MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YC RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
THE PASSING YEARS. 
FROM THE GERJIA5. 
A hoary monk, beside the way, 
Sat with a rosary on his knee; 
No forest cliff, with mosses gray. 
Seemed ever half so old as he. 
f only saw the heads he told; 
The rest from human sight were hid; 
Each sphere from out of shadow rolled, 
And slowly into shadow slid. 
And all with bloody stains were red, 
And foul with blots of sable hue; 
And that gray headsman sighed and said 
A prayer with every head he drew'. 
“ Look well,” a solemn voice began, 
“ On him who counts these sliding spheres; 
His hands are measuring out for man 
And nations their appointed years.” 
I looked again, and fondly deemed 
The gilding rosary whiter grew, 
The crimson stain less frequent seemed, 
Les; foul the blots of sable hue. 
Even now, my friends, with sigh and prayer, 
The beadsman drops another sphere, 
Alas, I see the bloo 1-stain there 
And there the blots of guilt appear! 
[N. Y. Eve Post. 
Jltiml fltttrlj ®ook. 
fWri’ten expressly for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH: 
A REMINISCENCE OF THE BAR. 
BY EDWARD WEBSTER, ESQ. 
[Concluded.] 
At length the time arrived for the sitting 
of the criminal court. The grand jury were 
empannelled and found an indictment ol 
grand larceny against Miss Kendall, and the 
cause was set down ior trial on the next day 
but one. At the opening of the court on 
the day of trial, a dense crowd that had been 
waiting around the door rushed in and filled 
everv node and corner ot the spacious court 
room. Hope and fear, anxiety and doubt 
and curiosity were depicted on every counte¬ 
nance. The prisoner’s appearance, unlike 
the calm and dignified demeanor we are apt 
to associate in our imaginations with inno¬ 
cence, in a trying scene like this, was pale 
and agitated; shame and fear, and grief were 
written on every lineament ot her wan face. 
Her father, a white haired old man was sit¬ 
ting by her side, and Counselor M. was con¬ 
sulting with them, while the crier was ma¬ 
king order in the court, and the clerk was 
empanneling a jury to try the cause. I lie 
District Attorney then proceeded to open 
the case on behalf of the people, and stated 
in substance tfcat lie expected to prove by 
circumstantial evidence, beyond fill reason¬ 
able doubt, the guilt of the accused. 
The clerk of the corporation was first 
called and sworn. He testified that on the 
Saturday before the arrest of the prisoner, 
he had been paying off the operatives in the 
mill—that he had taken from the safe about 
the amount of funds necessary for that pur¬ 
pose, in packages of from one to five hun¬ 
dred dollars—that all of the bills paid out 
were upon a Lowell Bank, but that in addi¬ 
tion to the sum paid he had taken from the 
safe a package, in a brown paper envelope, 
of fivo hundred dollars, in tens and twentys, 
on the Globe Bank of Boston, which were 
lying on his desk inside the railing that 
fenced off his place of business from the 
rest of the office—that the prisoner was the 
last of the operatives who were paid that 
day; and that after having received her 
money, she sat down beside a table to make 
an entry in a small book in her possession— 
at which time he stepped out of the office 
for a few moments, and on his return she 
was gone, and the package of money had 
also disappeared. The witness was here 
shown a torn envelope marked as follows : 
“ $500,00—$10’s-$20’s-Globo Bank.” He 
identified it as the envelope of the missing 
package, and.the writing was in his own 
hand. 
Julia Mason was the second witness called 
by the prosecuting officer. She testified 
that she was an operative in the same mill, 
and boarded in the same house with the 
prisoner. That on the day but one after 
the money was abstracted she had gone out 
shopping in the city, and by mistake had 
taken Miss Kendalls’s reticule instead of her 
own, as they were much alike. That on her 
return, in removing the articles she had pur¬ 
chased, the envelope introduced in court 
was found under them, but the seal was bro¬ 
ken and no money in it; and that she im¬ 
mediately called the attention of the clerk 
of the corporation to the fact and gave the 
paper to him. 
The express agent testified that about the 
same time, a package of five hundred dol¬ 
lars was deposited in the office, directod to 
J. Kendall,-, New Hampshire, and by 
him forwarded to its destination ; but by 
wliom deposited it was impossible for him to 
tell. 
