®|)c 3.mcricnu llolnntccv. 1-IMIMrtIIKD EVERY THURSDAY MORNING* lIY EHtA/ETONT & ICISN’N'ICIDY. orFICE-KOUTII 3IAUKET MdVAItE. Tkums:—Two Dollars per year if paid sirletly in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid within three months; after which Three Dollars will bo charged. These lerhis will bo rigidly ad hered to In every Instance. No subscription dis continued until all arrearages arc paid, unless at he option of the Editor. professional (Sams. TAMES A. DUNBAR, ATCOIINBY AT pj Daw, Carlisle, Penna. Olllco a feu doois west of Hannon's Hotel. Dec. 1,18115. XOHN LEE, Attorney at Lav pj North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa., t eb. 15,188(1 ly. ITT KENNEDY Attorney at Law, W (’urliale Penna. Olllco same as that of t ho “American Volunteer, "Houth aide of the 1 ub- Ilc Square. pec. 1. 188 Me. HERMAN, Attorney AT Law. , Otllco In Rhccm’s Hall llullding, 1“ the rear of the Court House, next door to the iiei nld M Ofllco, Carlisle, Penna. Deo. 1,18(15. TTI E. 3ELTZHOOVER, Attorney |j , and CoussELOtt at Law, Carlisle, lenna. Gilleo on South Hanover street, opposite Rent/, s Rim e. Uy special arrangement with the 1 atom Olllce, attends to seeuring Patent Rights. Dec. 1,1885. J. sr. WKAKI.IIV. W. I*. SAUT-KK. & SADLER, A TTOBSBYS A T LAW, NO. in SOUTH HANOVER ST. CAunisnic, Plnn’a. Dec. Hi, 1R137. —ly JOHN R. MIBLER, Attorney at Ij.vw. Cilice In Hannon's Building, opposite Ilia Court. House, CIGI3IXsIXY, Rfiaulting from any Oauso whatever; TofclON OF THE SYSTEM, induced by Sovoro Lahor, ±in.rd ships, Exposure, Fevers, etc. There is no medicine extant equal to these remedies In such cases. A tone and vigor Is Imparted to tho whole System, tho Appotftn Is Strength ened, food is enjoyed. ‘TKtfji a tho fitomnch digests promptly, thu blood JK? la purlllcd, tho com plexion b 0 c 0 m 0 & telhAa sound and healthy, the yellow tlngo Is eradicated from the eyes, a bloom is given to the cheeks, and the weak and nervous in valid becomes a strong and hcalthy^bcing. Persons Advanced in Life t And feeling lh» band of time weighing heavily upon thorn, with all its attendant ills, will find In the use of tills BITTERS, or tho TONIC, an elixir that will Instil now life Inio their veins, restore In a measure the energy and ardor of more youthful days, build up their shrunken forms, and give health ana happiness to their remaining years. NOTICE. It Is n well-established fact that fully one-half of the female portion of our , population are sel dom inthocifinymcnt of good health; or. to use thelr'own wc |tj « predion,“neverfeel well." They arc lan fr-iTfesraj guld, devoid of all energy, extremely nervous, and have no appetite. To this class of persons the BITTERS, or tho TONIC, Is especially recommended. WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN Arc made strong by the use of eithcrof these remedies. They will cure every case of MARASMUS, without Thousands of certificates have accumulated in the hands of the proprietor, but space will allow of the publication of but a few. Those, It will bo observed are men of note and of such standing that they musi he bellowed. TESTIMONIALS. Hon. Geo. W. Woodward. Chief Justice cfthl Supreme Court of Pa., writes Philadelphia, March 10,1807. “Ifind‘HooDand’s /S =a German Bitters’ b a good tonic, useful /£|k In diseases of tin digestive organs, and of great benefit li cases of debility, and W* want of nervous ac Uon in tho system. Yours truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD." Hon. James Thompson. Judge of ihe Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, April 28,1600. “I consider ‘Hoofland’s Gorman Bitters ’a valuable medicine in casts of attacks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. I can certify this from my experience of it. Yours, with respect, JAMEB THOMPSON." From Fev. Joseph H. Kennard, D. D. Fatter of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. 2>r. JaeJiton —Dear Sir: I liuvo been frequently re quested to connect my name with recommendations of dlOerent kinds of medicines, butregayding the prac tice as out of ray ap r== proprialo sphere, 1 have In all cases do (| cllncd; but with a clear proof in vari oua Instances and particularly in my M own, family, of tho usefulness of Dr. llooflund’s German Bitters, I depart for onco from my usual course, to express my full conviction that, /or general debility of the system, anti especially for Liver Complaint , t< \s a safe and valuable ln some cases it may full; hut usually, I doubt not,' It will bo very beneficial to those who sufler from tho above causes. Yours, very respectfully, J. H. KENNARD, Eighth, below Coates St. From Rev. E. D. Fendall, Jttitlanl Editor Christian Chronicle, Philadelphia. I liavo derived decided benefit from tlio übo of IXoof land's Gorman Bitters, and feel It my privilege to re commend tlicm as a most valuable tonic, to all wuoaro Buffering from general debility or from diseases arising from derangement of the liver. -Yours truly, E. D. FENDALL. CAUTION. Hooflaud’s German Remedies arc.counterfeited. 