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May 12, 1860-2-tf MAE8HALL, LES A DeBKTJHL. f I "'HE undersigned have associated with them JL in the Practice of the Law, STEPHEN C. DzBRUHL, Esq. All business entrusted to their care will receive prompt attention. J. FOSTER MARSHALL. W. A. LES. January 12,1967.' : NOTICE.# . ^IMPLICATION will be madeto'-thdaLegts Jt\. lure at its next setting for an amenament of the Charter of the Theological Seminary of the Synod ofj$ooth Carfolioa and Georgia, located at Columbia. Sept. 9th, 1869. 19 8m , FOR SALE. OAA BUSHELS of Gale Wheat at >1.60 per bosbal for Catb. Apply to ' - ,W. JOEL SMITH. . Stonay .^tMbUvilla l>ia . ? -r. .-V . . .. .. V Ftoui Burr's Dictionary of Love. BONNIE BEiL. Like two rosebuds crushed in enow Are the checks of Bonnie Bel), Like tiie viob-ts thftt grow 'Wong t!i dn-.aioB in the dell Arc her eyes?the bIbtb of night Ne'er a mortal heart did swell With such pure and fond delight As the eves of Bonnie Bell. Mus'o trembles on the lip Of the fairy Bonnie Bell ; Oh ! I'd t?ive such sVveelato sin. Wealth that Crajsus ne'er could tell ; 1 would coin my brain and soul, Could the mintage buy a spell That would waft me to iny goal? Waft and win me Bonnie Belli Ab the sound of silver fine, Is the voice of Bonnie Bell; "Wit, like bubbles on the wine, Fure as pearls in ocean shell, Sparkle through her golden theme; Joyful os a marriage bell I could glide ado wd life's stream lu one boat with Bonnie Bell. Written' rnn the imivsb. JOHN'S BAPTISM. NO. 3. 1. ''By 'what formula; did John administer Baptism ? 2. Was Johu's Baptism, Christian Baptism ? 3. If John's baptism waft Christian Baptism, why were the j)eople who submitted to it baptized ? 4. Why was our Lord Jesus Christ bnp tized ? 5. And, upon what profession of Faith? C. What docs baptism represent? 7. If it represents '.be burial nnd resurrection of Clirist, what represents tbe deEfeiision of the Holy Ghost, or, the baptism of the Holy Ghost ? 8. By what mode was baptism administered ? 9. If by immersion, soow how "into means muter ?" 4. Query. "Why wa3 our Lord Jesus Christ baptized f There exists a wide difference of opinion among pedo-baptists relative to this ques- i tion. Some assign one reason,?others another. And while they "Veason among themselves" they seem careful to avoid the obvious answer, lest perhaps a suspicion should be awjiJceced ?stO the correctness of some of their own views ard practices.? Among tlio wild extravagances into which j smne of these run, I shall notice hut one, | which is perhaps, a more common opinion than any other. And that is. that he was "baptized, that he might be inducted into hiss priestly office. In whatever light we look at this answer it appears simply ri 'iculous. And ! think the following considerations will make it thus appeal to any candid reader. 1. Xo such thing is any where staled in the Scriptures. 2. Christ was a priest after the order of Melcliit>af<cck, and not after that of Aaron. Now when, wheie, and by whom was Melcliisadeck indu'-.teJ into his office. 3. The "dour of ihe Tabernacle of the congregation" was the place for inducting a priest, and not in the river Jordan. 4. Where did John get bis authority for luuuciuig luecraviour mio ins priestly office. Was this a part of his work ? where is it so said I *** 5. If tbe Saviour's baptism was his indue* into the priestly office where was the young bullock,?tbe two rams>?tbe Unleavened bread?tbe cpfees tempered with oil, and tbe wafers? And where were tbe priestly garments, tbe breastplate, tbe girdle &c ? Is it not ridiculous to suppose that the immersion of the sacred body of the Saviour was analagous to all the forms of priestly induction? 6. Is it apparent that John was qualified by birtb to induct a priest into his office ? 7. Why should he be inducted into one i - oiuce ana into no other ! 