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A VINDICATION
—OF—
THE PROFESSION OF LAWYERS.
I V HON. 1). F. HOHIF-R.
Cl.u f Justice Pemberton isanother name \
pregnant with illustrious recollections.—
Though l:i jouth was disgraced by many
irregularities, yet the sun ot his reputation
ns a Judge, shines out the more brilliantly j
for the.se occasional clouds that passed over j
i:. He kept such low company while
voting, and gave himself up to such a
course of intemperance and lewdness, that
he was soon the inmate of a jail. There j
his good genius presided, and supplying |
himself with books, he soon became one of
the most learned men of his lime, in his ,
profess! n. In 1(179, he was made one of’
the Justices of the King's Bench, hut was j
soon after removed by the management of j
the notorious Scroggs, the butcher s son of j
‘•egregious debaucheries and loose life.” j
T.k* improprieties of this wretched instru
ment of the Crown, having forced Ills re
moval from the seat of Chief Justice of
the King's Bench, in deference to public
sentiment, and not on account of any love
of his principles, he was called to the va
cated position. Scroggs had been impeach
ed for dismissing the grand jury to whom a
bill of indictment agaftst the Duke of \ ork,
afterwards James the Second, had been pre
sented by Lord Russell, and others. And !
immediately after the appointment of Pem
berton to the Common PI “as, Russell was
brought to trial for high treason, and his
republican doctrines were so revolting to j
the Court party, that he was immediately
removed. Evelyn, than whom a more un
biased witness did not live, declares that
Pemb rton was “the most learned of judges
and an honest man.” His conduct on the
tiial of Russell—his refusal to bend the
power of the law to meet particular cases
nia ked out for punishment by the Court—
elevate him in the history of the times, far
above his lofty position as a man of learn
ing. and furnishes another instance, where,
from the ranks of the profession, came forth
an incorruptible defender of the constitu
tional rights of the subject s .
With these fact- before him. it is very
st: . that Lord Campbell, in the life of
Shafisbury, page 292, volume 3, should
j. once Pemberton a devoted tool of the
government —an aspersion, that every act
f hi s judicial life clearly and triumphant
ly vindicates.
L..rd Keeper Whitclock’s life is full of
errors, political inconsistencies, and timid
adherences, first to the Protector, then to j
the Crown. But amidst the whole number
of instances of faults, many noble qualities
oi soul shine out, and cause his name to
be ranked with those who sustain our pro
position .
Whitelock was the son of Sir James
Whilelock, a Judge of the King's Bench,
and of a niece of the celebrated Reporter
Bulstrode. He appears to have been strong
ly imbued with republicanism, for at a very
early period in the history of Cromwell's
revolution, he took side against the royal
ists. He was evidently actuated by prin
ciple, for on more than one occasion we
find him promoting reconciliations between
the people and the King, and urging the
settlement of the national difficulties upon
principles securing religious and social lib
erty, anl establishing peace upon a per
manent basis. Though willing to drive
Charles from his throne, he was not wil
ling to substitute another, possessed of no
hereditary claims and of no great moral
qualities. When Cromwell, among others,
sounded upon the subject of his taking the
crown, approached Whilelock, the latter
candidly tol I him “ that the nation would
prefer the Stuarts to the Cromwells.” And
when, in violation of the legislative func
tions. Cromwell issued his celebrated ordi
nances, with others, limiting the jurisdic
tion of the Court of Chancery, Whitelock
was bold enough to refuse obedience to
them. He said he hal taken an oath to .
execute the place of Commissioner - of the
Great Seal, legally and justly ; and for him
to execute that ordinance as a law, when j
he knew'that those who made it had no lc- \
gal power to make law, could not be justi- .
fiel in conscience, and would be a betray- j
ing of the rights of the people of England.
For this, he and his associates were dis
missed the day after ’he term had closed, j
It is quite an amusing commentary upon
the length of days of an equity suit, that
one of these ordinances of the Lord Protec
tor required Chancery causes to be heard
and decided on the same day ! lie refused
to sit in the arbitrary tribunal erected by
Cromwell, for the trial of the King, or to
sanction the proceedings against him. He
also rejected every application to preside in
that high court, established on the pretence
of a loyalist plot for trial without a jury,
or the forms of law, of Col. Slingsby and
others accused of, and executed for, trea
son. The profession had, in Whitelock,
a zealous and disinterested defender. An
ignorant demagogue of his time, one of
Cromwell's canting*hypocrites—very like
some of the same class now dignifymg our
own limes —assailed lawyers, by a motion
that they should be excluded from Parlia
ment, or be made to discontinue their prac
tice while there. He introduced this pro
position by violent abuse of the members
of the profession—accusing them of resort
ing to much talk in trifling causes, but of
special silence where lives were at stake.
