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CLINTON WELCH,
ITTORNEV AT LAW,
. LEVTlSut'RG, TENJii.
llrILl. practice in tho several Courts of Union
and Northumberland counties.
Kifi.r to
Hon. James Burnside,
' James T. Hale,
E.C. Humes & Co.,
Hon. A. S. Wilson,
" A. Jordan,
" Sand. Calvin,
Lewisbnrg, pril 30, 1853,
Bellcfonte.
do.
do.
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Hollidavahiirg
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From the S nithera Literary Mesienger
MY DEBUT AT THE BAR.
aiMeaee.eai
My client was a respectable butcher j
his opponant a well-t,-do larmer. On
getting to the court-house, I found the court
in session. The clerk was just reading the
minutes. My cam I can well speak it)
the lingular was the first set on the dock
et for that morning. I looked around and
saw old Kasm, who somehow had found
out that I was in the case, with his green
hag and half a library of old books on the
bar before him. The old fellow gave me
look ol malicious pleasure like that of a
hungry tiger from his lair, cast upon an
unsuspecting calf browsing near him. I
had tried to put on a bold face. I felt that
it would be very unprofessional to let on
to my client that I was at all scared, though
mv heart was running down like a jack
screw under a heavy wagon. My con
scienceI had not practised it away then
was not quite easy. I couldn't help
feeling that it was hardly honest to be
trading my client, like Fallslaff his men,
where he was sure to be peppered, lint
then it was my only chance; my bread de
pended upon it ; and I reflected that the
same thing is to happen in every lawyer's
practice. I tried to arrange my ideas in
form and excogitate a speech ; they flitted
through my brain in odds and ends. I
could neither think nor quit thinking. I
would lose myself in the first twenty words
of the opening sentence, and stop at a par
ticle ; the trial run clear out. I would
start it again with no better luck ; then I
thought a moment ol the disgrace of a dead
break-down; and then I would commence
again with, "Gentlemen of the Jury," etc.,
and go on as belorf.
At length the judge signed the minutes
and took 'jp the docket : "Special case
Iligginbolham vs. Swink ; slander. Mr.
Ulendvs for plantifT, Mr. Kasm for defen
dant. Is Mr. G. in court ? Call him sheriff."
The sheriff called three times. He might
as well have called the dead. No answer
of course, came. Mr. Kasm arose and told
the court that he was sorry his brother was
a good deal of the excitement had worn off.
The tremor left, only gave tne that sort ol
feeling which is rather favorable than oth- ,
eiwise to a public speaker.
I might have made a pretty pood out of
it, if I haj thrown myself upon the merits
of my case, acknowledged my own inexpe
rience, plainly stated the evidence and the
Irw, and let the case go reserving my sell
in the conclusion for asplurge, if I chose
to make one. Hut the evil genius thai
presides over the first bantlings of all law
yerings, would have it otherwise. The
citizens of the town and those of the country
then in the village had gathred in great
numbers into the court-house to hear the
speeches; audi could not nhs such an
opportunity for display.
Looking over the jury, I found them a
plain matter of fact looking set ol fellows;
but I did not note or probably know a (act
or two about them which I found out af
terward. I started as I thought in pretty good
style. As I went on, however, my fancy
began to get the better of my judgment.
Arguments and common sense grew tame.
Poetry ami declamation, and, ot last, pathos
and fiery invective, took their place. I
grew as quotations as Richard Swiveller.
Shakspeare suffered. I quoted among oth
er things of less value and aptness, "He
who steals try purse steals trash," etc 1
spoke of the woftil sufferings of my poor
client, almost heart-broken beneath the
weight of the terrible persecution of his
enemy ; and growing bolder, I turned on
old Kasm, ami congratulated the jury that
log my e'f .ere by words, or chevdicr?, il H ' turned himelf into tt fuhhII cascade,
need be, by blows, and that this youth1; making a a,ieat deal of noise In make a greai
gentleman ahull right well know before I J .H 0f fio:h; tnnililinjr, mating, foaming Ihe
have dune with mm. You wnl hrar in
mind, gentlemen, that what I say is in
sell-defence lliat I did not begin this
quarrel that it was forced on me : and that
t am bound by no restraints of courtesy ;
or of respect, or of kindness. L't him
charge to the account of his own rashness
and rudeness whau-vi-r he riceives in re
turn therefor.
shallower il tuti, all the noisier it seemed.
