The Greensborough patriot [January 14, 1840]

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VOLUME I. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, JANUARY 14, 1840. NUMBER 48.
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CREEf.SBQR0l'ftlI PATRIOT.
JANUARY 14, 1840.
OVERGROWN NEWSPAPERS.
The National Intelligencer, in an arti-cle
on New Year's Day, addressed to its
readers, makes the following remark :
" We present lo them, with the com-filiment
of thv season, a somewhat en-irgcd
sheet; an enlargement riuc to the
general example of other prints, rather
(ban to our own conviction of its neces-sity."
The faithful, sensible and experienced
journnlists of the day, are not of those
who bclicva that monstrous dimensions
■lone give value to a newspaper.
With duo deference to the ' spirit of
the age,' wc believe that tho ' necessity '
for large papeis is only felt by those
whose morbid and voracious appetites
call for quantity without regard to Jllrtlt.
A convenient, common sized, ltd]
sheet, conducted with spirit and discre-tion,
and a view to the substantial bene-efit
of its renders, is worth more than oil
the orrrs of trash that luxuriates in airi-ly
profusion in your "Brother Jonathans"
and "Notions," and what not.
"The largest and cheapest paper in the
world." Wc find this assertion o*tcnta-liously
staring the reader in the face in
some scores of northern prints. If their
hugeness confers moiit, it is nearly all
Uie merit they have ;—mil as lo their
cheapness—truly they are—dog cheap'
NotaJ, people may infcr,.from the lore-going,
that the Grccnshorough Patriot is
in and about'.he proper sire, and so forth;
which, permit us to s»y, will ho a very
correct and rational inference!
MisnAcn. FBASSLI* died at his resi
ilcnce, in Surry County, N. C, on the
16th ult. Mr. Frsnklin has been one of
our most useful snd worthy citizens, both
ia the public and private walks of life.
He was for eight years a member of Con-gress,
including the period of the late
War; on various occasions be has hern
sent to our State legislature, of which
he was an active member Isst winter.
He died in the 67lh year of his age.
SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST.
On Monday, Dec. 30, Mr. Ad am in-troduced
a bill to provide for thr disposal
and management of this munificent lie-quest,
which was referred to a select
committee consisting of Messrs. Adams,
Ogle, Shepard, Garland, of Vs., Lewis,
Smith, of Me., Barnard, Corwin, and
Campbell, ofS. C.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Speaker appears to have mired up
the Commitices as much as possible,
from all parties. Yet there appears to
be s majority of whigs on twenty-four of
tbem. There are thirty-two committees
in all.
- Gen. HARRISOM, has always been most
popular among the people, where ho was
best known. In la09, the Territorial
Legislature of Indiana passed a resolu-tion,
by a unanimous vote, requesting the
re-appointment of Gen. Harrison as Got-crncr
of that Territory, from which the
following is an extract:
"Wc (tho House of Representatives)
cannot forbear recommending and re-questing
of the President and -Senate
most earnestly, in our own naui' s and
the names of our constituents, the re-ap-pointment
of our present Ho* rnnr.
William Henry Harrison. Became In
possesses the good wishes and affections
of his fellow citizens—because we be I
lieve him sincerely attached to the I'n-ion,
the prosperity of the United States,
and the administration of the Govern-ment—
because we believe linn, in a m. |
perior degree, capable of promoting the
interests of our Territory, from long ex-perience
and laborious attention lo its'
cjnjwfn«—from h:9 influence "rrj the I
Indians, and wise and disinUrested man-agement
of that department; and hecausc
we have confidence in his rirtuti, talent;
and Repvblioanism."
Mr. KE-irsiiALL, of New York, the
only absent member of the House of Rep-resentatives
at the openinguf Congress,
hss appeared and taken his scat.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S MARRIAGE.
Ry a " special message" lo the Privy
Council the Queen of England has an-nounced
her approaching marriage. It
was published on the 23d of November,
as follows:
"I have caused you to be summoned
at the present time, in order that I may
acquaint you with my resolution in s
matter which deeply concerns the wel-fare
of my people and the happiness of
mr future life.
" It is nijr intention to ally myself in
marriage with the Prince Albert of Ssxc-
Cubuie. am' Goth.!.
