New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-18

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Mao Sss'"s, ,s.ad into poor English rhymes; they
eces ooes "a 7 have never seea then since NJ
Ss,her vas for BIZ tier Latin 5toaar uiao uyeeti, and
n ene of his vacations We read JuVenA toge'nef But
mast, red his style so as ts read BIN with case
- rleasure At this period OF my LIE l passed q
sresf 3. al Of time alone Ny amuseuens we're hshing
and ,bootpy and riding; and all these we're without q
companion. loved this OCCASIONAL :oNta0e then and
have loved it ever since and love II still. ] hike ID
soptsmrlae nature aud 10 bold co0muniO1, p1bfoken
~ tie presence of human beings, with tbs universal
ksne thus wondrous fair, Exc solitude also as favor
able 10 thougbts less lofty. IKE lot the thoughts
20 free. and indulge in their excursions. And when
Miaking is 10 be- done, must OF coarse bC acme
No man knows him,elJ who docs not thus, someAu'7
Keep his own company At a subsequent per0d u
6fe have found that my lonely Journeys when foho"
h,p H. court Oh lis crcui's have afforded many al
eaify pg day.
MR., WEBSTER SETTLEMENT IN BOSTON
Arrived 10 Boston, locked out for an once wherein
20 study. Bot then, as knew none OF ue 'oSs 81 81.
utmep, ana had no letter, THIS wa an al - IsS.
difficulty Some attempts t. b. received mo nav low
yers Office fai'ed properly enough, Tor tnee o.soi
Although the ieniniscence has since somehh ny o''c
ne 10 smile. rrod anil
yeneve5 the practice Of the law. he bhd IoOno J.
ScoIlsy's building, and as YET ne nad 10 80. ~
ysupe rnap ss little known IN Mr. So,e a NJ; ia
dxTtook to introduce me 10 MN III "s" VIE a,bsloss
Nave been bad. IgRotsm per fgHo,"M, NJ @',
4 succeeded here We ventured INTO hr. gore
room, ana nv Iame was proDounce1: "a7 eupcs
insy Embarrassed, bat Mr. Gore haUu or IN . coy y.
-,s,,ner gave me courage To speak ma 'he grace
IN hon with an unaffected apology; tod hlm my posi-
iio was very awkward, my uppeaTahee'heIcNefy IKE
An Intrusion and that, If | txoccted anytnn{ out a
.,v;I disu,issnn II was Only founded IN hs known
In ess and % neroeity OF character vas from the
smn,ry said; had studied iag for two yeas, had
eom- 10 Boston to study yCaT more nad some re-
spectabe acquaintance IN New ii inpshre, hct nn,
i.oru 10 h,nl, but had no ihtrOductU9; that had
heard be had 10 clerk, thought Il possible that M
would receive one that came 10 Boston TO work ana
not to play OFT desirOu, oil accounts, TO DC
his pupil and all yentu'ed tC ask At present was, thai
he would keep place for me in his Office, till could
white TO New Hampshire for proper letters, shO wing
me worthy OF IL. delivered this epeech trpp'R1iy on
the ton gUe, though suspect it was better composed
than spoken.
Mr. Gore heard me with much encouraging good-na-
ture. He evidently my embarrassment, sp9ke
kind words and askod me to sit down. Ny friend had
air, ady cisappeared' Mr.. Gore sao, What had suS'
geste0 wac very reasonable ami required II tie apollo
"; be did not to fill his office with clerks, but
was willing TO receive or two, end would consider
what had sad. He inquired, and told hi n. what
gentlemen OF his acquaintance kaeT me ana my a.ner
In New Hampshire AmoOg others, ! relnemOer,
mentioned Mr.. Peabody, who was Mr.. Gore 81 tss-
mate. He talked to me pleasantly t0ra qlarer Oh an
bour; and when rose to depart, he sad: NY young
friend YOU lock thoua you might be trusted You
roy you came TO study, and not to waste Tune VIII
take YOU at your word. You may as well bang up
your hat at once go into the other room; take your
book end sit down to reading it, an write at your con-
yenieDce to New-fampshre for your letters"
Twas conscious of making good stride onward
when had obtained admission into MIR. Gore office.
