The North-Carolina standard., 1845-05-07
A.GooD EDITOR,


We cut the following from a eotemporarx.
" What b. chiefly wanted in. fhe direction Of
newspapers among us is scholarship. Men rnsh
INTO the position daily instructors of the public
mind and expesitors of. public opinion, without
any Intellectual discipline essential to rapid and
correct th0ug ht and expressfen Every printers
devil is apt to fancy himself Franklin or "A
Cobbett forgetting that ndt6re, not circumstances;
made them influential and. renowned Their
force 81 character broke down all circumstances,
and what they lacked IN carly opportunities for
study, they supplied by naeihodicaf and inccssant
tiaboqr for selEImprevement in later wears, But
fssy men have genius, and error consists in A.
tempting with baFreh intellect what genius or n
thorough ultare alone .ean accomplish -
we beg leave total ke exception to most of this.
What is waited for an editor 81 a know4edge sf
the world, and not scholastic learning A daily.
Journal has to do with the ordinary affairs Of life
is to discuss politics. law, morals, manners, eve
rything, indeed Of passing or permanent uloment
The edstor sheR!d; therefore, be of informa=
tlon but this should be practical rather than scho
lastic live had to choose between the tuo. we
would rather take an Intelligent naan brought I'D
IN printing office, than gay senior from col;
lege, with all his budding honours sprouting from
his brow. The world cares very little whether
an editor knows Latin, or, has read Qesca1tes-
whether. .he can wIite on the Greek article, or
discuss you Thomas of AquinaS:-a1f it seeks for
is Information on subjects Of present moment, ac
companfsd with Sound, c0inmoh sense remarks
We never kneW mere scholar to have atsg. sue
cess at anything--except indeed,in wearing white
craV3ts and bil king their tailors Your practical
business men achieve the most, in law and as edi-
tors, as well as in Trade and as mechanics, re
say that itreQniEesa cultivated intellect to succeed
IS only repeating truisnn but to declare scholas-
tic learning to be hat an editor requires is toas:
sert whatthe news,boY IN the street has wit cIough
10 laugh at As we'll might q divine be SEM 10
decide cases in law, or a lawyer be called on 10
heal the sick. Give the editor, general miscella-
Fheeus knowledge some taet-quicknes of thought
-anda good old Slxon style !; cnnd he will have
Just the education required for his posi- even if he
has been brought up at printing case and never
conjAgated Greek or phzzled over Wheady. We
think we know something Of these things; and as
la certain lawyer says speak by the card"
: NeaPs Saturday GGzette4
He.Pu61ic Eye. What sacrifices are daily
made TO propitiate the public eye 10 dazzle its
scrutiniziug glance, to avert its scorn. The
proud victim Of poverty, emerging from his
garret, where with squalid want for hiscoln puhe
ion, he has T hundred times tasted the bitterness
ofdeath, smopths down his knitted brow, and calls
up smile TO- his careworn features as he passes
into the street to encounter crowd he knews not
rand to whom he is unknown. God knows his
sorrows bat he is unwilling that they shall be seen
by the public eye. The slattern wife, who moves
abo0t.her ewn dwelling In, rags and filth care
less OF her husbands reproaehes and ind ifercnt7
10 his. disgust will spend hours TO adofn herself
for ball, in the hope Of winning an adniring
glance from the public eye The hard man,
whose soul is imperVfors to charity, who coins
his wealth out of broken hearts, whose Banker is
Rnin, and whose Sod is Cold; will do and aims ia
the market piace-1hat he7may attract the public
eve. Virt6eus women, who would shrink from
the whisper ofa libertine as from the fangs Of an
aSpic have at the dictate of fashion barred their
bosoms to thecenaRon- gaze and coufted the hcen-
tietis glance of the public eyeI The FakFs Of the
East transpferce their flesh with spears Or measure
the length of a river by successive prostratiens,
or hold their limbs h one attitude tthey wither
ArSh and marrew, and all that they may seem
saints to the pnblic eye Nay even the criminal
on the galfows holds the tremendous leap he is
about to take from light and life into the uuex-
plored abyss, secondtry consideration TO that Of
causing the public eve to sdilate with wonder at
The boldhess with whichne encounters death.
= ". Y. 7!rNt Sn1'~
For the, Girls to reed. A young, gentleman
happened TO st7at church in pew adjoining oae
ia which SAT young lady, for whom be con
ceived uaost .suddea and violents passicni and
was deslrous OF entering into eodFtslliP on. the
spot. Bu. The place not suiting formal deeh-
ration, the exigency fthe case suggested the, fol-
lowing plan He marked a text and handed lhe
Bible TO her; I'd Episle of John .5th verse: I" And
uow,, tbeseech thee, lady, not as: though I-wrete
a Dew commandment unto thee. but that which
we have from The beginning that ice zouc one an
ottek"- She returned the book, pointed to .Rs.tA
3: IO-"&Vhy should 6nd grace ip tianeeyes,
that thou, sheUldest take knowledge .ofme, seeing
/ am strauger2' He again returned the book,
pointing to the, third EpisIe of JoAs,E 18th ,verse
-" have many things to write, but will not
with pen and ink, write unto thee But I trust
shall shortly. see thee, and then we shall speak
kee TO face" They were united in marriage
soon aAer+
1G1srabIG Improper. The EdtoTs Fable Of
the Knjckerbocker 4 has tl1e following Se6yteau.
It is nice little story whu point and I'VE believe
we-rec6gnize it as IN old one in a new dress
GA young gentleman a member of our col
lese was expelled for the crime of drawing 9oRng
ladies up to his ROOM at ;ulsht md letting them
down in the morning, by means ofa rope and
basket arranged from bis window. of course a
great deal Of gossiping conversation was the con-
sequence. .-tFhe~ following eotloqdy occurred be:
tween two young ladles-Jane do yod really be-
r. Lii,