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: 7 - I. :' ' ' : : : ! ' :17'!7'7::M -7':7 : 7 ' ' ; -ii IIU. 7'7- .: 7--:;!7 :;7717 j F I v! 4 s - VOLUME I. OXFORD, N. C. AUGUST 5, 1858. yy-m at. 1 - NUMBER 20. Frotn Pickens's Household Worda. 'The Leaf. i. 'thou art curiad and tender and smooth, young leaf, : ' With a creamy fringe of down, As thou slippest at touch of the light, young leaf, From thy cradling case of brown. Thmi art soft as an infant's hand", young leaf, When it fondles mother's cheek j ' And thy elders are clustered around, young leaf, To shelter tlie fair and weak. . To welcome thr-p out from tLe bud, young leaf, There are airs from the eat and the west i And the rich dew glides from the clouds, vounir ) leaf, ' ' . . . , . To uestle within thy breaat. . The great wjde hcarcn, and the earth, younr leaf, , ' . . . . 3 t Aro around, and thy place for thee lome forth I for a thread art thou, young leaf, In the web-work of tnjstery I ! ' '' '. ! Tlnui art full ami fir.-nly set, green leaf, I , I.iko a strong man upon the earth j And thou showest a sturdy front, green leaf Asa shield to thy place of birth. ' There is pleasant rest in thy shade, green leaf. And thou makest a harp Jor the breeze ; And the blossom that bends from thy base. green leaf, Is loved by the summer bees. TV small, bird's, nes ort the bough, green' leaf, - Itt thee -for an ample roof ; . - . ' And Ihfl butterflies cool their wingn, green leaf, On thy branching, braided woof. v Thou art doing thy part of good, green leaf, And nhedding thy ray ol'race :i There's a lOMtm written in'thee, green leaf, Kur tin eye of man to trace. r . I .ou art rongn, and shriveled, and dry, old 'ai; ; j y And liat lost the fringe of down j And the green of thy youth is jrouc, old leaf, " And turned to yellow and broWti. ' Theru aro hU.ts of thine trod in clay, old" leaf, And in swollen rivers drowned; - 7 ' Ah t but thou trttnblest much, old leaf, " . Looking down to the greedy gronnd. Thrt nutnirtn blast, with tW doom, oli leaf, (.'omeih tjiiiiklv. ond will not spare ; Thou art kin to the du.st to dy, old leaf,' .' And tij morrow thou West there. " - i Tor thy work (.f life is done, o'd leaf, And now there is need of thy deal h. He content ! 'Twill be nil for the best, old leaf . There is love in the slaying breath. . x 'I mm From Sharpc'u London Magazine. ThB Noble-Hearted Woman; or, Peace Making. ' BT MRJ. ABDT. Jlr. Wiueh un left the rom an he spoke, and ws ren from the window in amicable 'com munication with the gardener. Sirs, llawdon was a clo-e obsertcr; she noted that Mr. Warehaiu had not come into the room to get ajbook or a paper , he hd come Into it fur the express purpose of letting Ilester know . that hu had discovered her to be in the right. M must' acknowledge, dear Hester," she aM, " taatyou know the proper way of nianag , ing Mr. Warebatn'; you have dip!ayed great tact snd address in this business." 'Dear Mrs. ILwdon," ..aid Hester, "I am as undeserving or your present praise as I was of your recent bl.une ; it seeins to lue that you are flixing unnecessary importance to a very triflii g occurrence." M Not at all, my love, " rrplied Mrs. Haw don ; I have so true a regard for you that I fchoulU be fciiucrtly sorry if any want of duo consideration on your part should in'crfere w ith the disposal of Mr. Warcluun's property in your favor." " I have no claim on Mr WarehamVpro rc,Jr" IL-stur,' or tho sliglitest expecta tion that ho will bestow any of it upon me. He gives mo bis protection and tlieidilter of his roof, and I believe that my residence with him conduces to his comfort ; I am desirous of re maining with him as long as ho wishes for my society ; but I have no interested riews, and I am sorry to hear them ascribed to me." Mr, llawdon responded by some phrases of unmeaning flattery, and the , conversation did not make any deep impression on the mind of Hester. Slit had heard Mrs. Ilawdon deno minated " a woman of the world ; and although her experience of women of the world had been very limited, ah. justly thought that a some what overweening desire for the goods of fortune would be likely to form a portion of nuch a tharacter. Hester and Mr. Wareham did no pass the whole of the evenings in reading. Hester was a good listener ; and while she sat ftT work, Mr. Wareham would ' recount manjf anecdotes of his enrlj ye.,ri, especially tho4 connected with hia marriage an event whicli Heater had p,ite forgotten, even if ahe ha4 never heard of It from her mother, and indeed t : had fancied that ahe detected in Mr. Wareham! divers of the peculiarities generally ascribed to an old bachelor. Perhaps, however, Mr, Ware . ham might be con idred justly entitled to tho ' recu'iaritj" of an old bachelor, for hi wife had died a year after