8. What constitutes his anointing 1 If it be said that the descent of the Spirit constituted thi*, - how can it be shown whv a part of th? ceremony was literal and natural*, another supernatural, and another wholly omitted." (ProfcMell of Ga.) 9. If to "fulfill all righteousness'' means as Dr. Campbell translates it, to ratify every institution, what sense does this expression make with his induction to the priesthood by immersion t 10. Where is the analogy between the two case*. For tbe Priesthood of Aaron was at end, that of Christ was everlasting. Tbst of Aaron was limited to bis own (am . iljr, in tbe temple and among one peoph& Its objects Were bloody sacrifice and purifications which were ouljr external and could not remit sins. Christ1* priesthood iooltHlis tbe entiije Ckrislaia cb?rcb, spread over the face of ibe wbole earth, and among all tbe atf&barof the world. ? 11. Paoi says for41 it is evident our Lord. $p>ang out dfcJu<3|> o* wbioh tribe Hoses *p**<*meHeb' 4: fj&l W$k. to wWby Christ was baptised f'rtljfc" Seffoer fc answers this, 'Tims it becometb us to fulfill nil righteousness.' lie ratified this institution by submitting to it. If it had been an institution previously existing and ob-erxed by the Jewish people a ratification tnu?tbave beeu unnecessary. But in hi6 character as man he s'ooci as tho representative of his people. He had no sin of bis own, but his people bad, and their sins were laid upon him as their substitute. lie therefore not only endorsed and sanctified the baptism of Joint but set an example to bis followers through out the world of going down into the water and coming up straighwav out of it. It is right for all Christians to submit to it, becauso Christ has cdmmatoded it. Tin. f T?l.? .1 r ? X1IV UdjfLP.Hi VI U WIJll ?Vrt3 UIUIUIUIC Dtlliu* Honed in a manner awfully solemn by the three persons of the adorable trinity. And i? is ibis solemn endorsement, as well as the circumstances which so clearly indicate tli6 mode, that create such secret uneasiness and restlessness in tho bosoms of many of those Christians who have not been immersed. And these who arc not afraid to whisper their doubts and fears concerning sprinkling to their Pastors and Elders, and seek ciivino authority Irom them tor it, Unci but little satisfaction in being referred only to a practice which has no othei authority than the commandments of men. no man ever ha3, and no one ever will produce divine authority for sprinkling or pouring as a Church ordinance. Many of the hundred who are are annually flocking to our churche* from Pcdobaptist communions say to us that they were nevel-satisfied with their so called baptism. They have not the answer of a gocd conscience because they have not submitted to the ordinance as required by the Head of the church. BuL has an immersed believer ever felt any doubt concerning his baptism ? Never. Christ is our authority for immersion. Tne ..1 u ,.fP ?i.~ f ? vsiiuii.ii ui nuiiie iiiu ituiuui iiv iui &|?i'iiiuiiiig. But I shall notice this in its proper place. I close this article with the following extract, (showing the object of Clirists baptism.) from a sermon of Rev. Clias. Bradley (? ped? baptist) vicar of Glasbury a minister of the church of England. He speaks of Christ as he stands at the Jordan. He | standi here as llio representative of his pco- j pie. Now they are unclean people. And j now look at tbe holy Jesus. It matters1 not hofr pure ho may bo in himself. ll? comes foilh as the representative of the impure am] as Mich he must submit to that ordinance which is emblematical of the cleaning they need. Is there in the wide creation some being constituted the head of this people? Then it is meet And right that he should go down into the water through which tlioy have to pas.*, that ho should sanction the ordinance of his appointment tliat lie should tench all who cattle after him to reverence and obey it." Ninety 8ix.