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The privilege of Annual Advertisers is limited t* their owp regulat.business, and all advertise.;, ments for the !l b ! enent : oi : other persons, as well u attfagal^adTerdsemeHts, \and advertisements •f A,ucdon sales sent in by them must be paid for atuie\ usual rates.' Advertisements, unfess-otherwise. ordered will k« inserted until forbid, and charged, accor- dingly. Advertisements of Exhibitions,- Concerts, &c. to be shacged 50 per cenjj. .in. addition' to the above rates. Notices for Political, Agricultural meetings, Jcc, to be charged in all cases at full rates. AU-A-dvertisements frpm transient persons or b id f i d U itrangers, to be paid for in advance. A. BARSfiS. BUSINESS CARDS. Business Cards inserted at one dollar a line, per annum. If.' B. STLVESTEB, ittorney and Counsellor at Law, Lowville,Lewis bounty N. Y. ly eORJJf.El.IUS E. STEPHENS, VITORXSY & COCSSKLLOR, Lowyille, Lewis coun- ty, X. Y. ' ' • E. S. 9E&REL, Attorney and Comisellor at law, and Solicitor »nd Couneellor in Equity. «1 Copenhagen, Lewis County K. Y. \\ •>; •• \ . 17, •••••:•\\\ •>••• ; ••»••>••••: , mn .- : ..„ BY SHKLI.T. How wonderful is death, Death and his brother sleep! One pale as yonder waning moon* With lips of livid blue, . '••< . The-other, rosy as the morn When throned on ocean's arms;-- Itfblushes o'er the world; Yet both 1 so passing beautiful! the From the St. Lawrence. Republican. .. V n,r e s t ; - : UNREST—at, me! ? tis minfe!-it is mine, snre For lam floating oalife's weary sea, [enough, Without a helm; and yet I am secure enough,. For where should rest the difference with me? I set my sail for every breeze there's pleasure in, Hoping that pleasure soberly may come, Long for some port that I may find a treasure in, And carry treasures that are lost to home. The cool night-breezes fan me into reverie, Then wake me as they deepen into sighs ; 1 startle'up, andibok each way,- ahd^every, And gaze into a.wilderness pf eyes! 0 my lost loves! upon their; snowy breasts again ' IJay ray head, as on my mother'* first, And almost feel that my tired spirit rests again, Drinking from springs that ever deepen thirst.- Wearily, wearily, oh ever, ever wearily II v boat rides up and down the silent sea : tirbjperty' wfere'valued at ' atio'ut one-and-a-half miTliotis,' the grtater |>aft in , of Vhlfcir the elder Fleming was a native. LncTetiay a pious and sittipW- rainded'girl d6Voted : tb charitable deedfe,' found herself tlie nehest heiress in New York. There was a provision in the will by which she Was'requested, but not com- ! manded, to advis'e'with Norton Fleming, \ my dear' nephew,\ ' and ' \ rnt estedih'6d and trusted' frienQ——-,\' meaning inyseff,' inalV'affixirs b'fTiusiTCss.' ' : Ofhe'fwise'she was left to her- own .'discretion': 'Tlie daughter was the outy'near relative to the lesiator.' ' ' .._•••. •. After th'e'reading, during which Lucre- tia showed nojrnaiked emotion, she came to Norton and myself, took a hand of each in hers, and desired that we would con- tinue as heretofore, to make her father's house our home. \Let me hope,\ said she, \that you two, my only real friends, will unite yourselves. I wish to be ret ; r- ed from the jvorld. tune devolves »pon you. .with^a-cleaiMSonseienee,—I-coofitied my-ob— servatjons^ jtp ( atiJmalSj. •, ^ . ,,, ( ,',: I 'wisu'ed to^disedter'a pbisbh\ whicii was tasteless, and soluble in water or al- of his nephew, ponvinced'me that be alone cbhol; \whiefe caksed'deaflv without con- vulsions, pr exoriation of, |he mucous membrane, and acted snctdenly, without premonition. ' 'After a hnndred experi- ments, upon •• as many different subjects, cats, 1 dogs, •-birds; and rabbits, I found it neeessarj to set' aside all the mineral poi- sons, llone of these answering the' pie- scribed copditions. ' My suspicion that Dr. Gilbert Fleming had been poisoned, and that Norton Fleming was the' poisoner^ had gradually acquired the force of a conviction. , The examination of the corpse had besn conr ducted with extraordinary care. Its con- dition was that of a human body struck by lightening; the blood had remained liquid and formed no clots, and yet it was impossible to believe that electricity The care of my for-1 had been the cause. On the morning of There is more j his demise the air was cloudless and se- than I require/and if yon wish to use any : rone, nor was there any electrical appara- portion, signify the desire, and I will give j tr.s in the house. It had been the cus- thepower.