Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-06
British statesmen Of the Last Century.

ted men Of the day-when England possessed
celebrated men-busily conversing on the pro.
ceedings Of Parliament the night before, or
which were to take place before another night
had passed away. From the close Of the A.
merican war, these groups were chiefly com:
posed ofthc opposition; for the unrivalled ascen.
dency ofthe greatest minister that England had
ever seen, gave the Wings the leisure forthose
conferences which the occupation of public life
generally denied to the Tories, or their reli.
ance on their great leader rendered unneccssl-
ry. There were TO be met, from the hours Of
two to four the elite Of the Foxites, mingled oc.
casonallv with a few ofthe leading peers ani
country gentlemen, who formed the small neu-
trality of Parliament; there stood Fox, with his
ponderous figure, good.humored smile, and hea.
Wy step; Grey, grim from his cradle, perpen.
dcular ond repulsive Sheridan, with face
purpled Ger with claret-the stamp Of habitual
exesses-a STOPPING form and neglected dress.
but with an eye among the blackest, largest,
and most beaming that ever was set in the head
of man Tierney, grave sly, and with look Of
inveterate subtle.y, that might have established
him as the most crafty of men, even before he
had uttered one of the cunning syllables
Whitbread, short, strong and broad-shouldered
the complete model of the brewer that he was,
even to his pepper-and-sal coat, but with
countenance Of singular manlness, and indica-
tive of the John Bullism of his character
Wyndhan, with the graceful figure airy step;
and handsome countenance that seemed made
for courts-ifthe oddity, fantasy, and ill-fortune
Of his career had not left him in a state oscilla:
ton between the Wings and Tories, and, like
other pendulums. left him to swing, while the
hands in front were gaming ground at every
move Dundas, who feared no one and had a
lively word for all, sometimes minglng with
the crcle--for moment throwing in his easy
Jest, and easy bearing its return, doubtless a
unused by the sense that he was the possessor of
power, while they were but nbblers at tho
hook There, too was Jenknson, with the
profound brow that seemed surcharged with tho
secrets ofan empire; silent, if not sullen, and
returning their salutations as cautiously as If
bow were a betrayal. There, too, on his two
huge legs, was the Duke of Norfolk, in his gray
coat and black cape. The great Minister who
alone kept all the Wings at bay, was the object
of universal assault the powerful lance Of Fox,
sullen though feebler missiles of the Greys;
! Courtneys, Wyndhams, and all the second rank
of opposition; the sparkling shafts ofSheridan.
as pungent as they were polished ; and all the
lieh, arrows of peasantry launched from the
| hundred hands of the more nameless party
| all fell on him and fell in vain He wore that
armour which nothing could penetrate and,
when retalated, his sword was OF 4 temper
that neither keen nor solid might resist its
edge Bldckwood's Mag a-ine.
A PsxcnAsr FOR FIGHriNo.-Under this ca p:
ticn, Deutelmoser, Of the Mills Point Herald;
tells very fair yarn He was recently ira
yelling through Kentucky, when he came to a
small village where county election was be-
ing held, and had his attention drawn towards
a dense crowd on the public square, and soon
ascertained that fight was going on. Whilst
he was at respectful distance witnessing the
combat, two strangers rode up, and one jumped
of his nag, pulled of his coat, and without To-
sing a moment was in the thckest of the fight
But all the combatants Immediately fell upon
him, and in few moments he came out bad.
ly whipped man. His companion, who had all
the time with perfect astonshment looked on
the scene, now spoke and said Bill, what in
the world had you to 10 with the fight-ain't
you perfect stranger herer i am,' replied
the other, 'but though, Il ,oas free thing
INrEMpERANcE-AS Scotch woman in Roches
ter, named Wallace, died lately OF excessive
drinking, after swilling nearly half pail Of
whskcy. Her husband, with brutishness that
no living thing but drunkard could equal, fl
nish the liquor after the death his wife. II
any thing could warn the sot, or drive him
from his evil habits, it would be so horrible an
example as this.
Cicero AND CESAR Cicero had nineteen
villas and it " as in one of these Cesar honoret
him with a morning call, and paid him the ye,y
high compliment of taking yomit in order
that he might do justice to his lunch, In ano
ther he delighted to ornament his library with
Greek paintings and sculptures, which his
friend Herodotus Atticus was collecting fol
him.
There is a young lady in this city engaged
to be married, but she won't fix the time until
her betrothed gets a mason to put him up d
.natent hack She saws that ms matters are