The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-09

originality and talent Of Sinms, and without
the capacity to initiate or even TO osheve IN
he virtue Of such man, ne haswsxeo ia'
ike Jeshurun and roams in green pastures,
and. II not beside stli waters, by rivers OF
whissey, up TO his mnzzle In clover, like an
OF preparing for the slsughDr. The only ap'
nsrcn. s,,llcG;on which visits his household
ia .ha: which he hmsclf brings upon his own
family. Col Bianton Duncan, who lately
wsose . ecathinS letter 10 the wretch, which
no doubt glanced of from his hide like the
bale from the shsathing of the Merrimac, de.
scribes him as reptile, who ia rot only ma.
lignant to his enemies, but false to his friends.
and in whore guardianship friend could no
more trust daughter than an enemy a rspu.
,atien. Il lis no. alone that thu man has wal
lowed 30 long in intamp GRANGE, that his fea-
,ures have become swollen and disfgured, and
bis whole appearance that of one who never
permits water 10 approach his psrson; bat
intempsranes, If We may judge from Colonel
Dancans portrs,,ure, is one Of the most in
considerable Of bis vicss, an Insignificant
stream, compared with some others which
flow out Of a corrupt and debased heart. His
political conduct ia just what might. DO ex.
ected from his personal character
Coming to Kentucky poor Yankee, he
has grown IA. upon her bounty and repaid her
for the patronage ola long life by Plungins
her in a sss of blood. Nothing gives him
more delight than to dip his msndasious pen
in gall aud NORWOOD, aud traducs the bess
men Of Keniucky-men of his own party
men who have fought side by aide with him
under the flag Of Henry Clay Gil their lives,
for the first time, on the right of frseHlen to
resist dsspo,ism. Nothing gives him more
pleasure than this, except to see their houses
burned, their wives and children beggared
and the lifs-blood sbSipg from their own true
and gallant hearts upon the battle field The
like these, as his Ysnkss brethren convert
Kentucky once more into bloody land, ard
turn that garden Of the West into e wilder
ness, eonld only eoms fro m fend. Yet this
man prospers; he receives from bucce ssfr,
power the reward of vii!.iny; he grows
sleaE and pampersd as he grows old There
is nothing in his Inward reflections Any more
than in his outward circumstances, to give
rim trouble. He is So much eaamored of him.
self that, like soae vain old woman, whose
ugiress Las beeolas proverb among all who
know her, he sees not a single feature which
he does not consider admirable Conscience
is a thing which never disturbed his slumbsrs
and the only rsmorse lis ever felt WAS on &C.
count Of opportunities for evil that hs hac
not BEEN s5le to avail himself of, and his
pbyzical iucspacity 60 earouss snd german
die svery momsn. of his life. Old age
which generally brings sober reflections,
becoming the evening twilight Of life, has
not affected bis evil passions, EXCEPT IN
ply steal iDpoteney for his inc!inatioos are O.
psrverse, and his ma!ignisy as strong, a.
when, redolent Of Goldfish and whiekev, hs first
left bis native country for his country's good
horrid twilight, indeed, that follows such Il
day What hoo.ing owls s,id obscene birds
Zap their wings IL the darkress, ard what
serpents of retrbusion are lying in the path
Not for all the i'll gotten gains Of George D.
Prentice would the honest patriot Of the
South live his life and incur bic reward
Tie btssreJt cup Of misfortune which poor
Si.nms has drained would be goblet of.nec-
tar in comparison with such "a fate The
people of the South honor and admire virtde
in It's most for,orn estate mere than vice, hcw-
ever successful and strong. We trus. that
this al miration and this honor will be psr-
mitted, in the ca.e Of Nj Simms, 20 assume
a form more substantial than words, asd .hA.
Virginia and other Southern States will Us
permitted to share with Carolina The honor ef
sending such a tribute as ought to b. laid up.n
such shrine.