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was m6SFFais fSs e.s
Whilst Chict asss ssilass
him and convicted. Holt visited
him in Jail and cuquircd after their
comrades. "Ah," said the poor
fellow, "thcy arc all hanged bit
myself and your lords!ip."
On one occasion young Holt was
rambling oyer the country and got
out of money. lie was staying at.
an old widow woman's, and finding
her daughter sick with aguc, he
scrawled somc Greek words on a
piece Of parchment and told tile
mother to apply it to her daughters
wrist and keep it there till she
got well. This recovery took place
a1nmcdiately, and the parchment was
preserved as charm. Many years
afterwards this old woman was in
elicatcl before Chief Justice ISolt for
being a witch. 1t was said she was
in possession of a charm which could
spread or cure all diseases amongst
cattle The necromatic parchment
was produced in court, and to the
surprise Of the Chief Justice, he
recognized his own Greek letters.
Holt was cursed with terrible
termagnant for Il wife, and they had
no Children. She became in very
bag health and called in as her
physician, one of Lord IIolt's bit
terest enemies. She gave as a
\ reason for her selection, that she
knew her doctor owed her husband
an old spite, and that he would try
TO cure her on that account. He
succeeded, and Lady Holt survived,
many years, the Chief Justice.
Holt was once offered the Great
Seal, and urged byoking William to
accept the office of Lord Chancellor
Instead Of accepting this high posi-
ton he very coolly replied that, whist
atthe bar he ncvcrllal but one Chan
Gerry case, and that he lost. lie did
not think that this qualified him tc
SIT on the woolsack, and therefore
the, baublc, with all Of its power, pat
ronage and greatness, was declined
a religious fanatic came to the
Chief Justice one morning, and said
that he was n Prophet aud had been
sent by God to demand Of him that
he, the. !Chief, Justice, should enter a
'olie prose qI on the indictment
pending against q brother Prophet.
Holt replied, he was afalse Prophet
andtlicd, for ifhc had been sent BY
the Almighty to have nollt
prose1ni entered, he would have beer
directed to 80 to tie Attorney Gen
eral. and not to The Clief Justice
as God knew this duty to belong tc
that officer, and not to the Chic
Justice, n f''ljut,' said Holt. 81
have tlc power to issue a warrant
against YOU for All i,rpostor: ant
that ! will do" @
Tho Chief Jnstice once got into
n terrible slnabblc with the IIous,
OF Commons OH some question, 0
lriyj'eGe. The story is, tlat they
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ClOSc HIS eyes, lcaIcN ny The peas
autry and dctcstcd by gentlemen
His name vas long used bY nurses tc
score the children, and will always
call up the image, says lis bioyraph
cr, Of "a base, bloody minded vii
LAIN
Chief Justice Hale was The op
posIte Of Scraggs i'll every frclin.
and characteristic Of our nature. lie
was tie model of pure man. wise
Judge and lious Christian. III
carly life, however, he was inclined
to be dissolutc, and Whilst a student
Of law lie was caught by press
gang, and was about being hurried!
off to sea, when he was Recognized
and rescued by some Of his asso.
ciatcs. lie was in youth fond of
dress ana fnc clothes; but in after
ilic tins was sadly neglected. At
one time ne was destined for the
ministry but afterwards concluded
nc was uhtlt, ana Determined to cn-
ter INC army. y lawsuit was insti-
tu'eo against hnn ior the purpose OF
ae9rlylng linn Of his I.atrl'nonial
estates. lie went to London to
prepare ms defence, and there
meeting win Sergeant G!an'iile, he
was persuaded by hln to read law.
,eGc','s one OF his hot'!c companions
IAN GOWN apparently dead, ne went
INTO an ADJOINING room and prayed
'of ms recovery, ana vowed that he
"o"ia never "sah taste VINE or
splial''s' 1his vo" he kept to his
'S,mS "ay,.
Through lie Or Matthew Hale
was most pnneu'i'cuS IL regard to
ms WORD tehc'ng one Gay with his
instructor, ,,. nc saiu 10 Inn II he
torref srf1fFo TIT vCUI'T IIve Nlm
his hopse. The Fencing Master did
stlike hun, and Sir Matthew complied
with his pronASe, although there had
been some deception Oh Tie lart OF
his instructor.