800 that the signature of . °; ♦,?« Is on the wrapper L |Efl bottle. All others ore coun tei t e,t ', r Prinrlnfll Ofllco uov' and .ManQinctory «t diolno Htnro, No. ARCH SlrceC Philadelphia, OHABLEB M. EVANS, German Dnigctot, Proprietor, Formerly O. M. jaokbon &. Co. Tor sole by' all Druggist* and Dealers la Medlciaci. PRICES. HooDand’s Berman Blllcre, per bottle J 1 OO it u i‘ half dozen 600 Hoofland’fl Genuan Tonic, put up lu quart bottles, 1 80 per "bottle, or n half dozen for. 7 60 ■■RST Do not forget to examine tvell tlio article yon Troy, in order to got tie genuine. Jau. 0, 18G3.-ly oNihV x IjTttijK (m them. But lie w4s not ready for this yet. He still felt moody and unforgiving. The expression of his wife’s face he interpreted to mean ill-ua ture for which he had no patience, liis eyes fell upon the newspaper which Jay •Spread out before him, anil he read the sentence: “A kind, cheerful word spo- | ken In a gloomy house, is the little rift | in the cloud that lets the sunshine : through.” Lec° struggled with himself a while longer. His own ill-nature had to bo conquered first; his moody accusing spu it had to be subdued. He thought of many things to say, yet he feared to say them lest his wife should meet his ad dress with a cold rebuff. At last, lean ing toward her and taking hold of the 'Shirt bosom upon which she WttS at work, ho said in a voice carefully modulated with kindness: “ You are doing the work beautifully, Mary." , , . , . Mrs. Lee made no reply ; but her hus band did not fail to notice that she lost almost instantly that rigid erecluess with which she had been sitting, nor {hat the motion of her needle had ceased. ” My shirts are hotter made and winter than those of any oilier man in the shop," said Lee, encouraged to go on. “Are they?” ...... Mrs. Leo’s voice was low, and had m it a slight huskiness. She did not turn her face, hut her husband saw she leaned a lit tle toward him. lie-had' broken the ice of reserve and all was easy now. His •hand was among the olouds and a feeble ray was .already straggling through the 1 rift It had made, CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30. 1868, “Yes, Mnry,” he iuiswerod.softly; “and I've heard it more than once, what a good wife undrew Leo must have." Mrs. Lee turned iier face toward her husband. , There was light in it, and light in her oyo. Hut there was something In the ex pression of the countenance that a little puzzled him. . , , , “ Do you think so?” she asked, quite soberly. , ~ . . , “ What a question!” ejaculated Andrew Lee starting up and going round to the side of the table where bis wife was sit ting. “ AVhat a question Mnry!” ho re peated, as he stood beside her. “Do you?” It was all she said. “ Yes, darling,” was his warmly spok en answer, and he stooped down and kiss ed her. “ How strange that you should ask me such a question !” “ If you would only tell me so now and then, Andrew, it would do mo good.”— Mrs. Lee arose, and leaning her face against the manly breast of her husband, stood ami wept. A 1 'What a strong light broke in upon the mind of Andrew Lee. He had never given Ills wife oven the small reward of praise for the loving interest she had manifested dally, until doubt of love had entered her soul. No wonder that her face grew clouded, nor what he consider ed moodiness and ill-nature, took posses sion of her spirit. “ You are good and true, Mary, my own dear wife; lam proud of you—l love you, and my first desire is for your happi ness. O, if I could always see your face in sunshine, my homo would be the dear est place on earth.” “ How precious to mo are your words of lovo and praise, Andrew,” said Mrs. Leo, smiling up through her tears into his face. “ With them in my cars, my heart can never lie in a shadow.” How easy bad been tbo work for An drew Lee. He had swept his band across the cloudy horizon, and now the bright sunshine was streaming down and Hood-, ing that home with joy and beauty. Gymnastic Exercises for Women. The general utility of gymnastic exer cises will bo questioned only by those who are not aware that the health and vigor of all the bodily organs depend on the pqoportioned exercise of each. They insure in particular the development of all the locomotive organs, and they pre vent or correct tho deformities to which tlioMo orffnno nvo Jiablo.' Tllpy are best calculated to produce strength and activi ty, and to bestow invariable health.