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' - i -L; .f-;. h : ht . -si.- ' . i ' ' ' - 4 T H E LE I S UKE H OU R . . - 1: 4 Tint when Cp'aln Sir Thomas TroubriJge, of th Ootrdii, returned from the Crimea without Ms Ifjs snd wished to free MIa Gurncy from Nr engement to Mm, she refuted the otter ard tn.rrkd him. Tbe corre-pondent of the , lrU Vrr suis to have considerable powers oflnTenlion. nd I adviae you to set all his storie . ' down as lies." 1 ? II E LEISURE H OU 11 . M Thrj ceri mail to exalt ui, to teach u$, toilet, To$$ inmncillt brtlhtri, tU Pen and the Press." OXFOUD, THURSDAY, HAY 27, 1858. R. Iu IICDSAtt, is our antbtnied Ai?ent to r. r, . . teiTi sabicrlpticni from those who may desire CLUBS. .Aiwesrs tery anxious to make our paper four columns larger at. the expiration of the firat six months, we bare concluded to offer the follow in i inducements to Clubs : & copies of The Leiiurte Hour for one Tear. S 9 '10 i. J 44 ' 17 1 " " i ii it 24 30' " 41 ,14 oft C3-The money to be paid inrariablj in ad- ta;. ' . .. . .. - . . .April 2?d, 1858. ,rJ?:'l"l90M0V'lfttrtAUdati. Tha Approaching: 4thr July. , From many of our exchanges we are glad to Uarn, that tirerarations are bcin2 made in Tarioas portions of our State, to celebrate the V.4.isn. i.-i ... .r' ... .., a lZr b , ; ' ure,.ueiiCe. We aay, we are pleased to acc this. It evidences that the f.re of a true patriotism still burns in ; tbe breasts of many of our citizens. It exhibits to tho world . the pWng fdct, that; at least among a portion of the descendants of the fkthers of tho Revolution, a feeling of deep gratitudu(fi!ls their hearts for the untold bless ings which have been bequeathed them. Noth iag -speaks so badly for a people, as to see them indifferent to the glories of the past, and care- k less to commemorate the days of National re joicing. But we do not purpose to write a long article upon the propriety and necessity of sig naliiing our Declaration of Independence.. It . is only some six weeks ago since we wrote two long articles, in which we appealed to our citi sens to celebrate the 20th. May. Our invoca tion. fell upon senseless cars and indifferent . hearts. So far as any effect was concerned, we might have accomplished quite as much by ialltiug to stocks and stones. The result of our effort was to merely convince us of what we had tremblingly feared. It forced us to adopt the opinion, that of all ungrateful people, of all in different callous people on this earth, North Carolinians can take the lead. We verily be lieve, that ours are the only people, under heavens blue vault who would neglect to cele- brate ta a grateful manner, a day every way so Important in their history as the 20th of May. Any other State in the confederacy, boasting in hir anoals an event of such fast and profound importance an event which casts a halo of 'refulgent glory over her history would cele brate its annual recurrence with acclamations of joy and with every patriotic demonstration. "We a wait to see, if our citizens have enough public spirit left to notice the approaching 4th S -of July. Perhaps they will emulate the exam ple of " old Rip," and quietly slumber until the day is past. Or will a few of those persons, , apon whom invariably devolves such pleasant duties, Uke the initiatory step, and let our town be the scene of national jubilation. Henry "Win. Herbert;- The reader will find on our first page a very touching and pauful letter from this h'ghly gifted person, wrUtcu just before he perpetrated the fatal act of taking his own life.;X)n the 18th lost., in a hotel in N. yn he shot hifnself in the left broast, which soon terminated fatallyi lie . was married to a very beautiful woman in Feb ruary lat, and domestic unhappiness is assign- ed as the cause for his adopting the terrible purpose which he carried out with so much . resolution. Mr. Ilerbcrt was air admirable scholar, and a writer ot very decided elegance 4 and originality. Ho was born in Endand in . 