Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-12-09
NIiltOn's Dramatic Power.

Altons dramatic power has been greatly underra-
ted 1t seems TO us only inferior TO Shakspeare's. He
has divided the general angel or end element into
variety Of finely indviduazed forms, and he has ad-
apted the language 10 the character of each. He has
done this in spite of the somewhat unWieldy nature
of his style. Byron has often been accused of mask
ing himself under all his ideal characters, so that
Chlde Harold Byron musng; Lara Byron murdering;
Manfred, Byron Wrthing in remorSe Cain, Byron
specu latng; and Don Juan, Byron pursuing love
adventures But no such charge can be brought
against Milton. He can be Unidentified neither with
Michael nor with Satan neither with Raphael nor Be-
iaI neither with Gabriel nor Moloch Nor any Of
these be confounded with another. Michael, Raj
phae Garblel Abdlel Uriel, are all happy powerful
and brave; but how different Michael is the strong an
gel Raphael, the eloquent Gabriel, the wise Abdel,
the faithful; and UreI, the wachluI Satan Nloloci
Nammon, Bcelzebub, are all tallen eloquent, bold
all IN torment, hate, and hell but distinct are col
umns OF different archltectureS Satan is the infer
nal egoist the pronoun |" begins every sentence
of peculiar pride, and the favorite exclamation of his
anguish Is " All me-" Moloch is rash and desperate
and his fury vents itself in rugged laconics, in grasps
and hoWls OF hatred Bcal is the subtle far revoIv-
ing hend and his elOquence is fluent and sweet, a
stream of sngared poison. Mammonis is the down-Iook
ing demon and his words, like bis thoughts, seek the
centre. Beezebubs speeches. like his character are
calm, measured bis talk is just thinking made aud
Ibe, and has, Wlthal cast of grave, terrific irony
which he fears not apply to bis fellow hends when
he says
Thrones and imperial powers offspring of Heaven
Ethereal virtues Or these titles now
Must we rcnounce, and, changing STYLE be call.
Princes Of hell
And again.
'sAdvicse if his be worth
Attempting to sit in darkness here,
H0tChtn9 enterprise
We counsel the man who would be an orator TO
read, not Demosthenes, Fox, Burke. Grattan, and
Webster but TO give his days and nights to the speech
cs of the Halls OF Pandemonum.--GI GIfl{0n.
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occupied prominent position in the State of New
York. He possed large property, which he lost by
gambling, and endeavored to redeem by forgery. He
recently fled to England, after involving his friends
TO large amounts for endorsements. Commenting up
on his natuatons the Albany Express contains some
excellent remarks from which we extract what fC-
lows
By strange perversion OF human nature, the
gamblers debts are always debts of honor They
cannot be collected in court 70 law, and therefore
the gambler feels himself honorably bound 10 pay
them We have doubt Judge Forsyth paid all
these debts at the expense Of his integrity as man
and a reputation for life Verify this is world of in
consistcncies The celebrated Fox is said to have
fused The payment of small and just debt, because
be owned debt of honor, and had not money en-
ongh to pay them both. Injustice and forgery, and
breach OF trust, all committed under the infaua
ton of a reckless and gambling honor. The frenzy
of the game rises the mind with the spirit of in.
sanity, binding reason and Judgement, nd conscience
self safe at game of hazard, he does not play for
money alone, but he hazards the possession of sound
mind"
WHAT BECOMES OF ALL THE vEssELs?-The Boston
Atlas yes some interesting facts in relation to the
destruction OF vessels belonging TO the United Statesde
duced from the marine reports and other resources II
appears that for period of eighteen months ending in
September of the present year, 03 ships and barques
144 brigs, and S27 schooners totally lost sea
During the same period so vessels which had previous
ly sailed never heard from, 338 put in port in
distress, and i02 wrecks passed This is. says
/lhe writer total loss for The period OF every twen
ty-two hours; one stranded every forty-four hours
abandoned every seventy five hours; and never
heard from every ten days.
Since the discovery of gold in California six hun
dred ships have gone round Cape Horn into the Pa.
cic, which have not returned. Some were broken up
at San Francisco, and some found employment on the
Pacific The abstraction of this large fleet from the AT.
lantic is of the of the activity which
has prevailed in shipyards during The last few years.
THIsTLEs OF THE HEART. Bad habits are the
thistles of the heart and every indulgence of them
is seed from which will spring up new crop
of weeds. few years ago little boy told his first
falsehood 1t was little solitary thistle seed, and
no eye but Gods saw him as he planted it in the
mellow soil of his heart. But it sprang up, 0 how
quickly and in little time another, and another,
and yet another seed dropped from it to the ground
each in its turn bearing seed and more thisles
habit be is thorough liar, and it would be diff
fcult for him always to speak the truth, it would
be for the gardener clear his land of the noxious
4Ls hos mad kbno