The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-12-23

aud the full csmpsnsation Tor The atsn'
tiop, always liberal, which be scoordsd to
them Rsciprooslly, during the late i'll
ness Of those departed. they inquired for
sach other, with fiial aud friendly in
tsrss, touching in itself, and character
istic often Of the felstions Of senior and
junior members Of the bar. 10 this
case, the chain Of friendly obIigatiou,ou
the part Of the younger, had been habit.
ually frightened, by those attentions Of
respect, which the senior Of them bad 50
peculiarly deserved to receive. In is42.
3, Mr. Bsckwith made bis youthful sd,
venture At the West. He was at Lsn.
| caster and Cincinnati, Ohio, under ia.
vorsble auspices in some respects for
undertaking bis professional career a
mongst strangers, but by su arrange
IN eut due to bis fathers anxiety, he re.
turpsd 10 is43, to enter into favorable
partnership in business with CHAHLEs
LuNsLky. ESQ, one of the first Of our
practitioners, whoss connection subse.
quently with the railroad enterprise
withdrew him msasurably from the of
fee, and threw upon the junior partner
an unusual amount of the responsibility
Of its affairs.
In June, is47 the marriage connsc'
ton Of Mr.. BEcKwITH established his
dc mestio relations with one of our most
reliable and public spirited families, that
Of the late RuFus WAlswR, eHT, Esq.
with which the har mony Of mutual aud
unmingled confidence has never been
broken. brt was witnessed 10 increasing
sweetness to the end. 10 1852, his bus.
iusss connection was dissolved By the
temporary Withdrawal Of MIR. Linsley
into other pursuits, aud afterwards be
pursued the management of all bis af
fairs BY himself. aud Independently It
was done ehesrfully and diligently, so
much so in each regard that you found
bin the busiest often but never the least
mirtbfal Of friends, and fouud,the miracle
Of tho association Of business and enjoy.
msnt, each for hs own sake, had owned
in him its f.tsst exponent The late Mr,
BAtBFn was industrious, but labor with
hin was stimulated BY the broadsst Oh
jects he was fond Of humor and gristy,
also but il was from the passion Of So
ciaity, which chesred him as his friends
seemed happy. With BEcKwlTH it was
| The perception Of The tssls or the intel.
lect, the fine or witty thing, that made
the change from serious action pleas'
urs Of effort moro spontsneous but no,
more natural than the first. These were
frieuds, and they took from Us what a
store Of intelligence, Of enterprise in
what is eleva,ing or useful 10 US, Of go
cisl good will and the powet Of CRAFTY
ing it
To his public efforts in the courts, Mr..
BScKwITH bad facility and versatility,
sn ardent msnner, q faculty 10 fact OF
forensic sloquence His talents, in this
respect, were indi.putsble, bis pleasing
PERSON spd gsu,lsmauly though ssslous
manner favored the impression. aud
though the highest prizes Of oratory, The
willing judgment aud osptivatsd heart
were withheld apparently for ma,ure'
days. the reward Of more toilsome study
and BArEs our Ephosp, ,certsinly, VA
uotfsstorsd 10 him, yet, with faculties
refined 10 natures purest mint, the per
at least was = wand with him, to the ful
potency Of which. be did not and they
could not aspire. Bot to glance At BIZ
soaring countsnancs, yet serious snt
scrutinisisg il he wiiied, the front OF
tho fnsr aramatists as one Of thsm il
painted, to watch his crystal tempsra
ment bright with prismstic huss, thi
was to realize fancifully what be nigh
have been under other influences. hAt
literature aud not business attracted him
aud made him perhaps su answer Of gs
MUS to the sigh, that
Mature never formed but one such man
And broke the die"
His pen was guided by fns Imagination
and spsrkliug wit, and drew upon stor
of 90 much tist was refined and heroi
aud vsritsble, 90 ready a sense Of al
,ba, was absurd or sItraVsgsDt in met
so pure a ssusibilisy TO what was honor
able or tsudsr, that i, might have trace
to himself q memorial more dursbl
than marble. more exquisite than gris
10 the quality Of business miod, hi
brief legislative career solicited biz
most nearly, though hero his readine,
aud breadth Of orstory perhaps wsr
mora At home. He needed no. tact bu
tslfoontrol here for ,hs highest sucses
az N yonno debater. aud had he care