The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-10-24

leH5Nhlutss OF stseSf3 wen otsccfiln3 us sane
Iiied cloth, walks on with an oftaodog maj
esly, with his lips IN hard pre-. sure, aud MS
eyes :. straight on, save when the, glance
up INTO the din, cloudy atmosphere, 70 catch
tn. Split Of moral inspifaliou,o or gather lronIhe
expiring Of natort, iiilc sermon for Tie CON-
ng Sunday. hlayhap you vii ind N l.e
rear ol the minister, very sua r., fazoF conns
I.enanced man, with hi, hands behind, thrust
up unaer his coat, and marching slowly or,
with very Jisniiied Tread. gu cannot mis-
lake tie iase9er--bs pbz, Ii Is likely, wifi
be OF thai k,iouy species, which veil iepIe
-enls one Of h own iorkidunder legal cases j,
or II may he smoolhed tnlo a sleet eoinpla
cency-ihe legitimate Clipping oi conioria-
Die docket. iis goes along, nlih 1T, features
worked mo i look OF determined periinacily
with took .ound in snoslh call unde, as
arm, and bunmins peichance the worse bali
vi psalA-tune--turnlng neither 10 tie right
hand nor The lei, except II be al sotne barJ
word. or sudden soise, which may possibly
he screwed Iuto an apology iof a quarrel =
he commonly carries Cane, with which he
ever aud anon sfnil.s The brlck pasemesis ~
pesllaiing manner, as though he were
c0uniing all The Intervening days, I'll re neSt
session Of the Judiciary.
! The nexi person can he 10 less than an Is
! cu,aplgs--Hho makes ahead, thinking . -
all Inc bitterness ct lealh' with ihal soulbre
character 81 eo1n.>sance, which niehl be
/ looked ioru oae o. his calling. Perhaps ne
has Just come lfon some wreck ct mortality,
and ,noses nicely away ds II ne were heading
on pills. Pefhaps, too. lie may be one al
tia, hali-lnaae Up kind o. Aen one al hos
1 eqal,.eai Deipgs, wno will not lei you know
III " lne worst comes 10 lie worsl' whether,
il the huns Of sickness, he coaled as u jris,i,
Vr a tax sat,eger tie nerer wIshe. Tie dea Ia
OF any human beiag-but only prass se may
I ~ sslieves III IS lac oniy way oi tr5tag oul
ogr sirtue-the only passport 10 pefieeiabil-
ny! H., feelings with regard To The lrailles
! OF mofsily, conceive, are pretty much like
,hyse Of The clever creatd,e who delights 10
. conila.raiion-no lhsl be loves to see prop
cry swept away-not ihsl he would love 10
nave his oWD house burnt, bui niessiy because
oil lie soJd ftp II sfyrds him. lie has Pc
culiady old fashioned appearance, ssd Is em
lssl lhs pulse Of lie people"
Next comes one OF the CAD lies OF CREATION
or rsrsleTi sc ahight say, one Of The legitimate
1lua-boaies. Il We suppose II human be-
ins--hs mercury is lowered llIe, aud hi
evanesosai figure soneN nat moie tramnieled
by the anltnan air. Tie goss by listening TO
the music OF ms own CANE, as II dessends 10
, earth, alter mot, knowing iwIti than That OF
corporal 1ru--aud whi,iling softly lhe
picked ~ nolss II lse last nav song. lie Is
/ isn0u, ior neD coiacd words and gsea; ste.
rles-uew clllbes, and news paper ave, dote.
-.iandiug jokes and 3 bumped had Tor he
does mol stand low as cranioiogsi. either
j. theory or praclice In his daiiy profnen-
ace, 10 show hs is foil O; isi.urc abi The fish
ons, be cutters sbsusclediy along, oupl ht
comes opposite some well knowa ribbon
store. into which he IS sure 10 nserl his phis-
ognomy, 10 determine whether there be an,
tan one floating N lhs htuliy Of the shop
! The lexi charsc IS sure 10 be sn author IN
small may-rerhaps the conductor OF
new spaper, OF something OF equal espsGiiy.
Has system OF pO0eeung IS certainly peculiar.
You al see him, with his lace wrought into
an lneillble hardhood Of eXpfssslon- with .
deal ;lore OF iron than ,.at oi feter Bel, anu
an alternate contraction and dilalion Of feature
that would puzzie even Loekhart with all hi'
phislog0einy. lie Is waiting IN agony foI
something loiell sboui--and would give bali
he IS worth, tot the happening oi an crsnt---
while, for weary tine he has been tossing
about on The seq OF poitcs, and reduced hR
sell TO the shadowy figure OF genius, by tbs
vast depth oil has sarrsssipg calculations, ans
. rubbing lhs poor itch OF hls own opinion
His soul seeiis with hieh conceptions aboul
ti,ese DAYS, and sll his ideas mad n locus IN
England--He IS composing some pungeui ar
ticle, TO treat the world VITA, when thing
shall have come 10 crisis there aud il you
disturb hl, flow of thought, Ills only TO awaken
his thunder oil invecliye, and bear hin curse
Dir Walsh because he does mol write with
pen OF flame against the " snug little Island. ,
ltyou had mol grown tired OF standing, yoU
might see scores ST senlsel merchants OF tie
shop,--iron the substantial ,ender 81 English
Goods, 10 the grocer sad buckstsr--both' with
hands in their packets, waiting Ter winter
time, aud neither disconsoate, as long as
one has the promise ola tough season, and The
other i, enough Of political economist, 10
know that he need rot sIsrse, Is long as There