Rapping Spirita."
ar swot ,O,'W rams:.
plitOr Fatten seems. disposed to have a little
poetic f o n, or innecent . nsirth, on the subject .of the
ta ysterions spirits, which are now wandering *bout
p r ovidence, R. 1., and - in several other places. The
roidence Journal gives place to the Majoeseffir
ss foilOwsl
Spirits of the " vasty deep!" 1
(where ye sleep, or ought to 'sleep)
Do inform us why ve keep
Trapasing up ant down;
:Please discover, pray declare,
Whyte M; :natter in the air;
Fhence this "rapping ." here and there
' All about the town I
Some,'to whom thelun is pleasing,
Say ye only "rap" for teasing,
Some, to set the world a-streezing,i
And agog the schools ;
Others hint with seeminerreascrn,
(Tho' the bare remark is treason,)
'Tie the advent of the season,
Folly
Folly maw; with fools.
And' we fain would some query, -
(Not at all for purpose merry,
For our soul is mournful—very—
Very
full of care.)
On the earth we know you're able
In a " stand' to live, or "
Are your mansions quite as stable
In the realms of airl
Some assert, it is the way
That the "Spirits love to play"—
save you ever "holiday,"
Spirits, where you dwell
And in "chambers of the sky"
Do ye, always " rap" Tor joy
Goodnees!l.4pirit, why not—why
Sometimes--Wing the dell .
I . " Rap above, and " rap" below Ti
Spirits! if 'tis right to know,"
Does the Styx—say, does it flow
Thro' a vale forlorn
Can't ye all get ferried o'er
To the ~ dim Plutoniau shore I'
Are there many, many more
Waiting, vain; for mean!
Then by Pada' current dim.
Spectre - terk and boatman grim! •
By—[That spirits cannot maim
Strange it seem's to me !]
By each rapper's ~ shape or shade I"
We will have a railroad made, .
Bag and baggage—pa-wage paid—
So cell let us be.
- Youth and Aga
ST S T.COIZSMGE., ESQ.
Verse, a breeze 'mid blossoms straying, -
Where Elora dung feeling like a bee—
Both were mine! Lisa went Maying -
With NATCRE, ROPE. and POESY,
When 1 was young!
Warm I was young ! oh, woful warn !
9h, for the cli . ang,e 'twizt now, and then!
Tl:is breathing house not built with hands,
This body, that does me grievous wrong,
O'er fiery diffs and glittering sands
llow lightly then it flashed along!
like those trim skiffs, unknown of yore,
On winding Lakes and rivers wide; -
That ask no aid of sailor tide!
Naught car4this hciciv for wind or weather,
When Youth and 1 lived in't together!
flowers are lovely, Love is flower-like,
Friendship is a sheltering tree—
Of Friendship, Love, and Liberty,
Ere I was old!
Ere I was old? eh, moranful ERZ,
Which tells me Youth's no longer here;
0 Youth ! for years - so many and sweet,
'Tis known that thou and I were one—
think it lint a fonddeeeit ;
it cannot be that thou art 'gone!
Thy vesper bell bath not yet tolled;
find thou wert aye a masker bold:—
What strange disguise bast thou put on,:
To make believe that thou art gone I
I see these Locke in silvery slips,
This drooping gait, this altered size;
Ent spring:tide blossoms on thy lips,
And tears take sunshine from thine eyed?
Life is but Thought;-.so think 1 will,
That youth and I are house-tnates
LADLES Wmerrs.—Mrs. Swissibelus, in a e&v age
tat de against the magazine fashion - plates. a:
We know 'women now -who are dying dying
by - their. own hunk and piously -saying their
prayers every iday i - zamd for their death the triaga
nue publiehers areApmusitable state bar of ~the
kraal. They Die them as truly as
e'er Da4id F ea Trrialilif the - 'word of %he Amid
eknes. No imman'agenty can teach *Se 'viStims
of fashion plate mnakeriohat ithelottwhalittliontes
etickiv, down in their,sides,the AP 4 - tied
round the small of the, back, and ...itte weight, of
skirts dragging on theta, are etisliink . their lives
out, and dragging them-to their &iris: erin
suit believe they are entailing misery-'and
and death upon their children.. But yet many.,-ffif
them do not know it, and •Witla , their vaunted
love for their ofrspiisi,*Sdd rather see their lit
mus suffer den thOusand - deaths than that they
themselves shotdd fiil to la* 'like Proinethiuis my.
Imam hereti ling aided Limel set on a jug."
•••_.
Snap Par.acatiailehe
_Washington correepon
ienrof the Oleisihind TilieTenicierat tells the la
lowing good stiirjr":
In iine of thelirattaeseiiihiglis .itt' the State of
N ew York.Bie. pastor broke , 4AL:two 1
" Brethren , Nil not ii i i . ) - 0 - 41714.4i5ra TOO - that
b u been pane& eeithities itixte;Peas
enacted that if airol InsaAtiiesimholiy:JaWlivak
be len to makelatknown.:aintektikw:r ;Then!'"
eele, (iaid.he),thata moue PoctoOarPiTiniti,il*
preached up_thijasti Otiihnietxte to,diat:lr4*
but there *Olt - lila*
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tent tollim to - tad titt:4 o / 4 3:
disliecto*pr'l
thaalts -+ `'-•='
va wa y ,f ,„ ll7. ,„,
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1 " make "d ' of tiltlM •
"THE WILL OF TILE PEOPLE IS THE LEGITIMATE SOURCE, AND • :FI• • :Ls 0 : • o :a • 1 51 , 0 to • 31', sail
A Physicians-Sketches.
