New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-24

hioitec, was Frhed aod I,usrstes the carly aeys,-
opuent Of the energy and tses tia, have borne him
O. II roul h life:
for !err further encouragement will here rels..
eury remarkable instance OF patient diirence sa5i,
donltsbe persevs rance.
- In the year 81 after I had r-,ur,eS % C,.-a.
'ot frcm Scotland, AID my classes were going on.
very respectable lawyer came TO nv .ct1ol I ,binE
some tine in the month Of O~tob@r with yoo,h
appaItntly about sixteen, or perhsus no. ~ runr5
fourteen, Of middle size graceful 10 msuper. ratbe-
ttLdtr, but wei formed and upon The whole VIA, I
stou!d cal bsndsome; Of a keen piercing eve AMI A
noble forehead, seemr giy the very sea, Of genus.
HE gentleman stated that be found him given 70
snc that he had been about three week. Learning he
Latin rudimepts, and bopirg, suppose to tur. tie
!outbs attention from the law 10 the fninis.-y had
fss9Neo 70 pace him under my care, for the purpose
OF learning Greek, Latin and Ms.hen,ic. sufficient
to enter Cherieston College. | yery gladly received
him, for Immediately perceived be was no common
youth a. intelligence besmed in hs dark eye. and
shone brightly on bis couDtensnee, insrcatinr g-es.
ebllty, ard an assurance Of his future progress,
j at once put him in the highest class iu., begin.
ming to read Cssars Commentaries, and. although
az mt Inferior, his prodigio1s memory and suthu-
the beet. he began Greek at the same time and
read with seine who had been long at it. in which he
aso soon exceled. In short, in the space Of one
year be bad with the class and al odd hours with nv
self, read four books Of Cesar, Cornelius Nepos S.
lut, Elk books Of Virgil, nearly all Horace and two
books Of Livy; ard in Greek al Grsca Minora about
the half Of the fret vosme Of Gecs Msjora and four
books Of Homers Had. And whatever he read he re-
tanned II seemed TO me- in fact a. If he learned nv
mere intuition. / was myself utterly a,,ouishei ana
at the came time delighted with bis progress have
blted that be wa designed for the church. but when
contemplated hs bold fearless disposition h. DO ser
fnl inventive genius, bis admiration Of warlke ex.
poits his love Of heroic and adventurous deeds did
Lot think it likely he wOuld be minister Of the
Gospel. He had not, however, the least appearance
Of sny vice Whatever. On the contrary, he
was always the very pattern Of virtue and modes
ty ! could not help loving him so much did he
csptivate me by bis g.nilemanly conduct and
extraordinary progress. II easy to see th.t be-
would one day raise himself to e1ninence. While
under my instruction, discovered his early genius for
poetic competition in the following ner. When
the Greek class read the account that HerodOus gives
Of the battle Of Marathon, the bravery OF Mltisdes
ard his ter thousand Greeks raised bis patriotic feel
ings to enthusiasm, and drew from him expressions
which thought were embodied n few DAYS aherward,
in rome well-wrien verses in Charleston paper on
that fsr-tamed unequal but successful conflict against
tyranny and oppression and suspecting my talented
eel osr to be the author, went to his desk and a-ked
HIM if he did not write them; and he-ta'ing at first
rather blushiDgly he confessed be did. then said
81 knew you could DO such things and suppose you
" have such pieces by you, which should ike
I" to zee. DO bring them to ne" He consented, aud
in day or two brought me a number, which read
with pleasure and admiration at the strong marks OF
genus stamped all but here and there requiring as
/ thought, a very slight amendment.
/" bad hired amathem atcian TO sch both him and
Myself ifOr cOud not Then ttdch that eclencel and
in this be ao made such wonderf i progress that at
the end Of one year be entered the Junior Glass; in
Charleston College, triumphantly, while Others who
bao been stucyiiP four years and more obliged
10 take the Sophomore Csss. About the end Of the
year ls25, let Charleston. After that. he taught
mathematics for come time. His career sfterward has
been Of heroic adventure, OF harbresdth escapes
by food and field and OF scs ntifc explorations, which
have made him world wide renowned. In letter |
received from him very lately, he expressed his graft
tude TO in the following words: Il very far
from either forgetting you or nfglecting you in
any way losing the old regard bad for you. There
is no time to which 60 back with more pleasure
than that spent with you, for there no time
thoroughly well speDt; and of anything may have
LEARNED remember nothing 20 well and distinctly
az what acquired with you Here | cannot help
say ing that the merit almost all his 1t is
true that encouraged and cheered HIM on, but if the
soil into which put the seeds of learning had not
been of the richest quality, they would never have
spruDg up to hundred fold in the full ear Such my
Young frierds is but an imperfect sketch of my once
beloved and favorite pupil, now q Senator, and who
may yet rise to be at he head Of is great and grow
ing Repubhc. My prayer is that he may ever be op-
po-ed TO injustice and oppression ofevery kind.
blessing 70 his country and example of every no.
bic virtue to the whole world"