The weekly Placer herald., 1854-03-18

delusive doctrine, taught from many a
pulpit, that is at the bottom of all crime,
for no one could commit crime, were he
or she, thoroughly impressed with the
idea, that their present interest was to
practice virtue.
Who does not pity the convicted felon
as he stands before his fellows in the
naked deformity of his sins? the victim of
falsc sense Of has true happiness
My dying friend don't look for wooden
legs--they are not cheap, -on the con-
trary its the dearest mode of transporta,
tion,-they cost you life-t time of misery
No, no, be honest to yourself, and enjoy
Heaven here now upon earth Do not
for get that
from real happiness we stray,
by vice bewil cred, vice, which always leads
However fair at first, to wilds of wo.''
The gittering stores of an Eastern
prince cannot compensate you, for the
cringing, crushing, guilty sense of shame,
that follows low treacherous Fraud
the proudest station on earth is but ashes
to him who by falsehood, bribery and
corruption has attained the post. The
glitter and pomp by which such charac-
ters can surround themselves, will possibly
deceive all save the fainting, sick, guilty
rotten heart within the possessors bosom.
If he has violated the moral code, the
sickness of remorse must fol ow, and turn
all his honors to dross. Hearken unto
the great Isaiah,
"Wo unto him that draw iniquity with
cords of vanity, and sin as with cord
rope"
Yes, wo unto them, they shall not
escape on wooden legs at the eleventh
hour-there's no moral bankrupt law to
save them on the death bed. You have
debauched the spiritual man by the prac-
tice of vice, and you are unfit for the So
ciety of angels. Well might you say,
Il expects that when dies, from glory I'll
And made to loaf forever outside the walls
of Heaven.
With not a soul to greet me-
And mar a red to treat with"
Ah yes, and in the bitterness of your
anguish you will be forced to exclalm,
! "Oh! | am used up man.
Then leave off your viscious habits be-
fore your dry bones begin to rattIe-re.
form-recupirate in goodness and YOU
may become a decent man, and be re-
spected by your female acquaintances, all
the world and the rest of mankind.
Brethren there will be collection taken
up one week from to-day, (wind and
weather permitting) for the benefit of the
society devoted to the redistribution of
darning needles, red flannel, and Godfreys
cordial among the poor" Come prepared.
We will now sing the sockdologer and
be dismissed
II. GRIMVISAGE, Deacon.
HE BARRIsTERAND WITNEss.-There
is point beyond which human forbear-
ance cannot go, and the most even tenn
pers will become ruff1ed at times At the
assizes held during one year at Lincoln,
England, both Judge and counsel had
much trouble to make the timid witness
upon trial speak sufficiently loud to be
heard by the Jury; and it is possible that
the temper of the counsel may thereby
have been turned aside from the even
tenor OF its way. After this gentleman
had gore through the various stages of
the bar pleading, and had coaxed, threat
ened and even bulIied witnesses, there
was called INTO the box, young Oster,
who appeared to be simplicity personifed
"Now, sir" said the counsel, in a tone
that at any other time would have been
denounced as vulgarly loud, 81 hope we
shall have no difficulty in making g you
speak up" 81 hope not sir," was shout
ed, or rather beloved out, by the witness
in tones that almost shook the building,
and would certainly have alarmed any
tlnid or nervous lady
elbow dare you speak in that way sir ?"
said the counsel.
"Please, zur, can't speak any LOUDER"
said the astonshed witness, attempting to
speak louder than before, evidently think
ing the fault to be in his speaking too
softly.
"Pray have you been drinking this
mornng5" shouted the counsel, who had
now Thoroughly lost the last remnant of
his temper.
eyes, zur," was the reply.
"And what have you been drinking?"
"COffee, Zur."
"And what did you have in your coffee
slrH shouted the exasperated counsel
GA spune zur!" innocently shouted the
witness in his highest key, amidst the
roars of the whole court except only the
now thoroughly wild counsel, who flung
down his brief and rushed ont of the court
1t is stated by the Baltimore Sun, that
the mercantile navy of the United States,