Marshall County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 20, Plymouth, Marshall County, 14 April 1859 — Page 1

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1 t ... . VOL 4, NÖ20. 'PLYMOUTH,- INDIANA, THURSDAY APRIL 14, 1859 WHOLE NO. 175,

business (Litriis.

BANK iff M STATE "if INDIANA,

- i BRANCH AT PLYMOUTH) IND. r. S. ÖR jAN, Pres. I tL KARLY, Cashier EASTERN EXCHANGE, Drafts o- Cncinnati and Chicago, Gold and Silver, Uncurvent Money aiid I .am I Warnaits BOUGHT AND SOLD. D Deposit ReveiveJ ami Money Loaned. 33" Exchange on Europe bought and sole. - -XT Attention jriven to Collection and General Banking Business Transacted. June 23, 1558. 31 1 WHEN WILL WONDERS CEASE! IN. FLYMOUTHt I. F- HARTMAN & CO Have started a new Harne? and paddle Shop two doors north of f J Brownlce's store, on the East side of Michigan stieet, nt No G where they intend keeping on hand, Saddles and Hamm of all kind, ami will sell as cheap ns the cheapest. Call and examine their stock and work. " All repairing done in order and on short notice; 14tf n. B. DlCKSO H. 13" DICKSON . DEALERS IX EE .ZTk. H. X J. . J. C LEOXARD & CO. of every description, also, .Stoves, Tin, S'ieet-Iron and Copper Ware :. öto14 PLYMOUTH, IND. Edwards & Vanvalkenburgh, DEALERS IN oo-ts c&5 SllOOS , PLYMOUTH IND. H. CORBI.f M. A. O. T 1GKARD. COIiBIN & PACK A HO Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, AND HVstcrn Collrrlion Igentn. PLYMOUTH, IND. Refer to Arctlakias, HotxriT, & co., N" V; City; JOH LlVINGSTOX, ' ' Tow.x, Smith k Skelds.v; Detroit, .Mich.; Secor, Bkrdax & co, Toledo, Ohio; ' ' M II Nortox k co, Chicago, III; Hon C A Stact, Tecu-n'eh, .Mich; Hon Titoa S Staxfield, iouth Eend.'Ind . IInov3-51tf . C. H. REEVE. A. C. CATROX. REEVE & GAPnOHi ' Pbmouth, Marshall County, Ind., Practice in Mar?h.ill and adjoining counties. REFER TO " B.ibcock k Co., Plielp, Dodge & Co., N. Y. Cooler, Fanvell & Co., Gould k Bro. Chicago. Loudon k Co , Thila 1., Graff, Bennett & Co.. Pitts. Hon. A. L. Osborno, Circ't. Judge, Laporte, Ind. STANFIELD & JOHNSONT. S. Staxfiki.o, of South Bend, Ind., and A Joiixsox, of tMjraouth Indiana, have associated themselves tc go ther for the practice of Law, in all the Court of Marshall Couatv Mr StanfielJ w ill permlly assist in th3 management of all liticated buäliissä- OJIce in Cjrcin's block. nl3v4 J. C. OSCORXE , D T. PHILLIP. OSBORNE & T?PIILlL,irS OFFICE First door north of Bvd's Furniture Store, PLYMOUTH, LND. 0HS1VSa UltQJX Mil St It p -9 ? DEALER IN ÄWATeHES. CLOCKS & JEWELRY, Plymouth, Ind., KEEPS .wtantly liual Clock?, Watches, BREAST PINS, EAR RINGS, FINGER RINGS, LOCKETS, kc , &c. HTClocks,Ydtche3, &c, :epa!rcd in the best manner possible. jan 7 '53 7 tf. PAllRER HOUSE, H. M. HOPKINS,.....' PROPRIETOR, LATORTE, INDIANA. V. W. AXTELL, CleiGc. '-V jut533Iy . J. H. OASE , - ; JUSTICE OF THE PEACE f TTAS moved his oCice one door north of Pierce JL Clothing store, near the Democrat printin office, on Michigan street, where he will giv prompt 'ution to all claims entrusted to him fo colh ctioii,' . vras Justice of the peace or in high ereowrta. Ta. . "ins &c, promptly attended to n jmouth, Ind , 2: jpt. 9. 1 c3-12tf. SHAVINS, HA13DOS1NG AND Sli a in poo in? Saloon, Oa MicIii.iast,'orpo?ite Plcrccs Clothing store where the subscriber is ready at all times, during t ousint33 hours, to do up Sharing, Hair cutting kc, 1 in less Umland, better style than ever before Lnowr jtthis vicinity; and he hopes that hereafter, by v. strict attention to business, to merit' a liberal patronage from the citizens generally. ' ALFRED BILLOWS. , J. J. yiiVALL,:::. ::; HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Particular attention paid to Obstetric Practice, and Chronic diseas of Women, and diseases of Children. OSce over CPalmcr's store, corner Michigan and Laporte stCX where he can be consulted at all hours. l-3tf. DR, A. 0. BOIVTOH, - SURGE N DENTIST, TTAS located In Plymouth where he will be i,rc P I pared i i times. Mondays ana L uesaays cicer4ed) to perform all öpe'ratiöris" pertaining to the Dental profession.' Special attention given to cleansing the teeth. " Diseases of the mouth treated with ueecss. .. Satisfaction will be given to all who may favor bim with a call. ' i D Rooms in Pershing's building, up stairs ejtrance first hall door. . .mA7 20-26if. rDR. T. A. BÖRTÖ Phy sician and Surgeon, Office over Pcrshirg'a Drug Stpre, in Dr. A O Borteo'i Dental Rooms, Michigan street, east fide corner of Gano, where he may be consulted dur. ing oflice hours. Dwelling two doors north of the -Court House, Center st. west side, Plymouth, lnd XHÄVE' tvo new and superior Family CA R-RIGLS--lidc scat which 1 will tell on the