In purchasing a suit Of clothes
one day wh'IStrcadi's law, there was
some difficulty about the price, where.
upon the dra!cr said. "lon shall
have the suit tcr nothing, if you will
promise 20 l'ay nc : 100 when you
are Chief Justice Ct England" 81
cannot with good conscience, said
the young student, wear man s
cloth without paving h'sn Tor it,
Hale spent sixteen hon,s every
DAY III study. Wien tired OF one
SUBJECT lie !o,K up another; and we
recommend TINS plan TO all students.
reiic'es inc mii'd, ana prevents
the necessity ol iu'encss. Sn Mat
thew was a steriin5 modesty, which
always accompanies true greatness.
The sell'imporiant prctrndcr Is never
worm a"yth'ns'
ms aov'cc TO ms grandchildren,
ana MS f"'cS lor ms own conduct, de-
serves 10 pc 'he'hor'Zr" oy every gen
ticlnan ana iauy III the whole coun'
Try. 10 ms HFahaaa"Shtcls he says,
/ %0"'u nave 20" learn all points OF
Gooo h1''SrMlcry' 70 ana pF"chce It as
'hcre si'aii DC occasion to keep
accounts oi "'' INNS 10 love to
Keep u, ho"'c O"V "''h ready
li.oIoy' r"y r. ~ goo" we Is a portion
VI hciseil; pu' al lu.e Vr expensive
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'TIhc Claims of the South o,a the
teii 1j WING Party. .ft32f ri7=

The Claims of the South o,a the
aei a WING Party. t35t
The leading Whig organs at the
North, which affiliate with the Free
soilers, have dropped the mask, and
talk very. plainly to their Southern
''brcthren.", The Tribune led off,
and others arc fast following suit.
The New Bedford Merou,y, one of
the ablest among them, gives this
plain, talk to the Southern members
of the party: It
'sWllat claim, then, has the South
to attempt to control the Wing party
Of the Union !? What has it done for
the Whig party? What will it do
for the Whig party? And first, let
us define what is meant by tthe
South The term does not include
Delaware, which goes for, Scott; nor
Kentucky. which leans in the same
direction; nor Maryland, which will
not be led away by the ultraism Of the
South. 1t mY include North Caro-
lima, bat we doubt it. Let us. how
ever, concede that it embraces North
Carolina, and it will be found to in
clude one pretty reliable Whig State,
besides the possible Whig State Of
Tennessee, and tile improbable 1Nhig
State ofGeorgia. ,ia E.ifa Eta&7
7a''The States, then, which intend,
in the amiable and tlisinterested mani
ncr, TO take charge of the Wing par
ty, are North Carolina, (possibiy,0 )
Tennessee, (possibly,), Virginia, S..
Carolina, Missouri, Arkansas, Mis-.
sissinsisr Louisiana, Georgia, ,,Als,
florida, and Texas: aI'he. tSss
cd of these States, SFisH
have occasionally. tsssee1s
sascs, but the other ninethaYo
p y been Democratic STAKES.
The ehance that any ono Of them
will vote for awning nominee for the
/ Presidency, is about equal to that Of
sthe lucky holder Of Jersey lottery
rave the cap pital prize Fir.
ginia, flas orE tive q gs IN Con
gress;q South Carolina, Texas, aud
Arkansas, none; Mississippi not an
avowel Whig; Alabama and Louis.
iana only one each. In short, these
nine States are the very strongholds
Of Locofocoisln- mot excepting Flori.
da, which has once or twice had a
spasmodic fit Of Whiggcry. None Of
these States have ever done anything
for the Wing cause, except to furnish
the party with otlice.holdc:s; and
even The men they elect as Wings
are wholly unreliable. If they should
dictate to the Democratic party, they
would only be exercising j isdiction
within their manor; but Wen they
attempt to lord it over the lWhig par.
ty, they cncroach on foreign soil, and
are mere interlopcrs. The Whis
party never had any favors from
them, and never expect any: consc
! quently, the Whig party will not fee
at all alarmed about their votes. -
They are universally conceded to the
Locofoco States, and If they kect
rholly ont Of the convention, Mer.
acil be no damage done thereby Il
| the party. Il is because they belong
to the Union, that they are entitled
to seats in a national convention
no. because they arc calculated upoI
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a Spanish provcrb says that the
jews ruin themselves at their pass
overs, the Moors at their marriages.
and the christians at their lawsuits.
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ToADYisM TRANcENiDENTA al. .--4S
Nothing Of the kind that we have
yet seen surpasses the following,
which iS now going tho rounds Of d
certain class Of newspapers. .,si.iIig
..'t g When Kossuth was going up.thes
Mississippi. on the Emperor almost
tremendous thunder storm compelled
the boat to lie to allnigtlt. KossutR
is said to have expressed himself
highly delighted, and to have re!
marked that. bur thunder storms we're, re,
on as magnificent scales as onrs
reception"
1t is quite awful,to think how ,muctl
the reputation Of American thunder
would have suffered had it pleased.
