I U t e o-v-n-m-s~i ' From little signs likellttle stars, Whose faint imPresslen en. the sense The t•ory lookiniidinight at 11nfs, ' dr only seen:by, confluence; From instinct - Of - a:mutual thought, • • Whence.ianctity. r 'Manners flow'd; irti'm chance uudonscipus and from what 'Clonciilment over consc;tows show.'d; ' liar wrist's - less Weight.upen my arm • lowlier that matched with this, • [Mind and felt with strange st - oyd colmeitted to rny•bliss; . ' 1 grow essur'd.before I aided, . , And in her uncinini'd grdees ,•, 'At lelstirirtillfitii time should scree: . With just enough of dread to The hepe, nod make it ti'ebly dear; . Thus loath to speak the word to kill; ' _ 'lope itr-happy fesiv--• 'fill once, through lanes retudilifg lifer laughing sisters lagg'd:behxildl And, ere we reaeli'd her father's gate, We plsed. with 011{1 presontient mind; .tod, in the dim and perfumed inlet, Their,coteillg.stayed, who, blytho end free, And_Vory weineo r love4 to assist-- A lover's oppertuOty. ' • ' . • Twice rose; twice died ttytrembling word; Th.o . faint and frail cathedral chimes Spait:e time and Music., 'arni - we beard - ^ The chaferirustling in the limes. for diess,that:toncit'd mo•wherel .. stood: The warmth alter confided arm; ' e.ler boom's gentle neighborhood; Ilor.plensure In her power to charm; Ifor look her love. her forni": berthuch, Tho lca4 leemed most by - bliagrui turn, Blissful but __:Andtit'uglit,.o6 way ward souLio_ yearn. it was an if.n.harp with,wirea Was travcrsedby the breath I drew; , Aud, obi siveiytketing a f desires,, ' • . Sito,.answering, dii..:gdthat she loved too. trFactli. N 3 - THE CEMINAL-WITNESS. In the spring of 48; I was called to ..Tookson 1- Wattend_caurchaving-been---engtiged -to de;- tend a young - Manraccused of robbini the mail ---- I - had a lOng conference with my client; lie acknowledged to. me that on the night when . the mail was robbed, he had been with aparty of (Basil ated companiOns over toTapham, and that on returning, they met the mail carrier on horseback coming froin Jackson. Some of his,,companions were very drunk, bad they, proposed to stop the carrier and overhaul his " bag. ,;The roads Isere very mudds at theAtne, and the - etnteh could not run. AI) , client as• sated me that he not only had no band .in rob. bing the - Mail; but that he tried. to dissuade his coMpanions. But they would not listen to. him. One , of:them slipped up behind the Carrier and -knocked him, from his horse.— ," Then, tbeY boUnd and blindfolded him, and having-tied him - to a tree , they took the mail hag and made off to a neighboring field, where they overhauled it, finding some five hundred dollars hi money - in various letters. Ifewent with them but in no way did he have any hand in the crime . .. Those who did it fled, an'd as Tr' recognize. im in the parry, be lad been arrested: „The mail bag had been found as.well as the letters from which money' had been. taken, iiele - koPt by order of the - otfiCers, and dupli cates sent_to the various persons, to whom they were directed. These letters had been given` to me fir - examination, .atnd I bad re. turned.thera to the prosecuting attorney: I got through with my pridate preliminaries about noon, and as the case would not come up before the next day, 1 wentitito the court to see what . was going on. The - first case which came up was one 'for theft, and . the prisoner was a young girl not more than soy enttien•Yeais of-age, Elizabeth Madworth.— :She was very rat) , and bore that mild; inno cent look, which we seldom find in the culprit. She was pate and Trlptened; - atid the moment my eyes rested upon 'her; rpitied her; -ghe . had been weeping profusely,. for her bosom was wet, bat as she found so many eyes upon her she became too.tnuah frightened to weep I==! 