The Arkansas banner., 1844-07-24


 selves and would take 1t for granted that it was of the best order, that it is the yerriest trash--mere school-boy stuff If Icould on- " get rld of these chaps, I would soon ac- qulre considerable literary fams.. But it is the lot of all great men to have fset of tr;- dueers. Why, even in Philadelphia, the alterati are jealous of me sent to one of the magazines in that city a most delectable, superb, melllliuous, splendid poem, covering f'oeafy pages . of ioolscap paper, but the liter ary nqulsition at that place were so afraid that the dim stars of their fame would be ren- dered utterlyrayless by thefadiance and glory mat would be shed upon my name by the ap- Pearance oi the poem, that they suppressed H-yes, suppressed poem that would have contributed to place the literature of America on level with that of England. You see, w., how difficult it will be for me to become eminent under such circumstances.
 H.-But don't be discouraged, .lim Care not three straws for the calumy and opposi- ton ot these fellows PerseYere, and vou will become great man in despite of them. Turn your attention to politics and poetry Wrlte-Write-write write a great deal of poetry between now and the next session of the Legislature, and l'll warrant that you will agam be elected of the Senate And then alter you get to Little Rock in order to let the people there know that you possess genius somewhat of the Byronic order, you can write Christmas address for one oi the city papers. During the last legsla- tufe, you know, you wrote one for the Times and Advocate, but next time you will have to write for the Gazette, as Weller has got hold ol the Hines, and he IS a votarv of the lovely nme. Some time ago hcwrote poem about four columns long on Temperance, and he has been very vainglorious ever since. But his poetry is of the mechanical order-thatis. a mere mechanical arrangement of words so as to Thyme, without any beauty or sense in them--like one or two pieces of your poetry, Jim
 Editor.-Like one or two pieces of my poetfyi Now, Wy are testing when you say that one or two pieces of my poetry had neither beauty nor sense in them. never wrote a piece but what 1t embraced both. The address wrote for the Times and Ad- vocate claimed the admiration of every one Ill Little Rock, particularly of those who knew how to appreciate such productions As soon as It made it's appearance, every per- son was asking who wrote it; and when it became known that l was the author of 1t, l was pronounced to be greater poet than even Sabnus.
 .W.-Jim, Jim, a few minutes ago you said you detested self-praise, and now you begin to slclSen me by listening to you indulge in such extravagant self-nattery. l hope you are not so vain as to believe that you are as great poet as Sabinus He wrote the s'Hymns 10 the Godso which were published in, ande pufled by, Blackwood's Magazine As hymns appear to be much admired, would recommend you, Jim to write some and as Sablnus wrote ssHymns to the Godso you could write sHymns to the Devils,o for writing which kind of hymns believe you have the right turn of mind And as the lit- eratl ot the East are jealous of you and re- fuse to publish your poetry there, you can have your Hymns published in the Gazette thls winter and get a puff from the editor thls Wlll gain you distinction, the very thing upon which your whole soul is bent upon attaining: and ever after, when you are mo- tleed Tn the newspapers, you will be called ''James r. Jett, author of Hymns to the Devils.n
 Edit0r.-Y ou accuse me, w, of indulging ln selt-fattery. You wrong me by such ac- cusation am ofly saying to a friend what l think and believe; and between friends, you know, it is not right to be dark and conceal our thoughts. do believe that am a bet ter poet than Sabinus, and as you do not think so, will endeavor 10 convince you in two or three months from this that am. If you only had read the poem which sent to Philadelphia, you would long since have been satisfied that am superior poet to Sabinus approve oi your suggestion about the hymns; and as wish to become eminent as a poet, next winter will have published in the Ga zette some verses superior to any that ever emanaed from the mind of any other Ameri- can poet, entitled ..Hymas 10 he Derils''
 As the dialogue between the editor and w. was rather long one, will, nxeporline it, here make pause. The most interesting part is yet to come, with which will shortly favor the readers of the Banner
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 WASHINGTON, ARK's, July 18th, l644.
 STRANGE FAcT-A soldier of the 46th depot at Boyle, whose term of service would