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EBENSBUItG, SEPTEMBER 22, 1858.
vol: 5; NO 45.
0c!cct Skctd).
ctfr ef Chief Justice Gitsca.
BY H.
Wil. A. I'OuTKi.
i ii-
tf r aching Lis conclusions,
1 -a
li is t'i.'iioijsT was well Known. It
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.Mil o-u "l lime j iiri, ill luu COU-
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(I tl;'J eei.cii, ctiiiu; uuicuuiig nis
V- 'Ti MlOlt Gt lau:lii ll S( l.t.l.r, s
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a. i, iUi wucu 1,0 u.u. niuii-g
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.u.t. auu cuLUsiiii; atiumona!
Weill's in qurfctti'U. When
j ,:..,'ivi-i- liif- of lltHltl lw f'f tif-r?i!1 v-
ii;ureJ ; i
: ;'ic iii t i a 11 u.iitii ii ot tl.c auiLutitios; aiJ
it ii.U'i. ; admitted, too trief an
' vu. l.;:t-ii was tlit-n thi. ilj- to
tin"
Oli
tl.tt v.:l .t Ins pen, ainl vut of
...... i s. lie did this m Lis chatii-
u' f, tiif table, sLii.Kiines (,n
;u, a tae progress ot ner causes,
. I i'...... i li.ln S .ir.riiuchi .1 lloi
' ieui'Ji'S. were struck with, and some
'j'ti ti.
.iliilJ I"' v ii.11. j u..iHL'a ivi i'litu tut
hiti.' .-Lit. .lit Miuuitig it ruriH-uUr!y.
u;l ti;.- ii!; ir i-t thought beturc In;
iiiii aiistiated and can-Ws
1 i 1
wi.vj Ktioiv wiiat lie was coinp.
c ...! ; i.i uis uinieuirv iu
perpetuating it. With this spirit, it is con
sistent, tliat wLen our legislature adopted
certain equity remedies, and provided at
the same time for separate equity proceed
ings, he should endeavor to carry them fairly
ir.to practice. An opposite course, if
he could have pursued it, would have
caused disquiet and disaster. Betides this,
whatever he might have thought, he was
not a man to set hii'iself up against what
seemed to he useful reform, ile had seen
defects which some of these remedies seemed
to mpply, and he applied them in the very
spirit in which the profession and the legis
lature had called them into Leing. Ho suc
cessfully was this done, that with all his at-t.-'chmetit
to the common law, it has not been
unfrequtnt to hear from those mcst devoted
t the quity system, the admission that he
would have made a better chancellor than he
was a judge. It is pertinent to remark here
that he had no overdue fondness for the civil
law. His uiii.d was too liberal for the
n:ind f a scholar is alwnys lilteral in its
appreciation of learning not to admire the
beauty, wisdom, and simplicity of many parts
ef that tyteiii, aud its adaptation to the
state of si.fi -ty iu wliieh it has rown up;
tut it must be admitted that he ever and
J anon c:!t a suspicious tr'anccon the efforts of
j Ju'l't iitory mid the writers of that pchool,
! to in 'use its principles into our cherished
j common law. lie could not h;ive deuied
I that many ef the brooch, s of our laws have
1 1 1 ' - :
lMyr he began, the very ! ci.nci.fa iu mis mooe, r.ui ne was auve
1.. uaii;i 1 uiiin cutu 1111 in u c:iijc:li
too iar. 1 liceu i-ior tt;e rca ier only to tne
opinion delivered in Lyle vs. Ilichards. 9 S.
11 3-2, and in Loau vs Jlasmi. C W. &
S. 'J. in of .f the exi.stence of these views
in the miiid of their author.
Iu hummitig up the peis."nal character of
Ju ige Gileou, 1 eio not uiean to represent
hiiii as tau'tkesi, lor then he had been more
ti:au human. 1 ouLt:ct-s. he had hm defects;
whatever they may have been, I do not pro
pore to disscuMi the in. To do so, would be to
iiiiitate the eouiust of some visitor to a gul
1 ry ot art, who t-Lou!J employ Limseif in
i to i-iooecd Willi directness tiai ing roug.i images in thy d-jsi ot the lloor.
aciusioiis, and to make t-ver i and not iu contemplating the Leautit'ul con-
: u the iiiot hontcucc the ! ce ptiotia cenius
tu on occurs. 'e see each
v.. V Leid Liut count ou eeuieg
ef it, mre. t'.i:m one..
