New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-05
The Sunday Law IL P,ss.burx.
From the Pittsburg Gazette We extract the fol-

From the Pittsburg Gazette We extract the fol-
lowing:
On Friday morning, in the Supreme Court, in the
case of James Nesbit the driver Of John r Logan
Esq, on an appeal from the decision 0f Mayor Wea-
he es Il aS 81 hp pqaag g
read the opinion Of the Court embracing full dis
cuss0n of the subject of Sabbath observance, in
its relation to the necessary and ordinary avoca-
He quoted from the Mayors return, that the
crime was: performing worldly employment by
driving carriage on Sunday, with persons in Il
who were not travellers He showed that the first
three words Of this quotation were unnecessary to
description Of the act, and remarked that no fur
ther guilt was incurred under the deed alleged than
if the defendant had been driving . carriage con-
tanning his own family and not the family Of an
employer. Hence the decision Of the Mayor was
reversed. -s,,a5s ss
A law of long standing is to be interpreted, to
some extent by the usages Of the country which
have been prevailed under it. Sunday laws are
not to enforce religion, but to protect customs.
which may have originated with our religion, from
the attacks of vice and immortality. No means
generally considered necessary for the observance
of the day are prohibited. All those customs and
usages which society recognizes as ordinary and
usual, are to be considered allowable under the
law. The law regards that as necessary which
the common sense Of community, in its ordinary
modes of doing business, regards as necessary.
With this view the labors Of Clergyman organist,
SEXTON physician, are works of necessity In carry.
ing on these and kindred works, driver, with
horses and carriage, may be employed. Society
has, by its long established customs, sanctioned
the practice. Iron and glass are considered necea-
sary; and the law admits the necessity Of Sunday
labor to produce them.
A SUSPICIOUS PERsoN.-In the Montgomery Ad-
vertiser of Thursday last, we find the following:
For some time past the hands OF this mysterious
individual have been unemployed. There Is q very
fair prospect at present. however that this monOf-
"a n 1Narat tovNs1k 1af
posed abolition emissary, whose detection and
arraignment at Prattville we mentioned the other
day, has been released, and is reported to be now
opments goto establish his guilt he may in if dis
covered, that our citizens will not exercise similar
forbearance towards him. They have been aston
ished at the leniency shown to this presumed insur
rectonist by our Antanga neigbors, and are deter
mined to use every endeavor to administer that
punishment, if deserved, which was peculiarly the
province of those who first arrested him.
We have been kindly permitted TO- use the fol-
lowing letter, which was found upon the person Of
this individual, and taken from him at Prattville.
It will be seen that it pretty well establishes his
completely with Brown and his myrmidons
eAlr. William Loomis will 20 to Georgia. Stop
at Montgomery; from there go to. Kingston, get
the best men and make thorough work. From
there go to Coosa county do your work well then
60 to Lowndes county Rev Abbsrtsons head
headquarters at Tuscaloosa. tSignature.)
yeSt6rQaY,
at the office of Drs. Bennett & Chaffee No. Is
South Fifth street. some very interesting relics of
past creation They are portions Of the sub-max-
Hilary bone of a Mastodon, which were found some
weeks ago in limestone quarry in the neighbor-
hood OF Alton, Illinois. Except these fragments,
no other portions Of the animal could be discov-
cred. The portions found, however possess extra
ordinary interest. They appear to be, not fossil
lied specimens of an antedeluvian race, but the
veritable jaw-bone and teeth of the animal, such
as they during life; the osseous structure and
substance being preserved in q very remarkable
degree. In each fragment are three molar teeth,
the enamel of which still retains its whiteness and
general characteristics. Some of the teeth are
much worn, thus showing that the old ruminant had
owned them long time, and had not omitted to
use them while in his possession. The jaw-bone
has every appearance Of bone, and for all that we
can perceive to the contrary is bone, and not fos-
sill missouri Republican.
baker in England stole q tombstone for the
hearth of his oven. One of his customers, finding
a death hs-head on the bottom of his loaf Of bread
ran in dismay to his deacon fearing the end Of the
world was approaching. The latter was in equal
trepidatOn, when, on examining his own loaf. he
found the bones. In their alarm they adrecourse
to the parson, who could afford them no consola-
ton, inasmuch as Resurgam'' was legibly set
forth in bold relief upon his own loaf.