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It had conn* into town the previous
morning a man, aid by drhkiug “blue
ruin” during tlio Jay, by night lie had
made himself a beast ; and at night the
tih'oys had made a monster of him by
going to the shop of a painter and get.
ling as many o dors of paint as they
could procure, and then painted his
taco a Jeep green, nn I with red paint
bad r V od* bis mouth from ear to ear,
I i- ryes wero omm lerubiy enlarged
with white paint, and on his cheeks
we re large spots of an orange color;
Its lii,,’ had first received a heavy coat
of white lead, and then separated into
looks and made to stand on n strait line
front tin hea 1; these were then lipped
about with almost every concievable
color. Ilis clothes were painted all
over with red, green, blue, scarlet,
while, &c., until it was irripos able to
have told the original color. Ho was
the most hideous und fiigliliul object 1
had ever seen. Ilis object in vt iiing the
barber shop was to gel the paint off'of,
bis head and face by washing and shav
ing, if it was possible. Ihe barber i
shaved his head Btid face, and washed
and rubbed, and shaved and rubbed I
and washed, until about 10 o’clock,
w hen he dimissed him, his appearance j
a good deal changed, but no! much nn-1
proved.
This man had a wifi. and children.
Read r, wliat do you suppose were
their feeling when ho arrived at home?
And lust (mercy would remind us to
say,) this in.m rode a horse to town, and
this lior.si had stood hitched for twenty
f'.tr iiours, without food or water; uud
Ihr seven hour; of that time in an Au- 1
gust sun.
SALMAGUNDI.
i'.uharley, 1852.
Oartecay, June 12th, 1852.
Mr. Editor :—I was much gratified ,
at seeing in the “Bunner” of29tlt May,
a declaration that the columns of your
paper are open, and a cheerful bearing
accorded to any friend that may desire )
a discussion on the important subject of
arresting “by the strong arm of the law, i
a traffic which is fraught with ruin, lor
rililc and obvious to multitudes''’
Such a discussion is needed. Though
it should threaten a storm of passion and
controversy, let it he undertaken ; for
while* there is n superior and superin
tending power who cintrols the elomen- ’
t,d strife, in so noble a cans , vvr fear
no Itazzurd, —let it come !
Hrror and v ice—l mean, especially,
that firm of v ice that inthrals society
that generates und multiplies ruin by a
legalized dissemination thereof-—-'must j
he met. Though an host sliould quail
before the menacing giant, yet ho is
not ut ull invulnerable, and ‘ln courage
to attack, and tlio resolution viz zeal that
says, “it shall be done,” will wonder- i
fully shorten the conflict, und lay the
enemy at our feet. Then let us urm to
the conflict. Delay will but r nder it
dubious; now, if ever, the battle may
be fought—the victory won.
Wliat is to bo gained by delay ing dis
cussion ? Nothing. It in ay be said, the
lime for action lias not come. Suppose
it has not ; will it come the .sooner by
inaction f The truth is, there should
he no inaction; the enemy is aggress. I
ive, and we must either take the field I
boldly, or comply with terms of the ba
sest submission. Let us then “take up
tlio stumbling block out of the way of j
the people,”—let us “gather out the i
stones” und “cast up the high way” for;
their return from the doniiniou of a!co
*“>!■ ...... |
Now is the time for discussion—why
not for action / Maine, Rhode Island,
and Texas have the van, and have ao- •!
tod nobly in u most noble cause. And
why may not Georgia, or any other ‘
State follow their example ! While
Georgia boasts of being “the Umpire I
Stale of tile .South,” shall other States 1
of more humble pretensions, dare arrest
the sway of a most dishonoring, social ;
and mprul evil, and she not assert her :
power,—her ability to bo free also ? >
Sho will do it sooner or later, and she
can scarcely be precipitate in her no- ’
tion. That such a purpose will meet |
with li ‘rce and powerful opposition no : ■
one doubts; but wo venture the opin- : (
ion, relying upon the patriotism, the i
love of virtue, and the common sensiuf
the people, that u vigorous and cnligh'.- 1
enod e(lbrt will tend to correct whatev
er opp itioti results from tho want ofa.J
correct apprehension of the principles j |
of legislation as applied to this subject, ,
in all the various relations it sustains to’ ]
p t sonal liberty, and the obligations of :
legislators to guard & protect the morals
of society. That the sale of intoxicating 1
liquors us ‘u beverage, is a public
nuisauce, and n great individual, social,
and national evil, admits of satisfactory
proof; and that t. people in theorist ex
ercise of their powers, through their
legislators, have a right to *edress such
grievance, and to proliiLii its ccntinu
unce, is but to assert the right of self
government and self protection. Ma
jorities in democratic governments have
the right to ussert and maintain the
law cl the land. This being an estab
lished principle, it remain-, to be shown
that the traffic is liquors is a legitimate
subject of legislation,—which fact, we
think, is sufficiently established bv com
inon consent, uud the practice of good
governments.