;13tEdERTIFIOATE OF LUNACY; OR THE
YOUNG 'WIFE.
I The various iniquities and awful cruelties prac-
Iced .some yeake since in lunatic asylums, have
ately attracted so much attentionfrons the,lituiunne
, '.dchaiitableSliatl conscientiously believe now the
. test number of these establishments are con
!. ucted'uith the greatest probity and humanity.-
- arch, however, tow far from being the case when
was iyoung man. Then there could not be very
• ell devised a more snug method of getting rid of
' trbub . leseme connexion than by a certificate bf lu
iiacy.
l The story which I have given the above name
to, came under my cognizance pFofessionally.- and,
its I was thafortunate means of righting the wrong-
edand succoring the oppressed, .1, of course, tell it
- With all the selfsatisEsctionsvhiCh an old man feels
in re*ating the exploits of his youth.
. nit cirdernstances - occurred hi the neighborhood
'.ofsfratb, and all the parties connected with it; have
,I. Believe, gone to their "long account;" but some ef
the ele. inhabitants of the city :will recollect sortie
iiritie'Circinestancessprobably, although in my di
iiry only is to" he found the "the Whole truth and
*nothing but the truth." •
I 1110 just entered upon ray medical career, and
thOuglit'myself very fortunate in being offered, by
d Wealthy old gentleman, a handsome sum to at
tenci him tb Bath as his medics adviser, and as I
had tin fear-then of being very much missed in Lon
don, I thankfully .accepted the temporary post' of
family and travelling physician tcsSrr Felix -Alessi
ton, which was the name of the old fidgetty mortal
With whom I was condemned to associate (for my
sins, I suppose,) for crime months. -,
If there ever was a fidget of Potty horse tantali
zing
power.. that same, as they say in Ireland, was
:lir Felix Meriton. Every day he had some fresh
iilment to direct my *attention to. and my life was
a continual. worry from morning till night, and not
I:lnfrequently from night till morning likewise.
We used to take ti walk every morning to the
rump• Room, and there Sir Felix picked up seve
ral old acquaintances, among whom there was one
lie was very much delighted with, although he
eras not an ;ld acquaintance either of Sir Felix's,
but only th son of one. His name was Hetton,
and he Was good-humored looking, jovial young
i a
- : man, of abo t six-and.twenty years of age. Still,
to my thinki. the was a peculiarity of expres
rre
sion about ; iim sometimes, ~ which looked as if
his good - hale or and frankness were all assumed. to
hide darker' passions. Moreover, were_
gen
tleman in several midi lies; , --awfill, I mean, on
account of their bare-fa4ed*Mry. but relating
to trivial matters; and pa . tber used to say,
When he found out any one in a lie, "Don't trust
that man, the truth is not in him," I did not trust
Mr. Hetton; for I believed the truth was not in
him. •
ille, however, paid great attentinn and court to
me, As it Will be seen hereafter, for a particular
perpose of his own, and the' old Sir Felix was so
delighted with his stories and his'diolleries,' that
be used to look for him every morning; and at last
lua evening seldom pa.ssed w Rhea -Henan drop
ping is at our llorsakaisd g.aouea-bottles
of old wine at the expense of Sir Felix.
- It was some time &lure I knew his station in
satiety, or what he was; but one evening, after he
hid gone, Sir Felix turned to me, and said:—
? - 'Doctor, that is the most estimable young man
w."
!Indeed. sir," said I.
"Yes," he continued; "he has confided. to me a
matter which shows his heart to be int the right
Pace.' -
"I W. 71 very glad of it," said I•
*You must know, doctor, that his brother, Chas.
Hetton is one of the largest landed proprietors a
tont here. He is believed to be worth upwards of
forty thousand pounds per annum."
"That is a large sum, sir."
"It is; but you mast know," (did Sir Felix gene
istily prefaced everything with, "you must know,")
"that It's very unjust indeed, that he. Charles Het
toe, should have so much and this Robert Hetton
scs'lit de. I knew the father so well years ago, and
I couldn't have believed it possible he would have
made no better provision for his second son than a
the sand pounds a year. You must know it's very
we ing;' ~
S.A.lil" raid I, not knowing whether it was wrong
or
,Oglit, .
"Well," continued Sir Felix-, "they are the only
children of their lather,' and here's one with forty
thousand poUnds a year, and 'the other with only
one thousand." '
Tete there no special reasons, sir," said I, "for
so unequal a provision?".
"Ph! nothing to signify. You must know, Rob
ert Helton. was. as lie tells me quite candidly, a
little wild in early life; .but / was wild-even l
and you doctor were i
... - fiOaeg your pardon." said. I laughing; -"I am not
invite of any particular wildness about me. - But
wasithere any specific act committed by this Rob
ert Hetton to induce his father to make so great a
diffe'senee in circumstances between the brothers!"
`Ton my . soul,-I don't know," replied Sir Felix;
' "but you must know, doctor, that Robert Hetton is.
a cilital fellow, a first rate fellow."