*^ 6. F. C. MDAi>EB";WirL O^T The following singrfl&r circumstance, related in a German journal, is worthy of serving as a pendant to that of the famous dog of Mont argufei-^'A wealthy tanner named KruntJ^^^fidingf in the neighbor hood of Siez, in the Archduchy of Austria was in the habit' of making journeys several times a vear to sell his (roods and ?r - O enter into contracts for supplies of different kinds. These rounds generally occupied him about ten days or a fortnight. On the morning of the twelfth of October last he started as usual, but in the sanio night bis wife and son were surprised at hearing hie cabriolet eoiuo upto the door, and their surprise was changed into horror on finding in the vehicle tbo lifeless body of tlie tanner, weltering in his blood. The horse, finding itseif *nt liberty, had returned home. The authorities niado inquiries, but without leading to the discovery of the murderer. The: tanner had with him a large and powerful dog; but as the animal was fastened under the cabriolet, he could not render any assistance to his masler. After the death of the tatinef^ bis bod, a young man twenty-five years' of age, tpok on himself the management of the business, and, like his father, raade.tbe usual journeys. About a fortnight ago, in passing near a roadside public-house, at tbe door of which the landlord was Bitting, smoking Ins pipe, Ihe same dog which had been in the habit of accompanying the father, and which was runoing along quietly by the aide of tbervehiole, begAtirWbittk iuthe most furious manner, and rushed towards the house. The roan, seeing its approach rati in and closed the door, while the dog kept bowling and barking mo?t violently. A suspicion immediately entered the mind of the young man \ but Instead of shoeing what be felt, by any movement which might bate been observ*} by the inmates of the bouse, he fastenM the dog belWh the wabrioiet, andr driving-on to the nearest town, gave iarorroition to the authorities. Borne police-officers were immediately sent to the bouse,, and were found the empty money-bag of the tanner, bis watch and hk pocket-book. The land lord and 1iis wile w?nl jowwdiateiy arrested, and will be tried for tbe orinte-' 0 PERPETUAL MOTION. About six years ngo, wo published the first description of a machine invented by Mr. Jas. G. Ilendrk-kaon, Freehold, N. J., 4 to ?o itself.' A ruool, which Mr. llendriekson had tnado after patient whittling for forty years, was brought into our office, and wc found it would go without, any impulse from without, and would not stop unless it was blocked. The power was self-contained and self-adjusted, and gave a sufficient force to carry ordinary clock-work wmioui :uiy winding up or replenishing. In short, there was no reason why it would not go until it was worn out. Our announcement of tbo fact brought out a great deftl of ridicule ; the incredulous pointed at all of tho projects to obtain a perpetual motive power which bad failed in the past, and predicted tbo sumo disgrace for the new invention. Many scientilic gentleman visited it, and although they could not dispute the fact that it was 'going,'they nearly all attributed the movement to some hidden spring, or ingenious trickery. The inventor was an old man, who had spent his whole life in pursuit of the object be bad now attained. Ho had becomo so much accustomed to ridicule, that be was veVy patient under it ; and tire only re*ply ho mndo to the cavilcrs who pronounced tho thing impossible, was?'but it goes !' Tiic notice whrch we printed attracted the. attention of tire cuVious, and for the first time in his history, the inventor found a profit to his handiwork. IIo was invited to be present at Various fairs and exhibitions, and WhercVer he went, his inachinc formed one of tho chief attractions. Science, however, turned up its nose at him, and determined to put him down. The professors were all against him, and .is they ^tfad pronounced the whole thing a humbug, they were determined to prove the truth of their assertion. Accordingly, Mr. Ilendrickson was seized at Keyport> N. J., for practicing 'jugglery,' under the 'Act for suppressing vice and immorality At the trial, several builders, millwrights, engineers and philosophers, were called, who testified positively that no such motive power as that