Such legislation as is claimed, jin
st.incc Maine) invades no undeniable
rights; it asks for nothing but what, it
carried into effect, would be of the
highest public utility ; it seeks only the
suppression of an acknowledge I and
obvious evil. If sufficient reasons may
be shown why this iralliu should not be.
prohibited by law, let the issue be
OKIiAN OK 1 11), sons OF TKIVII’KKAN* K AW) STATU THAIi'K.IiANCK CONVENTION.
joined, and all men will soon be aide to
judge whose ciu ■■: is the best. Many
(good m“ll w ill doubtless oppose tin; a-,
too extrem ■, und udvocute a milder
j course ns belter pul icy; but vve fe.,r t ini t
such, in the abundant goodness of tin ii
■ ihtentions, would fail soon to tin ) n
remedy of sufficient inwtr to overcome
the disease.
, We should rrirt“m'iei’ ihst the W’
to be accomplished w great, amt -
quires extraordinary <ff ut, firmness,
and pi rjoverance.
T.
Newsom, Bibb Cos., June 111.
Dear Header, —It may b. wo have
never enjoyed the happim ss of a
peisnnal acquaintance with thee, and
arc ignorant of thy peculiar views re
specting the various institutions char,
aeteristio (,f the progressive age in
which wo live; yet, hr!i< ve us, whoev
er i hou art, wo kuo.vih :—know thee
well. Thou ait, in seii respect.*, like!
I others of thy fellow*, be thy exclusive I
! pretentions ever so great : —a vapor that
appeareth in tlv morning and soon van
lishethaway—a flotre that is soon cut i
‘down and wiilcreib. At best, thou art
but a worn of tho dus’, from whence
i thou earnest, soon to leturn. Tiiy so
jjournings herc'nre hut for a moment—!
an inch of time being, a- thou art, horn
I only to did lUicvest thou this ? Yea,
|we know lliou eanst but believe.—
Come walk with us a.little—consider
wi 11 the consecrated earth upon which
thou troadesl. Is not our earth appro
-1 printed more to the burial of tlioso who
t Were once like thou now art—living,
| moving, breathing, than to all other
I purposes combined ? Where ore the
| antedetuviaii world? Not to be todi.
ous, w here ore the teeming millions of
lour raoo who have lived from the remo
’ -t antiquity (lowu to the period of one
! hundred and fifty years ago ? Cun you
! enumerate the millions, and where are)
| they now? (Ion? ! do you reply ?
gone fro.ri time forever more! Death j
| hath swept thci.l ull away. Whatcom- 1
jothafier death ? The judgment l In
; what dues it consist ? In rewarding all
I mankind according to their woks! —
And in view ofiheso eternal truths, urt |
i thou not at work ? Is thy sword eirt
j upon thy thigh, and art thou on the bat- ’
tie field ? Art lliou enlisted during the I
, war, or is thy zeal evanescent, und I
soon ingloriously thou quittest the!
i strife? ,
Permit us here to relate a citcum-1
stance connected with our own mean- j
j derings there. Two years ago, last ’
1 April, we were attacked with the Neu-,
monia, and for several days all hope of’
our recovery was abandoned by phvsi- 1
eiuus, Iriends, and by ourself. Ween-;
| cog raged not the remotest idea that we
I should ever again appear on the ‘.iiea- i
ire of active life. At the door of death i
wv lay retrospecting the past, and una-j
ble to penetrate the dark veil oftlie fu-I
; tore. Our regrets for not having done
j more in tho cause of humanity, (w hioh \
is the cause of God) were too pungant
ami deep ever to be portrayed with ink j
I and pen, yet one thing consoled us in a !
dying hour more than all the other acts
oi our lile, and that was the knowledge I
; that we had lived the three passed years I
lot our life a consistent anil Unyielding |
) Son oj’ Temperance l We did. out ex
pect to be acquitted at the bar of God in
■ consequence of the talents lie had given
us, but we should ice, ive our rewards j
according to the increase vvs had made !
to them. The declaration is, “we shall
, he rewarded according to ouk works.” j
i Then, dear reader, as you value your
soul’s salvation, enroll your name, and;
enroll it now, as a soldier for life in the
Temperance Army, am! the greater i
and more unyielding votir exertions
arc, the greater will be vom‘ reward.