'The complaint against ber woe set -forth that ehe,bad Wien one hundred dollari from s Mtn. Natkeby arid as the case went :on, I found that Naseby was her Mistress-, a' wealthy, widow, living in town. 'The poor . girl 'declared bei innocence in the moat wild terma, and ,called ,cur God to witness that iibe weuld - lathei die than ideal. • But 'Circum- , , sta,nees sgainet her; . A bandred dollars bank notes bad been stolen front bee mistress's 4ifotn, •and - she was tbe - ,iinly one who bad assess there. , Atthie juncture,' While the taintreseNvas up , ors the wit ness , eland, a young, man eatucand -caught tne by the arta. He wits a lipe fellow, and'big le ars' istOod in his eyes. • ,•, 4Theitell 'yen, are', good lawyer 1' he _ ‘, 4 / am a law er,' I 'unaltered. , 4Then-o.l—save ;Yog can. certainly itbi it, for she Is ittooent.'`, • Gls she . your sinter t' ' ' • The iouth hesitated and oblorid: - o sir,' be said. qint—but' MEER Here ,hohesitated'agalu.. : .:. - ; 41as ehe, , no CouriselP I asked, 'None , that's good :,for :anythingnobodY.• that'll dit_anytking, ter ;Md I'll pay you all 'ge'.. entet , ,•Pay - you much, but Icon raise something.' . • • I reflect for a moment. • I Oast .my :eyes to waid_the-priteoner,•as'she was.4t thaimoment looking at ma.' , She bought' my eye, '.and the . . volume of humble,. and prayerful 'enteelty. I read in those large tearful orbs, • rt stdved' nn in r moment. I - knew The girl wad innocent . ; • Or. at fat I firmly believe so—and Ramps l_could help her: 1 arose'Tind it en Ittidelend her. "She said yes.. I then ineorlii- . ecl the.court That I was ready to enter Into the ease; and Watiindmitted,at once. I'he'''lond'• muitimr . Of.satisfactiOn 'Which run through . the - room, quickly . told me whore the 'sympathies -of-the-people were.... ; - . • -- -I asked7for . .ft niernint's • cesaittion,- . that. I . .might speak te•My client I Went and sat down by her; and Milted lier:to stilt! to Ms:candidly_ the whole case. She' told' mw she had lived with Mrs. Naseby nearly two years, and' that du r i mg-a 11 , -tha trouble.belore. About two weeks ago, she said her mistresk lost a hundred ... dollars. She missed it troni the. drawer,' the girl told me, 'and aliti - -asked me about it; but I know nothing.of it. The next thing - I knew. Nancy Luther told Mrs •Nasby that she saw' me take the money from the drawer— that . she watched me through the key bole, They then Wint to, m,y ... trUnk, and they found twenty five dollars of the . missing money there. But 0, sir - I neier took • it—some .omi - olse.'..,put that money there!' --- - ". • • I then, n,lt.ed her if sho suspected uny one 'I don!l:linew she said, who ooulsl have done tout-,Nuncy..t-Sties-treverlikt - dm - e;liWeruiTie She thought I was treated better than she was : 1 -She is the cook", and I was chatriberruaid.', She pointed•Nane.y i Lutbenout to me. She. was, a stout, - tiold-fiTheil . girl," , ttbMit "two and - twenty with.n low forehead, enroll :grhy eyes; a. pug_ n0t.41;- ., and tli?1, 1 lips. I caught "her -glance at:onee as-it-restod-upon-tholittr young imisOnen and thelnament . l. deteoted - the 14)k. or hatred which I read there, I rAEI convinced that she was the rogue. 'Off, sir, can yaphelp me Y' my client asked in a fearful whiler. • • - •Naney Luther, did you say that girt's name Was ?'• • - • . . 'Yes sir.' •,, --- . • 'ls there any other girl of that- name about Leto V— .:. • • . ~ • ; 'Then you didn't have trnty•live dollars -- - - when you came there!' • . _,. , No sir.' ' • ` jr . 