Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-07-03
VIM. H. HARRISON
To AARON B. HowELL, Esq.

Easy WritiHg. -The Westminster Re.
view, in an article upon LOckhart's Life
Of Scott, makes the following knowing re.
marks upon one Of the literary habits,
whose mechanical exercise has surprised
many fill as much as any real attribute
Of his genius:
"ScOtt's productive facility amazed eve.
ry body; and set captain Hall, Eor one,
upon a very strange method of account.
ing for it without miracle;-for which see
his Journal above quoted from. The
capt. on counting line for line, found that
he himself had written in that journal Of
his, almost as much as Scott, at odd hours
ina given number Of days; and as for the
in ventiOn, says he, 1t is known this costs
Scott nothing, but comes to him oRhis
own accord Convenient indeed! But
for US, too, SCOTS rapidity is great, is a
proof and consequence Of the health of
the man, bodily and spiritual; great, but
unmiraculoOs, not greater than that Of ma
ny other besides captain Hall. Admire it,
yet with measure. For observe always,
there are two conditions in work: let me
nix the quality, and you shall fix the guam.
tity p! Any man may get through work "a.
pidly who easily satisfies himself about It.
Print the talk Of any man, there will be a
thick octave volume daily; making his
writing three times as good as his talk,
there will be third part Of a volume daily
which still is good work. To write with
ever such rapidity in apassable manner is
indicative not Of a mans genius, but Of hi
habits; it win prove his sound ness Of ner
vous system, his practicability OF mind
and in fine, that he has the knaCk Of hi
trade. In the most Aattering view, rapid
ty viii betoken health Of mind; much alsl
perhaps most Of all, win depend on healtl
{ Of body. Doubt It not, faculty Of cas-,
, writing is attainable by man! The hu
man genius, once fairly set in this direction
will carry it far. William Goblet, on
/, of the healthlest of men, was a create
I improviser even than Walter Scott. hi
writing, considered as to quality and quar-
|, tity, Of Rural Rides, Registers, Grammar
!. Sermons, Peter Porculines, Histories I
Reformation, ever-ftesh announcements
Potatoes and Paper.muney, seems 70 q
s still more wonderful. Pierre Bayle wrul
4 enormous folics, one sees not on VIII,
q motive principle; he flowed on for eve
! a mighty tide Of ditch.water; and even die
: flowing, with the pen in his hand. b
indeed. the most VinaCcountable ready.wI
ter Of all is, probably, the common edit
;. ola daily Newspaper. Consider his lea
. ing articles;what they treat Of, how pass
q bly, they are done. Straw that has beC
4 thrashed a hundred times without whea
= ephemeral sound Of sound; such porte
y ofthe hours as al men have seen hu
= bred times turn out In one; how q ma
4 with merely human faculty, buckles hin
q self nightly with new vigOr and interest
7. this threshed straw, nightly threshes
! anew, nightly gets up new thunder abo
: it; and so goes on threshing and thunde
- ing for a considerable series Of year
r this is a fact remaining still 70 Be accou
n ted for, in human physiology. The /
lis tally Of man i great.
Another Congressional Kacaney.- Vslea
that Judge Martin, the RspE sntatiVe frC
~ -s--s-lA - ttAst1 AlllAle-oVtltl IL
- renee, SCI wlli resign his seat at the expii
Sc ton 81 the present - - ne. NH r.,I
81 bly, afford an Opportunity for tie ODDogifion
he that district % Be IspIa scented 81 4 mann
~ more con renal TO theiF wishes sr7 - S..1.
~ q welfare uf the State. NVehapenoi - =
VII Be tie nidtsg.
LIVING GUnrosTTx extrao11ir
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I. street j. this civ = lie Ds.Sra ofa 1
il ing child, weigh Z e. r &c -. = ar
half It's eleven years ol or8 with I
GO head Of 3 grown person. Are nroee
&c Of the exhibition . . llls support 81
mother, who j Poor woman viii 81