The North-Carolinian., 1858-04-24

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big cro~d thar--sone Wis, drinking and
wan't-I was, Judge, sso.tar so myself.
Well, Noel Hales was thar trylh4to bay an
old spotted sow that run closeto him. Noel
IS good feller, Judge, but he amt smart;
he went to JACKSON onst and his daddy got
out Of sight, and he went about axing every
man he met, 'yhar's daddy?'
20 on Mr. -, tell us all about the Fl fght.'
'Well. was saying, Noel wanted the
SOW and he was afeard he couldn't buy her
without gettin some body to stand for him,
and told him eff he'd make me safe I'd go
it Or die; and he said he'd pawn his gun, but
hit was at Wingate's shop to be fixed. l
told him .'all right Noel,'' shan't break
squares with us, no how. Well Noel he bid
three dollars and dime, and quarter, and
1 can't say which, IN the positirc''--
''Go on, sir, if you please, about the fight
Well, give me time to bring it round right
Well, Noel didn't git the SOW, bekase John
Wall bid more'n she was wuth. Well then
a put up and Foster bid ten dollars
and quarter and she was knocked off to
him. Foster said he only bid ten dollars,
and S. said he bid ten and quarter. They
got to disputin and l thought enough was
said for a man to fight on, but Foster tuck
it. They kept on jowerin. and at last S
told Foster he'd be- eff he'd scrupulate.
Eos. said he'd be--ef he'd combolicate
from what he said. Well, about this time
felt dry and went over to the doggery with
several and we all took stiff drink. tuck
mine with sweetnin, Judge, Well Noel Haes
seemed hurt about not gittin the SOW, SO l
; says, Noel, lets have some music to make US
a feel better Sez he. Ben, I know you are
a friend to me, and eff you'll git Abe Lard
to play 'Cotton eyed Joe," I'll treat to half
; pint. Well in this time we hearn the fuss
Z over the way and went out, and who should
we see but 5. lying down on the piezzcr, and
Foster as pale skinned milk. Sez men
let's have fair fight. Some one said. Ben
t they've already fit.''
"Mr--, did you see the fght?"
"Well' can't say as did, nor | can't
say 1 didn't. | mought, and mought not,
, then again l mought.'
DO you recollect anything about it, or
were you in a condition to recollect?''
Nen, Squire, you rather got thar.
he fact is, sometimes git discombo obolated
and my remembrance amt very clare; but
one thing I'm of, Judge, and that is,
Noel treated; ii he didn't Pll Dep
Here the State informed him that he could
stand aside, and the court not happening to
hear the oath the witness permitted to
retire amid the suppressed laughter of the
whole court room.
EDIToRs.-A good editor, competent
newspaper conductor, is, like General or
a poet-born, not made. Exercise and ex-
perience give facility, but the qualification
is innate, or is never manifested. On the
London daily papers all the great historians
novelists, poets, essayists, and writer's of
travel, have been tried, and nearly all have
failed. We might say all; for, after a dis
!, play of brIlliancy, brief but grand, they died
out literally. Their resources were exhaus-
, ted. II cam said the late editor of the
e Times, to Moore, 'sfnd any number of men
t of genius to write for me, but very seldom
s one man Of common sense" The ''thun-
h derers" in the Times, therefore, have, so far
;, as we know, been men of common sense.
II Nearly all successful editors have been men
of this description. Campbell, CARLYLE Bull
: wer, and D'Israeli failed; Barnes, Sterling
II and Philips succeeded. In England editors
it rarely write for their journals. They read
fl select and sscut out the work. In This
= country, with few exceptions, editors have
$ not only to read, select and .'cut out the
o work. but do the writing too. On the
9 whole, American editors the hardest
( writing men in the world.
THE Power THE PREss-Lord StanIy the
new British Secetary of the Colonies in lis
e speech to the electors OF Kings Lynn, on his re-
" election to Parliament, thus spoke of the press
Fifty years ago, Parliament had almost
exclusive power of forming public opinion upon
= ali q ,estions of the time That state of things
d has changed. The vast development Of the
;. power OF the press during the last qnnrter of
d a century has introduced into modern polit cs
= n entirely new element. (Hear, hear) 1t is
impossible to sit in Parliment without seeing
o. how far and to how great extent modern
Journalism Affects parliamentary
y baters. The power of the press is in itself
i representation (hear, Jas believe OF the poor
4 and the humble against the powerful 1t is
protection which no legislation can take away;
and it is not of the least subjects OF satisfaction
n to me, looking back at the few years when
st have passed in public life, to think that was
4 one of those who took part in measure
mean the removal Of the stamp dnty-"n'cn
y has given an increased Development to Journai-
nr ism. and of which we have seen as yet oniy