The next witness’ name was Miller. He 
was employed as a second foreman by the 
corporation,—had a reputation for low cun¬ 
ning. and was universally disliked. He was 
a man who it was generally believed would 
sacrifice friendship and honor for his own 
advancement, and who had shown himself, 
in more instances than one, vindictive and 
revengeful to the last degree. It was known i 
in confidence to a few, that he was a reject- j 
cd suitor of Miss Kendall, and that he had , 
sworn he would be revenged on her—that if j 
any other man ever made her his wife it 
should only be after she had been disgraced j 
forever. It was also whispered, that he had , 
lately been paying marked attention to Julia 
Mason, who had sworn to the finding of the 
envelope. Miller testified that on the after¬ 
noon the larceny was committed ho was 
passing across the yard near the office; that 
lie saw the clerk come out, and in a few mo¬ 
ments after the prisoner likewise; that on 
seeing him she appeared confused and 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 public 
and Miss Kendall arrested. 
Old Mr. Kendall was now called to the 
stand. The old man came forward with a 
faltering step. Although he felt in his own 
soul that his daughter was innocent of any 
crime, he feared and believed that the weight 
of his own testimony would seal her fate.— 
After being sworn, the District Attorney en¬ 
quired :—“ Did you on or about the 20th 
day of August last, receive a package of 
money by express from this city i Answer, 
—“ I did.” “ How much money did it con¬ 
tain, and of what denomination were the 
bills ?” “Five hundred dollars in ten’s and 
twenty’s.” “ Did any communication ac¬ 
company the money; and if so, what was 
it ?” “A few lines, merely. I was-directed 
in the subpoena to bring it into court. This 
paper is the one.” Its contents were as fol¬ 
lows : 
“ Aug. 20, 1?—. 
Dear Sir: —Please apply the accompanying 
five hundred dollars towards the satisfaction of the 
mortgage on your farm, and oblige one interested 
in you and — Yours.” 
Question, by the District At torney,—“ Is 
that your daughter’s hand writing ?” “ I 
cannot say positively : it is not her ordinary 
hand.” “ Do you think it is her hand dis¬ 
guised ?” “ I can conceive no reason why 
she should disguise her hand to me.” “ An¬ 
swer the question that I put, and do not com¬ 
ment upon or evade it.” 
The old man really supposed the money 
had come from her, and consequently, as 
the writing bore some faint resemblance to 
hers, he had made up his mind on its recep¬ 
tion that it was his daughter’s. There was 
a struggle in his breast at the repetition of 
the question. He cast an imploring look 
upon the unrelenting questioner, and then 
turned his eyes slowly and sorrowfully on 
his daughter’s face. He suppressed his 
emotions however, in a moment, and then 
answered slowly and distinctly—“ I should 
call the writing hers.” “ What Bank were 
the bills upon T The counsel for the defence 
objected to the question on the ground that 
the bills themselves should be produced in 
court as the best evidence on that point: but 
the prosecution removed the objection by 
proving that the hills had passed through 
several hands since, and had finally been ta¬ 
ken west by a drover to purchase cattlo, 
and that it was impossible to produce them. 
Answer—“ I cannot recollect the hank.” 
“ 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 a leading question of the most 
objectionable character, and put too, by the 
examining party to one of his own witness¬ 
es. The court overruled the objection and 
suspended the general rule, on the ground 
that the witness, though no doubt honest, 
was from tlie very nature of the case, and 
by reason of his connection to the prisoner, 
an unwilling witness. The old man cast 
another imploring look upon the District 
Attorney, hut lie disregarded the silent ap¬ 
peal, as it was his duty to do, and pressed 
the witness for an answer. “ I cannot swear 
positively,” replied tho witness, “ hut I think 
that was the bank.” “You say, then, that 
you have no doubt they were upon the 
Globe Bank ? “ Oh, no ! no ! I did not say 
that!—1 cannot positively say, but I think 
they were ! I would not perjure myself to 
save my child.” 
The old man buried his face in his hands 
and wept bitterly; and many an eye in that 
crowded court room was moist in sympathy 
with the father’s distress. The prosecution 
here rested their cause. 