their marriage, and five-i and-torty years had elapsed since her death. II described her as a paragon of 'perfection; and although a woman of the world, like Mrs 1 Ilawdon, anight have surmised that u distance lent enchahtracnt to tho view, " and that ' the short period of wedded life might not have! been sufficient to bring forth its shsdows ns well salts uhfhine, Hester was quite content to believe that the late Mrs. Wareham had bacn all Uiat woman ought to be, and to pity tpe widower for the loss oi auch a treasure. j About this time, Mr. Wareham had an atta :k of illness ; it aoon passed off, owing, he said, to Hester's good nursing; but he deemed it right to send for his solicitor, and gave instructions lor a new will to be prepared. The solicitor dined with the IJawdons the isamo day, a id certainly Edward Hawdon's attentions to Hester became decidedly marked about that peril d, and his mother was eloquent to every ' o ie whom she knew concerning the attractions a id the excellence of that sweet "girl, Hesi er Deville." , ; ! : ; ; Mr. Wareham seemed pleased with the att n tions that Edward Ilawdon paid- to his you ig relative. " I may not be long spared to y u, my love, " he said, " and you will need some one,, to take care of you." Innocent Hester I she thot?ht the expressicn, u Tou will need some one to take care pf yen clearly denoted that Mr. "Wareharq had be queathed nothing to her in his will,' and "she made it a point of conscience to' tell Mrs. Ilaw don that she had reason to think that she woiild have no provision at Mr. Wareham's death. ." All I can say, my love, 13 that you well ( e scrve to have it, " replied the lady j and p or Ilester blamed herself for ever having consid ;r-ed-lli'e Ilawdons to be worldly people. '- . "Tf they were so, "she thought, " would they wish me for a connection, when, .acco d ing to their opinion of the declining health of Mr. Wareham, they must-imagine me to be j ist hovering over the advertisement column of he Tits ? ' t Edward Ilawdon did not feel any preference for Hester Beville ; like most shy, silent yoing men, he admired showy dashing women. But as he had a duo regard for the main char ce, and a high opiriou of the diplomatic .talents of his mother, he graciously .gave her permiss on to call on Ilester, and try to ascertain from ler if he .should be accepted, supposing he prevailed on himself to make proposals for her. j Mrs. 'Hawdon. found Hester in the act of ar ranging in due oaler the contents of a. sn all ebeny cabinet.at the desire of Mr. Wiireh; m, who said that it had.,not-been opened for many years. Ilester had amused herself with the in c?j'cv.uuu ui uivers antique trinkets, scent-b ft es. and bodkin-ca-cs, and was just admiring the miniature of a very pretty woman, when I. Hawdon was announced. rs. f " Who could be the original of this charinfn" miiiiature, I wonder? " said Ilester. " It tan not be the likeness Of the late Mrs. Warchim, lor i nave Iieard Jlr. Wareham regret thad he possessed no resemblance of her." VI never gaw the original, " said Mrs. Illw- lion, carelessly glancing at it; ' but I havdno doubt that it is the likeness of Mr.' Warchaln's damghter." " " " j "Jsdt possible that Mr. Wareliam had a grown-up daughter?" exclaimed Hester. ' ,;I am indeed surprised; he told me that his vife had died in her confinement, and I never as ced any questions about the child, because I con cluded from his silence that it had not sur riv ed." .. . ! " It was evidently a distressing subject him," said Mrs. Hawdon. 's j And so he lost this charming creature her early womanhood," said Ilester, contini to admire the miniature; "no Wonder that to in he can not bear to talk about her." file lost her,'' said Mrs. Ilawdon, " buttiot as you surmise, by death ; the young lady Was very clever, too clever to be satisfied withkho frivolities of fancy-work, flower-painting, knd French novels. She wished to studv khe classics ; her father engaged a young and hand- some tutor for her, and aocordinsr to manil nn ancient and modern precedent, the tutor md pupil became enamored of each other; the at tachment was discovered by the father, he vas enraged, tho lovers were rebellious, and the lair Elizabeth eloped." I "And did she live happily with her husband ? " asked Hester. M I believe so, (" said Mrs. Ilawdon ; " but in a few years she' became a widow, and wrot 3 to her father, imploring him to receive her to the homo of her childhood." : I ' And he consented, " sai1' Hestei, and she returned home to die. I can no!tbe surprised that he has never alluded to this painful Jub- j Vou come to premature conclusions, my love," said Mrs. Hawdon : "she is alive at the present moment, for any thing I know to the contrary. Her father resolutely refused to ;ive her.any sanction, either as a wife or as a wkl ow, and she seems to have faded from the meaory of everybody. ( I only wonder that I remember so much concerning hef; for I never saw lieri she was married seven-and-twenty' years igo, and it was not till two years afterwards tl at I came to this neighborhood ns a bride."