Mr.. Kossuth not have been "IhighlY
delighted" we shall look with great
impatience for his recommendation Of
the mosquitoes and yellow feger'when
he gets to New Orleans. as
a Boston Courier. stls
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O1LrsG HARNESS. III, oiline tiar

OILING HARSEss.--I Ii, oiling harss
ness, let them be washed clean IN:
warm water, and when very nearly,
dry, have tub with warm water, in
it, and into this pour about one pint
Of nice, fine oil--then immerse the
different pieces Of harness intohtlis
oil slowly, and take them out immess
diately. passing them through tl,ez
hand to take off the most of the foiL1
that adheres to them, and hang them
up to dry. This is an easy, and efs
fectual way to oil leather, aHystraps,
lines, &C., and may be done withous
any waste ofoil orltime. Some pre-
fer tanners oil for their harness. :
some think common lamp oil, and 4
some seem to think none at all, willsi
do. But harness should be essweltd
washed and oiled twice a iycar aet
least, lin tho long run tie sbastss
oil pays the best; coarse oil does notF
penetrate tho leather, but forms u
kind Of gum, to which dust, haif, &s.
adhere, and rots tho leather. Old.
harness, that has not been used to oils
is very likely to break after an oilingus
if il is used much. Therefore d litss
tie melted tqHoasi is better foritleHls
n. B.. A. little lampablack mixeds
with the oil will3give, the harness %
fine jet black appearance, by rubbing !
them with a woollen cloth. ',1s2 E S,tssa'
| +-----<zs . @as - q = sf5'
| A WEsTERN sNiiFE. w estcra
| paper says: We saw q woman rarrs9a
| ing a.hig hog homo fRom market as.Npls
Saturday uponlicr shoulder. For thea
bencttiofi those who may, think hnfg
! husband ought TO hareldoHcib we Will
state that she served hiintinlthe Same 1
way a short time before
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N O e s.

abolished slavery after achieving their
Independence .oti. Spaira Brazil 81 las
remained slavcllolt1ing since, rs before
her secession from Portugal. TI.s
Argentine, confederation and ;Bra2i,,
therctore, occupy position towards
eaclr other somewhat similar, both
socially and geographically, to that III
lie Norctlleriitanl Southerii States
this unoi. But a material difference
is, that inyonc clise the two. ihstitutioi1fs
arc politically connected, and not in
the other. The Argentine eonfedeyd.
ton was consecrated to- freedom, III,
corling to tho cantipf, the iday, ana
more happy than, our afflicted North.
crn brethren, was 1cntirely exefnJit
from the despotic7 and bebasins In.
fuences ofotEc slave!power.a Hero
was the Very, finest oppoft,tility gsfar
the establishment of a model repnbIic.
For, according to the Acknowledged
doctrine of the equality and phiiail
thropy-mcn, it wasperteetlS ifni1ilteri.
al what was the race, capacity or, ,iifliiofal
attainment of the people efthere, so,thcy
had free government. and werc
exempt from tic curse of slavery,
Mc}l'what has bcenethe result? WHY
for twenty years this Whole soiifedefa5
ton has been ruled with despotisfn he
Rosas, asmilitary Dictator How Iis
it been with Brazila SHE too fs
monarciiral1in form, it is true, But
hers is u constitutional government,
i'll Which the Eniperors power as we'll
as his responsibility is nominal, The
empire is divided into provinces, and
these hre represented in a. Senate like
our States, and the Chamber Of
Dcputiessis constituted like .ouf
House pss5eprcscntatiSgess Brazil has
h lleelalyss strpifsnits anl prosperous tos "a
he yond amy + otthsf govsss
einnicntlinf atlpAmerich,f md sis stha
MOST. poaseffiRgs ssSfs them ALL
5atIs||iesnot clati,stIs enough b to- staasger
theshotions seR modern, political, and
moral dreafnefs, that of all this
rssst Western aSRotld,s to- which /, ttiiIa
hopes of mankind have sd iniislis
directed, hesInost iert tiie and esS sStensive
s. ssi
Saz5li aslI flis is III Il
tallensprincipali " ihta tie litiis stis efi
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md flis
tallenfpri,lciPa!l Y ihts tue hands ef'
slavcholding States; and That in these,
above;all Others, the most liberal, and
at the same time,@ the most stable
forms of government have been csl
tablishcd?--.SoWhern Press. " u
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Mr.. STEVENS, Of Pennsylvania moved To refer the
bill to the Committee of Ways and Means
The SPEAKER stated that the motion not in order,
Mr.. cABELL pauifd if ii ~ u order 70 ask Asots
The SPHAKM replied in heAegatiye
Mr.. CAHRLL moyG TO recdRsider the votsby which
the main Question was ordered.
