Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-22

ftndietOn, PtytOn Randolph, and John Kan doph. Wytlle and Pendleton at once rejected his application. The two Randolphs, by hi l !mportunlty. Were prevailed upon to sign th lccnse and having obtained their signatures re applied again to PendIeton, and after mncl entreaty and many promises of future study l succeeded iu obtaining his. He then turned out for practicing lawyer. The first cas, "h ch brought him into notice was contested election, in which he appealed as counsel be- fore co nm;ttee of the House of Burgesses Il s second was the Parsons cause, already wei known. These and similar efforts, soon obtain. ed for him such a reputation, that he was cleo ted me-ber of the Legislature. He was as we'll suited to the times as any man ever was. He was far before any other in maintaining the spirit of tie Revolution His influence was m st extensive with the members of the np- per cou ties, aHd his boldness and their votes overawed, and controlled the more cool or the more tlmid ariStocratc gentlemen of the lower part of the State. His eloquence was peculiar, ii indeed it should be called eloquence for it Was impressive and sublime beyond what can be imagined Although it was difficult when he h'd spoken to tell what he had sad yet while he was speaking, it always seemed direct ly to the point When he had spoken in oppo- stion to my opinion, and had produced great effect, and 1 myself was h. gh'y delighted and moved l have asked myself when he had ceas- ed "What the devil has he said 2" I cou Eevcr answer the enquiry. His person was of full slze and hs manner and voice free and manly. His utttraEce neither vtry fast or very SOW. Ills spec chcs generally short from d quarter to a half an hour. His pronunciation Was vulgar and vicious, but it Was forgotten while he was speaking
 He was a man of very little knowledge of any sort he read nothing, and had no books Returning one Noveub r from Albcmarle Court, he borrowed of me one of Hume, Es- says, in two volumes, saying he should have leisure in the winter for reading. h the Spring he returned thein, saying that he could not go further than tie first 90 pages iii the ii st volume. H.. wrote almrst nothing, he could hot write. The reso'ut ons of '73, wl,iyh have been a>crlhe't to hm, htse been supros- ed t. have en wrt e. by Mr. Johtson, who acted as his second on that occa ion, but if they were written hy Henry himself, tAcy are not such as prove any roWer of to.npostlon. His temper was excellent and he yen.ra!ly
 
 occaso's l have seen hu angry, :nl his an ger "ns terrisAe. In his opinions lle was yield ing and practicable and not disposed to differ from his fr'ei,ds. In private conversation he Was agrtatlc and tacetious, aud while in gen teel society appeared to understand all the d : cel'ces and properties o it ; but in his heart, he preferred low society, and sought it as often i; s possible. H. wonld hunt il pine woods of FIuvanna with ovcrseers, and ople of that de>crption, living in a camp for fort night at a time without change of rament. 1 have often been astonished at his command of proper language how he attained knowl- edge of it l never could fiud out, as he read so little and convcrscd so little with edu- cated men.-Jefuscn.