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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. VOL. 10. CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA. AUGUST 1, 1849. NUMBER 31. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL FUBLlSiritt) WBEKLY, BY T. W. PEGUES. . ^ u!T g ' 1 From the Boston Courier. TWILIGHT MUSINGS. Welcome hour of pensive twilight, Bringing calin and sweet repose, As in beauty fades the sunlight, Sve her mantle round us throws: Then how sweet affection's greeting. Gentle tones and fond embrace, Blissful moments all too fleeting, On our hearts their memory trace* O-l when stars are softly gleaming l Heavenly radiance from above, j *c Then the spirit, sadly dreaming. Whispers to its cherished love L . Mournful tales of joys departed, p Bright hopes crushed and pleasures o'er? Dear ones gone! The broken hearted? Earth can never weary more ! *Now on fancy's tireless pluions Soars the spirit fur away? "Wanders on from earth's dominions, To the realms of perfect day? Ijist the sweet, melodious thrilling, |? Of the bright, immortal throng, Richly blending voices thrilling ?- In one joyous, heaven, taught song ! May life's sunlight fade serenely Into twilight's softened glow ? PonntlcM stars shine forth as q lecnly, Cooling waters gently flow ; Faithful friends bo ever dear mo, Aa approached dreary night. By their love and truth to cheer me. In uiy weal or woe unite! lift. . J? ? . > EXPERIENCES OF A BARRISTER. 4 THE WRIT OP II All EAS CORPUS.** In the month of February of the year following* that which witnessed the successful establishment of the claim of Sir Harry Coitiplpn's infant son to his magnificent patrimony, Mr. Samuel Ferret was travelling past with all the speed he could command towards Lancashire, in compliance with a summons from Lady Compton, requesting, in urgent terms, his immediate presence at the castle. It was wild and bitter weather, and the roads were in many places rendered dangerous, amf almost impassable, by the drifting snow. Mr. Fcrrett, however, pressed onwards with his habitual emjlgy* -and perseverance; and spite of^aJl'lHcineotal and postboy opposifimv'~6Gcceede<! in aceoniplishing his journey in mucli less time than, under the circumstances, could have 1>een reasonably expected. But swiftly as, j for those slow times, lie pushed on, it is necessary I should anticipate, by a bi.ef period, his arrival at his destination, in .order to put the reader in possession of the circmnstan- | ces which had occasioned the hurried and pressing message he had received. Two days before, as Lady Compton and her sister, who had been paying a visit to Mrs. Allington at the Grange, were returnin" home towards nine o'clock in the evening, ihev observed, as the carriage turned a sharp angle of the road leading through Compton Park,* considerable number of lighted lanterns, l?v persons apparently in eager but bewildered pursuit of some missing object. The carriage was stopped, and in answer to the servant's inclines it was replied that .Major Brandon's crazy niece had escaped from her uncle's house; and although traced by ? as far as lhn entrance to inesimw ? ? ? ? the park had not vet been recovered. Mrs. Brandon had offered a reward of ten pounds to whoever should secure and reconduct her home; hence the hot pursuit of the fugitive, who it was now supposed must be concealed iq the shrubberies. Rumors regarding this unfortunate young lady, by no means favorable to the character of her relatives as per|* sons of humanity, had previously reached Ladv Campion's ears; and she determined to avail herself, if possible, of the present opportunity to obtain a personal interview with the real or supposed lunatic. The men who Itadbeen questioned were informed that only the castle servants could be allowed to search for the missing person, either in the i a*k or shrubberies; and that if there, she would be taken care of and restored to her friends in the morning. The coachman was then ordered to drive on; but the wheels had not made half a dozen revolutions, when a loud shout at some distance in the direction of the park, followed by a succcssio/i of piercing screams, announced the discovery <>f ikixilii<>i>i nf the chase. Tim nnu capiuic >? ?j? -- ? horses ?.ere urged rapidly forward; and ere more than a minute had elapsed the carriage drew up within a few yards of the hunted girl and her captors. The instant it stopped. Clara Brandon, liberated herself by a frenzied effort f? om the rude gasp in which