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UNION. THE CONSTITUTION AN D THE lA!-THE OUARll 1ANS OF OCR LIBERTY, Vi. SS.1V. STA ! E OF NOUTIl-CAkOLlXA. In F.tju'.ijr -Stitfiubcr Term, 1854. ' ' AW Cawa J ,f E!Ilnb, P.... .. U .... k. w...li V I .V ...I... ;a,i,. Bmtj .bj jv ,w,. il. Buggies, and all lanes cf Car- JIcir at Lw ot Alt. PVaitett, d-rrtrj. j Mnwga """ v " ' : - r-t' t t W !. " ., href mJruA iae IT appearing U ta MltJ'cii.tt of ilk Honors- iW Ufcvfa in lit Urn a a eoao'y I e4 that h Ma Owt af Ksjttt'y, that the tW-ki)ut, the is prepated to eU H luda wT tfeeri..g al la I Jet at l-aw f A Com brarkit. aWe-aml, ere lUiUit aotire ana in lb Wat Bwaort. li f.t Ut eioVm of lha feute of .wtb Carolina ; It tats Lim-rlf tbat lle care.ar!y raa be supplied, Jerrd aI dervreJ, that putuiralkia be anade si hi rtoUttittM, with food aod uirm wotk tm ' iht iv wrri in tke UiUdiofuegb li- lUtj run gti ny Letr.Nwrtbor Suih tt4 e-iJf, MtHifj'mg iL mid htit ai U M Al'a ly 4Mn gu4 ik b iU Irj to Bka the KrrWlt.tUcj.. u pv-r at rha iirtl hrm f tha Lrl iu . .' . , Caurt of E lui'j, to l HrlJ f. Oranta rtim, j . Lm bow oa htni mm auorlairut of iooJ I lh tyn bins in HttUtrot(b, oa Ui j Buggieatbs' Itaroatba. 1 h iiiti lo pur con J Mju.!. uf lftb, anj Ud, to- cb wowlJ do wU to eatt d aiasiiua tor rr at dniiu l rumilaiiiaul bill; otbrrviva tit bill wi! k uVra p'o coufawo u tbra, j a l aot Lit be'tif aco-rjintlv. j Vrs ), F. l-"fif, Cirri anJ -Mutter of our mIiI f :Mirt of KqVilT Lt (Jrartfi County, at VJu ia ltl!4wrHl. the aeratd MoaJajr af , Ki.Iint-r A. I). O. F. J.O.MJ, c.&..ic. ' ' . . " ,1 - ' 4k u Just . from Key : Ycrkr 'IHC SnWaertbrr h jut ertenad Cna Slock af (iimJ ia bia liua, aclerfd witb grrat rata b hiartf ia 1li a city of Nrw Voik, a bleb ftr brutyttta and ctrcllrncp, li Ibinkiaill ba fjuuJ I equal, if tln-y di not aurpaaa, any wbirlt h it before Uren eJercJin this place. Tbry con aUt f awy variftj f artkka uaaaily if pi ill , Herchaiit Tailor's Shop, ; Heri.ir I'rencli and Eneliah Clulha; Fluin VIZ and Pie Jffil Frntch fJjaimrr; tlin, Siik. and M rille Venlms, both fijurrd and ilin;?hirU, arita tba luteal freneh bOMma; Cravata, Keck Tiaa, &. Alaa a well aeleclcd aawtaieul oi Head MJa. CJoUiinj. aucb aa . . , . Drcssi oai Oier to a I a, Tenii, , I'antalMOiia, ic & Hit friend and lb public generally, ar ioit ad to gia him a call.au b terla confident bacaa pleae ia tlte, quality and pict. ' ; " (XT Tba l.aieat Paaluon ra reported to him m imMy from to of the moat faabionahla Citiea in lha warld; and ho flattera fcimae If that be can tajka at good fils a can be made any ahere. H ala r.miea lha puMit tbat ha aill take p1eura ia Colling and Making work in eveiy aula lhat-u? be ird. . . ' v L. CARMICIIAEE. 'ApriMft. .'-;; .81 IF Toa a ant 'ilT'P 3RAJ2 CAffiEU- , Wn'CB no, ow' Wilder giwd a-vk , but ha alao neat, rail on the auliM-ribrr, living ait mi Ira north of Hillsborough. He baa been carrying on the hiwineM for the laxt aixtren mnntha.aud hia work ba prned to be firat rale. He ia determined that hi work ahall continue to be executed in the Heat rnanarr, fully equal to ny in thiaaeclion of country, and at pricra lo euit purchaser. Feraona wanting Carriage can aeinl their nrder through the Poet Olfire at If i I Is bnrouch, and ihey will he promptly attended to. Alt Kind of Repaiia will be done ia good ordei and on moderate term.; .. , ; 1 ; Xy The ulnriher has purrhsaed the right lor Orange County inaPTSKT Baata for all kind of Carriairea to which he iuvitea the attention of Ihe public. f, ,; ; ' t ' WT'Ilie subscribeVs Wool Card In? l:tCtiln? are in gooil order, and are doing the very bent quality of work. Price aa heretof re: Ei;htenta for white; TweNe ends half rente for miied; or one-fifth part of the wool. LEVI U EL WILKINSON. . ROOTERS. L- ADIES' Thin-Sole Bootees,from J.Mileedc aon,Philde!phie.jutreceielby . , ;' LONG & WEBB. June 15 - , - ; ' 90- Tfl nvil FRirtlK - -J- . TV!' . 