Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-26
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Thoulas nahInNssa Slasaalay.
Mr.. Reach, the London correspondent


of the Inverness C0wr0at, ssys:
There is o common pedestrian Of the
London streets well known 70 all who are
acquainted with their notabiIitios. He 10
a short, stout, sturdy, energetic man. He
has big, round face, and large, staring,
and very bright hazel eyes. His hair Is
cut short, and his hat flung back on the
crown of his head. His gait Is firm and
decided, with little touch of pOmpOsity.
lie is ever provided with an umbrella,
which he swings and fourishes, and bat.
ters on the pavement with mighty thumps.
He seems generally absorbed in exciting
and impulsive thoughts, the traces Of
which he takes no pains to conceal. His
face works, his lips move and mutter, his
eyes CLEAN and flash. Squat as Is his
figure, and not particularly fine the fea-
lures, there is an unmistakable air Of men
tai power and energy, approaching to
grandeur, about the man. He Is evident
ly under the influence of the strong ex-
citcment of fiery thought. People gaze
curiously at him, and stop to stare when
he has passed. But lH heeds no one
seems, indeed, to have utterly forgotten
that he is not alone in his privacy, and
pushes on, unwitting of the many who
stare and smile, and look with curiosity
and regard upon Thomas BabingtOn Ma
caulay.
Occasionally however, the historian and
the poet gives still freer vent to the men
tai impulses which appear to be eontinu-
ally working within him. A friend Of
mine lately recognized him dining in the
coffee-room of the Trafalgar Hotel, at
Greenwich, q fashionable white-bait house
which, 1t appears, he frequently petroni-
zcs. He was alone, Is he generally is,
and the attention Of more than one Of the
company was attracted by his peculiar
muttering and fldgetiness, and by the mute
gestures with which he ever and anon
illustrated his mental dreaming. All at
once-it must have been towards the cli-
max Of the verse or prose, which he Was
working up-in his mind-Mr. Macaulay
seized massive decanter, held 1t mo-
ment suspended in the air and then dashed
it down upon the table with such hearty
good will, that the solid crystal few about
in fragments, while the numerous psrties
dining round instinctively started mp and
stared at the curious icOneclast. Not y
whit put out however, Mr.. Macaulay,
who was well known to the walters, call
cd loudly for his bill to be made out ut the
bar, and then pulling, with . couple Of
jerks, his hat and his umbrella from the
stand, clappcd the one carelessly on his
head, and strobe out hourishing the other.
A Masonic MovEMENT-Purch0se Of
1T. VernOn.-We find the following an.
nouncement In the Richmond DispGteA::
We understand that one or more Of the
Masonic Lodges Of this city have Origina-
ted plan for the purchase Of Mount Ver-
non, which, If taken hold Of in earnest by
the ''brothcrs Of the mystic tic" through
out the Union, cannot fail Of success
The plan proposed is to get the subOrdi-
nate lodges to contribute one dollar for
each member. The price asked for the
Mount Vernon estate is $500, 600, and
the Masonic statistics show the order
numbers three hundred thousand 80
that if all the Lodges in the Union acccdO
to the proposition-and the probability is
that they will the purchase of Mount
Vernon may be looked upon as fixed
fact. But the suggestion, as given out,
does not stop here.
When the land which contains tho last
mortal remains Of the immortal Washing
ton is possessed by the MasOns, they pro-
pose to present it to the State of Virginia,
only reserving to their order the right to
meet around tho tomb of their deceased
brother once every year, to celebrate his
imperishable deeds and to keep alive his
great name. We have strong faith in
this patriotic plan for the purchase of
Mount Vernon, knowing, as We do, that
the order from which it cmAnates are ev-
or ready for good deeds, and never look
back when they put their hsnds to the
plough. Let every true Mason feel that
the tomb Of Washington can only be pre-
served from decay by his efforts, and but
few short months will roll by ere it will
be the property Of that State which gave
him birth, and to whose keeping alone
his ashes should be entrusted.
FTdelity.-Never forsake q friend
When enemies gather raround-when sick
ness falls on the Oheart-when the world is
dark and chcerless-then is the time to
try true friendship. They who turn from
the scene of distress. betraV their hvpOc.