she was held by an athletic young ? man, sprang wildly towards it, and with passionate entreaty implored mercy and proprotection. The young man, a son of Mrs. Brandon's by a former husband, immediatelv re-seized her, and with fierce violence e?il iv'ired to wrench her hand from the hanri>? .ft he carriage d<?or, which she clutched v desperate tenacity. The door flew the sudden jerk disengaged her hold, and she struggled vainly in her captor's powerful grasp. "Save me! save me" she frantical'y exclaimed, as she felt herself borne off. "You who are, they sa , as kind and good as you are beautiful and happy, save me from thi^cruel man!" Lady Compton, inexpressively shocked by the piteous spectacle presented by the > I olatliinn unhappy g ri?ner stain, v# b ^,?.UI disarrayed, and torn by the violence of her struggles; her long flaxen tresses flowing disorderly over her face and neck in ta gled dishevelment; nd the pale, haggard, wild expression of her countenance?was for a few moments incapable of speech. Iler sister was more collected; "Violet," she instantly remonstrated, "do not permit this brutal violence." "What right has she or any one to interfere with us?* demanded the young man> savagely. "This girl is Major Brandon's ward, as well as niece, and shall return to her lawful home! Stand back," continued he addressing the servants, who, at a gesture from Miss Dalston, barred his progress, "Withstand me at your peril!" "Force her from himf exclaimed f,adv 1 ComptoTi, recovering her voice. "Gently! gently! I will bo answerable for her safe custody till the morning." The-athletic fellow struggled desperately; but, however powerful and determined, he omIv one ma? against a scor ? nearly all the bystander being tenants or laborers on j the Compton estates; and spite of his furious efforts* aivd menaces of law and vengeance, Clara was torn from him in a twinkling, and himself hurled with some violence prostate on the road. "Do not let them hurt the njan," said Lady Compton, as the servants placed the insensible girl it) the carriage (she had fainted;) "and tell him if he has really any claim to the custody of this unfortunate person, he must prefer it in the morning." Immediately on arrival at the castte, the escaped prisoner was conveyed to bed, and medical aid immediately summoned. When restored to consciousness, whether from the effect of an access of fever producing temporary de'irum, or from confirmed mental disease, Iter speech was altogether wild and incoherent?the onlv at all consistent por : r\ ; | IIW|I7> Ml MUl I uv uciiug |;uv. kjxmcjij iiui miv?? appeals to Lady Cnmptoti not to surrender her to her aunt in law, Airs. Brandon, of whom she seemed to enlerlain an overpowering, indefinable dread. It was [evident she had been subjected to extremely brutal treatment?such as, in these days of im proved legislation in such matters, and greatly advanced know edge of the rigin and remedy of cerebral infirmity, would not be permitted towards the meanest human being, much less a tender ly-nurtured delicate female. At length, under the influence of a composing draught, she sank gradually to sleep; and Lady Compton having determined to rescue her if possible, from the suspic. ious custodyjof her relatives, and naturally apprehensive of the legal difficulties which she could not doubt would impede the exc culton of her gccrcrous, if somewhat Quixotic project, resolved on at once sending off an express for Mr. Ferret, on whose acumen and zeal she could place the fullest reliance. Clara Brandon's-simple h story maybe pbneflv summed up. She was the only child | of a Mr. Frederick Brandon, who, a widow er it) the second year of Ins marriage, had principally resided at the "Elms," a handsome mansion and grounds winch he had leased of the uncle of the laic SirJIIarry Complon. At his decease, which occurred about two years previous to poor Clara's escape from confinement, as just narrated, he bequeathed his entire fortune between two and three thousand pounds per anr.um, chief, ly secured on land, to his daughter, and appointing his elder brother, ilfajor Brandon, sole executor of his will, and guardian of his child; and in the event of her dying before she had attained her majority; of which she wanted, at her father's death, upwards of three years?or without lawful issue, the property was to go to the major, lobe by him willed at his pleasure. Major Bran Ion, whose physical and menial energies had been prematurely broken down; he was only in his fifty second