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4 ' -. VOLUME XXVI,.I
Reineinsbrances
•
ppm at he hour when evening throws
• ,„ its,gathering shades o'er vale and hill,
• While half ibe,seene in twilight glows,
And half in sunlight glerma
'''The thought of all that we have' been,
And hoped, and fear'd, on liib's long way ;
flehiembranees of joy nnd pain—
, , Come mingling with the close of day.
,! Thd distant scene of youth's bright dream,
t; • The smiling green, the rustling. tree,
nturna t ar of the grass.fringetl stream,
, • ~• The ,houuding of the torrent free—.
e friend;,who.sa fender voice no more
4 '
'bhalf ikweetly•thrill the listening e.,arr-••-
: • 1 Thd grew 'thiii, I . .. Orb's. first vision worts.—
pangs--aro here.
.• . •
• ~,;Aut soft oe'r (mob reviving scene
The chastening linos of Memory spread;
And smiling each dark thought betvVcen,
Hope satttms every. tear we shed. ,
' thut,..wheiii)euth's long
: night comes on,'
• And its 'dark shades around Me lie,
• May parting beams front' l'ilemory's sun
softly in tuy (treeing sky:
Burial Of. a
..,,ty4o. following touching description,
I/ria:for graphic :power,' siniplicity and
.:pathos. is hardly equalled in the English
llhingsage, doseribeti the interinent of
Dung and beautiful child, whose sweet
. fleas of disposition and purity of character
,articaloulated to interest deeply the heart
of every mutter.)
"Along the crowded pathway they bore
borwow ; pure as the newly-fallonymw
that covered it ; whose day on earth had
..been as fleeting. Under that porch where
ill', had sat, when Ileaven in its mercy
brought her to the peaceful spot, she pas
sed again, and tho old church received her
itt, its, quiet &unlit.. _They carried her to
one old nook; Where she Lad many a time
sat causing, and laid their burden softly
on go pavement..T!io light strcanied
vti it through the colored window—a„:wiu
dow w here the bows of trees , Wqrd''ollol'
rrustlingibe sum_mer...and: whore the
birds sang sweetly all day long. With
every breath. of air that stirred among
those, brunekett in the sunshine, tome trem
bling, illatiginglight would fall upon her
graye, gud' to earth, ashes to ashes,
duatja dust.. Many rr young hand drop. 1
pill its its little wreath, many a stifled sob
was /marl Some—and there were not
a few—At - mit
,down. All wore sincere and
truthful in their sorrow.
The service done, the mourners stood
apart, and the villagers closed around to
look into the grave before the pavement
stone should be replaced. One called to
mind how pe had seen her sitting ou that
i•ory spot; 'Mid hew her book had fallen, 'in
her lap,
.1% she WAI,9 piing with a pensive
upon the ski. Anoill'or told how her
had wondered ritual that - one so delicate as
she, should be so hol.1; how she hail never I
feared to enter the church alone at night,
but had loved to linger there when all !
was quiet ; and even to climb the twer'
stair. With no more light than that of the l
• swoon's rays stealing through tin:loop-hole
in the thick old wall. A whisper went
about among the oldest there, that she
had seen and talked with angels; and
when they called to mind how she had
taiked, and spoken, and her early death,
Some thought it might be so, indeed,—
"l'hus, coming to the grave, in little knots,
sud'glancing doWn, and giving place to
odors, and falling of in whispering groups
,of three or four, the church was cleared I
in time of all but the Seaton and the
mourning friends. They saw the vault
c °tared and the atone . fixed dawn
Then when the dusk of evening had
(novo' on, and not a sound disturbed the
sacred stillness of the place—when the
bright 1110011 poured in her light no the
„..sOttib and monument, on pillar, wall and
itch, and most of all tit seemed to them)
upon Ger quiet. grave—in that calm time,
when all outward things and inward
thoughts teem with assurance of immortal
ity, and , worldly hypes and foarek are hum
bled in the dust before them--then, with
tranquil and submissive hearts they turn-
od away,'and• left the child with lied.—
Oh I it tehard to take to heart the lessons
that 1114s41ailis will teach ; 'but let
bo 11: . 111Sejspilt. for it is one that:4log,
learn, and is a mighty universal truth.—
'Whet; , death strikes down, the innocent
and' young, for every fragile fortu from
Which ho, lets the panting spirit froe, a
huinlmt, virtues rise, •itt shapes of mercy.
charity and lova,. to walk the world and.
Id* it. Of every tear that sorrowing mor
tnle shed on such green , graves, some good
?is born, some gentler nature comes.. In
44 deatmer's steps, thereopring upbright
creations that defy his power, and Ib is dark
path becomes way at light; to heaven.---
hiclrens.
,
A.Gets FROM AN OLD Boox.---it ha el
ioquotltlgand truly been said, that if Chris
tianity. .were - compelled .to flee from
the4mansions of the great, the academies of
~ Philonophers, the halls of• leg islatora, , or
throurr.of busy men, 'we should find
41'hoclast retreat with women at the fireside.
Hot last audience would be the children
~githering rounu the knee ot , a mother; the
Itelreaccifice. the secret prayer, escaping in
~..sllettce from her lips, and heard,perhaps,
r Audy.at khe. throne of God.
.H#RIPTo no.-4 pugnadoas anonymous
.1, correspondent of the Richmond Christian
Aidsocate,., threatens to stop the Editor'e
..thoutl4 jibe does not shit pe.his words more
;to , hiti liking. To • this the editor humor
untidy-replies t--
."To such and all others, who seem very
;col:MMus, to atop our aloud), we beg to
suggest that they may be laboring under
.:a.erirall• mistake in the matter of their abil
p fly to,do that. Wo are persuaded that
fiber hips% not seen our mouth. II they
t would only "come and sealer themselves'
-,mselook at: the gash nature made
Amiss bur lace, would satisfy them of the
fruitlessness of their efforts to stop it I--
11011 m visaged resolve that sings,
nt,'
first you don't succeed,
Try; t#agaiu,''
wettiot, pale' bpforo
.thal opening ßettor
• It -- •
gtve it up. • _
From Sapdtv4City ( Ohio) Mirror.
