Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-02-14

preparation to pay the rent of tn. ho,,a ap
| referred anu Adooer company;
MT Morgan, by consent, introduced io,n,
resolution requesting the Mavor ~ go, Io ;,h
i leslueht OF the United States relative to the
anaug uration Of the statue Of Washington ON tn.
ga inst passed. WI VII INC
Mr; fowell presented bill making appropria.
uon 70 pay to each military company, and fire
company, the sum Of fifty dollars; and to the Ma
SONG order, Odd Fellows, and Sons of Malta.
| s!Sn'y dollars each providing they elt ,rtain Wis
tiers upon that day; referred to joint COMMITTEES
| OF arrangements. O0"i''ee
Mr. Powell, from claims committee renorted
adversely on the petition Of J. R Maly for certain
relief and the committee was discharged
MI Given, from same committee reported ad.
| sion of fine e A'i io''iS
Also, upon the bill for relief Of Isaac Reed and
The committee was discharged N'A
ar. POWELL, from same committee. reported ,
Dill Tor the relief Of J. y. Pearson: passed
MIR. Meade, from the police comnp;ttee ,.o...,
tnat oy instruction of the board they inquired of
lne May0r what portion of appeal cases are collect
OF them are collectabe 1
| Mi: morgan, from canal committee reported a
OH Ior repair Of steam dredge and scows; passed
Mr, russell moved to reconsider the vote by
.he BOARD indefinitely postponed the bill to
passed. '0i"ey'
Mr.. Morgan offered a communication from the
Commissioner of the west section of the Canal in
| relation TO the Canal; referred to the Committee
| before Congress. This suggests that the Govern.
meht In justice should pay part Tor cleansing the
C"nai. lnasmuch as it is filled up by sediment
| from Government property.
| The Aldermen's resolution requesting the Mayor
20 recommend the observance Of the 22d holt
| day, was passed.
| ascertain what arrangements have been made and
call special meeting of the Boards, if he deem
| necessary; passed.
Aldermen's bills making appropriation for
dredging; relative to receiving, weighing, and
| iroVlnS water pipes, &c /; for relief of r. b
Clark and J May; regulating the distribution
| OF Potomac water; authorizing the LAYING of
| main on ID street, between Ninth and Eleventh:
and resolution relative to proposals for water
pipes, We're referred. And the Board adjourned
LECTURE AT THE SMrrHsoNraN-Tbe hall of
| the Smithsonian was filled last evening on the
| occasion of Prof Bledsoes first lecture on the
social Destiny OF Man y The lecturer COM
| mencsd by referring to the opinion of plato
| Arst lie, Monteslue, and Rouse III in relation to
the subject of which lie was that evening tn treat
lac dc; laratlon OF Rousseau that the morality of
| an act depended solely on the intention without
any limitation, he remarked was false in theory
| and In fact If good intention in company with
| Ignorance and vice could take life, then good in
| ten.lon In company with law Inio bit do precisely
| the same thing. He who took of the head of his
| fellow man with good Intention could not blame
another Tor relieving him of his also with like
| purpose lie did not deny that a man stonld al
| ways obey the dictates of his conscience but on
| the contrary insisted that he should thus act and
| above all should ne obey his conscience in seek
| Ing the l1gh of truth. Moral law was tn. great
| Limitation of the conscience Conscience t6ere
tore, was not the supreme law of the world: there
| was law Tor the conscience itself. according to
| winch IL must and will iudye. Rousseau would
IN vain ignore this law; but it is the moral law of
| the universe, by which his conscience and his
good intentions will be tried
| There were in this day MANY Rousseau,s who
| tnouSht they could not be in the wrong if thew
| only acted In conformity with their conscience
DtGause 'hGy considered that conscience was in
Iaillole. Hence they forgot and neglected the
first great duty; the duty on which ali Others de-
| pended, viz: the duty to educate and enIighten
| the conscie fence itself Conscience was the vice
| Scrent OF God, set up by Him in their breasts
aId therefore should BE- subject to his instruction
| 1t was absolutely limited by those INSTRUCTIONS
| and needed them greatly. 1t was not the sun of
the moral world; but it was only the eve by
| which that sun seen. 1t could not l-oisl.te.
