The Placer herald., 1856-07-05
Oefense.

tion-armed to the teeth--to assist in protec.
ting Maoney from arrest by the Vigilance
Committee being morally certain at the time
! that a hostile collision would follow between
those trying to defend MaIoney, and those
having an order for his arrest. Had Judge
Terry been on the street unarmed, and in his
proper character as Judge, not hair of his
head would have been harmed. But when
he placed himself between Rube Maloney
and his pursuerS, Gun in hand he did SO eX-
pectng to be attacked, and doubtless deter
mined to resist 1t was evidently the deter
mnatlon of that party to force bloody issue
for had they reached the armorv undisturbcd
their determination evidently was to protect
Maonev to the extent Of all the military pow
er at their command. a fight they must
have; collision they must provoke at all
hazards. 1t came, and Judge Terry went
quietly to the rooms Of the Vigilance Com
mittee, accompanied by MaIoney. Union.
| NATIONAL CHmoGRAPHTEs.--Itis is a remark
able fact that no man can ever get rid Of the
style of handwriting peculiar to bis coun-
try. If lie be English, he always writes
in English style; if French French style; if
German, Italian, or Spanish. in the style pc
cuIiar to his nation. writer states:-l am
acquainted with E'renchman who has passed
all his life in England, who speaks English like
one of our own countrVmen, and writes it
with ten times the correctness of ninety nine
hundred OF us; but who cannot, for the life Of
him, initiate our mode of writing. | knew a
Scotch youth, who was educated entirely in
France, and resided eighteen years in that
country, mixing exclusively with French
people--but who although he had a French
writing master, and perhaps never saw
anything bat lrench-wliting IN his life, vet
wrote exactly in the English style; it was
really national instinct. In Paris all the wri
ting masters profess to teach the English style
of writing; but with all their professions, and
all their exertions, they can never get their
pupils to adopt any but the cramped hand Of
the French.
Some pretend to he able to tell the charac-
tcrstcs of individuals from their handwriting
know not how this NAV be- but certainly
the nation to which an individual belongs can
be instantly determined by his handwriting.
The difference between the American or
English and the French hand writing is i'm
mense-a schooIboy would distinguish it at a
glance. Mix together hundred sheets of
manuscript, written by hundred Frenchmen,
and another hundred written by EngIishmen
or Americans and no one could fail to distin-
guish every one of them, though all should
be written in the same language with the
same pen and paper. The difference between
Italian, Spanish, and German hand writing
is equally decided. In fact, there is about as
great difference between the hand writing
of different nations as IN their languages; and
it is a singular truth, that though a man shake
off national habits, accent, manner OF think
inc style of dress--though he may become
perfectly identified with another nation and
speak its language as well, perhaps better
than his own yet never can he succeed in
changing his hand writing to foreign style.
THE WAY He DID Ir-A welI-known and
popular merchant tailor of the city while
on visit to New-York, last summer, dined
one day at the ST. Nicholas Hotel Now, the
said merchant tailor is man of experience,
and well posted in the usages and manners
Of Hotel life and on taking his seat with two
friends, called up a "cul'ed pusson" who
stood near to act as waiter and, pulling out a
welI-fled, purse said
"Look he-he-here d do you know what tn
-th-this isl
"Oh, YES, sar, oh yes" announced the de-
lighted darkey, who anticipated at least dol
lar.
"Well," continued our tailor, 'if you at at
,end to us well, yo-yo-you'll know wh-wha-
what is in W
The dinner progressed and our friends re-
ceived prompt attention from the obsequious
waiter Every deIicacy was set before them,
and every motion obeyed: Finally, they came
to "aimonds and raisins," (as the bills say)
and Just as they were about to leave, the
stammerng individual beckoned to the wal
ter who, with expecant look, came up in
stanter Slowly drawing out his purse, and
holding it up as in the first instance, the mer-
chant tailor said
Il told you th-th-that if you wa-wa-waited
on us well, you'd know wh-wh-what was in
the purse"
Yes, sir, said waiter with glistning optic
"Well th-th-there's mo-mo-money in it
continued the gentlemen, with imperturbablt
gravity, putting the article back into hi:
pocket, and rising up, "and as you've only
d-d-done your du-du-duty you don't w-wwan
any of it,"
AS the darkeg stood with rolling eyes-th,
picture Of African Indignation; the gentleman
walked off, and as they came into the hall
our stammering friend remarked--
That's the w-w-wav come it over then
sometimes, Just for l-l-ittle iokel"