Whitelock undertook their defence, in a
masterly manner. He contended that the
increase of suits was the result not of acts
of the Bar promoting law-suits, but of the
increase of trade : producing a correspond
ing inflln-■ in wealth and commercial en
gagements. That the silence of counsel
lors in cases of life and death, was the
fault of the law, which did not permit them
1o be heard. But. he. “aid, it wasob
jection that lie could not answer, that a :
man, for a trespass to the value of six
pence, might have counsel, but be denied
it when life and posterity were concerned.
He alluded to the services of lawyers in
Parliament, ihe instance of Sir Edward
Coke, who had carried the Petition of Right
‘of St. John, Wilde, and others, in the late
struggles. He showed that the most op
■ presstve laws had been j.assed by a Parlia
ment from which lawyers had been exclu
ded. He insisted that in the act compel-j
ling lawyers to suspend practice in the j
I Parliament, merchants should be prohibit- j
ed from trading, physicians from visiting,
patients, country gentlemen from selling
corn and wool.
man strongly identified with the cause
j of civil liberty, during the dangers which
beset it, in the reigns of Charles and James
the Second, was Sergeant Maynard. A-1
midst the vascillations in political opinion j
which distinguished the times, and which |
were forced upon even bold men, in that
age of proscription, to protect l. fe. Maynard .
; through all changes and dangers, remain* |
; ed, in Ihe language of Roger North, “ to
his last breath, true as steel to the princi- j
pies of the late times, when he first entered !
upon the stage of business.” “ A sense of j
honor,” says Waburton, “mace Maynard
stick to the Presbyterian faction, and to
fall with them.” “By adhering steadily,
but not violently, to the party he set out
with, he was reverenced, by all. He went
through the whole reign of Charles and j
James with the same steady pace, and the j
! same adherence to his party; but by his j
party. I rather mean Presbytery for the sake (
| of civil liberty, than to civil liberty for the i
sake of Presbytery.”
It wiil not be inappropriate to quote here,
from Burnet, his excellent reply to the
Piince of Orange. When the Prince was
being congratulated on his accession, “Old
Seigeant Maynard came with the men of
the law. He was then near ninety, and
yet he said the liveliest thing that was
heard of on that occasion. The Prince
took notice of his great age, and said that
he had outlived all the men of the law of
his time, lie answered, ‘he had like to
have outlived the law itself, if h.s High
ness had not come over.’” An admirable
expression of wit, unting truth with re
partee.
Sergeant Maynard was a humorist. He
styled the law cus bablativa, and an amus
ing story is told of an action of slander
brought by him and tried in the Common
Pleas. The witness for the Sergeant testi
fied, that the defendant said, that a client
had gone to the Sergeant and given him a
basket of apples, and every apple had a
piece of gold in it. Judge inter
: posed, and said, “Those were golden ap
ples.” The Sergeant began to puff, says
Roger North. The witness proceeded.—
Then the defendant said, that the oilier
party had gone, and given the Sergeant a
roasting pig, and in his belly there were
fifty broad pieces. “That’s good sauce to
the pig,” said the Judge. This put May
nard out of all patience, and he said—
“ This is of purpose to make me ridicu
lous.”
It would he inconsistent with the design
of a review, to record the various instances
which may he collected, of the services of
lawyers to the cause of the civil rights of
men. A few very strong examples, on ac
count of their political bearing, will com
plete our selections.
The celebrated Lord Holt,#>n many occa
sions displayed extraordinary firmness and
devotion to the cause of social freedom;
but in none of them is the resolution of a
just man, the determination of a patriot,
more apparent, than in his judgment in the
case of Ashby vs. White, and others.--
This case, rejiorted in Lord Raymond, page
938, considered, for the first time in Eng
land, the right of a voter to maintain an
action against the returning officer for re
fusing his vote. The ballot-box has been
justly declared to be the most powerful
means of preserving liberty. It is the only
instrument by which to effect those peace
ful revolutions, which suddenly change the
entire policy of a nation, cast corrupt poli
! ticians from power to contemptible obscu
rity, and elevate the advocates of patriot*
i ism in their stead. But it must be preserv
]ed free from contamination and influence.
