Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-10-16

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Mills and Grist Mills, was stronger in The !
breas, Of this political Divine, TRAN TO
pursue the high vocation, whreuuto be
said he had been called. And have
thought that a Pope OF a Priest who
would have granted him a license 10 Go
such Pedliug 10 worldly things, while on
his ~av to another world, would have
been very convenient. Tor him. The
Judge nus, not be led into temptation, for
50 sure as he ia, be is tempted beyond
what he j: aJle to bear. L. the spring Of
1887, there IS vacancy in the 2nd Judi.
cal District, % be flied by the election
. ola Circuit Judge, on the fret Monday
aud day following Of that year. Here
~as another temptation Tor the Judge, and
nls poor human nature could not resist It
and # he had come cut like an iIdepenc>
cot man aud solicited the Office, no one
would have been surprised or have SAID
any thing about it at least the writer o!
! ,his would not. Bot he had gwen II out
10 the world, that he had made a suliicien.
cy at the practice Of law TO support his
.amily, and that be could not practice law
tcouscien,i0usly, While be sustained The re-
alton to the Church and to bis God, hat
ne cd. He taxes his ingenuity and his
/ Recollection, those Geyer.laIiing sources to
.ura!sA him with preteXi, that "ould ab.
isolye hin from his obligation TO the
ICburoh, ('or to his God lie ielt nearest
, 4, Ias', and fortunately he recoIlscts that
ne IS on the official bond Of The Sheriff Of
| Carroll County as one Of his securities &
here vas great ProbablIty that the SAer-
j would become Insolgent and he in ar
|rears 10 some one for y hon be hal done
business.
| THIS vas a decent pre,exf, for him aad
a fine tale to be told to the Church, ana
he Ihereupon Immediately becomes a can
iIiale 70. the Office Of Judge Of the Pod
Judicial District With ais Bond IN gns
hand, which pouends pecuuiary ruin to
himself, and poverty 10 his wife and little
.onrs-and his Bible in the other, he com.
mencet the canvass, aud Who that voted
ami that did not vote Tor The Judge four
years ago, does not recUllsct The story Of
ms bend, how il rung from one end Of this
district to the other, how the good old
men and women too talked Of Purs1n
Shahuck's mislnrtune, and what pity il
was for him and his wife and children
This Bond, over which he was then Shed.
! ding his hypocrIlscal tears, was altogether
as familiar to the people OF this district. as
t are Row the Mississippi r. B. Bonds
Then his cry was ''heIp me Cassiaus, or
sink Now, he has another Bond
g'estlon to manage, and he cries in the
: same hyPocritical canl: help! oh, help, or
/ We all sink4 his rather strange, and
/ amusing. to examine and contrast the po-
. si,ion the gentleman now occupies in re.
Iaiion to the Mississippi [. B Bonds with
The position which he himself occupied
t four years ago, in relation to an official
Bond upon which he appeared as one OF
: The securities.
} The Judge was elected By a very small
; majority. and nothing more Is ever heard
OF the bond, except when the Sheriff was
mo'loned against before the Judge, he
! descends from The bench and defended
him ~"h all the ability be possessed, and
, by s'me management or other The motion
} or SUIT on the Bond aas dismissed, and
no more Is heard Of his bankruptcy. pro-
ducel By The csialcahoa or nalefisaacs Of
The Sheriff Of Carroll County. Humoss
had ooae is work. duqlici'y had ruu is
race successfully; the ia = vas elected
ana had nothing to do, bui 70 survey. with
feelings Of eomPIaceocy, the theatre OF
h's achievements, & lae isld Of bis glory;
lcoaunue the use Of his white coat: smoke
his COBB pipe; pray sometimes In public,
and 20 on bis way rtjoiclng-the three
thousand per aua1n, had clothed aud led
ms naked and hungry children, had placed
| lls vile bevona the reach OF Ranr. arl the