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sjfa s m i iTi M i III IT M P VOLUME 1. TEMPERANCE REFORM, . rUBUSHED EVERY FK1DAV, AT TBE Ben Franklin Steam Printing House, BY VALEB CLABHt TERMS: Single subscriptions, . - il 60 UlUOS ( i of ten and uowards. 1 00 All subscriutions must be accompanied with the cash, and addressed, postage pnid, to CALEB CLARK, But Franklin I'mntino House, Cincinnati, 0. From tbe Ohio Waihingtonian Organ. The Reproof of the Zenaida. A circumstance is related by the Datura list Audubon, as , occurring within his knowledge a few years ago, of a certain individual who for many years had led the life of a pirate. On one occasion, while cruising along the coast of Florida, he landed, and was lying in the shade on the bank of a creek, when his attention was ar rested by the soft and mournful note of a Zenaida dove. As he listened, each repe tition of the melancholy sound seemed to him a voice of pity. It seemed to him like a voice from the past, a message from child hood's innocent aud sunny hours then it appeared like a voice of deep, sad sorrow for him, the far-off wanderer, the self ruined, guilty prodigal ; and so thoroughly did it rouse him from his long sleep of sin, that there, ou that lonely spot, where no minister of mercy had ever stood, he re . solved withiu himself to renounce his guilty life, return to virtuous society, and seek the mercy of God ; a resolution which he sub sequently fultilled, as we are assured by the narrnuir. Oh, wanderer ! poor wanderer 1 why roamosl thou hero 1 On theie .and. of tin iea, in this wildernei. drear t Oh, think ol lli. .oenes where thy youth paued in blii Andaluiia hal valliei far iweeter than tliii. Scene, of thy yonth 1 dot remember them vet t Tlnue own native itrearo., can.t thou ever forget ? Tho.e field, are a. fiir, and thine own Guadalquivir Flow, gently and .moothly and dearly a. ever. Thy Clara oft look, from the high rocky .teep, To behold thy while canvaw boom upon the deep. Return to thy home then, contented and blent, Return to thy home and in bappinei. reit. Thon can'.t not J Oh, no ! For there', blood on thy hnll! . , l l j There', that on thy heart that mu.t burn like a brand, But there', water, Gomalvo, to wa.h out the .tain, There', a bal.am to heal thy Karred contoienoe again. Why, why wilt thon perLh 1 O turn yet and live, Thy God i. .till ready to hear and forgive, Thu me.iage of love, by hi. mercy i. ent, Turn baok, then, O lo.t one, turn back and repent. it a. w. "We Have Lost Daddy." Messes. Editors: The following anec dote was related to me by a gentleman in whose veracity I have the utmost confi dence, so that I give it implicit credence, however incredible it may appear that such degradation as it manifests, could be fouud in our State. B. E. T. Not one hundred miles from Baltimore there resided a family among whom drunk enness might strictly be said to have been a " family fading." The father drank to excess so did the mother so did the children. As a natural consequence, they were miserably poor, wretchedly clothed, and sparingly fed. At last, the father "burned out his still bottom." Hum proved too mighty for his well soaked clay, and he died. The disconsolate widow and weeping children sought solace for their grief in the rum that had slain their hus band and father ; and under its influence they set about preparing a coffin for his re mains. The work was completed in the manner in which drunkards' work usually is. The box was neither "air-tight nor water-tight," but in it, such as it was, the remains of the worn-out patriarch were de posited ; the coffin was placed in a cart, and the distressed and intoxicated family, preceded by the worthy widow with " the jug" in her hand, staggered after it to the grave. Whenever the pangs of sorrow be came too severe for endurance, " the jug" was resorted to for consolation . How often this occurred in the first half mile I can not say but when the procession had toiled to the summit of a hill, upon which was situated the place of interment, the appal ling discovery was made that the cart con .:....j -,i,:,,, Kt. ttia nffin. which had wiucu uvuii'uk , , lost its foot-piece, It was in the midst of this calamity mat tuey wom u vy the gentleman from whom I received the account. They had seated themselves upon the road side, and seemed stupified with grief and rum. He accosted one of the group, and inquired what was the matter. Ah, sobbed out the little lad. " We hate lost