Adopted as a mode by which a will may
! be exercised, freely, the worst consequences
would result to society, if the strongest
! sanctions of the Constitution and laws were
j not 1o guard this inestimable privilege. It
! would be useless to establish a free gov
ernment, if this right could be invaded by
power, or its exercise interdicted. Patriot
ism. justice and humanity would, in such
| event, sink into empty expressions, and
I popular rights be the victims of mere ty
ranny and usurpation. ,
Before adverting to the particular facts
| of this case, it may be proper to consider
the state of things existing at the period at
which it was made ; for, although no
is, in ordinary times, entitled to extraordi
nary praise rforming an act of duty
which every one acknowledges and prac
tices, the abstract obligation to do which
every one acknowledges, still it increases
the respect with which we behold a good
act, to know that it has been executed
I
against the wills of surrounding servile
crowds—against the strongest threats or
■ persuasions of power—against every in
-1 fluence which a consideration of personal
! safety and advancement can urge.
Parlies, when this opinion was deliver
ed, were in a most inflamatory state. The
I nation had just emerged from bloody con
tests in regard to prerogative. The ballot
| box was looked upon as the most danger-
i 1 ous power of the republicans, and as a pri-
I vilege most fatal to the crown. An opin-
I ion in favor of popular rights, however ab
stract, was rebellion, and rebellion was
deatli. And yet, amidst these dangers, we
find Holt taking side against whole
Court, with the right of the vote
and maintain an action if hindered in the
!Doff)J\!S€i 9
i enjoyment of that right. His whole opin
ion deserves attentive perusal as a noble
exposition of persona! freedom, and of the
j dangers of its invasion. But we can only
claim room for a few extracts. “If,” says
he, “the plaintiff has a right he must of
necessity have a means to vindicate and
maintain it: and, indeed, it is a vain thing
to imagine a right without a remedy. If
men will multijdy injuries,actions must be
multiplied too. My brothers say, we can
not judge of this matter, because it is a
Parliamentary thing. Oh! by all means
be very tender of that. To allow this ac
, tion will make public officers more carcftfl
:to observe the const ; tution of cities and
i boroughs, and not to he so partial as they
commonly are in all elections, which is in
deed a great and growing evil, and tends
; to the prejudice of the peace of the nation.
: Let all people come in, and vote fairly; it
is to support one or the other party to deny
any man his vote. If such an action comes
to be tried before me, 1 will direct the jury
to make him pay well for it. It isdenying
him his English right; and if thisaction be
not allowed, a man may be forever depriv
ed of it. It is a great privilege to choose
such persons as are to bind a man's life
and property by the laws they make.”
[The Printer finds it impissible to give the en
tire article this week. It will be concluded in oar
next.]
PRESERVATION OF ANIMAL MAT
TER.
At a meeting of the Asiatic Society, Lon
don, a human hand, and a piece of beef
preserved by means of a preparation of I
vegetable tar, found on the borders of the
Red Sea in the vicinity of Mocha and a
specimen of the tar, were presented. Col. :
Hold, observed : —“ During my residence
as political agent, on the Re I Sea, a con
versation with some Bedouin Arabs, in the
vicinity of Mocha led me to suspect that
the principle ingredient used by the ancient
Egyptians in the formation of mummies,
was nothing more than the vegetable tar of |
those countries, called by the Arabs Katran. j
My first trials were on fowls and legs of
mutton; and which, though the month of (
July, and the thermometer ranging 94 in j
the shade, succeeded so much to my satis- [
faction that 1 forwarded some to England :
and have now the pleasure to send for the j
Society's information and inspection, a
human hand, prepared four years since by ;
my brother, Capt Thomas Bagnold. The
best informed among the Arabs think that
large quantities of camphor, myrrh, aloes j
and frankcncensff were used, these speci- j
mens will, however, prove that such were j
by no means necessary, as the tar, applied !
alone, penetrates and discolors the bone;
tar is obtained from the branches of a
small tree or shrub, exjtnsed to a consider
able degree of heat, and found in most parts j
of Syria and Arabia Felix.”
ACTINISM AND THE CHOLERA.
The mysterious principle now at work
in developing and extending the disease
which is desolating the land, appears as
yet to he beyond the reach of our most pro
found observers. We should be glad if
some of our eminent men of science would
direct theit attention to the subject of ac
tinism, or that principle or power found in
the sun's rays, which has recently been
J found to possess very singular proper
| tics.
Formerly a ray of solar light was sup
-1 posed to be homogeneous. It was then
: divided into purls by a refracting medium,
: and its constituent colors discovered. The
violent ray was ascertained to posses a
i magnetizing power. Next came the re
markable discovery, by Mains, in 1808,
i that a ray of light, after emergence from a
: reflecting surface, had poles or sides, with
i different properties, according to the plane
of its incidence. One of them is the pow-
I er of insinuation between the molecules of
bodies, and of so illuminating them that we
may perceive their structure, when an or
dinary ray of light would not enable us to
do so.
