New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-01

6st and Keen voco-'The dawme villain does ne
hiss and tell" ~
Sophia, or, as ths was called, Saphy Johnsto,
was aD orisinsl. Her father took /. u,o hi. be Vi
10 bring her up withOu, any educarisu wnateyer
The result was q strong minded oddity, Of whom
the lively description BY our author, by no mans
leads ope to regret the want OF her personal &C
quaintance:
Possessed Of great patursl vgor Of mind she passed.
her youth IN utter rustlcy; in the course OF WHICH,
boueyer. she made herself good carpenter aOd a
rood smitb-Mts which shs practced occasion J'y,
wen 10 the sho.irg Of horse believe. ti after the
nicdl. Of life. Ii was not till after abe became
woman that sbc taught herself TO read and write; and
then sbe read neesssuty. She must have been about
si,ty b,fo'e ever saw ber, which WAS cb-ti, aud
of,n. ct Eiddre. Her dress was always toe same-a
mans hat when out of doors, aid, generally, wnen
wnbin them, cloth covering exactly like mans
er.atcoai, buttontd clos.ly fro n the cnin TO the
1ouLd worsted stockings. strong shoes, With large
bns cas1s. ADc in this Iaiment she sat 10 sny draw
i1c.runm and at any tab e. amid al the fasnlon aud
ar,tociacI of the laud respected and lked For her
dispositions were e1ceDleft; her talk Intelligent and
racy rlch both in Old anecdoe, and 10 shre Sd ,dern
ob,cryatiop sp Geo with good deal Of paio str-
ca,m; her uno rsiandiDg poserful; all her opinions
free, and veIy freely expressed; and neither oneli-
ness por v, y slender me-ps, ever brought sourne55
or m, lapcholy TO her face or her heart.
Sitting with hei back TO the ligh in the usual arm
cbar b, The ride Of the FIRE in the Nlddne drawag.
room. with her greatcOat and her hat, her dark
vlrkleo ioce sno firGlypursed mouth, the two feet
act fiat on the h or and closely s.ther 60 that the
rnblic bao ull view OF the subs san'ial shoes, the
bak belo by the two hsLds v near the eyes, If the
quick tar overheard any presuup'uous folly be 1t
Il, IN ole gentleman or tine lany, down went the
vouu e. up the rpectacles-" Tina s surely great non-
,epte Sir though she bad never seen HIN before;
then. a little Quart and Iierce woula begin and
Tie wight ust have been very lucky if il do not end
By bis beng sm'te.
Her own proper den wss III Hat on the ground
auoI of O rouse in Windmill street, where her sole
on was q single female servant. Wben the
sryap wert out which she geLeraly took the lioerty
of dong for the whole Of sunday. Sapbys oide were
that sle .hould OK the door, and take the key With
her TLis saved Supply the torment OF always rising;
fer people went away when they found the lse,
Nh, thought shut up But che had hoe through
which che saw them perfec y well; and il she was in-
chn.o she cow ,rseo Though this orhce; aud when
tiIeo of them, told them to 20 away
A great contrast to this fiery, pugoaciOus dame,
was pre- ted in Lady Don aid Mrs. Rocnead Of
Ipye,.ib. TWO do ayers of high arsrocrasic breed
"They had bo b sbone, frs: as hoOped beauties III
the uinuets, and then as ladies' of ceremonies, a.
our stately assemblies; and each carried her Pc
culiar qualities and air to the very edge of toe
Grave; Lady DOn's dignity sOitened by gentle
swettntss, Mis-. Rochead's made more formidable
b, cold and rather severe so!emnny. Except
MIS-. Siddons in some of her displays OF mag
pifcept yaltJ, nobody could sit down like the
LADY of Inv.rlerh She would sail, like a ship
from Tsrsbish, gorgeous in velvet or rustllng IN
silk, and done up 10 AL the acconpanlments OF fan,
earrings and fOger-riDgs, falling sleeves, scent
bottle. embroidered bag, hoop ana tran-all su-
perb, yet all III purest taste and managing all this
seemingly heavy rigging with as much ease as q
full blow n swan does Its umage she would TAX,
of the cen er Of large sofa and ut tue
same moment, without the slightest visible exer'
ton, would cover the whole of it with her bravery,
the graceful folds seeming to lay themselves over
IL like Summer waves. The descent from her car
risge, too, where she sat like nautilus IN Its
she'll wss q d splay which DO one in these days
could accomplish, or even fancy. The mulberry
cotored couch, spacious, but apparently not roo
large tor what it carrisd-though she alone was IN
it; the handsome. jolly coachman, with his spien-
did hammercloth lOaoed with lace; the two re-
tpectful liyered fooineD, one on each side OF the
richly .carpettd st. p-tbess were lost sight of amid
the slow m-jesty with which the lady came down
and touched the earth. she presided, IN this i'm
peria style over her sons excellent dinners, with
great sense ard .piIit to the very last day almost
of prolonged lite.
Lad, Don who lived in George square) wa
still more highly bred. as was attssteo by her po-
lite cheerfulDess and easy elegarc-. The vrner-
able faded besu'y, the write well coed hair, the
soft hand sparkling attn old br Il ant rings, the
kind heart the sffoctionate manner, the bone-t,
Q. nile voice and the mild eye, account for the love
| with which b, old age vas surrounded. She was
about the last person Csc far ~ recollect) in Ed
iIburgh who kept private sedan.chMr. Hers
stood in the lobby, spd was ss handsome end con-
Portable as silk, velvet and ldins could make it
| And when she wished 10 use il, two well kOowr
respectable chairmen, developed in her LIVERY
cIosks, we're the envy of their brethren. She and
Mrs Rochead both sat in the Iron Church, and
well do Iremenber how used TO form one of the
cluster tba, always took its station to SEQ these
beautiful rebes emerge from the coach and tae
chair"
The Scotch bar and judiciary occupy large
space in this volume. They are described In
series of personal sketches, that are often en-
riched with rscy anecdotes add Incidents, OF which
the author preserved large store IN bis memory
OF Lord Lskgrove, the head Of the Criminal Court
We have the following:
more udicrous p rsonsge could not exist; wheI
ist knew him he was in the zenith OF his aosutdy
Peop. seemed TO have nothing to do but to tel stos
Of this one man. To be able to give an anecdo'e o.
EskgrUve, with q proper imitation Of his Vol e aio
nabnrr was a scrt Of fortune in society. Scot ir
those days was famou for this particularly hen
ever knot of persons were seen listening IN the que
House to one who Mas talking slOwiy, with ow nut