Counselor M. in behalf of the prisoner 
addressed the jury briolly in opening the de¬ 
fence. He said that as to the commission 
of the crime by some one, there could bo no 
doubt. That a chain of circumstances, part¬ 
ly accidental, and partly resulting from a 
coincidence of independent events, highly 
proper and commendable in themselves, and 
which he trusted ho should be able to satis¬ 
factorily explain, connected with a deep laid 
scheme of fraud and villainy, involving in 
another not only the crime here charged 
upon an innocent and unoffending girl, 
an 
whose character up to this time had been 
above reproach, hut also the deeper and 
more damning crimes of conspiracy and 
perjury most foul. That ho trusted with 
the aid of facts within the knowledge of the 
defence, and of unimpeachable evidence 
which he should be able to produce, not only 
to explain away all evidence on the part of 
the prosecution that made against the pris¬ 
oner, and to set her character in its pristine 
purity before all men, but also to fix the 
double guilt beyond all doubt upon the real 
party. That if he should succeed, as he an¬ 
ticipated, in shielding a really innocent per¬ 
son from the mistaken vengeance of of¬ 
fended justice, it would be all the reward he 
asked; and he trusted in God and tho right¬ 
eousness of the cause in which lie was en 
gaged, to be able to show the character of 
the accused as pure and spotless as the 
noonday sun in heaven. 
There was a breathless stillness through¬ 
out the court house during the progress of 
these remarks. The confident manner in 
which they were uttered, in the face of tes¬ 
timony so astounding, and which had carried 
conviction to almost every mind of the pris¬ 
oner’s guilt, awakened a redoubled interest; 
and caused a painful idea in the minds of 
the more reflecting, that possibly in the 
silent working of their own thoughts, they 
had condemned the prisoner too soon. 
The gentleman who had held the mort¬ 
gage was the first witness called by tho de¬ 
fence. He came into tho court room a few 
moments before, with tho drover to whom 
he had paid the money, accompanied by 
William Johnson, who, it now came out, had 
been to seek him in Ohio, and bring him 
back as a witness in tho cause. The mort¬ 
gagee testified to the payment by him to the 
drover of the same bills he had received of 
tho prisoner’s father, but lie could not iden¬ 
tify the bank. The drover, however swore 
positively that they were on the Granite, 
and not on the Globe Bank,—that he noticed 
and remembered them particularly, as tens 
and twentys, check letter “B,” and that he 
had paid them out for stock in small amounts 
at a time, except two or three of tho bills 
which were then in his possession, and which 
he produced in court. After having been 
searchingly cross-questioned by the District 
Attorney without varying in the least from 
the previous statement, he wafipermitted to 
withdraw, and William Johnson was called 
upon the stand. After having been shown 
the letter which accompanied the package 
of money sent to the prisoner’s father, he 
was asked: 
“ itave you ever seen that letter before ?” 
“ Yes.” 
“ Can you, or can you not identify the 
hand ?” 
“ I can; I wrote that letter myself, and 
sent it with tho money which accompanied 
it to Mr. Kendall. I drew it from the Gran¬ 
ite Bank of Boston, on a check in my own 
name. From motives of delicacy, it was 
kept a secret at the time; and when I ex¬ 
plained it to the counsel for tho defence, by 
his advice it has been kejit a secret until 
now.” 
There was confusion and excitement in 
the court room, and it was some time before 
quiet could be restored. He said, in answer 
to the District Attorney on the cross-exam¬ 
ination, that he had no secresy or delicacy 
about the matter now; that ho had been for 
some time engaged to the prisoner at tho 
bar, and that, unknown to any one, he had. 
taken on himself tho privilege of discharg¬ 
ing the indebtedness of a man whom he had 
known and honored in early life, and who 
was the father of his intended wife. The 
Teller of the Granite Bank fully corrobora¬ 
ted tho drawing of the funds by Johnson, 
and produced the identical check on which 
they had been drawn. 
Miss Mason was now re-called, and asked 
if she had lately purchased a shawl of Camp 
bell & Co.; to which she answered that she 
had, and that the price was twenty dollars. 
Question.—“ Of whom did you receive the 
money you paid for it ?” Answer.—“ Ot 
Miller, one of tho witnesses for the prosecu 
tion.” The clerk of Campbell & Co., pro¬ 
duced the bill, which was paid by the last 
witness for the shawl, and it was identified 
as one of those which had been stolen. Mil¬ 
ler was seen at this moment to bo making 
for the door, in evident haste and confusion; 
hut the eyes of the whole court were directed 
towards him, and he was immediately taken 
into oustedby a warrant from the Bench. 
The trial was suspended for a short time, 
while a search was made of his apartment, 
and nearly all of the missing money was 
found in the bottom of his trunk. The cause 
was then submitted without argument or 
chargo, and tho jury at once returned a ver¬ 
dict of “Not Guilty.” 
