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I 1 I'M ii(! I'uiiiV'il fii 'lie (' J/ n\nKr.i). in. vin s. oil' i.^k, I 't, l.i'pr iIku; iiol too'inr.oli of s\ iir.iull.y lulow ; I’cw '.ire the win ner rn* sunu- touch iVui.s the s\v( ct fn\ni1;tii'‘> (low ; I'ew—and 1)V htill confiicliuR- jhavm-s y'cirb'ulden lu re to meet— F.urh Ilf'S MoiiKl nvili“ lliis lifi' of (nirs l'(K) f’u’ir lor unj'.ht hO flctt. ■1 niny be tliut thy hrotiifT’s eye Sees not us tliinc, uiiidi ‘iirjis Tn snrli deep rcvfri-ncc to mio sky, \N'!u'ro tlic r: li suiiset liviviis : It niav be tbfit ibt bri ntli •{ spriii^^, ri'.rn Mnidst violets loitc, A iMptiiiT o’er till- soul cim biin^— A dituni, to Ills unknown. Ti.r tunc ihnt speaks of other times— A sorrowful h hi'-hf ! The melody of distant chinic'i, 'i lu sot.ir.d of v n\ cs by nitrlit ; Tl.e ;nd thut, wilh so many a tone, ‘'Dine chfid \> ithir. can tlivill,— Turse n'.ny linve lanjyMi.pn all tliint* own- To film iT.y-'fen- still. s.ro’-n th^n not for this, the true iiiui s;c’J'. ',t love of year-i^; "'he k’;’. . that from cblldliond prow, The fii'thful to thy tears! !f tliirc be one th:it n’, r the dcRcl II;\»h in thy R-rief borno pnrt, And ;.tt bed thro’ sioVn 's by thy bed,— Illy ii kindre d b' :irt.! "But f.ir ’iiose bonds ;dl perfect made, ■\\ ’n rein hri};bt spir't-^ Ijlen^h .l.lke ' ‘.ter of one swcel sh nle, V'th the siuiic brei /'. 'h: ‘ l>''ud, I'or ’b;At f\dl bliss of t’ oe^ht ailitd, ZS'o\fr to 1. (ir'als pfivcn.— Oil ' btv thy loM'ly !ri :mtis aside, Or bO ‘hem tn.to hriiV'-n. I'. II. r: t 01 tly (Mi- hc, “ :it the I'liitiicr sii’.e of I ho titljlc, iwsl id Iror^t ot .U-.. p. . UM. piir the ti.-chiiir riT;.»11 ^ I; ir.i..:X'u 0.1.1 ilic.s, il.ci.” t, p:y, r.jiplv ini: them In tb^'ir cti\( i >1 worcs CDnin.ion l.r;- MlU’V in’O I' !-‘'lid ii)o .—\vho liitii (1 trades, and icpenl itt" iliustr.itivc oix r-1 ' dotes, so as to Kct'p (he whole coiirl, I Ills lordship :nrd the.Imv inchidrd, in ciU'd Ix'lnrc^ 1 , 1 roiir ol h-u-htcr. Of course l.e los! liril.In, the ran.o o. libe rty and J his ('ausr*. Jiy this tlMio, you may suj)posc my opinion of Mr. lii-oiicham was not a iittle l aiscd, hut still he nppeaiod any ( tlirou-honl the woi k!. lh(; dondy r.ltorncy :—tiiO nuin_ will) hii2;(; fcatiites ami a caixlos loo!;."’ “Oh, thank yf)ii—nyo, « vciT sinculav fare,—hut I didn't Know thr-t lie souint- .said F. ‘“Its tlu-tu \t to him.’’ “'riic next ? ell, rojiiy ; he’s not so u;»;ly a man, ei'Jic r : wlial line hlack eyes and cyelii'ows. risd iJoman nose! l.ipon niy wo!-!—;i.'h just rvhal I siimild"’—“Ph('!’^ rnpled my friend, “that's little Wil-j hov'ever, an important -nuse relative iti I mnrmnr n, in m;, ‘,,'r sideof !lie validity i)f u ill eamr> on, in which th.-hu ts and in fM’ 'r )I• C' 1 f!!id i;-..! !i o'lii' stond np in ;i Icm innoccr.ce, against all tl onrt, anil ''dio had, w-ii >h' 'Ol I'.iV, f l)!ed O' ir.y ;c:' .. •'•I. wt'id ' seal tn\ (hjonj — I iny MiK'iion, a;'.d eor;i;,,,.jj e;rch. r.s I'Ohvc. I rr,:,f; .;s I :—and 1hir;i^illp: n.y dciii! > llif;i!L-.l) vr.ivin;: sureoss. VIml;- i m lit !)(■ le;ih fr. my h>ol; on the oth( “On theuthersid( mc'an iie\t to Mr. : 3 0uM o jolvinc:. 1 ne^•er a face in my l:f(‘. ma.n with the i.i: whir o'l I.on saw so mean K'Sf A I.i I K nr TWIAI.S. » IlnniDii hh- is in(!eed a st:>tc in wbi^h mv.ch .1 1 , „e,,r, I ,.v,.r rtrd i be . hdiir(d, :n,d 10 be njo>ed ; :ukI 1 b-tve tiling rather than the peison 1 | tl,!.t this world is not my li.iiiie, is pot mv rr.nutin ; and ouf;-hl 1 tiicn to |nl„rim;f,''‘ through the de.sen, d liow'iy of Lden ure ilenii 1 me •” .InunijDnjus. .fl'.V nht,. "•r- to v('0.