The true Democrat., 1856-04-22
Bible Lore in Missouri.

"A correspondent Ot the St. Louis Republican, writing from Jefferson City, gives an amusing description of a trial which recently came off at that place, in which all the counsel engaged rank high at the Missouri bar. Although law yers were never considered remarkable for their eruditon in the Scriptures, urges the editor of the Republican, yet such objectionable neglect of the holy book, as the counsel in this case exhibited, calls for prompt action upon the part of the American Bible Society, or greater Sunday school facilities. Here is the letter.
 "A few days since, was serving as juror in case of slander. Three of our most promi- nent lawyers were cngaged-one forthe plaintiff, the others for defendant. The counsel at tempted to impeach the veracity of one of the wtnesses-an old man named Mayhew They failed entirely, and when the counsel for plain tlft came to sum up the evidence, said: Gen. tlemen of the jury, the counsel on the opposite side have endeavorcd to impeach the veracitv and destroy the character of the witnesses, and particularly oi my old friend Mayhew. must confess, gentlemen, trembled for my old friend when the senior counsel for defendant with his stern countenance demanded of the old man, whether he had not told different story to his neghbors, and introduced Mir. Harris to prove 1t. But gentlemen, he failed-utterly failed; and my old friend Mayhew came out unscathed. Yes gentlemen, like Daniel of oM, out of tue hon's den, a0ithoM e hair of It's head haU|ng been singed'
 This excited the riSibles of those familiar with the authority quoted; but some very J1oad gr7ns were seen when the senior counsel for de- tendant rose and remarked to his hearers That his friend, the counsel for plaintiff, had | tad, tl CT law; that he had read and heard much of Daniel but that was the first time he had ever lea,d of his being in lons den'
 All was silence, however, compared with the roar when the junior counsel made his reply In aludins to the.remarks of plaintiff $ counsel, he said: My worthy friend on the other side is not quite as familiar with the volumes of the higher law he is with those of Chitty and of Blackstone, or he would not ave attempt ed to release his friend May hew from the lions den without having hair of his head singed. haUe heard of Daniel being in the lions den; but until to-day, never heard that his roaring majesty made of fire My worthy friend has, 1 suppose, mixed up the escape of Daniel from the lions den with the passage of Nebu- chainezzar tto'ugA Me fiery .ft,nance aOho Aat not c hair slnged.r
 One good effect has resulted from this trial. Many who were present, and others who have since heard the above, have been coming their Bibles; and, as an instance, l will mention that 1 went into the post office after the trial, where found two old gray headed codgcrs busy en- gagged in hantng up the places referring to the passage of Shadrach, MeshacI and Abednego through the furance, and the escape of Daniel from the lions den. When 1 entered, they were about to give up the search in despair, one of them saying he thought it was not in the Bible; that they had thumbed from lst Genesis to last Jeremiah and could find no such names.
 Some of these gentlemen would no doubt be as good commentators of the higher law, as many of those ministers who pretend to find their authority for the use of Sharpe's rifles
 Should these limbs of the law again attempt to explore unknown regions, l shall wish, as did the writer Of John Gilpin's story.
 May 1 be there tO sec