Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-12-25
IHE INTELLIGENCFR.
PiclnreI d PrentIcn.

AScorrespon ondent Of the Nashville Banney.
writing on board tbszsteamcr Belfast, tbns de-
scribed Mr.. Prentice, ofthe Louisville Journal.
Prentice is aboard-George D.-the editor Of
the Louisville Journal, lecturer and poet Did
yon ever see him! A short man, thick set ronnd
body, short muscular legs, short round arms
latlds 10 SUIT, neck coming straight down into
ms D sneSnlders and pretty short and thick, face
decidedly marked. He has cheeks that stick
out like ayonngs gscub'sswhen lis mouths dis
tended with unmasticated corn "a Young cnb is
ayonng bear. you know,) his chin is short, his
lips tirm and thin, his mouth well outlined and
OF the Protrnding or pouting type, This nose is
Straight not sgnk7or Roman, and not bluHt3nor
snaEp-a regular goodanose; GIis eyesis aI;ttle
round and restless, envclopcd in fat which OBJ.
Scures 1t without he looks at you; itlooks funny.
witty, severely sarcastic, calculating cold quick
without great humanity, yet not precisely sci.
hsh, cautious, 'piercing aud with little for tears
HIS brow rs black a little arched and modeTate
y Wide His head is, if you would have it3in
word, round; it'isa good head, large behindand.
before, not Hat on top and not Scanty on the
sides; forehead high, and full. His car is small
and sticks close to his head. His hair is dark.
when dry inclined TO frizze up obscures his
ears ana neck, very thin on top, aud hangs over
his brow without care or regularity. He shaycs
clean, wears doveScolnred suit, pants aud coat
alike vest of plain black, loose tnrn.doKn collar
leaving the neck exposed; wears no iewelrv.
Keeps an old pair of steel spectacles alternately
on i,lS tOretopor before his eyes. He has an
old hat worn smooth, which comes down TO his
ears, high and large, full of paper and bid rcd
han ikercIiieEi He wears 6Ide Socks, aud a7 pair
ofold bnckSkin moccasips. . ID. 49,.
Mr.. Prentice talks little, reads much He has
book along which he began ut first (I DON'T
know what itis) He has also n literary paper.
He sits by table, book on it, bending over it,
elbows on either side, pencil in hGnd. Hc,sit$
there bnt few minutes at time, before he rises
and goes to his room, or some other pIacc.-
When he rises he puts ali into his old hat and
moves swiftly, looking at nobody, He is etern.
ally scratching his head, or4hiS nose or his brow
or e!cvating his specs, or taking them down
He reads eveilastingly, Hcisa quiet mup:, He
thinks much. lie reads but few lines without
stopping and writing a lineor so ona piece. e.ofl i
pnper aud putting it in his hat. 1 saw him,
while reading paper, stop and write line on ,
the Inargin tear il off and ipliEit in his pocket
guess it is SHAFT wit" that struck, and |, !
Opine, his wit is born ofhis reading He has no !.
ceremony at dinner-he eats fast and marches
through the courses with little epicurean for /!
mality, his main object being to get enough,
then lie quits, goes to his room, and in three
minutes he is down by the side of the cabin, in
u solitary place, reading. "He seldom smiles"
He is no Chesterfield plain simple and compos-
ed, and evidently has more behind than he com I;
mnnicates, His walk is peculiar; he walks aoith 4
purpose, alittle tent forward; his arms unstu-
dlously pendent, his steps quick and sinister;
he has no lordly port, no hateUg no seeming
desire to cGllpublic attention. He never LOOKS
ashore. de drinks no wine, visibly at least
He keeps back near the ladies' cabin. His ap-
penrance is that of conscious strength and per-
feet selfabsorption. BE sits up I'LL Inidnightor
lter,Etheu puts handkerchief book. paper.and 3
pencil into his hat, holds it in both hands and
strikes hurrfedly for his bed He rose this
morning at s, came to breakfast with dishevil-
led mein, set himself to eating with vim; takes
the bonesin his handsand picks every particle
of meat off; crumbs his coffee full bread, takes
bite now and then from every plate around
him, and is as much absorbed in the subject as
ever Brntn or DIR. johnson was
Breakfast oyet', he sitsldown in a moment and
falls 70 reading huge manuscript. Isaw writ
ten in large letters on-a blank leaf-'tAmcrican
Craftsmanship" He speaks it to-morrow in
Nicksburg He is coming it, and his face ex-
hibits Kaleidoscope OF emotions. He is evi-
IDENTIFY very cRrefulabout the reputation that
comes of it. He repeats certain passages over
and over, to get the true emphasis. lie rubs
out words and inserts others. In all this, how
ever, hesS but the type ofever,man of letters.
Prentice is patron of letters. ~ poet himself !
he is Keen TO detect refined and lofty spirit in
others. lie first appreciated and drew out Ame.
LEILA Welby. His eminent abilities as an editor
are well known. What his pet aspiration now
lis, remains obscure. We think it is of alitera-l
lG iu1uTe1 uttu tioSl ulTeCllnR lISeII
into the walks Of political philosophy. gE
Yours, Boswell.
The following We quote from tho Louisville
Courier:
g a z.tFmsTARaTR NoTteBs,-The yicssburg
Sun, of the 10th, has long notice of lecture
delivered in that city by an individual who, to-
gether with Sylvanus Corncob. Dr., Fanny Fern,
aud other celebrities, writes for the n. Y. Led
ger" The notice is introduced by the following
remarks, which may he regarded by some as
complimentary, and by others as not quite SO
much so. We have no opinion to offer us to
their truth aud justice:
.'ATr. Prentice has very bad dcIivcry-his
voice being weak, husky, and unmusicaI, and in
consequeucc,o of which his audience didahot su- q
joy his discourse as they would otherwise have
done, had he not lahOred under the disadvantage
referred to. There is nothing peculiafly Stfikl
| ing about the man, ii we except an extremely
! in favored countenance-a chubby face, and
pair of eyes that presentia decidedly squi1ty
appearance. His head is we'll shapeds indeed,
Fowler swonld call it well developed cranidn,
and truthfully too, for the most careless of ob.
server cannot but be struck with the fact that
Mr.. Prentice is the owner ofa head of.which lie
or any other man might well feel proud. There