VV. M. R. j
Cedar Town, Ga. May 2lth, 1852. j
Mr. J'.dilor: —Mr. S. M. Hewlett arrived
at tliis place last evening, and agreeably to 1
an appointment made by himself, amt eir-!
ciliated extensively I y the Son sand friends of
Temperance, was expected to have lectured
us to-day on the gloriou* cause of Temper- i
a rice—left this morning abruptly, without
giving any satisfactory reason for so doing. I
The tommunity feeling themselves treated
contemptuously, prepared and adopted unnn
imously, and ordered to be published in the |
iVinpertthce Banner, \ho following resolu-!
lions:
Re.’ ? . ■■<!, That in the opinion of this
meeting, the manner in which the citizens!
of this place nr.d vicinity, have been treated
by S. M. Hewlett, in disappointing them,
icirhow cause, in delivering a Temperance
Lecture at this place, according to his own
appointment, advertised by himself, in
which adv. riisemcnt, hu stated llieir would
belt o ippidnt men,', except in ease ofsick-
IH’s>. is disrespectful to the citizens —un-
worthy of his calling and of a Son of Tem
|H'ranee.
We deep''.’ re rret the conduct or Mr.
Hewlett and would fondly hope, that for the
future, he may do butter. He was treated j
lid Mr. Priors (the place where he stayed
ouc night) like a gentleman, ami would not!
have been charged a cent, if lie had stayed !
there a week, il lie Ii id acted as he certainly
i should Irave done. If Mr. H. had remained !
and “held torth. ‘ lie would have been ice it :
paid joe his trouble. One man brought isld
tor him, and many others would have con
tributed liberally, Tp hisbi.lat the inn would
tuicc beat sated
WAT"TON BARKY, Ch*n.
(J. 1). llarmox. See.
M r . La in r; —I arrived at Cedar Town
Sunday evening May z3, as I Iwd made an
appoimnent to speak at 1! o’clock Monday
dtlh. I enquired if there was a Division of
Sns there Someone remarked they had
gone on*. I observed I came to address the
people. They remarked, it was a busy
time, bul might be a crowd, t said I bail!
been lecturing twice a day for some time
pa- . was mil tit to sv ,k, l iv.i* worn out
.an 1 1 would h iklMu. to Marriott a to rest
aid at a latu i time I would come when I
was refreshed. On the morning of Monday
I went and -at at the Porch of the Store A
told some live or -iv sitting there. I was not
fit to address the pie. 1 pulled my no
tice down from the door, enquired for my
Tat cm Bill and | I I 1 t
morning Mid start’ and quarter past 7 —met
persons, a-ke I them if they were going to
;my address, toll them I was unable to
-peak—stopped about a mile or two at a
house, told tin’ getitlen.un whom I saw to
.mention it to ull whom he might see.
Such Hro. I!, i * tin* true stale of thing-.
When I am unwell and not fit to speak, I
shall consult my own feelings. At some
jollier tim,’ i will give them a call.
Respectfully,
H. M; IJEWLKTT.
\J fionrrr *
w r y‘. , yC i -i
r i
SONS OK TEMPERAi\€K.
of i deNoiis of Teiv ,
I'll witliont reserve, sojemntv rdcd-T
my honor us a man that I will neither niake.imy,
1 1 sell nor use, * u bevernge, any Spirituous or
I Malt Liquor*, Wine or Cider.
Os finer* of Gi, (jiriuid Division,
• I L. M’Cl.F.sKnv, G. W. I*. Monroe.
J. Pin :kahd, G. W. A. Forsyth. ■
j W. S. Wll.Ul uiUi, (J. Scribe, M icon. ,
K. G. Ghanniss, (I. Treasurer, „
J. R. Evans, (i. Chaplain, „
I). E. Blount, G. Conductor, Clinton.;
J. D. llavis, G. Sen. Houston, Cos. j
‘I CADETS OF TEMPERANCE.