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Why be Unhappy. What's the use to be unhappj, : What's tho ose to fume and fret? V What's the use to look behind you, Nursing up the vain regret? v. What if life is clouded over With its sorrows dark and wild? Wh tif fortune does look sternly? Hath the nt ver sometimes smiled? ;VhT, If you must taste the Litter, ' Will vou fling the sweet away? Fighting ever with the crosses r r .Tha you nae(;t from day U day, -Why disfiuift those around youir -With compl:iutsyou sho'd suppress, .yeary those jhoni.dutyJLiJsyou . ,:. . aüJill lamfört.'air.to.Llcs3.i Look at f&uxJittfeinscct . Spöfting in the sun's briTH bcamS; Xisten how and hear the music Of your laughing little streams. Look at nature all around you, , . And above where'er you stray, ,v Mui'c creation's ever sinking! , Happy I! it seems to say. What's the tho use to bo unhappy? ' ' "What's the use to fume ami fret? riuclc up courage, laugh at trifles, "And ) 6u may be happy yet. The Plague of a Baby. ITve got a little baby, sir, And happy I should be If 'twere not fpr th trouble, sir, "That baby i3- to me. I once could pa?s my time at home, While ev'rything was still; Now there's always something wrfmg 'Or bahy dreadful ill. And if, for quietude and peace, "Ip:s an hour away, You'd think, when Tgot back again, The devil was to pay. And if 1sick whh vorrimcnt, -Go on a harmless frolic; My wi fe she gets her tantrums up, And baby gtts the cholic. '- At midnight, shiv'ring I must sit, t, And hold it on my Lap, f , '."..While wife prepares a fire, and.makcs - The little monster's pap! And when I'm in most need of rest, 'Tis sure to be the worse; And all tho longer I must play The part of patient nurse. Sure, ne'er was mortal man before, Beset with all my ills; And worst of all, thee nightly toil Has given me the chills. ' O, then my friend, take good advice -Don't laj it ou the shelfBe well content with what you have, And baby be yourself. IMy First Love. T A maiden once I chanced tnow, With beauty superhuman;" t Hot voice was gentle , soft and lows t That 'excellent thing in woman. , ' Wc triced together mountain streams, ! And when the stars were shining, r Wc talked of poetiy and dreams Their mysteries. de vining. - j I felt that fate no grief could give Like passion unrequited,. And that I could no longer live : f2 Unless wc were united! - ' I breathed my love. her hand I pressed While (he", her eyes averting. Returned the pressure, and confessed, That the was only flirting. . Brains. An American sloop-of-war put into an English rort and ti e ßr?t lieutenant went on shore to roconnoiter. In the. course of his travels, he entered a tavern wl ere a number of British officers were caious'ng. .They at once recognized the lieutenant's nattoi-ftlity by his dress, and' resolved to amuje themselves by Lullying h"m. Well, comerade'says one, 'you belong to the United States, I see.' Right,' ' wahe Answer.7 ' - Now, what would yon do to a man who should gay that your navy did not. contain, "anoQcer fit for a frun boat! continued the Englishman. 'I wonld Wow his "brains out returned' our lieutenant, with great coolness. ; . . ... Tlicrc was silence among hermsjesty'i servants for a moment,-but ' finally, one of theni, more muddled than the rest, managed to stammer out W well Yank, I say it.V ..... - - The AWrican theft walked to his side and replied calmly, . , ; . 'It's lucky for you, ship mate, that you have no brains to blow out.' " Strock by tb diguty ot the answer the offender at bnce apologized, and our hero vr&s invited to joih'tTie mess. . . Mottoes for Business Men. A correspondent of the Rochester Democrat says: I noticed some time since, in a western .city. counting-room, the following expressive truisms, worth repeating, and more-worthy of practice: '' '' ''! A nimble sixpence prefcred' here to tho . 'slow shilling.' ' -V. To sell cheap, we must sell for cash only. The dealer who sells fbt cash only tan afford to sell cheaper than the one who trust. Don't for-getthat.-j j;;;, ; lj-i) ' If yöu pay us cash when you purchase, you save your proportion of boQk-kecper's and out door clerk's wages. If you payus casnwhen you purchase u none of vou will hare to pay extra to jnake ap losses; -V Prompt payment time of purchasing will ensure promptness on ourpart In delivering goods. 'J t 1 With our goods 'we ban pay our debts, with aecomts we cannot. . ' . It is som-times said Time is money, but we would ratberj-oxr would ask for oiir money lhan for time on jroods. Pleäso do not' ask credit, then we shall be saved the- unpleasant 'duly of declining to grant 1 1. ' ' If you have notthe money to pay with, better leave the articles nnlwnjj ht.. . . Akxm PaovroBs. tf your friend ' is made of honey, do 'not eat him all up... i i i If you travel through 'the country of the blind, be blind yourself. ' V ' " '. ' iT 1 : hWhen you are, the anvilharc; patience; .when you are the hammer, strike straight and well He who cannot take a hint,'cahnot comprehend a long explanation. Take counsel of one greater and one less than yourself and afterwards form ypur own ppinJop. - 'lAIady.of rank,..'coinpla"uiing' that herhüsßand was dead to fashionable amusements, he replied: ' 'Bat then, my dear, you make me alive to tbs expenses!' - '7 :

