The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-17

Texas, was fisf I candidate for Office, 6e visited a from
tier county, ip which be was, except by reputation, 4
stFangeF.s Hearing that = trial for felony would take
place IN = fey days, he determined to volunteer for the
defence. The prisoner was charged with having stolen
a pistol the defence was not guilty The volunteer
counsel conducted the defence with great ability. He
confused the witnesses, palavered the court, and made
an able, eloquent, and successful argument. The pris.
oner was acauitted-he had not stolen the pistol. The
counsel received the enthusiastic applause Of the audi
ence, His innocent client awaited himself Of the EARL.
est interval in the hurricane Of congratulations to take
his. counsel aside. MY dear SIR said he, 8 you have
saved. pe, and l am very grateful. I have no money,
do not expect to have any, and do not expect ever to sec
you again; but to show that I appreciate your services,
you aseN have Me pi.tol!' So saying he drew from his
pocket, and presented to the astonished attorney, the
very pistol the attorney had just shown he had never
stolen OF had in his possession.
May you live until the French Academy completes its
dictionary of the language ! It has now in press a
Quarto volume Of 400 pages, on which it has been at
work since 1888, ( just stwenty- four years. and which
contains the torttsth part of the letter A! The whole
dictionary will be complete in about nine thousand two
hundred yesrs-thst is, in the year of grace II, 057.
The volume in press is designed as a specimen of the
work, the Academy being DESTROYS Of receiving the OBJ
pse~rvasions OF the learned mer. Of Europe upon it before
proceeding any further in the work. ~ 1t gives the has
tosy'o every word in the. language, showing when aud
how it was introduced, and what and in which manner
its meaning gradually changed. N. Patin has written
the preface to the volume ~. ..~ ss~. ..a.a M,.4
An Irish paper, in describing a human body lately
discovered in an extraordinary state Of preservation in
a peat bog near Mullingar, says that 8 it appeared to be
that Of strong, muscular man, and exhibited no per
ceptible marks Of violence, except that the head was Sc
yered from the neck just on q line with the root Of the
tongue The exception seems rather an important one.
Our Hibernian contemporary apparently makes light
Of a somewhat serious mutilation, in virtually stating
that the deceased person had only had bis head cut of.
An amusing incident occurred a day or two since, in
the city Of New Yotk, in the ofRceof the Superintendent
of the Poor. There was a tremendous pressure there,
and the officers were much inconvenienced. One Of
Them tried a singular experiment in hope Of getting rid
Of the clamorous crowd Of paupers. He quietly made
his way into the. midst Of thu throngsxnd began to talk
about one of the Savings banks having suspended, or
being about to close its 6oors, when an immediate thin
ming cut commenced. These paupers were suddenly
alarmed and rushed ont to secure their deposits. !
The ruling passion was pecently exhibited in a re-
markable manner, on the occasion OF a funeral. An old
lady had lost her husband, and on the day Of the funeral
her n~eighbors were somewhat tardy in appearing at the
soaemnitieS. ~..A-- Ill q - l~- iel5s-. -Ht
'Nabby,' said the old woman, hand me my knitting;
/ might as we'll be taking q few stitches while the
gathering is taken place, ~" ~ ~..i SAB cit. -.4
QUITE DECISIVE Did you ever consider Mr..
Smith insane /? asked a lawyer Of a witness in a crimi-
nal case, Yes, sir, | did Upon what grounds did
you base that impression 2 Why, I lent him a silk
umbrella and five pounds, and he returned both
Conscience is a great ledger book, in which all our Of
fences ARE registered, and which time reveals to the
sense and feeling Of the offender. !. -sll4- B.. -4-. 81.