The true Democrat., 1857-03-17
WebSter7s Opinion Ol' Byron.

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 ebSter7s Opinion Oi Byron. In April, 1883, in letter from Washing ton, Mir. w ebster wrote:- have read Tom Aloore's first volume of Dyron's life. What ever human imagination shall hereafter picture ot human being, l shall believe it all within the bounds of credblity. Byron's case shows that fact somtmes runs by all fancy, as steam boat passes a scow at anchor. l have tried hard to find something in him to like besides his genius and his wit; but there was no other likeable quality about him. He was an incar nation of dcmonism. He is the only man in English history for a hundred years that has boasted of ntidellty and of every practical vice. not included In what may be termed, what his blographer does term, meanness. Lord Boiling broke, Ill his most eXtravagant youthful saliieS, and the wicked Lord LttIeton, wcrs saints to him. All Moore can say is, that each of his vices has some virtue or some prudence near it. We'll, if that were not so in all, who could cs- cape hanging? The biographer, indeed, says his moral conduct must not be judged of by the ordinary standard And this Is true, if favorable decision is looked for. Many excel lent reasons are given for his being bad hus- band, the sum of which is that he was very bad man. l confess was very much reioiced
 
 out of England by public scorn; because his vices were not in h's passions, but i'll his prin- ciples He denied all religion and all virtue merit in maintaining good principles, though the preacher is seduced into violation of them. This is true. Good theory is something. But d theory of living, and living too, made up of the elements of hatred to religion, contempt of rpn ,,tI of ,irip of all tb decent part of the public-when before has man of letters avowed it? If Milton were alive to re-caSt certain prominent characters in his great epic, he could embellish them with new traits without violating probability
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 Ivy oN BUnDINGs.-lt is a mistaken idea that ivy renders structure damp, and hastens its decay. On the contrary nothing so cffactu- ally keeps the building, as may be seen by ex- amluing beneath the ivy after d rain, where 1t will be found that the walls are dry, though all around is delu5ed with wet. Its exuberant and web-Nke roots. issuing as they do from every portion of the branches on which 1t grows, binds every thing together that comes within their reach, with such firm and intricate lace work, that not a single stone can be removed from its position without first tearing away its protecting safeguard. In proof of this, we re- fer to ruins of ancient castles and buildings; for while n those parts of the structure that have lot the advantage of this pr0tection, all have gone to utter decay, where the ivy has thrown lts preserving mantle every thing is compara- lively fresh and perfect, and oiteutimeS the very angles Of the Scu ptured stone are found to be almost as sharp and entire as when they first came from the hands of the builder-AAteiicun Ayr,cait0ist.
 WOLF TEETH IN tIoRsEs.-Wolt teeth are quite common and many good horses are made blind by them. hal two horses or colts, which hal them last season. The cure is sim pie and easy Take | piece of iron with square end, one-f fourth of an inch in Sze Let one hold the horse and open the lip so a8 to enable the one with the iron to place 1t against the tooth, and with d small malet knock the tooth out There is no root to the wolf teeth The best way is to take the horse to a black smith shop and the smith with his punch will knock them out in two inmates. When you see the horses eye begins to run look for the wolf tooth. It is small sharp tooth just forward of the grinders of the upper jaw Manchester, EernsoM.
 GREAT GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY IN GEOR- GIA-A Dry Sl0anlP.-lnleresing intelligence has just been received from the State survey of the Dkefenokee Swamp, which covers nearly fourth of the map ol Georgia. The great swamp does not appear to be a swamp after all So far from being impeded by water, the expe- ditiou suffered severely from want of it, and were compelled to sink three wells for drink ins and cooking purposes The underwood, also, was found of almost fabulous thickness, through which they were compelled to cut their way with knives, whereby they were so much delayed as to be in danger of starvation, their supplies being eXhauated The most erroneous opinions have been entertaiheI of the extent anl-nature of the whole region. No publish cd map gives any idea of it's geography. The survey will prove a fortunate venture. The submerged portion is found to be easily drained, whereby thousands of acres of the most val nable cotton lands in the south will be reclaimed. N c. PtcayHne.
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