—In t!u C(urs'.“ .>( the satm* day, iiirnel-n>» Dy his h JV* Mixiii}; toi^etlur profit an'l ilelij;ht. From a lute l.ivc ipool paper. '.M—1 roiiTiLifT. The b ^'fiwinir exlr.tct i f -x htter written by u p. - tlcPKin wi.(. ^lr;•^t s;tu "Mr. ProijLrham al the he jiushes up ‘•till and ('overitii; liis n'.oulli I'e.d clicck “Ye''-.” The d:irl; ’imo, with Ion”: Iant(M II it'As. wiio is j;ist eoiv ;;:ipini; as if lie hail t'.ol in hcfMavt niL’;hl ?” “'I'iie j-anie,” “with little t;ri V t'\es, as dead as a stone ’ “ I- tifutic.tllv, .Mr. Ih'ouf^ham.” At Ihi" iuoment Mr, Scnrb tt threw a note over the tahle to him, \\liifh roiiscil him uit of his idle nioiiil. He took his haml l from his hiceand leaning; his lone; lij;nre | over the tahle, with diveis and nneoutli | couhl setup to overthrow it. Mr. Scarlett \\as (.D^aj^ed ior t.heplain- tiii, and Mr. liro;:L';iiam lor tite det.ince; and the latter had- decidi.'dly (ho i)elterl3 eaus‘. tiM.u;h h! had toemitcnd n';;ain>i ;’!1 tin? ski'i of his aceumpi'ished fUitm;o- riisT, and a host (jf witnesses hrouiht to e'tnhlisli the advr;ise intere‘-t. M i'- S ' d'h’ti pnt iurth hIS stren;.’li), and niaie out a e',ii;e whi'^li r-ec.-med (joite im- pret:na!)lf. lirre 'v;ts manilestly a iratididi u tcwu'-jiiracy on the one sidei:r Ihe othei ; the ease was oiie calculated to excite the feelir.LTs ;Mid 'interest the mittd. 1 was vtT\ ei'i lous lu hear how Ml'. I’roti'.diam wituhl nr.swer this case, how he would t'isposeot t!i(' testimony on the olher side, and tvh.al case he rendered more grimaces, a cmivulsive twitch of his shrubs aiid strange hy cheek which [iidled ahoul Ids most j^ro- ininent feature, Ik: gave a laui^hini; re- j)ly to Mi. Sc.iiktt. “ Wtdl, positive ly,” 1 exclaimed to my friend, “he's tlu! Hiost undii!;nif]f'ti man 1 evt-rsav\. Is it posslhlc that this is the enlightened staleMJi:ui,--the senator ’.vhose eio- IJc rose with an cx[iression of staid gravity and col!«-rtel jjower. IIis ex ordium was deliberate and impiessivc', and 1 was particularly struck wit!i tl.e {i\edncss of his c;nze. He seemed not io iiiuch to look at the Jury as to loo!; throu'^i) them, ariil to liX his eye Uj)on them, less for the purjiosc of seeinj;^ lu w i thcyfelt, than to rivf tilieiratieritinn,Tnd (pienc(; imiKcs a plialanx of ministers j as it were to pjrasj) the iniiuis within the tremhle, the man of lofty vie-ws, ol c(»mpass of its (.»w!i. 'flie small 'rrev boundless knowh-d^e, of ''enerous ar dor, of inf!efati;ahle ijc.iseveranci ?— this the profomul savant, the accomplish- I Iiave lliis day completed my ninetieth, year. — It mny lairly he snp[)Oscd that vanity lias nothin" to do with one who is iallerii'}; on the brink of the Lrravc : and tliat ,>/''(’‘an nave little in view, save the instruefion of others, indetyiliiii; I wo oft he trials of a srranp;e and chccjuer- ol CAistence. The first may teach the youn^et- part of my bcv, in this a^e ot t.ve)--r('fi:iemcnt, that if eonrai;e he in dispensable to hold, enterprising; man, s‘ll-')Osso‘«si()i) i> fio le.-s necessarv to m behind, I d,:; ed OP hMvii'.i wlin; litilc noiice I couM facircj; r-’y j’(;e, I f'rew inv el,;,;.' frnntii'.'i; the hed, :ukI r(.‘ad a Itttor—.i,,',. voice, 1 know, iaiterc'-l—aloud. ] sun^ for a few moments—vei y raintlv believe '.