" Deeply impressed with the solemn'-
It of the engagement which I am about
to contract, I have no! roinc lo Ibis de-cision
without mature consideration, nor
without feeling a strung assurance that,
with Ihe blessing of Almighty God, it
will at once secure niv domestic felicity,
and serve the interests of my country.
" I have thought til to male this resn.
lutinn known to vou at the earliest peri-od,
in order that vou inav he fullv ap-prised
of n matter so highly important to
me and mv kingdom, and which I nor*
suado mv«elf will he most acceptable to
all my loving subjects."
CON 0 It ESS.
Washington, Jan. 3.
A very bitter discussion took plan
yesterday between Messrs* Slants and
Bvnum. of your State, the particulars oi
winch I will give ton hereafter, if tin
papers do not. In the course of this
mailer, Slamy lohl Itynum, emphatical-ly,
thai h«* was ■ beggaf fiu* life and for
what lutlc character he had lo't.
In the Senate, Mr. Cnlhnun introduc-ed
his bill for Ceding Ihe Public Lamb
to the States in which I' ey are respect-ivcly
situated, which was referred to
the Comntltte on Public Lands.
Mr. ('lav (who was ahm nt when Mr
Calhoun made Ins niotior ) gave notice
of his intention to introduce bis reply.
right bill, and expressed concern tint he
had hern prevent1d !>v indisposition from
being present err'ier, ns he would Save
suggest' d a different reference of Mr. Cat.
boon's bill as the Committee on Public
Lands was composed of four out of five
members from the new States.
Mr. Southard having moved a recon-sideration
of Ihe reference,
Mr. Clay said he thought the hill in
question ought to be referred to a Com-mittee
in which Ihe old Slates should lie
represented, for however the bill was dis-guised,
il -was a donation of upwards of
a million of acres of land. Mr. f*. would
be glad if «nmo Senator could inform
hint whether the Administration be in
favor or aeainst this measure, or stands
neutral and uncommitted. This enqui.
rv he should not male, lint for rerlain
rumors of recent altered .relations he.
Iween the Senator who introduced llie
hill and the Head of the administration.
This called up Mr. Calhoun and led
lo romarki of considerable length be.
tween these gentlemen, which vverecha
ractcrized, on the part of both, hv great
piingrncv nod sarcasm. The motion lo
reconsider was negalivcd, 29 votes to 15.
—Register.
The followinggcntlemcn were announ-ced
as having been appointed by Ihe
Speaker to-compose tho standing com-mittees
of the House :
O/Eleeliom—Messrs. Camphell, of
S. C; Riv.s, ol Va.; Killmore, of N. Y.;
Medill, ofO.; Cral.h, of Ala.; Brown, of
Tenn.; Fisher, of N.C.; Smith, of Conn.;
Roils, of Vif.
Of Ways and .Veins.—Messrs. Jones,
of Va.; Riddle, of Pa.; Alhetton, of \.
II.; Lawrence, of Mats.; Rhett.ofS. C.j
Vanderpoel, of N. Y.j Evans, of Me.;
Connor, of \. C, Cooper, of Oa.
Of Claim*.—.Messrs. DnWRcitj of fin.;
Russell, of N. Y.; Rink-, of Va.i Gid-dings,
ni 0.j Williams, of N. H.; Gen-try,
of Tone.; Hill, of \. C; Galbretb,
of P-nn.; -Mallory, ol N. Y.
On Commerce.—Messrs. Curtis, of X.
Y.; Hillen.of M.I.; While, of lj.; Burlo,
ol N. II.; Toland.of Pcnn.; Hahcrsham,
of tin.; Parris, of Maine; Rotts, of Va.;
Wrl'rr, ofO.
On Public La it '' •■ '" — in.
nfO.: Re.no'di.ot'lll., Linci tt.ol Ma- j
(,'rnry, of Mich.. Whi'n, of Ky.i Fisher,
of N. C; Garland, ol Va.; iiubbard, nf
Ala.; Thompson, of Miss.
On Pott Office and Po.it Road's.—
Messrs. McKav, of \. C.j Hopkins, of
Va.) Martin, «f N- V.; Loadbetier, of|
O.J .1. I.. Williams, of Tenn.; Anderson
ofKy.; Butler, of S. C; Brown, of Miss.
For the District of Columbia.—Messrs.
