Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              I in  j Vi ' .«#•»C■m fag hhUi ,»faa* D TE. THE PITTST0N G A Z E T to MFMAM ttfttpai ' j«r , 3n«trnrfii)ii, 51tmmrmrot, fa *. ' *flWTOi#.T: who .wk 0 * HS "I b»'J: « vijW . « *■*-8 M i8ijtm «t»i'- AJJ-.JJ"' 1 .', ,'j 'WPIU'lJtl.itAH. Jl to Unllaro jpri S!nnam = rrrsstac UMBER 107. might, I though!, be conceal, 'till fidgeting with these nr. when Jackson knocked at tlm sorvttnt admitted him without ie presently entered (he room, liea the floor, and jolted down, n the fellow easy chair to Tor n few momenta, and ut, "she'll swing for.it, for if, il'yc hear, (fame 1 she don't—deafer and er every 3ay. It'll be a ib when the parson says u over her as well us . up ahd went to the cuphear—for [ dared not look ? of glasses and the out •(is that he fras helping spirituous sleeping draughts, uself and drarik in moody now and then . mumbling s' lf, but in so low a tone, I (ling out of ftsaftSoiioCca. r blasphemy. It was nearly before the muttered selloeased, and his heavy head ack of the easy chair, lie and it was evident even , labored with affrighting nages ;„but his ma iTerlhgi. pt, were con firtel!', lift Inength—half an lteilfs1iad asjed—the troubled moan' a few momfeijiisclearly —ha—ha! how are you oif o ! done there, my boy ; o—no. Wall plaster !■— •hought of it ? But for j you stare at me so'for, lfbottle T You—you--" , utterance sank into ln•;oi»ipreliended nothing ock he awoke, d: "Come, ing chilly • ■ mTU,;,'.1.!'. LLL 1 ■D ,v «•■— — -T ~-- ., ,,, 9 Wrtkli) .ilnusjinprr- ffftciiftii la Mb.' liltrntiut, fife, flic Jilmnttfik, Billing, 3Hrdjuuinil, jfatt Ifftliilimil Stttests of tjjit Cnuntri D-* VOLUME 3.--NUMBE11 3. PITTSTON, PENNA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1852 LIE N 1- 1 IX" i- ' .4 mi I // Till: FITTSTON GAZETTE, "Thnt Mr. Jackson would not on «ny eecount fail !o provide her, in aaimideration of p.mt services, with legal assistance on lilt! lUnl'IOW." The first nine words were strongly underlined ; and 1 made out after a good dual live in London, was entitled to property worth something like XI500. There were, however, some law difficulties in the way, nliich Jackson oflered, if the business was placed iu his hand*, to overcome for A con. eideiuiion, uud in the njeau time to supply board and lodging, and susl) necessary sums of money as Ilcnry I'odger.s might rC quire. With this brilliant prospect in view service beeame at once utterly dis.. tasteful. The fortunate legatee had lor sonip lime courted Mary Elkins, ono of the ladies' maids, a pretty, bright-eyed brunette, arid they were both united in the bonds of holy matrimony on the very day the 'warning' they had given expired. Since tlicit they had lived at Jackson's house in daily expectation of their 'fortune,' »Dii!i which they proposed to start iu the pubiiC3' liii'r. ns liis own ningnoSia, burst out us lie liur. i'lf il into iltn HlftSn I Wns hitting.— " Iletfti's t» pi'.lfy kittle of fish ! Henry Rofitfr* lt«H bcuii poitomd, and by bis wile. !'' ,,ra . sufc. W«i uli'M r I 9 two or three hours about the quiet neifjrliborhood of Iwunliain, revolving a hundred ftaC'inpHt« of schemes fur bringing (he truth to 1ig|ii, without arriving at any feasible conclusion. Only one mode of pro. cedure seemi d too'ler, and that but dimly, a hope ol',(jucce*s. ll Wife, however, the best i could hit uppn, and I dircctcd my .'■teps toward the I'urnhatn prison. Surah Punly' had not vet, I remembered, been removal to liui county jail atGuiUll'ord. "Is I'urdy 1 asked (lie turnkey, "more reconciled to her petition than she "Cei laiuly noi ; but Jackson's wife ami the woiiiahsrrynnt, RiddiM, were. I liiive tc/u '.liming tlie enter business ovfcf in my mind," she cowlinutd, speaking with in creasing tiuoiimi and rapidity; "and oh, believe hip, .\lr. Waters, if you can. that it i« not sotfly a elfish motive which indu. ccs me to aid in saving Mary Rogers from distinction. 1 was onco myself—ah, God!" my whiskers ed. I was rangements door TMe remark, arfP carefully loc. so to speufr, i mine. I'UIXfliU AND I't'CLISHKD WKKK'.Y BY Q fto. l.lOXiAUT 8 H. S. PHTLLIPS. Ofr )}'■'! si V •/ M'C: St*H, "f thC "L ii. j8nirt" «/ Wisiier if* Huoii. " Pii:j..nn (I of triiublo that I lie word 'prelt iice' l.aa , „ , , ; 'Dsru partially effaced, and 'account' nub-1'o itt"'-*""5 * « win bi cliaT'eil if h« pa''1 **■D•»» tll,: ''.She need not have wasted three sheets yetifi " i of paper, upon mch a nonwiis oiil request K.D will lie JiHConunueJ. un'-f uri-c.irojrti* ns observed tho turnkey. "Old " V.