""" '"" " - W r ' ' ' ' "" - - ' " .''' ' , - s- I ' - - T i t a ; ' ; Zi":.-.-- ' f-7 r r ' -. ' - '" - - "- vBy. n."JnGIIEIl:SWOOPE. : Y:; ; . . ' ; ; 4For the Raftsman's Journal. Br- KtUTH. ' r 1 J . - I saw theo In beaut y, radiantly fair i w:' . ? Brilliantly gleamed thy sparkling eye .i ; ' : Q lossy the fold of thy lkn Jlr-, v-i . - In their clustering richness, and obon dye.. vdr i ----- " " ' . fc, . ight waithy step." and thy inula all glad, ' ; - Gleesotae thy voice as 'it gaily sung, -. ' ' - . 1 knew that thy heart had ne'er been sad. i ' Mai ne'er by.aorrow and pain been wrung:' No furrowi weVe'madeoii thy forohead fair y " By Time as ho blessed thee wUh happy hours, . Ver hadst thou known either sorrow or earo !" Thy life-path had been bat a pathway or nowers. Alas ' how' the' 'care-cloudi have darkened th ' . . . - ! t, . v I i ', V v u --- J - ' w Thy.furnr ha wasted thy eunken ey-' . i.IiJjpi witl the tears of broken heart, A JJIeep traces of care on thy forehead lie.-r - ft t i Of what thou onceVas but a shadow thou art-:. Slow is tlly step that'onec was free,"'' ' 1 1 And lighi, asth'a gfae jfua'kells of the plainw Sad s the voice that once with glee, ' V" 1 -Ever was warbling some joyous refrain.6 "i f et'whj Woul-f I w'p I know .that thy trust Is fixed on the God who forLazartts wept , And'lhOtish we corisign thy frail form to the dist , Wo know that thy soul by that God will be kept. fOtE.r Hot'. Sot-: IS,' 18S:' J ? ''" TOIAL OF WAEEEN HASTINGS. k Br MACAl tAT- . ,ln the.meantinje -ibe prepap-ationi for bi trial had proceeded rapidly i and.oa the 13th of rbTunry,-,17S8i the. s'rtticgpf the C.ourt commenced.' .' There have been, spectacles more dawling to the eye. more gorgeous with, jewelry and cloth of gold more attractive to grownMin thildren, than that which was then exhibited at Westminister; bnt. perhnps, there never was ; a-spectacle" so well calculated to strike a highlycuitivated.a reflecting, and im itgfifiifive mind.-' r All the various kinds of ln teruWt wblclfbelons 'tor the h sir'and to' the -dls 1at,' to'tlie" present and to the'past, were col lected on out si)ot,and in one' hour. All the t&'.ents kndV.l the accomplishments which are Wve:opei ly 'liberty , and" civilization were r.ow d.splavewlthpvefy ladvar.tage.. that couid be derived 'bothVroni co-oj eration and fro:a contrast Every 'step tn tTieTproceedings carried the mfvid either backward, thro' many troubled conturies. to the days whiii the foun dation of the constitutions wera Uid ; or far jiway, over boundless s;;as and deserts, to-dus-kv jiatioris living undar trange stars, worship- pitig. strange gods, and writ.iug strange chor-ci ters from right to lufLr The-Uigb Court: of Parliament was to sit, according to tho forms handeJ dawn from the days of the Plantagen ts, on an Englishman f accused of exercising tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Ben ares, and the ladies of '' the princely house of Oude. ; : '-: ' ' ;: ' '' " '''' vThe place was worthy of such a" trial: It was the great hall of William '' Rufns the hall Mhkh ha'd resounded with acclamations at the inauguration 'of thirty "kings ; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers j the hall where tha eloquencc'of Stratford for a moment awed andj melted , victoiioui paity inflamed with jat resentment the hall where Cbarles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which haa half. redeemed his fame, i .Neither military, uor civil pomp, was j wanting.;' The avenues we:e lined with grena dier!. - The streets were kpt clear by cavalry. Tbe peers, robed in gold and crniine. were marshalled by tins heralds under Garter King-at-Arms. - The jiidges, in their vestments of tate, attended to : give advice on points of faw. 9 Near a hundred and Seventy Lords, threefout tl.s of the Upper House, as the Up per House 'then'w'as, -walked , in"' solemn' order from thtir'usual place "of asiembltug' to, the tribunal. .The junior baron present led the May Lord Heathfield,' recently cimoMed for his menjorable. defewc tof Gibraltar', against the fleets and armies of. franco and Spain-: Tho Jong processioa was closed by the Dulje of Norfolk:, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by tho brothers and sons of the Kinx Last of all came the Prince of Wals,-conspicious by his Cne ierson and no ble bearing. The grey old Vails were 'hung with scarlet.'