Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-01-13

r grayated in the course of my praC
e tice at that bar; and felicitated myse.
! that its grossness and barbarity jus
: tiled my client in relying upon eve
! the yop nth and inexperience Of al
+ pppractised advocate, whose povert,
9f resources was unaited by oppor
/ tunities of previous preparation.- =
} Much more I said that happily ha
now escaped me.
When / concluded, Sam Hicks
and ole or I wo othd : friends, gave |
faint sight Of applause but no
enough to make an y impression.
II I observed that old lNsm held bis
head down When ! was speaking.
entertaind b the hope thai | had COW
ed him. Ills usual port was that o.
'Icynical Go On posure, or bol'I or brazen
defiance. 1T was a special kindness
IF he GEly smiled il GO vert scorn;
that NBs his most alliable expression
in a ti'lal.
ButBhen he raise up head ] saw
the very de fil was to pay. His flee
was Of a bu ming red. He seemed
almost to cAole with rasF, dis
eyes were bl pod-shot, am aa hled out
fire aud fury. His queue stuck put
behind, and dIshook itself stily, like a
buffalo bulls tail when he is about
making fatal plunge l had struck
him between Wind and water. There
was an audacity in 4 S stripping like me
boarding him! which iffuriuted him.
Hemeant tp massacre 4e--and want
ed to be a long time doing it. It
was to be j regular auto de fe. |
was TO be tue representative of the
young bar, anil to oxpiate his malice
against all. The court adjourned for
dinner II met agaiil,afte an hour s.
recess. 4
By this time the public interest,
and Gspecid dlly that 6f the bar, grew
very great. There was a rush TO the
privileged ! ts,aud the esberiil' had to
command d drder-the Shutting of-feet
and }he prF assure Of the crowd for
ward was s b graat.
i took my seat within the bar,
looked around with an afectaiion of
ind tiiarencd 50 belying tie perturba
ton within ttat t he same power Of
acting on t be stage would have made
NY fortune on that theatre.
Kasm ro se-- took glass Of water,
his hand tfcmbled i littlo-I could
see that; took pinch Of stuH, and
led off in voice SLOW anR measured,
but slightly VERY slightly tremu.
.ous. Byh strong effort he recov-
ercd his com posure. TIE bar was
surprised at His calmness They all
znew It VI IS affected; but t hey won
Tered that h could affect it2 No
lody was dec eivcd BY it. We felt
assured s'it was the torrents smooth
ness ere t dash below Itho@ght
ne would q bme down on me in a tenn
,est, and hattered myself it wpuld
,oon be ov4 Or. But maliceIis Gu i}ing.
lie had no idea Of letting me of SO
9asily. Fl
He com no need by saying thd t he
rad been aonla yeArs in the prad dtice.
lie would hot say he was an old nan;
hat. would be ID bad taste, perhaps. !.
rhe young gentleman who had just +,
:losed his remarkable speech, har
,ngue, poetic ef'usion, or rigm;Erole, I,
i whatever it might be called, i, in j
Iced, any name eoultIbe safely 4iyen ,
o this mdtley mixture Of incoIgru-
,us slang -the young geniiemaR evi-
lently did not think be WAS a b old
nan, for he could hardly have been
guilty Of such rank indecency as TO
AVE treatedage with such disra spect
--be would not say VITA such nsuf-
ergble i'm mpertinence; and yet q am
le continued, aof age enough TO re-
ollect, if i had charged my m4mory
nth SO ihcdnsiderable an event, the {
lay of his birth, and then Was in
ull practice ia this COURTHOUSE. | )
onfrgs I'll Rough, gentlemen, | d m old !
nough tp remember the period when
youth s irst a ppear lance at t be bar !
vas not signali$ed BY impertinence
ovards Ms seniors; and wheh pub
ic opinion did not think fatulent
pombast and norid trash, picked out ..
/ fifth fate romances and n r4afnby- !
'aInby rhymes, redeemed, ty the ,,
lpstart saueiness of raw pppiRjay,
oWards the experienced members Of
he professions he disgraced. And
'et to some extent, this fanting
,outh MAY be right; l am not old in
hat sense which hisables me from