Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-12-01

RECOLLECTIONs OF HIS LIFETIME; or Men and
Things have Seen. In Series Of Familiar
Letters 10 n Friend, Historical, Biographical
Anecdoteical and Descriptive. BY S. G.. Good
rch Two vols. New York: Miller Olon x
Mollignn, 1856.
No one who has eyer leaned on the knees and
listened to the instructive teachings of Peter
Parley-nn who Of the present generation in
America has not--can fail Ia he deeply intrres
ed IN this portly autobiography Of ;he author of
ihut numerous. porular aud useful series Of works
These extracts are tukon from the first volume Of
this work. the second IL chiefly coupled with the
writer's literary cnreer, aud his numerous visits
To Europe, with notices of the remarkable men
and things he saw thrrc. All these sketches are
written with greni liycliness, and some of them
with remarkably graphic power. The follow
ing sketch Of George ~. presents an image
which will not ensy he aflaccd from tho readers
mind:
Bnl whit of London in 1921 King George
~, was then on the throne, and though he WAS
ehy Of showing himself in publicI CHANGED to see
him several times md once 10 advantage As-
cot races. This wa royal course. and brought
together an immense crowd of the nobility and
gentry, rs well ~ an abundant gathering of gam
hers aud blacklegs. For moro than an hour his
majesty stood in the pavilion surrounded 10y the
D0ke of Wellington, the Duke Of York, the Mar
gus OF Anclesrn. aud other persons of note He
WINS I"' X, pN'l lat I'an' ol l"il'T sour ohu
dlscontented counennuce. All the arts of the
toilet could not Disguise the wrinkles of age, and
the marks of dissipation and dilapidation. His
lips were shnIp, his eyes grayi-h blue, Ii, wig
chestnut brown. His checks hung down pendu
lousy, and his whole face seemed pad, boatcd
ndilabhy. His coat wase blue surtout, button
"n teht over the meaSt; al cravat, huge hack
stock, scarcely sufficient 10 conceal has enormous,
undnlailng loWl. On h lett breast was gutter.
ing s'nr. lie wore II common hat, the hnm II
little broader than the fashion. But tor the
star AID the respect paid to him. he might have
passed ~ only mn "verdrcsSed and rather
sour old rake. noticed that his coat set
very close and smooth aud was told that he
was trussed md braeed by stays, To keep his
flesh place aud shape. II was sad to be the
labor of al least two hours 10 prepare HIM Tor
public eXhibiion,lko the present IL" was dan
dy 10 the last. HE wrinkles OF his coat, after 1t
WAS on, were cut ont by the tailor. ind carefully
drawn up with the needle. lie had the govt. and
walked badly. imagine there were few among
the thousands gathered To the spectacle who
were really less happy than his maieSty-the
monarch ri the three kingdoms.
The following account Of tho rtconire between
General jackson and John q. Adams at Pr">.
dent Monroe l"vee, the night alter Adams Ell
ection over jackson Tor the Presidency by the
House of Representatives, is very graphic
| shall pass over other individual, present. on
" noting an incident which respects the two per
sons in the assembly who, most of all others. en-
crossed, the thoughts of the yiStors-Nlr. Adams
the eect,Gen. Jackson, the defeated 1t CHANGED
i'll the course OF the evening that theS" two per
sons. involved in tho Thong, approached each
other from opposite directions vet without know.
ing it. suddenly rs they almost together,
h., hat fol nnp