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THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL.
Huntingdon, May 3, 1 543.
" One country, one conititution, Ont destiny."
V. B. PALsixa, Esq. (No. 104 S. 3rd St.
Philndelphia,) is authorised to act as Agent
tar this paper, to procure subscriptions and
advertisements.
Spring.
Balmy Spring—long delayed—at last
daa n. upon us in all her beauty and glory.!
The young Ws and blossoms are swel
-1 ng and t pening to the genial rays or
the sun ; and vegetation generally, is burs
ting forth its if - impatient of being long re
tard..d. The hills and valleys, the fields
and gardens, array themselves in living
green, and the leathered songsters"
arbic the requiem of departed Winter.
Election of Canal Commis
sioners.
The election of three Canal Commis
sinners is to take place, at the next gel,.
r•ral election, the ensuing October. The
Harrisburg Telegraph recommends that
the Democratic Antitnasonic and Whig
party take measures at once to present
the names of suitable candidates for this
race, to the people; and suggests that a
State Convention be held at Harrisburg,'
on the 4th of July next, to nominate them
—each county having a vote in proportion
to its representation in the Legislature,
without regard to the number of delegates
that may be present.
Lady's World of Fashion.
The May number of this literary gem
has been received. It contains several
well written tales, among which is an
excellent ene—the " Willow Dell"—from
the pen of Airs. Pierson. It is embellish
ed with a beautiful mezzotint engraving
on steel, "The Favortter and the_usual
plate of Fashions. coloured.
Messrs. WWilliants and
Blair.
The course of these gentlemen, by
whom Huntingdon county was represen•
ted in the late Legislature, has, as far as'
we have been able toJearn, given genera
al satisfaction to their constituents. We
speak more particularly of their course in
regard to measures of a public and politi
cal nature, using the word ()Wiwi in its
most comprehensive and legitimate sense.
Of their action on questions of a private orl
local nature, which were legislated upon,
v'e cannot speak with the same degree of
crtainty, nor hope to meet with so uni
versal a response of app, libation. Where
different personal interests are arrayed
against each other, that difference of opin
ion which exists before legislation is had
thereon, will in many cases exist to t h e
same and sometimes even to a greater ex
tent afterwards. Whatever may have
been the efforts of the one to effect a di
vision of the county, or however efficient
ly the other may have resisted it, we feel
certain that none are dissatis fled with the
course cf either of the members on that
question, nor have the well grounded ex•
Pectattons of their constituents been dis
appointed in the result of those efforts.
To the local business tit their immediate
constituents, Messrs. rillVlLLrans and
Btaza always gave prompt and active at
tention ; and as their upright arid dignifi- 1
ed deportment gained them some
mice among their fellow members, their
labors to behall of their constituents have
geneially been crowned with success.
All the important public measures of
the Session...the Hill for the sale of the
Public Improvements—the Reform Bill
—the Canal. Commissioners Bi:l—as well
as all other Bills of vital importance tai
the interests of the Commonwealth, found
ready and firm supporters in these gentle
men; while the infamoos "Gerryman
ders" and the odious Vetos which found,
their way into the Legislature, wet with'
their unqualified disapprobation and mil •
farm apposition.
Upon the whole we may safely assert
that Huntingdon county has been faith• '
fully represented by Messrs. M'WlLLtssus
andllssra. In truth we cannot find in
the House two members who were more
industrious than they, or more attentive
to the interests of their constituents.--'
They have returned home to the bosoms of
their fatuities, and again mingle among the
people, who will no doubt award to them
the pause due to go o ud teitliful public
au!s.
amines§ of the late SCSNIIIII.
We will entleay.4. to give the title- of
the .Acts the late of the
Cali k•Iltaill a
lantl col rect of them
The Harrisbut•g I ntellig. neer of Thurs
day last says—Amongst the acts which
(have received the approval of the Gover
nor, or have become laws without his sig.
nature, by the lapse of time, are the AP.
'PORTION/4EIT BILLS, dividing the State
into Congressional, Senatorial and Repre
sentative districts; the bills Inc the abult•
Lion of the NtenoLsors COURT, and the
COURT 01 GENFIRAL SESSIONS of Philadel-
phi's the bilk incorporating the ERIE
'and NORI'H BRANCH CANAL COMPANIES;
the bill for the sale or the DELAWARE Di-
VOION of the Pennsylvania Canal ; the
bill for the sale of the STATE STOCKS and
payment of the DOMESTIC CREDITORS;
the bill for the election of a STATE Puts-
TER for three years; and the REFORM
BILL, and the bill fur the election uf CA
NAL COMMI4SIONERS by the People.
