New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-09
Ibeuczcr Elliott.

-. -. 80, made ~ savs Cicero W crit
- essprnr 81 Aristarchu' % t.ie ,i',' VI ', 'r
-, neator wrons WHOM ne lna. ' frtc
,-.hi why talk O.. educating 10 -f pr .'
Dr. -f,,. can fherc exist 81 v.cfic pantheon OBJ uu
Nt,cd immortal b. The urth D. tiat hc i- '.iN
oet.-,5 yrrorr Tie is right when De Gays tlat tne
i.s. bora hccausc the poetic sympathy 81 inmate
f+.,,,af he impaired hy an inferior ppN er. lHe
LOO The beagtlal end true clone can eve - '"'
fnfasl and r0e n Nature aio-c ran a""". ''' N".''
~ s.rriop f- soul God give to iht P'tl rae -'A-t
=. ,of,.-th. soul Of sympathy. ana 'Hcuinsiaict-
y. 81 Ia peculiar chords and develop lA pc'niar
s-'-' .s,r 1f love and ture inc and fslf
-, In fro-h and dowsry and of liberty ana slavery,
,...-,rpsfus III De had been p0Nman through lie.
.i 30, would have done. Burns tae rloRman saw
-cui,. srssnl blaiaess assnne arsto rats inonopo
~ ~. Garth cad De saw Che Mporcr spurn,d hy his
49, GLOW, worm when boz .hCd leave tO tOil AMI hc
l.s rrotc. o against oi.gerci cal misru.e strong
= ~ hurricane iIst .u November owe bat sweet a.
~ cong OF the mayi- m Spring
Fi.enezer Elliot whom ne believe 90 have scHfccy
tand "a competent ,f uc boa England, slnsa of nature
10 bar BE- doe with paa-i)lttc ilfen-cLcss una
turn.iye sedncss Chat would na.e an fn rli,h f.inr
Minister weep. f That were possible Ie rerln"' you
exile ever and anon eagerly rushing o. the fc'hs
Obi. carly love and tcn sin-lus OF theia a. 0.9
,-ae poet can while on iron ucccsst} dft- N'' Ni''
al rnrrc. b1tk % The grim IIluurcncnt OF us ""i
SOP BE amclc. tine thund,roo-ts of hl' Neiy I"'i-
rs,ou against the Bread taxery, ns De eris t.o a'
frrsrv but Do s not bc.au.c they reuse io i''" t4i
frfrrrlu of the earth 20 coil Dat because lA,S TOD -i
artisan oil tie fruit of L' labor py tAt "f-ii y ','
d canonl1ea plumber, tusary -ltt'u ' .'-',l,
rsih ere cmucnty fOsts oi tt ft"l.- h-- W'''
psra. sD.aks l.c noble rustic. Llloi r use tcnf-
a. .,, foam. Ike DE mountain torrent 900 denuu. ia-
On. lie others voice ring Die crashing tl.o-'
f.-..rrfr OIL an anvil Lee u- lHIor cIts burns d
y. fox-Luni.ng land monop9lrti " DO NOT roo me @.
,,y h.rieaued cahs," cries Elliot in voice OF ihun
IL to the same men The peasant looks upon item
Il otst,uo ions,s thc artisan "r0lDcr- a-1 d. doe
4ie r,,t +. boil born and made then Nature i'm
td fbenezcr Elliot with ire Gre DIVING; ana a..
'f,ron Of fol poverty suffering. aud political nju'
tr struck tlst frc from HIM ina Wild qua sefing SPARKS
ri.l were 40 the time pregnant WIN iut 80" p
.,.fs... and .auf lul as thc ghi Of truth. LllOi
,r mako the hearts OF tAe Intelligent But-n ari'an
,e,I'rnd dance with urbd impulse. and be- cause.
tbeu % 1nuf,cr and cie1ch tcr hands We VII not
dny THE instructive truth and 10 IS night tnat i should
b. known but 90 the same time hc can make the bog
fe.r- START from their eyes Tie knOw-, becaue De ha-
III. fh.ir ,four- and he has given Thorn tongue OF
banning clooUencc and % melting sorrow. lie Is
-r.af poet and he is "a great Tnsnf although Dee h'
been dubbed "Cou-Law Rhymer' and the Poet Of
tie Bcgears hy suceriug critics.
Ebeuezcr Elliot was born ON tine lftn Of MHrch' i'-I
stNa.boroueh near Rotterdam. where hi, latner wa
commercial clerk IN an Iron Work, having salary o.
seventy pounds a year and clst children 10 Keep I'D
food and fdmcnt OF the same. EDcnczcT was rcnaIka
bls Tor nothing his youth, but iondncss Tor 0ld
wives stories certain gcutenc.s Of disposition thhl
rendered him sort Of iayorite with feminine retailer.
o. ghost Literature. ana more haH Ordinary luleA-ciu
dizziness lie could not learn 10 cypncf, and grammar
firy haf'ed him. The school 90 HIN was a prison
books torture Yet this du. child whom people scoI,o
or piticd on account Of his stupidity, ana whom his
a-er sent the iron factory in order 90 learn posi-
Die haadicrat was sensitive ClaitertOn. and had
dreams perhaps as beautiful at least with more Of The
trae in them. than had that way ward boy.