3S07, andwai the grand son of the Earl, of , Carnarvon. He was educated at Eton. and . at Cuius College, Cambridge, where he was grftdiu aled in his 22nd vcar. He soon uftpr rmhvl to the Uuitcd Sutes, aiid from that time until , w .ujv;, km I'U'QoivuiiiLiT accomp'lihed ; . . '. cmertJioms and i ilracUT8 book n he has upon tho subject of hunting generally. . Ilia nomns at plume, ;rank Forkester, is known throughout this country and his native EnaUwl Mj thootinj Box, The Warwick Woodlands and 'Field Sports of the United States, are ex ceedingly entertaming works. " The latter con tains a foil account of the habits and- ucharac tiristics of the h, flesh and fowl" peculiar to this wide domain of ours. , - Mr. Herbert has won a fair name besides. r4 wrl'er of historical romances. His first Vork ws. pobli.hed by the Harper,, and was entitled 2 he Brotiers, a TuUcf ihe Frnde. M next Irtnde. His next Ztinnadulc Wytil, an lraitor a storf , , ,. - ..' I Catallllft: Mnh.a yromiccit, nts miru was and his last was The Roman upon ma COnST)trCTOI Cata Hie; Hehaa -ff , ' . . t v.wia',UB; "enas written a larro uumlcr ofstonc9 and t.ilp " , -w. -..tn.L,, inusuj oi a niioricai cuaracter, and cwjtiTuwhBd uniturmlf for warmth of coloring ...v.vj vi uitsiun. ine siyie oi tins la mented nthor is chiwical and fioished, a . cer lain poetical spirit purvading' hi sentences. But he will never write another sentence. rul r.-IiM r -11. m . I - . j a That train oncj u prodactive hat ceased- to it 4 .1. t -'. --j w f? ih. Bth .cbylar, na gentleman has asked for silence, and We forbear to pursue the anbject any farther, f Alas! poor Great Hen in Southern History. The following is from the Boston Fast, and we are glad that there is even one paper pub lished iu abolition New England, with candor and mncrnam mlf onnnnVi'tn ioTI fV. Vl..:Ji . . c "j & - ... iiiv jiiam ifuiu in a "r.directljf referring to the South. It j a hopeful si?", but it m not an ex&mnW il,ai is likely to be imitated br manv at tli Pnaf Contemporaries. We should suppose as truth ful a statement as the extract; contaius, would cause the Editors to be ostracised, or would re sult in their beinir pitched head I M ' w. W J the ea from the toe of f!rw C.rA ru . f- wv. j UtIC 13 nu error or tro in the article which we wilf here take occassioa to correct The Tost places Gen. Harrison's name among the . Northern men. It is true at the time he was elected President, he wag residing; in Ohio, but he was a native of Virginia, so prolific of Presidents, she having contributed no less than six names to the list. 1'he Fust numbers Hamilton amon the Northern men. He was: a citizen of the North, but he was not a native.' He was bora in St. Kitts one of the West India Islauds, in the year 1757. So take away the- name o( this jurist ad statesman and of President Harricrtn. fmm a , tA, xr , -" ui iuc iiuim, uuu mo vast pre-emin- ence of the South in mind and statesman-ship will be the more strikingly exhibited- But to the extract; '! : " ':' " If we look at the character of those dis ,nSuwbe persons of the nation who may be kerned h.stoncal, there are names that certain- iy win jivo as long in history and in marble in the bourh as in the North. Yea, there is one Southern name with wMrK V compare, either in the North or in, the world.! We cau speak of the "incomparable Washing ton, " that the Northern colonies were so ready to have as commander-in-chief of the American forces in the war of the Revolution, and who was unanimously elected the first President of the United States of America; Of the fifteen Presidents of the Unite?! States, eight of them were Southern'men. And where is the Northern man that will not agree with us, that'the jianie3 of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, ' Monroe, Jackson, Tyler, Polk, and Taylor, are quite as illustrious as those of the Adamses, Van Buren, Harrison, Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan ? If the North has'produced a Samuel Adams, a Hamilton, a Storv. and a Whctoi. has given birth to a Patrick Henry; a Pinkneyy o iumsumi, a vainoun, ana a UJay. It the North has given to the country more distingqish ed scholars and authors, the South has yfelded more than its share fif th mnst- ii;ct;nnn; generals, statesmen, and politicians." . Bancroft. : ; . Is the reader familiar wkh ' the six volumes of Bancrofts History of the United States al ready published? If so, he must have been impressed with one fact. Abolitionist j as' he is th.e superlative eltract of Bancroft's work as thus far given to the world, is his description of the Huguenots in South Carolina. Tainted, thoroughly imbued as he is with an titter hatred to the South and its' peculiar institutions "his historical Muse seems capable of pluming her self for a higher and bolder and taore sublime flight, whenever she soars over Southern terri tory. The subjoined, from' his seventh volume, is an eloquent and- impassioned extract, and clearly shows that no where else does he write so well, as in picturing the sublime and sacrifiz ing and patriotic energy of us dispised : South erners. The extract referred to, concerns us as a people as North Carolinians : From Bancroft's "History of the us. Vol " VII. Effects of the Day of Lexington and Con .. - . ; . cord, j - -V:,:' . j-- - Darkness closed urOn the j.the town, butit was no Light for sleep. ' Illralds v u5 of. iciajra ui uursea iransmitied the war message from hand to hand, till village repea ted it to village : the sea to the backwoods, the plains to the high lands; and it was never ; suf fered to droop, till it had been bprne north; and south, and east, and west throughout the land. It spread over the bays that receive the Saco and the Peuobscot. Its loud xevillee broke the rest of the trappers of New j Hampshire, and ringing like bugle-notes from peak, overleapt the Green Mountains, swept onward to Mon treal, and descended the ocean river, till tbe responses were echoed from the cliffs of Quebec. The hils along the Hudson told one to ano-' ther the tale. As the summons hurried to the south, it, was one day at New York $ in one mbre at Philadelphia; the next it lighted a watchfire at Baltimore ; thence it waked an answer at Annapolis. Crossiug the Potomac near Mount- Vernon, it was sent forward with out a halt to. Williamsburg. It traversed the Dismal Swamp to Nansemond along the route of the first emigrants -to North fin moyea onwaros ana stilt onwards through bound- i . - . ... . . I ji uiiugTQn -&or' uou s sake, iorward it hv t t'atriots ot feouth tJrn'inn I'.mo-ht nr. tfo 4r, and tlifOUL'h Dines and, clad.hr oaks, still further to-the south, till it Kesoanaca nmong me iew England Kettlemt-nts 7 V - - - - - - .'rWkUJ tl7 rievond the Savunnah. IlilkhrAti-h onA t Mecklenbur? district of North Carolina rose ia triumph, now that their wearisom uncertainty had ita end. The Blue Ridge took, up the voice and made it heard from one end to the other of thevaHey of Virginia. 11ieAllfghanie!, as they listened, opened their barriers that the 44 loci call ? might pass through to the hardy rtfk fien on tbe'IJolstoii, the Watauga, and lift French Broad. Ever renewing- its strength, poweiful enough ' even to create a common- Zi lS W P, to the mad their halt in the matchless valley of the mad their halt in the matchless valley of the Wkhorn, commemorated- the nineteenth day of A,iril b naminS thtir eiiclimpmefit' at Lexing- ton. r i . n.;.i . ., . i !. , i .t ; '!. - one impulse the- colorJes-sprung to urm. .vL , uutoijiiuuicy pieusreu -memseives '-cioiner io ie reaay tor tne extreme event J tir enc-heart the continent tried -"Liberty, or fc i u jr " i ' ...... , . The Wilmington Journal.- ' r . There is no paper in North . Carolina that Is bo uniformly independent in iu criticism as the paper which heads this . article. Ve -are.vnn- 1 iaai we aa mire ms iranicness,' his honesty, and ,k, Ter, decided . .MUwhjci; V-S,. displays. H 4oes not emulate the spirit of I - P southern or oerhans Northern criticim- Rot I he says botMsj'iaodrcalmlyd niimiatakabl 1 exactly what he thinks. The following extract I worn tne journal u somewhat "down" upon Dr. Hawks. jTe think the criticism just, if the learned speaker was as neglectful as he is re- presented. You are right ifr. Fulton, in thus Honestly expressmg, youreell. No inteilisrent Mtl7n Will think- Vm losa nf UT l --... vi ;u. xv me coQirarv. onite the reverse.'' n nnrnM Qmnt i ance Sam Weller phrases it. We at least wilt stand by vou. for we are as Ion r aa we a ' a ; j - .v.- i ciated with the! press, determined I in ; V plain and fearless way, ust what we tHak h w ' w a about all matte'ra that annertainl U'iitat'nU ana literary men. Uir paper will not be nulte . s x . . r " i -,-.'!. . i . , so popular, but, it will nevertheless be quite as respectable It will not suit the taste of an ignorant and flatulent Magazine Editor, nor will it please tlu notions of a superficial, unlearned, . j.vaoc Hu uuuuuj ui a fluucruciai.nn earned. spring Edicr of, Ji or jpoUUca! per. i Pu apiid nbs rem rat'o ! rafea, mam rut opinio. Ve have a friend who lives on Tar River who says we puzzle him with our "lingo." The above in italics we use for his especial benefit : ' -' . .-. ':r - . L "All who heard Dr. Hawks, felt that they were enjoying a rich treat! His. enunciation is so distinct hii delivery so perfect that no word or syllable failed of its full Iprce and emphasis, and it was a pleasure to listen to the rich rythm of his flowing periods, t The lecture was eloqu ent and impressive, and fully sustained the Doctor's high reputation.j ' ; ; - . 