The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-05-27

'a.i al hs trej1sty. taceG s'nai
iarsn ca the satskists os Tic village,
On .hieA siso thess - . mortgage o.
Sss has3eed dolisrs u cSs,ng 'cr pas
nens. She had eSsne frssn acaae ia
psdsr 10 sssss, in rsssirs tbs necss-s-
~ fssil. To f,as n The meun.efai'ee
~ her labor ia ,lac niii, aud she bias
can,ia assd 10 asrk moS, ,asinssnoasIy
sss that rwiose up to the time ~ten
si.e Circumstances happened which
nave bFo~ght bss under thss anfH'a.
nats suspicion. An my former olsn
loas Of her Worth ate sroEser than
ever, mace the reneual cf our sc4nsio.
'succ asd having becu ia the rcec;i 3,
{ ihrec dollars jsy for the Ias, four
gear.. ani saved 4 large POTION u
ay wages. ! have repeatedly offered
% lend her the bsiaace necessary Ia
pay "A her fathers Indebtedness -
shlch she bas uniformly dccliacd. --
She ~ noa ssfnsci VI stesliu, FROM
he Office Of the corporation a pack
age containing eve hundred dollars
sn tie Globe Bank Of Boston and
has been srrcs,ed on tie charge. The
examination takes lace this afwr.
aeon. snA AIN requested to engage
,oa rs her COUNSEL
-' tie ssv,r r~cvcfcd ~ uarsts me
cirSaln Stances Of the arrest, bnt II is
unnecessary 10 rcpca. them here, rs
they Mil appear In the sequel.
And yea really believe. remark.
Cd the Counsellor. after he had lis,
e,.ed to the narration. that she is Ia
accent o. tao charge =
A itn1cen, as 'hr babe unborn :
(. "onld be wIllns 30 rect my soul =
,'i'a,iou upon II There i. yiliaiuy
- well a, guilt, somewhere, aul | SIS
peci strongly where i, is. | have
morc reasons than ore 10 DC interest,",
ed /" THIS matter, but the frs, of all
ia t. save the innocen! from disgrace
and punishment. aud bcsidcs all that
n, would add ,hs last drop Of bitter.
ness 10 the cup Of sn honorable and
proud 81 nitci old man, WHO has ever
b;cn ready to lend a helping hand to
the di''rcs-ea, and who, years ago,
chec'ed me in my struggles Of ;cn,h
and poverty. |, would bring disgrace
aud sorrow upon a large class of rep.
u,able connections and and and
Wonitl ru. NJ cnl to tue fond an.
tic'rnlions Of certain poison who has
An unusually deep interest in her We!
fare. suggested the Counsellor.
Yes
And yoa have a deep interest in
her wcltorc =
Yes
i suspected rs much. Wha, |
can 10 for her aud you, shall be done.
II shc is really innocent, God ne'p
her il che is guilty, better. far bet.
ter for you to have found it out in
time.
j beg OF YOU replied the young
man, TO Danish all idea Of guilt as con.
nectcd with her. | tell you .ho has
not 50 soon and in he noble cause il,
which shc has been struggling, forgot,
ton the lessons Of her youth. What
ever may be said Of a lawyers ability
10 advocate an unjust cause, ! know
1t Is not n the power of man to do so
with the same zeal, which woulI. in,
spirc him Oh the side Of truth and i!
you do not give full credit to her in,
noccnce HOW, you may do 30 her .af-
ter, when it will be Of no avail
After some further conversation,
tie young man, whose name was W.
johnson, withdrew. and the Counsel
Tor applied himself to the tsk. A,
the hour appointed for the examina
ton hc repaired to the Office Of til,
Magistrate, IN and around which n
crowd was collected. much interested
and excited ,conversing IN sma.l .roup.
uron tn" probabilities Of Ike prisoner 5
guilt. She was sitting in the Office,
deeply affected By the disgrace Of her
Position. She was vel. but rlainly
dressed, of an in.erestin. and in,clli.
gent appearance. but very pale and
her coun'cnance bore e.idun. traces
Of recent weeping. No one could
look upon her without fcclin. inter.
tel N her fa.e, aud no wondc, tia,
the crowd around felt strong syinpa~
ihy IN her behalf. The examira,ion
Mas then commenced, and sufficient
evidence introduced to fix strong guilt
upon the prisoner, ami warrant the
ma rstrs.e IN holding. her to bail II,
The penal sum Of three thousand dol.
lars to answer 10 the char.c Of grand
larceny at the mex. term Of the court.
The prosecution evidently did no, 20
into The case, and the defence, for
some Cause which a, that time wa,
kept secret. introduced no evidence
at all. William johnson. aid two
o'hsrs, also foemcn in the mills, pre-.
scn'ed themselves ana we're accented
as bail,
That evening johnson hal a long
Consultation with tnnr..lI1r N