The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-01-14
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Randall's Life Of Jefferson.

Randalls Life Of Jefferson.
This biography has met with large
share Of commendation from the press
The following extracts convey a good idea
of his personal appearance and habits when
a young man cd
"Mr. Jefferson was generally, however,
rather a favorite with the other sex. and nor
without reason. His appearance was engag.
ing. His face, though angular, and fat
from beautiful, beamed with intelligence,
with benevolence, and with the cheerful vi
vacity of happy. hopeful spirit His com.
plexlon was ruddy, and deicately fair; his
reddish chestnut hair luxuriant and sliksn.
His full, deep.set eyes, the prevailing colour
Of which was slight hazel Tor fecks of ha
eel on groundwork Of grey,) were pecu.
liarly expressive, and mirrored. as the clear
lake mirrors the cloud, every emotion which
was passing through his mind. He stood
six feet two and half inches in height. and
though very slim AT this period. his form
was erect and sinewy, aud his movements
displayed elasticity and vgor He was an
expert musician, fine dancer, a dashing
rider, and there was no manly exercise in
which be could not play well his part. His
manners were unusually graceful, but simple
| and cordial. His conversation already pos.
sessed no inconsiderabl share Of that charm.
| which IN after years was so much extolled
by his friends and TO which enemies attri.
buted so reduclive an influence in moulding
the young and the wavering to his political
views. There was frankness, earnestness
and cordiality in its tone-a deep sympathy
with humanity confidence in man, and a
sanguine hopefulncss in his destiny, which
irreSistibly won upon the feelings not only
Of the ordinary hearer, but of those grave
men whose commerce with the world had
perhaps led them to form less glowing esti
mates Of it-of such men as the scholar-likt
Small, the sagacious Wythe, the courtly ant
gifted Fauquier. Mr.. Jefferscn's temper was
gentle, kindly and forgiving. If it natural
ly had anything of that warmth which is
the usual concomitant of affections and sym
pathies SO ardent, and it no doubt had, i,
had been subjugated by habitual CONTROL
Yet, under its even placidity, there were not
wanting those indications of calm self reli.
ance and courage which all instinctively re-
cognise and respect. There is not an in
stance on record of his having been engaged
in personal rencontre, or his having suf
fered personal indgnity. Possessing the
accomplishments, he avoided the vices Of the
young Virginia gentry of the day, and q
class Of habits which, il not vices themselves
were too often made the preludes to them
He never gambled.
To avoid opportunities to games, which
were generally accompanied with betting
he never learned to distinguish one card
from another he was moderate in the en-.
joyments of the table; to strong drinks he
had an aversion which rarely yielded TO an,
circumstances his mouth was uupolutec
{ by oaths or tobacco Though he speaks o
{ enjoying the victory of favorite horse
and the death of the fox he never put bu
one horse in training to run--never run bu
a single race, and he very rarely Joined in
the pleasant excitement-he knew it to be
too pleasant for the aspiring student-of the
chase. With such qualities of mind and
character, with the favor of powerful friends
and relatives, and even of vice royalty to
urge him forward. Mr.. Jefferson was not a
young man to be lightly regarded by the
young or old Of either sex. He became o
age in I764." g~ na .a.