.- s i .ii'.iug to do ahead, the
tn ic ti.nc e.u the ihouijiii in
to xs.'iie
i.:'.u he never wrotc-uti-
:.ni..a in ins inii..i, ami wtu n
p ii, he rarclv Lid it
hsiuo
:.;.ivre Were
ri-l:Liid t!i
,( ..iiittoii iia-l LecD coiup.cte-1. lne
v, Ltaui.;:ui a'.'.l leti'ole character of Lb
t-wriutig, and its tredum from eiaure,
thu-c v. h'j re id his m;njU.-ciipt.- to
.;.:- luul tiaLbcriLed them, but this was
.-, r:.t .. i: ever, done; he had too lntle
Ck,.u u-u ii.ueh h rn r of the pen to at
ii. .u!i a method of wri ing ut;-,4-.,...'.v
't.-et-sed many aivatilagrn It
! Lis tlae logical pjwein fat! play. It cou
.tutoi ' that coLdi-lisaiiou which fornis
Ui till! 11 i ' UiCU C lt UI CO Ol 1119 V. I ll.lt
i hove
and happiest household ever lived in more j
absolute harmony than he enjoyed in his per
sonal intercourse with his associates In re
gard to any body of men long associated
together, this fact might be worth repeating ;
but in that of so many independent men, of
strong intellects and wills, employed together
in the daily examination of exciting ques
tions, where conscience . and ; duty required
each man to stand by bih individual judge
ment, the case is somewhat remarkable. His
intellectual acquirements were great, and he
had r right to be proud of them, but that
wuld be a poor monument to his fame
which should omit to mention those higher
aud finer qualities -of the heart which placed
him so far above the level of ordinary meul
It is almost unnecessary to ppeak of him as
a man of integrity I verily believe that the
mere force of habit in speaking the truth and
findiug reasons to support it, would have
driven Jmn to the right asainst every cor
rupt influence that could have been brought
to bear upon him. IJut the truth is, no idea
opposite to that of his utmost purity as a
.Judge was ever ' associated with his name.
There was something in his character, con
versition, manner and appearance, which
would have crushed such a th ught in the
bud. A man who would have approach"d
him for the purpose of corrupting him, would
have been as much disposed to tall dowu be
fore him in an act of homage, as to have
attempted to carry out his purpose. After a
lifetime devoted to the service of his country,
it is surely no mean praise of a public mau
that declarations like these cau be uttered,
with a certainly that they will be credited, not
less by the suitors against whom he decided,
than by the profession who practiced before
him, aud the community whose laws he enforced.
. I tU II'
uuJ il-au ti-ecsarv to c uni.itt r. lie
ut ri'fi'utiV vri -iu ne Has to end bofote
iiuu:::. ii-t !u uvoiJed ail the Uifiiouli ies
. flU.-iS WHO btV'lu to .W lito wheu
-is who bcj'lU
tiiink, w.ui b'.ii'ii.
cv
-.En ;
to .write w!
.:tiu befoie it.
Tw ine-;- -.Torhtj rv .Cii.biin ' fur the
, ;'.e pat'h-i'vi cuiloui-jcd oa the
:i (iertiiau hou.-ckeepurs, aud g:v
; :.ee cot to be intnt.kon, of tl;e
:.s a', which they have be.u joiaed,
e ui.eire and UWrcgcticoUd initte
vf w.n.:i thiy liave bt:.n ciio yutsvi.
I tJii..i reader tf oLioo (jiiOEoii'
a.u-t have oL.-erveu Lo s-liou) he
to five ativ hinoiV of t
.ut a perc . p
deppised the
e doci j-'i
i
ji u ..Ui: leaoritj; j. tine. pie of the law ;
vjl to a i'w cast f.jr the purpoj-.,
rtti"t;, or to show their exception to
'i g-.-Ut.ral luh-, and how ail thin is uo.ie
'.4 ;'-.o ta.-J and bkili which bwiokeu the
l: i j i:;.-'. Julire Gibson wn-j ardently
I '!: f i t',- the p-riiicii'Ier of the eotu.noii Saw.
i r rl thvtu beau. 3 in Lis Wutings as
c.'uu.':', bctui in the human r...un(i'U-
r.c !! i n.v l-fc ecu iL.'tu w;th ttit-
lJUiTiit: n i,t uti aiiist, as s-v:na.t incut ami
ou ail Hides, uruund and
niu. i ppt-aK rattier oi wuat.ju.ige
(JihMti wac, thB of what he was not. His.
ease hus beeu reuioveJ to that great appelate
Court, which, while it administers perfect
jur-iice, i govert.cd tlt-o by pciftct mercy,
j m ifOKtkn harii.g vested .there, on the
--ouiiviet prineiples of jurisprudence, uo alie-.-nioti
t-houM bo piiuittcJ agaiLft him htre
' 11..- cer aiiily had tnijil faults, which to a uill
t-y.-s w-.re large enough lo tnut
t ti u of his gi'tfct quai tiiP. lie
I - . : . t . l . . l t. .