"lb her said T. -- ' • . .
"Oh, dear, yes! 'Now Pit - tell you quite in -confi
denite, a trait in his.'eharacter which is-noble in the
341;0111e." , , ~ .
hive me, then," 'Said I, "I shall bear it with
pl ' are.' '
" oor Robert?" conlinnedSir Felix, "he-he shed
. - when. he told' _me. - , Yen must know, doctor,
tea t
tha . I Sharliis, hiii eldest - brother,"you know, who
iiiidi ' the property, you ; must knods-eldsssivell
••-14---;-, Whit ido'you think , eb, - doctOil" .
• -' 0 1iRrir-an-Uthinkr- said I. with difficulty sup ;
preiiii i ing . : a laugh- at Sir , Felix's .singular and.origt
eel manner of :telling a story. -.•. , • •, .
..I'V3l welt, : you, must know Charles il . t'://, is
»ladßidr
._., ~,..,„...
quite mad. ,Don't mention it,. - Poor:Rob
)ert fps haul..is-in the right, place.; .11e crick-you
tOsi. - know, whewhe he. me:: Oil - erhat do., you
Alt of ; that, rotor tipoli:hil hart Isla the right
,•
c•-" Bid lie - add . iiiything sir,istie,! - tri the'cottfideriee
rest4ctiog the madness of his briitherr.'-`J
"4°Y-thin% else ? -Oh, yes.- ile , erietl like a be
.wildered lat . ", and be add he. krieW,be Qugh!" - it
livfii i,l4du y to take Cite" of his blither." ' , ,
"Andr ;Protiertyl"-ilaid 'V- r- - - " , ..- •''' - '''''''''-'-' •
diir.'li. snot - 00 416 did's*" y'' , hisile- t' , .' you
ire totielt witeb.-410;i'lt-: young . -Witch, , ,;lniisen;
,F 4 4 1 i0.J 1 04;-31: 4 ;.-Innst:irriyor,:that, be couldrq
,•i*'. las i n u¢to 40'1 1 lx othe
4 ,pod ante IneinnitieriaTtnzikrf ol4 i e ico- ~ .'3 . '-' • ,:"
001elifildid ' 'V. - : ", ''' ' : - - -I• ''q'S ','• Q • ... 1 . q: .:- .
I i . ' • .l n n zu tilSedi idlOgist?. ion siiimikleirt a rgued
1 lo r . • - aid: whirl -he said,- thirFethi;/lintritit' •
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-dtdi iikolort.l7 l iddidi,'•l '-‘,''''• • :-,-: l'..'-'' - ' _.''---.
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lid.loV - flllo;4llk:iecitivicA
lid :at thokiibul iiiilk*iiiibkOsoe,
MONTROSE, • PENN'A., ,THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1851.
"And what did 'Youadviiihim to do, sire'
"Advise him! Oh, why, you must know, I ad
vised him to get some medical man to see his bro
ther, and then he asked me, quite confidentially,
what I thought of you. you must know, and I told
him t'had the very highest opinion of you."
"You are very kind; Sir Felix,"
• "Then he said, he 'supposed you were very well
off' )on must know, and I said, 'No, yoll were
not."
"Which is strictly true, Sir Felix. What did he
say then?"
"Oh, let me see—then he cried again, poor young
man, and said soniething about neglected merit,
and all that kind of thin. you know." -
"Yes, pretty well," said I.
"So he said then, doctor,—eh—you must know,
he mid, if he did a medical opinion. about his poor
brother, and a certificate of his lunacy—Leh—you
,understand I"
"Perfectly."
"Well, if he did, he would .have him under the
care of some medical man, who should visit him
once a week as long as he remained in the mad
house you know. I think you'll get the job, you
see—Sir? Fire hundred a year he says hell give."
,"As long as his brother is in the mad house, Air
Felixr
"Fsactly; that's it.
"Didite say anything more, sir?"
think be cried again, and 1 say. you un
derstand;that`his•heart was in the right place."
I reflected for)t moment, and then I merely said:
"I thank you from my heart, Sir Felix, for your
kind mention of me, and tomorrow I will endeavor
to make up my mind on the subject."
"Do, do," said Sir Felix. "Good night, doctor,
good night."
* *
IMM::IMI:M3
"Is this atrair a piece of monstrous villainy-or
nett^ 1 said to. myself, as I sat down in my room,
after I had hidden Sir Felix goodnight "dues this
Robert Hetton speak the truth, "or is this a deep
plan to force his brother into a mad-bout, and
take possession of his propertyl I must be cau
tious; but, at all events, I feel it to be my duty to.
ascertain the truth."
I then sat fdi full an hour reflecting upon what
rwould be the best plan I could pursue to foil the
' villainy, if villainy it was. of Robert Hetton, and
place the elder brother on his guard against the
frightful conspiracy that the other was endeavoring,
to hatch against his peace.
Fidget as Sir Felix was, I. knew, as he himself
would have expressed it. that his heart was.in the
right place. and I felt quite certain of his'cordial
support in the right cause, always provided I could
convince his peculiar mind which wa.t that cause.
.1 at length-determined that Pivot'ld converse
with Robert Rehm upon the matter, and. try to
come to some positive opinion reimrciirg his inten
tions, and that at the same time I would make in
quiry in the City concerning, both him - and Ills-elder
brother, and learn all the particulars I could in or
der to form an accurate.judgment.of the affair.