\ torn of the cfoctor to sleep an hour in his Agreeably to the suggestions of Lucre- office after breakfast. From the attitude teresting to me than the future.\ tia, Norton Fleming proposed an equal of repose iu.which h i was found, I was partnership, which I was well pleased to i satisfied that he had died during sleep. •fied myself by negative reasoning, that he was assassinated'; arid my knowledge 1 of tiiysteri6us character and subtle skill been the murderer. I was still deficient in-thetwo principal elements of verdict, namely, the motive and the means. My newly acquired- power over Lucretia gave ine. strong hopes; of discov- ering the first, of? .these, and I. availed my.- self of the opportunity.;••._ ' • • >•' ; Weeks elapsed','. .however,- before thfe c'airvoyant sympathy was'f'ully establish- ed. After, inducing the magnetic trance,. I addressed questions to: her.as though she were awake. Gradually, and after many trials, she became accustomed to this, but another period elapsed before.I could otir tain clear and sensible answers. tier clairvoyance.did not penetrate the future, but confined itself to the present and past. • \You are wrong,\ she said, speaking in the trance, \when you suppose, that we can look into the future. None bpt God has the true knowledge of futurity; our prescience forms only a reasonable con- jecture.\ \The past,\ I answered, \is more in- \I divine your meaning. You wish to learn more about the death of my father.\ accept. We occupied a suite of offices in j Opium, prussic acid, conium maculatnni, I \Yes Lucretia, I wish to know the mo- Ko clear, sweet voice pipes to my spirit cheerily, tl) e taselncnt o f t ] le nians i on in Av-; ciecuta, might be detected by the smell; I tivc of his death, and the means by which it was accomplished. When I have learn- ed these, I shall be able to name the assas- £,. C. DAVESPORT, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, opposite Bostwiuk House, Lowviile. | Will attend to all business in the line of his profession. nl Nor wakes my care for breakers on the lea. I would not die,—unless for the variety, To give an after life impulse and zest,— And yet I would not live on the satiety That feeds me on this ocean ofunrest. ALIQCIS. RROWitf & BABSES, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, Slartinaburgh, Lewis County N. Y. At ths yiice formerly occupied by A. II. Strites. CiEd. L. BKOWJC, nl HARRISON BARXKS. \r. enue. A portion ot the house ^yas set apart! morphia would have been present in quan- exclusivcly for us, Lucretia maintaining a j tity ; strychnine produces clonic spasms separate household. We already enjoyed '; of the respiratory muscles; nightshade,, a fashionable reputation, I as a surgeon From the Democratic Review. THE MYSTEBIOTJS DEATH OF DE. GILBERT FLEMING. Norton Flemiug as a homoeopathic prac- titioner ; and our union gave us at once a rapid increase of business and the certain prospect of fortune. My partner was older than I, and pro- aconite, and belladonna, in different de- grees produce convulsions, and general dis- turbances. I experimented with these, and many others, without, result. The third year passed ; I had accumulated a fund ot curious and valuable knowledge, C3AS. S>- ABA3SS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Lowviile, K. Y. Oilice directiv ovL-rtht Bauk of LOW- IT is a common error of inferior novel- i substances which the ignorant contempt- ists to confound the brutality of a criini- j uously call'\medicines he had not, I be- fonndly learned. Tu knowledge of^ the : but seemed further than ever from a solu- properties and effects of those mysterious ! tion of my problem. Partioulsr attention •onvevanciii!:. [niJ to collections, and \nl iial act with its wickedness. The essence ; iieve his superior in the woii.1. By iSorton Fleming, meanwhile, had ac- quired an enviable reputation, aud the bu- sin.