year?either by excess or hard service in the Easl, perhaps both, had married late m life the widow of a brother officer, and the mother of a grown up son. The lady, a woman of inflexible will, considerable remains of a somewhat masculine beauty, and about ten years her husband's junior, held him in a slate of pupilage; an i unchecked by him, devoted all her energies to bring about, by fair or foul means, a union between Clara and her own s ui, a cub of some two or tlirce-and-twenty years of age, whose sole object in seconding his mother's views upon Clara was the acquisition of her wealth. According to pop. ular stir niso and report, the young lady's f - i I I menial iniirmiiy nuu uccn uiuu^ih auuui *jj the persecutions she had endured at tiu hands of Mrs. Brandon, with a view to lorce her into inarriagu she detested. The most reliable authority for the truth of these rumors was Susan llopley, now in the service of Lady Coinplon, but who had lived for many years with Mr. Frederick Brandon and liis daughter. She had been dis. charged about six month's after her master's decease by Mrs. Major Brandon for allcdged impertinence; and so throughly convinced was Susan I hat the soon afterwards allcdged lunacy of Clara was but a juggling pretence to excuse the restraint under which her auut.in law, lor the furtherance ol her own vile purp< ses, had determined to keep her, that although out of place at the lime, she devoted all the savings of her life, between eighty and ninety pounds, to procure justice for the illused orphan This article, Susan was advised, could be best obtained ol the lord chancellor; and proceedings were accor lingly taken before the keeper of the king's conscience, in order to change the custody of the pretended lunatic. The affidavits filed in support of the petition were, however, so loose and Tague, and were met with such positive counter-allegations, that the application was at once dismissed with costs; and poor Susan?rash suitor for "jus. ticeM?reduced to absolute penury. These circumstances becoming known to Lady f ..... tunc tnltpn into her service: ijusnii i>..u ....... .... . _ _7 and it was principally owing to her frequently-iterated version of the atfair that Clara had been forcibly rescued from Mrs. Brandon's son. On the following morning the patient was much calmer, though her mind still wandercd somewhat. Fortified by the authority of the physician, who certified that to remove her, or even to expose her to agitation, would be dangerous, if not fatal, Lady Campion not only refused to deliver her up to Major i and Mrs. Brandon, but to allow them to see her. Mrs. Brandon, in a towering rage, posted otr to the nearest magistrate to de- p mand the assistance of peace officers m ob- ft taining possession of the person of the fugi- b tive. The functionary would however, on- b ly ?<> far comply with the indignant lady's j u solicitations as to send his clerk to the cas- it tic to ascertain the reason of the young lady's si detention; and when his messenger return- p ed, with a note, inclosing a copy of the phys- ir ician's rertific&te, he pereintorily decided' tf the conduct of Lady Compton was not on- ol ly perfectly justifiable, but praiseworthy, tf and that the matter must remain over till ol the patient was in a condition to be moved, di Thimra wptp nreriselv in this state, except VI that Clara Brandon had become perfectly d< rational, a nd but for an irrepressible nervous dread of again falling to the power of her jn unscrupulous relative, quite calm, when Mr. te Samuel Ferret made his wished for appear- U( ance on the scene of action. d, Long and anxious was the conference of which Mr. Ferret held with his munificent m client and her interesting protege, if confer- jg ence that may be called in whicitthe astute be attorney enacted the part of listener only, |0 scarcely once opening his thin cautious hps. |v In vain did his eager brain silently ransack eV the whole armory of the law; no weapon ft could he discern w hich afforded the slight- be est hope of fighting a successful battle with a legally appointed guardian for the custody Jn of his word. And yet Mr. Ferret fell as he looked upon the flashing eye and glowing th countenance ol Lady Coinpton, as she re- ca counted a few of the grievous outrages infl!