The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-01-18

say:
Again, w ask ourselves, what We are 70
cay about those woe stricken women dig
ging the earth, blowing. hoeing and driving
carts, reminding us Of those Of only little
darker hue we have seen on Southern plan
tations. Alasl in some other respects they
resemble them-in their deep degradation.
One who has lived here long, and mingled
with them in . way to know, says they are
bought and sold every day, not at public
auction, but private auction, and the trifing
sum for which they may be had proves how
wretched must be their poverty.
Translated for the Evening Post
Mohammed Pacha's Letters from New
| York.
The Rear Admiral Visits the Courts
Hais Opinion OF Elected Judges-Abous
JufieS,
To the Aniab1e 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 business
(by which phrase would not have YOU I'M
derstand the ordinary chicanery Of the pro.
fession, but the conviction and punishment
of calprits who have insulted the majesty
of the state.) On entering the apartment,
we were told by a blue coated official to find
seats. lnasmuch as there were already some
two hundred more people than chairs in this
shrine OF justice we concluded to disregard
this command, and content ourselves with
being Standing Committee Of Inspection
my companion at the same time asking the
officer whether he had ever heard Of the
Croton Aqueduct, or Beau Brummel 3 remark
about the value Of clean linen, and whether
his laundress was well of for soap.
My attention was naturally attracted to-
ward the dais on which the judge va seat
ed. will confess that his appearance was
not venerable nor commanding, and had
not known that the. Americans are wise
people, | should never have supposed him to
be fitted either by nature or requirements
for the duties Of his position. noticed
however, that he displayed great vigor in the
mastication OF tobacco, and invariably pre-
faced the solemn sentence of o criminal to
prison by copious discharge Of the result
ing juice
On inquiring into the method Of his APP
pointment was informed that he was cleo
ted by the enlightened voters of the city
His history is a fine illustration of the man
| ner in which true greatness and goodness
| 0AC ICWuIuCu Az lIcC CUutuuulby. Ilc Ut-
gan life as druggists clerk Finding in
this business no scope for his aspiring genius
he renounced it for the post Of third mate nj
q Liverpool packet, hut seasickness having
made him sick of the sea, he returned to
New York, and Immediately opened law
Office in Centre street, near that airy edifice,
the Egyptian Tombs HIS scrupulous hon
esty and varied learning soon surrounded
him with cloud Of clients, and by his ex-
ertions he was enabled to retain in the bo-
som of society several hundred burglars,
thieves and assassins, who might otherwise
have been banished to the desolate shades Of
Sing Sing and the Island, while large num-
Der of rufians, whose straw bail procured by
him, was forfeited were enabled to depart to
other cities where they might pursue with
out interruption their ingenious vocations.-
Although he practised his profession from
motives of the most disinterested benevolence
yet he received from his clients such fees
as they could afford, old clothes, household
furniture, teaspoons, family Bibles, stolen
watches, diamonds and plate, bowie knives
and revolvers, which he disposed of at auc--
ton; and If the probabilities were that any
culprits would be sentenced to the State
Prison, he would take their money and other
valuables "to keep for them" and when the
prisoners were discharged, after the lapse Of
two or three years, he would forget that he
had ever met them discharged conyicts be-
ing, OF course person whose acquaintance it
is not desirable to perpetuate. In this way
he acquired some wealth, and with it con-
siderable inf ue nee. BY spending all his
leisure time in grog shops of the Sixth ward,
Tor the purpose, suppose, ofwarning the
habitues of those establishment against the
evils of intemperance, he secured the conf
dance of the voters whom he happened to
meet there, and was soon known rs leading
man in local politics. His merit was next
recognized in Tammany Hall where true
merit is sure to be recognized and he soon
became distinguished in the peaceful and en- |
nobling discussions which were held in that /
famous edi6ce. BY freely distributing his |
honest gains to the more needy members Of |
that charitable society, the Columbian Order
he secured the nomination to the high off ce |
which he now holds, and was elected as a |
matter of course, since the voters of New
York well know that any candidate who is /
nominated by the Sachems must be an en-
bodiment of all the virtues. Since his ac-
cession to the Bench justice has been busy
with her golden scales 1.-THE scales being N
her hands, and not over her eyes, as some
libellers assert.) Many boys and women
have been immured by him in the penitentia-
ry for improvement and encouragement and
Il large number or gamblers rowdies, and
seoundrels of every type, have been admon-
shed and set free, to reform themselves, and
to work in the ranks of the party for the
general good of society. | am panied to saw
that detraton and calumny. have assailed the
good name of this eminent dignitary, but |
haII tIat h.. II |
attacks. He has that.sublime self assurance
which springs from clear conscience and
a native talent
You, my inexperienced friend, sweet son
of Hassan, knowing as little about the gIori-
GUS system defective judiciary as Bactrian
camel knows of Roman punch, may deem it
essential to the purity and dignity of the
Bench that man should be appointed there
to by lofty impartial power, and for pro-
tracted tenure; that he should be fitted by
elaborate education for tile solemn and deli
cate duties OF his trust; that no breath Of !
suspicion should dim the lustre Of his integri
ty; that no political schemer should for q
dare to assail with intrigue or tempt
him by impure motive; but you must remcm-
Der that Constantiaople aud New York are
not geographically nor morally one and the
same place. Great and good judges are
reared here like great and good cabbages -
They are fortified by filth. They grow up
crisp, pure, fresh from the rich compost OF .
elective corruption.
Before had a chance to investigate mr-
Their the mysteries Of the criminal law. The |
of the room became SO oppres-
sive that | retired to an adjacent apartment I
where, as was told BY my companion, civil I
causes are tried. The tribunal is called the. q
Circuit, he said, because justice here reach
IS the suffer In a circuit-ous manner, after
! serpentine ramble Of several years. You
will at once perceive the immense adyanta-
,es Of such delay. fla man has claim Of
ZEN thousand piastres, it will be doubled BY
he accretion, Of interest and costs before tbe
init is tried. If the debtor then appeals the
Jourt of General Term will, in the exercise
II their better judgement, correct the blunder
u their brother below by ordering a new
rial Alter this new trial is had another