Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-08-07

\ POLITICIAN on The B1BLE.-The
Blddefard Onion tells a good story Of
the Hon. Nathan Cliff1rd, FIX Attorney
Gen. of the United States. Ex- Minister
to Mexico, &c, and now the dispenser
Of the national patronage for and with
in the State Of Maine. 1t viii be recol-
lected that Mr. Clifford was council for
knight, whose trial for murder at Lewis
ton, last winter. excited considerable
attention; but it may not be generally
known that as an advocate it IS doubt
full wheth praxity or ponhosty is his
strong point. Ba: In the case alluded
to, uhen he was about in the middle OF
his wi lie waste of argument, in order
TO clench a very improbable hypothesis
of his invention, he remarked. with por-
te1tious solcmnity and great emphasis.
$ seret things belong to God =
At this point, says the Journal, thu
learned counsel laid down brief, took
off his spectacles, and thrusting his hands
deep into his pockets. observed to the
Court. that he vas indebted TO his Hon
OF. Ju re Rec, for this thought. W. o,
al the trial, reminded him that it was the
language of Hon. Peleg Sprague, In con
dncting his argument for Sager.
Deepy impressed with its forcible Ian
guage. as well as with the originality OF
the idea, he, Mr. Clifford. suspected
that it must have been borrowed by Mr..
Sprague, and now having devoted some
tine to he Investigation, he was happy
to state to the Honorable Court that he
had traced the quotation TO its soursc
b. diligently searching the authorities.
he had asettained that the language was
first used by Ny Lord Hale.in his pleas of
tn crown referring the Court to the
volume and page.
This was to much for til. County At
torney, Mr.. Goddard one of the oppos-
ing counsel, who interposcd, 'Oa Mr..
Cliff I'd that is ia the Bible. You will
find it in d ,uter1nOmy Chap. 29-v 90
'rakan una wares at this unexpected cor
rection. Mr.. Clifford turned to M G.
an! sad. Young man, you are getting
very asrv3as. | d not wa: to b in.
serupte in this way.
The gravity Of the Court re- xad for
IN Din mt. at this unexpected view Of the
case, an II was some moments before
the learned couns resumed the thread
Of his argument. 50 inc jn,in ,ntly broken
bg tn lu.in y Correction Of Mr.. God
dard
HONESTLY CONFESSED. -fhe Belfast
J0uraa announcing the fusion Of the Ban
gor Democrat and Bangor Journal
saws
We are CAD oftAe change. Il nas gre
.rigus frce last y ar. to see the JJrsdi
hy the aetiea Of til wing state conven-
mn. maintaining an anomalous position
as Wig paper w1en. as every school
boy knew, the only -stion was b.
chaaaa or Fremont. Fillmore. the
Know Notain. candid4te. pr s-ntin- n
practical point, only as a halfway rock
for people to ST on All cool until they
could se, whore ii VS. expe.iient 10 20
The i n+or Jsaraai has be n "a
gTievoaS farce politically. ever sc- IL
t.>ta5 : meat 1t has never dared to
stand - the resolutions Of It's own
'.Stra.t Wig" Convent N AMI has
Been usel simply as a stool pigeon far
the sham dcnla racy \ fay honest
wings followed i; aatii the disguise was
worn - thin that both horns and hoof
stuck mt. They then left is track. and
vent uhere Their prfncipiss had AWAY.
impeliel them, to tie Republican par y
The rest OF the striagAtosts "a forlorn
fra
their proclvites led ,hem-and thu
Journal and its party are no moro
The animus of the paper. however. vii!
re-apsar in the demo-. ate Bangor
Daily Caion. There is. in fact no
chang, except Of name, from what the
Journal has been for months back
Uhig.
1uE KANSAS ELEcTroNS-The I.aav-
enworth Times Of the 2jth states that