7 , ' Vy E bate just received a lot of New Type, a part of which are intended for the ton- lemplatadenlarjrementt)ftheRecorlrr,niuIthe othe.-a l naMa US W execu.e in aijw ULtuka and other Job Work. , Our friend will see from this that we are in earnest in the mut ter of.thg enlargement of our paper, and we hopa to receive s4.fK ient encourngement to en able U to do a beforo he mooting of the Le gislature. All tht remains to accomplish it is tna purchwe of a new Press. The paper aow i as inrgc aa our old Pesj wilt print and be ailes,"h ivin witlistrwil the assault of the Brit ish itr the war of 1812, it is somewhat difficult lr ha kept in order, and cann at bo safely relied ftfi. An addition of, 150 new subscribers, with an advance payment, would meet the necessary expenditure at'once. We appeal, then, to our friend in Oranjja, Alamance, Granville, Person, and other heirhb.irine counties, to aid us, By a little euon trom eacn oi our jircsru. buuw.i h'cio, .t... .... i.i Ko -.ni;fii.i in a. JAll titAV V C 1CUUUO wuuiu wwvih h - few days. The enlargement would make con- eiderable addition to the amount of reading mat-, ter each week, and would greatly increase the usefulness and eflijiency of the paper. If pro- perly encouraged, we shall endoavor to make the RRCoRutta not only a faWul exponent of Whiir o'rinciuIcs,but also one.oi' the best Fami- -. " : .. . , . .1.. ..... hl : ii l IV I'uiiers null lSiiea in llic oiaie. n win ov vt no win oa the first to n-spnd to bur appeal ! " We have hbored taithfully and long in the Whig cause, ..vl fn, .hat w believed to be the true into t xT.-.u r..i ..j n .nnflsl IW.Uf VA ilViMI WJJirt j 'II co-ope- now t me ineiids wun wnoiu wo ua.e vy"" rated, iv ill hot pass unheeded, I)! HEARTT & SON.1 'An trust 9. RI.1NKS for Sale at this OScc. Ccach Uanufactory,- " im Ittilabwrouf-h. i 'P li E tiWnlT wutU ttifuf a tlx riJiog part I ul tb roo-ttaii!T, list t it a, ia tl Uw f Jii!U:imui, " ' tbrnwtlirt brtuft ibfT buy eWbrre, a iU narraut ail bw wotk ; tod if any part of it givra ', ia ctmMHjoeftc of sot bating twm wall done, b will M bound ktbawkdou rr, if called apua t ti a wiihiu a rraaonabla liata aflff il leam-a lha ahop. Ha ia ttrtfmiard ta try to du bia wurk aa il ahouU be done, and baa therefor procured aome of lha beat workmen lie rwuldgefr bulb Northers aod Buiilbfrn. All Itia nwteiiab were aetected by biawell, and be due not intend to work any but auch aa ar good. tie pega lea here la taiuru bia thank to lb ,.uU.clof II liberal patroaage be ba oereio- tuie iretivtd; and bpe, by etrict aUrution 1 . . I L . . . . iNINiie. ia iiwrrava ip pairufiagr. - - Alt ordere for wvia fraor a iuiance, will W prvuM4tt altraded to. i , . : A. C. MI RUOCK. AeguatSt. ' ; : 0 , i , SLTJ SALT! I i . I.OT af I4rpoo SALT (4 bu.hcl aacka.) now eomin J iu. Ato. Stoiltt Jura, of all eiiee, for Pickle and Prcaereea. By J. U. TUItRE.NTIXE at BOX. ' Aiigont 14. , 49 To Millers and Barrel-Makers. 3 PENNY NAILS, for BarreWjuat receie ed by J. C. TLRREM'INE & SON. AUo, Choiie Biotas? a, t 40 cent per galbw. by J. C. T. it CON. Auguai 14. , . .49 '.t tu?Ta Prrsoni cut cf EmploTn.rnt.-i :. - $500 to $1 000 a Year. A CHANCE. TO MAKK MONET AND DO COOD. HmSw parsiea) IV Sa a rviaia - -r - , Pcrarm wishing to engage in iheir sale, Rs Awnta Wnnti-ii ' while tne eartn octween uie guano aim t now mat wa kscaps UaortHf A on Abbott's work merely in passing, P'U,V: Yvm. wim '7 Z f 6 ' I a;.r Z. ' x-. .