Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-03-02
HON. CHARLES II. SIXTH.


Senator from the Rome District, is ht
observed Of all observers. His seat 10 K
the right Of the President, about midway
the side wall Of the Chamber, and directly
under the full-length portrait OF Ao1d
Hickory" jackson. lie is the first Sepa-
tor the stranger asks 10 see on entering the
gallery, and especially so, if the aforesaid
stranger be OF the geutler sex. A casual
spectator, at first glance, would hardly sim
gle out small, trim, yet grave and digni.
fed person, tue crown of whose head is
unadoned with capillary ornaments, to be
the veritable aud inimitable Biz 4Arp,"
of continental celebrity. His stature is
Napoleonic rery slightly exaggerated, and
his por! is CLesterfoldian, sans the stills.
But for his laughing blue eye, full of lurk-
iug humos and quiet mischief and beam
ing with intelligence and bonAommie, one
would set him down for another Of Carlyleis 8
"Earnest Men" have not seen linn on
his legs in the Senate, and am, therefore,
unprepared to form any opinion Of his abil-
ity as parliamentary speaker. If he
should speak there as we'll as he talks sur
rounded by famil:ars--for he talks as we'll
as be writes-his mental and physical con.
formation is rare and happy one. He is
chairman Of the Committee on Finance,
and is whipping an euviable reputation in
that difficult branch of legislative science.
This is his first term of service as legisla.
tor, and should the meridian be as bright
As the orient promises, his career will be
one Of usefulness and fame. He is n law
yer by profession, and, l have been told,
RANKS among the foremost OF the Cherokee
bar. Tis strange he should have chosen
such litigious vocation in view of his nat
nral aud recently avowed harmonizing u
procivities and dispositions. En- passant,
he comes honestly and hereditarily BY those
"harmonizing" elements of character and
temper, if Combe he authority. His father
was native of Boston and his mother
native Of Charlottesville blood of Massa.
ohusetts and Of South Carolina comminc-
ling in his veinsl Who else can say as
much 2 and oughn't he to do his durn.l.
est to Aormaonize the antagonistic sec
tions! This crude sketch would Le inex.
cusaby imperfect were to omit mention
of Maj. Smiths attractive compauionable
dispositions. Frank, cordial, generous DO.
body finds a warmer welcome in any cir
Gle; and abounding in anecdoto and story
telling, no one can recall single biting or
bitter remark that fell from his lips. His
heart Is as tender. as pity itself, and his
modesty is equal to his merit.-Auqu.ta
Eonstitutionalist.
NATURAL HISTORY OF CRIMINAL LIFE.
In the October number of the Edinbure
Rey'eW there is an effort 10 classify cripi-
nails, and show how they become such.
Ihere arc three OF four classes. First
what may be called sporadic cases, in
which persons who have been most respec.
ted becomes convict by one detected crime.
Then there are those who have mania for
some crime, and there are, also, thase who,
by education and training, belong to the
criminal class. As to the first of these
many, almost all, are recoverable BY care.
dull, faithful and yet kind trea tment. Their
crime generally springs from some vanity
and love Of gay society, to indulge in Which
they have suddenly fallen into a!tl.eft Or a
forgery. If such are now confined in pris-
on with hardened criminals, and abandon
ed by those of their own class of society
they hardly ever recover.
AS to the thieving manias lmuch more
common than most imagiue) they are COM.
ing to be regarded as a species of iusa nifty.
But it is when we come to those hrou pht
up 10 crime as business, or who have a.,
'dopted it as such, that We are appalled,.
Many OF these seem born 10 be criminals.
Jane Cameron was fairtype af thi. class.
her father was drunken vagaboud. Her
mother kepta boardiug-house for the low
est and most :depraved, who used to bring
'their own shaving, rags and mattresses, and
sleep sometimes on the landing place, to
escape the suffocating room aud the insects
That encrusted the walls and the tloors and
were eatirg away heplace itself, Preco.
'c'ous in lies and all vicious arts. this child
was sent to beg or steaI, barefoot, but
'tsusht that it was stsalipg oply when she
Kept back any portion of her illsotten
se'ns from mother who never spoke
A'Io 10, WORD 70 her, but kicked aud bea. her.
Ihe dirat and moet certain way to pro-
'ouce scrmlnality in children is to let them
,haSeajoyless home, without kind word.
or necessary care. Work house chudrsn
Tor instance, IN Eoglsnd, have; M n,s..,.