New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-08
MR. MARSHS TENTH LECTURE.

TIE Hon. NJ. M,rsu. on Monday spoke p'iac pa,'y
on o'-olcte words. Ofle les than 900 so 4 Of l.,
;rsr s,aiion Of no Bible not 80 hsi become obsolete
Out o. tie H. 200 words Of Shakespeare not more tlan
$40 or go had gone out - u-e had changed their
ueanircs OfMitou ;, 900 words there were scarcely
100 which were rot as familiar today when lie u'd
them on tie contrary mary Of the words Of tue sub
ordinate writer's Of his cay and bis prose writing
hsl beer aid aside The fermentation II the he.-o.
cenecus element Of Eog isb lad kept up succession
ri rev vori-. many OF which lived but for .hor-
tine. Pascal had done great work Tor the Frcu,h
l,-cu.ge, 10 fixing forms but the French wa; Mt
80 liable to changes a. the En.-b, not having may
AMI So di-coriart elements. Til, gradual chang
might happen by The change Of one set % word, Coz
the, q The word Of az obsolete at nigh; 20 out
Of ne without being replaced a. 81 instance OF this
last M Marsh gave the at Of archery. Inc nGne.-
Gus technical terms employed in the use Of the bow
which were familiar 20 every English boy IS stock
and 1oct were 70 every Yankee boy were nearly all
forgotten. The business q mskirg bows wa great
ore done in msuy places by many men hence The
names Borrye and Areier. The manufacture Of ar
ross wa a distinct trade and from the term f,-kicr
cane the uame Fictckcr. The business Of making
uuskots required but few large MANUFACTURES. which
limited Tie extent to which IL terms cane into
The mprovemenis in guprery also cau-ed cor,inuA
charge terms which prevented their sener. spread
large class Of words hsi become obsolete 10 our own
county within the memory of many people. There were
at cast 400 or 500 words corrected with the
raising dressing preparing and manufacture OF wool
and FAX, which were universally used IN tie country
thirty years ago. L. these processes lsee number
ofimpement, are used oil of which, and all their parts
r..
wooden factories had deprived Us Of than five per
centage Of tie words used 10 households The places
Of these words ere supplied by others derived from
the reading Of magazines, books and Newspapers
Journeys by railroad and steamboat Translator hsd
frequently been obliged to introduce words to
press meaning which they could rot translate into
words already English. Words sometimes started into
general use Coircidence was never commonly used
until Jefrerson az Adams died the semcentennal
anniversary OF tie Declaration Of Independence, and
Madison. on the ith of July, two or three
years aferwsrd. The word generally used
to mark these coiciiences AID had been
common ever since The discussions of the
Baltimore Convention, at which Franklin Pierce
nominated six years sgo, led one Of It's nombers to
protes; against tie Influence Of outsiders Tue word
struck every body as good one and il would undoubt
edly maintain tsef in the vocabulary. Immigrant
was al American word, evolved bya necessity Of dis
rguisling between in,mgrants and cmigIsnls, Which
existed nowhere ont of America. CoAie-0Hter hal
rot vet been received into polite literature but ~
thorough Saxon character might compel ts recosi-
ton. Lately We had a decided liking for the Ffcrch
termination in a al in postal this termination APP
Piled 10 nouns which contrary to the character
of cur language that every OF these iuteropers
was ne; with great reluctance. The list Of these
words was very interesting; it showed the deliberate
Judgment Ct the nation. Tee tendency seemed to
be TOW ard free trade. 20 discourage home manufac.
ture and encourage Importation. Bot there must be
q reaction. Tie fluctuations were chiefly confined TO
tie romance portion Of the language; there were
few in the Saxon portion. Reckless, for part of the
sixteenth century, nearly obsolete that II was
necessary when it was used to append a note giving
It's meaning. Income WAS If very recent Introduction;
We had purchased at the lose of oc0me, good Scan
dinavau word If the meaning. Periodical LITER
allure, and especially the daily journals, reflected the
speech Of the day. IT, small fragment OF daily
newspaper published within month, he had found
several words and phrases not 10 be found in any die
tcnary: such as photographic engraving prospecting
for gold ro.ateqd people; that and b are not on
sJtokiHg terms; Mr.. Got-chalk's rendition Of piece
Of music; the Back Swan is concert ing 10 the West;
such man ought to be spotted by his associates; snch
4 handsomely paton man; together with ho'suth's
phase the solidarity Il me peoples. Many OF these
were bad and would be ephemera but some would DO
recognized at last, even in dictionaries.