The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-02-03
Picture Of Prentice.

A correspondent Of the Nashville
Banner, writing on board the steamer
Belfast, thus describes Mr.. Prentice,
Of the Louisville journal:
Prentice is aboard-Goorgo D.--the
editor Of the Louisville journal, lee
turer and poet. Did you ever see
him? A short man, thick set, round
body, short muscular legs, short
round arms, hands to suit neck com
ing straight down into his shoulders,
and pretty short and thick, face de-
cidodly marked. He has cheeks that
stick out like a young cubs when his
mouth is distended with uumasticated
corn, Ga young cub is a young bear, you
know) his chin is short his bps
firm and thin, his nose is straight
not sunk or Roman, and not blunt
nor sharp--aregular, good nose; his
eye is little, round restless, onveloped
in fat, Which Obscures il without he
looks at you; it looks funny, witty
severe, sarcastic, calculating, cold,
without great humanity yet not pre-
cisely selfish cautious, piercing and
with little room for tears His brow is
black, a little arched and moderately
wide His head is, if you would
have it in a word, round; it is a good
head, large behind and before, not fiat
on the top and not scanty on the sides;
forehead high and full His ear is
small, and sticks close to his head.
His hair is dark, when dry inclincs to
frizzle up-obscures his ears and neck,
very thin on top, and hangs without
care or regularity He shavcs clean,
wears a doyo.colorcd suit, pants and
coat alike, vest Of plain black, loose
rundown collar, leaving the neck ex-
posed wears no jcwery, keeps an old
pair of steel spcctacles alternately on
his forctop or before his eyes. He has
2 an old hat worn smooth, which comes
E down to his ears, high and large, full
of paper and a big red handkerchief
, lie wears blue socks and pair Of old
e buckskin moccasins.
Mr. Prentice talks little, reads much
He has a book along, which he began
, at first l[ don't know what it is). lie
p has also literary paper. lie sits by a
, table, book on it, bending over it,, el-
bows on either side pencil in hand
, He sits there but a few minutes at a time
q before he rises and goes to his room, OF
to some other place. When he rises he
puts all into his old hat, and moves off
swiftly, looking at nobody. He is eter
! nally scratching his head, or his nose
or his brow, elevating his specs, OF
/ taking them down. lie reads eyerlost
d iugly He is quiet man. He read.
but few lines without stopping anc
writing a line or SO on piece Of paper
and putting it in his hat. | saw him
while reading a paper, stop and write q
line on the margin, tear it off and put il
}. in his pocket. L guess it is Il shaft Of
Wit that struck, and l opiuc, his wi
u is born Of his reading. He has nC
u ceremony at dinner-he eats fast, auC
d marches through the COURSES Will
Is little epicurean formality, his main OBJ
70 icct being to get enough; then he quits
10 goes to his room, and in three minute
Z he is down by the side of the cabin
j. in a solitary place reading. "He sci
j, dom smiles. He is no Chesterfield
], plain, simple and composed, and cyi
u IDENTIFY has more behind than he com
IS municates. His walk is peculiar h
u walks Nth q purpose, a little bent for
~ ward his arms unstudiously pendent
e his steps quick and sinister; he has n
y ordly port, no hautHer, no seeming de
p sire to call public attention. He neve
&c looks ashore. He drinks no wine-vis
.e IDLY, at least He keeps back near tn
ladies' cabin.
r His appearance is that of conscou
y strength and perfect self-absorptior
o. He sits up till midnight or after, the
- puts handkerchief, paper, book an
I" pencil into his hat, holds it in bot
v hands, and strides hurriedly for his bee
- Ii rose this morning at eight, came
III breakfast with a dishevelled mien, sc
T. himself to eating with vim; takes tn
;. bones in hand and picks every particl
~ of meat off; crumbs his coffee full O
10 bread, takes a bite now and then irou
T. every plate around him, and is as muo
u absorbed in the subject as ever Bruin O
% DR.. johnson was
Breakfast over he sits down in a me
ment and falls to reading huge manu-
script. I saw written in large letters o
ne blank leaf, "American Statesmanship.
es He speaks it tomorrow in Nicksburs
il He is coming it, and his face exhibit
kaleidoscope Of emotions He is ey
Or IDENTIFY very careful about the reput'
10 tion that comes Of it. He repeats cel
b tain passages over and over, to give tn
true emphasis He rubs ont word
- and inserts others In all this, howeye
Is he is but a type of every man Of LEI
se ters, A poet himself he is keen TO dc
m tect a refined and lofty spirit in other
a He first appreciated and drew OF
to Amelia Welby. His eminent abilitiC
10 as an editor are well known.
u SAVE YOUR DOCTORs BILLs!-Tt
ge comp,on Napdle has dome more towar