W.C. Johnson, of Mil.: C. II. Williams,
ofTrun.; Beirne.of Vs.; Clark,of N. Y.i
l>avee, of Me.; Graham, of X. C; Cran-ston,
of R. I.; Black, of Ga.; Hawkins,
of X. C.
On the Judiciary.—Messrs. Sergeant,
of Pcnn.; Crary, of -Midi.; Hodman, ol
X. Y.; Turncy, of Tenn.; Mason, of O.;
Samuels, ol Va.; Colquill, olGa.j Storrs,
of Conn.; Barnard, of X. Y.
On Revolutionary Claims.—Messrs.
Craig, <H Va., Randolph, of X. J.; Hall,
of Vi.j TaliJi'crio, of \ a.; Parmenler, of
Mas.; Montgomery, of X. C; Rogers,
of S. (,'.; Elv, ol X. Y.; Swcaritigcn, of
O.
On Public Expenditure:—Messrs.
Rriggs, of Mass.; Smith, of Me.; Bond,
of O.; Raiiden, of la.,- Duncan, ol 11.;
Crockett, ol T. DM.; Hall, of Vi.; Waiter-
•on, of Tenn.; McCulloh.ol Pa.
On Prirate Land Claim*.—Messrs.
Casev, of III.; Garland, of La.; Calhoun,
of Mass.; Dillclt, of Ala.; Wick, of la.,
Butler, of Ky.; Hasting*,of Mass.; Jame-son,
of Mo.; While, of La.
On Manufacture!.—Messrs. J. Q. Ad-ims.
of Mass.; Niflhet, of Ga.; Blade, ol
\I,J Tilliughast, ol K l.j Worthinoton,
•>f Sid.; Jirnmgoolc, ol Va.; Mitchell, of
\. Y.; EM • . of X. IL; John Uivis.
Of Pel ..
On A: rici.ilurc.—Ml csr«. Dcberrv, ol
N. C. Dennis, of Md ; McClelmn, of
Tenn.; Smith, of Vt.; Hammond, ol Pa.;
Shaw of X. II.; Sweeny, ofO.) Doig, ol
N. Y.; Hood, of PJ.
On Indian Affair*.—Messrs. Bell, of
Toon.; Lewis Williams, of X. C.j Al-ford,
of Oa.; Cross, ol Ark.; Chinn, of
La.j Shepnrd, of X. C.; Lucas, of Va.;
limn, of X. Y.| J. W. Davis, „f |a.
On Military Affairs—Messrs. Case
Johnson, of Tenn.; Thompson, ofS. C:
Miller, of Mo.) Coles, of Vj.; Keinble,
of X. Y.; Allen, of Ohio; Monroe, of X.
Y.; Sunipier, of S. (.'.; Goggin, of Va.
On tie Militia.—Messrs. Keim.ol Pa.;
Car'er, nf Tenn ; tirtffui.of S. C; Wag.
ener, of Penn.; P. F. Thomas, of Mil.;
(ioode. of Ohio: Roecrs, of X. Y.; Tnp-li
li, of Kt.; Ridgway, of Ohio.
On .Xaral Afain.— Messrs. F. Thom-as,
of M.I.; Reed, of Mass.; Holmes, of
s. C.j King, of Ga., Grinnell, of N. Y-;
Andrrsoii, of Maine ; Robinson, of Del.;
Untieman, of V« ; Pmflit, of la.
» On Foreign AJtiiri—Messrs. Picl-
QM, of 8. C.; Ctishing, of Mass.; Drom-eoob-.
of Va.; Granger, of N. Y.j Bynum,
of X. C; l|awes,of Ky.j Howard, of la.;
Everell, nf Vl.; Clill-ml, of Maine.
On the Territories.—Messrs. Pope, of
Ky.; Jenifer, of Md; Ramsay, of Pcnn.;
Campbell, of Ten.; Stuart, of III.; Brow-sw-
r, of X. Y; Dayis, of Ky.j Monlayne,
of X. y.j Tine, of X. Y.
CM lltrolutionary Penniontt.—Messrs.
Taliaferro, of Va.; Carr, ofla.; Andrews,
of Ky.; Steenrod, ofVa.j Raynor, ofN.
*'.; Ed. Davits, of P nn.; Brock way, of
Conn.; Tat lor, nf Ohio; Hand, of X. Y.
