111 15Z:3 74)/1670.21 ,220 rCiVit'ANDA: gautrban Morning, iiiiatentbrr 7, 1850. Reminiscences of Patrick Item. The folldwing is from the pin of the Rev. Dr: ' Ale xander, of Princeton Seminary : From my earliest childhood' I had been accus tomed to hear of the eloquence of ~ P atrick Henry. tin this subject there existed but one opinion in the country, The power of Ins eloquence was felt equally by the learned and unlearned. , No man who ever heard hien speak, ori any impertant oc casion, could fail to admit -his uncommon power over the minds of his hearers. The occasions of which he made his greatest efforts have been re . cotdcd by Mr. Wirt , ll2 hie Life of Henry. What I propose in this brief article is to mention only what observed myself more than half a century ago. Being then a young Mini just entering on a pro in is - inch, good speaking4xwas s•ery impor .tsiv, a was nittural . tor me to obs e rve the oratory of celebrated men. I was anxious to aPnertaip the true secret of their power or what it watt rybith eilabled them to away the minds of the hearers, !most at !heir w ill. In executing a mission front the Synod of Virginia, I t the year reyenteen hundred ninety lour, I had 1, pass through (tie county of Prince Edward, where Mr. Henry irsided. Understanding that be was r appear before the Circuit Court Whtch met-in ihat county. in deferne of three men charged with nfurder.p I determined to seize the opportunity of for myself the eloquence of this extraor dulary orator. h wai with some Iliffienity I obtained a seat in I ont id the bar, where I could have a full view of ......pt•Aer. as well as hear him duaitictly. Eir t tt.,l to ,ulanit to a severe penance in gratify nn: eny for the whole daY was occupied{ w i th .lerNatninatton of witnesses, in which Mr. Henry apleti by two other law} era. r,rson. Air, flenty was lean rather than fleshy. rather above than below the common ..e!. but hail a stoop in the shoulders which pre reified him limn appearing as tall as he really was !:1 ill animation, he had the habit of raietei:ing his frame, and adding to his apparent sic ire Ile wore a brown wig which exhibited .„I,eatM it of any great rare in the dressiog.— Hier tits sliouldeol he wore a brown caroler cloak- I o.ler nos his clothing was black, somewhat the w erne for wear, The expression of his countenance w a . of solemnity arid deep earnestness. His nibs, p,isa red' to be, always absorbed in.wiriat. for I:le tine,OCT U r ied his attention. His forehead wan spai.ious ; and the skin of his. lace mace inn . itsGally wrinkled for a man of filly.— Ile , eyes were small and deeply set in his head, but were of asl.tit blue color, and twinkled much itt their sockets. In short, Mr. Henry's appearance liwt nothing very remarkable, as he sat at rests— mieht readily hare taken him' for a planter, It %in cared very little about his personal appearance. In hi , manners be was uniformly respectful and re(' r!er, s Candles were brought biro the court h-av=e. which the examination of the witness clos ed and the judges pat it to the opinion of the bar, v!tather they would go on with the argument that -•,.pt or a bourn until the next clay. Paul Carting- Hn Jr the attorney kit die State, a mart - of large ;,/e a•;,i uncommon dignity of person and man aco an accomplisbed lawyer, professed his witinc_niess to proceed immediately, - whilst the ieititn ,, ny was fresh in the minds of all. Now for he ttrtt time I heard Mr. Henry make anything Of fr , 'ch. and though it was short, it satisfied me , tinne thing which had particularly desired to have , ynded : namely, whether like a player he mere (V a , eincicil the appearance of, feeling. His manner nisidres.iing the court was profoundly respectful. He %tout,' tie wiling in proceed with the ttial, but sa.,i he, "My heart is se oppressed with the weigh: r.e.ponsibility which rests upon me, having the Ire, of three fellow citizens depending, probably, Pit the exertion which I may be able- to make in tv!ir behalf ' , (here be turned to the