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VOLUME V. LANCASTER. 0. II.. SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY I, 18.57 NUMBER 51.
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[From the Southern bight.
THE HEAD AND THE HEART.
The Hem! is stately, culm ami wise,
And bears a princely part;
Ai d down below, in secret, lies
The warm, impulsive heart.
The lordly Head that sits above,
The Heart that boats below.
Their several ollice plainly prove,
Their true relation show.
The Head erect, serene and cord,
Endowed with Reason's art,
Was set aloft to guide and rule
The throbbing, wayward Heart.
Ai.d fiom the Head, ns from the higher,
Conies all-direeting thought ;
And i.i the Heart's transforming lire,
All noble deeds arc wrought.
Vet eaeh is l>e*t when hnlli unite
To make the man complete ?
What were the heat without the light '
The light without the lied ?
Irlrrtrii $tori|.
JUDGE HEMSEH'S FIRST CLIENT.
UY MAUL LKK.
I I!i { Jiii\?n? lt.>ntki n tvit?t l*i 11.11 nf (t nrr
> ' ' * h
11is ear!)' experience lit tlie bar. My first
case, he xvuuKl sav, came ujioii me most
unexpectedly, alter 1 li.nl waited a comiderable
nine fur r client. 11.e way I came
to gel it was this ;
A young girl, named Helen M on I res
mr, was to lie tried at our County Court,
Itei'eview, tor stealing a bieastpiu, valm d
at lour dollafo, and twenty doWatsiti gold,
fr? in llio trunk of her emp'oyer, one
.1 allies Wesley, a merchant who 1 ved in
the neighboring town of lied lord. The
theft, which wa-. detected-onie live weeks
Iw'i'ie, cecaaioned unite a taik at the tone
is the girl was very beautiful, and .lames
W esley and his wife Eunice were anvthin^
hut that, besides being generally d.-tested
l'eoplc said Helen bad been treated
rli iiinful.y by her unstress, who nn> jeal
on of her; and it was e\en hinted that
there had Ikcii foul |?l:t\ in the prosecution
for tueft. l l.o subsequent arrest i.f
a gang of counterfeiters ami horse thieves
had so absorbed public attention, that il.e
c.iso of Helen M ontressor was ?j?111** forgotten,
and no one seemed to care for to r
fate. Ifut when her case was called, and
she was plneod in the prisoner's box. her
tieauty roiled every eye, and when the
Judge Asked her who was her cout.sel,
and she modestly replied that she had
nnne, and that she had no money to pa v
a iawver, there w u not a mi-nil er of the
har present who would not Imve undertaken
her case. I ho Judge, after looking
around the room for a monvnt, fixed hi*
e\o on me, and said, "Mr. W-*ni*en, you
will |>leiso act an litis young !ndv'? eoun
S?el." I (.tailed ns though I had la-en
shot. Luckily n jnroi wim j ist taken ill,
and tin? Court adjourned till ten o'clock
the next morning, or I am nfra d that I
should have mada and work with niv
client's case.
As 1 left tin? Court room, 1 | .okel al
my w.itcli ; it whs ?dev? n o'< k ; so I
had hut twenty three hours to pn-pare
for the still?,gle. 1 at tiii- e ealh-d upon
flu- district attorney and asked to see the
indictment, and tl.? evidence t ,k<u l ?*
fore tho Justice of the 1 Vare. A* he
tunihil*)I over a pile of documents, in
search of the paper*, he said, "The J a Igo
must have a spile against \ou, ICeinsen,
to put von in sucli a light place, and you
a green hand. No oil--tee. my dear fellow,"
he added, as lie observed tile rising
Color of my cheek ?"no ofl'enco ; I simply
meant that you are inexperienced.?
there are the ctocmncnts. You may take
IIIV* Ml IIUIIIO Willi VCIU, 11 V'Jll |IR?| (XII V
l?e sure t<* bring them to'/ourl to morrow
morning. You will >e- or.perusing iliein,
that your client has not achntu-w."
I was annoyed nt this light reference to
my client, for whom I had already enter*
tinned tlie deepest respect, and bviievwl
to he innocent; hut 1 said nothing in re*
piy. II listening to my office, 1 locked j
my self in and Commenced the analysis of <
my cart*. The indictment Was, in brief ,
what I have already stated. 1 lie CMdene
J I Ki fore tin- Justice of ihc I'c.icc conL
timed of the testimony of Jnnics and
Kutiice Wesley, Sarah Brown, a seam i
stress, < hariotld Bovce, a domestic, and
Thomas llann-gan, a man of-all-work,
employed hy the Wesley's. Hannegan's
evidence seemed straight for war-) and '
truthful, and ao did the servant girl's. I
tnaoe up my mind that they were not un
friendly to my client, and that ( would
seek an interview with them, although it
should necessitate a journey to Bedford. :
In Miss Brown's testimony I at once do
terted malice, and 1 determined to liar
irow her unmercifully in my ctOs? examination,
Wesley's evidence wax very situ ,
4
il.ir inslylt) and waiter t? that of 11 anno f?