alleged, could drive tho machine, and that thero must be some concealed si>rin<r within the wooden m>1 inder. There were no help for it ; and imposture must be exploded. An rxe was brought, and the cylinder spliutered into fragments. Alas! for the philosophers. There was no concealed ppring, and the machine had gone of itself ! But alas 1 also, for poor Hendrickson, the machine would go no more. With trembling hands lie again resumed his spectacles and his jacknife. His model once more Completed, be had n new machine conslVUeted of brass, hollow thronghout, so that iho eye ccu'd examine all its parts. This was brotiglit to our office nearly two years apno, when we noticed it once more, and gave to our readers some of the facts we have now recalled. The inventor was trying to secure a patent for this discovery, but the work went on slowly. The Patent Office required a working model to test the principle, and one was sent on to Washington. The moment the blocks were taken out, the wheels started on 'like a tinner of life.* and diirtn<v i??n mr.Milia cr O ??."? the mode) remained in the latent office, it never once stopped to breathe. The inventor had perfected two ttew machines, and made a very comfort; ble livelihood exhibiting then), prosecuting his efforts meanwhile to secure his patent, intending to apply the power to clock work, ft* Which it is peculiarly well adapted. Aga crept upon him, however, before this point was reached; bis highest aft co'ald not mako his heart-beatings perpetual ; and last Saturday afternoon he breathed bin last, in the old homestead at Freehol d. He had been so much persecuted by the incredulous tbat he had provided a secret place beneath the floor of his shop where bis last two machines were deposited. It was in the form of a vanlt, covered by a trap-door which waslocked, and the floor so replaced as to avoid suspicion. After his last illness commenced, be made known this secret to, his family, who examined the spot carefully and foundUhe contents exactly as described." The night after his death, the shop was broken open, lh? door taken up, the trap | door off, and both models stolen. It is probable ibat the family in their visit had not taken the some precaution us the inventor, and some prying eyes bad discovered the secret. Fortunately ibe dr.. vings are preserved, and there is a little machine, one of theeArl^st made, now running in Brooklyn, where it has kept up its ceaseless ticking for oeArly ws y?y6 jdr, Hwdrfol|son leaves a family of four dat/|hte?, ajl of them, We believe, given to- ioventiooa. Had be died>ten years ago bow emphatically would it hove been said that his life { has been wasted in *tbo hopeless effort to obtain perpetual mption.*?N. P.Jovrwl of Commerce. i^.aa the b?V ]ows< said to ' # fx* I WALTEK AND WILLlfe. The Mobi'o li<g'ster tells the following : Wo happened to witness an amusing little incident, which occurred in the wholesale dry goods establishment situated on the northwest corncr of St. Francis and Wate-streefs, a day or two since, which was worth seeing, if it is not worib publishing. A widow lady of our acquaintance has two littlo hoys ngod about eight years? : twins?who for oneness of size, features, I voice and action, would rival the celebrate**) twins of S;in Francisco. They are so much alike, tliat even their mother is at times puzzled to tell which is Willio and which is Walter- When one of them deservc-3 a j spanking, the other almost invariably gets ] it; and on account of their exact likeness to ! each other, she recently came near losing one of them. She had occasion to administer a small doso of paragoric to Willie,and a few minutes after Waller seemed to need something of the same sort. She turned but a moment to get the medicine, but in that time the boys had got mixed, and bv | Some means Wiilio swallowed another dose, I and shortly afterward went to bed and fell ; asleep. lie continued in a stupor for some ! twelve oV fourteen hours, much to the astonishment and alarm of the mother, who saw