On Invalid Pennont—Messrs. Slier-rod
Will s, of Ky.j Morris, of Ohio;
Criltenden, of X. \'.; Doan, of Ohio ;
Strong, of.N. Y.j Randall, of Maine;
Morns, of Penn.) Palen, of X. Y.; Ed-wards,
of Penn.
On Roads and Canals Messrs. Qglo
of Pa.; tiraves, of Ky.; Carroll, of Md.;
Hill, ofVa.; Smith, nf la.; Starkweather,
of Ohio; Rayncr, of X. C; Colquilt, of
Gn.; Illickwell, of Tenn.
On Pali nts.—Messrs. Fletcher, of Vt.;
Beany, of Pa | Prciftiis, of X. Y.; New-hard,
of Pa.; Paynler. of l\i.
O/i the Public lluildin^s and Grounds.
— Messrs. Lincoln, of Mass.; Pctiikin,
of Pa.; Leonard, ol X. Y'v! Keim, of I'd.;
Hastings, of Ohio.
On Rivisal and Vnfinishtd Business.
—Messrs. Peel, of X. Y.; Parish, of 0.j
Jiclsnn, of X. Y.; James, oi Pa.; Dana,
of X. Y.
Of Accounts.—Messrs. Johnson, of
Va.; Lawrence, of Mass.; Johnston, of
X. Y.j Man-hand, of Pa.; Flovd, of X. Y.
On Mileage.—-Messrs. Williams, ol
Conn.; Williams, of Mass.; Morgan, of
X. Y.; Lent, of Penn.; Allen, of X. Y.
On the Expenditures of the State De-partment.—
Messrs. Underwood, of Ky.;
Bynum, of X. ft; Crabb, of Ala.; Low-ell,
of Me.; Triimhull.ofConn.
On Ihe Efl>enditures of the Treasury
Department —Messrs. Evans, of Me.;
Atherton, of X. II.; Osborne, of Conn.;
Warren, of tieo.; Jones, ol X. Y.
On the Expenditures of the War De-partment.—
Messrs. liarlaud, of Li.;
Howard, of In.; Wagner, of N. Y.;
Holm s, of S. C.j Coper, of Pa.
On the Expenditures of the Natg De-partment.—
Messrs. Saltonstall, of .Mass.;
Vanderpoel, of N. Y.j Simonton, of Pa.;
Green, of Ky.; Gerry, of Pa.
On the Expcnditttrrsof the Post OJKrc
Department.—Messrs. Marvin, ofN. Y.j
Boyd, of Ky.j Lowell, of Me.; Davis, of
Kv.; Bfown, ofN. V.
On the Expenditures on Public Buil-dings.
Messrs. Stanly, ofN. C.| For-on
nee, of P.-• G>ics,ofN Y.j llonrr,
of Ps.j K tl, >,i \. Y.
From tike Cincinnati Gasette.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
Mr. Editor:—There here been, since
the organization of our government, 13
Presidential elections. The following
ia a correct statement of the number ol
voles received by each principal candi-date,
for Preaident and Vice Presdcnt,
each of laid elections! and aa it will be
found on examination to have been com-plied
fiom good authority, it may pci-haps
be worthy of a place in your col-umns:
First Election, 1798—No. of Electors
09. George Washington received 09
votes; John Adams 34, and John Jay 6.
Washington was elected Preaident, and
John Adams Vice President.
Second ElectionAlMU—No. of Elec-tors
18* George Washington received
132 votes; John Adams 77, snd George
Clinton 50. Washington and Adams
were both re-elected.
'Jnird Election, 1790—No. of Electors
I3R. John Ailains received 71 votes,
Thomas Jifli tsoti, 09; Thomas Pincknc.,
59, and Aaron Burr 20. Adams was e-looted
Picsidtnt, and Jefleraou Vice
President.
Fourth Election, 1400—N'o. of Electors
13H. Thomas Ji Scrson and Aaron Burr
received each 73 votes; John Adams 05,
and Charles ft Pielncy 04. As there
was no choice of President in the col*
lege of electors, the election devolved on
Ihe HOIISI of Rv pri sentalives, and after
balloting 30 times, Jefferson was elected
by a nisioritv of one State. Burr was c-lectl
d \ ice Presidei.t.