gan ; but Mrs. Kunicu Weshv'a testimony <1
was lull, discursive, and acrimonious? I
Mich, lor instance, as that "She had always a
in lievetl Helen to !>< a viper, but her bus n
band hail upheld the trollop." I renicne a
her the i?os?:p about Helen's ill treatment, li
and Mrs. \V . * ley's jealousy ; and to my I n
; mind, the case now seemed clear ; 1 In* j g
lievod that Mrs. Wesley herself had put s
those thing* in Helen Moi tressor's trunk, k
I next went to tho Court House and re- t
jue-ted Mi. M ice, the Silent)', who lived h
hi a wing of the building t? introduce me c
to the prisoner, lie conducted me to ln r t|
cell. Although the bolts clanged heavily v
as they sprang fiom the locks, otti en t
traueu dal not seem to attract tier a'tcn- j n
! lion. She was standing with clasped e
| hands, before her narrow grated window, ' i
g i7 tig intently at the slcy. The SlierdV j'
louche I her arm, and said 'Miss Monlros .1
sor, th s gei.tl' inaii, Nlr. Ibunsvii, is the i
liwycr who is to manage your case, t.?- I v
moirow, and lie wants to see you." She I
I started, turned ipiii kly round, and made "
' an inclination ot Iter head, to indicatd t
her reuliness to listen, hut she said not 1 i
a woiil. I lie Sherill had alienlv left the ' i
cell, and we were atone. Conscious that | l
i every moment was precious, I said, I t
'Mies Motilre-sor, we iniot throw aside <
all i'n monv and communicate frank v '
upon this painful hii-ines*. I say pain- I
till, because it is not less hart wing to nie | <
lliali to yotn-ed. Net thai < think \ oil |
gw tv, lor I helieVi that jntl ate innocent, s
I he i.ext thing s to prove that vi.u n;e i
so. As Mimes iiovi aie, this pi i unis,? to t
be a dill! n't mailer; hut I am not with i
out hope. If you will tell me frankly i
, what your exp? r eive has been w'.'h the I
Wodey V, my task aiav he ver\ much 1 i
[ lightenc !.'
I then put a scries of < pies lions, which t
she aiis w ei ed w Mil eiiiin trunk lies*, w her?- ) c
I by i learned she was titCeon \ear? old ; . j
that she ha 1 hved with Mrs. Wesh i,who ! i
iti ii '
11<iii utMMi n:<*rii? ij ikiiiiii years; lli.il t
lie had !i\ed with n kind ?>M gentli mi hi. i
named ?iico<>rv, who t.uioht hoi in call !t
I.nil grandpa ; tlint M's. Wcsh-v, w ho j I
was ill. li called Mian Nesinitli, !i\ *.?>I with I
{ Mr. <ii?i>"i v ?il?o ; that he seemed a ft aid <
..I" Mi-* N< >>111,111 ; ili.u M si Notintii inliortot
a.l our properly, him) inairied Mr. 'i
Wesley Jll'Olll a Itl'illllt Ht'tfl' !<! Ml. (iic ,
; (;ory ilii <1 ; ili.ii -la* tolil her ^1 It len) nev- | i
er to call I:.in giaudpn any nmrc. lot lie j i
I wasn't any relation to !,ei at all ; that t
!the<lav ?m which old Mr. <i|vgor\ <!i.-< 1 ;
In? gave h?T ft sealed pftek"t, and t I her
1 tu t to let Kuii'ce (Mrs. W.s!e\ ) see it,
Imt to give it to a certain lawyer, when i I
she returned t?. town, lor it would hi ike t
hei a tich \oi;ttg lady, anil then lie cr.eil,
and said he he had lei titmice liave her r
1 own way t o much ; thai she fell asleep t
with the packet in her lap, and when she ,
woke tip it was gone, and she had never i
: dared t . ask any rp.eslion almtit it ; ilial i
Mr-. \N >-!i'V hated her, an I heat ln r, an.I i
treated In r like a shire, and thre iteiicd to ' i
' kt.i her, an.I tliat >he sometimes thought <
of ilfowning her*e!f. she was so miscra- i
; that Mi. W v?!cv had >aiil in.prop* r I
j tiling-* to her, t It a t I. u was a bad mall, <
( 'it \erv wo.ik ami cow.irdlv, Mid com- 1 '
j11 i Iv under liis wife's c mtrol ; that tin ;
lav on wjiicli lnr trunk was Rearched, t
' *|ie was sent to the minister's on nil or
iaii'!. was gone aliont an hour aim! a half, \
! ayl on her return was taken uj? stair, to !
-eo ln r trunk opened, I. fore she h i<| i
taken <fl* her bonnet ami shawl ; that
she was suru Mis. Wesley 11:i 1 put the '
tli'iio, in Iter trunk while she was gone j
niii, because she (Helen) ii.nl overhauled i
it lliat \cry niori mir, nod they were not
in it then ; bill whether Mr. Wesley , i
know about it she cuuhl no: say, altlu u>^li j
?sin- rather thought lie did, because he |
looked gniltv wh? n his wife was opening c
j the trunk. i
Telling the poor girl to cheer op, ami l
keep in good henit, I u ithdrt w, ami went r
to llie Sheiill'a sitting room, w hero I found I <
Mrs. M ice. 1 at once informed Iter that t
it was my opinion that Mivs Montressor ' v
was an innocent, persecuted girl, and that t
I hoped she would try to cheer her ii| ?