1 -.No air ;an what's. M more the money , foußd , : ,:Then you may rest easy. .A.ll . try narirt - o save you: .. . in the girl's trunk was the' money that rs. Igaiieby lust. You might have known that, if I left the court room, and went to the pros- -,irou'd'reinember whal you hear.' - • - . ecuting attorney, and asked him for letters e This W . FIB said s `w'ery sarcastically, arLd was, had handed him—the ones that had been etol?' intended as a crusher upon the idea that she en from the mail bag. He gave them to , me, could have . put the money in the prisoner's and after having selected one, I returned the. t run k,.• however, I, was not overcome en rest, and told'him I would see that he had the tirely. one I kept before,night. I theh returned to • •Will you tell 'me if Youbelong to this State? the court room and the case went-on. - ''' I asked neit. ___Aire—Naseby_resurresilter__testitneuy, She __!l do eir_2___ -------` - - ------------ he-QtArineett-lien 1111 - I I I issuer s care and that no One else had access there but herself. Then'desslibed the missing money, and closed by telling how she bad found twen five dollars . of it in the prisouers__ . trunk,•,_ She_ could Swear it. was the identical money she had lost, it being two'tens and one five doilai bill. 'Mrs..Naseby,' said - L' 'when you first mis sed your money, lead 'you any reason to be lieve that the prisoner bno taken' it ?' 'No sir,' she answered ,. Did you ever before detvet Ityr ilifiltmes• • 'Should you have thought of searching her trunk had not Nancy Luther advised you and informed you?' ' _ 'No sir.' itletf.Naseliy then left - the - stand, and - Natt cy — LuTheil took her place. litte:come up with a..bold look; and upotrme she' oast a defiant glance, as much as to say grip me, if you caul' She gave evidence, as follows She said that on tite s lio when'the money was stolen, she ; saw , the pAsoner .geing up stairs and from the manner whit* ahement up She :suspected :that all was not right. she followed her up.'' 'Elizabeth went into Mrs. Isiitothy's room and shut the door after her. I stooped -down, looked through tile' key hole, and saw2her 'at her mistress's drawer: — l' saw her take out the money and put it tt4 - her pocket. - -Then she 'stooped down ;o pit* up the lamp, bud 'as I saw she was - coming out, I Moiled itway.'—. Then she told' haw abe hid Informed ler *s tress of this add proposed:to search the girl's trunk. . • , I called IV f re . ,Nol',ti7—t"l4 to the egad.-- You say that no one, se,ve, aud the Prieouer, had wen - 0 Your, iv:art.:l said.— 'Now could Nancy eateied that room it obe wholaed.7' „.. .Cartainlypeir; I ineaat,ao ~ one - 114 any -right there.' , • • • I eatr that Mrs. N.' though ikaturelly a !lerii woutaa; . rte nom - ewhatvoreit.*:poOr'llls — i-• bath's • t bavw.ktiowti, •• by apy inelittsitryotlrlgnirvilgdgeos: bCto-your -money, „ EMS qrsAri for shelad often porno tomy_ room wieTT - ivt;s tb6rd - , -- Mid - r - b - u - vergivon-her=tno.;' ey whiob to buy' provisions. of markot info, wtio lipetul•blro — oino along with..tbeir wnti 3 Ont.' - ' ' • 'Ono 'wore quOstipn ; :baize , you !k'n . ourn prisoner's" KnOng bad any . money since .•this Was ptolen^r. , Net, Luther•. back, anct.• ebe I. now c411e4 Nano beli,:tri to tremble a - little, though her look was rr 1 - (11a - 1111 , r - d - eriani - a - 9 . Lather,'. wild L . - . why did %•oq riot id- Sortn your, mistress at once of .what you.• had seen,. wit Iriaft,:alyaii . ing-for to risk you abaur iho IdSt, money , . • 13mtuso I could not miliO bp my _mind, at . hpacc-to-expose-the-loor7girl, l --- alto. tinsWexed . • _ You ,11. y you looked thioUgh the key hole nri . l saw •tier titke the money. Ye - s..sir.'