Fifth Election, 1804—No. of Electors
170. The present |ilan of voting sepa-rately
for President and Vice President
was then adopted.
Thomas Jefferson received 169 votes
for President, and Charles C. Pinckney
II. George Clinton received 103 voles
for Vice President, and Kufus King 14.
Jefferson and Clinton were circled.
* Sixth Election, 1809—No. of EJoc.
tors 170. James Madison received 122
votes for President, and Charles ft Pinck.
uey 47. tieorge Clinton received 118
votes for Vice President, and Rufus King
47. Madison and Clinton were elect-ed.
Seventh E'ection, 1-11—Xo. of Elec-tors
217. James Madison received 12"
votes for Pr< sident, and l)e wit Clinton
•■9. Eldridge (Jerry received 131 votes
f.-r Vice President, and Jared Ingcrsol 5(1
—Madison and Gerrv Wl re I KCtcd.
Eighth Election, 1810—Xo. of Elec-tors
2'7. Janus Monroe received 183
voles for President, and Rufus King 34
Daniel D. Tompkini received 188 votes
lor Vice President, and John E. Ilouard
22.—Monroe and Tompkias.Waro elect-ed.
Ninth Election, 1830—Xo. of Elec-tors
232. Monroe received 232 voles
for President, and Daniel Touipkins 215
for Vice President.
Tmt\ Ehction, 1834— Xo. of Elec-tors
201. Andrew Jackson received 9t)
votes for President; John Q. Adams »4:
Wm. II. Crawford 41 and Henry ('lay 37.
Aa neither candidate had a majority, ihe
election was carried into the House,
where John Q. Adams having received
Ihe voti s of 13 Stales out ol 33 was eh c •
ed President. John ft Calhoun receiv-ed
1*2 votes us Vice President, X. San-ford
80, ami Nathaniel Macon 34. Cal-houn
was elected Vice President.
Eleventh Election. 1838— No. of Elec-tors
201. Andrew Jackson received
179 voies for Preaident, and John Q,
Adams «•.>. John C. Calhoun received
174 votes for Vice President, and Rush
93. Jjclson and Calhoun wers elect-cd.
Txcelfth Election, 1832—Xo. of Elec-tors
388. Andrew Jackson roceived 219
voles for President; Henry Clay 49; John
Floyd 11, and W'n.. Wirl 9. Martin
Van lloren received 1S9 for Vice Presi-sidunt;
John Sergeant 49; Wm. Wilkins
30; Henry Lee 11, and Amos EMmakcr
7. Jackson and Van Burcn were elect-
:d.
Thirteenth Election, 1880—Xo. of E-lectors
294, (including those of Michi-gan.)
Martin Van lloren received 170
•Oles for President: Wm. Harrison 73;
Hugh L. While 20, Daniel Webstar 14;
and Willie P. Mangum II. Richard M.
Johnson received 147 votes for Vice Pre-sident;
Francis Granger 77; John Taylor
47, and Win. Smith 23. As neither of
Ihe candidates for Vice President receiv-ed
a majority of Ihe electoral voles, and
as Richard M. Johnson and Francis
(irangcr received more voles than any
other Iwo, the Senate proceeded to elect
one of these candidates for Nice Presi-
Icnt. In Ihe Senate Richard M. John-soli
rcceivi d 38 votes and Francis Gran*
per. 10. Van Burcn and Johnson wen
elected.
meaUca; and bis virtuous qualities and
moral character being known out of
doors, may become a picsiding deity over
ihe counsels of In. neighborhood, and
thus give a lone to chsracter within and
Without- Every man should feel hioueU
in a greater or less degree answerable
for the faults of others. "Esample is
belter than precept," and so is powerful
lo good or evil; where broad sin snd er-ror
arc committed be suro some pernici-ous
example is nigh st band and has o-pened
(though perhaps unwittingly) Ihe
w iy lo ruin; and when good is accom-plished,
no doubl some kindred spirit has
led its destiny- A good snd a bad man
arc both at centres of their own circles,
and their actaof good or evil radiate with-in
and around the circumference of ihcir
acquaintance— they are the an.- on which
resolve the sentiments and deeds of those
connected with them- As the msin wheel
in a piece of machinery is the directing
power vvh.cli works the movements of the
lesser wheels, so each man should regard
himself as the controlling |iovverof ilin-i
united lo l.rn by relationship or friend-ship
; am] as • ach of the smaller wheels
has its own specific office to perform,
though guided by Ibe one cause, so man
should look upon bimself as rcspou^ib
in his capacity in life for the execution
of duly, and at ihe same time feel thank-ful
for the implanting of any principle of
action which has led him lo become ■
useful member of society.— IV. S. II'.