that day and evening, so thnt she Cculd J c
, enter tlie court-room with a good heart on 1
ili* iiioij.iv. ! !ns the kind hearted wo .>
man promised to do, and 1 hastened to t
mv < fli'*e. My brain whs in a whirl.? i
<:L..a - - - i - . . ;
MIK((VI1 "Ihiiiiiiii inu |mCKfl willed l
u in to in si Re ln*r a rich young lady?it-* i
in\*tenou* disappearance! What could ! i
that i*II inumi I NVn* old Mr. (Iregnry ' 11
really Helen'* grandfather I Wm that j
packet lii* last ivill uihI U**t*ment, he I
| qnentliitig hi* j?r?>|??-ri\ to Iter ? end Innl o
Eunice Neamitli, row Eunice Wedey, <i
stolen u trmii Il?e child n**he slept, that ! I
Jw 11iie!11 dutch the property l?y virtue of n
a former will wlncli had t*-en fnrrtd from *
tli* oM mhti i 'lie cried, an I *aid he v
had Id Eunice hhVe her own way too ,
much !' Her own way nhout what! I n
felt cert hi 11 that 1 had got on the tr.n l: of v
a great villainy, ami thought i could
aotnewrhni uuderttand the reason l<.rle
Eunice Weak)'* hatred of Helen and her . j
de?ire to Wa*t tlie poor girl'* character. t
After spend ng a half hour in netting my ( o
thou.lit* and arranging my plen*. 1 w*nt ii
to a literv stable, ordered a carriage, and I
drove to Hedlor l. a
!t w i* two o'flock when 1 reached the d
village. I v?l*li?d drat to llaonegair, v
Waaiey'a wrving man. My making a ti
' 0
w cautio is impuries at lite la vein, and
isb'.irsing a lialf ?1 ?li;?r lo the hostler,
Itiin^'Hii was foou locked i>i inv room
ml informed of my business. lie was
iitieli pleaded to tlnd I was Helen's friend,
ml oil ni) promising never to let what
it? said get to Mis. \\ eg lev's ears, lie told
no that she li t 1 always treated the poor
itl like a dog ; that lie had seen her
'riko Helen, ami heard her threaten to
:ill her, and to ruin her leputatioti ; and
hat he heiu ved tin* breastpin and nioiiev
ind been" put into the trunk by tin* old
alamaran herself. In nnswer to my
iHestiou, lie stated what I lelen's l>elia\ ' r
rits when the articles weie foitiu! in her
rttnk, ami described the breastpin and
itoney. The latter consisted ol 1'nur half
Ugles, 'one ol wliicli had a lml<! ill it,
hat had 1 < en made by Mr. Mnre'.i, the
cweh-r, so Mrs NVenlv could string it on
i ribbon, for a bitlluluy present for the
niiiister'* little 1-ov; ami that was one
vav Mis. Wedey knew* the money win
ieis.' lb; a so gave rne a letter, signed
Eunice tiregorv,'' that he had fonml in
lie yard, that <lav, ami which lie mainallied
Was ill Mis. Wesley's h llldwrit
tig. 'That hinl made him suspect her
lame wasn't N-smith la-tore she was
naiiied tt> Wes|?\ ; and he had thought
lie might have been - nm* relation to o i
d<". < > I egorV w|o lind. fill I llu-le tllU-t
iayi' I icon nome'.hino had t" make liei
linn.;.- in-r IikiiH'.'
'1'his information made :i deep impres
.ion on ;i:v mind, taken in cntt'ioetion
villi what II.Inn had toll inn; he-idc*
!.< ii.iiuo h'niiio- (j'rci;vrj seemed tloatno
vit tn v memory as I!?? i^li I linil s? <->i
t font 'V.o.i wilii some es lit which h:i I
aded ir.>t:i recollection, and was dimly
i disiitif < 1 ll ir.n'";nn,an ! p lid :t vi.-il
o Mi. Mnrcli, tlin jewih r. 1 toil! him
roiili<ji*ntinli\ who ! was and , ,r what
)ui|io?e i was calio 1 llu distinctly to
lumbered this h:ilf-ea*>le~ business? in
act, it was set d >w n on In* record wherein
every, transaction of his kIih|i ?h? writen
out punctiliously. At my n-oiiest
to turned to hi* book to see oil what day
In* whole *< as made in tin: ha.I ? io It
ivas Wi-dti .! i\, the 17t!i ?] >\ of M o h
? the cel t day Udell's tttlhk W'a--caicb
*.l. ! asked at what hout tit*'coin was
Ic.ivered l<> Mis. \N isVy, lie replied
hat slu- called tor it nhnut eleven ??\ h>< k
n tin; forenoon, and that Miss Montr. *
hi'.- trunk w as searched al.ont ate o'clock
n the ktli'iliooli of the same du\.
'That looks rather strange,' replied I ;
would you have an\ objection to attend
he trial to morrow, with your hook, and
.estify in tliis case !'
W no. at he icplic I ; *1 Lad intt-n
led from the first to be ptcsctil .t tin;
rial.'
I bade the jeweller good dav, tin 1 turn
vi to depart. At tliat umunMil Wesley
Mitel ed i ho shop and \va? accosted bv
irttiie by tin-jeweler, who gave me a winl.
0 indicate ?i:ii be war. Ah we liad riovm
beloro met, 1 bad lio fear of Itiw reeoglizing
nie, and mi I regarded iiiin at niv
eisurc. 11 was an evil looking man.?
Jver his left oy o was a queer shaped near,
ivbieli ran crookedly a< r?>?s liin forehead.
1 l;e imtant I saw these::!' 1 |e!t as though
he whole thing was clear to me now.' ?
I lie sear, the de.vuiption of winch I so
,\e!i renn labored, brought the w hole-Mor\
ch'y to mind, I rcuiemlier m-w the
tame ot lainiee (ireg. r\ ?the child ranr
ll'iiav?and there stood hei accomplice
tinier an assumed inline. lining the
owe'.ei a warning glance, i hastened lo
uy carriage and drove furiously home.