- iu . Tlr prevents the causticity ot tlte lor friend sends us the N. Y. Tr buoe, to caution 'air rouii" hearers against W0UIU "qr'wneuier 11 oe corrci. rifjbari totheennoftheu.tiining an article Vith the above for.ni.ng theih& tfuchamornladrei,giowi..n.ieae from tJie hired vritera for periodi- ',,e, ltc.c' i,r ?I?lJTi r good aien may MHly eugga ia ihetr rireolation, i tetidrr and easily killed. 1 : This avriter thinks draining ..and sub- cals, who know tliat their contributions elalm for Waller the Honor oi ihey willconfera public benefli, and receive a The above hints apply to the use of soil plowing constitute an "infallible will be more noticed the more they vinS prreeded hiin in the use of thtt fair eompenaation ifor their '"'; .. v . Iguano in cotton culture, not less than ' remedy" against drouth. - He says, if may startle by their audacity and pa' ' To a lady who ( him with JjTlSSti SJe,it!t h'-f : Bat M wUon ' i"jurVrom droath' was - nnayoiaable.1 raot. . V . " I " P a song to which he himself had coatpo. nea. oner, .n opporluniiy l Prn..ble plo,. I J Mttt.rpA .liberali- in 1 -,1 eXl,h ,,....5n, ra.l.aa h. ! - ' - . . . sed the Words, he says I ' auLIAm t tSaaai Salin. - . r ... avvaaivaa i,aVVw.v-- -r t a aaa a ayraa a III VV vaiaviivo siiwa i a I 1 1 i . n tm in at St iwlt sai a.a .la S l.aljtu I ... . i . : , It1tft)p SUIS ai iivuidiaa naaaa r.viiii. . - eon ili'pose.l to set aa Agent," Ingeiher with the term on which thrj will he furiiihcd, ly ad dieseutg the aulwctiber iot-paid. , ' . ROBEItT HEARS, PiauBa. , ' . . 181 William Street, New York. '-," IN PRESS, and ready for Agenta by the Ut of Oclir 1854, "Reara' Illustratl Dr. cription of the Ruian Empire PHnirulure adilrera sa above. r f..,ih Fot funhei Rej.t 26, 1854. . 87 3w . WHOLESALE GROCERY -COMMISSION BUSINESS. Norfolk,ilst July, 1851. . WILLIAM 8. CAMP (who haeronducled buainea in thi City for aereial yeara! pmt under the name of Butler & Camp.) and STEPHEN BON SAL, hae formed a Coparl- nerthip, and will prosecute the Wholesale Grocery. Business, in all it brnnchea, under the name and etyle of iiM?- aSSiilio They aill al all times offer to Buyei a large and varied Slock of Urocerie, which will be aold at pricee aa low ae they can be purchased in oth er marketa. '. , -" :' Couutiy Produce will he received on Conmgn ment, and Account of Sale, and Returna prompl- lv made.. ' r. '' .-"... I eJalca of Flour will be strictly attended lo; and from the long experience ol the aenior partner in rf ht mnk ,h flllt,er un,,,. in M t0 fit entirc .atifiction. ' . " ' Ajnc.menU nide on t.'onMgnmenle, and ... ,.nftI Bli - " CT-They are Agents for Duponl'a Powbkb which will he sold at Mauuiaciurei s prices, 49-3.B - ".'August 13. . .;.':;:'..;,.' 1 f J 0B W OR K v ; ; riHE' subscribers have made a eoasidcrable ' addition to their assortment of i'nd are now prepared to execute 4,itiis nf :M-(U CS , X5" " O in a handsome atvie. a - m (ry Pamphlets, Cards. Handbills, &e. will nencauj ,.r,..lCu . ..... . .v.. manss onen prunouueeu nj i-om piciiijuugi:. - u n.V . ;n .,.i ; UC CAWIirilV luiilio annui-wi improved by the new types upon which they hereafter be printeid. - " Orders promptly attended to." ' ' D. HEARTT & SON. August 31. '-" - ' ? 1 ' . , .. -- THssnlnUnn of CODartnershlD. I . - ... , . ... r f , T"n AkYfY APBROWN was diTohed on A OAKbEY 4 BROWN, w.s d me nri nay oi . i iai, j ,"U1U" The business will oe conauaeu in iuiui. Erasmua Onkley, who -will attend to the settle. nf th htmirii'K of the late conrein. All , - -v , - r .L i. ... in person indebted to the mm, wilt please call and v . pn'ieilffi niri tTV ; ..'" " ' liftAPWue V4vvu' . win receive prnmpuy iy mmi. a vncuiar nn.