New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-24

U6f6fV6. Too, 0TttS, KfnRHGbt
yet a. remarkable for is nestness He il consistently
religious and has all the pety Of the best Puritan
without any Of the acerbty which someti mes
papiss it. He 10 indeed ao extraordinary man, or be
would not be vhsTe We now zee him. He IL the
Of plain Msseset usett. farmer and never had any
Other ~ yabtsges Of education in his YOUTH than such
az common township school could afford. He Is Q
striking illustration Of the truth that every must
In Q great degree, educate himself he was shoe
mailer and worked at hs trade during several years;
but be was scarce ever seated at his work unless with
some book lying open before him. HIS thirst fer
knowledge WA intense. He never, probably, knew
an IDLE hour At the age of twenty t~o he went 70
Connecticut, carrying his tools on his back. He il
now fortysix years old has been at the bar several
years, ia learned ia bic profession and for 80 ne years
has been Juoge OF the highest Court IN Connecticut
He has done everything cor himself His reading has
been exensve and varied ana few, II any, here are
better informed than he a. He IL Possessed Ia 81
eminent degree OF two striking characteriscs he has
great practical ~IsCom, and knowledge Of h1nan
nature that seems elmost iDtutiye. He il no orator,
ard yet not speaker ID the convention is more efe;-
tive; the basis Of bis power Ii found, first, In tho
thorough conviction Of his ntegrhy his countrymen
satisfied that be is good man, real patriot with
lille or eli iier or p.rstDal ends 10 visw next, he
addresses the reason with arg aments logically aTayed
clesr PLAIN, forcbe, tnst az they have con-
WINGED him, the. carry conviction 10 others who are
dispassiopa;e. One would scarce believe, from such
a description, that by psture be Possesses warm aud
excBble feeliDRs-ye such ia the fact; he hss how
ever go learned 10 control his passions tn he is hsb
itually calm, sedste aud self governed, mild add
agreeable in soce'y, and eyDces an enlarged benevo
lence toward all mabk ind. There u not here more
remark able nor better man than Roger Sherman.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
First, there stands, from New York, Alexander
Hamilton. That is he, With such a remark ably ex
pressive face HE age is about thirty. You oblerge
H. BE- il Of the smallest men here; indeed, under
the middle tize, and hin in person, but remarkably
erect and 6igbifed His hair is turned back from
he f,ve in n he
hind. Mark The fairness of biz complexion aud his
IOsy cheeks Watch the play Of his singulary ex-
prtssiye couDteDaDce IN repose 1t seems grave and
fbougbtful but him when spoken TO- aud inst ant
" all is lighted up with intelligent vvaciiy, and
around biz lips plays emile OF extraordinary geet-
Lefs il s impossible look az bis features and not
tee ihst they Jefface oly stamped by the divine
hand with the impress Of genus. HE IA indeed
II IND OF immense grasp, and unlimited original
sources. Whether be speaks or writes he is eqaslly
great. He can probably endure more unremitted
and uteDse mental labor than any mau in this body.
so rapid his perceptions and at the same time 50
clear that he seems sometimes t. reach his cOnclu
tODs by species Of Intuition. lie Possesses IN
wonderful degree that most uufailiDg mark OF the
highest oder Of intellect the cOmpreh-nsyeness of
view which leads TO accurate generals z stiOn. He
catches the prdbcpie involved in discussioo, as IT
by ib,fIBcf, and adberes rgidly to that qaite fure
that thereby the details certain 10 be right
Another mark Of eminent genius Is niinuilly ex-
hbitipg ief in the striking originality Of his views
There il nothing commonplace about his MOD
Among great men, any where, Alexander HaOsLton
would b. feh TO be great A. All individual, he Is a
frank, tmiable and high.minded gentleman who ia
spires BIZ hieDds with The wamest personal attach
ment while he rarely II ever fails 10 make h's enc
mics both bin. Perhaps, hove yer, instead
of ills sketch it had been enough in the beginning,
Elm ply 10 say that he lived With General Wash
and secured HIS atfec and confidence. He
is married 10 a daughter OF General schuyler aud
bis wife is one OF the most agreeable women IN the
city.