- The long galleries were crowd ed by such an audience as has fatel excited the fears or the emulation of an ofator.'; r' There were gathered together," from " all parts of a great, Trecnlightened, and prosperotis realm, grace ana icmaie loveliness, wit and learning, ho- representatives of , every science and ot every art... There , were seated around 'the Queen- the fair- haired young daughters.of J;he, house of Brunswick. . There the ; Ambassador of great Kings and Commonwealths gazed with, admiration .on a spectacle which . no ..otlicr country ia: the world, could) present. There -Siddona, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion en a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the histo rian oi the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicerd "pleaded the ' cause1; of Sicily aYainst Verres ; 'and' when,' before enate which had still tome show of lreedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor ot Africa. Lftng years have passed 4 ssetueo again. t ,r.? ".But I see thco all changed, how sadly ;I gaze; victim of io'rrow.'a rnartyr to paiu, Relays? V. I i V .-.C ii ! '-'.iCct' :- ' i t, ti.;: - There wera seen, side '.b Vide, th greateit painter, and tlio greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Kcynolds from that easel which has prserred to us the! thoughtful foreheads of so many writers aDd statesmen, and the sweet smiles ofo laany noble matrons. It. had induced Parr to suspend bis labors in th.at dark' and profound to in 8 froni which" he nad extracted a vast treasure, of i erudition a treasure too often buried la the earth,- too oft en paraded with injudicious and inelegant os tentation'; but ' still precious,'; .massive; and splendid'' , There, appared .the ' voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of .the throne had in secret plighted his faith. Thefei too, wai'she, the beautiful mother of a 'beautiful race,; the ' Saint Cecilia, whose delicate fea- tures.i lighted up; by: love and music, ait has rescued from tbe'conimon decay.- ."There -were the memberVof :,t.haV brilliant, society which qnoted, criticised,, andtsxehange J.; repartees, under the rich peacock, hangings of Airs. Mon-f tagne. ;And tliere'the ladies, whose lips, more persuasive than those of Fox himself, had carr ried the .TYestminiter oleciioa against palace and treasury ; shone round Georgiana Duchess of pev.ormhire J V, w'.. ' '.The sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed unworthy of that great pre sence He" had ruled 'an extensive and popu lous 'country, had made, .laws and treaties, had tent forth armies, .had set r.pand pulled down princes. - And in his high place he had s6 borne." himself, ..that all had feared him , that Uiost ,had.f loved.. him; and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory,: except vir tuer" He' looted like a great man.'andnot like a bad man .V A person small and emacia ted, yet, deriving :dignity, from a carriage which, while it indicated deference to the court," indicated alsohabitual self-possession and self-respest ; a highland intellectual fore head a brow pensive, but not gloomy ; a mouth of inflexible decission ; a face pale and worn, but serene on which was written, as le gibly as under the great picture in the council chamber at Calcutta,- Mens aqna in. ard'rts -r such was the aspect with which the great pro consul presented himself to the judges. : His counsel accompanied, bim, men all of whom were afterwards raised by their talents and learning to the highest posts in their pro fession , the bold 'and strong minded Law, af terwards Chief Justice of the .King's Bench ; the more humane and eloauent. Dallas, after-: wards Chief Justice of the Common Picas ; and Plonier'who, nearly twenty years later, successfully conducted in the same high court