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thought in apt language, but without the tendency to 

 run into the path of debate or exposition, which ap 

 peared in the acts of some of his colleagues of the 

 Tribunal of Arbitration. 



In comparing Mr. Stsempfli, with his deep-brown 

 complexion, his piercing dark eyes, his jet black hair, 

 his quick but suppressed manner, and the Viscount 

 of Itajuba&quot;, w r ith his fair complexion and his air of 

 gentleness and affability, one, having no previous 

 knowledge of their respective origins, would certainly 

 attribute that of the former to tropical and passion 

 ate America, and that of the latter to temperate and 

 calm-blooded Europe. 



SIR ALEXANDER COCKBURN. 



On the extremes of the Board, Mr. Adams to the 

 right and Sir Alexander Cockburn to the left, sat 

 the American and British members of the Tribunal. 



Sir Alexander Cockburn represents a family of 

 some distinction, the Cockburns of Langton. His 

 father was British Minister in Colombia, and one of 

 his uncles was that Admiral Sir George Cockbum, 

 whose service in American waters during our last 

 w r ar with Great Britain has left some unpleasant 

 traces or memories in the United States. His mother 

 seems to have been a French lady, being described 

 by Burke as &quot; Yolande, dau. of Viscomte de Vignier 

 of St. Domingo.&quot; He was born in 1802, called to 

 the bar in 1829, became distinguished as a barrister, 

 entered Parliament, and, after passing through the 

 routine offices of Solicitor and Attorney General, was 



