Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1853-01-28

long hair, after the manner OF tho -Naxatiscs-~
His forehead Is plain aud delieatc--his face
without spo. or wrinkle, beautiied with a oose-
y red-his nose and mouth ara exactly formed
his beard is of the color of his hair and
thick. not OF any great height but forked, ~ In
reprosing he is terrible; in admonish;ng. courte-
Gus: in speaking, very modest and wise; In
proportion Of boiy; well shaped. None have
seen him laugh, but many have seen him weep.
man. for his surprising beauty. excelliny the
children Of men"
BdrThe writer of Uncle Toms Cabin is
thus described in the Boston Herald: il
Mrs. Stowe is about forty years of age. low
in stature. hayins brilliant expressive eye.
short features. hair thins aud dark. with an
occasionally tint Of grey and her whole CONTOUR,
as the French would say. Icing expressive of
highly nervous temperament. with quick pre-
ceptiye powers OF reading the usin.lx Of all
present ~ . glance. All ia AL. however she is
not d. as gool looking as her writings had led us
to suppose. - 80. s.ss ss.,e.s.-s
The Springfield Rtpubl;ean says: ....-s
personal appearance iron, the following ancedote.
Her husband, Professor Stowe. not being abla
to meet her pess ,nally .. the railroad
station on her expected arrival home. sent a
student tO do the polite. He returned with an
answer to the Professor that his viii. dill not
come Impossible says the husband. she
was certainly to arrive by this train with her
children. But she assuredly did not come
for the only female that arrived was an Irish
woman with two children. who got into a car
riage and drove Of The Professor found his
wife 1T ho,nc!''
We heard to-day little incident. which
though it occurred some time since was most
gratifying proof of the happy results of charity
r1,. hact L. Il H.
little girl clad in rags. passing his house
With - 6ostlr which she carried 10 n4ao11ery
to be flied with whisky. AMI with which. she
returned home. One bitter cell morning
when the snow was driving throsxh the streets.
hc say ths chill sgng homsNsfA thrsggh
little bare legs glowing with the effects Of
cold. He called her into his house, which she
entered reluctantly, AMI his wife clothed the
child with warm hose and comfortable cloak
and warm and happy she went home still
bearing the bottle which contained the sole
cause Of her own and her sisters sorrow Her
father was man who ow d the gentleman a con
siderable sum. Evening came and the drunken
father visi.el the @entlemen's house. but now
a sober man; that day the contents of the bottle
had been untouchci "Oh sir" said he Il
owe YOU money "N3,'' vas the reply, Il
cancel the deb: but Patrick YOU must quit
drinking" Tears stoo! in Pats eyes as he
saii--"Sir, yol anl you clothed my
chill. when wliskcy made brute and 1
neglected, starved her; Ill never taste drop
again. And he has not. That simple act of
charity and Kindness had touched cord which
thousanl lectures or word Of rcmonstance
would never have rcached.-Cleyeand Herald.
Tn Niaaes,tu Mine l. qaor L,no d clared Void
A proceeding unler th- li section OF the Maine Lii
quor Law, called, instituted before Justice
The Peace. whereby search ,inst
Alexis Coutlcr, OF ST. Anthony. and quantity OF H.
quor III ms possession was srizet ani ordered by 'h
Justice to bo destroyed and the twenty
hve dollars. An appeal as ,nate from that decision
to the District Court Of the first 1u .ical Circuit for
Ramsey county. a motion was th-rcupon made be-
fore Hon IL iiaynrr Chief Justice OF the Territory.
quisn the proceedings, the ground that the law
unconstitutional an invaliI. Tn. case argued
with great abt'iiy by the counsel both .Ie~. the
court house in this city, the 2}d AMI 24,h ut.
Judge iIal ner Gnonncrd his decision SATURDAY
last. IA which he thoroughly reviewed. ani invrsgat
every point involved in the case The following IS
brief abstract OF the points decided:
l. Ihat the legislative power being vested by the or
ganic act in the Legislative Assembly and Governor
they had r'glt authority deiega,e it any bo
ty or persons-not even To the people OF the territory
= That IA the en- ,ctnent ia question. the Iegisn-
ure in eieci attempted to transfer this power to the
people
B. That in doing they acted b. ond their authority
and conferred no power tie people, and
Iy their
1. That the people Of the Territory could in
their eminent dotninon and exercs. the pow
er. inasnuch the belong the p-op
the whole Union. and under the Constitution of tho L
States the ultimate sovereignty granted 10 Congress
If could be served i, would have TO lie done by Con-
gress, and not by the people Of the Territory, who
therefore deryed right from this pass this
enactment, and therefore it became a law. and
cannot be enforced as CHI Minnesota Democrat
GETHE MAINE LAeUoa LAw-fsres badly
in the courts, The Circuit Cour. Of the United
States, in Rhoje Island and in Maine. have
declared the laws Of those States unconstitu-
tional. The Legislature OF New Hampshire
since the opinion of the Supreme court Of tha,
State. have rejected the bill before Them on the
subject and, we believe. the Legislature Of Yer
mont have also. rejected Ike BILL
RJThe Hon. John Davis, Senator from
Massachusetts,, whose term expires with the
present Congress. has written letter declining
a reelection. and announcing his intention te
retire from public life, On account of i'll health
EEThe disease of Senator Upham wa.
vario!o:d. He died after ten days illness, at hi:
lodgings at the Irving Hotel in this city. Hi.
age was So years.-Ne0 York Paper.
! E4T There never was party. faction, sec
OF cabal, whatsoever, in which the most igno
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