The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-05-27

not aeighiy. not grand enough ior he
areasinn. !. S,o.isd urn'' ard .anina-
led busls' are lnr tie school boys sud
lie AibrrnaIlr monnlsins. Men n"w-a-
days musI talk and sri'e a. IL they meant
something. Power Of speech haw lies
10 consideration, not snPli6eslien. Beau.
" Of Style Is but secondary 20 force Of
expression.
THOMAS RITcHIE or TIE ENQUIRER
] met lLis man whom have long con-
siderrd one ol lhs most eIlraoIdinary men
in Virginia. Tor The second or third time
in my life; bul now Tor The fret time
in The social ciTcle. with determination,
however. 90 avoid personal introduction.
though often solicited BY my friends. be-
lesuss wanted 10 be nov unmamm,lled
lin what consider . just sketch Of him asa
public character. When one knows men.
one often eannoi speak what one thinks.
| consider then. Mr.. Richie one Of The
sblesi Editors in this or any other coBn-
Try. He has siEaeily, tscl. The power OF
commanding stlen,ion, some thing olsslf-
, respect. much Of dignity. and above all.
, perseverlng. nnremiliing Industry. lie
j. but a boy wilh his pen. though over 60.
probably Go. Years 81 age. There 10
old Tom," is the remark. whenever be
appears in public. Old Tom, wh0?
says |. "0ld Ton Rlichie--don'i you
know old Tom Riichit" ..0ld Tom."
then. as they call him, is relic Of old
Virginia. .0ld Tom" has mingled for
filly years 10 The best circles Of Virginia,
! among her sblesi men. and old Tom 10 an
"0ld Morlsliiy;" the spare, lean. lank,
!, embodiment nffifiy years ago. Virginian.
! /. Old Tom" is gaonl. hungry loaking
gentleman, his teeth gone. his nose pro-
i minent, his eye bright. Of quick. iris-
q KY, tremulous gait, nervous some, but
J nerves Of estgui though, thai will me-
ser wear out Ia man that won't die,
bur that will blow Of in some windy
!. dsy-who don't belong nav. and has not
r belonged for hall century. 10 This earth
= OF ours; but whom Heaven, for some un-
!, known purpose. has, a. j, were. kept 20
!" spectre, fitting nver other prople's
graves; the bone and muscle mark OF what
things and men were in 1890. " Old
Tom" has no blood 10 his veins. I
dare say, though have not asked. be
is never in. His soul-and bright
:, soul Il is--does What motion is in him.
" His bones and muscles carry thai about.
| doubt helher pin would prick him
more Than a Salem Witch. In short
/" old Tom" died tifiy years ago. all ex-
ccpt his spirit, in which he differs from
/. al other men ever ssw--for other peo-
!. Plies spirits 60 of FIRST. and then their boz
), dy dies afterwards.
D, To be understood though. in The draw
!. ing Of the bones and muscles Of old
l. Tnm," | must follnw il cut with some
: sketches OF his character. lie works like
!" dog yet. Idon't believe he ever swea,s
+ -(perspires | might say)-esen under a
ho, Virginia sun. lie frisks about in so
:" ciety which his white elk gloves on, hid
!. ing his long 6ugers,-l dare say. as spi.
:" ri,ed. as lively IS girl Of sixteen. He
takes q seat al the Clerks deck in The
= Capitol. writes little and chalters much.
= clearly the observed Of Ill observers.
:, There he gives orders 10 his parlizsns.
" eonsults. and is consulted. but animales
=. and directs the spirits Of slI. Indeed. no.
: representative is needed from hIs political
IN companions but him. lie istheir Execu.
We tive. their Senate. their House. they eve-
y nv thing. He is old Virginia -" the
10 old Virginny never tire" II there be
Of trouble in The camp: il the Philistines
a. gather their armies together; IL there be
D. q longing to know The future from the
J. past. some witch Of Endor rouses this
re I" ola Mortality up. His family is large;
$ all highly educated; his daughters married
n, in the richest, and among the mos, respec-
VI table families in Virgins. He lives in
y style, il is said. maR OF the ton. He is
10 Editor, President and Secretary Of Con.
g. ventions, Corresponding Commune, o.
rstor, Writer and man Of ell work and on
in politics Of oil tongues. The last summer
in he would work all day. and q, "ihe Sweat
ls House," as is called The Tsmmany Hall
,r Of his party. harangue end read to hls
h friends bali The night.
i. The probability is, he never sleeps. Did
ID any body ever see him eat! | should
n like TO know. 0nce he discovered there
4 was a Nor,h-that people brea,hed and
IN walked on the Eastern side Of the Poto-
5. mac river. and he went on voyage Of
Re discovery there. lie visited Quincy. the
., residence Of John Q. Adams, and held his
!. horse out OF doors. while his family gra,i-
lie fed their curiosity within. Van Buren,
q found him out a, Albany, and woosd and
Il. won the spirit. with all The conque'ry that
10 he would court a maiden in her teens.
OF Bu, did he ever hear Of the West! The
a, Ohio, | dare say, he knows; loves the
o shores Of Western Virg MIA; bu, does he
IN know that people live and breathe or
he the Wabash, The Miami. and The I'LL
s nois! The real fact, though, is. he know.
On no world but what stretches from The