Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-02
PERSONALITIES or LTrERATI.
JERROLD.

utor to Punch, and editor of various pub
locations, Is man about fifty years Of
age; and in person is remarkably spare
and diminutIve, his face is sharp and an
Sular, and his eye OF grayish hue. He
Is probably one Of the most cOstc writer's
of the age, and, with keen sensibilities,
he often writes under the impulse Of the
moment articles which his cooler iudg-
ment condemns. Although a believer
in hydropathy, his habits do not conform
TO the internal application of Adams ale.
Ills Caudle Lectures have been read by
every one. Ia conversation he is Quick
at relOrt-no1 always refined. lie is 4
husband and grandfather.
MACAULAY.
The Hon. I. &. Macaulay is short in
Stature, round, and with growing ten
Gcncy to aldermanc disposition His
head has the sane rolunduy AS his BODY,
and seems stuck ON it as firmly as a pln.
head. This Is nearly the sum Of his per
sOnal detects all else, except tue voice
(Which is mOnOtOnOus and dIsagreeAble, :,
IS certainly i'll his favor. His face seems
hcrAIiy instinct with expression; his eyes,
above all, full Of deep thought and mean
ing. As lie walks, or rather struggles,
Ong the street, hU seems in stale OF
sbs.y.ctiOn. unmindful of all that is going
"u around Linn. and solely occupied with
hlS uEn working mind. You cannot help
thinking that literature with him is not
Il Iurrc profession or pursuit, but that it
has almost grown part Of himself, as
though historical problems or anall tical
,lIItlsms were a art OF his daily food.
y Correspondent OF tho Tribune, wri~
ting from Nottingham. England, says ::
- have eccn Barley, the author Of Fes-
'uA." His father Is proprietor of the Not
UnSham Mercury. aud the editorial de-
p-rtment rests with him. lie is thick
SIT sort ot man Of Il stature below rhr
middle SIZE ; complexion dark, nnd in
years about eight and thirty. His pbysi>
ugnomy would be cIOwnSh in expression,
ii bis eyes did NOT redeem his other ica-
lures. lie spoke Of 'Festus,' and Of It's
lame in America, Of which he seems We.
~ proud. In England it has oGly reached
las thl'd edition, while eight or nine have
been published in the United States"
DE QCINCET.
lie is one OF the smallest legged, small
est bodied, and the most atteuualed eff
yies Of the human form divine lhat one
could find in crowded city during a
days walk. And if one adds to this
figure clothes that are neithcir fashiona.
bly, cut nor fastidiously adjusted. he will
have IL toIerably rough idea Of De Quin>
cey. But then his brow that pushes his
OOtruslve hat to the back part Of his head
and his light gray eyes that do not scem
to l,,,lL. h,,t h,
sounding the depth Of his Imagination,
searching out the mysteries Of the most
abstruSe logic, and something that you
would search week to find the mates to,
and then you would be disappointed. De
(lulncey now resides at Laswade, a ro-
mantle, rural village, once the residence
OF Sir Walter Scott, about seven miles
from Edinburg. Scotland, where an afec,
uonate daughter watches over him, and
where he is the wonder Of the country
people for miles around.
LAMARTtNE.
Lamartine is-yes, young ladies'. posi-.
lively prim looking man, with long
face, short grey hair, slender figure,
and suit OF black. Put pen behind
his ear and he would look like conti-
dent clerk" Give his face more charac-
ter and he would remind YOU Of Henry
Clay. He has fine head phrenoligical-
ly speaking-large and round at the top,
with spacious forehead, and a scant al
otmen! Of cheek. Prin is the word
Ho"Gh: There is nothing in his appear
"nce which is ever SO remotely suggestive
OF tNe romantic. He is not even pale,
and as for rolling shirt collar, or a By
rome tie' he is evidently not the mau TO
thlnk OF such things. Romance, in fact,
Is the article he lives by. and, like other
men, he chooses to q sink the shop" at
least when he sits for his portrait.
n DUMAS.
On the contrary, is burlv fellow.
Ills large. red, round checks stand out
I'LL they seem to stretch the skin that
covers them, and it looks as smoolb 90 q
polished apple. His black crispcd hair is
piled high above his forehead, and stands
divided into two unequal masses, one in
Ginning to the left and the other to the
1'Sh'' His eyes are dark and his mouth
.senSuous' but not 10 the degree OF
:VEuIgtarlty. His person islarge, and his
flowing mantle red. He is. a sgentlemar
to lay bare his throat and look romantic
not ByroniNcaily SO, but practically. YeI
he looks goodhumored, and like mar
whose capacity for physical enjoyment
is bou1dless. His negro blood is eviden
enough to ono who knows he has it; bu
would not be detected bv one wh,
q Ia a.F y.