'j This much we fcel it ou duty to say, and the same! sense of duty compe S us to add, that from much! of the-tone of the lecture we feel com pelled to dissentl ; We do riot have the unbound ed admiration for the aristocratic social system of England that Dr. Hawks professed in , his lecture. We cannot understand how a gentle man born at the South, addressing a Southern audience, could fail to fiudione single-Statesman of the revolution worth naming after Washing ton, who did not hail from the extreme North. But not One did Doctor (Hawks name. His civil heroes were the John-Jays, the Fisher Ameses, the Alexander "HamiUons, and the John I Adamses." ! ! Death of aii Aged and Good Citizen. On. the afternoon of Thursday last, the oldest and one of the most venerated and respected citizens of Oxford went to sleep forever Col. Leslie Gilliam, who had filled for twelve years the office of High Sheriff of Granville, with credit to himself and with usefulness to' the country; who had sustained throughout a long life, a high character for honesty, j frankness, sincerity and worth j who had; discharged faith- tully all the duties that belong to a good citizen gentleman, departed this life in the 79th,year in which he was of his age. The high estimate held, was manifested durinsr his hast illness, by the cbntant attendance and unwearied and tender care of very many of our Best citizens. All seemed, anxious to contri bute to his comfort and to lease the bed of sick ness. His mortal remains were derjosited in their last place of resi by the Masons of Tusea- rora LOdge. A very large concourse of citizens the largest we remember to have ever seen in Oxford iron such an occassion, were in attend ance, thus exhibiting the high regard they en tertained for the patriarch whose body they were about to commit to the dust of which it was made. The funeral Sermoin was preached by the Rev. Thomas U. Faucett, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in this place, of which the deceased had been an active and zealous mem ber for more than twenty 'seven years. - The deceased leaves two sons (the Hon. R. B. Gilliam, of this place ! land Dr. James T. Gilliam,! of.Fayetteville,) and a large circle of friends and relations to mourn his loss. .This is the third one of our mosk aged citizens, who have died within a fe w years. It is j but four ! years since, that Thomas j Blount Littlejohn, closed his eyes for the last tame, upon the things of this world. A year afterwards, Dr. James Ridley, slept his last sleep, and now Col. Leslie Gilliam, the friend and associate of tbese two venerable men, bas followed them to that unseen world, where all is harmony and peace and love They were surely three honest and honorable men; if such noble worksjare to be found on earth. ' ?ut more fitting and abler pens will do honor to the memory of the deceased. We could not say less without doing' violence to our own feelings.! May the recollection of his worth be long cherished among us 1 J At a meeting of Tuscarora Lodge, No. 122, of Free ard Acceoted Masons, held at the Masonic Hall iii Oxford, N.j C, May 2It 1858, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, in the disnenskfinn r 'ah and t cnevo.entfprovulence;! U has pleased the r - u .me vniverse to ; call from Lbd2ealove. our wehv wl vi iu Ui vain ii iiWUL'B iu reisnmnt m lha t Brother, Lr sua Giixi, who died Mav 29th j the last fad tribute of rpn.-t tn . i of our departed Brother, and to call tom,H tdJ many virtues and noble trails r,h.ZZZre him whom we shall no more see on ertTbe it therefore, 1 Resolved. That w havel .a - i . - vlt4niu wild ueen i i,u suiruw uie lnieuigence of the death of our worthy Brother. ' ' i ResolvedTh p t.L , ... andhatinhimsodetyha citizen and the Order an eatimable'and wlt?hl member, and we a faithful and devoted friend Aa a M .son, he was pure zealous and- faithful ana ever devoted to the Order. - . Resolved. That 't.. hi, relatives in tbia tteTS 1' S with them would minirle lour tear, Z memory of our departed BrOiher. i , llesolycd"! hat ihre merabera of- this Lodge audio m me proper anHorm at 4 o'clock P. M. mc iuuaai v vui iruiuer. i . . . - , f Resolved, Jnat the memlpra.