and confuse
him, but steadily presented the justice of the side he argued, in bold
and strong relief, against the evident, wicked injustice of the
defendant.

At last the trial came to a close, and the whole case was submitted to
the jury, who decided that the widow's cause was just. This righteous
decision was received by a universal burst of applause. Abercrombie was
deeply chagrined at the result, and this feeling was apparent to
all--so apparent, that nearly every one, friends and enemies, were
indignant. In an electioneering handbill, which came out in two or
three days afterward, was this appeal:--

"Why do we send a man to the Senate-chamber of the United States? To
legislate from generous and enlarged principles, or to be a narrow,
selfish seeker of his own glory? Do we want the generous philanthropist
there--the man who loves justice for its own sake--the man of strong
natural powers, rendered stronger and clearer by honest principles?--or
the narrow-minded timeserver--the man who would sacrifice any thing,
even the liberties of his country, for a selfish end--the legal
oppressor of the widow and the fatherless? Need these questions be
answered from honest, high-souled voters? No! let every man answer for
himself, when he goes to assert the rights of a freeman."

This, and similar appeals, added to the general disapprobation already
felt, completed the work. Harvey was elected to fill the vacant seat in
the Senate for the ensuing six years, by a majority of double the votes
polled for Abercrombie.

From that time, the latter took his position as a third-rate man.
Indeed, he never afterward reached even to the House of Representatives
at Washington, while Harvey still retains his place in the
Senate-chamber, one of the most esteemed and valuable members of that
distinguished body.

No man, we would remark, in closing this sketch, can ever be a truly
great man, who is not a good man. The mere selfishness of ambition
defeats its own ends; while the generous impulse to do good to others,
gives to every man a power and an influence that must be felt and
appreciated.

THE FAIR COURIER.

A STORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Fort Motte, Fort Granby, Fort Watson, the fort at Orangeburg, and every
other post in South Carolina, except Charleston and Ninety-Six, had
yielded successively to the American arms, under the command of Greene,
Sumter, Marion, and Lee; and now General Greene turned all his ener