I u.liie uiiii iiic imii it , aiju iui.e?i-ai u) io.i nil
t reseet of those valtialle members of the
i-tate. outside aud iusil of the br, wiio do
' the h ast important things fi;t, and the more
important la-t. 1 rank, generous and cou
nting, he spoke on the bench a:.d elsewhere,
of prsous and of things, with that impulse
which i.onc but an hon st h.-art cun know ;
and iti doing so, he occasionally lost in dig
i.ity as liiueli an he gaiued iu the pleasure of
giving txprebaion to his real sentiiuents iu
ht owl way. If, as a presidioi oilioer, he
had i rcSi-rve.1 order more ripi iiy, his Court
would have beeu
it he had attfLdod mora dir ctr
was i a?ing beioie hiu), 1 lie
a mere p.l mr. place, r.nu
to what
lu.-auess
would have been more efiici.-utiy
i '. I lit he Ti-
;. t, v. Iiich the
of mat:ui:)l has yel th
despotialu of the kii-i
.1 1 X I r
x e or the foret. fc ia
liUtiu1 i :-.rt; of a tica:
'X 1 '.ii- : ad tliu best ru
''irti s. iisc
-. Of lh
". tor vet i! at the last tbii.g he wrote tor
iiii'H'i. a declaratmn oi iii-. uu&huken
-l;v t., the doeti'.i-.os of the con iu..u Uw.
li.i of the language mhk-h he applied to
Kpriiedv. tiiir'.it a5july have been
for, h.; lyron, in manv
w is probahly di sc: ihi:i-.
patched. lut enough oi what he va r.ot.
The qualities which he j..?"ssej were stri
king a'.4 peeutiar That whieli uj'.t iui-pie-t
d th : sc ?. uo knew him bt st, was the c-x-c-
o inz V.iudu'tJ of h'l.i heu.-t. The kitowl-
A n y
W'l'
OWU Up J liaO UlintU .liui, lll.uu uaiv '-
or the i with thi prufouuiie.M uounduoe, tot only that
he had forgiven, but aetuiiiy torgottcn, any
calumny forever gross. In that reflect, at
least, -no mau couid hjire reduced to praetiet
niore direct! v, the inorality of the NeT Tt'f-
cdre of h:.s w-.s a key to his character,
newsnaper editor or kgisiativj orator
11
ied of hin.st.lf,
! characters. 11.
tatuent. lie chcribhed no annj a: Ine3, nd
foriofl no prtjudices. Iu every relation
public and g.iivatc, he ditplajed that charity
ot the heart which makes a man a gentleman.
-lU, without seeing that the woild woul i despite of early associations aud ev.n of bad
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Liize "!o p'Jitran: i;e emo io i..e
luw ii'.te a chili to its nure, an t how
i.rcw tioiii it may be sev.-o in ht
rlr.c
t.
by til'
r i lab it ate minute-
:ir.nd us ot th-: ov-rtu.ness ot Loke.
n t k. -j.-tice was ais.t an admirer ot our
vunia system of law, iu which the
i .l priiiciples of equity are applied
' r tlic 1 of u-s ot the cmoiot law. J he
iff is tliia iu any case th:-y should have
1. i .in-,., I'll Bl l.llnt OI;C IU 1 'O to
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hv: law, and another to do equity,
' i crotiuc r-n mau ail ht-ad, aud
;i heart. To execute the law upou
-r's r vtse.n cr pri:ertv. aiid to a.low
I A . '
- ;u t!. nieautime to apply to a Court ot
i-' t r relu-f, or to turu him out of the
-r kause his cae has n equity in if,
'''io aburance that he will have uo d;2i
:'y in recovering iu a c-.uit of law ; in
";r word.;, to permit tw o different rule of
nj thj siiue fubject, to prchs on
' tinv pu- j.-ct. on the sau e man, at the
i15 tttne . is a state of things which the mass
"'''kind will never understaud, if each in
''iil itiaa hhoulJ rival the patriarchs iu
r,n of i.i.taral life. From the day when
i'.fKi:is uttered hia riiet humor on tile
..;.. . . 1 .. . .....