II wss q situation which offered TO mo the inca of
studying books and men, and things. IL was on tho
Doth of July 1904 that first made myself known 10
Mr. Gore; ana although remained In his Office only
ill March following, and that with considerable n'er-
veIing absences, / made, as think, some respectable
proeress In August the Supreme Court eat. L at
tended il constantly and reported every one OF IT'S de-
ritioDs did the ZANE in the Circuit Court OF the
United States. kept little journal az tIat lme,
which ft survives. 1t contains little beside list OF
books read.
In addition to books on the common and municipal
law, find read Vattel, for the third tine ia my life,
a. is stated in the journal; Wards Lag OF Nations,
Lord Bacon Elements, PuffebdOrf Latin History OF
England, Giffoids Juvena, Bosgels Tour 10 the
HebIdes, MooIe's Travels and many Other mscella-
neous things. Bot my main study was the commen
law and especially the parts Of it which relate to spe
c,a pleading Whatever was in Niner, Bacon, and
oth,r DO, ks then usually studied on tnHt part OF the
science paid my respects to. Among other thlogs
went through Saunders ports, the old ioiio eduon,
aud abs,rac and put into Eogisb, out Ut Latin and
Norman French, the pleadiDgs III all ms reporG Ii
was III edifyDg work. From that day to thus the forms
and language Of special pleas have been quite familiar
g. me. / be Eeve have my little abstract yet.
remsmber one day, as was alone IN the 0tlicc, a
man GENE in and asked for Mr. Gore. Mr.. Gore was
out aud be cat down to wait for him. lie was dressed
IL plain groy clothes. went on with my book, till be
tbe table held ont my book, and he took it add
locked at it, Roccns" said he, " dc naglCRS Ct
Sa,io; 80 sell, read that book too, when l was
boy" and proceeded TO talk not only about ships
AID heigh bot insurance, prize aud other matters
of maitne law, in manner ITO put me up to all
knew" and good deal more. The gfay.coated sran.
ger turned out to be Mr.. Rufus King.
The following letter gives tolerably viyidpcture
OF Mr. Websters situation aud prospects at tho age
Of twenty:
DANIEL WEBSTER To J. II. BINGHAM.
FRYrBURG Me-. Nav IL, 1902.
DEARLY BELOVED; Suffer me to bespeak your at
hntion for about six hours, to the volume am about
10 write to you Having just rambled TO the adj acont
Intervals which on account of the late all
oyeflowed and exhibiting almost " shoreess ocean"
Set myself down by the parlor fire to Improve mod
crate deee Of he alth and spirits in almost
The earliest friend have on Garth. l have a good
many thp to talk about and not dis posed TO cur
tail the conversation. Since wrote you before have
been within 40 miles of YOU but stay am too far Tor
ward. About three weeks ago we bad oar soni'annua
ambition The performances of the school were SUCH
I believe. as gave satisfaction to the Trustees. la
truth, was not much ashamed OF their appearance.
The Trustee pleased 10 pass vote OF thanks as
also to present their preceptor small extraordinary
gratuity. Following exhibition was Gvacsuon ell y
weeks Forgive me for writing IN figures. shall be
glad if can find paper for all have osly to you,
without stating my ideas by algebra This vacation |
had dew oted to the reading of Salust but on the day
of Exhibition had a letter informing me that "Zeke'
was very sick college. had heard also that young
man at Salisbury, who was just about marrying my
oldest sister, wss the verge of death, aud had eN-
messed very particular aud urgent reasons for seeing
me once more Under theso circumst ances immcli-
A,ely Get out for New Hampshire. went Directly TO
Hanover, where found my brother on the recovery,
though much out of sorts. There also saw Fanny
and kiesed heT-nobody else. She was IN dcCcnt health
when first saw her. but taken with the cramp the
night arrived. l said but httle Ia her. | als) saw
Sophia; the palpitaton al her heart will not fear su
fer her to be a great While company for MS morals
She has frequently YOU know, been charged with hav-
to nelpi.atons of that orgsn bat think che has one