The Southern star. (Panola, Miss.) 1856-1856, 1856-02-23

tons, restle SIS lover of war. bloodshec
instigated to deeds of lawless violenc,
Dy the b ope OF redeeming desperate 70,
tunes, or the ambition to figure before
The world in character which. while
denounced and Reproduced by the con.
serva i've few, never fails to kindle tia
enthusiasm nd sympathy of the popn.
lar mass Of the great. progressive fill
clustering public.
How astonished would be those who
nave formed this of Walkers character
It they could see hear, and know the
real man. Except his inaomi table cour.
age, Walker lacks eyero other quality
10 make up the character of The desne.
RADIO and model filabusler. A small s..
lent sedate, meditative, scholarly, home
iy man, apparently but little yersed in
the practical affairs of the world, or in
the knowledge OF mon; slow, deliberate
and drawing in SPEECH, modest, shrink
Ing and uninpassioned in his demeanor,
81 ~ iiat All d hundred mil ions
VINO would be picked ont as the leader
!" the desperate undertaking he has
headed 1t is this false estimate
ker's character which has led s.
many persons to regard his present
schemes of Anglo-Americanizing the
'7h'ral o'ales as wild and Qaixotic,
usnsral William Walker is thirty
lhree years of age, and is a SON og
htShiy respectable merchant and pre-
'oenl OF an lnsnranc company in Nash
'iiie lennessee He received an g.
oe'ieht scholastic and Collegiate edpea.
tion' ana at an early age commen.aa
'ne STUDY of medicine. In the prosecn.
~ I,oN ol ms stndies he vi.i,e d paris On
= fe'''rn homo he abandoned his mod
.o'i profession and took TO ,bat of
"a winch he gaadualed with dix,ino ';an
J. p.o'eo"ed to New Osleans. where
- lung oct his sign as attorney and
,a.a. bnt the retiring monest,
inner an d stndious tastes of WoIkar
tie,I h 40. adapted to the pushing; prac-
L. O'S or the gre at Southern mari
and not sui; Jed al law, therefms
up . id,.s some want Tor his ..pent-
conHee ed himse f with III
= new :, NEWSPAPER then anew and We, !
y vigorously coneucted urnal.
- 19,c'''ed with !. G. Layure M
'Aose Laure-and with S f. Wiz
'ow one of the editors and Proaa:A
;, sne P'eoyane, Walker soon beran :,
= NJ made his marks in the column
y TIE crescent. Hill articles ns
."as. By thoughtfulsess, Nv
aa'0 'anve spirit, and supreme con
+ i"r all denago 5ueism I
Among his a5les. ana earuest con4r;>
pt;ons to the crescent were certain arts
les 3SainSt she tenkercY of americans
: ,ilH'de The te.Iri;or Of their neigAbors
ilo IA fidicule ofthe design OF the fills
is'erS' A fierce controversy, then on
ms arose between Walker ofthe s:reseeht |
nd Walker of the Delta, the latter beinS%
ne OF the first tilibuster loarnal in the 7
onth. rhe conservative tone qf the
..rtscet nearly bestowed that journal
Id nee esi iated the retirement Of WIZ
: who emigrated to an Francisco
e,ore TINS event, however, being invol
"a IN a pertonal quarrel with the cd
u ,he spanish per La P4friq, he
'0ceeded 10 the Office of he editor and
'ereiy hogged him. In San Faapcis,
soon attracted notice, as ona Of tha
oiS u 1lia' very pugnacious journa,
San francisco Herald-got into
'arrei with one of the Judges, was i'm
'isoned for contempt-impe, cbed ,hs
q he fnrn 4 L. :.