American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-12-29
= OHIO THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER 2g 1854 g

Whiie the speaEer procpeds without gee
tute or the least signal 81 excitement meits 3
away at his tou,.fi asffost before the sun,
beam o. Every one iookedis su,p prised.. His
logic was at once bfisf. and SO luminously
clear that the rudest psasant could com.
prehend II without al Effort. Z '''''' !
. Anon be came to the dszzlin1 wit Of the
poet lawyer Pike, Then the curl Of bis
hps grew sharper Ills smooth face began
to ikiidle up AID .bis. eyes 10 open-dim
and dtisry no io6eeg: but vivid ss lIgbtE
ming. aredsas tirF globes, as slAring as isi6
meteors.s 'The whole s6hf was, in his eve,
the full heart STRAINED out of tis. face,--@
IN FIVE Tni1ntesl PikA' $ %it seemed Ike A
foam offolIy, ada Ms fossi satire horfibis
profanity wgFfi compared wftha the mint.
able, saliies and extermipatihg sarcasm ot
The stranger, iuterspersed With JJ@s, and an:
eedotesthst illsd The forum with. laugh,
ter. y Jiii bas ,l}e' sd acilfftss S's''89'@l
9 Then, witbUutso much as besto5aaiDrigy a, 40
allus 30 upon Pfehtiss. he turned round
short at the 'psrjpred witnesses Of Hopkins,
tore their testimony into atoms, aud hurled |
into their faces such in3ectivts that al |
trembled as s'with ague, and two Of them |
actually aed 10 dismay from the court
house, .89 '' 4-'tf Dc 9he'llH - ''7' s'' t'll
70 The sexeitymsut Of tbei croixd was be
coming Tremendous, % Their united'Iife and
soul seemed 10 hang Upon the Stunning
tongue OF tbe Stranger He inspired them
with the power Drills own passions. He
saturated them with tts power Of his own
ma alicious feelings. He seered,to have
stolen in a,nte's long hjdddn Secret Of at
traction. 1 He was thq sun to the pses Of
all Uhoughta'nd emoi6u, which rose and
feii, and toilpd In tie billd%Sas lie Chose.
Butanis greatest tri''fnph Was yet, to- come.
His eyes hegah toShhSsaf afuftiyely at tHe
assassin Hopkins, as iiis Ilan, itapar fingers
assumed the same difeciitiGs 40 lie bemmed
the wretsh wiaia cIrcuffv sliatioh Or stfone
evidence and inipreg gnaele argument, cut.
ting off Al HOPE Of escape. "-'ol 9'' ,'pa'
iHetpllediuplarge bastiohs Of insnrmount.
able facts. Hsidug bAppath TIE murderer
and 81 naertr's feet. bitches Of 'dflemhas,
suehas no sophistry could oy4rltap, and
no see cts Of ingenuity evade: ana thus
having asoue might Say. impounded his
| victim. and girt him about ike 4 ABSORPTION
iua circle OF fire, he stripped himself 10
the work OF massacre e9iH"eta 'H' s"' rs"
sdOhfthen Il was vision sbotli glorious
and dreadful TO behold the oratot.. His
actions. before graceful as the waves Of a
gohlen willow in the breeza, grew impet.
uods as the motion Of ali oas in b hufri.
cane. w
Il J. ~
His voice bAcanis a. -trumpet filed With
y Wild whirlpools deafenihg tie ear with
the crashes OF power, and yet interming1ing
all the while with a sweet updersong OF
Z the softesti cadatce.s His face was as rod
} as Iaalruhkai 'si4tis forehead 'growed like
a aheaied furnace qhis con utenance was hagI
gard like that ofA madiac, and ever and
ADon he flahg his long and Hony arms on
high, as IL eraspine after thnnderbolts.
He drew a picture'tf murder 10 such
appalling colorss thSt in comparison, heN
i,selfmight be considered beautiful He
painted The slanderer so black that the, sur
r itself seemed dark al noonday, when sbi
. ming on surh an accursed mons er. a theI
o fixing both pertraits On the shrinking Hop
!. kins, he fastened thl m there forever, TIL,
o agitation of the audience amounted almos
to Madness HUgf2 e.H "f paa@I. "a ~
u "A II at once ihe Speaker descended from
+ the periIous height His voice walled OH
i for lhe murdered dead and living-th,
N beautiful Mary, more beautiful every mo
g, ment as her : ars flowed Ifsster4till al
weptands oBbed hke children -f'' t''
OF He closed by a strange exhortatian y t,
= the jury, and through them to TIE bystand
y efs. Vie advised the parsl after tRe,
o should bring in d Verdict for the plaintiff
). not to offer violence TO the defendant
however richly he might deserve It; il
e other words not TO lynch the villain. bu
o leave his punishment with God. 'h r'4 :
'> This was the most artfnl trick Of all, ADJ
= the e,bestealculstsd 10 insure vehgeance.
a The jury rendered averdid q twehtl
n th' usand dollars. and The night afterward
q Hopkins. was taken out of his he'd bl
o' lyhchefsl and BEATEN almost 10 'desth. ~
'e 3As the court adjburned,a the stranger
3. made known his name. and called the at
q tehtionIof the public with the announoe
= ment--J5hn Taylor will preach this eve
Ie ming AZ eary cahdlelight. 'npi sgSH 'Ho y
Is nThe cfss,sS >su turned out and Taylor
Is SERMON eqnalbda il 1t did NOT Isurbass7 hi
n spIendot ofhis fore'psic Z ffort This isn6
30 sxagseraiiou. I have II Hsfehed to 16fsy
az Webster, and oalhoun2to Dewey, fTyht
and Bascom sdS .,uevef heard anything
ie in the wa Slime words even remote
q " approximatiog to thsAeloqueuce OF Job
~ TaylSr- massive as'amouhtAi1 land Wild
In1 " rushing as = cataract OF tirs.S Aud tha
d' is thslopinion Of al Who have heard tbi
in' marvellous Taan!h r., ,hs 1gmHf7l 2CiNFh %
a ra,Ssae2 sags-li-.-s -slls-letsyl- bfA yiin,tl
Fs i1E'D- Books aud t6ewspsp4rs have mGlti
81 piled 10 suth ane xlehtiniout t6u6tfs,th
y itaakes F6o paper fnills, whhtRo thousani
engines in constant operation. to suppl
70 tia priatets who work night abd day. =
D. Thessltnills toiucsd 270, ,oO0, 600 pound
Q; Of pa per the last year which imhe enss sup
y ply sohi for aboat 'Se7.e0o, 600. A gouh,
] d 6n5sat quarter OF fsgsaSe Tcddfred afoT
In pound OF pSpsF and $40 600, 600 pound
le vwsre therefore consumed ID 1Bis way las
year, diB alta 40 .nQiiniiisrcp tsA
ih vGpr woa1a-a= ~ S--,-a 4i-saLtzzaE-z1 Is5TA
id aEEsA writer onssehoot ds6iBli6e &, Say:
le 'withour ilibstahdss 81 the rod. Ills Ia
N possible tO'msGS BOyssmaSf' r5ia s'aii'7'