Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-08-10
GALLIP oils Is.9oHIos AUGUST IO.1I854.

about old times, when we were boy:
together, and he often reverts with
gratitude to the day when the writer o.
these lines saved him from an early
death. The Angel is good fellow
naturally. and though rather eccentric,
means well. He is not the only mar
who has made his way in the world BY
blowing his own trumpet.
JuDeINe People BIZ THEIR LooKs.-
A great many people pretend that they
can Judge of character by the looks
This is not so. The most amiable ami,
NAL in the world in appearance is tigei
the most soft, velvety of all sub
stances is his paw. Experience alone
has given us the true idea of their fero-
city, and made us aware Of the fangs
and the claws. The lineaments of the
greatest tyrants in the world have moth
ing cruel in their expression; heroes are
equally destitute of physical traits oi
their superiority. Daniel Webster,
probably more than any man that ever
lived, had a bodily, presence in accord
ance with the ideal formed from an init
mate knowledge of his mental labors.-
When our volunteers rushed to the RIO
Grande, after the celebrated battles OF
the 9th and 9th, in hero-hunting, they
were invariably disappointed at finding
the distinguished the least remarkable
in person of all the crowd The fe-
rocious' in looks without exception, held
some subordinate position, where dis
cretion and not valor was most in de-
mand. Old Zach was mistaken for a
farmer, Captain Walker for a doctor,
and Ridgely and Duncan for mere boys
their beardless faces, small persons,
end modest demeanor, making no other
first impression Captain Walker was
exceedingly difident, wore citizens
clothes, and seldom appeared with arms.
He rode over the bloody fields with US
three days after the battles but it was
only by hard pumping that we could
get any particulars. After working
away in vain for items at this appa-
rently dry source, we noticed Capt.
Walker looking intensely out upon the
horizon; it was a fiat country, and there
could be seen half dozen rancheros
skirting along like spirits. Instantly his
blue and generally dull eye frightened
up, and he said: There goes some
Mexicans, with passes from General
Taylor to go out csttle-hunting. They
are great scoundrels, and impose upon
the 'old man. and take advantage of
their privilege to rob and kill our peoples
but continued the Captain, with unusual
animation, L always shoot 'em down
on sight; if they have got "a pass it's
their misfortune; if they haven't, why
1 have got them out of the way Who
would have anticipated such speech
from such looks?
But we intend to tell another story.
Many years ago, in the better days of
the United States Senate fashionable
steamer was dashing over the Sound,
filed with passengers bound for Provi-
dence. In the course of the morning,
a young man came to the captain, and
stated that he had lost his watch, and
desired the officer to institute "a search.
The captain decided that it was impossi-
bic, among crowd of FIVE or six hun
dred persons of the highest respectable
ty, to grant the request; but desired the
young man to keep sharp lookout for
suspicious persons, point them out, and
on the arrival of the boat at Providence
it was agreed they should be arrested.
In the course of the day the young man
stated that he was satisfied he had found
thetkief: he knew he was the dishonest
parsonage by his appearance, from his
face; and was fortified in the supposition
because the suspected person avoided the
crowd, and was then by himself on the
upper deck, pretending to read, begin
ming at the end of book and turning
the leaves over towards the beginning;
and this, said the young man, is of
itself very suspicious. The captain in
stantly went upon the upper deck, and
TO the astonishment of the young man,
stated that the person was no one else
than Asher Robbins, one of the most
distinguished Senators of Rhode Island,
and one of the most learned men Of the
day, who was thus solitariiy coming
over the leaves of Hebrew Bible. So
much for Judging people from their ap-
pearances-from their looks. .'-Harpey
for July.