Ho ficitef and knitted hi brows; lis beat
the air ami he vociferated, always emph.isi
in tho meaningless word mimt InuilU ; he
pufleil, (.welled out, and blnweit off, until be
renail like new bellow , all brass and
wind. How he mouthed il as!hoe villain
ous stnae-pliiverK, tattling out fustian in a
"Let me retort on this youth that he is a bam theatre mitnicitig 'Who sti nN un
worthy advocate of his butcher client. He purse steals trash.' (I don't deny it ) "Tib
fights w ththe dirty weapons of his barhar- something" (query?) 'i.oihimj' (exactly )
ous trade, and brings into his speech the
reeking odor of his client's slaughter-house.
"Perhaps something of this congeniality
commended him to the notice of his wor
thy client, and to this, his first retainer ;
and no woiuh r, for when we heard his ve
hement roaring, we might have supposed
that his client had brought his most unruly
bull calf into court to defend him, had not
the matter of loaring soon convinced its the
'Tis mine; 'iwas hi., and has been slave to
! thousand but he who filches from me my
eood name, lobs me of that vrliieh not en-
tiuheth him' (not in tho leas!),'b'Jt makes
j me pour indeed' (justed, hut whether any
poorer I bun before he patleJ w ith the en.
I ciitnbianrej is another mallei).
' But llio young penllemaii refers to his
vonlli. He uuuli nil to reproach us of ma-
animal was more remarkable for the length lurcr age in that indirect w ay ; no one w ould
ol his ears, than even the power ol his have suspected it of him, or him of it, if he
lungs. Perhaps the young gentleman has had not told i! : indeed, from hearinu him
pes.k. we were prepared to t:ive him credit
taken Ins retainer, and contracted for
butchering my client on the same terms as
his client, contracts in his line that is on
the shares. But I think, gentlemen, he
will find the contract a more dirty than
profitable job. Or, perhaps, it might not
he uncharitable to suggest that his client,
also seems to be pretty well up to the busi
ness ot saving other people'1 i bricon, may
have desired, as far as possible, to save his
the genius ol slander had found an appro- ow n ; and, therefore, turning from the
priate defender in the genius of chicane members ol the bar who would have char
and malignity I complimented the jury ge, for their services according to their
on their patience, on their estimate of the value, took this occasion of getting off some
value of character; -poke of the public of his stale wares ; for, has not Shakspeare
expectations, of that feeling outside of the 'said ('he gentleman will allow me to
box which would welcome with thundering j quote Shakspeare, too, while yet his repu
plaudits the ngnieous verdict the jury
would render; and wound up by declaring
that I had never known a case of sla.ider
so aggravated in the course ol my practice
at the bar; and felicitated myself that its
grossness and barbarity, justified my client
in relying upon even the youth and mcx
tation survives nts barbarous mouthing o!
the poi t's words) he knew ati attorney
'who would delend a cause for a starved
fur almost any length of rars. But doe not
the youth remembei that Gititiu was only
seventeen when he was in full practice, and
that he was attorney-r!tieral al Iwenly-lwo:
and what is Giotiu lo this (.neater lihl?
Not the burning of my smoke-house to the
:ouflagriition of Aloseuw !
'And yet, young Grotius tells ns in the
next breath, that be never knew S'ich a slan
der in the course of his practice Wotider-
Inl, indeed ! seeing thai his practice has all
teen done wiihin the lasl six hours. Why
to hear him talk, you would suppose thai he
was tin old Continental lawyer, grown pray
in the service. Il-i-s n-r-a-c-t-i-c-e ! Why,
he is just in his legal "wadding clothes!
His practice ! ! But I don'l wonder he can't
hen, or a leg of mutton fly blown.' I !"'8 'be absurdity of such talk. How long
trust, however, whatever was the rontrac', does it lake one of the canine tribe, after
the gentleman will make his equally wor- birili, lo open hisejes?
thy client stand up to it ; for I should like
nerirnce of an unpracticed advocate, whose that on one occasion it might be said th
poverty of resources was unpaid by oppor- j excellent butcher was midetopnij for his
stcne.
"I find it difficult, gentlemen, to r
too much 'stroking his chin and looking I tunities of previous preparation. Much
down and pausing) indi.spr.ted, or otherwise more I said that happily has now escaped
encased, to attend the case, but he must ; m
plv
to any part ol this young man's effort, ex-
'He talked, too, of outside influence; of
the public expectations, arid all that sort of
deiuauuuim. I observed no evidence of
any popular demons'ratious in bis favor, un
less it be a tailor I saw stamping bis feet:
but whether that was because he had set
ioctoii i. av. jiu;iiks,
)FFK'E on Broadway, near the Ei'iwoi.al
Church, Sunhury.
tSunbtiry, April 11, 1S53, tf.
IvSvilENCE HOUSE,
SUNBURY, PA.
rllE subscriber rcpertfnlly informs his friends,
and the piihlic generally, that he h is opened
"Lawrence lIoue aim win uo nis ucai m-
THOMI'SOX.
avors to ulease the public.