• With this resolve I went to my bed and to sleep.
My first thoughts, however, upon waking in the
morning were directed towhrds the best meads of
commencing my inquiries concerring the family of
the blettons.
* * * a.
I learned with satisfaction 'from Sir Felix at the
breakfast table that he would not go from home
until after luncheon time, and I congratulated my
self upon , having all the morning to pursue my in
quirietr, but then arose the puzzling question of
where and how to begin them? I thu t and tho't
until my brain %vas fairly tired, and at last I deter
mined to ',go to the Pump Room, and see if chance
would throw, any casual acquaintance in my way
who might aid me.
I accordingly sallied forth, and as good fortune
would have it, almost the first person I met, was
a gentleman with whom I had frequently exchan
ged civilities, and who always seemed to know
something of every body.in Bath,
After some trilling chit-chat, I said. - 1 .
"Can yhu tell me anything of a family of the
of Betton. residing herer
"What do you mean the liettons of the Grange?"
he-replied.
"Very likely I do," said I, -there are two broth-
ers."
"Charles and Robert?" -
"Exactly; the one is rich and the other but mod
erately so."
"And you might add," said my acquaintance
:'that the one is a gentleman, and the other—
a-hem:"
"I heard that Robert Hetton had been a little
wild in early life; and had so angered his father."
"Wild:" cried my acquaintance; "bless your in
nocence? It's kept very close by the family, but I
happen to know that it cos!. hi. father ten thousand
pounds to save Master Robert from hanging." ,
"Is that possible?"
'lt's true, if it isn't possible, us the man in the
play says. The fact is, Robert Iletton, ,who lam
really sorry to see so intimate with your - friend,
Sir Felix Meriton, has run 'through a career of ex
traordinary crimes:his escapes` have been wonder
ful. His dither left hiin but one hundred a, year to
live upon, which, however, his brother Charles gen
erously increased to a thousand, with a further inti
mation of an annual increase if he behaved himself
with common propriety. I heard all This from the
'professional adviser of the family, and. can-depend
upon its truth. I Would not tel Lit to you, but I
can see by your manner that you have some cause
for your inquiries, and I know sufficiently of you to
feel sure that it is a good motive that prompts
your curiosity?'
"I am extremely obliged to you," said L as, in
deed, I truly felt. "Will you answer tae, two more
questions?"
"Certainly; as many as youlike.".
"Well, then, what sort of a:man is Mr. Clutrles
'Hetton?" -
,"A schollar and 4 gentleman. One of the - hest
hearted men that ever , breathed, but nervous and
'rather irritable, and a little eccentric through want
of iiitereoinse with the'world." • •
'You never' beard," said I, "any doubts of his
sanity? , • •
"Certainly not,"
"NO* will you..tell me effiere'tbe professional
gentlenian lives, wholsits for Mr, Chailesllettonl"
"Yew hie nide' is Steel, l and . holifeis in Prindes
°street" . ; :
"I thank you," said ,guest rightly, when
you think me much interested; in this matter. .A 1
present I - etinnot - tel(yoh royinispi
eli3glll4eAT'llre arkia;;and I Live tio *taint:y-10
go; uPOI4 - t_eit *ben P.nekt•l'see youi , I Wilk Itah
tell you list of news." ", ,
"Wetl, take your owkihne,7-said my fri end=
!`:•AtdiOte , "- -;:•:" •• •• t- • -
We tiettetn4lhotalt; havjafg,,
object Of jet
:gd o rn i ni e f i nenentu a br ec t; .
le
Unebilonilsvoloa vosiderarabottititotied,l74t
must, alsolOgit-)jandO_lne-POPO4,
p ßi
4 ,otitif
"Sure—etund • • • • : t : - -;1444
*taw anything about • Agri
.
lltobert lietton said. Be crie - d, a great deal. Dear
, m e , you know his heart is in the right place—ehr
"I hope it is, sir."
"You hope! Ellow, doctor,' you don't doubt, do
!youl You must know 1 thought of asking him to
;dinner--eill" ,
"I am very glad of it, sir." said 1, "because if
!you will be kind enough to say von have mention
led the matter to me, he will talk about it, and I
I shall be able to coine r perhaps, to some understan
ding with him-"`
-Very good," said Sir Felix.
must know he's a capital fellow."
I shitted the - conversation. forl was- anxious to
have Mr. Robert Hetton to dinner, and get -him to
expose as mach SS his goodly plot as lie would, be- I I
Fore attempting to Open the eyes of
.poor Sir Fe -.-1
Six, .-Who would have spoiled 'every thing by his'
1 honest precipitancy—fur at bottom a better man.
1 never breathed than the eccentric old knight,. He
Sirere exceedingly jolly; *he cloth being removed
r Felix orderer the best of wine, and we at at a
Small table with every Appearance,of extreme cor
diality towards each other. .
I: -Well." said Sir Felix, when the second glass of
i wine had gone round, "you must know, Hetton, my
good fellow, I just mentioned to the doctor, our lit
-1
le conversation—eh—about the clanking of chains
and all that kind of thing."
-The what, sir," said Hetton.
