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PITT AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. a mtlilq j(.!fii)0imptr-(fftmilfh fn Wis, ittetef, Jgnffitira, tjir Jlkrcnufilr, fining, 3Mrrjjnmtn!, nni %imi„a| 9#ttrfsj9 Df tj,, Cotinfrtr, StiMrtiriiim, Jtatufinntf, VOLUME 3.--NUMBEE 11.* PI1WT0N, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1853. WHOLE NUMBER 145. thi; rafSTON gazette, TRUE OREATNBS3. yearn; indeed, ho wu» one of Hie pioneers that it Dv«K like severing the heart strings of the town, having cleared the first farm to think of a reparation.. C'olonel S n, in those parts. Ha was n hard working, bring so nnach crtcag'."! in his business, industrious,*tti;d enterprising citizen ; and had (ailed to hoticc-t!v; hem; --ny of IceUnr it required his entire aiiemlntynfc uuon iho exisitirur between tiieni* " i'arni lD iri.Jio " !D.-t!i ends . n i luC;t8, gainwl bv I htt»{inc-yroilntls tho lit'c* dfrfli of whifh i cIohc comniuinoii with ;he ,,s, i* * ; ,v • ■ "!0 ui.o uems or w niein ,,c tii,. woiH -iiid hf- r. ' | iH'-y c.\n,,,K.,| t0 imve Tncciv. d ir-m the ■i"ht after by- «iahy lftprory°MOT«WXfW#9 i " ' "°p f5| lri1" "hove. But ihn white mini, y.n. D lUcra.. „ „11r|,,,;l.,i;,r:.0r nli„ 1( |i(.,| lhe f.H-M,, Wl" "u!ar S'' i a*iwr.rw wi»«« tho nch ■ cm ! ca'n °Ct f1*15" nU(1D is if bv mngic, ' i • "h u'1!':S :l°S V':1^e; C° M-»ing up in a , Jiikht, that clmllpiiirctl iiltD arln,iiK, „ rc ,a vo- j t.wjv-hd,. cWUissc.l wor.ld. your oily. n"4 rrnchtog • (be fifth storv, throw himself upfin the hard, damp floor, ant! (hers rest his weniied mind ; thathea*y brow ie (bmrleft with oierburdened toil,and as yoti look armirid over the unfiir.. ntobed garret, and ntUe the extreme poverty of the place, you are led to exclaim— "Thtro nrc nrnre things in heaven and earth, Then nre drcrfiiH of in my j.hiloiwait.y." Edward remained in the law office for peripd of two years, the usual time reCpnrr.i by MHtjiie before seeking admit'.ance to tho bar. rfn {,aid his wav as !';r?t v- scl,wl "•« At, if60'" m"lirs "DCDC* en' ore? the remainder of the season, Dininc U.l.S time.owme probably, l0 ),(s pr, f no made few, D1 any Jrfehti. II/met on' the world grown so callous th«t tliev rc iriwillmg to admire f.r pr6W 'e2£ ye ran ee and industry r',v , ■ were compelled t0 nCJrt1ire, , ul jJ dinner. I hrro »•,.* no ki.,, wori, J ■■ probation for l,irn, no approving smile, L encouraging look, but all the woild frown ed.on him.jfor (ie was poor. At heavenly synod onucjnro*c ibatfl, A « omlron* slron (ft AuMjvteliitijlh AiHIivarite Jonmal This mtelity ecrret to TR hatimik.cn n mortal print? :)o»c, is. m. inciuivr 8 u. s. ruiLLirs. PCBl Cre of tirms »UI1 IIJTJ 1 rtiOllllK UVIVVVII VJ '' ■ * "■ ■■ •' "J nt tli'i prior to flic meotiii* wp Iiavo chroniolcd.- ire tin. Immediately lifter tetfrniti" the Wate of a to a number of iltc most pofDfll zincs of liw day, 'Hid was fiiBi gniiiifig, itntti Muster JCl|t« Ularity in tho iilfifaiv \v I. wlien iiui Cijftt A'cSi Il'tC jfVlsn'tir 4r #1 While Hncr i i . te the brightest chirms ] PIIC1 oboyp'l the hcnvcul lie ciillnl to life roD ■ Y hili'iiiifj Ttr t)ifD llnw i»i hr*f r T* D- J' ■ma$ bfiicl. ■ minoi of pntirjuiiy •r u puriiHel, •D- x ' Titr. "Cf\ !-VCD lliai»i.u« per Caul# oWjwl if 1K»» l-'U! Kw paimr will DDo Ai***DtilUitwfd milii All t\p\ KttTIM.MMI a ni ii'rtf«l cwrfiiikuouhJy 0M» piDi L6.k ■•• »q*$air«D pf fo'.trK*1 1 'l Umy fti-»trtfa:u«; iuhubj 1 wo lDvJtur« m»l ! it1 ia who filled with g. oua wine, I upon the f.irm, m.d v. os of grcnt scrviceto j Ins f'nihw, lie having a general care of {lift (ir conduc t rii cvrrely reprimftii'lc CilA I'TI'.R II. iiit»r«-nKCs.|J»e hi.tory ot our ommty fo It was on n benutiful Homing, hi the 'I"' Inst liny year;: will bo. upon a rtoiiill of August, that tlio Iiltle family of the fruit of a tfcbirloiifc imputation, outvie Farmer W » wore nil astir long bo- ing in preposterous assert ions the mvtholo lorrD the break ofttav. f?oinetlDinj! unu. uy el the ancient Greeks. To such i iiiul was a bout to happen with tli'.i.i— that " dreom land ' its this, our true hero tr. .1 htilt! iinppy group was .soon to ho broken 'D's wavvp.xpceliriir a ?needy realization o tip, iiinl a frail branch to be revered from his golden C rimim. Hut, (). it :s easii-r ti its parent :.uem for vears, perhap-i forever, revel in the imagination ol future gran. Tire mother was busily ou£,iyft! iu filling deur, than, by an exertion of mind or bo. a small trunk with ofparel for her dy. to experience a vivid reahly. sou, which she, with her own hands, hud Thus it way with lid-ward. '1 lie lines, made. The father, standing near, was iiggeratcd sltfHes of the VVest attracted hitn calmly surveying tho preparations being thither, where he expected an itnniediate 'ade for his sotvs departure, and tin'* son dukvurnuco Iroin gnawing poverty, to lion. ■-L.-.,,; J,;,- choked • «r and luxuriant wealth. He found it —,u" tlfat k was only through ni vain Coukl frei: frail buinjj luP obeying ;lir IriJifitiels •( ■*'!• lovir;: h:m v.-bo Was deafer to, ''an 'iff! itself." !lc forbade if hrr j Ya» :nt more ricli- - was more divine Anil 'x I ' _ ■*8 o highly educated | hd) I u-omaii, uinl w.im on.-.' iorr-rl by l!»»; villa. I C" 1 To r nd. he?f evfer iiiid'1 AfcN'rr-f iuwU"!v A ! t. r «L\ mniiihB I ■ t AjhjIIo vowed will: n; Nun« otlio jvwtr, lyhvurrJ'H mother lerirlg ihe oijfnpnny of hr Jon Won'if— ttll our j" D r Id comjmrp, as nuit'C than thc-ir crjiml ied hOT i forget liim, as she should mn-or A 1 v.; oil W iu-n Jove produced his V/f sJmicctf .dvice und opinion vvefp solicited in every i wttb his consent, jnsrry the poor farmers | tiling that interested tlD« village; and, us [ boy. IJe inforftied !i.'•C•«;!. at "he had .«rt:i-fhi} I she never deceived those who jilncrd con- J young man, mid jWrfmptorily forbid hi.- fidence in her judgment, .sho joined the entrance into the house, mid had eauiior i!D/. »i«J« t-ilU'mi ' f'lir. ! pif hi in neainst cvef utruiu seek)"" 1 fix«Cl true grcatjies* tliem, POETin. PulUis, »o wU'lom fvcr dei-.r, hat hail past, Hcttfit r i?r « Tamp* itiuiuuuj iu» v.ii iii/i iun M » men" respected her; and llio "old (otfttf ' Colonel S~ 1 i 1. Hut../. t Un ,11 of /»r» •-'n despised Mlio poverty Vour It uwuy, no rnrui a ...c VII. ) HI I CM Ac. with Iif-r. _ .,0!'! wm lier pride, , whq believe that money irmkcx the man. ner joy; Tor him she lived; he wa:; her I He had not Jeuincd to cxcliiim, wiih II. For Ins s»ko she would snorifico hot! Burns:'-— . EJw g 11 t rtnir.f lU vour art) Frieii'UHijw that 1 bill'at it ht uvvn —yea more, liur very life, if with grief, arid uuabte to imor a word.— As he bfliuld llio luars rolIi'nn down hi» quite c Great was the surprise or the Hhr of H n county, when one of i!10 Judges of ilin Supreme Court of one of ihp Western States', pronouncing the nnmr. of I'.d-ward VV s, thev beheld the young man With patched pan(a!opns and a raggr-J tout arise and receive the oath to support tlfio Constitution of the United State*, and his adopted .State, and receive- his diploma, which declared him a member of the legal fraternity. The professional gentlemen "'ere at first unwilling to extend to hi in the "i 'ght hand of fellowship j" but high lifo. rary attainment?, and great legal ubiliues will always, in time, meet with the encou. ragement thry deserve, For a time true worth, wrapped in poverty, and having no opportunity to exhibit itself in all*its primitive glory, will remain secreted in tlio Waving, throbbing bosom. Hut as true aa •.here is a living, beating heart bsyfwd that Ki»om, which causes it to heave wifft eternal certainty, so sure will this priceless gem find its way to the outer world, -it cannot be bound or chained. Oppression and oppression may, for a time, forbid ita germinating into a thing of life, but in a moment when most needed, it will brcuk forth with renewed energy and force, on account of its forced imprisonment. We now find our hero, ut the ngo of twenty.