SAMUEL
Sunbury Feb. 26, 1853. if.
' SLAYMAKER & HASLETT.
t o I tt m D in ?L o M 0 c
Chestnut Street hclow Tth,
PHILADELPHIA.
Board St.50 per day.
Phila., May 28. 1853.
insist on its being di.poed, etc., the court When I concluded, Sam Hicks and one ! crpt his argument, which is the smallest
said it should be. I then spoke up (though i or two other friends gave a faint sign of i part in compass, and next to his pathos, the cro.s-lej'.'ed so long he wanted exercise, or
my voice seemed to me very low down, applause, but not enough io make any im- most amusing. His figures of speech are was rejoicing because he had gal orders for
and very hard to g.-t up,) that 1 had just pression. some ot them quite good, and have been so
been spoken to in the cause. 1 believed I observed that old Kasm held his head ; considered by the be;-! ludges for the last
we were ready, if the cause must then be ! down when 1 was speaking; I entertained ihousau.l years. I. must confess, th.-.t as to
tried; but I should much prefer it to be . the hope that I had cowed him! His usual these 1 find no other fault than that '.liev
laid over, if the court would consent, until i fort w as that of cynical composure, or bold j were badly applied, and ridiculously pro
the next day, or even that evening. Kasm and brazen defiance. It wasa special kind- i nour.ced ' ami this further laul!, that they
protested vehemently against this, reminded ' lies if he only smiled in covert scorn ; that , have become so common-place by cotis'ant
the court ot its peremptory order ; reierrerj ; waslus most annauie expression in a inat. use, mat unless some new vamping or lei
to the lormer proceeilings, and was going Rut when he raised up his head I saw city ol application be given Ibem, they
on to discuss the whole merits of the case,
when he was interrupted by the judge,
who, turning himself to me, remarked that
he should be happy to oblige me, but that
he was precluded by what had happened;
he hoped, however, that the counsel on the
other side would extend the desired indub
gence; to which Kasm immediately rejoin'
the very devil was to pay. His face was
of a burning red. He seemed almost to
choke with his rage. His eyes were blood
shot, and flamed out fire and fury. His
queue stuck out behind, and shook itself
slilily, like a buffalo bull's tail when he is
! about making a fatal plunge. I had struck
between wind and water. 1 here was an
Dilwortli, Branson Co.
I.MPntlTBRs OF Si DEa!.F.RS IN
Foretell aml IVoiiirittic
ARDWARE, CUTLERY, &C
Ao. 59 Market St.. 1 door below 2d St,
PHILADELPHIA.
rhcr they always ee- on hand a lr(te stocZ o
every variety of Hardware, Cutlery, &c.
'm. Dilwrorth. Henry P. I.andis,
imuel Branscn. James M. ance.
October 10, 18.V2. ly.
vmTm'cauty,
BOOKSELLER,
Mtrket Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
rffcT received and for sale, a fresh supply of
1 F.V.iKGCLlC.ll. 9ITMC'
8inging Schools. He is alo opening at
i,time, a large assortment of Books, m every
inch of Literature, consisting of
Poetry. History. Novel, Romances, Scientinc
orks Lw, Medicine. School and Children
ks 'Bibles ; School. Pocket and Family, both
th and wilbout Engravings,-anl every of van
, of Binding. Prayer Books, of all kinds.
Also just received and for .ale, ? union I) -,t
of tile laws of Pennsylvania, edition of 18jI,
ice only 56,00.
JudgeTve.de edition of Blackstones Commen
iea. in 8 vols. 8 vo. formerly sold at J 10,00,
dow olTcred 0" " binJin6) 8t tl,e low
ire of $ 0,00.
K Treatise on the law. of Pennsv v.n.a re-
ecting the estates oi ueceuvii, .
irdon, price only $4,00.
Travels Voyage, and Adventure., all ot
uUh will to .old low, either for cash, or coun-
produce. .
February, St, IS52.-U.
t d that this was a case in which he neither , audacity in a stripling like me bearding
asked lavors nor meant to give them. So. ,im which infuriated him. He meant to
the rase had to go on. j massacre me, and wan ted to be along time
Several members of the bar had their j j0inj it. Jt was a regular auto de fe. I
hats in their hands, ready to leave the j lvas t0 he the representative of the young
room, when the case was caller! up ; but
seeing that I was in it alone, sufTered their
curiosity b get the better of their engage
ments, and staid to &ee it out a circum
approaches nearest to it not only in the
humor, hut in the veracious characters of
the inridetitsftntn which the humor comes.
Such lace sn w irbegone, so whimpering.
bar, and to expiate his malice against all.
The court adjourned for dinner. It met
again alter an hours' recess.
