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- : THE KINGS OF THE SOIL. .. Black sin may nestle below a crest, . . ' And crime below a crown ; ' '. ' ' As good hearts beat 'neath a rustic vest ' As under a stken gown. 1 Shall teles be told of the chiefs who sold ' Their strength to crush and kill, ' " And never a word be sung or heard .' r 1 '"' Of those who reap and till? ' '' : I bow in thanks to the sturdy throng Who greet the morn with toil; ' ' , And the burthen I give my earnest song Shall be, The Kings of the soil. -' ' '' Then sing for the kings who have no crown But the blue sky over their head ' -. ' , ....Ne'er Sultan or Dey had such power as they . To withhold or offer bread. Proud ships may hold silver or gold, ' The wealth of a distant strand ; But ships would rot, and be valued not, -Were there none to till the land. . The wildest heath, the wildest brake, Are rich as the richest fleet,- : Which gladden wild birds when they wake And give them food to eat. . : And with willing hand, and spade and plow, The gladdening hour shall come, ' ' When that which is called tho "waste land" now Shall ring with the "Harvest Home!" i Then sing for the kings who have no crown But the blue sky o'er their head 1 Ne'er Sultan or Dey had such power as they To withhold or offer bread. THE CULPRIT JUDGE : '. A TALIS OF THE BENCH AND BAR. f In one of the Western States I was once a prosecu ting attorney. , The settler's axe was the familiar mu sic, and the prairies away from the woodland had not then heard the scream of, the steam whistle. All branches of society, of trade, business and professions were in a transition state. Of courso the judges were not men of vast learnino; or of rare character, and. lest I appear vain, I may add, that the lawyers were by no T. . m i . . means vniei justice aaneysi . - The Judge who traveled circuits with us in the counties round about the city of had been in earlv life a horse-jockey, and had picked up a large amount ot tact, Knowledge ot men, ana ot human nature, and of social motives that was of much use to him in his legal walk. At the West he had been a member of the first Constitutional Convention in our State, and, being a good talker, and of quick natural intellect, had shown in the debates. Of course it was natural that, as he made the law, he should claim to be able to ex pound it. And at the first election after the State was admitted he was chosen a Judge. . . , I never liked him. , With all his affability and apparent deference of manner, there was in his compo sition an understrata of cunning that I suspected and became wary of. When I was chosen people's solicitor he sought my confidence, but I repelled it, and, except in court, were little together. Many a time on the civil side has he given me a favorable charsrc on facts, or acquiesced in my law when I felt that I was wrong. JNor could 1 fathom why he thus shought to get the winning side of me. .i 1 suspected liun ot Knavery VV hen prisoners were convicted, and he had the discretion of punishment, his sentences were sadly inconsistent, lie hned when he should have imprisoned, and confined when a nominal punishment would have answered the justice of the case. : J3ut 1 never could get any clew, and with the populace he was regarded as a man of rare integ rity and hrmness ot mind. Une nisrht, at the inn in the little village ot W ashington where a week's court was to be held, I went to my "boarded off" bedroom for an afternoon nap, and was soon last asleep. 1 was awakened by a contused murmuring, that, after I was thoroughly aroused, I per ceived to come Irom the adjoining room one appropriated to Judge C ':' " lie is committing his lirand J ury charge, said 1 to myself, when I heard a strange voice say, "The boodle was most used up of the old stripe." .Now, "boodle is a flash term used by counterfeit ers, and it instantly attracted my "prosecuting" atten tion. As 1 sat up on the bed side a ray ot light came through a chink of the boarded partition. : As a man, honor would have forbidden a "peep ; " as an officer of the law, prudence commanded it. So drawing myself noiselessly and closely to the wall, or the boarded separalion, I looked through the 'crack' and saw Judge (J seated at a table with a sinister looking man, who wore a pair of remarkably black whiskers; and the two were counting quite a pile of new bank bills. I Listened, but not another word was spoken for some time. - I saw the money divided into three piles, and the Judge placed one in his pocket, the whiskered man took the other, and then drawing off his boots divided the third pile between each boot, in the inside of it, and then again placed them on his feet. Next, the Judo-e said: "Be careful and send it to the proper place. His sinister companion gave a meaning smile; they shook hands; the stranger left the room cautiously; and the Judge then sat down to some papers. I continued to look for several minutes, but he appeared absorbed in his duties, when, just as I was about quitting