North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-06-28
,,,,rpARY NOTICES.

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c,,o r.aders of the Home Journal wiz ieoo
ar an old acquaintance among the huiiy f.on |
H'1 are. in fact, but collection oil III,
% W., oxcellent paper and have all tne Syil ~
"'1. which characterizes Mr.. Wits
n' ~: re would not be understood 10 SPeI
Ir of them. Syllabub IS cei'aiA'' !
'sarts and Mr.. Willis, in his ilne' ,"o P'N !
'T,ors His paper comes IN admilaoy' WI" o"-
Io.ort in winter, basket Oh 'lui' Al 'Ds''
mich of either produces safety
u,,,,v-oraphs could have been written oS none out
If Mr.. Wis's stamp OF MIND he s'oAeS u
~. 40, are perceptible on every page ne is emil
,Iv successful in his hurried skeiches' ana should
- attempt leisure ones' but leave 'he task OIL NIL
IN his slight, but not rough outiine' 10 some more
Inf,l artist With bold dash or DIS pen here, a
there, little scribbling in this corner,
20 little shade in that, he gives PICTURE which,
len taken for what it really ia passing sketch'
20 rrouounce good, but when he deliberately Sis
,n in his studio, TO paint for u.s. our expectations
~ aised. and we turn from the canvass with dlsap-
no;D,ment. Though we may be struck with the ike
=. or carcature of bust by GABRIELLE, 1t does not
Ito the same emotions as statue by CanoVa
The first division of the book Scenery " consists
e series of lively letters written for the Home
1o,rra from different places. First we have tour
brouoh ankee land, in which many OF It's Pecu-
,rtss are admirably hit off. In the same letter he
o ms the statistics of the cod and mackerel tishe-
Tas of Cape Cod, gross proceeds of single vessel
nsmber of bushels of salt used in packing, fashions
ofbe Cane school-houses, ard an analysis of Yam
loo This will serve as specimen. Nothing IS
nm trivial to MENTION and he skips from one subject
to another with astonishing ease. Next comes let
tors from different parts of New York, principally de-
cotive of scenery. Then we have celebrities begin
ming with Old Whitley and Gen. Taylor, and go
nq through the principal statesmen, authors, facts
and prima donnas whom he met with on visit to
Washington and elsewhere AS far can judge, his
flesh and blood" description of them is very &C
curae.
Last best seems to have been his motto, for &c So
cie,y " is decidedly the cream of the book. His de-
scriptions and structures on New York society are
admirable, and apply to considerable extent to
American society generally. We certainly pride
oursev es too much want of etiquette. Because
the true lady or gen is independent of the ele
gancies of etiquette is why they should be
iusensibIe to them. We think Mr.. Willis is quite
right accounting for the low tone of American, CON-
pared with English society, by the fact of its being
too much in the hands of the girls and boys. Mar
red PERSONS gentlemen well as ladies, should re-
member that they have social we'll domestic du-
ties and if rightly understood the two will never
clash. Would our young ladies be content to remain
schoolgirls, until they quit the school-room, and moi
entertain beaux of fifteen at twelve years of age
but enter Society guarded by the experience and
watchuI friendship of mother, they would, wives
and mothers, prove ornaments to any circle, mat
Ter how arstocratic or intellectual which England
any other country produce.
We cannot close without noticing a compliment
paid Southern gentlemen. Speaking of the appear
ance of the Opera House, during the month of DC.
tober, when New Y rk is deserted by its own fash
ionabIes and filled with Western and Southern
strangers, Mr.. Willis says: We were very much
struck, as we presume others were, who pres
en at the air of superiority given to the masculine
portion of the audience by the presence of the large
number of Southern gentlemen. The leisure grow
full stature, and mind overworked with care:
and business, certainly have much to do with the
style and bearing of race and the expression o
gentemanIy superiority, and jOuissance, which
prevailed throughout the Opera House on Wednes
day evening, novelty there. and one of which
might we'll desire the culture and perpetuation.'
DEATH OF RICHARD LABOR SHE'LL. This celebra
ted and brilliant Irish orator died at Florence the
25th of May, of attack of the govt in the stomach
He had lately gone to Florence in the capacity of
British Minister. He was born in Dublin in 1898
and was long associated with the late Daniel on.
nell in the struggle for Catholic emancipation. Ir
late years he supported the English Wing party.
CHOLERA AT ST. LOUIS. The total mortality from
Cholera at St. Louis for the week ending June 22d