-s, jiiiisii i( d ; 'banks to my bi'illL' nil fflr (. I llltnk li ' will  rr. Hut.I num iiwtiuitlv t«D Dr. Kdwai"d»: I Will iC-i| VMM » !»• • D 1 ' IC1 I'll '' Hp was mien then he bawled they say—swtn But no. of coui deafer, and de precious yoocl his last pray others!" Tin-, p • if if.-1 d ;i 11 \j«j» l' KinMiMil--w§' mmm ift iji• '» |►» i f s» • iTil*5 1 •• K D» I) ii tin- sW" ..inn . Jnni Me. Mpr Tears swelled lip to the fierce eyes, but they Mere quickly brushed away, and she continued, vomew/iui more calinly—" Vou have heard, 1 dare say, that Jackson has a strange habit of talking in his sleep ?" " 1 have, and that lie onco consulted Morgan as to wlnther thert! ivits any cure for it. It wiui tbul uhicn pucUy suggesteJ ' ' I, . v. I .!•(• itii hulls' i' Mi or M *rB •. t, arc inwrtcJ 'c.msjiii-uoiisl)- Ht Jackson would never shell out n sin«le six- AJrsituomsn . llire ,,f iWrtteri linen lor., pence, to nave horot airy body olsfffrdm (lie *8!»88£ on,I T«nsvv-ei v* Orxru ga||, it for every stfl«stquent uum A „ j 0fn different opinion ; but tell «,ruf ileluctiou to l!uw« w w a Ncr u mCi what sort oI a person in this former wU* our r«uV ina.-ler of hertf" 1*u,.,nl v w,H jflnrti-d nwrtm'nt ot Jfiu rvi'H, C• All I know abnilt him w that lie's a wM.'h will nrinhte «*to nkceute, in the cros-- yiained old curmudgeon. Ii\inCr ulwul «tvU, cvrrf iDi )Dfintlni!. Vn® |'V'' u.niiiit ont of Rirmltam, who scrapes m iiiev offif'tnWeoiroty. mjtoihcr by feuding small sums upon not.il l.C,,nmunic,ntionK o«Hlre«teCl KD thq , oi'ltcirfuJ al sliort diihn, Cr«id at n till i uttering :At- :,n 1 lie i'omt nnd endorsed lDy a good interest. Flint Juckaoil, folks about nn«ie: to receive nllrntion. | |le,.t. CB|| |,irl,.»» " At ull events, fin ward the letter nt : grnce, oncl lo-morrow xye shall see—w hat ! we shull sen. (J.iod evening/' I it turned out as f hud anticipated. A D few. minutes after the prisoners were 1 brought into the juslioe-room, a Guilford I solicitor ot inuch local celebrity arrived, ■ and announced that he appeared for -both ' tfie inculpated parlies. lie was allowed a i private conference with thern, at the close | of which he stated that his clients would reDerve their defence. The)' were at once committed for tri.il, and j,»vei heard, the solicitor assuicd the woman ibat the ablest couns; 1 on the circuit would be letpiiicd in their behalf. » I liad no long* r a doubt that it was my !.11y to know something further of this ■iiiluciijjf generous Flint Jacksop, thryjstll vt'n* ?" H: iiilil. ran e|;t :i D I 'tj.-tri"- i- I rim ctthfn lu, ,ii iii' ii ioil,i i luiil !D n iDk n Maidenly in I'I i,iiCCii! . lui l\ \yns •• «•• ■*!•D us .!. ..'tli. fin ! ill,' aji.ithetyftojUVlV i'KVI V'i it I ■ had bi lit ]wDi~.iti' il v.h't snffilnine aeld( il of vitrol) a i|i|nirii' v (if itiiicli lie, Morgan Imd sold a ft-W |'i"i ' i nuly to Mrs. I lodgers, Whn, u l(cii jmrchasiiig il, said Mr. Jackson Wan'teiT it U) apply fit sontp wnrfs that nfinnycd' liim. Morgan fortunately know the propt r remedy, and desired Jackson, «ibo was in tint room nnd seemingly verv aii.\inus null Iluriied, to bring some soap iiis|hii!ly, n solution ofnhich lie innDoscd 'to give immediately to the seemingly dying nmn. *Phft Avorimn servant was 'gnrifc to find Mm. who Imd left ' rtbout ten minutes before having first made the tea in which the poison hud been taken. Jackson hurried on! of the onartu|ent hut, was gone!' so long that Mor«an, lii'conitng impatient, sersiped n quantity of plaster ofT the wiill, nnd administered it with the best C•). feet. At l|i»t Jaulibon vanic bock, and said tljore was unfbjtuitutely rot a particle of soup in the house. A l -w minutes afterwards the young wife, Alarmed nt the woiniili servant's tiding*, fli w into "lie room in nil Kgony of alarm nnd giiif. Siniultited uliiDin, crocodile griel, Mr. Morgan  for tin re could in hi? fpinii n, be no doubt I If 111 she had ii'lti niplld liC destrOT her bus band. Mr. Jaekvon, on questioned, pereuit'tiriW .Icni'd ilmi lie h nl ever liesirid M.s. Ji *l;;eri! to procure sulphuric fluid I')!' Ii ii ii. or .had lie received aiiv Ijvrn "Shn's just the *atne—bitter as gall and venomous a* a vnntr.'' This woman, 1 should slate1 was o person of strong wil| and fierce pa«sioim, und in early life had been resncctably situated.Flo thnn got board. I could ' —by the jingl rD [touring of liqu himself to his He reseated hi. silence, except n drowsily to him could malTfe no siohal curse t eleven o'clock communing sini!C upon the 1. ivus very restless his sleeping brail and oppressive D' as before he slrp distinct. At If perhaps thus f ingg became fo audible. •' Hu •or soap ? Ho—h ha—ha ! But i Who could linvt that I—J—what d you internal b' Again the diran distinctness, uuii k more. "It is, f belirvr, n mere fancy 6l"las,'' sho inien-up6'ii;; ''of ut any ralo the lifcbit is not so frequent, nor what he siiys so in!clligihlwus Itu believes ami tears it, from sou 10 fbruier circumstances, to m MF.wvvvn • Finding myself unrecognised, I called Imldly for a pot and pipe, and after some maittnvring contrived to seat myself within ear shot of Jackson and his party.