- j 44 And she may yet be living ? " said He: ter, BorrowfuUy:. "living in poverty in 'sickrjess, snd sorrow?" " - - ' ' . A , j 44 The fitting result of her disobedience, ' re marked Mrs. Hawdon "eententibusly. ' : ; f, 44 While I," pursued Ilester, . a m fostired and caressed In the home which she isDrolib t. 'ed f 0 enter ! " . ' ;: ; ' y,: r h'-i- ! 44 That can make no possible difference; to her, even' if she knew it, !' replied Mrs.". IJawi don ; " but depend upon it,' she doesnot know it. I will come 'and see you again, my ' love, to-morrow, and liope that this little, annoyincb wrli then have passed "away fr5nj your" mih.d, tdetest the "sight of an old cabinet peopleivho open one after a lonir l.i find something in it to' worry them;' And Mrsf Bawdon took her departure ; 'she felt that1 the present would not be a favorable period for in teresting Hester in the impending proposals of her son. ' I v ' r.'l- I Hester thought ot nothing but the miniature and its unfortunate original during the day, and irj the evening addressed herself on the subject to Mr. Wareham, without a particle of the tact arid address formerly ascribed to her by Mrs. Ilawdon. . j ' ' ; . .4I I found this very charming-miniature in the ebony cabinet, dear Mr. Wareham," j she said, and I have been thinking4 about I it ever since." ' ' ' - . j V , ' '.'- Mr. "Wareham looled on the miniature first in surprise, and secondly with aversion : 44 1 had thought it was destroyed long ago, " he said: " I suppose you are curious to know Tor whom it was intended." " I am not curious, " replied Hester, 44 be- : cause I heard the story soon after I discovered the miniature, and it gave me deep trouble and pain." !...!.! 1 j 1 : :. . " Then, I conclude," said Mr. Wareham, knitting his browst 'f that you heard a garbled account of the wrongs endured by one person, and the injuries inflicted by another." "Far from.it, " said Hester; 4'I heard the account from Mrs. Hawdon, and she seemed disposed to blame your daughter's conduct rather than your o,w " Mrs. Hawdon is a sensible woman,;" said Mr. Wareham, relaxing his countenance; "and I !would advise you, Hester, to . forbear from meddling with matters that do not concern you. There is a Blue Chamber in every house." : j V There need not be one in yours, " said Hester : "it is never too late to fergive. Dear Mr. Wareham, your daughter; has been' Buftici. ently punished by her long exile from your house and heart ; let me implore you to receive her, again to them." . LK i . .. 44 And do you actually da're to make this re quest of me, Hester ? " asked Mr. Wareham. " I dare to'do so," leplied Hester, 4 because I am sure that youj would be both a happier and a better man if youj would have the kindness to comply with it." " J . -' ' ! 44 And has it never occurred to you, " said Mr. Wareham, 41 that if I granted your presum ing request, your own position in my family might be greatly, changed by the entrance of Mrs. At wood into rny house? " . j I 44 1 think it eould only be- changed for the better," replied Ilester. Judging of others by myself, I imagine that Mrs.; At wood would feel so much obliged jto me for having 'exercised my poor services in her behalf, that I should have; two kind friends in the family instead of one." j i; ' ' . : . I r " If you judga of olher people by i yourself, Mer, " said Mr.;jVareham, slightly smili.ig', '' jfou must conceive the world to be very full of simpletons." :.' ' ) "Perhaps I tnay be right in so conceiving, " said Hester, returning hii smile; " but mine is not now a question of wisdom and justice, but one of mercy and kindness. For your own sjike, for mine, and for your daughter's sake, T conjure you to forgive her." 4- Enough, Hester, and more than enough on this aehject,1' said Mr. Wareham ; j4 you are going too far, even for a privileged favorite.'' 44 Let me ask you one question, " said Hes ter; "am I the only person who has endeavor ed to persuade you to take compassion on your daughter 1" .' 