Bv this time pulic interest, and especial-
stance which did not diminish my tiepida- : y nat 0f the bar, grew very great. There
tion in the least. was a rush to the privileged seats, and the
I had my witnesses called up, posted my ; si,Hrifl had to command order, the shuffling as if Ihe short period since he was flog r-d
client behind tne in the bar, and put the 0 (et a(l( the pressure of the crowd for- at si hool (probably in reference to those
case to tne-jury. l lie aeieiinatii nao pieau : war() was si great.
justification, and not guilty. I got along j j toob. mv g,..,t within the bar, looked
pretty weli, I thought, on the proofs. The arond with an affectation of indifference,
cross-examination of old Kasm didn t seem j so belaying the perturbation within that
to me lo hurt anything; though he quib- the same power ol acting on the stage
bled, misconstrued, and bullied mightily j would have made my fortune on that Un
objected to all my questions as leading, and Blr,.
all the witnesses' answers as irrelevant ; j jasm rose took a glass ol water ; his
but the judge, who was a very clever sort , hand trembled a little I could see that ;
ot a man, and who didn't like Kasm much, too, a p;ncn of snuff, and led off in a voice
helped me along and over the bad places, j sow am measured, but slightly very slight
occasionally taking the examination him- V( tremulous. By a strong effort' he had
sell, when old Kasm had got the statements r"ecovpred his composure. The bar was
of the witness in a fog. surprised at his calmness. They all knew
I had a strong case ; the plaintiff showed j it was affected, but they all wondered that
a good character that the lodge of Masons j he could affect it. Nobody was deceived
ha"d refused to admit him lo fellowship un- i by it. We felt assured "it was the tor
til he had cleared up those charges; that ! rent's smoothness ere it dash below." I
tire nearly as much as Ins original mailer
videlicet, that matter which being more
ridiculous than we ever heard before, car
ried internal evidence of its being his own.
Indeed it was never hard to tell when thi
gentleman recurred to his own ideas. Hi
is like a cat-bird the only intolerable dis
cord she makes being her own note, though
she gets on well enough as long as sh
copies and cobbles the songs ol other w'ar-
blt-rs.
"mil, genliemcn, it tins voting orators
argument w as amusing, what shall 1 say of d keep the ciowd from you, gentlemen, if
his pathos? What larce ever equalled the you should pive us n verdict !
fun ol it ? The play of 'The Liar' probably I '-But, gentlemen, 1 am tired of winnow ing
t (h never had more than a thiiribhful ot
brains in her dull baby head), and was -o
tickled with them, thai she got her bmthe'
Bill, about fourteen, to copy them off, as w ell
as he could, and lake Ihem lo iho priming
office. Bill ihtevv them under the door ; Ihe
pi inter, as big a fool as either, tint only pub
lished ihem, but, in his infernal kindness,
pulled Ihem in some critical commendations
of his own referring lo the "gifted author" as
"one of the most promising of tho younger
membeis of our bar."
The luti, by this time, grew fast and fuii
ous. The country oeonle. who hnvo nhont n
much sympathy for a young town lawyer
badirered by an older one, as for a young cub
beset by cuts, and who have as much idea
or respect for poetry as for witchcraft, joined
in ihe tnirlh with glee. They ciovvded aronnd
old Kasm, and stamped and roared as at a
circus. The Judge and sheriff in vain tried
to keep order. Indeed his h r smiled out
loud once or twice ; and, to cover his retreat
pretended to cough,' and lined the sheriff five
lollais fur not keeping silence in court. Even
the old clerk, w hose imtr.emoi ial pen behind
his I it hi ear bail w orn the hair fiom that xide
of his head, and who ha J not smiled ir court
for twenty years, and boasted that Patrick
Henry couldn't distuib him in making up
judgement entry, actually turned his chair
from ihe desk and put down his pen ; af'er
warJs he put his hand to his head three times
in search of it ; forgetting, in his attention to
old Kasm, w hat ho had done with it.
Old Kasm went on reading and comment
ing by turns; I forgot what ihe ineffable
trash was. I wouldn't recollect if I could
My equanimity will only stand a phrase or
two lhat still lincers in my memory, fixed
there by olj Kasm'. ridicule. I bad said
snmelhing nboul nry bosom's anutiish"
about the passion that was consuming me
and, loillustralo it, or to make the line jingle,
put in so.n"thing about "Egypt's Queen taking
Ihe ap lo her bosom'' w hich, for the sake
of rhyme or metre, I called the venomous
worm how Ihe confounded thing was
brought in I neiiher know- nor want lo know.
