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MEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
D.. COTTIKG, Editor.
No. 3.—NEW SERIES.]
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T ’ ;
Wilkes Agricultural Society.
AT a meeting of the Society, held this morn
ing, it Was Resolved that Premiums be a
vvarded lor the following Stock to be exhibited on
Friday the 20th of October next in Washington:
For the best Horse.
Do. Colt, under one year old.
Do. Cow.
Do. Native Cow, which if she be
the best Cow exhibited, may
take both premiums.
Do. Bull.
Do. Boar.
Do. Sow.
It was further Resolved, that none shall com
pete for the premiums who have not become
members by paying the admission foe of One
Dollar and signing the Constitution ; though all
persons are invited to attend and exhibit their
Stock.
FRANCIS T. WILLIS, Secretary.
XT The semi-annual meeting of the Society
will tike place cu Friday t’i. 20th c f October, at
-which time a public Adurcs.-; wifi be delivered b.
a member of tiie Sociejy.
Sepl ember 7,1843. 2
(JOTTING & BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE in the rear of
Willis St llesteb’s Store.
January, 1843. i 28
► For &ule*
n_gA The Subscriber offers for sale his
Ruud possessions of .near fourteen
iiliHw hundred Acres, lying in the county
of Wilkes, twelve miles West of
* Washington, on the Scull Shoal Road, on Kettle
Creek. There is attached to the premises,’ a
Saw-Mill in fine operation, and a Corn Mill on a
small scale—a commodious Dwelling, a yvell of
fine water, with other necessaries. Persons
wishing to purchase would do well tc call on the
Subscriber—he is determined to give a bargain.
He would also offer £. Lo„ No. 241, iu the
county of Dooly’.
D. WATIES McJ UNKIN:
Wilkes co., September 7.1843. 4i* 2
WAREHOUSE j
an-d
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
AUGUSTA, GA.
fSBI
TNTJNDING to establish myself in August*
in the above business, 1 offer my services to
my frlbnds and the public, arid shall be in Au
gusta, ready to receive consignments, by the
middle of September.
My charges will be the same an those at. other
Fire-proof Warehouses, except that for those
who consign me their Cotton, I purchase goods
free of commission.
Liberal advances made on produce in store.
O’My office will be at Clarke & Roberts’
Fire-proof Ware ; House,> where all Cotton con
signed mo will be stored.
FRANCIS T. WILLIS.
’ August 24, 1843. . 52
STOVALL & SIMMONS,
GS*3MISS!9N MERCHANTS,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
nrUIE undersigned having associated thein
selves under the firm of STOVALL A:
SIMMONS tender their services to the public
in the transaction of a GENERAL COMMIS
SION BUSINESS at the Fire-Proof Ware-
House lately occupied by Stovall, Simmons &.
Co s, on Broad-Street.
Particular attention will be given to the Stor
age and Sale if Colton and receiving and for
warding of Goods; and liberal advance.; made
on Cotton in store.
Mr. John Robson, of Madison, will make ad
vances on Cotton consigned to us, and the A
gents of the Georgia Rail Road Company will
forward the same, anil despatch Goods to our
customers.
Checks on the different Banks and Agencies
in the interior will be procured a“ forwarded
to suit the convenience of cu* 11. ore in making
remittance.’, When desired.
PLEASANT STOVALL
<HIBISNVILLI4 SIMMONS.
Augusta, August 24’ h, 1843. 0: 1
AiJifiiS & HOPKINS,
FIEE-PiliOF WAREHOUSE.
AUGUSTA,WA., August 22, 1843.
r|IHE Subscribers res'iectfuliy tender their
JL thanks ;or :ie liberal patronage hereio.Nre
‘•tv - .. . d—i-.id again otter the.r services to their
.rieudi and the jiablic in the VVAI’I'VHOUSE
St GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS
;ii t'.is city. Prompt attention will be given to
.be Storage and Sale of Cotton, forwarding
Cos ds, purchase of Merchandize, shipment of
Cel 100, &c. Proceeds of Cotton will be remitted
(1 so ms r-.c ed by the owner) in Bank Checks
■ay.'ible at. VV .- liuigton, Greenesboro’, Madison,
E.'iionton, Milled; v . lie. Covington, and Colutn
or ,11 Brink No e by mail.
