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Dominic SAMPSON

- "PPcHs iTom inc haNerlty Anecdotes, was
Mr. James Samson, son of n miller, in her
"ickshire, England. He was partially edu-
Gated At country school, and afterwards stu
died at Edinburgh and Glasgow Colleges.
where nc made great proficiency in the AM
cent languages AID the abstruse sciences
Wien he became tutor ia q private family
all MS leisure was passed in study. lie " as
SELDOM secn waking without book IN his
hand, and was generally so intent upon il, rs
not 10 notice the appearance OF address OF
another person.
tic was a preacher after this, and then he
TOOK IL INTO his head TO travel on foot over
England. lie also went To the Low Couu-
tries, aud passed over part OF Germany, at
an expense OF less than a third Of the twen-
iy-h'e pounds which be had carefully amass-
ed To start with After his return in l7s4, he
became tutor IN the family Of Thomas Scott.
uncle 10 the novelist; aud at this period, as
lac occasionally oihciated ia the parish church
ne y supposed 10 have first receiy ed the title
oil DoHiiHis Sampson. Subsequently,, he acted
as chaplain among the tenants of the Earl of
iioPctown. Here his labors were required
chiefly IN the damp and noxious atmosphere
OF the lead mines, and hc consc ientiously per-
sisted in them To such an extent, that he soon
lost ms teeth-then his eyc-sight-then his
life. lie died n martyr 10 the impulses Of his
own generous heart.
The foundation OF this worthy mans poetic
Immortality, is based largely upon his per-
sonai eccentricities. lie Was very large and
tall, his person coarse, his limbs stout, and
hls manners exceedingly awkward. Ia prI-
Sate lie, he was much beloved, and his dis
courses from the pulpit are said 10 have been
written with great taste, and much admired
BY all classes Of hearers. Such was Dominic
sampson. Little did the poor man dream Of
has Posthumous fortune.
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One Of our last English papers contains
some notice Of the celebration OF the ami
versary OF Walter SCOTS birthday in Edin-
buFgh. Among other marks of respect paid
To has memory, Club, lately established in
that city under the title OF " sons of the
Great Unknown" dined together, il having
been previously arranged that each member
should assume on the occasion, some charge
ter from the Wayerly Novels. "The Chair. :"
says the Edinburgh Evening Post, was filed
by Lowell, supported by Henry Bertram and
Sir Kenneth of Scotland, facing whom. as
croupier, sat Locksley, the bold outlaw of
Sherwood Forest, most charaeteristically al
tended by Richard CGur dc Lion and Friar
Tuck, who declared the mountoin dew Of
Scotland far superior to the Well Of ST. Dun
stan. During the evening, which was spent
with the greatest hilarity, several original re-
citations aud songs we're given, appropriate
10 the occasion, and the meeting separated in
the most becoming manner" ~. T. Post.
Praeiieai knowledge ~ a Legislaior.-It can
not lac expected that Legislators always have
a practical kRowiedgs Of tie subjects which
come before them, but when this does hap
pen, the country must derive benefit from the
circumstance. Roger sherman, when a mem.
Der of Congress, detected some extensive
frauds IN tic accounts Of shoemaker who
had taken an army contract This grave le-
yislator and incotruptible patriot, had IN ear
~ life been shoemaker himself othcrW ise
the fraud would have been ubdctecled.
some year. sgDa bill vas brought into he
British Parliament 60 tax shops. when q
me0brr bad finished a long speech against
nc bail, Sir Gregory Tur0cr arose and made
h's first specch, 10 v hich Dee elected thunders
Of applause from tee galleries for hs deep
knoUieigo "a thc iuxufies Of trade.
What, " says he, .'u0t tax shops ! am
amazed They are able 10 pay any duty al
most myself knew a little mnliuer IN 81
James street, who, from only selling rib
hons, and wires, aEd gauzes. f'ras there not
Mt< smHggisd lace. fnirs HSHs) was able 60
marry bar0Gci. Nss, ! knox u a. BE- a llct
ior am that ytfy narUbCt, and my wife b.
ihat ycty iituc milliner. ! have looked into
her book, sud u b. asioni.luuE what profits
are made eten on the wire Il cap. Wouid
Jon beitffe q, s.r. THAI lady trckory Page
Turner. when she kept q retail shop 90 ~
Jan,es's street, could .cil . csp for ninc shit
ling,. which Odd noe stand bee above two and
siXpesee ard that she might have charged
twelve guinoss for a cinak. the making snd
materials ct which did not amount % more
~. a.. 4 - d.
q good one" tIe1rsa Journal
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