4I will, answer your question, 'j i said! Mri Wareham, because I hope my answer ! may serve as a lesson to you. My old, trusty and esteemed friend, John Grayson, has repeatedly tried to bring about a reconciliation! between Mrs. Atwood and myself, and was only induced to desist from his endeavors when I assured him that another word frotrii him would :texminate our long friendship, and compel me to consider him as a stranger." H j j " , ' Hester made no reply to this speech, wisely relinquishing the privilege of her ser to have the lat word, and after a short pause, proposed to read aloud ; but Mr. Wareham refused her offer, muttering, somewhat uncourteously that "he much preferred reading to himself." y Ilester remarked,- however, that he never turned over a leaf of his book, and that he re tired half an hour earlier than usjial. ! Many a speech works an effect quite differ cnt fmm that which was, intended by 'the speaker. ' Mr, Wareham's brief account of his own spirited repudiation of John Grayson's in terference was meant to serve as an.awful warn-; ing to Hester of the danger that would accure to herself from any obstinate v perseverance in the cause which she hud undertaken to plead; but it conveyed a piece' of information to her whiebashe had almost despaired of obtaining. ! During the whole of the morningHester had been anxiounly longing" to get a letter; conveyed to Mrs. Atwj)od, but had felt the impossibility of ascertaining her plaee of residence ; doubt less it had been many times changed in the course of seven-Vtd-twefity ' years.' Hester's determination was -how taken ; she would write to Mrs. Alwood, and Bhe would inclose her letter in one to'Mr. Grayson since he Jhad be-: friended the ppor deserted widow so persever-' ingly anil iily, If was tiot; likely -that he should subsaquently Ipse sight of W.'fj """.j x. Ilester :knew Mr. Grayson's address - she had gradually taken the' office of Mr. Wareham'sj Hihanuensis, and had only recently written' tot iiim. She fulfilled her intention that -very evenj ing). duties she feltwre; not to be dela(fjS and she wai thoroughly "aware', that ;sh3;.wa perfoiming a du''y. ; lt seemed to her iliatlihe; was ysurping the. place of poor j Elizabeth. AM wood :; she felt as if she had no claim-to be j partitklng of the eomforts' that' surrounded herj i ': i - ' - ' - . 1 while the, daughter of the house was living far from the home of her youth, and living,1 per haps, iscantily provided even with the neces saries; of life. She briefly and kindly expressed to Mrs. Atwood her anxiety to be of use to her in any way she could point out ; she offered to convey a letter or message to Mr. Wareham, or to bring about an interview should it appear i desirable ; and this letter she inclosed in one to Mr. Grayson, telling him how earnestly she wished that it might reach Mrs. Atwood, and that it might prove the means of reconciling her with her father. K-K.j':: ':'.'.- jr ;.---".,- Ilester felt thus sanguine of success, because she could riot be blind to the fact thu'. she'had obtained Wonderful influence 'over the mind of Mr. Wareham. : Since her residence with him he had gradually become more charitable to the poor, more kind to his servants, and more cour teous to his equals ; and although the ground on which: she was now treading was almost as dangerous as a quicksand, she had faith in her own powers of peace-making; in fact, in her late place of residence, she had been the general peace-maker of the neighborhood, and had often succeeded in her benevolent ministrations when older and more experienced persons had given up the point in despair' Heater escaped the infliction of Mrs. Hawdon's threatened visit, that lady having on the preceding evening re ceived an invitation from & titled dowager in the neighborhood to spend, j accompanied by; her son, a few days at her house. : It is true that this invitation was couched In the most cold and cutt terms ; it is true that Mrs. Haw don was perfectly sensible that she had only teen invited because some- (jther persons had sent refusals, and because her son could dance well and could take a second in a duet ; -but she had no more idea of refusing it than if it had "be n a royal command; and Edward was not so deeply enamored of Hester, that the prospect of being separated from her for a few days g.ive him any overwhelming anxiety. - , : Mr. Wareham soon fell into his former kind ways towards Hester, the evening readings ware resumed, and the passing storm "seemed lulled into a calm ; but, like many" other calms, it was destined in a few days to be disturbed by the sound of the postman's knock. Hester received a letterifrom Mrs. Atwood, full of gratitude for her kind interest, but fearing- that her father wa too sternly! resolute in his determination of casting her off, to render any hope of a recon ciliation 'probable; She; was happily raised above want, she said ; Providence had been very kind to her. j Mr. Grayson, the friend of her early childhood,, had I not only insisted on defraying the expenses of her son's education, hut had, very soon after the jleath of her hus hand, obtained for her ah asylum under the roof of an invalid relative of I his own, whose declining days, she ; trusted, were rendered more easy by