The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-03-26

contributed not little. He was think. the
most a'nieiic and vigorous person that | have
eseI SHOWN. Nothing could tire him. At
no.''s ~ Tue morning he would begin his active
dener, Robinson, the best mower. exeenr him
sell, IN the parish. at that fatiguing work.
For early rising, indeed, ne had an abs,,In,a |
passion, afd some OF the poetry that we trace
in his writings, whenever he speaks Of scenerv
or OF rural objects, broke out in his me,hod of
trimming his children into his own na,u,;nal
habits. The boy wEo was frs, down sta;rs
was called the lark Tor the day, and had, among
other indulgences, the pretty privilege of max,
ing his mothers nosegay and that OF any lady
visitors. Nor was this the only troce of poeti-
cal feeling that he displayed. Whenever he
described place, were il only TO say where
such covey lay, or such hare was found
sitting, you could see it, so graphic-so vivid
so true was The picture. He showed the
same taste in the purchase of his beautiful
farm at Botley, Farthorn; even in the pretty
name. To be sure, he did moi give the name,
bat always thought that it unconsciously in
fiuencsd his choice in the purchase. The
beauty of the situation certainly did. The
fields lay along the Bursedon River. and
might have been shown TO q foreigner as q spe-
clmen OF the richest and loveiiest English
scenery. In the cultivation of his garden, too,
he displayed the same taste. Few persons ex
celled him IN the management of vegetables.
fruit, and flowers. His green Indian corn
IS Carolina beans-hls wafer melons. could
dly have been exceeded at New YORK.
~ wall-fruit was equally splendid, and much
as flowers have been studied since that day, |
never saw more glowing or more fragrant
| autumn garden than that at Botley, with It's
pyramids of hollyhocks, and its masses of
china. asters, OF cloves, of mignonnette. and of
yarieg ated geranium. The chances oflfe soon
parted us, as without grave faults on either
side, people do lose sight Of one another; but
shall always look back with pleasure and re
gret to that visit.
While we were there, grand display of
English games, especially Of sing gle-sIick and
| wrestling. took place under Mr.. Cobbetts au.
spices. Players came from all parts of the
country-the south, the west, and the north
10 contend for fame, and glory, and also. be-
leve, for well-filled purse: and this exhibition
| which-quite forgetting the precedent set by c
certain princess, de jare, called Rosalind, and
| another princess, de factO, called Celia-she
termed barbarous, was the cause of his quar-
rel with my mamma that might have been,
Mrs. Blamire.
In my life | never saw two people in
greater passion. Each was thoroughly per-
suaded Of being ia the right, either wouia
have gone to the stake upon il, and of course,
the longer they argued it, the more determined
| became their conviction. They said all man.
ner of uncivil things; they called each other
very unpretty names; she got very near to
saying, "Sir, you're savage;'' he did say,
"M 'am, you're fine LADY, they talked, both
at once, until they could talk no longer, and
| have always considered il as one of the great
est pieces of Christian forgiveness that | ever
met with, when Mr.. Cobbe,t, after they had
both rather cooled down little, invited Mrs.
Blamire TO dine al his house the next day
She, less charitable, declined ihe invitation,
and we parted.
As have said, my father and he had too
much of the hearty English character in COM
mon not TO be great friends; L myself was
somewhat of favorite Il think because of my
love for poetry, though he always said nor,)
and | shall never forget the earnestness with
which he congratulated us both on our escape
from such wife and such mother. "She'd
have been the death of you" quoth he, and
he believed it. Doubtless, she, when we were
gone, spoke quite as i'll Of him, and believed it
also. Nevertheless, excellent persons were
they both; only they had quarfeled about the
propriety or the Improperly OF Il bout al single
stick. Such thing is anger
THE ETHER CONTROVERSY The Wash.
ington correspondent of the New York Times