the defence of Lord Melville, and subsequently became Vice Chancellor and Master of the rolls. But neither the culprit nor his advocates at traded so much notice as the accusers. Jn .... : . . . - ' ' the midst of the blaze ol red , drapery, a space ha'd been fitted up with 'green benches and ta bles for the Commons. The managers, with Burke at their head, appeared in full dre.s, The collectors of gossip did not tail to remark that even Fox,-generally so regardless of his appearance, had paid to the illnstrious tribuia the compliment of wearing a .bag and sword Pitt had refused to.be one of the conductors of the impeachment ; and his commanding, co pious, and sonorions eloquence, was wanting to that great muster of various talents. . Age and blindness had unfitted Lord North for the duties of a public prosecutor ; and his friends were left , without the, help of his excellent sense, his tact, and Ins . urbanity. ,liut, in spite of the abscence of these two distinguish ed members of the Lower nduse, the box in which the managers stood, contained an array of speakers such as perhaps had not appeared together since the great age of Athenian elo nuence.' ; There stood Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes, nnd the English Hype rides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style. to the capacity and taste of his hearers; but in the aptitude of comprehension and richness. of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There, .with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke, appeared the fin est gentleman of the age his form developed by every' ' manly . exercise his lacer beaming with intelligence ana iint tne ingenious, me chivalrous, -the Ligh-aouled Windham. ;Nor though surrounded by silch men did the young st manager' pass unnoticed. ;At an age when" most of those who. distinguish, themselves in life are still contending for prizes, and fellow ships at college,- he had won lor himself a con spicubu8 place in Parliament. No advantag of fortune,. or connection ;.yas wanting .that could set off to the height his splendid talent and h?s unblemished honor. ' At twenty-three he.had'been thought 'worthy to be'ranked with The voteran -statesmen.. who appearea ,as tne delegates of the British Commons,: at the bar nf the British Mobility. All Who stood at that bar.Vaaye 'him' alone I are. gone culprit, a'dvo cates. -.ftccusors. To the, generation which js now in tiio vigor Of lifo,-he is sole represent t ve "of- a 'great age which has passed away. But those wVo',' within the last ten years,' have listened . with' delight, till the - morning sun shone in upon the tapestriea of the Ilouie of Lords, to the lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some esti mate of the "powers of a race of men. among whom he was not the foremost, .st v r . The chargee and ' the answers of HastingJ were first read. This ceremony occupied'twO :.;"'fyY - Yi V' 'i'REE,A9;tjnE;.WI-p, ANp C LE AltPIELI), WE DNESMY, yOy.;2S,, 185-5:, . ; whole days;- end was rendered - less tedious than it would otherwise hare been,' by the sil ver voice and just emphasis of Cowper, Clerk of. the Court, a near relation of the amiablo poet, i On the third day Burke rose; Font sit ings of the court were ocenpied by his open- ng speech, which was intended to be a genertJ ntroduction to all the charges. . With, an ex uberance of thought and a'splendor of diction which Riore than satisfied the highly -raised ex pettirtion of ' the audience, he , described the baracttr and institutions of the jnatives of In dia; recounted the circunistances in which the Asiatic Empire of Britian had originated; and set forth the constitution. .of tha Company, and of the English Presidencies. Having Uiue.at tempted to communicate to his hearers an Idea of Eastern society as vivid as that which ex- sted iu his own mind, he proceeded to. arraign the administration of Hastings, as systcmati- cally con'lucted ia defiarice of - morality and public The "i-.nergy'an-l pathos' of the great or,U or extorted expressions .ptvawo.ied admiration- evan froni, the stern and hostile Chancellor ; and,'' f6r 'a' moment, seemed to pierce even the resolute heart of the defend ant. ' The ladies in the galleries, unaccustom ed to'such displays of eloquence, excited by the solemnity of the occasion, and perhaps not unwilling to display their taste and .sensi bility, were in a state pi uncontrollable emo- tion.