Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-03-09

in his movements, but regular and systematic. He
IS rather taller than common, but very spare made
1t we are not mistaken his heart is kindly one.
We should Judge him to be near so years old.
VI WHITAKER, the Animal man we have before
spoken, and only repeat that he is of the best
of fellows. He is about 80 years old, medium
height. good eye and front-piece, and for 80 will
for year. We will warrant the moneys worth.
GoRMAN, of the Spirit Of the Age, has talent and
industry, and is enterprsing and liberal. He is drv.
ing profitable business, and deserves success. In
person he is small, and looks kinder dry, which, of
course, would be expected of Temperance editor.
We should think he is about 35 years old, more or
less
With Mr.. Cooke, of the Post, we had not the
pleasure of acquaintance. He has enterprise and
shrewdness enough TO take him successfully through
whatever he undertakes. Mr.. WILEY, another editor
of the Post. and now General Superintendent of Com
mon Schools, is known. as writer of distinction,
throughout the State. In person he is tall and slen
der. not uery handsome, and of somewhat uncertain
age, as he is bachelor. We trust that in his wan
derings up and down the State, seeking whom he
might catch some negligent rascally Chairman he
may find flesh and blood reality, pure and beau
tifnl the spiritual localities (barring the smalpox
of his own Imagination, who will consent to become
Mrs. General Superintendent of the author oi Ala
nance, Roanoke, &c.
In connection with the above we must also men,
ton friend and fellow-reporter, the younger
HEARrT, of the Hillsboro' Recorder. We sat by him
for nearly three months. and frequently thought him
about the only heart in the House. We cracked our
goobers and Jokes together. initiating therein the
Legislators, especially regards the 'goobers,
and made such comments proceedings as we chose.
Heartt has good talents, and draws very correct de-
ductions but the misfortune with him is, that, in
polics, he is radically wrong though honest and sim
cere.''
Wilson overlookedone of "Ho.den's y peculiar
qualities, to w.t. his modesty, which is abundanty
evidenced, however, by the republication in these
columns of what Wilson was pleased to say about
Holden" Never mind-it very seldom happens
that an Editor has an opportunity to puff himself
We owe it to the public to state that we declined
to read that portion of the sketch devoted to
Holden" The word "ugly," which occurs in
the first line, acas enough for as. We trust our
readers will have the goodness to inspect Gales
contemplate Lemay-runainate on Whitaker-re-
feet soberly on German comprehend and appre-
ciate Cooke-respect Wiley for his 'uncertain age
and wish him we'll for his merits and his cause
un-" radical"ize Heartt from his regard for good
"goobers and commend him for fair reporting
and then just let Holden alone. man is not
bound to read every thing he finds in newspaper
:, We think Wilson has not done Gales justice. The
latter is what might be called good looking and
peort-Wilson only says, however, that he is not
uery bad looking" In addition to this, Gales is
personally, clever fellow at bottom, and, like the
pure juice of the grape, he will improve by age.
He deserves credit for his industry and energy. He
was mere boy when he took charge Of the Reg
lister, and, all things considered he has done very
well. He perpetrates little things in his paper oc-
casionaly but that is owing to the advice he re-
ceyed in the outstart from certain friends, to crack
up all Wings and cry down all Democrats. He
is or was Commissioner for the City of Raleigh
devoted friend of heavy taxes, of good streets
of prompt pumps, of John Kane and lattudina-
rian construction of the Constitution and though,
like ourselves, not member of the Order Of Sons
he attaches just little or just much importance
to glass of brandy as German or any one else
You can neither do him up "dry" like German
nor disguise him in any thing Of moist or va
pory nature. His vapors" are political, not spir
itual and, having joked thus far at his expense
we feel bound to add that be is gentleman of good
moral character, and worthy Of better notice thar
Wilson has given nlm
) FRANK I. WILSON is about five feet ten, and
tolerably good looking. He is neither youth, mo-
old, nor middle-aged, but about thirty; yet hi
bearing is sober and deliberate that of mar
muster-free. He has been blessed with superior
mental endowments. He wields strong and bril-
liant pen, and his wit, though as keen as forty
cent razor has nothing Of malice or evil in it. HI
has written for Godey's Ladies' Book, for Graham
and other leading periodicals, and that too with al
S appropriateness of conception and beauty of il
lustration and expression, which would have give,
! him, if he had been Northern writer, no incon
siderable reputation. Wilson is emphatically
5 man Of mind, Of energy, and possessed Of higl
Z moral principle. BE i warm hearted and thor