The bills of a public nature passed at a
late period of the session, and yet remain
ing iu the hands of the Governor, are the
bill fur the SALE OF THE MAIN LINE Of
the Public Works; the bill more eltiictu
ally TO PUNISU SEDUCTION ; the joint Res.
olutiun authorizing GFo. M. DALLAS and
Wm. M. MEREDITII, Esqrs. to institute
proceedings against those persons concer.
ned in procuring CORRUPT LEGISLATION IN
BEHALF OF THE BANKS in 1840; and the
GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL, Wheth•
er these bills shall become laws before the
meeting of the next legislature remains
entirely optional with the Governor.
1 With regard to the Seduction and the
Appropriation Bill, they are of such a
1
characler as certainly to receive his sig
-Inature ; of the other two there may be
Isome doubt of his approval.
Amongst the important measures of a
I public character which the Legislature
'failed to act upon finally before the ad.
journment, were the SMALL NOTE bill,
granting the Banks authority to issue one,
two and three dollar bills ; the bill to AP
'PORTION THE STATE DEBT amongst the
several counties ; and the Articles of lin-
peachrnent against WILEIAM
one of the Canal Commissioners, for int-
proper interference with a member of the
House to procure legislative aid to defeat!
the bill fur the election of the Canal Com
tnissioners. The first of these measures
passed the House a few days before the
close of the session, but was not reached
in the Senate. The second was reported
to the House by the chairman of the com
mittee of ways and means, (Mr. ELWELL)
but in so crude a form, that no serious et
tort was ever made to bring it up. In
the Impeachment case, Articles were pre.
leered by the committee of the Hod se ap.
pointed fur the purpose, and the quest
of their adoption was under coositier.i non,
with a strong pruhabiltly of their p,..u;e,
when the to et
tut,: I..ic. tm the
num al the Hui:, twiwre.. Slr. M'Clowati
and Mr. Illation. The subject was then
postponed, and was not again resumed,
from the fact that Mr. lIILL, the m,mber
from Armstrong who was approached by
Mr. Overfield, whose presence was neces
sary in the investigation, was sashimi)
called home in consequenec of sickness in
his family, and did but again return.—
But for this reason the investigation would
have proceeded, and ‘V m. Overfield, in
all probability, have been linpi ached.
GE:venous linctve-Ts.—We learn by
the Zaoes.ill, Ohm Aurora, that the
widow of the late K. Buckingham, recently
deceased, has bequeathed in her will the
f•dluwing sums for religious and charata•
ble purposes:—
The smallest man entirely in l For the education of Females at
Huntingdon.
It is said that governor porter came to
our town on Friday or Saturday last. and
remained at Jackson's till Monday, when
he started in the Packet for Harrisburg.
We did not see hit excellency —but we
Isaw a man who told us that he saw a min
who told him that he did ape the very
defined selfsame governor porter! W
Know of but one man oho called to see
during his sojourn in town, and hr
.as an old .• sovereign" who wanted to
get a pardon for his son who has been
sentenced to jail in an adjoining county
fur cow-hiding a temperance lecturer:—
We have not learned whether he succee
ded, but take that for granted. The
Governor can't shine here no how he can
fix it.
“ Democratic Register.”
We have received the first number of
neatly printed and ably conducted Whig
paper, bearing the above title, published
iu Clarion, Pa.. by D. W. FOSTER. Suc
cors to it:
Olr Twawols M'Croutto, for near!! SO
years an Associate Judge of Allegheny
county, Pa., (lit cl a for d e.7s ago, aged 103
1, t 1
The Case of Bernard and
Patrick Flanagan.,
'ft, Indiana Register of ‘Vednestia%
lasi contains a copy of the much.talkedml
Act of Assembly entitled "An Act con
cerning a certain Trial for Murder in
Cambria county." We find that an crro•
neous impression prevails among the pub.
Itc in regard to this law, for in fact it does
not absolutely grant a new trial to the
convicts. The Art contains four sections.
