Death Punishment

-The friends of theabolition of death punishruent recently met n New York City and organized a society for the betier accomplishment of thia object. - William C. Bryant was chosen President, and a memorial prepared to send to the legislature, praying for an abolishraent of the gallows. "■' cCorrespondence of the Express. Washington, Feb. lOth. The argument of Daniel Webster, ii the Supreme Court, was a most novel and interesting choracter, being a most eloquent defenco of the Christian charity. The object of Mr. Webster, as the counsel of the heirsöf Stephen Girard, was toshow that Mr. G. was deistical in liissentiments, and that he had made a wil' entirely repugnant to the principies of religión. He read Paine and Volney, to show in these deistical authorssentiments in common with Mr. GirardThe will of Mr. Girard Mr. Webster regardedas entirely for uncharitablepurjoses, in the true sense of Cnriatian charity, and here a most eloquent contrast was drawn between Christian and worldly charity, in order toshow the superiority of one over the other. The story of "the widowys mite," Mr. Webster told with all the effect so simple andbeautíful an-act of charily was caïculaterï to produce upon the minds of men not officially or ;udicially reminded of such an example of Cristian devotiony and this, which the eloquent counsel cited as the most sublime ind efTectivc display of charity which the world had even seen, Mr. Webster contrasted with a charity that discarded Christian men from becoming the disposersof the benefits which it was proposed to confer. What father said Mr, Webster, dying in penury, would not rat her cast bis child upon the cold charity of the world, than to thrust it to such an institnion as that endpwed by the will of Mr. Gerard; or if there was any father present who would prefer tosee lus oflspring thus throwrt upon the world,with no chrisian friend to lead him by the hand, he feit sure that no 'mother who heard him would thus consent to exposé her child to the temptations of the destróyer. She would rather, though in the extremest need, leave it to the charity of the christian world than that it should be cared for, or providöd for, in the splendor of the palace. Mr. Webster was herc quite overeóme himself, and tears flowed from his own eyes and from the eyes of nearly all who saw and heard him. His argument occupied the Court from 11 uní il 3 o'clock, at vr hich time without seemingly having done more than carried out his point, of proving the iniquitous character of the will, the court silenced him by an adjournment until Monday.