daddy!" Lost him, how? "Out of the cart, sir," said the boy. " Yes, sir," said another of this interesting group, " we have lost Daddy, and we have no comfort i..m ii Vu r.wAA ronlieri the rjrovident mother, there is a Utile m the jug yet. 1 he gentleman rode on, ana me cor( . t l . tt.n.,,.1. it tlm hnt.tnm of the hill. 1UUIIU IU a VV" ) - j the last place he would have rolled to, had he been alive. Ma. itmy. iicuiu. A rirK hachelor at New JeneT recently died, 1in he mill aeweral legacies, oi from tea to ..i.j; thnnunit rlallara each, to lediet whom he hid addrewed. bat who bad rejected him. He aaid that the; hod afterward, grows to be to eglty, that he could not be sufficiently ffraUfnl f .......... i parlor &aMag7 "' THKTKHJJJFH OF THUTH. A KKM1N1SCENCK OF THK HAR, BT EDWARD WEBSTER, ESQ. Ia all aud each of the pursuits of human life, there are at variotu points alo-g our path way obstacles which oppose ou, progrtst, and which call for itrength of will aud steadiness of purpoie to overcome salient point., that pro ject in sharp angles across our way, to turn ua from our purpoie, or to conceal the objects that lie before ua ia our future course. Every man, unless he is more than usually fortunate, or possesses more than the usual amount of pru- I deuce tnd loresight, must expect to meet with reverses and disappointments. Young profes sional men have perhaps more to meet in the way ol opposition ana discouragement, than auy otherclast iu community. The wares and mer chandise of a skillful mechanic, if really supe rior, will recommend themselves. He has only to manufacture sad eipose for sale, and his goods will tell their own story but the pro fessional man, before he can act, must wait un til he is called. No man of common prudence desires to risk his life or fortune in the hands of an unskillful or dishonest man ; and hence, frequently, the modest sad retiring, though re ally competent and deserving young Attorney or Physician, has often to wait for employment until he is tempted to abaudoa his profession ia despair. Nor are the in.taacea of sudden aud rapid rise as frequent as we are led to suppose. The ability to combat tnccessfully ia the intel lectual arena, is not intuitive. However bril liant may be the mental qualifications of s man they must be traiued aud disciplined ; and wheu we see oue of those rare minds elevating its pos sessor step by step above his fellow meu, we are apt to forget the many years of preliminary uieutai discipline tbruugh which be bas passed years of toil, perhaps of poverty, aud almost of dispair. 1 bave in my mind at tbis moment a case in pomt. Counsellor M , late of I he Massa chusetts bar, for a long time enjoyed an envia ble reputation and a lucrative practice was honored by his constituents with many import ant trusts, aud has often been cited asau exam ple of rapid progress and quick success. Noth ing, however, is really further from the truth, than that Counsellor M. rose rapidly ia his pro fession ; aud little docs the world at large know of the slow and paiutul manner ia which he pur sued his prlimiuary literary aud professional course, aud little do they suspect that he was a souud practical lawyer, and had been ten years iu the protection, betore tba circumstauce oc curred that called him into public notice, gave dim an exteusive reputation, and introduced him into a higher and more lucrative sphere of practice. His office at that time was located m the great manufacturing city of New Eng land, some twenty-five miles from Boston. He was seated one day iu his otiice, examining a recent volume of Reports, and comparing the cases it contained witb the principles of the Kuglish common law, when a young man enter ed, whom he remembered to bave seen in some wsy connected with oue of the manufacturing corporations, lie was au intelligent, good look ing man, apparently ol about me age oi twenty five years, and dressed ia the garb of the better class of operatives in the mills. He was posses sed of that independent sad self-reliant air, that duliuKUMh.es the American mechauic from the laboring classes of all the rest of the world, and indicates a degree of intellectual cultivation which is at the same time the pride of oar citi- seas and the safety of the Republic. Thure-was au expression of deep anxiety upon his counte nance as he eicnanged tbe compliments ol the morning, sad proceeded at once to say : "Counsellor, 1 wish to consult with you on a matter of deep importance, involving