— They at the same time confer beauty of form, andthey contribute to impart an elegant air and graceful manner. Multitudes of ladies of the present day are suffering from neuralgia, headache and dyspepsia, on account of the failure to take needful exercise. Prior to the open- ing of the gymnasium in this time, it was dilUcult to lind a remedy for this failure. Ladles did not obtain the requisite amount of exercise, because the range of exercises possible to them was extremely limited. There is no peculiarity of Hul ley’s system so deservingof praisoas that it is so admirably adapted to the wants of women. Ruskin, when describing tho kind of education whlch.would fit women for the very high and influential position he is anxious they should occupy, spoke as follows: “Tho first of our duties to her— no thoughtful person now doubts tins-—is to secure for her such physical training ami exercise as may con Arm her health and perfect her beauty, the highest radii oment of that beauty be ing unattainable without splendor of ac tivity and of delicate strength.” That kind of exercise should be first practiced which will call into action those parts of the system most defective in their development. As the only exer cise of most persons is ordinary walking, which alone is qui to Insulllcieut to expand the chest—abnormally small—ill-formed chests are almost the rule ; and diseases of the lungs are most fatal affections of \this country. Now, although it would not bo correct to place those last facts al ways in the relation of cause and effect, .still there is no doubt that they are very frequently thus related, and it is certain that tubercular diseases would very much decrease if only some pains were taken to exercise the lungs, and jirovido for their free action by strengthening the muscles of respiration and expanding the chamber in which they work. Little Tin-vys.—The preuiousnesa of little things was never more beautifully expressed than in the following moreean : “Little marlain boxes nflioinea are gener ally thomost happyaml cosy ; little villa ges are nearer to being atoms oi a shattered paradise than any thing we know of ; and little fortunes bring tiro most content, and littlu hopes the least disappointment. Little words are the sweetest to hear ; lit tle charities lly farthest and slay longest on the wind ; little lakes are the stillest, little hearts the fullest, and little tanas the best tilled. Little books are the most read, and little songs the most loved.— And when nature would make anything especially rare and beautiful. She makes it little—little pearls, little diamonds, lit tludews. Everybody calls that little that they love best on earth. Wo once beard a good sort of a man speak of his little wife, and wo fanciced that she must be a perfect bijon of a wife. Wo saw her, and she weighed 210 ; wc were surprised. But then it wiis no joke ; the man meant It He could put hiswifein his heart am have room for other things beside and what was she but little. Multum in Par- VO— much in little—is the great beau ty of all wo love best, hope for most, and re member the longest.” A Western Juppe.— I The Hon. Benja min Tappan, oneo a Senator from Ohio, was on the bench when the Buckeye State was admitted into the Union. Ho was famous in his time for being very ug ly. very talented, and very cross eyed, crabbed and sarcastic. On one occasion, he was holding court in the wilderness, when one logcabin had to be used for court house, tavern and bar room, iho stable near by was used fora tail, the judge bad just given some malefactors a very severe sentence, when a rough backwoodsman, who had been practicing at the other bar, exclaimed : “That's right; give urn thunder, old ei ”’\Vpo y ig\l,at ?" screamed the irate and Indignant judge. , ~ “It’s this old boss,” answered the pio neer giving his breast an approving slap. “Mr. Sheriff,” retorted Tappan, “put that old boss in the stable, and keep him a week on bread and water.” nay A beautiful Parisian girl called on a lawyer of that city noted for hissagaci tv to learn how she could compel a cer ta u gentlemen, with whom she had fal len in love, to marry her whether or no. “You must contrive to remain alone with him Mademolssello,-three times, and fifteen minutes each time, and have good proof of the fact," said the lawyer. “ Very well, Monsieur,” replied the gnl. She culled twice more on the lawyer, re maining alone with him above twenty minutes on each occasion, and at the close of the lost interview informed the astonished man that he was the person she was after, and that she had her wit nesses all on hand in theontry. He mar ried her and was happy. 