-nf fii? t we., .tb.M'l U4j. ofmeuraiiTo; M& Resold, That a Wylof these resoluti sent nt to the relations of the deceased, and be-4 lhimtd in the Leisure Hour " 11 - -i . . -w ! v - - "I V----j- fit" "'?S Kav: " V, W iTtrfi f At a meeting of ihie EoaJr4 of Commisaionera of tbe town of Oxford. h!?t th ffonrt TtvneA oa Fridayjbe 2iat llay -168 Im On motion cf Dr. Win. R. Hicka, the fbltowine resolutioai wre unanimously adopted i 1 1 a 4 v ..f.; i 'jWHEMaa, the lad intelligence of the "death our esteemed felh.w citizen Cou Leslie j onicatedtous, and feel- Uaa sad mvnt - k ' v n.il -lm 1 J ., .. ! . .. , ma ucii lamiiy. tnereiore be it i amf tk- . t j : jj -.t 1 - j. u naie iiearu wiui urpn re- gret of the death of. Col, ; Lrsl GrLtrrast oqr eteeni. fellow lownsmdrL a man of unques- and MS' t'. r rre : , : . : ? . . . . t. . rS !lh:e hl3 be . ' " ' w amH:wn- ItesoUXCL Ihat lha merrlninf- 'mA !!. men !r ti.- i" : H , ...... w ii oc irucsea 10 close meir picea qj business during the buriel services a a te,'timoJr nsPxl to the memory of the de- Resolved,, That a copy of thee resolutions be ... .l . r' v w -',"io rhiSUSM ,?mi"""J RH. KINGSBURY. ! (Magistrate Police. ! A. Landu, Clerk. CEITICAL. . Sonnets; and Other Poeins by Paul H. Charestox Harpbr & i CaLvo, 1857w : That the South is gradually awakening from a long deep sleep and becoming conscious of the necessity of having a literature of her own, jmast be qte apparent to feyery observant per jsbn. Indifference and inertness have hitherto palsied her limbs. She his jbeen for the m st part willing to be indebted 'to the North for much of her alimentary food of knowledge, and for much of that "entertaining information to be ordinarially found in periodical ? publications jS hks been reposing lazjly in the shade as if the busy world of thought we're not in full ac tivity elsewhere, j Bu most fortenately, to this there was some exception. She had a few sons - devoted, j honest-hearted 1 J nob!e-thoughted sons, who despite her indifference, determined long years ago, to labor iu the rich and unex-; plored mines of Southern traditionary story, and to glean well the fields, rich in historic events,! leaving no part of them fallow. Those working in jtbe traditionary! mines, 'struck a happy audi successful vein, which following up with the' devotion of true enthusiasts, at last resulted in giving to the world much that is charming and' excellent. The gleaners in the grand domains of history have but just commenced, as it were, their great labors, but from the hardy energy which marks their first efforts, we may expect mch. that is valuable and imperishable to result' from them. Already has the South accomplish ed J considerable in the rict departmentsVof learning and imagination, but comparatively she has but commenced her career in 4he race for immDrfality -she has but just now "girded up her loins panting for the contest, a feeling of conscious strength nerving and animating her heart, and a firm, unswerving will urging her on to the achievement of further and greater. and more complete success. . She boasts among her sons, children who have disti nguished them selves in the various walks lot , belles leltres, and arts j and sciences, such names ' as these ; She tjH her WastinSton Allston in painting, r.nd her Hart and Barbee in sculpture ; her Calhoun in pare, cempact, sinewy robust logic ; her Le gare, in the department of essays; her Clay, Jef ferson and many others in Statesmanship ; her W. Gilraore Simms, John P. Kennedy and John Esten Cook in the flowery - field of fiction, her Edgar Poe, Wilde, Louisa McCorde, Anna Estelle Lewis, E. C. Pin ckney and otheis in verse ; her Maury and other ! bright names in science, and in the ambitious and potential are na oi eloquence, those of her children who have won the palm are almost uumberless. But we arej not mentioning aj fractional portion" scarce ly, of those who have made their mark ; to do so, would require an; entire article; suffice it, she has produced authors who have sought fame and distinctioa in almost every department and haveobtained it. And yet with the many bright names in the past, which she could point toas " her jewels " as did the mother of the GraecM to her chilbren, still there wa3 a general lethar EJ chilling, freezing, indiQerence, which hung as leaden weights to the pinions of her sons of genius. But as we'saida brighter day is dawning a bow of promise., is spanding the heavens of her liteature," and we rejoice as a sonof the South, as a North Carolinian, "native and to the manor born," that1 rich fruits lus cious in their purpling maturity, may be antici pated from the golden promises' whieh hang over our bouwherirsky. Among those who are Ktru?. Sf,nS with zeal, ability, and snccess in the cause t JSoatnern! letters, is Paul H. Hayxe cer- kn. H.. 1 i 'i v - Can now 7 claim to, especially if we esti Wn!ir Ar :t L - . .... rir'Tr--v T.u' n1eanl f lie h&s done a vast deal already, to win for himself a wreath which will not wither in Verv man wnra tn j. t--v v wmc though ne should never add another leaf u ir0i:i. - . - - ' - " " more generally. imormea as to he nature of the - Sonnet, and W6r! conselaentlJ ore appreciative, we would not hesitate tosay,Hhat the wreath which eneir cle8 3 brow would be perennial and fadlaa Hp, '..' . 