After taking . onie refreshments, 1 shut
nyself in my room, and detcuuiiied t??
iass the tn'ire night, i' ne.essarv, in pre
>aratioii f.?r the coining contest. I not
mlv wished to clear my client of the
lunge made against her, but also expose
lie Wesley* and oblige thum to make
eslitiition to the wronged and pillaged
rphan ; for I felt an assured conviction
hat all the property they Iih<I in the
vorld rightfully belonged to lit ten M<mircssor.
I ransacked my memory to find
oine tangible concerning the past cnteer
if Knnico Gregory and lo*i accomplice,
>ut I could find nothing. 1 had read the
lory many years before in a newspaper,
he name wnich I could now remember,
could not prove that the Wesley's were
lie same parties ; and should 1 mention
ny sutpicionn in court, the district attor
ley wouid scout thorn as ridiculous and
Malicious inventions of inv own, and the
udg" would charge the jury to pay no
i?*? ?! i<> iiic^ii i must suj> Icharacter
Y li e Wcdo\a in my cross examination
if their wilnessea, and thus try l<? erteel it
.reach sufficient to justify h direct assault,
hi it charge of conspiracy against Helen,
nd then crush James W'cslcv on the
ritr.ess statu). And I wove my mealies
ur the uii?u*peiiing victim, until the
Homing sun rays stream**! through my
rindnura.
The court w?* opened, a jury em pan
led, the case called, Helen M .ntrewsor
laced in the prisoner's box, ai.d the dinrict
attorney's telling, uierciieaa opening
f the case completed, in what MMinad to
r?e to he hut a few minnta* ??f lime.?
lelcn lovlced more innocent than over,
nd I re*.?lve<I that f.iil juatire should he
one her, if mv resources could compass
tich a retort. It is In su.-h ar. hour that
lie lawyer feel* the honor an 1 dignity of
hi* position ; ami it is tlien thai ho nisi
foci- its Ic- InMlsilii ll V.
J ho tirsi witness was Charlotte I'ovco
\ the servant girl. She had been ca'let
l?y h-r mistress to go up.?n<I soo Helen'
trunk searched ; ho went tip an I saw tin
hieastpiu ami money found ui it?tucfei
??av in one corner. 1>\ my cross exam
ina.am I elicited IV in the witness thefao
that Hel *n had just^oine homo from at
eraii'l (?'H which slit* had hccli absentoVc
an houi) whcli her trunk was searched
and had on her botinet and shawl ; ilia
V-he looker! ij'iito iiiUoix iit and unconecrn
od until tin- tilings were foiuid, and ilia
she then secim I astonish'd." 'n disniis
'sine die witness, | gazed 11,,. jurv, t>
j s o if what I had elicited had Hindu nn
iniiircssi(.t) upon them, l.ut llo-v sat wit!
stern faces, us thoue'i ti .(ilvfil that uotli
ing should n.akc thejn clear tlio on)ptil
I ? tiled M -- llovce lank, saving I luo
f.<rp?lten a vny important point. Tiii
excited -nine attention, and wlnn I ask1:
her if Mrs Weslov wie in tin habit < fill
treating the prisoner, everybody prick
! cd up llnor ears. The girl hesitate'
and stammered hut finally said sh
thought she was. And wliv do \o
think v?" I asked. She replied. Tu
car e Mis. \Ve*Vy hei' her once with
latoc club a?nl threatened to kill her, an
was ale a\s scolding her. Itul don't as
me at.\ in to ipn-siions,' s!ie suddeiiiv e\
'claimed, 'or I shall lose my place"
g'anced at Mrs. Weslov, and saw that >h
was regarding her servant with a ] >ok <
intense tit i 'gaily, ami for the pin pose (
nnnoyb'g her as much as josni' e. I aj
pealed to the court to protect t'.e witin ?
ngain-l 'li r thr< atemng looks f her mi
tics*, wl o was evidently helit 1 n il l in
| dating her. 'I Ids brought all eyes to
focus on Mis \\ edev's ug'\ ?' nute' ,tn"i
and she turned fairly white with in ! gnu
tioti. The Judge told lie w't?e>s 1
speak without tear, and if she lost, h<
present place by telling tile ti nth. si
would undoubtedly find pleotv of belli
ones. 1 Icing satisfied w illi the impics-i,
already made,I told the witness she imgl
I go. mid the district attorney pern.i.led h
t. p is* without further ijuesiionii g.
file ne\; witness was Miss Sarah llrow
the seaiusttes- a rat eved, hat died fact
.1 lot I.. - " t.s; l
,...j . * . ..... vi'.iuiii-. w:!" ill will
f.?r N!rs. \N tit Le Iii.it* tlx- the
wj?s r-'.l. Hie met ll.-'.n, t < '1 i
hef.>ro Lor ttunk xxs* eeatvlicii, coiniii
?>ti' <>! I .I !?i>tr- ? >' r.-oni, ati*l .In* look.
s.? tjnili v slti't l..*ii mis|ieou'*l she Lad I km
iluiUif something \\ rong. "1*1..* snme ?ln
Mix. \\ . x .'\ sjiolvt' i<? Iht about l'ii! ll.it);
l l>c 11vT li1 ii?*, iii.l slut l i. 1 Mis \\ t'?'cy In
suspicions. 'I Ihti upon lie light
would l?e i good |>ian to se.ncli llcl<'ti
trunk ; she |?r? p'?s?'?l tli.it 11j? \ sliotil
j'!'? it at once. hut Mrs. Wesley prefbrro
to wait until the next afternoon. Wlic
1 tlif trunk was searched, the thi; gs wn
' f-.im.l in if, just as sl,?> expected the
I lVnllld l.u."
