LEWIS U. VON SCHWEINITZ. 
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In person, Mr. Schvveinitz was of the middle sta¬ 
ture, of full and robust habits, a florid and healthful 
countenance. The print accompanying this paper is 
from a miniature, taken some years before his decease, 
and is consequently more youthful than the appearance 
with which our memories are now impressed, but is re¬ 
garded by his family as having been a very correct like¬ 
ness at the time it was taken. We have space buffora 
few words in regard to his social habits. 
The colloquial powers of Mr. S. were of a high or¬ 
der. Humour, wit, anecdote and repartee were always at 
his command. In the multiplied relations with society 
he had contracted that ease of intercourse which tends 
so essentially to conciliate the kind affections. 
Hence, though always listened to with profound respect 
when in the discharge of professional duties, whether 
as a teacher or a clergyman, yet the sphere of his great¬ 
est usefulness was the social circle, and the familiar in¬ 
tercourse which he maintained with the people of his 
own persuasion. In the exchange of thought, the im¬ 
parting of sympathy, and the expression of fraternal feel¬ 
ing, so habitually cherished by the class of society with 
which it was his fortune to be connected, and in the 
deep sense of responsibility under which he appears to 
have constantly acted, we find the immutable guaran¬ 
tees for that uprightness and the best explanation of that 
social influence which characterized our departed friend. 
The literary attainments of Mr. Schweinitz were those 
belonging to the scholar and the gentleman. He was 
acquainted with the Greek and spoke and wrote the 