Messrs. F. C. McKinley St Cos. of Madison,
vviil act as our Agents lor the forwarding of Cot
ton by Ra;r Road, make advances on Cotton eon
: i.r-ed to vs, receive return sails ol Cotton,and
pay over proceeds at Madison if desired.
Mo.- -rs. McKinley & Seymour arc our Agents
lor forwarding Cotton per Rail Road from
Giseuesbo.o’.
ADAMS & HOPKINS.
John ill / dams. I
Lambeth ! lom-riNs. 5
August 31. f)t 1
TU KieauliTS AHC PLANTHS.
HAMBURG, (S.C.) July, 1813.
I BEG leave to inform you, tbit I continue the
WARE-HOUSE AND COMMISSION
BUSINESS at.my old stand, known the Wa
ter-proof Warehouse. Detached as it is iron: ob
er buildings, its location renders it nearly as se
cure from fire, as if it was fire-proof Tne floor
have been elevated above the high water mark
of the groat freshet of May, 1840.
Planters will thus be secured from the possi
bility of loss and damage by freshets.
I avail myself of the present occasion, to re
| turn my thanks to my friends and patrons, for
I their liberal support during the past season. 1
solicit from them and the public generally, a con
tinuance of this confidence, and assure them tiiat
in return for their patronage, I will use my best,
personal efforts to promote and protect, their in
terests, committed to my charge. 111 addition to
tbs assurance, I pledge myself that I will iti no
cave purchase a uaie oi ce ’on, directly or indi
rectly. I will attend personally to tire sab an 1
forwarding of cotton to Savannah or Charleston;
* • • ■.l u ale o r Bacon, Flour, &e Stc., and to
be receiving and forwarding of g. o ‘.ho up
country. Having a fine wharf attached to my
Warehouse, no wharfage will be charged on
Cotton consigned to my care, ei'lier for sale or
to be forwarded to Savannah or Charleston.
My commissions for selling cotton, will be 25
cents per bale, and 121, cents for forwarding. 1
will also attend to the buying of goods per order.
Very respectfully, yours, &c.
G. WALKER:
August, 1843. 52
‘Bq'OUR months after date, application will be
made to (he Honorable the Inferior Court
of Elbert county, while sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sell all the Lands and Ne
groes belonging to the Estate of Haley Butler,
deceased, this 15th May, 1843.
EPPY BOND, Adm’r.
.Tune 1. mlm 40
months alter date, application will be
A made to the Honorable Inferior Court of
Wilketf’county, while sitting as a Courf’oi’ Ordi
nary, for leave to sell ail the Real Estate of John
S. Walton’s minors, lying in said county.
I. T. IRVIN, Guardian.
•Tune 15,1843. m4m 42
WASHINGTON, (WTILKES COUNTY, GA.,) SEPTEMBER 14, 1843.
A FIGHT IN THE DARK.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “COLIN CLINK,”
‘ TEXIANA,” ECr. ECT.
Frankly admitting that duels of-every
common kind, and some of a very uncom |
mon description also, have been written |
upon until the very name, when seen in
print, bears very much the unsavoury char
acter of a literary nuisance, I yet venture
to add another to the number, since it may
deservedly be considered the crowiling light,
.both for its singularity and its barbarity, of
all hitherto placed on record.
The parties in this affair were Colonel
—and a young man, 1 believe, a Surgeon j
whom lie chanced accidentally to meet, one
evening, at a liquor store.
The Cofonel was a man who had ac
quired for himself a “first-rate” reputation
as not only a dead shot with either pistol or
rifie, but also as being equally au fail and
formidable in the use of the bowie-knife.
Whichever he might fight with, was a mat
ter of perfect indifference to him—as in any
one of the three cases, his antagonist gen
erally enjoyed some three or four chances,
to the colonel’s one, of losing his life.—
Hence, few cared to receive an insult from
him, or, under almost any circumstances,
to offer him one. He became, in bis neigh
bourhood (and as far as a man can become
such, iu that part of the world.) an object
at once fearful) detestable, and arrogant in
the extreme. Few men but wished him
killed offhand, or hoped, that at the earliest
opportunity, he. might find his match.
The young rrlan, who, on the occasion I
am about to relate, eventually entered the
field with this uncivilized fellow, happened,
neither by reputation nor in fact, to possess
ihe horrible accomplishments of the colo
nel. He was a quiet, unassuming citizen,
with no farther title to the character of a du
ellist than may attach to the majority of
his fellow-men in those fighting regions.