THE LOST BOY.-' •
AN INCIDENT IN. THE OHIO PENITENTIARY
.WkIIDEN4,I
, . ,
I bail been bu t a tew months in charge
~.
of the -prison. when my attention attrac
ted to, aiu deep interest felt.
..in, ,the, nu
merous boys ,arid., young men who , wore
conlined : therein and permitted to : work , in
the same shops with old and harderindeou.",
viols. Thin Ipterest was hicreitsed'an ov.-,1
cry oven .
. . .
ingos I. saw, thorn, congregated_
in gangs,parching to 'their ,silent
and thence - to. their gloomy ,bedroems,
which are more like living . sepulchres:
with iron .shrouds, that. 4 sleeping
,apart
meats. These young men and toyer ,he
kg generally. the shortest„ in... height,
brought up the rear of, the companies, as
they marched to tho. terrible
,e.loak-st.cp,"
andeonsequently 'nom easily attracted pt:
tention.: To. see . Bo. many,. yeuthful forms
and bright countenances mingled with the.
hardened scoundrels, whose .visages, beto
kened vice,.malice and crime, was: sicken
' ing to the soul. Bet.thero waaoneawong
the boyn,,a lad aboutaoyenteen .years of
age, who had particularly attracted my,itt-I
tention ; not from anything,auNrior in
his countenance ~ or general.,appearanee,
but by the look of utter despair which ev
er sat upon his ,brow, and the silent, nh
complainincumyner ia. t which he submit
ted to nlf'tho hardships and degradations
of prison life. 110 was often complained
of, both by officers and niou, and I thought
unnecessarily, for light and: trivial offences
against the rules of propriety ; yet he sel
dom had any excuse or apology, and never
4„,;,,i a c h arge . li e took the reprimand,
.and once a punishment without a. tear or
murmur, almost .as a matter of course; I
Seemingly thankful that-it was no . worse:l
He had ovidently seen better • days, and I
enjoyed the light .of home, parents and
.friends, if not the luxnries of life. But
the light of hope seetnedtohsve gone
,out,
-his health was poor—ltiefacepaleltii
frame fragile—and no fire beamed. in his
dark gray eye I thought,Awry -night,
as I saw, him march- to his gloomy. :bed.
that I would go to him; andlearn his his..
tory—but there wore so many. duties-, to
performoo much to learn, and do; that
day. after day passed, and I wouldmegleet
him—having merely learned that his name:
was Arthur Lamb, and that his crime was
.burglary and larceny. indicating. a very:
had boy for one so young. Ho had alrea
dy been there a year, and had two more to
serve I lie never . could outlive, his son.
tettim,and his countenance indicated that
he felt it. Ile worked. at stone.euttingi
len did State Mouse---lietuxi. my. apportion.
L tiesfor sexing.: him .wyre . less Chita, tliounb ,
had wo ked a tho prison -yard-..-still
his pule face haunted ine.day end .night—Jj
and I resolved that 013 the next Sabbath ; {
as lie came from school, I would send for
hint and learn his history. It happeued,
however, that I wee oue' day •in a store, !
waiting for the transaction of sonic -hush:
nem, and having picked up au old paper I:
read and re-read, while delayed, -until at,
last my eye fell open an advertisement of , l
"A Lost 'Boy !--Information wanted of a
boy named Arthur —," (I will not give
his real name, for, perhaps he is still lir. ,
ing ;) atid.then followed a description' of
the boy—exactly eorresponding with -that
of the young .conviet—Arthur lamb 1.--
Then there was somebody 4 .w . ho.'eared for
the poor boy, if, indeed it. was him ;
haps s mother, his father, his brothers and
sisters, who were searching .for
The advertisement was nearly a ,year old:
—yet I doubted not—and soon as the con• i
victs were lucked no, I sent for 'Arthur
Lamb. Ile came, as a matter of cootie,
with the same pale • uncomplaining face
and hopeless gait—thinking, no doubt, that
something huitgone wrong, and been laid
to his charge.
I was examining the Convicts' Register
when ho came in ; cud when I looked , up,
there he stood a perfect image of de.
spair. I^ asked him his name. Ho re-
plied :
"Arthur."
"Arthur what ?" said I sternly.
"Arthur Lamb,"" 'no answered
hesitatingly. •
"Have you a father or mother living?"
His eye brightened—his Noice quivered
as tie exclaimed :
"Oh'. have you hoard from.mether ?
is she alive ? .is she well 1" and tears,
which I had never seen him shed 'before,
ran like great rain-drops down his cheeks.
As he becotne calm from suspense,. I told
him I had not heard from his parents, but
that I had a paper.l wished him to read.:
lie took the advertisement which I had
out from • the paper, and as be read it ho
exclaimed : •
~T hat's me ! that's ntel and again
sobs and mars choked his utterance. _
I assured him that. tho:advertisoment
Nts all I could tell him about his pare nts —and that as it reque,sted information, I
desired to knotv what I should wriM in re-
The advertisethent'directed informa.
Oen to• be sent to the editor of the Chris;
tian Chroniele, New York. .
"Oh, do not, writer' he said, nit will
break my poor mother's heart 1" • ,
I told hint I Must write ; and that it
would be a .lighter blow to his. mother's
feelings, to know : where he was, than the
terrible uncertainty which must hanq hpr
mind day and night. So ho conscntod, - ;
and taking him to my room, I drew frOin
him, in subStatice, the following story r
Uis father was a respectable and.wealthy
mechanic in an interior town of iho State
of New York. At the holding of the
State -Agrieultufal pair, in his entire
own, he got acquainted with two stran
ger oys, older than himself, who porsua
dod him to run away from home, and go to
the West. Ho foolishly' oonsented, with
high hopes of happy times, new scenes and
great fortune l They came aslaias
land, where they remained Several days.