. $ Where did atm put am lamp vrbilo ;3ho did so?' - .0n Iho bnfenv.' your testimony, you :said_ she stooped down when she'pieked it up.. What do - you €an by. that?' 1 ' ' '• . The 'AM' hesitated, and finally said she .didn't moan anything; only thtit she, pinked • up *the-lamp.' • '\fery . 'lldw long •baye yoU • been with Mrs. Naseby ?' " 'Not quite a year, sir.'.. llow much does be pay you 'a - 4A 'dollar and three qiiarters.' , • • , 'lliree you taken up any of your , Spay since , . 'How mneh , knoW, air.' . - - .7.6.W.hijilon't.yen know' _'flow .I've taken it at. different Imes just us I wanted it, and have .keptno zeoune— _..Nuw if you had any wish to harm the pris por_eoultiatt_yoU_haVe.raised_tw_enty-fiie dol ~ ars to have put in'her ttunkr -• 'No sir, l . shu-replietrwith virtuOns indigna- •Tlien you finve not laid up any money since you live been tbero?' •No sir—only what Mte: - Naeeby may, olive me.'. . . . 7 .lit what tcOn?" • . . She hesitated, and for an instant the bold look forsook her. BO she finally answered: .1 belong to Somers, Montgomery coUnty.'. _LI next_ turned to_ Idrs.i.laseby • - . 'Do - you ever take a receipt from your girls when'you pay thorn V I Asked. 'Always,' the answered. "'Could you send and get one of theni, for me.' ' 'She told the truth, eiiyabouani pay,ntents' Nuseby sail. I), I don't doubt it,' I replied; 'but oceu= lar proof for the court room. So', if you Orin, llvish You'd procure me the receipts.' She said ate would , willingly goll\the court •said so. -The_court did say so, and she ; went. Iler,dwelling was not far Doff, and she soon returned, and banded me !bin .reoctipts which I took and examined. :They were •all signed in a strange !straggling6nd by the witness.-- 'Now, Nancy Luther,' said 1, turning to the witnese,lnd speaking. in a quick, startling tone, *et the`einie time looking her stern's; in the eye, 'please tell the court . and the jury. and tell me, - toe', where you got the seventy five dollars , you sent •to . your sister in Somers ? Vio l Witness started ae ,thoigh volcano lad - buVatiht her feet. . 1 lie turned,iial yta-detith; and every,, limb shook violently:\ waited until. the 'people could nee per emotion, and then repeated the imoney l' she 'fairly gasped. - ' ' At o p 4)1411! I tbnuda!nd„- - . for I was -excited It ebo faintly.uttered grasping I the rail for support:. ' 91day it please Your honor and-igentlernen of tho.Jury i t. I Judd as Soon se I ,bad looks;d ,the witness out ofsountenarni..tlcatne- here . to defend aionitilitio bed biletig to xob,tile,iioll, lik4•in the Ooorie, of inyprolitainary exatninatim. I bad access to tbeletters which bed been torn „open' and rt., iee of .til'olifiy,'±iv,hoi entered this ease; and heard the name of the ,witness. pro. nounced, I went ontrand got this letter which NMI IMI I now liol , defOr I,remeptiet. to tiovelfeep.:.one f InOtring-ttio otginktiwo . N ancy tutlior. 'The " leitei.was takotio4.of. bkiptttl^ ag, , ,an con tiiitiodlseveoty•tivo.do . ll4 ';' , liitit by ToOliip:g ;,at tifel'p:*t mark, you 01 oLrvo.,it,wpi moiled on the very next. day. after .tli . e: nii m ey. , ,, f ii, .taken from Mrs. Naseby'a draii.ei...l .i v iii , teit read it to you if you p ase.? , •-' - :''1:7 . , ::' , '.:, - , The court, nodded as t, and , I . ::. -- ead'tii 3 O, following, vvbia'i was wit out .datcf_Saye:that. made by the poit niaster's 4 stanp,O.4 o ,l4?