The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-10-04
ADVICE TO YOUNG LAYERS.

Writ 10 young tlend about commencing tht
Practice of law. we extract its essential part
promising that many OF the hints will be fount
applicable to, and useful in amos, every profes :
sion in lite -
|. Adopt system Of life, as to business anc
exercise; and never deviate from it, except SC
far as you may be occasionally forced by imperi
Gus and uncomfortable circumstances.
2. Live In your Cffice, e. be always seen
in it except at the hours OF eating or exer.
else.
Answer all letters as soon as they are re
ceived; you know not how many heart-a aches it
may save you. Then told neatly, alphabetically,
and by the year, all letters SO received Let
your letters on business be short, and keep cop.
les of them.
a. Put every law paper in its place as soon as
received, and let no scrap OF paper be seen lying
Tor moment, on your writing chair or tables =
This will strike the eye of every business man
who enters.
5. Keep regular accounts of every cent of in.
come and expenditure, and file yoir receipts
neatly, alphabetically, and by the month, or at
least by the year
6. Be patient with your foolish clients, and
hear all their tedious crcumlocution I'D repeti.
tons with calm aud kind attention; cross exam
inc and silt them, till you know all the strength
and weakness OF their case, and take notes oil il
at once whenever you DO So
Z. File your bills in Chancery at the moment
OF ordering the suit, and while your client is vet
with you to correct your statement OF his case;
also prepare every declaration the moment the
suit is ordered, aud have it ready to file
8. Cultivate simple style OF speaking, so as
to be able to inject The strongest thought into the
the weakest capacity. You will never be rood
jury lawyer without this faculty.
g. Never attempt to be grand an magnificent
before common tribunals-and the most you will
address are common. The negect OF this prin
clple OF common sense has rriued - with all
men OF sense.
TO- Keep you Latin and Greek, and science to
yourselI, ana to that very small circle which
they may SUI The mean and envious will new
er forgive you your knowledge ii you make it
too public. 1t will require the most unceasing
urbanity and habitua gentleness Of manners. al.
most to humility, to make your sup eror attain
ments tolerable to your associates
H. Enter with warmth and kindness into the
interesting concerns OF others-whet Their you
care much for them or not;-not with the conde
scenslon OF superior, but with the tenderness
and simplicity of an equal. 1t is this benevolent
trait which makes - ard - such uni
versa favortes-and more than anything else,
has smoothed my own path OF life, and strewed
II. Be never Hurried in speaking, but learn to
sumo the exterior OF composure and self COL
lectedness, whatever riot and confusion NAV be
within; speak slowly, firmly, distinctly, and
mark your periods by proper pauses, and steady
significant looks '.Trick i" True.-but pAod
trick, and sensible trick.
You talk OF complimentng your adversaries
Take care OF your manner OF doing this. Let it
be humble and sincere, and not as il you thought
it was IN your power to give them importance
by yot=s&sA=s= Y gu see how patural il is for old
men to preach, and how much easier to preach
than to practice. Yet you must not slight nv
sermons, for wish you TO be much greater than
l ever was or can hope TO be.
Cur friend Carr will tell you that my maxims
are all sound. Practice them, and / will war
rant your success. You have more science and
literature than |; but know good deal more
OF the world and of life, and it will be much
cheaper for you to profit by my experience and
miscarriages than by your own. Nothing is so
apt 10 uncture the manners OF young man with
hauteur, and with cold and disdainiul indiffer.
ence towards other, as conscious superiority; and
nothing is SO fatal TO his progress through lle as
such tincture witness NV friend
- himself, is not without some i'll effect
from it; and since you must feel this superiority,
cannot be without tear OF IFS usual effects.
THE ROUND FLANDERS. The Mobile Tri.
bune has letter dated at East Pascagoula. Sent.
goth, says
"The estimated number of persons living AZ
Round Island is $50. OF these, some 80 Left the