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LtTTL* more than fifty years ago,a man hv the iiutno of ilenrv Tlium nson called lit h house of Mr. J. Smith, a resident in a retired part of Kngland, and requested a night's lodging. This request was grunted and the stranger, having taken .some refreshments. retired early to hod,requesting that he might be awakened at an early hour the following morning. When the servant appointed to call him entered the room for that purpose, ho was found i:t liis b I perfectly dead. On examining I.is body no marks of v ioloncc ap ten rod,hut liiscountenaneo lis ked oxtre.nely natural. Thn stoiy of his death j soon spread a notiqj the neighlajm, an 1 in- | quiries were made i.i to wbo he was and , hv what means he cattle to his death. Nothing certain, lio-.v. v< r, was known. . IIj had arrived on h >rie!i.ick, an ! w t-? , been p using through a n .dg'.borin ?vil'ig I about an hour before lie reached the li ?tt e \ whore he had come to his end. ? And I then, a* to the in inner of his death, so ' little COtll 1 l?? diwoven. I thnt the j tiy 1 vvliich was turnm ut I to investigale the j cause, returned n verdict that he died 'by a visitation fiom Go I." When this was j done, the .stranger was buried. Days ami weeks p;t>*cd oil, but litt'o ; further was kit ?wn. The public mind, | however, was Hot at re-t. Suspicious ex i Died th it ti til motes had linsteped the Hintnger'i death. Wli'spers to that efl'ect wero expressed, and in 'he lioansot many, Siit'lli was considered as the "guilty n an. The former diameter of Smith h id not been goo I. lie had lived a loo-si and i regular life, involved himself in debt by his extravagance, and it length being suspeeled of hav ing obtained money wrongfully, lie suddenly tied from the town. More than ten year*, however, had j iio'V elapsed since his return,during which ! ho II I I live.I at his present residence up- ; pareutly in good circumstances, and wuh ( an improved character. II * former lie | however, was now remembered, and suspicion. after all, was fastened upon hi n. At the expira.ioti of two mouths,:* gentleman stopped in the place for tlio purpose of making inquiries respecting the stranger who had been found de.i! in his bod. Ho supposed himself to he the i brother ??f tho man. Tiio hor*e and elo I.e. of the unfortunate inm still remained, and wero immediately knownas having belonged to his brother. The body also was taken, up, and though considerably changed, bore a strong resemblance to him. He now full aulhoii/.ed to ascertain, it possible, the manner of his donth. lie proceeded therefore to investigate the circumstance as well as ho was al?Io. At length he made known to the magistrate of l' e district the information ho had col- i looted, and upon llio Mrcngth of this, < Binith was taken to tho jail to bo tried for the wilful murder of Henry 'lliomp- I son. Tlio celebrated Lord Mansfield was then on the bench. He charged the grand jury to bo cautious as to (hiding a bill against the prisoner. Tho evidence of his guilt, if guilty might be small. At a future time it might be greater. More in lorinatioii might be obtained. Should tlio Jury now find a bill against bim And ahould he bo acquitted, ho could not bo molested again,whatever testimony should tine up Against hiin. The grand jury however dii find ? bill, but by a majority X>( only one. At length the lime of trial Arrived.? ftmith Was brought into court, anil pUcod lit the bar. A great crowd thronged the room, eager and anxious to see the prisoner, and to hear tho trial, ilo himself Appeared firm aud collected. Nothing 1n Lit manner or appearance indicated guilt; and, when the fjucstion wa> put to bim by tho clerk, 'Are yon guilty or not guiltyr he nhawered with an unfaltering Tongne, and with a countenance perfectly unchanged, 'Not guilty.' The council for the prosecution now opened the case. Hut it waa apparent th.it he had little tirMcU'inn of Ulna abl? to ?ro*e the prisoner guilty, lie stated to the jury that the cam wm involved in greet mystery. The prisoner W *n* a man of respectability end of prop wrty. Tito diseased we* supposed to hare al>out hi n gold snd jowula to e large . ninoynt: but |W prisoner was not no much in want of fund* ?s to lie under a strong temptation to commit a murder. And beside*, if the nmonar had obtained tho prw|t?rty ho bad effectually concealed it. N?x a trace of it fonld be found. * % i a. .