Cocrtsiii r. Courtship is the last brilliant scene

in the maiden life of woman. It is, to her, a gar den where no eeds minglc with the flowers, but all is lovely and b jautiful to her senses. It is a dish of nightingales served up by moonlight to the mingled music of manly tenderness and gentle whispers an engrrnc53 that does not outstep the t onnds of del-caey, and a . ßcries of flatterings, throbbings.high pulses, burning cheeks, and drooping lashes. But, however delightfcl it may be, courtship is, ncverthelass, a serious business; it is the first turning point in the life of a woman, crowded with perils and tenations. There is as much danger in the strength of love as In its weakness. The kindled hope requires watching. Tue rose tints of affection dazzle and bewilder the imajrination, and while alwayä bearing in mind tint life without love is a barren wilderness, it should not be overlooked that true affection requires solid supports. Discretion tempers fashion, and it is precisely that quality which, oftencr than any other, is found tobe absent in courtship. Young ladies in love, therefore, require wise counselors. They should not trust too much to the impulses of the heart, nor bo too easily captivated by a winning exterior. In the selection of a husband, character should be considered more than appearances. Yo jngmen inclined to intemperate habits even but slightly so rarely make good husbands in the end; they have not sufficient moral stamina to enable them to resist temptation even in its incipient stages, and, being thu3 defic;ent in self-rcppect, tey cannot possess that pure, uncontaminated feeling which alone capacitates a man for rightly appreciating the tender and loving nature of a true womn. The irreligious man is like a ship without a rudder, ami he never can make a good husband: for a house darkened by cold skepticism or an indifference to religion and its duties is nerera home it is m:;elv a shelter: there u but little warmth in the atmosphere of the rooms, and every object in ' them looks chill and chilling. The indolent man, likewise, cannot be expected to make a good husband, for he neglects his time and ' wastes his estate, allowing it to he overrun with misucsanu uramoics, ana subsists on too maustry of other?. Evqry precaution, then, is necessary in the selection Of a husband. . A teacher was lecturing a class of little girls cn the influence of pious instruction in the formation of youthful character. - ' Ab, Miss Caroline,' said lie to one of the class, 'what do you think you wuold have been without your good father and pious mother?' I suppose, sir answered Miss Caroline, I should have been an orphan! ( When I goes shopping,' said an old lady'I al lers asks for what 1 wants, and if they have it, and it's suitable, arid I feci inclined to take it, and it's cheap, and it can't be got at any place for less, -I almost allcrs take it, without chaffering about it alfUay, as most people do. ; An old sort of a gcnhn, having stepped into a mill, was looking with an annarent astonishment at the movement of the machinery, when the miller, thinVing to quiz Lim, asked if he had heard the new3. 'Not's I know on,' said he; 'what is it?' Why,' replied the miller, 'they say the devd is dead." . 'Bj jingo,' said Jonathan, 'who tends the mill?' Clear as Mud. Dr Johnson's definition of network if! 