the integ rity aud happiness of a poor but virtuous and honorable family. A youug woman by tbe name of Lucy Kendall, who is engaged as a weaver in the mill, sad indeed iu the very room ol which 1 am foreman, is accused of grand larceny under circumstances of the most grave suspicion. Pub lic opinion is very much against her, but 1 am satisfied she is inuoceat of any crime. The net of circumstances seems to be slmost inextri cable, but the mutt be saved iu tome way, aud at snv hazard. The Counsellor suggested that perhaps she was really guilty of the charge. '-No, no, be answered, "it Is impossible! I have known her from a child. We were school matea together in one of the little villages among the granite bills of New Hampshire. Her father was a mm ol considerable property then, and 1 was a Door man's ton; but we were iu the same claaaes in the village ahool. She was two or three years younger than X, but 1 looked upon her. even then, at the personification of virtue and goodness; and the bright example the set ut then, and the admiration 1 had for her character in those school-boy days, have never since been lost. At the sge of eighteen, I left my native village and came here at an operative in s cot ton mill, iu which I have been ever since en- xaged.-I lost tight of Mist Kendall until a year sgo last summer, st which time the came here aud entered the mill as a weaver; and then I learned for tht first time that her father s cir cumstances bad changed sadly that he had loat all his property, txcept s small larm on tbe outskirts of the village; on which also there wst s mortgage.of five hundred dollars pressing for pavmeut. she bad come irom nome in oruer w assist in rsising the necessary funds to payoff the incum brance by her labor in the mill; and the hu continued to work most industriously for that purpose up to the time the circumstances hap pened which nave nrougui nor uuuer una un fortunate suspicion. All my former opinions of her worth are strot ger tbsn ever, since the renewal of our acquaintance; sad having been in the receipt of three dollars a day for the put fonr years, sad saved a large portion of my wages, I have repeatedly offered to lend her tbe balance necessary to pay off her father's indebtedness, which she has uniformly declined. She is now scented of stealing from the office of the corporation package of Jmoney contain- CINCINNATIO. FRIDAY, F UlUARY 27, ing five hundred dollar, en the Globe Bank of Boston and bas been arretted on the charge. The examination takes place thu sfteruoon, and I am requested to engage )0U t, her coun sel." He then proceeded to narrate the circumstan ces of the arrest, but it it unnecessary to repeat them here, at they will tppear in the sequel. "And you really believe," remarked the Counsellor, after he had listened to the narra tion, "that she it innocent ef the charge?" "At innocent at the babe nnbornl 1 would be willing to risk my soul's salvation upon itl There it villsiny at well as guilt, somewhere, and I ttrougly suspect where it it. I have more reasons tbsn one to be interested in the matter, but the first of all it to save the inno cent from disgrace and punishment; and be tides all that, it would add the last drop of bit terness to the cup of an honorable aud proud spirited old man, one who has ever been ready to lend a helping hand to the distrusted, aud who, years ago, cheered me in my struggles of youth aud poverty.. lt would bring disgrace and sorrow upou a large class of reputable con nections and aoa . "Would put an end to the oud anticipations of a cerium person who has an umtMially deep interest iu ner weuare, suggested the Uouu aellor. "Yes." "Aud you hsve a deep Interest in her wel. fare?" Yes." "I suspected at much. What 1 em dolor her aud you shall be done. If she - really in nocent God help her! if the is gm. y, better. ar you to have found it out in time "1 begot you, replied the yo a man "to banish from your mind all idea of guilt at con nected with her. I tell yon the ht . lot so soon and in the noble eause ia which has been struggling, forgotten the lesson of our youth, Whatever may be said of a lawyer s ability to advocate an unjust cause, I know it ii not iu the power of man to do to with the same zeal, which would mspire him on the su j of truth; sad if yoa do aot give full credit to her ino ceace now, you may do so hereafter, when it will be of no avail." Alter sane iarther eonveraatios, Uw-jMnf man, whose name was w uiiain Johusoa, with' drew, and