-!Mtt side. I give it here veitiatinf.:-.. Sister Dorciis I..send you - Iteer oeveiste.. five dlllers, 'whieit . l want.. Yu AI - Tz - e 7 p - e -, iI 'fur me gum bum, i cant hope it.beer coz line Afraid it'll git stole, dont-speke won word' to a livin sole bout this, coil dont wont nobodi to - knoW i hay got enhy, mourte. yti wont, will yu. iem first rate beer, wily that gude . -fur niabin-suipe-ofLiz 11.Itidwurth —but i hope to git rid ui bernow, you know. 1 rote yu bout Tier. - giv my -luv to awl eh -flared (rend; this, is frum 'Yur sister, tii deth, NANO lUTIIER. • - 'Now, your honor,' I saidi, s I,banded him - the- let ter,-and- altio-th e •reeeiptli,vou- will -BCO that the letter is directed, to Dorcas :Luther, Somers,..Wontgomery do'unty. And you will observe that one baud wrote the letter and signed those receipts. It plain how the hundred dollars were disposed of. Seventy five were in thal letterand sent away for safe keeping,, while -the 'remaining% twenty , -five were placed in the prisoner's trunk for the purpose of covering the real criminal. Qf the tone of the otberparts of the letter, I leave you to. judge. And now gentlemen of the jury, I leave , my case in your beads, only. will thailk God, and 1 know , you wilLalso, been thus strarige. ly saved from ruin - and - disgrace.' • , The case was given, to the jury immediately following their examination of _the- letter, c They had heard Rouithe witnesa's owu mml6 that she Itadnirmoney.of her own, *Oct with•' out leaving their seats, they returned - a- ver dict of--.. No t Guilty.' • _— - The Youtl - who bad first-asked-Me-to-defend the prisoner, caught me by the hand buil. he _could not speak plainly.." He stroky=liiiiked at me through his tears. for a . 'morn'ent, - and then rushed to the fair prisoner. lie seemed to forgOt where ho was. for hellung his arms' around her,.and she laid her head upon his bosom and wept aloud. attempt• to 419sorihe the scene that followed ; but if Nancy Luther had not , beett arrested for the theft. she would have been (Miffed to seek.‘ . the' protection of .the officers; -tor the eiCited people would have surely maimed her, if they had done no more.. Next morning, I received a note, handsome. ly s written', in which .I was told•that the waltin was but a slight token of gratitude due me for my efforts in behalf of a poor, 4lefenceless but much loved maiden. It was signed; 'se veral citizens,! and contained one hundred' dollars. Shortly afterwards, the youth came to pay all the-money be could raise... isitepl• get ask ,ed him io keep his bard earninge for his wife, wnen be got one. He owned he had intended to ninke Liziy Madworth his wife very soon. Next do, I succeeded in clearing my other client f ad rom conviction Of robbing th o m r all ; and me it - considerable handle of th e 'e ftii nate discovery of the letter which he i d saved an innocent girl on the day before, in •my 'Appetitl to the jury ; and if I made thorn feel that the finger. of Omnipotence' was_ in the work, it , was because I sincerely believed the young man was innocent of all and I am sure they thought so too. A CHOACTEIL Old Bumblebee" (says an exchange paper) was the cognomen of Mr ! T., of Newburyport. :Ile gained the title . from the fact of hiScatohing a bumbl ebee one day as be was shingling his barn, and. in at tempting to destroy the insect with his hatch-, eti - ent off the ends of his thumb and fore.; finger, letting Iheinsed go unharmed.' - Other' mishaps happened to the same old 'codger,_ in the same barn, In one . of-his--abstractions heshingled over-his spare -hatchet; and out ting n'smill aperture in the billdhig to let a . little daylight in, this Man : actually set Ini,a wooden-pane- as being _glacially:OM .and--nclt, iiiely•to be broken! • Uncle T.); in'otio his obvious freaks, arm !O , firstly betwixt two boards of ii,fesge Wimps pitting niOthat belted to call help to get extracted 7 from his self-imprisonteint..' He ottes•ptit blitia'attie gate instead of the:'oo'. But the rarest freak of)%11 was when ha , the streetswith his- !Made- about three Ant asunder, held before iim, beggiOg . tha pottier.' 