Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-11-05

|, nent with the English money and without
the English wife. ! have myself knows
three cases Of this kind, and strange 10
say. the heroes. as If intended to serte as
samples of their respective nations, were
all three Of different countries. The one
was an Italian, the other a Frenchman,
and a German. The Italian managed
best. he contrivcd TO hush up the bushes
and to reconcile the parties. The Italian
wife who is by far the prettiest OF the two
lives at the expense Of the English one.
and sometimes pays her a sentimental vis-
IL. and is very kind 10 the Anglo Italian
children. The German took advantage Of
his English lady's indignation on hearing
Of the previous marriage, and obtained 10
some of the little municipalities OF Germany
a favorable divorce. which left him in pos
session Of the best part OF the English for
tune. The Frcnehman mismanaged tho
ati,ir. and ssas obliged to run for Il; and
! do not know how matters have been set.
lied families like 10 keep things quiet. or
we should hear Of many more-for they
arc now Of almost daily occurrence. II Is,
indeed, generally asserted that Prince
Puckler Musksu himself came TO this coun-
Try in order to marry a rich widow now
higher than n countess, bu, then only a
~vis-eountess That he had a wife living
seemed no objection in his eyes tile III
uatnred world abroad saw that il was the
oaly objection in the lady's eyes.
Counsellor CtnTan s. Judge Robinson IS
Mr.. Curfan having observed in some cause
befate this Judge. "that he had never met
the law as laid down by his lordship, in
any book in his library'n THAT may be.
sir" said the judge, in an acrid csniemp-
iuous tone, d | suspect that your libra.
~ is very small" Ills lordship. who like
many Of that time. was a party zealot,
was known to be the author of several a.
nonymotis political pamphlets, which were
chiefly conspicuous for their dcspotic prin-
ciyies and excessive violence. The young
barrister, rotsed by the sheer at his cir
cumstalces, replied that true it was that
his library might be small, but he thanked
heaven that among his books there wefe
lone OF the wretched productions Of the
pamphletcers Of the day. 81 find It
moro in~structive, my lord, TO study good
works than to compose bad one'; my books
may be few, but ,ho title pages give me the
writer's name; my shelf is not dlssraced
by any such rank absnrdity that their ve-
ry authors are ashamed 10 own them"
He was here interrupted by the judge,
who said, Sir. you are forgetting the res
pcct which you owe 10 the dignity Of the
judicial character dignity /" exclaim-
ed MIR. Curran ; "my lord, upon that point
| shall cite you a case from a book of some
authority, with which you are perhaps not
unaequaioted. A poor Scotchman. upon
his arrival in London, thinking himself pnSs
suited by a stranger. and imagining that
he was the stronger man, resolved to resent
the %aflront. and taking Of his coat deliver
ed il 10 a hystander 10 hold but having
lost the battle, lie turned to resume bis
garment, when he discovered that he had
unfortunately lost that also, that the trus-
lee Of his habllimcnts had decampcd du-
ring the ARRAY SO my lord. when the
person who is invested with the dignity Of
the Judgement seat, lays it aside for a mo-
mcnt, 10 enter into a disgraceful personal
contest, il il ia vain, when he has been
wols!ed in the encounter, that he seeks TO
resume It'll is 10 vain that he endeayors
TO shelter himself from behind an anthofi.
", which he has abandoned"
Judge Rotioson.-"lf you say another
word, sie, III commit you"
MIR, Curran -a.Ihch my lord. it will
be the best thing you'll have consmitted
this term