Year: 1859

time. Both are admirable likcnesses of the
two different eras in his life.


A rich scene occurred in the Convention
between Governor Foote and Citizen G..
Work, of jackson, which, either as a tragedy
or a comedy would have been, immortahzed
had it transpired in the times of Shakespeare,
by that great writer No pen of the present
day can describe it as it deserves, and to
mar its inmitable proportions, by ever an
attempted picture, would be offensive and
vulgar 1t must live and pass away with
the present generation as we'll as the par
mobile fratram.


The gentleman now reading an argument
upon the subject of the Apprentice System,
is noted for his deep research concerning
those topics which most peculiarly require
constant and steady investigation. He is
an author. The great difficulty in his way
is, that the mass of antiquated information
in which he buries his ideas, renders it un
certain and doubtful whether the people
the great lever Of power, will ever under
stand him. He is conversant with the
nsinutie of obsolete subjects, and displays a
wonderful application to study upon themes
of complex character. His features are
peculiar and marked his counteuance is Of
that dreamy kind that one likes to contem-
plate. For general information he main
tains high reputation, and desrrvedly so,
for he has been student all his life. He
is lawyer by profession, but has been too
much occupied in considering the nature and
qualities Of our institutions, to engage in
the dry details that fall to the lot of the
practiti oner AS writer or thinker, he
may be said to have metaphysical mind,
for he deals largely in distractions. He
has a foreign air, although native of the
State. lie will nsver succeed in practical
affairs, for he is visionary and theoretical in
his notions. He is the most purely intel
lectual man in the body. This is Henry
Hughes, of Port Gibson.


The gentleman who now occupies the
foor,, and seems to grow more excited as the
continued bursts of applause come from the
audience to greet the sentiments he utters,
is not unknown to the people of the State
In o. speech of fifteen or twenty minutes he
is eloquent and effective Whatever diver
sity of opinion may exist as to his consisten.
cy in politics, all accord to him high de.
gree of courage in personal matters, mag.
nanimty and chivalry Of the nobcst kind
and determination to uphold, on all occa
sions, his freedom of opinion and thought
He is the paragon of Il high. bred Southern
gentleman. He has devoted all of his life
to the cause of journalism, in which field
when he 0xeFts and arouscs his faculties, he
has but few equals and no superiors in the
State, just twenty years ago he came tc
Vicksburg. This is Major Gen, McCarde
of the True Soutbron.


That yoathful-looking person, with deli
cate moustache and pale and emaciated ap
pearance, is writer of great force and
pungency. His articles have been read il
Mississippi with great pleasure. No one
can tell the number of pages of manuscript
which has fallen from his pen. 1t is hi:
forte. Devoted to pure Democratic doc
trines, he has never asked for Office, and the
party would doubtless reward him for hi'
past unceasing toll. A native of Soutf
Carolina, he can boast of all those high at
tributes of the Palmetto State This il
Col NcCullum, of the Southern Sun.


There goes rather an elderly looking gen
tlcmau, with smiling face, which indicates
an unrufaed temper He may have enjoyed
fine health, or he may have felt much pair
in his life He is Georgian advocate 70
the re>opening of the African Slave Trade
A recent letter of his, widely copied in th
South, set forth the line of policy favored b,
him. lie is low in statue and heavy set
and dresses carelessly, though neatly. Hi
name is Judge Jones.


My paper has run out and your paticnc
is exhausted This will, in all probability
be the last Southern Convention, and ough
to be, if all are to fail so signslly in thei
objects. w.