Tim inn, or liquor-store, in which the
scene took place stood by the forest, al
though an extensive patch of roughly
ch ared ground surrounded it, and the night
bfits occurrence having suddenly proved
very rainy and dark, many of those who
had previously assembled there were de
tained beyond their time, while occasional
wayfarers, to avoid the storm, added 10 their
numbers. Amongst these latter were two
individuals, one of whom, before bis en
trance, was overheard, by some in the en
trance, to say to his comp Hiion, with.a fear
ful oath peculiar to certain people in tiie
South—
“By ! Major, I’ll raise a fight to
night, before I go!”
“No, no, colonel !” replied the other—
“stop a moment. Is there any man here
you have.a difficulty with ?”
’“No—not that i know of; but what does
that matter?”
“Then why go into a bar for the sake of
picking a quarrel with a stranger, eitherto
kill him or get killed yourself?”
“Kill me ! —all ! ah ! major, don't grind
coffee on my nose !—you couldn’t do it
yourself!” Let any man try, and the way
I’ll use him up shall be a caution, I tell
von !”
And so savinrr, the colonel strode in, and
made bis way towards the bar, where ho
ordered brandy, and while drinking it, cast
his eyes around upon a respectable body of
men there assembled—a body commonly
called, according to this kind of classical
American, “a tailisli kind of a crowd.”
His general insolence of demeanour soon
attracted attention, but for awhile he failed
to fix upon any particular individual as his
intended victim.
Meantime, his friend the Major—proba
bly another such major as he himself a co
lonel—was observed to address him ear
m.slly, but in a low tone of voice, though
seemingly with the intention of keeping him
ijuiet. These efforts failed—and with more
brandy tame moie determination. Even
tually, his eye fell upon two persons, one
the young man who was to be slaughtered,
to whom allusion has already been made,
and the other an aged one—perhaps his fa
ther. They were engaged in close private
conversation, the younger of the two being
then the speaker. The colonel seemed to
listen attentively, and having drawn some
what nearer, very soon exclaimed aloud —
“It is not tiie case 1”
Many turned their heads towards the
speaker, with a slight expression of surprise,
as beinr unconscious who he was addres
sing j hi’ iVi u.a In nvy si 1 ulooi, ’ut j
kept his eyes upon him,beckoned him back, |
but in vain, while the individual really
niuai interested in this commencement of the
attack was too absorbed in his own dis
course to hear, or to remark, the exclama
tion at all.
By and by, the colonel a second time
spoke, but in a louder key—
“l say it’s false !”
On this occasion, the young man almost
involuntarily looked up,and his eyes met
those of the colonel,-for towards him were
many directed. But he scorned not yet to
comprehend that his private conversation
with his aged friend was alluded to. It
was, therefore, immediately afterwards con
tinued.
By this time, scarcely another voice in
the room was heard—suspense as to the re
sult, and curiosity concerning this unac
oountable conduct, having produced consi
derable sil. nee.
For the third time, the colonel exclaim
ed—
“l say it’s a lie !”*aud at the same in
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
! stunt, fixing his ryes, with an expression j
| of perfect ferocity, upon his predetermined j
| antagonist. Many others also looked in j
the siune direction. The young man could
no longer remain deceived. Ho mildly
but determinedly asked—
“ls that addressed to me ?”
“If is!” roared the colonel. “I say a
j gain, it’s a lie !”
A steady look of utter contempt was the
only answer he received ; and he that gave
it resumed his discourse us before.
Several now shrunk hack, confident tiiat
a fight would ensue, and anxious to keep
out of the way. Some minutes elapsed ere
the intended murderer opened his lips for
the fourth time, and.then it was to de
nounee his victim ns “himself a liar and a
I coward !” The latter, thereupon, deliber
ately rose frojn his seat, ami advancing,
with the utmost apparent composure, to.
wards his antagonist (who, probably, had
no idea.ofsuch a salutation from such a
man) struck him boldly in the face with his.
fist, and instantly fell back, to stand upon
his defence with the knife.
The colonel rushed forwards, like a ti
ger, but his friend, the major, seiz; and him
and all interfered to prevent the irnmed;
ate effusion of blood. This being effected,
a challenge was immediately given by the
colonel, and accepted, and the morrow
morning was proposed as the period for the
meeting. To the surprise, however, of
some of the bystanders, the challenged par
ly insisted on an immediate decision, and
that the combat should terminate only with
life. “To kill or be killed,” said he, “is
now my only’ alternative, and the soonerone
or the other is done the better.”