— They presented a strange study. Henry lingers was boisterously excited, and nol only diinking freely himself, but treating a dozen fellows around him, tho cost ol which he from time to time, culled upon '(•Id {"'lint' us he courteously styled his ancinit fiiend, to discharge. " Ju*t slrp into her cell," I continued, "upon srrme exense rrr othrt1, and cnret»»ssly drop a hint tliui if sh$ could hrevpil up. on JaeKSon to get her bDoilghi uy Jtiibrnn before a judge in London, there could be no doubt of In r being builed." Tlijs ts l)ot, tj(cn, so promising as I had IPSSTJP/. The man stared/ but after n few words of pr« leuiled explanation, wontofi" to do as 1 ri quested. He wus not gone long. "She's all in a twittcration at the thoughts of it," lie said, "and must have pen, ink and paper, without a moment's delay, bless her consequence !" "Have palimice. Ii is full of promise, is we will manage. Kvery evening Jackon frequents a low gambling house, where le almost invariably wins small sums at •arJs—by crall, no doubt, as he never i rinks there. When he returns home at ibout ton o'clock, his constant habit is to go into the front parlor, where his wife is sure to he silling al that hour. He carefully locks the floor, helps hims-lf to brandy n.'uT w.;,!i;r—jilentTTulty, of late—and falls asleep in his oriuefmir ; nnJ there they loth doz" away, !-ometimes till one o'- clock, always til! past twelve." I lilt a an Open, Honest Heart, I like »n ojKm. lament heart, Wh! re rrui.knC i«l»vc« to dwell, WhirW on pi'"* for lnw ,\or hollow word** turt te.ll; lUil in tlir.ibliintjs plnin lire men, t'hf iinfmDrt fij'ihn uiliul, " Comn fork oui, Old Flint!" lie rsried ngnin, and ogain. "it'll be all right, j'ou know in a day or two, and a few halfpence over. Shell out old fellow. VVliot signifies, so you're happy !" These were supplied ; and 1 was soon in posse»ion of her letter, couched cautiously but nioir peremptorily than the former one. 1 need hardly sa_V that it did not reaph it-, destination. She passed the next day in a state of feverish impatience ; and no answer returning, jvrote nguin, lier wordU this lime conveying un evident, though indistinct threat. 1 refrained from visittng her till two days hud thus passed, nnd found le r, as I expected, eaten up tvitfi fury. Sin; fluted at me like a chained titles.-, as I entered the eell. Who. I»( nl.'r lirctilhingi utter nought, Hut ikvc. w ir*i'' anil kind. Jackson complied will) an affectation ol acquiescent gaiety ludicrous (o behold, it u us evidohi that each successive pull at lib purse wus like wrenching a looiii from his lit-udv aud yet, while tlie dismalest of smiles wrinkled his wolfish mouth, lie kept ex(•laTiuing : "A fino la 1—a fine lad ! gen. us a prince ! genefous ns n prince! (J i'id Lord, another round ! lie mindu momy no more than as il gold was as plenty us gravel ! Uut a fine generous lad for all that ! ' I item M lli.il one whoso -empty net, l.rd hi.nli D1 li pfiW of nrt, ]!. iravlli. r. of d o Hiut, Willi |C Ii mi i'iCrt "Well ; but I do not sec how—" Kn ifmif V:i ;rnilH in *uC h roiifiJf, "Iknr mo out, tl vou plf-nse. Jackson never wnsles n omidleto drink or sleep by. At this time of tlie year there wilt be no fire. If he speaks to Ms wife tie don't expect licr, IVoni Iter wooden deufuess, to answer him. Do you begin to |ierceive mv drift V' NCji in tliD i Ini'ncc* r,.r bt, I■huk hut turn* flow to bci about ii "as a matter of uonsidC ruble difficulty. Thi re was iuD I gal jDrc. It nee fur a staa-li « unanl, and 1 Ouliiiicd ;lie piinleiiyn of ding upon my own responsibility Willi nu old li.\ a:. wai rrpr.-sctsietl io hi-; |CDf. wtppo-. Ding him lo bo a fonj. ilciulo of '.In.' l»lir«r. About Iialf pa.