that upon Walter the drug had no eficet. It was not until Willie told her that she had given him two doses that site discovered the mistake. Hut to tho incident : The mother, having some business to ' transact in Btore, took the two hoys with | her. They were dressed exactly alike, and j during the stay of their mother the each | look a stand in separate doors fronting on ! Water-street, to see \vhat Was to he soeh. | While standing thore, an old gentleman j who was walking slowly l>v, saw one of ' them, and, struck by the lilt Id fellow's inI r'nliiiLoVinn^a an/1 ludlil"' J stopped and asked him his name. "My haftie is Willie, sir," replied the lilllo one. "Ah, a veiy pretty name, and a very pretty boy, said the old gent-, pattis.g him 1 1 i.tV V. _ .1: . r : v n uic 11 can. uure m ;i uuiie iur YOU." Passing on to the next door, ho observed ! Walter, standing iti the same posture that Willie had occupied, add supposing it wa3 Willie who had run theVe to see him as he passed, he slopped agaiti to tako another admiring look at him-. 4,Do you live in Mobile, Willie?" asked the old gent. "My name a'int Willie," said Walter. "Why ; didn't ycu just now tell me at the other door that yonr name was Willie-.? ' No, sir; my name is Walter." 4'0h, I thought you said Willie, a while ngo, when you 6tood in the other door, and I gave you a dime." "I ain't been in the other door, and you didn't give me no dime,'' said Walter. The old gentleman looked at him a moment as though the good opinion he had Formed was fast changing, and then walked slowly hack to Willie's door. The old gentleman looked at him steadily. "All, Walter, said he, "you shouldn't fell stories. Bad children tell stories. You must he a good hoy, Walter." "1 ain't told DO stotfos, sir, and my onn.e ain't Walter; my name's Willie." said the confused little fellow. "Well, what made you say, at the other door, that your name was Walter, ahd that I didn't pive vou a dime?" n w "? never said so, sir," said Willie, "and I ain't been in t'other door." 'Why, you precious little scamp," said the old tnan, somewhat excited ; ''what do you mean? At this door you're Willie; fit the other you'r Walter. IIere. say I gave you n dime ; there yoU say, I didn't. Hero, you say you haven't been at tlie other door ; there ; you say you haven't been at this. You should be ashamed of Vburself^ sir. When you grow up to be a man " Just here Walter, who bad heard the loud talking, walked round to Willie's side, and there the two stood in front of the"6ld ^gentleman, who was perfectly bewildered. He soon cdmprebende<f"tbe whole matter, howeVfer, and when lie did, he took' the dime baek from Willie, and gate them half n rlnllnr uanli. ? ? Talleyrand, when asked by a lady femoot for ber beauty nod stupidity bow ah? should' rid herself of ber troubles orae ' ^admirer?, replied, "You bare only to opeo.jrMr mqptfi madam.'* ?r?. A you tig fellow, tha boo of an eminent danclngmaster, applyii^^^ . Wand aa to what trade of profession It would be beat for bin to pbrsoA^Wa* at^y^d," "1 think you t^>3 ?f ing fire,, and eonclu^^fiiy" f^omittcftding any lady who 8bo^.?nfo*tunately &*d bersaif enveloped in tiE^SaaK of ber bcrnlng garments, 'm' r * \v-.i -Jil' -./A* a A* . *.w - A HAUNTED PREACHER. In the volume of Dr. Sprague, on the Haplist pulpit Gov. Briggs communicates ft I very interesting letter on John Lelnnd, j which contains n fuller account of his personal habits nnd rrtanner of preaching than we have ever befuVe Been. ile was little im-Hned to superstition, says Gov. Briggs. Indeed, bis practical sagacity and startlitig common sense k<-pt. him from any tendency in that direction* j but he had somo peculiar experiences of j the supernatural, .is the following anecdote j testifies: While I wa3 at his homo I inquired of i j l>im alfout a remarkable noise, which I harl I j when n boy heard that lie and his family | had been annoyed by when ihey lived in j Virginia. He gave this account of it: His family, at the time, consisted of himself, wife, aud four