the Counseller re-applied himself to bis task. At the hour appointed lor the exam, ination he repaired to the office of the magis. trate, iu and around which a crowd was col lected, much interested and excited converting iu small groups upon the probabi), iet of the prison a guilt, she was sitting in the otiice, deeply affected by the disgrace of her position. She was well but plainly dressed, of an intelli gent and interesting appearance, but very pale; aud herecouuteriaL.ee bore evident trncea of re cent weeping. No one could look upon her withou', feeling interested in her I. it aud no wonder that the crowd around telt strong sym patby in her behall. the exam uiauoo waa then commenced, and tufficieut iv. lence in troduced to fix strong guilt upon tht prisoner, aud warrant the magistrate in holding her to bail ia the sum of three thousand dm art to an swer to the charge of grand larcenj at the next term of court. The prosecution ev. eutly did not go into the case, and the defern for some cause, which wat at that time kept .. secret, in troduced no evidcuce at all. Willi;, .a Johnson and two others, also foremen in the mills, pre sented themselves, aud were acceptc.l as bail. That evening Johnson had a long consulta tion with Counsellor M. "These circumstance, look suspicious indeed," remarked the Coun sellor; "with one ortwo more links in the chaise which may yet be forged before the time of final trial comes, there cannot be a lory found in the county who would uot render a verdict against her, uuleBt these matters can be explain ed away. We must be vigilant and and secret in tbis matter; the counter plot must be deeply laid, and 1 am more than ever convinced we acted wisely in not showing our hand in tbit preliminary examination. Our time hat not yet come. Better to bear suspicion unjustly for s time, than to escape in the end end leave a stain of doubt upon her character. Her repu tation is as dear both to her and you as her lib erty or life. Now, first of all, go i-imd to all the stores in the city, and leave s . t orders to have the Bills on the Globe Bank f Boston, answering the description of those " hich have been lost, particularly watched. 1 n,-clerk as sures me that they are a new issue, .ml not yet in general circulation. After this i done, we will make other arrangement for the defence." The interval of time between thep rliminary examination and the day of trial W;, i,ot spent in idleness, although the defence g ve no clue to the course they intended to pulque. Other circumstances had come to light w! seemed to fix the crime still more sureh upon Miss Kendall. It had been ascertained th l her fath er had received a pscksge of five h"i Ired dol lars about the time of the theft, wit': which he had paid off the mortgage on hit t rm. The moment he heard of hit daughter r arrest, he had hastened to tee her, tnd was immediately subpoenaed and compelled to rccogni. j to appear as a witness in behsif of the people, iud sgsinst hit own child. The tide of public opinion, which t lint wss Iu her favor, set stronger and ttroi t.r against her, at one fact after another eami .o light on which the prosecution depended to make out their case. It teemed that some n- ive agent wss st wore in secret, to prejudice , eommu uity sgsinst her; but where it was, or for whst object, remained concealed. The paleness of her cheek the depression of hei naturally buoyant spirit, weighed down by liie terrible snspicion that wat fixed upon her, aad the dis position to thun all unnecessary intercourse, or ! x. -i , . . , to anuue w mo coming trial, were interpreted to her disadvantage, and set down by the gos siping newt mongers st unmittskesble evidence of guilt. Her intimste friends, however, in terpreted them fsr otherwise, and read with anxiety the effect of that agony of mind st tendant upon the consciousness of impending but unmerited disgrace a burden which, unless speedily removed, would end in a broken son ttitution, and a untimely grave. Johnson had gone, no one knew whither. He had obtained leave of absence for a few weeks on the pretence oi visitiujt fin,-.,. 