On motion Of Mr., ORR, the motion to reconsider was
laid on the table. Ayes So, noes 46.
The reading amendments then commenced, but
before much progress had been made by unanimous con-
the further reading of the amendments was dspens-
ed with
The question was then taken on the motion Of Mr..
HoUsToN that the amendments OF the Senate be nom
concurred in and committee Of conference asked and
it agreed to-
Mr.. CONGER moveda suspension Of the rules to ena-
Bile him to introduce resolution directing the Clerk of
the House to purchase for the Of the members TWEEN
ty thousand copies of Capt Stansburys report of his
expedition to the Great Salt Lake which not
agreed to. 4
Mr. FICKLIN moved that the House adjourn which
motion was disagreed to- III
PUBLIC LANDS IN CALIFORNIA.
Mr. HALL said that no provision existed present by
law by which the lands in California could be surveyed
and Sold He therefore asked the unanimous Of
the House permit the Committee Public Lands
report back Senate bill provide for the survey Of the
public lands in California granting donation privileges
therein, and for other purposes.
Objection was made
And then, at half-past o'clock, the House ad-
journed
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.


Mr. PENN, from the Committee the Post Office and
Post Roads reported bill for the relief Of the Memphis
and Charleston or Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama
the Alabama and Tennessee river the Coosa, th~N
Orleans and Jackson the New Orleans and the Opeou-
sas and the Great Western Railroad Companies which
read twice
Mr. p said that this bill similar to the which
passed the House on Thursday last for the relief Of the
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Company. ltmerely
proposed extend the time for the payment OF duties
railroad iron imported for the Of the company to four
years, the company to pay six per cent per annum
interest
| Mr.. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, desired to know how
this bill was reported from the Committee the Post
Office and Post Roads 1t seemed to him that this was
not appropriate subject TO be considered by that
committee.
The SPEAKER stated that the bin having been read
twice. the objection Of the gentleman from Pennsylvania
| came too late
Mr. COBB suggested that the same committee reported
the bill for the relief Of the Wilmington and Manchester
Railroad Company which passed on Thursday, and
was similar to the one now pending.
| Mr.. VENABLE moved TO include the Raleigh and Gas
ton Railroad Company Of North Carolina in the provisions
Of the bill.
Mr. CLINGMAN hoped the gentleman would accept
further amendment He hoped he would embrace within
the provisions Of the bill all railroads now in progress
construction in the United States.
Mr. PENN declined TO accept the proposed modification
and insisted on the demand for the previous question
Mr. HAMILTON moved TO lay the bill on the table,
on this motion demanded the yeas and nays, which wer
ordered.
| Mr. KING, Of New York, moved that there be a call o
1.-The House. and on this motion demanded the yeas
nays which ordered, and being taken resulted
Yeas 60, nays 81.
| SO the motion was negatved.
The question was then taken the motion TO lay Tn
bill on the table and il was decided in the negative
Yeas 70, nays a.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 80, 1852.
IN SENATE.

This day spent in maturing the appropriation bills
and adjusting the dsageeng votes Of the two Houses on
amendments made thereto. kaaf
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SATURDAY, AUGUST %, 1852.

On motion by Dir. HUNTER, the reading Of the jour
was dispensed with.
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WASHINGTON, AUGusr 26, 1852.
DEAR SIR understood this morning that the special com
mee Of which you the chairman have resolved that they
proceed with the investigation assigned them
/ The anxiety expressed by TO the committee that II
should investigate and report the present session. induces
request that the committee shall ask and obtain
leave sit in the vacation and close the matter 80 far
am concerned possible.
Very respectfully THO CORWIN.
Hon. A. JOHNSON,
Chairman Special Committee House Of Reps
Mr. JOHNSON said that the House would see the great
anxiety manifested by the Secretary the Treasury
have the investigation commenced The mover of the
resolution equally anxious and il for the House
TO determine what should be done in the matter
Mr.. EDGERT0N said that, in behalf Of his colleague,
MIR OLDs he would state that that gentleman was
ceedngy anxious for the prosecution Of this inquiry and
had requested him to inform the House. His colleague
was also quite DESTROYS that the committee should have
leave to sit during the to ascertain the facts of the
case lie therefore moved that the committee have
TO sit in the vacation to send for persons and papers,
to examine witnesses under oath.
