Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-10-16


Keen dark eye, zoe look CT conta.npt o. T.y.as.
ha.a-sil tss7cks 20 coosciou1ne5l of iaao-
eance1 o5d vAsa he Gsked for whsl purpose be
va cails-, ard vhsih.r there hai bsea any pro-
cess ega!aG hin Upon complaint under call.
ihoy wsrs al cutie oonfounded.
A lawyer Of tbs village Of high and hgacrs-
be Standing offered to assist him Unssked. AZ.
ter consulting with him q few moments, and bo.
ing well convinced thar he wa1 perfectly iauo-
cent he advised him 10 submit % any exawina.
ton they wished; and TIE first question was that
he should tell who he was and whence he camel
lie simply answered that he was q total stranger
IN the place, and Il ho was a rogue he might as
sumo any name OF any place Of residence, he
could, perhaps, prcduces smoYe satisfactory proof
than his own declaration who and what be was
and taking OF his pocket book, gave il uno-
pened to the j-s,ice. Tlyingham was on the
sharp look oJi, but how be was ihuadcrsiruck on
discovering the name Of Francis S. Jackson as
he propuetor and not only that By abundant
evidences and vouchers, showing that be was the
only son, and tho only surviving heir a, law, Of
William Jackson, Of New York, lately deceas.
ed.
Tigingham begged to speak with him aside.
Bul 10! be had been dragged there as Gprisoner
and fslon, aud be should now see who the fe-
on5 were. lie mad been assaulted in the nigh,
on the highway and demanded that those who
done it might be Immediately secured. All was
confusion. He vas willing, nay, anxious that
his examination should go on-if not that he
mightbs heard on his oath.
The mln who brought him there began to
think Of making of, bat the court ordered the
consta5les 10 take them eli into safe keeping un-
Ill further orders: They then plead for mercy;
stated thar they were ignorantly brought into ths
affair." and actually believed al the time, that tho
stranger was hghwayman, and thai it was their
absolute dJiy to aid in his apprehension, and
that they should have thought they were doing
|"Gcd's service" in putting an end TO his career,
if in no other way BY taking his life.
| At this moment Judge n, owner Of the
red mills, the first judicial officer Of the county,
q very wealthy and highly respectable gentlemen
who had until few years past resided in the ci-
Ity Of New York, rode up 10 the door, and in.
CURED if a gentleman was there by the name Of
Jacksoni B.ing answered in the affirmative, he
dismounted and walked in.
On learning what had been transacted he was
greatly a5;on.shed aud stated 10 the bysanders,
that he had known Col. Jackson from child;
thai his fa,E;r was one Of the most respectable
merchants in New York, immensely rich and
that his only son whom they had treated as a rob-
Der, was one of the best men he ever knew; and
his father being dead, and mother also, he was
now sole heir Of all biz properly, which q.
mounted 10 not less than half a million Of dol
lars; and that he had the day before paid him
lwo iagliaad collars on q debt due his fathers
estate FOR the properly which he possessed, being
purchased Of h,m whi.e living. He wanted 10
know Hhlt Col. Jackson had done, and wha. rga-
son they had for susPeciiDg him a villain.
Mr.. Jackson rel aled the whole rise and pro-
gress Of the affair, and every particular, not loy-
getting TO give Iiyinghana his true character, and
Inc uuspeaka5.e distress which his avarco and
his hopes Of oblaing Sophia, had brought upon
Nr. Thompson aud his family. At The same
Ionctug5, in came the wife and daughter. lead
ing between lhem the feeble and emacalad nus
band and father.
Mr.. Jackson flew % his embrace, and the un.
tortunc:. man was quite overcome with joy,-
Tears GAd the la.,adng accents Of gratitude, a.
tested his feelings. He had sal down for he
could not stand, and The wife and the daughter
and the son, were overpowered BY the E.sl Of
sympathy, as they heard Mr.. Jackson I-.l Mr..
Thompson tina. he was free from all his embar'
ra5smen;s, ard ,ha, provisions would be imme-
diately ma3eto restore them 10 their former stan.
ding; handing Mr.. T. at the same time q hand
ful Of bank notes for his present necessities.
Mr.. Jackson had seen the sheriff and ordered
him discharged; and his feelings were more in.
tense Than ever, when he found out that the liule
hut in the pine woods had been consumed the
night before, and what keen distress had follow
ed in consequence.
Ii there is any heaven en- earth, tits that which
benevolent man enjoys, when in the godlike act
of relieving the distres5es of his fellow beings
and when surrounded by the objects Of his re-
lief. Auanquil joy, holy rapture, comes over
the soul, and the "slill small voice Of peace
whispers 10 his conscience "well done thou good
and faithful servant
This serene paradise Mr. Jackson was now
enjoying, heightened by the additional anticiPa-
; ton Of seeing them all more happy yet. Sophia
appeared more interesting than ever.
For beanty's tears are Ovelier than her smiles"
and hers were the efusion of gratitude and JOY.
He's sat, not staring, but now and then casting a
mild look Of con.emplative regard on the object
Of their solicitude.
Sophia was not one Of those ideal beauties that
, could break all hearts at a glance; but she was
: one Of nalure's finest models in female form.
She had
: "An eye as when the blue sky trembles through
"a cloud OF purest white,"
B. and certain expression of countenance that be-
tokens the tenderness, the delicacy and The puri-
e ty of she soul within.
o "-Her shape was harmony
: But eIoquence beneath her beauty fails"
: All was silent. Mrs. Thompson however a.
rose, and ven,ured 10 take MIR. Jackson by the
a hand. She recognised the boy that had been fre.
e Quently at her house in New York, but she had
h not seen him since a man, until she saw him al
d The cottage in the Pine Woods. She knew his
father and his mother, both now in a better world
They had kneeed together round the altar, in
9 holy communion.
+ The scene was pathetic, and drew forth the