* .% y / ? ?W .MV |Miaviavi ounj/CVLCU. lie would state the grounds of suspicion. 1 ho llenry Thompson, was a jowe}or^?TTing in London, niul a man of v iltn. lie lind left. London for the I urposo of meeting a trader nt Hull, ot whom lie expected to make a largo pur chase.?That trader lie did meet; and after the departure of the latter,Mr. Thompson was known to have in his possession jewels and gold to a largo amount. With these in his possession, he left Hull on his return to London. It was not known that he. had stopped until he reached Smith's, and the next tnornin was discovcicd dead in his bed. liedi then in Smith's house, and if it could he shown that he came to his death in an unnatural way, it would increase the suspicion that the prisoner was in some way connected with the murder. Now, then, continued the council, it will be proved beyond the possibility of doubt, that the deceased died by poison. What was that poisouf It was a recent I discovery of noiiiu German choniists said I io be produced uom distilling the seed of | the w ild cherry tree. It was a poision [ more powerful than any other known, and deprived of life to immediately as I to leave no marks of suffering, and no contortions of the the features. Lu', then, the cjaestion was, by whom WHS it administered} One c!ri'iim?l?n<w i small one, indeed,and yet upon it might hang a horrid tale, was, that the stoop u <>f a sin dl hottle ot* a very singular do scriptioii had been found in the prisoner's house. T!ie stopper had been exam in , and siid by medicai inen to have belo. >sl to a (iuruian rial, containing tiie ki it poison which ho described. * 1 u th i was that poison administered by nitlor at his institution! Who were the prisoner's family! It consisted only C himself, a hous keeper, and one man servant, The man-servant slept in an ou house adjoining the stable, anil did so on the night of Thompson's death. The prisoner slept in one end of the house, the housekeeper at the other,and the deceas e I i?ad been put in a room nJjoining the housekeeper'*. It woulu be proved, that about litre Imurs alter midnight, on the night of Thoiii| son's death, a light had Ik-en seen ilioving about 'he house,andthat a lig lire holding the light was seen to gofrcm the room in which the prisoner slept ti the housekeeper's room; the light now d's pjieared for a minute, when two | ervua were seen, but whether they w in ? Thompson's r?ann the witness con not swear; hut shortly after they were oh served to pass quite through the entr to Smith's room, into which they entered, and in about live minutes the light was extinguished. The witness would further slato that niter the person had returned w ith the light into Smith's room, arid before it was ex liiiguishcd, he had twice preceived some dark object to intervene between the ligbh and the window, almo t as largo as the surface of the window itself, and which hede.sci.oed by saying it appeared a* if a door had been placed before the light. Now, in Smith's room, there was nothing which coukl account l<?r this appearance, and there wan neither cupboard nor press in ilie room, wlti?-Ti but for tlie Led, wn* entirely empty, the rooin in wniclilie dressed bong a distance beyond it. Tt.e counsel for the prosecution here concluded what lie had to say. During [ his a l Ire*, Smith in no wise appeared to j Ire agitated or distressed, ai ' equally unI moved was he while the w flosses teatij tied in substance v hat the opening s|ieeeh , of the counsel led the court utid jury to expect. 