I’VaCDGU.
i No member tthall make, buy, sell or use, j
! .as it beverage,any spirituous or malt liquor-, j
! wine or cider.
Offjceriof tlic Grand Scctioii.
J. W. Benson, G. I’. Macon.
B. Burton, (j. A. P. Pondtown.
L. C. Sim.son, (i. S. & ’l’. Atlanta,
j Rev. J. S. Wilson, G. C. Decatur.
Is. M. H. livnn, (i. (. Oxford,
iW. 1’ King, G. W. Thomaston.
I. f). of Kccliiibitos.
Officer* of Georgia Dial. Tent, No. 28,10 c- \
j led at Washington, Wilkes Co.,Ga.:
j Washington, Rev. G. G. Norman, D. P. C. R. I
! Washington, John R. Smith, I> C. R.
j Atlanta, C. R linn letter, I). D. R.
j Washington,A. 11. Srteed, 1) R. S. ‘
„ L. I’’. Carrington, D. F. S.
~ St. John Moore, D. Tres.
| Atlanta, It. H. Lynn, D, Levite.
Uv< lisibitoAs Pledge.
I hereby declare, dial I will abstain from all
1 intoxicating liquors,and will not give, nor offer j
them to others, except in religious ordinances, I
or when prescribed, in good faith, by a medi
| cal practitioner ; I will not engage in the t*d
tic of them, and in nil suitable ways will dis
! countenance the use, sale and manufacture ot
! them ; and to the utmost of my pow'er, I will
endeavor to spread die principles of abstinence
from nil intoxicating liquors.
For the Temperance Banner.
| _ ‘ —
il Jr. Editor :—Your correspondents,,
j “Givis,” by his question, and “M di- i
| cus,” by his answer, seem to have ere- t
1 ated somethin# of a sensation in thej
ranks of professionals expectant. I ami
j one of those who consider the question)
|of “Givis ’ as one of great importance, I
involving nothing less than the health,
and frequently the lives of men, women \
j and children ; and to which “M*dicus” I
) has spoken the words of truth and .so
berness. His assertion, that “vom,” !
men are sent from our Colleges, not!
more compotent to practice medicine
i than the valuable'animal from whosoj
I back their diplomas are taken,” cor
. roborates the saying of a distinguished 1
• physician ol’ Georgia, viz: “That a!
j great m;n>y young doctors are paid for;
j what other people are hung for.". It
I seems, however, in those days of prog- 1
; ress, that the physicians who have
grown gray in tho profession, really j
know less about it than tho doctors in
i embryo, (vide “Second Gours* Stu
dent” vs. “Modicus. ”)
Knowing nothing of either of your
correspondents, and judging merely
from their ('.OlllllllllllOlllOllß, as pub
fished in the 15 inner, I sliould say that
“Medieus” is a man who desires to el
evate the character of the profession, in j
the practice of which he has spent the
best years of his life, and with the wants;
l of which he is of course familiar; and
that “Second Course Student” is one,;
who, though desirous of the honors of |
the profession, hassome serious misgiv
ings in relation to a certain examination,
of which bespeaks as preparatory to!
, obtaining the “sheep-akin.” The lat- 1
; ter admits that medical colleges are not
justifiable in sending out young men
; who are incompotent to practice tnedi-)
‘eiue, and denies that they do so, and 1
1 moreover, challenges “Chun,” “Medi
cos,” and the rest of the woild, to prove;
1 that tney do, promising if the tact be
proven, to 11 give it up.’ ! propose 10
make out the case, and call up “Stu
-1 denl, ,i as the first witness. Is ahe com
petent witness ? lie ought to bo : for
lie discusses very learnedly of “femo
ral, crural and pedal appendages,” and 1
“genus hominis,” and the “manual tribe 1
l of animals,” and other scientific sub
jects, evidently proving his intention to
beeortie “one of the craft.” Besides,
lie is writing On the same, and bis evi.
; deuce is good undoubtedly, as admis
sion of a party in interest. Well “NVa
dent'’ says, (vide Temperance 15. inner,
1 Mav loth,) “to profess truthfully’ a
knowledge of the science -I medicine,)
is to declare, that within the mental
, ; ra-p, the whole onciyclopaedia of sci
f-i is he’d.” This, ther,, according
to “ Student ,” is the measure of convpe
-1 rev fhr the practice of medicine —
nothing ic- ss than a knowledge of the
“whole eiioj ulojiceJia of science.” If,
th"r< f>rc. u man, who “professes a
knowledge of the science of medicine,”
he ignorant of any of these, he is iricorn
pr.-tcDt to practice, Student being judge.
