The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-08-23

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q shaggy eye sbroWs.
But now, at last, he rises before the bar.rai
+ Ing-not behlnd-and 50 near the gTonderr
L Jury, that he might have touched the farems
G with his long bony finger. With eyes still IA
shut, and sanding rigid as a pillar Of ron. \
g thin lips, IN moasureless scorn, slightly apar
7 and tla voice comes forth. At first it's ID
eland saeet, insinuating itself through the. bra
assn artless tune 8indingits way into the deei
: esr heart ike the melody Of magic meant
III ten, while the speaker proceeds, without
gesture or the least sign Of excitement. to t4f
: IN pieces the argument OF Ashley, mat di,
solves and melts away at his touch as ilast b
fore the sunlight. Every one looked SURPRISED
Ills logic was at oneeso brief, and SO lutninousl
true that the rudest peasant could easily com
rrehendit i ~.
Anon, be came to the dazzling wit Of tb
: poet lawyer, Pike. Then the carl Of his Ii
grew sharper, his shallow face kndled up, an,
his eyes began to open, dim aAd drearv no lon
ger, but vivid as lightning, red as fire globe
and glaring like twin meteoss. The whole Sou
was in the eya--the full heart streamed out OF
The face. In fire minFfss Pixies Wit seemet
! t'lefoam Of foIly,snd2his ffest atrain. hofeihl4
! profanity, when cooHasted withthe inmitablt
salIes and extermiaating sarcasm Of the stran
ger, interspersed with iests and anecdotes tha
/ filled the forum with roar. Of laughter.
<'Then, without SO much as bestowing an a.
lusion on Prentiss, he t4rned short on the per
lured witnesses of IItpkins, tore their testimony
in atoms, and hurled in their faces such terri,
/ Bile nyectyes than al trembled as with an ague
and TWO OF therc actually fled disgnayed from
! the court housg.
! The excitement OF The crowd was becoming
tremendous Their life and soul appeared to
| hang on TIE burning tongue OF the stranger
He inspired them with the power Of his own
malicious feelings, He seemed to have stolen
mature 5 long hidden secret Of attraction. He
was the sun to- the sea of motion which rose
and fell as he chose. But his great triumph
was to come.
His eyes began to glare furtively at the as
sassIn Hopkins and his lean taper fingers slow
Iiy assumed th4 same direction He hemmed
the wretch IL with q decentralization of strong
evidence and impregnable, cutting off all hopes
Of success. He piled up huge bastions Of in
surmountahie facts
He duebeneath the murderer and slanderer' i
feet ditcAes Of dlemmas, such as no sophistry;
could oTerleap. and no stretch of ingenuity:
eyade, and having thus, as one might say, im-
pounded his victim and grt him about like a.
scorpion in a circle Of IRE, he stripped himself
to he massacre.
C2bi then, butt was a visions, both glorious
and Dreadful to behold the orator. His actions
lbeforegracetul as the Wayesof a golden willow
IN the breeze, grew as impetuous as an oak in
fl1o ht,...o
filed with wild whirIpools, deafeainr the ear
with crashes Of power, and yet internineling
all the while with sweet under-sona Of the
sottestcadence, His face vas as red as drunk
ard's-his eounteuance looked haggard like
that Of maniac, and ever and anon he ftunc
his long, bony arms on high as if grasping after
,ahunderbolts He drew picture Of murder in
such apaall;ag eolers, that IN Comparison nell
ltseIl might be considered beautiful He paint
ed the siandefer so black that the sun seemed
dark at monday, when shining on such an ac
cursed monster: and then he SO fixed both nor
traits On the shrinking brow of Hopkins that
ne nalied HIM there forever. The agitation of
Lhe audience now nearly amounted to madness.
All at once tie speaker descended from his
perlloas height. His voice walled out for The
more heanfif,, .A. as4'i MAJ
5o,rod -, IN 80 ;Hsoe1'S, as t'ef tears
,obbed liz nb;1ira IT. asA "s'' anu IoFel5 women
H. elosod 0l'l-.' 80 sh stn,,>, .,,..
" tbronob 49, 3,''1.s eA11oi1SI'o' 10 tEe J"-
Teata5 tEo a1, a WV " e'7hueLS' ne en-
,erdlet for the plaintiff, not to offer violence to
he defendant tho he might deserve it,in other
cave his @ = 'I.ei n4t l1Dttifs, S9: po. =
aost artfu trick nf aii ~ " aa AZ ho.. ms was
asure Topneagsa s's'' "''>' '0s' 'S''SD's's'.s
The iury ret,,rned ,,o,,2o4 - ee.t. .5o,,e,,
olars and the ,';ob 3 ft f.. .-rs " Iolins .sa
ken o III baa y, s.tSl- taa4a ,,a,1
, death. '10''''S . - 'N'' y {
have listened f. ~ l,sta, and q. 1bot,,,
to Dewey Txn.t ,v,.4 nsscn,,. b,,t
heard an,, tlS1s i the forn, Il s,,l,,aa d
Us. ,saraofsf2 snrrnr;n,at;na2 II
~ " w H. azor :,
tI,n IA %,iut$ @,; ho' snsh;n ~ .stataef of ffa
,,ar "p 49, s,s,s ~ I"s ornion Of an Who I,
- S.s@'l'I>1Z l''', -s,. e7aus man. tt
Is .eTHE UNION IN DAysERi'sz1 .. + a
Tennessee, threatens this republican, r zones 5tl
Jones, of the United i&n dsstEEc VI
rhis thing needs looking to. We sepae, Ii