(iiui nesiiate to scauer m mo aame iur- j.ij 17, 185i. . .' . XI MggtwaBi Mij jour rkb awi!, . EiuWrant, aalarr'a 1tWr ilorwngf pc ur OVr anr Und." t- ' ' . from vK StMiihern Cultitator. HOW TO USE GUAJJO. Goiinii rimifi in Lag.' and usually cuHtaiua tiianv lumpa uhlcU require tu be cru stieil umnurc in lumps are iutii t H)VKtrr, before Uie i j)!ieil to the toil. Hie cuiiimtmlr wparatnl irtrtt the tnaasby a riddle or at-tie, as lamps and pebbles are separated from and in making tnoitar; or as grain is some- i ...i. .:r.. II..I i ' . iiiuca allien ui naiiu. a iicauiiBuiiiiv.ai dust that Dies nil in this operation IS prettjr severe on the long and eye of Uie operator, and i avoided by uana itn cr twevV t.olir,t tenlnz the trtiano tea or twelve hours' a' " T O ir a uaj lore inr iiiing urgm. t m 1 a n n is a fiat a:Tifiiilil f Ka tsI ar su fti in e 1 UMit ar aa'M a a ar aaaaa a wj u uv t keep me oust irom oemg uinuseu suiued a yellow hue." Mr. Yancejf re througli the atmosphere. The lumpt gads guano as a powerful stimulant, sifted or riddled out majr be moiiten-j but too expensive for general use.' Our ed a little more, and crushed as in I notion iW that one' mar use iruano to making mortar, with the back of a Kocniake a crop of i or shovel, on a plank fluor or smooth 1 will make the c hard ground.' ; . X , ' j For corn, it will probably naj belter, to put me iiiauurr in me mn ur unu, man tu scatter il uroaucast over, me a - a. . a aaa a grounti. Alter toe Beat is reauy ler planting, let hands take guano in buck ets on their arms, anu wtin me two -1. ( I ta drills r rows, one w ay only, we should i .1 "... w a. i i. . .. I roWi rrkft'5, '8tt,,tt .q aiaa QflH I last rtsat tta-l-n 11(1 aTilVIr niftt lb seed and manure in one operation.' A iff VW lWi - aava a. f , w w-i uia a a jew seed, might be damaged or killed ; br the manure, but enough a..d more than enough -would grow. No injury ; l.a teUiit4,l r.t..Baa C- fk It' I 1 1 ( A-lk ft , . . . 1 , " 0 . ami wh-at together, and the covering, HAS rll ICSUIICU IIUUI 0"ti gMAiiv fore or first fingers and thumb of each, where all the elements of the seeds.t day upon the tta, and done his best '.throuK i")l"n 1d rV,,",,wn' take .ut a good pinch of the tnuf and cob, blade and stalks mar be saved, (under the banner of the Prince of ltiiiS: drop tt where the corn is to be drop- manure the equiealent of the gua-i Peace) to make "young America" ad Keen were hi paaga, but keener far ta feel, ped, spreading the guano and cover- na, and more too thia dung of sea .mire and burn ta imitate the bloody He nursed the piaioa whicb ironere" the t!, ing it with a little earth, by using the birds may be brought to increase wne'a race of conquerors, we can safely pre- j h " plumage that had warmed bis foot for that purpose. The track of corn, cottonseed and Hot, - V diet speedy descent of his nnclarical . '. , lri,:.ki..Jin- b.t. the manure tlmpper tells the corn drop- ?.t . :-,; -;-D. LEE: production, "to the fa.n.ly vault of all ,Drm.n.k. Y Uf-lp t,r hi. Virgin. bra.t. ner where the seed should be placed. , ., ; - the Panul-ia. , I mUiLr,n.,rv.l U it be not sacrilege to take A single ... . ; i : ! r .1.:- --i - 1 both w ith a harrow or plow. , . , j and even without it on those . which . It is only the.soluble salts in guano-are suinc.cntly dry, is a sure protec that t an injure any, seed ; and before J tmn against this famine producing the germ starts out, the salts, being arscourag-' " . V, ; J once. elissal red by the damp ear h. be- j f e have often and earnestly advoca- aniua mi a al 1 tt 11 atiael ttlll fllltllawil. 