Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-06-23

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In the morning wen, to the old Iron church-,he con
grave and in,eee,ssl portion, Of the community Al The
vsss ssss0basgs $50 Logsas hymn
.Oh God Of Bethel. By whose hand
| tFfll Thy children Gill are fed; ffitf
And through this weary pilgrimage
Heat oil our fathers led fttfgs-.
Dr. Chslmers sscsndcd the pulpit stairs. could not vel
Judge height figure. because Of the gown which he
wose-bat his eontinusnce IVES Dsngusrsosypsd on my
memory and when saw . mon h or two sincc. in New
York. Henry Inman's 6ne portrait Of him. the man HIM
self seemed though he had voysged across the Atlantic
In the evening proceeded TO ST. Judes Church The
services had commenced when entsrsd se building
bu, ia crowded that had the Eres,ee' dieoy IN
procuring seat in the gallery. The audience was what
might called fashionable and consisted for the greater
part Of young persons and ladies' There little OF that
solemny apparent which struck in the morning, Al
the Iron Church-but in its place good deal of 'f
terng and talking Az length the organ pealed out its
solemn noes and clergyman entered the reading desk
He wac Ayoung man. OF about IS yea" OF age rather
tall, and slightly made in his hand he fourishsi white
lace boz dersd handkerchief his 6nge being disposed.
when bowed his head, in private DEVOTION - To cxhbi,
gitterng ring his little finger. He was what one
would call "pretty looking papon " his hair was OF
black color carefully parted in the centre OF his fore
head, and combed aside, terminating in very luxuriant.
glossy curs which thought were not quite nafrrd hts
whiskers trimmed with the utmost nicely, and his
eyebrows seemed altogether innocent Of Penclins he
had very good dark eyes, and IS he acedy glanced
the congregation, faint emile OF sesaustaeuon played
fully disposed, fold Of order, and the bands
OF snowy whiteness, and most precise pattern
such pulpit dandy before and could not help
contrasting his prim with that v the somewhat
careessy ntred Chalmers. who evidently paid more at
| tcntion to his than to bis looking glass.
Montgomerys discourse was tissue OF coneeis wrap
ped up laborcd sentences There was argument or
he did auemp, any thing in that he only created
nseed giants for the purpose OF displaying his own dex
terity in knocking them down. His sermon 'was hne
specimen the WHOLE OF rhetoric, which the learned call
abiding impression the mind withou; having called
up any train Of thought thrown light ON any topic,
affected turning up OF the orators eyes, and grace
| full flourish Of his cambria handkerchief.
heard many rather remarks, on the dis
course ne slowly made my way amongst the crowd to-
wards the doo Ladies sped out their admiration OF the
swee Sermon" and fragrant young gentlemen chmed in
their praises of the splendid preacher" For my own
part was heartily sick Of sermon and sermonrer OF poet
sster and preacher.
saw sometime since, in English newspaper, that
Robert Montgomery had declined the invitation of
Church in thcse United States, become their Pastor
Whether he wasreaiy invited whether was one
Of Bobs pufis have Of ascertainins; but am
well assured that he would have been popular in
Amerca. Indeed, England, he long since reached his
zenith and IL going down to obscury, as wr
ter, for his latest production DscouRsEs-
has sealed his doom author
4 His head hiny covered with short thin, and slight
ly curling hair the forehead was extremely well shaped,
exhibiting breadth than height-his eyes large,
and OF greyish blue coiOrthe short and thick and
the mouth hard in outline, and with rainier "dswnward
many linesthe inner angles Of the eyebrows terminating
in deep perpendicular grooves The cheek bones were
very high aud PROMINENT taking the face altogether il had
a somewhat heavy appearance But soon after he had
named his text and had fairly warmed his subject.
the dull grey eyes flashed the bushy eyebrows and
fell the mouth assumed hundred different shapes and
his teeth gstened between his parted lips he seemed to
labor with the strength Of giant unavel the mysteries
of his theme He appeared in argument take his subject
and il asunder pecemcal At times, his vehemenee
SUCH my Southern cars his broad very broad
d,.I.e If
uninielligble. How grand that discourse. No
could haze looked and heard Chalmers. without feel
ing that he in the presence Of one OF the giants OF
mini
So much for the spurious Montgomery who was recent
y married wife with q large fortune, removed from
Glasgow Percy Chapel. fashionable place Of worship
in LGadon and is in the nigh way the Bishops
bench.