-- Handkerehiets were piiiiea out; emeu- ing bottles were handed round; hysterical sobs and screams were heard Mrs.' Sheridan w-as carried out in a fit,,. At length the orator con cluded. Raising his voice till the old arches of Irish oak resounded ' '. ,s'My lords," said he, "these are the securi ties, which we have in all the. constituent parts of s the" bodv of this house.1 ' We know them, we reckon, we rest upon 'them,' and ' conitr.it safely the interests of India and of humanity into your hands. Therefore, it is with confi dence, 'that, ordered by the Commons, "I impeach Warren Hastings, Esquire, of hih crimes and misdemeanors.- . "I impeach him in the name of the Com mons of Great Britain in parliament assembled, whose parliamentary trust he has betrayed.' "I impeach him in the name of all the Com mons of Great Britain, whose national' charac ter' he has dishonored. ' . ' ' '' '"'' 'I impeach hiih in the name .of. the people of India, whoso laws, rights,- and liberties he has subverted;-vrhose proiierties he has de stroyed, whose country h ; has laid waste and desolate. ,..';-., , .. .," , . "I impeach hirn in the name,- and by virtue, of those eternal laws of justice, which he has violated. ' " : ' .' . ' "I impeach him lu the name of human na ture itself,, which iie has cruelly outraged, in jured, and oppressed in both sexes, in' every age, rank,' situation, and condition tf life." A Woman's Axswee. A writer illus! rating the fact, that some errors are lilted into im portance by elforts to refute them, when they need to be treated w ith wholesome doses of contempt and ridicule, observes that all the blows inflicted by the herculean club of cur tain logicians are not half so effectual as box 011 the c:ir of a celebrated atheist by the hand of a beauty. Having preached jn vain to a circle of ladies,- he attempted to revenge him self by Faying,: "Piirdonj my error, ladies ; I did not imagine that in a house where wit vies with crace. I aloiw should have the honor of not believing in 'God." "You are not alone sir," aiswered the mistress of the house, 'lmy horses, my dog, my cat, share this honor with you; only these ; poor brutes have -the. good sense not to boast of it." " 1 - ' " This reminds us of what occurred a ew veara azo. "on one of our western rivers, . A thing in theBhape of. a man, was glorying in his atheism,1 avowing that the present life was all of a man;' that he had no soul and no here after. . 'And so you have no soul ?" asked a gentleman in the group, evidently designing to reason with him on the subject.'1 "No," re plied the atheist, "not a w hit more than a pig.'; The gentleman was about to enter, on an.argu meut with him, when an elderly .Scotch lady spoke up smartly; "Sir, I hope you will - not spend your breath reasoning with the crea ture ; .by bis. ain confession, he has nae more aoul thanapig; and ye wad: naeargue wi a pig." " C?The Helroit Democrat .relates' the fol lowing aiuusiug incident which, it says, occur red In that city recently. j :. : : A. clergyman came into Detroit yesterday, fromtho lorthVand on coming out from tea, found his umbrella gone, and another similar one In its place, which he took, and walked up Woodward Avenue. '. He stood talking"ln the street with his umbrella ' spread, with 'one "of his neighbors whom he chanced to meet, who looking at 'the umbrella,- remarked,.. "Well, Parson,' I always took yon for'a 'candid man. who would be free to confess a fault, it one were committed, butj think you are carrying that virtue to extremes," and he pointed to the" line displayed in large white letters on the black" umbrella.',' y ,- f : ; , -" "I stole this umbrella from . . ' The parson took a look at the clonds, and concluded the rain was about over, shut up his nmbrazeous convenienee, and started onr with a countenance disclosing more chagrin than hwnility. . r;' AMERICAN TO THE .CORE, -.'