New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-08

/, ..'a41 .D1h THEaGHsR. -s- Dickens Uo,sa
hoia words for October contains s1oar,, q.
articles paper headed Sc Parish Bro;ls -.
ten 70 illustrate the ins5nvenisae;aa ard
ties which arise in parish which has ~
In the settlement of its own prssxa er ssssas :
parish of Silyerton Spa had rector who e :
very much esteemed, but he died and the Ii,ina
or adVoWson was bought by Mr. Jetferson
tSm1th, who was suspected of being Yanlrea
| and who it was rumored had made much money!
IA the slave trade. Mr. Smith procured as
preacher Mr.. Hieronymus Wicket, and the
| parish was delighted with his eloquence, but
| NOBODY could understand it He had been in
| oeFmany, and his preaching was one Of the
nohsensicai results of beer and metaph ysics.
he d1yiaed the parish into two hostile partiea.
was suspected Of being an atheist and n yrar.
shipping the devil, but he did not stav 1ono'
among them, Upon Mr.. wicksss dsuartura'
Mr. Smith told the people Of ths parish tha. -
would pnt everything straight He had taken
the precaution to sell the next presentation t.
. London Society, whose Object il was to g in.
sroduce real Christianity into bsnightsd
land. The new candidate is described as fol-
lows: - = @s'-'e. :, -
% there cane down o very little stout man.
si1a sefy nala head, and . very short nesk.
i1~ plow corrugated itself in wavy folds.
while his cheeks filled themselves with araot
sound, and collapsed at each sentence IL as
broken bellows. Short handy Ices sc.scs1r
suinced to support the weight of his roturd m
snapeiess body. He was married and had >
many children. His wife, thin, casisysra,,.
person Of nifty years of age; his children sleelr.
halred, a,rty handed, short -jacketted little fel
lows, With red hair, and fat.topped heads. a
Aad again hope revived in the parish. for n
Howligin was said to be surprising orator. a
and did not understands q word Of any Language
put MS oWn-a phenomenon of self.cuIturs 4
originally designed for tailor, but with an ins
domitsble ambition to teach every body he came
IN contact with, he had offended his master bv
dsgmatising on the shape Of trowsers, and after
! many years stesdy perseverance,, had pushed
himself to his present station, By loudnesa Of
voice, and perfect Niagara Of words. over
which, as In the real waterfall, hung o peroetu-.
al mist through which it was impossible to see. /,
Il have been in Plymouth dockyard,'' = said Mr.
Joilico, "and have noticed the sculIs OF the
eulprits with much attention, This man looks
like convict with call; which many of them
have, by the by, to the great delight Of the
chaplains, and the easy obtaining of tickets of.
leave. he has the criminal deyeiopment verv .
strong, and should fear will murder some of
us soon, or die of delrium tremeus.n "a IA s1
{ he died OF delirinn trenens The last man
n the world to do any such thing. He muai;s
nave had constitution of iron q In his vervs
first sermon he told us he had at one dine bssn
the greatest rascal, without any exception, who d
ever escaped the gallows by the blindness Of the
law. For many years he had been o confirmed :
drunkard. He had broken every commandment
every day of his life. He had never seen money
without wishing to steal it; nor woman of any
KIND without wishing to insult her; nor seen q
nelghbor in distress without wishing to increase
his suferings. He had never received favor
without wishing to ipjure his benefactor@s He r
had never answered q question without tellinga
lie.- He had never had dinner given him
without eating till he could eat no more. Mur-5
'1er he had not risen to, but it was only through
lear OF the law. Forgery he had not attempted.
for ne was AFRAID of discovery: but both murder
and forgery he would have gloried in commit
ting-for his heart was in state Of nature. So
were all our hearts ''You would all rob, and
slay, and cheat if you dared Don't try to de-
ceive me; my feelings once were what yours now
are. You are all murderers, thieves, assassins,
liars, drunkards know it-for wasn't i once
all these things. And don't go plastering over
your iniquities with what is called politeness.
1 had no roliteness, even when | was the rufian
you are. Don't 60 and say to each other: MY
respected friend, do SO and so,' but say--sun-
convicted swindler, undetected murderer, unex-
posed forger, do SO and so.' That's how you
ought to speak toseaeh other; that's now the
angels lock upon every one Of you, that's aow
they would once have been justified in looking
on me! Go home then,' he said, after his
''fnally, and IN conclusion had been repeated
two or three times-ssGo home, and be sure
there is one man in the parish who knows your
hearts better than you do yourselves; for have
nothing to do but study my own. Don't l see
in it all the vices it is possible to name '-and
isn't it human hearth
q 1 should say NOT said Mr. Jollioo, as we
walked home, ss I should think it is the very
lowest stage Of animal development prior even
to the silurian remains. In fact, should say
you had no heart ut all, but that you we're .
sort Of polyp, consisting Of q stomach and q
mouth. | will show you some fossihsed speci-
mems Of the family" he added, "when we get
to my house. This fellow win do more mischief
to the parish than ffty Mr.. Wickets IL is i'm
possible to ash him to- dinner He would steal
the spoons. He told US he was at one time in
the habit cf pooketing whatever he could and
the old propensity might break out. He would
also find fault withimy three glasses Of twenty
port, because he was once deliberate drunk
ard, and might object to my asking Sopby Jells
to tea, because he used to have curious ideas
about any lady he saw. Sasf
A FLEETING JOY The Providence Transcript
says, that about three weeks since, two men BY