\ \You are sure that he did not die of old age?\ \I am sure.\ \Science is often deceptive, my friend.\ \Not in this instance.\ ' \Are you acquainted, then, with the means that have been employed by poi- soners and assassins?\ \All but the one I seek for.\ \What a dreadful knowledge is this, By long j s i n ess of our office yielded enough to have j my friend ':'' acnniied • satisfied the most sanguine expectations. | \Not if tl; W. Hudson Stephens, A»5«>v««-y. &<•., LOWVII.LK, LEWIS C(i.. X. Y., 0-i-nc;:—in id >:ory of Doig's (Bunk) Block. ! of crime is in the will. The murderer who and patient observation he h.ad acqniie j accomplishes his purpose by the hands almost'supcrhunian tact in diagnosis. Ev- His manner towards myself did not vary, i of others, is a creator, because a more de-i ery sense was trained into professional; and 1 detected nothing in his daily con- i liberate criminal than the stabbor of the ' subservience. His touch, delicate as the : versation with Lucretia that l^rr.yed re-j me.\ | streets! The assassin who pushes his vie- j flimsy tact of the spider, perceived the va- moise or disquietude. The .affairs of the \ \As a friend.\ ' the motive is humane.\ \Yes your motive is good ; I have di- vined that' you are kiud, aud you love \LR;N. L I'V.IS CO-.'. le in the c-.r.i ::r patron.i^'c .iy, S\. V. Tin.- Siili-crihr-r - l'o-!-=c s'lti.i »iv. mdall who favo jtiintoau attack, and kills him in self-: rions temperatures and conditions of the i estate were regularly and justly adminis-j An expression of disappointment--pass- ' s ' ilufcnco^cscapes with a •i-'hui! with ' the smooth and subtle po'honor, who ex-. atmosphere about the body of a w : M p repriinaiid ; while! skin. The morbid aromas that form mistered, and to hint the possibility of crime jed over her face. \Perhaps I have spoken i But can you tell, me why I loved Norton while he used this inflnence over me, and why I love you in the same J.U'IOJ.VWS E5B3V B. JACKMAX, PKOIMUK' \VATKK7\V X. V jrooil LIVL'I'V attached. patient,' would seom the suggestion either of wan- j too freely. .»• iiii.-.ui :-,i..y ili-alt with. ; pen-'ls, it may lx>, years of watchful intelli- • indicated to him the state of the nervous! ton malice or of insanity. ' '\ iVoMviet'or ' geiice, appears wore guilty, as he was! and organic functions: arid by observing | I read carefully and ror more perseverins*, deliberate, paxgioiilesx. i the behavior, gestures, and covmlenace of' celebrated cases of poisoning, and found j manner'I At other times I did not love : Murders aie comniiU'd daily, which we ! the sick, be arrived almost unfailingly at • no parallel. Conscience began, at length him.\ i do not call by that name. The murder-1 the prognostic of death or recovery. His • to smite me for those longcherished, and \You loved Norton then f fly to the wicked j penetration and prescience astonished and j -.ecmmgly groundless suspicions, but the of conjecture\ Norton, the secret lover of Lue'retia/ whom he- had injured by a' criminality of which slie was 'innocent, discovered more than ever the character and aspept of a fiend. . Sorcerer, betrayer, assassin, voluptuary, seeking my.Hfe, as of a rival in love, and much niore in the co- veted wealth of Lucretia, it was no longer scientific curiosity alone, or the enthusi- asm, of the avenger,, which compelled me to uniaask him. i;To save the poor lamb out of the clutches of this ferocious wolf; nay more, to acquire even the right to live, .1 must devote myself to liis ruin. The visit .to Pans.: was -a pretence. Did he wish ine to' entangle myself in the business of the estate during his