—till, niradiially f:ettinr im..;,',', an(i nearer the door, I made a the lock, at:id rushed out. I-trii'J.t j'j-,'' as 2;rat('ful as I otJj;ht to^vnrds a rne’eif. ' I^rovidenc/*. when I looked the'dor upon t!ie Felon ! 'I'he turnkeys vver; then summo->(,^ —the hii:;itive nns taken—soou,uU and, in a few hours aftei wards, con. demned. On the nijrht precedinir execution he made a full confes'sio;! Af''’r aflmittins; t!ie jtisticc of liis seri- t.Mice, he con(i,.'jcd,—that having ,Iis C(*verod by acci iont his cell joined mV apartment, and the keys woiV o-iven me niaj’jtly, he had cliinhed n-, one chimney, and h-t bimself down bv anotlier ifito my r.vnn; that hii^ dr was to ln\'c murdered me, ^'Csign possess'ert li.'uld, shriiikin;.'; wonian : and my se (• t;d, tiiat if an:M‘iui!c:d exj)osui'e b*; the! bimselfof the keys—ai'.d escaped ; Hi.-t nur'^e — ami I hidi'-v!.' il—of scierici’, eautK^i) shoukl he U“^ed in the medical ■ durin.f; tlie t«'0 whole days he was :niss^ iniT, be had Iain concealed in n-,y room he hi.’nseif cr end 11^ — as ■hetv.-ee:) hn'.;roraiu: !>re>seil \i . poiniMiC!,!, the tonri’fits oi the damned.’-’ 1{,. .i.Nlfd, he “thon;;ht him'-.eif in lifavca when he at las! s;nv nieen1er;and t!'.ouf>'!\ "■ould selection of cd)jeet>, and di.scrimination in the ei-oice ( f those who are !o partici- [>atc in i's disclosure'^. Ai.d tnris, when my feeble \ oief will be lieai-d in this wot Id no longer, 1 m.)y iubti'uct from n'> .rjavc. 1 ^ I \\as a ijirl of ei.'^I'teen when my i tlc'fj'dfcheJ me, but th.at ii(\ u\is father was Governor of York Ca-tle. A j f::iiii tny inpni.er a-^d. stay, I had murder, attended with eircumstanccs ot hio suspicion h'“ wasne r me !*’ Uov* the most ipluin.an barbarity, had bce,n closely did I h>)v,. r >" the confines oi perpetrated in our neighbourhood, and j the other worl ! !—A sound, nay (.vcu ■in old man with his two sons, charged | n If^ok, and I should h.ivc been in ctcrni- \r:th the connnission ef the crinie, were ! ’• eyes, which in his quiescent state levcal to you nothing, now became keen and ! delivered into Ids custody. By accident j strong as the eagle’s. T!;e steadfast-i * 'vitnessed their being brounrht into the ! ijrre.it'y :*dmiredtb:it dirtinj?uisb d , pose. 'I'he cause happened to be- insig- n i.laii!.-. a vt\id description of Ins | hogan wi'h the Utmost las V( rk Ai^siz* s. to a fr'.end viio hiul never sei''i 1) it who VI." ! no.u-luilaiiCH, His Ihotinh stron-, h : fit the f.-(,oHortune to l)clu)ld thin extra-1 l,a(.l sor«elhing ol (he Scottish twang: or-: t ir> mnn, v-e avail oiii-selvescd acorrespon- j|,, Jraulcd, especially when he I jiass over many years in \vh;.-|) J cd scholar, the author, the wit, the ora-, ness of his look, together with the calm j ■’‘tle. Years have passed away, and : was launched on the stormy sea ofsor* r Lavatm- was a fool : I’ll never Und masterly manner in which he dis-' "'1^''''events have succeeded : joy and : row, and hnlletted 'v th its wave^-^nrl > posed of the prohmlnarv cfmsidera-harrow, atllucnceand poverty, hke storm , boMen to the last trial. I had seen the tions, reminded mo of an'experienced ! Minshmc, have chased each other ; lisrbt turt strewn over my lather and iicneial rpnetly at ranging hi? lorces, and preparing to bear down in overwhelm-1? but I sec them in-vstrei.glh upon a single point. His I now—in the deep gloom of midnight in :— i be death of the others lud only voice became loud and eommamling, 