We have now arrived at another impor
tant step, and have discovered of the solar
beam that the luminous power is one thing
and the calorific ray quite another; that
the radiations which produce chemical
changes are more refrangible than any of
the others, and that their maximum is found
“at the point where light rapidly diminish
es and scarcely any heat can be detected.'’
’ This power can he traced, indeed, to a point
I where there is no light whatever. Forex-
| ample: certain blue glasses will scarcely
i transmit any light, but they offer no ob
struction to the actinic power. A yellow
glass which does ii* sensibly reduce the
| intensity of color, cuts of the chemical prin
| ciple at once.
We thus perceive that we are on the bor
der of a vast region of science ot nature
1 unexplored. The curious fact that such
| enormous quantities of dead fishes are
found in some of the Southern bays, and
! that they spoil and die almost immediately
| after being taken in our own river, (the
Hudson,) may bear some relation to this
I unknown principle of qctinism.
It is to be hoped that in our public in-
I stitutions exact thermometrical and baro
i metrical observations have been made du
} ring the present visitation, and that sgch
j records of the winds and rains may be pre
-1 served that, by and by, we shall be able
to approximate to some rational theory
] with regard to the effects of the atmosphere
ion the prevailing epidemic.— N. Y. Even-
I ing Post.
Fighting for Fin. —A man once rush
j ed into a fight, and after beating the com
| batants indiscriminately, someone asked
him which side he was on. “I beg par
jdon,” was his reply; “I thought It was a
’ free-fight!”
V It j ,
F rom Hie London Nev i.
THE WATCHER ON THE TOWER.
“V.
BY CHARLES MACKAY.
44 What dotjf thou, lone watcher on the tower ?
Is thr d \y breaking 7 —comes the wishod-for hour?
Tell us the signs, and stretch abroad thy hand,
If the bngbr morniug dawns upon the land.”
“ The stars arc clear above me, scarcely one
Hsi9 dimmed its rays in reverence to the sun ;
But yet 1 see on the horizon's verge,
Some fair, faint streak-, as if the light would
surge.”
“ Look forth again, oh watcher on the tower —
The j eople wake, and languish for the hour ;
Long have they dwelt in darkness, and they pine
For the full daylight that they know imut shine.**
•
“ I see not well —the morn is cloudy still ;
There is a radiance on the distant hill: —
Even as I watch the glory seems to glow ;
But the star* blink, and the night breezes blow.”
“ And is that all, oh watcher on the tower 1
Look forth again, it must be near the hour.
Dost thou not seethe snowy mountain copes,
And the green woods beneath them on the slopes'?”
A mist envelopes them ; I cannot trace
Their outline ; but the day comes on ap ace.
The clouds roll up in gold and amber Hakes,
And all the stars grow dim. The morning
breaks.
| “ We thank thee, lonely watcher on the tower ;
But look again, and tell us of the hour,
All thou beholdest; many of us die
Lre the day comes; oh, give them a reply.”
t “ I see the hill-tops now ; and chanticleer
Crows his prophetic carol on my ear ;
I see the distant woods and fields of corn,
And ocean gleamii g in the light of mom.”
“ Again, again— oh watcher on the tower —
We thirst for daylight, and we bide the hour,
Patient, but longing. Tell us shall it be
A bright, culm, g'orious daylight for the free?”
•• 1 hope, bu* eanno f tell. I hear a song,
Vivid as day itse.f : and clear and strong,
As of a lark—young prophet of the noon—
Polling insunlight his seraphic tune.”
What and th lie say, oh watcher on the tower 1
Is he a prophet? Doth the dawning hour
Inspire his music ? L hiachaunt sublime
| With the fill glories of the coming time 1”
1 “ lie prophcsie>—liis heart is full—l.is lay
1 Tells f the brightness of a peaceful day ! •
I A day not cloudless, nor void of storm,
; But sunny for the most, and clear and warm.”
1 4 * We thank thee, watcher on the lonely tower,
For all thou tel lest. Sings he of an hour
! When Error shall decay, and Truth grow strong,
When Bight shall rule supreme and vanquish
Wrong ?”
, He sings of brotherhood, and joy and peace ;
Os days when jealousies and hate shall cease ;
| When war shall die, and man’s progressive mind
j Soar as unfettered as its God designed.”
| “ Well done! thou watcher on the lonely tower’
| lathe day breaking ? dawns the happy hour 1
We pine to see it. Tell us yet again,
If the broad daylight breaks upon the plain ?”
