The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-02-02


lnew book. We cannot s. rerna g but fol
Il i remarkable only for Ii II nature. W.
the words Of the New York editors for true, God
they say Ruth EIall 8 Fanny Fern done Up 3
muslin covers They must speak By the book
Il they g not. they are much 70 blame to tave'
behind tho record and accuse an author
ess attempting lleg own life and Tint 81 9th
ers under false colors. Il isa grave charge and
we sincerely hops they cannot maintain it---for
The honor of womanhood and humanity We hope
1T Fanny Fern By her short pithy. sparkling
articles, published first d Boston md then ID
New York papers, has earned considerable
notoriety, we cannot call fame. How much
the mystery attached to The authorship Of those
articles contributed to their success, We win not
now discuss, and We are sorry % see her II the
unamiable light she Is now shown up 10 By her
own III temper
Il Fanny belongs 70 such . heartless family
true delicacy would have made her held her
peace upon the subject. Tie spirit she shows
herself il her literary triumph satisfies Is That
there must have been grave faults il some Of It's
members . &c, and little Of the acumen.
th6t she regards The failings Of other
people convince her that possibly the
fault Of her estrangement from al her relations
nigh be attributed Is herself.
s woman 81 Fanng.a decided genius couId
fnd BET sabiect than family wrongs and fami-
y sorrows wherawitlial o adi gossipping pub
Iic The spirit Of Che whole work Is il wretch.
"a taste and worse temper There Is ID con-
tinuous idea o. moral d lit Is but the spas
noaic contortions Of genius not is work. De
pend upon II Fanny win repent this and do bet
ter. She should She has the judgment to see
her crrors--when it is not warped By passion.
But she has brought hornets nest about her
ears now and must Fight them of. She can do
it. When she has laid them an, she win write
something worth reading
Some Of the persons who sit for the pictures
Of the book, are striking back at Fanny, some
Of them nerciIessly. How often men forget
that talented woman is more sensitive than q
fool one, and strike away 1t hr . i ahe.
was SO strong she could not c hg
blows! we give spe Il fhe man
y retorts i g - now.
Tic eIe Flag''--repl esented by the "Mr.
Tibbetts Of ..Ruth HaiI'' il out with terribly
severe article, very much in Fanny = own vein.
We quote one or two of its acid drops:
aHow we used to admire Fanny! we never,
indeed, saw much to love in her writings; but
the snap, and vigoF, and originality of her style,
fra1i
emily praise these qualities in her early sketch
es Her power was partly owing to native gem
ius, partly to the circumstances of her life. She
was full grown woman when she began to
write. The age of feeble sentmentalism was
passed She has seen the world; enjoyed soci-
ETY.; known adversely She has been twice al
wife, and twice mother; had lost one husband
By death, and another by---no matter what. Ia
years she was forty n experience ~ least d
liilnflkad asal md III tins ire and kaOVl-
edge she had Kept bottled up, ike old wine.---
How it sparkled and foamcd when the wires
were cut and the cork blown out!---She poured
off those first sketches, bHbbling, frotng, effer-
vescing, like prime champagne, newly opened.
Wine Of this quality soon deadens, bat Fanny
kept pouring out, determined to make up in
quantity what was wanting in flavor; and now
in Ruth HalI'---she has squeezed the bottle and
Hung it 1T the heads Of the pubIic.n .
But Of all these overdone specimens Of good /
ness. the character Of ViEtHous John Walter is |
the most ridiculous 70 those who know the orig |
inal John Walter is-laugh re godsl and /
and hold your sides !---is---bt we will spare the
poor mans blushes This poor and fragrant /
gentleman---Who, by the way, never knew Fan-l
ny until after the establishment Of her Feputn-
ton, and her contract with Derby q Miller, for
the publication Of "Fefn Leaves s---has since |
devoted himself to her service, contented to lick
what crumbs may fall to him from her table, as
areWard for his brave championship. He 1puts |
through the newspaper putting which heralds !
her books, acting as her counsellor, companion,
and gentleman friend generaIly---and 80 she /
makes an angel Of him out Of gratitude Dele +
cious John Waltern
That smacks very decidedly Of feminine sharp
ness and jealousy.
But We IRE not going to enter the, arena Is
the champion Of Fanny Fern. Fanny can take
care Of herself Her book is q mingled cry Of |
triumph, defiance and revenge something like
the eagle shrek which byron gave when he tore
his bleeding heart from England, and all to which
the ties Of Nature had bound him. Ruth Halls
great wrongs, real o. fancied, justify q great
revenge. II such cause, one may she angry
and sin not In theexecutionof retributive
justice, it is no new thing for the hand nearest
u 70 strike the deadly blow.
GENERAL ScorT on THE 5EIaE or sEBAsTo-
POI. Observer the Washington spondent
81 tie Charleston Mercury ii 4 letter says;
/ had recently the pleasure Of hearing the
criticism Of General Scott on the war il the Cri
mea. look upon General Scott as one Of the
ureat captains Of the age and I listed with great