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L6srson's Opinion of Nopoison.--
The following letter copied from JET.
Persons recently published works, will
be rather surprising tn many Of our
readers. 1t has been generally sup
posed that Jefferson died q great adj
mirer Of Nspoleon. But this letter
scouts the very idea.
JULY !, 1914.
To John .7dunas.--How niserably.
how meanly, has he (Bonaparte) closed
his inflated career! What a sample Of
the paihos will his history present. lie
should have persisted on the sword Of
his enemies under the walls of Paris.
But Boaaparte was lion in the field
only. In civil life. a cold -bloo,icJ, cal
culating, unprinciplcd usurpcr. with
out virtue; no statesman, knowing
nothing OF commerce, political economy
or civil government, aud supplying *.
norance by bold presumption. had
supposed him great man, until his en-
trance into the assembly Of the e1tq
cents, eighteenth Brumaire--(year s..
From that date, however, ! set him
down as \ great scoundrcl only.
.4necdote Of Henry C2ay.-In the
long dispute bet~ cen the States Of vir-
ginia and Kentucky, growing out of
what was termed the occupying claim.
ant laws Mr.. Clay was retained by
Kentucky TO maintain her rights before
that tribunal in the last resort the
Supreme Court Of the L. States. The
then Speaker Of the House of Repre-.
sentatives was 20 appear for the first
time before that elevated, dignifie,l
and venerable body, and large con-
course Of spectators was attracted by
a natural curiosity 10 determine whe.
Their the orator Of the West would DO
able to sustain his high reputation upon
this new and untried theatre. When
he rose. il was with some slight agita.
ton Of manner, but he soon recovered
his wonted composure, and held his
auditors in admiring attention, while
he pronounced \ most beautiful eulo-
GUM upon the character Of the sons oI
Kentucky. The Judges SAT- in their
black robes Of Office, sedate and atten.
tive. The late Judge Washington.
who was in the habit Of indulging him
self with an occasional pinch Of snuff,
had taken out his snuff box for a little
of that titilating restorative, and MIR
Clay. on observing il, instantly stop.
ped, and advancing gracefully to the
bench with his thumb ard finger ex.
tended, participated with the Judge in
the refreshmcnt Of his nasal. q, gans. -
As he applied the pinch, he observed.
l perceive that your Honor sticks to
the Scotch, and Immediately resum.
ing his stand, he proceeded in his argu
ment without the least embarrassme
So extraordinary step over the usual
barrier which separates this Court and
the barristers. excited not little as.
constituent and admiration among the
spectators. and il was afterwards aptl ,
remarked by Judge S. in relating In,
circumstance 10 a friend. that he did
not believe there was man in tho
u. S. who could have done that. bu,
Henry Clay
In connection with this aneodote. We
will mention another Of Air. Talbot.
formerly an eloquent Senator from
Kentucky. Mr.. Il. is a man of rare
accomplishments. and possessed Of the
most extraordinary rspidity Of utter
ance. He had occasion to appear in
case before the Supreme Court in
which his feelings were personally en-
listed. on which occasion. in y speech
OF imprisoned eloquence. of about
four hours. his words flew with unusual
velocity. After the Adjournment ol
the Court. the extraordinary utterane .
OF Mr.. L. became the topic of remark
among the Judges, when Judge Wash.
iDg'on, with great CAVITY observed.
that 'aperson OF moderate wishes could
hardly desire to live longer than the
time il would take him To repeat dc b.
liberately that four-hour speech Of Mr..
Talbot
An important discovery has recently
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