4uuiu: rutr uu&.nrou of one whom gossip had fixed upon at her champion a lover, wat also interpreted sgsinst her. At length the time arrived for the sitting of the criminal court. The grand jury were em paneled, and founa an iudictnieutof grand lar ceny against Mitt Kendall, and the case wat tet down or trial on the next dsy but one. At the opening of the com t on the cay of trial, a dense crowd that had been waiting round the door rushed in, and Idled every oook and corner of the spacious court room. Rope and fear, anx iety aud doubt and curiosity were depicted on every countenance. ' The prisoner's rppearance, unlike the calm and dignit'.ed demeanor we are apt to associate in our imagination with inno cence, iu a trying scene like this, wat pale and agitated; sua in t and fear and grief were writ- tea oa every lineament ol her waa lace. Iter father, a while-haired old man, wat sitting by her tide, and Counsellor M. wat consulting with them, while the crier was making order in the court, and thecourt was empaneling a jury to try the case. The District Attorney then proceeded to open the case on behalf of the people, auSrsted intubstance that heeipected to prove, by circumstantial evideuce, beyond all reasonable doubt, the guilt of the accused. The clerk of the corporation wat first called and tworu. He testiiied that on the Saturday before the arrest of the prisoner, he had been paying off tbe operatives iu the mill that be had taken from the safe about the amouut of fundi necetnary for that purpose, in packages of from ooe to five hundred dollars that all of the billt paid out were upon the Lowell Bank; but that in addition to the sum paid he had ta ken from the safe a package, ia s brown paper envelope, of five hundred dollars in tens and twenties, on the Globe Bank of Boston, which were lying on hit desk inside the railing that fenced off hit place of business from the rest of the otiice that the prisoner was the last of the operatives who were paid that day; and that af ter haviuic received her money, she tat down beside a table to make an entry in a tmall book in her postewiou at which time he stepped out of the otficljir a few momenta, and ou his re turn the wnj i one, and the package of money V tr ,u.2.red. The witness was here showa a td-'' uveiope marked -$5110 $10'a $20' t &. Bank." He identified it as the missing P kage, and the writing waa in his own hand. I Julia Mas6K wat the second witness called by the prosecutn officer. She testified that she worked in the same mill, and boarded iu the same house with the prisoner. That oa the day but one after the money was abstracted the had gone out shopping in the city, and by mis take had taken Miss Kendall's reticule instead of her own, at they were much alike. That oa her return, in removing the article! she had pur chased, the envelope introduced ia court wat tound nnder them, but the teal was broken aad ao money in it; and that she immediately call ed the attention of the clerk of the corporation to the fact, aud gave the paper to him. The express agent testified thatabout the same time, a package of five hundred dollars wat de posited in the office, directed to J. Kendall, , New Hampshire, and by him forwarded to its destination; by whom it was deposited it was impoasiULt kr him to tell. The next witness' name was Miller. He was employed as a second foreman by the corpora tion had a reputation for low cunning, aud wat universally disliked. He was a man who, it was generally believed, would sacrifice friend ship and honor for his own advancement, and who had thown himself, ia more instances than one, viudictive aud revengeful to the last degree. It wat known in confidence to a few, that he wat a rejected tuitor of Miss Kendall, aud that he had tworn he would be revenged ou her that if any other man ever made her his wife it should only be after she had beea disgraced far ever. It was also whispered that he hnd lately beea paying marked attention to Julia Mason, I who bad tworn to the unuing oi tae envelope, j Miller testified that on tbe afternoon the laice ny wat committed he was pissing across the I yard near the office; that he saw the clerk come out, and in a few moments afler, the prisoner l likewise; that on teeing him she appeared con fused, aud thrust something into the bosom of ! her dress: that he thought nothing of it at the time, nor until after the theft had been made j publie and Miss Kendall was arrested. Old Mr. Kendall waa now called to the stand. The old man came forward with a fal tering step. Although he felt in his own soul that hit daughter wat innocent of any crime, he feared aud believed that the weight of hit own testimony would teal her fate. After being tworn, the District Attorney inquired "Did vou, ou or about the 20ih day of August last, re ceive a package of money by expre-i from