^!,ree, a lawyer, without a client, without money, and wanting the very ne. ccssarii'K of life, lie remained nearly in this same condition for a number of months, actually doitg the chores for his old preceptor, in payment for a scanty allowance of food and raiment. Shadows l* ,D♦.« J: tiewJ Tin- uuaN tfifcH«.TV.i u in 4,'nWii e y e r a nee tirid uiiwatitig enwis (o hp ncccwpliahfd.— ant city in tlx; West, A worth* lift il elorr I ran time wl icli we wr iur mnu * n » ;rtii(4 lii'iHKh iv turo I mother's cheeks, a11.1 u Thai fruitful vine, wh uuiwcii in ~ M"~": khuveo 'lr Mi 10 by one, irew !: Dc"il run1( bt Jinviii£ I'rtociioil willi but o .sin;/ liu* in hik pocket, a hout a t!iuric luiler of rucorn!ie r.ct himself about building iccciitr. ■lit YV v .Mr 7i) far above tl. of ilifi A umu'* i rtinit fi'i it* repu. And, ratlin than ntty his; daughtnt" in mnr her neclt luid v/ept To fill the home. tin li vllow THE astsnciulff*, »r (he bos i»ad lor ipholur in ilic vil H uud alfccl 3(ed for the etnoyvd age to a /Doov pleUitui, lie uoukl Haonfice enrlhtj* —yrn, Iirr vcrv Iff' • isjdll oi .Itiefi lyrai losrt eloped, strapped, and lockci With invert coiiimt, the compliment ur.J li i?3®B MW8m I'd u kind, toy ionato j hC The wCM4] COBCI), lllut was to Cut;vi his pecuniary: a Hart red a situation as a teach coukcquoncc, ro'alcr fc'om A il»cciit Iwub, the lifv. to com 1 wait id rni I. by a do of tin ir off s mother, antl planting n !■ iBrlc, mxl shaking his father l.C i her eP.ht dollar f.er tnruilh, nod " boarded b school cioutiii ued /out gaming a more ■ sire :o promote the Immune ■! . • c : - t. • An American Tradtiou ClIAI'TRIl !. * very limited, Tlio rudimer.ml briiuehen j for them. R«i|Dg more cxpericnc niftster.-d, the hftiglith of the student's tun- j worldly ufFuiia, iliev conceive the' II is readied. This single 'jualTnt the , best jf 1uum'ledge frils liini (o the J competent f ho cntojfid t1 e coach ,n, nervo tby»clf to Cd !;et, avinjr saved his entire earnings, a hi.*- hind mother for furnishing clothing,) lie repaired again to and tillered an academy as a puattended this institution during )no of the iti1 re tl Now, young ie 8a»)y liistor A New ljtigld,ii Kind muler, I ain no lictlonisl And lountnin of human nature, add juii|.rtt of * irmtter of Mich vi h 10 their children. Patent* will need /5c firm a im will dtiirurafico of jlie fiou town of llud ! or vou Yoi have Jeft your the oil v, nil. lie The Indian war of h arou ' IM, inii.tl mi a seiilir l love wy, there nl e greater facilities for universal ' you are deceived. I low rriuny lovely cduoatiou titan*Ml ally other portion of our j maidens have filled u premature grave, bn- Tin trufijji'coUcfjes ani( high J jnj; compelled to submit to an erroneous \vn loved fireside to sr strangers, in n strange land Vou little mum having rented a small (lost pago in tli M*d just commenced of fliiJIcv, aiormcd ! nual f the o ic-iac "- hair know t rough Wjfrld, upon .which voe luiiion lie anCJ liie till)tilths Ilia thl'CUtatiiiic road;h 'seap's, ' uiid^nciijental in premature death, you diver countr have launched your frail bail;; and aid for in woi I; ing e-are-'of'tlih scad, the rooms, building J tl lotuicilt. My nana abundance ; but the sthull country village ! i'« invariably obliged to bear Ihft blarho.— boasts of none of these hiajhtr institution* j Fathers, this on? lactis as true ni the plaino( learning. Therefore, in the New j est demonstrable axiom in Ruclidy thut no tCUJIj. wine lirfis, (fc., A-c tember, 1075, assembled in the Ot'[l libit e up 05, f»ct ;ind uci»otisir.'Uc«, - Ol tJlC | ' olteii shiver to atoms the hopes of the mar j iner ns he glidrs ovor the "sea of life;''— He managed liij affairs so economically, lhnt thf thiliy-iwo dollars supported him through the entire spring and summer; again in thc winler he was offered the same '•'.Cnis»fiCit-school," with an increased salary ol* te.n dollars .per month, and still to jiliiLu' of worship, In implore ilie aii! of tlic "ves Lie- futile laud poiiutry towns you will not find llie 1 bring beneath tliC- sun is more competent highly. pducaic'J man, but you will fijid ! to'judgA'uJ the wnu'is mid desires of her Yuu are now fairly upon its tempestuous re Him ih u sulr.nu: juiiiU itl " U'Utll is inger than fio- , May the" winds of' heaven prove wliooi heard, u country v'rtl gr, in II ii all oducuted. Bui 1 would not with ! ious and kind, and mav you meet the cbtifcl,. suirou tided by a L 1loodlbir3.lv banc ierior ol one of the New ] to bo uiuloi sttHxl us. .saying that nil the ' younjr men of 1 lie New England villages J s,ite:D mat living, timiLilmig tiling oi lue.— Was this simple fact generally understood and ttftkhbwledged, niuoli of the orfnio, :omnotD 'I t,;ivDige» : whi 10 injjaot, the niic in limiid mirlace the Indian has oft alienuiiful sheet of wnt upor .•n o contented will) tlio mastery of the t lid. mental hTuncbes. Not so—not so. From some New England village hove gone forth lirighi and ahioitt# lights, *vhqs« ■''isk.iiL paili ncroPH this mundtine sphere \ee |mvC: if'at* • \ - j. '.J.± 8?-: . ...... "i .» edit " board round Jn the- spring, Wjih the J. tifitlei t lilt; Kl' wilt hirch ennor int! upon | oris o! the ■ •e sum of Ibriv dollar ie ftyain enlcr cy tit uio tumal At tliul time, n: mewls of (fie li iuyI batiks the red I in our cMiiilrx , umi be bunwhftj t'oMver letriv, a. For four winters i'i succession rthin were the mov liiue lived, loved owl died; lie On tti con versa There never was n nc r siifiit wltnes ho acled the part of the pedagogue, anc through the remainder of itoait at us, th Iris d n-jih Hii ustrial pursuits of ihe farnief j c, bounCi icc^'k''1" as tUcy n the sue red bonds of " iricwlship, -love, j sppii a thriving village, teeming luis, into Hie uin/iiig meteor tijrongn t:ie heavens, dazzled the eyes of astonislted be- ry, a we on y mor'nl thnn tlittt of a yontip man battle of lire," un leaving behind .t tended dilik'f'i bravest among t!i a select number ol lb I hand. S! Well a misera a garret in nn obscure por\ lie WM denied the privilege whh nfly otio but the lower i hi* studies. Occupy holder*', and made litem Mu'/.e lost in won- I wr d hnstilv or c where lived mid t tion ol ilie en tha chosen abode of the red man. Upon fire lp|t behind The Uriy st star \h i i C • aiv n c, orrtimtrr iid i orlli theso urrucd ! )U thv e cau me [ir:d ftr»MiP*8 to of eras preserved CHAPTER III, 8y!' Hut, uuloitiinately, tV attack cotton mill, crowded wit io inyfrnutty ottr country, an net i ca, h aliu I procure a few choice books, and in a great lougti hur tlu»m !1» vu will, a! shape* our ends, Vyul bci ii loo sudden and well planned ; ili« ludi iiis bad partly gained possesion ol t(ie town before tbey uurronnded the viHu'ce rrWifoens," • rine tDI'ofilable hill# unil grajiite rj?gl urns, ( New Hampshire ite rtruutan. hit, to the city of Pari measure, tiieso were his only companions, It was a cold, wintry morning in the latter part of the monfh'of December, that Mr. W- a. (our hero is no longer a boy) followed, with downcast eyes, an imrrtenso crowd that was hurrying towards !he Coujt House. ITe saw no one—he cared for no one. What was life to him V- Without friends, without money, he desired no1, to live. But just then the b/ight cherub Ilope, more charitable than animated life, threw its protecting arm uround him, and bid him cheer up, for there wasone who KVeitbtit for him, and to despair now would bring misery upon her. With these feelings he entefid