Butte record., 1855-12-29

near Mm say IA q meek manner:
"Het-ey Jane, I've made tie kitchen
fire, and pat on tie tea kettle; won't
yoa please to get up and ct break
ia t.''
CrcEaas5os2, or Bs;sni2.x Bead
tCG5e-.
Tie recent case in llilvaulie,whcrc
tie rabJle were assisted By the sheriff
in compelling a Russian noblelnan 70
bury instead Of burn the remains Of
his wife, which lie had pledged her to
burn, Las au-ed every newspaper in
the Union to say something on the
subject c5 Cremation. Nearly every
papo., aud especially tie leading anil
most enliohteued ones, condemn tie
proceedings Of the mob and sheriff Of
Milwaukee. and commend thc practice
# burning dead bodies ite Albany
Journal considers the act Of tle sheriff
q trc pass, but does not marvel at tie
excitement of the nas-e as Ignorance
and prejudice easily take offence. But
It should not Lave been forgotten il
Milwaukee that Lord Byron and Ire
ia~dey reduced to ashes tie body ii
tic poet Shelly, and thar the Judgment
ii scholars and mon Ct cieucc lproy-
od tic act. In our own country, TOO,
q precedent was furnished for Cema-
ton by the dipo-al Of tac romans Of
tae distinguished Henry I.awcns, Of
South Carolina. He died IN Charlie
ton in 1852, and made I0aiment ol
tie following provision in his VIII, the
condition upon which lis son should
inherit an estate Of sixty thousand
ponds sterling; Il solemnly ario.n it
aPon mE son as an indispensable duty,
t!atae .9.a az he conveniently can af-
ter my q cease, he cause my body to
be wrapped ia twelve Yards q tow
cloth, and burned till It be entirely
consumed, and then collecting my
bones, deposit them wherein he may
think proper" 1t is said that.
li= request was strictly complied with.
Was 1t not better to revert tie corsc
of the warrior and leg;slstor to it ele-
m-nts bv tie elometdean heat tan br
tie joint tenants Of the grave!
MODEL \ ERDIcr.-Thcrcarc Iudic-
rou~ climaxes of5utimes IN the o.atory
Of tie pulpit-oitcner ir political
pccchc--but ofsenast, pagaaPe, in
tie ub!ime attemps of pettvfoccers at|
the bar. One Of these latter, in a
-mai town in kentucky, pleading the
causeof a c.iutwho lad Been accused
Of stca}iHg q small quantity If cotton
yam, argued against the probability
of -uch d tran .action-tla probability,
rather, Of therc beng any motive for
such au act, in the following farcibie
and highly grammatical style:
~G4Jlmeu IF tie imr yoa Law
beard tie argument, Vou have listened
patiently. AID | LAKE seen that yoHr'
cars are open to conviction. and
BOW. gentlemen Of the jury, ask you
dt Won suppose that in tie pIcntitul
State Of .entucky, where the land are
plenty, ard the Size am rich, tran my
cicnt broke lutu Mr. Bowling S store
and stole three hanks Of cotton yarn.
Cent men Of tie jury, I imagine aoti
I pose he DIpSr."
And the jury agreed with the elo-
quent counsel, at least in part; for af-
ter they lad made a joint-stock com
rany of their wisdom, they brought ia
this verdict, influenced BY some per
sonal dislike
Not guilty, if he'll leave the
@tater'
OLD BEN BUssEL1.-Od Mr. Rus
ell was fairly caught in his own trap.
lie was better known as Major Ben
Russell and being met by lis Old
friend Busbv, he was Familiarity saluted
with hearty shake Of lie hand and,
''fIow do you 90, old Ben Ru4sell!"
Gone, now, aid Major Ben,"I'll
not take that from you-not lit If
it: vou are as old as am tais lain-
ute"
Upon my wosd," sad 3Ir. Busby,
'you are nay senior by at least ten
years.
"Not at all, friend Busby; and, if
vou please, we VIII determine that
question very soon-just tell me what
Is the first thing you can recollcct.
Wei, the very first thing | recol-
lcct, SAID 1Ir. Busby, was hearing
people say, There goes Old Ben Rus-
sir