'Anything denticulated or reticulated with ir.trstices between the intersections. One vrouldwanta complete set of modtrr dictionaries to get at his definition. ' Two centuries ago not one person in one hundred wore stockings. Fifty years ago not one boy in one thousand hps allowed to run at large nights. Fiftv vears ago not one girl in one thousand made a waiting-woman of their mother. A young exquisite was lately listening to a lady friend singing a song, in which the following lines occur: - ' ' Hv that fair brow where ixnocexce repose, " ; Like moonlight-resting upou the ppotless snow. Looking at bim intently, she divided the words in the first line in a manner not particularly complimentary, thus, By that fair brow where ix .va seve rcpo?es, ., Like moonlight resting upon the spotless snow.' A man, boasting in company of ladies that he had a very luxurious head of hair, a lady present rcmaiked that it wan altogether owing to tha mel lowness of the soil. ' . Come here, sissy,' said a young gcntlaman to. a little girl, to whose sister he Was paying his address es, 'you ai c the sweetest thing on cartli. No I ain't,' she replied, 'sister says you are the sweetest. ' : . , The gentleman popped the question the next day. ——>The Cincinnati Gazette says 6,280 adventurers have passed through that city this season by river alone, for Pike's Peak. It estimates that by all routes no less than 100,000 people arc now en route for the gold regions, and adds, 'Nine-tenths of these at least instead of fortunes, will encounter hardships, starvation, and disappointment. ——————— ——>The prospect of a peach crop in New Jersey the eoming season is very promising. The cold of two or three days in January killed a portion of of the bloom, but a greater part is inahcalihy condition.- " r ' ILTA change in the inspection standard of New l prk is said to have taken place, which it is hoped will give dour passing through, it a better reputation. Th market for breadstuffs at New York is very dull, owingjta the' absence of all European demands, the demand for New England being much smaller than usual. : - - 0"A; Californu paper says thU a mticr on Gold Hill, Columbia county, sat one day upon a pile of rocks complaining of his hard fortune, and throwing rocks from th pile on which he was sitting intoa reservoir that wa3 near, from mere wontonnes3, not having ano'hing to do. Another . man, a curious one, picked up the pieces of rock exam ined them, and upon pounding one obtained $207 worth of gold from it. Subsequently a piece of quartz near the same place yielded $3,000. t DThe semi-official journal of Madrid announces that 'Mexico Us'gifcn full satisfaction to ßpain in, consenting 'to re-establish the treaties with that power, by punishing the guilty persons, and indemnifying the natives of Spain according to the award m da by the mediating powers. . . O" A horrible murder was committed in Warsaw, Ky., a few days ago. During tho progres? of a drunken row, a young man, Thomas M. Lillard, shot James llemdren through the head, killing him instantly, Lillard was arrested and committed to prison. ' '

LEGAL WITTICISMS." There is nothing, wo imagine, moro refreshing in the close atmosphere of a crowded court of justice, and to tho tired minds of its occupants than tha interruption of tho monotony of some long, dull trial by a witticism from the witnessbox. Dull faces brighten up; horse-hair wigs, sleepily reclined over the bar-table, are raised, tho weary jurymen freshen rp; nd the great emblem of sovereignty, the judge himself, condescends to expand his solemn visage into a wintry smile. In such a case, tue council sees ma moment that he has hit upon a little vein of wit, which he proceeds to burrow and mine in every direction, extracting therefrom1 that most precious material, amusement. But a careful man must the counsel aforesaid bo in these mining operations, for scarcely a more dangerous being exists than your witty witness. A nun, when elevated with the applause which greets a good saying, may follow it up with something else, intensely amusing to himself, but which has the effect of disconcerting