1 Lord Nfunshed now addressed the jurv. Ife said: ttiat in his opinion the evidence was not stilHcient to condemn the prisoner, and if the jury agreed with him in npin ion, he would discharge him?Without leaving their seat*, the jury agree J that the evidence was not sufficient. At this moment, when they were about to render a virdict of aocquittal the prisoi er roso and addressed the court, lie said he had beon accused of a foul crime, and the jury had said that there was not sufficient evidence against him? Was he to go out of court with suspicions resting upon him, alter all? Thia he was unwilling to do. lie wa? an innocent man, and if the judgo would give him the opportunity, ho would provo it. lie would call the housekeeper, who would confirm a statement which lie would now make. The housekeeper had not appeared in court. She had concealed berrsclf.or hud been by Smith. This whs considered a dark sign against him. But he himself now offered to bring her Toward,and stated as the reason, not that he was not willing that she should testify, but, knowing the excitement, he was fearful that she would he bribed to gira testimony coitrury to fnct. But he was now ready to relate all the Hrcnmstancewhe knew; she might l>e called and examined. If her teetir > ny does not confirm iny story, let me *?? condemned. The veqnesi of the prisoner appeared reasonable, and Lord Mansfield, contrary to hia usual ptictlce, granted it The pried** went on with bis statement. He said he wished U? go out ol the court reliored from the suspicions thet were resting upon k m. As to the pole |k . uii uy means oi which me strnnger was G< sa' ? to Lave died, he knew neither the l'i name ot' it nor the existence of it until an made known by counsel. lie could call th God to witness the truth of what he said, be And then, as to Mr. Thompson, he was a perfect stranger t<-him. How should M he know w hat articles of value he had? ac He did not know. If he had such ar- cu tides at Hull, he miglu have left t'"< n fi on the road; or, which was mo<o proba- ?'i ble have otherwise disposed ot them.? And if lie died by means of the fat d w' drug, he must have administered it him th te'f. lie begged the jury to remember that bt bis premises bad been re atedly and lei minutely searched, and not the in^st tri- cr ling article tlint belonged to the dece * pi ed had been discovered in bis possession. The stopper of a \ial had been found, but dr of this one he cou'd only say he had no knowledge, and not seeu it before it was yc produced in court. lif One fact had been proved, and only th one. That lie would explain, anJ his housekeeper testitled that some one had gone to the bed-room of the housekeeper on the night in question. He was ready to admit that it was lie himself. He had heeu subjected f?>r much of his life to sud* de Jen tits of illness; he had been seized with one on that occasion, nnd bad gone to lb procure her assistance in lighting a lire.? a She bad returned with him to bis room an for that purpose, he having waited for a th minute in the passage, while she put on tri her clothes. This would account for the th momentary disappearance of the light.? tin After remaining a few minu in his mi room and finding himself better ho h.ul '?< dismissed her, and retired to bed, from wliicli ho had not risen when lie was In- ly ' tunned of the dealli of the guest. mi Such was the prisoner's address, which n:i produced a poweiful ctFeot. Ii was do as iivetcd in a vciy Hrin and impressive man- ho net, and from the simple and artless man- of tier ?>f the man perhaps not one present! on do hted his entire innocence. cci The housekeeper was now introduced tin and > x ititinud l?y the counsel for the itn pi-oucr. She bad ii.il heard any pari wc of the statement of Smith, not a single be woi 1 of the tri- ller story continued tin all he had said. ita To this succeeded lier cross-examina- do lion hy the prosecution. One circum- tin stance had made a deep impression on liu tai mind?that was, that while the prisoner ea and the housekeeper were in the room of Tli the former, something like a dx>r had to obstructed the light ot the candle, so that the witness te-tided to the fact, hut could wji not see it. What was the obstruction? to There w is no door, nothing in the room tin which could account for this. Hut the witeness was positive that something like i a dour did for a moment come between the window and '.lie candle. This needed explanation. The housekeeper was the | only person that could give it. Design- tj( ittg to probe this matter in the end to the ,a> bottom, but not wishing to excite Iter al- y, arm, lie began by asking her