Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-04

iron railing in spite Of the Bailiff who stood
sen,rv, and TO whose loud demand OF o''s"ee'
he shtieked-
BE .i!en, your self, w'H speak"
The crowd around the bar gave him q pas
sae,. and in an ms, AMI his hand was interioek.
ed in tina, Of the acquitted iuggler, who SIN
occupied the stand .,
PEERS. nv dear fellow I'll stand by you,
was IN. excIam zion which BAR. from his ups
as he wrune the hand Of the mounteoank.-.
- Give M the paper," he cried, snatchlng II
from thu clerk as re spoke, AID glancing over
the page as ,f searching for MIR. Pt,ers' para
praph. The Judge, al the beginning o. .he
disrurbs ce, called out Arrest that man
bu, " hen in the intruder he recognised booth'
the Tragedian, he countermanded the oroe'
and requested him, gently, TO w,thdra".-
Booth crushed the paper in one hand pnt ."e
other a oimbo drew himself TO ms 'nhes'
heigh, and fixed an eye upon The Judge ""o'e
look was ,erv ligh,hing-N Never d'c oe"o'"
gaze 20 stern, so piercing, SO intensity
ssi,e Of bitter scotn, and impiaeao'e na'eu
"A, that momsn' Richard, Shy'"ck nru'oS'
Pe~cars, and Sir Edwa Mortimer s'ooo oe'
fore me con, eu,ra,ed into a single character
The ETHEREAL ess- nee Of the Tragic Art was
embodied in hi, air and ali,ude-a male per
40, i6c ION of Me tpomene-as he uttered IN
n. jnwr, drp,hs oil a voice tina, seemed 10 rs
sue f,om a. ssyss.
DO, We no, know M! We've met ere TINS
Aye ond We shall nice, acei"-and when ina
momrn, comes ,.l ye- hem6h.
"Yr,," Ceplieh The Judgr. cstm'y) 80 VIZ
NAV. Mr.. BOO n in TIL meantImr, however,
YOU had better let Us TO, tie present separate
Mr., Peers needs no advocatr now-he Is
III rip ., "A ynu ma, BIO h re ire. "
fle acqu,esced without objro ion; Withdrew
his We tom toe objec' OF its gaz, the sI"tmy
,specl of MS visage Frightened into smile oil
good humor and gaety, ard, throwing his arm
,,yer tne shou der Of the FIJI nd for whom he had
sept forth champion, they l,fi The room
,wjned in the mutual embrace II PLEASE aztec
ion. Mr.. Boo,h, understand, soon after sen'
an apology 10 the Cour, fnr his ST. ange beha.
vinr. The incidents detailed presented a scene
in which the lUdicrous AID the pathetic were
.inpuIsrly blended. Mr. Peers aud his exami
ma ion were hgiiima,rd o5jec's OF laughler-
bu, the conduct # Mr. Boom exci'ed emo ions
If differ.n, kind IL is we'll known 10 the
bile, thai his unfortunate gentleman is visit
ed Nv D ,roxysms of temporary insani'y, undt'
4 hose influence ne by urns puts on the cha
racters which his prof ssioD lead, him D. r
senate. No one could have held him n hr
moment alluded to abos. without pr"aounci"g
his dramatic talent oi :he high st ordr' md
i, is ONLY 10 be lsmeuted thu, his g-nius Shouts
somr' lines prove 100 mighty Tor his reason II
il he true tha, in his devotion 10 the nobiest ct
The muses. may be traced the urigir at his mad
ness-his familiar acquaintance wi Nj Re
,ers and he love passing the love of wo-
men" which he displayed Tor that parsonage,
indeed furnish an enigma ~hlch the supposi
ton of his inSanirv alohr will solve. In one
sense, indeed, Mr. p's walk of the drama may
be called The more eirva'ed since hs Ireads the
ceiling e that stage Of which Mr.. B. presses
Only h floor. Blu, spar' from ,hls view IF the
subject, he wnrthv moun'rbank would s~rm
SO far benra,h his companion III respt ctsbilily
Of prof IS on, tina intimacy could scarce exist
without the agency of The cause alluded % II
is said thu, Boob was seen on The previous
night a, thu performance spok Of, e,ld'n 'y
Iaboring under u mrnra, alicia ion, which ven,
ed itself in siterNaie bursts of laughter and Of
tears. In this sketch Of The seem described
no pre- sion is made perfec accuracy Ia
the account ot what was said. and dour. The
wfjter ives wildly impressed by the incidents
A. III v occurred, aud ,siie>rs he has given the
,u6sfanle Of what :ouk 1isce. II he has put
words into the mouth &c the Honorable aud
estimate Chief Judg which h" did no, urer,
the PARTON "f ina; gentleman j. oesought as
much Cor doing ~ Imrerfec' j,.s'Iee to the
vein II pnrr vi, and humor tn, runs thro' his
,nyuage wnrn accession calls II forth. as for
.tributng to him hese fe, Bile oil. mpIs at an
imitation Of his pi'hy and peculiar style OF
diseourst. l. Wv took In. stme iib.r'ie with
his heroes, md lain rhe privilege Of follow
ing his Illus rious example.
STENO.