And if incomp teiit, wholly incompe
-1 tent: for ail these attainments are nec
essary to constitute competency. Now,
here two questions present themselves:
first, do the young men, who graduate
at our medical colleges, “profess a
knowledge of the science of medicine?”
I answer, they do; and for proof, refer
jto the diploma itself, and to the license
I to practice, as prescribed by law.—
1 Second : Ho they cotne up to the meas
ure of competency, prescribed by “Stu
dent V’ The last question, in t is eon
inaction, is absurd. A knowledge of
die hholeencyclf'i oedia <f .sob-nee!
! Whv verily, a Inigo prnporti-m of ihom
; !,.'ve not a doC’ iit smattering of any of
die sciences. Do - ‘•Second Course
Student ” want proof of litis-? If so,
• just let Inin gl.i ice over the iist ol those
writ whom I.’ alien.l .i.l hi. li r s! fours
of lectures, and sot. how many scientific
“men there vvore among them. Could
not any cue of them have been “slump
led ” in-three questions, by any one of
the professors f ‘J\, attain any thing
like perfteti ”ti in anyone of the sci
; ences, re(|iiirt n years of patient toil,
land intense application; and hence in
all our colleges, both medical Aziiterary,
I each professor tins assigned to him a
particular science or branch of science
. m order, mainly, that by bestowing up- j
on it his undivided attention, lie nitty j
j he the bettor qualified to impart instruc-
I tion in that one branch.
j Now in a medical education, the
! knowledge of several distinct sciences
; is necessary; Anatomy, Physiology',
1 Pathology, Materia Medina, <szc., &c., j
; and the analysis, combination, and ap
plication of all these, under tho gener
al term, practice. Here is work almost
for n lifetime, and yet, if I am not great
ly mistaken, about two years is the av
erage time devoted usually to the ac
quisition of a medical education proper;
and of that time, the whole is not gen
i rally occupied in studying. Every
body knows itow the thing is managed
now-a-days. A young man, fresh from i
the academy,—sometimes just from the !
plough,—.occasionally from the college,!
generally having gone through a very
meagre course of lat in imperfectly,)
(sometime with no latin at all,) estab
lishes himself in the office of a village or l
country doctor to “ study medicine.” — 1
He spends a few hours of cacli day I
perhaps in reading, smokes cigars about
the streets, lounges on the piaz t benches!
of the village, v isits the girls, goes fish
ing A: hunting with the boys; <Sz, outlie’
whole, manages to pass the time quite j
agreeably. He can tell the best hole
in the mill pond for perch, and the best
route to take to find squirrels; because!
he has leisure to attend to such matters.)
This is “ Heading Medicine.” lit the
fill, he pockets the proceeds of a goodly
number of his father’s cotton bags, or
perhaps draws in advance upon his
father’s factor, enters college, and com
mences attending lectures. Here he
has a wider field for his genius to ex
pand in, and the first course passes
pleasantly enough. He “stands the
quiz” sometimes, for the sake of appear
ances—occupies the “front, bench ” oc
casionally, at remote intervals, studies
some, saunters through the streets some,
and mingles recreation and study so
delightfully together, that neither is
very irksome. At the close of the
course, he returns to his village quar
ters, a wiser, if not a better man; his
outer man is visibly improved, for he
has a decided dash of the city fashions
—his boots fit better, and his collar is
perhaps a shade stiller, and has a more
tasty set. His conversational powers
are considerably improved ; for he has
really learned something of medicine,
and more of medical terms, and he los
ses no opportunity of lugging in a tech
nical phrase, or applying to common
things very uncommon names. He
has been “attending the lectures.”
During trie second year he studies
more, and during the second course, he
occupies liio front bench more fre
quently, and is more attentive to the
lectures; because ito has some awful
forebodings, when he thinks of that for
midable “ examination ’’ at the close of
the term, lie manages to get through,
however, and is sent forth into the
world, as a man, (according to hisDiplo
inn,) “in humattioribus literis satis eru
ditum, et arte medica, preditum per
probationos sciential, peritim quo debi
tas et eonstitutas esse inventum,” hav
ing accomplished more in two years, if
he comes up to “Student's measure of
competency, than ordinary men do in a
lifetime.