a few tin- .?c important questions, and among otlu . ?, where the candle stood while she was in ' j Mr. Smith's room. i 'In the centre of the room." she re- pr plied. I lie Well, was the closet or cupboard, or m? whatever you call it, opened once or twice ed while it stood there!" lit She made no reply. of 'I will help your recollection," said the rei c< nsel, "after Mr. Smilh had taken the tit medicine out of the chocf, did ho shut the |,t! door, or did it remain open!" co "lie shut it.," 'Anil when lie replaced the bottle in qu the closet, ho opened it again dal he! vil 'And how long was it open the last w, lime!" te Xot aliove a minute." ;,r 'Well, and when oix-ti. won! 1 the door be exactly between thu light and tlic il, window}" "It would." |,i, 'I forget," Wiul the counsel, "whether you snid the closet whs oii the right or rjt the letl hand side of the window)" 0v "<>n the left bend side." It "Would I ho door of the closet make h y t noise in opening}" to "None. nli "Are jou certain)" yc "I am." yc "Have you ever opened it yourself, or rtv only seen Mr. Smith open it!" ?u "I never opened it myaolf." yc "Did you ever koep the Jiey I" di "Never." "Who did?" "Mr. Smith, always." th At this moment the housekeeper chanced to cast her eyes towards Mr. Smith, the prisoner. A cold damp sweat stood upon his brow, and h's face had lost all its cob or; he appeared a li% ing image of death. V SllO no sooner saw mm man she shrieked and fainted. The consequence of her an wer flashed across her mind. She had been so thoroughly deceived by the manner of the advocate, and tho li.^e impor- A' 1 lance he had seemed to attach to herstate- p' menu, that sho had been led on by one n* question to another, till she had told him all he wanted to know. She was obliged to be taken from the t0 ' court, and a physician who was present, w r was requested to attend ber. At this I time the solicitor for the persecution (an- of ewering to our State Attorney) left tho sc iiirt, but no one knew for what purpose, resently the physician came into Court, id stated that it would bo impossible for e housekeeper to resume her seat in the x short of an hour or two. It was almost twelve in the day. Lord anstield having directed that the jury be vommodated with a room, where they uld be kept by themselves, adjourned e Court two bouts. The prisoner, in e m -antime, was remanded, to jail. It was between four and live o'clock, hen the Judge resumed his scat upon e heueh. The prisoner was again placed at the ir, and the housekeeper brought in and il to the box. The court room was owded to excess, and an awful silence waded the place. The cross-examining counsel again ndessjd the housekeeper. "1 have a few moto questions to ask >u; take heed ho.v you answer, for your u hangs upon a thread. Do you know is stopper?" "I do." "To whom does il belong!" "To Mr. Smith." "When did you see it last?" '1 hi the night of Mr. Thompson's alb." At that moment the solicitor entered o court, bringing with him upon a tray, watch, two money-bags, a jewel case d a bot' e of the ..aine manufacture as e stopper, and having a corl: in it. The i iy was placed on the table in sight of o prisoner and the witness, and from >lt tllAiiliiVit linl ft ilrMtid Hiintiiiind in tins nds of any man present of the guilt of i?. prisoner. A few words will bring this tucinnchot !e to i'* elo % The h >ti 'e where li:e | irderhad been committed was between j te an.I te'D miles distant. P e solicitor, j soon as the crossexamination of the us,-keeper had discovered the existence the closet, and its situation, h nl set <>0 i horr.eb.tck with two shciiT's ofii i PS. and after palling down ;t part of j i w ill of the home, had detect I litis j portant concealment. Their sc-ucli wail I rewarded, tho wiiolo of the properly longing to Mr. Yhom'pson was found ere, amounting in value to some thour<1 pounds ; and to leave no roont for ubl, a bottle was discovered, which the xlioal men instantly pronounce! to conn the very identical poison which had i used tho death of the unfortunate lotnpson. Tho result was too obvious i need exportation. It need hardly be added, that Smith is convicted and executed, and brought this awful punishment by his own .