-,t twelve o'cIl rose, stretched himself*, and Mi dairte, ' let's to Led : ii's gei here." Vim* lYieft Miip in itbga*! '•You appear vexed," 1 said, "no..doubt because JacRsori "declines to get you bailed. He might net i'V refuse yoit suelr n trifling ij/is I ut a. gentle word i iViltrrf fnr top iniKI .f.ikt.011, I perceived, drank considerably, as if incited thereto bv compressed sovngfiiiss. The pretty young wife would not taste a drop, but tours frequently filled '»■' «ye*, «"d bitterness pjinted hojr words as she vainly implored her husband to leave C• Wift! serVice, considering nil things." "All wlial things V replied the woman, eyeing me. licrcidy. "Upon my word, I drt not." "WliHt, if' upon awaking, Jackson finds lhnt his Cvifg is Mr. Waters, aijil that Mr. Waters relates to iiim alj thut Iiu lias disclosed in his ; thai Mr. llursley's plate i« buried in tin1 D»ardD-n, near the li- Imo tree; thtif hp, Jackson, received a thousnni) pounds six weeks ago of Henry Rogers' I'm tune, and that ihe uioney in now in the recess on the top landing, the key of which is in his brwMl Cpockct j tlipt he w as the rrcrtvi-r of pltifft stolen from a house in the cliDwt »t Salisbury a twclve-month ago, and sold in London for four hundred and fifty pounds. All this hurled at aim," continued the woman, with wild energy, and fla-diing ryes, "what else might not a sharp, quick-witted man make him believe he had confessed, revealed during his brief bleep I " "Dame" did re went fotfaid fhe candle end will d( A Tucifrr match wull, lie lit llie i wards rrtc, for lie ''Cortie dame, Co sleeping like a di the All! murd * ansft'pf, arid he again cupboard. "Here's a. or us," he muttered.— «-a\ drawn acrow thn andle, and stumbled tova» Kcifocty f8flWtftt. hp ! Why thee becst id un ! Wnke Op will -■r ! thieves! mur " j the wretch's $joat; occasion to' use force, ha id nervless, paralysed, •lcapable of  and coufd only gaze on iAright and horror, key of the feeeas up carry in your breaslCleqD, unhappy mart, you •vthing." shriek of terror replied dent} and presently he t what have I said f" rhley's plate is buried in ,!• ri. ml ' 11 inci- iv, !;(• Iiiij by liiiMs in all |M-ubnU)i(v yj (be fivUv1 J:i\'|jeity away—in Louiloi) 't lii.i-iilj ion ; »mJ .-IiujjM 1 find a st iteriieut w hich so toijf iiniicd the J.i itlixV?i!ie to tlu .-mi! yfnttlg woninii that she iiiilnnlly fainted.— The iipslv'twn* that SfKl. Was ta ken into uusi idy nnd LJgtid in prUon. ••J u." you JDiiow I1c■ t, though I have n slirouil giie-s." i'i :« f ... gnt^ri. "What do \!6'; guess? nil'] what arft you lie v.tfi. Utnrt as tpf; ul iaiD,-;u, nit':'* i\ Ij cause lie l;aJ pioviils'd u fjrnicr C«!*-vs;ut v. itli lt'gul asMstiuicQ umiiM Lu sc. rioiH. I jul. r those «trcum»btncos I unitr io liv'iV-l f)11-i:tor» for, instructions. :iuj i.\ Uinir ipusr the |i!ncc and go home \V(ill tier. To all lior rCDiiirmsirnncps the maudlin drunkard rcjilied only by lool.-ry varied occasionally !Dv an uitcinpt at it line or two of the song oV'TK Thorn." Tiii* teni'iIi mw» Flrrnhainjike wildfire. 1m a l, w nimutis it was upon even tody's t a-auc ; ' 11 f hints 'ftf ih'e n'linrVcTM'iiif life ft*; w.tig onnph: spread liv .1 1 civ son wp'rc if. ottiI• , and 110 appeari-d to lie edter- LuiiuD! ol ihn Ir illi of lids drtudli'l ci'argr. I had no il ulit either, hut m\ umiviokion won not that ol llie I'ui'nliuin folks, Tliis, ilii'ii, was 1 lies r iluiinn of the druggie | had spi 11 jzoinx 011 111 Jack-on's mind ; this is ill'! realization of ihe duik which 1 Inul iinperffclv read in 4he sinister glan. ci s of liis 'restless eye. He liail iijlelicled lo destroy lloth 1 llC* husband and wife—Hie one by poison, tin 1 the .other bv llie law ! lJoublless, ihcii llie jC!")00 had beoil oblai, npd and ibis was llie wretched man's in. fern 111 CK vice for rilaitiuy i|! I wentj»v-rr with Morgan early I'lVC lu-Xl morning lo see llie |ihiienl arid found tliaf, thanks lo I lie pnui pt nnlkloie administrated, and Dr. 1 lidn anlV MilDnef|tirnl netivo li'ealincnt, he I was rapidly recoveii The Mill suIHt. | iug young 11,un, I wiis glad to fi 1 iff, would not believe lor a moment in hhf wife's guilt, I «'-iitu!ii il llie looks and movements ol 1 Jackson ulleiilively—asoiuliny which he now, (ivviirr of my voeaiion, by no means . appeared to relish. dri\ ing al !" as liic ui , *-| will deal IVobHV whit you; Sarah Purdy. In the first place you must plainly perceive tlml your "friend" Jackson has cast (;w (ill—abandoning you to your fate; mid that Cn'e will, there can be no doubt, be lruo*|n)iidtKBr." tii.it I W' ll cIl"Wrf, My grasp wnso but there was nc recognised me, C. sank on the floor'' less of resistance my face in duitit return of post rreeivid ordeis to prosecute the inquiry thoroughly, hut uau;i,,us!y, (in.