Win'tt ikt witncM wm nuttfrl ovrr t
mo, I i.x\-i 1 m a careless ton*', liow *>'
I know tin* ii'.o'K'j was :ti Mrs Wesley
room, li..' .lax -I,,. had iin t I!cl? n .'.uniii
; < i.. ncc. w it because Mrs. \\ ?
' I ox l.a.I lot.I hrr it xv:ix there. Slioul.ln
j L.' iiiiktalton, fur Mi', \\ . La.I spoke
about ill" lialf eagle xvitli a Iio'o in i
winch she was going '<? present to tli
' minister'* little Lov. This I made In
1 sax ox r an.I over again, until there cmil
1 ho no mistake aLoul it, ate! then asked
liv knew \xh>> inn? 1 llie hole iti the lial
i eagle,
| ' Vo; Mr. Murcli the jewc.iei, tna.le it
J **I-? lit! 111 tiio room f' 1 mki'il. '*\i-s
there In* is," said -lie, pointing t.> Mnrcl
who iv.is t?:_j iii* ir. I ml.I Mum Hrowi
1 die ciiti I go; and .*. 1 supposed ho ivonl
!<*, lli" I ?i?triet Alt..iiu y requested tlin
Mr. M ir. it !vli<hi! 1 In* sworn. I In* oall
I having 111*1:11 administered, tiio Attorn?
i. i#? iI Mur li iiio d-i.tical ln? f ?agl<
iin i asked i ihi it in* recognised it. ii
said In* ili.l, tli.it lie mad? tho I mil* in
' f*?r Mrs. \N .".lev, nil.] tint tlm M xgi^trat
i ivliu committed the oris ilier had made
j in uk upon it so it could l?o easily identi
| Ili*i|. "That's nil; tiio witness is voun
Mr. !I.Miisi*n," sniil the l>iatrirt Atlornei
' 1 >o you roiiieiiiher, Mr March, on wha
' ?};?y rii tin* iiioiill: vou tivHilu tho hole i
| t!iu l.aif engle you nre holding in yon
, hand T' 1 n?k?.* I. ' It was on tiio 17th ?
Mar?*li," *ii<l I.". "\Vliy tint wan tli
very day tlx* prisoner* trunk was search?
was it not )" ssiil I. turning to tiio Ihstrii
: Attorney. 'That is the day mentioned i
I the indictment," he replied. Tiiminj
again to the witness, I said, "Mr. Mun i
i pie sse to recollect with decision ; vo
j heard the witness who proceeded vo
swear that Mr*. W esley told her that idun
| licftl halt' eagle, with the hole then mail
:ii it. was ii. her liiislialiil's IniiiL on /.
before llio 18i'i day of la.it March.*'?
Y<-s,' said March, ' I heard her swear I
lhat, an 1 wm astonished, f??r Mr* \Ve?l
brought rue tho coin on this afternoon o
the 16th, ami told me I most havo il li>
ed by n"c?n of the next day ; at ele
o'clock en the 17?h she cause for it and si
otic v'olock tliat afternoon it was found i
j M *s Montr???r>rV trunk, with the othc
j things
The pictrict al'orney turned sliar
round and gave the \\ o-deya a pivruin
lo<k. Mr*. W. Mt immovable; but Wet
by turned pale ami fairly cowered bencat
the jja/e of the Attorney, who, I *aw ??
j ( now convinced ul tin; true facts of thecas<
' am) the ? mlyje ami Jury scetncd to l.o <j
, tin* satne uiitnl. 1 lelt certain, tlien, of i
1 verdict ill my c!:* rit'.s favor, but how was
s to crush the Wcs.cys and win hack lie
? estate? i decided on my course.
1 | llatincgan was tin* next witness, and
showed |?y liiin that Mrs. Wesley has |>er
t scented the prisoner in the most outrage
i oils manner?beating her, threatening t,
r kill her, and to ruin her reputation, am
, j ill treating her shamefully. ilis {ostium
t , nv ?-\eile<l so iniieh indignation again*
-j the villainous couple,tln.t I longed for th
t moment to arrive when James Wesle;
j should take the stand. \\ lien Hanr.cgnt
. ! retired, Mrs Wesley whispered to her hint
v ' haml, and lie whispered to the A t rimv
i i Tho latter s? eined surprised at firs
- | hut made a gesture of assent, and an
t. noutic d that the prosecution would tlier
i rest the case. Kieryhodv was surprise)
that the Wesley a had not been called t
d testily, at'd 1 was tpii'.e stunned. M
I plans were all disarranged. 1 divined a
; once that Mrs. Wesley had Mtggestodthi
I extraordinary course to shield her hit.
e hand and herself from tnv cross exaininr
ii ' tion. llad the iiis'incl ol ?cll preservatio
| told her what was coining ? 1 iinmed
a i atylv decided upon my course, ami lose t
i open th*' case tor the defcuco. I hega
k I hv stating that 1 had incoutcstiblc ev
- ! deuce th a a conspiracy had h-.eti entcre
I iiito to blast the clnra ter of my client, t
e enable parti's in tl.ee impolicy lope'let
if i ceitain secret piar.s, winch w hen I j r<
>f led to e\po"e tlo iii, would fill the coll
i-I muuitv with horror. I saw that even
hi iy v.ns piepai d to believe almost am
thing, and m i. imined to waste no time i
i j words. >u 1 requested that James We
a lev might l eswoifl, ami <le> led the J mil
p, to have Kaiiice Wosh-y nonoved Iroiii tl
i room wh . her httsl ?ud w >s heing e\:,n
!o I inc.I. Sin w as 'aken out by the {she
i iff. and I turned to o ies'.ion Wesley.
