Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-10-08

There was no hClp Tor IcnderglSt. The
hundred dollars had to be paid, and also
two hundred dollars of fees and costs be-
sides.
-Four hundred dollars spent in the effort to
recover t." dollars, was rather a serious mat
ter, aud SO it was felt by the original liligant.
lie was mortified, chagr,ued and angry be-
yond measure and unhesitatingly declared
that the witness who had sworn that his son
had Iefl Peters gate open had porjurod him
self. This charge came to the ears Of the
witness, who complained to Peters. That
individual. iuilatcd by three years Of leral
aunoyauces, and feeling, in the diminished
producriyeucss Of his farm, the Elects Of a
diverted mind, had no very kind feelings for
the man who had occasioued him both trou-
Bile and loss.
'Sue him for dcfimation,' lie said to the
witness. III slnd by you. Lay the dam.
ages at five thousand dollars
This advice was taken. in about a week
Pendrrgast was startled by the appearance of
the officer with a writ, summoning him TO
answer, in a criminal prosecution, for defa-
nation Of character. This was a serious mat.
ter, and so he felt it to be. When he called
upon his lawyer, that gentleman looked
grave but promised to defend him TO the Ut
most Of his ability. The loss of the four
hundred dollars in costs of suits and DANA
gey, aud the loss Of an equal amount from
negIecting his farm, more or less, for some
years, had made money matters rather close
with Mr. Pcndergast, who was not what a
broker would cali very substantial. He was
helrtiIy sick Of law, and wished, from the
lfottoiu Of his heart, that he had not been the
fool he was TO get involved in its meshes.
from which there now seemed no hope Of cX-
t%rication. A suit for defamation Of charar-
ter, with damages laid at five thousand dol
lars, especially when he was conscious that
there were more than a dozen persons who
could prove that he had charged the Witness
with perjury, was no joke. Damages of half
the amount, if recovered, would utterly ruin
him. In fact, without selling his farm. he
could not raise five hundred dollars.
But all this fear awaited not. lie had ex-
cited the enmity Of a man whose wrath was
not easily appeased. The suit was rerular.
ly docketed for trial. BY the aid of his law
yer, it was deferred for one or two terms 4;
but there was a limit to this. The case at
last came fairly before the court; witness ac-
ter witness was examined and the evidence
pronounced clear and unequivocal. 1t was
plain that Pendergast would be found guil-
ty.
The trial had occupied two DAYS, and the
SIa,a",I'E "''on,9 anu ue'o'uth' counsel
~ ~ o'Hm"s"' NV! war Vi WORDS 10 a
oo'O'"''o"' nc oouI' u'en adJouIned The
Y "n'' ''e heA' morning. "hen the
oGgr, !, ii L"pelS"s' was 70 maze one more
go to the jury.
: W. ,''o'o "INiouS uhyS tne unhappy man
a M"C Lay "a eonJu'I" Up an '"la 'fonoIe Tor nm
=, "'I MEYER ogioIo spent when night
s" a;i ~ tIoi'lc' ueeP'y depressed IN
II"i' ~ us ''u'5 IeE'e'''hH hlSo"h lOl-
! !" P''Oi ~ n'niot'' III s"cH a desperate
~ ! ca """l'Gu MN ana soon al
I, ~ "''' ~ ne Sr' uo"h 70 me taDie WIN
IL 49, ~ ioui 9Tu"9 c"iidreh' 'Gr
Iv The happti aT,r,I Of hiS Gc o''nS' G.IeeLiuI-
,yy,,s , rIoasant nno ,n ~ H. ~ noino
yyero rtGarn% m Y'', NV 81 anu around ~
years 71r ma,ion, i,,5 m ,'' Ic"atu o.
Of his Lannr ,rajJoJ Tc u.s. '"e't
bero his chIiIIJIron baJ i "ai 'grI
his snot. ho-Lad CondI" Laiiovo% U"'' w.
~ 'o"''J "Ci''NSu' No"'" oe
which heir ewes y' and hearts Wv wo mJ''I ,Hrn a.
E.t now ,Eooro %,,aa ,",o 'u'I'
thread The chance of T. T ra,,,i Ti,S !" ~
session. He locked around n,na IL" h. ;,T,
youpr faces that circled his v,dru Gn,J ha,rJ
IannIv unconscious If ,ho Jna '1 m ~
which lhev yere threatened All Fl. .,
sank within him. He IdnL'd ;o,, -, "."'
HE'D conntennnce If his ".;G, ' ",J G GH "
filed with ,ears. 4 fw ,nnniLLGI, ~ ~
were ealcn merely for ,nnaaranna, w. 'ILor
il passed aIonr his nairniie wi'ho,, 'l"o "u'
sirn of its n]ec1Iiar aayor N l,nv IL ti1 e.
had he felt So wretcbrd. Nav c,nr ifIi,
IVA sunbeam was HE orn CG, '.e"I "e !, ~
- '"~ no Nv ~ WY apparent ~
his mind. The imperative demand which
he had made upon his neighbor for damares.
he saw aud felt was am unjust demand. far
he and his were far more to blame for the
loss Of his corn, trining in reality. than Pc
tiers had been. SO much for haste and mas
sion! but consciousness of error came too
late. lie had sapped the foundations Of his
own welfare, and now the ruins were about
falling upon his head.
After tea Peudergast retired to a room
apart from the family, that he might be alone,
The presence Of his wife and children IN.