The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-10-16

here would at least he no harm in rrpIvin.
10 the letter from Charlr~ton.an,l Discovering
in This WAY the real state "i' the a;1tir.
Some DELAY necessarily yo,currcd.">pcrial'v
a> the T. family in i,ncrira were Oh world
sort of pcorlrarcuS-omclto to tran>art business
slowly and m,'holirallv aud with due attrm-
t;on I" the minut.~r points. Bnt At lrn-fh
rclr came. in whish The writer observed.
that il deed of release was drawn ur.>inned
l,v all the parties ron-crnrl N England. ard
transmitted To America. the t;Ao should IN
me,liatrly be forwarded for distribution a
Innrg the members OF the : family Some
lrmur now arose. Some ot the '.nr~onS con-
rrrned growing prudent a> the chances Of
recovering the money appeared TO multirlv.
thought il would he wrong to send the deed
OF release hcforc tn" money had been rcr,cir-
Il. Bnt The ~oliritor had not lcarme,l. in The
practice of h;> r.rof;.~~o~ 90 t,,-rn 80 low m
estimate of human naturc- H.. rorsidrrri
~ontidcn-e in this case 10 be- SvnonymonS with
nrnd"n"r anl n any rate resolved tn take
uHon h;rl>.' the cnr;r,. rr~1,on~iLli,r of' ronl-
living with the wishes "f the Americans
He accordingly Drew up the necessary doru-
mcnt rot il signed lv Is MANY aS n2rtir-ir.a--
el IN h;S views. and sent i; arrn>> the Atla~-
tic, without the slightest ,loult or hesitation
There had l,crn something IN thr rouah
blunt hne>tv of Mr. R-'S letter that in
>,irci in the man of law the utmost reliance
on hi faith. though during the interval which
elapsed between the transmission Of the deed
and the reception Of IN answer from the
States several - Lis friends exhibited Dis
ro>ition to MAX, themselves mo-rv at fhr ev-
rrnsr Of his rhira'rv. Hut when we consider
III The particulars of the ease. rrr ran hardly
iii Ia perceive that h. ran no risk whatever:
for even if the debit had not l.rallv lan>e'.
The peo;le who had retained it in their men.-
orv through three n,rarionS-who had from
father T. ION rnrarti~cd ~-rir.t economy IN ar-
der to relieve Themselves from the burden
who hal. with much ,li.;.rnltr an some cx-
1cn>c sought out The heirs Of their creditors
in a distant country ronld scarcely he ex-
pectcl of any inclination 20 finish off with
franl At last.
Still. ii there was honor on ono side, there
was enlarged confidence on the other and IN
the course of few months. the American
mail brought TO London the famous 5000 lue
since before the War Of independence. The
business now was To divide and di>trihutr =
OF course. each of tie creditors was Iouli n
expressions Of admiration At the honor "a tn.
r. family. whose representative, while for
warlinc the money. asked with much SIM
nj .itv N have a few oil Enrl;<h newspapers
SEPT 10 him liz wqv Of Acknowledgements. For
his own part, however. he experienced
strong desire IN lrhnll some of tie rer- on-
to whom he had paid l,lt IF The last con
turv: and he rave i warm anl pressing IN
vitatinn to anv of them n comr and star as
a., lnn@ a~ they thought proper at his house in
Charleston Had thc invitation hecn accent
ed. We cannot doubt that Rrother Jonathan
would have acted a> hos itahlv in the rlarac
ter II host y he h,havcl honorahly in that
ot' debtor Ii woul have hlcn a niea>urr.
we mGht indeed Sav distinction. 10 1--we un-
der ,le same roo: with Snrh man. whose
very n7me carries u> hack to the primitive
-, times of the colony, VIXEN Charl, >tnn was a
-, citv of the British Empire and English laws.
manners. halit> ana .cclings regulated the
prore,,ling~ AMI relations Of IT, inhabitants.
=, 1t i> 20 lsc hoped, therefore. that the London
- solicitor viii SOM dar drop in fn;ci'v u'''r
his friend in Charleston. To smoke rigar,
=, and discuss old tim,> with him. He NIL in
that case probably fancy himself chatting with
=, a contemporary Of Rip Van Winkle. n"',hr-
:, less there are thousands of <nrh men in the
:, States. where frequently everything that l.
=. c>timalle in the English character is cult,
h, waited with assiluitv,
n Ilow ,he property was Distributed among
rh the :. family in England, we need not Sa,.-
"a Each surviving individual had his or her
re- share The solirtor was only connected witt
i> them l'v marriage; hut with @ool old Eng
10 t~h ideas "l luprightnes> and INTEGRITY, he W.
nh fully able To appreciate the Charleston law
.d vcr'> sentiments. He wonll have done cx
As activ the same himself under similar circum
of stances: and therefore, had the sum beer
tens ot thousands instead of hundreds, II roul'
nd not bc said 10 have fallen into bad hands
os Whether the transaction above notired hl
b. led or not To a continued correspondence Ice
,ry tween the families we are unable 10 sav bH
az We think the creditors in ENGLAND wGnl.i nat
.cd uralv have felt pleasure in exchanging IL
,,J trllrrnre from time 10 time with their wol
"a thy debtors in Charleston. These ihnr-
nc hn,"vcr, are private, and therefore we d
- not intend trench upon thcm.-C Chan'I,rs Il
va> iDi'ugi FpuraGl,
iIv
M, The White Man a Curiosity.