Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-10

EvRRErr AND CmoATE-lIow THEY Pre-
rAKED AND PUBLISHED THEIR PUBIC AD-
DRESSES. A CORES Spoudent who hod n convcr-
alton with the late Edward Everett, OF Mas.
,achuSctts, while on aiourney from Cleveland
10 Buffalo, says:
He gave me an interesting page IRON his his.
tory connected with his addresses. lie said
that from the earliest start he had been accuS
tulncd TO commit to memory his speeches. In
writing an address, he wrote page and then
.aminilted it. II hc was about TO vlslt,a place
ghcrc there was the least probability oil his
making an address, or OF speaking, he would
.earch lor some historic event or matter OF local
interest. write and commit. If he was called
,o srcak unawarcs, he put his thoughts down
Immediately after his return home, and wrote
out such sketch a. he would have delivered.
When he was settled in Brattie street Church,
Boston, he was 4 mere stripping. lie resolved
t0 rcau nothing, but to prepare hls sermons
with great care, and commit them Some OIL
the elder members OF his flock were made ner-
vous by bis temcrlty. Seeing mere lad stand
mn in the pulpit without scrap OF paper be-
lore him, filled them with alarm lest he should
break down, and thus destroy all their enjoy
ment. Mr.. Everett was requested to take
nots With HIM IN the pulpit. Wishing to ac-
commodatc his friends, and resolute IN his
nurposc not TO read his sermons, he compro-
missed the matter lie took into the pulpit
sermon he was not preaching, and occasionally
turning over the leaves, quoted the nerves OF
his anxious friends. Under this constant ana
severe discipline his memory became as tenacl,
Gus, as supple, and Obedient as the hngers OF
q well trained organist. The reading OF lee
.nrc or sermon twice enabled hm to commit
il ncrlcctly. He regarded the time when he
Il L .,l
nrcScncc of Lafayette as that when he stood
~ the summit OF success rs an orator.
Tho strength of Mr.. Choatc's memory was
mo or the most remarkable things about that
remarkable man. lie not only read every
thing. but he remembered everything he read
IIc kncw where the book was IN which the de-
,;r,J information could be found, the very
ro,r and the precise location Of the book IN
Inc library where it happened to he. While
trvino the celebrated sewing machine case be-
fore Judge Woodbury., heard him request u
friend TO 20 to the Athencum and get hlm
= volume OF set published hy Chambers. The
article he wanted was on the manufacture OF
4ik. lie described the set, the room In which
it wa kept, and the very spot IN the liorary
where it could be found lcwrotc down nearly
cvcrvthin, in ease that he could. The act
If writing fastened the thing in MS memory,
and was ready for instant use In the trial oil
a cause he kept two Its OF nOtes-onc the teS'
timony, the other n digest and the argument.
lie waS ready u argue Il case the moment the
testimony closed Ills memory enabled hlm
10 talk on any subject introduced. lie was al
homc on the black letter law, knew Familiarity
the intricate English law OF entail, and could
discuss the laws OF most nations rs lntellgoly
A. he could 4 common act OF assault and bat
tcrv. | walked with him from the court house
an Saturday previous to the delivery OF his
celebrated culogy on Webster, before Dart
mouth COLLEGE, lie had been before the
United States Court conducting an intricate
trial the heat ike that OF tropical climate.
We went into the barber's shop under the
lsromfell House, for he said: Il must be
-hampoocd daily, or should die. The euOey
on Webster think, was to b. delivered on
Tuesday. This was Saturday, and the inter
vcmng Monday was to be cConsumedln the Jour
ncv to Hanover | said to him "Ot course
vour cnlocy on Webster is completed. lie
drr,y himself up TO his full height, and laying
Lis hand ON my shoulder, he said: MIR. u,
* / live. not 4 word OF that eulogy Is written.
Vet IL was delivered rs announced -dellVcrcI
without notes, fully written out and committed
in the writing. | knew one instance IN when
he completed his lecture at the othec q short
time before the train started that was 10 cair
hun tO his appointments. liC C'o wv 'N"
-cript ON his desk and gave the lecture, nc
said, As near verbatim as he desired to, aud
that without a scrap before him. lle was very
careful of the workings OF his motions before
the higher courts His phraseOlopy was always
peculiar. Having written his motion on a
scrap of paper, he usually crumplcd 1t IN hls
hand aud threw it on the floor as he rose to
address the Bench. have frequently picked
up these dotlingS, and some of them have to
this day.
\ Young man OF lneansport, Indiana, sued q
barber for spelling his mouStachc, claiming
Gltv dollars damages. The labial ornament
,raS S weak and Sckly affair, with a dreadful
lsrk oI color. The hair dresser was to dye it
fnr twcnty five cents, but on the application of
tbe washes the moustache was DESTROYED, halt
of il coming off in washing his face before he
lett the shop Tho next day his lip was smooth
and hairless, but was swelled ieartuliy, and Of a
ycrv disarrccable hue. For lack OF funds to
deposit as security for costs In case he lost the
,uit the young man was compelled 10 ABANDON
his scheme Of revenge against the haI6er
,vbo,c dcfcDac ,yas that THE hide Woulun