children. One evening, all the family being together, their attention was attracted by a noise, which very much resembled the faint groans of a person in pain. It was distinct, and I repeated at intervals of a few peconda. It | seemed to be under the sill of the window, : and between the clap boards and the ceili ing. They paid very little attention to it, | and in a short lime it ceased. But, afieri wards,jt returned in the same way?some- j times every night, sometimes not so frft- I I quently, and always in the same place, and I of the same character. It continued for some j months. He said it excited their curiosity j and ani:oyed them, but they were not ; alarmed bv it. During its continuance | they had the siding and casing removed from the place it appeared to be, but found nothing to account for it, and the sound continued the ?iinr)p lie consulted ii.. friend*, especially some | of his ministerial brethren, about it. I | think he said it was never heard by any ' one except himself and family ; but it was : heard by them when he was, absent from | home. Mrs. Leland said that often, when ! she was alone with the children, arid while : they were playing about the room, and j nolhing boing said, it would come, nnd | : they would leave their play and gather | j about her person. They had a place fifty | j ?>r sixty rods Irani the house, by the 6ide of a brook, where the family did their washing. One day, while she was at that place, it met bet there precisely as it had done in ! the house. ! After the noise had been beard at brief j intervals for, I think, six or eight months, j they removed their lodgings to quite an opposite and distant part of the house, but it continued as usual, for sottte time, in its old locality. One bight, after they had retired, they observed, by the 6ound, that it had left tho spot from which it had I previoujly proceeded, and seemed to be advancing in. a direct lino lowards their bed, and was becoming constantly louder and more distinct. At each interval it advanced towards them, and gathfertd strength and fulness until it entered the room where^they were, and approached the bed, when the groan became deep and appalling. "Then," said he, '"for ibe first time since it began, I felt the emotion of fear 11 turned upon my face, and, if l?ever prayed in my life, I prayed then. I asked the Lord lo deliver me and my family from lhat annoyance, and that, jf were a message from heaven, it might be explained 'to u-, and depart; tl.at if it were an evil spirit, permitted to disturb and disquiet me and ttly^fjunlly, it might be rebuked and f-ejtt away ; or, if there was anything for me to do to make it depart, I might bft^ihstruf-tbd what it wa?, bo that -J could do* it." IMiis exerOiso l-CMoted bis tranquility of thind, and be reamed his usual position in the bed. Then be said it uttered a groan too loud and startling to be imitated by the human voice._ 7no next I groan was not so 'lou..*, and it receded a step or two fro;a the front ot the bed, near his face. It continued to recede in the direction from which it came, and grew less and less, until it reached its old station, when it died away to t|ie faiutest sound, and entirely and forever ceawd. 7 < No explanation was'eVer found. "I have given you," said he, "a simple and true , history of the facts, and you can form you own opinibo. I- hate none.". His wife confirmed all he said. I think I can say tb?t*l never kn?W a person less given to jibe marvellous than Elder Lel^nd. p '"ir??*** Wf. 1 * . . ^ Whett Lord Emkina beard tbnt somebody bad dje3*worih two hundred thousand pounds, he ot?ftrved, uWfc]l, that's a rerj pretty sum to J>?gin tb e next vrot!d witb* AJ^jbrtW4ineat read* "Stolen,* watch worth, ten gfcflltf If the thiefreturn H ho 6bM$BFfcbrajed w^ ^ Wpoflt, ?od - Why h a cbild raaiHog b? alphabet ?nd Mjing 0}'$*'# ** fcraaibat?Braow it??| t> k# nwt ?!??>?? ) . ?,*?<" ' v wii?>3pSl|S?e-w % %'bntQ r6&?, fc* - v> ahjwh^ ?