6135“ As a weary traveller was wending his way through Hie far West region of the country, ho discovered a young mai den seated in front of a small log house. He rode up in frontof the cabin ahd ask ed the girl for a drink of water. He drank it, and she being the lirst woman he had seen for several days, offered a dime lor n kiss. The young maiden accepted the oiler, and received both the kiss and the dime. The traveller was about to r ™ u , m ® his journey, but the girl having scon a dune, asked -what am Ito do with the dime'?” \oumaj use it in any way you wish,” he replied, it is yours.” “If that is the case, said she, “I’ll give you back the dime and take another kiss,” Daniel Webster and Jenny I.lml, Jenny Lind gave a concert at Wash ington during the session of Congress, and ns a mark of her respect, and a view to tho cctof, sent polite invitations to the President, Mr. Filmoro, tho members of the Cabinet, Mr. Clay, and many other distinguished members of both Houses of Congress. It happened that on that day several members of the Cabinet and Senate were dining with Mr. Bodisco, tho Russian Minister. His good dinner and choice wines had kept the party so late, that the concert was nearly over when Webster, Oiay, Crittenden and others came in; whether from tho hurry in which they came, or from the heat of the room, their faces were a] little Hush ed, and they nil looked somewhat flurri ed. After the applause with which these gentlemen had been received had subsi ded, and silence once more restored,»the second part of the concert was opened by, Jenny Lind, with “Hail Columbia.” This toqk place during the height of the debate and excitement of the slavery question, and the compromise resolutions of Mr. Olay ; and this patriotic air, us a part of the programme, was considered peculiarly appropriate at a concert, where tho head of the Government, and a large number of both brandies of the legisla tive department, were present. At tho close of the first verse, Webster’s patriot ism boiled over; ho could staud it no longer; and rising like Olympian Jove, he added his deep, sonorous bass voice to the chorus; and I venture to say, that never in the whole course of her career, did she ever hear or receive one-Imlf of the applause as that, with which her song and Webster's chorus was greeted. Mrs. Webster who sat immediately behind him, kept tugging at his coat-tail to make him sit down or >top singing, but it was of no earthly use—and at tho close of each verse, Webster joined in, and it was hard to say whether Jenny Llmi, Webster, or the audience were the most delighted. I have seen Rublni, Lnblache, and the two Grisis, on the stage at one time, but such a happy con junction in the national air of “ Hail Columbia,” as Jenny Lind’s tenor and Daniel Webster’s bass, we shall never see or hear again. At the close of the air, Mr. Webster rose with his hat. in hand, mid made her such a bow as Chesterfield would have deemed a fortune for his son, and which eclipsed D’Orsay’s best. Jenny Lind, blushing at tho distinguished honor, courlealed to the floor ; the audience ap plauded to the very echo; Webster de termined not to be outdone in politeness, bowed again ; Mias Lind recourtesied, the house reapplauded, and this was repeated nine times, or “ I’m a villain else.” I have seen Niagaraand Taglioni, Mars and Mnllbran; I have walked through the ruins at Paestum and the Cullisrieum by moonlight; crossed the Memii Bridge and tho Thames Tunnel, but never while memory lasts will this scene fade away. Being something of a .wag, and deem ing tills too good to bo lost,tlie next day it was currently reported thatßarnum had engaged Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster to ac company Miss Lind and himself as far as Richmond, mid assist her at her concert. For some days nothing but Miss Lind's concert, and the report about Clay and Webster, was talked of about the capitol. A few days after this I was sitting in the Congressional post office, when a member came in, with whom I had al ways been on friendly terms, and to my unusual very cordial “Good morning,” the gentleman, with lips closely com pressed, pale as a shirt, and clipping his words very shortly, replied in a sort of staccato style. “ Good morning sir. Can I have ft word with you in fhdvaUsV Heaven defend mo from a challenge, thought I. Still, never dreaminguhow I could have incurred the gentleman’s dis pleasure, I replied very politely, “With pleasure.” After leading mo some dis tance through the crooked passages of the Capitol, he stopped shortaud looking me full in the face, and seemingly as anx ious for a light as a bull terrier, he began : “ Understand, sir, that a most insuit ing