Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-08-21
TnAoRDY and CoNrDY .--aA eOtserpou-

the following scene ut the close Of Aliss
smith 3 trial: .-----'
,Aftcrthe Jury had retired for the verdict,
Miss Smith looked almost as ealmIas usual,
but it was evidently costing her dreadful
effort Sheslocked coolest individust IN
the court, which was fervid with excite.
mont; but could notice her eye Seating
and her nose appear to sharpen as it ID
said to do in the hour Of death TIE lid
matron sat beside her in great agitation.-4
Mr.. Ranken, one of her agents, benevo.
lent-looiug old man, drew his chair 70 the
bar in front OF, her. and sat there waiting
the twenty minutes Of suspense for the re,
turn for the jury The instant the favor
ablc, import of the verdict was heard, he
shock her right hand and the Jail matron
her left, She smiled brightly foran i'm
sttant,, and resumed her former look of
resolution, ~ ogoiJsol "a uoe ,aihsal
The cheering of the assembled crowd
was loud and long, in spite of the cautions
Of the judge and the efforts Of the officers,
and it was caught up and continued along
the passages of the court house and with
opt the walls. 1t was the ebullition of
JOY not very rational, though there are few
sorry that Mimi has escaped The Lord
Justice Clerk had one lad, whom no had
observed ruling stoutly, taken into custc dy,
and after the prisoner had retired he was
ordered to be brought before the court
He appeared to be in most terror stricken
condition, The Lord Justice Clerk, after
viewing him through his glasses, said,
"sir, the Court has ordered you to be-
brought to the bar, but on looking at YOU
you appear so foolish and silly fellow
that We consider you are not fit to stand
there Go away" He made, a swift escape,
and the breath Of the spectators pent up
for nine days vented itself in hearty laugh
! ter at this ludicrous incident. s,iT ~ea
q " ~.
Last week a Roman Catholic priest Of
Mnysviile, Ky, who had made some rather
valuable presents 70 married lady, was
severely cowhided BY her husband. The
husband was brougt before the court for.
assault and battery. Eight Of. the jurors
were in favor Of fining him one cent, and
the other four were for making the fne
larger. No verdict was rendered.-Lcusis,t
ciUe Jonr. '.'N'''. ''
Coachman to Housemaid :--"I think
shall leave this family, Mary s,ijos u.ni
Housemaid-r"Why John2f na aod; nj
lCoachman+-HAw, well, Mary, you see
they don'tsuit my style,--they haven got
no marriagcable daughters in the family
A poor ,omaciatcd Irishman, having
called in physician in a kind of foriorn
I hope, the latter spread huge mustard
plaster and clapped il upon the poor Gus
toner's breast.
Paddy with fearful eye, looking dowu
upon it, snid,-
"Doctor, doctor, dear, it strikes me that
it's deal Of musthard for so little aatef'
CootErnY- -MAsoULINE-If you wish to
be a favorite with the gals generally, attend
to their wants, that is,-
Give them ridcs--capdy -raisins-nuts
and such other delicate tribes. Gals like
trifles, You should help them crack tho
nuts occasionally, NJ
Talk and laugh about love affairs. The
laughing should be somewhat loud-not
exactly like the braying Of donkey, for
that would be rather beyond the mark
Keep on the ofr-Side--that is, don't com.
init yourself to any one in Particular
And what then? ..-..'' a''
Why, you will be louized to your
hearts content, till you become an old
bachelor, and thcn--you will genorallybe
despissd as you ought TO be Humpbi
who would be an aid bachelor Materials
for Thinking.
To keep alive the sacred fame Of free
dom by repeatedly bringing il before our
people, and the obligations we owe to our
brave and heroic ancestors for handing it
down to us uninipaited, is all right and
should never be forgotten, But when
political hucksters use II to shit their own
base purposes, they only smother the damo
by teaching the people to fall down aud
worship political Dagou-a shadow with.
out the Substance.
What a strange piece of inconsistency
70 attempt to hedge about moral principles
with political ehactments! They eau no
more exisl toeethar than oil can m with