her attentions, j Of that home she had recently been deprived by the death of the ! lady, but she was still comfortably so ppovted by the liberal assistance of her son,, who was . now tutor in a family of distinction. To. re ceive the forgiveness and blessing of her father would be the greatest of joys to her; she did not ask Tor any portion of the wealth which she had justly forfeited by her disobedience. " ' : , TO BE CONTINUED. i i From the New Orleans Sunday Delta. The Housfe of Cabarms. - ! j i ; Although it is an undeniable fact that the ipeople of the United States! are, in the' mass decended from what 'are called the middle and lower orders ill Europe and torall that, not inferior in energy,' in enterprise, or intellectnal capacity yet among tliose wlio, by accident or misfortune were thrown upon our shores, or who Bought them through! choice, have been the scions ofmany of the noblest houses of Eu rope; Many a name illustrated by (genius, or valor, or historic fame, re-appear in the United States. :Many ja family which has stood cori spicuousi among the aristoraciVs of .the Old ; WorIdris represented among the democracy of tne jNcw.; ' Numerous instances, establishing the truth of tis statement'wHl icCur ; to almokt every one. Among the crowds; jof j unostentatious Smiths, and Joneses, and Johnsons, we -find Bonanartes and Lafayettes, and Washingtons, names distinguished ; in Europe,': before they were transplanted to America. ' '' " ;' j. v ' . In North Carolina there' jis a . coojity cailed Cabarrus, f The history of the name and of its ifjaluplization in North Carolina Is curious and interesting. Thrt family tf Cabarrus . is an Aquitaniaii hoiise! of great Antiquity. By its own account it is the oldest ! family in Europe! Caesar, jn his commentaries,! when relating bis campaign in Southern Gaul, mentions, one of his lieutenants,J by name Cabarrtis.; Trim him the jAquitaniar family ;claimk descent Since thatt time thejwge W history haaot until E Comparatively irecent period been adorned with the name. .(The glories and the genius of the house slumbered for, eighteen hundred years, till they were jreyived in the person of one of the most famous and most beautiful women of the last century! -yri ". 1' ? 'Yy : ' ; . Mademoiselle Cabarrus became the celebra ted Madame Tallitn-a omah remarkable for herraonaLfc and the conspicuous part which she played in bloody drama of ihefall. ofjRobespierre.: -Mr. Cabarrus, her brother, went to Spain, and fofarid employment " Under ';;tho";7oVe;rnmntof that (puntry.. ilJ j obtained jtnV conGdee'x)f the MinLtry, and was entrusted w;ith various Im-' portant missions a nd offices, lean ; revolution . hroke'tmt, "VYbeni the'Amei' Cabarrus Vas em- ployed to take a cargo f arms and'immuhj j,, vvvuivJt.?. lift, tUUCU Wilmington. N. C and aftoi.' i)'i.kin?."Wi'' duty imposed on him, concluded bremain ill America. - He engaged in busines tin North Carolina, and made a large fortunejjiand was at one time Speaker of the House of Commons of that' State. It i a from him thaCabarrui county takes U name. 1" ' Madame Tajlien, after, the death ofj her huf. band, became the dure ctmie of th great ban If: er Ouvrard. Subsequently she biased a Bel gium Prince.whose name has for the moment e caped our memory. When Caharrps die4 ia North! Carolina, he left1 an immense forturii. which, we believe reverted to tho heirs of his sister, Madame Tallien. ,v . ; ill H il. I j. From the 44 Irish Abroad and at Home." I Costelloe and the Old Baily Practice! In the middle and towards thfeQd of tb!e last century there figured at the; jrh bar af other Mayo man, a passage in wliose life will relieve the tragic tal6 I have justlbeln tellin. He was a descendent of the ancientliand hon orable Norman house of Costelloe-(y;bur Nagje and your Nangle are varieties of thelCosterlofe, be it known.) ; He had received jai excellelt education and possessed , considerable logical knowledge.; He was shrewd, of much seemirjg gravity, but' was playful as a kitten cunnitig as a fox, mischievous as a mock. ; A fol low of infinite jest "'a living jolle ; witty hiip self, and the cause of wit in other pien. ' le was,J although his family had resided during six centuries in Ireland, a true Korman. ; He had been in the year 1845. arid subse quently, a student of the Middle Temple, Lcjn don, and had not denied himself any of the pleasures, or indeed any of th4:adv!entures'bf which the English metropolis afforded, that jjs,1 iicu ui mo uitsnjis suppuea py his family. He thus acquired a f ast reputation of a peculiar kind among his cotJmporaries,ai)d even became the hero "of a tale in .which he was made to appear a : stanch Jacobite guilty lof high- treason in short, in harboring t he Pretin- der in his chambers,, j - 1 j v in uia