Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-12-27

uitted by the jury, he was not by the I
own. He saw that in the faces Of some ,
# the jury and most Of the audience
which he was too shrewd an observer to I
He wished it were other
wise; but he was contented to take his
chance Of some subsequent revelation.
and If il came not. Of living down the foul
suspicion which Providence had permit
ted, for some wise purpose, to hover for
time around his name.
But Amos had never thought how he
was to live. The cold looks, avcrted IA. |
ces. and rude scandal Of the neighborhood |
could be borne, because really there was |
stances, and because he hoped that there |
would be a joyful ending Of il all at some |
future day. Bun the loss Of custom first
opened his eyes TO his real situation. No
work came to his shop: he made articles.
but could not sell them; and as the little
money br had saved was necessarily cx
hausted in the unavoidable expenses OF
the trial, the family found it impossible.
with the utmost exeItion and economy, 10
meet their current outlay; one article Of
furniture after another was reluctantly
sacrificed. until at the end Of months Of
degradation and absolute distress, their
bare board was spread within bare walls,
and il became necessary to beg. to starve,
or 10 remove. The Sparks, would have
removed, but they saill chung to the hope
that the real perpetrator would be discov-
cred, and the mystery cleared up; and be-
sides, they thought it would be an ack-
nowicdgmcnt ofthc general suspicion if
they turned their backs and fled. They
lived upon the expectation of the renew
cd confidence and companionshiP OF old
friends aud ncighbors, when Providence
should deem il right to draw the veil aside
Ijut to live longer in Philadelphia was i'm
possible, and the whole family prepared
TO depart; their effects were easily trans
ported, and as they had no credit since the
arrest, there was nobody to prevent them
from seeking a livelihood elsewhere.
Embarking in one Of the river boats,
they passed up the Schuylkill, and settled
at Norristown. The whole family being
industrious and obligng, they soon began
10 gather comforts around them; and as
these were not cmbittered by the cold
looks and insulting snccrs ofthe vicinage,
they were comparatively happy for time
But even here there was for them no per-
mancnt place Of rest. a merchant pass
ing through Norristown on his way from
the capital to the Blue Mountains, recog-
Missed Sparks. and told somebody he
knew, that he wished the community Joy
Of having added to the number Of its in
habitants the notorious locksmith Of Phil.
adclphia. The news soon spread; the
family found that they were Stunned as
they had formerly been by those who had
known them longer than the good people
Of Norristown. and had again fair pros
poet Of starvation opening before them
They crossed the mountains, and de-
scending into the vale Of the Susquchan-
ma, pitched their tent at Sunbury. Here
tho same temporary success excited the
same hopes. only TO be blighted in the bud
by the breath Of SANDER. which seemed
SO widely circulated as 10 leave them hard
" any asylum within the limits Of the
State. We need not cnumcratc the diff
essaycd to gain a livelihood, were suspec
ted, stunned and foiled. They had
nearly crossed the State in its whole
length; been driven from Pitsburg and
were slowly vending their way fnrthe,
west, and were standing on the high
ground overlooking Middleton, as though
doubtful if there was to be rest for the
soles Of their feet even there; they hesita'
ted to try a new experiment. Sparks
seated himself on stone beneath q
spreading sycamorc-his family cluster
ed around him on the grass-they had
travelled far, and were weary; and without
speaking q word, as their eyes met. and
they thought oftheir prolonged sulferings
and slender hopes, they burst into flood
of tears, in which Sparks. burying hi.
face in the golden locks Of the sweet cir
who bowed her head upon his knee joinct
audibly.
Atlength, wiping away his tears. an,
checking the rising sobs that shook hi
manly bosom, Goods will be done, m,
Children" said the locksmith, ..we canno
help weeping, but let us not murmur-
Our heavenly Father has tried and is try
ing US, doubtless for some wise purpose
and if we are still to be wanderers ant
outcasts on earth, let us never loose sigh
of Ills promise, which assures us of an e
icrnal refuge in place where the WICKED
cease from troubling. and the weary are
at rest. l was. perhaps. too proud of tina
skill of mine; too apt to plume myself up
on il above others whose gifts had beer
less abundant; to take all the credit. ant
give none to Him by whom the human
brain is wrought into mysterious adapta
ton to particular sciences and pursuits
NV error has been that of wiser and great
or men, who have been made to feel tina
what we cherish as the richest of earthl,
blessings sometimes turns out curse"
To dissipate the gloom which hung
over the whole party. and beguile the hal
hour that they intended TO rest in that swee
spot, Mrs. Sparks drew.out Philadelphia
newspaper. which somebody had given
her upon the road, and called their atten.
ton to the deaths and marriages, tina, they
might see what changes were taking place
in city that still in terestcd them, though
they were banished forever from its Dor.
ders. She had hardly opened the paper
when her eye glanced at an article which
she was too much excited to read Amos