The most intense excitement prevailed 
throgh the city. A crowd assembled before 
the jail, threatening to seize tho villain, Mil¬ 
ler, 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 Johnson, sent up a 
loud, long, cheer to heaven, that made the 
welkin ring again. The Counselor and his 
fair client, with her father and Johnson, 
were placed in a coach from which the hor¬ 
ses were unharnessed, and drawn by the 
ready hands of excited men, in triumph to 
their homes. 
Miller and Julia Mason were indicted for 
a conspiracy, and their trial set down for 
that very term of tho court; but a nolle 
prosequi was entered in her behalf, on con¬ 
dition that she would disclose the plot. She 
said that Miller had promised her marriage 
on conditions involving her own dishonor, 
and had afterwards refused to fulfill them. 
That he hdd subsequently renewed his 
promises with the most solemn protestations, 
in case sho*would lend her aid in fixing the 
lai-ceny which he himself had committed, 
upon Miss Kendall—in order as lie said, to 
avenge an insult he had received at her 
hands—and 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 in the hope of re¬ 
trieving her own disgrace, and that sho had 
placed the envelope, which was given her by j 
Miller for that purpose, in the place where ■ 
she testified that it was found. 
Miller was tried, found guilty, and sen¬ 
tenced to State Prison for ten years; Coun¬ 
selor M.’s reputation was established as a 
celebrated criminal lawyer; and Lucy Ken¬ 
dall, with unblemished character, was re¬ 
stored to her father, her lover, and her 
friends. 
“ Attempt the end, and never stand to tkmbt; 
Nothing’s so hard, butsearcli will find tt out.” 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
ILLUSTRATED REEUS.-No. 
Answer next week. 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
POETICAL, ACROSTICAL ENIGMA. 
Fifteen letters in prose. 
My whole will compose. 
My 1, 13, 4 is what we should abhor, 
My 2, 10, 14 self is apt to look out for, 
My 3, 11, 13, 10 conveys the source of life, 
My 4, 10, 3, 5 is apt to engender strife. 
My 5, 9, 15 assents to what you say. 
My 6, 13, 1 prevents wear and decay, ’ 
My 7, 15, 4 will keep an armor bright. 
My 8, 5, 11 is seldom used aright, 
My 9, 14, 1 makes a very savory mess. 
My 10, 6, 15, 4 is what we all possess. 
My 11, 5, 14 wc do not wish to lose, 
My 12, 6, 1, 4 scarce has, or needs its use, 
My 13, 3, 5 you must shun or bear the blame. 
My 14, 3, 13, 1 is what we should disclaim. ' 
My 15, 13, 10 is that of which we should beware. 
My whole reveals a precept well worthy of our 
care. 
Gates, Monroe Co. N. Y. t. 
jgjy'" Answer next week. 
PISCATORIAL ENIGMA. 
ikmotoits miii IniMino. 
YANKEES AND YANKEE WIVES. 
BY REV. . 1 . riERPONT. 
Here dwells a people—by their leave I speak— 
Peculiar, homogenous, and unique, 
With eyes wide open, and a ready ear, 
Whate’cr is going on to see and hear; 
Nay, they do say, the genuine Yankee keeps 
One eye half open when he soundest sleeps— 
Industrious, careful how he spends his cash— 
(Though when he pleases he can “ r ut a dash”)— 
Quick at his business, in the field or shop, 
He’ll traffic with you,—buy, or sell, or “ swap;” 
And, if you get the better in the “ trade,” 
You earn your money, and your fortune’s made. 
Think you to joke him, as you cross his track? 
The chance is with him, that lie’ll joke you back; 
And if your shaf. goes nearer to the spot, 
Than his, we’ll dub you an accomplished shot. 
Or, in this wordy war. should it ensue, 
That the laugh rests not upon him, hut you, 
And, feeling galled that, in a bout at wit, 
He’s given, and you have got the harder hit. 
Should you in wraih, attempt to tweak his nose, 
Or with your boot-heel grind his bootless toes; 
Or should you, rather, in your fight enlist 
A single barrel than a double fist, 
For either job,—a battle or a spat, 
The Yankee’s ready—if it comes to that. 
He loves his labor, as he loves his life; 
He loves his neighbor, and he loves his wife; 
And why not love her ? Was she not the pearl 
Above all price, while yet she was a girl ? 