“It breaks —it comes—the misty shadows fly—
; A rosy radiance gleams upon the sky ;
| The mountain tops reflect it calm and clear ;
i Ihe plain is yet injhade ; but day is near.” *
TiJin i! jJjij-U
THRILLING INCIDENT.
Every one who knows anything about \
j the characteristics of the sturdy, honest
| and industrious people of Beverly, Com- |
monwealth of Massacheusetts must be a- |
ware that the, fondness of their favorite
product—beans—isdeep-rooted and allab
| sorbing.
A few years since a snug looking craft
1 was seen in the Mediterranien with sig
nals of distress flying. As the weather
was extremely pleasant, and had been for
several days previous, the skippers were
at a loss to account for such a manifesta
| tion of trouble especially when numerous
i safe ports could be reached within twenty
; four hours sailing. However as it is a
maxim never to see a signal of distress
’ without ascertaining the cause and offering j
assistance, the captain of an English ves
sel overhauled our disconsolate craft and
hailed—
i “ Brig ahoy ! ”
“ Hill-boo-hoo-hoo !” answered a voice
apparently choked with sobbing.
“What brig's that and where are you
i from V’
“It’s the Su-u-san—boo-hoo-hoo —from
| Beverly-boo-hoo—bound to--boo-hoo-hoo
j —Smyrna—boo-hoo-o.”
I “ What’s your distress V’
At this enquirry there appeared to be a
j general boo-00-00-ing from stem to stern.
The sobs and cries were evidently those of
men, and thinking that there might be sick
ness on board or something of the sort, the
! English skipper lowered his boat and was
I soon on the deck of the Susan.
Here a sight met his eyes which at first
really alarmed him. There were several
| stout, active looking young fellows in dif
| ferent parts of the vessel sitting on upturn
ed buckets and downturned barrels, the
very- pictures of agony and desjiair. They
i were all sobbing and weepirg like children.
“ What’s the matter here said the En
| glish captain.
“ 800-hoo.hoo-oo!” answered the quar
! terdeck. “ 800-hoo-oo!” dolefully replied
the forecastle.
“ Where's the skipper 1”
One of them managed to reply that he
| was in the cabin.
Down went the kind- Englishman, and
ihe first thing he beheld was the skipper
with the big tears rolling down his cheeks,
looking agonizingly into an empty barrel.
“ You appear to be in much distress
i cajitain,” said the English commander kind
ly. “ Pray tell me what is the matter V ’
The Beverly skipper looked up and gaz
ed vacantly on his questioner.
“ The matter—what’s the matter J Look
in that barrel, sir—that empty barrel—
(here his sobs stifled him) —we're from
Beverly, sir in the state of Massachusetts.
and haven't had ad and Bean for three
i weeks!!”
Philip Keehn’s Card. —“ Wanted—A j
man of thirty-six years without wife, born
in Germania, and been twelve years in
France; wish occupation in one's house (
American, or French house where the E.i- !
glish language is speak. He prefer in a
store or bar-keeper, or in the country to ]
work in a flower garden : in a word, where
he find good occasion to perfect in the En
glish language, ff the gentleman had |
children, and desires that he give their les
sons in the Germania or French language,
practical and gramatical, he do it also, or
in the flute. He can give good certificates
of his conduct from Germania, France and
the seventeen month that he is here in A
menca; he read and write also, English ; ’
but the speaken go not yet so good.’’
Laconic Correspondence. —Scraps used
to manage the business affairs of an uncle
in Pittsburg, who, among other peculiari- j
ties, was very economical of words. One
day the old gentleman, hearing that there
was a boat at the wharf, by which he wish
ed to nuvke a large shipment of coal, he
wrote thus to Scraps:
Dear Scraps:
; board. Yours,, Nuncle
Scraps beat him, through, at his own
game. He wrote back :
Dear Nunc:
: Yours, Scraps
Explanation. —Se-mi-col-on : (See my
coal on board.) Colon: (Coal-0r..)
Mutual Feeling. —“ Will you pay me j
my bill, sir ?” said g. tailor in Chartres 1
street to a waggish fellow who had got j
into him about a feet.
“ Do you owe anybody anything, sir ?” !
asked the wag.
“ No, sir,” said the tailor.
“ Then you can afford to wait!” and lie 1
walked off.
A day or two afterwards, the tailor cal'-
ed again. Our wag was not at his wit's
end yet; so turning on Iris creditor, lie
says—
“ Are you in debt to any body ?”
“ Yes, sir,” says the tailTSr.
‘•Well, why the devil don’t you pay ?” i
“ Because 1 cant get the money.”