Ono Di orniig . the other two boys Came' to
hiS room oarly, and showed hint,-a.largo
amount of jewelry, etc., which they . said
they had won at cards during 'the nigitt.
Knowing that ho was in nml of 'funds to
pay his &mill, thoy pruased. hial to' tilt('
unlit; of it, fulr pouus,tv pay his lawiluil].
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. .
.
Ent:-beiore to ha d . dispelled of tiny of it,
they were all i urftreeredted-' for burglary,
and as , a • portiqu of the epropertY 'taken
from the store whioli,had boon robbed, was
found in his pessessien, he, too, was tried,
convicted arid ' sentenctect. • He. had, no
frionds,'no'n:bney; aritt'dared not to Arad
home—ao, hopirsank within: blin—fill re
signed himself to, his fate, never expect r
ing to get out of prison,, or 6CO his parents
Upon ifl quirk of the two young , con
f' yids' that cattle" with him' on the same
I . clutrge,'t learned 'that What' Arthur had
stated was strictly - true, and that his crime.
,was ; keeping bad i company, . leaving,, his
hem, and unknowingly, receiving stolen
'goods. tfitiestioned separately, they all
'told the same Seery, 'atid left do doubt in
my Mind 'of Arthur's' innocence. ~' -'
Full of compassion for, the unfortunate
little .fellow, I sat. down, and
,wrote a full
description of Arthur,, his, condition and
history, as I Obuttned it froth him, paint
ing the' horrors of the place, the* hopeless
ness of his being 'reformed, oven if guilty,
and the probability. of• his never living out
his sentence, and.. describing the • process
to be used to 'gain- his pardon. This I
soul according io'the directions in the ad
.vertisemeni. But Week after Week passed,
and no'unswer canto. The • boy daily' in
quired it I had limp] , from , Lis mother ;
until at last, "hope long doferred, - seemed
to 'make his heart, sick," and again he•
drooped and pined. At last a letter came
—sucli a letter I It was front the Hey.
Dr. Bellows:of Now York.:-$e had - been
abseut to a distant city. but the moment
,
ho road my letter, tho good man responded.
l The father of the poor boy had become al
•znost insane on account of his' son's long
and mysterious absence. Ile 'had left hip
former place of 'residence, had moved from
i eity to city; from town, to town, and tray •
-
I v
1 elled up and down the country seeking
'the loved and tho lost ! He had spent
the tuost of a handsome fortune ; his wife,
:the boy!. readier, was-on the think-' of ;the
;grave, , "pining' for her first - born,. and
would not he comforted.", , They
.then
lived in a western city, whitln;r they had
gone in tacohope of finding or' (Or l i - offing
' their boy I or that a'cbange of - scene might
assuage their grief. Ile thanked moo • for
4ny letter, which he had sent, to the lather,
anti his assistance to procure the
young convict's pardon. ,
This news I gave to Arthur; he seem
ed pitinc.d and pletised:LAOpe and feat,
; joy and 'grief, filled his heart alternately;
I,but from thencC,his eye beamed 'l.)iighter,
'ail(' lh , hter,:aild'hope snowed to dunce in
every Iterie:,,,, l ,
Dafs pa's - 0/i•--anti at last there came a
'manta ttr.the•priedp, 'who rushing fraud
' 'ea Ily'l4 l 4itho''o.l",it,,•-416t4Utitill`to . p;.lo."lis ,
["My boy I my boy ! Oh, let me see
him !" •
The clerk, who knew I:lecithin' of the
matter, calmly asked,hitu for the name of
his son. "' .
"intim: ----
4 No shalt inttiliPed our books; your
'son cannot he here. , •
“Ile is
.here ! ;,,BlieW him to 'me 1--
Here, sir, is your own ,letter! ' Why 'do
You mock Me I
The clerk looked ov er the letter, saw
at once that Artluir Lamb was .the con
yid wanted, end rang tho hell for tha mes
senger., .
1 . .
, There is the warden, sir, it was his let
ter'You shewed. ~ •
much
, ' Too w& of a good thing is often uu
'pleaannt:'. The old: tp. Ul embraced tile and
wept; like a child, ' A thousand times ho
thanked ma. and; in the Mitre , of his wife,
heaped blessings upon my head.
.Hut the
rattling of the .great' iron door, and the
grating sound of its hinges , indieatA the
approach orAftbur, and I• conducted the
excited parent into a side parlor. I then
led his sou to his ouibrace. Such a half
shriek end agonizing groan as the old man
gave', when he beheld the altered appear
ance of the boy its liostond clad in the de 7
grading stripes , and hOlding a eonvieen dap
in hin (thud, I never heard before ! I have
seen inany.sitnilur.,stenes aineo, and be
.couto inured to them ;.:but this one seem
odan ,if it would buratlny brain!, • • '
1 drew up and 4dgned a , petition for the
pardon. °fib° young oonvie ; and 'such a
, deepsond,faverable impresSiou did the pa
rasol' of the letter I wrotein answer to the
advertisement make. upon.. the dil l eetors,
that they readily joined in . the petition,
though it was a long:timo:beforo 'McLean
cona:mted.• He was onieedingly cautions
and prudent ; but the old , man citing to
Itim—followed hirn from his, °thee to •his
eountryrresideneo, and there in the' pres
ence of his family plead anew his cause.--
At length; excited by the earnest, appeal
of the fitther; the aireetor •looked over the
p a po rs again—his., wife, becoming- inter,
()stet!, picked up the answer to , the wirer=
tisoruent, road it, and tears 'came to the
rescue, Mao said.'rather harshly.thatshe
wurden.would let; all thosoltbung' rrtseals
out if ho could. Those. wit'o' linovr. Gov.