absence ? I had expended large sums in the course of my researches, and was frequently ab- sent at night. He suspected me of gam- bling—hoped that I would prove a defaul- ter. He wished that I would endeavor to possess myself of Lucretia. Meanwhile he occupied himself at Paris in the prepara- Of every description, neatly a'nd je'i^edi 'y executed; and' 'on as reasenahle tetiaa i be obtained anywhere. g*Qd liit4 ' tetiaa it ctf * he, drawing me into a private / rooiii^ihil > ' closing the door,\ \So you know about ''. t the\ will. Itold Fleming he wpuM.iieve-r be able--to keep it, from you. Y©u._.areTgo * shrewd and quiek.\ . •:•• • . . . , \And the marnage,\ said I. •'...-• i [ConcJudednextyeek.]' • ; ' : Christ's Law\ resp'^etiiijij Wealth ; ; \ •'• ; . [We copy, the-folfo^mg-'cfesfng'piira-' ** graphs of a discourse by JDr. Wayfauidt,' from .the Examiner, .and £piBtpen«i .thejiijto , , the attetitibn o£. our.: re^derg. 'Mapy^Qt f .:. them willTemembcr hearincjithe discourse.'•\: spoken of at church, a,few Sabbaths since.] f ; . Christ rexjuires.iVs to hold our property,' in the most general.sense, for tlie .good.-of .. . others, not merely in charity, but'in ithe- •'•' way of kind, friendly, and neighborly as- : sistatree. Give to hi'ui\tbat'-asket-b:of't^o« saith our Lord ; and from/m/i thai-would borrow of tkee, twh not thou away Any •; man, engaged in business, is liable;, from ; unforseen occurrences, to find himself in? tion of means for my removal, which strait places. Hemay, without 1 his. own 'R, vStiCvl t'tic!*,. N. Y. This House having been rebni! I ous wis-k, maturing slowl • ^.iii^-reatos circut i death of another. s circupistances which insurp the j even awed me, and I regar/Ted my own . babit of research was confirmed and con- j The choice of a physi-j surgical aptitude ns tlie mere readiness of| tinned, I became an adept in toxicology, compared with the slit I of: an ,l formed a theory of my own, founded upon a number of successful experiments. •l' s \ I At the close of the fourth year of our 111 partnership Xoiton announced his inten- even a eoneionsness of crime. \Y«s and'now you.\ A blush mantled her face and bosom. • \Lucretia said I, \he is, perhaps, your lawful husband.\ ' No answer. ,jc \Confess I eommand you.\ \WIiv need I coufess what vou have al- exceed the possibility of detection ; he was i opening new studies in the chemistrv of poisons. These conjectures did not seem to hz the work of imagination. They present- ed themselves in the form and with the merit of convictions. My enemy would return in the spring, and I felt that my own life and that of Lucretia would be in his power. It was necessary to use my ut- most power over her. Kepeatedly I ques- tioned her, as far as delicacy would per- mit, in regard to the conduct and habits of Norton. The clarevoyant faculty devel- oped itself only at intervals. At one of these favorable moments, 1\ said, \Yon will remember whether he de- sired you to write, or place 3\our signature to a.paper.\ •'Yes, I did so once.\ \And the document— ?\ •'He bade me forget that I had ever written ; but now that you wish it, I re- member all.\ \Was it parchment ?\ ''Yes, but I did not see the writing ; my hand was weak, and he guided it for me, while I wrote my name.\ \Was any other person present ?'' \One Knotty the'same who was with us at the reading of the will.\ \Did Knott sign the paper?\ • \He witnessed it.\ \How could you see then, when you were in the sleep ?\ fault, need the aid of his more fo.-tunate neighbor. Our Sa\iour teaches us that we should, in such circumstances, be prompt to lend our brother such assistance as he may need ; just as we, in a similar case, would wish him to do'for us. We should do this, not for the sake of gain but tor the pleasure uf doing a kind action, and of relieving a worthy and honest, but unfortunate brother. Were such princi- ples as these universally carried out into practice, how beautifully. would, the different portions of society be blend- ed in social harmony, and the: rich and the' poor be united together, by that charity which is the bond of perfe&tness. 