The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-09 00:00:00

THE A.AFEIICAN PRESS,

The Washington correspondent of The Citizen
and Round Table writes :
"A late number of Packard's Monthly contains an article
by Elihu Burritt, entitled 'Breathing a Living Soul into
Dead Language.' The author pretends to give an account
of the recitation of the Lord's Prayer by the elder Booth,
in Baltimore, which is erroneous iu some of its particulars
—so much su that I have concluded to give what I know to
be a correct version. Most of the citizens of Baltimore
will remember a pious eccentric and wealthy old maiden
lady by the name of Miss Rachel Colvin, who resided in
the eastern section of that city, and died about twenty
years ago. She was in the habit of giving dinner parties,
to which a number of the most, prominent divines were in-
vited. Though she deprecated theatrical perfortn,we'''
she was a great admirer of the elder Booth, who was a fre-
quent guest at her table. It was atone of those dinner par-
ties that the wonderful elocutionary powers of the elder
Booth were displayed in the recitation of the Lord's PraYer•
A short time after the decease of the old lady her will be-
came the subject of a severe legal contest. The discarded
heirs undertook to break the will and establish her i 11"
sanity. The most eminent counsel of the city were engage.'
The caveators were represented by the late Hon. 11011
Winter Davis, Grafton L. Dulany,and Richard T. 3lorricici
Esq.—the latter at present one of the most prominent Incur;
hers of the bar of this city. The caveatee, or validity of.
the will, was sustained by the Hon. Iteverd/Johnson, Wri.„l"
Liam Schley, George William Browne and Frederick No
Brune, jun.—all now surviving and ranking among
th
ablest legal minds of the day. The cause was tried du,,
inn the winter of 1854-5, before the Circuit Court of 13,1
timoro county—Judge Albert Constable presiding.
caveators, in their attempt to prove the insanity of trio
testatrix, summoned to the witness-box Bishop Beverly
Waugh, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who was °„,ua„
of the old lady's guests at the tirno of Booth's recitation. .d"
the mind of Bishop Waugh the introduction of a PlB.l
actor' among divines at such a time and place was colloid:,
sive evidence that the testatrix was not of 'sound hdeuf
memory, and understanding,' and competent to dispose
her property. Such was his opinion; but upon cropexamination by the Ron. Reverdy Johnson, when as I`7;
concerning the effect produced by the recitation, his rep
was of such a character as to satisfy the most fastidieu
that the old lady, in extending an invitation to the eider
Booth to partake of her hospitality in company with Pr
°,
iniuout divines, was granting the latter a treat which it
could not sacuro under any other circumstances. Althougl
the cause was severely contested for several weeks, se
created considerable excitement in the city, the legality
the will was sustained, and the sanity of the test3lr3".
affirmed by the verdict of the jury."
On the subject of the usurers in Court, the rte:
ea
lion observes that they were not those who crea-
t
the stringency in the money market which injureu
business, but the men who counteracted the ea
influence, though the public is against them, be
lieving that they were. A gang leagued with the
robber barons of the Erie, caused the lock-11P
against the Vanderbilt clique, whom they hoped to
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force into selling their shares. This they tried La
accomplish by combining not to lend money, an,
endeavouring to prevent their opponents from get
ting it upon any terms—
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"The men who had been punished for usury were tat t:
who not only did lend their own money, but who Well,,e)
great labour and expense to bring other people's 111°I;j.
from all accessible points so as to lend it. It was they
called upon merchants, up •town and down-teWl3iilit-
private capitalists and retired business men, to gather
ever idle balances could be found ; it was they who, s:
their messengers to Brooklyn and Newark and the
towns, and who telegraphed to Boston and PhiladelP';ll
and Baltimore and Washington, and brought togetheted
the money that could be spared in any quarter ; it w3swia
who strained their credit with foreign bankers t°
advances not usually granted. To class these rdeD„;bee
the m iginators of the lock-up is simply alisurd. 'op/
were the worst enemies of the men engaged in ',ll.ado. te
money so tree, for their efforts were constautly tetiol-,onot
make it plentiful. And to suppose that business meet lor
do this work from charity, or from love of their feted
men, men, is, if possible, more absurd still. They ohtll,ll Dot
liberal remunerat'on. They deserved it. They uljobi•
even have to ask for it. The leading borrower!, ola
tually sought these brokers and bankers who were au, fse
or supposed to hold loanable funds, and obtained,. f'd° of
act of friendship, the use of large sums, stipulati%
their own accord, that they would pay the highest
interest paid by any one. The smallest brokers "tbau
eagerly besought by leading houses to send jo
balances, however small, at the highest rates of tite the
and even on such terms loans were accepted 17 race
light of favours. To make a crime of the services °f oil,
who strained every nerve to remedy a grave publi,o3!
is one of those intolerable perversions of public se% that
which disgust the most sanguine. The only excused
thinking men were able to give for the sudden ferc COr
tt
etot
vival of a barbarous and obsolete usury law was, mbler°,
could be distorted into a means of punishing the ga tioiP
who disturbed the community by creating an are'a,r,,
stringency in the money matket ; and forthwith tuf the
suscitated law is applied, to the grim delight ‘7,00
gamblers aforesaid, to punish the very men who eotir
everything in their power to alleviate the naischei
plained of. Go.
The New York. Times thus expresses its symP Go.
with Mr. Pendleton upon his nomination f0r...10,
vernor of Ohio It is hard to be made the 03;00
shift of one's party; it is hard, after having to
thought worthy of running for the Presider 51.0
be called to the rescue of his party as a calld/°;1
for Governor ; it is still harder to have a Per-
A itor
t
defeat in his own State, which we suppose i° be
pending, to rise in judgment against him- •
next Presidential Convention. However, n'
next
is better for a political aspirant, it is said' 10$
oblivion, and this step will secure to him, for It
3
Ti
months, at least, a fair share of notoriety. tpl
then be Mr. Pendleton's turn, we suspect, t 0 er ye
his place once more in the ranks. As an
will then be incurably unavailable."

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