-4?1 frtir our! Itolnlrtca orirl rA* IJICltU llfjl'll I III; IUII UIIU fe.. . . _ UL dining beside her?whose varyingcheck and fa meek and suffused eyes bore eloquent testi- g, mony to the truth of the relation?that lie js| would willingly exert a vigor even beyond the law to meet his client's wishes, could he but see his way to a safe result. At length |1(] a ray of light, judging from his suddenly gleaming eves, seem to have broken upon the troubled chamb rs of his brain, and arose m somewhat hastily from his chair. r tty-lhc-by, 1 will just stop and speak to this Susan lloplcy, if your ladyship can in* form me in what part of the lower regions 1 ^f| am likely to meet with her.' 'Let me ring lor her.' ^ 'No ; if you please not. What I have to ask her is of veiy little importance ; still, to Wj summon her here might give rise to surmises, tj reports, and so on, which it may be as well ; to avoid. J fiad much rather see her acci. 0? dentally, as it were., 'As you please. You will find her some- rc where about the housekeeper's apartments. You know her by sight 1 ttiink ?' Perfectly ; and with vour leave I'll take JJ'1 ' ' - i I? D! the opportunity or directing me uorses iu uu put to, I must be in Loudon by noon to- P. morrow if possible;' and away Mr. Ferret ^ bustled. de Susan,' said Mr, Ferret a few minutes ^ afterwards, 'step this way ; I want to have a s'' word withvou. Now, tell me, are you goose enough to expect you will ever sec the money again you so foolishly threw into the bottom- P loss pit of chancery!' Of course I shall, Mr. Frcret, as soon as an Miss. Clara comes to her own. She mentioned it this morning, and said she was sorry fe she could not repay me at once.' 9" 'You're a sensible girl, Susan, though you du diil go to law with the lord chancellor! ] ca want you to be off with ine to London ; and cli then perhaps we may get your money sooner pr than you expect.' w Oh bother the money ! Is that all you Bi want me to no to London for ?' in Mr. Ferret replied with a wink of such ex. bj ceeding intelligence, that Susan declared she v? n would be ready to start in ten minutes at the r< latest. he That's a good creature ; and Susan, as w there's not the slightest occasion to let all the w world know who's going to run off with you, it may be as well for you to lake your bun- M die and step on a mile or 60 on the road, c< say 10 (lie turn, just beyond the first turnpike.' '? Susan nodded with brisk good humor, and lb disappeared in a twinkling. le An hour afterwards, Mr. Ferret was on di his way back to London, having first irn. pressed upon Lady Compton I he necessity w of immediately relieving herself of the grave responsibility she had incurred towards Maj. 'h Brandon for the safe custody of his ward, bv sending her.home immediately. He prom- 1 ised to return on the third day from his de- w parture ; but on the nature of the measures c< j lie intended to adopt,or the hopes he enter- sl tained of success, he was inflexibly silent; 31 and he moreover especially requested that bi no one, not evtn Miss. Brandon, should al know of Susan IJopely's journey to the me- 31 tropolis, F Mr. Ferret, immediately on his arrival 'll in town, called at iny chambers; and related 01 with his usual minuteness and precision as P1 many of the foregoing particulars as he knew bi and thought proper to communicate to me. P For the rest, I am indebted to the subse- ^ quent conversations with the different par- 11 ties concerned. 'Well,' said I, as soon as lie had concluded lr fun Hi, v,,ii nrnnnst; to adoDt ? P 'I wish you to apply, on this affidavit, for a writ of habeas ad sub, to bring up the body I of Clara Brandon. Judge Baily will be at w chambers at three o'clock; it is now more si than half-past two, and 1 can be off on my e return bv four at latest.' tl A writ of habeas !' I exclaimed with as- n tonishmeut. 4Whv, what end can that an- si swer? The lady will be remanded, and you and I shall be laughed at for our pains.' d This writ of habeas corpus 4ad subjicien e dum,' I had better explain to the non-professiona! reader, is the great prerogative writ, ? the operation of which is sometimes suspend- u ed by the legislature during political panics, e It is grounded on the principle that the sov- is ercign has at all times a right to inquire, through the judges of the superior courts, by h what nulhrity his or her subject is held in constraint. It issues, as a matter of right, d upon the tiling of any affidavit, averring that a to the best af the belief of the deponent the p iedividual sought to be brought op is illegal- c ly confined; and it is of the essence of the rocceding, that tfrepereon alleged to be stifling illegal constraint should actually be roughl before the 'queen herself/ that ?, efore one or moie of the judges ol the court rhich has issued the writ, who, if they find ie detention illegal, the only question at isje upon this writ, may discharge or bail the arty. It was quite obvious, therefore, that i this case such a proceeding would be altgelher futile, as the detention in the house f her guardian, under the sanction, too, of ie lord chancellor the ex.ojfUcio custodier fall lunatics?of a ward of alleged disor2red intellect?was clearly legal, at least nmajacie so, and not to be disturbed Un;r a habeas ad srA>. at all events-. 