my point (literally a point) of observation, he arose, and taking out his roll of bills placed them up the chimney I and then continued his reading. - . ' I must say my blood ran cold, for a grave suspicion had often crossed my mind that he was a rascal ; but I never suspected him of being connected with the drovers, trappers and traders who occasionly made bad money their commodity. Nor, as I sat collecting my thoughts, could I conceive it possible, when I remembered how severe he had always been upon the passers of counterfeit money, and how earnestly and solemnly he always in his charges in such cases declaimed against the enormity of offenders who substituted a spurious currency for a good one. I therefore concluded that the word "boodle" and the suspicious "boot stuffing," must relate to some other kind of offense, connected with which I now felt assured he must be. Stealthily going out, I carefully descended the stairi and entered the bar-room. The heavily whiskered man was seated at the table reading the last Cincinnati paper, as calm and as placid as if he were the Methodist minister of the riding. I sat down, and pulling out a law-paper pretended to read it, but I was glancmp- over its top at the stranger. His eye did not wander from a particular point of the paper, nor did the sheet after several minutes turn ; I therefore ! Concluded he was not reading but reflecting. I endeavored to catch his eye, but could not. I next thought of trying the demeanor of the Judge ; so making in my mind some excuse relating to my official duties, I again went up stairs and knocked at his door. His pleasant voice, in an unembarrassed tone, cried, "Walk in," and I entered. After getting throufrh my excuse and business, I said, in a careless tone, "What have you been doing all the afternoon, Judge ? " He answered just as carelessly, "Going through my charge, and a decision or two that I have to make to-morrow. As yet, I have not seen any one since I arrived." - The last lie was an unnecessary one, as I knew its falsity, for he needed not to have asserted the fact an immaterial one. This, therefore, the more confirmed my suspicions; because I had found those immaterial assertions to be always made by witnesses when they are committing perjury, just as cowards whistle to keep up their courage. We continued chatting until the bell rang for tea, but not a tone nor an act betrayed that the Judge was troubled or uneasy. We went down stairs together

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and began our meal. The whiskered stranger sat opposite, but he and the Judge were to each other as if they had never met One or two table civilities passed between them, but they were accompanied with freezing politeness, somewhat unusual in our Western way of life. All this satisfied mo there was something out of the way, and I resolved while at the table to furnish myself with some evidence. I finished the meal first, and went up stairs into the Judge's room, and groping to the chimney in the dark, felt for a loose brick, found it, and discovered a roll of paper. I took off one or two pieces and replaced the balance hastily and left the room. - Nothing more occurred that night worth narrating, but the next day in Court I found on the calendar the case of a man who had been indicted some months be- ' fore for counterfeiting, and had been out on bail. 'What does this mean?" I asked the clerk. I did not authorize the trial, nor am I prepared with witnesses." - "Judge C ordered it on last ' term ' for this day," answered the clerk, "and produced your request." " f "My request!" .stammered I. "Yes; and here it is," as he handed me a piece of paper bearing in my writing tho words, "Give Judge C his request." I remembered, now I saw it, that I had written the paper, but could not recall the apparently trivial circumstance which prompted it. ' . Just then Judge C entered and Court business began. The case in question being called, I arose to postpone it on the ground of not being prepared. A stranger arose from among the lawyers, and said he was counsel for the prisoner, and had come from Cincinnati to try the case, at much trouble, and, as he ; understood, because it had been ordered on for to-day. ,,The counsel was the llack-wkiskered companionof the Judge"! . . . ., ;... The latter, with a bland smile, and dipping his pen in ink ready for a memorandum, asked, "What is your . name, Sir 'i " . . ' I was so astounded at this cool impudence that I did not hear the answer, but proceeded to deny any understanding, and to charge that there was some trick. My opponent warily rejoined, and moved, if the ' case was not tried, that his clent be discharged from bail. : This was giving him liberty to run if he pleased, and I opposed this motion. My adversary again rejoined, and to my utter astonishment Judge C granted the request, and ordered the clerk to cancel the bail-bond. . y . ' ; At this juncture I sat down amid the titters of my brethren, who were ready enough to laugh at