OF the mny agreeable notices Of American
women, with which the volume abouads, we
select the following of distinguished leader in
society:
MRS. BINGHAM, OF PHILADELPHIA.
Preeuipept at this period in rank, aud in wha'ever
AIDES an establishment to the highest station, was
Mrs Anne Bingham, daughter Of Mr. Thomas Will
ing and wife OF Mr. William Bingham, who soon after
was created one Of the Tepres 5nt tlves OF PeOnsy
ysIia IL the National SeDaIe. Distinguished among
the women of the Presidential court, Mrs. Is ngham
elevated in some fsspec's above them all, in be-
ing the center If csE'- which was al her o~n.
Her style Ter beauty, her influence the elegance of
her bouse the ase and ARR tocratic distinction or the
assembates which ir,queuuy Gdorle1 IT. have be-
come II bous. hold wOr1s in tn city which vas tbs
SCI ne of hem indeed historical IN the annals
of the higher sccal life Of Americs. Considering
that sbe Gi before che was thirty-seven Years OF
age, that she bad passed much Of her married life
abroad and that the close Of was away from nome,
from IL. sphere iu shich sh shone we shOult, under
ocnary cucumstaIc es find il difficult TO account for
the great Evolutionary reputation OF her distinction
and uonce which is found In Philadelphia as fresh
amOst at the end If half century a. II W IS at lts be
nniDg Her reputation was i'll truth the cofnbinet
result Uf several causes. Her beauty was splendid
Her figure, which was somewhat above tle middle
size, was well made. Her carriage was light aud
elegant white ever IN Ik % by dignity aud air Her
man els were eft. Sprghtly, easy, winniag' are
terms which describe the maDuers Of many womeH bu.
while truly escnbiDg herr, they would descrl )e them
impereCiy ubless hey gave The IDEA That they won
from all vino knew her u SPECIAL measure OF personal
ipterest ad relation. Receiving neither service nor
the promise If it, every who lefC her Yet felt per-
sonsy fiatterco AID obliged really exclusive ia her
associates abe gave TO lone the slightest ofensei
with GREG; social ambition the basis of her charac
ter DO sspraDi for the eminebce OF fashion fet that
si G was Inserting Der aims; aud vito advantages
PEI sopal social ana external, such as ha'dly ever
TAIL ~ excite envy from her SIX such was her easy
sno happy turn of feeling, and such the foriuna,e
cot Ct her patural MAJ ner that she seemed bevert
excite the sting OF unkindness nor 50 much as awaken
lie slumber or r.pose. Her entertainments were dis
tins ushtd more for their superior style aud re
ouepcy than for the happy aud discreet eeIectijn OF
her guests and her own costume abroad was always
mako by that pToprlety and grace, when, whus
uniting costlibess, rarity ana an exquisite reh1emeut
subo the effect of them IN way shich never
invites compari,on lo all this she had lad the ad
vantage of wise and equity and affe ;onate iuca-
tiop. She ow ed much, ho~evsr, 10 the command OF
Great wealth apo TO a combustion OF friendly and
fsni,y acventagts which her wealth enabled he- to
illustrate and pioft by
In her fathers house we may believe thai Mrs,
Biusnbm recti ed the best Instruction whch the time
,,o eouutry afforded. Mr. Wliilng had himself been
Co. f,lIy Educated at Beth Ia EDgisnd and although
cop,en plating, probably, The career Of merchant
Id b.u lib.Iai, trained in classical studes and bad
rprsuCd for some time regular course OF legal read
H., a. stuceLt in the Temnle, From sirlsood the
BEAUTY of lbs daughter Laa been Conspicuous aud
on The Goth Of OCTOBER 1850 being then just sixteen
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