1 fear, however, that this commandment has been shamefully violated of late. From what I have heard of the rates of interest which have been taken in many places, I am sure uieu must have forgotten that the Almighty God still exists, who has said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. When I say thi«, 1 know it will be replied that money, like any other article, is worth just what it will bring. I, perhaps, under- stand this, as well as some others. I know that the price ofmoaiey, like any other ar- ticle, is subject to slight fluctuations. This is oue thing ; but to take the advantage of the necessities of a neighbor is quite another thing. It is worth something for me to put-out my hand aud lift out of the water one hun- dred and fifty pouncls avoirdupois, and it : -Iknew that Norton conversed wit h wonld ^ wortL ' inorewlientLo tLc - linome ' managed the estate of Lucretia , tion of passing a season in Paris, in order | ready surmised ?\ LKTDES, Lewis county, X. Y. The I'ulTic may j rest assured that the Subscriber will spare no ! pains for the accommodation and comfort his guests. C'edi aud see me. THOMAS BAKER, 34 Proprietor. — - power to convict or punish. Theassassi- ATWOOB'S HOVEL, |' . Martinsburgh, Lewis Co. N: Y. Front his ex- j nation may There are still others, in which the mo-i and our joint interest without jar or dik there to perfect himself in some of the tivc, the will, and the means employed, j ference, there was an inner-circle in- the j lll01 . e abstmse'and difficult parts of homoe- may be clearly proven and established, mind of cash, into which the other eauld ^ O pathv, which he said it was impossible but no human tribunal will find it in their ' not enter.' Norton Fleming was a Para-1 to acquire in America. I then offered to have been so delicately man- perience in tho business,, the proprietor eon- j aged, without violence, or even the pres- liders himself able to supply travelers and the public • generally with the\ best aceommoda txonp. ..•• - THOMAS ATWOOD. Martinsburgh, Sept. 24, 1856. yrm H. HJEXMJEU, Manufacturer and dealer- in Cabinet Ware and CniirS of Durability and Finish. All orders in fl»e neatest antfquickest ew rods below the JOHN »OI«, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye- S;'Window Glass,'&e. Also every vari- 6i Wi d StftSfe;Window Glass,& y ety-of Family 6roceries ? ,..and Pure Wines and Liquors for medicinal purposes' ymy ? ,. Liquors for medicinal purposes.' Lowrille, IrtSwisfCo., N. Y. •5 H. SHBATB, Fashionable I|air.;dresser-£iid_ Sh^mp^oner.— Will pnt Razors iif()faer,'and kecfSnie tieSt quality for Mile. Perfumeries o? all.kinds,. . Sb&g orer Berie'dicJt & Baker's Store. ••-••••• fc- • Lowvaie, N. Y.. ; Clocks, Wfteb^Jew.eT^M.;* 0 *,.-. ••<•; ••>;• -' • , \Shop two6<Jors.South of the Baptist Church %9mst%**&' vl ~> i '--i •-'• •>•'•*'••- Watch and nl t. -. • • C!i- .©...-•».« JD B,..! Swreon-and PhysiciaB,.Tai;in,Lewis County N. Y. Vi. BJJSD is thankful for previous patronage m lii Vi. •she line of his profession, and solicits a con- He, is always '<° be ence of the assassin ; we can only say ot these murderers, that one man diefl be- cause another willed that he should die. Under the name of Norton Fleming, I mask the murder of one who was the friend of my youth, my patron, and my teacher. I alone was thoidiscoverer of his guilt. The just abd vehement hostility -vs ith w'. ieh 1 pursued him, has compelled the assassin and charlatan to- hide himself in a foreign land. Should these pages meet his eye, he will recognise their authorship; and. feel, with terror .inr bis soul, that the aven- ger lives, and still pursues. At tew o'clock on-the. morning of the 1st of June,.183^Dr.. Gilbert Fleming, a wealthy and retired- physician- in New Yoxt, was fonnd. lying dead' on a sofa in his private office. He • was about sixty years of age, and had lately.given .up-a large and profitable practice in . favor' of his- nephew, Dr: Norton'.Flerayng, -who- •was-absent from the city.on a protessioBal visit on : the <Jaj of bis uncle!s demise.'