| bat merely received and recorded the leUisaton
| Of the deeds. 1t was not tue Heavenly voice As
Rousseau called it. but only the ear into which
that vo ce played In short. conscience was the
window of the soul, located in its lofty dome of
| Reason, that the light of Heaven might sprinr
| trough and illuminate immortal yangt One or
the most dangerous and fatal errors of man was in
his living up to what he styled his belief in con
| sclence-ln this way eXCusing himself for the
| comnlttal OF the most awful deeds-and men
we. were often praised nay even worshipped he
| roes ana deni-gods, like Robespierre and others
because they lived up to their conscience
1t was said that epicurean philosophy was the
great cause re-, OF the corruption and downfall of
Europe. This was indeed so; but it was equally
true that the eplcurean character had seized on
the vitals OF Rome ere 1t was embraced as a doc
trlne by the epicurean philosophers. The simple
words of Cpsars. :! that men loved darkness
better than light because their deeds were evil ;,
was indeed great law. Voltaire described the
duty OF lying on the score of good intention
Lying, he said, . was only vice when it did
harm. 1t was great virtue when it did coed
Let them, them" continued Votaire Dr.. be more
vlrtuous than ever. Let them like the devil not
llImialy, but boldly: as great politicians should
a u. q nn1o
such Intentions, whether good, bad or ind r,er-
emit Were such intentions good Good nten-
tions which conceived, plotted and executed the
massacre or st Bartholomew. and then shouted
for JOY over the deed Good intentions which
throu- h all time had crucitted innocence and pIo
rlhed the guilty! Good intentions which through
all tue nations and the ayes of the world had con
vnlsed the world and mad, it burst int, rivers of
blood But let them turn from the horrd spec
tacie to contemplate that sublime good intention
Of truth and love which the Almighty had re-
vealed on purpose TO inspire diluted moTtaIs with
Infinitely better intentions.
SUPREME COURT Yesterday Simon Yaldes
Esq, of Indiania was admitted an attorney and
counsellor Of this Court.
No. AZ Robert III Cages exeautors appellants
aet Alexander Cassiday ct al. Appeal from tn.
circuit court of the United States for the southern
districtof Mississippi. Mr. Justice Campbell
delivered the opinion of the Court reversing the
decree OF the said circuit court, with costs and
remandng the cause for futher proceedings to
t oe had thereon, in conformity to the opinion OF
tnlS court.
No 81 Joseph 8. Cuculler, plaintiff in error
agt Louis Emmerlng. In error to the cir:uit
court Of the United States for the eastern district
OF Louisiana. Mr.. Justice Grier delivered the
opinion OF the Court affirming the Judgment of
The said circuit court in this cause with costs
No. So, The Philadelphia Wilmington. and
Baltimore Railroad Company, appellants. ant
the Philadelphia and Havre de Grace steam
Towboat Company: Appeal from the circuit
court OF the States for the southern district
OF Maryland. Mr. Justice Gfier delivered the
opinion OF the Court affirming the decree of the
sara circuit court IN this cause, with costs
NO q Original dOcket-exparte } In the mat
Ter OF Mary b. Penrose, complainant. agt Joseph
t. Wilkinson. On petition for a peremp tory
mandamus, &c. Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered
me opinion OF Court, that the nandamus prayed
for De denied and that the said petition be and
Is hereby dismissed
No =. The United States, appellants. act.
James ID. Galbraith ct al The argument of this
cause was concluded by Mr. E. NJ Stanton for
the appellants
No "A. The United States, appellants agt An
ionic Maria Oslo This cause was argued by Mr.
E. Nj. Stanton for the appellants
No IS. TIE United States appellants agt the
widow and heirs of Marcus West deceased The
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