report has been very extensively cir culated in this city, about two of the most distinguished men of my party, and I have heard from more than one source that you are the author. My ob ject, sir, is to know whether you are the author, and if so whether you hold our sell responsible.” Being still in the dark, and utterly unable to comorehend the drift of bis remark, I replied : “ Sir, I do not know what you are talking about; you will be pleased to speak somewhat more intelligibly.” “ Well, sir,” said he, his color rising at my cool ness, “ I have learned from the most un questionable authority, that yon have said that Barnum bad engaged Mr. Clay ami Mr. Webster to accompany and as sist Jenny Lind at her concerts in Rich- niond.” , , . I never was so usually divided between an inclination to laugh outright and to get vexed ; and hesitate a moment weth er I should abuse him for his stupidity, or laugh in his face, it occurred to me that if ho could swallow so much, his credulity was capacious enough to digest much more. compressing my lips, and trying to look as tierce us possible, I said iu the same staccato tone, of voice in which he had spoken, “ Yes, sir, I am responsible for that report, and I reckon I have seen the contract.” lily young opponent’s jaws fell, and speaking in his usual natural drawl, ho bowed po-itely, and evidently with feelings of great dis appointment at not being able to get a figiit, “I beg your pardon, sir, I was not aware that you had seen the contract.” I do not know whether ho ever told any one, or whether his friends let him into the secret of my disposition as a wag, ■ but certain it was, for some time when ever ho saw mo on the one side of Penn sylvania avenue, be always had some bu siness on the other. . I told the joke to Mr. Webster, at his own house, before the nomination of the Whig party was made, ami ventured to suggest to him that when lie was elected President, he ought to confer some office on the man who was willing to tight for him ami the honor of his party. Ale as sured me that, if elected, the claims of this gent'eman should not be forgotten. • Coicmpovciry in Southern Society. (VST Perhaps the beat pun of this gen eration of lawyers was made by Hold Colonsay. A shoemaker of Aberdeen, in Scotland, had come into a fortune, after having fallen into several- misfortunes, chiefly from feminine causes. He sough t to divorce his wife, and she sought to di vorce him, and in the various suits if’ooo or £3,000 was spent. Lord Dons, during a dispute about the wife’s expen ses asked, " How would this shoemaker have got justice if he hud been obliged to stick to his last?” The Lord President instantly remarked, “Ho would have been required to spend his awl." Storm Signs.—lt’s a sign of a storm, to tread on anybody’s toe that inis corns. It’sasignof astorm, if you waken the baby on a wash day. It’s a sign of a storm, to call a baby ug ly in presence of its mother. It’s a sign of a storm, to start a yarn about your neighbor at an alo house, and some one runs and tells. It's a sign of astorm, to spit on the par lor carpet and your wife sees it. It's a sign of a storm, to speak ill of your wife’s relations. It ? s a sign of a storm, to tell your wife she looks horrid in that last new bonnet. tall, keen-eyed countryman walked into the court room during the progress of a trial. Stepping up to one of the “ring,” he requsted that the prison ers might be pointed out to him. Iho lawyer he accosted being somewhat of a wag, pointed to the jury. The stranger surveyed them critically, when turning to his informer he remarked: “'Veil they are a hard looking set, ain tthey ? I know by their looks they ought to go to State’s rrlson, every one of them I” A HE.VVTIFUIi STORY. “A cheerful word of sympathy May scatter clouds away, One little act performed In life Turns darkness Into day.” On a warm summer afternoon a lazy breeze stole through the windows of a little hot district school house, lifting the white curtains, ami rustling the leaves of the copy books that lay open on the desks. Thirty or forty scholars of all ages were bending over their writing, quiet and busy ; the voice of. the master, as ho passed about among the writers, was the only sound. lint though silent, this little hot school room has its heroes and heroines as certainly ns the wider sphere of life.' The bell wrings for the writing to bo laid by ; and now comes the last exercise of the day, the spelling, in which nearly all tho school joined. At the head of the class is a delicate little girl, in a blue dress, whoso bright eyes and attentive air show that she prizes her place and means to keep it. Presently a word, which had passed all the lower end of the class, came to Eu nice. The word was privilege. “ P-r-i-v, priv—i, privi—lege, privilege,” spelled Eunice. Hut tho teacher, vexed with the mistake at tho other end of tho class, misunderstood her, and passed it. The little girl looked amazed ; tho bright col or came into her cheeks, and she listened eagerly to the next person, who spelled it as she had done. “ Right,” said the teacher; place.” “ I spelled it so f ” whispered Eunice to herself, tears springing to her eyes as she passed down. Hut, too timid to speak to tho master, she remained in her place, inwardly determined to get up ; again. 