. There-were no marks; of violence, nor. pf poison. The examination was conducts -at that:timfe'ast,t;dent in'the celsus, a mixture of the savan and charla- tan ; a mystery monger, a man of tech ni- eal and mysterious kuowledge, deeply im- bued with liosicrusian ideas. That he >yas visit his patients during his absjnee, and •informed him that I had acquired the nee- torn of my heart. essary skill. lie regarded me with a look of surprise, in which I fancied there was a mesmerist I had known from the first, mixture of fear and suspicion ; but after a moment of reflection he consented to the arrangement. A few days after his departure I was sent'fpr at an unusual hour : by Lucretia. •I. found'her reclining upon 3 sofa,'attend- ed by her maid, who was apply'raj ban' dagesto heffaceV \I cannot tellyon how .1. have suffered' with this pain,\ r sh ! e ! said, Vsirice Norton left us. He had only to approach,mc, and the pain would vatiisli. ,Try anything. T shall die witli this 1 pain. .Write to Norton, and tell him' to return immediately.\ ...•••; .' \Has Norton been in the ..habit of mes T . meriting you,. Lucretia ?.\• • \ff esj '.yes,- Oh,,, jth.is dreadful pain! I am neverwellwhen he is away.\ but I was not long in finding him. devoid of humanity, aud by nature, a soul with- out sap. . ' While a student in the office of the.,eld- er Fleming I had seen Norton dissipate neur rcilgic pains by'tbe'to.uch. He wished me to believe: that the faculty was proper to himself. I diseovered.Aowever, that. my. hand posessed equal power, but did not communicate this tp\him. :In*\other.cases( by remedies, of his own selection, he .pro» duced marvellous effects, which it: was long before I could, imitate. He informed' me that the. same remedies,\ employed by myself, would.; have: acted differently ; that he imparted^to them a peculiar .(pow- er by tiie t-lrach before/exhibition. ; . . -y • A'.cei'tainiclass-of pains, aud maladies, are c-nrable by the produc.tio^ -of electric, counter curjents, set •by the 1 mesmeric passes.; I gradtfitly per-r feetexiiinyseH in this art,- chiefly:'t?o fath- om the mysterious character-of- taj ,asso~ .ciate. . Bisigeneral library erabyaised- ©rdi- ,^y did ywi, not tell me. ?\ v '.'Nortonsaid.y.o,a.were,prejudiced; : and youkpowIcouW'not; ..betray him who is so gpfld to all of us-; I cannot, live with- iont,i.t. The pQor.gir) writhed; in agpuy,.. \arid I to^tlirow her, into. the. magnetic 1 & l^ ''intern'aT entifie-'neerdtaancj!. pernaed'thejm wj^h- c ,a%cfipn,; ; distributing jjhj ing, and two other physicians,on the pres- bntrliis; know<ledgej:afedico»ducifed Jrtyv i fittle bpxj'as .thin and. an action- pjjj»j/ c ,s ence of *.t!orbifep'fe3ury periments nponfmyiown patients, contained the^piUs. gard to i\eiae<ifes\f''.he ! maihtstioedjaniTiscJ'n> ; Hi|^books of Materia Med- of her father, an ye'ar before the-death- ! ll»ijaanjn£Ms)Sifixfel^vikrs^Ti &m> mfc mm <$%¥% an only daughter, eighteen'.,years;«f ( .age: ;- a'wafeafid.inpa'in- ••» t * f * ot'ii usual vertlict of ignorifiee. J \ * mmiseiot). Miss Lucre- as niy private d4f dicstipns^every where daily among the poorer classes i apffceilaii,! 1 \' hjtbit of my associate to expcrienfiwithoue fear of detection. As I &>xt\i not 'daughter and.nephewj.- and onCjiK^iott, pettifogger, me. Fleming, I h»d Her features were convulsed as she spoke to me, and even the lids of the clos- ed eves trembled, and were contorted. A. bitter struggle was going on in the spirit of this poor girl. I pitied her from the bot- \ Come,\ said I, \do .not be afraid ; look into my thoughts, and comprehend my motives.\ \I cannot,\ she replied, heaving a deep sigh. \Yon understood his ?\ ' 'Very dimly; I refused'- his proffers of marriage when I was awake, a'nd in pain, but in my dreamy, -.cpiidition; J. was in his power,, as I. am now ; in yours. I seemed, to love ^Nbrton, biit not now,\ • -she added,, shuddering. • •'• - \Norton was a villain.