American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-01-01
lence of the American Republican
REOTYPR SKETCHES.-No. Ill.
BY AN EX-EDIroR.
WAsHlNGToN, Dec. 80, 1914.

BY AN EX-EDIroR.
WAsHlNGToN, Dec. 80, 1914.
Jets. Are our poets good orators Sci
,yron was any thing but public speak
! ercival could hardly open his mouth in
,sence of an audience, and there are but
lets who would not rather commit to pa
S.'thoughts that breathe, and words that
than communicate them TO the public
f. w. Thomas, think, is rather an ex
to this rule; he is fair writer-tond of
rim hyperbole and fanciful fiction, though
poem-"The Beachen Tree" nay not
him niche in the temple Of Fame. He
! ter known as the author of "Clintol Brad
)" and in this city at least, holdsa high
amongst the lterat. Last week heard
IKE his maiden temperance speech be-
Omitted Brothers of Temperance" at
list Church. 1t was full Of fre and
i effect-there were many rilliant
Is and "dreamy fancies"-yet, it lid not
o suit the taste of the matter-ofiact re-
= congregated around him, whoare ge-
opposed to using delicate remedies for
ola deep-rooted evil-and who would
probe the wound with pick-axe, or
ri at the cancer with crow-bar. Thomas
Z poet and an orator-yet | cannot but
him for his cruel assaults upon the me-
of Burns, Byron, Sheridan, &c.-men
1 | have in former times heard him laud
third heavens as the dazzling lights of
e. 1t is we'll that the faults Of these il
pus men should be buried with them. If
rue as Mcdonald Clark said, that
"oets are like perish'd fish,
hat never shine until they're rotten
1t "leave them alone in their glory?n
eiong the bright particular stars that at pre-
illuminate the literary circle of the metro
take pleasure in naming Rufus Dawes
- is, in my humble estimation, one of the
poets Of the land. He is all sou, with
there is poetry every where-its spirit
es in the solitude of the closet as well as
widest Businesses of nature. The song
Gagged bird or the shrek of the unfettered
peaks alike to his feelings-and there is
Eely subject that his fine imagination cam
,mblazon with true poetic beauty. Like
EN- of true genius, Dawes has an utter con-
for sPeculation-he made nothing, be-
" his volume of poems published in ~
ONE time since, and the magazines of
.untry, in the present cheap rates of lite
offer but little inducement to man Of
1t intellect and proud heart. | have of
ndered why this gentleman is not at the
{ some standard literary work-he is a
II deeply read and possesses a critical
N rarely belonging to an enthusiast.
rye Hill is another bright star in our
galaxy. He is now the incumbent Of
S office in the State Department, and is
esteemed by all who have the pleasure
acquaintance. His poems are now be-
Zme-"The ruins of Athens" being the
n piece of the volume. | have glanced
he hook with pleasure-some brilliant
IS have stayed my attention, though
,hout there is a q,.ieiness, if may use the
sion, which may please some, but can
find favor with the warm admirer of
ig verse. Mr.. Hills poems are like him
unobtrusive--and pleasing in their mo-
lace, at present reporter or letter wri-
some of the papers, is rara aris in the
poesy. There is something so unique
his style, that one cannot help but pro-
CO him a genius, and such q one too as
N falls in our way. He seems to claim
'tent right to machine which casts out
oddities "with rush," and of so no.
brio, that dealers hardly know where to
D lem. 1t is worth the time spent to hear
re recite his Niagara" or his "Canibal
the sublime horrors of the latter,
they tell much in favor of the imagary
poet, are apt to sicken the bearer with
,ital. A number of fine pieces from the
this eccentric poet have appeared in
Four most popular periodicals.
,lka. A Mons. Codet and two Misses,
lis, have been figuring in la Polka re-
t Carusi's Saloon. The introduction
ince into the fashionable circles of this
extremely doubtful-some gentlemen
ctsing it, but they cannot find partners
+. 1t is peculiar in its style, and requires
race and agility, two requisites that for
ist have been banshed the domain of
ore without "beneft of clergy" To
,lain, there is no dancing nowadays; if
walk through simple cotillion, or
rough the mazes of Virginia reel, he
RS his dancing education complete
Of the departed double shuttle and pi-
ng! we mourn this high-handed usurpa-
thy rights it argues inertness and slug
bits, and the quicker the remedy of Ac-
pplied by the balet-naster, the,better