Wood will not wonder dna ho was
prevailed upon in such a tase ; ',and ' the
pardon *he grantod. , ••• ••
• , 'Netldi'deseribe inan'Ei - joy=49w
he laughed and.iept=-:•walkeitand ran, nil
impanentlo seeC his ion lite. Whiin lie
lad came out in eitisen'a dress tho!agba,
reiat'wes 'foo full forutterance: hug
ged the released 'eobrtet- to, his bosom-..
kilised•hitnept and pray ed ! Grasping
my hand; ho tendered`Me his farm—his
wateh==anything I Would tuke. Pained
at the thought of peenniaty reward, I took
the old Unties arid in Mine and' his boy by
tho hand, and'escorted them to the gate ;
literally , bowing theta away. -
I never saw • them ' more ! But the
young man dotng :well;'and' long li my
ho live'to reward' the final 'affection of his
parents.
- This eaie tuay, be bdt one uipopgn lAlu
dred. Where guilt is„elear, th'ore : idieuld
be pity youthond `ad:oo properpepne
takon-te restore:thetu to the paths of 'ref's.
titude and honor.,,
The l*aSon ; why mati.i , ladies ((mkt: nu
olfer of umiKriago ial)44.laOta: thy yuc p tian is
ki)l4 ai
. 11 W/ 1 1— . • •
14 F . A.ItLESS AND F1t4,."
A Beautiful Sentliutibt.
"The moon looks calmly donut whpa maa is
dying : • ,
The earth gill holds her way;
Flowers breathe their perfume, nnd the winds
keep sighing ;
Naught seeMs to pauso or stay."
Clasp thy hands meekly , over tho still
breast—they'Ve no morn: work to do; oloso
the weary eyes—they've -no timbre tours ter
shed; part the damp locke. , there's no
more pain to boar: ' Chised iii . the oar a
like to love's kind Voice,, and 'calumny's
stinging whispers. , ' --: . •
.0, if in that stilled heart you have
s
ruthlessly planted a thorn ; if frout
, that
,pleading eye you have card ly t iiirned
awaYt; if your Itivineglance,' ild kindly ,
word., and clasping hand, - lutvii•tionto4-017 i
'too.lute—then God forgive' . ' ou I No
frown,gath,ers, on tho inarhle brow as'you
gaze—no eeorn 'Aria the chisekl lip--uo
}lush of wounded feiking' . initints to. the i
blue veined temples. ' !,
God forgive you:I for your. ; foot, too,
mush shrink appalled froin,pf,liath's cold
river—your faltering tongue ,Zatilts: "Can
this be death 'I" Your faAug eye lin
gers lovingly on the subtly, eakth ; your
elaniruy hand yields its last tledito Lit
NI.
• , u
t
•• 0, rapacious gravo ; yet a tor victim
for thy voiceless , keeping ! .., v
that ! no
words of greeting from the .honsoltold
sleepers 1 No warns welcomarout a Sis
ter's loving liptt ? . No Oro!) kf pleasuro
from the dear maternal hoseuf? .
.Silent nil: ' ' • -
0, if these brhken 'limbs Woo never
t i
gathered u 'I if boyonddeatrif otkelling
flood the •era no eternal . tilicirtif If fin'
the strugg ig bark there Wig no port.
of peace ! If athwart that lowtring oloutl
sprang no bright -bow of prom* 1 .
Alas4lsr love if thht be all, j;„ ;
And naught beywul—on eartp-
. . .
A C O NTENT E D FII*II
Ali..-A - glad
VI -aro
to record an s nettlete . a ppa rently:yten tic,
fit
01 - a farmer contented . with his it ' ' The
„Cincinnati Commercial of last: tltiY,
afterstating that a friend w ho lirptreeently
C le
,rittiiwed from &lour throtight ertlidru
and .
\ Southern Illinois, contirti I. the
previous accounts °like' vast graircrops
mow on the ground And being gftlored in
that country, adds the followiiio.,l•
Bet Ween St. Louis , and Vineetmel a great.
dtial of wheat is rotting on the greinid, lor
want 01 labor or maehinery to sil; re it.,—
Our informant hailed' one well,' do old 1
farmer near Carlyle, Station. whit:thougli
hall' a dozen plethoric' , Meeks. st
. 4.guarill
round his barn, seemed iti haye! ;twinned I
twenty or thirty acres of 110' *4 . 1‘; . • and,
..,:k4,i_i. wiry:lit:o;e •u.Drirt*EW r t; "" l
vest that graiii ?" O L-o-rd," drawled out 1
the farmer, looking towards the barn, !
01.. -R-r-d, I've got enough."
A SPIRITED WOqN ja Mra. Smith, wh6
publishes the following advertisement in
the MC Willi.' Mirror. We cheerfully; ie
publish thts;raey doomnent graiii; and shall
feel, amply: repaid if it will. enable her to
atlinknister the punishment she desires
upon her faithless husband. She is ev
iuently one of the...strong minded sort."
M, 11tesbatt4.Goile!--Two. &liana 1?e
-ward,--i feel it to he my .duty to inform
the publie:that husband, George Smith,
has left me witliout suy just cause—and
as
. it is believed . that he Ito: hal t gone elf
witlymother man's wife, I desire to warn
all .wonten from
. having anything to do Willi
hinf—lor if lie will desert one, he will an
other—and: no eon fidoce eats be'Placed in
him.
is short in stature, rather smut, dark
'complexion, jet Mack hair, and pretty good
looking.
II he has taken another woman, with
hi m , as Lett ppase he has, j, shall consider
bin) rather "small
,potatoes," and never
will live with him again—but I should
like to see'llini for about half atiltour, just
to let have the length of my' tonguu---
and oh! wouldn't I give it to hint. Any
body who will bring him back. se, that he
can hive' my opinion of him, slttll receive
two dollars of hard-earned money.
: ; It ENRIETTASAIITB.'.
Mt. Holly,' July 30 : 1b55.
Iliormottous--;--Two gen tletnen, of oppo
site politics, limiting, oua iuqu4ed the ad
dress of some political celebrity, when the
- other indignantly . answered:
" I aiti proud to Say, sir,, that 'I am
wholly ignorant of it.",
,‘ Oh , you aro proud of, your ignorance,
eh, sir r.