ViittUJWrjiq, j " '' '' "1 j I l In justice to the councellor's. character" for loyalty, it must be stated, however, that he was maligned in that respect: . I had Iieard ajnd laughed at the story myself, and had even tijlld it once or. twice with much success. E had oc casion to refer- one, day, however, to- somelof the old chronicles , of France, vand; ibund lin oraniome tne auveniure wnicn had been as cribed to Costelloe, relating to! thb jDukeSof jneanf, orotner or Uharles vl Continuing my investightion, I hit upon it alW ip ithe 44Es sais Historiques de St. Foix," and n an Eng lish version of it by Dr. Gilbert, in lis 44 View of Society in Europe." ; " 1 i l "y I v This story was a specimen of a h mdred an ecdotes of 44 The Counsellor," which 1 refrain giving here, not, however, beciu'sc i there is a'hy doubt of their correctness. Foj-tun itely thre is one which is not liable to the obj action that imposes silence on me respectirig i he others, and which Will serve to portrayviny liero in his proper colors. t v !. : l His terms served, Costelloe wn;s galled to the bar-in Dublin, where be gave, i nquestibn able proofs of talent ; bat whthJr through indolence or taste, eschewing equity or common law, he devoted himself to what is termed Old Baily Practice, and. in which he-was unrivaled. One morning, at the time vfjienj Costelloe was in the: hight of his reputaton the city of Dublin was! frightened from its propriety by the announcement that Gleadowe's !banlt had been plundered of a large sum of gold, by the chief cashiery to whom its charge had beeh intrusted. The alleged culprit vi as immediatetj tat'eh into custody, brought before the sitting inagistfae' Interrogated, and the proofs of his tuirt being held manifest, committed to Newte. The whole process was termi oftted by eleven o'clock A. M. ..ii.v-:- ';-hi- f: ,i J ; Before the prisoner had reached Ijis destina tion, Costelloe was 'made aware of - rU the ein. cumstances of the case, by one of the eomrit ting magistrate's clerks, whom; 1 he kept con stantly in pay. This man had hardly left Cos telloe's house, after acquitting Jiimkelf, of this duty, when the counsellor received a! letter in yiting him t repair ( foithwifh" to Newgate Uo see Mr. ,just brought in, wholdesires fiia :.advice ' : ' ! ;J-;-i t '- Costelloe proceeded at once to Nfevygatejlbr such a course was not then in terdicted to prac titioners by private resolutions of the barf bjit even had it ( been,, he . was .not a ban to be turned from his purpose by any rull that inter fered, however slightly, Witk-the influlgenceiof his humor. He was there introduced; to the cashier of Gleadowe'sj a" man df selrious, sajrio-. .iu..Miiuua uitm, uu nnie iiiiy years oi age. The usual salutations oyer, and. thi door care fully closed,' Costelloe, with ibatj wonderful covp dceil for which; he was celebralted, sawjt once the! kind of person he bald to dearwiith, aiid begged to be ;nforme'd why his! preVeflce bad teen yequested, -1 ' j . '! ; You have heardv nrobabl v. wri" ; ih man. , .afc x veen me casmer. Of tilfa- dowVs bank and; that it is . said tUt a, lajge .nrered Jn mjjaccount;!?; y 4f HW naa peen a clerk of old. Glea- bear therfl,Xam the.j)artyNin qAiestion tM ? y- - ln fact that tne bank hna hpn ' n.t.hiul i vtrL.l . , , - , .- . - - , w"y. - ucujcauea, opon top ead. tb ntifor. rascal of a whole hear of cold - i..afl,- P . . . :. " , " ;?Ior fUir ThfV t 'rKi'At' ,juoatm" ate bar, with much feelraffin - K 1 Kl n har?0rii lyy UP- emo.ion exclaimed t Not Qidltyl'-! - I- ' f With a solemi asaervatlo he added, thtb WeJI JsWtnospfe ever painful to an honest: conscientious man wer thUt. izf. ' . lou sacked the swa? f 1 don't understand Von I" ' t 4 . ;M You've gotten the money 7" , . : " 'f " Really, tor I cannot comprehend you." " You robbed the bank t" . y " Do you mean to insult me. , I rob tfie bank ? I'cheit my employer!, I plunder my benefactor, an4 preserve the jfruits of it I. No, sir, no, I have not a shilling in the world. i "Then, by--U, youll be hanged. 4Whatcanyou mean? y TI1 make it! as clear! to fon as that those tetters are of iron. : If ypu have robbed the bank, yob must have some of the money,raid can' afford to pay me well!foij saving your life. If you are innocent, and consequently penbi aa sure as was Caliir less, you will te weighed, na gappul" C,!' y Weighed r..v'-;f-.-';-' 44 In the City Justice scales. The scale' is spoken of everywhere with this addition that proofs against you are irrefutable.' --'" :.: ill 4 "Then there is no hope.,'p. ? : ', ' .Hjt' 44 None if you be what, you aay yoorseif gutiaess ? for you can'noi afford to4e1aln cie, who probab'y of all the bar, coujd alone gjt you a chance , ;y j j J . p,--.'