prisoners be bind him) that I do not feel able to proceed to-night. :Mt: the court will indulge me, and postpone the trial till morning." The impression made by These Fee words was such as I assure myself no one can ever conceive, by seeing them in print. In the clantenatice, action, and intonation of the speaker, tqere was expressed such an inigeinw of leeiting, that all my doubts were dispelled; never again did rly,e-amn whether Henry felt, or only acted a feel't Indeed, I experienced an instantaneous sym tholly with him in the emottars he expressed; and I have no doubt the same sympathy was felt by erery heart. Ks a matter of course, the proceedings were de.: 'erred 411 next morning. 1 was early at my post; tae pitl;es were soon on the bench, and the Orriener al the bar. Mr. Carrington, afterwards Judge Car on:von—opened with a clear anddigniked speech, end ;presented the evidence to the jury. Every tang seemed perfectly plain. Two Protlters and a ber-in-law met two other persous in pursuit of a hlare, supposed to be harbored by the brothers. After some ahercation and mutual Ow, one of the brothers, whose name was :John Lord, raised a loaded gun which ho was carrying and presented oto the breast of one of the other pair, and shot bin, dead in opereday. There was codoubt about the. fact Indeed it was sot denied There - had been no other provocation_ than_Li4obrious word It I. presumed that the opiniotMwevery joror was' reads .Op from merely hearing the 'testimony ; as To m Ratirey, the principal witness, who was act, mg as constable on the occasion, appe j ared to be a respectable roan. For the clearer understinding of trha, follows, h Fmk he observed that the said con same, in order to distinguish bin fronl - en ( dhez of the name, was commonly called S'Buttetwood gamey ;" as he lived on Butterwuod Creek. Abe descanted on the evidence, - be would often l orn to Tom Harvey-,-a lanatt,bohlMoking man — % I azid with tins,must sarcastic look would call 114 n • ' . . . .,„:„...:,....„ .... . . .i,. TEL . 4: l ' '''''..'''''. I'F . r, ~ ..„ :.„,,... ~. • • 1 i a, r. - 7. 1 ' 1- '. ' ' . -,se• 47' ,. „...4ke l i t , 4 *--,.* 94 4. *,- ....„,g 1 • ~-.. - 4. --H4 -, *-- ..... ..: . ..... .... .......• . „ , „..„...e.....„,..„.__ :,.._... t „.„...,....:„.,4,,...„,v •• ....: _ . , . . i . . , by some name of contempt; "this Butterwood Torn Harvey," " this silou/d.fie cortsfakk," &c. By such expressions, his contempt for the man Walk Ord municated ihe . hearers. I own . l felt 'it ginning, on me, in spite of My better judgment;-so that he. fore -he was done, the impression.tee strong on my mind that Butteru-oud Harvey was undeserving of the smallest credit. This impression, however, I fourkl could counteract, the niment I had time for reelection. The only port of the-speech in which he manifested his .pow . er o( touching the feelings , strongly, was where lie dwelt on the. irrpptlon of the company into Ford's .house, in circumstances so perilous to the solitary wife. This appeal to the iensitility of husbantist---tuid be knew that all the jury stood in this relation was overwhelming. If the verdict weld have been rendered irtnnediatey after the burst et the pathetre; ere" , man, at least every hn.sbeed,in the house, would have - been for rejecting Harvey's testimony; if , not honing him forthwith. ft wad folturtate that :be illusion of surd, eloquence is transierh, and is soon dissipated - by the exercise of sober reason. I confess, however, that nothing which I then heard so convinced toe the advocate's poWer, as the speech of rive min utes, which he made when he requested that the trial might be poetpondd till the next day. In addition to this tt So happened that I heard the lost speech which Mr henry ever made, It 1 , •, , 4 delivered at Charlotte, from theporuco of the court house, to an assembly in the open air. In the American edition of 4ict New-Edinburg Eitcyclope , dia an account of this speech and its effect is given so charged with exoneration as to be grossly in; correct. There is more, truth ip the .Matemonts cell - gained in Mr. IVirt's :memoir. 