Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-11-06


the time Of James |. being appointed to hold
forth before the ViceC Chancellor and heads
OF colleges of Oxford, chose for his text
"What, cannot we watch for one hour -
which carried with it personal aIusion,
as the Vice Chancellor happened to be one
OF these heavy headed persons who canno,
attend church without, falling to sleep. The
preacher repeated his text in an emphatic
manner al the end Of every division Of his
dIscourse-the unfortunate Vice Chancellor
was often awoke and this happened so Of
ten, that at last all presen, could very we'll
see the joke. The Vice Chancellor was so
netled at the disturbance he had met with,
that he complained to the Archbishop OF
Canterbury, who Immediately sent for the
young clergyman to reprove him for what
he had done. In the course of the confer
ence that ensued between the Archbishop
and the preacher, the latter gave so many
proofs Of his wit and good sense, that his
grace procured him the honor of preaching
before the King. Here also be had Joke.
lie gave out his text in these works-s'James
the First and Sixth 'waver not ." which,
OF course, every body saw to be stroke a,
the indeclslve character of the monarch -.
James, equally quicksig ghted, exclaimed
"lle is a. me already" Blu, he was, upon
the whole, SO we'll pleased with this clerical
wag, as to make him one of his cha plain in
ordinary. tie afterwards went TO Oxford,
and preached a farewell sermon on The text
-'Sleep on, now, and take your rest"-
Church and State Gazette.
HENRY A. WISE ON BAcHELoRs.-In his
late Northampton Address, on behalf Of
popular Education, Henry A. Wise makes
proposition, which will be resisted to the
death by all who live in state of single
arrelcheoness. Tha, we NAV not do Mr.. Wise
the sligh!es. injustice, and that we may
place him in his right position upon the
momenlus question which he hsa broached,
we give his own words from the report of
his speech in the Richmond Enquirer. After
describing the subjects of taxation for the
support of his Free School System, MIR.
Wise, with stern and inhexible gravity,
speaks as follows :-Richmond Republican.
"lhe rich bachelor or man who has no
children and much property, should be tax
ed most of all if any distinction of persons
at all were made. He who has wealth and
no children neels the protection of the State
FFIpPesf FFIpPes seeamm!yp seeeeamm!pgily, ip which be lives, for
ty, and he has sel6shly evaded, (the bache-
lor mean) the bur.hens in society Of sup
porting wife and family Of chidren-the
highes, duty of good citizen. He wants
virtue, and wants knowledge of all around
him to guard his possessions, and ought he
not to pay his part of the guards The
free schools are the guards Of persons and
property where they exist, and wishou,
knowledge and virtue among the people, the
State, with all its power, cannot protect per-
sons and property. Has the childless miser
suit pending involving thousands Of his
boarded gold? Who is to be the jury to
try the fate of his dollars? Can they read,
and write, and cypher? Does the bache-
lnr sue for injury to his character Do
the iuries where he lives value reputation
Does he want piece of work done requir-
ing skill Are the mechanics where he
lives men Of skill, we'll instructed in their
business ? The Free Schools would give
him jures capable of constructing his will
when he dies, and a mechanic skilled
enough to construct his coffin, or j, nigh
be Divine to preach his funeral sermon
| He has lived for no one but himself, ha!
helped no poor man by supporting hi:
daug hler for his wife, and ough. to be made
to aid in instructing those who have more
children than they can provide for
SURPRISING BEER SHoP.-An enter
prising Dulchman, who kept beer an
porter House in Houston street, New Yor|
gave the following account al the Polio
office of an assault on his premises speak
ing of the person who commenced The row
} he said
Gle coomed in and axed TO sell him som
beer; | told him he had more as would d
/. him goo,-he called me Dutch liar an
pegin TO broke two tumblers, ven me an
Hans Spegler, and my wife and tor.er Pets
and all de fodder men apoul my place, peg
to put him out-and presently he COO
D back wit twenty more shest like him, at
say 81 will fix this beer concern and pres
Il him up, and de shenlemans as want to g
= drunk like shen,emans, on gin and prand
o and no. on dis dam Dutch pisen." DE-
e dey kick Hans Speigler pehind his pack, al
q kissed my ,orter Petsy pefore her face, ar
s preak all der glass po!lles, except der b
stone pitcher, and split my wife and me al
! lodcr parres of peer, all over der cellar
II Hans runn'd out ter toor and called for d
l. watch house, and my wife cried out ''mu
ter" like ter tertiI, but pefore der wal'
,CI house come, der tam rowdies proke us
< up to pieces-me and my wife and tor,
Pelsy and Hans Spelgler, and der bos!l
and dumblers, and plates and fishes,
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