Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-06-23


with that Of the hat carclcssl, altrcd Chalmers,
who evidently paid attention 10 his scmons than
10 his booking Il lass
Montgomery discourse was tissue of enncc!ls.
wrapped up III ahorcd senleucs. There WAS 10 argus
,asnt. OF II he did attempt thing III that way. he
" created iiaselod giants ur the purpose OF displaying
his avn dfSletiy IN Knocking Them down, Ills ser
mon WAS tine specimen, on the whole, oi rhetoric.
which the learned cali ugmarule, aud it was euYClu
ded without lis aying left any abiding impression
the mud, without having crMed up any new tfaln of
thought OF thrown lllht any toia. 10y Affected
turning up o heoDuta eyes, aud graceful 6slrlsh Of
hie camhrc hankechi,t.
heard many comments. OF rather remarks On tie dis
coufse, as suNly Wade way amongst the cfnnd To
watdS the dear Ladies' ll,ped eot their admiration Of
the "SWerl sermou,' and hNgtant young gentlemen
chnsd IN with their rtuses al the "s,,rudd preacher
for my own part, was heartily SICK Of scrmon and ser
monlzrr, ot paeia,t,r aud preacher.
saw sometime sluee IN English newspaper. that
Robert Montgomery had dechrd the invitation oi a
hufch in tIse United States 10 herome thet Pastor
Whether he ever VAS rtdftg myHtd. ~ whether was
u H1bs pulls nave means u a,ccrtaHine, but
an well assured that he never would have been pupu-
LAT IN America. lodced, England, be oug since reach
ed his z'utth, AID Is uaw fast going down 10 ehseouY
Wutef, iur his latest production -" K A'etHe DIS
eonlses'' has scaled h.s doom as an authur
- muoh tr the spurious Montgomery, VIII has re-
Gently married Niie with large torture, removed 10
Glasgow aud Percy Chapel fashionable place Of Wuf
ship IN London, aui Is n the hsh way TO seat ON the
Bishops heueh.
Aud with all respect for tho excellent Bad OF
Sheffield. Of lae real "Slnon Pure
Ibt FIRST llnc ever saW james Montgomery, WAS on
the occa,nn ol his Presiding at public Anniversary
meeting of The " esieyan NlIssanaf, society A, he
Proceeded down tie aisle ot the Ghuoh toNarla the
platform, had ~ difficulty Whatever IN distinguishing
the Z hfslaa Puet a. lac Is tefhed, lrom The cr1Wd
o gentlemen by Whom lac wa, surrounded, oN ihg To The
resemblance he bore Ia Tie many prlfnils Of hun which
nave seen Amidst much cheering he took his seat in
The scat ui hanrr and had lun good opportunity OF
observing HIM.
And nokfd at him with M lililo interest for his
sweet touching poetry hid been familiar To nr llom child
hood lie apprarrd ul the middle height or a tnle nm
der it, and his dress WIS black; indeed hc would have
been taken hy most prfsuns for a clergyman. Dyur
hleh aud well formed forehead Were eDnbrd some thick
lues Of haIr the colar ol which al ON, time must have
approached 10 sandy hue but which was Of yellow
lsh gray eour; the upper portion Of the forehead was
nearly bald-his eyes wee deep SCI ol heht culor aud
mol PARTICULAR, cNmes si,e or lusiruas the noso was
luup and snbtly uqueline ald his mouth small ana 10y
10 means " ell iofutd \ large white ciaVa cnveluped
his neck and almost buried his chm in its umpe iuds-
The prevailing expression ot his features was ii very
pcnsvc character alnosl indeed u Sadness and IN this
respect be presented WY marked contrast 10 tho pert
aud p,tkine Appearance Of his namesakc Robert.
Mr.. MONTGOMERY opened the uteeIinp wlh n lew "a.
her common place observations. lis voae was him.
weak aud very tfcmuluns aud his artiuns by means
careful Il might he thai had wound up my tXpec
ations 10 loo biph pitch or that the subject ON which
he spoke was MT calculated to display his peculiar pow
ers, but the truth is was much disappointed. The
speech was any Thing hui what expected from the
Thor OF The "pecan lsandr
On the evening Of the day on which The meeting to
which referred was held had the pleasure ul meeting
Mr. Montgomery at lie house Of mutual friend In
the social elrcle he was delightful There was nothing
Of the -" am Poet" about him, but he entered freely
aud iamllafly into conversations and expressed hs Us
pinons on the literature uf the day with as much iii
dence ms If he himself had wurshippe1 the MUSES. "aia
of ~ remember the n,.rsaIlan turning on Mrs
lamans's poeiy which hr considered To he the prrec
ln of musical verse lhe lines chming As he remarked
like the silver bells in FAIRY lands asked hin which
he considered To be the must powerful Of her minor pies
ces; aud aer hesi,anne minute he replied II ihiuk
nothing can supass in simple GRANDEUR and almost per
fec beauty her hymn 10 The Mountain " inds connen-
clng with
"AIounain winds oh whittier would yo bear me 2"
He SAID he had received from Mr. Ilenane some of
the most deliphtfh letters which mortal ever pennrd.
and remarked con- sir, HAT woman has always appear
ed Ia me ia have been ready made ANGEL >" He told
US several anecdotes nf MIS- llemas whom he once vls
ned at ST, Asaphbu as these viii possess nure inter
est when rtaled in connection with The account If an
afternoon visit which paid to the Pneic,s at Waiver
tree hereafter tn be skfebcd shall for tie present
postpone r, latino them.
Amongst The cnmpany present that evening. and who
had been invited fur the expfess purpose Of meeting Nh
Montgomery, Nns lady. who las lor many years been
known in literary ccles and WAS then and sill is .osi,
ding with her brother Dr. Porter physician, pracil,
SIM in BRISTOL allude 10 Miss Iaue Porter 10 HON
The present of chair, by some American heTati was
rpcently made
The aulhafess Of "rhadleus Of Warsaw' VAS a very
tall very lhn, very pale and very odmadlst booking la