“That’s just my case, sir, I’m glad to
| see you can appreciate my condition—give
j us your hand!”
Poverty ok New Jersey.— A chap by
the name of Custos was recently brought
before a Jersey justice for sheep-stealing.
The excuse he gave was that he took the
animal to save himself affd family from
starvation, and that he was accompanied
by his wife in the furtive expedition, she
’ helping to drag the sheep home, where it
j was killed and disposed of.
“ But,” said the justice, “did you not
know that you could obtain relief from the
township, if you were in such destitute
circumstances?” 0
“ Not a bit of it, yer honor !”
“ Why* then, did you not ask one of
j your neighbors to give you something to
: save you from want 4”
“Ax my neighbors!” replied the sturdy
vagrant—“ ’twas n’t no use ! Everybody in
Jarsey is so cussed poor that then never
gives nobody nuffin, no how!”
The justice, in order to correct his opin
| ion of the means of the Jersey folks fur
| nished him with a home at the expense of
j the county, until the next term of Mercer
! court.
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Puns.—The Burlington Gazette has pro
duced the following:
Why is a lady getting married in error ?
Because she is mistaken ( —Miss-taken.)
The Providence Day Star hereupon
asks:
How about the. widows who areasecond
I time married, friend Gas ?
The Philadelphia Sun volunteers the an
; swer:
j As to the widow’s, friend Show, they are
! re-paired, as all errors ought to be, as soon
j as possible.
Done into French.— A French journ
! alist quoting from one of our papers, ‘The
Independent Whig,’ called it ‘La Perruque
j Independent.’ Cibber’s p ! ay of ‘Love’s
I Last Shift,’ was translatedinto ‘La dern
i icre Chemise de I’Amour.’ In the same
j manner the French call our boxers, or, to
! speak politely, our men of the fancy, ‘Mes
j sieurs de lTmagination.’
j A Short Sichted Star Gazer.— On
1 the day of an eclipse, when the inhabitants
| of Paris were without doors, provided with
telescopes and pieces of smoked glass, an
l English man w’as seen driving furiously m
| a fiacre along one of the principal streets.
“ Where does my lord wish to go?” said
! the driver.
“To see the eclipse!” exclaimed the En
glishman, thrusting his head out of the
’ coach-window; “only drive up as near as
possible, for I am short sighted.”
Patriotic — by Jinks. —Brother Jenks,
of the lafayette Courier, and wife are so
patriotic that they reserve all their great
doings and “chicken fixins” for the fourth
of July. All extras are especially prepar
ed to come off on the day of the great na
tional festival. This is Mr. Jcnk’s way
j of notifying the event:
“ Private and confidential. Joy to the
world! Sound the hewgag!—the event
happened on the glorious birth-day of
American Independence! It will add new
lustre to the fourth of July in after ages!!
It is an uncommon noun! !! singular num
ber !! !! masculine gender!!!!! And it
shall be crlled George Washington Jeffer
son Jackson Hancock Tom Benton Mar
tin Van Quincy Adams Benjamin Franklin
Fourth of July Ginx, so it chall by
Jinks!!!!!!
A writer in an Irish newspaper, af
ter mentioning the wreck of a vessel near
Skerry, rejoices that all the crew were
saved except four hogsheads of mojas
ses.
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Tin: POWEB OF.KINDNESS.
A stalwart, strong, robust looking man
entered the drawing room of Father Ma-;
thew on Wednesday and taking the apos- ’
tie by the hands gave him a warm shake.
“Do you wish to take the pledge, good
Sir?” asked the Father. “Oh, no, your!
Reverence, it is not me that would take the
pledge, I can do without it.” He stepped
one side and stood alone by the window,
where a friend went to him and asked him
if he would not iike to take it. “ No, i
and n you!” was his very angry answer, |
and a look came with it, more angry than
the reply. He was left by himself. One
after the othpr received the pledge, during
which the rash stranger paced the floor as j
if troubled in mind. Having concluded
the administration of the pledge, the Rev. j
Father sat down upon the sofa. Immedi
ately the stranger was by his side: he
took the Father by the hand again and a
gain. Father Mathew patting him on the
shoulder, said “My dear brother, I would |
not offend you by asking you to take the i
pledge, neither would I have you to do it, j
until you are willing, and become satisfied
that it will be best for you.” The poor |
; fellow's heart gave way to the power of
! the good man’s kindness, and he knelt j
I down and took the pledge, saying aloud, !
as he arose, “The devil was tempting me ]
; a few minutes since.” The temptation of
j the devil cannot overcome the kindness of ,
| Father Mathew. — Boston Chronotype.