111 Jit tl f taSfl a" f I tU fwta rlfifl SBlKaII.il ft I Ik Ml in iml vvHic , injury can be done to thryoung plant. If the soil is tlrv where the guano is placed, the result might be different. In dry summers, this hot, caustic ler tilizer docs more harm than rixkI. In the Patent Office Report for 1851, the reader will find a great deal of infor mation on this and many other impor tant subjects, showing the best prac tices in farm economy. - On page 252, Mr. Zook, of Pennsylvania, gives an account of sowing broadcast, 2000 lb. of gnano and 10U0 of gypsum on a poor Ii.i 1 11 K.. -n r.... uau'J . T""' "J JVT . Dinir. coiitaiuiu i atic-i. nure was sown immediately, after the corn was nlanted. and the ground liar- rowed when the corn a - w - a was two or three i cultivator was af.. ., ;n the rows. :The inches hish. ' The terwards ran between yield was My bushel per acre. This ;. n wa HL in 1848L : In 1849 ,lie fietia was sown in oats, and turned out, over 40 bushels per acre.? Mr. Z. es-1 timates (he gain from the guano and, plaster, at 300 per cent! cost per acre jti 50. Mr Mumma of the same State and appropriate." . - speaks highly of plaster used on corn,? .The variety ol styles of which the and commends the free use of lime. English tongue is susceptible, in the Of the latter he saysf "So powerful is several departments of literature, is re its effects oil poor soil; if properly. apJmarkable. Take, for instance, the de- a . a . a . . , l niieii. that on manv tartns in mis coun- ty ,w,ere t ,aJ been'used, the value ofi , . been mcreaSeU 200 per . . . . , LBn,iM,i k -ti ! cent., with Ies9 than one hundred bush- ... - i els per acre." Mr. Houston, of Dela ware, applied 300 Ibs-jguano per acre, to '0 acres ol wheat, in 1831. ue pre fers plowing it ; in six inches deep. He aays that lime pays better than guano, taking ten years'together. But he gets lime cheap, and guano is ex pensive every where."-; Jr-i . His large experience induces him to sav that 100 lbs. of this manure will give ten bushels of corn on poor land. Mr. Wright, a very successful farmer of Delaware, says that guano is too hish tor profit to the cultivator, t Mr, .."i l t li -.1 .. ni,n .,. "uuanM.a - (Hir corn crop, but not ta Cut usae ei tent a to lira X It iI4 luaterUISj to the gain tf ih? crp; icreauig it, t Swo!J think, Um 2i0 lbn.are cJ, at U-ttt two fuli!." ' .' ' ; ; : Mr. Cluirlc Yancer.of Buclin'iitn c ttafitr, "i-f al: ' Utlie fIl if 1830 i prtita.et ten tuCa afgutun, flawed it mner aa UttWr atafe?!, (three inches tcrp.tiirig about 2WJ Iba. per acre, ami aaeded whrat, laio occaatonal WtU, not guauoail; V'friljr, the tj9 NtiJ the juariueil a beat wgu'J fielJ tliaiMe.'. ,.' .. , N' tltink fatcvraUr f t!i foJluwing practices uf lr, Y., altltoagH frttm the ilruuth Ust jer it aa nrarlj a fail ure: TJie grounJ when prepared was checked in square three feet four inch es; a taMesp.Mtuful of guano as scat tered apun tlte clck; the lullingcloa- led tin lit new tit lli ancrarvo nftKa am flinnia : the hilU era cut ufl four inch. 'f above and Mauled in Mar The jdniutH preenied the plants taking rut. of brinjins the stiano into sola- I rra aal'w, at f a M-rilta' tW a-ltfdWaSa ? t wtuiii m h I l n sua anr ci wn att niiuii,a.a ruin fltitil the 27th Jul r2 when we bad rain t the growth mois-'dcrlul the was tneu i a wrea won' s a a the plant attained a fine size ,;. ,, ;rt viioiivi iik'uvii srvkl i vl 14 awe if at.ua jber and October, which protracted the 1 rificniiitr. and the i!ant4 faded and as- corn at a jwofit, it he Mrn nav a f.np rvrira rni mat, and yield as much good manure ft.r producing a second crop ol cora anu meat, a me equtvaieni ot me gua un. v In other wonls, thw costly cbin . . ords, thi costljr cbm-j