W. being caught napping, as they phrased it. . While I was meditating my wrath and revenge, the clerk announced that the panel of Grand Jurors was now complete, and they were ready for business. Judge C arose to address and charge them. He was as cool and placid as the morning itself. . : "Oh, you hypocrite I" I murmured through my teeth, as the Mack-whiskered counsel and confederate, as I fully knew him to be slyly sneered at me and drew his chair close to the Bench in an attitude of deferential listening. ..; . . -. - The charge was an elaborate one. "It was an essay on crime and its enormities, and seemed dramatically worked up. Its adjurations to the Grand Jury to fearlessly investigate were very pathetic. Its enconiums on virtue were touchingly true. ' : v - Scarcely had the Jury retired than, in my capacity as prosecuting officer, I followed the members to their chamber. To the formal question, "What was their first business ?" I answered, "to investigate a charge of malfeasance in office against the Judge I . The foreman and his fellows looked at each other in astonishment. Finally one of them said, with a smile, "Take care brother W , that your professional rivalry does not get you into trouble." ' ' ' I replied by tolling my story, and narrating all the suspicious circumstances of the past twenty-four hours; "and concluded by requesting that the black-whiskered counsel be called and examined. Amidst the astonished silence of the Grand Inquest, the constable in attendance went after and returned with the stranger. He entered easily and unabashed, saying as he took a chair, "I am told you desire me to be a witness 1 " - " Perhaps culprit 1" T exclaimed, in a passion, entirely losing my control. And then, not heeding the hand of the foreman on my shoulder in restraint, I said to the constable who had lingered by the door, "Take off his boot 1 ' ' ' ' - The stranger made two bounds, and was at the window which led into the Garden jail. ' But the grip of the constable caught him securely. In an instant one of the jurors took his arm and another his leg, and before any one had time to speak the boots were off, and two rolls of bills on the floor. ' ' ' ; " ' " : The firmness and presence of mind of the stranger forsook him; he trembled in every muscle; and as I whispered to him, "Villain, not even your friend, Judge C -, can save you ! " he turned ghastly pale. " He was seated on the chair. . "Is this good money or bad?" said the foreman, breaking the dull silence that had succeeded the struggle. . - "" ' ' ' ' .."". ' ' ; ' "Am I a witness, or am I accused 1" he stammered, looking toward me. ' ' "Witness," said I, "if you will tell all you know about Judge C , who is far better game than you." ' I know nothing about Judge C ," he stammered, "I never saw him until to-day." " " Liar !" I shouted, forgetting my official dignity in my rage at his falsehood. " Last night you and he were together exchanging money, and in his presence you concealed your 'boodle' in your boots." " 1 Immediately he stood up in an attitude of defiance then sat down half rose again ; turned red, and "then pale; while huge drops ot sweat stood on his face. , . ' He saw he was by some means cornered ; and, in a moment, recovering himself, answered, " I will be witness the Judge, is guiltier than V . ' " I have not space for his story; but its amount was, that long before the Judge removed to the West, they had been confederates at the East in circulating counterfeit money while horse-jockeying. They were connected with a well organized and secret band. The leaders were the manufacturers and bankers of the boodle.' Middlemen bought it and disposed it to the underling, who purchased it at a discount of fifty cents to pass it off at par. As fast as the last counterfeit was disdovered a new one was made. Judge C , -while upon the bench, was able to be as moral and severe as he pleased with the underling class, who never knew the haunts and ways and companionship of those above them. But the man whose trial was for that day, and for whom Judge C had interceded, happened to be one of the upper class, and hence the necessity of the action. ' .- " It is time now to see the Judge I " I said, turning to the Grand Jurymen, who were petrified with the tale they had just heard. ' ' , . ' ' . " I No one answered." : . I will so and prepare him for your action," I next said ; "for to indict him in his own court, while he is upon the bench, will be a scandal upon justice. As I entered the court-room he was announcing the nonn recess. There was a little room off, containing a few law-books and a desk, into which he usually re tired, and thither 1 lollowed him. - ".Tnflrre." said I, and my voice trembled like the voice of a man under severe ague, so terribly was I wrought up by the excitement of the morning's accusation and confession "Judge, I have very, very bad newsfor you. : ; . "Forme" said lie with the utmost nonchalence, notwithstanding the peculiarity and mystery of my manner. " . .