1 But her trials were not over. Many ex pedients were tried in the school to keep out the arch enemy of all schools—whis pering. At length tho following was adopted: The first whisperer was stood upon the floor in front of the teacher’s desk. Hero ho acted as monitor; os ho detected another ho tpok his seat, and tho next offender kept a sharp look-out to find some one to take his place; for at the close of the school, the scholar who , had the whisperer’s place was punished very severely—as the school phrase was, “took a feruling!” This plan appeared to operate very well, every one dreading being found the last on tho floor- but though it secured an orderly school, many of tho parents and scholars doubt ed its justice. Tho boy who was on the floor when Eunice lost hortplacc, was an unruly, surly fellow ; who had smarted for his ' faults often before ; and as school drew near its close ho began to tremble. The instant Eunice’s whispered complaint reached his ear, his face brightened up; lie was safe now. And when tho class was dismissed, he said, “ Emiic whis pered, sir.” Eunice rose, and in a trembling voice re lated what she had said ; but tho teacher saw no excuse in it, and she was called to take the place of the ungenerous boy who told on her. Hooks had been put awaj’, and tho waiting school looked on in "sorrowful-: ness as Eunice left her scat to lake tho dreaded punishment. She was one- of the best scholars, bright, faithful, sweet tempered, a general favorite. Every one felt that it was unjust, and many angry glances were at the boy who was mean enough to get a little girl whipped. Overcome with shame ami fear she stood up by tho desk, crying bitterly, while the teacher was preparing to inflict the punishment. At this moment a tall boy stepped out of his seat, and going to the desk, said : ” Are you going to whip Eunice, sir ?” “ Yes, I never break my rules,” tho teacher said. _ * “ We will not see her whipped !” said the boy, in an excited voice. “There is not a boy hero, but one, that would see her whipped. Whip me, sir, and keep your rule if b-it don’t touch that little girl.” The master paused ; the school looked on tearfully. “ Do you mean to say that you will take the punishment?” asked the teach er. *• 1 do, sir,” was the bold reply. The sobbing little girl was sent to her seat, and without flinching, her friend stood and received the punishment that was to have fallen on her. The school was dismissed, and the boys paid him in admiration and praise for all ho had suf fered, while thognitoful little ghi blessed him from her heart for a noble and gen erous boy, who had saved her from the greatest shame ami suffering. T >aid the little school hud its heroes, and this was one of them. Do you think this conduct admirable? Now for the moral. The punishment received by this noble boy was Christ-like ; it was one of Holler ing from his own free will the punish ment that was to have been borne by an other. You see—do you not —that this Is just what Christ did, who bore our sin in His own body, on the tree—the Saviour of men. How great the gratitude each of us owes such a friend. PUAYI3U IN Cou«t.—Judge R re- • kites the following incident as occurring in the course of his practice: Pie was trying a petty case, in which one of the party was not able to pay coun sel fees, and undertook to plead his own cause ; but he found In the course of the trial that the keen and adroit attorney who managed the case for the other par ty was to much for him in legal strategy, evidently making the worst appear the bettercause. The poor mini, Mr. A , was in a state of mind bordering upon desperation, when the opposing counsel closed hia plea, and the case was about to be submitted to the justice for decision. “ May it please your honor,” said the naan. “May I pray?" , t , The Judge was taken somewhat by surprise, and could only say ho saw no objection. Whereupon Mr. A went down upon hia knees, and made a fervent prayer, iu which he laid the merits of the case before the Lord in a very clear ami methodical statement of all the par ticulars, pleading that right and justice