W now a to tue publication oi UleaK
severest sarca.-ms ou this state of
k's have been rlung into the laces of law
Rio.oat pj.-t.i.;;:iy of turning the
"f oao of them. 'J'he Pennsylvania
;'tai of Us is among the fow that havo
- "fsuii-aily free from the rcprtachcti
,0Ca learned and the uuleamed have
c 'tj ;rcd to hurl at tfiewholeecifei.ee.
' 'i'i j.h.vjtt, vho had done so muali to ai-
., W tUio kViillM-,, .t
it
uiauticis. In the liveliest iabies et lii3 w:t
and huiuor the last act oa which beiievo
i-:iee exerts its restraining iouaenc he nev
er allowed himself to trench on the sensib'li-ti.-n
of others When he sa'd anything from
the beiifii approaching Severity, as he some
times did wueu woru dowu by a dull and te
tlious argument, no liiiio was 1 st in trying,
by a remark of a ditf -reut kin J, to wear away
its eift-ct b.ith on the speaker and the audi
ence. He was a sou-i-i critic in the be-t sense
of :he term, and wbn a harsh observation
was ma le of one whom he knew, he was gen
erally able to relieve its tlfcct by pointing out
some excellence which ha 1 esc.ipel the alien
tiou of others. To the yomg. and especially
to ri:ose wfio were enL;avorng to become the
"a system , and who had witnessed
architects of their owe fortuues, he was kind,
affable, and indulgent. But the picure re
quires higher coloring. There was some
thing in his magnanimity, in his forgiving
temper, in his kindly charity, in his cni acity
to appreciate excellence of any kind,
lorm, which upppite his apparent unconcern
of maimer and muggihhness of body, ehcited
and couq elled affection. There was a true
lire of the heart which glowed unceasingly and
cast even tho splendor of his intellect into the
sha le. No man ever more cordially despi.-ed
a cold, calculating, tp'uW-likc lawyer, weav
ing day by day his miserable toils, giving up
nothing, retaining his gracp on every victim
of chance and folly, and employing his pow
ers only lor the production of misery and the
practico of oppression. No mau ever ppoke
into being with so little effort, ardent and
permanent friendship, lie tat on the Su
preme, Bench with sixty different Judges,
none of whom owed their position to his iuflu-
ence, aud aiaiont all oi wuom, on tueir accet.-
Not an Uncommon Case.
A traveller from Virginia, as Ida blooded
horse, plethoric eaddlc-bags and haughty
insouciance indieited, stopped at a comfort
able wayside iuu iu Kentucky, one night,
many years ago. The landlord was a jovial,
whoie-souled fellow, as landlord wt.re in
those days, and gave the tranger the best
entertainment the table and the bar would
afford, as well as his merry company to make
him glad tijrly in the morning the ftran
gtr was up and looking around, when he es
pied a rich bed of mint in the garden He
straightway sought Boniface, and indignant
at what he thought his iuhopita!ity in betting
plain whiskey before him, wheu the means of
brewing nettar was so easy of access, he
diagged him forth to the fpofc and pointing
with his linger at the mint, lie exclaimed .
"I say, landlord, will you be good enough
to tay what that isf''
"A bed of mint," aid the oniwhat as
tonished landlord.
"And will you pleats tell me what is the
u".e of it V
"Well, don't exactly know, 'cept the old
woman diiea it sometimea with the ether
yarbs."
The Virginian almost turned pale at the
enormity ot tins assertion.
4Aud do you mean to tell me that you
don't know what a miut julep is?"
"So, 'cept ita something like eage tea,
stranger.
'cage tea! Go right along to the hoce,
get a bucket of ice, loaf sugar, and your best
liquor."
The landlord obeyed, and the stranger toon
made Lis appearance with a handful of fra
grant, dewy 'liiut, and then they brewed and
drank, and bre wed and drank agaiu ; break
fast was over, and tns etrangcr's horse whs
brou z'ui out only tj be ordered baclr. Thro
the liveluagday they brewed and drank ; cue
or two neighbors dropped in, who ?ere par
takets, and late iu the night were their orgies
kept up; tie they made it bed-tune, the
landlord and his Virginia guest, who had
initiated him into the pleasant mysteries of
miut julep, were sworn brothers, aud when
the iaiter departed next morning, Boniface
exacted a pledge that he would at up ou his
retain, au 1 btay as long as he pleased, free
of C )et.