" Yes, I am," ' replied the beligerent
gentlontan,"and , what then,ltir 1"
"Oh, nothing, air, nothing 0 only you
have a groat dear to be prou of,, that
all."
A SrtfitUortri silittir.---111111 Portland
Transcript tells a good atoll : of Col.
in Washington County,
Ps Who had a great .aptitutte for ser
ving; tta a r lttror, W hen !hot serving, he
had a very great anxiety th'at his ,opinion
&kinnd be largely Consulted in ticking up
a verdict. Soule years ago, while upon a
; case, after•inuity,ilol/rs. trial to' agree,' hut
,he iriitrsheled Abe delinquent jury
from tho room tu dieir seats court.
Where the intptient crowd awaited the
result of the trial. • •
. .11ave you.agreed.upon a verdict?" in
qui k ind the clerk.'' i.‘ • •
Col. N. arose, turner' a wither
,glance upon Ins brotherprors, and
exclaimed : •
`"May OMB thetourt, we !lave not;
hay.e done: din bestj coulddo, but here are
eleven or the. moat contrary devils I am
had any &aline with."
I.t NOT TOWLATE Td COMIIENCti.-44.9 it is
never too , late to amend: I therfore,
neither uegleet the , present, nor despair of
the time past. If I had been manner
,good
I inight have been better .; if I 'rna longer
bad, I shall, I am sure, be' worie. 'filar I
have stayed a lung time Idle in the market
sphipe deserves renrel;ension ; but aa Tam
late Sent inn) dui vineyard, have eneobi ag'•
, inerit to work --"I-will: give unto this lasi
as (you
Wham Ma N. r. Tribitne. me what' Occurred' beftieeti you and Tinto
, rollce Cotirt. ",:, ' thy riluiroottey:' , ••• : • ' .
Judge-Timothy Mulrdouey. * 'Witneisit---Hoiv.doklknOw but ye'e`iiill.
Hero, Sir, said . a young Milesian. iatherrept latr . ailitt helOre I have said Ave
u ere si r I am. , ,words• 4
Judge;--Tithothy; . you are charged with Judge-You may may rest assure that!,
'being disorderly.' - ' • , ''l
I will riot if ' you WIWI ell me . what Tint.
."Yes, Sir, he is, and ha me that char. Mulroontiy hula dotie that is contrary 10 4 .
gee him wit' "the same,", spoke up an old,; law. -' , . . , ''.': ••: - 1
woman .dressed . inaikeavy hltte °loth cloak. I . „Whittles-. 1 could. tell se's enough ; to i
an antiquated itapWd' bonnet. hang, him a half-dozer' of times, if he, had'.
Judg&-Are you the witness. ; .as many nceks alt that ; (to the'priatmer)
Wontan--Av coarse I am; your Honor, ye's know I could. TIM, yo*"--;
and it's me peitlo that I can spoke against, Judge: (perspiringly)- , -Alts; O'Flaber-
Tiin Mulrooney-tho dirt thief of the I ty- ~ , - -... , . ; , : ' ....,.., ,
world 'dint lie is, (to the prisoner) I won- ' 1 , Witness 7 Flaherty, widout the 0, yin.,
tiller that.yotere not ashatuedio hOwld up' ll'onor. ' • . ',
your head before his Honnor. Ali. 1 Judg e--;Well, whatever Your . atinie le,
Judge-Madame state, the facts as, they you.say
must not atiytliMg to the prisoner
occurred. ' ' in this Court. to on ;mite,' and. if you
Wittiess..-Well,.platie yonr. IlOnor; it will tell what he has done nhaot interrupt
was on Friday morning or Saturday morn- . you. ''' ‘' ' ' • :'- . -' 1 . ' .
'Ong, I dotes know which ; but be that as it 1 , Witnese-,.. Now!remembir yer,promise
may, it doesn't !Hake any diligence, be- yer Honor.
.: ii w 4,6 RH Friday! N4fr!ilig---
%Use it's about'what followed that ye r Judge (dispatringly)-iroti're at it a 7
Honor wantit ) for to•kiihw ; when'l l ien rd gain. I- ,
~ , . .... '
Out horn of a fish cola's ' front of my do or, • Wittiess r -Ihnily =niter of Muses
. ! t
said,l to myself, now Michael has come :told yer Honor how it would Si. wid yea ,
1 wid the porgies, and- .' ' '.,,•
Judge-who ia Michael 1
Wittieas-And. dim% yetis know Minh 7 - Judge-,What did - Timothy .do - . with
aol, sere ? he is my own child, and 'a bet T your fish?, •
•, , , ,
to behaved and more dacent . buy Mir hirn Winesi- He didn't ' do anything wid
never, sang at It wake ; and Ito t Call ttlthi theini that time, barrio' that he ban , ' %Ol
and write, yer Honor, as well as anybody, out bring Mem - ii, 'the linos°, and I Waid
barrio whin he comes to the big tviirds,lnt. him tell. Biddy Mulrooney, hie =Owl.,
heal° kip 'them and •guites'at Whit' thPy who lives in ,the, next room to me, that lie
mane.; but that is net his fault, yer Honor, woold rather live on pra licit and.bread,. as
feriMichael'hadnever time to go to school; 'hey was a &u', than to ate stiok the poi..
still ' . - I- -- .7 --- --'7 .- --,' - 'glee - that onbedy:Cliio'ivoitid biiy, 3. - rkithoi
.-alittge—Natlame, you abotildtet lel. your the Muhl:it:eve was jealous. ' •-• i
tongue fly 'dr hi a tempest in. 't4l.iiPay.-'--- , , Jedge--ilid ,Tintotity create . any dia=l
What we debit° to know, itt refrlV , ° to'flie turbanco_fben.l. ........ . -....-,-- ~-,. - ----,; ,- - I
charge pr ef erred - b y you awned! r 2. ..'llinoth, Witiieos -- r Na, yer, Wenn, lieditlntt '
Alulroodey, here..
