Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-02-21

III YOU know, as do, bow many
have looked down in codness and acorn
upon her, how many pages Of her life
have been iat leued and wetted togeth-
er with very bitter tears, YOU would be
AS glad as am at the good fortune that
came 10 her At last"
well, Oracle" answered the young
man, With it'le emphasis Of natural
Indignation through his tones, "she can
triumph now over all who have treated
her unkindIy, for | know him well and
in wealth that the world honors, in high
social position, in integrity Of life, in no
bIaDess Of heart and mind. Weston
Hunt is man among a million.
"Bot Matte is above any of that tri.
umph' of which you speak, Charley
Suffering has only refined her character,
and sh~ will % up very meekIy, with her
own quiet grace, TO the place assigned
her, remembering 1t is God who pulleth
down one ard settelh up auother.'
When the green feet Of the May came
over the mountains Of Meadow brook,
there were TWO bridals in the gray stone
church on tue green.
For their old loves sake it was that
Grace Hammond and Matte Palmer
we're married tngether
a PoElrE JuDss-Gov. Fo d, of IL
iinois, tells An anecdote of one of the
early Judges Of that State, but the Gov
ernor doe not put up3, record ,hepame
Of the copslderae magistrate.
At the court over which this Judge.
presided, ma by the name Of Green
wasconyicted of murder, and the Judge
was obliged to pass sentence Of death
upon the cuFprit. Calling on the prison
er to rise, the Judge said to him: :" Mr..
Green, the jury says you are guilty Of
murder, and the law says YOU are to be
hung. | want you and all your friends
down on Indian creek to know that it is
not | that condemns you; it is the jury
and the law. Mr.. Green, at what time,
sir wound you like to be hung! The law
allows you time Tor PREPARATION
The prisoner replied May it please
your honor, am ready at ary time;
those who kill the body have no power
to Kill the soul. Ny preparation is made
and YOU can fix the time tn suit Yourself;
It is all the same to me, Sir ~
"Mr. Green" returned the Judge, s'it is
a very serious matter to be hung. 1t
can't ha pen but once in his life, unless
the rope should break before his neck IS
broke, and you had better take all the
time You can get Mr.. Clerk, since it
makes no difference 20 Mr.. Green when
he is hung, jos. look into the almanac
and see whether this day four weeks
comes on Sunday
The clerk looked as be was directed,
and reported that that day ftar weeks
came on Sunday.
Then" said the Judge, "Mr. Green, if
you please YOU will be hung tbs day
four weeks at l2 o'clock"
The Attorney General, James Turney,
Esq, here interposvd, sud said "May it
please The court, on occasions OF this sort
It is usual for courts to pronounce fo,-
NAL sentence, to remind the prisoner Of
his periIons condition, to rePioye him for
his guilt, and to warn him against the
Judgment in the world to come"
"Oh, Mr.. Turney," said tho judge,
"Mr. Green understands the whole mat
ter; he knows he has got to be hung.
You understand it, Mr.. Green, don't
you2"
"Certainly." said the prisoner.
''Mr. Sheriff, adjourn the court"
Four weeks from that day Mr.. Green,
was hung, but not SO much to his own
satisfaction as his sppeaVnce promised
on rhe dap Of his conviction.
To CLEAN MARBLG.-Mx quantity