On hearing this, the colonel also furious
ly demanded an instantaneous settlement
of the affair, said his friends had.no right
to prevent it, and swore that if he did not
conclude Ihe business at the first shot, ho
would consent to stand as a target only the
following two times. Both parties were,
of course, by this period, highly excited.—-
Different propositions were loudly vocifer
ated by as many different parties present,
until more than one case of “difficulty” of
this kind appeared likely to be brought to
its “sum total” before the morning suii. It
was suggested that they should go out on
to the clearing, have two blazing fires made
at a proper distance, the combatants being
placed between them, so that they could
see each oilier against the light behind—or
that they should fight by the blaze of pitch
pine splinters—or decide the question, at
once, across a table.
In the midst of all this uproar, the young
man challenged was questioned, by several
of the more temperate persons present, as
to his knowledge of the character and re
putation enjoyed by his antagonist) the co
lonel. Ho replied tiiat he knew nothing
whatever concerning him, and had never
seen him before—two facts which, in his
opinion, highly aggravated the repeated
and intentional insults lie had received.—
They accordingly advised him on the sub
jrct of the colonel’s prowess, and urgently
recommended him to adopt the follow ing
two courses, —to select no other weapon
than-the rifle, and to defer the decision un
til daylight. By no other arrangement
could he possibly have a chance.
All was in vain, as he firmly adhered to
his previously determination : and equally
vain were the painful and even pathetic re
monstrances of his aged friend.
Reconciliation, even during the space of
a few hours, being thus rendered impossi
ble, and all the already proposed modes of
fighting being rejected or unattended to. a
new proposition was made, it was distinct
ly—that iri order to disarm one ofthe par
ties of bis decided general advantages as a
duellist—to prevent the other, as far as pos
sible, from being butchered as wall as in
sulted,—and, in short, to place both upon
as perfect an equality as possible, the fol
lowing articles ought to be agreed to :
That tiie landlord should give up the use
of a large, empty room, that extended over
the whole top of his house, and allow every
window to be closely blocked up with shut
ters or boards. That, when this was done,
the duellists should be divested of every
particle of clothing, armed each with a
brace of pistols and a bowie-knife, and
then be let into the room—three minutes
being given, after the closing of the door,
before hostilities commenced, the expiration
of the time being announced to them bv
three rapid knocks upon the door.
W.ill it be believed that this arrangement
was instantly agreed to ? But so it was.— t
j And a i durable parly iinn l.ately procce- j
i ded up stairs, some to make the needful ar
’ rangerfsr-nts, and others to listen to this un
seen fight, and await its exciting result.
Savage as men’s spirits tnay be, such a
seen? of preparation as this was enough to
silence, if not to awe them. While it was
passing, no man spoke, but all looked cu
riously upon the fine muscular persons that
were soon, in al! probability, about to cut
up each other alive.
All things being ready, the door, which
had cautiously been kept closed, to prevent
the interior ofthe place IVom being seen by
the duellists, was opened, and ihey entered
the room of death together. The old rr.?.,
w hose friend one of them W'as,\vept :• ‘■ it
bm°b.'.'ess, but by an involuntary a .ie-i;uv
ihe young man passed out Os his sight, evi
dently besought heaven to assist the insul
ted and the innocent. Thedoor was closed.
The time-keeper drew out his watch, and
kept his eyes steadily fixed upon it. The
assembled party employed that brief period
in offering and accepting (in whispers) bets
of from one to five hundred aud mere dol-
I lars, as to the result. According to spor- |
I l' n g phrase, “the colonel was the favorite,!’ I
i though the backers of neither one nor the
other appeared inclined to oiler very long
odds.
The time-keeper closed it is watch, and
gave the signal; at the same moment all
the lights on the landing and staircase were
extinguished, in order that no ray might
pass through the least crevice into the in
side of the room. Everyone expected, upon
the giving of the signal, to hear the com
mencement of the strife ; but they listened
in dead silence to no purpose, not the r< nrti
test sound, even of a footstep, could he
heard. And thus they w aited five minutes,
and ten, and twenty, and yet the combatants
gave no sign, After the lapse, as near as
it might be conjectured, of halfan.hour, or
thereabouts, one pistol was discharged ; and
although the listeners had been in the con
tinued expectation of it so long, yet when it
did come, a sudden start of surprise ran
through them, as though each man had in
stantly felt that he might have received the
contents himself. And then followed a
hasty step across the floor—another pistol
report —the clashing of knives, and a brief
but seemingly desperate attempt to wrestle,
which quickly terminated, and all again
was quiet.