"Oh, you know,--the mad business. You know
Whenever th4res any body mad in a play—eh—
it's done with a wisp of straw and a chain, you
, "Consider, sir, the feelings of a broths/I"' said
lit'etten, covering eyes for a moment with a hand
kerchief.
"Oh. dear me. beg your pardon. really."
l • "Don't say another word."good friend," said Het•
con: "it's my weakness. Never mind me, sir."
The old man gave me a nudge t#ith his elbow,
and making his band up into a trumpet, he mid--
; ..Doetor—eh—yon see—heart in the right place!"
"Sir Felix has mentioned to me, Mr. Hetton,"
acid I. "somethiQg concerning a conversation he
had with you, absut your brother."
"Oh, doctor." said iletton, "what an awful calam
ity is insanity!"
"Indeed it is," I said. "the most awful camamity
tp, which the human race is subject without doubt."
"I am placed," ho continued, "as you see,• in a
most painful situation. My poor brother might
bare Indulged his insane eccentricities unheeded
hy the world, .and I could have paliated and soft
ened them oil; but now he is Actually going to
rharry a young woman, who must know his real
cbtidition; and therefore is, without doubt, actuated
by sordid motives."
"Indettl!" said I. 'about to marry is her
"Yes: k is truly shocking—dreadful--awful."
"So it is," cried Sir Felix; "ii must be put .a stop
ttv. Why. good gracious! in—in nine months; you
kinow, ;doctor--eh—there would be a mad baby—
ehr
"There 'see course, there would." said
Hetton, -again covering his face with his lomdher
chief, as 1 strongly suspected, to smother a laugh.
-That's viewing the subj?et in a very serious
light indeed," continued Sir Felix. "You must
know I think that is a dreadful supposition."
"Perttopli," I said, "viewing the matter in that
l .. ight, it does present inself in disagreeable colors."
' I saw the' sharp, small twinkling eyes of Hetton
fixed on me as I spoke, in order evidently to judge,
if possible by my countenonee what I really tbo
upon the subject. I dater myself, however, that
I completely hatlEled his penetration 3 for I felt the
urgent necessity of„ getting as mbch,of his inten
tions out of him as possible, in order the more ef
fectually to defeat them.
After a pause, he said, turning towards me;
• "If you, doctor, would consent to see my poor
brother, arid give me your _candid opinion as to
whether - you consider it necessary to remove him
to an asylum on your certificate of lunacy, and for
you to visit him there once a week for an annual
stipend of three hundred, I should esteem it a very
great favor, although it cuts me to the heart to
be under the necessity of asking such an one."
This speech was a tolerable home thrust, and
oh ! how I thanked God in my inmost soul at that
moment, that I was tree from the contagion of that
common opinion, that money, however ohatined, iy .
the source of, happiness 1 Young, inexperienced.
and poor, as I then was, what a treasure three hun
dred pounds,a year would have been to me, if 1.
could have, for an instant, contemplated the deep,
damning crime to the commission of which this
man, or rather this fiend in the shape of man, would
have tempted me.
The meaning of Hetton's speech was so clear to
me ; it was so evident to my mind that he wanted
to bribe me, as a yours g and poor physician, to
write a certificate of his brother's lunacy, which be
could then have got backed by a magistrate and
used as b legal authority fur removing hire to a lu
natic asylum, that I looked at Sir Felix Menton in
amazement that he, too, did not clearly perceive
the drift of Iletton's disiburee. '
I saw. "in my mind's eye," in a Moment how
artfully the scoundrel had arranged his scheme and
calculated upon its results; His brother was going
marry, and should be have children, there was
an end of the hopes and speculations of Mr. Rob
ert hietton. Now, if he.couid succeed in placing
poor charles in a lunatic asylum, he could then pe
. petition the -Lord Chancellor fur -leave, as the
next heir, to bold the property in trust; and even
should the most rigorous inquiry be instituted, the
probability would be that Charles Hutton ivould
have been long enough subject to the Horrors of a
lunatic asylum to be Alive') really insane, as hot
friquentty hen the epael Of my, fidelity, bad I
entered into the ecandiklous plot. he made himself
sure by offering an tinnual sum instead or a heavy
bribe altat once.
All this passedthrough nay mind mudh More
rapidly than I could tell-it, and,.feariug that Het
ton nught, bye possibility, find some medical mad
who would. be.britred—for, I knew 'that such things
had beet - F . —l feigned to understand him and to re 7
eetve his proposition as ; he. wished, in order 'the
More effectually_to defeat it.
I will see your brother wheneyer'Yon wish, 4 I
mid; it'be - to- morrow
- -If you please," he iaid, it is inelancholytin
tY, but it Must be done."
You do Obit your brother, eh, Robert e said
because, you. must knew, I thought
i9u.avervenotterms-441 You know
he' heti , not need.i c ou well about money matters,
at Only to thin brothel' frcfy dinwand,
tied the other only otter
. .
"IVO need not bear Walser: - - SW Felix," 'wad
bh ..Ohitainly net hon
er, your feelings : .. heart, my; clear BOO:mils
titarq .
in the rlght:plactkwthr .
. o EasitlY;-"..eakl • ",
• .l: -•
'We sat , for theeyoga , end _ jar . .
raferwaialittiffl4, ar;ir• tlietOin ipsi
' l aioof one Oil ;wee ,1f wiser etc tly prudent
insa,niftike toolt = uopiaiesi tb 1 11 1 10.