'Perhaps so,' replied Ferret, quite cooly, reply to my exclamation ; 'but I am dermiwed to try every means of releasing the ifortunate young lady from the cruel thrall>m in which she is held by that harridan r:Bn aunt-inlaw. She is no more really sane than you arc ; but at the same time excitable upon certain topics, (hat it might ; perhaps difficult to disabuse the chancclr or a jury of the impression so industriouspropagated to their prejudice. The pernptory rejection by her guardian of young urford's addresses, though sanctioned by ;r father? you know ihe Bed lord's?' 'Of Grosvenor street you mean?lite East idia director!' 'Yes his son) and that reminds me that e declaration in thai everlasting exchequer ses must be filed to-morrow. Confound how this flying about the country puts me it ? / thought some one had kidnapped r son, or fired Complon Castle at least. y the way* I am much deceived if there i'ta wedding there before long" 'InHpnit !' 'Yes, Miss Dalston with Sir Jaspers eldest ?pe. 'You don't mean iu' 'They do at all events, and thai is much ore to the purpose. A fine young fellow lough and sufficiently rich too' ^ 'All which rambling talk and anecdote,' icd J, interrupting him, 'means, if I have ly skill in reading Mr. Ferret, that that nlieman, having some ulterior purpose in jw, which I cannot for the moment divine, determined to have this writ, and does not ish to be pestered with any argument on e subject. Be it so; it is your affair, not ine. And now, as it is just upon three dock, let me see your affidavit.' 1 ran it over. 'Rather loose this, Mr. Frct, but I suppose it will do.' 'Well, it is rather loose, but I could not ith safety sail much closer to the wind.? . the by, 1 think you had better first apy for a rule to stay proceeding against the il in that case ol Turner; and after that is cidcd just ask for this writ off-hand as it ?re, and as a matter of course. His lordip may not then scrutinize the affidavit iilc so closely as if he thought counsel had cn brought to chambers purposely to apv for it.' 'Cautious, Mr. Ferret ? Well come along, d I'll see what 1 can do.' The writ was obtained without difficulty; w questions were asked; and at my re. icsl the judge made it returnable immeately. By four o'clock, Mr. Ferret, who uld fortunately sleep as well in a postaise as in a feather bed, was, as he had omised himself, on his road to Lancashire, here he had the pleasure of serving Major randon personally ; at the time tendering due form the one shilling per mile fixed r the statute as preliminary charges, The tuperativc eloquence showered upon Mr. erret by the major's lady was, 1 afterwards sard, extremely copious and varied, and as borne by him, as 1 could easily believe, ilh the most philosophic composure. In due time the parties appeared before Ir. Justice Bailey. Miss Brandon was ac. nnpanied by her uncle, his wife, and a so* :itor, and spile of everything 1 could urge e judge, as I had foreseen, refused to in* retere in the matter. The poor girl was eadfullv agitated, but kept, nevertheless, ;r eyes upon Mr. Ferret, as the source from hichjspite of what was passing around her factual succor was sure to come. As for at gentleman himself, he appeared compodlv indifferent to proceedings, and indeed, thought, seemed rather relieved than otherise when they terminated, 1 could not omprehend him. Mrs. Brandon, the in. ant the case was decided, clutched Clara's ri? within hers, and, followed by her husmd and the solicitor, sailed out of the lartment with an iarof triumphant disdain id pride. Miss Brandon looked round for erret, but not perceiving him?he had left istily an instant or two before-her face be. ime deadly pale, and the most piteous exrcssion of hopeless despair I ever beheld roken from her troubled but singularly ex. ressive eyes. 1 mechanically followed, ith a half-formed purposes of remonslrang with Major Brandon in behalf of the nfortunate girl, and was by that means soon i possession of the key to Mr. Ferret's aparentlv inexplicable conduct. The Brandon party walked very fast, and had scarcely got up with thern as they ;erc turning out of Chancery lane into Fleet reet, when two men, whose vocation no ye could for an instant mistake, arrested leir progress. 