1 know that this description will not
apply in all cases, for t lie re are many,
very many, honorable exceptions—
you mi men who prepare themselves for
the responsible duties of the profession,
by assiduous attention to study, anti* by
availing themselves ot all the facilities
for theaoquision of knowledge, furnish
ed by the colleges. And these are the
men who succeed —who give character
to the profession.But that my description
will apply to a large classes a notorious
fa t, of which almost every viWag ‘ in
the country can furnish the proof. Are
such competent to practice medicine (
Do they “hold in their mental grasp the
whole encl vclopir iia of science !”
No one can answer this question af-
firrnatrvely. 1 respectfully submit then
that the case is made out, and call upon
“Second Course Student, ” in compli
ance with his proposition, “togive it up.”
RUSTICUS.
Mr. Editor: —Certain articles in the
Banner on “Medical Colleges,” brings
to mind the saying—“ Time turns tor
meat, when man turns fool.” It would
seem that certain gentlemen have be
come rather 100 scientific to remember
that there is a law, called reciprocity,
founded in the very nature of our ex
istence. If these gentlemen would on
ly give us proof of their sincerity and
devotedness to he cause of true Science,
uy combiningin one harmonious untir.
ing and truly philanthropic effort to
raise and elevate to a station worthy the
name they bear, those upon whom they
look down with a sort of supercilious
contempt; such benevolence would
ni.dte tneir names as imperishable as
would be tie ir acts of noble magnanim
N v- 1 slitic-s it is needful to
maintain a pnp t equilibrium in ac
ting out. uitr benevolent impulses, lest
inj s ice be don> to others. For, few
would praise th t man’s benevolence
that would piDer his licit neighbor’,
c on, to give bread tt the poor. Then
it behooves tiiose uciing in the premises,
to construct such a plan as shall only
close the doors to the unworthy, leav
ing the way unobstructed to all who
can by untiring industry and persever
ance enter the great arena of Medicine,
prove a boon to Society, are known to
the medical fraternity, and reap for
themselves those laurels so honestly
won. STUDENT.
Characters of Great Men-
Tasso’s conversation was neither gay )
nor brilliant.
Dante was either taciturn or satir
ical.
Butler was silent or biting.
Gray seldom talked or smiled.
Hogarth and Swift were very absent
minded in company.
Milton was unsociable, and even ir-;
ritable when pressed into conversation. 1
Kirwan, though copious and eloquent. I
in public addresses, was meagre and j
dull in colloquial discourse.
Virgil was heavy in conversation.
La Fontaine appeared heavy, course ;
and stupid; he could not speak and)
describe vbat he had just seer, but
then he was the model of poetry.
Chaucer’s silence was more agreea
ble than his conversation,
Dryden’s conversation was slow an 1
dull, his humor saturnine and re
served. “*
Descartes was silent in mixed com
pany.
1 Corneille in conversation was so in
sipid that he never failed in wearying.)
; He did not even speak correctly Vat
language of which ite was such a
i master.
j Ben Johnson used to sit silent in com
pany and suck his wines and their hu
| mors.
) Southey was stiff, sedate, and warp
! ped up in asceticism.
Addison was good company with his
intimate friends, but in mixed company
! he preserved his dignity by a stiff und
reserved silence.
j Junius was so modest that he could
scarcely speak upon the most common
subject without a suffusion of blushes.
Fox in conversation never flatjoed;
Ins animation and variety were mex
; haustible.
Dr. Beritly was loquacious.
Grotius was talkative.
Goldsmith wrote like an agnel, and
talked like poor Poll.
Burke was eminently entertaining,
enthusiastic, arid interesting in conver
sation.
Curran was a convivul deity; he
soared into every region and was at
home in all.
Dr. Birch dreaded a pen as he did a
torpedo; but he could talk like running
water.
Dr. Johnson wrote monotonously and
ponderously, but in conversation his
words were close and sinewy; and ii
his pistol missed fire, he knocked down
his antagonist with the but of it.
Coleridge in conversation was full
of acuteness and originality.
Leigh Hunt has been*vvell termed
the philosopher of Hope, and likened
to a pleasant stream in conversation.
Carlyle doubts, objects, and constant
ly demurs.
Fisher Ames was a powerful and
effective orator and not the less distin
guished in the social circle. He pos
sessed a fluent language, a vivid fancy,
and a well stored memory.
