Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-11
Homer Amongst the R.ppers.

winch, made
earlier would have saved much ink amongst the com
mentators, we'll as Scandalous strife amongst the
seven cities which commended for the honor of his
nativity. Miss Jane B., being on the spiritual tn
ped, says that Homer the son of Greek father
by Syrenean mother, and born on the banks of the
Nile. 700 B. CT
Homer was Of small stature light complexion
nd very nervous and excitabe temperament He
was at times prophetic, but was more feared than
loved by his coantrymen. Before his death he be-
came partially insane.
He died near the seashOre between rvre and Egvpt
and being wrapped in black robe was thrown
into the this being the usual method of dsposng
OF the insane at that time. In composing the Had
and Odyssey, he borrowed from previous authors,
bat not 10 the extent that most of his successors have
done IN that kind OF poetry. The siege Of Troy took
place about 1900 Is c., and originated in The wav
related by Homer viz: the rape Of Helen by Pa
ris
'Ulysses was d real, and moreover, d wise man.
The siege lasted one year and three months, when it
was taken and destroyed by the European Greeks
1T was not large city, never numbering over fifty
thousand inhabitants Ii was situated on the lett
bank OF small river, which empties into the Gulf of
Adramytta, near city of that name. Tho Island of
Nlitylene lies opposite the mouth of this river and
was the station OF the Greek fleet
The actua! location Of Toy was about forty
seven miles soutbwesterlY from the place generally
supposed The ruins are YET sufficiently large to es-
tabsh the location Of the city, and the WORKS Of art
from the river it having changed ITS course,
AT the time Troy fouriehed, The river was navi-
gable to the city for such vessels and boats as were
then in use. The city we'll situated for trade
and had rapid growth in numbers wealth and
power. 1t was the seat of luxury, Righteousness
and superstition. The !habitants being sleeped in
vice and Incidence, could not withstand The attacks
OF The Greeks, who at that time were the most war
like race in that part Of the world. Although the
tradition Of Troy and its celebrated siege were still
in remembrance, Its location forgotten, and Io.
mer himself ignorant of its situation
"AMHERsT CIRCLE 1854"
We hope the learned world will now compose the
strife which has so long agitated it, and adopt the
standard autobiography OF the Immortal band Won
der 1t 1t was reported IN Greek or Egyptian
A FAST RAILRoAD.-1he Waukeesha (Wisconsin(
Democrat has editorial about the speed of cars on
a certain Western railroad, OF which the following is
the closing paragraphs 'TrayeiIers Of leisure how.
ever, say they like this road much better than any
other IN the country it is much like the Erie ca
nal, they jump off to pick Strawberries, shoot p-
geons, liquor up, &c and occasionally return SIT
on the to rest. Last week we c0nversed with a
farmer, Oh the line Of the road who happened 10
have three sheep killed on the track He Informed
that he spent ten days in vain in endeavoring to
find out who owned the road, that he might sue for
damages he then consulted an honest attorney who
informed him that he could not prove that the cars
ran fast enough to overtake sheep any thing
else. hOrse-lhief who was arrested in FOn du Lac
q short time since, upon being informed that he was
sentenced to the State prison, replied that he did
if they sent him by railroad his Time would
expire before he reached there"
SOUTHERN EMANCIPADos.-A Georgia planter, who
died year ago, leaving very large estate, embra-
cling, besides lands and money, hundred and lfty
fine healthy negro slaves, and heirs than
nephews and nieces, directed by his WILL that the
groes should be emanclpated and settled IN Indiana
or Illinois and left large portion of his property
huU tbnnD farms
But the laws of Indiana and Illinois forbid the set
Element Of such population within the borders of
those Safes, and in this dilemma il being evident
that the will cannot be implicitly obeyed The
tors are DESTROYS of sending the negroes TO Liberia,
whittier part of them, who are very intelligent. are
anxious to 90. The case has been brought the
lice of the American Colonization Society, and will
be thrown into the Georgia Courts for adjustment
More SCANDAL IN New YoRK-A correspondent
of the Charleston Courier, writing from Gotham,
laeS the following:
tit-bit Of scandal has been started in literary cir
cIes. The Rev. Rufus ". GriswoId the . poeca
midwife" you must know, has married his third wife.
His first died, and it was her daughter through whom
the Rev Rufus w. obtained $4,000 for the I'M uries
inflicted upon her person by the NofwaIk calamity on
The New Haven Road. He secured d divorce from his
second wife in The Pennsylvania legislature and mar
ried third. Mrs f. F. Ellet, the biographer Of the
= w omen of the Revolution intimate per
sonal friend of the second Mrs Griswod aud heev-
ing that the divorce was unfairly granted, through
bribery or interest is out with attachment for the
arrest of Mr.. Griswold on the charge Of blgamy -!
He on the contrary, hearing Of Mrs. Ellet's move
ments, threatens her with suit for cosplrating to
disturb his domestic bliss. As a matter OF course,
there is world of gossip growing out OF these pI-
quaint Developments
FASHIONABLE T1ppLING.-A New IDEA "A lady
friend Of ours, in making some calls upon the fash
ionabe minary establishment in Broadway, after
making her purchases at one of them politely
in vited INTO a back loom, where she was asked to
take a glass of wine. We did not ask her whether
she refused or not but she informed US that the de-
partment seemed devoted exclusively for the purpose
of treating their customers This is another step In
the march Of civilization. We poor male blpeds
will have to keep sharp look out for wives and
daughters, lest they be induced, while in state Of
semi-iloxication spend more money in fnery than
the law allows. Tpp ing is getting to be fashIona
bic vice among the ladies'. and there already
era splendid saloons in Broadway. which they visit
exclusively for the purpose unattended by their
lords--N. 7. 44tIdS.
'Now-a-days" the weather is superiatively hot,
reminding one of the hottest of the not weather
literature
: All in hot and copper sky,
The bloody at noon,
Right up above the mast did stand,
No bigger than the MOON CCtgrldSC.
The payeents all kissing hot the sky above brazen
And every head good dead the set his rays
The lean, lank walking skeletons go stalking pale and
gloomy:
The fat like hot frying pans send hotter ances through
Like fishes dreaming of the and waking in the spider
Holmes.