his own counsel, and materially damaging, if not wholly destroying his own chance of success. Tho legitimate object of a witty remark from the witness-box, is generally conceded tobe the flooring of tho counsel who is conducting tho inquiry an operation which, we need scarcely say, requires peculiar skill and dexterity, and which is, of course only advantageous during croSs-ex-aminatim. Two of the best instances with whrah we can present the reader of this fact having been ßignally accomplished, .occurred to two profound lawyers, both of whom now adorn the judicial bench. At lha Cambridge Spring Assizes, 1838 a person was accused of stealing a watch from tho bedroom of Mr Georgo Paynter, at Wailingham, Cambridgeshire;, and on the trial, the following littlo conversation took pla:e during the cross-examination of the prosecutor. Counsel. 'Where do you live? Witness. At Wailingham; but lam not a Wailingham man. What are you?' 'An engineer. I wa apprenticed t3 Henry Mandesley, partner to Sir Isambert Brunei, of Thames Tunnel notoriet.' V ell, what else are you; Whv, I am a gunsmith, locksmith, and bell-hanger, iron arm and lathe maker; edge-tool maker; watch and clock maker and repairer; eiatheraatical instrument ma ker; weighing-machine, scale and steelyard maker; knife-maker and grinder; publican and licensed victualler; and an old man-of-war's man, and was enaed in tho p-lori-ujs action uenveeu i.v itinw w mm mm 4 Chesapeake.' Are you not a conjurer as well?' 'Oh, yc3, that I am; and if you are wil ling, I will show you one or two of my tricks. 'What can you do?' Well, if you will allow me, and not con sider I am insulting, 1 will tell you. Oh, certainly; go on. Then, if you will just take off your wiff and get the gentleman next you to grease your head, 1 will swallow you whole, and then you will be no more trouble to yourself, nor to any one else!' 'You may stand down, sir.' " The other incident we alluded to is more i?cont date (1856), and, rather singularly, the witness was a clergyman. Scene, a crowded court, trial, an action oh the warranty of ahorse, commonly called a horse cause. Witness, a clergyman, who. has sworn in his examination in chief that in his opinion the horse was sound. M" Counsel. Well, you don't know anything about horses? You're a parson, you know. - Witness. I have a good deal of knowledi;"? respecting horses. C. -You think you have, I dare say, but we may think otherwise. I wonder, now, whether you know the difference between a horse and a cow? W. -Yes, I dare say I do. C- Now, then, sir, tell the jury the difference between a horse and a cow. W. Gentlemen, one great difference be tween these twoanimal9, is, that one has horns and the other has not much the same difference, gentlemen, that exists between' a lull and a hully (turning to counsel.) - ' "'' , - ( Roars of laughter, judge joining.) C (very., angrily).! dare say you thought that wa9 very funny, sir? W. Well, I don't think it was bad; and several of the audience sem to be of the same opinion. . C Very, likely, but perhaps .you have before now heard the remark that "one lool makes many." ' ' ..." .W. I hope you don't intend to include his lordship in that flattering remark. . . Judge to C. Go on, sir, in a proper manner with your examination. . I am surprised at you. , V ' ; ' Of course 'tho counsel sat down; and the witness left the court with the happiness of having completely discomfitted the opposite side, and escaped, perhaps, a rigid cross-examination. We remember'auolher nice little reply made by ia witness, a chemist, called, to prove the badnes3 of the gas. supplied by a certain aras company. One of his state ments was, that the ceilings in his houss were so disfigured that he. had to have them whitewished. : C, Well, r and wag anything white washed beside your ceiling? ' W. Yes, sir, two of the Directors of your KJompany were. " Germane to the facetiae of - witnesses themselves are laughable remarks made by judges and counsel, upoi innocentanswers . . . . ..''!' .' and no less mnecent questions. At sucn witty replies, perhaps tha greatest, adept was the late excellent judge, M.r. Baron Alderson.;. Very seldom, indeed,' did,any trial of slight or tjrave importance take

