Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-05

The following story is told by the Lon
don Saturday Rtpie.o. ;sl-l
aSot long ago, in rural part of Eng
land. a little girl was in the habit Of steal
ing hurley from a rick. She md her COM
panions persisted il following this pastime
| iu spite of the remOnstranceS and threats
of the owner, and at last he lost patience,
seized on her Rs the oldest of the offend
| ers, and had her brought before the bench
of magistrates. AS it was proves that this
! was not u casual but an habitual 0tfeuGe,
the bench thought fiji to make an example
! of her, and ordered her to pay two shill-
b inRs as R fine, besides the expenses. But
| law, even OF the simplest kind, costs mon
| ey, and the expenses were seventeen shIl-
I lihgs Il was not certain that the friends
\ Of the little thief would lay down a SOW
ereign for her unless some gentle pressure
was exercised, aud it was therefore added
/ to the sentence that, unless the fine and
expenses were paid within a given time,
she should go 70 prison for three weeks
This produced the desired effect, and the
| money was found and paid.
"But the history was not to eud there
! Oue or TWO of the papers that watch the
proceedings OF magistrates with much
| jealousy and suspicion, got hold of the
case. Here whs Ii mOnstT0us outrage on
common sense, aud cruel tyranny of the
rich over the poor. A poor little child
sent to jail for three weeks because the
simple creature, in its play, pulled little
barley, valued Rt twopenCe, nut of a rick.
The writer's of sensation articles eGulted
| in SO telling IL theme, and for once they
produced an effect much greater than usu-
/ ally falls to tile lot of the OHtOs and Bru-
ttuses of journalism. The readers of the
sensation article took il into their heads to
| subscribe far the injured Innocent The
| generosity Of one WAS stimulated by the
| record of that of another. Subscriptions
\ poured in,g and in the entl no less than
| thirty five pounds were collected Nnd hand
/ ed over 10 the friends OF the child.
.Such is the harvest that this lucky lit
tie pirl has reaped from the frtiitfsl soil of
| indignation. Few instances of good luck
could be more surprising She has been
Abe talk, not only of her parish but of al
England She must be famous herself
and it must even be privilege to be con-
nected with her. She will heneeforth be
pointed at in school and church - the cell
\ ebrated Jane Smith, or whatever Ser name
| is, whose wrongs moved England to wrath,
aud set ia motion the pens OF 'PdblicalO
and 'Arislides,' and n Lover OF HOmely
Justice" And she will not only be the
heroine of the parish, but also its heiress.
4 If her ttirty-fiVe pounds are carefully put
out At interest she will have, at least. fifty
pounds by the time she is her own mis-
/ tress. Fifty pounds in hard cash is, among
4 village poor, quite as greata fortune for a
young woman to have as fifty thousand is
for a young lady. Then, il we contrast
the greatness Of tue end with the.smallness
Hnd ignoble charaSter OF the means and
1 6rst surfing Pointof her good fortune, we
get at the true measure of her luck. She
! has suddenly become famous and rich, and
this by simply stealing twOpenuy- worth of
barley None of the poets that have Sung
the fickieness and blindness of fortune had
ever u more telling instance to furnish a
themefor their verses. al
"The lnck of this lucky little thief iSex-
ceeding Ineligible. There are so many
benefits, both Of solid and also Of an or
namentalckind, that she may derive from
liz. Inthe first place, portion OF her
wealth may be spent on her sdncatiou.--
She might even be sent for y quarter of a
\ year TO finishing school at sixteen guin
eas per annum. Then she might get few
books far beyond what most of her friends
| could boast, which would help her to keep
| up what she had Learned, or at any rate
/ sustain her reputation for sIearningJs She
might, fer example, get of those stand
ar1 books priced BY the poor, such as the
'Whole Dnty Of Man, and Is abe w9nld
kprobabIy not feel much inclined to use it,
abe might prudently goito the expense OF
having copy In a handsome bindilg.-
This would be a lasting credit to her, and
would help herin macy ways. We ifaney
rustic lovers would speak much more tim.
or0usly and, dsierentialIy to- q young Yo-
man who was known TO have The Whole
4 Duty Of Man'lln purple moroee6. As an
heiress and hetoineashe would have ali
the young men OF the village at her feet;
aud the pleasure OF suubbiugs soa1ing and
rePclling one lover after aDuther is a,
sweet to- milkmaid as to a princess.-
When she makes dp her mind to settle, IL
q will be she aAd not her husband = VIM nil
rule ths hohse,. provided sheis Wise sn1ugI
70 seen hermoney. and % eheeE Eind Eitn