} to c r lime as nothing ho lonj; us there appear* d o chance of fixing /a6)isnn vvilli ■•lie guilt, wf receiving the plunder. A i wither uki uinstaucc that i have oii.iiiii'il to tiotii e in. i's place, was that tlio (Juilfbrd •• li.it'y VCi »;)Tj)?tiiit thorns, Ilenry," re. laii: C1 ilif pVovoked wife, in a louder uncj aHgrnr tone than sin: ought perhaps to have tfi'ifl—not on)}- f'n nnv bosnm, but your own, if you continue on in this sottish ami disgraceful way." Artil l,4UC5 CV RflilU*, BlD TtuuUjlb HoC\m * \.Cult» rcfCiiii,i! —■ i =»•» ■ .iji«l■ In l VV«l}„y.Dhe. impniienlly snarled, " sup v, ; \tj.at then ?" . (Truui Chamber's KdinbliruH •'D unail ] "Tiiis—thai you can help yourself in litis HilHeiilly oy helping me." " As how V' " Givf. me the Stairs, v. Iiici) you pockct. In you; Imve revealed eve IUfolItriions of n Police Olfim. '• Always quurreling, always qiiaffel. Jug," remarked Jackson pointedly tbw'Ufdi the bystanders—'-alieni/s quarrelling !" soluiln !i.:deri,d bail (in" tiie pi is yii rs to any n usouable amount, and nainC d Kuoch Ji.K.s hi aD one o£ the sureties. li..il was II,INT J YC'li.soN "In the first (d.icn, give metlie means of convicting Jaekson of having received stolen properly." "Ifa ! I Tow dovou know that ?" 1 ..ri.ham bops are woiW taimus, or nt wst fujnous in I bat bilge portion ol the kj| where finjilish ale is drunk, end :i;rc«M 1 have a thousand limes board and hovvev.er refused "WFio is quarrelling I demanded the voting wife, sliarply. "Do you mean me and Herif; f 1 had hern silling on a licuch, but as these rapid disL-tosiIrC s hurst from her lips, nnd I ksw tlie u-ip to ivn'icn tlicy nii(;ht be lurned, 1 rose slow ty, and in some sort involuntarily. to niy fui t, lifted up u.i it were by the enciD;y ol Ik r fiery uords. An inarticulate to me. ! wm s! gnspcd ; Wlm—o' fan •« There was no nei;d orover.huiTyjpg the bu-ijji'as, as the pi ry were coinuiitted to thi- Surrey spring assizes, and it was iiu\» the season ol tbo bop harvest—a delightful and hilarious period about Farnham,.when the weather isfine and ihpvieM abundant. 1, however, lost no ti.ne in mailing diligent and ininute inquiry into tbe (l.aiacti r of Jackaon, and the result was a full conviction llml uotliiqg but tlui fear of being denounced as an arcom plica could bave induced such n miserly, iton-bonrled rogue to put himself to charges in de fence i f the iuipt isoned burglars. "1 was only saying, my dear, that you don't like your husband to "be so generous and fri e-liearted—that's all,'"'replied Jack, son* with a confidential wink at the persons near him. •'Oil, I know ii very well—as well most as you do. Hut ilvis is not my chief object, ihvJ'e is. another, lar more imporlunl oiie," and 1 ran over the incidents relative lo the poisoning. "Now," J resumed, Ml*41 me, it you will, your opinion on Ibis mailer ?:' "Thai Mr. Hu.—.y's pu ilie garden by the? Klac tree.j that, you have received a thousand pounds belonging to the man you tried to poison; tht you netted foui hundred and fifty pounr by the plate ktolen at Salisbury; that p dexterously contrived to slip the sulplur uci l into the tea unseen by Hetry  wife." ' ■ *~W ad D1 it it never sets. '1'lic name, theic fore, of tlm pleasant Surrv v illage, in and about which the events I am about, to relate occurred, is, I may fairly presume, known to many ol iuv leaders. I wiiD ordered to Fa nib ira, to investigate a case of burglary, committed in tl.e bouse ol a gen. tleulati of the nn/ne of l lursloy, during the t- mporary absence of tbo family, which had completed nonplussi d ib« unpractis'd Dogberrys of the plioe.albill ll was a riddle"uot n'l all difficult to ie:id. The premivs it was quickly plain to me, had been broken, not into buj out of; and a watch bring set upon the motions o* the very specious and clever person lull in charge of the house and property, it was speedjly discoVerfd that the Voubeft bad been effected by bers df and a conk derate of t.ie name of I) ivv kins, her brother-in-law. Some of tiie stolen goods were found scoreted at his I i ljiugs ; but the most valuable portion, consisting of plate and a small quantity of j.'Wi l;y, h;.d disappeared; —it hud questionless. been cotivi'i'ti d into money as considerable sums, ju sovereigns, had been found up hi I) ivv Uins and tbo woman, Sarah l'urdy. .Now, as it had boen clearly asiiei tained that neither of the prisoflors had left Faniham since the burglary, it was manifest that there was a receiver near at band who had purchased the missing nrtiulos, i)awkins and l'urdy, were however, dumb as stones upon the subject ; and nothing occurred to point suspicion till ear. ly in the evening previous to the sccond examination of the prisoners before the magistrate, when Sarah l'urdy asked for a pen, ink and paper, for the purpose of writing to one Mr. Jackson, in vvhose service k'jo bad formeily lived. 