-ans. The Yankee and the Devil. The Virginia Examine!- is constantly dug his Northern freinds, tl?e Yankees buuteh in the short ribs. Tho Editor of at paper has recently been taken to <k for these continual attacks upon I inkecdom, and replies in a lengthv ar- ! lo,from which we extract the following j jry written many years since, but more i introduced to illustrate his argument. I A Yankee is not to be known by tli . ecise spot of Northern soil Pom w hich hails. The Yankee Cannot he defined ographicft'ly. In a rare hook; publishin 1832, in South Carolina, we find e best portraiture of the characteristics tho Yankee we ever saw. If our cortpondent recognises his own f.-atttres, j en we part company forever; if not then i i and ourselves have no further cause of ntrovcrsy. Henry Trevor, the hero of tho book in ' lestion had signed a bond with the !)e- | I, some thirty years before, harterng a- j iy his soul f -r a certain p?iriod of uninrrupted pleasure and prosperity. At the | pointed hour, but quite unexpectedly J him, the !>evil appears and demands i e penalty of the bond. Trevor tries to I t? oft", of course. After a long narlev: I *11 ! I a ^oiiiowliat iml inherit creditor saiys: 'However,' continued he, 'I Imve a va- i sty of business to attend to, which will copy me upon eirlh for nearly a week, i will probably he four days before I re- ' .n to hell. I will leave you until then 1 get ruuily to accompany me. I will j h> make you an offer which will afford iU a chance of escape. Provided that as will deliver ino the souls of twenty } <? other persons, I will tnko them as a ' bstitute for yours, and agree to cancel . air bond.' Thus speaking, the l>evi' I ^appeared. We shall let Trevor tell his own story. I instantiy set to work, and published e following advertisement: wanted to PtaciiAS*.' Immediately twenty-ftve souls. Being ry unxious to obtain them and havirg i abundance of money, the subscriber willing to allow a high price and pay e casfi down. Henry Tiitvoa. Expecting of courso great difficulty in uling out persons willing to sell, i one oyed most of th? day in circulating this nice as much as possible. Upon retur ng to nay hou.%e however, I found scve>1 hundred persona already assembled > treat with me. I preceived that they ero all Yankees. ilir.ll / ' J.? 1 If a! *?*en, my inowi; rhhi t MnMinf on? ' them, 'what will you lako for your >ui r . * * # | 'What arc you going to do with it? 'ti enquired he. al 'I want it to go to hell in my place,' I fo r plied. In Tn that ease,1 said tlm Yankee, 'it will \v not be a small sum which will persuade li: in a to sell it. Who can calculate the cc worth of an immortal soul? It is more cc pit&ious than much ointment and sweet ! Si spic- *, the Messed Saviour died to redeem | ai it?It is destined to joy in heaven, or pain ! tii in hell ctorr.nl?I wili not take lees than er ten dollars in specie for my soul.' g( Very well said I,' L will give it to you a though I atn by no means sure that I am dt r.ot paying more than its value. The above may serve as a specimen of k< my purchases. I soon bought twenty- ro five, at prices varying from two to ten do!- in lare,as the fear or avarice of the seller m predominated that my number was near- ed ly made up, great competition was r N ed, and of course p?ices fell exeoedit) lv. a I could then have bought as many as I r pleased for next to nothing. Those who a had not sold went away bitterly waiting ha their disappointment. wi After paying to each mar. his money, he I locked up my new purchases in a safe cn room, telling tlicm that in three days I a would deliver them to the devil. There th they remained, very busily engage 1 in swapping clothes and trading wilh each V other; and I was informed that by night Ti there was not a single one of them who 10 had not made at least six dollars by his ce speculation*. Y; The Devil returned punctually to the en time. I now met him without fear, and cci producing my twenty-five substitute, de maiidcd a receipt in ..ill. ph 'Mr. Trevor.' sai l he looking scornful sh and offended,'I had abetter opinion of ; he yoiithantosiipp .se that you would at j ha tempt to client mo in litis shameful man- in n.