The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-07-17

perceptble movement for years, had REL
ceived amysterious energy from the cur
rent of feeling that stirred his whole being.
Every eye was now turned to father ;"I
mother and children gathered round him,
and embraced him, the wilhered arm fell,
but from the tongue rose as joyful thanks
giving as ever burst from grateful, re
lieved, faithful heart.
"Well-good night, friends, good nightp
said Colonel Miles, L 60 home the hap
piest man in Berkshire-except you, Hath
away.o
aOh, no, stay with us and eat supper"
replied Hathaway. "We'll have the best
Thanksgiving in Massachusetts"
"The table is set already," he added, with
his habitual chuckling laugh; and ''Do stay
do stay, dear colonel came from mother,
Charles and Ruth. But the colonel could
on no account stay: s'His own wife and
children were waiting at home," he said
Sand now he began to think considerable Of
them and what decent father ever staid
from his own children Thanksgiving Day.
And with the showering thanks aud bless
ings Of the Hathaways, he departed. There
are moments when the outer crust of the
undemonstrable Anglo-American breaks
away, and shows the glowing fires beneath
il.
Now it was, that all Miss Emma Gardi-
ner's bountiful provisions came into play.
The reheated turkey, oysters, mince-pie
and pumpkin-pie, tarts, and sauces, melted
away before the keen appetites Of our hap
py family. Rulh's cake alone was set aside
"Mr. Henshaw, she said in low voice TO
her mother, "talked Of coming up the next
day." Hathaway averred, as he asked for
another and another bit, that he had not
eaten full meal since Ruth went away Il
his good wife said every mouthful had tasted
bitter; and Ruth did not believe anything
could taste good in New York But these
were only parenthetical remaI ks, while every
particular Of their late experience was re-
lated Our brief summary must be in
strong contrast to the diffuseness of our
| friends.
It seemed that on the day preceding that
on which Charles was to have his trial, a
treacherous friend Ct noted young wo-
man, one Matilda johnson, came to Hen
shaw, and told him, that if he would 60 10
the theatre that evening, he would see Otis
Jackson in the pit-that Otis would Join
Matilda Johnson as she came down from
the gallery, when the play was overland
that this Matilda would wear certain
shawl, which had been missed from Brown
y Wilson's few days previous to Charles
Hathaway's committal. Henshaw accord
ingly went to the theatre with Sandley.-
police-ofhcer, well acquainted with Miss
Matilda, was directed to keep his eye on
her.
Everything went right The miserable
parties were fOiiUwrd ~ tiluir ivJdginE.
Henshaw identified the shawl. Various
other articles, subtracted from the shop oil
Messrs. Brown and Wilson, were found
among Miss Johnson's fine clothes; and
she, and the wretched young man whom
she had caught in her tolls and ruined,
were committed - the tombs. jackson
confessed that he thrust into Charles pocket
the stolen goods found there. and Charles
was, Of course, dismissed honorably without
q trial "Even Messrs. Brownan Wilson, p
Ruth said, in concluding the story, chad the
grace to say they were sorry for what had
happened; and they offered Mr.. Henshaw
and Charles much better terms than they
were on before, if they would return to
them but Mr., Henshaw is nota man to be
whistled off and on at the pleasure Of
Messrs. Brown and Wilson. He is already
engaged at the first shop in the city, where
they have fired prices - where, he says, they
despise the Brown and Wilson fashion, Of
asking one price and taking another Of
telling the customer that goods cost more
than they really did cost that they have
sold them for what they never did sell them
for-or that some Grandee, Mrs. So-and-
| So, has bought suchand shat there is not
another in the shop, or in the city '--or any
other of those contemplate lies by which
dishonorable dealers impose on foolish wo-
men and by which, Mr.. Henshaw says,
father, they corrupt their clerks and, teach
ling the poor boys to lie for them, itcannot
be wondered at if they end in stealing for
themselves,
1 "And it does not end there" said Mr.
Hathaway 'slhe covetousness, tricking, and
lying, that are practised in small dealings,
are carried into larger ones. Our good name
isendangered and our country degraded. The
Browns and Wilson's became spectators
and regulators. Henshaw is sensible
man, Ruth"
81 guess he is, father; and true friend.
There was nothing that could be thought
of that he did not do for us, and crowned
/ it all, at the last, "-and little Ruth struck
her hands joyously together ''by getting
Charlie post next to himself in the shop
off. 4. Stcpdrt & Cot"
The Government paid one factory in Pittsburs
during the year ls45, near 100000 for big guns
| and missiles If war