1 "'hich I nm writing—as clear, aye, as . knitted us more stron-ly together, and his action animated, and Ins eloquence 'were standin-;n life belore me ! us ail the woidd to each otl.cr poured forth like a torrent, strong, co-1 'I'bc hardened, ruthless look of tiieeldor ; After having rcc-ived a thorou:.,dily pious and i:npetuous. Ho first look ex-! niurdrrer—his venerable, hoary hnif ' niedicai education, he was on the poin^ tei.sive views and laid down geni'ral 1 contrasted by the exjircssion f'l entering into partnership, wiien my tori' l^avattu' was tru.st physiognomy more.” Stop a nio rnent,” said m}' frit lid, “rlon’t be loo hasty ; this cause is going oft, am! he’s opening his bri‘f, as it he was engaged in the next. If he should be, you may then ]«erbaps see sonn't'ning more an swering to your exj)eclations.” My friend was l ight. Mr. Ijrougbam ku.Jiici.i to ^^ive the portrait at len^Mi: voKE, Aritii. 3, 1827. Tonte, Hci r\ Brougham, and I feel as :f 1 wr*ie !f ih usjiid |)ounds richcr than w • . 1 :''ft home. I tlon't foi^^et how 5‘; t’v you charged me to give you‘a “lull, tme and particular account of the great man; but if you had not not :• id a*syliable. I’m so full of thesub- j- t. trnt i should forthwith havesotdown 10 ’t;ll vou “all about him.” I tlare -i,'. nu will ask—“ Is be what you ex- »'('cleo ?” No, I reply, nobody couKI h'we expected to find sn singular a look ing I (hm’t know bow or where 1o hc_ii! describe hir—wh'tber ot his sppearai.c*' \\ hen * sittii iC, or w hen speaking—v. hctiicr al hisn;anner or !iis r.iot'er. — wl'.elhcr at his jokisor his td- r^quenee,—wlicther at lii-i _;hastly laugh or Ids teni' le sneer,—whether at his 'vai t (,f dexterity or tiemendou. power, — \.hi lh*T al his tiOs.‘ or r»is eyes, his figntf; 01 h.l' acti(.n. I think you shiiil oi-^ni. wlifie I 'iid—v(>u shall hare him r.ircrn.e.d (jist yiMl sl'.all illid II i 01 OUt in C' lu t. and then you shall watch him ;h'r'ine-!'. a eausc. \\>!l the:'. I went to C’ourt with Mr. F. (if !hiv cit\, who kncwsall the('oiin- .(cl vei’v wei). n'ld 1 e tttok me to a >^eat, where ' wei :' tn have a giind view ol I>: I v\ill describe the Court to yuii it arother tin»e, as well xis Uie .liid^e. .M'-. Searleit, the crou’(| of wartisieis. isie ; at pH soi.t I rjs I w:.' I)'I gic.it r. ljusiiies' had ji't begun, oivl .1 tr \ : d cause was proceeding ; I .iTinif'' asked tny Iriend to pom! vnit Mr. >’)i i-'i!;!):!ni, hut he, t(> exercise skill in pliV'i('!;!.omy, told i.ie to ; :,i MUpd .0 (1 e' dr:j\ (ir t» iind liim rf,\'' 'f. onU’ a 'vei lising Mi; that he '’Of'1 n hin'j;ly h.tndxonie. I accord- \ beii'f, to ( X.iUMne tlu> courttMian■ ■ if ii.i‘ birr.'tefs — as mticli ol’t.lem foteign scenes and foreign faces have ^ brothers ;—one, only one, tho but I sec them before inc ' youngest, and my favourite, survived had forgotten a name or a dite : and al most as much pas.sed between liim and V/eil. P* let'trt’.i I’ve seen our great fa-1 his junior, who answered his (piestioiis and supjilieil him with the facts, as be tween him and the jury. As h,e pro ceeded, however, I noticed that the words came to him very readily, and that ho steereii through two oi three long sentences involved by double or treble, parentheses, with grcAt lexterity. His countenance cer:aiti!y "oecame more in- tellectunl ; but the e:^treme carelessness of his manner, his utter indill'ercnce to appeaiances, and particularly the most incessant iwitidiing of his cht'ck and nose, made iii^e fe(d that this was any thioi; hut the bi aii ideal of an oraltjr. 