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CIRCASSIA.
Circassia is a mountainous, but very fine
and beautiful country, bordering upon the
Black Sea at its eastern extremity. It is
also contiguous to the Russian Territory
lying towards this extremity of the Euxine,
and interposes its lofty mountains and fer
tile valleys between the clutch of Russia
and those more level and less wild coun
tries towards the Euphrates and the Tigris.
It is the aim of this ambitious power, Rus
sia, to become possessed, if it can, of all
the realms contiguous to the Black Sea, on
all sides. On one side “ the Wolf” has
| already laid his pawsonthe Danubian prov
■ incts, on Muldavia, Bulgaria, Wallachia,
and is on this side, therefore fast advanc
ing toward Constantinople. But before it
can enslave the tracts lying on the South
ern coast of this Sea, it must subdue and
pass the fine people who hold Circassia—a
! race, in physical requisites, the finest spec
; irnen of men now to be found on this globe,
i and of courage and activity unsurpassable.
| Against these noble but unoffending peo
| pig the Muscovite serfs have now, for
| many years, been carrying on a cruel and
bloody, but fruitless war. No quarter is
| given ; and the amount of lives lost is not
known, excepting, that generally it is very
great. It is believed that, taking battle,
i sickness, fatigue, altogether in one account,
not less than 200,000 Russian serfs have
I left their bones among the wild passess;
; and this without gaining any ground that
lis tenable. The Czar, in furtherance of
this murderous conflict, tries to stop all ac
cess by sea to Circassia.— London Stand
, ard of Freedom.
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The Harvest. —A countryman sowing
| his ground, two smart fellows, riding that
way, one of them called to him with an ii -
j solent air, “ Well, honest fellow, ’tis your
’ business to sow, but we reap the fruit of
i your labor.” To which the countryman
J replied, “Tis very likely you may, for I
i am sowing hemp.”
Crops in Florida.— A corespondent in
Quincy,Fla., of the Albany (Geo.) Patriot,
under date of July 25, says : “The Toba
cco and Corn crops are said to be good in
this quarter, and promise an abundant yield.
The Cotton crop will certainly be a very
short one. So say the knowing ones.”
A Broad Hint. —Lady Isabella Finch,
daughter of the Earl of Winchester, was
lady of the bed-chamber to the Princess
Amelia. Lord Bath, one evening, borrow
ed half-a-crown of her; he sent it to her
the next day, with the gallant wish that he
could give her a crown. She replied,
“ though he could not give her a crown, he
could give her a coroent, and she was
ready to accept it.”
The Grave of Russian Armies. —The
London Standard oj Freedom says, in an
aitide on the war in Circassia, that since
its commencement 200,000 serfs have left
their bones in the passes of the Caucasus!
And yet Russia has not gained a foot of
tenable ground in the whole region, after
more than twelve years fighting. In this
I war no quarters is given !
A Good Reason.- -Wetherbee, who
] “drives the White Mountain stage,” is a
great wag. “ There’s a young woman lyin’
j in that ere house yonder,” said he to us, as
i we were riding on the outside with him
| last summer, “ there’s a young woman been
! lyin’ there near about a montn, and they
have'nt buried her yet!” “ Why not ?”
we innocently inquired. “Cause sheain’t
I dead!” quietly remarked Wetherbee, and
then he tickled the ear of the nigh leader
with his whip;
The Pawnbrokers and Father Ma
thew.—The visit of Father Mathew has
| given great offence to the pawnbrokers,
and an indignation remonstrance iscontem
j plated against his interference with their
business. We believe it to be a fact, that
! in proportion to the number of pledges tak
en by Father Mathew, the number taken
by the pawnbrokers will decrease.— N. Y.
j Mirror.
On the 11th ult. Mrs. Butterfield of
j Hitchen, England, presented her husband
with their twenty-fourth child about a
month after the twenty-third anniversary
of their wedding dav!
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The Fisii Dyik<o—We learn from a
i gentleman who has recently returned from
! a visit to the Eastern shore of Maryland,
that both sides of Chester arc lined with
dead fish, from the smallest to the largest
size. The same phenomenon was observ
ed during the existence of the cholera in
; 1832, and the causes which then existed
have no doubt produced a like effect now.