the Court House. The crowded Court was sitting. He seatrd himself within the Bar, almost unknown, and certainly utjnoiiced, and listened to the reading of the indictments which the (irnnd Jury had just returned. The Court House was uncommonly crowded, and a considerable excitcmcm was manifested bv the congregated mass. A respectable jind wealthy, citizen was beixjg- arraigned for thti wilful murder of his wife, and infant employment to the as once tbf icrne of Iudi warfare of two wftrdu to fiico tlio m ■mJes ol the years gone by, he had conceived the idea of studying lew, and now at the age of twenty-one, fie br%tDii to look-around to 1 posted Ujroti where tile red man met his brother fare ic hrob* 1 1 oi Wcbstc r;ea o f. tvill * hd Id Hrrnved In opposition him Iltl'li nufdt in the car uiouud, tUvit" bullets tulii wilti fatal nou fleet upon the bewilder and uislieartc with tlrfvt leverurfui malignity known only ( I*he white But [ am digressing, 'Faroiur W woil T was too vnuc for the frail itorn KOI), i foretol you! I Hut lipro again was an obstacle looming up in bis path ns if to thwart hid dearest hopes. In the city lie was 01) 1^1 5 a r fid luimng ltorui « -man, uD f statu rca c \l tLis crisis. ihr nan, wffile |ilwt«hit1 •xpOsc«! 1" vrew the I ins of itio fore his fertile fields •es of. the sovngfi •— n, who st.id —s tcsi i Dm, a a bear ; Iter feel throwing fierself on thn bod t to old i tative village and his own hoine Loyktim behind him, he anDJ lej ablo it never, visile £D hvor ac a flood of tears. Six ! . Z* m'Ct, wijh long r#*y jjlipuJder Ill' fa .1* on if ITIH o was a verv y mat ihe arose Fn that cnuoli. and so way, watching the fast disappearing coach ""■••I """V-fjuaiiited wiili ihdse who had any inilucuce with the members of tlie prdlf jsioji, ami c-!ail in his Coarse, homespun suit, he whs in a poor coficRtiou 10 procnrn the situ- Halving rid tiro j, being tho owi; T ! o Imgpdfd, that her friends could us the eli(orful. which contained her only child it isgue andijjtf voioo, a nd wifli cool unci ami u t aider rcvongrng v*8U for oper, beifij VSbmprlfcd lo'wnimps that criiflF sfn lighter i r .1 i . - .L. -ijEiafijul an tl y iavu'i y VJIJ mi J u mi fitvr lie village re«tdc|)jK, to whom many of |nUg|ji,, L P. v recocni'/. pwy companion fifha few weeks A hi*! Dw clMorjed now tvns ever soWierly i*iun. Tl cUjx; u Inch in moments ••'fillv. ri master rnind unr lI far t a si chnng 1 01: on lie so much desire The Woflil if peril and d ifti nhil uH that remained of a ouco powerful people is made to enrich the soil of ihe lie wus stern, r ... „u, h and decide.] in man. | caus(Tof his daugutc flirD fri'nnitr* iv\#»Jr • Ann . i i I:e t Dnv of tlio vil given io judging of tlio it yi/itja fellows-, was well exen white m Her hiMtt hns over pouc» to ret was in* schooti suri" rig ll: a eh# I tod lo ga uiih wencfdr and amazement man »v u in excel lor n;)pi?urantc, aim Kdwnrd nattj roily thought tliat iuwycr* would be uWvilfiitg to employ lym 11s n clerk, Wltll his patched [mntnloons, llirend- ;enfcim: Klrana iuiki come r t, an le Ian nino.v tiery, and v w appea lo liavo lost their forhif were implii y olf-yf y inen who, umil avag be has ; wurus •ho rmploymenl Ik; gave them, but despi- j^jVC is neig mora e come t for It'ur and iijz bcftiuv ided ihe t instant, 1mii Hn d life are fell to mourn their rail fate :{i o.'ii'tirc I •niiT," ;d and lialed him f [in)Iv dca!inj;s. 1 DenuriC cisel hrr \ of hu !iad I Bare foiton shirt minus the linen, itoiit boots, apd lint of ancient mould.— jho 111 Uie -inosDt a lit* lOi Cus and sltt 'f lie poet, led 011 hv th ma alMTC lilv I ness of like u got J PC rc n tiic mountain fop His curmi were not groundlc for he id position, to icUir/i 11 to fire of the enemy ion, will write tljeir r'r tnpli, and prcscrvo no eared not whether lara nnd :Cys, jiever vvoujtu gain f a sight which lie hml frequently wit. girt, and feelings was refused admittance to nearly everv un ) hold them lie lod by a ci cheek in other heir trail)* iro It wfnn on thi banks c, b'ivion tod, u the 4 faculty ho r» ii cy of law.office in tho city, arid, wearied and of the siiioki!, ludiuji ruar. ra!c cljaiif mler cover or.e moonlight night, in the latri p«rt at lh« Sihrnrnftr of HH, :hat a boau tihtl I. his «lrruni Is coffers as rapidly as hC? wished ■J of very I- pleasure and inve—now con ch delight to his troubled mind jsis of emit, retvi iriir the if lofi- cRacouittgrd, lie ontered the apartments of an old practitioner, W ho, instead of denying at once liis 17quest, oommcnced questioning 'him the " story of his lift." He, too, f!c llAC icc been married; but iwn v :d no si twins Amid the murmurs of the dissatisfied rabble, and the cries and groans of dm unfortunate prisoner, he avbs asked ff ho had encaged counsel for his deft nee. f fa replied "thn? He had sought the eid of a ntimlier of lawyers, and *hty were unwilling to assist hirn in his defence. red men, thus surprised in ti eyed maiO«n was car )y t'n lied. 1 n a year bey v mar | 1U1 ' llf id w hich ond pluC sred in conversation with a young mat e dau'fi tcr t ry, her clc diately defeated and put to flight leaving In Mich b o was I effect to bor the r Ii the tl Hiita tl to heayen, whether nrriid and tempestuous winds Yhv IDn He ha-i |i rie to | vear 1S32 jrgc,l caused uniles of a bright sky and The old man, plt-awd with his read? an. s\yers, admitted liitn to his office as a cieik and the terms all poor law siu. dents urn rcccivod. He was to swr.rp out d lii'to care of the cflice, draw dcclara. gs, copy brie!», argu- litis saved from conflajrrut iiCl wruiv» d her lOV Jent! , the child was but At the lirofi of her father Id ; ar m», who, when meetinc in thrir in, were now forgotten as u mojiiior, a from msssac i Thi ioei was of unusual interest ti with solemn tone would lift julil karii no lesson o ic was wont ; the waving f wisdom The truth war., public opinion, (lmt of! destroyer ol virtue arid innocence, had already condemned him, and no lawyer who had pained a reputation was willing to hazard it upon such n die. The Judge, after appointing a number of the legal gentlemen to look to his defence, and each having declined, he turned suddenly to Mr. \V s. and asked him if he would "look to his drfcT.ce?" U#¥od lit humour iii'iuiric alter the iinfe\pC-'-ied victoiy v Blk'fctK which aim could purccive by th f their eye?, the hurried speech, nn !\e ftntily ot Imr uriele, Col nil 1 tier as ti nslruction, ns tings, und hear he tours triekli rl. si Yet none knew ihocnuso of her " bowing tlieii' heads with the gol • I . 1 ... I • . t. II I . ' • lions and plead thdn foil-awed thank* and ..v/ me general drudgery .u«v oliice. In compensation lor this, Do vofl to have access lo »ho low library, inA*rrad the looks when his employer did ot require his services, llis lime was vholly spent, during tlie day, in dircct and ictual service nl his preceptor, and when light came, tired, Wearied and dejected, he would pore over the musty old law books unHl the midnight toper, burning dim, tominded the prtor sriijenl that rest was necessjury to a clear, unclouded intellect, . - . _ « ,uid inking himself to his garret, he would ■ ....o nfi(| causing a pain that required consider- . b, . r , . fc , i Mary, living a near neighbor to Farmer j consolation. They drew aside the dark able fortitude to endure. Jn this manner, seek sound and refreshing sleep upon ft ! \V s, was a frequent visitor, mid i vcj| „( fmmily, and allowed her to enter distressed bv every thing he beheld, ho m,!crftb7 , .R couchD lhe on'-v loved to speed her leisure hours with Jid- j hnvoiu. its snored portals. She beheld rode all day'; and when night came, like "nicl° furniture in Ins apartment. Ills ward's mother-; and with Edward she herself united to him she had sworn to tKe prodigal son, he thought seiiou.