..y r.'t v A Picture of cur Country n- --, -- America, as . she now stands,! is a striking fact. i,Th Western clearings,! the . immense farmers of. the Mississippi Valley; the Lake trade, the foreign immigration,; toiling Africa chained to the car of commerce, gorgeous and reckless New York,- and sudden San Francis co, excite imagination, by all that they imply and foreshadow. They represent many Ideas, and. embody manya wonderful and moving tory ; for business has its danger -and daring, its ?ufiering and endurance, and the changes of fortune, in this new world of boundless resour ces and free activity, are more marvellous than the tales of tho" Arabian .Nights. - This bold enterprise that stretches to the;, Pacific, this skilled and thoughtful race grasping a vast em pire like-a homestead; to.cullivatevaud plant, and, adorn ; this brave., anuyrof worshipers, marching on irresistibly to the conquest of na- ture.. form a grand spectacle, yj hourh their weapons tue axe, (cc ;uu4u,uu m atc j .t... ... I enciue uave-rioc' tue iusir.,oi pooiry uiai gleans from the point of the sword; though the heroes of the, farm i ,tha workshop, and the counting.-house, like yilUge - llaaipdensi die unsupg, yet great qualities, are often exhibit: 1 ed in these humble fields of man's effort, and , their labors found nations, as those of the co- j ral insoct lift the basis of an Jsland above the sua, to the light and air. of Heaven. .; f -, A Bat tho picture has its dark side. ' The ea ger desire for wealth j the "incessant and Sab bathless" pursuit of it has become the univer sal passion and occupation. ' We : have that love of money which is the root ot all evil ; and under the deadly shade of the tree from that root, the love of knowledge "and :art, of truth, and virtue, and beauty, withers and dies. : "In posterity no alters smoke." The curs. of Midas is upon us. Our feelings, our ideas, our aspirations, are all t- rned into gold, aud we are starving amid our barren abund ance. "We worship the material, riot the spir itual; the visible and ""transient, not the invisi ble and eternaL. ,We are practical,, not intel lectual; and our pleasures are of the sense s, Cwt of the reason imagination and tastes .We are smitten with "the lust of flesh, and the lust of the eye, and the pride of -life.'' ,; We are true disciples of thu ethics of iptereat and utility, and our.only morality is cash payment Truly has it been said, that-fbe 4vhp, makes haste to get rich shall not be innocent." : If intemperate driukin be the degrading vice of one j;ortion of our peopli, intemperate m.on.ey rualii;ig. is the bosctting sin of another, and much larger portidn,' and it is difficult to say which is the more pernicious. t Ose is a vice of the senses, destroying the mind ; the other a do!-i'.on of the mind, and a selfish passion, blasting the moral sentiments, and playing the higher powers of the intellect." The poor drunkard cannot resist the "baneful cup,'.' which benumbs the, soul, "unmoulding rea son's mintage," and transforming him ' ' " : - '-Into the inglorious likeness of a beast," . and the infatuated worshiper of .Mammon de liberately uses his mental faculties for his own destruction, prefers rthe ignoble and low to the the' pure and' high, and shuts out the light of Heaven from his life. ; Successful industry rapid gains, rank, prosperity;; without counter acting causes to modify their Influence, have stimulated .this passion for wealth to excess, and have produced already. La. this new count try, luxury, venality, corruption; contempt for fntellectual pursuits and pleasures,'and sneer ing indifference to ennobling and elevated sen timent.. Hence tho vulgar ostentation of our cities; hence the general want of literary taste and'.' culture hence the deplorable frauds of business'' heuce much of the '.baseness of our politics. Narih American JRtxieu?. ; r - . ';'. ' ' Signs and Wo'iidcrs. . When will aigns and wonders ccaio 1 Not till the destroying angel shall clip the thread of time,, and the h-ar'ens shall ' be .rolled to gether as a' scroll ,Not a'day passes but , we soe good aud bad bigns as the Jollowing will show: 41 " - : ,. . . ' Its a good sign 'io 'have a man 'enter your ofTicevvith a friendly, greeting "Here's two dollars for my paper." j -!!. ri Vind . siff-n bear a man sav he's too po5rto take' a- papW teo,:'6"6riehi'i cirrus home'a jug'of "red eye" that costs him,half a - dollar. - 0 It's a good sign' tb see urn an doing an act 6f;chartty..;:i,; .'