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* .' V~'j 4 -,*m u Ai Z-c~t 14' *~~~~ 4A,*:~Vi~f 4 eve~ HO ~ ILAOY *~0 0? I Shall the 0like 9 nmi adterb~w h f-earthl e fn. iehot as a ant a lesson for Sol i itand 0 ~ py or sccesse inyste 6nc cor rectly eX d ight on the In of-the uiost Kentucky. His 9, '4dle6d in the tenderest hisy6uth rocked in' the . In the course of ,txeirdeafo hearty, i1iAilabor. A pale; thilelientoconstitu. ovinge.yes the mistaken of parents could not brook his exposure to the rude mlements. 'The health :b a not suffered to iis'froknhis cheek. The Ta-mst notsaturato the pores ~sn The cold bracing TW"'not freoin passing, to breathto frost. What * o o sm'uch effeminate s tii~ ' We record wht e 6huia plant in, but. slight, y we4 as a wo he fitting age, he ugh the usual fashionable Sa d was thus banned the privil. air and "dry light' for r. The alms matres w ha notthon learned-have txo earned-to recognise the exis as gel ts ou4. They o acin their exorcises for j4 e of amaterial organs. ~hey491derive the true syatem of ' fifro oulion sense,then ihose same old..Greek *L W .ms which they cram away t01he-tumories -of their pupils, with as lriO'fIkh~'* "fproit, t employ no In the world a palmy na e model men flourished earxid after death as gods, sidiut"od n the shade of ajfiailng the burdens , of dividing its honors. That ethod. Man ia'lsduidi r di h~~3 prt: hence his n a esiseg the vicious ff~f~ispia ed its ngforms, W $~ $uliarcharacter of his s.From, his ear 1~ #I~e5appears to have -corn b~sed? uilese activiy of thought with ~~ci~ot ~ruirie superiori ~IlpiJi is iger and purer s~.~ Hence, notwithstanding his con I o y n p ~ 16 ipies an gauated with pstfle rotfed frorm -y aripeoscholar, thoroughly s rpinies off rofound 1oningy;~ burning with rpatience to ebr the -lists "of ei~hire giant minds * jiwpttiur. In the south ed~ 4it~'tion has ever ~ '~ T~x~dilhwost said thie 4SitO fame and fortune. ~haho~j~1 ~esno pofwhile the wor4V~ks '4tm, Ciy, and a re lispe before the alphabet ~y4~ychild from Carolina to rkan Te'pourtshouse-isathe anterdoom ttho ch mbersrof politics. i )i aliil poi!er, by in M~il fiodxis the determined son v dod in tuilistering the ~tJ~b$1~ nce oin a single f ~ i4# hdebut in one of the 4eoaassthat over'oocurred copida of criminal proceedings a-to romantlo that its thrilling incidents ehbasis of a novel, in lors of naked nature.1 y be tol4 In aisentenice: 48 a voluwenfooin4%eue s tli oneef-flie~. ior oldshn r n4 wasat fren cote g'ile t W1 g6a vnee a rdfi t&e aselkma-hi .1 -oecidi~nateoH beeuenoa.Qe elioa quittalo~thiinfaead ~uinda bajtl reelte esetyodo h ds nrd d ia n etat fercne ontst-ou o uto 1l aW aiuin toit uoierge ate of ela a 'hem'int to be ure, err.GThe - nanqetti-agedntof thepud utime ~~~~M4 lijtoqopiyoe'te aeo tn ight ezeuse,. if it could; not wholly t justify, this general comkniseratio. 3 'The beautiful thoegh erring wife shared t her husband's dungeon, and omnmitted. e suicide the day of his .execution; and a now, and henceforth till the end of ti~ae, f by the previous irish of both, felded in 8 eachi other's armS they. sleep1 without a dreams of the past or visions of the fu- E ture, in the cold* and quiet bridal i bed of the grave! t The celebrity of the 'uvenile orator c was thus firmly establ'sed, and the en- f tire valley of the Mnississippi, like the a hollow-of some vast trumpet, was filled e with the breath of his fame. The re- i port of the trial was, published. The t press took it up and wafted it oni the 't wingu of the *mnd till every town . and V hamlet,1 heard the name ofLacy. i Me V delight to woship ie rising star,- o but few will ivedp when .it sets intthe il sea. Even as he left the forum, crowds a of admirers gathered around. him with c cheering congratulations, and attended a him in a sort triumph to his hotel.- e The tongue of flattery whispered in his a ear that the splendor 'of his renown 1t would soon eclipse the polar luminaries, Clay and Webster. Such in jnse to t the heart of young ambition- - inore a grateful than any spicy odors of "Araby I the blest." Oh! how long and wide t and glittering then was the vista of hope, e viewed through the mist of a future that t seemed to sweep almost half an are in C the great circle of Eternity! f But the first defeat trod close on the c heels of the first victory. The victory 1 was an achievement of pure soul, as the - defeat wvas a necessary result of the un- .i developed body. He had expended an ( immense amount of nervous energy, I that mysterious oil of life, in his oratical z effort, and the excitement of the occas- i ion having passed away, an ominous re- ( action followed, and lhe was 'd with c a dangerous illness that n proved i fatal. Had his sinews been eviously i hardened by healthy exercise-had his t heart before learned to pant with the t hot pulses of toil-this misfortune had 1 not happened. Alas!.it was but the t mournful type of his ddstiny ever aften a an incessant war between the clay and., I the spirit-between the freil muso ind I the iron will. Strange, however, as it may seem, he ' did not hunself look hack with gloom or ~regret on