. y ; 0- Overwhelmed .and horrified, the hypberife, afte some hesitation, admitted that he was in3a condition to remunerate tne counsellor for on- aerUkmg bis defence. ; What is your fee, sir? he asked. : i ; , t - ' - -44 Ten per canL" i" Ten percent! thjr that is a thousand pounds!". ; ''-'- ; I 44 So much the bpt.fpr fnr Kxth nf r After many futile attenlipts to beat down tp counsellor s' demand, thd prisoner acceded to it and gave him an order upon his wife for the enormous sum of a thoosand pounds; on n understanding that if the tonnsellors exertions should fail he would return nine hundred ptid nfty pounds of it to the hcidow ! ' " 'f. Immediately upon receiving this draft, Qos- . . . , " t"auu, auu wiiuout waiung.-ito present it, proceeded to the Crown Office. In ated in Soutii Cope street,1 on the site of the I rear or courtjyard of thi present Commerilal Buildings, which at that tesembled in its fu'nc tions the he:td police office of modem tirrfV. The sitting magistrate had risen, but the chief clerk was at his desk when iDostelloe entered Good morning, sllri1 Jo tinsph, said he. Jhe clerk returned the salntej. fvAny Oiing in ;iiy way tc-day Jtr, Johnson ?" he asked with the most perfect nonchedancel . i . ",VVnS.v?unstllorI Have "you not heard of the roboery at Gleadowe . u Oleadowe's ! The bank ? Not1 a word of .' 1" ?c8 the ash,eri whd was deemed the njost trustworthv of men. baalnliiiKlorA tha Yik.t "Plundered the chest.' ; j ' . . Extracted from it tea thousand 'guineas iff gold made up in roleaux, and has suhstittfed tor tnem as nanv farthiiKrs ' 44 And got Jplear off V . ' " No. He: is safe in I ewgate. 44 What a scoundrel l" ' I , ! i!f - -'-a 44 A consumate one ; but he Will suffer Tor it. The evidence atrainst him part of the stolen property was found in a ; fee- cret drawer of his desk at home." M 14 you iot say that the money abstracted was in gold f7? r -; ! ! 44 Yes but 'those pieees fied.'' - ' i ' have been ideti- "Howf Qne guinea ts so like another. i ' J " Troe ; but mark thd finger of Provides&e. Along with tie guineas the villian, carriectoff ten foreign gold coins, Dutch ducats; which were also injthe safe, i nd .these' have been swornio by ha deputy, and 'will hanghimSee here." 1 1 ' ' f.'-y- ' ,.;The clerk; )pened Jhi i desk, and ' took from It a small boar, committed j to his custody for production atj the trial of the "accused, ;nd. poured its Contents Into the, hands of the appa rently wonderfng Counsellor.: , -. . '.' Costelloe examined . them piece by. pl4ce with the mostintenae interest; turned and re turned them in his hand, again regarded them with the concentrated att sntion of a Jew rodiUy changer. , The scrutiny lasted so long tbat.he clerk maniferted impatience. 5 At length '0oa'. lejloe restored them by pbservingv - ,4;The fel low has undone himself,! V ? . " What ;W fortunate Counsellor l' I 4 . oversightl was it 'hot 44 Providential, as you justnowproperlifre. marked. - Never was proof inore clear. After a few words further on general 'ub- jects, the Counsellor lefV the office wite a t&nd aeeniingly deranged..1 That evenuig bis cehfP uenuai ciera, and secreWry was seen to go.; en koard' a Liverpool pacljetV which lay aSir John - Roger's Quay" and sailed half an tout aftervvards. -1 Some week later the prisoner was brought Uy trial at the Commission Court, Green etteet end in tba nresenpfl nf n nnJ..' ...j-. as had ever hn m :i . . the counsel fo the accused sal imlrieditelbe' fore hhn, Orlone side of Costelloe was nllw his clerk, with whonTitJ the con fVv lings nefrequentlv konverspdJ'in before him: on-th"tln.r the attorney of the!fris- and jformcd part of the to.undernd k'and he : rest as he had ,!ieen giTep tcunderstand jt.anji he hid received tiem fi om m s predecessor at j t&eTalojnHicat by j pieu were lor. years. the ticket attached to each packet He had'. never opened them 'y y -;lvV7'-- ' .Costelloe croesHexamined, but' only slightly ! ' r the witnesses Who deposed' to the preliminary 1 I -, facta;: :-y yy : fiy "V ;. ? At length came the torn of the deputy cash-' ier, wne swore tnat ne naq frequently seen m . the chest-the identical ten Dutch pieces of gold ; . " which the Counsellor had so curiously exam- . ined at the Crown "Office", and which thfr : WiT- w" ness now again identified.-' v -"v-i " : At this testimony Costelloo looked: serioas.' The examination in chief of the deputy cash- I -ier being over, and no movement made by Cos- tplloe, who seemed deeply absorbed in thought, the counsel for the Crown was . led to believe'., that' no cross examination was intended, and ! . accordingly told Ihe witness that ne might jro down. -v l.v v:' ' - - . otop anioment, young man, said the Coun- sellor,"risingi and with LB abstracted and vacin ti gaze" 4"Btop a moment. -I have a"qaestfon:6? ' two to ask yon on oeha'f of "my unhappy r'elM' ' ent" who now,' feeling the .'peril inTrhich Ka life was placed, begaii to weep' bitterly." Tha witness reseated himself, ami Costelloe went on : 44 And so, sir.