The i-t) anger's business, however, detained
him longer than he exp eted, and it was the
nest summer before he came back. Hiding
up late iu the evening, he gave his .horse to
an old neirro who was at the rate, aud at
the tame time inquired :
"Well, Sam, how is your mister?"
"Yonder him come," said the negro,
pointiug to a youth who was approaching.
"I mean your old master, fool."
"Old Mass, him done dead dii three
months."
"Head ! What was the matter with him ?
lie was in Sue health wheu I left him." '
"Yes, but you see, Massa Stranger, one
of detu Virginity gemuiaus come 'long here
last year, and showed him how to tat grtent
in his licler ; he like it so well, he stuck to
it till it kill him," said the old darkey, thak
iug his head.
The stranger passed a less jovial night
than on hia previous visit, auu was off by
daybreak next morning. He quieted his con
science, however in the end with the reflec
tion that "good things are soinetimca misused."
-tides which the ieual world teemed Uioar were comparative Erangers to him, and
'H toarO it, aaouhi uke tun? j-rie in j yet i may U denbted whethw the pureM
Fatal Accident Kxpkess Agent Kil
led On Wednesday morning last, the ex
press train on the Pennsylvania llailroad was
thrown off tha track about one In ile east of
Newton Hamilton, causing' the death of Jer
emiah. Kane, an express messenger. The
entire train, with the exception of the last
passenger car, was displaced. The engine
and baggage cars were badly damaged, the
engineer was slightly cut about the lace, and
the fireman was considerably Bcalded, but not
dan"erous!y. Mr. Kane was a resident of
Pittsburg, a very worthy gentleman, and
leaves a family to mourn their sad bereave
uieuf. The accident was caused by the dis
arrangement of a gwitl. Httt, ffaxmdor'l.
From Arthur's Home Magazine.
: ' THE PET EIRD.
BT VIRGINIA DK FOREST.
"Did I ever tell you how I found my Lis
aie, after we had been separated for five
yearsV" aaid my old friend John Leason to
me.'
John is the Captain now of a fine merchant
T2sel, the "bhooiiug Star," but he rose from
before the mast. Ile was the only child of
old tanner Leeson. aud when his parents died
he went to 8ea. lie was a boy then of some
fifteen years old, and being a good active lad
he boon learned to be a good seamen, and in
course of years rose to command the "Shoot
ing Star."
"Weil, you see," eaid John, "Liziie and
I, we weie lovers, a body might eav, all our
lives. Her fjtLar owned a farm near ours,
aud we went to school together. I always
carried her tchool books, drew her on my
sled in the Winter, aud gave her the fiist of
our fruit iu Summer. Well, oue summer
Lizzie told me she wanted a bird. She had
found a cage hidden away in some comer of
the house, feud she wanted a bird to put into
it.
I talked it over with Joe and Larry, two
of the school boys, aud thry Lelpcd me to
make a trap. We watched it very carefully
and one morning 1 went to Lizzie to tell her
how the trap had sprung. She carr.e down
with the cage, and we started with Jcie and
Larry to secure oar prize Joe lifted the
stone, and as the little prisoner cret out, 1
caught him under my hat. After totue trou
ble, we put him into Lizzie's cage, where, to
our great surprise, he seemed perfectly at
home, Instead ot beating his wings agatm-t
the bars, aud striving to escape, he hopped
from perch to perea, turning his head with a
saucy look from one side to th? other, and
&rivin chirr. i of apparent satisfaction. When
we reached home, Lizzie's father, Mr. Ilar
rh?, told us our prize was a fine bulfinch.
which doubt!es had escaped from some other)
cage. As we never heard, however, of any
other owutr, Lizzie kept her pet. I had heard
that these birds could be taught to whittle
tunes, and I determined to try and teach
Cherry. I took Llm home and hung hiui iu
my room ' Several timej a day I found my
excuse for going there, and each time 1 whis
tled Hail Columbia under Cheiry's cage. A
few weeks sufficed to perf ct him in this air,
and I tried another with equal feuccef3. Af
ter teaching him several national aud popu
lar aiis, I taught him a cradle hymn my
mother used to sing to me before the died.
It had been taught to her by an old French
nurse, and 1 never heard any out else sing
it. Cherry soon learned the little plaintive
air, aud as my small stock of tunes was near
ly exhausted, 1 returned him to Lizzie. As
1 had kept him for two years, the was de
lighted to have him.