-ly of food consisted generally of hard bread nnd would stroll to the bank of the stream, and, love—and angels were rejoicing, for the rcuirning on tho morrow to his father's cot, " ater, seldom indulging himself in more in a nice little arbor which he had cun- vow they had registered had not been bro nnc] ueVer moro leave those he loved for a substantial eatables. 1 oil may think his lJW(1 (!a structed, they would together learn their |Cen. Showwofte a new being—Heaven stranger's land. Hut his manly pride re- hit js hnjd kind reader, but right in your «a"o onthfe lessons; together, too, tlicy would stroll had vouchsafed to her its richest boon.— ftlse,i to acquiesce in this desire, and all r"ldst»,.,C 'L novorlv' in "bee' tint a 1 over ll'° bMi(rand »*»«*• W1»"lcrD haild Hopo was hers, sure and steadfast. that night he rode on—arid sueh a night! strugg.ing withi the lyy »- Wmlin tL in hmid, through the beautiful forests.— rr„rt, that day she gradually improved b -n.oh«» him equally tlespefnte circumstances. You ana , Nature was ever nn instructive nnd enter- i„ hoalth and spirits, and the rapid change oi«m»MU.»r!rciongi.Wus lmv® ofteM n'ct P*Je ™ r ..'1 * ai d waatofi a plain simtflo ring upon her mining study to them ; they, too, could was the general topic of conversation w»» Mm,.*** «***»•. sunlten eye., saddened coutifenSnCe, a an indispu.fib e in. .a. " fi' D he knelt br hsr side, and together » Find lonsm" in im«, ti«*».in tmniii«jbg»0Dpi, among he t associates. She was found of. About this time nil eyes were turned to. forbidding appearance ; ynnhavo perhaps .ertfitural dispensation of Providenco. «*C*.* L hi their company, and took n livelier wards the "far west." in dawled amaze- inquired from mere c,mostly who and jfo story, however, tta h f?? ' j „jd" stream as witnesses, that they would Is it, then, to be wondered at that a strong inlerest in the afl'aiis of i«a school. At mom at the rapid strides the mighty form what lie is but have found none iible to give end latter y h" «nbelt.«hI be tr»« tJ each other t«,rou;ih all time— attachment should have existed between tiltieg Uerfb|ow would-be clouded while in o! civilization was taking, 'lhe hardy you ,h. distred Informs mm one ppnular ficUJn. .. tthi»acvi There they pledged thefr young hearts in them ?—that it should Iwve. "grown with BCOlm;ion ; but tltn dark shadow, abashed, backwoodsmen from the New England learn the story of life, J?u - allowed little to escape bun, alludes f ind holy ; and the an- their growth, and strengthened with their woqid flit away and vanish when in the villages were last emigrating to tins then md but little variation Iron, the one I have ' HftR hovering over them, registered strentfh V presence of her conpanioua. At this time distant portion of our country, and the lot- feebly drawn. P ' • -is difference in M arv's education, s.iiparsed by lar that of ty forests ol the red mau bowed meekly at Should yout follow him when the stars • ,MI{i.:st; and, hcr iBg0CtMea m school. She was highly their approach. Savage hie and Savage bitvn twinkled beyond the midnight hour, to ilio ma- „ f,r(i t)V lia;ure and her Conversational- warfaro fell back in woud*r and astonish- yon would behold him entering a dilapida,l0Wcrs were scarcely ever extolled. Her ment at this auductouu intrusion upon thtii 1 ted old buildup m u secluded bye-lsne of y the whole village sutler ir defl and woi ti would Is, ami (\ ami tuen the deliverer was eogorl (or. \VJDa#e was he ? All cri ClHSf her 111v white Hand eslcpntoil i n parent would g rue r ail jnbtani belbro, but1 now he h 11 mr mi so r y vent's before vou utro iMui/iiiigiv ...... ( lirs °i • . , e w"ose of sorrow had been laid upon her heart i stern features were marblo-lik*, would ap- wjlb tnorc lhan j,8 lHuni severity, by tCio nis ilcarcsi. Mar ttnd I ! ed a i time and harvesf," a crowded neartn nn think of it; it were now devoid of their Wont cvuW ak rn ly of heart, the angutel lovo aim . — ("reaenee- I To remini:;enc. v nis daughter; llie only hours of ,hjnkii:ir ofthfi r.iv he experienced were in Itor com- witJ) (| Whose |n„,i Her education was not neglected ; j; 0l) loud,—at sue' ""Di was engage d, foi a number * . t-wiiin-- v,ilsi training tier mind, •D placid in Iter iireaeri f I childliood—when, bhppy hour ed loveliness nnd beauty, and tlio vetsight made . him sad ; the merry birds- who cr two BtDut.fc he was. but lh*y Fru « iii'' ,,lnir 5 njisorv pain yo,ur words hCive can scarce! spent ever Nature hose mw A general titterinc latigh ran thronch the Bar and the crowd when he arose, and, addressing the court, he remarked that ho "would converse with the prisoner, and if ho had a dcfence he would assi«t llim a» far as his feeble power would permit." i ...,t v eaj't'St one, you would recall pauy a n time sic he had'1 isleto j lijjht, ns lif Illi intoxicating de lllllt riva' .iered in the early inrtrn crs of America, the stern piety of the 1' man replit e awful been pmnounucil ; ai)d did iibi: I mu ■eulencc r.n» Years, who, w ©grt?"dlctfs of the many other ac [ g{ic that f'JilfleJ the perfect j refl(fe \inima the louclin" rf »weul harmony I'd I asleep and dreamed— ! over the fields vyhicli ho was now rapidly ! leaving behind, seemed to screccl) forth almost unknown to the mother coiuitrj ritnns had ncijiiircil an irimgimi'.ive c tl'uct me I eoinpliahffitiHto slio did not dream onenrtkly shrieks, piercing his very lienrt, After ft few momenis' conversation with the prisoner, he was determined to undertake his defence, anil so advised (he Cotjr'. The ease was immediately called up, a jury empanelled, end the Prosecuting At-tor. nev signified hi* satisfaction wish the jury, and remarked that he was ready to go on with the trial. * advent and disanpcarfince of tlic deliver, ing stranger, tho Jieople of Hadly believed thai lie was mi sent from' God, in submit to Us stern mandate without u —Uut you, too, are to sutler ; my conduct luvs brought, piis' -—would ilia* upon youD*answer to their prayer, to rcscue tliem Irom 1 nannever seen you. the heatlien criemv. 'With tho traditions "Say-not so," she replied ; it ismo (if the Indftn wars of 1075, thut belter that is to blame ; 1 have done it all. Oh. lias been handed down to our own day ; Edward, cao you forgive ? ' and it was only a few days ago, on tho ' he youn8 man clwpmg her hand still banks of the pleasant Kennebec, that a firmer in his, gently ehWfcd the fair crea fair descendant ot the redoubtable captain ture for her willingness, to take the blanw Church related to the writ, r the foregoing and, in a firm tone, told her ito must awr Mr. W-.——s ?n\v nt a glance thpt the pioce'fcdinps were all intended to bo summary, and that (he jury and Court had at* ready convicted and sentenced the poetvictim in their own minds. Now was the time that required that firmness and decision of purpose which had ever been yrom-D inout traits in his character. 'Hold, if your honor please," said M'r. —;—s, as the clerk was about to ad-' iniaiiiter tho oath to tho jury, "I hold in my hand the statute of this Stato, lie'rain I find recorded tho following language ; ilmt 'no person shatl. he put ttpon his trial % a capiUl offence, until thirty, si.v hour* w'tev pleading to the iudtotm^|^ \V- to it in l; 1'' vcrfl of the l'oak Coop uatle «Fe of it in '• The Hnrdernri ; " Oliver Newman," last p"««n ft: and ibev,--is partly founded on i«fctory of Willnm Goffr, the delivering a of the 6f (ladlfV- verttful Edw _,i \v 1, WHS tlio only son of i their .Mary l.r , but respectable farmer, who had re- i at-th« time they i»C iti the villtige of L——a for many J der, their .ataduij!