“It’s all up !’ whispered one—“ I’ll hot
drinks for tiie crowd !”
“Taken!” said another—“l begin to
want a julep!”
“Fifty to forty the colonel has killed
him !” remarked a third ; —“he was a very
nice young man, but he can’t come it this
time !”
And thus would they have gone on, had
not the third report been just then heard,
followed by a prolonged conflict hand to
hand, and knife to. knife, in the course of
which the fourth pistol was exploded. The
strokes of the knives began to grow less fre
quent, and more faint in sound ; but ere
they had entirely ceased, a heavy body
dropped with a dead sound upon the floor of
the room. Another instant, and there fol
lowed another fall.
Some individuals present were foi open
ing the door immediately ; but this propo
sition was overruled, on the ground that if ,
the fight were not yet over, the most able ;
might take advantage of the appearance of (
the light to kill the other, even lying on the
boards.
About half-an-hour was, if I re-collect a
right, allowed to pass in close and atten
tive listening to catch the most distant sound
from within. None was heard ; and at the
expiration of that period, amidst a crowd of
the most horrible of anxious faces, the door
was opened, and the whole party rushed in.
Towards the remoter end, and not far from
the wall, lay a heap like red cloth. It w’as
composed of the gashed and bloody bodies,
of the duellists ! One lay across the other.
They were taken up, arid something like a
distant murmer of applause followed, when
it was discovered that the colonel was un
dermost !
But many who best know him spoke out
right their gladness, when an examination
proved that he was perfectly dead. Both
bodies were so mangled, that it was next to
impossible to handle them without touching
the wounds.
The best of it was, however, that the
conqueror of this fearful white savage was
found to be still alive. He was taken down
stairs instantly, stimulants were given, and
be began to revive. His body was then
carefully washed; after which, being cau
tiously wrapped up, he was conveyed a
way to the nearest surgeon’s sometime af
ter midnight.
The room exhibited a spectacle not to be
described.
Tbe young man eventually recovered en
tirely from all his wounds, and was often
congratulated on having rid the country of
a monster whom few dared to attack.
This was not all. During Ids convales
cence, inquiries were frequently made oi’
him as to the mode in which the fight was
managed ; and he accordingly gave the foi
lowing curious account, as nearly as tile
writer can remember:—
“When the door was closed,” said he,
“we were surrounded by the most profound
darkness. It seemed for some moments to
confound the senses end be close to my
eyes. During the three minutes allowed
before the battle might begin, my principle
aim was to get awav from mv antagonist
into'another part of the room, without his
| kivi ‘ ■ , and to stand there by the wall
until, perhaps, he souid make some move
j men;, by the sound of which I could be di- ,
/eoted in my attack. The crowd outside j
was as still as death. I held my breath. ]
and treading so light that I could *riot hear
my own footfalls. I stole away towards
that side of the room on which I entered.—
Whether he had calculated that I should
naturally do so, and had therefore taken
the same direction, nobody can now tell ;
hut no sooner had 1 stood still to listen for
him, than 1 found ho was somewhere about
me—l could hear his breathing. With the
greatest caution and silence, I hastened to
another part,.expecting every moment that
he would run against me, or I against him.
, vtid in this kind of manoeuvring, sometimes
: to gst away, and sometimes to approach,
■ if Pruncied, though why I know not, that
advantage might be gained, the greatest
part, of the silent half hour you speak of was
spent.
“At length, having safely reached the
opposing side, l stood still, resolved not to
move again until he either approached, ha
i Ving perhaps found roe out, or by some
means or ether l cauld-tL coyer bis position
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lin the loom. Having now got beyond his
reach, I felt that to be motionless on my
| part was the wisest step ; and calculated’
( that his passion and fury would soon lead
him on tothe exhibition of less caution.—
Nothing of the kind occurred, and yet the
first ball discharged was mine. A mouse
could have been heard to stir ; but we wer**
perfectly logt to each other.