When old Kasm came to lhat, he said be ful
ly apprecialed what Ihe young bard said he
believed it. He spoke of venomous worms
Now, if he Kasm might presume logive ihe
young gentleman advice, he would recom
mend Swain's patent vermifuge, fie had no
doubt that it would effectually cure him of
his malady, his love, and last, but not least,
of his rhymes which would be the happiest
ps'sase in his eventful his'.niy
I couldn't stand il any longer; I had borne
it to the last point of human endurance.
When il came only to ski.ini; g I was there
tint when he showeie I down a-)iiifo !is en
the raw, and then see'iie.l disp-i-'d to rub i;
in, I fled ; "Abii, euiii, evasi." Tho last
thing I heard was old Ivas n calling me back,
amidst the shouts of the an liance but no
more.
The next information received of Ihe case,
was a leiter that came lo me al Natchez, my
new re.-ideuce, from Hicks, about a month
THE MR IV VOKK CRYSTAL PALACE. f
The New York Crystal Pataee appears to
be filling up rapidly i h contribiilions.-
(ioods are comirisr in in great abundance,
keeping several persons ConArsji.tlyvrVrctipie.f
in rcjiisieriuji them and making otit (Re mv
cessaiy papers. Lnfrland,. France, Germany
and Prussia, are largely represented, and Ihe
main lloor or the Crysul Palacusia at present
principally filled with goods from those
countries, still imdisplayed, and remaining
in llieir original packages. No less than
l.00 foreign package, are already registered
exclusive of many others jet in the custom
House, some of which are of large bulk.
Theie lias been great delay in forwarding
American goods, and the collection will bar
quite incomplete at the opening on the 14th
lust., unless more promptness is observed.
The Journal of Commerce says:
In a few day, many goods will be prepaf
ed for exhibition, and Ihe Palace present a,
greatly improved nppea:ence ; but it seem,
hardly possible for any considerable propor
lion lo be in readiness by the 14:h instant.
Enough will be ready, however, lo render
the exhibition attractive in a high degree,
and subseqneiil lo that date, it will improve
rapidly. The presence of the President and
a large portion of his Cabinet, will add
greatly lo Ihe interest of the inaugural cere
monies on the 1-lih.
a new suit or a prospect of paijincnl Jor an
old one, the Leiitierruiil can possibly tell bet
icr than I can. Here Hick left. 1 However,
i! tins "ase j's to be decided by ihe populace
heie, the cenlletnau will allow me ihe bene
fit of a wiilcf error to Ihe regimental muster
It be held next Fii lay at Reiuh.ii ts dia.il-
ry.
"lir.t I suppose ne meant to lutihten yon
into a verdict by inlimatu g that the mob.
frenzied by his eloquence, w ould tear you to
ieces if you cave a verdict for defendant
like the equally eloquent barrister oul Vesti
who concluding a case, said, '-Gentlemen;
my client is as innocent of stealing that cot
ting as the sun at monoday, and if you give
it ncain him his brother Sain Retchins.
next muster, will maul every mother's son of nflerwards, telling me that the jury (., which
you," I hope the sheriff will see lo his duly,
TEfiltlBLE STORM.
Destruction of a Pvildins containing Fifty
PersonsSeven Bodies Dug Out.
New York, July 10 A most violent hiri-
cane occurred in this vicinity last rvi mi ;.
aecompat.ied by teriifie penis of thunder ve
vivid lightning. A building at Ta:i)': r:(
occupied by several families, ntJ
to contain about fifty ppisrn . r;
the storm, was b'own i!owr, at.d
purson are known lo have , ;,
bodies were lakea out In! eve .i..
many more
,e
a c:..y six
'.i Svvea
h atnf il
J bi'iieuih
was feared
the ruins
A litig" brick s'orc and dwclKng in pro
grese t the eo-rer of I";.-ks and Mor:tenj;ui3
Streets, R ouk!t:, '". as o:i: ;re!y tr.3". h'jd by
the etorm. Tvu p-'f icrs-by wcie buried u
the mine.
Dri AWARE. I. ACKAV. ANN. AJ.I) '.Vr.?i in !
Railroad. The contracts for constructing
of the entire Southern Division of this road,
were made during the past week. Tim
Soulhren Division extends from Seranton f
the Delaware liver, at the point of bridt'ir.g.'
about five miles below Ihe Delaware Ws'er
Gap, and a distance of fifty six mi'e.
The contractor are required to cflrr.p!e!e
their contracts ready for the superslrnctor, at
different dates, fiom 1st July to 15th of Au
gust, 1S5J, wi:i one exception the contract
ot II S. Weli S; Co ; being very heavy, and
embracing a tunnel, it will end on tho 1st
October, 1S51 The work will commence
on tle wh ile line in the month of July, and
it is confidently anticipated lhat by this road,
authiacite coal will teach the city of New
Yoik in the vear 1SGJ.
rooming Mutual Insurance Company.
