Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-06-12

away ones breath by their magnitude; and, in
short. / was sick of the whole affair, and deter
mined to wait for the morning paper, which viii
tell us all about it. But bark Ia double knock
Il wonder whether it is for us.'' e sa' ~
ut is Jones's knock-with little additional
flourish, but could swear to the substance
and presently the room door opened, and the
servant announced, "Mr JONES' ts. s..t 81;
Jones was smart fellow, some years young
er than our friend; he had a look of business in
his face, as if he knew what he was about: but
on the present OCCASION this seemed to be man.
tied over with an air of satisfaction, which sur
prised the lady very much. She had expected
to find him pale, haggarc, anxious-looking and
the horrid little woman could not help feeling
disappointed. ," " e's
"And so. Mr.. JONES'" said she, when the
greeting s were over, and they were all three
Sc ated eound the fire, II am told you have be.
come quite prosperous man." "a sE.-s.
THAT is true" replied he. ,.. ........
And therefore, no doubt, tranquil-happy
-satisfied-easy- minded mani"
"All true f@7 & e..
"Then you have, of courses heard of your last
venturel" 7r 4.
Yes; it is all gone. money and gains, every
shilling" -. 81. ..--.'. s., go. 4
"Ahd the large sums you have got the use Of, y
put in the husband-"all that is settled"
"Quite settled; have refused to take it. In
short, am just hundred pounds worse than I
was eight months-ago that is, in money"
And in what else are you worse? l hope
you have no bills out, or other obligations!'
"No; | alluded to the want of comfort at
home, to the want of regular sleep, to the want
OF quiet thoughts; all this have been minus for
eight months. But the worst time have had
was between the inquests; for the opportunity
that was before me of making an attempt to re-
trieve my loss, and on a scale so large as to of
fer the chance of enormous gain, was tempta-
lion could hardly stand, and it shook my mind
till it tottered." utfs.t.1 .f. If ~ tlt.s7,
what had the inquest to do with it, said
the husband, looking down, for he could hardly
felt impellsd to ask the question. aa
"Come, come" replied his friend, almost
sterny," have done with affecttaion. ouknow
what the inquest had to do with it. The time
was when that wretched man was as comfOrta-
BILE as yourself; and he might have remained so
if he had only been satisfied with the risk of
losses he could bear.'' H9l rs aul g?
eff all men were so satisfied" said the hus-
band doggedly, "what would become of the COM
msrcial greatness of England?" as'2 i'o '',j,
'The commercial greatness of England would
be far more secure than it's, founded on reality
instead of illusion. | tell you there is not a
business failure in the country, however incon-
which does not so far affect our pros
perity; and it does SO, because nearly all bust
ness failures, however honest the immediate
bankrupts may be, are traceable in their ulti-
mate causes, to that want of integrity which
speculates at the expense of other people, pock-
citing the gains, if any, and throwing elsewhere
loss Overtrading, as that
want of integrity is mildly called, accompanies
the greatness of England; but it is illogical to
suppose that for that reason is an essential part
of it.. So far from being so, it would not stand
for moment unless it assumed the character,
and received the credit of honesty, thus trading
on lie in more senses than one
"Wel, Mr.. JONES' said the wife, looking
very much pleased, "now do tell us about the
inquest" 7- .'i7s
''All the rumors are confirmed, by the mans
own written confession of guilt that makes
ones brain reel l foresee, however, that the
moral guilt will be measured by the pecuniary
amount, and that the pressure of circumstances
which would evtenuate the crimes of on ordi-
nary malefactor, will have no effect in lessening
the public adherence of the forger of million.
For my own part, do not see that the amount
has much to do with the question, further than
that the mind of the tempted is not so much
startled by the idea of n small fraud, as of a
large one, and, therefore, not so apt to consider
seriously the nature Of the guilt"
That, think, is very just; but tell us what was
the course of the unhappy man; what were the cir
which led him on to destruction? You
must know, my husband and | are personally inter
estcd i'll the question; for him alive, and had
a great deal of conversation about him, and
And soemnly wished broke in the husband
Hush, John, not word!-for am anxious to
hear MIR. Jones'
Il have little to tells He was provincial attorney
in Ireland, in very moderate business, but being
man of talent and frmness of character, he in
in establishing bank in the county, and
became q person of consequence. He at length felt
his field to be too SMALL and in evil hour came
London where his connection with the bank introdu
ced INN at to the spectators and capitalists Of
the city and this led to large business pariamen
tary agent, and to his becoming chairman Of the d.
rectors of a great joint stock bank in London The
road of ambition now fairly opened. He got into
parliament made himself the leader in the Irish Brig.
ade; then deserted his party. and became Lord of
the Treasury. In the meantime, he was very busy
with the encumbered Estate Bill and having procur-
ed from the commissioners under it almost unlimited
authority, he organized an association in England
for purchasing, and afterwards selling to enormous
advantages, properties sold in the Encountered Els
tate Court He now became chairman of the Swedish
Railway arranged new insurance company estab-
lished newspaper of his own in Dublin, and plum
gng deep into the English, Italian, Spanish and Am.
ercan Railway. This is the rough outline; but when
and where the pressure first began when this origi
naly obscure and moneyess man found that he could
not pursue such schemes without funds; and what
were the precise circumstances that originated his
crimes, and led him on, step by step to perdtion is
not yet known. 1t is known however that he obt IN
ed meney, on the security of forged titles from the
Encountered Estates Court He fabricated shares of
the Swedish Railway to the amount OF quarter of a
millions and besides the assignments of numerous
deeds he held in trust he forged private individ-
uas to the amount of at least fl0o,000. ..s.
What gigantic criminal cried the young wife
can it be that il is the same man we saw paying the
coachman a shillingr $50 VIZ
1t appears that for some time he must have con.
tempated his violent release from the fever of mind
in which he had lived long But at length the
cason came, the occasion came, the forgery of one
Of the Encountered Estates deeds was the ev 9 of
discovery, and the wretched man went forth from his
own house in the dead ofnight with the instruments
was at length broken by the husband
All this is very dreadful, Jones' said he but the
case is not different, except regards magnitude
from numerous other cases of a similar kind Why
should it have greater effect than theylf. s6aGE
On the same principle that sleeper is awakened
by the crash of thunder, who would not hear knock
at the street door. This will have an effect which il
il will rouse must be counted by tens and hundreds
Of thousands. Many restless night win this news
give rise to throughout the length and breadth Of the
pale and haggard face.
In many imagination viii the midnight course
Of the suicide be traced his wanderings that
dark heath; and by many a bed side viii stand the
appearance the feess form lying in the deadhouse
Tonight, myself shoad have been visited by these
ancies, if had not laken means to enable me to set
them at defiance. / very thankful and the
speakers voice trembled. q trust that many thou
sands more will receive lesson from the fate of John
sadlier! But must now 60. Good bye-God bless
you so 80. S 81