The true Democrat., 1854-09-20
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY M

reached the age of fifty-three. His wife is a Lady Sandwich, and their marriage has re- mained childless. After his death, his title, along with the greater part of his fortune, will pass to the second son, Francis, who is mar ried to a daughter of the Duke Bassano, form CT State Secretary of Napoleon This gentle man usually resides at Paris and is the eldest head of the London house, in the management of whose business, however, he seldom takes any active part. He has two sons. The fa- vorite, from the first, of his father and mother, both title and fortune will pass entirely, accor- ding to their wishes into the hands of him who, in their eyes, deserved the preference.
 SIR FRANCIS BARING.
 Just at this very time, 1920, the present head of the Earrings house, Mr. Francis Bar ing, second son of the deceased Lord Ashburton, had arrived in New Orleans, from Havana, and taken his quarters with me in my newly built residence. We had nine large vessels receiv- ing cargo at that moment, and he was evident. ly gratified when he took his first walk along the so-called Levee-the quay on the left bank of the Mississippi, in front of the town, where vessels load and unload their freight-and saw It strewn, from the upper to the lower suburb, with cotton bales, on which were stamped the marks of my firm. Nothing could have given hlm better idea of our activity, and he seem ed to be pleased that he could take back to Europe with him proof of it, like this one from his own experience.
 Since there can be but little that relates to this establishment, which occupies and has oc- cupled so lofty position, that is devoid of all interest to the mercantile reader. I may ven- ture to say few words concerning MT. Barng who was quite young man when he visited New Orleans. do so with the greater reason that he yields proof the more of the fact how rarely the combination of qualities belong, ing to a distinguished father descends to his sons. Bountful nature had endowed this man destined at so early period of life to become the head and manager of the London house, with so lavish hand, that it might almost be termed spendthrift profusion, in summing up the list of capacities and talents he possessed. To his mental wealth belonged most unusual in- tellectual superiority, rare keenness of percep- ton, and an almost instructive penetration of the opposite and diverse characters with which he was brought in contact; to these was added remarkable memory, which did not lose the mlnutest circumstances; and iron strength of will, whenever he made up his mind to per- form any act; perseverance in carrying out hls enterprises, notwithstanding every obstace and, finally, the facility of expressing his ideas and convictions in few words, the knack of conveying the whole force and point of close analysis, or criticism in a happily selected phrase or two, which m 5ht be called hitting the nail on the head'
 This latter talent, which is by no means a,, indispensable one in the list of perf.ctions de- slrable for a man of talent, nevertheless ha, its value III dlalectlc debaces, particularly on the parliamentary floor wher young Barring hoped to stand before any great length of time, a. Ill all instances of common life where brief ard rapid explorations are desirable An exam will suffice to illustrate this remark. You ' Barring was travelling through the western bart of Virginia, which was at that time peopled by the roughe class of Americans, and the vehi- Gle he used was very handsome and newly vanished travelling carriage. In accordance with the favorte custom of these wild fellows. who usually carried penknife or nail in their pockets, one of the idlers, who stood and lean ed about the door of the tavern where he had allghted for refreshment amused himself by scratching with nail all sorts of ridiculous 6g- ures on the varnish of the carriage doors Barring, who came out of the inn and caught our friend engaged in this agreeable and polite occupation, the instant he saw what was going on very sharply expressed his disapprobaton The loiterer responded, Look here, sir don't be saucy: we make no ceremony. T'other day we had European fellow here, like yourself, who was mighty saucy, so pulled out my pistol and shot him dead, right on the spot There he les!' Barring rejoined, in the cool est manner imaginable, by asking "And did you scalp him, too?" The American was so struck with this, and felt this reproach upon his savage rudeness so keenly, that after gag ing at Barring suddenly and earnestly for mo- ment in silence, he exclaimed, By God! sir you must be acleverfellow! let's shake handsn' It would not have been easy to give a sharper lesson.