'I’ho witnesses for ibeplaintill were soon got through and Mr. Scarlett then made a speech tor the ii-fe‘nce, in which he shipwed th')t ]\tr. ij^nig'.ium's was evccssirfdy lai:ic :ind even frau(iulent. A few sinijdo honest witness! s, vvlio ;cild a very s'^raitihl t.de, appeared lor the de- lei.dant, one'd'them itwasMr. Hroug- hani’s duty to cioss-exaieir.e. He rose with an expressi'.'u ‘d'strong indignation, intended to he v,rtir:us, but only hide ous, and fell upon llio alarmed witness with a sncfidnti'(oiestion. which iuijilicd a charge of p'.'ijury. 'I’he poor man trembled—Mr. Brougham’s \oice thun- (h red out the (ple^ti^)n a seconii time, with ail improved jioint : l)ut the wit ness recovered, and li'ivc a s.itialactory •’xplanatiOH. .After trying- a littie t’ur- lluT to tViiihten the witness anil innirt.'ss principles applicable to the case ; then ;countenanco—his cold grey eye, I niother’s death recalled him to Yorl;. he applied these to the particular facts, j "’hicli glanced incessantly around with ' ^Icr loved form had been deposited in examinin»-thetestimony ofeach witness.'Abe most fe;‘iful aiul reslless anxiety—J nairow dwelling, and he was a! oul and showing its weakness, the siispi-1 bis parched bps and hatrgard look, sudly j io return to town, when a frieiHl ic. cion attachir^g to it, and its inconsisten-; at variance u ith his bent form and totter-jhim to (Icmonstr.ife on asid jcct, cy either wiTh itselfor with the other! *'!^ combined to form a pic-i^’ '! three da\s after the funeral he carp parts of the evidence. He displayed as ’ " hich, once seen, could never be srnted to do so. He went to the In- inucb skill iu exposin:, anti, if I may j forgotten. The two sons stood behind finiinry—his instrumpnts were ready so speak, concentrating the weakness i’«f' 'heir father. The eldest stern and sul-1 —nnd every preparntion had been ii nic the opposite siile, as in exhibiting hisilen—muttered an incohr-icnt answer'—but when the cloth which coveieil tlie o^vn strength. H(' unveiled the knavo | 'vheii asked wliat iiijnrv he Ikm i' ceived | ‘^od\ was reirifivcd, he rf'cognisid in.s ry of the case, and turned all suspicion : from his victim—while an expr-ssion —own mother ! 'I’he cmtiii ; of re^-'li front his own clients to Mr. Scarlett’s, j ofvindiciive triumiih glared in hiseye :' f‘'>d- He rushed from ihf. — He lashed some of the witnesses with-: the youiigest seemed bowed down u ith. j room a maniac I out mercy, and covered them with his ■ the consciousness of guilt, and kepd iiis j ] an» now nn i.snlalcd being. O'* eyes fixeil sadly on tlic ground. Once ' la •••re and happy f.imily, I reri'd n.c only he raised thc*m. 'I’hey encounter-' s.ditary survivor. litit dn I eom|,!'i"’ sarcasm. His sneer was terrible. He then unfolded his own c«se with great •dearncss, auvl made it apjjcar that he had evidence which would rpiite over throw that of the (dher side, and leave !;ot a dtnibt on the mir.ds of the'Jury. 