, 1859-12-09
PERSONAL.

fAHsoS BRo~SLow ASp us Co.FIS.-A1nong
tue notables present ut the late mass meeting in
Lynchburg. Va, called TO express the opinion
ofthe pco1lc Of that section IN relation to the
MsrpeTu Ferry raid. was the we'll known pszson
Urownlow. His remarks on the occasion were
CHARACTERISTIC. 4 reporter. In noticing the
speech, says it was tintenscly SOUTHERN" eud
represents the parson rs sayiug she would ra-
ther be with the South in l'andemoniun, than
with the abolit'opis1s in Heaven" The passon
also remarked thst he Intended to give Aia fam-
lily Instructions not to bury him in Yankee
coffin but III case Of an emergency they should
be forced to do SO, that they must leave both
ends open, 30 Tint when the devil or aboii-
tionists came at one end he crawl could out ut the
other
:. On. Cuxx,Sc.-Whosc last publication, aThe
Great TriDulstion,'' is nj present creating IN
excitement il the literary world, is thus desc1ib-
ed in a late English review:
Ills singular handsome person, bis brilliant
How Of poetic thoughts, bis striking talents, and
bis burning zeal, combine to make him one Of
tie most interesting speakers Of the the dag.
Mr.. Cumming is very small in person, not cx-
ceeding five feet four or Eve inches in height,
With slender md graceful figure. Ills face is
one Of the most beautiful hare ever seen, for
he is altogether too dimiuutive to be called
strictl, handsome. His hair is Of Il jet black,
with q goft, waving curl upon it, his complexion
resembles alabaster, with deep damasl color;
his forehead is high and finely formed, aud bis
eyes &c concealed by invisible spectucles.; His
nose is aquiliue, but not very Urge; aud the
lower part Of tia face is us perfect as that Of
some Greek stutue, with the addition of beauti-
full teeth. Altogether he is what his country
men Gull ! very bonnie chiet,' and he wnuld
really be Incompatible were be outy clagniied.
HIS tnanner is very unassurning; he never puts
himself forward, but remains behind the other
speakers. While silent he Las all The meek
ness Of tractiie child but When be speaks
he displays Ill the rigor and energy Of . young
eagle"
THE Examiner (Daptist paper) slatcs, in its
Washington news, that the chaplaincy ol Con-
gress ba* been q subject Of serious conversation
at The Capitai, and that among the names which
bare been mentioned in connection with the Of.
fee are tbc I.ev. Dr. Boyd Of Winchester, VA,
the Rev. Mr.. lead Of Richmond, tile Rev DR..
F. 4. Eoss Of Alabama {colored}. and the Rer.
George .. Checrer, ID. D., Of New-York.
The grandson Of Tecumseh is now liriug in
cNatchez, Miss. IL is we'll educated and accom-
.plished gentleman, having Travelled orer a great
er part Of Europe. He is physician, and is said
By the Frs 1radsr 10 he an excellent one. in
his pharnacopGia is O lot Of tuedical herbs, the
secret Of whose curative powers he derived
from lis Grandmother, who was great '.,ne-
dicinc' wonaun. -
CSExrEc1EDLr I1uEaAI.-parson BrownIow
went to hear Beeoher preach in Brooklyn.
Thinks Beccher ia not bad man ut heart, and
says his friends in Tennessee, who get to hea-
ven, must not be surprised to find Bcccler
: there.
The Florence {Nor. 15l corresponds Ut Of the
Providence Journal writes that Mr. Edward
Perkins who, with bis family, wasexrosed 10 the
brutality Of the troops at perugla some time
since, aud was Indebted to the heroic Conduct Of
young Swiss soldier narned Conrad Wellnne1
for succor, has purch ased the freedom from mil
itary service Of the brave soldier, made him
present Of a sum Of money, paid his expenses
from Rome to Switzerland, md relievd the little
farm belonging to his family ola debt with
which it was encountered.
TnE AC1uon or TEE MAHsE1LlEs urxS ~
CoCE1.-Malakod, thu raris correspodcnt oftbc
New York 1s.nts, says:
a trial which has just Terminated at ono Of
the city Courts, brings before the public, under
cover Of an lltustriuus name, curious iuxsapusi-
ton Of things. 81. nonget lie Lislc, lhe autlor
Of The famous and wasIike Mas5eilnise, appears
III bis trial US the plalntiffin suit a,airet IN
individual for co.si..erfciting his invention for
hermitica!ly scaling Seller water bottles.
The poet and inventor gnincd the suit,