-r. Do you 111ink to p:>y my dchl to I loi me iu tliat which is lnv o.vn property?? 1 hi* is same as it' you owed your uei- set glibor twenty t'.ve cattle, ami were to go an ii.to his lie!"I and take beasts with his all brand <"ii t!iem, and idler them as pay- Tli Hi- lit. These men all have my marl; up ed on tliein. Ami besides, to put the mat- sp; ler on another ground, this is no coiopli- ha anee with my offer, for these creatures iin have no souls. I will show you. c<> The Devil, it is to bo understood, is a lb wonderfully skillful chemist and known i ?.! < how to analyse all substances, whether ba iiiatciial or spiritual. In a few minutes I nu lie erected a furnace, seized one of the 'V Yankees, anil disengaged from the body | lie that which iu those animals supplies the : 4il place of a soul. It stood up before us I ac a tiling utterly strange and undescriba- L? ble. He put it into a large crucible, re duced it to a tin id mass, and then scpa rated the co nponent pai ls. of It consisted of I'.irts in a Thousand. en Independence 100 ! on Conning 1*25 Hypocrisy 125 ; kii Avarice 125 Falsehood 125 on Sneakingness 125 j ih Nameless ami numbcitea small vices 1 10 | TEssence of Onion*, Now England jit limn. Molasses, ami Cod Fish 135 j a 1000 su There.'raid the Devil, holding it, up, w< 'do you call that thing a sou!?' Now, if there is any body in the world 1 "i in Purgatory, or in the Lower Regions of perfectly acquainted with the Yankee, ' an from great familiarity and intimacy, it j is the Devil himself.? So the foregoing wj must stand for what wo mean hy Yan- <>(| kee, when speaking of the trihe indiscriminately. .p This same Mr. Trevor describes his I 1 journey down to the Infernal Religion* ->c with great spirit and minuteness, thitO ^ I ami Kalouf were travelling rapidly * down its steep declivity, having already j proceeded many miles, wdien suddenly we j 1 heard behind us a p olig'u >s chatte.r It! was caused hy the ghost of a Yankee ! ' pedler who was jonmeyiug to the other j f'1 world, with his out of tin-ware and other | 11 notions. The ghost overtook us, and | showed himself to he fully as impudent of and inquisitive as if he were still alive. lit lie immediately set to work to find out who I was and where I crime from. ;t 'This i? sorter of a slaniiAdickier road 0y stranger, by golly;' said he. fi *Yes, rather so.' oj 'I guess, Mr. you've eoine a long way!' ni Not very many hundred miles. w I expect may he, you're from tho te North?' la 'No, I am not." al i ?l)id you come .?y the Taint Mountain ii< or over theOhid ltivcrl' fo 'Neither.' 'Hogs and beef cattle sell tolerable low now, I guess?' to ascertain whether I was a Western man'.' 'I think it quite probable.' 1 auppoae, Mr., you've had a good cot- :i) ton crop this year?' ^ 'I understand that tho crop was abun- J( <lant in Carolina anu Georgia.' ,ti 'I recken may be, tliay r.iiae tobacco in the part# you come from?1 (thinking lo p, track ine to Virginia.) I, They are fond of tobacco there.1 p 'T gun**, stranger*,'continued the Yan- ft kce, 'you harn'l none of you never Wen a in this country we're goin to, before, have r< you! I'd like to know what kind of place s for tradin, down tli -re. Vou see, >uut two hours ago old Mr. Death come r me. lletuk me by such a surprise I uin't inucli time to get ready. Jiut as I as jist than about startin out 011 a pcd :i trip, I tbouglit as I was obliged to mie any bow; I might as well try if i nibln'l make something oil the road.? i> l gathered into my cart, some beat's id nutmegs and tin cups and other noons. I calculate I'll make a pretty tol*hle considerable spec!: on what I've it along, Yon don't know how much piece tin cups fetches in these parts. >es you?1 1 pre.'eived, meanwhile, that the Y ante continually kept his eyes down on the ad over which wo were passing, and Jiisliiousty a'il minutely examined the smeroiis marks on its surface. I incjniri reason. 