%I itness-Yes your worship, I was among! 1. •," ' ' ' .. 1 ''''' '' "
'Plat Ctllllllllllg to It. When ye'e,intorrupted• , Witneks--11,-was.,afther. thin that': OM
m
e. (Ti the priatitier )HAlt ? ' you ,titrespalpeen, Mad e, the detterblul9t.. l' t' -;,,7
tiering thief, It'a - iit:thei - StatetsTriliiiiiiiiii : - Judge--LWlion Was that(
..
.:
~,
I
ye's ought. to be, ininead of being, her° to ' --
WitneSslt wait veo',Prifity inorning.
face his limier in the inilacem Way yo 'r ' Judge----Whatdid Tittiotlik - dir?:'
I doing now. (Ti the Judge)-,Well, your „ Witness -lt %violet Vim. inn Ida eat..
hinfor it wag on Friday,tnornhig or Satter Judge Thou iffleol/10 that you batmen-.
day morning I cao't tell Which, (but be tered-apharge agaitun Timothy Moltoon:
[ that as it may, it doefeettot mike any dif- ey of di s orderly rondoet. which by r!glle
, ferenco, because its .aboin what foll Owed you' should. hove' made 'agaiiiiii, Muliouti.
that ye'r honor wantslor to kutiw, ) when ey's , eit," always provided that cats are
I heard, the horn 'of if'' halt cairt iwfrout amenable ,to municipal law.: : . ' -
of me door. Said ,I to Myself Michael Wittotios-,Will yer booth. allow tut) to ,
has cot with.. tiie porgies. You , son explain t - _,
Your holier, Michael owns the fish coin, jptige:---Go on-I ani rectomiled to my
and Ate, sell, ar.li; 'end what lie ' does'ut faro. ' /I.s 'a partieulur favor, ‘I siMillii' like
sell he brings tonne 'for us to sta.', He 46 havir you finish .withiii a half-houi.
I, towld.me Mille Morning he would Limy to. W,inres- .Well; yer , honor. 'es • I stVaa
nie siono.of the porgies fordintier.-. tel yea,., the ,AtlrTneys was jealous
IThitt I who out ov the door, end sure fi- of tip bee?uee mut:had rise . owl they flithP.•
hi, i t rn‘ i t i
it a li ItliVhhiti.:::oiiidiael,7 Ireite.Vestiexilay.,'MoroM'Al,Mkae-i-6P0441,44.1P
Ii ; - Wlitit," said Ile ;'"ls it Ink, yo's tire?" more - - porgies(the Judge' here honied U
.
..
saidl ; "sure it is," said he ; omit you , deep sigh) and I laid them oetliii top of e
I save the porgies ?" said I ; ''av . coorse I barrel in the passage to wait. till I eim NV
Ohl," said he ; and with that ho continuo- dress them ; what, next, yer lionor;,did I
eed takiii' l filil the fish from oho cart. see but Tim .11101romiehs bug loin cat tai
Judge-What has all this to do with the barrel ail,,' the fish; I heaved a pratie
Timothy p uiroonny's offensive cOnthici ; ut the cat Bud. it ran oir wid the ' porgica ;
you have. out shown as yet that holies justkAllit, I saw Tim Mulrotmey laughing'
dune any tlithg wrung. . at ighet thU cat woe ;Wont' ; alt, ' I Itinov•lliu'
Witneso--Yer, Honor . need have no blackguard told diticat so me the porgies:; I
fears - but I'll convince yes that a dirtier Palled, io Mielii.el, and I ran - thward Tim
gpalpeen nor him Myer *as it Ilownd to go to hate the thief ilk lie deserved, when my
unlaing in oolong a dacint people. '(To foot slipped end I furled ovPr tin me hark;
I the pritioner)-Alt, Tim, ye villain,. I wid that firn laughed the inore;aiiil Mich woodther that the old ship didn't eiuk wid apl ran to him and Watt about ; ttlgti'4l Mita '
Yes on board when ye left the mild coon- a ' lap on the sconce,. whin ,Tim, struck
thry ; I'd like to bee'yei show *a receipt Michael a blow in his botiols, witieli:qnito
wid yet passage-looney paid, yea - ' . prostlira tell 'him on the flour; ‘iitii• tinit,
Judge-Madam, t_must insist on your I ran and got tho AL P.,. whd brought:the
addruttoing yourself to 'the Court; you =Merin' thief to s h e etation.house. :
have no business to spook to the prisoner Jutlge-Well,, Mrs. FlehurtY l . Liiiink
at all. Although be may have donti.wrong, according to your own story, the . prisoner
yet so long as he is in my presence 'lie acted more in his own defense' thin any
shall be protected from the'assaulia tit you r other way ' -' • ''' ' ' .
tongue. . , ', .. . Witness -in his own defense ! Bad luck
Witness-The assault of me tongue r to, the tonguo thateays - eo. .IS••••••••,
Iloly St. Pathrick-, does yes hear that
I'm; Judge-Tiingthx AluiroontlY, lam. by
I
yer Honor, a &chit woman wit!' ano inuans sure that your eat did not eat
family of children, and died a word Wits the Flahertyie fish witlAyonr Connivance.
ever spoke against me characther before. If the cat ilitl so you did 'Wrong ; rot 'that
Judge-I alai/ nothing :against your von are imilieenily punished by i yeur im•
character. I want you to confine yourbelf :prisonment,last,night. I think.,yon might
to what Timothy Ittlrooney did to disturb h a ve been less homy in striking Mielniel:
the peace and quiet ot your domicil: ' Is' Michael in Court?