1 happened to bo •t tin pri.son, and of course took the liberty »if earefully unsealing hei note and readiug it. It revenlid nothing ; and save by iu extremely caufiou* wording, abrupt, peremptory tone, coming from a servant to her former master, suggested nothing. I it ad carefully reckoned the nuiViber of rthset* of paper s 'nt into the cell, and now on recounting tln-m, found that three were inissing. The turnkey returned immedi. oiely am) asked for tlx) two other letters Mhichsbehad written. The woman denied having written any other, and for proof pointed to tt»e torn fragments of the missing sheets lying around on the floor.— These were gathered up and brought to me, but I could make nothing out of them, evcry word having been carefully run through with a pen, and converted into an twin telligible blot. The request contained in the actually written letter was one tlmpls enough in itself, merely. " u "God iWiird you!" I exc'.aintod, shaking both h'T hand* in initio. ' You have, unless 1 liltit.iler, rcscui cl nil innocent ivotiiun front) i l.c sea fluid. I see it all. Fare- :* bT' ' ' "Free hearted and generous! Fool hear, ted and crazy, you mean !" rejoined the wife, who was much excited. " And you ought to be ashamed of yourself to give htm money for such brutish purposes." "Thm it was Jackson tliat ndministcred iTift poison, and certainly not the young woman," alio replied with vengeful prompt- 1C ".Mr, Waters!" shq rxclnimed, in a ],a1|ii'utin:i voicc, as 1 was passing I..'Hi, "M'lirn nil is done, you will not Soffit t mo V' The shriek or screon. he was for several . with consternation, A mod suddenly in his flC true—it is true !" lie I "useless-r-useless—use But you are alone, and thousand pounds!—mo. that; two thousand poi give you to spare me, " Where did you hie day when you confess y Henry Rogers ?" •' In the reccss you s,Doke of. But think! two thousand pounds in gold—all of it* ir gold " '•  A.» ho spoke, I T villain's hands, prcssea in another instant the cuff pronounced my anguish burst fronr so loud and piercii outside hurried U knocked hastily fo were let in by the r half an hour afteru ners—Jackson, his w were safe in Farnh» was repeated, and loments speechless ray of hope uleoning eyes. •' It is urriedly ejaculated; 'ess to den/ iL— poor, i(o doubt.—A re, more, moretbau nds in gold—I will o let me escape." i the soap on thu Du tried to poison "Always quarrelling, always quarrelling !" ri-ilc'rated Juckson, but this time unheard by Mrs. Rogers—"uhrcujs, perpetually quarrelling !" 1 could not quite comprehend all this.— If so a sum as £1500 were really coming to the young man, why should 1 .lackson wince as lie did at disbursing small amounts which he conld repay him- ; si-df with abundant interest ! If otherwise —and it was probable fie should "not be re- ' paid—what meant his eteyial 'fine gener- 1 ous lad !' spirited young man !' and so ou ? What, above all, meant that look of dia- ; holical hate which shot out from his cavcrnous eyes towards Henry Rogers when lie, thought himself unobserved, jusl after satisfy ing a fresh claim on his purse?— Much practice in reading the faces and deportment ol such men made it pretty clear to uie that Jackson's course of action respecting the young man and his money was not yet decided upon in his mind ; that he was still perplexed and irresolute; and hence the apparent contradiction in his words and acts. ness, "My own conviction ! This, then, is my proposition. You are sharp-wilted, uid Know this fellow's ways, habits and propensities thoroughly ; f, too, have heard something of llieiii ; and it strikes me that you suggest some plan, some device grouuded on tli'in, whereby the truth might come to light-" One afternoon, whilst {tendering the matter, at the same tini" enjoying ilif pre! tii:st of rural sights, (bat of hop picking, ihe apothecary ut whose house I was hjdg, ing—rwc will call him Mr. Morgan ; he Whs a WVlahman—tapped me suddenly on the shoulder, and looking sharply around, 1 perceived he had something be deemed of importance to communicate. " That I will not by my own hopes of mercv hi the he»ufier. Adieu!" '•Pray," said 1, suddenly addressing Riddel, the woman servant—"pray how did it happen that vcu had -no soup ill such a house as this yesterday evening ?" At ii quarfe'r past nirio that evening, I, accompanicd by two Farnham constables, knocked at the door of Jackson's house.