'This lady,' said one of the len, slightly touching Miss jsranaon on tne lioulder, 'is, 1 believe, Clara Brandon ?' 'Yes, she is; and what of that, fellow ?' emanded the major's lady, with indignant mphasis. Not much, ma'am,' replied the sheriff's fficer, 'when you are used to it. It is my npleasant duty to arrest her for the sum of ighty-seven pounds, endorsed on this writ, isued at the suit of one Susan Hopley.' 'Arrest herP exclaimed Mrs Brandon, ivhv she is a minor I' 'Minor or major, ma'am, makes very little liffercnce to us. She can plead that herefter. you know. In the meantime, miss. ile&9e step into this coach,' replied the offier, holding the door open. 'But she's a person of unsound mind,' screamed the lady, as Clara, nothing loath, spring into the vehicle. So arc most people that do business with, our establishment,' responded the imperturbable official, as he shut and fastened the door. 'Here is my card, sir,' he added, addressing the attorney, who now come up.? 'You see where to find the lady, if her friends wish to give bail to the sherifl, or what is always more satisfactory* pay the the debt and costs He then jumped on the box, his followers got up behind, and away drove the coach, leaving the discomfited major and his belter half in a state of blankest bewilderment! Why, What is the meaning of this?'at length gasped Mrs. Brandon, addressing the attorney, as if he Were a particeps criminus in the affair. 1*lie meaning, my dear ma'am, is, that Miss Clara Brairdon is arrested for debt, and carried off to a sponging-hottse; and that un-! less you pay the money, or file bail, she will to-morrow be lodged in jail, replied the unmoved mas of law. 'Bail I money ! How are we to do either in London* away from home V demanded the major with, f< r him, much emotion. ] did not wait to hear more, but, almost suffocated with laughter at the success of Ferret's audacious ruse, hastened over to the Temple. I was just leaving chambers for the night^about ten e'clock I think it must have been, when Ferret m exuberent spirits burst into the room. 'Weli, sir* what do you think now of a writ md sub. Why* I think, Mr. Ferret,* replied I, looking as Berious as I could, 'that yours is very sharp practice ; that the purpose you have put it to is an abuse of the writ; that the srrest is consequently illegal; and that a J inrlon wnhld iinrtn mntirwi mmch il with " > ~r ? *1 1 CUSt. j To be sure you would; who doubts that? , Let him and welcome! In the meantime* Clara Brandon is safe beyond the reach of I all the judges and chancellors that ever wore I horsehair, and that everlasting simpleton of I a major and his harridan wife roaming the | metropolis like distracted creatures; and that I take to be the real essence of the thing* whatever, the big wigs may decide about the shells.' I suppose the plaintiff soon discharged Iter debtor out of custody!' 'Without loss ot time, you may be sure. Miss Brandon, I may tell you, is with the Kev. Mr. Derwent, at Brandon* You know [ him: the newly married curate of St. Mar- . garet's that was examined in that will case. t He is an intelligent, high principled man; and | 1 have no doubt that, under his and Miss ( Brandon's mental infirmity will disappear t long before she attains her majority next i June twelve-months; whilst the liberal sum i per. month which Lady Compton will ad. i vance will be of great service to him.' t 'That all appears very good. But are you sure you can effectually conceal the 1 place of her retreat?' I have no fear i the twigs that will ehtdn- { gled her precious guardians in the labyrinths ( of a false clue are already set and limed. r? r *_L. J I JL neioro io-morruw ni^ni uiejr win imvu uiocovered, by means of their own wonderfully penetrative sagacity, that Clara has been spirited over to France ; and before three months are past, the same surprising intelligence will rejoice in the discovery that she expired in a mawort de sanie?fine comfortable repose, in which fool*8 paradise I hope to have the honor of awakening them about next June twelvemonth, and not, as at present advised, before' Everything fortunately turned out as Mr? Ferret anticipated; and when a few