place before him, in which the audience wa9'not convulsad with laughter at some extraordinary remark emanating from the judge. We do not for a moment attempt to defend the learned baron from the charges which have perhaps very properly been brought forward against him of doing away with that dignity which is so great an ornament to the bench; but we consider that the jokes having been made, and being some of ihem pretty good, we are doing no harm in letailing them. A prisoner wag once tried before the baron for stealing a saw, and in his defence urged that he only took it in joke! And pray, prisoner, how far might you carry it from the prosecutor's house?' asked the judge. . ' Perhaps two miles, my lord.' 'Ah, that wa3 carrring a joke a good

deal too far; so the sentence of the court upon you is &c. Another time we recollect a juryman begging to bo excused from attendance, on the ground of deafness. VlTl 1 " 1 1 vny, you can near mo speaK, saiu nis landlord. That's true enough; my lord; but I have to turn my head round very awkwardly, for I am quite deaf wilh one ear. 'Oh, then, certainly, sir, you are excus ed,' replied the baron with mock solem nity, 'a juryman ought undoubtedly to hear both sides!' Tho judge we are speaking of had, in general, a very profound dislike to scientific witnesses, especially of the medical profession, called upon to givo an opinion upon the evidence they had in court; and he rarely failed in proposing some curious question to them which eventually proved a floorer. At one time ho took up the as srtion of an emitient medical practitioner, that "in all cases of death by violent means', a post-mortem examination would throw light upon the actual cause of the decease.' 'And pray sir,' asked tho judge, 'if I were discovered lying on the highway with my head severed from my body, what particular light would a post-mortem examination throw upon the cause of ray death?' . At the end of a very long examination of another celebrated medical man, who had been called upon to establish the incompetency of a deceased testator to make a will, the witness unfortunately said that be believed ."eft persons ware subject to temporary fits of insanity.' 'And when they are in them,' asked the judge, 'are they aware of their state?' Certainly not, my lord, wa3 the reply; they believe all they say, even if nonsensical, to be perfectly right and proper.' 'Good Lord ! 'exclaimed Aldersonthen "j T havo fnkon no less than thirteen pages of notes of your evidence, and, arter all, you may be in a fit of temporary insanity, talking non&cnce, and believing it to be truer Next in order to Baron Alderson, as a "judicial joker," we must place tho late Hon. Mr. Justice Matile, whose Ion mots indeed generally exceeded those of the learned baron, although every attempt at a repitkion of them on paper must necessarily be most imperfect, owing to the absence of the extraordinary tone and gesticulation with which they were ever wont to be accompanied. 'Where do you live?' asked a counsel of a policemen in plainclothes. I, sir?. I am in tho hens (N division.') 'Very-good, then I'll put on my notes that you reside in the poultry!' quietly remarked the judge. Of course such a joke as this was far too subtle to bo appreciated by half the people in court, and indeed the general inconvenience to be met with in this learned judge's remarks was, that they were rather above the comprehension of ordinary minds and did not always accomplish the object for which they were especially intended. Such was the effect in his witty summing up of a Wiltshire case. A prisoner was indicted for cutting and wounding the prosecutor, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm; and other counts in the indictment varied the intents, bringing theoffenco at last to one of 'unlawful wounding' only, the punishment for which is vastly less than for the graver crime. A most murderous assault having been clearly proved, the prisoner's counsel contented himself with arguing that no 'malice' had been proved to exist in the prisoner's mind, and that the offence of 'unlawful wounding' waa the only one of . which ha could be convicted. ; The learned judge in summing up, .6aid: 'Gentlemen of the jury, the facta are undisputed; the law laid down by the learned counsel ig quite correct. If, therefore, you think that te prisoner ripped up the prosecutor's abdomen, allowing his bowels to tun out at the wcund,. without any intention of doing him grievous bodily harm, but merely by way'of slightly annoying him, you will find him guilty of unlawful wounding The jury, wholly uhperceiving the irony conveyed in this charge, acted upon what they considered to.be the advice of counsel and judge, and acquitted the prisoner of the graver offence! - We may here mention incidentally Jus tice Maule's dislike at all times to clear theM court of females when cases of an indelicate nature were being tried. 'Women had no occasion whatever to be in court he would say; 'and if they came there, he was not going- to bother himself about sending them out I' Notwithstanding this seeming indiffeience, however, he at all times took very good care, by some direct or indirect remark, to let them know how much he disliked their" attendance, at a time when modesty should have led them elsewhere. ' : ::: ; ': ' 1 v 'l am very sorry-we once; heard him say to a young female, who hesitated much in giving some unpleasant evidence I am very sorry to have to enforce such an examination as this; it must, of course, be painful to any decent person, but the ends

