The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-30

me, and / am too poor to employ any
more" replied the beautiful Mary
bursting into tears.
ain such case will not some chiv-
alrous member Of the profession vol
unteer?" asked the Judge, glancing
around the bar.
The thirty lawyers were as silent
as death.
Judge Mills repeated the question.
81 will, your honor" said voice
from the thickest Of the crowd, situa.
ted behind the bar.
At the tones of the voice many
started half from their seats; and per-
haps there was not heart in that
immense throng which did not beat
something quicker--it was so unearth-
ly, sweet, clear, ringing, and mourn
full.
The first sensation however, was
changed into ageneral laughter, when
a tall, gaunt, spectral figure, that no
body present, remembered to have seen
before, elbowed his way through the
crowd and placed himself within the
bar. His appearance was a problem
to puzzle the sphinx himself. His
high pale brow, and small nervously
twitching face seemed alive with the
concentrated essence and cream of
genius; but then, his infantile blue
eyes, looked dim, dreary; almost un.
conscious; and his clothing was SO
shabby, that the court hesitated to let
the case proceed under his manage.
ment.
"Has your name been entered on
the rolls of the State?" demanded the
Judge suspiciously.
"It is immaterial about my name
being on the rolls" answered the
stranger, his thin lip curling up in a
fendish sneer. II may be allowed
to appear once BY the courtesy Of the
court and bar. Here is my license
from the highest court in AmericaE'
and he handed Judge Mills a broad
parchment. The trial Immediately
went on.
In the examination Of Witnesses the
stranger exhibited but little ingenuity
as we thought. He suffered each one
to tell his own story without Interrupt
tion, though he contrived to make
each tell it over two or three times.
He put a few cross questions, which
with keen witnesses only served to
correct mistakes, and he made no
notes, which in mighty memories, only
serve to embarass. The examination
being ended, as counsel for the plain
tiff he had a right to the opening
speech as we'll as the close; but to the
astonishment of every one he declined
the former, and allowed the defense to
ead off. Then a shadow might have
been observed to fit across the fea-
lures Of Pike, and to darken the bright
eyes of Prentiss. They saw they chad
caught a lartar;" but who it was, or
now it happened it was impossible to
guess.
Col. Ashley spoke first. He dealt
he jury a dish of that dry logic which
years afterwards made him famous in
The Senate of the Union.
The poet, Albert Pike, followed,
with rich vein of wit, and q torrent
Of ridicule, in which you may be sure
neither the plaintiff nor the plaintiffs
ragged counsel were either forgotten
or spared.
The great Prentiss concluded for
the defendant, with glow of gorgeous
words, brilliant as a shower of falling
stors, and with burst Of oratory that
brought down the house in cheers, in
which the eswornj Jury themselves joined,
Notwithstanding the stern order of the
bench. Thus wonderfully susceptible
are the southwestern people, to the
charms of impassioned eloquence.
1t was then the strangers turn. He
mad remained apparently abstracted