New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

time. And moo III tell 70 fasss I'm
seized wi . faintness, and maks Nnr zAe
shore. Bus gat weaker, and da2<E LIKE
and the lights O. Glasgee begins to tssiAaE-
afore nv cen; and thinks /, ''Ill DO sse 70
again; I'm done this time 1t was all r.
could do for the bare life, to drift 10 the
hinder part of the quay. / hasaxa liz,
power to draw myself oot juse snppis;
the quay, and sobbit. The folk WsIe q
busy wi them had saved; name o. EhfEs
noticed me, and wad ha' been ssrpDDsG
that nicht; but-what dye think sa7seI nze'
that had saved sac mOny I-an IA Al d.
cripit man; haw hsw haw! He had q
hookit stick, and gied me the hand NJ sn.s'
lowed me along the quay into aa1Aiiew
water, and gat GOT, wi his be y. afss
swooned deed away. Pam tauld Hay 2hs.e'
negleckit awhile; but they fand me a. Inst
and then had fifty nurses for ane.
Have Exaggerated Does history 1psscG'
any other example of . man being csEasssssC
by great number of drOwning pee5st- AsL
carried to the bottom, and saving tbssn all
in the lump, and then dashing in anes sa s,nEe
the outsiders in detail
BY way of illustration let the rexAssr urss-
CINE an umbrella frame, and only fusa1 TX
five curbed whalebOnes attached to- ia,b 1ffa
part of the upright; now fasten sxyeY2a
other curved whalebones high up, to- .anb OF.
those four or five curves. Now p}nz,ge the
whole frame into water, till the Upright
touches the ground. Not one Of the x1E1exn
curved pieces will touch the grogxss bnt
in the water, if q person. male OF tfssm "a
clings to fixed upright, that person - f,sst}F
floats up more or less; at all events Il 2n-~
clines toward the horizontal.
Now, James Lambert, by AIT, 5EsAiiy
Strengthening dis body, made hiMsEh 1he-
stick of that human umbrella, or ia.te ny,
right post they all chung to directly or ID
directly, and 80 we're kept fOatAE IL a
II - he t.rA f<.Yw,
This enabled him. but only by ptssssntly
and artfully watching the huctuafisDs zss
and down of these floating bodies, to spring
at the nick OF time from the hard YTEunG
and carry them all to the surface fVs \ lee
seconds. The rest is detail, and his ssssI. nSy-
!ectual and moral qualities were be,e oouo-
bined. Genius is often without essnrage.
courage is generally without geniue. and &C.
indeed is bare skill; and, in desperate dan.
ger. how often has genius lost ~ head .
and blundered like an adiot: how ofssxs
lied on precedent that did 1a,t IL
the novel danger, and SO Lead RI 20
death. But this man, even as be t'c5r
touched the water, was all cool courage anG
swift inventive genius. He did no1 repeat
himself, as mere skill does. HugseC II sAf.
water by a single mantle baker-Ae In.
with prompt invention, on the orc SHy to-
save both lives; he used the bakes p OWE
chest as a fulcrum, and 80 tore hiDss3 frse.
But clutched by q dozen and MOss. he
never attempted to get free at AID. 1aI1
Strengthened himself into an uprigaa pos.
ton and used the ground as tulr-nm 10
save himself and those who were asks~nng
themselves and him.
leone, now, to the sad ending Of AZ: saese
glorious deeds.
James Lambert was up the river psnhins.
but at what business forget. An e1Elnsss
fell into the water, and sank fog 1ase las7
time before James could get to the sasase.
Following the direction of persoHs sD tl,e
bank, he flung himself from bridg ENC:
dived for the man. But the others had HO1
marked the place precisely, and wfs & after
repeated efforts, he brought the nsn 80
land. life was gone forever. To nss his OWE
wordsf at was a dear jump. Ibe spss his
life. and lost my sight
1t was winter. and he was perspn!nS
freely when he jumped into the icy WATER.
Very soon after. q great da gzlins: cetzfaS
him. followed by darkness. 1t cleared af,s3
q time. and he saw again. But thv .a1oe
thing occurred at intervals, and by aeErsse
longer, until at last the darkness ssttisG
down, and the light fed forever.
Think OF it. This twenty years he san NJ
longer see the "Dominie's hole. ns's "she
three stanes." nor the "peat bog" rKsf the
'dead.house." nor tho Clyde itself ,sbe11
feat he did. More than fourseore eyes i.is
rescued from the darkness Of the < ..ssr- S~s
unjust fate and dire calamity, have ASs se.s
him one poor orb to see the blessed ss.,y rSSsG
the faces Of those he has saved.
Now turn back to the story repeat I'll sYUaS
the Glasgow Times. and surely YOU WV sa::
that it was a rare, and noble. afA3 :sprIK
distress. and worthy to be SUM- T.. suus
great poet.
am no poet, and can not adorn So sfrcnc.
a tale; therefore have aimed at thai >iHeE.
all honest men can attain If they w1i b1as
take the trouble, viz: the exact s,N1b. =
travelled to see him. 1 stayed ir Glasgow
many days to know him. took Mia. dU~ns
to the Clyde and verified the spot. End gut
him to tell me each principal ine;essai Dsss
again at his own site, and l noted sUyn Aif
very words, as we'll as could.
The next thing was to rescue his 3tsfufee
from oblivion. i asked him to meet De &
the photographers. He did SO. ssnf. 1Sr.
rible to relate, DRESSED Is all Se.Srhnsr
James said I, severely, "wa. j. in tns
clerical suit you saved so many livsa,"
''NO likely" said he; "except Jou caxis
that was bathing O. the Sabba' day Moa.
was for coming in my auld cla& $ shat
wrought in at the mill yon time. INT the
wife cried shame; she wadna let xsss.
Observe how devoid OF common sense Is
common sense the moment it medts1ss with
the things Of genius. So sent him back
for his old clothes, and now prsssnt yOc.
not indeed the hero himself, but ais fYue
wreck. The picture will misleats ysp, IN.
less you will allow for that sad ssssrepre.
tation Of the manly mouth whiel, fsEss
place when q hero loses his tresss teeth.
Observe the thin straight lips. s.na Che
strong chin; those lips. when the teeth were
behind them. marked iron RESOLUTION Add
TO the straight, thin, American mouth. AZ
eye full of fire; and, by the wreck. son Inss'
divine the man. An electrotype IL fins
portrait was forwarded by Nj. Jse.,sls, b.at
has not yet reached ns.-EDl
OBSERVATIONS.
James Lambert is Of ordinary q r.. t,is
very clean built and wiry. The s:gDs NJ
great activity still finger about kiss. The
easy attitude in which first saw h;ys. vas ;!
that of man who could spring AeYpsx To
room in moment from where he s.ss.l.
In manner he is two men: soA,e 3i,peP.
grave. slow and thoughtful: some.;.pes tiers
and vivacious: and the changes nv. well
timed: for he relates his facts with itencb
viyacity. but makes his reflections Il. = siowp
tthoughttuI way that is Scotch al. ever. IT
is Just possible that race may have hand.
in his vivacious half for he admits Eyenck
progenitOH, and Lambert Il = French Hnpe
have not known him long easDcls 50
draw his whole shafactegJ but ~ what Il
revealed In his recorded acts can . 81 OBS
trait; he is 3 man without bile. ssls eDD
example: After describing with great spix13
now ne saved q respectable acI,.s A1sAnre
he told me that the said indiy; - Ssas had
atterward avoided him; and then ~ Sseprsls