\. ' ' \A dangerons and subtle njan.\ • ,^ \You fear him ?\' \Yies he is capable of profound wick- edness.\ , ... \What thehj'does he meditate.?\ \Your deatil^my friend;\ • • ,'*For what reason.?\ ' •'. '8Jei5an.se—.because—I.caunpttell.\ .. \Try-.\- >' • • •••'. •', •• :- ... -,. \Itis of BO' use; I do not loiow .'?'•• : . \Whep ybu are iri.'the. 'rtagnetic sleep, you. remember v^iat .happened at pther- 'tjmeS.\r : • i •''<•' '\ -'; ; : ' \-' ^Sometimes; but when .tiwake .and In i pain irememberWothingitof these: coflTer\ .sa*inHa f1 ''''' '' '•' ' ''\ •'' '\•• : '-\ ; • some one; I knew. that he said, 'Mr. Knott, you will witness this signature.' \ \Where is the parchment ?\ \Norton has it with him.\ \How do you know that ?\ \I feel it.\ Norton maintained a ragular corres- pondence with myself and Lucretia. ' His Tetters to her were models of wit and ele- gancej and those to me filled with profes- sional information. He was experiment- ing iu a laboratory of his own, and had discovered new alkaloids. Soon after my conversation with Lucretia above related, I received a letterin which he gave the details and quantities of an exquisite anal- ysis. In the postscript he requested me to call upon Knott, and give him a package of homoeopathic medicine, which was en- closed in the letter. \K said the writer, \is gouty by inheritance,, and consequently incurable. I send him a palliative, prepared by Grii- ger here, which will do for the present. I presume; it is a go'od preparation, as Gru ffer'is trustworthy.\ I fcund^ho pettifogger in bis den, a din- gy office in Nassau street,' where he sat among a crowd'of miserable clients, like a spider in a web of. fresh caught flies, whpni he is, industriously winding. .Small, slender, dark, aud squalid, with a square projecting forehead, and a month and eyes mobile and expressive, this man filled, me yritb'curiosity atid ! horroiv He rose and' helij put irthiri clam my hand. ''j)r. Flem- ing writesj\ said he, IopKng at a letter vfhich he,held.Mi:his;hand, \thatyou haye d package^ medicine for me. I am-.in heedof'ifc : ; _ Fleming is ; a' wonderful man,\ he cpnti^t'edyipxjkitig curiously st the ter was at 20 deg. below zero, than on a summer's day ;—but, if my neighbor has fallen into the -water and cannot help him- self, does this justify me in refusing to put forth my hand and save him, unless he promise to give me the half of his prop- erty 1 So the interest of money may, for a short period, be worth from 1 to 8 per cent, per annum; \but does this justify me in taking from, my neighboi .two, five, eight, or ten per cent,- per month, and that upon unquestioned security ? So,, house . rent may from time to time vary, as «very one knows ; but does, this justify me in charging a poor widow, who can find no -.- other shelter, a rent per anuum^ equal, . perhaps, to the whole.value of the hovel which scarcely protects her from the rain and the tempest 1 Nor doeVit justify me-' in receiving an exorbitant rent for houses • that are.used for the purpose, of scattering^ ; pollution and crime oven a whole neigh.- . borhbO'd. \ \ ' ' ' : ' ' I am credibly informed .that banks, are. , sometimes so managed-,' as to grant facili- ties' for various formsof : finaiieial oppress^ siori. It is said t th'a^theTe'are; bank direc-' ' tors, who* make usu of the trusts' commit- , ted to their-charge, foe tjie purpose; ojf:ex._ r , kctingenoiimbus inferestiifor thpir. own. in> ; . dividual\ emolnmenfr: ! The : business\ •'• of ' banking, when properly conducted, is as ' honorable, and as beneficial to \the-.com- munity, as any other. Its-t^depey is -tQ,\. bind' together the.capitalistsandi-the- la»- laborer, by the bond r of- and good w|U. But' Hvh\enC.iqsed : J | purpose of financkl;gg Come anuisance' whiph ggi^^ Come a<nuisance,' whiph,p J ught,.to i & ; abajt§4! I • by^the strong airm 's^tern rebHlte/of OTiir if ..-. K'j$.'!tltMJ£(1'HjMf.jt<if x i j.. jit- .tifg-