Well, as you know, my father died when
T was but fifteen vears old, and I went to sea.
I had alwavs longed for a sailor's life, but my
love lor my father kept me at home. It was
hard tj part with Lizzie, whom I loved eo
fondly, but I went away from her with the
hopo that when we were old enough, Lizzie
would be my wife. I made many voyages,
and at last rose to be first mate. Kvery time
I came home I found Lizzie improved ia
beauty and education, and constant to her
sailor-love. When 1 was first mate I made
her a formal proposal, and fche promised that
when I was captain, and had the ri-rht to
take my wife to sea, she would go with me.
My next cruise was in the fe'ea Gulf, and
disastrous one it was. We were wrecked
off the coast of Africa, where we had gone
on a trading trip, and I was the only oue of
the crew k-tt to tell the tale of trouble. For
tunately, the natives were disposed to be
friendly to me, aui I was guided to a white
cchmy, I'ort Klizabeth. I worked here at
my old trade of farmer's boy for a year bof .re
I couid get a passage back, aud at last the
vessel I obtained employment iu was going a
long crui.se, and her home port was Norfolk.
My home was a village in the west of Massa
chusetts, and after three years' absence I at
length reached it. My coming was a matter
of great astonishment. Hvery oue supposed
thai I wa. dead, and among the rest Lizzie
I inquired for her first. Her father was dead;
slid thought I was too. and after waitim a
weary time, hoping for my return, ehe had
goue to Boston to learn a trade. To Boston
t went, and searched for her. I advertised.
I walked the utreeta in hopes of meeting her,
day after day. I inquired in every directum
but could hear no tidiugs of Lizzie. One
place where I inquired was a milliner's (.tore,
where they had employed a gill answering
my description, whose name was Lizzie, and
who had married aud left the city. They
had forgotten her laat name, but she was
from the couutry, and 1 thought roi-sibly I
had found Home trace of her. Tired and de
spairing, I agaiu engaged as first mate, to
go one year's voyage. U hen 1 returned, we
lauded at New York. It was nearly five
years since I had seen Lizzie, but I had nev
er forgotten her; never thought of marrying
aoy oue else.
Oue day when I was walking through a
cross street in New York, I heard a sound
that made my heart beat fast. It was a bird
whistling my mother's cradle hymn. I look
ed up aud down, aud at last looked in at the
window of a bird-fancier's ptore. There,
set-.ted on a perch, 1 saw a bulfinch which I
was Eiire was my old pet and pupil. How
did he get there? To make sure that I was
right, 1 whistled some of the other tunes I
had taught him, and, as I expected, he fol
lowed me with them. 1 rushed iuto the store
in a perfect fever of excitemeut.
'Tell me' said I to the man, "where did
you get that bulfinch V"
"Well. I didn't steal it," pail lie coolly.
How his impudence annoyed me. A wo
me came to the door at the back of the
a tore. ' "
"Why don't you tell the gentleman, Joe,"
said she. "Perhaps he's some relation of
the poor young woman's I"
"What poor young woman." I ried. "For
pity's fake tell me about the bird I"
"Well," said she, "come in here, and" I'll
tell you all I know about it. My. how my
heart warms to a blue jacket. My George
is a sailor, sir, and I lova the trade for his
pake"
"You see, sir, nigh on to a month ago
there was a pretty looking girl came to my
cousin's to board. She was from New En
gland, and had been iu New York about two
years. She eaid the had learned dress-making,
and bad woiked better than a year in
Boston, but some friend advised her to come
here. Well, she did pretty well uutil. from
sitting too constant, her health began to Jail.
At the time she came to my cou.-in's she was
pale and thin, and looked almost dying.
Well, Jane took her in, and she hadn't been
there but & few diyff when she had to give in
and go to bed sick. Her money soon gave
out, and my old man offered her twenty-five
dollars for this bullinch. She was very loth
to part with it, and cried a great deal about
it, uutil my husband told her he would not
sell it for awhile, and when the got better,
she could buy it back, and that s all 1 can
tell you about the bird."
"Hut," I tried, "where is the now ? Is
she better ? Show me whore she lives "
"Do you know her ? Yes, the is better,
she was fitting up this morning, but she's
pining fir country air, and overwork has
nearly killed her There, I see how it is.
You are the John she talked about when the
was htibt headed, ain't oaV
"Yes; where is she Y'
"You're the oue that gave her the bird,
THE MAIDEN'S PRAYE&.