— Henry Rogers, 1 should state, had been removed lo tjio village. The door was opened by the woman servant, and we went in. "I have h warrant for Jour arrest, Jane Riddet," I said, "ns an 'accomplice in the plate stealing the oilier day. There, don't scream, but listen to mo." I then intimateyl the lorms utwii which aione she could expect favor. She, tremblingly promised compliance ; atid alW placing the constables outside, i" concealment, but within hearing, I proceeded '.o tlie parlor, secured tho terrified old w oman, and confined her safely in a distant house. "Now, t'idde't," said I, "quick with ono of the old lady's gowns, a shawl, cap, ft cetera." These were soon brought, and ! returned to the puilor. It was a roomy npar'.menl, with small.(Ijitiuoud-paned windows, and just thru but very faintly illumined by the star light. There wci* two large high backed easy chairs, and I prepared to take possession of the one recently vacated by Jackson's wife. " You must perfectly understand," were my parting words to the trembling" servant, " that we intend standing ho nonsense with either you or your master. You cannot escape; but if you let Mr. Jaokstm in as usual, no harm will befal you; if otherwise you will unquestionably be transported. JJow, go." My toilet was not so easily accomplished as 1 thought it would br. The gown did'at meet at the back by half a foot ; that however was ol little constquence, as the high chair concealed tho dejlciepcy ; neither did the shortness of the sleeves matter much, as the ample shawl could be made to hide my too great length of arm ; but the skirt was soarcely lower than a Highlander's, and how the deuce I was to crook my booted legs up "out of even iu that gloomy starlight, I could hardly ima-, gine. The cap also was far too small,; still, with an ample kerchief in my hand, j '•N soap !"' ccliU'd the woman, with a starn or surprise. "Why—" 'Fhe woman looked fixedly at mc for some lime wiiliou speaking. As i in»ani to deal fairly uud honestly with lu r, 1 could bear her B"ze without shrinking. ••i\ D—no soap," hastily broke in her master, w iih loud and threatening emphasis. "Them was not a morsel in the house. I bough; some afterwards in Farnham." " Whaf is it?" I said quickly. " The o Ides', thing in tin-world. There's Fijii.: Jackson, his deaf old woman, and all the young people lodging with him, are drinking and carousing aw ay ul yonder ale house. " '•Supposing 1 could assist you," she at length said, "how wculd lhai help me w " The cowed and bewildered woman sluuk away. 1 was more than satisfied ; and judging by JaeKsi'in's countenance, which cheng' d beiwHtoh my look to the color of llie lime-wathed wall ngainst which he stood, he surmised thai i was. suddenly grasped* tliC 4 them together, am snapping of a hind answer. A yell o\ the miserable old man, (hat the constables the outer door, and . admittance. Thev prvmit woman; anti in \rd* tin .thmfMptuk* fe, and Jane Ridttet— 11 pi'ikOII. 't will conclude thic'narra was brought up on id was discharged on husband, 1 have since a better and a 'wise' -vicied '' ifl O "It would help you greatly. You would no doubt be still convicted ol the burglary, for the evidence is irresistible ; but if in the meantime you should have been instrumental ill saving the life of an innooent pe rson, and of brrngitig a great criminal to justice, there can be no question that the Queen's mercy would £e extended la you, and tho punishment be merely n nominul " Show them to mo if you please." A fe v minutes brought us to the |4acc of entertainment, the lower room of which was suffocatingly full of tiplers and tobaciiosmoke. We nevertheless contrived to edge ourselves in; and my companion .stealthily pointed to the group who were sealed together near the farther window, and then left me to niyselfi My conviction, however, was not evidence, nnil I felt thai 1 should need even more then my wonted "c«nd fortune to bring the Mitel; crime home to its real perpetrutor. Fur the present, at all evonts, I must keep silence—a icsulve 1 found hard to persist in nt the examination ol the accttsed w ife nn hour or two offer wards, before the eutiniy ningistmtes. Jackson liud hardened hinD»iU W iron, ami gave his lying evidence with ruthless self-possession. He hud Dio/. desired Mrs, Rogers to purchase sulphu'ic acid ; had not received any froir her. In nddTfbn also to his testimony that she and Iter husband were always quarreling, it was proved by a respectable person that high words had passed between them on the cvvupig previous to the. thv the criminal olll nee was committed, and that foolish, passionate expregstdrm had escaped htr about wishing to be rid such u drunken wretch. This evidence, combined with the medical it stifliony, appeared so coiielu-'ivo to the iD:aj;istratf, that spite of the nnfortunatei wt tnntCv*i w ild protestations of innocence, and the rending w hioh convulsed her frame, and ol. most choked her utterance, she was remanded to prison till that day week, when, the magistrate informed hor, she would be again brought up for the merely formal completion of the depositions, and be «hen fully committed on the capital charge. 