Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-04-24


J III IL, The Boy na the Nyifns tana-t s..s;a Ia
Sudge GFosh, OF Pennsyyana, communicate the
following 10 the !" AM bassador: - 7'''7''
After she plea" guilty" was as entered an iths
Jury was sworn or affirmed small, very ryinteli!ent.
looking boy was called 10 the witness stanA sTre
defendants attorney objected TO bis estifying ac.s
count of his age, &c. The attorney for he Comm on
wealth said the boy was unusually intelligent and
requested the Court TO examine his competency, an >,
proceeded accordingly, very mildly: .4: ..is
Judge-Whati is your name, my son? .....g.
Boy Giving his name very ,istinct.
| ly, which do not now remember.) e'@ s.~>'@'. .
Judge-Where do you resde my little ..-
Boy-ln this city. sir. - l., ......
Judge-Haye you parent or parents alive and
residing here? -
boy-One only my mother ..' s.... -f ....I
Judge-Do you attend school, my soa? , t-.-@
| Boy-Yes, sir. .. - j. .-....s 10 .......
| Judge-I presume from Your intelligence and
praisewohy conduct here that you will soon be al.
lowed 10 attend the High School, and become a use.
| tul man and (f necessary assist yeur mother
This drew tears of pleasure TO his eyes, and he &c
pied that by the favor of the School Directors be had
attended the High School for the last six month";
| Juoge-How old are you, my good boy?
boy-My mother says that on Tomorrow w illbe
thirteen years old. ...0,
Judge-Are you here to give evidence 10 the urt
and jury in this case (naming.)
| Boy-Yes sir; it required so to do. .. ..
Judge-Do you know the solemnity of the obliea.
tions Of judicial oath. my son Reflect before you
answer. -
Boy-(very modestly) | think do ss'
Judge-What will be your punishment, my dea
| boy, If you swear falsely, or speak lie on OATH
Boy-I will be sent to the penitentiary, (weeping
and thus break my dear mothers heart (There
were other eyes besides his in that house ove zowin
with tears.) =
DEFENDANTS Attorney, Drowning y or, don't
you know that if you tell lie on your oatn, when
you die you will be endlessly tortured in fiery pool?
boy-Ihat would be additional nducement to
speak the truth, the whole TRUTH and nothing but
the truth but that punishment can be avoided by
tmeiy repentance put repentance will avail nothing
Judge-You are noble boy Who gave you
these excellent instructions!
Boy-My mother sir.
Judge-Such mother deserves such son! Il ay
our heavenly Father bless you both Mr.. Clerk
qualify the witness. He has, in this examina on,
| gwen us more common sense information on the
binding nature OF judicial oaths than all the musty
books in the court room could do. Repeal Your laws
TOR the punishment of peri and false swearing
will be as common it is now rare. An honest
person will speak the truth without an oath but
dIshones one were it not for fear of immediate pun.
ishment, would never testify truly, if lie would IN
bis estimation, benefit him more than truth.
| MEN WITH TAILs.-All the scientific esearch ;.
slowed Africa fails to confirm the reported exi $.
tence of caudaed race of negroes in the interior Of
hllcd' MI i. ). DOWen VINO spent several yeaIA
In the interior OF Central America, missionary Of
the Southern Baptist Board, makes references to the
subject in his recently published narrative 7 speak
ing OF Nassamu the executioner of the King cf Lorin
Gan interior city of at least 900 inhabltants) and
others with whom he conversed, he says: ...
The Moors and Arabs who had been every where
had told them wonderful stories of still other coun-
tries and tribes far of in the east. Somewhere on
the other side of Yakobu is tribe of people called
Aakere, none OF whom are more than three lee in
height. The chiefs little taller than the common
people The Alakere very ingenious people, es-
peclaly IN working lron and they 80 industrius
that their towns surrounded by walls. Beyc nd
these are tribe called Alabra. who have short in.
flexible tails AS the stiffness of their tails prevent
the Alablru from sitting fiat the ground, every
man carries a sharp pointed stick with which he
drills in he earth to receive his tail while sitting
They are industrious manufacturer. of iron bars,
which they sell to surrounding tribes. All the fine
swords in Sudan are made of this irCn And next
tribe in order the Alabiwoe, who have small
goat-Ike horn projecting from the middle of tn
forehead. For all that they are nice kind of black
people and quite intelligent. A woman of this tn ne
is now IN slavery at Ofa, near Ilorrin. She aW a
wears handkerchief around her head because sne
is ashamed of her horn. There are other people in
this DokO region who have four eyes. and others
VINO live entirely in subterranean galleries These
wonders were attested by natives and Arabs
Rather tough. But Mr.. Bowen does NJ, seen to
regard this testimony as conclusive. ..
A SCENE IN PAR1s-A Paris correspond cnt OF the
New York Commercial, noticing the opening OF
new market in Paris, says:
g Day before yesterday the designation of places
was to take place, and in the performance of this
duty the administration of the markets and the mar
ket women came to open and violent rupture A
deputation of six hundl ed of those women immeuI
atey repaired to The Tuillees and with vociferac ms
and loud clamors demanded 10 see the Emperor. Tbs
majesty gave orders for the presentation of some one
of the numbers to explain theiI difficulty, and afie
hearing the explanation, he promised 10 gve the af-
fair speedy attention. The morning pa,ors an
nounce, that yesterday he drove to the market in Is
phaeon and took cognizance Of the matter on the
ground. The spectacle of this great multitude of
market women in the court of the palace was so un.
usual, that before their departure immense crown
of people had collected on the outside of the iron
railing of the court" --.. ......,t ..
There was never more apt definition than that I y
celebrated statesman and w.t. who defined grGt1 tde
among politicians to be :" a lively sense of futsu
favors" Keen, isn't it? Who will say that graft.
tude is a virtue, after this ? a. . .... ...
"BLLY lie LEAVES OR | LEAvEs.'-At ZanesyE e. at the
goat hP about S It, the Gns day the
Dutch hoser rushing in almost breathless and exclaimed
at the topof his voice, Mcester Borter Meester Borer
vas Billy. say, Billy go down he says bah-bah-wa and
shus gifts upon his hind feet again. Billy 60 down.
and strikes at him NIT de bitch fork, when the stinknum
sheep pitch into and butts me down stairs mung de mule
Jacks who all kick hard dan dc goat so Meester
Bortcr, Billy he leaves or leaves! -. o.. .-.r..
SINGULAR OPTICAL DELUsIoN-There is not a French.
man LET him be ever SMALL and let the work engaged
nnon he as small himself but sets about it with the
thorough conviction that the eyes of Europe upon him
THE FIELD LTERATURE.-Of all the fields the field
literature one that has the greatest number OF
styles to it.
FAIR BUTT FOR R1DcU1E.-An old woman in hoops
SATrRIcar SENIaR of those old gentlemen whose