'not to dieturbfilia;aa he bad gat; meesure of a deoriartirith•him. glirilfrti. , Partington - thinks •then xilt b such facilities for travelling, bimeby; Oat you can ga anywbere for. nothing,' and Conte back ler•The'Weleh have w- saying, tbat if a woman was as irdokitittt her feet as . with het longue, she wourdq Web, lightning enough to kindle !keit in tbe morning. EIREIM A famous fish factor found hitnself father of five, flirling ieinaleisHFaniV ; Florence, Firtificiscit and Pendia, '''The•fiiiit four . were , flat le - 0 6:red, fccvored;forbl - dd en-fitobilit, • freckled fretful, flippant, foolish - . Fenella'•was a filie-fentaved, • fresh, fleeted' fairy; 'frank, free and full of fun. • fishert l failCili ;mid fickle fortune t4 . feic,s*o'his,foOtinan, fOrfeit his, , ;forefathers'' • fine Aelds,.niaa find a forlorn farin louse in .rsalteit-frightful - forest.-"Thir - fettr - ffifithit: , 'females, fond of.fignring tit feasts in' footless and - fushi - orable - ftiferY;Wrifid`falfieirltigitiWi"- -- father._ Forsaken by fulsome,, flattering for- tune-hunters who - follovied,thefn when fitilri flourished, Fen.ella'fondled her father, flavor- .. . cd their food,lergot bar flittering followers, ' and frolicked in frieze Without flounces. , The' father findin g himself forced to,forage in 'for- ...• eign parts for a fortenerfound he could afford ' • *a fcirthing far his fl - vo - fOndlings: ., The_ first -:: - fotir were fain to foster - their frivolity • Wits . . fine'frills.and fans, fit to finish their fallier's finance ; Fenella,: fearful of flooring' him, forme a failcy for a full fresh flower. _Fate __ ..,.... r ., _ favore the fish factor for a few ilas,,when be fell in with a fog; his: faithful Filley's foot-. , ~., steps faltered and food failed. Ile found him-.' self in front of - a fortified ,fortress. Finding it forsaken, and feeling' himfelf retie and for lorn with fasting, ho fed on the fish, flesh and .. fowl,fie-fotind, fticassed 'and fried and . when ~ •ftill, fell flat on the floor. Ftesh in the fore ' noon, be forthwith flow to the fruitful fields. • • . and. not forgetting Fenella, be filched_afair flower; when a, foul, frightful, fiendish figure - • i flashed forth : "Felonious fellow, fingering my flowers, I'll finish4,o4.l.Act,rsay-ferrewell COyour fine , felicitous family. and face-me in I a fortnight !" The faint-hearted fisheriumed . • . and faltered, and last was far in his flight. • His five; daughters flew : to relief his feet, and . .. fervently felicitate him: Frantically and flu- licitly he unfolded' his fate. Feuella, forth- -• .• with fdrtifieds - by_filialfentlness,_followed her - __ i_ father's footeteps, and flung het...fettles!, form - , at - thet:foot of file friglitfulligurei-who for 7 : the fatber,•and fell fliitmiz his face, forle d - fervently - fallen - in - a - ficry - fit - orl - cMflor the: --- fair Fenolfa.. He feasted her, till'ltscinated by his faithfulness, ahe forgot.thelerocity..of ' his face, form and features, and franklY fixed Friday the fifth of February, for the affair to . come off. , There was festivity, fragrance; ' finery, fireworks, fricasseed - frogs, fritters, flab, flesh, fowl and. fermentry, ' frontignac i i flip and fare fist for the fastedious ; fruit, fuss, flambeauft:fouir