4 in point of fact, the per furmance hall tilde impression beyond the transient pleasure atiordutl to the friends of the administra tion, and The pain Indidted on the anti-fetlerahmt!, his former political friends. - Mr. Henry came to the place with difficulty, and was plainly destitute of his' wonted vigor and t cornmarying power.— The speech was neverthelrs a node eflert, r-uclt as could have proceeded filom none but a patriotic heart. In the course of bi remarks Mr. Henry ( a s / 4. is correctly stated by Mr. Vio) after speaking of Washingtc;n at the head o ia ottmetons and well appointed army, exclannedt " And where is the 1 American who will dam. to ifebis hand against the Littler . f his country, to poin s weapon a i the breast of the man who had tin often; led them to battle and ~. to victory i" Au intotiCallman cried, "lentil/1..' - " No," answered Mr. tient. twine aloft in all his majesty. and in a voice most tilemn end penetra• ting, "No.: yon deist notdo de it: in such a yanl cidal attempt, the steel would drop. from your iterveles.s aim !" Mr. Henry Was lollowed by a speaker af.erwards j thelinaliecntion, bat went off into a most early dirig noted in bnr national history ; I mean John Han- and diseursire oration oil generartopies, exinting tiolph, of Roanoke ; but the aged orator did not re- opinions in nCrfert nerontante with thnse r hi ; main to witness the debut of his young oppnn#nt. hearers; until haring folly succeeded in nbli .rat- Ranitolph began by saying that he had admired -in: every imprds.sion of his Opponent's' filetvi that man more• than any on whom the sun had obli•lely appriardied the sullect, and as ore; shone, but that now he was Constrained to differ was offered rinalt forth strokes which secm,l-ti from tote rate, But 'Randolph was suffering with upon the minds of tire jury. ht illiS 7 C. ii the hoarsenesynt a Cold and could seureely utter an •be added, the cause of truth ailed over tla aud.ble sentance. All that is alleged in the ul the consualmate off. Encyclopedia, abodt Henry's returning to the plat form and replying with extratrilinary effect is fabrication. The fact is as above stated. 11 returned to his house, as if unwilling to listen. and requested a fiiend to report In him any thing winch might require an answer. But he made no refply. nor did he again present it imsell to the people:. I was amidst the crowd, standing pear to Creed ty lor, then an eminent lawyer, and afterwards a judge; who made remarks to those around him, durma the speech, declaring ainortg, other things that the old man was in his dotage. It is much to be regret ted that a statement so untrueshould be perpetrated in a work of sr.ch value and celebrity. Patrick Ileory had. several sisters, with ore of whom, the wife of Cu!. Mederith, of New Glasgow, I was acquainted, Mrs, hiederith was not only a woman of tinfeiped pitey, bat vra* in my inilgment as eloquent as her brother; nor have I ever met with a lady who equalled her hi power at conver sation. At an early period of my ministry, iilrecarno try duty to preach the fiineral sermon ot Mr. ..letne . ;* Hunt, the lather of the late Rev. James Hunt, of Montgomery county, Maryland. The - deatkocctic red at the house of a ton who rived ou Stanton river; Mr. Heily'rs residence, Red Hill, sae a Jew_ miles distant on the Faroe river. Having been tong a friend of the deceased, Mr, Henry attended' the funeral and remairredlie dine with the .con pa,.n,y; on which occasion Ilwas mtrodoied to him tby Capt. W n illiattr Craighhad, who had been =cider in President HavieeiChtuch. Them. gePlle9len .had bean friends in Hanover, but had not mref ! , fur many years. The two old gentleman .met great cordiality, and teemed to Itavo.,liigh..eniuy inent in talking of old tinter, On theretrospect of so . matty.yeers I may be per- mitted to express my views of the extraordinary effects bf Henry's eloquence. 7hA temark is oh. 