it> " Juines WmIpv, raid I -tindv, "ho
i>r filing that scar <11 vour forehead t"
in; Ai the viilian turned gh ?*-t I v pile, sta
lit j gered, mid rlutehed at the railing of tl
ir | witne.s* l%)\ fur support, I li lt mire of n
man, and said, " An-wor ni", //>>// .l/,i
ti . //* /// ; how came thai. scar on vour i"<?r
..I head ?"
k At the mention of the name " Uoh 11 a
't mm," tla' wretch li.'!l back upon the so:
iy nt.'l groaned. " < Mi, don't?don't brii
ijj | that agin tii''."
<1 "I shall 1 i in j* that tip, and more to
ti unless \nit answer in.' truly al? nit this pr
iv 1 tond'-d thefi. Now, tell iim* ? did not h't
nice (iiTyori/ j ut those thing* in Mi
i r Mot.tr. Ssor'o t tunic?''
it! "till, my <?o.l! hotv did yoli kno
V ahoiit Kuuiee (iregory } Itun't bring //t
1 np now. It* gone by wars ago,' gioaiu
<1 ' the wretched limn.
n Answer me, then ; did not your wi
re put llio>i> tilings in M ?? Monli'stoi
v ! ti unk f"
i " Vos?vho did ;? let the girl go, ni
o don't a-h me any rnoro ?piestions "
n' I lie I'wili ineut had now become ow
\ p helming, and the witness was beginii
g to tear ti r l.i.s buddy safely?a fact whit
s I determine 1 to use as an additional sere*
't " 1 >ha'l ask for but iillle in re inform
n lion," I repliod, "as I do not wish to e
t, pose you to the rage of tins audience
von wi'l answer tiie i.r.m.i.ilt \\ I.. r?.
. .. j i v * * ,,v'* *
r I lit* will flint old Mi. < regoi v execute
I in which In) made his grand child, licit
if Montro.ssor, I?h heir, and w hicli he gni
t her to g vi! t<> Ins lawyer when lie rot tan
ed?the w ill \ our \viff .stole from the cliil
, us sin- lay bleeping f"
; "Oh, Lord ! it's collie at lust! just as
?, told her it would."
i j ' Where is the will?" I thundered,
d " It is burnt!" he exc .timed?"hut lit
it en i? In* only surviving relation, and tl
li will by which my wife got the property
y a lorgeti one."
p, Having achieved every tiling I wi*.he
u and not caring to prolong the painful seen
it I asked the Oisliicl Attorney if it woui
e not ho best todismiss the case. 11<* cliee
a fully assented to the proposition, and Mi
Montressor, who in her tlush of agnatic
i, and thankfulness looked more lovely ilia
7. ever, was released from custody of M
t Mace and rilm-ed in clinren ?.f li'u >ol
i - - r>" * "
n wliilrt Wesley and hi* wife slunk awn
ir from ilie indignation of the as embly.
f llie ex.-dement was so great, the t'ou
y; wns adj >uiiii <1 till d o'clock, l'. M., ami
d w;u obliged t?> state, for the grot irtfn tic
st of the crowd, how I managed togetont!
n track of the Wesley*. I told that mai
g ' years heforo I had read an itcconnL of tl
i, murder of a . hil.l l>y its aunt, Eunice < i icj
u oiv, assisted by her lover, one Ttob Ha
u man, for the purpose of possessing her.s<
i of her niece's estate. In tlmt account
a was stated that llarmnn, at that time <
r the murder, had tallen down an area an
- j gashed his foreliead terriblv, which a
o I lerwards healed over and ieft a peculir
y , sear, which was described. The hints
if received from Heidi's story, and the o!
t bit o! It tier signed Kuuice (iregory, lia
n set mv memory at work, and when i iui
it Wesley ami observed the peculiar near o
n his forefiead, the whole thing flashed upi
r me, and I then determined to make a Ih>1
push to expose tlicm.and nut only defon
p Helen against the charge of larceny, bi
g wrench from her uoatuial aunt the patr
? inmiy that had been withheld from her.h
" And, gent lumen," said 1, " you have *e?
is the result I'' My explanation was receive
c with much applause, and a movement
l i was vt or foot to linvo tli V> eslevs 111<5 i
i le<l for perjury but it was never carried
I out, as tli?*y disappeared front tliat patt
i j of the country, ami we all thought it best i
not to bring thetn back tor any juirpo.se !
1 | whatever.
In conclusion. I may as well state, that
- ! Helen secured the projierty, and teat I sc0
cured Helen ,* and if you will go home
1 j with me. vou shall have an introduction
I to her and the children That Ib-t ease
t ' did the business for tnc nil around, as by
<j , it 1 seetired a great reputation, j?!?nty of
i j praeiice, a handsome wife, and a large
a j fortune.
mzamm svaTWTitnjju rruwiw??> fniu ii*n?w>
jV.I'jfClltlllHlU'l
c i
di
A TRIFLING REDUCTION.
v | < >ii 1'uesilnv I i-1, tin* door of our sane
t tnin opened, attd present y our eyes feel
is upon a pe liar crossing the threshold,
? ' wlio-c feature atid orrfre costume proclaimi-j
ed hiin of the house of Abraham. f'penn
ill',' a large, oblong par er b"\, ho exposed
i- ! a countless heap of sped udes, and anx
o | iously tti'juiieil if v.e " did not want to
n | pttv."
i-t Scarcely glancing at bis wares, we ivd
plied in trie negative, and turned our ey?