Object Description
Title | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal, Volume 3 Number 41, May 27, 1853 |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 41 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1853-05-27 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
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Language | English |
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Description
Title | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal, Volume 3 Number 41, May 27, 1853 |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 41 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1853-05-27 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | PGS_18530527_001.tif |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
Contributing Institution | West Pittston Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | PITT AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. a mtlilq j(.!fii)0imptr-(fftmilfh fn Wis, ittetef, Jgnffitira, tjir Jlkrcnufilr, fining, 3Mrrjjnmtn!, nni %imi„a| 9#ttrfsj9 Df tj,, Cotinfrtr, StiMrtiriiim, Jtatufinntf, VOLUME 3.--NUMBEE 11.* PI1WT0N, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1853. WHOLE NUMBER 145. thi; rafSTON gazette, TRUE OREATNBS3. yearn; indeed, ho wu» one of Hie pioneers that it Dv«K like severing the heart strings of the town, having cleared the first farm to think of a reparation.. C'olonel S n, in those parts. Ha was n hard working, bring so nnach crtcag'."! in his business, industrious,*tti;d enterprising citizen ; and had (ailed to hoticc-t!v; hem; --ny of IceUnr it required his entire aiiemlntynfc uuon iho exisitirur between tiieni* " i'arni lD iri.Jio " !D.-t!i ends . n i luC;t8, gainwl bv I htt»{inc-yroilntls tho lit'c* dfrfli of whifh i cIohc comniuinoii with ;he ,,s, i* * ; ,v • ■ "!0 ui.o uems or w niein ,,c tii,. woiH -iiid hf- r. ' | iH'-y c.\n,,,K.,| t0 imve Tncciv. d ir-m the ■i"ht after by- «iahy lftprory°MOT«WXfW#9 i " ' "°p f5| lri1" "hove. But ihn white mini, y.n. D lUcra.. „ „11r|,,,;l.,i;,r:.0r nli„ 1( |i(.,| lhe f.H-M,, Wl" "u!ar S'' i a*iwr.rw wi»«« tho nch ■ cm ! ca'n °Ct f1*15" nU(1D is if bv mngic, ' i • "h u'1!':S :l°S V':1^e; C° M-»ing up in a , Jiikht, that clmllpiiirctl iiltD arln,iiK, „ rc ,a vo- j t.wjv-hd,. cWUissc.l wor.ld. your oily. n"4 rrnchtog • (be fifth storv, throw himself upfin the hard, damp floor, ant! (hers rest his weniied mind ; thathea*y brow ie (bmrleft with oierburdened toil,and as yoti look armirid over the unfiir.. ntobed garret, and ntUe the extreme poverty of the place, you are led to exclaim— "Thtro nrc nrnre things in heaven and earth, Then nre drcrfiiH of in my j.hiloiwait.y." Edward remained in the law office for peripd of two years, the usual time reCpnrr.i by MHtjiie before seeking admit'.ance to tho bar. rfn {,aid his wav as !';r?t v- scl,wl "•« At, if60'" m"lirs "DCDC* en' ore? the remainder of the season, Dininc U.l.S time.owme probably, l0 ),(s pr, f no made few, D1 any Jrfehti. II/met on' the world grown so callous th«t tliev rc iriwillmg to admire f.r pr6W 'e2£ ye ran ee and industry r',v , ■ were compelled t0 nCJrt1ire, , ul jJ dinner. I hrro »•,.* no ki.,, wori, J ■■ probation for l,irn, no approving smile, L encouraging look, but all the woild frown ed.on him.jfor (ie was poor. At heavenly synod onucjnro*c ibatfl, A « omlron* slron (ft AuMjvteliitijlh AiHIivarite Jonmal This mtelity ecrret to TR hatimik.cn n mortal print? :)o»c, is. m. inciuivr 8 u. s. ruiLLirs. PCBl Cre of tirms »UI1 IIJTJ 1 rtiOllllK UVIVVVII VJ '' ■ * "■ ■■ •' "J nt tli'i prior to flic meotiii* wp Iiavo chroniolcd.- ire tin. Immediately lifter tetfrniti" the Wate of a to a number of iltc most pofDfll zincs of liw day, 'Hid was fiiBi gniiiifig, itntti Muster JCl|t« Ularity in tho iilfifaiv \v I. wlien iiui Cijftt A'cSi Il'tC jfVlsn'tir 4r #1 While Hncr i i . te the brightest chirms ] PIIC1 oboyp'l the hcnvcul lie ciillnl to life roD ■ Y hili'iiiifj Ttr t)ifD llnw i»i hr*f r T* D- J' ■ma$ bfiicl. ■ minoi of pntirjuiiy •r u puriiHel, •D- x ' Titr. "Cf\ !-VCD lliai»i.u« per Caul# oWjwl if 1K»» l-'U! Kw paimr will DDo Ai***DtilUitwfd milii All t\p\ KttTIM.MMI a ni ii'rtf«l cwrfiiikuouhJy 0M» piDi L6.k ■•• »q*$air«D pf fo'.trK*1 1 'l Umy fti-»trtfa:u«; iuhubj 1 wo lDvJtur« m»l ! it1 ia who filled with g. oua wine, I upon the f.irm, m.d v. os of grcnt scrviceto j Ins f'nihw, lie having a general care of {lift (ir conduc t rii cvrrely reprimftii'lc CilA I'TI'.R II. iiit»r«-nKCs.|J»e hi.tory ot our ommty fo It was on n benutiful Homing, hi the 'I"' Inst liny year;: will bo. upon a rtoiiill of August, that tlio Iiltle family of the fruit of a tfcbirloiifc imputation, outvie Farmer W » wore nil astir long bo- ing in preposterous assert ions the mvtholo lorrD the break ofttav. f?oinetlDinj! unu. uy el the ancient Greeks. To such i iiiul was a bout to happen with tli'.i.i— that " dreom land ' its this, our true hero tr. .1 htilt! iinppy group was .soon to ho broken 'D's wavvp.xpceliriir a ?needy realization o tip, iiinl a frail branch to be revered from his golden C rimim. Hut, (). it :s easii-r ti its parent :.uem for vears, perhap-i forever, revel in the imagination ol future gran. Tire mother was busily ou£,iyft! iu filling deur, than, by an exertion of mind or bo. a small trunk with ofparel for her dy. to experience a vivid reahly. sou, which she, with her own hands, hud Thus it way with lid-ward. '1 lie lines, made. The father, standing near, was iiggeratcd sltfHes of the VVest attracted hitn calmly surveying tho preparations being thither, where he expected an itnniediate 'ade for his sotvs departure, and tin'* son dukvurnuco Iroin gnawing poverty, to lion. ■-L.-.,,; J,;,- choked • «r and luxuriant wealth. He found it —,u" tlfat k was only through ni vain Coukl frei: frail buinjj luP obeying ;lir IriJifitiels •( ■*'!• lovir;: h:m v.-bo Was deafer to, ''an 'iff! itself." !lc forbade if hrr j Ya» :nt more ricli- - was more divine Anil 'x I ' _ ■*8 o highly educated | hd) I u-omaii, uinl w.im on.-.' iorr-rl by l!»»; villa. I C" 1 To r nd. he?f evfer iiiid'1 AfcN'rr-f iuwU"!v A ! t. r «L\ mniiihB I ■ t AjhjIIo vowed will: n; Nun« otlio jvwtr, lyhvurrJ'H mother lerirlg ihe oijfnpnny of hr Jon Won'if— ttll our j" D r Id comjmrp, as nuit'C than thc-ir crjiml ied hOT i forget liim, as she should mn-or A 1 v.; oil W iu-n Jove produced his V/f sJmicctf .dvice und opinion vvefp solicited in every i wttb his consent, jnsrry the poor farmers | tiling that interested tlD« village; and, us [ boy. IJe inforftied !i.'•C•«;!. at "he had .«rt:i-fhi} I she never deceived those who jilncrd con- J young man, mid jWrfmptorily forbid hi.- fidence in her judgment, .sho joined the entrance into the house, mid had eauiior i!D/. »i«J« t-ilU'mi ' f'lir. ! pif hi in neainst cvef utruiu seek)"" 1 fix«Cl true grcatjies* tliem, POETin. PulUis, »o wU'lom fvcr dei-.r, hat hail past, Hcttfit r i?r « Tamp* itiuiuuuj iu» v.ii iii/i iun M » men" respected her; and llio "old (otfttf ' Colonel S~ 1 i 1. Hut../. t Un ,11 of /»r» •-'n despised Mlio poverty Vour It uwuy, no rnrui a ...c VII. ) HI I CM Ac. with Iif-r. _ .,0!'! wm lier pride, , whq believe that money irmkcx the man. ner joy; Tor him she lived; he wa:; her I He had not Jeuincd to cxcliiim, wiih II. For Ins s»ko she would snorifico hot! Burns:'-— . EJw g 11 t rtnir.f lU vour art) Frieii'UHijw that 1 bill'at it ht uvvn —yea more, liur very life, if with grief, arid uuabte to imor a word.