"Yes, for you ; the Cincinnati lawyer has told all,"

I Bhook out rather than spoke. He still smiled. It was awtul to see his hypocrisy and calmness of demeanor, and for a moment I knew not what to say. Then taking from my vest pocket two of the bills unrolled from his chimney deposit, I held them before hiin and said : " He has told all about these ; and I myself, last night, saw you place the counterfeit money in the fire-place, when lie placed his in the boots." '- His composure was gone. He wilted like a scorched weed on the prairie, and his manhood gave way as if he had been afllicted with sudden paralysis. The room rather sWam around before my own eyes, for the sight of a culprit judge was not an every day one ; and when I recovered my full attention I found him at my knees groveling like a dog. He tore his hair, he wrenched his hands, his eyes glared, and his powerful frame quivered in every part. Indeed I was unmanned myself to behold so sudden and wretched a sight. i "Oh, good W ! dear W ! don't betray me ! Consider how dreadful 1 And I a Judge ! Oh the disgrace ! My poor wife and children ! What will they say ? Don't don't betray mo 1 I was to be the next Governor you know that 1 Oh oh oh how dreadful ! " and he rocked himself on his knees to and fro, as if bursting with agony. , There were some of the heart-harrowing incoherences which Ican now remember over all the dreadful scene that followed. I raised him from the floor and placed him in a chair, and then said, "Alas! Judge C , appeals to me are too late. Your confederate has told all, and the Grand Jury have taken the testimony." ; His eye-balls glared at me like those of a maniac. Then, as if wrung by some wonderful impulse, he became calm. Indeed that calmness was more dreadful to behold than had been his excitement, imprecations and agonizing entreaty. . ; : ' ! "Well, if it must be so, it must. But let me see the foreman only for a moment; bring him up go for him leave the rooni ; go do go go ! " His excitement was returning; and without reflecting, as I should have done, I turned and left the room. I had just crossed the court-room amidst the curious looks of the crowd who had now gathered for in those Western settlements secresy was of no moment about Grand Jury matters, and half the village already knew the story I had just crossed the court-room, I repeat, when I heard a. dreadful groan and a simultaneous pistol report. , , . It was succeeded by an instant of terrible silence, and then the crowd burst into the room. Judge C lay upon the floor with his blood and brains shockingly scattered about the little chamber. When I retired, he had drawn his pistol, and to his other crimes added that of self-murder. He was a ghastly sight to see : nor shall I ever forget the memories of that dreadful day when I was compelled to behold the living agony and the dying woes of a " Culprit Judge," in sight of that bench and bar whereat he had so often presided in convicting and sentencing villains less guilty than he had really been all the while 1 . . -THE OLD SCHOOLMASTER'S STORY. The following capital story is from the Rhode Island Schoolmaster: .-.. : When I taught a district school, said he, I adopted it as a principle to give as few rules to my scholars as possible. I had, however, one standing rule, which was, "Strive under all circumstances to do right;" and the text of right, under all circumstances, was the Golden Rule. "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them." If an offense was committed, it was my invariable practice to ask, "What is right ? Was it as you wouldbe doneby?" " AH my experience and observation have convinced me that no act of a pupil ought to be regarded as an offense, unless it be measured by the standard of the Golden Rule. Uuimg the last year ot my teaching, the only tests I ever applied to an act of which it was necessary to ludge were those ot the above questions. By this course 1 gamed many important advantages. In the hrst place, the plea, "lou have not made any rule against it, which tor a long time was a terrible burden to me, lost all its power. ; . - - In the second place, by keeping constantly before the scholars, as a standard of action, the single text of risrht and wronsr, as one which they were to apply for themselves I was enabled to cultivate in them a deep feelincr of personal responsibility. In the third place, 1 got a stronger hold on their feelings, and acquired a new power of cultivating and directing them. . . ,. In the fourth place, I had the satisfaction ot seeing them become more truthful, honest, trustworthy, and manly in their intercourse with me, with their friends, and with each other. : . Once, however, I was sadly puzzled by an applica tion of the principle, by one of my scholars, George Jones, a large boy, who, partly through a false feeling of honor, and partly through a feeling ot stubborn ness, refused to give me some information. he circumstances were these : ' v A scholar hed played some trick which interrupted the