R J U MASSER i. the local agent for the
) abo've Insurance Company, in North , urn her
,d county, and i. at all time, ready to ellect
lurameigainst fir. on real o, personal pro
.ty. or renewine policies for the .ame.
hunburv. April 80. 1851. tf.
"dentistrv.
I.- i Flint a yir. ucnusi, wuuiu
Mr. Catharine Uoulton, where be wi I be hap
"".tend to all lto in the line of hi. profe
' operetio... or Mechanical work war.
.1 i answer all th. useful and ornamental
uaaaUtSal
IT i. oH 1H5.3
untwry, iun .
S Vanilla Bean of a .upior quality
"fET- H7B. MA88ER.
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of the art.
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KITING H.L1D i and self JLp Env.
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the Methodist Church, of which he was a
class-leader, had required of him to have
these charges judicially settled; that he
had offered to satisfy the defendant that
they were false, and proposed to refer it to
disinterested men, and to be satisfied, if
they decided for him, to receiv.e a written
retraction, in winch the defendant should
only declare he was mistaken ; that the
defendant refused this proffer and reiterated
these charges with increased bitterness and
aggravated insult; that the plaintiff had
suffered in reputa'ion and credit ; that the
defendant had declared he meant to run
him off and buy his land at hi-Jdefenrtant's)
own price; ana tnai oeienoani was net
and often repeated his slanders at public
meetings, and once at the church door,
and finally, now justified.
The defendant's testimony was weak ; it
did not controvert the proof as to the speak
ing of the words or the matters ol aggrava
tion. Many witnesses were examtneo as
to the character of the plaintiff; but those
against us only referred to what they had
heard since the slanders, except one, who
was unfriendly. Some witnesses spoke of
butchering hogs at night and hearing them
squeal at a late hour at the plaintiff's
slaughter-house, and of the dead hogs they
had seen with various marks, and some
thing of hogs having been stolen in the
neighborhood. This was about all the
proof. The plaintiff laid hi damages at
$10,000.
I rose to address the Jury. By Ihn time
chaff; I have not bail the rewaid paid by
Griiliauo for silling his discourse; the two
grains of wheal lo the bushel. It is all fiolh
all wind all bubble."
Kam left me heie for a lime and turned
eggs falsely charged to the hound puppy.) "P"n '"' t''"'"t ' dor H'-'l-'iubolham caught
bad either obliterated the remembrance ol " ami Heavy, ne wooieii nun, men
his juvenile affliction, or the looks he bore skinned him, and then look to skinning off
when he endured it. the cr.der cuticle. Ilig never skinned a beef
"Theie was something exquisite in this sn thuioughly. He pul together nil ihe fads
picture of the woes, the wastin g grief of his
disconsolate client, the butcher ol Higginbo-
than), mourning as Rachael mourned fur
her children for his character, because it
was not. Gentlemen, look at him ! Why, he
weigns twelve stone noie. lie has three in
ches of fat on his ribs this minute! He
would make as many links of sausage as any
I .L. I . . ... -
uog inai ever squeuteii al niklniglil III Ins
Biauglitei iug pen, anil has laid enough in bun sous lo crush his client.
lo cook it all. Look at his face! Why. his out. as not hearing on ;h
thought he would come down on me in a
tempest, and flattered myself it would soon
be over. But malice is cunning. He had
no idea of letting me off so easily.
He commenced by saying that he had
been some years in the practice. He would
not say he was an old man; that would be
in bad taste, "perhaps. The young gentle
man who has just closed his remarkable
speech, harangue, poetic effusion, or rig
marole, or whatever it might be called, il,
indeed, any name could be safely given to
his motly mixture ot incongruous slang
the young gentleman evidently did not
think he was an old man, for he could
hardly have been guilty of such rank inde
cency as to have treated age with such dis
respect he would not say with such in
sufferable impertinence ; and yet "I am,"
he continued "of age enough to recollect,
if I had charged my memory with to in
considerable an event, the day of his birth,
and then I was in full practice in the court
house. I confess thoughgentlemen, I am
old enough to remember the period when
a youth's first appearance at the bar was
not signalized by impertinence toward rut
seniors; and when public opinion did not
think flatulant bombast and florid trash.
picked oul of fifth-rate romances and nam-
by-namhy rhymes, repeated by the upstart
saucinessol a raw popin ay toward tne ex
perieuced members of the profession he
disgraced. And to some extent, this rani
inz youth may be right. I am not old in
that sense which disables me fro no defend-
chops remind a hungiy man of jowls and
greens. If ibis is a shadow, in the name of
prnpnety, whydidn l be show himself, when
il fi 'sh, at tho last fair, be.ide the Kentucky
ox; dial were a tnore honest way ot making
u living Ihau stealing hoe, liul Ilig is lin
ing in giiel! I ronder the poetic youth, his
learned counsel, did not quote Shakspeare
iiin. He never told hit woe but 'let con
cealment liii tne worm in I tie rud prey
upon hi. damask cheek.' He looked like
patience on a monument cmiling at grief
or beef, I should laiher say. But, geuile-
men, probably I am wioug; it may be that
this tender hearted, aensitive butcher was
lean before, and like Falstaff, Ihiows the
b'arT.e of his fat on sorrow a:id si'hioc
which "has puffed him up like a bladder."