And now, with all respect for the excellent Bard Of
Sheffield for the real ''Smon Pure"
The first time James Montgomery,
the occa,i IN OF his presiding At public Anniversary
meeting OF The Wesleyan Missionary Society. As he
proceeded down the aisle OF the Church, towards the
platform, had difficulty whatever in Distinguishing
Chris,ian Poet he lie termed from the crowd 81 gen
temen by whom he was surrounded owing TO the resem
biance he bore to the portraits OF him which have
Amidst much cheering, he took his in the
Of honor, ad had then gUod opportunity Of observing
/ him. IH...
And looked OF him with no hide interest for his swee,
and touching poetry had been familiar from child
hood He appeared of the middle height trie under
IT, and his dress plain black; indeed, he would have
been taken by persons for clergyman Over high
and well formed forehead eombed some thin locks OF
hair the color ct which must AZ lime approached
sandy hus. but which Of yeowish e,ey color
the upper portion Of the forehead nearly badhs
were deep set. Of light color and particularly
pressiye lusrous; the long aud slightly equene
and his mouth small, and by means well formed. A
large white enveoped his neck and almost buried
his chin in Its ample folds The prevailing expression
his features was Of avery pcnsye character almost indeed
Of sadness; and in this respect he presented very
ed contrast 10 the pert and perkng appearance Of his
\ sake, Robert
Mr., Montgomery opened the meeting with few rather
common place observations. His voice was thin we ak
and very remulous. and his action by nesns graceful
IL might be that had wound up my expectations TO toe
high pitch, that the subject which spoke was moi
calculated TO display his peculiar powers but the truth
was much disappointed. The speech anything but
what expected from the author Of the "Pecsn Island
On the evening Of the day which the meeting 10
have referred held had the pleasure Of meeting Mr.
Montgomery al the house OF q mutusl friend In the
cal circle he delightful. There nothing Of the 81
am Poet" about bin but he entered freely and Familiarity
into e0BYeTsoon and expressed his opinions
sipre OF The day Siih ps much dhdeneo IL he had
self only wOrshpped be Muse hafar of" remember the
conversation turning Mrs Hemsns poetry. which he
considered to be tbs perfection musical verse lines
Ginning, as he remarked, like the silver bells in "fary
lands" asked hun which he considered 10 be the most
powerful oil her minor pieces, and after hestoDg
lie replied j think nothing surpsss in simple gran
deur aud almost peust beauty, her hymn the Noun
| tain Winds, commencing With
| Mountain winds oh whittier would yeb.nmef'
He said he had received from Mrs. Hemsns some Of
the delightful letters which mortal ever penoed and
remarked, "Al ir, that has sways sppeafed 10
me 10 be ready made angel" He told several anec.
does OF Mrs. Hemans whom he visited at st As
aph-but ss these will possess when related
IN connection with the Of afternoon which
paid TO the Poetess Wsveree hesraer TO be sketch
ed, shall for the present postpone relating them.
Amongst the company present that evening, and who
had been invited ic the purpose Of meeting Nj Mongome
~, was lady, who has for many years been known In
literary circles snd then and still residing with her
brother, Dr. Porter, physician praceing in Bristol. al.
ludeio Miss Jane Porter, to whom the present Of chair
| by soms American literat, reee ntly made.
The suthoress Of "Thaddous OF Warsaw" was a very
tall very hin very pale and very bid msidsh looking
but IN conversation she is Of the sprghy and
agreeable persons ever knew. Like Hannah More she
was foil of anecdotes Of the literary people who hsd -four
shed during the Last half century and with many Of whom
she had assocstedfor Mas Porter an ancient lad
as may readily be supposed when refer the dates o
her bret productions She gave a very interesting &C.
count Of her visit 10 Walter Scott and Of Koscuskos visit
to her, when she Bristol Che described the later
ss man Of plain Manners but Of indomibe energy she
evidently felt proud Of the compliment he had paid
/ her.
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