thit cityl" Answer 'T did." "How much mo ney did it contain, and of what denomination were the billsl" "Five hundred dollars, in teat and twenties." "Did any communication accompany the mouey, and if so what was it ?" "A few lines, merely. I waa directed in the tubpocna to bring it iuto court. Thia paper ia the one." , IU contents were as follows: "Aug. 20, 18 . Dcsa Si!': Pleate epply the accompanying five hundred dollars towards the satisfaction of the mortgage oa your farm, and oblige one in terested in you and " Yours." Question, by the District Attorney "Is that your daughter's hand-writing 1" "I cannot say positively; ft is not her ordinary band." Do yon think "sTis her hand disguised?" "I can conceive no reason why she should disguise her hsnd to me." "Answer my question, and do sot comment upon or evsde it." The old man really supposed that tbe money had come from her, and consequently, as the writing bore some faint resemblai.ee to hers, he had made op his mind on its reception thst it wss hit daughter 't. There was a struggle in his breast at the repetition of the question. He east an imploring look apoa the unrelenting qnestioner, and then turned hit eyes slowly and sorrowfully upon his daughter'! face. He sup pressed his emotions, however, in a moment, and then answered slowly and distinctly "I 1852. oiivutj' vwt ift rut 1,41 i,i. were the bills upon?" The counsel for the defence objected to thit question on the ground that the bills themselves should be produced in court as the best evi. dance on that point; bat the prosecutioa remov. ed tbe objection by proving that the billt had passed through several hands siuce, tnd had fi nally beea Uked west by a drover to purchase cattle, and that it waa impossible to procure mem. Answer "I cannot recollect the bank. ' Was it the Globe Bank, of Boston)" The counsel for the defence again interposed, and objected to the question on the ground that it was s leading question of the most objectional character, aud put too, by the examining party to hit own witness. The court overruled the objection, and suspended the general rule on the ground that the witness, though no doubt honest, was from the very nature of the case, and by reason of his connection with the prisoner, an nnwi.'ling witness. The old man cast another imploring look npon the District Attorney, but he disregarded the silent appeal, at it wat his duty to do, and pressed the wit ness ior au answer. 'I cannot twear pasitivelv. but I think that wat the bank," replied the witness. "You say, then, that you have no donbt that they were upon the Globe Bank1!" "Oh, nol nol I did not say that I cannot positively say, but I think they wcrel I would not perjure myself to save my child." The old man buried hit face iu his hands aud wept bitterly; and many an eye in that crowded court room wat moist ia sympathy with tbe father's distress. The prosecution here rested their case. Counsellor M., in behalf of the prisoner, ad dressed the jury briefly iu opening the defence. He said that as to the commission of the crime by some one, there could be no doubt. That a chain of ciicnmstauces, partly accidental, and parti; resulting tromajeoincideuce ot indepen dent events, highly proper aud commendable iu themselves, and which he trusted he should be able satisfactorily to explain, connected with a deep laid scheme ot iraud and villainy, involv ing ia another uot only the crime here charged npon an innocent and unoffending girl, whose character up to this time bad been above re proach, but also the deeper and more damning ciiuici ui conspiracy auu perjury moss ioui.--That he trusted with the aid of facts within the knowledge of the defence, and of unimpeacha ble evidence which he should be able to pro duce, not only to explain away all evideuce on the part of the prosecution, that made acaiust the prisoner, and to set her character in all its pristine purity before all men, but also to fix the double guilt beyond all donbt upou the real party. That if he should succeed at be antici pated, in shielding a really innocent person from the mistaken vengeance of offended jus tice, it was all the reward he asked; tnd he trusted in God aud in the righteousness of the cause in which he was engaged, to be able to show the character of the acensed as pure aud spotless as the noonday sun in heaven. There was a breathless stillness throughout the court house during the progress of these re marks. The confident manner in which they were