this first prophetic fever, which, in his ease contmued to be the I invariable consequence of the bodily1 exhaustion caused by his brilliant bursts of eloquence-for the sorrow was sweet- I ened in his memory by a beautiful andI touching incident, to which, in follow- t ing days, he never alluded without a flow of dolicioue tears. Let me give it in liis. own language, re'peated so often in those dear departed evenings of so- I cial converse, that I have every word by heart: "I had bean sick only a short time, when the' rumor ran that I was dying, and a crowd collected to witness .the spectacle. I was speechless, hut still had tho use of my senses, and was con seious of the -general impression as to my state. Among the throng that came rushing into my room was a face] the brightest, and most enchanting over I beheld before or since. It was like the sudden vision of an angel just arrived from , Paradise, or as if one of those i glorious dygms of my early childhood e had been embodied in a living form, all I beauty to theoyo, all perfection to the faney, whe emotion produced by her look, as she gazed sadly where I lay that first look, with its two gem like tears-can never be expressed. I felt ' as if my side were opening to let in a a stream of- heavenly starlint, gushing * duo the 'lofsedenciiit mjuit have s~b 'wie.16 deenhim rT*b6 U Aislaharacter.' -When thero wae sonoe 6.wrong to attack4,idPoue A tim of persecution i6t forum wvas overfloiing witha aeo x citedlife, and the bar lashed.41t d -then was the time to sbeandd the god-like intellect aun ieaesi Cof thg man. When hisglooks dere'More eloqiuent than other ynen's lodidesataln guagei and his tones had a dsid tliai drewar as a lancet doth bloodifid the-frown of his pale browicould blanch thoblack foreheadof perjuryitillit gro aler than his own-then no mi htseeba and doubt his MriaethW en soule great nmoi'al qestq was debated in the dra-.rdoon when the ptisoned arrowe,. ae launched at reigioa, orthe ghtrtil-l lery of a doubt'asileveled atvirtub, liberty, or equalityeradispaiaging e mark was utteredagainst theiasse, or the daggerztopgueoftsc n1 ditted' at fenale. reputation-.-oh!then wo the time to see Jini n good in thought and glorious in free: speech'forof al mankind,:in common confveratiolie was perhaps the most eloquent, andn so because he was the most truthf and paid the least tribute to the tyra y of opinion, that most detestable of all t' rannies the sun ever saw. When itfriend was in distress. and needed either.Is voice orhismoney--whenap oo beggar held out her lean hand foroarity-or rather when that victim of a villain's wiles, whom he had formerly known in the days of her wealth, beauty, aiid puri ty, met 'aim in the streets of New Or leans, o.ad, he: gave her his last cent ,in the w ld, and thus enabled the fallen oo to.r ;Oin herhome ye then was the time t., have seen him good in deed a4 well as in thought. When beast bytthe fre hil. long witer evenings, and unbosomed his soul to a companion who duld undo stimd him,and hlbis eniotions and ideas became transparent. as .crystal; when his morning memories of heeand -am bition flew back again out of the waite of years, from the unforgotten past, like lost' angels despoiled of their.- purple plumes; when he spoke of his -youthful plans, so lofty,..faded out in dreams and vanished into the air;- how he "uirposed to win a fame as wido.as the worl and immortal as humanity, and all for the benefit of humanity in the world; how he would exhaust his fortune when ao quired, and employ his renown when won, iu the grand work of rational . r forms; how he would level, 4ot bypul ling down the high mountains, but by elevating the lowly valleys, so as to make -the social and political earthone Common table-land, soaring away yp in die pute ether, accessible to the dews and sunshiin'; and fnuch nekter the stari -and how all hope had failed him, be cause his body hadi not re6eited an, edu cation to match with thti of his intol, lect; and then .when he returne 4to his wife, absent in heaven, and his vpice grow hollow and husky, ad be clasped his bony haands over his eyed, a'nd fis hot tears fell trickling through his fing ers--then, oh! then was the time to see Ihim, and be sure ho was most unhappy! All who hav'e seen him thus~, or . at either of those three times, or in either of those moods, have but one opdnon as to the man-that America neveN pro duced a greater or a better man,; had the earth in his organization only equal led the spirit whichi it fri I s og fettered.fr so n But now ho is free. After 4eath the obsture a~re all free. rerhapiltjs #v en happier thus than had his passionate wish been accorded, and had Fame been given the pride of Ambition--br the famous are never free. Alas! for the world's reformers, after death their very names must still serve the'unholy task-masters of slander,or their.chatac ters may be misunderstood by-the mas, ses for whom they labored, orthe fm'e gold of uaeir doctrines shall be coun Fterfeited by canting hypocrites. Fame, instead of being always a wreath of rosy light, as credulous fancy paints it, is too often a crown of torturing fire, that burns the brain of the living and black ens the memory of the dead. that 'ohl sleep-inspiring Lothe, thy soothing wa ters, never a fiction, are at last the sole cordial which cures all pain, and gives the life-weary rest till the dawn of another morning! THE~ PRESENT WINTE.