The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1853-04-14
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Rurns' Powers of Conversation.

What Il pity that Burns had no Boswell
to track his steps, and catch the tine-sylabIe4
which fell in such rapid profuson and bic
kcring brlliance from his touched lips. His
talk seems to have been as strong natural,
and rich in essence, as ever flowed from tho
; lips of man. 1t WAS strong as a native pow
CT, and it was, of all his powers, the most
carefully cultivated. Like DR.. Johnson,
he generally set himself to "tal his best"
In society, and particularly in that OF ladies',
he seemed to forget his poverty, and re-
member his misery no more" His soul ex-
pauded his eyes kindlcd, his rough voice
sofsencd into music, and the pcnt-up waters
. of wisdom, wit, tenderness, humor, and
knowledge Of human nature, which were in
INN, ''ilowcd amam." Hearts burned within
them, eyes moistcned, besoms lcavcd, ms he
talked; laughter looked out through eyes
that wept, or tears came and drowned lau-
giitcr; many were agltatcd and shaken, and
others, obeyinS the camcr and mghticr spell
OF his genius telt-:,s John Scott so finely
>ays-''their minds touched with strange
joy, which they may recognize i'll more ex-
allied stages Of their being" And all this
, effect WAS produced, not by an elaborate
artist playing Lravuras, not through any as
sumption Of oracular depth or dignity not
through any determination to Lc the cief
!! speaker, but through the mere outpournc of
mighty soul, which had besides made
conversation study, tuumd in it Il fit clc-
ment, and learned 10 spring un under tho
genial influence of society into its fullest
| power, like the warllorSc 10 the sound Of
the trumpet. How one wishes that Burke,
the greatest ta!kcr then alive in England,
had met and measured lanrcs with burns,
. the greatest ta'ier i'll Scotland; and that
! Bozzy, WHO w:ls still alive, had been sub
r~naed to be present. They had been WON
dcriully we'll met, for i'll native genius and
wealth Of mind they were clual and Burkc's
subtle reflection and profound learning
would have found countcrpose in the bril-
liant wit and robust manhood of the intellect
of Burns.
SLEEP Eternal blessing on the man
that first intended sleep. 1t covers ono all
over like a blanket But tie mantle is not
always comfortable one sometimes it is
woven IN the loom of wretclledncss, with IL
warp of lriars and the filing in of card
teeth. The man who goes to sleep with a
sense of having done his duty to his Maker,
his nciyhbor and himself, falls peacefully to
sleep in the arms of SomnuS, who orders
his messenger Morpheus to come while rca-
son slumbcrS, and guides his wandering fam
cy over that blissfit world of dreams,
where earth born care is never known to
enter On the contrary, the man who has
been engaged throughout the day in cheat
ing his nciyhbors, he he either business
man a lawyer, (and it may not he out Of
place to say that it is Il well known fact that
no lawyer ever slept quietiy,) preacher, or
i'll any of the other pursuits of life, cannot
lie down with light stomach and lighter
conscience. Our nights repose depends
greatly upon our actions throughout the day.
And so docs the sleep Of death upon our
actions through life. Happy, indeed is t
man who has nothing bearing upon
conscience to drive away sleep.
DOMESTIC ENDEAnMESrs.-I hold it ~.
deed to he sure sign of a mind not poi,4,.
us it ought to be, if it be inscnsiblc to ,a
pleasures Of home, to the little joys and
dearmcnts Of IL family, to the affection Of
relatives, to the fidelity of dolncstics. Next
TO being well with his own conscience, the
friendship and attachment Of Il mans t,mi-
ly and dependents seem to me one of the:
most comfortable circumstances of lis lot
His situation, with regard to either, forms
that sort OF bosom comfort Or d:squict that.
sticks close to him ut all times and se;.ssl,s
and which, though lie may now and then
forget it, amidst the hustle of pubic or tho
hurry of active life, will resume its place in
his thoughts and its permanent effects on his
happiness at every pause of ambition or Of
happiness.
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