Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-06-07

I for the petiifogge This Tor tho assas.
sinl This for the bullyl This for tie liz
: ar I And this. and this. and this, cot thS
tp6ltroon e. ,a,g,a
r Athousand spectators stood loo king oa.
aud yet not one interfered to arrest the
avengers arm, and for two reasons. Fitst,
BECAUSE the aTsngsr was Feht Noland
aud, secondly, because everybody felt
that the victim richly deserved all that he
received. eA -
Twill now close my basty sketch With
a brief addendum, for the benefit of these
who wish to know something of Fents
character and history. a
We have seen him ia two of his phassls
las the powerful orator aud tho all drea.
tded duellist; but he has q hundred 9TH
ers, aud is equally master ofltaem aIls
r. more expert hand. unless it wero
professional one. never invoked the soul
of the heart-strings Of q violin. He "a
alike a favorite .inlthe saloons of che ladios
OF fashion, eonnoissiear in the temples
dedicated to- the ftmanly art, and i
matchless interlocutor insthe debating
circles around the fireside, whether COM
posed of doctors. diviness statesmen, OF
philosophers. Besides Rllthis, he wieldh
one of the most versailles pens in Ameris
ca. considering how little tits praeticed.
He writes poetry sweetas his own voice,
and as strongsas his own eourage.HA
He dashes off articles for the public
journals with the rapidily of a transoris
bing cletE He lets forth humorous Of.
fusions with the natural case of spontas
nety! .rui5G tfEIC7d Fcv AL yft a
But why has he not become cslebrated
beyond the limits OF ArkansasS Why
DOES he not aspire to the achievment OF
world wide fame .g sFEi Jbsi3
Because he is poor and ia Arkansas!
He is too remote from the centre of inp
tslligence-too far west Gould an Arab
in the great desert. though gifted with the
geuius of AN archsngel. make his voice
be heard throughout the great family Of
nations? m sIat A ~ E5feo q
',Butai still stronger reason than any
thsbiis to be found in rnere local. position
or the uncouquerable bar of poverty, may
be assigned for Noland's obscurity, inlthS
peculiar idl1aracterlof his organization.
He is constituted passioualely, without
one single particle of desire for farhe5-s5
He has no life of memory for the past,
and-no vivid life of imagination for the
measureless ages of the mighty futures
His whole life lies in the pfesept=7jlapgS
on the minute hands Of his own good
watch. isJ
Such trait may seem incredible ina
duelist, class that is generally supposed
to do battle, ii not for renown, at least for
notoriely.r But when it is thoroughly
comprehended what causes concurred %
render Fent duellist. and what, motives
operated to keep him one, the enigma
solves itself. Fent holland emigrated 20
Arkansas when. only eighteen years Of
age. He was friendless, and had no re.
source save in the treasures Of his native,
though then undeyeloped genius, This
he now turned to good account. by sell
ing his prolific pen TO the publishers Of
party journals. His sharp wit and biting
sarcasm, and, more than that, his splen.
did talents, soon created enemies. Al
that period, Arkansas was cursed With
trained bands Of detestabls bulljes, Who.
sought to govern every thing BY tho ter.
rors Of the pistol and the dagger. Every
rising man was 70 encounter some Of
these professional desperadoes, or Teljn-
quish the attempt 70 ascend, such
was the horrible state Of public opin.
ion Ii the new aspirant refused the
challenge. he was degraded forever
in the destination Of the commiui-
ty. II he fought anil was killed. hcowks
got rid of, and the matter ended 6umma-
rily. II; on the contrary, be slew his an
tagonist, he gained one chance for aScen.
sion. a-iIiHa18 ~ eItisnE
Accordingly. as soon as young NUlandss
name began to ring. hiSfoeS determined
to test ismettle in the aeeuStUmedsf fiery
ordeal. aud they selected one Of nth6fr
shots to dispatch him challenges to the
field Of honor. Pent, although utterly op.
posed to the murderous practice Of duel
ling. took up the gage as the choice ofne-
cessity. they met the youth threw
away his own FIRE. received that ofahis
Zoe 10 his side, and bravsIy eseaPedlWith
his life. .d Sea is
He was scarcely well when be was
called out by another antagonistt and
this Time he shot bis enemy thtonghatho
heart. This event appears to have par
italy changed his nature. Hesdid not,
It is true, become cruel or qusFFeIsom6ss-
He never acquired a single tinge Of misan-
thrOPyV bus all 1.-The burning passions OF
his bOl j, imPulsiVe heart, assumed the fx-
ed fOFmOf concentrated hatred for the
whole class Of bullies, and tbenesfortlI be
Was sort Of Don QIixotte, WHerazef,
whose ife,mission embraced one object
only-the determination Of duellists and
70 do this eGecIhally, he learned all their
arts. Since the day be slew Pope nogun
has ever measured the radiant circnit.of
the heavens without beholding shat pale
enthusiast iurthe cause of death, at his
post before the targets with rife or pistol
leVeled at the centre. The consequences
Of such incessant practice has been that,
aa q aEilifnt ah0t 6a raatfzad the nTsni6ffa