--Dr. Rob bins, Librarian of the Hartford Athen eum, (Conn.) now over 80yeauof age, has kept a record of the weather froma hisyouth up, and acknowledges thatthe present wintorbeats allformerones withe mn his recollection, for the et of its coldnes as-maeasuird by thethermosmote. wgppintygpac4 izalvetQe likei thd hihie of 1tne iq r whisper saidl61i pn~allusdantheeffect ofa artial- iiriuin;causeb fer; but ylpy6 .ws rao llusiooi,-and the voice ltered oracle whhhfast subsequen lyer d. nteeapotnoly paint that er thst fce and queenly form :he xhag 14 usleirships, ;and wealth) A e-eom'she as poorjand. had ex. . eicd misfortune which the world rill apsiboud not over ok. His eads never forgave him kto that unpqual marriage. He cared at.,$e supplied d e for him the laceoall fritidship,; beauty, and oodness. -Indeed, her love and:devo ongPrrted e40omplete equation witb W ng eriffectionin its strength nd tenderness seemed maternal as well a conjugal Sheswas musculat, state r-.an earthly, Juno; and during his aonthly: attacks of disease, bore him bouthabituaily in: her arms; or cradled im in her lap, as if he. were a: child >r he was almost a, child, both in the reakUess and delicacy of his frame. . A pathetic anecdote will illustrate 10n'oble feelings which actuated this redded pair through life. While prae sing at the bar ofNaslville, Lacy re eived the fe of a. thousand dollars te ppear in a great criminal cause. Be )re going home, he went to a jeweller's hop, and laid out the entire sum for a uperb diamond necklace for his wife. he wore the costly present with all the ride of a woman for she was ;hen ex remely fond of dress. When the Mae- came on for trial, he opened ith one of his magnificant displays, a un-burnrt of light and fire; but, at the ad f half an hour, fainted away, and ras carried to his hbG in a state of arrible exhaustion. As soon as- the rife beheld his condition, she uttered a id cry, araid exclaiming "It is my fool. Ih vamiCy which has-done this!" tore If the glittering necklace and trampled jewels under her feet, and no per. 4asion or entreaty by the husband ould ever again induc her to wear any ther than the cheapest and plainest of lothing. She needed no other. Such wife could not be adorned by a neck. ice woven of stars! The reader must perceive at a glance bata abeing of such fragile mould as the bove incident proves Lacy to have eon, could not hope for success in ei, ier the walks of forensic or political mbition; and yet lie was so constituted Ilat he could not rest without some sort f superiority. By the advice of riends he turned his attention to anoth r field. General Jackson, who loved im as a son, gave him letters of strong econaimendation to the leading men 01 Lrkansas, then about to organize a state ;ovornment. This might be said to ave been equivalent to . blank 6oim iis3ion for office, and accordingly he ras elected a judge of the Supreme 0ourt. His exquisite literary taste, ombined with his studions habits and eop learning, rendered his written op lions models of judicial truth and beau. y' that might have reflected credit on he reports of any civilised land, while is popular manners and stainless repu ation made him for a while the univer al favorite. Two untoward e'infs, owever, happened to darken his pros ects', and drive him from that bench oi rhich ho was the sole ornament. He ras caued by a ruffian duellist of her ulean strength, and had the moral outage afterwards not to seek revenge a the bl9od of his foe. '.Lhis was an un ardonable disgriee in the view of th< ltrkansas codo of honor. Bunt more atal to his fame still was a decisior to delivered in favor the Real Estatt 3ank, a private corporation that the egislature absurdly supposed they hai~ he constitutional power to break down for his opinion to the reverse-an opin on which was highly complimented b~ )hancellor Kent and Judge Story-thi ame enraged body of law-makers at empted to remove himi by address rudge Lacy anticipated the measure o ils enemies by a resignation, and sooi oettled in New Orleans. Here lhe lost hi wife-an event whichl brew over hi. affectionate spirit a cloew if despair that clung to him till the last le dad without children. As a blas ed tree stripped of its verdure, its saj ione, its tru'ik nakod,its branches bare rith no green ivy-wreath twini arouni t, goes orashing to the earth beneatl ho force of a.single thunder stone, h< erished by the pestilence which hath ~osimile,save the lightning's stroke, t< xpress at once its powe~d its prompt ess-the cholera We said at thr outset that Judg< . Lacy was egreat and good, but no successful or happy, man. We hav< tot the spacc in this brief sketch to ad of kil un - 01 ~ rentApUWwtis) sa a T n' y.0 andgdeful orn SJtfisat '- S t i O P o a aa, h i- * - f. ' . tyO t~hitad!1.. . . 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