...';,(,..'..,'.,.; i ..'.;,..; It'sa bad.sign to hear him boasting, of it,,, v It's a good signtorsea the flush of heaitlt ia a man's face: S;; f ;; . ' . ' Tt's a bad sign to sefi't concentrating "in his nose.' i.t-jt t."! r?.t - It's a good sign to see an honest man wean ing old clothes.--;' ; ; Jt's.a bad sign' to' see them'fillfng boles ,in his windows. , i!.,r-. ;:i..T ..- .. ?.'.', . - It's a good sign . to tee a - raan wiping ; the perspiration from bis brow.' w " f " ( .It's a bad sjgn o 'see biin' wipe his chops as as he comes out of a saloon.., ., iMi, ; ,; It's a good sign to see a woman, dress with taste and neatness. . ' '' . -, ; 7 It's a bad sign to' see her husband sued for her feathers.and foolery, gemsand jewelry,. t s y: It's a good sign to see a man' or m yertise in the paper:-' i . -'V4 ;i woman . ad V It's a' bad. sign" to tea for them. the sheriff advertise 'I '.'- , 'Ji :,'; t XJQJ$ j f. Spain as She Was and as She Js. -i Jfations.Jikeindi'iduais, are liable to . ex traordinary changes, ia. power and, fortune. This Is clearly palpable to all wjjo glance back at the ancient nations, to Rome: and Greece in their names of glory and . who; then turn ta their present comparatively , ikowerless condi tion and ruin. .But the hiatoiy of Spain'afTords another striking ;iutance of the .decline; of naticms. ; Macaulay, ja one .of his 'admirable essays, forcibly remarks, that- whoever wish es to be well acquainted with the morbid anatT oniy of governments, r .whoever wishes , to know how great Sates may be made feejtiland wretched, should study the history of jSiviiu. He says the empire, -of Philip, the Second, was undoubtedly onefcof the most powerfulr and splendid, that ever existed , in ; the, world,, la Europe he ruled Spain, Portugal, the Nether lands on. both , sid is of. the . Jiiiins ranca y- . t m 11..1f:1 yc a nnr ilia, (uti vv1" fy ; r -r; r Kiciiipa. Tnscanv.. rarna, aim, uu umo ' -i -.' . - - --.; .----,-..-7 .- pendent on mm as tac xr r- B;r.ir now are on the hast Jnsiia company. ,n Asia thci.King of. Spa,in.;wa loaater.oC the.Phi liianes. and of all those rich setUeuient whic the rortuguo.e had made on the .xoast t( Ma labar aud, Corouvtadel, ia thy tFcain,wu .of Malacca, and jn the Spice Island of .the. Eas- tern Archipelaso.i.In. Anjci;ica.hi doniiuions extended on each side.oi: thf3 jiiator into the tempe;-atczou!i.i There is; reasjn to, bTV that his annual .revenue amounted ia the sea son of his greatest pwer, ;to foi'r, tuillioui sterling ; a sum eight timss as la: ge us that which England y ielded to Elizabeth. He had a standing army of fifty thousand, excellent troops, at a time when England had not a sinr gle-battalion jn constant pay. , His ordinary naval force consisted of , a hundred and .f,orty galleys. ITa. Jield.' what ; 110 other prince in modern time -has h-li, the dominion bo:h of the'land and of the7 's"a.:"- During the greater part of hi. reign he" was snpreme'W'both ele ments, nis soldiers marchea up to tne capi tal of France; his ships menaced the shores of . England. At the same time Spain had what Na poleon desired in ''vain ships, colonies -hnd commerce. She long monopolized the trade of America and of-the Indian Ocean." All the gold of the-West, and all the spices 'of the East,' were received and distributrd by her. 1 ' But how' aft thou fallen from licaven, O! Lucifer, son "of the morning.3 How artthoVcut down to-' the ground," that 'dilst1 weaken the n-itions :"! ; '";..'::'ri If we overleap' a hundred years,' and lo'ok at Spain towards the closo of the sevcnt-ert!i century, "what" a change do 'we fiud f The fnn trast is as great as that which the Rome of Ga! lienus'and Honorious presents to th? Rome of Marina and clesar.' '---y:-u -'" - ' At ihe present day the condition of Spani is indeed "deplorable.