uttered, iu the face of testimony so as tounding, which had carried conviction to al most every mind, of the prisoner's guilt, awa kened a redoubled interest, and caused a pain ful idea in the minds of the more reflecting, that possibly iu tbe silent workings of their own thoughts, they had condemned the pr'soner too soon. The gentleman who had held the mortgage was the first witness called by the defence. He came into the court room a few moments be- foro with the drover to whom he had paid the money, accompanied by William Johnson, who, it now came out, had beea to seek him ia Ohio, and bring him back as s witness in the case. (he mortgagee testified to the payment by him to the drover of the same bills he had received from the prisoner's father, but he could not identify the bank. The drover, however, twore positively, that they were on the Granite; and not on the Globe Bank. That he noticed and remembered them particularly, as tent and twentiet. check letter "B, " and that he had paid them out for stuck in small amountt at a time, except two or three of the bull which were then in bit possession, and which he produced in court. After having been tearchiogly cross-questioned by the District Attorney without vsrying in the least from the previous statement, he wst permitted to withdrsw, and William Johnson wat called upon the stand. After having beea thowa the letter which accompanied the pack age of mouey sent ts tbe prisoner's father, he was asked "Have you ever seen that letter before?" "Yet." "Can you or can you not identify the haodl" "I can. I wrote thit letter myself, and tent it with the money that accon panied it to Mr. Kendall. I drew it from the Granite Bank, of boston, on a check in my own name. From ruotiv 1 of delicacy, it wat kept a secret at the time; and when I explained it to the counsel for the defence, by his advice it hat been kept a se cret nntil now." There wat coufusion and excitement in the court room, and it wat some time before quiet could be restored. He said, in snswer to the District Attorney on the cross-examination, that he had no tccresy or delicacy about the matter now; that he had been for some time engaged to the prisoner at .the bar, and that, unknown to any oue, he had taken on himself the privi lege of discharging the indebtedness of a man whom be bad known and honored in early life, tnd who wss the fsther of his intended wife. The Teller of the Granite Bank fully corrobo rated the drawing of the fundi by Johnson, and S reduced the identical check on which they had een drawn. Miss Mason wat now recalled, and asked if the hid lately purchased a shawl of Csmpbell &, Co.; to which the entwered that the had and that the price wat twenty dollars. Question. "Of whom did yoa receive the moLey yoa paid for it?" Answer. "Of Miller, one of the witnesses for the prosecution." The clerk ot Csmpbell & Co, produced the NUMBER 6. thswj, and it was iuciitineu t Ub,b os iu. .j which had been stolen. Miller was seen at thit moment to be making for the door, in evident haste and confusion; but the eyes of the whole court were directed towards him, and he was immediately taken into custody by a warrant from the Bench. The trial was suspended for a short time, while a search was made of Miller's apanment, aud nearly all of the missing money wat found iu the bottom of his trunk. The case wai then submitted without argument or charge, and the jury at once returned a verdict of " Nor Guil ty, The most intense excitement, prevailed through the city. A crowd assembled before the jail, threatening to seize the villain, Miller, and tear him limb from limb; but being over-ruled by better counsel, they repaired to the Court House, and as the prisoner (now prisoner no longer) came down the steps leaning on the arm of John son, sent up a loud, long cheer tc hesven, that made the welkin ring again, the Counsellor, and hit fair client, with her father and Johnson, ware placed iu a coach from which the hones were uuharnessed, and drawn by the ready hands of excited men, in triumph to their hornet. Miller and J'lha Mason were indicted for a conspiracy, and trial set down for that very term of the court; but a noli'- prosequi wat entered in her behalt, on condition that the would dis close the plot. She said that Miller had prom ised her marriage, ou conditions involviug her own dishonor, and had atterwards refused to ful fil them. That he had subsequently renewed his promiiet with the most solemn protestations, in