(Here Iligginbolham left in digni.)
'there, gentlemen, ho goes, 'larding Ihe
lean earlh as he walk, aleti".'1 Well baa
Dr. Johnson said, 'Who kills fat nxen, should
himself be fat.' Poor Hig ! stuffed like one
of hi own blood puddings, iih a dropsical
grief which nothing horl of ten thousand
dollars, of Swink's money can cure. Well,
a. grief puff, him up, 1 dont wonder that
nothing but depleting another man can cure
him.
"And now, gentlemen, I eome lo the blood
and thunder part of Ihi. young gentleman's
harangue, empty end vapid, word and noth
ing else. If any part of his rigmarole was
windier than any nthr par', this was it.
about the witness' hesrii " the hogs equeal
ing nt nig hi ; the different rnaiks of the hugs ;
ihe lussts in the neighboi hood ; peivertet
the testimony and supplied onii.-sion. until
you would s :p; ose i'u bearn g him that it had
been hilly pioveti that pout llig had t.;ti!cu
all the meal ho ever sold in the market.
lie Ufseveraled that his suit was a malicious
conspiracy between the Methodists ami M.t-
Cut all thi 1 leave
i main Hubject in y -
lUin. A writer in a late number of the
London Quarterly Review furnishes the fol
lowing inhumation on this subject : "London
imports about five tons of human hair an
nitally. Black hair comes mainly from
Brittany ami the south of France, where it i.
collected principally by one hair merchant,
who travels from lair lo fair, and buys tip,
and shears the i mps of the neighborhood
d.im5e!s. A liavt-llcr in Brittany describe
the peasant giils as attending at the fairs
with their beautiful trcsse, perfectly willing
to sell out. He saw several girls sheared,
one alter another, !is;e sheep, and as many
moie standing ready for the shears with
their caps in their hands, and their long hair
combed out and hinging to their waists.
writes, in reply lo a boyi-h epistle f.oni hi, ' "e ne ut'",,!r w" Placeu 'r
son at boarding-school, 'io his mater. to send : et, '",u wh,Ll' "ccsmvsj crops of
him home for reason, which ho thus cha.at- 'e lu,ow" "L'".UP W1!P c' .
leiisiicallv explains : 'lf- Fu' a hei111 uf ,la,r about ,wen,y "
"S.r-Mv sou's of ltilh iut. camo duly to in money is given, or a jjauuy uanuaercniei.
J
ham., ami eon! rt note.!. Sony lo ii';ir lif s
been Ftu.i'i! I.aliti, Vh:ii' I never
.tn.li.ul ',.- cn.. It iliii.nr rnVtiimv Itlll WYh-
sters Sp g Book and Daboll's A.ith'k, and P'r '. " U.rm"rS' n"R "CM 1 .
Richard's Alm'k ; yel gm along well encgh ! fr oidi once a year. And who know.
I- nmnev i. m ttai.k Diieet'r. Mrll.h. 1 "u;" " 1 " " 1 "
Chanib. Com , kc, fce , fce.,. Latin ! -better '
look into MTullock- some isr in that j
Learn nil about Dr. and Cr , cl , per cl ,
if "i .. r . .1 . I
cur cy. cxcti., li.inK tacii , m.i ., ft:e, in n s ;
ihe commodity of true know ledge the 1 o-t j
I should have staled old Kasm had got two
infidels and four anti masons) had given a
verdict for defendant, that before the court
adjourned, Kiank Gleinly had got sober and
moved for a new Irial. on the ground thai the
verdict was against the evidence, and that
the plaintiff had not had justice by reason of i
the incompetency of his counsjl. and the I
auaiiii'iumeiu 01 n;s cause; ami 111,11 ne go'
a new Ilia!, as Hell he ehould have done.
A Sharp Rcsines Lf-tteh. A contempo-1
rary publishes ihe follow iug specimen letter
from one of a class w ho th'nk there is noth
ing valuable bul trade in the win Id. Il pur
ports lo come from a "cute" merchant; who
lie came back to me wi'h renewed appe
tite. He said he would conclude by pay in;
his vuledictoiy respeel lo his juvenile diend,
as this wa.lhe lust time he expected to have
the picasuiu uf meeting him.