-' The1 discoverer of the New World is now deprived of all her mighty possessions en this glftrious cohfinent, hilc even the parent toatfon i9,'ina gre-it measure, an instrument in tha hands 1 of other European powers. - Tom and agitated by doines'tic con vulsoni. she-has jnsl passed through1 several fierce and bloody-civil wars, and the last ad vices indicate that she is on the' eve of anoth er changed ' ud"wXa!Ts he'pecret of this de terioration MacauUy says that all the caus es of the decay of Spain resolve .themselves into one' caus3 bal" government" '"Wnaf a lesson to nations ! - . " : V. - -,. 1 Sarcastic Sentence, j -; ,tKd;Elias Keys,-lormovly lir&t ; Judge of Windsor County vYt., was. a strange-, composi, tion of folly. and good sense,of natural hrewdr neas aud, want f: cultivation.,, iThe-fvllowiug sentence, it. is said, was. pronounced; upon.a poor ragged fellow convicted of stealing a pair of boots from Gen.. Curtis, a. man of .consider able wealth, in the town of Windsor? ". : S ." Well,": said the Judges very gravely, be fore pronouncing ; the sentence of the eourt, undertaking to -read, the; .fellow a lecture "you're a fine . fellow .to-!; . arraigned beforo tho court for Btealing.:They say you are poor I -oo one doubts it wlKklqc's at: you, and , how darcypu, being poor,f have the impudence to. steal apair of boots .Nobody but rich peo- 1 pie have a right to. -take , such things without i paviJ -;Tbcn j tkjt. i B nvt-r asked lUSt Then they, say o, you aret,worLUles-j from tjia fact that no one , lias ever asked justice. tor be done .to you; . all by unanimous icoasenljpronounccd you. guilty, before you were tried. u Now yp4 might know you would be condemned.- -tAnd nowyou must know that it was a great aggravation that you stole them in that large town .of .Windsor .-In. that large town to commit such an act;is laost horrible. And not onlygOjinto, Windsor to steal, but you must 6teal from that great pian, fJJen. Curtis. This caps Tthe. climax of your in iquity..; Base wretcbl.why.did ypu-not;o.an4 steal tbe pnly'pair of tboots. which, some, pppr. man had or . could get? and, then you would have been let alone nobody would haye troub led themselves about the acUFocyodr iniqui ty, in stealing 'in thel great. town of ,Win,d5or, and from the great Gen. Curtis, the coarjt.senr tences you to three months imprisonment in the county jail, and may God give you some thing to eat!" j r. j cy If you earn: more than you spend, and save it,, don't knuckle downUo, any .man' ; yon meet, but hold ,-np your; personal dignity ..to thesolidity of starch. s - -.1 i '7 t ;2.-X0. IT-TOTAL, 0. A- Teetotal Monkey, ' Dr. Guthrie relates the -following amusing anecdote of a domesticated monkey; Jack j as be was' called, seeing bis master and soma companions drinking, with those -irnitatir powers for which: his ppeciss ij -remarkable, finding half a glass of whiskey left took.lt oj and drank it-off.:; It flew, or eourse to .Lis bead. ' Amid their roars of laughter, be .began to skip, bop and - dauce. Jack, was drunk.- Next day, when they went,, with thejctenlioa of repeating the fuu, to. take the poor raonkpy from bis box, be was flot to be ;seea Look ing in.side,' there be;Uy, crouched in acorner 'Come out said his master.' Afraid to. disor bey, hecime out, walking on.throelegs the fore-paw: that, was laid on his forehead saying; as plain as words could do, that he bad a head ache.; - Having left him some days to. get wpll, and resume bis gaiety, Uioy at length -cjrrried him otflo Ue scone ol revel. Qn entering, he eyed the glasses with manifest terror, skulk ing behind .the bairv and. on bis raasUr: order ing htm to drink-, he-bolted,; and-4 was on tho housetop lit a , twinkling, Tlujcafted ,lun down. Hi would not come. ,Uis master jsuo-ck Jie wji?p at bbui.. UA op,,pt which, h was always much afraid,, w;as pointed at his discij'biol'terapjrance; lie. ducked, .his'lisad, and slipjed over to the back; of the, Uonse; up on which, seeing his predicameul.aqd eis afraid ainareutly -f tlje firo than the fire-water, tlie jnonkey leaped at abound un the-Ciiciney-top, and getting dowp jcto a flue, ;ha!i oa, by his fore-paws. He would rather lie sieged than drink.; He triumphed, and although uis roaster kept him fur twelve-" years 'kftc-r !ia he never could persuade- the monkey- to' -tak ahotherdfcrip of whiskey J -.'" ' l e ? a .!. . : ". ; .