exercises. As was my custom, I called on the one who had done the mischief to come forward. As no one started, I repeated the request, but with no suc cess. Finding that the culprit would not confess his guilt, I asked George if he knew who had Committed the oitense. . n - . ' . . . "I did not do it," was the reply. "But do you know who did i" .: ' '. , "Yes, sir." - "Who was it?" ., ...... ' .,-,., - T '. "I do not wish to tell." - . But you must tell it ; it is my duty to ask, and yours to answer me. .' "I cannot do it, sir," said George firmly. ' "Then you must stop with me after school." . ' He stopped as I requested, but nothing that I could urse would induce him to reveal anything. At last, out of patience with what I believed to be the obsti nacy of the boy, I said : - "Well, George, I have borne with you as long as I can, and you must either tell me or be punished." 1 With a triumphant look, as though conscious thathe had cornered me by an application of my favorite rule, he replied: ' ... , "I can't tell you, because it would not be right; the boy would not like to have me tell of him ; and I'll do as I d be done by. - A few years earlier, I should have considered a reply thus given an insult, and should have resented it accordingly ; but experience mid reflection had taught .1 . fll .(.!-. .l il J. i , me tne ioity oi tuis, ana tnai one oi uie musi, mijjurtant applications of my oft quoted rule was, to judge of the nature of others as I would have them judge of mine. Yet, for the moment, I was staggered. His plea was plausible ; he might be honest in making it ; I did not see in what respect it was fallacious. I felt that it would not do to retract from my position and suffer the offender to escape, and yet, that I should do a great injustice by compelling a boy to do a thing, if he really believed it to be wrong. , . After a little pause, I said : "Well, George, I do not wish you to do any thing which is wrong, or which conflicts with your Golden Rule. We will leave this for to- night, and perhaps you will altar your mind before to-morrow." I saw him privately before school, and found him more firm in bis- refusal than ever. After the devotional exercises of the morning, I began to question the scholars (as was my wont) on various points of duty,

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and gradually led the conversation to the Golden Rule. "Who," I asked, "are the persons to whom, as members ofuthis school, you ought to do as you would be done by? Your parents, who support and send you here ? your schoolmates, who are engaged in the same work with yourselves ? the citizens of the town, who, .by taxing themselves, raise money to pay the expenses of this school ? the school committee, who take so great an interest in your welfare ? your teacher ? or the scholar who carelessly or willfully commits some offense against good order ?" ' A hearty "Yes" was responded to every question. Then addressing George, I said: "Yesterday I asked you who had committed a certain offense ? You refused to tell me, because you thought it would not be doing as you would like to be done by, I now wish you to reconsider the subject. On one side are your parents, your schoolmates, the citizens of this town, the school committee, and your teacher, all deeply interested in everything affecting the prosperity of the school. On the other side is the boy, who, by this act, has shown himself ready to injure all these. To which party will you do as you would be done by ?" After a moment's pause, he said, "To the first; it was William Brown who did it." My triumph, or rather the triumph of principle, was complete, and the lesson was as deeply felt by the other members of the school as by him for whom it was specially intended. 11 ' , . From the North British Mail, Glasgow, March 5. ' , A RELIC OF OLDEN TIME. A LETTER FROM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. We are indebted to a gentleman belonging to this city for the following letter from Benjamin Franklin to the Rev. George Whitefield, which is certainly one of the best of its distinguished author. We do not remember to have seen it in print : ; ! ; Philadelphia, June 6, 1753. , , Sin I received your kind letter of the 2d inst., and am glad to hear that you increase in strength ; I hope you will continue mending, until you recover your former health and firmness. Let me know whether you still use the cold bath, and what effect it has. ; As to the kindness you mention, I wish it could have been of more service to you. . But if it had, the only thanks that I should desire is that you would always be equally ready to serve any other person that - may need your assistance, and so let good offices go round; for mankind are all of a family. ; -For mv own part, when I am emnloved in servinsr others, I do not look upon myself as conferring favors, but as paying debts. In my travels, and since my settlement, I have received much kindness from men, to whom I shall never have any opportunity of making the