of justice require it; and not only so, 4but all the well-dressed femalÄ you 6ee on either side of me, have come a long way to hear that which pains you so much to utter.' We need hardly say the bench was clea in a very few moments. On another occasion he said to a policeman who disliked repeating some very dis? gusting conversation: 'Go on, go on, my good man, you reed mind me, and these ladies enjoy it!' On a third occasion, during the progress of a trial of a very peculiar nature, an officer, noticing several ladies in court, and being ignorant of the learned baron's peculiarity, exclaimed: All females must be good enough to

leave the court 'All decent females have left long ago!' exclaimed the judge. Satire was, indeed, the distinguishing element in all the jocular remarks of Justice Maule, and the lashes from such a whip were by no means easy to bear. To a young attorney's clerk, who, at his loidship's chambers, politely intimated that he thought tho judge , had no power to make a particular order, he said: - Oh, pray don't trouble yourself to talk about my power that you know nothing about; if you don't like tho order, and you think it would relieve your mind to do so, go outside and call me a fool; but don't do it in here, or else I must have the unpleasantness of committing you. Another excellent remark has been so often repeat .d that we almost fear to 'dUh it up' again: Maule, said a somewhat vain, although profoundly learned judge, speaking to our witty friend as ho waa quietly taking hi3 lunch of bread and cheese in the judges' private room 'Maule, why do you drink beer? 'To bring my mind down to a level with the other judges was tho immediate reply. W e remember being or.o day in the Court of Common Pleas, where an intricate point relative to the true construction of a plea was being debated, when, after 'bottling up' his indignation for soni9 time, the judge we are speakii;g of thus delivered himself: It is the pleaders cwn fault, that wa have in court one half the litigation that exists. "Why, in this very plea, there is a sentence wholly unintelligible, owing to the presence of three very unwarrantable words the plaintiff is said to have done certain acts 'behind the defendant's hack. Now, what is meant by this sentence? Of course you will say it means 'without his knowledge but this is a most falla cious answer. If a 9-pounder gun were pleader who drew up this plea, would that be without the knowledge, I wonder ! I should say not 1 Questions and Answers. The following circular was sent to the members of the New Yori. Leir'shiture: Albakt, Jan. I, 1859. Mr Dear Sib: I intend, as I wrote you a short time since, to issue, in a few days biographical sketches of all tho members of the Legislature, .&c,, and unless you answer immediately tke enclosed questions or call upon me immediately at 81, State Street, (up stairs) the sketch of yourself will probably not please you. Yours truly, WM. D. MURPHY. ANSWER IMMEDIATELY. 1. When and where were you born? 2. Of what descent, and your father's name? 3. If dead, and where did he die? 4. If not born here, when did voa come to this State? 5. here were you educated and what Kind ef an education? G. For what occupation educated? 7. In what occupation are you now en-( gaged? 8. When and te whom married? 6. What offices have you held, where, and during what periods. ID. To what political parties have you belonged, and during what time? 11. Have you had any experience as a public speaker. 12. What distinguished relatives, if any? 13. To what church do you belong or attend? Address, W. D. Murphy, Albany, New York. To which a New Yorker answer as follows: - 1. I was born at a very early period of my life in my father'ahouse.my mother being presentat the time. 2. I am of legitimate descent, and of the same name of my father. 3. Not dead but liveth. 4. Born in Vermont through mistake and came to this State as soon as I could emigrate. , 5. Educated in a Common School, and got a first rate education, too. 6. Educated for a Priest, but .when I came to years of discretion became ambitious and took to printing. 7. New 'engaged in answering your questions, and a d 1 of a time I am having 8. Married in the flower of my youth, and to the prettiest girl I could find. 9. Have been a fifer in a militia company and remained as long as I could raise the wind. 10. Am "dyed in the wool" Democrat.. . .': - v ' ' . - 11. Some. , : ... - j . ' , ; ,:. ;.. 12. Have no distinguished relatives but myself. Should all my blood relations die to-dav I- should be in for their funeral expenses to-morrow. ..13. Don't- belong to any- rhurch nor does affy chureh. belong to me. I attend no religious service except weddings and funerals. '