Witless--I will, yer Honor. 'lt was ''Mrs. Flaherty--He is. ' Stand', Michael,
on Friday morning ; I don't kuow which, ,belore his Hon to.. - '
ton hi, that as it may; it don't make any Mro. Flafterty.Miehuel, and. Timothy
difference, becanse it's about what follow- were eta tiding, together iti,..a row.. , ' I !•
ed that your . , Honor wants for to know ; Judge-Now, I ani, goiug. to inOare per
oh, yer Honor, I have it now--it was . Fri; ' feet InirmniiV in your house fur six loofahs
day morning-we wits to have porgies for to eome; I shall bind each . of yon ' over in
dinner and not mace because it was Fri- the sow of $2llO to keeP Mb ;niece'.
This wag almost too great dav--
-7 . ' .' ' ' ' , eat a humiliation
..
1 - . JudgeAß this is Worse than nothing, for oho blood of the O'llrions to b-t • lout
, you are taking up the time of the, Court there Was no alternative. Alia. 0' Wigs
by your tedium! „talk, which ao, far i Flaherty 'satisfied' lierelf as well - 14' she
us I can sou hao no boning, whatever could by jooking serew-driverenttheJud6;
on the charge you have seen fit to makete. Michael . looked , demure, and , Timothy
gainst this man Timothy. , '' .' ' jolly. The bends ,weregiveu and tittl ill.
1
WitlikatS-Ilasen't I keen trying for the tereefini trio left the Coml.. , „-
last ten minutes to tali ,yee and yes
,yrill ----------- --"•--- 1 .-----
nutlet toe : it's wida bad grace, that : yer
Honor rePri!rves' me fur not, tpllttig yer
what I kftow. whin its - yet-self that is' iu- ,
terruptio Inc ; well; yer Honor, it was on
Friday morning whin I ileum:. Otis horn of
a fish Cllct,i/l, front of toy door, said I to
I myself, now Alichael- . . , ,
1 Jutlgti---I ,:out went
,to hear thiWatory
any more. You have told that 'story Sea
etral timesoalready. St 3 le. the facts about
1 Timothy. Come doWn:. JO the titne lie
I calumet:ups to figure. , • . ,
VI inmes--Aii, bad luck toihe threat
.
meat that I get ' liere. Has : any of toe il
lustrious family the O'Briehs eveedotie
anything against yer Honor that yes should
ill-thrait me in this way 1
Judge-Not.thaff alma aware of. Now
.
go au with your evidence. ,
._. __.
as 1 w415
about to tell ',yes, it was on Friday porn
ing Where I heard the or a titiliquirt
in front of my door. Said r to
..pilyfieffi
"Now Michael has come w,itu ..the por
- .Judge
. (inipatiently ) , =--arti, O'Brien,
P
Witness - 7 '441u name's nut cl Bri en: m
a married woman, and, memaine is. Finn
erty ; We name was O'Brien tilinn 'Wits
a girl.
Judge--Well, then, Mil: , Finnerty., 0,,
Brion, or whatever your name in, I have
heard of thous wrgies and that fihti.eart so
oltim that they tiny° grown stale; now tell
Iv we wont° in all our intereouilieenl
risme pure and warm affinitions,initeadof
a cold morbid ,selfisbue6B a•JoVe,uf genu
ine use. ins Mail of an unineaning display
iv! oSe of she true'itd M , tlierilian of
lalse and Might
„mingle. with, ours, as.gently. ins Morbing
thPws,feqr heC,rOBY. Algid) or:eve-
Ring its manileof repose. ;
. -- n
• ',A•Gnon 'Way N ova.-I t Omit oNs.lt
a good plan
,to boil 'onions in milk and
water; it diminishes the strong taste of
of that 'vegetublv;.' It is an excelent- - way,
oi serving up. Onions.. w elicip• them, alter
.they are builedtpnd pm them Ma stew ,
with a liOle lipttur,, salt Ald, yapper,
and 'lei them stew abniit 'fifteen niinutes.—
This gives them a }lava, aneilMY
can be served up very hut.
.•
_ ,
//Au rUNCTVATioN.—A catimieringeom•
posilor, inlietring up ihe toast; ; , Wriniati;
witlito4 her, lima would'hd a savage," /ht
.the punctuation in thu,wrong place,,whielt
inadu it re; 4 1;: ‘• Woman ; ker watt,
would tie u Carago.', - Ito inteta e was
n'otifitaveretl 'on:il the tftlitueit` wire un
dertook to road the proof, • ,•
To be thrown - upon one's resources- brl
to be oust intik - the verylap-Of Imam°. fur
[our isetrftiugt dolt tualeigo ff ilerelopmeot
atul tlisvlay- au Cuarg,y, of which they wt.iFo
i)euviously 'uutu4ceptjtole. - , .
D
J\.J
- TWO DOLI I ARS AiNtlM. '
, .
.
[From the Jadmon (Miss) Mercu r y.):
.
'ldiotsTestineovi, of Solo[: Wesley.
'John litingstreet, in his diatribe againt
the American party, taunted his brothel
Methodists with tarnishing the name of
their great leader;Jolin IVesley. Follow
the ,iiint; the an ti•Amerioati orators 110141 t
times invoke “the shade of Wesley, whis
founded a church amid persecutions and
Oppressions," to rebuke the American
party.
Somiroming Weeley in derelict! of Rd.
maellin ! Can braxen assurance go fur
than this'? Let him speak for himself,
with his uccustonted words of wisdom, to .
i his followers, and to all melt who think to n%
this country. The subjoined' letter was
written by Mr. Wesley. addressed to the
'editor of the Dublin Modem's .Journal,
and originated in a controversy that sprung
uppri
,the English Toleratiou Act. , It
may be found in :the Miscellaneous works
of iVesley, volume 5, page 817: Rein! it,
and, to borrow, the word,. iii the great au ,
titer, , mnewer if. you cat," '
.. ~ r.v.rrett r1;0311 .19 5t 411.E41X1Y. •
"Stir-45(.1m1') tittio: AV it pamphlet was 4
liitilt ana. entitled' iAn Appeal froniVilift
Protestant Association, to the 'Pimple of .