And has she not increased in value since, 
Till, in her love, he’s richer than a prince ? 
Not love a Yankee wife! what, under Heaven, 
Shall he love, then, and hope to be forgiven ! 
So lair, so faithful, so intent to please, 
A ‘‘help ” so “ meet” in health or in disease, 
A counselor at once so true and wise, 
Bound to, his heart by so endearing ties, 
The cheerful sharer of his earthly lot, 
Whether his home’s a palace or a cot, 
Whether she glides her Turkish carpet o’er, 
Or sweeps, hare-footed, her own earthen floor; 
The guardian angel, who shall hold him up, 
While passing near the Tempter’s couch or cup ! 
Not lme his wife, so constant, and so true ! 
Of all unfaithful wives, how very few 
Are there, or have there been, who made their bed, 
’Twixt Byram River’s mouth and Quoddy’s head! 
And then, such house-wives as these Yankees make; 
What can’t they do? Bread, pudding, pastry, cake, 
Biscuit and buns, can they roll, mould, and bake. 
All they o’er see; their babies, their singing birds, 
Parlor and kitchen, company and curds, 
Daughters and dairy, linens and the lunch 
For out-door laborers,—instead of punch— 
The balls of butter kept so sweet and cool, 
All the hoy’s heads, before they go to school, 
Their books, their clothes, their lesson, and the ball. 
That sho has wound and covered for them—all 
All is o’erseen!—o’erseen!—Nay it is done, 
By these same Yankee wives;—If you have run 
Thus far without one, towards your setting sun, 
Lose no more time, my friend,—go home and speak 
for one! 
During a steam voyage, on a sudden stop¬ 
page, considerable alarm took place, especi¬ 
ally among the female passengers. “What 
is the matter ? tell me the worst,” exclaim¬ 
ed one more anxious and frightened than 
the rest. A hoarse voice from the deck re¬ 
plied, “Nothing, madam, only tho bottom 
of tho vessel and the top of tho earth are 
stuck together.” 
A Reason. —“What is the occasion of Dr. 
Z.’s practice tailing off?” queried a man of 
a friend to the doctor. “ Why,” returned 
the man, “ tho doctor was quite gallant and 
handsome once; but those days have gone 
by—he has lost his reputation as such—so 
the ladies have turned against him, and con 
sequently his practice is down.” 
The Flower of Politeness. —There is 
now growing at a nursery ground in Chel 
sea, a Victora Regia, so gigantic as nearly 
to fill up the garden. A person of ceremo¬ 
nious habits, in passing the flower, put it 
gently aside exclaiming at the same time, 
‘Now, then, by your leaf.” 
I am composed of seven letters. 
My 1, 2, 3, 4 is a fine kind of fish. 
My 4, 5, 6, 5, 3 was a noted fisherman. 
My 7, 4, 3, 2, 6 is a small fish. 
My 7, 4, 5, 2, 3 is used in fishing. 
My 1, 5, 6, 2, 1, 5, 2 is a class of fish. 
My whole are often bound, down-trodden, and 
sometimes whipped. c. 
Answer next week. 
GRAMMATICAL ENIGMA. 
A person with his cane did write upon the sand 
“ From nature I received ten fingers on one hand 
Therefore! have five and twenty on hands and feet 
If I take the sum of fingers and toes complete.” 
N. B. In order to read the above lines they 
should at first be punctuated carefully. s. t. 
t^T Answer next week. 
A CHARADE. 
My first sometimes is but a noise, 
Sometimes a bird, that oft destroys, 
My last is bettered by a gate. 
My whole will raise a heavy weight. t. 
Answer next week. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 107. 
Answer to Iluustrated Rebus, No. 3: 
Women, wine and cards spoils many a man. 
Answer to a Charade.—Elm, The home of the 
American Oriole. 
Answer to a Model Enigma.—“ Tho best fami¬ 
ly paper in the country.” 
_ Solutions. Culinary Roots: Turnip, Salsify, 
Parsnip, Carrot, Potato. 
Table Fruits: Tomato, Melon, Cranberry, Currant, 
Raspberry. 
Fruit Trees: Plum, Apple, Peach, Pear, Apricot. 
Ornamental and Forest Trees: Maple, Sycamore, 
Pine, Spruce, Beach. 
Garden Flowers: Tulip, Petunia, China Aster, 
Lily, Poppy. 
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