Answering Advertisements. —Mr.!
Jenkins. “I saw an advertisement in!
to-day's Herald, stating that if Mr. 0. P.
Jenkins, of Brooklyn, would call on
you he would hear something to his ad-!
vantage. Jam the person!”
Lawyer.—“Ah, yes: 1 have a tailor’s
bill of three years standing against vou,
and if it is not paid immediately, I shall
commmence proceedings to recover it.”
A Lady Frightened to Death.—
The Rockingham (Vu.) Register states
that Mrs. Dietrick, wife of Mr. Jacob
Dietrick, residing near Mt. Crawford
in that County, was frightened to death
a few weeks since. Her little daugh
ter, for sport, threw a tree frog upon her
lap, which commenced jumping up to.
wards her face and so frightened her
that site died in two or three days.
Use m i evasions when called upon l >
do a goo*l thing, nor excuses when vou
are reproached fordoing a bad our
TOE MMTO.
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To Correspondents.
“Anna Bella,” in reply to “Anna Fran
ces,” is received, and to prevent a miscon
struction of our motives, we will give her
a hearing very soon. We withhold, for
the present at least, a remark or two that
appear to ns as appropriate. We, however,
invite “Anna Bella” to enter tho field in
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award her a Premium equal to any offered
by “Ami. l Frances,” if she will competemie
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’S'lie Crops, Ac.
So far as we can learn, the prospect for
an abundant corn crop was never more
promisintr than al the present lime. This
is certainly an occasion tor gratitude on the
part of our people. For two saeeessive
years there has been an alarming deficiency
411 this important item of provision. There
is no estimating the distress which would
have been experienced had the present, year
been one of no greater productiveness than
its two predecessors. But thanks to a mer
ciful Providence there is reason to hope that
we shall not be visited with such a calamity,
j The scarcity of provisions which has e.x
----1 istedin many sections for some time past is
well adapted to teach us our entire depend
| cnee upon Divine Providence for the very
1 necessaries of life. People are apt to
) suppose that food is a blessing of their own
procuring—something for which they have
mainly to thank their own exertions.But liovv
soon may we be taught that we are indebt
; ed to the mercy of God for our daily bread.
Man might plow and sow, but there would
be no increase without Him. Did lie not
speak the word and bid the earth bring
forth, the whole race of man and of beasts
much perish. Strange that man should ev
jer be unmindful of such a benefactor.—
Stranger still that men should so abuse their
: very blessings as to be the means of injurv
i to themselves and to their fellow-meiy.
Liberty.
This, in our country, is a magic word.—
Every mention of it recalls foreign op
pression, unjust taxation, military rule and
all the vexations which we experienced in
our colonial history. Contrasted with
these, the same word is identified with the
unspeakable blessings which have resulted
from our revolutionary struggle. It is not
surprising, therefore, that this should be a
hallowed word to every American, and that
our poop! e should bo suspicious of every
tiling which has even the appearance ofin
fringement upon its boundaries.
Though liberty is a most familiar word,”
how lew have any just conception of its
meaning . There is perhaps no subject on
which the notions of the people arc nioro
various and extravagant. The millions of
monarchical and despotic countries in the
obi world living in abject vassalage and rc
eeiviug for their arduous labor the most
scanty subsistence, think of liberty as free
dom from toil, —exemption from the neces
sity ot a labor daily and intense. Accord
ingly in iinigrating to our land, they cannot,.
until pinching, driving necessity compels
them, be persuaded to resume the toil to
which they had been accustomed in their old
homes. Their definition of liberty is to live
without work. In the judgment of others,
liberty means permission to gratify the pas-.
sions and appetites, to live in accordance
with the inclinations of their hearts, bo they
virtuous or vicious. It is the renunciation •
oi restraint, and the disregard of moral ob
ligations when these become disagreeable
and irksome. With them liberty means
li’ entiowsners. Others again consider liber- 1
ty to be something which gives them per
mission to pursue any vocation which may
be agreeable to them. It is the privilege of
engaging in any traffic* or embarking in any
: profession by whieh a support can be se
j cured for themselves and for those who may
be dependant upon them. By this defini
tion. the eons, queue** of their business are
tint to be estimated. No luattei what the
. -'■iiinu it\ miv sutler: no in .tter how ma
persons may la impoverished, how
! nuieli ‘vn uhcdn.es • and crime may be cause'!