"-At , what; hour woiarro*:woukk it Ii
rime
ailroisitt4ibil
4 1 =2
"Took yip; sod 136 - ; I
,heiverimuci eats,-
ed at having met you, and, I assure you that you
will 'find iale, liberal in the extreme."
I merely bowed my head to this,
.and, after - Sir
Felix had tried to s ing Griy," and the
" Fine Old English Gentleman," to the most extra
ordinary tunes that can be conceived, we separk;
ted for the night. .
Not tong since. at a convivial party, at which
Mr. Webster and several distinguished lawyers were
present, the conversation happening to turn on the
legal profession,Mr. Webster related the following'
story: - We do not pretend to give it in his own
peculiar and delightftil style: -
When I was avoung practitioner, said-Mr. 'Web
ster, there was b ut' one man at the New-Hamp
shire bar of whom I was afraid, and that was old
Barnabv. There were .but feti . men who dared to
enter the lists with him. On one occasion Barna
by was employed to defend a suit for apiece of.
land, brought by a little, crabbed, cunning lawyer - ,
called Bruce, , Bruce's ease was looked upisit as
good as lost when it was asce'rtainecl that Barnaby
was retained against him. The suit came on for ,
trial, and Burnaby found that Bruce had worked
bard, and left no stone unturned to gain the victo
ry. The testimony for the plaintiff was very strong,
and unless it could be impeached the case of the
defendant was lost.
"so I will. You
The principal witness introduced by the plain
tiff Wore a red shirt. In surtiring-tip for, the de
fence, Old Barnaby commenced a furions'ittack on
this witness, pulling his testimony all to pieces,
and appealing to the jury if a tnan.who'wore a red
coat was, under the circumstances, to be believed.
"And who is this red-coated witness," exclaimed
Barnaby, "but a Aeseandent of our common ene
my, whn has striven, to take from us our liberty,
and wouli not hesitate now to deprive my prior
client ()fins land, by making-any sort of a red-coat
ed statement U'
_
During this speech Bruce was walking up and
down the bar, greatly excited and half convinced
1, that his base was gone, knowing. as he did, the
1 prejtidices of the jury against any thing British.--
Wbigt, however, Barnaby was gesticulating ; and
I leaning forward to the jury in his eloquent appeal,
his shirt-bosom opened slightly, and Bruce acci
dentally discovered that Baruaty, wore a red un
der-shirt.
Bruce's countenance brightened up. Putting
both hands in his coat pockets, he walked the bar
with great confidence, to -the aktbnislunenf of his
client and all lookers on. Just asißarnaby conclu
ded, Bruce whispered in the ear of his client, "I've
got him—your case is safe;" and,:approaching the
jury, he cornrnenceed his reply to the slaughtering
argument of his adversary.
Bruce gave a regular history of the ancestry of.
his red coated witneSs, proving hi s patrotisin add
devotion to the country, and his character for truth
and veracity. "But what. gentlethen of the jury;"
broke forth Bruce - loud strain of elognence,
while his eye flashed fire, "what are you to ex
pect of a man who stands hero t,, de fe nd a cause
based on no foundation of right or justice whatever;
of a man who undertakes to destroy our testimony
on the 'ground that my witness wears a red coat,
when, gentlemen of the jury, -when, when, gentle
men of the jury"—[here Bruce made a spring, and
catching Barna* by the bosom of the shirt, tore it,
open, displaying his red flannel] —" when Mr. Bar-,
naby himself wears a red flannel coat concealed
-under a blue one f"
The effect was electrical ; Barnaby was beat at
his own game, and Bruce gained the cause.
Jenkins hnd been to a-convivial paii;y—a gen
tleman'a• party—and had been so pleased with the
company, or the quality of the punch, that be be •
came oblivious not only to the flight of time, but
to the fact that he . had promised his better half to
be home by ten o'clock! But Jenkins was " go
ing at last—not exactly straight, perhaps—but go
ing he was, towards home too—deluding himself
with the idea that he was whistling "Jeannette
and Jeannotte," very creditably—when the clock
struck twelve.
"By Ju-Judas!" extlaimed Jenkins with a hid
cup, "what will Mrs. Jenkin say to this)" and the
thought of what she would say, considerably sober
ed the ordinarily discreet Mr. Jenkins.
In the process of time, however, he found his
house, his iiight key, and after a patient search, the
key hole—the piolonged scratching for which in
duced\ Mrs. Jenkins (who was sitting up in her
night clothes and swaying tiaeltivards and tbr*ards
in her rocking chair) that there was a regiment of
cats trying to get in at the N street door, and " won
dering what on earth" had taken her sponse!
But Jenkins at last stpOd before the battery
which he had dreaded to fade, lobking like the for
lorn hope of. a straining party.
"My dear, where have }sou been r' ejaculated
Moi. Jenkins; "It is too bed! Here I ha - 0e been
sitting and waiting for you till I am so nervous,
that every thing. in the room seems to be siding
around."'
