Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-04-15

CoNsTITuTroNAL TAIENT.-.There IS nothing that (
hoats man sooner into the tide of reputation or /
oisener passes current for genious than what might
- caeu consfffuft0ndt td!enf A man without this.
"Ha.eVer ne may be, his worth real powers, will
no more get on in this world than leaden mercury
VIII ny into the air any pretender with it. and
with no one quality beside to recommend him. win
sure either to biunder upon success or viii set
.aiure at denance By constitutional talent mean,
IN general, the warmth and vigor given to mans
ideas and pursuits by his bodily stamina, by mere
physcal organization. weak mind in sound Boz |
ny is PETER or at least more profitable than sound
hnd In weak and crazy conformation How ma
ny instances might quote Let a man have quick
circulation good digestion, the bulk and thews
ana slnews of man. and the alacrity the untbink-
ing confidence inspired by these; and without an
'onl' shaaow OF the means diUnor. he shall strut
ana s"agger and vapor and jostle his way through
me- and have the upper hand of those who are his
Deuers IN everything but health and strength
Ills Jests Will be echoed with loud aughter be-
cause ms own lungs begin to crow like chantclecr
before ne has uttered them, while n little hectic
nervous humorist shall stammer out an admirable
conc II that is mned in the doubtful delivery
cor taucib,s hast. The first shall tel a story as
ions as MS arm without interruption, while the lat
ter stops short in his attempts from mere weakness
OF chest the one shall be empty and noisv and sue
cesstul IN argument, putting forth the most common
place things with confident brow and .hrong of
words that come with more than impudent sauci-
ness from him. while the latter shrinks from nm
cacy and unnoticed retirement of his own mind
! Hoz!tt.
! HAVE WE SMITH AMONG US 1--WE entirely agree
with the New Orleans Picayune that the Bourbon
question, which has cost the newspapers so much
money IN printing the various statements pro and con-
SINKS INTO utter lgncance beside another that is
looming up in the horizon, like the shadow of a ei
gantic " fat girl.' And this question is Is there
Smith among us ~ 1t is presumed that most people
have heard of Smith but the question arises-Was he
ever seen Press closely individual assuming
that venerable name, and il will be found that finally
he hens and haws and hesates, and seeks refuge for
MS presumption and assumption under the cognomer-
!, IS DISCUSSES of Smyth Smithe, or Smythe, or
Schmidt or Schmit. But the vertahe, the original,
the Smith! Is he among us: Smith, plain and una.
dorned-SmIh without adlnnctS or L" handles"
. Bourbon Plantagenet, Paget, Brunswick are fami-
" names So is Smith. They form the keystone to
the arch that contains many other materials. So does
Smith. There is Louis the Bourbon. Ferdinand the
Bourbon, Charles The Bourbon. So there is William
h Smith, John Smith, Smhers Smith But the Smith
OF the race-the one who should hold the honors so
many OF his namesakes enjoy-where is he? Is he
among the cannibas of the South Sea Islands or the
teeJee mermalds, teaching them how prepare rc-
aSseed missionaries: Is he wandering among us, I'M
known. but no less great for that wrapped in the
spIendor of his own originaIity' We pause for
ply In the meantime, awaiting the solution of this
momentous question we cry, Away with melancho-
4 ly Away with this Bourbon! Vire Ia Smith !:
: Savannah Republican.
Mas. SrowE IN ENGLAND.-No less than 562 84s
II signatures have been collected drummed up by the
Duchess of Sutherland and other noble ladies' in
# der to have them attached to address to Mrs Har
riet Beecher Stowe (author of Uncle Toms Cabin
,r which is 10 be presented her in elegant book form
= (makng twenty folio volumes as she aluds y a
= Liverpool, whittier she is now on her way.
TALLEYRAND PHILADEIPHIA.-An inteligen
correspondent has furnished the PhiIadc phia Inquire
n with the following, which Is, no doubt, authentic =
IF During the latter part OF the last century. the
II lied Monsieur Talleyrand resided in small attic
of house in Goddars Court, between Front ant
# his furniture consisting of one chair and CO
bed-dependng for his some French resi-
dents. Opposite Christ Curch, in Second street, wa
Il small dry goods store kept by 7. P. c., now
wealthy retired merchant, where Taeyrand and
$ French General, his companion in exile frequently
r. stopped on their accustomed walk down town to w
Young'S book store, the of Second and Ches
- nut street. One cold morning in December, Taley
a. rand came into Mr. Cs store, and offered his watch
10 in pledge for a small of money, as he sarv
ing and without fire The money was given hin
e and he referred 10 Ben amin Ferris. wachmake
III who lived nearly opposite, to dispose of the watch
IN So reduced was the 10 whom. years after, a
prime minister of Napoleon, First Consul of France
C. kings paid homage.
IN An exchange says:
d" Some Egyptian Ointment, known to be tw
thousand years Old pc sib three thousand, whic
is in English collection still retains its origina
81 perfume.''
n. How do they know what its original perfum
IN was! Who recolIects it Where or who is til
y; oldest inhabtant O.
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