Section let, authorizes and requires the
Court of Oyer and Terminer of Cambria
county to enter, if requested by the defen
dants, in the case of the Commonwealth
against Bernard Flanagan and Patrick I '
Flanagan, indicted for the murder of Eli -
abeth Holder, a rule to show cause why
the sentence of the court and verdict of
the jury should not be set aside in said ,
case, a new trial be granted, and if the
said Court should on hearing be satisfied'{
that, according to the principles which
ought to govern in such cases, a new trial
should be granted, they are authorized to
make the said rule absolute—that is, grant
a new trial. If a new trial be thus grant-
ed the rase shall be proceeded in as soon
as practicable to another trial and final
judgment.
See. 2 provides that if desired by the
President Judge of the said court, the said
rule, the hearing thereof, and the new
trial, if one be granted, shall be had before
the Judge of the 4th Judicial District, who
is authorized to preside &c.
Sec. S enacts that the costs which will
be incurred, including $5O as a fee to the
deputy Attorney General, shall be paid
out of the State Treasury.
Sec. 4, that the provisions of the act
shall not be construed into an expression
of any opinion of the Legislature as to the
guilt or innocence of the defendants.
Through feelings of delicacy, JUDGE
WHITE before whom the di.lendants had
their former trial, has, in pursuance of
the second section of the Act, certified
and placed the whole ►natter into the
hands ot JUDGE WoonwAno, of the 4th
Judicial District, Both WHITE and
WOODWARD are among the ablest Judge•
in the State. We do not know when the
argument of the rule is to be had.
•t•IiE STATE .APPROPIIIATION
Arnow: ili piominrut items of this bill
are the following:
For the payment of interest an
general expenses of Gov, Wt. 111230,000
Pensions,
Militia Expenses, 20 11.:0
Colleges, Academies, and Fe.
male Seminaries, 23,000
Common Schools, 250,000
House of Refuge, 5,000
Institution for the Blind, 8,000
" Dealand Dumb, 11,000
State Library, 2,800
Nicholson Court, (old expenses) 9,500
Eastern Penitentiary, 8,000
Western " 5.000
tale, est on temporary loan 15,000
So rv . ey, (conclusion) 2,000
Interest on the 4th May issues, 30,000
Miscellaneous, 5,000
Canal and Railroad Officers, 50,000
Pay of Canal Commissioners
and their clerks, 3,780
Repaits oti" the Public Works, of
damage,. by the present flout),
if nece-sarv, the sum of 50,000
Ilaborers un the Public Works, 60,000
the Putman Seminary, $lO,OO
Towards erecting a parsonage for
the Presbyserian Church, 1,000
For the American Bible Society, 1,000
Fur the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Mis•
sions,
For the American Tract Society, 500
For Negro Emancipation, 1,000
PITTSEIVUGH BUSINEBB.—The Pittsburg
American, of the 20th April says: We
have not witnessed so great. a throng of
business at the Monongahela landing for
the last three Years as we have for the few
days past. Yesterday it appeared to be
covered on all its length and breadth from
Grant down to Ferry streets, with barely
room for the thousand drays to pass, and
the goods, though continually kept mov-,
mg, did not appear, up to 4 o'clock, to
have in any way diminished. The front
of the landing presents a noble fleet of the
finest steamers. The stock of produce
for the East is.iminense and the Canal
boats are now arriving loaded down with
return freights.
MELANCHOLY.—We have just been in
formed that Mr. Christian Brown, a hi h
ly respectable citizen of Lower Nazareth
township. Northampton roomy, rouunii•
ted suicide. on Monday. the 17th April
whilst in a deranged state of mind, by
ll. RIO, •
James w'llathers, Esq.
if the day has-nut gone by when hon.
',sty and efficiency iii a Senator are re
commandations, James Mather* stands
prominently forth as a faithful sentinel on
the Oficial of our Legislative Halls. His
constituents have reason to be proud of
their Senator. Always at his post--never]
swerving from duty—extremely attentive
to the terest and demands of his con
stituents—he established ft character
which should and doubtless will live after
him. While many members daily try to
beat up some frothy declamation into see
ming consistency upon almost every sub•
Ject which is agitated--while they consume
lime in doing nothing--Mr. Mothers
promptly attends to the wants of his con•
stiiuents and the welfare of the common
w,..llli. Ile is emphatically a business
man, and though by profession a lawyer,
he speaks only when it is necessary and
then comes at once to the main point at,
issue without any unnecessary circundo-,
eutiiin. Unlike some members, who fancy
themselves to be the tams which uphold
aid sustain the whole weight oldie State ;
who imagine the world would fly from its
orbit, or the " musick of the spheres"
would cease, if they did not come to the
rescue, and speak in words of "learned
length and thundering sound" upon every
fink pelty subject that arises for Legisla
tive action. Mr. Mothers never yet has
travelled beyond the legitimate confines
of a member's proper duty. Ile is
no trifler, and makes no speeches for
" Buncombe. He never has engaged, so
far as our knowledge extends, in members'
petty quarrelling§ and wrangling spee
ches. And why 7 Simply because he is
a gentleman and therefore totally unlike
the Hotapurs and small politicians who b)
cunning and intrigue have crept through
the slime of party into seats in the legisla
tive halls. High elevated places are visi
ted as well by the base reptile that make ,
its own slime its ladder of ascent, as the
Heaven-soaring Eagle. Too often in our
public councils Good stands confronted
by Evil—the Gentleman by ]the !Black
guard. Whilst this is too frequently the
case, it is exceedi , gly gratifying to recog
nise, in his official conduct, fidelity the
most charming and integrity that stands
firm as a surge repelling rock : and his pri
vate and public character, the dignified
lone and manly bearing of a gentleman.