Jenkins had thus far exbibitedia most peniten
tial countenarce•; but. as the lady's last:words fell
_upon hisear, Jenkins' eye might have been teen to
twinkle with an idea, and a ray.of hope. :Isamu
kg an air otdeep solicitude; he replied-f
-" Pray don't. alarm (hic) yourself, Mss. Jenkins,
about the things (hie) goitig around I' it is just ill
where I haw bait; and you may depend upon it,
it Is all fit (hie) the atmosphere r
Mrs; Jetikinsltook a surprised but deprecating
survey of her lord, and retired to rest; but to this
day, a slight allusion to 416 atmosphere." is sum
to 'bring Jenkitie Wale at a seasonable hour.-2211w
- Haven, Register.
, r ,
Iry NIFTLE. sovlt a ,
masTElt. BACK Man received
a large lot of lobsters fresh and lively, when a boy
stood Inching as.the critters; teeomptutied by his
- dog. - -
"Sunposis.yott put your dues' tail between the
lobster's claws r said thg man. . . • ,
Agreed," said. the boy. •
The fog was extracted from the cla*, and die
(fogs tail inserted.' ' Aivax Went the dog off 4mi%.
howling it the , soetzefint Nil got fruet- the MP
Whistle youi dog Mick;' cried the
' "'Whistle yout lebster back," cried the boy
absquittulated: !The boy • Made a 'lebite.r....supPet
thatagight ; . .. ! • •
: Th e liew,Totif tribunCatleAlts ,Aoeritr
Onter4 4 itivfd In t biit 6 0 . 1* *dal* , An4ll-Bilb- ,
op a* aro** iii enjerritot bleviited
e confess ***naiot but doilitthO religieln;*-
fine‘ce of the singing of inkritmeeti wbetin:Vrat
from a gentleniardrboiliend'and hOlige. fdll of
children; end tot*np Irith pckbellied
ecrafer 9t.tatlttit"ZotalhiW%row**
- tarostior, 0423011.01 , T0cki1i
itilkiabschriciri :At with 44. wtSIL itard,
to let thorn stonier. 4s 42 IM I .It1 1, 7:. o°.-41(1,11A
titay bunk proatgiouglp
(Conclurion in our next.)
Red Coat vs. Red Shirt.
How Jenkins Accounted for It.
i i
.. - .:- • . The s - i - , Itt i c .„.. , ~,i , , ? , ,-,--,7 . .,.,,,: , ,,,,,,,,
tea er : Iltle. - II , -
used
The
ut .
s f 4l: i : To re y 9.lA: in gt g :able acc ni o cci :in t to ib t r; 7 4 ; ol44., accition ."l
, tii: gi ,7 4..;... )::ii:.;
.
The Atlantic lea .Livetpirt_cat the 28th,Peitirt*ci;
her, in See straining CondititM;iland *.itit ii %
apprehension on the partitif lie ; taker' t-lii . ;''. -,--,.,
tii - ter voyage . It' yco, blgiii ' -iretrong gislilliti'.s'i
i
the time of departure, from W. S. W." 163 much 111);2,,
as to render itlinpossible to ; :`.4.4d; (hi pgot. -....:0n , :i , :.,
the 09th December, 9 . 4.0 ; P, 11.,halitkipatitt*Pii,1 . .
Clear, and fiiirly:commencdheiiihiltne.piAssge 10 . ,-,'„
ii tinging-at once into a heatflitiail . li*au, stem, .is
taw . strong westetirgales,wllo:eontihiiel*itlA.,
.04' mtermissicri tor the timii.felktivirig"..tip*thir' - " ..1 :
d' yof the:accident: On the Atli,of4 l o o oi,# .- .'-' : .-
ti on,she Was in latitnde'46, - l'ongit - cidi - !il'"'_ . 't'',i'' - :,' .- 'blpIl!•r - :,. - -:!-
-t . li, s e t nT igt ines al we e r i e f sti m prie W d;ais it i W tlir ti' Mi ''A tilit f'g tettipkia.i. -? ! lif4: .: - 3,
,13 the engineers on acceitiotthes.brilalrffite.fther , :2:l
i
eceeutric strap to the starboarii„.o.l4*-: - .
- examination, It was detelinitied to go ilitiad.agaidirJ::
Working that engine by - heed; 'liiit anntheris*44d,-;:f - :':
tit:in of the wheels proved that - .40. - leeident viiiirea* . : : ,
ajmuch more serious natilte•rrtliii:midn„okiiikT4, - ;',...3 . -, , ,
tnund broken completely. throil 1 4, (ip ~a .., 1;.. • i...';
'direction.) the bearing of the= ; of ticierAiiilleiti. ! 7" ...,.,-'.,.
aid the additional turn af ter' he first - s e :-. ":-- --;-:_;-
caused. one part of thershaftl to over the aches,
thus fracturing both pillar bl tindlitiodfirill
t e engines' perfectly_ useleile. 11 ";.. -.-- --'.. -..-4‘... ~-
1 The ship was at once hove iii - unilei:stOrni._- : -.- : z
rs.
; the wheels lathed and all htnde mitioyeddri.
ng the night and the following dirite.aenditigtiip
'the square yards . and stripping4teri‘beelwAtlitioA:_
I floats—a task at once difficult if dangerous: icris ..'..'-f';
1 O c ale- n o n f l lnd a , and
p ill e esk v sii t t o v . i re i d ic .: A r t it e h i tt 7 bu , 1: !..,..;
7
1 On the 7th and fith, laying tc4wlth thei:l344 - ::
an abatement of the sale add a pilaw of wia&Ali!,. ;
the captain Mkt! all hands were ¢extrticaelilloll**l '
to reach some port (inner dwn Oast. 'On Ihelth • :,
Lte wind hauled to the librthtest, and' heeiiihe '• '
cuite moderate. Immediately det sailAnd - igs , -.