— As he bfliuld llio luars rolIi'nn down hi» quite c Great was the surprise or the Hhr of H n county, when one of i!10 Judges of ilin Supreme Court of one of ihp Western States', pronouncing the nnmr. of I'.d-ward VV s, thev beheld the young man With patched pan(a!opns and a raggr-J tout arise and receive the oath to support tlfio Constitution of the United State*, and his adopted .State, and receive- his diploma, which declared him a member of the legal fraternity. The professional gentlemen "'ere at first unwilling to extend to hi in the "i 'ght hand of fellowship j" but high lifo. rary attainment?, and great legal ubiliues will always, in time, meet with the encou. ragement thry deserve, For a time true worth, wrapped in poverty, and having no opportunity to exhibit itself in all*its primitive glory, will remain secreted in tlio Waving, throbbing bosom. Hut as true aa •.here is a living, beating heart bsyfwd that Ki»om, which causes it to heave wifft eternal certainty, so sure will this priceless gem find its way to the outer world, -it cannot be bound or chained. Oppression and oppression may, for a time, forbid ita germinating into a thing of life, but in a moment when most needed, it will brcuk forth with renewed energy and force, on account of its forced imprisonment. We now find our hero, ut the ngo of twenty.^!,ree, a lawyer, without a client, without money, and wanting the very ne. ccssarii'K of life, lie remained nearly in this same condition for a number of months, actually doitg the chores for his old preceptor, in payment for a scanty allowance of food and raiment. Shadows l* ,D♦.« J: tiewJ Tin- uuaN tfifcH«.TV.i u in 4,'nWii e y e r a nee tirid uiiwatitig enwis (o hp ncccwpliahfd.— ant city in tlx; West, A worth* lift il elorr I ran time wl icli we wr iur mnu * n » ;rtii(4 lii'iHKh iv turo I mother's cheeks, a11.1 u Thai fruitful vine, wh uuiwcii in ~ M"~": khuveo 'lr Mi 10 by one, irew !: Dc"il run1( bt Jinviii£ I'rtociioil willi but o .sin;/ liu* in hik pocket, a hout a t!iuric luiler of rucorn!ie r.ct himself about building iccciitr. ■lit YV v .Mr 7i) far above tl. of ilifi A umu'* i rtinit fi'i it* repu. And, ratlin than ntty his; daughtnt" in mnr her neclt luid v/ept To fill the home. tin li vllow THE astsnciulff*, »r (he bos i»ad lor ipholur in ilic vil H uud alfccl 3(ed for the etnoyvd age to a /Doov pleUitui, lie uoukl Haonfice enrlhtj* —yrn, Iirr vcrv Iff' • isjdll oi .Itiefi lyrai losrt eloped, strapped, and lockci With invert coiiimt, the compliment ur.J li i?3®B MW8m I'd u kind, toy ionato j hC The wCM4] COBCI), lllut was to Cut;vi his pecuniary: a Hart red a situation as a teach coukcquoncc, ro'alcr fc'om A il»cciit Iwub, the lifv. to com 1 wait id rni I. by a do of tin ir off s mother, antl planting n !■ iBrlc, mxl shaking his father l.C i her eP.ht dollar f.er tnruilh, nod " boarded b school cioutiii ued /out gaming a more ■ sire :o promote the Immune ■! . • c : - t. • An American Tradtiou ClIAI'TRIl !. * very limited, Tlio rudimer.ml briiuehen j for them. R«i|Dg more cxpericnc niftster.-d, the hftiglith of the student's tun- j worldly ufFuiia, iliev conceive the' II is readied. This single 'jualTnt the , best jf 1uum'ledge frils liini (o the J competent f ho cntojfid t1 e coach ,n, nervo tby»clf to Cd !;et, avinjr saved his entire earnings, a hi.*- hind mother for furnishing clothing,) lie repaired again to and tillered an academy as a puattended this institution during )no of the iti1 re tl Now, young ie 8a»)y liistor A New ljtigld,ii Kind muler, I ain no lictlonisl And lountnin of human nature, add juii|.rtt of * irmtter of Mich vi h 10 their children. Patent* will need /5c firm a im will dtiirurafico of jlie fiou town of llud ! or vou Yoi have Jeft your the oil v, nil. lie The Indian war of h arou ' IM, inii.tl mi a seiilir l love wy, there nl e greater facilities for universal ' you are deceived. I low rriuny lovely cduoatiou titan*Ml ally other portion of our j maidens have filled u premature grave, bn- Tin trufijji'coUcfjes ani( high J jnj; compelled to submit to an erroneous \vn loved fireside to sr strangers, in n strange land Vou little mum having rented a small (lost pago in tli M*d just commenced of fliiJIcv, aiormcd ! nual f the o ic-iac "- hair know t rough Wjfrld, upon .which voe luiiion lie anCJ liie till)tilths Ilia thl'CUtatiiiic road;h 'seap's, ' uiid^nciijental in premature death, you diver countr have launched your frail bail;; and aid for in woi I; ing e-are-'of'tlih scad, the rooms, building J tl lotuicilt. My nana abundance ; but the sthull country village ! i'« invariably obliged to bear Ihft blarho.— boasts of none of these hiajhtr institution* j Fathers, this on? lactis as true ni the plaino( learning. Therefore, in the New j est demonstrable axiom in Ruclidy thut no tCUJIj. wine lirfis, (fc., A-c tember, 1075, assembled in the Ot'[l libit e up 05, f»ct ;ind uci»otisir.'Uc«, - Ol tJlC | ' olteii shiver to atoms the hopes of the mar j iner ns he glidrs ovor the "sea of life;''— He managed liij affairs so economically, lhnt thf thiliy-iwo dollars supported him through the entire spring and summer; again in thc winler he was offered the same '•'.Cnis»fiCit-school," with an increased salary ol* te.n dollars .per month, and still to jiliiLu' of worship, In implore ilie aii! of tlic "ves Lie- futile laud poiiutry towns you will not find llie 1 bring beneath tliC- sun is more competent highly. pducaic'J man, but you will fijid ! to'judgA'uJ the wnu'is mid desires of her Yuu are now fairly upon its tempestuous re Him ih u sulr.nu: juiiiU itl " U'Utll is inger than fio- , May the" winds of' heaven prove wliooi heard, u country v'rtl gr, in II ii all oducuted. Bui 1 would not with ! ious and kind, and mav you meet the cbtifcl,. suirou tided by a L 1loodlbir3.lv banc ierior ol one of the New ] to bo uiuloi sttHxl us. .saying that nil the ' younjr men of 1 lie New England villages J s,ite:D mat living, timiLilmig tiling oi lue.— Was this simple fact generally understood and ttftkhbwledged, niuoli of the orfnio, :omnotD 'I t,;ivDige» : whi 10 injjaot, the niic in limiid mirlace the Indian has oft alienuiiful sheet of wnt upor .•n o contented will) tlio mastery of the t lid. mental hTuncbes. Not so—not so. From some New England village hove gone forth lirighi and ahioitt# lights, *vhqs« ■''isk.iiL paili ncroPH this mundtine sphere \ee |mvC: if'at* • \ - j. '.J.± 8?-: . ...... "i .» edit " board round Jn the- spring, Wjih the J. tifitlei t lilt; Kl' wilt hirch ennor int! upon | oris o! the ■ •e sum of Ibriv dollar ie ftyain enlcr cy tit uio tumal At tliul time, n: mewls of (fie li iuyI batiks the red I in our cMiiilrx , umi be bunwhftj t'oMver letriv, a. For four winters i'i succession rthin were the mov liiue lived, loved owl died; lie On tti con versa There never was n nc r siifiit wltnes ho acled the part of the pedagogue, anc through the remainder of itoait at us, th Iris d n-jih Hii ustrial pursuits of ihe farnief j c, bounCi icc^'k''1" as tUcy n the sue red bonds of " iricwlship, -love, j sppii a thriving village, teeming luis, into Hie uin/iiig meteor tijrongn t:ie heavens, dazzled the eyes of astonislted be- ry, a we on y mor'nl thnn tlittt of a yontip man battle of lire," un leaving behind .t tended dilik'f'i bravest among t!i a select number ol lb I hand. S! Well a misera a garret in nn obscure por\ lie WM denied the privilege whh nfly otio but the lower i hi* studies. Occupy holder*', and made litem Mu'/.e lost in won- I wr d hnstilv or c where lived mid t tion ol ilie en tha chosen abode of the red man. Upon fire lp|t behind The Uriy st star \h i i C • aiv n c, orrtimtrr iid i orlli theso urrucd ! )U thv e cau me [ir:d ftr»MiP*8 to of eras preserved CHAPTER III, 8y!' Hut, uuloitiinately, tV attack cotton mill, crowded wit io inyfrnutty ottr country, an net i ca, h aliu I procure a few choice books, and in a great lougti hur tlu»m !1» vu will, a! shape* our ends, Vyul bci ii loo sudden and well planned ; ili« ludi iiis bad partly gained possesion ol t(ie town before tbey uurronnded the viHu'ce rrWifoens," • rine tDI'ofilable hill# unil grajiite rj?gl urns, ( New Hampshire ite rtruutan. hit, to the city of Pari measure, tiieso were his only companions, It was a cold, wintry morning in the latter part of the monfh'of December, that Mr. W- a. (our hero is no longer a boy) followed, with downcast eyes, an imrrtenso crowd that was hurrying towards !he Coujt House. ITe saw no one—he cared for no one. What was life to him V- Without friends, without money, he desired no1, to live. But just then the b/ight cherub Ilope, more charitable than animated life, threw its protecting arm uround him, and bid him cheer up, for there wasone who KVeitbtit for him, and to despair now would bring misery upon her. With these feelings he entefid the Court House. The crowded Court was sitting. He seatrd himself within the Bar, almost unknown, and certainly utjnoiiced, and listened to the reading of the indictments which the (irnnd Jury had just returned. The Court House was uncommonly crowded, and a considerable excitcmcm was manifested bv the congregated mass. A respectable jind wealthy, citizen was beixjg- arraigned for thti wilful murder of his wife, and infant employment to the as once tbf icrne of Iudi warfare of two wftrdu to fiico tlio m ■mJes ol the years gone by, he had conceived the idea of studying lew, and now at the age of twenty-one, fie br%tDii to look-around to 1 posted Ujroti where tile red man met his brother fare ic hrob* 1 1 oi Wcbstc r;ea o f. tvill * hd Id Hrrnved In opposition him Iltl'li nufdt in the car uiouud, tUvit" bullets tulii wilti fatal nou fleet upon the bewilder and uislieartc with tlrfvt leverurfui malignity known only ( I*he white But [ am digressing, 'Faroiur W woil T was too vnuc for the frail itorn KOI), i foretol you! I Hut lipro again was an obstacle looming up in bis path ns if to thwart hid dearest hopes. In the city lie was 01) 1^1 5 a r fid luimng ltorui « -man, uD f statu rca c \l tLis crisis. ihr nan, wffile |ilwt«hit1 •xpOsc«! 1" vrew the I ins of itio fore his fertile fields •es of. the sovngfi •— n, who st.id —s tcsi i Dm, a a bear ; Iter feel throwing fierself on thn bod t to old i tative village and his own hoine Loyktim behind him, he anDJ lej ablo it never, visile £D hvor ac a flood of tears. Six ! . Z* m'Ct, wijh long r#*y jjlipuJder Ill' fa .1* on if ITIH o was a verv y mat ihe arose Fn that cnuoli. and so way, watching the fast disappearing coach ""■••I """V-fjuaiiited wiili ihdse who had any inilucuce with the members of tlie prdlf jsioji, ami c-!ail in his Coarse, homespun suit, he whs in a poor coficRtiou 10 procnrn the situ- Halving rid tiro j, being tho owi; T ! o Imgpdfd, that her friends could us the eli(orful. which contained her only child it isgue andijjtf voioo, a nd wifli cool unci ami u t aider rcvongrng v*8U for oper, beifij VSbmprlfcd lo'wnimps that criiflF sfn lighter i r .1 i . - .L. -ijEiafijul an tl y iavu'i y VJIJ mi J u mi fitvr lie village re«tdc|)jK, to whom many of |nUg|ji,, L P. v recocni'/. pwy companion fifha few weeks A hi*! Dw clMorjed now tvns ever soWierly i*iun. Tl cUjx; u Inch in moments ••'fillv. ri master rnind unr lI far t a si chnng 1 01: on lie so much desire The Woflil if peril and d ifti nhil uH that remained of a ouco powerful people is made to enrich the soil of ihe lie wus stern, r ... „u, h and decide.] in man. | caus(Tof his daugutc flirD fri'nnitr* iv\#»Jr • Ann . i i I:e t Dnv of tlio vil given io judging of tlio it yi/itja fellows-, was well exen white m Her hiMtt hns over pouc» to ret was in* schooti suri" rig ll: a eh# I tod lo ga uiih wencfdr and amazement man »v u in excel lor n;)pi?urantc, aim Kdwnrd nattj roily thought tliat iuwycr* would be uWvilfiitg to employ lym 11s n clerk, Wltll his patched [mntnloons, llirend- ;enfcim: Klrana iuiki come r t, an le Ian nino.v tiery, and v w appea lo liavo lost their forhif were implii y olf-yf y inen who, umil avag be has ; wurus •ho rmploymenl Ik; gave them, but despi- j^jVC is neig mora e come t for It'ur and iijz bcftiuv ided ihe t instant, 1mii Hn d life are fell to mourn their rail fate :{i o.'ii'tirc I •niiT," ;d and lialed him f [in)Iv dca!inj;s. 1 DenuriC cisel hrr \ of hu !iad I Bare foiton shirt minus the linen, itoiit boots, apd lint of ancient mould.— jho 111 Uie -inosDt a lit* lOi Cus and sltt 'f lie poet, led 011 hv th ma alMTC lilv I ness of like u got J PC rc n tiic mountain fop His curmi were not groundlc for he id position, to icUir/i 11 to fire of the enemy ion, will write tljeir r'r tnpli, and prcscrvo no eared not whether lara nnd :Cys, jiever vvoujtu gain f a sight which lie hml frequently wit. girt, and feelings was refused admittance to nearly everv un ) hold them lie lod by a ci cheek in other heir trail)* iro It wfnn on thi banks c, b'ivion tod, u the 4 faculty ho r» ii cy of law.office in tho city, arid, wearied and of the siiioki!, ludiuji ruar. ra!c cljaiif mler cover or.e moonlight night, in the latri p«rt at lh« Sihrnrnftr of HH, :hat a boau tihtl I. his «lrruni Is coffers as rapidly as hC? wished ■J of very I- pleasure and inve—now con ch delight to his troubled mind jsis of emit, retvi iriir the if lofi- cRacouittgrd, lie ontered the apartments of an old practitioner, W ho, instead of denying at once liis 17quest, oommcnced questioning 'him the " story of his lift." He, too, f!c llAC icc been married; but iwn v :d no si twins Amid the murmurs of the dissatisfied rabble, and the cries and groans of dm unfortunate prisoner, he avbs asked ff ho had encaged counsel for his deft nee. f fa replied "thn? He had sought the eid of a ntimlier of lawyers, and *hty were unwilling to assist hirn in his defence. red men, thus surprised in ti eyed maiO«n was car )y t'n lied. 1 n a year bey v mar | 1U1 ' llf id w hich ond pluC sred in conversation with a young mat e dau'fi tcr t ry, her clc diately defeated and put to flight leaving In Mich b o was I effect to bor the r Ii the tl Hiita tl to heayen, whether nrriid and tempestuous winds Yhv IDn He ha-i |i rie to | vear 1S32 jrgc,l caused uniles of a bright sky and The old man, plt-awd with his read? an. s\yers, admitted liitn to his office as a cieik and the terms all poor law siu. dents urn rcccivod. He was to swr.rp out d lii'to care of the cflice, draw dcclara. gs, copy brie!», argu- litis saved from conflajrrut iiCl wruiv» d her lOV Jent! , the child was but At the lirofi of her father Id ; ar m», who, when meetinc in thrir in, were now forgotten as u mojiiior, a from msssac i Thi ioei was of unusual interest ti with solemn tone would lift julil karii no lesson o ic was wont ; the waving f wisdom The truth war., public opinion, (lmt of! destroyer ol virtue arid innocence, had already condemned him, and no lawyer who had pained a reputation was willing to hazard it upon such n die. The Judge, after appointing a number of the legal gentlemen to look to his defence, and each having declined, he turned suddenly to Mr. \V s. and asked him if he would "look to his drfcT.ce?" U#¥od lit humour iii'iuiric alter the iinfe\pC-'-ied victoiy v Blk'fctK which aim could purccive by th f their eye?, the hurried speech, nn !\e ftntily ot Imr uriele, Col nil 1 tier as ti nslruction, ns tings, und hear he tours triekli rl. si Yet none knew ihocnuso of her " bowing tlieii' heads with the gol • I . 1 ... I • . t. II I . ' • lions and plead thdn foil-awed thank* and ..v/ me general drudgery .u«v oliice. In compensation lor this, Do vofl to have access lo »ho low library, inA*rrad the looks when his employer did ot require his services, llis lime was vholly spent, during tlie day, in dircct and ictual service nl his preceptor, and when light came, tired, Wearied and dejected, he would pore over the musty old law books unHl the midnight toper, burning dim, tominded the prtor sriijenl that rest was necessjury to a clear, unclouded intellect, . - . _ « ,uid inking himself to his garret, he would ■ ....o nfi(| causing a pain that required consider- . b, . r , . fc , i Mary, living a near neighbor to Farmer j consolation. They drew aside the dark able fortitude to endure. Jn this manner, seek sound and refreshing sleep upon ft ! \V s, was a frequent visitor, mid i vcj| „( fmmily, and allowed her to enter distressed bv every thing he beheld, ho m,!crftb7 , .R couchD lhe on'-v loved to speed her leisure hours with Jid- j hnvoiu. its snored portals. She beheld rode all day'; and when night came, like "nicl° furniture in Ins apartment. Ills ward's mother-; and with Edward she herself united to him she had sworn to tKe prodigal son, he thought seiiou.