-'you accme ydut jriend - o,' robbery :;.;. -.,i-TK:W-jL'-: " I am sorry that my 4afy eompels me to r give criminatory evidence against hlfli." . - " 4 No doubt-T-no doubt Hiscoanctfon vrik . gain yon a step, eh f. ; : y J . ; '. -.'.': !- . ' I4 Sir1 do yod think it was onderjBuch in m pression, and with suoh a,view that! gave myV -testimony !n . - . . ' . .- j Certainly: Ido:J, JVl , A murmur of disapprobation ran through thv court at this insult to' the wftneis'AThe cotfrtr eel for , the prosecution' looked towards th e . . Bench for protection The Judge however did no interrere, nor did he reprove the afnftb? with which' fhey' exclaimed the4 indecent. in . ainuation of Costelloe towards a witness whosd' . testiaiony, from ail that appeared couldnot be' impugned : but his Lordship evidenUy looked' , with interest to the development of Oostelloe'a! motive, knowing well that he would not havi committed an indecornra so powerful without some powerful secret reksoru The' witnejs him-.', self, disappointed at the failure of the counsel : for the Crown to interest the Court in his f eeN-- . ings, became red whh JrignatioOOf thesa circamstances Costelloe! took no notice,- but ! proceeded :Tv '- 'y t ?-' t" .Krf - ' . . " And so you sweari slr that those Identical -pieces of gold in your hands at this momenta wherenre they f he asked "rudely of4hVsoKc-: itor for the prosecuUon. They vrereagain hand edto the :witness,fand- Ctelloe : resumed : f .And BO.;.yoo wear,::r'lhat fajeW'-jdcnticah pieces of gold in your hand were in the pris- : oner's keeping ? now mindy you are on "rout " oath?" : .: 'i -y-yyyyy-- . , . v: : I do swear itM.---.-:r.'V-.-.':.-:T- v : Hand me those coins,? and Costelloe"' in tt tone that expressed rage ani furyVThe witi nessi complied," and handed" them to the coun sellor, who looked apon:'tnm wntr'tnaj;: ' Tfie' witness' was. triumphant. C-tfhe pnWer ( trembled. The" Court was" hushed.- CostelloV sighed. ...';.: y';' '"----';V '-- - - J .." ,You hayi sworn rtively;"snWid and it will be well fbi you, if4ruly.':Here,r sir, Uke your blood-money." He stre'ched ou t' his hand with a countenancV half averted," asr ' if with disgUBt ; and miasihg that if he wit . ness, let fall the mass in to the bat before hfmV ; ' by the sheerest accident in the world. I be yopf pardon,': air for' my avkwardness,. said tostelloe to the witness ij theonly approach "to - ; civility he had as yet manifested iowardi hits? '. Then, potting his hand into 'the h"aand tak V. ing up a single'piece, he saidf4 Yon : persist In': awearing sir, that this piece of money, the pro " .perty of Mr. Gleadowe," was' in Hhe prisoneVsT custody!. Now,; mind, ; sir none of vour" . ' sumed contempt." y. -r -; 2 v - i. '' -'' ' 1 ' ' ; ;."I mearfnothing of the liind, sir.--V ' l benr lot iU-;itaco!lect thaV jo'rf are swearing' awn this poor manV life! "- D " you stUrsay, fellow," that Jthis.piece 0f money- " was in the keeping of the rpriJtonef ' - " '! ? Thewitness, brow" beaten and bumed,'b eame once more irritated. - H"e took the ducat into his nand, and scarcely defining to! glance " atlt saidv I swear itF V -' ' c " 'S ' ,4Andhis, atir-MaWteDotaUBg'ip , another and presenting jt to him; . ' -..' ? 41 And that also'r i - ' -VV, '."And'thisrr ' -f;-:.-' ?;? 4r Tea.' -"7.-' T- 7. Vt- Vr t.ithH n'i.Slhisl"' said lh knkve, .producing fioai tKe'havin.Mecew-oni' ' twenty other pieces of a similar inct '7-" ' 7 The ; wi tnesswas horror-stricken hiV Kair stood on end. ; The; counsel for fiuTCrown 7 looked blank - .the Jnde"faliitly smjled.:.The 77 case was abandoned and the robber saved; ' The affair was quit . simple. 7 It wiU b "rV- i 1 colleted ihat jminediatery after this ecrutinr' l of the docau at the Crown Office, which W 1 bled him ta fix in his" memory tHeir dates; and 1 effigies,;Costenoe returned hom,Vnd th'at.'fr ! the evening and lhat day, his confidential c'Jerl: 1 ; L Mjrpooj; the'r-leaal obserVable 6Y : ??f routes.; On arriving there,' tide imaVwat by. maU toLondan, 'ar.d tlreoce by a Dufxh packet ' ' V fEoUerdam, where he bought up' a score '-of " ' ! ducats" of the" dates indicated by fcfe m'afteV-J " i Uh whiitegytl have jastahown.' . " - i -- . . . v. . ,. -' t i' j., 1 . . l , - - , - ' i j 'At fiftiii-day? Jbdwiey iiyohd Biaean- ; 1 towards lie nortk, . - - 7 Albenjgaraa, ;sur5ODnded "by' pec's cf " which swarm with .venomous ' ' ' I ffibunUinself is infested wiUj serpentii TW ' : , 4 j -
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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Aug. 5, 1858, edition 1
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