cannot be profitably iw corn fir tommerci- for hiime consumption,1 I . a ' . t " a t tnerctal manure purchased U.grow at DuinoKes.but ...I - -II .L' - ought to bear it philosophically. i . i nil. wuen it is tne eneci oi gniss ignorance I . " . I i. . r the ealtivator, it merits f lsi uavasui aaniahnn r n a,lt w W f 7 0 7 LFI 41 V UUtI ae . . a It is nut too bold an assertion to sai bold an assertion to say that no good, practical farmer will allow lus crops to suffer largely from drouth. .The remedy is -simple and n a ravmilv ia . Aitnnlii anrl a a a.-I O I . an'.l a. I M aa ... n aa II41UIAU - W U LV" W 1 1 UI U W 1 11- KW HI ptV 7 K "-. , incd by uriderdraintng on wet landay iituna .v ...-... .,.1. ..ua.... i""6- have stated that they have been found; to greatly lessen the evils ol drouth in some situations; out sucn exitavagani. the Uliedivm itself; and such he said expressions as those above quoted can waj Mis9 Edge worth's style. If this never be realized, and are only calcuv be a just remark n style in general, lated to foster prejudice and create d.s. it holds with especial accuracy in re gust in Uie. mind, ot those who might gard to the 8tie of hjrtw- But the be induced to adopt the improvements K11hirt i. . il- ;m. m.ntii.M.il !f lli.. uiAi. .uAmm.fi,l.il M4likt'IIU,'ll IIICT 1TVIC ItVVIIIIIICIIUVU in a reasonauie ami proper manner Button Cult. x "'; THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Having read with pleasure, in the University Magazine, the Lecture on the English Lan guage delivered at Newborn iu May last, by the Rev. WiM.ua- IIoopbb, D. for many years PfofM,M of Anclent Langukge h ,K .. - aity of North Carolina, an aeeon . .- , ... - . in the Univer- complished tin- 8Lu,""nu the State, we make a few extract, from it for . l . f . the gratifieation of aur reade. 1 ne c""m oi .w i,ourer upon sna njw adopted by aome popular writer of hUtory will strike the observant reader a exceedingly j'uat I ft' litl . a nartment ot nistorv.- vv nat a vast an- ference between the attic simplicity of Hume, and the asiatic pomp and luxu riance of Gibbon ? Robertson tried the middle around more ornamental than' Hume, less turgid and grandilo quent than Gibbon. Each of these se veral styles has. its admirers. I, for one, think that the increase of orna ment in historic style is in-bad taste, and foreign to the severe genius of the of the historic muse. The object in history is to "ire. u naked truth, and to fix al tent ion upon the faclt and the matter, not upon the writer, it tou introduce much coloring, you disguise and misrepresent the matters of fact, and draw off the reader's, mind from than to the beauties of the composition, anj this is ton iiften the nianifeat vf ject of the hiiMriau : t exhibit. klm ttlT. Ueaidea. t einp!rtneot bfpoe. trr and ri.eU.nc i.nraeJutflr begets a suptciai i fiction that tu kuttri. au i nut elevated to that high sratanJ dear almoipier U judicial dijnitf, far;, betrayed by the rhyme.. NaT which wo . Id cjualify him to decide j, thi tjie Srat or the !at insUr.ce in tairlr on the merits tf historic fact, which a ptet kaa been Utrared inUt That is just the s3kia jm feel. Jalse gnutnar br the ctigencrs ef his apoa Utm5 ap Walter Scutt'a life l .rhyme I at fioe a anr as Henry Kirk . " Napoleon. When the then anknowa Whit, in his beautiful hjmrt "Trvs aatWbf the - Water! ttorels- first Star id Dethlehstn.