'J’be case being one which recpiiicd ed the old man's glance, and sunk be-ldo i Vi-*niee ? Oh no! Roses inv(“ neath it. Deposition, after deposition, was drawn out, and such a mass of circum stantial evidence accumulated, that it jihysiral and metaphysical observation', was hardly possible to doubl their guilt. Iioiii involving a (|ue''tion of bodily and mental ilerangcmf^nt, Mr. Brougham’s universi.l knowledge enabled him to trea*; it in a very luminous inanno'': he seemed to cond.»ine the jirot'es-iional skill of the physician, with the just and pro found views ot the [)hilosupher. He gave a most strlkinir picture of thedis' 'I’he trial was to come on in the course often (h^ys ; hut in the interim a com- ndttee. of the House ofCommons requir ed rny father’s presence in tow'n, and I of eternal spriti was left in charge of the castle. It was a responsibility which I had incurred b' fore, and it did not ajipcar foi midable. I was surrounded by . trusty and tried been scattfjfd ainrma: the thori's wh.rl. have strewed my path tliro' liff!; n’Td, feeling that my connection ^vith c;:tii an.d its illusions will bosliorily cl«)sc;', I look forward f.o the period u hen tliP storms and le:-npe«-ts, that have (icfor- med the evening of mv days, 'vill be siiccceflcfl bv (he never failing i leisures liAfllKL. eascH am! dioating testator, coloring it i servants, and ha\ ing alwavs been tanoihf am intent, ( ntering the Court, on the with aimo;-^ poetical brilliaucy, nnd hringlr.gout the featurtis with a breadth and I'nrce jieculiariy his own. He ga- tlicri'd his iihistra'ions from nature and fiom art, ami levied contributions on s.'ience and literature. Kvery thing in t!ie manner tind matter of th.e orator bespoke power, the strength of his voice. the j’lry witli the comidion that his the swee| of h the piercing to rely on tr.yown courage aiul rcsoletion in exigencies, I eutered upon my duties without fears. The keys of the difTerent wards v.ere brought me, every nighty ill V ICH. qmI , iuii pp' fit liu: and reir.ained under my jiillow till morn ing ; ami that my failuM’s room might be kejit perfectly airedi, I removed to it the evening after bisde[)arlure. 'I’hings went on smoothly for some days, till, evidence was incredible, Mr. Brongham I gl.mce of his eye, hi;; bilter scorn, his one morning, I was tidd that the eldest adopted anotlier jihm. and Ix gan gibini;; !da/ing indignation, th(} force of bis ar- Welxford was not to b(> found, and was him, endeaviu ing t I tlu ow i idicul!; on } gninc.its, the inevitable thrust of his supposed to have made bis escape. Pla- the wlude all'dr. Nm-(!r did I see o! j retort, ai'.d tlu: nervous vigour of his | cards were jiosted over 'S'orl; v. ithout 1 ear a laugh like his: he smiles witiij style, ile despises the graces of eh'cu-[ delay—large rewards olVered for his hiuirhs witii his stomaeh j tion, hut seems to have unlimited con- i it is in tact a irha:»ll\ ! tidence in the strength and resources of iivuim'^ ^poiUaneous or Viduntar\’. hi' intellect. In short, this was the hut refpiii in:i: 'h-j exertion of his whoh-1 highest oratoricil achir.\ eme!it it has fal- his j'lws, and and shoulders "I'in, nothing tht‘ I High is shaken up li om the h'ittnm of ins : t»»inach. wit!i no sm.di houhlers, and his a-i conh! ne seen Irnm out ,i:;s of cnii'.'tnil jowder c*' 1 hei r j efiori id h is sides ain! siiouiiiers, am o\ei vvi.idutirg v\ i'js. I.’ut sui.h \-;ii ioiis I fcptri;es are ni.i le to (’one'^pond by sh.il/esof nglines', me» my g,' e, such | divtoi lion i;;;e! ded lor a smile, uncouth expression", smcIi fui liiiiis oi | ;it tliesr'iiim his look is good naturet nxioiis to'l ; «uch t'aiti.iul i nections iri hi> at’iude ('roll, md j'de droj 5 ot:l ,i their “ fided clieeks” ol th* old p:'reh- nient^ whicii Ijv bet'oi e t —mixed, by tt.e v.