'nous, in. application nut only to him but to all great orators, that we cannot ascribe these eaecte mere ly to their «ltegbis lanipooionitengrAu riyett .inta I . 449.rlglisfsia tsropictouyautAftes.i. 7`t E India cd 41Panl• The it atiiifitifh corporation, Whielf.*trlay said . to rule me torwritereilit destlnieir of ightml, th us spoken cif brtlieThrisiinitAiquireri - "The stockholders of this company havd never mtieleticeeded twcithonsand: and ilieetipital stock - , on.c+'hich'afvidendi have been paid, at the lart.iest had been pot it i t t:oo.otin. It fizz been stillert, in grighatta, to the - tirrike' ina.eagentent which most always attend a'Cimipuriy'whilse . slockhohlers' and d ;tenors are can gran tlY ; c han anti w Frog's a+reintri and 'field of riperations are tri-tiint by half ifie coinfereilee orthe globe: from their eehrre where tnewiresufitliorte : alto besides this, IT has hail In'. eneanterthe hostility of the comtner:ial class of England forrnetly tdreitlip by its mbnopoty froth the Indian irade, irri . lntai it has ronren • tied for existence on it Ittibcf4iif blOodyhattfe:fields, with I)ntett and French, and thei natirernottarehies ?Hite En.4l Put' itartettl.lhitdintlitrsoliaii6tes, hadetpelied tht Det'eh ; it has annihilated the power of the French in built —hits , subiltied one native kirertetit -alter souther have groan itnfttates anirl these Shit& iittrt vast arid eOntolicia. led Ern it has maintained a standing army huge; than that of any European power cxcept sit: aiiil'i~rflr~, in ~lifferenrtlrrie•c, from . 110 000 to Vin 000 men St hit's' coridneteti sieges w it l ess di end fel than those %%loch drenched lhe cities of pain in Lfmwl , to the petiinsotar war ; it hasstotm ed imperial Cllle.l and fortresses almost beyond tiuniticr. So iiiceisruit has beeniti %vat s, diat tot 4 years sicari•ely /tiny has passed - in which the wild beas!s of the it:rig fes, nrthe alagueit iu habitant. fit the talk. In.ve not tied before the thou mitt i , t tior 1.0 -6 cannon. ts. bay unets have Lirm lieu the treat puwer el the v. e4vally, of the trill-disi:iithittd ot My sorts, anti of the fariww e‘iiira;;e ut the emkha : it has subdued _real and warlike iringilorns, and not poly sutsfued but has Jcposrd filen stir ted their revenues, subverted tosimiitons as old as India herself, reconsgueted its laws aid deuce, and river mast ie..e ions vhatigett the very P.n. st.t.l its history is full i - 1 vast selietnes—!o-day_ of conquest, to.minrow ut social tegeneiation and iniproverzient—of (1'14u:rle)) of heroic %lite v i. eruent, of ile.perate ri, Mat:llr'; good all deficiencies of nortiliers anti Muller! world renowned itt states• maus6 p, a u ra war, and ii:eigiure, and religiou.— Thi4 company lit been comwesed of iiielehanis am; others, who have lived quietly as go o d and eiiizr its, unknown and unheard of ; yet ;hey (taco appointed, anti, at &II pleasure, recalled tinrernuis Ito have elegised la Inihut a despotic authority over the fortunes of More than nub lianikreti Million ei people, which tha ;:ionarFh of En;fanil dares not exercise in his island ilt;itna.n.....ltiifoie its t It.r let calm edin 1833, itliad stiUtisiesl ilea, ly the whole penutsal.y h u m Cain...Commis' to the inspassablesnows of the alaya rnadutains. And amino then, the career of i•iiii i iriiesthas nut patised. • The cannon England burst upon the Itiysviricius gate s ef China; she tr ti yin,g new et pet iments in among the savage= ul lionieo; she Las a: dell the Punjaub to her online, and a thousand miles nest of the tevetsing the course id Alesanti9r's conquests., pejlelgUing among the wlld and trarlik'e tribes of Ati,;hatilstan, %%here site met the fierce-t resistance; her unu earieil battalions hat e leached the confines l'iussta, mid t j e echoes Jf her adv:toeing arms hate ulio at !fight kept watch. 7:11 the 011111uSl power. TIE FIAT/ tit l r i r.R r—The - fotlnwiag Acinib was poireirmisd' of the in Phil I.l,lelplkin:ennitly Tam am nixale 61 har 111,2 appear - ea in print, nwt it is to ortioli' to be lost ..et.m. 11111 a 1,-,r frorti ntia• Ariel hail L.!retaily etrinrgvil ilto bump of a trenche. itr" in the apperstosies of the young. 