-ly of food consisted generally of hard bread nnd would stroll to the bank of the stream, and, love—and angels were rejoicing, for the rcuirning on tho morrow to his father's cot, " ater, seldom indulging himself in more in a nice little arbor which he had cun- vow they had registered had not been bro nnc] ueVer moro leave those he loved for a substantial eatables. 1 oil may think his lJW(1 (!a structed, they would together learn their |Cen. Showwofte a new being—Heaven stranger's land. Hut his manly pride re- hit js hnjd kind reader, but right in your «a"o onthfe lessons; together, too, tlicy would stroll had vouchsafed to her its richest boon.— ftlse,i to acquiesce in this desire, and all r"ldst»,.,C 'L novorlv' in "bee' tint a 1 over ll'° bMi(rand »*»«*• W1»"lcrD haild Hopo was hers, sure and steadfast. that night he rode on—arid sueh a night! strugg.ing withi the lyy »- Wmlin tL in hmid, through the beautiful forests.— rr„rt, that day she gradually improved b -n.oh«» him equally tlespefnte circumstances. You ana , Nature was ever nn instructive nnd enter- i„ hoalth and spirits, and the rapid change oi«m»MU.»r!rciongi.Wus lmv® ofteM n'ct P*Je ™ r ..'1 * ai d waatofi a plain simtflo ring upon her mining study to them ; they, too, could was the general topic of conversation w»» Mm,.*** «***»•. sunlten eye., saddened coutifenSnCe, a an indispu.fib e in. .a. " fi' D he knelt br hsr side, and together » Find lonsm" in im«, ti«*».in tmniii«jbg»0Dpi, among he t associates. She was found of. About this time nil eyes were turned to. forbidding appearance ; ynnhavo perhaps .ertfitural dispensation of Providenco. «*C*.* L hi their company, and took n livelier wards the "far west." in dawled amaze- inquired from mere c,mostly who and jfo story, however, tta h f?? ' j „jd" stream as witnesses, that they would Is it, then, to be wondered at that a strong inlerest in the afl'aiis of i«a school. At mom at the rapid strides the mighty form what lie is but have found none iible to give end latter y h" «nbelt.«hI be tr»« tJ each other t«,rou;ih all time— attachment should have existed between tiltieg Uerfb|ow would-be clouded while in o! civilization was taking, 'lhe hardy you ,h. distred Informs mm one ppnular ficUJn. .. tthi»acvi There they pledged thefr young hearts in them ?—that it should Iwve. "grown with BCOlm;ion ; but tltn dark shadow, abashed, backwoodsmen from the New England learn the story of life, J?u - allowed little to escape bun, alludes f ind holy ; and the an- their growth, and strengthened with their woqid flit away and vanish when in the villages were last emigrating to tins then md but little variation Iron, the one I have ' HftR hovering over them, registered strentfh V presence of her conpanioua. At this time distant portion of our country, and the lot- feebly drawn. P ' • -is difference in M arv's education, s.iiparsed by lar that of ty forests ol the red mau bowed meekly at Should yout follow him when the stars • ,MI{i.:st; and, hcr iBg0CtMea m school. She was highly their approach. Savage hie and Savage bitvn twinkled beyond the midnight hour, to ilio ma- „ f,r(i t)V lia;ure and her Conversational- warfaro fell back in woud*r and astonish- yon would behold him entering a dilapida,l0Wcrs were scarcely ever extolled. Her ment at this auductouu intrusion upon thtii 1 ted old buildup m u secluded bye-lsne of y the whole village sutler ir defl and woi ti would Is, ami (\ ami tuen the deliverer was eogorl (or. \VJDa#e was he ? All cri ClHSf her 111v white Hand eslcpntoil i n parent would g rue r ail jnbtani belbro, but1 now he h 11 mr mi so r y vent's before vou utro iMui/iiiigiv ...... ( lirs °i • . , e w"ose of sorrow had been laid upon her heart i stern features were marblo-lik*, would ap- wjlb tnorc lhan j,8 lHuni severity, by tCio nis ilcarcsi. Mar ttnd I ! ed a i time and harvesf," a crowded neartn nn think of it; it were now devoid of their Wont cvuW ak rn ly of heart, the angutel lovo aim . — ("reaenee- I To remini:;enc. v nis daughter; llie only hours of ,hjnkii:ir ofthfi r.iv he experienced were in Itor com- witJ) (| Whose |n„,i Her education was not neglected ; j; 0l) loud,—at sue' ""Di was engage d, foi a number * . t-wiiin-- v,ilsi training tier mind, •D placid in Iter iireaeri f I childliood—when, bhppy hour ed loveliness nnd beauty, and tlio vetsight made . him sad ; the merry birds- who cr two BtDut.fc he was. but lh*y Fru « iii'' ,,lnir 5 njisorv pain yo,ur words hCive can scarce! spent ever Nature hose mw A general titterinc latigh ran thronch the Bar and the crowd when he arose, and, addressing the court, he remarked that ho "would converse with the prisoner, and if ho had a dcfence he would assi«t llim a» far as his feeble power would permit." i ...,t v eaj't'St one, you would recall pauy a n time sic he had'1 isleto j lijjht, ns lif Illi intoxicating de lllllt riva' .iered in the early inrtrn crs of America, the stern piety of the 1' man replit e awful been pmnounucil ; ai)d did iibi: I mu ■eulencc r.n» Years, who, w ©grt?"dlctfs of the many other ac [ g{ic that f'JilfleJ the perfect j refl(fe \inima the louclin" rf »weul harmony I'd I asleep and dreamed— ! over the fields vyhicli ho was now rapidly ! leaving behind, seemed to screccl) forth almost unknown to the mother coiuitrj ritnns had ncijiiircil an irimgimi'.ive c tl'uct me I eoinpliahffitiHto slio did not dream onenrtkly shrieks, piercing his very lienrt, After ft few momenis' conversation with the prisoner, he was determined to undertake his defence, anil so advised (he Cotjr'. The ease was immediately called up, a jury empanelled, end the Prosecuting At-tor. nev signified hi* satisfaction wish the jury, and remarked that he was ready to go on with the trial. * advent and disanpcarfince of tlic deliver, ing stranger, tho Jieople of Hadly believed thai lie was mi sent from' God, in submit to Us stern mandate without u —Uut you, too, are to sutler ; my conduct luvs brought, piis' -—would ilia* upon youD*answer to their prayer, to rcscue tliem Irom 1 nannever seen you. the heatlien criemv. 'With tho traditions "Say-not so," she replied ; it ismo (if the Indftn wars of 1075, thut belter that is to blame ; 1 have done it all. Oh. lias been handed down to our own day ; Edward, cao you forgive ? ' and it was only a few days ago, on tho ' he youn8 man clwpmg her hand still banks of the pleasant Kennebec, that a firmer in his, gently ehWfcd the fair crea fair descendant ot the redoubtable captain ture for her willingness, to take the blanw Church related to the writ, r the foregoing and, in a firm tone, told her ito must awr Mr. W-.——s ?n\v nt a glance thpt the pioce'fcdinps were all intended to bo summary, and that (he jury and Court had at* ready convicted and sentenced the poetvictim in their own minds. Now was the time that required that firmness and decision of purpose which had ever been yrom-D inout traits in his character. 'Hold, if your honor please," said M'r. —;—s, as the clerk was about to ad-' iniaiiiter tho oath to tho jury, "I hold in my hand the statute of this Stato, lie'rain I find recorded tho following language ; ilmt 'no person shatl. he put ttpon his trial % a capiUl offence, until thirty, si.v hour* w'tev pleading to the iudtotm^|^ \V- to it in l; 1'' vcrfl of the l'oak Coop uatle «Fe of it in '• The Hnrdernri ; " Oliver Newman," last p"««n ft: and ibev,--is partly founded on i«fctory of Willnm Goffr, the delivering a of the 6f (ladlfV- verttful Edw _,i \v 1, WHS tlio only son of i their .Mary l.r , but respectable farmer, who had re- i at-th« time they i»C iti the villtige of L——a for many J der, their .ataduij! |
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