least return, and numberless mercies from God, who is infinitely above being benefitted by our services. Those kindnesses from men, I can therefore only return on their fellow men, and I can only show my gratitude for those mercies from God by a readiness to help his other children, and my brethren. For I do not think thanks and compliments, though repeated weekly, can discharge our real obligations to each other and much less those to our Creator. You will see in this my notion of good works, that I am far from expecting to merit heaven by them. By heaven we understand a state of happiness, infinite in degree, and eternal in duration. I can do nothing to deserve such rewards. He that for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person should expect to be paid with a good plantation, would be modest in his demands compared with those who think they deserve heaven for the little good they do on earth. Even the mixed, imperfect pleasures we enjoy in this world are rather from God's goodness than our merit; how much more such happiness of heaven 1 For my part, I have not the vanity to think I deserve it, the folly to expect it, nor the ambition to desire it ; but content myself in submitting to the will and disposal of that God who made me, who has hitherto preserved and blessed me, and in ; whose fatherly goodness I may well confide, that he will never make me miserable ; and that even the afflictions which I may at any time suffer may tend to my benefit. " The faith you mention has certainly its use in this world. I do not desire to see it diminished, nor would I endeavor to lessen it in any man. But I wish it were more productive of good works than I have generally seen it I mean real good works; works of kindness, charity, mercy, and public spirit; not holiday-keeping, sermon-reading or hearing, and performing church "ceremonies, or making long prayers filled with flatteries and compliments despised even by wise men, and .much less capable of pleasing the Deity. The worship of God is a duty; the hearing and reading of sermons may be usefid ; but if men rest in hearing and praying, as too many do, it is as if a tree should value itself on being watered and putting forth leaves, though it never produced any fruit. - ; Your great Master thought much less of these outward appearances and professions than many of his modern disciples. He preferred the doers of the Word to the mere hearers ; the son that seemingly refused to obey his father, and yet performed his commands, to him that professed his readiness, but neglected the work; the heretical but charitable Samaritan, to the uncharitable though orthodox priest, and sanctified Levite ; and those who gave food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, raiment to the naked, entertainment to the stranger, and relef to the sick, though they never heard of his name, he declares shall in the last day be accepted: when those who cry, Lord I Lord! .who value themselves upon their faith, though great enough to perform miracles, but have neglected good works, shall be rejected. He professed that he came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance: which implied his opinion, that there were some in his time who thought themselves so good that they need not hear"even him for improvement ; but now-a-days we have scarce a little parson that does not think it the duty of every man within his reach to sit under his petty ministrations ; and that whosoever omits them offends God. I wish to such more humility, and to you health and happiness : being B. Franklin. .

To Become Unhappy. In the first place, if you want to be miserable, be selfish. Think all the time of yourself, and of your own things. Don't care about any one else. ' Never think of the satisfaction of seeing others happy; but rather, if you see a smiling face, be jealous lest another should enjoy what you have not. Envy any one who is better off in any respect than yourself ; think unkindly towards them, and speak sbVhtly of them. Be constantly afraid lest some one should encroach upon your rights; be watchful against it, and if any one comes near your things, snap at him like a mad dog. Contend earnestly for everything that is your own, though it may not be worth a pin ; for your rights are just as much concerned as if it were a pound of gold. Never yield a point. Be very sensitive, and take everything that is said to you in playfulness, in the most serious manner. Be very jealous of your friends, lest they should "not think enough of you. And if at any time they should seem to neglect you, put the worst construction upon their conduct you can. Selected. ' '. : When an infidel production was submitted ' probably by Paine -to Benjamin Franklin, in manuscript, he returned it to the author with a letter, from which the following is extracted: . "I would advise you not to attempt to unchain the tiger, but to burn this piece before it is seen by any other person. If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be without itf