Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-16
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With this triple evidence of the interest that nlilY
exist in the definition Of the uriicl let " quite
/ II passage or 50 from what they say. FIRST an
/ English writer Of high mark, Describes two Sta
ges Of the ..oriier' AT ditlercntperiods:
The gentleman in former days had maiy al.
tributes Of true gentiliiy. He was AN educated
/ mnn: he hnd polished md gentle manners nj
home. and Nas A. brave a. a lion abroad on The
field Of batfle.n Comp red With tie ptebs whom
/ he trdd under foot. he was a scholar, aud n man
| With noble aspirations. First, then. the gentle.
lnnn in hi very early DAYS was not altogether un
like cineinnatus. In this period his e1sienee
h. dropped the plough htude 10 lead the 10
nan legiens. lie led them 20 victory, then put
aside the sword. aud went on with the fur " u
which he had left his plough. The trumpeis u
Rome had III maggie notes for him. he was SIN
ple-lniuded nan who did his duty, and was sali--
fed with the eangrutuatipn of his own heart
The gentleman did not. however. long continue
tn resemble Cineinnnins He moulded himself
10 sui he times. For many years he was under
stood = b. Il man sprung from gontle stock,
WIZ .IsaesHities did not require labor te&eept
on the baitle fed) who would not brook an in
4ut: who valued his honor more than his life: and.
whose manners were in nccordancc with those of
his eonffml .orarf leaders of fashion. He had
stranger admiration for personal courage than
for the most splendid scholar hip: he loved
siraup arm befier thnn ~ultp brain His Indy
love pref rred "a see him ling knight at her
f,et,rather than philosopher conquering thought
in his closet And even now. how many gentle
herts think 81 MIN, eal wish that he were here.
in this present century, with the broken lanee
buried in his side. He did not learn to read
then. but he snt n horse cxquistcy.
The modern gentleman was born in an age
Of millinery. 10 succeed the ancient gentleman.
In h.s greene-t youth he had The mIIner's tnstc
ehaI.ies The second the spirii>nd grace of
Rochester, aud the vices fboth. He only
ted virtue Ia nuke him perfect, Yet, had he been
pirlnoos HE gentleman in those days would hive
eut. II sorry dgnreat Court. Atone moment he
ACTUALLY did threaten to become virtuous aud pa
trioiic.bot h. WIS warned by the axe that CLEAN
cd over the heads of Algenon Sidney and Lord
William Russell. lie prlded himself ON his smart
sayings. lie took particular pride in personal
alornment; ato ted satln- aud lace aud powder
md were patches. But even then, in his foolish
youth, hr WIS n visible improvement upon the
older genflcnan. lie drank less; he s@ore less
he treated hi interiors with better grace; and he
begun 10 pride himself upon his intellectual nc
conpishment-. Selden in his Titles of Honor
describes his youth very closely. In deianlt of
tournaments, he took 10 u long credit with his
thilor He laid down laws for the government of
his toilette; and finally succeeded in establishing
tyranny which he called Fashion All this
cuped SOME Years; but presently he grew into n
shape resembling that OF Philip Dormer Stun
hope. Earl Of Chesterfield. Aud now find him
describing graceful manners as the great essen
tial for The man ofthe world, and recommending
II course 81 gentlemany Irregularities. Samuel
Johnson, who came across him, said Of him, with
his severe lroWn, that he was wit among lords
aud Il lord among wits; and ofhs advice, thai he
taught he morality ofn prohigate aud the nun
uers al n daneing master"
ar ] IA.
The following account of an occurrence which
took plnco in Hamburg is copied from recent
number Of the London Dispatch. How would
such course answer in any of our commercial
ojtiesl The aeconnt says
4 noon just rs the Exchange crowded with
merchants, presented its busiest aspect, two
drmmers in the civic uniform came up, rolled
their drums for the space of ten minutes, causing
n grent eommoiion both within and without the
Bonrse. While this was going ON, workmen were
seen over the principal gateway Of the building
oevating black hoord, on which was painted in
white letters the namr of merchant OF the city
WIN had lntely suspended payment aud abscond.d
with all his assets. When the name mad been
fairly set up, bell called the shandgloeke," or
the shame bell. only rung ON such OCCASIONS was
sounded for twohours from tower of the Bonrse.
This penalty of disgrace, called the execution
of n fraudulent bankrupt, "was ordained by law
which can be traced TO the lith century when
thelansentie league was Mt the height ofit- great
ness. Al that period, however, tlc bankrupt,s
patent Of citizenship and his certificate as mer-
chant we're also burnt by the hangman.
\ STRANGE SuPERsTrTION.-Th Norwich
Conn. Conrier relates strange and almost in
credible tale of superstition recently enacted at
Jewett City, in that vicinity. About eight yeers
ago Horace Ray, If Gliswold, died of consump-
ton. Since that time wo of his children, grown
up people, have died of he same disease, the last
one DYING some two years since. Not long ag,
the same fatal disease seized upon another SUI,
whereuponl WAS determined to eNhume the bodies
of the two brothers already dead and burn them.
because the dead were supposed to feed upon the
living and long the body in the grave remain
ed in state of decomposition, either wholly or
in part, the surviving members ot the family must
continue to furnish the sustenmce ON which that
dead body fed. Acting under the influence of thus
strange aud blind Superstition, the family and
frie Ids of the deceased proceeded to the burial
ground Mt Jewett City,on the 18th inst, dug up the
bodies efthe deceased brothers, and burned them
on the spot. II seems impossible to believe that
such dark ignorance and folly could exist in the
middle of the 10Th century, and in State calling
itself enlightened and Christian.
Ak ExpEcTEp ENGAGEMENT At SEA.-One of
these days we may expect to hear of a naval en-
gagement between the Russians and the British
in the Pacific or Indian Ocean. The London
Globe SAYS:
"Prowling about the South Seas there are two
heavy Russian frigatcs, the Diana and consort
A Russian squadron is at Batavia. Lawless
California and the mongrel republics of South
America are infested with desperadoes to WHOM
piracy wouldbe pleasant astime; and if the war
lasts, clipper prlVatperS from these Quarters am