'The poetie young gentleman had said, ind'e for counting-room always in detu'd -
lhat. by your verdict agaiind his clienl, yon always available in maiket. when y'r Latin
This hair is Ihe lii.cst and most silken that
can be produced. l.igUi hair comes from
Gei many, when! it is collected by a conipa-
ses gleaming i'i the gas-linht, w ith which
our bluoiTiing Eves, aptly entangling their
own. tempts our eligible Adams.
and y r Greek would I lelclt a toonmrkie, as
my captain says.
"Hut to point.
My son i now 14 yr's old
would blight forever his reputation and lhat
of his family thai you would bend down
the spiiit of his manly son, and dim the ra
diance of his bloomirg dauhtei's beauty.
Very pretty, upon my won!! Itut, ecnlle
men, not so fine, poetical by half, as a pre
cinus morceau of poetry w hich adonis the
column, of the villaceiiewamner. bearimz
.u.. -r 1 r i .. .1.:. .. 1 l.l.. I Si .ficn rm ii b in voice Hlld bi 1 1 of lad g, of
inn 1111 na . ui j . w j. n 1 ui. a1 no 11 a lic i , -
1 1 1 . . ..t Um.t. t r. ..inned in Merx and Co , X
rirouuciioil lia exeneil a iin-rfl iirui in n e---
nl.iu e in the nurseries and brardin2-i hoots. Y'k
I must ber- lo read il. not for tho nstruclion "P. S. Send Lin, ami win renin v .r...,,,
of ih rx.iiilf.nian he has already seen il . moil. Slocks rather heavy. Sfli'd be glad In
bul for Ihe entertainment of the jury. Il is sell you a lot of damaged Jtva al 7 cia p1'
addressed lo R !, a young lady of
A Citv with Twelve Thousand I.nhahi
tams Destkoveu. Iii ihe foreign news by
the A'laiilio last we, k, it is slated that on
the 11 of May tha City of Shirax in Persia
was destroyed wilh twelve thousand of it
inhabitants, by the shock of an eaithquak '
! This is the second city in Persiu, and III fur
U II III nuni wi 111111,11' . .....in , . r
. . . . n m ....o.u 1,.1 u nfriil;ltimi nl ill flofl n.. , a. . n
I I.;- I,.- th ,. v m, , 1 J " I I '"1
have lei l.im stand another half year though,
but for ihe Latin, arid high rats ol lui'ion at ,
bo.iid'g-sch'1. Please tdiip him on board
hi idace. Here it goes."
Judge my horror when, 0,1 looking op, I
saw him take an old newspaper from his
pocket and, pulling dow n his spectacle., be
gan lo read, in stage.artor style, some ere
I had written for Rose Bell's album. Rose
had been worrying me some lime lo write hr
eomething. To gl rid of her fmporiunltiea,
lhad seribbled off a few lines and copied
ihem in the precious volume. Hose, the lit.
lb. -very cheap, arid good enough lui ouaril g
scb'll. Plea) ml viae."
Wash 1NQ Clothes av Si ti.vi. All the
washing of Ihe St. Nicholas lintel, New
Yoik. is done by steam, without rubbing the
linen lo rags, or wearing out the hands of
tba wasUeuuomen. In less than thirty min
utes the clothes are washed and dried ready
for ihe wearer. One man and three omen
do all the washing of this hotel, amouuting
lilt foot, took item for lomethinf very cl?- 1 Um J to 5000 pieces a dsy.
j bill an eailhquuke in 1824 nearly deet-oyed
it. Il was tormerly a place of gm.i: t .ii',el '
and i celebrated by the P. r-la-i r"ei H.if ?,:
who Wasa naiive of Stiiinz, fir i . bi.nitv
and ferliliiy. Since ihe ea-thqnake of jwsi
it has greatly il.clined in both, iro-l ef it
public alriiciuies liaviig I ten r.nned by that
calamity. . .. e..i
A conespoiidcnl of th Memphis Appeal
wriles that the poet Alexander ? nith, whose
productions have recently made s :en a sen--saiion
in ihe literary ciu-! cf Scotland, an
are so favorably notioed m tria Flagiish He-
view., waa, in Ulti, ".eed)!' atij neg'eot
ed individual ii Wist-onsic she butt for
ridicule of all the literary peopie cf that IU
and lhat after seeki .g i:, vain 'hrouch all
our principal eastern ciliea, lor a just arrre
ciaiion of the merits of taluma of m
poema, then recently publuaeit-he w l in:
Eurtf., here he bl become fsrtous.