0 | on a heap of exchanges b ing before us,
1 innocently fancving that our replv and
> 1 in inner would sene as a sufficient iiint to
t dive the travelling merchant from our
r- pi<s"uc<*. l'u' we were too verdant?the
r Jew. hue nil of his tiaffi-ing tribe, lia<l not
in the slightest idea of taking no for an ai.
s- swer.
;e u 1 otb r biin you," lie said, laying a
ie | pair of thetn before lis " ash low as tin. c
i j uoibndi. I mwsht shell a pair? I 'nv
I - | tloll.lig t" (l lV, ntnl li|\ \ '! HkI Mi.!f !\\
i jr<)l oo pied?\<>o viil take hitT. ?"
\\ I Wo slunk our head.
"Ali! von viil not take him at tino?:
g doiiasli Veil.deli, vow shall '??v linn at
le two dot! isli tin' seventy live my l.iiiii:v
iv 1 'av no jii'eil I inuslilsa. i Hoc hitn !'
r ; We looked nt Ihih, hut were silent
I " Veil then it' I split the difference''?
" It would make no d'ft'urence. I have
u- | no use tor tlietn."
it | " Veil, then, you shall *uv him at two
dullish -inv vife and shdd must not
sartve ? take him at two dollaah."
o, " What ! when we have no use for
< t'leui ?"
i "Mot thev are so slifvij)?take lit in for
ss a t> 11.ir mid a quarter?" he persisted, par
to stly; 1 cannot let my vife and shihl tie
w for Vrtlit of hied !"'
nl \\ e shook our heads nmiftouslv.
?d " \ ell. then, you shall'av hint at a lollar?I
ut the pr>>Ht voiddn't pay mo the
le i-iuiiis ol a sheesecakc. Take him along
s i ?you shall 'av him at a iollar
" No!"
id' "Veil, vat you viil gif?say, quick ?
you shall 'av him at your own price'.?
r .Seventy live shents t"
ig I " N >! We havo aooady told you ?u
h j do not want them !"'
iv. " Sn\ half a tollar?I cannot let mvjvifc
a- and shihl starve, and I 'av n<>t got the fir.t
x i copper to puy them pred. 'fake them
ti ' alot g at half a tolinr!"
is | 'Ac looked at the spectacles, which,
d, certainly, woic got up, not to us?, hut to
'ti , sell ? and then wo hcul our eyes upon lie
C Jew.
"Now," sail we, taking a fifty cent
l<l piece from our pot k?f, and laving it 'etnt t
j ingly on the table* before lwn ; 44 we'll b:iy
those spcetnch'S ?; yon, it' vnu will tell us.
truly, what your profit is upon each pair."
" You gif inn your vm-il, you \ ill puv
!l* | if I tell you f"
ic j ' YuS."
|s "Then, so help ma gort, if I sell him to
I you at filly cents, inn onlv profit is?
thri < shillthf/s and nine1 pence."
e, i
kit ? ~
f. Nkwsi*at'KU Ciutniis ?I: is a notorious
fact thill ductOiV bil.s aiiil l.ewspapur h .is
.n are the hist Recounts in the sum ot almost
i, every iuan"> indebtedness, which lie thinks
r. t paying. Whatever may l-e Ins ability
"o) to pay, no Uiil'crcuce it his chest he tided
lV . with oM rusty dollars, lie ihinks souu* in*
! definite future time nil! do ro <-eil!c. the
rt ' two aforesaid accounts. Peoplo some|
how have a traditionary notion thst the
id practice of physic and the publishing of
,0 newspapers aie mere ami teur profession*,
, y followed tbr amusement's sake and lor
je 1 the cost."f which I'l'le or nothing u ex^
' pectc I. Yei there s not in the whole
r roan 1 of business) as fa.* as we know, a
,|f expensive employment (ban that of the
it printing of a newspaper.
d "MV son take that jug and fetch tne
f- ' some beef."
ir! "(ove me some money, then, father."
I I "My son to get h.-er with money, anyd
| body can do that, but to get beer without
d . money, that's a trick "
- I j So the boy took the jug nnd oat he
,1.1 ,, .1 ,i? 1. ? ...I. I ..I ,i.?
' I jh 1 "Wt'iirY nr? iriui un nui| uir
^ jug hofore iiis father.
<1 ; ' Drlck," said the son.
id j " How can f drink," anid the father,
tt . 'when there ia no beer in tbejng?"
i- 1 "To drink beer out of ? jig, said the,
? | ann, "when there ia' beer, anthodv e?ij do
'n j that, bait to drink beer out of a jug wh'en
'd | there is no beer, that's a tuck."
" - a
' <a
NO HE EXEMPTIn
iter life ol lieoige Washington, M?.
I Kirkland gived ih mi? close view >>1 mat
stately iady, Mrs. Martha Washington
"ll we were to give our private opinion,"
saya Mrs. Klrklatld, "Svo f>l.omd si'
tint Mis. Mmini Custis Washington
willi Iter large fortune, her strong doiueatic
tastes and atieelions, and dutiful e??miiioii
s?iu?e character, exercises her full
si.an- of intiiiciice over the Commander
n Chief of the Annies of the United
Stales of Anieiica. She had a very de.