-- ,,:i, (,, r,'lioi-3,n.!You'li Keep.", :-ic.-i , Some years ago, an old sign painter, who was very cross, very gruff, and, a little deaf, was engaged to paint the Ten Commandmenfs pa some --tablets- in a church not; live.- miles froraJJuflalo.. ; He -wwked two-. day at- It, and at the close of tike secoud day the pastor of Idas church came in jt-o.seo howtbo work progresa- -ed. I The wld man tod by, smoking a short pipe, as the reverend gentleman ran his ey over, tha tablets,; j -,!; f .ij ins riJ Eh," said the pastor as his familiar! eya detected something, wrong in the wording of tho bly precede. whyryou careless ld fel low, jeu left part of i one of -the commandr tnentS entirely dut don't you see - n t?f. :?Xo no sircb thing,", said; the- old Wan, putting on liia spectacles.; "nonothing-Iet out, where l?wv--,U t i n -Why,ther3," persisted the pastor, fbere look: at them in the lible-7-yoij;hav left some of the commandments out." Well, what if I have," said old obstinacy, as he ran his eye complacently? tvec his work what J if I have 7 I There's a 'damn; sight more there now than yoirll keep.' r ' . T tT Another and! a more' correct .artist was em ployed next day. f. :' ..' t . tl ?I .- O "1 - Y ' s.Tsass by; the Trades.. 1. . . ... Froruii list. of, professional .toasts, saldto hive baen made.at.lhe. New, England, celobra tion at Milwaukee, we .take the following: , By a Baker--"The' Storin of Liberty" It rose in tho yeast may it continue, to give-its light until it has leavened the whole world, and prepared.for the last baking. , . By a Dry, Goods Jlerchant 'OurrN'atiooat Flag" May we never measure It by yards, nor sell it without a reasonable advance on its fint cost, adding transportation and insurance. J . By. riinter-yPlymoutla. Kock",4rThe imy posing stone on which the tona of our liberties was raideup niay it, be a type of their per. petuity.,j -i, --j -. ,-;-.'; . . .-' . "- . . - By a Tailor 'The American Union'' Butj timed 'up by the jKitriotiam of our ancestors; msy its needles of viiluous indignation prick the goose that attempts, to riD it assunder. By a . Millet '-The - Mayflower"-:-Ground iroia the jrjst of oppression it turned out na fcliorU..-, 'j . ...i. - .--. -.- j . ,By,a Forwarder "The Boston Tea Party" May its memory be- stored away by all who at tempt to ; exact Illegal eommission. - By a Banker "The Pilgrim Stock Above par; in every market. , r. ; e . : ; : ' Dbg-Fight.; ; ; j; 'Glrpa; I've just seen one of the i worst dog fights aswis ever seen or heerh tell "of 1n the world.- ' ' . , ' "Well Simon, lay boy, bow was it?" . I "Why, father, there -was one great big black dog. with white ears and a brass collar, and one little black and green dogfwhat hadn't no man with'bim, and as--"' f --' Cbme, come, Simon, don't talk so last; yoa get everything mixed tip; stop and get. breath a'momenfandBOt blow So like arorpoise'.h ''. -'wWell.T wraht tb tell yoo'bo-w one dog with white ears got ono" side of the met?tinr:house, and the othef mcVtin'g-h'onW ; with tho jailer dog no ncf, I mean one meeting-house witii the ysller green'ears; goVoii oae'side' ofthe doy.and the other be-TJO no; tife'w'nite' and yallercar, he givea"yelp,rat the meeting-honse and the dog oh,-dad, I've1 give H out f there Varn't hb dog at aTlX' - ' :" : f .r. mlf j.' ' t ?snj ;:rA Siatcsxra fob RrxKs. Wa'sre ecqntiBt ed with a'pfinter -who is so enthusiastic in btl business that lie aever sits do-wn" to diriber with ( out insisting on seeing a proof of the padding! i I ; t I I y
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