Ennithouin.
A young man n( this city, a drummer,
is lo run a great match against tune, to-morrow,—
Toronto Patriot.
There can he little doubt of his win-ning.
A drummer ought certainly to be
able to neat »"ic.—Louisville Journal.
MAN'S RESPONSIBILITY.
Ilovy much happiness would be pro-duced
in I li is lower sphere by mankind
acting up to Ihe above truth. If each
man would consider himself in his own
circumscribed locality as the guardian of
public morals, much good may result
The father promoting and establishing
the virtue of Ins own fireside, perhaps un-consciously
assists Ihe morals of his do-
OLD HUMPHREY ON EXAGGERATES
EXPRESSIONS.
Some lime ago a correspondent, I
wouh[ not willingly neglect,, requested
me lo pen a few remarks on the common
evil of giving utterance to inflated ex-pressions
and remarks ii. common con-versation.
It ia a somewhat ungrateful task lo teli
those who would shrink from the impu-tation
of a falsehood that they are in the
daily habit of uttering untruths; and yel
if I proceed, no other course than this
can he taken by me. Il is of no use to
to nilopt half measures, plain speaking
saves a deal of trouble.
I love the man who stops along on his
toes that he may not Head oil Ibe toes or
ihe heels of his neighbors. Some are
remarkable for this habitual tenderness
lo their fellow-creatures, and it does mv
heart good to see it; hut in a case where
trilling is toting lime, and decision is
really necessary, wc must run the risk of
giving offence if wc would really do good
My correspondent says that I make
capital "caps;" ind (list if all those who
need them would wear llicni, my bints
would be very profitable. I am, howev.
er, sadly afraid that most of the caps I
make would fil my own head quite OS
well as liny would fit Ihe heads of my
neighbors. But lo my task.
The examples about lo be given by
me of exaggerated expressions are only
a few of the many that arc constantly in
II use. Whether you can acquit your-selves
of Ihe chnrge of occasionly using
them I cannot tell; but I dare not affirm
for myself that I am altogether guiltless.
" 1 was caught in the wet last night—
the ram came down in torn nts." Mosi
of us have been out in heavy rains, bul
a torrent of water pouring down from lbs
skies would a little surprise us oftcr-all.
" I am wcl lo Ihe skin, and have not a
dry thread upon me." Where these ex-pressions
are once used correctly they
are twenty limes in opposition lo Ihe
truth.
" I tried to overtake him bill in Tain,
for !ie ran like lightning." Tho cele-brated
race-horse Eclipse is said lo have
run a mile in a minute, bul poor Eclipse
is left sadlv behind by this expression.
41 He kept me standing out in Ihe cold
so long, I thought I should have waited
forever." There is noi a particle of pro-liability
that such s thought could have
been for one moment, entertained.
" As I came across the common, the
wind was as keen as a lazor." This is
certainly a very keen remark, but the
worst of it is ili.it its keenness fur ex-ceeds
its correctness.
" I went lo meeting, but bad hard
work lo gel in, for Ihe place was crowded
lo suffocation." In this case, in justice
lo the veracity of Ihe rclator, it is ncces-nary
lo suppose that successful means
had been used for his recovery.
" When 1 mentioned it to her she
turned as pale as a sheet." I ntn scepti-cal
ii.iough to hclievo thai had in actual
comparison taken place il would have
been far otherwise.
" I have been sadly troubled srilh
In sdnche; I thought I should have died, I
W is so ill." If they who use this ex-prcasion
on every light occasion did re-flect
on death IIS they represent them-selves
to do so, it might ho attended with
the most aalutaiy consi quonces.
" Y'ou would hardly know her again—
she is as as thin aa n threadpapcr.' Ei-ther
the threadpapcr must have been of
an unusual Slate, or she must have been
very thin indeed.