We eschew all political and party put%
ling ; we but speak what we sincerely
believe to be truth. We have scanned
Iris official conduct closely and critically,
and that which we now say is the result of
of our examination. Honest merit should
receive a passing notice, and there should
be given " honor to whom honor is due."
--Perry Freeman.
Death of Commodore Porter,
The s teamship Britannia brought the
melancholy intelligence that this gallant
,ild veteran of the ocean, died at Constant
,nople, the early part of March. Com
.oodore Porter was as brave an officer as
ver trod the deck of a ship of oar, and
deserves an imperishable monument for
his daring and heroic achievements while
in the naval set vice of the United States.
The Commodore had been for some
years past in very feeble health. On the
27th of February last, he was seized with
an acute attack of pleurisy and pericardi
tis, which alter a few days of intense suf
fering, terminated fatally on the 3d of
March. He died without pain and scarce
a struggle, at exactly 12 meridian. The
' morning of the day he was taken ill, he
took a long ride in the carriage he had
lately purchased. On his return he was
completely exhausted, and was almost
carried to his bed. For some hours pre
vious to his decease, he was insensible to
pain. He scented to have hail a presenti
ment of Ins approaching late. By his last
will, Commodore Porter directed that his
body should be interred at the foot of the
Ilag•stalf. The funeral was attended by
ithe attaches of several legations, and all
the Americans resident there. Tilt min
inters who were not present themselves or
who had not sent representatives, sent
letters of condolence. After the funeral,
the Americans present assembled and
passed the following resolutions: Ist. that
they would wear crape for the space of
one mouth. 211. That letters of condo
fence should be sent to Mrs. Porter. 3d.
That copies of the resolutions should be
sent to the Department of the State, to
Mrs. Porter and to the family here.
TRADE OF VIE WRST.—The Cincin•
nati Gazette of the 13:h inst. says--- , ' Our
wharves have exhibited much activity for
some days past, and the shipments of pro
duce, as well as the arrivals of merchan
dize, have been considerable. The high
water and mild weather, indicating the
opening of Spring, have given an impulse
to business, which has revived to a con
siderable extent."
814,500
The Pittsburg papers report trade to b,
very active in that city. The Canal wan
in cull operation, and the Allegheny, Mo•
nongahela and Ohio rivers in fine order for
navigation. Produce and merchandize
were arriving and deputing in large quan
tities. and every thing betokened full
activity
MARRYING A %% SrsTsf.—At the
regular fleeting of the classic of New
Brunswick, to whom the subject had been
referred by the General Synod of the
Dutch Church, it was decided by ayes 17,
noes 11. doubtful 1, that " the word of
God does not prohibit the oarriage of a
deceased wife's Mater; and the canon of
the Dutch Church as•Ontios the contrary,
, .
The Late Legislature.
The " Beaver Argus" pays the follow
ing unequivocal compliments to the late
Legislature. It says the act 81 . adjourn•
meat was the beet /ter of the session : that
it was au unprofitable, a disgraceful seas- I
ion to Pennsylvania, and fur her honor
trusts that we shall not again be cursed
with such an Assembly, the majority of
whom have shown so little regard for the'
,reputation oe interest of the Common•
wealth, or the wishes or welfare of the pen•
ple. The Argus speaks of the majority
—thost who at the outset were to work
together so harmoniously, according to the
,Governor's message; but who have prov• I
l ed themselves a set of factious, perverse,
!corrupt, unscrupulous demagogues, oho
,having WI rope and swing, have been
tearing at each other for want of better
prey, and who will sell themselves or the,
State to serve their mercenary purposes!