4, ideas," and ihey tonic and smeared the traltisitrides trotn top to tiotroln'tvitli. fond, and ts - hen the maNter came in he crrypattstrally hot Ina hand on it when hemonii• red the stain►. - He was soon aware of his sad lois. hap, hat snrl n othin 2 shot* it mill the sr hoists had alt been - halted. in tont -had taken their sent, schen !re Yterituttnteil tht.m otitis tart, mil:acid he would Ore bey onelice.drillarsotho would inform him 4 , 1 rc %a I 'het t Miami. •• s • Si alit thornent oplutoriutitulittlti rea.ksetuteAT itbolotiii-- 0, 11111 - ..,y0u flay you'll give any Mko x'eldvdtadlivicholl Jetl-4 - hb had r 0 hand hi it?" 1 * gulAaa: l -1‘ v , •.!,• . • , . 46, 7 1 C0t0, ttstryontl(tiot -will you t". t+LS '0 ,40 VI • -"" Yon `,liinneicamp 1%1 Yourit'you don't tell riokyi • A. Tidy, y tru , ----Ort. I Jon't - GOll/1. Or I Shaii allye! c' Well; this, you kcal ftlitind in it." -• • '- The rangier -garb in and forkid e'er.—Yankee Slotle - • • ' 6it rerco; —A itnet.ir teas employed hy, n pot YnaA teriktte,,tt Iris wire, Cahn was ilanzeion,4l*. 11n3 it...ivtor gave a hint that he had. feats of Wit%,; paid " 114 re 'five pntindlin said the man to the doctor, t , and IT you kill or vire, ynti 'shall have (heir ." The woman died in the dricter's hands, and Idler a rea ulna:4a tittle he called for his five rietinds. The roan a...led the d'64.-tor te if he had'fil/r1 his wife r, EMI le Did Too cure r thr. pool. :man yau have nil k gal dviilzu3.' , • , 41 • 1.4 3 ler 1.172=1031 Evaporation. ibTrt.c.brvit. FAcpb coN p:TED THED.S.WtTiI T 1 / E'rec 100t - a I p-oriess of eeapdration and cort• ifetisatiotr are he menus Whereby the Whole s s ur:. facie ; of that part of the efebe whirl conethaes I- • I is Supplied with' the ftesli moo-Wife and ,kale/ i f • essary to "stusfaitt Me organization and 'to main! in the !mkt/or/AAA dee atritnatiud vegetable vrorkl.— Thence sap and juice are supplied to vegetables , and ilruifs to animate, rivers and fakes are fed, and tarried back to the ocean their Waters, after supply ing the uses of the tiring world. . The extensive • - sot lace of the ocean -undergoes a never eeasingpro cess of evaporation, and dismissesinto the atmoss phere a quatitity of pure waterlrroportiOnate to it, eXtent of surface and temperstereref the air above ; it, and to the state of that air with spect to satura• liar'. Thee' vapor is carried wcurrents of air through', every part of th e" at ovltere which sure W le v rounds th e - giobe. .When b •varieruelmeterological t ii e ll Causes the tempera-ewe of the air is reduced, it will freqtrently happen that it wit! come below that lim it at which the suspended vapor is in a state of sat. matron. Adeposition or condensation will there` fore take glare, and rain or aquebtracierids will be formed. If the condensed.vapor collect in Thetis ~ eat drops, it will be precipitated and fall on thesur face of the earth in the form oft:tin; but from s t one - ,uuknown cause it freoeently happens that, instead hof collectirig in drops, the condensed vapor is form -1 ed h,to hollow bubbles, ettelOsiug, withthent a fluid lieliter. hulk for bulk, than theatmospliele.. These bubrileS ale also found to have a repulsive idle r:we on each other, like that of bodieesimilar &cc ' trifled. They float therefore, irtthe atmosphere, their nintnal repulsion' ',reverting them coalescing so as to farm drops. In this state, keying by the laws of optics a certain degree of opacity, they be t come di:Ain:7ly risible and form clouds. The ea- I por suspended in the air doting a hot summer's 1 day it so elevated in its temperature as robe below tire point of saturation, and therefore, 'bent! the l• actreti quantity suspended be very considerable, „ .yet while the air is capable of sustaining mere, no condensation cats take }Awe t bin lir the evening, after the seri had departed the source of heat being withdrawn. the temperature of the air undergoes' a I _real depression, and the quantity of vapor snspen- I ded in the altresphere, now at a low temperature, ! fir , d'attair., and sobsermently passes the pointl of saturation. A deposition of moisture then takes, I place by the rtindent•atiott of the redundant viper 1 of the atmosphere, and the small particles of mots. ` I tote which tat: on the surface, Coaleseing by their I natural robe-ion, fee m clear, pellucid drops on the I surface of the gri.und, aterare known-by - 0 e name lof der. The eked. in which the condensed vesi• rtes of rapes are collected are affected by an atttae. 