Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-05-24

tine, full, musical and sonorous, and o
tany degree of compass and strength. III
was as fluent of words as Frenchman,-
1 He was never known to faulter for word
and if he ever paused for an idea, he pau
tsed in vain. He practiced on his vote,
as on an organ, and had as many ups ant
downs, high keys and low, as many gy
rations and windings, as an opera singer
or stage horn. 81. G-y used 70 say o
him that he Just shined his eyes, threw
up his arms, twirled his tongue, opened
his mouth, aud left the consequences tc
heaven. He practiced on the injunction
to the apostles, and took no thought what
he should say. but spoke without labor
mental and physical To add to the
charms of his delivery, he wore a pop
paw smile, a sort of sickl y-sweet express
ion on his countenance, that worked like
Dover's powders on the spectator.
After j. T. had concluded his opening
speech, Washington rose to open for the
defence. The speech was remarkable
specimen Of forsenic eloquence. Il had
all the charms of Counsellor Phillips
most ornate efforts lacking only' the
ideas. Great was the sensation when
Wash turned upon the PROSECUTOR
p" Gentlemen of the jury" said the orator,
" this prosecutor is one of the Vilest in
CRATES that ever lived since the time Of
Judas Iscariot; for. gentlemen, did you
not hear from the witnesses, that when
this prosecutor was in the very extremity
of his peril, my client, moved by the ten
derest emotions of pity and compassion,
shouted out, Run run you fd--d ras,
cal--runP 1t is true lowering his
voice and smiling, gentlemen. he said
you id rascal, but the honorable
court will instruct you that was merely
description PERSONA" The effect was
prodigious.
Alter Washington had made an end.
old Tallabola rose slowly, as ii oppressed
by the weight of his subject. Now T.,
never made a jury speech without an
anecdote. Whatever was omitted the
anecdole had to come. 1t is true, the
point and application where both some
times hard TO see and it is also trae that
as Us stock was by no means extensive,
he had TO make up in repetition what he
lacked in variety. He had. however, one
stand by which never failed him. He
might be said to have chartered it. He
had told it until it had gotto be necessity
of speech. The annecdote was relation
of Georgia majors prowess in war. It
ran thus: The Major was very brave
when the enemy was at a distance, and
exhorted his men to fight to deatIN;-
the enemy came nearer-the maj or told
his soldiers to fight bravely, but to be
prudent the Toe came IN sight, their
-, l,i nd hn
major told the men that, if they couldn not
do better they ought to retreat; and he.
" being little lame, believe | will leave
now" And so, said T., it was with the
At length after long
speech, r. concluded. j. Il. rose TO reply.
He said before proceeding TO the argu-
meut, he would pay his respects to- his
old acquaintance, the annecdose of the
Georgia major. He had known it a long
while, indeed almost as long as he had
known his friend T. IL had afforded him
for any courts--how many
he couldn't now stop to count. Know
ing the major to. have been drafted into
IT'S speeches for many a campaign, he
had hoped the war worn veteran had been
discharged from their duty and pension
ed off, in consideration of long and hard
usage. or at least, that he was resting on
furIough but it seems he was still in ac-
tive service. His friend had not been
very happy in his anecdote on other oc-
casions, but, he must say, on this occa-
sion he was felicitously unhappy for the
defendant was major-he was Geor.
gia major too unfortunately, he was a
little lame also; and, to complete the Paral-
lei, q in the heat of this action on looking
around, said J. T., : 1 End he has left ]"
T. jumped up No evidence OF that,
Mr.. H. con6ne yourself to the record. ii
you please !" Well" said J. T.. a
gentle men, my friend is a little restiye.
You may look around, and. judge for your.
selves. ."--TalIabola never told that an
ecdote any more he had to get anoth-
er. .a4,-
The Jury having been sufficiently con-
fused as to the law by which about twen-
ty abstract propositions bearing various,
and some Of them no relation TO the facts
1.-THE legislature. in It's excessive, yenera.
ton for the sanclity of Jury trial having
prohibited the judges from charging in an
ineligible way retired from the bar TO
cOnStueT OF IhelI "eIuiSk' 49, ~ AAE' q lSi" lS" ~"
ments they returned into court. Bur
where was the prisoner Like Lara, he
would'nt come. The court refused TO re.
ceive the verdict in the absence of the
defendant. Finally, after waiting long
while. the Major was brought, an officer
holding on to each arm, and crowd fol.
lowing at hrs heels. [Fhe Major had
been cauyhL in the swamp. When he
he came in, he though he was a gone
sucker. The court had directed the clerk
to call over the jury; they were called
and severely answered 20 their ndmes.--
The perspiration rolled from the Major {
face-his eyes stuck out as IL he bad cho.
ked 10 81 the end of tie call. tfs iudge