Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-11

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the bachelors of Indiana had good rea.
son to rejoice. since the Governor was
resolved TO sign the bill, rs he saw no
Improperly in its provisions; and rs
for its expedieucy, the legislators would
have 20 settle that matter with their
conscicnces; Il WIS none Of his busi-
ness.
The subjects Of Frederick the Great,
who bad any grievance to air or favor
to ask, were wont TO hang their petit
tions on q linden-tree at Potsdam. TO
have their prayers granted or refused
rs the King Inclined, without waiting
the pleasure OF Minister or Sec.
retary. The Pctitl0n-tree doubtless
bore strange fruits sometimes; but new
or did Old Fritz have a stranger docu-
ment submitted for his consideration
than one that found its way into the
hands Of Charles l. in 1910. This
unique petition ran as follows: "Where-
rs your Majesty's petitioner hath un-
derstood Of great discomfort in many
Of your Majesly's subjects at the gra-
cious mercy your Majesty was freely
pleased TO show upon your petitioner,
( by suspending the sentence OF death
/ pronounced against your petitioner;
/ these are hnmbly 60 besGech your
Majesty rather TO remit your petitioner
\ TO their mercies that are discontentcd.
( than TO Let him live the subject OF so
l great discomfort in your people
I against your Majesty; forir hath pleased
I God to give me grace to desire with
I the prophet, That II this storm be
raised FOR me, | may be cast into the
sea. that others may avoid the tenn
/ pest, This Is, most sacred Sovereign,
tho petition of him that should esteem
his blood were shed 10 cement the
breach between your Majesty aud your
subjects. Whether John Goodman s
crime deserved death or not. after srch
an appeal it was impossible for the
Crown to revoke is revocation OF the
sentence.
In very different style was her pres.
ent Majesty addressed by the lady,
Countess Of Derwentwater in her own
conceit. whose vagarirs led to her in-
generation in Newcastle jail. &c
Queen wrote she, "Mercy aud jus
tice is thy mission on earth, and why
allow one inofensive heir of Derwent
water 10 be falsely incarcerated, shut
mp for seven months, languishing, and
. deprived of even q breath of fresh airi
What doth IL profit man IL he gain the
whole world and lose his own soul
Are tyranny, torture aud wrong thC
I civil rights Of the people thou rulest,
! have kept all thy laws diligently. {
Queen, listen, lt is thy prcrogatiye n
, command. Let right be donel' Tn,
, crowns have fallen lately from the rega
, heads of several Princes In Europe
aud the greatest monarch that ever helt
the English sccpter looked back an,
, moralized, and Her Majesty exclaimed
! Millions of money for moments o
, time.
Ladies can wax wondgously grandilo
r quent when in the mind. A kentuckial
7 victim of mans Inconsistency thus Sc
: forth her PLANT In petition for divorce
: ozark clouds of discord began 10 lowe
$ over the sky OF wedded felicity, and tn
{ minacious lightning of disunion begal
} to dart its lurid flames across gloom
q clouds Of atramental blackness, Obscur
> ing every star of hope and happines
Y whose Respondent glory illuminate
j. the dawn OF the first few brief years q
c her welded life, when she gave he
i hand and nu undivided heart TO tho dc
V fendant, who in the sultry month q
Y July, 1876. after having been warml
= and suugly wiutared within tho fon
4 I embraces of her loving arms, and close
!, ly nestled To a heart that beat alone 70
: the defendant, showed his base, blac
}. ingratitude by abandoning her wiihou
cause whatever, except the insatiabl
o thirst for novelty, which is the predon
!, inant character of defendant nature.
i II the deserted one was in the habit {
T. holding forth in this style, the wOnde
I Is that the union endured even ie'
r brief years.
d A very extraordinary petition for d
5 voree once came before the Courts !
Y Tennessee. The petitioner set fort
a that his wife died in February, 1871
d leaving eight childreni that his mother
# in-law took great interest in her CRANE
n children; and feeling that she wa
o nearer and dearer TO his children tina
|. any other human being, and was boun
d TO them by the ties of common aiieI
!, ton, he, in September OF the sam
N year. married his mother-in-law;
l. never occurring TO him or her thi
n there was any technical objection
Il their taking such a step. Two montf
d afterward, he was Mortified by acc
Z. dentally discovering, not only that b
IS had committed an illegal act, but OF
e unsanctioned by the church Of whic
% he was a member. He therefore pet
B toned the Court to pronounce the ma
, riage null and void tpd declare con
n plainant and defendant free from Il
), supposed obligation and its cons
}. duences. No opposition being raise
+, on the lady's part, the Court decree
il accordingly. and the toO-hastily ool
II traoted union was formally dissolved,
5, Another attempt 10 escape the co
l. SEQUENCES of q matrimonial misadye