M We come along the lane, a horrid
road, up to our knees in mud." Somo
pcopl- a lilllc rrc-e d'fjeren* satisfy
themselves by saying, "It was over my
shoe topi in mud." All I can say is,
t .i.t il either Ibe one statement or the
other be correct, it ia high lime the road
should la mended.
" He is a shrewd fellow! as deep as a
dr W'.vcll." There is an old adage that
n i. th lies at tho bottom of a well: Inn
afraid it dnca not lie at (he bottom of
this draw-well.
" Wc stood (here for an hour; my feet
were as cold as ice." If the feet waro
once ss Cold ss ice, there would be very
little heat left in the head or lbs heart.
"O nothing will hurt him, he is as
strong as a borso." Some go even far-ther
than this, and ssy, "ss strong as in
elephant;" but both expressions are tod
strong to be consistent with fact.
" It muat have been a fine sight; I
would have given the world lo bavo seen
il." Fond ss most of us are of sight-see-ing
this would be buying pleasure st a
d< ar price indeed; but it is an easy thing
lo proffer to part with that which we do
not possess.
"It made me quite low spirited, fits
heart felt ns heavy ns lead." Wo nvosi
of us know what a heavy heart is, but
lead is by no means the most correct
metaphor louse in speaking of a heats
heart.
" I could hardly find my way, for Ihe
night was as dark as pilch." I am a-fraid
wc have all in our turn caluinnia-cd
the sly in Ibis manner; pilch is ma-ny
shades daikcr than tho darkest night
we have ever known.
" He run till his face burnt like a fire-coal."
Ay, and if every one blushed in
the same proportion in which he depar-ted
from truth, he who uses this form of
speech would have a loco ruefully red,
Ihough not exactly burnioglikc afire-coal.
" I have told Id in of that fault fifly
limes .over." Five times Would, in all
probability, be much nearer Ihe fact than
fitly.
" I never closed my ovcy all night
long." If ibis be true you acted unwise-
Iy, for had you closed your eyes you
might perhaps have fallen asleep, and en-joyed
the blessings of refreshing slum-ber;
if it lie not true", you act more un-wisely
still, by sating that as a fact which
is altogether untrue.
" He was in such a passion that ho
foamed al Ibe mouth like a mad dog."
Rather mad language (his, out many A
man in his description nets like a bad
painter, who almost always has too much
color in his brush.
' He is as lall as a church spire." t
have met with tall fellows in my time,
though Ihe spire of a church is somewhat
taller than the tallest nf them. -
"You mov buy a fish al Billingsgate
as big as a jackass, for five shillings."
I certainly have my doubts about this
mailer, bul if it bo really tnic the peo-ple
of Billingsgate must be jackasses in-
Iced lo sell such large fishes for so little '
money,
" Ho was so fat thai he could hsrdly
come in al the door." Most likely the
difficulty here alluded lo Was never felt
by any one bul the rclator, but suppo-sing
it to be otherwise, the man must
have been very broad or Ibe door vcrr
narrow.
"You don't say sn! why it was rnoUgh
to kill him !" Tho fact that il did not
him is a sufficient reply lo this ob-servatiM;
but no rem r'< can bo too till - *
urd lor an unbridled tongue.
Thus might I run on for an hour, and -.
alWjdXJejite much unsaid on the sub-ject
'of exaggerated expressions. Wo
are hearing continually the comparisons.
" black as soot, while as snow, hut an
fire, cold as ice, sharp as a needle, dull
aa a door-nail, light as s leather, hesvy
as lead, stiff as a poker, and crooked as a
crab tree," in coses where such expres-sions
are quite out of order.
The practice of expressing ourselves
in this inflated and thoughtless wsy Is
more, mischievous than wo sre awsre of.
It ccrtiinly leads us t> sacrifice trulb, lo
misrepresent what we mean faithfully to
describe, lo whiicn our characters, and
sometimes In blacken the reputation of a
neighbor. There is sn uprightness in
speech as well as in action, that we ought
to strive herd to attain. The purrity of
truth is sullied, and the standard of integ.
rily is lowered by incoherent observa-tions.
Let us reflect upon this matter
freely and faithfully. Let us love truth,
follow trulh, and practise truth In our
thoughts, our words, and our deeds
Visitor, (London.)
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