'Yes; for pity's eake tell me where Lizzie
is.
"That's her name, pure enough. Well,
go the etrner, turn to the left, and the sec
ond house on this side is the one."
Scarcely waiting to thank her, I fiew to
fiud Lizze. The house made me pause.
Was my Lizzie pining, pick, in this misera
ble little place ? The door stood open; I
went in Dirt me ms at every step. I met
a tagged little child who directed me to the
garret. A pale girl was seated in an old
chair by the window, her heal resting ou the
sill. I did not know her. Surely, I thought
this pale thin girl can never be plump rosy
Lizzie. The room was small and close, auo. '
the invalid, if she was better, must have been
very ill. when fcliu looked so fearfully sick
now. While I was still standing there, she
opened her eyes and saw rue. She gave one
cry.
"John! dear John I" and rising feebly
from her chair, the tottered towards me, and
fell a deal faint upon the floor.
It was Lizzie! fo changed that even my
eyes failed to recognize her; it was still my
Lizzie When she recovered her senses, ami
was still weeping cn my bosom, I wh'spered
to her,
"I am Captain now, darling, and it is time
for to you fulfil your promise. Let us send
for a clergyman, and have the right to take
you from this plact, and care for you."
She consented, and before night we were
ail, that is Lizzie, the bulfinch and I, in a
pretty, comfortable, room iu my pleasant boar-
ding house. 1'roper looa, irc-sn air, rest ana
happiness, soon restored Lizzie's health, and
a trip to our old home brought the cedor to
her cheeks. There is the buitinca, stufied
under the class case in the parlor. He lived
to a good old age, need I say how much pet
ted, and he died in Lizzie's hand after a fit
of asthma, lie crossed the ocean, in our
state-room on thi Shooting Star, three times.
aud wheu he died I stuffed him and put him
iu a post of honor in the front parlor.
Tna Last l.vrfc'Kvittw between Benton
and Blcuasan. An enort having beta
ui-ide by the two Blairs to create the iinpres
siou that Mr. Benton, on his deaihbed ha.
expressed a stung disapprobation of the policy
ot Mr. Ituchauaii s administration. .Mrs
Jacobs, one of the daughters of Mr. Benton.
gives the following statement of what occur-
icd between tuoss venerable statesmcut, a
short time before the death of Mr. Benton,
which puts to au end the vile fabrication:
He took the president's bauds iu his, aud
said, in clear tones, "Buchanan, we are
friends, we have differed on many points, as
you well know, but 1 always trusted iu your
integrity of purpose. 1 bupported you iu pre
ference to t remout, because he headed a sec
tional party, whose success would have been
the higual of d'rsuuion 1 have known you
long and 1 know you would houtstly tndeavor
to do right. 1 have that faith in you now, but
you must look to a Higher Power to support
and guide you. We will soou meet in another
world; I am going now. you will soon follow
My peace with God is made, my earthly affairs
arranged; but 1 could nut go without seeing
and thanking you for your interest ia my
child." Much more was said that is too sacred
to repeat. Colonel Benton was much exhaust
ed, and Mr. Buchanau fiequeutiy urged hitu
to spare himself. Mr. Buchanau remarked to
the family that nothing had ever given him
greater pleasure. Wneu Mrs. Jacob returned
to her father's room, he called her to hiui and
said : "My child, you are a wituess of what
has passed this eveniug; think of it and re
member It. 1 am glad iuchauan came; all is
peace with me, aud I cau rest - Jl 'ashingttm
Examiner. - ; '
BT J. Q. WU1TTIEK. - -
She rose from her delicious sleep,
And put away her soft brown hair, .
And, in a tone as low and deep
As love's first whisper, breathed a prajw ,
Iler snow-w liite hands togetl er pressed,
Her blue eyes sheltered in the lid.
The folded linen on her Vr--ast
Ju.-t swelling with the charms it hid;
And from her long and flowing drcaa Y
Ilscaped a bare and snowy foot.
Whose step upon the earth did press
Like a snow-flake, white and mute;
And then from s'.umbeTS, se-ft and w arm.
Like a young fcpirit fresh from heaven.
She bowed that slight and matchless forca
And humbly piaycd to be forgiven.
O, God ! if souls uusoiled as these
Need daiiy mercy fiorn thy throne
If she upon her bended knee,
Our holiest and cur purest one ;
She with a face so clear and bright.
