Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-06-08

Mr.. CLAy.-The National Intelligencer
vate gentleman from HENRY CLAY, as fol-
lows:
81 performed a reluctant duty in acquiesc-
ing to the submission of nv name to the
consideration of the Philadelphia Conven-
ton. Whatever the issue may be, have
thereby secured myself agains! all response
blity, and all just reproaches, and shall be
c ,nlent"
HONOR AMONG RoGUEs.-An inmate of
the Parish Jail, New Orleans, voluntarily
swears to the commission of crime, for
which anotoer person had been commit
ted and sentenced to four years. imprison-
ment The volunteer culprit is named
Andrew CutIno, and he palhelicallv inter-
cedes for the Liberation of Antonio Dango,
the convict, and avows his readiness to sub
nit TO trial and punishment in his stead
This is an effort of magnanimity too rare
to be passed over without notice.
EvADING THE LAw.-The tavern keep
ers Of Syracuse N. Y. have adopted very
ingenious mode Of getting on one side of an
ordinance, lately passed by the Common
Council prohibiting the ringing Of dinner
bells in the streets. One man stands on the
the sidewalk shaking bell without clap
per, and another stands within the door
ringing one, loud enough to attract the at
lention of all s,raggers and the pantomine
of the fellow outside directs them to the
place of eating.
SINGULAR CUsToM.-A re-marriage took
place at Cincinnati, lately. An aged couple
who have lived together as man and wife for
fifty years, in happy peace and contentment,
without jar or connubial contention, rode
to town from Lick Rum, M i'll Creek town
ship, dressed in bridal garments. The CAV
old couple were preceded in their bridal
march by band Of merry music, and the
whole train drove up to the door o. JUS
tice of the Peace, where the marriage cere-
mony, was perlormed.-Erchange paper.
There is something inexpressibly beauti-
full, says the n. 0. Crescent, IN the fact mar
rated above more beautiful, indeed, than
any sentmenlaiism Of '.lovey bride" we'd
ding herself to "youlhful manhood" The
I r, y Il,
of re-marriage at the end of half century
is derived, call it ''golden wedding." Oc-
casionaly, in the German novels, the reader
sees alInsions TO it. The custom is one of
those bits of deep natural poetry that char
acterize the nation of Goethe and Zschokke.
The venerable mates, who have ''clim'd lie's
bill together" thus take super-lease, as it
were, of the early affection, and with songs
sand flowers aud joy, signalize the semi.
fcentenarian hour. whose promises they have
naturally observed, and whose morning
brightness comes back to them, 10 rose
color their gray hairs.
DEAN SWIFT AND THE TAILoR-A tailor
in Dublin, near the residence of the Dean,
took it into the ''nin,h part,'' of his head
that he was specially and divinely inspired,
TO interpret the prophecies, and especially
the book of Revelations. Quitting the shop
board, he turned out a preacher, or rather
prophet, until his customers had left his
shop, and his family was likely to famish.
| His monomania was we'll known 10 the
/ Dean, who benevolenlly watched an oppor-
tunitv to turn the current of his thoughts.
| One night, the tailor, as he lancied, got an
especial revelation to go and convert Dean
Swift, and the next morning TOOK up the line
of march for the Deanery. The Dean,
whose study was furnished with glass door,
saw the tailor approach and Instantly sur
missed the nature of his Grand. Throwing
himself into the attitude of solemnity and
thoughlfuness. with the Bible open before
him, and his eyes fixed on the 10Th chapter
of Revelation, he waited his approach. The
door opened and the tailor was announced,
in an unearihly voice
Dean Swift, am sent by the Almighty
to announce to you-"
Come in my FRIEND" said the Dean,"
am in great trouble. and no doubt the Lord
has sent you to help me out of my diff
Guilty"
This unexpected welcome inspired the
tailor, and strengthened his assurance in his
phophelic character, and disposed him to-
listen to the disclosure.
My FRIEND" said the Dean. 81 have just
been reading the 10Th chsple of Reveiallons,'
and am greatly distressed at difficulty have
met with and you are the very man sent
to bel p me out. Here is an account of an
angel that came down from heaven, who
was SO large that he placed one loot upon
the earth, and the other upon the sea, and
lifted up his hands to heaven. Now my
my knowledge Of mathematics" continued
the Dean, 'has enabled me to calculate ex-
acily the size and form of this angel; but