7. . . fi scuc""7 Ter7 Pant of I1 W the rare .exquisite beauties ? 'T t, we were perhaps prudent. in Mm. lUng his fame, based upon what he lias thus far "cconapusnea. liut we look forward to ' other an? suu more gionons achievetnents. The true noetic fir, i hia - tA.lo "TT,. ! ' . SS?Jf. S01""" of "J!.fc " m arly prime, 7 t 7 weu4J-8eTen- believe he derstands thoroughly the tnelodv and flp.ihilitr J - - ' J enew ot yeraej he has learning, arid last . - nttmSet of aH, be has genia3 the genina of "poet,r Perhaps tho xnos j J diScnlfof all WrUing U the Sonnet ;; To write : a good Sonnet dSiaands tbe exercise of the highest and, noblest powers. Even Miltox, whoso sublime genius on mighty and tireess pinions,' ioarcd into the unshad owed eldrv" of HMTi.n' VoniflU penetrated the glofia that veiled the more 5 "j W it- ' than the human aroniM of th cross,M when old, andj bHod, and Melancholy, sought expres i - yf "lajesiic ana severe beauty of the Sonnet, and in the one on his own blindness; gave expre&uon j to doctrines,V to quote: the laguagej of Sir Egerton Brydge, 1 at once so sublime aud consolatory, as to gild the gloomy paths of jur existence here with a new andsingular light." To write a good ion net requires that some grave and novel thought should be expressed ni lofty and pure language and with extreme elaboration and finish. The poet is bWnd down fothe limit of fourteen lines, and these lines are divided into " four arbitrary partsr and the thoughts should be? distinguished as , Coleridge says " for their; Weight, number nd expression." Hence very few of our great, est poeLi have been successful sonneteers. But our author in his lucil and admirable prefrace has stated the difficulties iu so very felicitous a manner, that we canriot refrain1 from1 quoting a paragraph or two. .lie says : . 1: ' I i For the exrjreasion ri"a. KintrTA n'rj1tl tViM.t- its elaboration and "flower like unfolding icai u) ieat, numanj ingenuity could not have invented a system mdre beautiful and effective.' Even iU: brevity, to which many inconsiderately objecVmay be viewed as a igrace. It neces sitates a! certain degree of finish and complete ness. The faults of the Epic, the Drama, pr the Ode, unless particularly conspicuous, are aptto escape our nejice ; but the contracted lirait3 of the Sonnet preclude the possibility of the slightest artistic error passing undetected. Thus we are anabled jto. understand why Pet rarch spent mouth3-even years in the com position jof a single. Sounet, why Bembo kept a desk Svithyory divisions, through which his Sonnets passed in succession before they were published, at each, transition receiving some correction," and why he English Poets, who have gained celebrity in this ; department ! of verse, are almost without an exception, known to: have been conscientious j worKCrs -authors who advocated and practiced the labor limae, With those who look upon simplicity iu Poetry, as all-important, who believe in the vulgar in terpretation of the term " iuspiratiou," and - to hom the ."gush of genius" convers some idea more definite than that of mre alfiteration, the Sonnet cun never be aj lavorite. ,i It is unquestionably j an artificial structure; i The nicest balanceiand adjustment of phrai ses, a fastidious deference to language, and rhythm are essential tpi uard against epigram maticism on the oueihand, and superfluity oii the other, A successful son.net is among the! most unique of imaginlitire creatious In'ltalv' one perfect poem of this clsss has been suffi cient to secure for thej author permanent repu-l tation, and there is ajsingular instance in our own literature where the name of a noble Poet, (Edward Lord Thurlow) has been rescued from unmitigated ridicule by the chance existence among his works of abeau iful Sonnet ddressed to a Bird " that haunted the waters of Laken in the winter.". : i . ,v . i; ' . . '.t -i We remember no American author who has surpassed Mr. Hatsi! as a writer of Sonnetsi Indeed rith one exception, that of Geoege H. ioK.Eut ana ne stanas immeasuably above them all. Hefj very wisely, we think,! adopted the U;.t ' 'r L: Sonnet as the peculiar