“Eventually, whether my eyes had be
come more accommodated to the blackness
or from whatever cause, but true enough
j it is, I perceived a pair of eyes on the otlu
side nearly opposite me. They shone like
those of a hyena in the night. I fired ie
stantly, and rushed forward. The fire b
shewed me the colonel crouched down a.
gainst the wall, and must equally have >1:
rected him to mo. He fired as he advanced,
hut missed. We were almost close togeth
er. The empty pistols were thrown down,
and the knives used. He rushed on with
great ferocity, and tried to grapple with
me, but I slipped out of his arms ; and for
an instant, being quite separated, both stood
still, listening for the place of the other.—
I think he must have heard me, for he fir
a second time with such effect as you ab
have seen. Nothing but liis knife now r<
inaincd ; 1 had knife and pistol. We wen
so close together that he was upon me al
most as soon as his pistol-hall. The latter
staggered mo a little at the moment, but 1
met him with the knife, and from that time
we never separated again. My object was
to keep him from closing upon me, until I
could be as certain as darkness would per
mit of using mv last ball to advantage. In
consequence of tiiat, I retreated in various
ways, both still fighting, sometimes on the
open floor, and sometimes knocking our
selves with violence against the wall.
“I was growing faint, i found my
strengh failing, and then I fired mv second
pistol. The light instantaneously made,
shewed both men redder than the Indian in
the field of battle, [heard that ho stag
gered, and rushed with all my strength upon
him. He still fought a little, but suddenly
dropped before me, and more than that I
do not know.”
Such is the tale, as nearly as the writer
can remember, that was related to him.—
Should it be said tiiat he met with a roman
cist, in that case, his only hope is tiiat lie
may meet with another such every day of
his life ; though his firm and well-founded
belief is, that all the detals arc perfectly
true.
Important to Bachelors. —The London
Despatch, in reply to a correspondent, has
the following grave advice to Bachelors:
“ A bachelor (Birmingham) may address
a lady as “ Madam ; if however, he claim
an acquaintance with her, he may employ
the terms “ dear madam and should
there be a little bit of tender attachment,
“My very dear Madam but in case of
being in love, and an interchange of affec
tion be evinced, something like the endear
ing term of “ dear girl” may be used.—
Always use “dear girl” when the object
addressed is over thirty, for at that age wo
men like to be thought young. When a
man is head over cars in love, and the wo
man he addresses is in a similar predica
ment, the more extravagant terms used to
convey his passion, the more will his suit
be admired. Remember, always address
a woman over thirty, as “ my dearest girl,”
or “ charming girl.”
Interesting to Daughters. —Dr. Franklin
recommends a young man in the choice of
a wife, to select her from a bunch, giving as
his reason, that where there are many
daughters, they improve each other, and
from emulation acquire more accomplish
ments, and know more and do more than a
single child spoiled by paternal fondness.
Dr. Franklin was a philosopher. Families
blessed with an abundance of daughters
should raise a monument to his memory.
Editors. —The business of an editor, says
the N. Y. TelegrapK., who attempts logiv ■
to his readers something new every day of
publication, we believe is greatly underra
ted, especially by the more learned of man
kind. -They do think it a very easy matt: :
to write for a newspaper. Let them try it,
Let some of our ablest men or women, make
the attempt to write for us, one single art: •
cle each week, without fail—an article,
mind, which they shall not hesitate to put
their name to, and let the world know, it is
theirs ! We Veriiy believe they would find
it no easv matter. Yet sucii ;s inr position
’of an editor. With only a modicum of
i brains perhaps, he must not only u rite one
article, hut haifa dozen; and what is more
I and worse, too, his name goes out attached
to them nil.. Really, the public should judge
laritably of an editor’s efforts. It would
| - strange if he never said a silly thing—
very strange if he never said an unwise one
—passing strange if he never said an un
wise one —passing strange if’hc never said
an erroneous one.” His opinions of trans
piring events are expressed hastily, usually
on the spur of the moment, be fore time is
given-for thorough examination, and the
wonder is that they are so uniformly such
as their authors are willing to stand by, af
, ter mature deliberation. The London West
t minister Review says, in truth to write a
; good leader on occurrences of the hour, a
$ cute and ready in its arguments afid iiu
morons or forcible in its illustrations, with
3 the brief statement of facts, and tire skillful
a management of personalities, which it de
. mands in reference both to the m. wspaper
b and its party, is the most difficult of
a I kind* l of composition.
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