Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-04
How the Devil Came to be the Patron
Saint of the Lawyers

AN ANCIENT HISTORICAL ANECDOTE
When Popery in Britain swayed, I've read,
The lawyers feared they would be dam'd W hen
Because they had no Saint to hand their
prayers,
And in Heavens court take care of their af-
fairs.
Therefore consulting, E5vanns they sent
10 Rome with a huge purse, on this intent,
That to the Holy Father making known
Their wotul case, He might appoint them one.
Being arrived, be opens his complaint
10 language smooth, and humbly begs saint ;
For why, says he, when others on Heaven
would call,
Physicians, seamen, scholars, tradesmcn, all,
Have their owo saint, we lneoyers none at all.
The Pope was puzzled, never puzzled worse,
For with pleas ID eyes saw he the profered
purse,
But e'er in all his knwlcdgc or his reading,
Had met with one good man who practlced
pleading.
Who then should be the saint he could not
tell;
At length the thing was thus concluded we'll ::
Within our city, says his Holiness,
There is one church illcd with the images
vi all the Saints, with whom the wallis sur
rounded
Bhndfold Eca~nS, lead him three times around
IheL let him feel, ibut give me first the
And axe the first he finds, for better or for
worse.
Roubd went EranalS, till he came where stood
Saint Michael, with the Devil under foot;
And grouping round, he scizd d old Satan s
head,
THIS be our SAINT .4men! the Father said
JUDGE MONCURE OF THE COURT OF Ap-
PEALS. We are authorized to make the graft
lying statement that Judge Moncure has no
Intention OF reslgnng his position as Judge Of
the Court Of Appeals at present, and expects
to hold it until the end Of the term for which
he was elected, unless something now untor.
seen shall occur to prevent. There have been
rumors afoat to the contrary for several months,
and the public mind has been greatly disturb
cd thereby. The ability and great purity of
the Judge has given him hold on the affec
tons Of the people Of the State, and his opin-
Ions carry with them judicial weight, such as
have won for hlm an envisablc and eminent
reputatlon-not measured by mere State
boundaries. To the bar aud most of the peo-
pie OF Virginia who know him, words of com
A4lIuoaliOu oupCluuUuS OpCUulDS MS lIC
partly in the quiet and scclusion Of his loved
home in Stafford, where he follows the simple
and healthtul pursuits of agriculture, and part
y IN the efficient discharge Of the most exalted
luollc trust which can be performed by the
etizeo, his simplicity, purity, aud quiet digni-
'y Of character, added to his large learning,
acknowledged maturity Of judgmct, and in
corruptlble integrity Of conduct, make him
c'lzen aud Judge who merits and receives the
cordial esteem and admiration of all who know
hun. Many of the leading barristers of the
State have urged Judge Moncure to dismiss
the matter of resignation-ife entertained
Ills mind, and We are quite sure the gratifca-
ton that he has done so, will be general. =
fredericksburg Herald.
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