Washington telegraph., 1856-10-15

| 10 that mysterious realm. where each shall
! take
| His chamber in the silent halls of death,
| Thou go. not hike the quarry slave at night,
| ScoUrged TO his dungeon but sustained and
soothed.
Bv unfstering trust, approach thy grave
Like one that draws the drapery of his couch
About him. and lies down TO pleasant dreams.
The Perlls of Temptatl0n-The Crime of
Forgery
Within a short time, several frightful
cases of forgery have occurred in England.
The crime is one of a tempting, and yet
of truly fearful character. 1t may be
perpetrated so easily, by those who are
skillful with the pen, that its enormity and
its consequences are not duly considered
Apparent necessity often urges, while the
demon of evil apologies and persuades--
The wretehed victim endeavors to con-
vince himself that he is only resorting to a
temporary expedient, that he will make
the obligation good in time, that no one
will be injured, and that thus he will es-
cape detection. But In great majority
of cases the result is otherwise; and even
if successful apparently at first, the dan
gerous experiment will be repeated, and
in bolder spirit, until at last discovery
takes place, and with appalling conse-
quences Indeed, first success is more
to be deplored than speedy detection,
and thus an admonitory view of the awful
results that must follow the perpetratiOn
of such a crime. In the case of the cole
brated Sadlier, he went on from step to
step, still involving himself more deeply in
the dreadful labyrinth, until at last his
mind maddened with the horrors before
him, and he committed suicide. Who
can imagine the agony that miserable man
suffered He stood for months as it were
on the brink of precipice- He felt that
sword was suspended over his head by a
single hair. He knew the exposure would
overwhelm him, and such exposure was
looked for every hour. By day and by
night, his mind must have been filled with
anxiety and terror And thus, as he hur-
ried on, wildly, madly, and by the very
! fence, he only increased the difficulties and
dangers by which he was surrounded, and
rendered escape still more impossible
At last discovery took place, and he hur-
ried into the presence of his Maker. Then
the commercial world stood aghast at the
extent of the frauds that had been perpe-
trated, and many who had trusted i'm
mense amounts, found that they were ru-
ined. The first false step was full of dan
ger. It is especially SO. as relates to the
crime of forgery The signatures that are
counterfeited, pass into other hands. and
the moment they are beyond reach or re-
call, the criminal feels that he has viola
ted the law. that his future is full of clouds
and darkness, and that exposure, disgrace,
arrest, conviction and the penitentiary, ali
loom fearfully before him. 1t is rarely
that the mind can bear up under such an
accumulation OF apprehension The chan
ces are ten to one, that dissipation will be
resorted to, that temporary insanity will
enue. and that despair, desperation and
death by self-murder, will wind up the
melancholy drama. The very first whis-
per of such crime, its slightest intIma-
ton should be resisted and repelled as
something terrible. The mistake with too
many is, to mis-appreciate or under-rate
the magnitude of the offence. They can
not see the full enormity and its awful
consequences Nay, they wilfully blind
their eyes and thus deceive themselves
They lull themselves into belief that all
will be we'll in short time, and that they
will be able, by some extraordinary pro-
cess, to liquidate the obligation before the
time of payment But alas. for such ia
tai delusions. They are rarely realized,
and should be regarded as the temptations
of the Evil One And if realized, the
crime has still been perpetrated. A for
ger, moreover, even if he cOntrive to es-
cape, is always regarded with distrust and
suspicion He has committed the unpar-
donable sin in the commercial world, and
ever thereafter becomes marked man.
The law is severe upon this offence and it
should be So Were it otherwise, the in
ducements of extravaganza and reckless
speculation, would more than out-balance
the apprehensiOns of detection and pun
ishment, and there would be no protection
for society In great commercial commu-
mites, signature is often worth, or equi-
yalent to, thousands and tens of thous-
lands. 1t is therefore not only invaluable,
but it is sacred 1t amounts to the repre-
sentation of property, character, position
ana SldQulu0, anu IL SHOuiu HOt Uc CUuu-
forfeited or falsifed under any circum-
stances. The law has made the peril and
the penalty every way fearful. Neverthe-
less, forgeries are by no means of rare oc-
lcurrence In many cases, too, they are
perpetrated, not with any deliberate de
sign of fraud, but under an infatuated idea
that the necessity will soon pass away
Alas. for such folly, such madness The
wretched being who, under any circum-
stances, resorts to SO fearful an expedient,
so criminal practice, signs the death
warrant of his own character, and offers
himself candidate for ignominy and
shame.-Philodetphid Inquirer.
/ The Nashville Patriot truly says that
Gen. VIM I. Haskell, the eloquent Fill
, more orator, ''is attracting larger audien
ees and creating stronger feeling among
them than any man now speaking in thu
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