Great , Britain. • A tiny or
...two sine* a
kind put into my
of •tinw
tier to this .was , ,
-Wand, which pronounces its myth) contemp
-111110, its' reaaotiing' (toile, and its object
'lititlioioun. , On ofte . contrarY. I think the
style of it is clear, easy 'and nevi ; the
!ea:toping, in general, tornitg sod conclu
sive ; the object or deiigii, kind and ,bO- .
nevolent. And in pursuance •of ',leonine
kind - did .benevolent deSign, namely. to
preserve Mir happy. cciustitution, I shall
ondetitor'to confirm the sitbstancetif that
trod by 'a'retv 'plain . argilinetite.
-... , _Witli•peraeoution•-I have - nothing - to
do—l•perseditte no man for .his religious
prieciplus.,Let there -bo as boundless
.
freedom in religion as any,man can eon
ceitie. ''' But this dints not touch the point.
1 will eet:religion, minor rase, utterly out'
ofof+r the, question, • Suppose the Bible,. if
you plotted',
,lo lie a fable, and the:Koran to
be the yord of pod, , 1 . emixidee not
Weedier kegler the Roman religion is into •or
false Lil build 'nothing err one or tho' oth
er supposition. ' Thereforo 'away with all
,your cominou place fleclarations about in
tolerance and persecution for religiun !
Suppose every word of. Pope Pius' creed
to be true- 7 euppose.. the Council of Trent
to hay! been itifalable. Yet I insiet•upon
it that no government not Roman Catholic
°light M . :fifer:item:et of the Ituntau Cult
oliit peraeaSion. •
"I prove this by •11,,plain argument (let
Piet atiewer it that Cil 11 ") . .-411111 no Rontaii
Catholic duel. or ean.give ,security
.far
Ilia ati . egiance or peaceable behavior..., I
erfi *e.-ii. pee ; , .:.,11.- 1 4.'4 1 :./.0)41.8 1 4: Pai1144143 • .
astir,rll: tg1:11/iigifilt ll tll by private then,
hot liy pubtie council,- that , Lislo faith is to'
be kept with heretics." This has been
openly avowed by the. Couiwil of Con
smite ; bin it was never openly diet:Jahn
et!. ' 'WilelilCCilrivate persons event or
disavow it, it is a fixed Maxim in the
Chute!, 01 Rime. - But as lung as it is so,
hunting eau be more plainolian that the
members of that Church can give no re-
, , .
afionable security to any government fur
~ .
Mee allegiance and peaceable believinut.
llicrefore they ought , not to be tolerated
•bY iiiii government, Protestant, illoliatu
'Meilen or Pagau.': Yon' say,' ionty, but
they taken a oath of allegiance." ''!` rue,
live Ihindred oaths : but A '
be maxim "no
laill
, , i
is to he .kopt w ith' hereties,", sweep
them all a wa'y as a spid e r's wed. SU that
doll, no, (itivernors Jliat are not Roman
Cattioljca eon_, have auy, ~accuri.)•uf their , •
alliiiitince. • ' '
i "A'gain, Abase who ecknowledge ibe
spiritual .power of the Pope can give no
sueurity, of theirmllegiance to soy govern
ment ; hut, all Roman Catholics , acknowl
edge tiiia ; therefore. they dim give ato AA.
eerily I,ir their aliegiance. The power
of grandifg 'pardons for all siiis- 7 -pa.at, pres
eut . and to come—its, and has, been fur
iii,titY edithrieti;one brand' o(ltis, epirit
oat power , .''But those whiiacknowledge
litut to , have this spiritual;power can give
m,. sqvurity fur their allegiance, since they .
belteve . the Pope can, pardon rebellion, high_
treaOit
s aid . all other sins; 'vlittisoeicr.-4
The Po , wer of dispensing 'with any priiinitie r
•oaili or vow, is another branch of the spir. '
ittial power of the Pope; all who aeknowl.
edge, his spirited power must acknowledge
this, put w lioever , acknowledges the dis
pensing power of the Pow can give no
security tor any allegiance to any go vern
nient. OatEs and promises are nine,;
alley are light as air—a dispetisation makes 1„•
them null and woid. Nay, not only the
,pope, bet even a Priest has power to par
don due ! This is the essential docents
Of the Church of Rome.
_But they that
ticknundedge this cannot - possibly give
any. security for their allegiance Many
government. Oaths are no security at all;
for the Priest can pardon both perjury and
high treasoo. • ' •
“Seitingibeir religion aside, it is plain
thatt upon pridbip:es of reason, no govere
meta ought to , tolerate men who cannot
give 'any 'security to that government for
their allegiance and 'peaceable behaviour.
.But,this, the Romanist can 'do; not only
whale he holds that "no faith is tole kept
with heretics," but so long as he ackliowl
edges either priestly absolution; or 14
eptrittial power of the Pope.
"If any one pleases to answer this; and
set. his name, "I shall probably reply.-:-.
But the, productions of anonymous , writers.
.1 do not promise to take any notice of. •
' • ' 4 41 out, sir, your hula*, servant..,
• ' • .• • '
"u ' 4, Joint IVzsLitY,
„ . .,,
1' ~.
- ' rrir RoAD, January 1, "1780.
.
Now, who, in th e chaste phraaecilogy of •
Dr. Lopgstreet, odeseerates the memory
,or Wesley," Jie, or . the 'inetithent of. the
letbtidist church who prefer Protestants
for ofliCial nations It 4 ttifl r logewers of the' -- -
'l;epe r. :- W e'ilo - 0'01'144; this Ivisei %lila'. ,
in; to enlist a great eltureir in politteti-e..
that . would he followieg, tlfA eiuutpiti- of
the liontheists--.hut only in defettespfour . .
Nlethodist friyult who totre,l . -:" . •
A - MeAian party, Ait(l who Itattl . ,
~ •••
~..
l'.l3lotteli therefor. Agana, lii 44.t.Z.t* ,: I .',--
attAtt
him , unewer it •who:caul" . ,2-: •'• • .'',.,.! .t
,_, '• ,
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