-aN-, onMt) piiMitiiully 'vitht il, vac.rif. li^tlo^s coui'itfnajiei--.—t!;,Tt i !e- l .i;'i itci so!?;!!)-, i -.po^i'de to irnn :■ C.i' jectore w ' i-h of i' nfl liead piecj-j jmihiiutjd the 'jiaiiij oi i:j-'btaie-:- ■lin, leu to my lot to hear, and was of course s(iece«>l;i!, but it Certainly was not one of his gi eatc.-Nl ( ll’oi ts. I was I'.iseinated his e\e, and carried away by the of his eloquence ; and bid’ore ; I quitting the Court, I strongly felt, that - ^)!t my j';rst \ :ew of 1 im 1 'could not ijiu ing m\SI If to bidicve, tiiat 1 was in- a I by Vet ■ K.rrcnt t; r i(d;',' with such facilit\ , and .o w sO:e-«'M,( d, tint the court has nurcli ado to I deed in tlu* pr'-'ceiice of a man of first retain its gravity. In !ii' lei) nee, Mr. !i { ger,’iil\ , but loo obvious. y to the ca.^ Ol. gh'.mi !'’io\ lis -. j^iusnis He con’ii’. 'or the (h'- •■•d ii't'fat in- ip.liiiiie tvi'.iHUC Ofi rate genius and learning, ot one whi^ was familiar in the circle of t!ie sciences, vvhosp j cn and whosr> lr«n^n' wcti! rr.iher I '!::el’v ;it Ci)i!ij.land, 'vlio had worthily •'d ‘o ihrou j ; i i’sitif’il over o!i" u’livci sit V, an ! I'ound- ' ,1 '.in'.'tlier ; "■h'jrt; "ulightened rrilri- apprehension—olVicers and constables despatched in all directions—but without success. F/ight and forty hours elapsed and no tidings were procured of him. How be had escaped—and to wdiat re treat be had tied—was as much a secret as ever. In thi.; annoying posture of nOairs, 1 went to my own room, in the evening of tlieseconij day, lorsom(‘ pajiers I wisili- ed to conhilt. I had opened my de.ik, and \vas busily jirosocuting my seaicb', when, iuqqiGuing to ghmci; my eye round. I distinctly saw the face of a man Dcnfsr, Fo^.h.—There have been r'tnair.* cd at (liirerent times, in ihc inter sea sons, sucli dense fojjs as lo orcabion sc- riotis accidents from their inic:.!crriKt' with distinct vision. 'I'hcse arc observ ed in and about large towns only, atnl arn supposed by M. Defranc to ori;^'ina!'“ from the stagnation td' t!ic smnkc anil v? potirs gcnrraled it) such situations. 0'' certain calm winter days, it tnay bfi served that tlie stnokc, on leaving chimnevs. falls to the groiitid ; ati'l downward currents set through fiucj, at the bottom of which there fire ; and it is supposed that uhcii ' takes place ir. a 'own, it ocr:isiot?s fo'^'s peculiar to t hose accnn'uiatif^'i'’ houses. Many instaricc; arc tlicn ted, according with these views, but • ■ Ara;>^i) ohjccis to the conehisioti. rcm'ji''* ing, that, in the first place, ihc'-e !c"' often form in a few minutes ; and in next, that tlu*y iVcqueiitlv do not in the calmest, and accordini' to .M- ‘ franc’s supposition, most favoraldc "te ther.—Ann. i!e ('hiinlc, xxxiii- tl5. Amidst rdl the dis -.rder and ir’cqiri'^ ’.vliici) variety of discipline, conversation and eiT'tiloymcnt. in the intellectual advances oi men, tlierc is sii!! discuveicd by ^ atit spectator, such a general and I simiiitiule, as may he rxnected , I a-. — '^P‘ caiitioudy peeping over the fiirnituro of ,ame common nature .necu-d by extt 1 ,/'e// it \\ as elslord's ! j ircumstances i:u!e'dnit(dy \ ai icd. My first imi»ulM; was to scream, but rc-1 cnllecling^at I w.^ alon- -in a distar.t I^_ide is as loud a hegi;ar as [i.j.t (■[ Sic b(.v,ierj.^^h.'il "S' '.'’'ii:''i ^ j;^rc;t »lcal ' -V'y— '
The Journal (Salisbury, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 4, 1827, edition 1
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