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inas For RtchuriU’ Weekly Gazette. 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. -*-*•*■ 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. id J Si i; ir 1 i A jIT/, 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. i■ ■ 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. m 3 t D IE J jj 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! 4 a ’ 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. —* —— —■ . ii, SJMHBJJ3D jggu 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.”