The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-03-11

lhs Chisf Mssissrsle who eanierrrd, and
shs wofshy individual Who received Il.
And in a more sxsssdsd sshss. IL 10 De
served ecmplinshs 10 The genius u free
institutions ~hich ensendsrs such men
and by gising assurance ihsi The hiehesl
post is within The reach Of The humblsn
citizen. infuses generous and noble anbi.
lion into every condition II society.
The follo@inf sketch Of Mr.. Esing 10
taken IRON wsmersioa's Gallery OF Ams-
riesn Portraits. The sketch wss srllssn
in 1896. when Mr. Ewing wss in the
Senate Of the United Stairs. ID gill ssrse
10 give The reader some idea Of the chs
rscler ami inlsIieeipal po~sr 81 lhis eenlIe-
man. .ho has been.nsmsd 80 The Score
larry OF The Treasury under General Har.
rlson:
Mr.. Ewing Was born In virsihis. in
1859 Hs father was . revolutionary
soldier. and soon af'rr The birth Of y.usf
Ewing. removed 10 The stale of Ohio.
Me-. Ewing 10 indrb'ed Tor The elements
Of knowledge. % The care and silenIian
Of his rl,les, sister. Who isughl hlm 10
read, and the only additional educ.iion
he received oil he ~ss iwen,y three
years Of age. sss two quarters tuition.
under. tao successive TEACHERS. But
he had acquired love Of residing and
al his leisure housr wers devoted 10
il. His father being in humble eifeum.
stances. young Ewing's life was nseessa
rily . lsbarious one; but obliged 40 he
was 20 toll daily, be nevertheless asailrd
himself Of every opportunity 10 improve
his mind. and 10 be wha, his highes. an
biiion lhsn led him 10 beeome-a scholar.
But poverty seemed 10 oppose an insups
rsble barrier 10 HE career. ard he Was
about yielding up 10 dependency. ~hsna
young man. who had seen something Of
The world. aud who was hired by his f..
Their az an assistant, reused him from bis
spaihy. and prevailed upon HIM ia accom-
psny him 10 the Kanawha Sslines. where
he procured employ meni as . common 10
bnrer. After an absence OF three or four
months. he returned with eighty dollars
in his pocket. whieh he generously gave
10 bis father, 60 save his land from being
forfeited. In the following spring. Mr.
Ewing again returned 10 The Kanawhs
Salines. where he labored ssslduously
ill November. and succeeded in rrsliz.
ing abou, four hundred dnllars-oul Of
which. after paying balance Of sky
dollars. snll due 20 his fathers property,
he was enabled 70 indulge his iavor,,e
propensity, BY spending the winter 81 an
academy Al Athens, where be was eDc"u
ragged 10 make additional efforts to prose
cute HE studies. and acquire The power
which knowledgs bsstows. He returned
once mote 10 his former lahore. and con.
tinued at them for two years. These 80
were foiVs slFsetsd stiss heslshs whsss.
thowever, short residence at hams rrs,
,ored, and he again entered the sesdediy
~hich he had left about iwo years before
and proceeded 10 labor msnt~lly. wfh
The same ardor and Intensity that he had
lshsrsd corporeaIly. HE progress Is SAID
10 have been very RAPID; but being sais
fed that his funds, which we're daily dnnl
nishine. would be insufficien, 10 ensbl'
him % complete his educaiinn. h@opsned
q school ~ Galiispoli-. which he threw
up in The course IL quarter. not liking
The employment, and returned TO his for
| meroecupa,ion al the sal, works.
He now hired q furnace. ard by extra.
Ordinary labor he acquired sun ~ The
course Of mouth, TO enable HIN, as he
believed. 70 complete his studies. He wal
right; aud in the spring Of 1915 he rsceiv
ed the degree Of A. b., and was The fifst
10 receive that academical honor 10
Ohio. He vas now 20 years Of are. and
con menced the study Of the lsw, in the
office Of General Beecher. Who. after he
had flushed has legal studies. from q
high opinion Of his powers. took hIH ln'
10 partnership. aud IN his new and favor
i've profession he rose rapidly to ,li,tInc.
tion. As a proof Of his ardor aud asst
dui,y, he pracIiced in eight Different
counties in the state in which he lived.
His filial affection was again manifested
in the purchase OF fine uac, "i land in
Indiana. with the proceeds of his hrofes.
sion, on when he placed his father aud
family. He had now acquired So high a
re- pu,a,ion fur sb,ll,y and talent al the bar.
,ha, the Legislature Of Obi" elected him
in 1892, To represen, that state IN the
Senate Of the u. States; and in this dis
,inguished body he has continued ever
since, with an increase OF fame. aud an
unerring application to the important du
Ties of his station, that has given him .
| claim TO the gratitude Of his country.
Mr.. Ewing is. in person. stnleiic and
muscular--broed across the chest. siso
rous, but no, elegant in his proportions.
or graceful in his motions. His counis
nance 10 expressive OF good nature. and
enlivened bs . frequent smile; though
awkward in bis appearances. his msnners
4 have natural ease that even an early
/ intercourse with refined and polished so
i eiety could not have rendered more ssse-
i able. Nature has bestowed upon him a
1 mind Of great powers. which have bsen
cultivated to The exten, hls lim,,ed means
and opportunities would afford. IL Is
analytic and logical. rather than bfa-