! Mr. GENTRY said that he did not undertake to ex
press any opinion whatsoever to whether the charges
and mputatons that had been made against the Score
tary of the Treasury just unjust Certainly,
far "a he could form opinion from all his prcconcep
tons of the character Of the Secretary he should sup
pose those charges 10 be unjust injurious and caum
NOUS but still Of very high character had sometime
fallen from the expectations which they had given he
friends right TO entertain Of them. They were not
therefore 10 presume that because an individual has
maintained high character, he might not fall from hi
position and thus defeat the expectations in which hi
friends bad right to indulge Now the imputation
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-05-06

Here is a passage from an epistle
to the Editor that will make the
reader laugh 'somedeIe,' or we are
grately mistaken: Some five years
ago, having received my diploma
from the Philadelphia Ne dicaI
School. started of, and in a few
weeks had set up, in the northern
part OF Georgia, shingle, whereby
| rendered TO the community nv
services as physician and Surgeon.
A few days after, as was engaged
in the preparation Of divers medi.
cines, the door of my office was
opened, and tall, brawny specimen
of the genus homo entered. Ap-
parantly quite at lis ease, he pulled
off his battered castor, and, stepping
up to small mirror, passed his hand
oyer an enormous mass Of fiery hair,
and complacently remarked: There's
a head o'ha'r for youl what dye
think of thar Having expressed
my admiration thereof, he removed
his coat, and ensconcing himself in
my armchair, said: sWell, stranger,
you can jist git to work and NOW of
a couple o'pounds! It's comm on
hot now, and the swamps is a mighty
pesky place for breedin' the critiers!'
blandly replied, that was exceed
ingly sorry, but that really / could
hardly enumerate hair-culting among
my accomplishments. 'Whalr said
ne, regarding me with a look OF
huge contempt, 'whatl lei on to be a
surging, and can't cut hairl HIP
And SO, resuming his coat and hat,
he strobe disdainfully away. Not
long after. just as | was congratula-
ting myself on being so well rid OF
him, the door opened again, and my
customer reappeared, with visage
highly infamed with alcoholic bever-
age. Look here, strangerI' said he
fercely, may be you hold yourself
too good to cut my hairr immedi.
ately and eagerly disclaimed any
such feeling, and be soon departed,
alter having remarked, while gently
taping the horn-handIe of his bowie:
Pm cussed ef it amt well you don't,
or perhaps might have done little
cuttin' mvselfr If he had come
again. ] should have cut his hair
gratisP
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To our Friends and CastO-
I5aerS.

WE thus beg leave to inform YOU an
w through your kindness our ana wong
friends Of your neigh hoorhood and sl,swhere-
not forgetting our enemies II any there be-
that we are now receiving direct from Nev
Orleans and the Eastern cities Fresh sun-
plY of Groceries, which we are now oHsr.
ing for sale at room No. 6, Front street, Ports-
mouth, and have made arrangements to be
supplied during the season from same places.
Our stock will at all times consist Of every
thing in the Grocery line.
Although in the matter Of purchasing and ia
now Offering our Goods for sale. we frankly
confess that we have been and still are direc-
ted mainly BY desire TO promote our own In
terests-syet it will nevertheless afford us
great pleasure to accommodate our friends to
The fullest extent that due regard fos their
and our Interests may seem to dictate.
The haekneyed and stale terms, "cHEAP.n
'cHEARER THAN EVER" and ~cHEAPEsT," We
abstain from using. leaving to others 0ess mo-
dest men than ourselves) to derive all the ad-
vantages that an intelligent community may
eoneede to this kind Of boasting.
Pufhng we also beg leave TO inform VOC 10
not our fort, and simply avail ourselves Of EhIs
means Of informing you and all others, whose
patronage we thus respectfully solicit, and for
which we will ever be grateful, and will take
great pleasure IN showing our Goods and Civ
ing prices to all who may honor Us wi n call.
Thankful for past favors, hoping TO merit
continuance Of the same. and Of shortly hav-
ing the pleasure Of exchanging with you such
friendly salutations at No. 6, as win evince .
mutual deposition to renew the intereouFss
heretofore existing between you and Us.
We remain, very respectfully, yours,
OAKES & BUSKIRK.
PortSmouth. Feb. 4. lS5l.-ieb l3. 81 1y