1 lion which draws them ,toward the Monntains and highest points of the surface of the berth. Collect ed t h ew, they undergo a change, by .uhich they Iforminto drops, and are deposited in -the form. of 1 rain : atirtitence, by their natural gravitation, - they I find theil way through the pores and interstices or 1 the earth ; and ill ehattriels along its surface, forni ing, in the one case, wells and springs' in redoes I parts of the earth. where they find a natural exit, or I where an aitiflcial eta is :riven to them, and, in the oilier crises, obey Mg the form of the SW face of 1 the emintry llitough which they are carried, they ! wind in narrow clumeels, first deepening and %el -1 tiering as they proceed, and are fed by tributary I streams until :hex faint into greatrivers, or spread 1 ,..int0 lakes. and at length discharee.their waters into the sea. The prritiesri of evaporation is not confin ed to tie sea but takes place from the cu, face of the soil, and horn all v - -getable and animal productions. The showers %chic-ft fall hi summer, first. scattered in a thin sheet 411%0h:tine over the surface of the , country', speedily reitir - nto the form of vaPor, and carry Welt them, in the latent form,, a quantity of Ihear, which they take rrytn'every object ih contact l•with item—thus modetating the temperature of the earth, and refreshing the anitnal and vegetable cre. afire). A remarkable example of evapesatina en a twee st'al'e is sripptied by that great :inland sea, I - the Mediterranean. That natural reservoir of %ca -1 ter receives an extraordinary number of large riv ers, emote , which may be mentioned the Nile, tim ffaretbe, the Duelper, the Rhone, -the Ebro, the IDon, and many others. It has no communication I with he ocean:, except by the straits of Gibraltar, and !twee. instead of an outward current, there is a rapid ITO never ceasing in.:card flow ii . f . water We are, therefore. compelled to conctude that evap. 1 oration froxii the sue fere of this sea- carries oft-the ._ enominue: quantity 01 Water constantly supplleds„ from those scieves. Th's may in a degree be tie. counted for by the tact that the Mediterrauean ie surrounded by vast tracts of land Mt every side ex ; reps the west. The wind : whether it blow frown • the south, the oarth, or fro - rii=the tiast; ; Gs passed • over a conStiletalde extent:Of land, earl iitgeherally ,. inn: iitafe;' . With respect to s4Poienteitieratidfletive situation. These dry corrents'ofieltid,'CoMii,t in ; eaetact with the surface el the 31editetraiitilittliVW off water With avidity, stnintassing, off,"azeitsut"Cie. ded by fresh pOrtlons of afr, ta birth repeat theine I process. Swear Cams —A man travelling at the west, des Glared that the wind came to him so laden with fragrance that he dlionght he was near a garden of roses. He dircos:ered that it was - onl y, a bevy•of girls going thOngh , the woods. persit4 ifs kissing a pretty grl.iwiven-shts resolutely Acetates she y.l not to. It lOolis as though you lioubted hor word Brigham :Young,. the Merman prophet at Satt Labe, ha.* tweniy-Nrt wives; inehr/ing, For-el:11 WI by his prodecesso . rJO Smith. He is deterrti,..L.i to deserve therhouot3 of martyrdom. Go abroad, opnn the paths or . natnte; and when, all voiees whitTer, and •its silent throng are breathing the-deeibeanty of the world,•kneel- , as its *imp!e altar, and the '61041 tvho huh tie living qvnte;s shall be.,ih,are 1111 r.-tit'