The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-16
FOUND OUT,

we publish to-day an old clipping from
the Philadelphia Saturday Courier, Of
the 23d September; it is from the pen of the
talented, the lamented, Ezra Holden, editor
of that most popular periodical of the United
States, at that time Mr. Holden died sud
denly in Washington on the Goth day of
March, 1916.
A Town TO THE LAKES. We ask, particularly, at
tention 10 the sketches, by one who signs himself
"a. T." (which means "A lravelcr,'0 The
author is man of genius IA gentleman Of rich
and varied stores OF learning and experience of the
world and Its ways; and, withal deep read phoso-
pher of human nature, besides being a humiorisl of
TASTE, keenness and discretion.
We feel ourselves especially favored by being per
mitted 10 be the organ Of such "Pencllinss by The
| Waysde." Our readers will find them original pi-
quaint, amusing and really Instructive. They are
far above the ordinary productions, from lnexperl
enced and Naingloricus tourists, who write only TO
show of hsmsefres: and many of whom even
The honest truth is, to be good writer, in any
department, requires years of unyielding and I'm.
faterng toils-for thus only is there mastery ac-
CURED Of sound and healthy education. In modern
times, however, fippant individuals up us wrl-
ters who could not give YOU philosophicaly single
| rule Of Lindley Murray whose undeveloped brains
never heard Of "Blairs Rhetoric This is deep
evil to the literature of the day In which we yei
and, with our whole souls, we hope there may soon
be found corps ofndependent reviewers to exhibit
| in their original nothingness these pretcnderF
quacks and humbugs, in Modern Literature. This
serriee is inconceirabiy needed
What that production is, we know not,
but intend to republish it if we can obtain
the papers Of that date, since we have dis
covered that the author is our I" Old Man Of
the Hills" whose prospectus Of the clone
Star Of the Metropolis" written the 4th Of
July, ls47, we published in the National
Wing in December of that year. We have
for the first time, a few days since, learned
his proper name from superscription on an
envelope to DR.. S. Thatcher Barstow He
is Pennsylvania, and now halls from Phil
adelphia, although we have learned that he
was model farmer for many wears, near the
north line Of the State; heis now IN Wash
ington, and purposes to remain some time
In looking over the article we published for
this gentleman in AT we are forcibly struck
by the exact similarity Of the sentiment to
that Of the Allison letter of Gen. Taylsr, so
much approved. Although the prospectus was
written many months prior to the letter, we
are sure they were both original conceptions,
and serve to show that hundreds or thou
sands may be equally entitled to the first
nomination Of the worthy President elect.
We known. that DR.. Barstow has been fas-
tidious in his reluctance to see his name APP
pended to any Of his productions, although
the few we have seen will bear the scrutiny
Of his enemies, if he has any. His "Cam-
pain song" before the election, is the most
graphic production Of the kind we have seen,
and his "New Years gift,' written at Balt-
more, on the 3lst December, ls4s, could
only be produced by the most patriotic feel
ings for his country's good. We shall have
more to say, if allowed, and we hope, like
Mr. Holden, to be especially favored by
being permitted to be the organ of such peh-
cilings BY the way"