'Why.' said ho 'ihert's old chemiah I'eti ibones, he's been owin me ninepence I >r about eighteen years. I vkon I've asked him for that ninepence thousand liiv.es. And do you think the iteful sarpent didn't push off at lust thout paving il! lie dted about two airs afore me. I'm looking to see if 1 n find bis track. IJo'll have l>> get into tarnation hot place, but what I'il have at ninepence yet somehow.' Traveling thus in company with tha inkee, at b-awtli we reached river Styx, o re was ol4pC>haron,\.'iih liis hoat ready take us across. lie demanded 12 1-2 j nts., Iiom each of ns lor ferry age. The , mkc- iii vain higgled, nearly an hour i deavottriug to gel Inm lo take a ten | nl piece. la crossing tlie river the pedh-r ctn?ypil his time in mailing a couih, of the j ell <.fa turtle caught in the WaP iy.\ liii h palmed oil" upon :;a old maid who d died of di.i*a|kpoiulcd love, on iv.udif theo|i(K>site hank, as a "viniiue tor- : so shell. 1 Y< needing into the inter, >r, we pro ill\ readied llie judgement seat lib idlantluis, w here sentence is passed upon who anivo in the infernal dominions. ie court was selling and husines seeinto he earried on with w< nderful doateli, the eases of a multitude of gho.-ls ling been nlready di-posed of that ruing. Soon wo heard one of the I nstahh s call out,'N'iigii II oliinsl Virgil I DskinsP *llere,' answered our companion . c Ya pedler. walking up to the r. Uliadainantliua seat. .1 with a great j mher of huge account 1" oks by him, J irgil llosidas is your name, is iisaid j .' 'Hero it is' among the ll's, page , >,Uod. All, Virgil! there's a terrible long j count against you without any eie his. t's see a feiv of the charges.' (rifi-ts. ) VlM.I I.I. IIos'KINS, 1 >u. Jon '27, 18"-; Toseiling, in the course I one peddling exp? litoti,41)7,;I0S woodnutmegs, 2 1 1,5 II8 Spanish cigars made I of oak leaves, and <? 10 wood* n clocks. \\ hat do you say to that charge Uos'IS? J/oskius. Why, that w as counted in r place about the greatest peddliu trip at ever was made over the l'ooanie. j 'is wiiJs'. Juno 20. 18?. | stealing an old <irind-t lie, smearing over with butter, and then selling it as cheese. /Joskins in f/rrnt snr/>riir. Jimminy, rely you wouldn't punish a man lor that mild yoirt /iail'imcnlhtis wntDeceiuher 10, r80?. To making a counterfeit dollar pewter, when you wore six years old, id cheating your father with it. Ifwkhi*. l'addp wna mighty glad lien he found it out. lie said it shewf had a genus. lilfutavv.tathus reads? July 2, 18 ? > taking a worn pair of shoes, which u found in the road, and selling them a pious old lady, as being actually the ops of St. Paul. J/nskins irith cxiillnlinn. I made four mars and twelve and half cents hv that. Rhuilamanthux retuts'. July, 2, 1 ?. > taking an empty old watch case, putig a live cricket into it; and then selling as a patent lever in full motion. Hoskinn. He, he, he,? that was one ' the culi.it tricks I ever played in all my o. "/iti'idamnithiiM. It would occupy nie. week lloskins, to go through all the inrges against you. 'I heso few are suf dent. I really am petting entirely out " patienco with Now Kit gland,for <t gives le inore trouble titan all the rest of the orhl ptit together. You are sentenced > be thrown into a lake ol boiiing mowhere nearly all your coontrvtnen Iready are, with that same gtintMono ed to your neck, and to remain thero rover. A New ay to Detect a Thief. The father of the great American Statesian was a humorous and jocose porsonare, and innumerable are the anecdotes dated of him. Ah he was journeying in ta?sachusetts, not far from his native iwn, ho stopped rether late ono night at ii inn in the village of . In the ur room wi.ro about twenty different arsons, who, an lie entered, called out for im to discover a thief. Ono of the coinany, it appeared, had a few minutes lasire, had a wiUeh taken form his pocket, nd he know the offender must bo in the x?m with them. "Come, Mr. Almanac maker,you know *. ' * * ' * % lite signs of the limes, the I i Idon tilings of tin; season, till who is the thief, j "Fasten ail lite doois of the room let j no one Isave it; void here landlord go and j bring your wife's great In ass kettle." | "Who?ew! want t?