Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-08-02
no. 81

that "John Mclean would not rest until he
was made President"
DuScAN McARgHuR. the present Cover
nor Of Ohio, was an uneducated rangerin the
earliest settlement; of the state, inheriting a
patIimony Of Ignorance and Indulgence on
Fly. BY rerseverng toll and uprightness Of
conduct, be Is become one Of the wealihest
citizens OF Ohio, as wei! as one OF her most
eminent public servants.
josEPH NsNcE, member of Congress
from this state, was an OK driver and day la
horer, in what were then the wilds OF Mad
River and the Scioto, until the age OF % or
so. He Is now the oldest member OF our de-
legation. To a practical mind, much i'm
proved by reading and experience. he unites
a fearless intrepldity in the discharge Of du-
lty, which will enable him to act in any emer-
gency.
THOMAS CoswiS, another member of Con-
gress from this state. deepeued The hue of q
vsag-, 10y nature, peculiarly swor,hy, in en-
lcountering the varieties Of weather incident
TO our changeful climate, as a wagner boy.
Ia the year 1913, he was the halooiDg, rest
less whip cracking driver Of a baggage wag-
on in The North Western army At about
the age OF twenty, he rery fortunately Grip
pied himself for life, by hitting at his wagon
wheel on bill side, where his team had STALL
ed in the mud. His knee was dislocated;
and TO vile away The hours oil a tedious con-
| hncment he resortcd 10 books for amuse-
ment ard instruction Having recovered, as
was thought, he resumed the labors of his
vocation; but as his Better star would have
IL, a new dislocation drove him TO the profess
sion Of law for a subsistence
| After first acquiring competent know
| ledge 0f the Latin language aud mathema-
| ft..s Ea If init all AFT
and WAS admitted to the bar in 1917 He
"ileshed his maiden sword in forensic con-
| ilict, in the same dlngy, unsightly hall, with
Judge Mclean lie, too, is Sound man,
| an able lawy e. and as an orator, has not
his superior in Ohio. What may Ohio not
expect from such sons in times Of difficulty
and DANGER AN 0illOAN.
Interesting .fnecdoie. Ill is frequently re-
marked that the most laudabie deeds are a.
lelHe.ed in the shades OF retirement; and to
its ruth history teslliies m every page. An
act OF lleroism, or philanthropy, performed in
solitude, where no undue feelings can affect
the mind OF bias the character, is worth 10
the eye of an impartial observer, whole voc
lumes oil exploits displayed before the gazc
Of stupid and admitting multitude. II is
not long since a gentleman was travelling in
one Of the counties OF Virginia, and about the
close Of ihe day stopped at public house 10
obtain rcfrcshment aud spend the night. lie
had been there but IA short time before an old
man alighsed from his gig, with the apparent
intention Of becoming d fellow guest with
him al the same house. As the old man
drove up he observed that both shafts Of bis
gig were broken, and that they were held to-
gether by withs formed from the bark Of .
hickory sapling Our traveller observed fur-
ther. that he was plainly clad, that his knee
buckles were loosened and that something
Ike negligence peryadcd his dress Con-
lcelylng iiin 10 be one OF the honest ycoman-
ry Of our land. the couftesIes Of straugo<s
passed between them, end they entered the
tavern. II was abomt the same time an addi-
ton OF three or four young gentlemen was
10 their number, most II not all OF them OF
the Legal profession. As soon as they be-
came conveniently accommodated, the con-
versati)n was tnrned by one Of the latter up
on an eloquent barrangae which had that day
been displayed at the bar. /. was replied by
another that Ire had witnessed the same day
a degree Of cloquence, no doubt equal, but
that il was from the pulpit. Something like
a sarcastic reJ0indef was made 10 the .elo-
quence Of tire pulpit; and warm and able
| alteration ensured, in which the merits OF the
Christian religion became The sdbject of dis
Icussion. From Blk O'Clock until eleven, the
young champions welded the sword OF argu
ment, adducing with ingenuity and ability
every thing that could be said pro and con.
During this protracted period the old gentle
man listened with all the meekness and mo-
desty of child, as if he was adding new in
formation to the stores Of bis mind; or per-
maps he was observing with phiIosophieeye
the faculties OF the youthful mind, and how
new energies are developed by repeated ac-
ton; or perhaps, with patriotic emotion, he
was rejecting upon the future destinies Of
his country, and on the rising generation, up.
on whom those destinics must devolye; or
most probably, with a sentiment Of moral
and religious feeling. he was collecting an ar
gument which characteristic Of himself) no
art would be able to elude, and no force re-
sist. Our traveller remained q spectator and
took no part in what was said.
1 AT last, one OF the young men. remarking
that il was impossible TO combat with long
and established prejudices, wheeled around
and with some familiarity exclaimed, 'weli
my old gentleman, what think you Of these
things?" II, said the traveller, streak OK
vivid lightning had at that moment crossed
the room, their amasement could not have
ia MI, f.if