From the Illinois State Uegisttr. Foreign Voters Proscribed in Massachusetts. The recent Legislature of Massachuselt made provisions lor change the Constitution of the State so that perstns of foreign? birth should remain in the State seven years before they should be allowed to vote, or two years after they were naturalized. When it is remembered th it this State this same Black Republican State of Massachusetts allows the negro who may come there from anolher State to vote after one year's residence, -the restriction of foreign born voters to sevc n years residence is not only outrageously unjust, but it is also an insult to the intelligence, the patriotism and good name of every foreignborn citizen of America. This idea of a Legislature of white men placing negroes in a suprrior position to in;elliirept white

citizens, merely because they happened to be born in a foreign country, is preposlerou3, outrageous and damnable ! But, strange as it may seem, this very iJeahas been entertained by the Black Republican Legislature of Massachusetts. Profesi'ig to entertain fr iendly feelings towards tho foreigners, the Republicans of that Stale have attempted an outrage which would degrade the foreign-born voter below the level of the blackest nigger in the commonweaith. Negroes arc invited lo corns to that State and vole after one year's resim dence, but the intelligent foreigner is coolly and insuHingly told by these puritanic Black Republican bigots that he must wait seven years before he can be permitted to exercise the dearest right of freemen tho right of the elective franvhi.se. But who are responsible for this attempted outrage on tho forei rii-born ciiizen of Massachusetts? The Legislature of tho Suite is largely Republican, and the amendment to the Constitution which proscribes foreigners received the support and votes of very Republican member. But the Democrats in the Legislature only thirtytwo in number voted against, worked against it, and fought it to the last. The Democratic party has always been true to the right3 and interests of the foieuroborn residents of the country, and the Democrats in the Massachusetts Legislature, in resisting the unjust. pro.criptivo and despotic course of the Republicans towards the foreign-born vo'.ers, only carried out the long and well established riniples of the .'emocratic party. "Equil and exact jus ice to all men" has ever been the cherished motto of tho American Democracy. Will the foreign-born citizen of this country act with a party that has shown its!f so recreant of their dearest rights? Willhr allow themselves to be outrcrrl and insulted, liave the eacred right of tho elective franchise wrested from thm, and their place of birth made a cause of reproach, and not spurn with contempt the party which endeavors thus to wrong them? It has been the boast of the Republican party that it i3 the s.nno wherever Us orf'aciz.itiou exists. Thi&- bd:i granted, as tbey claim it, and wbat havo t!i0 foreigners f this State to expect frora such a party? We point lo Massachcsotts tb.3 mother of Black Republicanism ror the answer. .We ask the foreign-born cit iztns of Springfield and of the whole State to consider this subject well before they will 11jw themselves to act with a party that has thus attempted to outrage and insult them. We commend to them the .notion of the Germans of Boston, . who had previously acted with the Republicans. They assembled in that city, a few days ago, to the number of many thousands, and openly withdrew from and repudiatod forever the Republican party. Speeches wero made denouncing the attempt to degrade ih:m, and the gratest unanimity prevailed. It is sail that from six to ei ht thousand Germans who had up to- that tim3 acted with the Republican paity, were present and tock part in ti e proceedings. The following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Wiierea5, Tho Legislature .of. Massachusetts having decided upon an' amendment to the Constitution of this State which ref.tricts immigrated persons (persons of foreign birth) from the exercise of their right of. voting and of holding office in this State fjr two years after their naturalization: the German citizens of Boston and vicinity, whese remonstrances in the Senate had been left unheeded, have seen fit to pronounce their sentiments aud opinions in the following resolutions:- Therefore,' Resolved, by the German popvtution of Massachusetts, That taking this amendment for what it is, WE MUST MAKE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RE. SPONSIBLE FOR ITS PERNICIOUS CONSEQUENCES.-if this party;suffers its platform to be thus steal thily infiinged. . ' - Resolved, That we, immigrated citizens, having neither provoked nor beiDg responsible for this , amendment,1 cannot take any position but that which the violatien of onr. rights, the" abuse offered t? our intelligence and the blemish intendad for our decent, forces us to take." AS - LONG AS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DOEStfOT RESENT AND REJECT THIS AND: SIMILAR RE STRICTIONS OF THE RIGHTS OFIM: MIGRANTS, WE RENOUNCE THIS PARTY ND ASSUME A POSITION OF OPEN HOSTILITY TO IT. . itsyOne vfiry cold night a village docf tor was roused from his slumbers, by a very loud knocking at his door. Aftei some hesitation he went to the door and asked : ' - Who's there?' ; .' A friend ' ' . . ' What do you want?' . "To stay here all night v Stay then, was the benevolent' reply, as he closed the window and crept again into bed. ' " '

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