EbenCzcr had brother VINO was quite ms opposite
n all that related 10 his intellectual acqmremenis-ont
who was praised faitcrcd smiled upon. and made
clerk OF; while be bcgumcd with the smoke o.
tlc forge and neg ocicd E1cnczer never chEied hl
brother but he would retire 10 some solitary place ana
vyeep over his own incapqc.ty 90 produce one paudi
lie would fy his kite n his solitude however am H-
b. watched 10 mounting mp into the blue heavens, al.
ewes would look beyond u into the azure conceive anu
,fr.aee stirrue- would take place ia his soul If
would launch the little bark, too. which hc used 70
scoop out with his clasp knife cudtaose Doe would watch
with as much interest as If De- had been youthful
Newton Archimedes watching me Development oi
some mighty idea and lct critics write about cductlcd
on uneducated poets they please ts untltcrcd boy
was thu. storing his mind with thOuts or associations
with which 10 clohc his future thoughts, and 60 was
uncOnsciojislv educating his poetic nature. Luchly
too one Of the poets early companions was youih Oh
Mrhly cultivated mind-Jsncs Rams5Othan the son OF
a llb0rOus teacher This youth was beng educated
for the Church and used TO wander with Elcnclcr, re-
citing him the lliad n the original To Elliot Their,
was sense ia the very sound OF the swelling Greek
verse, aud he even committed several lines oil Il o.
memory. fond was be of it,
This young friend died, however, and young LhiOi
was early called 10 the battle of life lie married
YOUNG had large family and was con-trauct 10 ton
with hi. hand. r bis bread and the bread of those dc
pendent upon hm while 40 The same time he kne"
that by indirect taxation. twothidr OF hs earnings al
least were ilched from him % pampor fox hunters ana
Keen their sons IN scarlet uniforms ara cigars ana
brandy he lived with tho people aud saw their suffer
ines. he examined the laws OF the mstocrtcy ana De-
holdthe miser, and murder which they produced and
the electric yehcmcncc ol his nature burst from IT, md
den fonts, scorchng alike the urant and the wilHn-
slave u Mr Eliot have never been familiar win ms
cry he never would have written poetry. In ePc"An2
Of bis writing TO Lord Broushan he beautifully ana
tOuchiugly remarks, fiy pChci Is ulIcd al sau4cs'
and familiar with shadow.
rbenc1cs Elliot came 10 sheffield very poor hut
strong armed and touthcarcd workman. ne Ianoieo
b. suffered be- rcaped experience. hc was IulHed No
saw hc felt hc -ympaiizcd. and he learned TO kaoT
The soul Of an things knowledge and tuIefs oil every
land VIII only he Tree when they. Ike THIS man. realize
ult sublime aphorism, knowledge Is power Lbehc
zcr Elliot began business ON his own account al I"t
and was n pros pc rOus way OF lie, when the Corn
Laws drove his customers from him. ANA swcl. 10y
the supernducins Of commercial panic IA lo5'' about
four thousand pounds from hl5 treasury Inc BUSHES
ia whi-h Elliot made his money dor he Is no" n easy
circumstances, aud living ia retirement I'M suburb oil
shcield) was that of baI-.ron merchant The moIoy-
Oli.t made linn glad 20 get out oil IT, however "clol'
he lad lost his all and he has certainly paid them m
poetry Tor the evils which they brought upon the coun
Try in general and him cll IA prucui.r. Ills fanny
were ten in number, and two OF his sons carry on
home trade To- steel and iron in their father late prem
is's the little counting house oil which ne wrote most
of Die poetry. lie has two sons clcrBymtn OF the state
Church OF England (rathor quecr) and three IN traue
The other children we suppose are daushtts, ANA con
scqucntly have no peculiar positions IN Ale which lIl
~ be mentioned ia biography.
Ma Elliot ls thorough fadcali ne mas most cover
eigu contempt for mere kng-made greatness and he
hos injustice. Ills poetry IS like ms countenmcc
bold ruggid distinct In feature earnest and intensely
energetic ln conversation, Eihots language j. rapid
vivacious and epigrammutic and his eyes scntlllate
while bis words come flashing from his month Ike
Jagged lightning He often allows the vchemeuce OF
his feelings % hurry him beyond the limits OF Christian
charity I'm his denuncian0us We feel inclined 20 de-
porc hi. but .il lei man dare 10 blame WHO mas
hot passed through ordeal Ike Elo,s We hear me
words-we realize the thoughts hut do wc know, iuly
know. their source Az that's the question. Yet
vet Ebcnezer Eniots poetry is full OF religious soiom
nifty aud carncsmcss. lie invokcs God; but never
hghtly-ncvcr irreycrcntly lie cries unto Him wildly
bai never imp.ously. Have American brethren
studied this great poet Of the British poor II they
have not they should =. s. :.
Edinburgh, scotland
GALvANiC SPECTAcLEs.-Mr. j. :. Paine, Opt
clan OF Worcester Mass has Invented something new
ia tie way Of spectacles He has ,tructcd that part
o. the bows holding the glasses and The bridge OF two
metals viz. silver and zinc-and he is confident OF