New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-17

Which severely tired tie patience of the Coar Toward
Il end lie became ntolcrable and Jelly cut short
wherever he stroye 10 cucumber the way OF justice
Repeated snuJbngs nearly drove him frantic, and
than dozen times have heard him delivering
addresses of great violence, declaring defiance
10 tie Judge, 10 Mr. Hunter. 10 Governor Wise, IN
Il American Union and TO al the universe. The way
in which be has been ridden over is another proof
Of the exbiliiy OF legal restrictions in this locality
TIE riRb, be hss claimed Cd managing the cases, are
clearly his but as be would have fallen in instant
before the sharper inteects and clearer logic OF the
lawyers WI o came in for the defense, il deemed
safest TO hold him in ecse eonstraini. But for his in
deed, there would have been no hanging in Jefferson
County next month. Mr.. Hardings daily occupations
AZ not Of nature 10 t him for the management of
important case. On the hrst day Of Browns trial,
after delivering the opening speech for the Govern
uent, he issued forth from the Court House, and,
fushed with imagined triumph entered into conflict
with blind negro, and got rather badly beaten. Va
reca,ed Disbursements chung his face for many days
thereafter and furnished amusing topics Of converse
ton for the jures in succeeding cases. think, how
ever that Mr.. Hsrdings evident inclination to bring
all possible injury upon the prisoners, his repu
tation in tie public esteem. He gloats over
the prospect Of their execution He il happies when
pc;urng to himself and hearers the horrors of the fate
which s in waiting for them. He is pleased with
every "reminiscences of insult which has been flung upon
Brown. ] heard him yesterday narrating lively
anecdote Of the captain of Of the volunteer coma
nice which FASTENED to Harpers Ferry rs soon as the
United States troops bad done AN the hot work. 1t
ran somewhat thus: The captain approached Brown.
who lay seemingly dying, upon the wagon which was
bearing him 70 Cbarlestown. "Well, old Brown"
be said, show IL it; are you going to die 7" sob,
no, said Brown. al think not" "Well," responded
the iOcular warrior, "if you were going to die L
should take one Of your teeth but, as you mean to
live, IN only take piece OF your hair to remember
you"-wbch he did. Mr. HaIdings ferocious exulta-
ton over this and many kindred rectals is enough to
make TIE heart sick to witness have never heard
more monstrous cruelties of language, not even in
Virginia, than habtually proceeded from bin.
In peron Mr.. Harding is mprePossessing. He car
ries the worst marks of ntemperance His face is
vndictye as well as degraded one. His long curved
nuee seems always the point of collision with his
rising elm. There ia SPECULATION in his eye. His
very drr,s indicates his utter recklesness to appear
ances His manner is outre US his aspect. lie IL
forever ridiculed. He commands respect. When
be talks in Court the Judge falls into revere, the
lawyers turn their backs, the bystanders jeer. He
never seems to heed it, but after saying his word
long or short-alls back into his chair and sleeps,
while the nearest of his neghbors ,ckles his nose with
straw Excepting in the air of general dilapidaton,
he too is wholly unlike the published portraits OF him.
JUDGE PARKER.
The Judge is handsome man. He is, too, an amia-
BE man. and that he is open to gentle emotions, his
evident struggles to retain his composure the other day
when sentencing Cook, Coppic, and the two negroes,
very plainly showed. Judge Parker, believe, has
presided over these tras with much fairness as in
the nature of the could be expected That he has
been strongly influenced by Ak. Hunter, throughout,
ii would be hard to deny. That he has been strangely
deaf to some very powerful arguments for the defense
especially those of Mr. Green, in the case Of Cook
il sufficiently evident But one has doubted the in-
tegrity of his intentions. Outside Of the court, too
be has displayed degree of eurtesy TO strangers who
needed it, when even Mr.. Hunter has failed in this re-
gard. Judge Parker has every appearance OF keen
lawyer. His face almost always seems to be shaded
Nv frown, owing to the deep lines in his brow and
around his mouth; but his voice ia invariably gentle
and his manner kind. His age must be little under
ffty His stature is very small He is prone to COM
forts of posture and social peasantres for in court
be sits forever with his judicial legs aoft, resting
among piles Of law.books his table, and of even
ings be whites away some coy hours in the snug bar
room of his hotel extracting heartbeans from the rare
old rye that flows in odorous streams around He,
again, is in no respect Like the published portraits.
am interrupted by the visits of certain citizens
whose jealous watchfuness penetrates all seclusions
Tomorrow, ether portraits. The events of yesterday
and to-day have not been startling temporary re-
action follows the excessive excitement of the few
preceding days.