Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-06-10

to ihUw what kind Of matter the rest is, wit
which have to deal.
IN the offstart he says: /" during my absence Al
idle scribbler rather unceremoniousy pounced up
on my comet articles.''
HIS absence! This was almost the first iptima
III had Of it. saw no great pacuu,n caused b
his iesng absent! did not care whether he wa
or not. and the remarks used, would have hee,
made, had thore been twenty G's present. So hi;
Bitterness about taking advantage Of h;s absenos
he may put to rest.
5 Idle scribbler!'' Even should I +. IN III.
scr obler, am consoled by knowing the souibs
sh"1 are more than worthy of the game kill; SC
g, re are even there. ''' ~
aow come to part of his communication that
sus nns me In my former assertions. nm re.
ioae'a u'a' .ney are proved by his own words
ne "ys. the hrst article wrote in obedience
20 request OF some worthy friends, because, as
the, said' many were entirely ignorant of the cur.
reSs theories Of comets, and rather looked unon
'hen US narolngers of some dreadful event than
u itural phenomena.
ZEN TO enlghten the ignorant he made use of
suSf words as Problema longe didicilimum,' - etc.
u norant indeed docs he call men ignorant
WE can swallow such sentences as those, and
Know their full meanings. "Worthy friends,"
tne Yood shepherds of the communicated G,
lenvaoie position of his !! the watch dog to bark
II now comes my turn to make a concession in
par "Will Banks say nv special notes nd tsI. ~
escoPc Il mean spy glassic) observations wsre t
"a. seken from cyclopedas 2" | admit all but the
special notes and spy.g-, the remainder of that
"oF' freely admit, have said from the begin.
hias that his observations were assic, (if NAV
com Tue woro') that they were truly WORTHY Of an
ass. - -"
i snail not quloble about the opinion that the
tals OF comets, are not substances at aH.n When
! hrst caught glance of those italicised words
before read his article, thought he was speak.
ing OF his bralns-l would not have quibbled even
Enfield says (vide page ls4) "the tail is con.
jieo'ureu 70 oe smoke rising from the body in q
ty has the approval of EngfeId against it-bnt this
was not what was writing forSI wrote to show
Inc aosurdlty OF sPouting latin to the ignorant.
must notice one more little slip of the tonoue.
w. says IN one place he didn't know that it was
mortal sin TO quote "larned'"' phrase. ;uu bv
oay OF "sho'oing cf"-then in another place he
says sin an unguarded moment'' he let dron
phrase or two of latin. Which assertion are we
to beleve? "'o W.
No" H. let me speak OF your witticisms.
yoLf attempts at smartness, such as "larned-
Iooh al my trlcks-ta sight''-etc etc.. But
;h was ohe expression among the rest that shone
IKE TX the sun araid stars, and eclipsed them ALL
oh! how sunny it was (accordioe. | sunnose. to
'our thoughts) So original too! Perfectly in
'eePing with all the rest of your writings; in
mort that acme of your wit was-".ooks found
rs'N Funny, funny. funny!
rave you not heard the trite saying-"you |
4.It suck blood from turnip." You might as {
veil try to draw wit from you clanum. Your (
eP!" to the I" idle scrbbIer'' proves this. /
iou may have laughed at the result of your Ia
'ors. but not with joy. 1t was like one expiring t
nder the agony Of tickling. You laughed, but
was in agony.
t. Go Uncle Toby. to Sober Sides. the
hree persons in the Fool Head, / must say ire.
'e... Yet let me tell G. that feel very sorry
hat he had nothing to sustain his miserable reply
MT e1ch expressions as the ''idle scribber'' etc
Sui wcll know the affection parents have for
heir offspring, however triAing that offspring may
Q. ! may easily account for his bitterness. 1t
GEMS that Macauley's words were 'predestined' to
e applied to his writngs-never did words suit an
uthors writings so weIl:-"a composition that is
ute worthless is quite harmless" have shown
one Of his little incongruities--have become
atisfied he did not know what he was writing !
bout--that he was Jackda W pluming himself
n Peacock feathers, that his answer to me was
othing more than rage caused by having his
tolen feathers plucked out.
Again farewell to We all. But remember as
q 60 that 'uith what measure ye mete, it shall
c measured to you again." BANKS.
We have not room to insert Banks reply to Sober
ides Next week it shall be forth coming.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, }
Little Rock, !?.h May, ls43.
Ma. CoLBY-Sir: For the Information of those
olding " Spanish Confrmations," and who we're
aarOus 10 locate them n mort ioc ~ . OOOl