.-ideal was t?f speaking, and as she never
meddled in public affaire, wo can easily
hit igino the Central lotting lior have her
: osvii wav in pretty iiiucli wcrv thing else.
"A guest :it Mount Vernon happened
to sleep in a room adjoining tUnt oeeupieri
by the 1'resident and his tail v. Late m
' the evening, when people had retired to
, their various chaniliers, lie heard the lady
J delivoiiiitr a very animated lecture lo h?r
: lord and master upon something which
he iiad done, that she thought ought to
I be done dilferentls. To ali tlu.he listened
in 'he profoumlest silence, and wlier.
! -I <\ too, was iIeut. he opened his lips
I and spoke, 'now, good sleep to vou, mv
dear.' Tl.'s aii'-edole of the groat man
! in his night cap is quite chaMoter?tio of
him, hut i: is equally so of most loids
I and masters, who, we imagine, all receive
I curtain lectures, as Mr. (.'audio and
, W ashington oi l, in piolouiui silence -Kvpi
nee piobalm teaches them that it
is the better way."
i Suaut Hoy.? When L enten m! C 'w
otnor Patterson was Speaker ef the L--?
! i-dafM'o of one o! mm Slates, some do/.e v
i h .v? pr< --rented them-eives It Uiepk.ieu'*
I oi?.s.piiger as is umi il at iho opening o?
' the house. He inquired their names ?nj
I into their eond'lioiis, iu order tiiui L.
| might make the h--l seleyiiou he canto
i in course of his examination tu a -iiihh
I *iv ahi'iit (vti tear ?>hl, a bright !u king
! : . i
' Well, sir. :i .T ho, " what is your
in mo f"
Hancorh, vr," n |d . 1 tie U?y.
I "What f" sa'd tli*' Sjn-rtl. .-i;, "\<'i hik
not the OHO that signed llu* <Jc Iniat oi.
Independence, am you ?"
' "No sir," rej.!i<<! tho lad. felretcbinjf
' himself to his uliiu prop.,1 lions, "V it I
1 would If I had le'en 'l?cJ-''.**
Tiik Way thk MtsMrr.it Topomr*
( ITikm. \\ < ate md dited to .in or than go
lor tlio toll wing u< '1 oho ;
| "A renowned gentleman not a'iindsm '
, from this city, lat.tv pepfteliod n rath"**
, long Ronnon from tlm Mr', 44 I'll- ;; -ire
weighed iii) i fon11<I wanting." A;"; tin
j coitgiegitlion had l.-t<ri.?*d about an hour,
some hog id io .;o( weary and went rut "
j oiliois so. ii followed, greatly to the uu
I i.oviiiicc of tlie niiiiisior. Another per
I son started, whoTPu'jioitefhe parson >toj pod
in his sermon, and siiij : "This is -igLt,
l gentlemen as la t as you ale weighed
on,." 1 fr. coiitintied l.is sertnuii in n ine
length :i> or t!i t, hut no one u stti ? ti
liim hy leatbig.
A CoOD ASh PllO'lK. ? 'lie fol'ioh.g
1 convorsatiuii was overheard among'he
"volunteers of tin* Kio (irande *
Scene, night- Two volunteers wr-.jpoi
in blanket* and half buried in mud.
1 Volunteer l*t?"Jim, how come you 'o
eohmteer ?"
Vo iniieer 2d?"Why, Bob, you So.4, t
j have no wife to care a red cent fof fi.e,
.ml s.? I volunteered, and. besides. i low
war. Now tell me how \?.i cam* " ?
J here?"
Volunteer 1st?"Why, the fa-it .i, w.i
linow, 1 I?I have got a wile, and go I
J carne out lieic because I like peace?**
II r?-?:}m n I < ;11 tin* vo)onl(-ws tTTTn'd
over in llic.r blankets, i? new plvier
ing of iru'!, nu<l went lo sleep,
| Tiik i 'iiooK.?-I?I,I ynu MtJ", sir. thai
| you ronwtU-Keil \.r. Smith insane !*'
it lowjvrof a wilncM, in ii criminal case.
I ''V lb, !-ir. T <! i!."
"L pon wlutt ground did you lut*'' tba.
j i .f. ? n. e r
' Why, 1 Vnl null a silk umbrella i*u.i
I five d iliar* in c'xsh, and lie returned tine 1.4
H tin"
iu.,.i.o -a .. ... ?
Ia'KIVRtlUiit: M ?in SJUlMIC 1K
??
' "I>ues the couit uinieisunj y ou to ?hv? v^?1
Mi*, JLonea, thai you fcaw the ?d)U>r of tna w
1 Argils of FiufiJoiu iutvUiiali^l J" ><t
"N"1.1 M all, jtii ; I unruly w.;d that 1
IkwI m-cu Stu; frequently so iluutil in h<?
' iilifltl tlutI ho would iinclurtltiku to cot
| out copy with tho snuth-rs?
UooMAStLcrK PmciBfevRfU.^A( tin
burning ot the John Jay on Luke ?**?.rgo, *** '
there were no Indie* drowned ??k< w< r*
hooped skirts, oa the nkirU, Ailed with *ir
, iiimI prevented lii* wenvr* Cro?n Vr^PirV
i until Ks?i?tHiice uhi afforded 'IT*-*
; well authenticated Inct.
ftTAMMtiuiKa.?fey an cat,in.,i, n,,d
? it.ii* t*
I ne?*n foffnq tkHt one in 9 5,00 ?nc< o.
{"itior* wfiile a::. nig?; I,- >( >' '
i tion i* one in 5j0,000.
i - ,.