case the would lend her aid iu iixink the lar ceny which he himself had committed, upon jliss Kenoa 1 iu oruer, as be una, to avenge an insult he had received at her bauds aud that he had given her the twenty dollars which she had paid to Campbell &. Co. That, after many promises and threats, she had at last consented 111 the hope of retrieving her own disgrace, and that she had placed the envelope, which was giv en her by Miller lor that purpose, iu the place where she testified that it waa found. Miller wat triad, tound guilty, and sentenced to tht State Prison for ten years; Counsellor M.'t reputation was established as a celebrated criminal lawyer; and Lucy Kendall, with un blemished character, wat restored to her father, her lover, and her friendt. An HisroRiCAL'CoiNciDENCE. We would call to mind a fact iu history, which has a curioua bearing on tbe visit of Kossuth to thit country, in oue of his eloquent speechet, the illustrious Mugyar spoke of Hungarian valor driving Turkish invasion back npon the Bospborus. It wat not to hnngarianaud German bravely only that Hungary owed her tuiceas. A young chiv- alric Englishman, united his fortunes to the Magyar a cause, and by a military talent, such as rarely ever feel to oue to youug, and bv a chivalrc valor that even eclipsed the historic fame of C'our th Leon, tiler vanquishing in tin gle combat three of the chosen of the Moslem camp, he turned the tide of fortune against the Ottoman. But he fell ensnared, aud waa borne a slave to Turkey. He slew hit tyrant lord, made a visit to England, aud was led by Provi dence to unite himself to a goodly clergyman, in the conduct of the first successful colony to the newly found western world. History with truthfulness hat styled him "the Father of the North American Colonies," aud by inferrence the fouuder of these United Slates.' Two centuries and a half rolled by. Hun gary has new troubles, aad Providence supplies a new champion. But treachery wins the day; and agaiu the Hero ol the Magyars be come a prisoner of the Turks. His boudage voer, ne makes a Hying visit to Knglana; and thence to this great nation to which he appeals for Hungary, that Hungary , whoae greatett li lend in "olden time ' was U heroic Captain John Smith, the savior of Hungary, and the founder ot thu great country. bo could have sup posed that the fearless youth in the battle-fields of that ancient land would become the founder of a nation that should in centuries after affoid her tuch substantial aidi la there not a provi dence directing all affairs1! Sep. S. Lockwood. Tbe Late Marquis of Wellealey. The following extract from Southey's "Life of Weley," will be read with in terest: "While Charles Wesley was at vv eHunmsier, urjaer 1118 orothcr, a gentle man of large fortune in Ireland, and of the same family name, wrote to the father, and inquired whether he had a son named Charles : for if so, he would make him his heir. Accordingly, his school bills, during several years, were discharged by his un seen namesake. At length a gentleman, who is supposed to have been this Mr. Wesley, called upon him, aud after much conversation, asked if he wa? willing to ac company him to Ireland. The youth de sired to write to his father before he could make an answer. The father left it to his own decision, and he, who was satisfied with the fair prospects which Christ Church opened to him, chose to stay in England. John Wesley, in his account of his brother, calls this a fair escape. The fact is more remaraaDie man ne was aware of; for the person who inherited the property intended tor Charles Wesley, and who took the name of Wesley, or Wellesley, in consequence. was me nrst, ua 01 JMormngton, grand father to the Marquis Wellesley and the Duke of Wellington. Had Charles made a different choice, there might have been no Methodists, the British empire in. India miKht still have been menaced from Serins-- epatam, and the undisputed tyrant of Eu rope might at this time have insulted and endangered us on our own shoreB." Southry'l Weelcy. XT3 The census returns show that the number of Indians Inhabiting all parts of the country amount to about 418.000. Of tbia number 30,000 is the estimated number of those luhabiting the unexplored territories) 84, 100 are the Indians of Texaai 92.103 belong to tbe tribes living in New Mexico) 82,431 are in California) 2133areln Ore gon) 11,600 In Utah. Many of the New Mexico Indians are civilised, and have fixed habitations andtowas. 1 i ! 1 ,