vehicle of his thoughts It showed much confidence in his own abiiitv to thus Voluntarily fetter his powers, for the very nature of Sonnet, (iU I shortness, and the fact that the a-hymes are adiused by a particular rale there being two stanzas of four verses each, and two of three each), precluded the idea of indul ging in Unrestrained flights, for it places upon the wing of the writer! the " heaviest fetters of eternal form." We sair then j that our author acted wisely and well in selecting; the medium of the Sonnet through which to commune with the 'worlcl. : He like a skilful workman, first found out what he was able to dor and he then, went to work to accomplish in the best way pos sible thei duties which! lay before-him. And well as he has written in other poems than his favorite Isonnet, he has no where! risen in so spirited, la style, nor maintained so steady an altitude as in the "strictest bonds of rhyme and ru!e,7 which are the necessities of this species of poetical writing; -"VJe will hastenpresently, to give tie reader a fevy samples of our authors perfonnanccs, w-hich will fully justify any praise which wej have betowed upon himL . The. judi cious reader 'will find Jthat the 'English 'of hia vefs breathes Sounds of the sweetest melody. To borrow the languag' we employed some two months jago, in alluding ; to our author, "the reader, if'ianimated'wjih k true poetic taste and sympatic, will agree with us thai his -sonnets are among the best in pur language: They re mind us of WoHDswoBjra and Mns. Brow.vitg, -and indicate that his i4 that to ne of mind that " voJnntarily . moves Wrmouious numbersl" WheAei? : the prevailing emotion be patriotic eninusiam aevotion to home affections and home irisUtutioiisV whether it Uto tn awful mysteries of lifend death J or the lender ' H t it ProbMt S the Presidency of --afl ' h e .r weatn,.or l"C tenaer - Uaiard Uuivemtv before man v montha. influences of beaut fid scenery t whether it be ' TT a r - . , 7 . 7 buruing?udignaUonatpa in refusing to raise, aj monument! to a -distin- Wisconsin State UniversHr have ble? JleeSd- guisbed btatesmam, or whether it be to speak of ; a3 thei Western lecturers before the National -sleep, twin-sister of death " ho never fails to l-'TeacW-AaTOciatioif, which meeU at. Cm- ' give thai nnity of feeling, that gradual swell of T ,H Au- A i t " ; t; " gentle harmony rising, like a summers wave, lrJn Emperor of Austria" has -'prei-' f till it softly breaks into melody in the last Iine ;i fjnted 10 Lieatr MaQr7 e great gold medal for 0 which isithe pecu!iar c?harm and 'merit' of thU iSwt Uon. And now for our selections .We are at . eu and the-improvement of navigation ' a Wwhich to choose. Itwere easier toteri 'Hie Jtieh a garden of roses and to pluck the One which Vine 'can'; nf t? T - J " : - A , . ' . -Ji . waitn toe cause of the 82cond. postponement of Mr.- gave out the sweetest odor, and to the eyeeeem.V Everett's tour at the South,w the ill-heal- ' ed most lovely, than to select those particular ofhi3 aw, Lieutenant Henry A. Wise,-; . Sonnets which are bestjtfromout this littVvol-'' r C service who is about ' to sail for nme, so uniformly excellent and beautiful: Th &:SUih Eve- following Sonnet-which the roet Dedicate, to! fr P? Von. , his Mother is 'fuD'of tender harmony and U- 4SO.ther.of the late fuiffectiont,: . : Qfed astronomer, who Us been xhirtj years-r, 4 . , ' ! - ' ' CD semce, has been conveyed ta- .' Fiw are the cultured aoulk'thesedeiiMV a,ld tbrown into-San r May to the mood oY lnfl5ri!5!- - Jan de UUoa.- His offence has been,'that be - Who dares-toh thu ftlns' 'T detectcd m aty-withEcheagary. in tho Yti Jii Tl iw henoters" praise -t jofP'erote, cf which he (Arago) . has been- tl. ; -A- -! - , 'A .rv3vw-i .': v. , f.cJf'v. vlr ' "-i-T. rU;;: ') -ii ' : - '- --;Ia ;"-v':K; -i; . .-. -". ,J;-:A-.aa: - -A 1 - --r "j..vj-,. ' . r - n c , , , . : - i following Sonnet-which the rroetTWi,. f . Of these ftn oombera hath not wrourit 0r K--i fenced ' T The insincts of whose quick harmonious t seaaa " TTieTefore, whatever of worthiest melody 1 ; iliwelU tnth fairy compass of ray aonr, . ' H Mother, and Friend! 