Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-29

Bcuutltul BoeHns
From the pen Of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
We have in the October Atlantic the following
tasteful s,o-~.- 40 MSS "a nis prime an,
'ueht al the bar, was the most productive Of
men OF any in the worlds history. Two great
olutions-the French and the Americap-,
passed through with all their attendant rcsul
II was a period Of great events and of great
nicts Compromise was not then copslderel
the great point in politics. religion and all m
questions, but stern, plain right and wrong v
the criterion by which great questions w
proved. Compromise adopted instead of 81
| scl1nce IN our day is the bane of our agn
! rs the mldeW upon our institutions, and il is ri
"1,cn we nave most TO fear in church and ~
Iuat Wblch gave Lord Erskine his power A
uis prominence among the great and good nr I
earth, and his legal victory in Ene,apd S,ss
Stern battery ike opposition to all comproml
auu us lmpIegnabe pUetiOn upon pure aud si,
pie right Tue speaker here reviewed the .
cuinslanSes OF the trial Of Baily, who NJ
arIalgned for fraud in his mapa1rment Of
Hospital. Erskine, although but the inni
COUNSEL for the defendant, delivered Scfo
me Bench OF Judges, such a noble. powprr
pea as gained his cause, in spite of the hipb no,
uOu ol Loru sandwich the plaintiff, and oontrni
70 all expectation. The bold aud fearless cbnrg,
ma the scathlng iGy6cliyes which Erskine bnrIe
y lhe nigh offender, the ltclurer gave aith tb,i
mg encct, until tho audience could almost SEQ M
emned villain shrink before the fie of rigbtooa
Ignalon. This speech made the fortune of m
one,,o prl,ness Darr'ster, aud placed him in ID
Pht lauk OF legal Practitioners. The case of N
lol Oi the Dean Of st. Essex for libel. when Er'
pc boldly ooulrOntd the overbearipp .Indge a,I
m9aaed that the jury should have The right I
oIue upon the mel OF cIse without insIrul
d described. iN'ie"q
ne lmpeluosity of high and grand passia
Nneh @ "iion in mower was what niaai.-i y
The New York Herald Harpers Ferry cor.
respondent writes Of the observation of Old
Browns neighbors of the operations of the
fiamers of the Provisional Government as fol-
lows:
The house is located in the midst of a thickly
settled neighhorhood, five or six families living
within hail, aud the movements of the strangers
were regarded with much curiosity. They
seemed to have no settled business, but large
number OF boxes and packages were sent to
them by railroad, which they carted home, and
nearly every day one or more of them paid a
visit to the village upon some pretence OF ether.
They paid fer everything they wanted in hard
cash, and were sociable and friendly towards
their neighbors. A great part of their time ap
peared TO be passed in hunting in the noun
tains, although il is not known that they ever
brought home any game On one occasion a
neighbor remarked to Mr. Smith (as Old Brown
was called) that he had observed twigs and
branches bent down in peculiar manner,
which Smith explained by stating that it was
the habit of the Indians in travelling through a
STANCE country, TO mark their path in that
way so as to tnd their way back He had nc
doubt he said, that Indians frequently passed
over these mountains unknown to the inhsb
tants.