1 was greatly disturbed, and walked for "If I were sure of that!" she murmured, with a burning scrutiny in her eyes, w hich were still fixed upon my countenance—"if 1 iverc sttre of that! But you are misleading me." one^" Henry Rogers at length dropped asleep with his bead upon one of the settle.tables; Jackson sunk into sullen silence ; the noisy room grew quiet; and 1 came away, j I was impressed with a belief til at Jackson entertained some sinister design against •his youthful and inexperienced lodgers, and I determined to acquaint them with my suspicions. For this purpose Mr. Morgan, who had a patient living near Jackson's house, undertook to iuviic them to tea on some early evening, on the pretence that ho had beard of a tavern that might suit tliein when they should receive their fortune. Let me confess, too. that I j had another design besides putting the young people on their guard against Jackson. I thought it vory probable that it would not be diflicult to glean from them some interesting and suggestive particulars concerning die ways, means, practices, outgoiugs and incomings. The oppcarnnce of Jackson entirely an- i swercd to tbo popular prefix of Flint attached to his He was a wiryjgnurltd, beavy-biovvcd. iron-jawed fellow of j about sixty, with deep set ryes, a gto«i with sinister and greedy iustinots. His wife older than he, and so deaf apparently as the door of a dungeon, wore u simpering imbecile look of wonderment, it seemed to ine, at the presence of such unusual abundant good chper. The young people who lodged frith Jackson, were really a very frank, honest, good looking couple, though not then appeal ing to advantage—the countenance. of Henry Rogers being flushed and inHaiix ' vVith drink, and that of bis wife's clouded with frowns, at the situation in which she found herself, and the riotou6 conduct of hsr husband. Their brief history was this. Ttiay had both beer. ser. vants in a family living not far distant from Faruhaiii, Sir Thomas Lethbridge's 1 understood—when about three or four months previous to the present lime, Flint Jack, son, who had once been in an attorney's office, discovered that Henry Rogers, in ron°cqueiK'o of the death of a distant rela. A few sentences rative. Mary llodp the following day, I my evidence. 1 le heard, has provec' •man.. Jackson lord assize, or ley plate, ana forjife. This of attemping to There was nCf. but the legal proo his own hurried would no doubt to be received were lenientl; Sarah Purdy was convicted and seuten ced to transportation. I did uqt forget, my promise; and a statement of the previous, ly narrated circumstances having been drawn up and forwarded to the Queen and the Home Secretary, a pardon, after some delay was issued. There were painful circunistanoee in her history, which, after striot inquiry; told favorably for her.— Several benevolent persons interested themselves in het behalf, and site was sent to "Delicve nie, I uui not. 1 speak in perfect sincerity. Take iuno to consider the inatlyr. I will look in again in about an hour ; nnil pray do not forget that it is your sole and last chance." I left her bimJ did uot return till more than three hours had passed awuy. Sarah P.urdy was pacing the oell in a Ironzy oi inquietude, was convicted at juil. juilty receiving thu Hu resentenced to transportation "icing so, ihe gravef.ahargo poison was not pressed,— moral doubt of liis guilt; wf of it rested solely on confession, which counsel have contended ought not His wife and the servnut dealt with. jtl thought you hud forgotten inc. Now," slio continued, Willi a rapid vehemence, "tell me on your word of honor as o man, do you truly believe titat if I can efrectu* qilly assist you it will avail mo with her ilfjfisty 1" i un» os positive it will as I am of my own life." ■'Well, then, I Ipill assist you. First, then, Jackson wu» a confederate with Dawkins and myself, and received the plate and jewelry, for which lie paid us less than one third of the va!u«." Four more days passed unprofitably away, alid I was becoming weary ol the business, when about fivo o'clock in the afternoon the apothecary galloped up to bis door on a borrowed horse, jumped off with | inspiring celerity, and with a face as white "Rog«rs and bis wile were not, I hope, cognisant of this ?"