Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-19

NohCAuuSu SoIue Te.llstfhS III uelSQCe OIL the
prosecution, when he arose, reached out
his hand for the paper, and without more
ceremony, proceeded with the following
speech:
May 1t p!easeyour worships; think
l heard read by the prosecutor, as enter
ed this house. the paper I now hold in my
hand. If | have rightly understood, the
Kings attorney of the colony has framed
an indictment for the purpose of arrairn-
ing and Furnishing by Imprisonment, three
inOtfensive persons before the bar of this
court, for crime of great magnitude
as disturbers of the peace. May please
the court, what did hear read! Did |
hear distinctly, orwas it mistake of my
of my own! Did hear an expression,
as if a crime, that these men, whom your
worships arc about to try for misdemeanor
are charged with-what Z" and continuing
in low, solemn, heavy tone, preaching
the gospel of the Son of God !" Pausing
amidst the most profound silence and
breathless astonishment, he slowly waved
the paper three times around his head,
when, lifting his hands and eyes to heav-
en-, with peculiar and impressive energy,
he exclaimed, "Greot God" The ex-
clamation-the burst of feeling from the
audience-were overpowering. Mr. Hen
ry resumed:
MAY it please your worships: In a
day like this-when truth is about to
burst her fettcrs-when mankind arc
about to be aroused to claim their natural
and inalienable rights-when the woke of
hnt haCr ,ou1 h., i
ness of America, and the unnatural alli-
ance of ecclesiastical and civil power, are
about to be diSsevered-at such period
when hberty-liberty of eonscience-is
about to awake from their slumberings,
and inquire into the reason of such
charges as find exhibited here to-day in
this indictment. Another fearful pause,
while the speaker alternately cast his
sharp piercing eyes on the court and the
prisoners, and resumed: 'sIf am not de-
ceivcd, according to the contents of the
paper | now hold in my hand, these men
are accused of preaching the gospel of
the Son of God ! Great God ~ Another
long pause, while he again waved the in
dlctment around his head-while deeper
impression was made on the auditory
Rcsuming his speech; May it please
your worahips: there are periods in the
history Of man, when corruption and de-
prayity have SO long debased the human
character, that man sinks under the
weight of the oppressor's hand-becomes
his servile, his abjcct slave; he licks the
hand that smites him; he bows in passive
obedience to the mandates of the despot;
and, in this state of servility, he receives
his fetters Of perpetual bondage. But,
may it please your worShlpS, such day
has passed away. From that period when
our fathers left the land of their nativity
for settlement in these American wilds-
for liberty-for civil and religious liberty
for liberty Of conscience to worship
their Creator according to their own con-
ceptions of Heavens revealed will-from
the moment they placed their feet upon
the American continent, and, in the deeply
imbedded forest, sought an asylum from
persecution and tyramy-from that mo-
ment deSpotism was crushed-the fetters
Of darkness were broken, and heaven de-
creed that man should be free-flee to
worship God according to the Bible
We're it not for this, in vain were all their
sutferings and bloodshed to subjugate this
New World, if we, their offspring, must
still be oppressed and prosecuted. But,
may it please your worships, permit me
to inquire once more, for what arc these
men about to be tried? This paper says
''for preaching the gospel of the Saviour
of Adams fallen race" And in tones of
thunder he exclaimed, "What lar hare
they riolated!" While the third time, in
as low and dignifed manner, he lifted his
eyes to heaven, and waved the Indictment
around his head. The court and audi
ence were now wrought up to the most
intense pitch of excitement. The face of
the prosecuting attorney was pallid and
ghastly, and he appeared unconscious
that his whole frame was agitated with
alarm; while the Judge in a tremulous
voice, put an end to the scene, now be-
coming excessively painful, by the au-
thoritativc declaration, Sheriff, discharge
these men. "-Baptist Register.
Horrible Phenomena.
1t is not generally known that in Bar
BADGES there is mysterious vault, in
which no one now dares to deposit the
dead. 1t is i'm a church-yard near the |