Water Oure Bayard Taylor writing
to the Tribune from New Orleans, say?,
| “ it is the healthiest season ever known in
New Oilcans. The Cholera has entirely
disappeared and the Yellow Fever is retar
ded by the rains and inundations.” Who
I can say that the wet sheet is ngt the thin"-
for a city 1
The Jews. —It is related of Kossuth that
he paid a visit to the Jewish Synagogue at
Grosswandem while the Israelites were at
j prayer. After the service was over, he ad
| dressed them in his jieculiar style, and re
| quested forgiveness, in the name of the na
tion, for the unjust acts done and burthens
imposed upon their race during so many
centuaries: he thanked them for their
bravery and devotion to the public cause,
and gave litem a solemn assurance that
from henceforth the law would acknowl
edge no distinction between individuals
based upon difference of religious belief.
Cherokee Miners. —A party of Chero
kees started from Tahlequah some weeks
since for California overland, and nothing
! has reached the nation of a definite character
since. The Advocate says, however, that
i sixteen or eighteen of their oxen have re
i turned, leaving the impression that they
I must have encountered some Prairie Indi
ans, or that, having found gold on the road,
in their eagerness to dig they neglected se
curing the catile.
Curious Apology.— The printer of the
Delta, published at Madisonville, Ky.,
apologises for the lack of editorial in the
paper, as the editor had been, and was
then on a “bust.”
Cholera at St. Louis. —The aggregate
of interments from June 2 to July 23, is
6,949; from Cholera 4,271. Ttiisisequal
to one tenth of the whole population of
St. Louis.
Singular Fact. —lt is anounced as a
singular fact, in a despatch from St Louis,
that the mortality among middle aged mar
ried ladies is greater than in any other por
tion of the community in proportion.
Departure of Troops for Florida.
A telegraphic despatch arrived here on
Friday evening, ordering the light company
M, 2d Artillery, to I’alatki, Florida. This
Company is under command of Brevet-Ma
jor Rowland, who with his officers, Lieu-
Titba.ll and Totten, and Dr. Sim
mons, Surgeon U. S. A., will proceed with
his company at once by ’steamer, to Sa
vannah, ambience to their destination.—
I Constitutionalist 13th inst.
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SUNDAY READINGS, FOR AUG. 26.
i CHRISTIAN UNITY AND ACTIVITY.
; “ That ye stand last in one spirit, with one mind
• striving together for the fu.th of the Gopsel.” —
1 Phil. 1, 27.
Christian love is the golden chain that
unites believers to each other ; but what a
pity the links of this claim are so fre
quently broken ! If, says one, the ene
mies’ watchword is, “Divide and conquer,”
ours should be, ““Union is invincible.”
We are here exhorted to
Unity, “In one spirit, with one mind.”
Christians are one in Christ. They are
branches of the same living Vine, members
of the same spiritual Head, stones of the
same glorious Edifice, and children of the
same Divine Parent. It is the same mer
cy that pities, the same Spirit that calls,
the same blood that justifies, the same
grace that sanctifiics, the same refuge that
defends, and the same hope that animates.
They should be of one mind. Tliij is the
Divine command, recommended in Scrip
ture, and demanded by our Christian pro
tession. How great are the advantages of
: the communion of saints! One of the Pu
ritans remarks, It is this that keeps our
religion in breath, and without which it
will be ready to Hie.
Activity. “ Striving together for the
; faith of the Gospel.” Observe
! The object of this strife. “ The faith of
the Gospel.” How insignificant in them
selves, and how unworthy of an immortal
mind, are those objects for which thou
sands around us in the world are striving
j —like#the racers in the Grecian games,
I stretching every nerve, and exerting every
power, to obtain a wreath of flowers,.
; which soon faded away. “Now they do
it to obtain a corruptible crown : but we,
an incorruptible.” How magnificent and
! sublime are the ends proposed to the
j Christian ! “The faith of the Gospel” is
! identfied with our best interests. But
“A foul immortal, spending nil her (ires,
Wasting h r strength in strenuous idleness ;
Thrown into tumult, raptured, or alarmed
At ought this -eene can threaten or indulge,
Resembles ocean into tempest wrought,
j To waft a feather or to drown a fly.”
Tht nature of this strife. It is a holy
| and honorable conflict, and includes a de
; fence of the doctrines of the Gospel from
the corruptions of men—the developement
of its principles in the Christian character
and the diffusion of its truths in the world.
How desirable is it that Christians should
unite together in their efforts to spread
abroad the knowledge or Christ! What
can one soldier do alone ? But an army
may put the enemy to (light, and keep the
country in safety. It is but a small por
tion of land that one laborer can cultivate;
hut, by the combined energies of many,
how much may he done in the production
of the fruits of the earth! The ocean is
composed of drops, and small atoms make
the lofty mountain.
“ Oh linppy servant ho,
in such a posture found !
He shall his Lord with rapture see,
And be with honor crowned.”