1 dedicate to thee. lxl cj -"ng lip in vouthful dsiii I I The Poets, wooed tne; first, beiide thy knW Caught I the PeeCsTaptare, pure and atrong, M And here; follows a couple, which are con- ted by a predominant key note, and art cer tainly extremel beautiful : Beloved 1 in this holy hush of night, . : . know that thoa art looking to the South " i J'J. ajabaater brow lathed in the light -; O tender Heavens, 'and oer thy delicate iHoulh Sf iwyi ,adQess fro" taj dark eyes shed , Ol vloquent eyes that oa the evening spread :; The glory pf a radiant world of dreams, VA1 nnTT-ooidighf of the aoul that dims ' This moon .glt of th .ease), and o'er thy head - Thrown back as listeniug to voice of hymaa . Perchance in thme own spirit, violet gfeamt From modest flowers that deck tho window barm ; MWhile the winds aigh, and sing the far-off H ' streams, . . . - 1 And a faint .blis seems dropping from the : . stars." ' ' j ; - , . . : 0 ! pour, thine irimosi soul npon the Air, '." I And trust to Heaven the secrets that recline In theweet nunnery of thy virgin breast; f 1 Speak to the winds that wandereverywhere, Audaure must wander hither the divine Contentment, and the infinite, deep rest : t iha! ihJ Passionate being, and lift hi-h u lo the calm realm of Love's ctrrnitr pe passi ve ocean of thy charmed thought t I And tell the Ariel element io bear -T b eurd.e!1 of whispered heart to oe, U j t airy alchemy of distance wrought To something sacred as a saintly prayer. Ht A FpelJ to set my nohler nature free, The subjoined . is very grand ; the thoughts seema to float in waving lines of beauty: The' passionate Summer's, dead I the sky's :. 1 aglow . -j; : : - - -j: With roseate flushes of matured desire i The Winds at e-e are musical, and low r As sweeping chord of a lamenting lyre, Far up among the pillared clouds of fire, ; W'ose pomp of etrauge procession upwards Li-, -rolls .. - A . , .. t- With gorgeous blaponry of pictured fold To celebrate the Summer's past renown J , Ah. me I How regally the Heavens look down vO er shadowing beautiful autumnal woods, And harvest-fields with huarded increase i : brown, , ' And deep toned majesty of golden floods, .. ' That lift their solevnu dirges to the aky, : -V;TV 8we11 the Purl''y, Pnip that floateth by. ' j We give one more: specimen and close our selections, with a feeling of regret, for it is im 1; ' possible to do justice , to so true a poet.ittbe ' circumscribed limits to which we are neceiwa. rily bound. Oar last is one of the grandest and most majestic poems in our language. You may take, Sid uey, and Milton "and Wordsworth and Drummond and Mrs. Browning anil you will find scarcely anything nobler. : j " - 01 God 1, what glorious seasons bless thy world 1 1 ' t See I ; the tranced Winds are nestling on the ;' deep, ; ... , - The guardian Heavens unclouded virgil keep O'er the mute Earth; the beach birds' wings L . , are furled . . -p --.'"- ; - Ghost-like and greyhere the dim billows curled Lazily up the sea-strand, sink in sleep, , Save when the random fiah wiih. lightning i T TIM T &r imPrIed Inland, th lines of nlvery amoke that gleam Upward lromauiet hompsu. d iK5n .nLinw. - The sunset girds, me like a gorevua drean Pregnant with splendors, by whose marvellous :; spell . , ; . ' . ' Senses, and soul are flushed to one deep glow, . A purple-vestured Mood more grand , than words may tell. ' We have not endeavored to exercise, any in genuity that we may possess, in picking bat s . flaw ox - a defect here and there. It would re quire a much nicer judgment, a much more acutely and finely attuned car, a much greater familiarity with verification, a spirit much -more imbued wUb .the true poetic element than e can for a jnoment aspire ta, to find any real glaring 1 defect. Mr. Hayse is aa artut he well knows what his vernacular was made for, and what he is ailling to let the world have, is very, apt to be of excellent flavor and complete, ness .We for the present take leave of him, but Ve ihall watch with .deep interest Ids fur ther progressand shall hail with reat'pleasnre any new developement of his genius. What we havi said, baa been, the result of a caxeful study of his writings. We have given an tan est .and ; frank jexpression to our feelings, and : cons'ciDus as we are "of his real merits as poet we feel sure that no one' will fall to coinoiee with us, whose reading has been directed to the Sonnets of the best masters of our lanrruae-a. We should have mentioned, that our author baa f . . . ' . ... - - . - wnuen much OeaoUiu verse, other than hia. Sonnets, but we were limited in space, and pre fored treating him as we have as one of the best Sonnet writers in the world, . i . - 4 PEESOIIAI. iL.11 13 reported that the Rev. Br- ciuxu iu irgiiua iu iqc present month-, f - - - . -A- 'iA--- -0??', '' r. i ' -i r
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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