Phil a Course for 8a1ifax;.,397 ' ileti:disfent r And
red
York 1,400. This *path F
't. Coritineed_nntil '-.
Meridian of 10th when observer b, pbtOit tlnfitiiir -:',
180 miles'sonth and 70 miles west of Au"- pbsitiou'% ,
at the time of the accitleht, ' Alialsi niii , ::spring --:::•::
up again Item southwest, and itimmaneOseaty
i to heave the ship to; for even viiihtnederat4tweit: ...,
ther it was evident to us that shCccitild . db - hothint.: - :
tiv the 'Wind under canvas: ?' Ai 4A,
7 :'ilk/Af thell " --'
alarge ship passed. bound to the eastward -lase ---
1 she either did not see or- took o'notice of our sig- -,.
nide'distress. At •10 r. Ir., after takineAtt.amt- • "
rate account of stores on board, deniierdetingthir I
aPpa ut im,pos_sibility of Medi I g.' lit:miti' with‘tliii - -
ship in her pretent disabled:cdh 'cite, thiitiptain
' determined,:with the assent; of 12 - birieiri and=pall-' ---
stingers, to bear up for-the coast of Fatrop!.t . vbich
=was accordingly done . Front t, s time te the:oil ...
'dy frothing of importance oven ed. ' 'We liiid s fer•
1 . tuk
wed gales and high. sea the ship inado:iii •-.:-
a ante distance of 150 miles day, - -andlithit,
i torrid ran 1,400 :miles. , .t .e ... .. _ of.,thir 4„,* ..
srie-anchdred in the Cork harbor 'whit fict.jlene,
whenconsidering the bulk bt ''''' ,sh'er*aitill
sPars, light canvas, and beaty ' clii - nelsaiiiilti. -..;
cient. to prove her a splendid -s ' „boat,JusCust.: :: ,
add, in no.amall degree, to the,
.Putallon - ,...a1i 5i5 ea4 . ...
ac wired by her commander for • denettat4 stia%" . ..:
1 mimship.
''ln regard to the conduct oft , ''-- ' - -Wl-•-' , .
de,r.sach trying circemstarice,lcat ttoeti Mini loam- . '
ly i be,said: Suffice it that they briiii the, - mistar.
r tupe with beceming - fortitode andich&ifulnlilie,tiMe . - - .....
testified, on leavingber at Cort,pitiali - iyinimi , - --,
1 tl4 , as thong, who h a ve a more p , enr-Ditentst -
in 1 the good old Atlantic, ! . '=. '..-- ~ ....--.1,'
be Atlantic-had on board i 56,0 tons of,freight; --
an a considerable quantity' 'of iiiiecie, whiclt thie-...
Cambria was Chartered to bring tvetctimr, pielit'-- •
bl sailed ihorri Cork on the 4th inst,'..direek far:.
'N w York. 'Before :the Afrita 14ft, armpit**
w e making to tow \ the Atlantic till f iyerpeol-foi
I. 1 purpose•of being repaired; l is - will 'rai,iibly
hi
re uire three months. . TheAfri . tringihermithi . :
an passengers.
..
I - ...I). W. Sursaurr,37Chief Officer../$
le the town of 11.=,Perrnh that:a - 14i i :
ma who is welly known for his gl my' ditiosiKitiii.. - -,_
an for entertaining a settled tied - . that.tiiis tie
mo t unlucky of mortals. Let t w teYer titly 4 1 ,i1k
pe to him he considers the event dim:stem...en&
al ays . grumbles—" Just my en ' liiek l"`'-: Id
sp eof his hopelessness the marl sA universalist
in is religions belief; but being a ittle-aiiitkeii in
t a
his faith one day by the argumentOta neighbor t
exelaimed, " Well I don't believe -they'll is -a hill :
but • if there is one, it will be just
,iiij
. tiliatild luck
to get into it i -.' • , ".' -
' '
.
A. yoarr , lady who talkif eloqn . ;lvi abo:ni la%
i§, probahl'y, inc§p§ble of feeling I Paeti . Azi* ,
doe nbt overflow id Words. M:titf*iv*
sineerelybelieves that she ill . • 'op li Liiill4*
ending attachment; When shat
of having a lover Mid hearing , liet :fftkio;
by others.. ' '''. .- ,•
•' % ' ... A. Ann
"For what do you wink at Me el ":110.a...taaw
tiful young lady, amitily, to i strai,ygez: .a t,a wty .
an evening* two since - 1 . ,
I big your rah:fon, madiihr.4lepliO• tha 1114 .:
: I 'llllOW nn men do looltingit tizz*n;')!bizz'splikii
~.dor dazzled my eyea." ~.• ) . i,
Have you peen .anytheat'Of ii" ,
*here amund here I" toquiied a • .tleittatrar UV
mon s few days Alnee. ," Witl4" tilled Cloak
"rite seen lot. of boy acliolank, I yesterdai ,
a khan Irving to Wilt a dog tajtuap
• i'lbitt the only dog iiiitelari!
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r,an the - .4 , ' •
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