- asea -Wowed" -announced that lie bad andertakea the fjr. yeW , , biography ol - the reatet warriur f t!ie world, the public were on the tip toe uf expectation : the foremost ta arms portrajed b the foremost ta let ters! TJiey could scarcely wait far its coraj) pietioti, and as s r - mvn as it a peared, seized upon and deruured it witJj tlie greatest atridttj. . Bat the sn ber reader, imotediatel discerns the hand of. the poet.' -The pralasiaa of similes and metaphor awaken a feel- in; that jo j are oa fairy and enchant- m . a It ta .1 M,I a o a aa!r.l.J.I Wi,.ia..V- iia i.iiruiiu. atiiii ihu nuiiiuiii iuui luii 'fidenee to sar nuthin f the eaitian you think necessary ajtitut the uatti- ral prejudice! of aj Briton. These re- s - . a i .'. marks appl witli still more force to a hitlory (shall 1 call it?) or a historical declamation, in praise of Napoleon br the Itevtrtni J. V. Abbott, now beguif- ing the American public in the p4gei ol a fa-iionable periodical. This mili- tarj parson, with cocked hat on hi headland epauletta oa hit shoulders and sours on his heel, who thinks it Ait million to whitewal the charac,' ter al a man who destroyed about fiva mill-mna of hia fa!l .afe.. .r,,. figure for a jear or two, with read whose historical knowledgV goes deeper than the p.tge of a magwii but niter luring Uourished his sli a a " figure for a jear or two, with waders ' goes 110 wner Jjorj a - ir-lipr m-i I - -l " . r crolt, Prcscott and Irvin" who have I ' - - - ----- done it mBCh. honor 'to their country, .... . . . a 9 we may still be allowed to doubt whe 4t.. ,T,a. t,. " uj " .. . f y..'. tC .amlape (ia ! their p t not thro h ,ainf c,fr j t ? a . I " traui pagi , but through a painted window .1 V ! ie oojects are nor. seen merely in me comtuull trausDarentliihtof the atmos- plleref butglJe,j by the beama of the 80ll.,. The best illustration of a good te that wa, eYer riven, was that of Robert Hall, applied to Miss Edge, worti,..; iJe aaid that a good style ouht a. .'a. 9 to resent we a transparent medium, through which yoa see th(l!1,rfa rl.irltf .. witK,.,. the writer's ut thinkinz of .1 ro short, that 1 must contract my ex a a . cursions ami nurry on to other pro- fosed topics. Let me. just remark lere, however, that having praised Hume's style, I must not be consider ed as praising his history, for the main qualities of a good historian t fairness and fidelity. In that respect the de cision of the world has accorded, 1 be lieve, with the sentence of Archbishop Magee of Dublin, that, besides his too apparent prejudices against religion, his celebrated history is a labored apo. loiry for tyranny and aibitrary power. Some of the colloquiat abuses referred to In the fallowing, are quite common : . , . ; The miserable barbarism done for did, is too bad, and can't be too carefully avoided. " lie done it without think- iti," &c. So when a speaker concludes, he sometimes says, "lam done," for I A111 ilonp " . H vim U'rt a Inaf nf bread in the oven, w hen you were tho roughly cooked, you might with pro- Sriety cry' out to the baker, " 1 am one." ' Him and me talked it over," bad as it is, I have heard something like it from the lips of one of our big men, who had been at the University. . " Be. tween yon and I," though nearly as bad, I have heard from a much greater man. The me of ay for lie, (tx er. t " Let it lay there." "he laid down to sleep," &c.) is a mistake constantly committed in respectable conversation, and 13 sometimes found in first rate au thors. Pope, jn one of the finest pas sages of the Iliad, is guilty of the blun der, and so is Lord Byron in his beau tiful Adllress to the Ocean. Address ing ocean he saya .. - I w m iiiiLncr viatic ui lustwri-i - . " r- " Maa'a atepa mrt not uro tiy ptl "" ih dui ri Aa4 ebak. y r. ttaa j A7j him .k., a,y pi.yfai ape., Bl dL b.a u&; to knuiUi Ui !! Lg," " Oaea aa the rag'ng aaae I rode The torus M load, taa aibt was dark ( , , Tba aeaaa yawaai, aad rudely kUwed Tba wind that toeaeJ aay foaad'ring bark." Having nteutiuned 'the two poeU. Lr Drrua and 11. H. White in cona nesion, many of ray hearers witl be re .Riiadea ol those beaotilul and toucn in lines ol L'ird Droa oa the earl death of that lovelj jwuhjj eeuius, who fell a victim U his tun foad pursuit of fame and science. Tlie tmet compare bint to an eazle brought down I rum tn r!ti.U h an arrow fleilred from fcil own wing one of the most noble lU . miles to be found in an poet, but not - m . a . ta.