The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-02-02

membrance of his wifes devotion in sick
ness was like an oasis in the desert 1t is
true, it was her duty to take care of him
in sickness, but her devotion was not
bounded by the mandate of duty it was
the offspring of love. 1t was the hearts
tribute; and her husband saw that her
erumbling was only dark shadow OBJ
scuring the brightness of her character,
and he chased the cloud away.
Mohemmed Pacha's Letters from
New York.
TIE REAR ADMIRAL VISITS THE COURTS
HIS OPINION OF ELECTED JUDeEs--ABoUT
JURIEs.
To Tie AmiaJle but inexperienced Abel
Ben HaSsan, atmosphere of my lungs:
In the company of this young person
visited some Of the courts. The first room
we entered was devoted to criminal busi-
ness 10y which phrase I would not have
you understand the ordinary chicanory of
the profession, but the conviction and pun.
ishment of cuIprits who have insulted the
majesty of the state.) On, entering The
apartment, we were told by blue coated
official to find seats. Inasmuch as there
we're already some two hundred more peo.
pie than chairs in this shrine of justice, we
concluded to disregard this command, ard
content ourselves with being Standing
Committee Of Inspection; my companion
at the same time asking the officer whether
be had ever heard of the Croton Aqueduct,
or Beau Byummel's remark about tho
value of clean linen, and whether his laun.
dress was we'll of for soap.
My attention was naturally attracted
toward the dais on which the judge was
seated. will confess that his appearance
was not venerable nor commanding and
had I not known that the Americans are
wise people. should never have sup
posed him to be fitted either by nature or
requirements for the duties Of his position.
I noticed however, that he displayed great
vigor in the mastication Of tobacco. and
invariably prefaced the solemn sentence Of
a criminal to prison by copious discharge
Of the resulting juice.
On inquiring into the method Of his up.
pointment I was informed that he was
elected by the enlightened voters Of the
city.-His history is fine illustration Of
the manner in which true greatness and
goodness are rewarded in a free communi.
ty. He began life as q druggists clerk.
Finding in this business no scope for his
aspiring genius he renounced it for the post
of third mate in Liverpool packet, but
sea.sickness having made him sick of the
sea, he returned to New York, and i'm.
Inediately opened law Office in Centre
street, near that airy edi6ce, the Egyptian
Tombs. His scrupulous honesty and va.
ried learning soon surrounded him with a
cloud of clients, and by his exertions he
was enabled to retain in the bosom O
society several hundred burglars, thieves
and ssssssins, who might otherwise have
been banished to the desoate shades o
Sing Sing and the Island, while larg'
number of ruffans, whose straw bail, pro
cured by him, was forfeited were enabled
to depart to other cities where they nigh
pursue without interruption their ingenious
vocations.-Although he practiced hi
profession from motives of the most dsin
terested benevolence yet he received from
his clients such fees as they could afford
old clothes, household furniture, teaspoon
family Bibles, stolen watches, diamond
and plate, bowie.knives and revolvers
which he disposed of at auction and
the probabilities were that any culprit
would be sentenced to the State Prison
he would take their money and other val
uables "to keep for them" and when th
prisoners were discharged, after the laps
Of two or three years, he would forge
that he had ever met them discharge
convicts being, Of course person whose ac
quaintance it is not desirable to perpetu
ate. In this way he acquired some wealt
and with it considerable influence. B
spending all his leasure time in grog shop
of the Sixth ward, for the purpose, sur
pose, of warning the habitues of those e.
Establishments against the evils of intempel
ance, he secured the confidence of th
voters whom he happened TO meet Their
and was soon known as leading man
local politics. His merit was next reco.
nized in Tammany Hall where true mer