Newbern weekly progress., 1858-10-28
WEEkI YPROGRESS.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING. ocToBERN, 1858.
] snare Us.

fff@SS# spare u.s.
Byron, on one Occasion wanted hero, and de-
nominateds his wishes at that time "an uncom-
mon want" Who ever read the first canto of
his Bon juan without sympathizing with the
gifted writer { Notmany. But those who are
conyersant with The history Of that individual
Know that be aonee attempted to edit a new spa
per-don't remember xhetherit was daily
and, that he fsiles sIe then had the sympathy
rv u.orI,l 1s3sae sbsS sseB &c Iissa
of his misfortune
Ss 81 hirls san acknowledge
that ne wrote that he9was highly favored
with the ln.lses 'snd some think that even the
gods smiled But in editing he failed in
pleasing an appIehative public No doubt but
he often felt the want of e aShero, while he occu-
pied the chair editefial Who has not OF if not
in want Of hero, in need of what is worse-a
subJecti Then the hero of Don Juan cared but
little forgthe sympathfes of his friends The vi
fuperatlon of his enemfes furnished him with
a wider and better field for sarcasm, and he
availed himself of his good fortune. threw himself
into this field and fortified it, and hid defiance
to thosea adisposedkto gibe at hinr Byron was
great man, but hn fell short i'm the newspaper
business. Sarcasm was his forte. Others, just
great have failad; and even in Jour own coun-
try where liberfJEOf the press is guaranteed, and
editors pen issuntrammelled, we find them
giving way--shSsfsilf9 up for want of patronage
an evidence, not that they are not appreciated
but that fewsrnenaeal sustain themselves on their
literary merits alone But most men are CON
yinced OF this tact There is no need then, for us
TO discuss 1t.
= But lesser LIGHTS require syrnpathy saad VIC
tbol oh mn dax Ter
it to them. It Exceedingly mortifying for
fedgeling's favorife productions to be received
with ridieule, derided almost in his presence and
we hope we shall hear of it while 6 strut
ting our brief hour at least from those who
in all probability, could do no better than We
have done Let us hear no more of it, friends
or we shall find hero and attempt TO fortify our
self on the battlefield once occupied by the sage
of sMissolonghi. EF as@a.
CRAVEN SUPERIOR COURT This ahonorable
body is still in session, but we presume will moi
remain SO long, we learned from the Clerk
yesterday evening, that the State docket, although
the largest by considerable that he had eveEshad
the honor of spreading upon the record, was fully
disposed of, and that the Civil docket would be
taken up thissrorning. There was but one ease
that seemed to elicit much interest, and that was
an ialtiictment against some six or seven gentle.
nea, for making Illegal foneible entry into one OF
Mr.. A. Miteheilss negSe houses, for the purpose OF
| making search for stolen goods, Sc, and for com
mitting assault upon the person of of his
negro men. This case occupied most of the fore
noon yesterday, and the investigation was
very thorough, both ON the part of the court, an6
| the Counsel, and we suppose, will be much more
SO the part. of the Jury, inasmuch they
had not decided it when we left the Court House
late in the evening for the purpose of reviewing
our notes. We heard his Honor tell the Sheriff
on leaving the bench, that the Jury must be kept
confined until they decided the case, if it took
them all the week, and in case they should be
unable-to come to decision during the week
that the court would be left open until they did.
THE UNITED STATES CoURT-Pampliee Dis
trict-Met yesterday morning pursuant to ad
journment, and ssitifeut transacting any business
of Importance to meet in Newbern, OF
the Sd Monday fns April. 1859.
ROYAL PoLITHtsE Esss-A Scotch neyvspape hicl