-- original with Lord Hjrron. I quote ft part of if, not only to feast jour tastt of the beautiful, but tu point out an error in the application of a word, as well as to show the source whence hit L uJ!up borrowed, not to saj stole, tlie ideal' . . 4 ! Unhappy White t while file was ia iu spring, And thy young taue jat wa? eJ her jojeu wing, . Tha spoiler ewe and all thy premiae i taia.' Ut eought the grar. to elaep forever there ! twm ,hj, wa genius gave the nal Mow,. AaJ helped ta plant the wound that laid thee .; i"wi- . Sa tUe struck ei?le atratca 4 spon tse piatn. "That eagle's (ataaaJ mine are one. .Which on the shaft that made him die, ; Eapled a feather of bis own, , "; , . V , . ' . Wherewith ha wont to soar sa high." . ' But Waller's is only the skeleton of ' " w" 1 U 1 TU ' " " ;,." . , V . r ; I- . the ApoU But all these barbarisms, in single words, are nothing compared with the wholesale contamination -of our Ian- . guage, by such books as Major Jack' . Downing, Major Jones's ; Courtship, and above all, the Ethiopian Mclodiet.' To these last there are still stronger objections. I caniot but think that a . young lady must lose something of her refinement by accustoming her mouth to the utterance of such gross rulgar ismt, and must be in some danger of ' imitating in her own speech the slang she finds set to her music and daily . utters at the piano, i How shocking to hear coming out of an irorr throat and coral tips such strains as this : Oh Mis Luey' teeth la grlaning, " Just like a ear af corn 1 And bar eye, dey look a winning, Oh would Vi aa'ar baea bora. . I axed bet for t ssarry Myself, d todar day j ' She said ahe'd rudder tarry ' " ' So I let hr hab h way. - But another deformity of these Ethi op ballads is, that many of them make . . sport of human miseries, and mock at' '. the affections ot the heart, when as- cribed to sable lips.' This must always, impair our fine moral sensibilities: - ; "I would aot number en say list of friends, The maa that carelessly treads upon a worm," . Th follewing remark npea the destiny ef - the English Laagtaga rbrSj the aloaing pertioa' of thi intereebaf lecture: ,; I hare extended my resairks on the . firerious topics to such length that a ew words only; asust suffice for our - " last proposed head ; the destiny of the English language. ' It has pleased God - to make this langeaee the vehicle of thought and action to the two nations ' on the face of the earth, which would seem to deserve, if any can, the pos- ., session of such a treasure Great Bri tain and the United States. 'They are precisely the nations, who, by the long enjoyment of eiril and. religious free " dom, have made their native, tongue , the depository of all the glorious speech es and books that hare been made for the enlightenment and the moral ad vancement of the humau race. . In that language alone; since the days ol an . cietit Greece and. Rome,- have the no ble energies of the human soul and its It is not original even with Waller, but : coaa Sowa from the Greek a M a t . -M;8st!'J'--''it'E''
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Oct. 25, 1854, edition 1
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