months had glided by, Clara Brandon was a memory only, save of course to the Tew entrusted with the secret. The whirligig of time Continued as eVer to speed on its course and bring round in due time its dbstinpd reVenges. The health, mental and bodily, of Miss Brandon rapidly improved under the kind and judictous treatment of Mr. and | Mrs. Derwent; long before the attainment of her majority, ware pronounced by competent authority to he thoroughly re-established. The day following that which completed her twenty1 first year, Mr. Ferret, armod with the necessary authority, had the pleasure of announcing to the relict of Major Brandon (he had been dead some months,) and to her brutal son, that they must forthwith depart from the home in which they, to the very moment of his announcement thought themselvs secure ; and surrender every shilling of the property they had so long dremt was their own. They were prostrated by ihe intelligence, and proved as mean and servile in the hour of adversity, as they had been insolent and cruel in the day of fancied success and pros pcrity. Tbe pension of three hundred pounds a year for both their lives, proffered by Miss Brandon, was eagerly accepted; and they returned to the obscurity from which they had by accident engaged. About six months afterwards, t had the pleas, ure of drawing up the marriage settlements between Clara Brandon and Herbert Burford ; and a twelvemonths after, that of standing spon. sor to one ofthe lustiest brats ever sprinkled at a font; none of which delightful results, if we are to believe Mr. Ferret, would have ever been arrived at bad not he, at a very critical moment, refused to take counsel's opinion upon the virtues, capabilities, and prowers contlined in the great writ of habeas corpus ad subjicicn dumTop Pnnp?Wo learn that his Holiness is living at Gael a in very lmndsome style, that the King of Naples has sent him 00,000 crowns, the Emperor of Russia 50,000 crowns, the Queen of Spain a very large sunt, and in every city raptured by the Austrians a very large sum has been collected, to pay the expenses of the Pope while in ex ile, and that Irom the moment he left tl.c city of Rente to go into voluntary exile he has been in the receipt of large amounts to meet his mere contingent expenses ?N. Y. Star. An exchange paper very gravely informs us that a young man who was recently bathing in the the Missouri river, seeing a number of ladies approach, drowned himself from motives of delicacy. PRESENT tNFJUnSfirCE OF T0E JBW& If it should be aMerted^that at no tktoe between the c&IHng of Abriro, and ft* ttestTOction of Jerusalem by the Romt'is, was the fa. fluence of the Hebrew nation upoa.tbe world* as great as if is at this time, the assertion taigbfc raise a smite of incredulity. Ami yet a Kttta reflection might sustain suth An A?terth>*??? The power which has beeit wielded by thd Rothschild iainily, acting as-hanker? far Eur? pean governments* and thereby conUafltng Ji some degree the ACtioh of thoifcgoveprajents* is well known. Rut this, great as it has beftjfe is but a small item in the account. A vast hd|fluence is exerted in tontineitTa! fttfroffc' Jews, through the current literature- hfei.A few of the most powerful writers in Corona are Jews ; and the aggregate influence wbic& the men oIf the natioh A ft $*crliftg through thA press, is untold. Nor is this a!). The Je<rs have badaairtv mense agency in promoting the revehttieal which have made the ptu-t and present year K> memorable in history. It is well known, that there has been great conceit of a&ioO among the ultra republicans, lh? Agents of teJroltHioit in the different t?unl rifts. It is a grwjt titfstajU to suppose that those popular first exploded in Parts, then in Berlin, ihenlrt Vienna, and so on, were wholly indepeoddRttf foreign influence. It was testflkif hy i*?tieale in Berlin^ that on the day prerfotetn UhriMIL attempt at revolution there, thtt streets df'j&l city were filled with strangers ktiS foreigafiji~ that propagandists of revolution h^d com^&om Paris and other pl&res. And this appear** have been a general fact, iotichfag all lutionsof the last year, "though populttfdlScontents and popular notions of liberty*9nt gone before and prepared the way, the jfhffledt* ate occasion of the revolutions when tBdtifc curred, was something more than the igmBi sympathy passing from one kingdom an4<^ty$e another. There was a combination.of etndHl1 [ionisers* mote or less definitely organises^ ?ttending its ramifications