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incident.

AHe iolNoWlng article lTon IN 1NdlAonal Incl
~ligencer, instances but one of a thousand similar
acts of benevolence which the Washingtcnians
in different parts of the country have performed.
One morning in the early part of last week,
a police magistrate in one of the largest and most
populous wards in this city, was visited at his
private dwelling by a police constable and anoth-
or person, who said they had called for the pur-
pose of procuring the release of a man who had
been committed as a vagrant and disorderly per-
son, a few nights previously. The person ac-
companying the officer remarked to the magis-
trate that the poor fellow in confinement had seen
his error and acknowledged it, and was now full
ly resolved to leave off drinking intoxicating L.
quors, which had brought him into his present
difficulty, and which in time past, had caused him
so much sorrow, misery and shamc-On the ma
g~istrate intimating to the person thus pleading for
the prisoner, that security would be required for
his good behavior, and that some costs had already
accrued, the kind-hearted fellow declared, that
although he was a poor man himself, he was
able, and would willingly become the security,
and pay all the costs, for he had full confidence
in the prisoners assurances Of amendment, in
asmuch as he had promised to take the pledge Of
Total Abstainance, and was anxious to Join the
society of those who had abjured the use Of all
Intoxicating drinks.
"Do you think" said the magistrate, the
prisoner will abide by his pledge after he has
taken it," al do SIR" said the man emphatical-
ly +; " and | am determined to release him, and
stand by him until he becomes a totally chang
ed man. feel confident that he will not deceive
me and if he does, why, then l shall have the
satisfaction of knowing and feeling that l have
done my best TO reclaim from beastly intoxication
one who is good workman and a good fellow
whenever he is sober and in his right senses.'-
Struck with silent admiration at the speakers dis
interested friendship, Christian philanthropy, and
noble sentiments, the magistrate paused for a few
moments, and then said he would accomany the
generous man TO the prison, and there make out
the prisoners release.
On their way, the person accompanying the
magistrate, looking him earnestly in the face,
exclaimed: 81 perceive, sir, you do not know
me; indeed, | do not wonder at it, for | am GER
tainly an altered MN since you committed, and
properly committed, me to the workhouse as a
drunkard and strcet-brawler.
Here the speaker mentioned his name, and the
magistrate then, and not till then, recognized be-
foro him +, m,n ,roll droseaJ rrom bo,l 10 Goo,
clean, healthy booking, and altogether, in appear
ancc, IA new creature and tan altered man."
"Sir," continued the speaker, 'all this blessed
change is owing TO my having taken and kept the
when you committed me TO the workhouse, | had
neither money nor friends to 60 my security. /
was then in rags and misery. .Nou, since | have
left off drinking, | have good clothes, money
enough, and plenty Of friends withal to provide
me with work, and all that is necessary to make
me respectable and comfortable" Here the poor
fellows feelings were evidently touched; still he
added in a subdued tone. A." How can | who owe
so much to the cause Of Total Abstinence, re-
fuse to helpa brother in distress, when / see a
fair chance of making him as comfortable and
as happy as myself? Here, indeed, were FAITH,
HorE, and CHARITY, all united in the person
and grateful heart Of one, who, to use his own
emphatic and feeling language, had become total
ly changed by his "having taken and kept the
pledge of Total Abstinence" What an excel
lent example! What a strong encouragement
is hereby afforded to all the remaining inebriates
in our community, to ego and do hkewisc."
EFFECT OR roRTRAIT PAINTING AMONG THE
INDIANS.
From Mr.. Cailin's new work, "Leters on the Indian
Character"
Perhaps nothing ever more completely aston
ished these people than the operations of my
brush. The art of portrait painting was a sub
ject entirely new to them, and OF course I'M
thought of; and my appearance here has COM
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