We deem her some stray child of ligit ;
If she with thow soft eyes anl tears, s :
Day alter day, in her young years, ..v
Must knee I and pray for grace from thte.
What far, far deeper need have w;
How hardly, if she win not heaven.
Will our wild errors b forgiven f . t
Beautify Yocr Homes.
Every mau should do his best to own a
home. The first money he can spare ought
to be invested in a dwelling, where his fami
ly can live permanently. Viewed as a mat
ter of economy, this is important, not only
because be cau ordinarily build more cheaply
than he can rent, but because of the expeuss
caused by. frequent change of residence. A
man who esriy in life builds a home for him
self and family, will save serine thousands of
dollars iu the course of twenty years, besides
avoidiug the inconvenience and trouble of re
movals. Apart from this, there is something
agreeable to our better nature iu having a
home that we can call our own. It is a form
of property that is more than property, 'It
speaks to the heart, enlists the sentimeuts and
ennobles the pots-essor. The associations that
spring up around it, as the birthplace of chil
dren as t lie scene of life's holiest emotions
as the sanctuary where the spirit cherh-hea
its purest thoughts, are such as all value; and
wheocvt r their influence is exerted, the mor
al sensibilities are improved and exalte 1,
The greater part of our happiness in this
world is found at home; but how few. recollect
that the happiness of to-day is increased by
the place where we ' were barpy yesterday.
and that, lnsenubly, scenes and circumstan
ces gather up a store of blessedness for tb
weary hours of the future! On this accouul
we should do all ia our power to make hoaia
attractive. Not only should we cultivat
such tempers as serve to render its intercourse
amiable and arteettonate, but we should striva
to ad rn it with those charms which good
snse and refinement so easily impart to it.-
We hay easily, for there are pjrsons who
think that a home cannot be beautified with
out a considerable outlay ol n.oaey. Such
people are in error. It costs little to have a
neat fiower garden, and to surround your
dwelling with simple beauties which delight
the eye far more than expensive objects.
If you will let the sunshine and dew adorn
your yard, they will do more for jou than
any artist. Nature delights iu beauty. Shs
loves to brighten the landscape, and mike it
agreeable to the eye. She bangs the ivy
areMiud the ruin, and over the attxmp of a
withered tree twines the graceful vine. A
thousand arts she practises to animate the sea
ses and please the mind. Follow her exam
ple, and do for yourself what she is always
laboring to do for you. Beauty is a divina
instrumentality. It is one of God's chosen
forms of power. We never see creative sn
ersy without something beyond mere exis
tence, and hence the whole universe is a
teacher and inspirer of beauty. Every man
was born to be an artist, so far as the appre
ciation and enjoymeut of beauty are concern
ed, and he robs himself of one of the precious
gifts of his being if he fails to fulfil this b.
IieScent purpose of h.is creation.
Bogcs Gold Dollars. Ltok out for a well
rrotten up tiold dollar of the "becus" kiud.
In the matter of newspaper corrections,
we should be pleased to be in the position of
that Loudon editor, who never made contra
dictions, lie was waited upon by a gentle
mau of whose hanaing he had given a thril
ling account the day previous, and who, the
story having been fictitious, naturally desired
to be restored to life. "Can't do it,'" replied
the inflexible editor, "hanged you was. by
our record, and hanged you must remain,
The only thing I can do for you is to say tha
rope broke and you came to life again."
X?" During 1854, from August to N
vember, there we re 614 deaths from yellow
fever, in Charleston, S. C For the saroa
time in 185G, there were 206 deaths. Durinj
the present year, between the 7th of August
and the 4th of September, the -disease bad
claimed 147 Victims. . i
J&T Prof. Hughes ought to he presums!
to know by this time the capacity of his
own invention, aud he says unhesitatingly
that he can transmit intelligence through ths
c.ble reliable and continuously, at the rate of
from 3 to G words per minute. - -
It is customary to" speak of. the State
the result of the labors of an Ingenious crew j Executive an "Governor by the grace of. God,
of rascally counterfeiters iu Massachusetts, j etc. . A California paper, however, reverses
Nothing but strong acid will show the decep
tion.
ZT Paulsen, the great chess player, it
is said, has accepted an icvitetion to play at
PittFC-nr, in abont thrrp wr-W.
the order of things by calling "Col. We'.ler.
by the wrath of God, Governor of California."
" J?7 A steam Calliope is being manufac
tured ia Worcester, compored ff thirty wS!-!".-
rn V cn tr Flfiglsad.
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