thtoogh the conthaittt, and concentrating lis force on a given plat*, as occasion required* Prominent among this band of kers, were some Jews of great nMtyyjjmm force of character. And as the pens of Jtttfo bad previously done much to propagate |dsWt>> oles leading to revolutions, so nolir ItHwtttg* ipirators did much to hasten the Catastrophe. And in this the Jewish nation haaJbkMpB^ renge on the monarchies of Europe, fovtheOf*iressions and indignities which thef hWjtyty nflicted* And it is hot unnataral to thfBljlfrfcjl he haired which the remembrittitie of the mi?y ivrongs that nation has ettdored From kings abu >mperors, may haVn been E lending du>Un^ jfit* jelling the Jews to act (be part whichtwj iave acted. The Jew in this country is A jeaceable and useful citizen, beeasse ?NMI lever been here oppressed by our govnilfttdhHi Eiut against every monarchy of Europe ho tea :harged a heavy score of injuries." And dfa)i he day oi reckoning comes ior those RKroarcftes, it will be strange if the Jew dons not fife n his accounts* We are then, in tbesdevMUBf nrniiepsiiig ?uuu a. icuiuuiiuu m was W1\f o have Iteen expected. But if Jewish hands havenatngfed in ing those political earthquakes, if Jewish taent has been so poteut in those issues of the iress, that have prepared the publfe nrfotfor hem, and Jewish wealth was held the policies >f kings and the movements of armies inasort if dependency) then It may be true that Jtafe ire now exerting more influence in the World han they did under the reign of the most tp? lowned of their kings. And if providence has now elevated thai pee? ile to such an influence, it may be with refitr* ince to some greater events, in which they*** n hear a part. The separate existence of that nation, mingled among all nations, yet amalga* mated with none, is a standing miracle* Th*l separate existence is doubtless preserved ia subserviency to some great designs pfPrwv Jence heaeafter to be accomplished lltfoMj ind upon them. The importance, thoughndt perhaps the precise nature of these ttesitttug 4b intimated in prophecy, and white we reject the theories of the millennarians. We still expect Lhat the incoming of the JeWs will be as life from the dead to the Gentiles. Andjjhenco Ira watch with special iuterest every turn of fba hand of Providence that elevates thai people*?* Puritan Recorder. * n j. ?___ _ r* a it IN AN AWFUL DAD ril.-^LOh rsotatIO, CKI* tor of the Balesville (Ark.) Eagle, His the fol. lowing good story of a mail being in a v*rj warm and tight placet The late Col. Allen Oakley Was stopping (6t the night at a public house. The weather was warm, and Oakley, when he retired to bed. di. vested himself of all his clothes but bis ihitta About midnight a terrible fuss was raised in tho yard?a catamount had been rustled ?p*and the dogs were fighting it. After batingir%> round and aruUitd for some time thejgot-tn fto door, which, flying open, in popped In* cata* mount. You may guess there was getting not of their way! poor Oakley saw no ohnno*:|? make the door, and sought safely by climbing up the logs to what should hare been the 4pg| but alas! it was deficient of every tbingbttt-t cross pole. This he straddled, with the esped* tation of hearing, if tiot witnessing the fight go* ing on below, But like the gallant hero oT GVrro Gordo, he soon had the painful evidence that a man can he attacked behind as well as before. He had Waked up a wasp's nest, some, thing more than a half bushel in size, and they were putting it to him in style. One hand whs necessary to hold on with, and the other slap, ped some. To come down was to inctt^lM danger of a mad rat's teeth, and to hold ait Waa not a bed of roses! Yet Oakley did hold on** and so did the wasps. Poor fellowl it was Set ail easy matter for him to ride the next day. " Wo* a jr.?The perception of woman it la quick as lightening. Her penetration is in tuition almost instinct. By a glance she will draw a deep and just conclusion. Adt her how she formed it, and she cannot answer the question; while she trusts bef instinct she is scarcely ever deceived; bet ike is generally lost when she begins to renew. A iMotukr.?Alas! how liitledowa ciate a mother s tenderness while liihsg How heedless we are in youth, of alt ber aw*, ioty and kindness. But when she ji ksiturf gone?when the rares and coldness ofthe werfrf come withering to our hearts?when we $tid how hard it is to find true sympathy?how few will befriend us in misfortunes?then it is that we think ofthe mother we have lost.