>! ' " -V,f- 1 r II wimma EXCERPTS. In what cutar is a secret kept ??In-violate. Gaa bii' me, in military phrase, 'Ileavy charges of the liglit brigade.' The mas who loves his fellow-maK; ?The king u? the Cannibal Islands. Why is a young lady like a bill of ex? change ? Because she ought to be 'settled when she arrives at maturity. Beautif-il was the reply of a vene*able man to the question, whether he Wft3 still in the land of the living?'No, but I am almost there.* Did the inan who ploughed the sea ahd afterward planted his feet on his native soil', , ever harvest the crops ? / V V * " V A3 ve grow old'er, it is with hearts aS with heads of hair?it is not easy to distinguish the true from the false. i Tallyerand, speaking of a well-knowrt lady, snid, emphatically, 'She is insufferable ! Then, if relenting, he added, 'But that i&^ her on'.^ fail It.' A getitleman was condoling a lady ort the loss of -her husband, but finding that she treated it with indifference, cxclaimcd 'Oh, vory well, madatn, if that be the way you take it, I care as little about it as yott do? A well known London printer being called on to reply to.a toast,.said,'Gentlemen, I thank you most heartily. I can't make a spcech ; but I can print as long as you like/ Afra Pnt>ltn/>(nn * ... uvniiug UMt ? JUUllg man had set up for himself, said, 'Poor fellow ! Has lie no friend that will Fet up for liim part of tlie time!' Aud she eighed to be young again. %i * Another judgment of Paris,?A young lady, being asked what was her notion of the Anglo-Frenc.h alliance,'Engli.-h heads am] French bonuets.' A little!fcrvant-pirl took the order to "string beans" literally, and had got about thres feet in length when her mistress discovered her blunder. To find the diameter of a circle. Measure .form the centre parting of your wife's hai r to the circumferem-e of her drpss. UoUble that, nod you will hav? the diatbeter to a nicety. Three cot kneys being out one evening id a dense Tog, came up to a building that they thus described. The first said, 'There's a ^ nouse ?'No,' said I he second, "it's a nHt'' The third Said, 'You're both wrong?it's a nin.' Melancholy is another name for tough meat. We care not how imaginative a man may be, let him eat two pickled p'g's feet, and he will feel as inanimate as a sack of coals. What we often thiuk is mind, id half tbe time gristle. A lawyer reading a will in a country village, incidentally mentioned 'beirs and successors,' npon which a young geutleman of forty-five, rather hard of hearing. remarked, 'Dear rtle, who ever heard df hairs and scissors doing in a will before!' Monre said to Peel, on looking at the picture of nn Irish orator. 'You can Fee the vt-ry quiver of his lips.'? Yes,' paid Peel, 'and the arrow coming out of it.* The poet was telling this to oue of Irs courtrj * men, wi.o answered* "He meant errah coming out of ili' The cLimax.?A poor fellow says :? In an evil hour 1 became addicted todiink Fioni that monietit I have been going down, until I have baeorae an outcast?a loafer? % thing cf ho account: fit for nothj iiig else on this earth bwt-iO W ? of Cotfffesa.' Thm .1 > a MV nj/^riiuuiilj; umiliur UI IUO vu&poplllrt ?let diaap'pointed men say what ihe? wlM*, ; ttfrer all, the cnhnf ntion and apolheoais of fame. Yel the same clamrf rushes with unreasoning lavishrt^pps after boon and persons which havenomort claim to fame, than hps the snfcUest newt? pnperefrUio *ho protases to dispense it. * Judge Day, of Ireland, Wttr ? tall .nfn, and an intimate friend of Sir Art tap*. CI a 1 ke, whoc was almost a dwarf. it Was a standing joke with ths wags of Dubmi to lifien the colossal judge and hta diminutive companion to the twenty-first of Jiltie, ihastrtttob as tb#y"y>irtUy constituted the longest Day and the ahoi>te3t koight, Tar ^Irwsmaw *wt> Irishman 1 wm 'going Along ih^r^ld, *Wtf , an ?ngry bull ru?li?d db*fo ujioa WffT, aril with 4na bow# u*?*a 'W" over, a fence. , XkftbistittM r*oot?ring from his Ml, apQn w* *? .*??? teg op thfrgiomui,:** wiiwfO wlwwflitoo: aid, 'If U Hi** ooi * sftraplng, and VWhwrtK'^hjfifcJlrf bruto. fair I wouUtfawnr S? ??* ;