Into such hands have the destinies of the
Commonwealth been placed by a deceived
and betrayed People ; and see now our
condition! We have a beggared treasu
ry; an enormous increase of the public
debt ;--no payment of interest, but a dou
ble infliction of taxation ; with blasted
credit, and embarrassment pervading all
classes of the People;—yet with till this
in view what has been done by the Luca•
Inca majority— what has been attempted
to relieve the State or the People! Noth
ing! nothing!—but the session has been
wasted in disgraceful wrangles between
the several factions of the dominant party,
and in the exposure of their hypocrisy
and venality.
The Argus justly congratulates the cit
izens of Beaver county that they have no
share of this odium to bear. They have
been faithfully and creditably represent
ed, by men who have been disposed to de
vote their energies to the public good, who
are entitled to the commendations of their
constituents ; and though without power
or responsibility, the efforts of the minor
ity have not been altogether unsuccessful,
Taking advantage of Federal divisions,)
the Whigs have succeeded in passing'
through several important bills, which
cannot but exert a salutary influence ;
amoog them the Reform Bill—reducing
the salaries and perquisites of the office
holders ; and the Bill to give the People
the election of the Board of Canal Com•
missioners, separating Iron' the Executive
a large portion of his overgrown patron
age.
WPlittees Last Day.
' The 23d of April was to be the "last
day" of this world, according to the lore
sight and prophecy of Mr. Miller,—the
,day of the final destruction and extinction
of all terrestrial things ; and his be.
Hever§ must have been greatly ustoni-hed
at awaking in the morning and finding
themselves alive and kicking.
The Philadelphia Ledger hits tiff the de
lusion in the following quaint style :
IVe believe, according to the theory of
that learned chronologist and prophet,
that the world has existed Just long e
nough to become as dry as punk, and that
the first beam of yesterday's sun, which
was to lull upon this combustible body,
was to set in a flame that would destroy
all created things upon its face except the
prophet and hits followers, and so alter the
constitution of the materials of the old
world, that in the new combinations which
were to ensue, the original curse would be
taken from the earth, and with rejuvena•
ted vigor it would then yield spontaneous•
ly and in the most exuberant excess. The
tvent was to be heralded by a bright light
in the heavens, and what is a singular
concidence, a luminous belt extending
across the sky was observed to New York
on Saturday night, which continued till
ten or eleven o'clock. With this excep•
tion, we believe there was smother sign in
the heavens, and the fall of rain yesterday
atternoon doubtless disappointed whatev•
er anxious expeetants there were waiting
for the event. A few thunder claps and
an occasional sudden and vivid brighten
ing of the clouds told that nature was pur
suing her accustomed operations for the
benefit of mankind, and that a bountiful
Creator, through such means, was provid
ing the "seed time and the harvest" to
reward the toils of the industrious has
, bondman. In the evening the sun lit up
the heavens with a brilliant light, which
, tray have appeared ominous to some, but,
which was nothing more than a reflection
of the setting sun upon the clouds.
The failure of the prediction goes to
. show the folly and conceit of the individ.
. aid who made it, and the delusion of his
followers.
CH KERING SIONS.—The Norristown
Free Press says:---!. We are pleased to
learn that the extensive Iron Works of our
enterprising friends, Messrs. Reeves &
Whitaker, at Phoenixville, are doing a
larger business than they have ever dune
heretofore. The Cotton Factory at the
same place, we understand, is also doing
a good business. The Iron Works or M r.
Mason are undergoing repair, and conse
quently alit in operation. The Rolling
and Nail Works of R. C. Nicholas & Co.,'
in this place, are undergoing a thorough
repair, by the introduction of New• Rolling
machinery, and will soon be in operation."
SPECIE.—The Buxton Transcript says
—" The Britannia brought out a large
lamount of gold, stated at something like
500,000 sovereigns of which $1,154,465
was entered at the Custom•huu.e to-day
—conitisned to thirty or forty different
houses in Boston, New York and Phila.
Extraordinary Scene in High
Lift.
The Richmond Star gives an account of
a scene between Gov. McDowell of Vir.
4inia, and Gov. Thomas of Maryland,
which took place at Staunton, Va., and is
!perhaps without a parallel.
Gov. McDowell is the lather•in•law of
Gov. Thomas, and all know of the darn!.
ties between the latter and his wile—or
rather of the treatment she met with at his
hands, some time since, which accounts
for the quarrel.
