The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-31
ERE his very thought could pray,
Tn nnealed he Paused away

HHedleu Ec p1hseu away.
See the crowd how it bends and rises as the
storm OF eloqueEce sweeps along or subsidies.
See the trckliDg tears, the trembling lips, the
passion of grief that agitates the N multitude.
Single out particular object from the throng:
Mark that young man who site close under
the pulpit and devours every word, look and
gesture of the great orator. See the various
emotions lrint themselves as they rise on lis
expressive features. He listens in solemn aud
decent attention he becomes agitated his
eyes glisten his hands stretch nervously his
lips culver; he bursts INFO tears his whole
frame is convulsed he yields to a wild and
uncomfortable passion OF grief! Who is that
young man He must be something mole
than ordinary. No man ever yet possessed
such susceptibility of powerful emotions,
without beiLg capable of rousirg them in 9TH
ers. IF you want me TO weep" says the Ro-
man poet "you must weep yourself" What
is that man! If he is an actor, he will be
equal to GARaICK. If he is a poet, SHAks-
PKARK may tremble for his laurels Ii he is Il
lawyer, he will be, one day, the most wonder
ful Of his class. For who was ever great ac-
tor, or great poet, or great orator, without
that sym pathy for the feelings OF his fellow
man that made our Saviour, in his earthly
shape, the adored of the Uaiverse. There is
lhe secret spring that moves the bosoms of all
mankind, and without it, man, though he
may still be great speaker, good actor, aud
Il sublime poet, can never sweep the feelings
of mankind along with him in the impe tuous
torrent OF his song or his eloquence.
Alas that young man is none Of these. l
Is doubtful Whel Their be will ever be able 10
take care OF himself, far less 10 control others
He has an incurable repugnance to every
thing useful He will not attend TO any kind
of business. He is idle, hey ond all endurance.
Set him up in business, and the probability is
he will fail in Il week. lie delights in nothing
SO much lying by the side OF a milI-pond
with hook and line in the water, to all ap-
peArance watching his COZ ks, yet never catch
ing any fish, and perhaps aot caring whether
he catches any or not. To vary his sport, he
takes 10 the woods, when the fishing season is
over, and though we never hear of his killing
II deer, yet his gun is eternally on his shoulder,
aud he apparently loves The wild woods as
much as an Indian. As il to show how many
contradictions may be inclosed in the same
character, be is fond TO excess of attending
all crowds and gatherings of men. lie will Go
anything, In fine, but attend strictly to bust
Hess. 1t is 10 be feared there is no hope for
him. His name Ia PATRICK HENRY, and ne is
the nephew Of the Rev. PATRICK HENRY, one
OF our regularly ordained parsons.
The crowd are 80 taken up with the death of
the King that they pass over The other news
vita scarcely any notice. The heroic King of
Prussia, after hard campaign, has jas. gone
into winter quarters at Lsipsic. He has Just
had terrible battle, but be has detea tea
DAUs at Dessau, and compelled him to eyac-
pate all Saxony but Dresden, and now ne may
siSep Id peace. The danger of invasion has
passed over, and England is busy only in
worshipping her new sovereign. GEORGE III.
is I<ing, How long Is he 10 reign what is to
happ,'nl Alas the veil of tuturity Is not TO
be lifted Could the men of 1850 have looked
forward. a. d seen the long train OF events pre-
pir,Ag TOR de selopment aud all to he ceyel-
-oped, before the young sovereign, the com.
mens ensnt Of whose reign they saw, should
be carried to the vault OF Westminster Abbey,
how would They have b EN- startled SKY
3ehrs was he TO reign. and that sixty years
was 10 De the NEST active and Ne most i'm
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