> know! mv stars! ' my wife's?whew ?ewr'ijiioih lionifaee. j "V'hy, jott wouldn't he more stiink if I i t-ihl von to go to not!" lionifaee did as commanded; the great j brass kettle was placed in the middle of the lloor, its bottom up?as black sooty I and smoky as a chimney back. The i landlord got into his bar, and looked, oil j w ith his eyes as lug as saucers, i "Von don't want any hot water nov ! nothin' to take oil" the Li biles on a critter I do you Square?" said the landlord, iho ! preparation looking ulittlc loo nuieh like i liog k'U'Ug. "The old woman's gone to bed ami the well's diy." | "Now go into your barn and bring iho bigest cocktre! yov've got." "When! you won't bile him, will you! ! he's a tough one. 1 can swear Squire, he didn't steal the watch. '1 lie old rooster knws when it is time to crow, without looking at a watch."' "tio along, or I won't delect the thief." Boniface weut to i'ic barn and soon return, d with a tremendous fat roostor, cark'ing all the way like mad. "Now nut him nml.T >? L-uiii.. .....1 | . .IV nvw 1V3 blow the light out.' Tin- old rooster was thrust utulor the iii\. ?;? . 1 kettle and the lamp blow n out. Mow gentlemen, 1 ilon'i f pose the thief is in the company; but 'f he is, the ol?I rooster w ill crow when the offender touches the bottom of the kettle with his hands. Walk round *n a circle, and the cock will make known the wateh stealer. The innocent need not he afraid you know.' The company then, to humor him, and carry out the j'ke, walkid round the kettle in the dark for three or four irinu'cs. "All done, gentlemen?" "A'i done, was tin* en; "where's your crowing! We heard r ocockadooileldo.' "Hriny us a iiirht A light was brought as ordered. "Now hold up your hands, good fo'k*. They were ?.f cour-.e black, ootn c? ruing in contact with the j-e-ot i f'he kittle. "A" ut>." "All up," was tho response. A'i don't know! Here's one fellow who hasn't held up his hands.' "Ah. ha! n>\ of! hey, let's taken peep at Your paws." They were examined, and they wa re lot l?l ?ck like those ? ! the rest of llie eoiiipanv. ' You'll find yopt- watch about hint ? |search." And so it proved. This fellow, not being aware, any more than the rest, of the trap that wi.sset for the d'neovery of tho thief, had kept a! >of from the kettle, lest when he touched it the crowing of the rooster should piaclaim him as the thief. As the hands of all tho others were blackened, the whiteness of his own Allowed of course that he had not dared to touch the old brass kettle, and that he was the offender, lie jumped out ol the tY> lug pan into tho lire, and was lodged in as uncomfortable a place as either?to wit?the jail. Anecdote. The Hon. A. II. Stephens, of Georgia, in a recent address at n meeting in Alexandria, for the henilit of tho Orphan Ysyluin and Free School of that city, ralated the following anecdote: A poor little hoy on a cold night, with no home or roof to shelter his head, no I paternal or maternal guardian to guide, 1 to'pioiect or direct him on his way .reached at nightfall the house of a licli planter, who took li'iu in, fed, lodgen, and sent I him on his way with his blessing. These i kind attentions cheered his In.mi ? ?! j inspired him willi fresh courage lo battle j with the obstacles of life, i Years rolled on, find ho had readied 1 the legal profession; his hot had died; the j cormorants that prey on the substance of j in hi had formed a conspiracy to get from the widow her estate. Rho Rent for tlio : nearest counsel to commit her cause to him, and the counsel proved to he the orphan l>oy years before welcomed and entertained by her deceased husband. The stimulus of warm and tenaciotifi gratitude was now added to the ordinary motive connected w .th the profession.? lie undertook her cause with a will not easily to be resisted; he gained it; the widow's estate wer.i secured to her in perpetuity; and Mr. Stephens added, with an emphasis of emotion that sent an elcc.M^thtill throughout tho house, orphan boy now xtandx brfurc you" ?4T"l gels as many papers to read, as I wants, without paying for them."? You do I'"Yes, I borrows as many as I wants from my neighbors, llioy taken all the papers and when they aro dono with the.m they "lets" ino havo them." Yea, and you "borrows* all your old sbirts, - ? 0 1171 - a i? >, uu yuni ucn your netgnoorn, got done with them, thoy "lots" you lnvo them, do they! Oh, shame! shame! on such husbands, fathers, cui*enH,cLrwtuiu>l ft I ; 1 * I - . jd ,9