Gov. Thomas reached Staunton in the
Valley stage about I t o'clock, and Gov.
McDowell in the Charlottsville stage,
about an hour afterwards. They put up
at the same hotel and met there, but did
not speak—both designing to take the
Lexington stage. When the stag e came
up, Governor McDowell hande d lady
into the stage, and he was also it, the act
of entering. when he observed Thomas at.
his side and demanded where he was go
ing, to which lie replied, " in the stage."
This he was assured he should not do, and
from words they proceeded to blows, Gov.
McDowell employin; his umbrella %yids
corked effect upon his adversary. The:
bystanders then mterfered and the battle
was stopped—Govern!. 'l'. declaring' he.
had not received fair play. By the per
suasion of friends, Gov. McD. with his la
dy took a private conveyance to Lexing
ton, Gov. 'l'. continuing in the stage. It
was anticipated that another " scene "
would occur at Lexington, from which
place news was anxiously expected. The
atLir has caused great talk and excitement
at Staunton.
(g:r We hear it stated that the recent
election of State Printer will be set aside,
the law requiring the election to take
place within three days after the passage
of the act, and the election not having
been effected for five or six.-- [Philadel•
phiu Spirit of the Times.
The above'may be considered as a kind
of seno•official announcement of the in
tention of Gov. Porter to "set aside" the
election of Mr. McKinley, because he was
the candidate in opposition to the Kicka
pou dynasty. It confirms the ruir that
has been abroad e‘er since the eleZion—
proinulgated by the friends of the Clover
nor.
This termination is another evidence of
the principles and motives that govern Da.
vid R. Porter. lie recommended the
erection of a State Printer, and signed a
bill for that purpose. After several trials
Ito elect, which tailed • he vetoed the bill re
pealing the law, and giving the printing to
the lowest bidder, because he believed
a friend of his would be finally elected.—
But when the matter resulted in the elec
t:on of Mr. McKinley, his rage and disap
pointment sought revenge by endeavoring
to procure a re-consideration of the elec.
two, for the purpose or giving the printing
to the lowest bidder. Erving tidied in
that, by not being able to find dupes
enough to be used to carry out his hypoc
risy, lie has at last discovered that the
election is not according to law, because,
although the Convention met on the day
specified by law, and after proceeding to
the election, as the law directed, adjourn
ed from time to time, until it was comple
ted. If this renders the election Ult's]
and void, then almost every U. S. Senator,
and many of the State Treasurers, fur the
last twenty years, have held their places
illegally.
But this plea of illegality will not avail
the Kickapuo chief. The veil is too thin
to cover the dishonest motive that
prompts it. If the acts of the People's
Representatives are to be thus nullified by
him, we should not wonder if the scenes
of the "buckshot war," which inducted
him into office, should lar! re•enacted in
putting him out.— Pa. Tel.
.1 If illy Parson.
A Scotch clergyman by the name of
Watty Morrison, was a man of great
laughter and humor. Oa one occasion a
young officer scoffed at the idea thlt it re
quired so much time and study to write a
sermon, as ministers pretended, and offer
ed a bet that he could preach half an hour
on an y passage in the Old Testament
without any preparation. Mr. Morrison
took the bet and gave him NI. a Text,
id And the Ass opened his mouth and he
spoke." The parson won the wager, the
officer being rather disinclined to employ
his eloquence on that text.
On another occasion, Morrison entreat
ed an officer to pardon a poor soldier for
some offence he had committed. The of
ficer agreed to do so, if lie would in return,
grant him the first favor he should ask.
Mr. Morrison agreed to this. In a day
or two, the of f icer demanded that the core•
mony of baptism should be performed on a
young puppy. The clergyman agreed to
it ; and a party of many gentlemen assem•
bled to witness the novel baptism.
Mr. Morrison desired the officer to hold
up the dog as was customary in the bap ,
tism of children, and said, As I ant a
minister of the church of Scotland, I must
proceed according to the ceremonies of
the church."
" Certainly," said the Major, " I ex.
pect all t he ceremony."
" Well then, Major, I begin with the
usual question: You acknctoledge your.
6qt/de /other of this puppy 1"
A roar of laughter burst from the crowd,
and the officer threw the candidate for
baptism away! Thus the witty minister
turned the laugh against the infidel, who
[intended to deride the sacred ordinauces.
There tire no solid rocks in the Arik