Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-03-05

above criticism, positively and entirely satisfac-
tory.
Another indication of the state of language
and rhetoric in this country appears in the re-
cent Report of the Adjutant- General of Maine,
to the Legislature of that State, on the condi-
ton of the Militia department. For an official
report, which is usually synonym for all that
is ponderous, dull and dry, the language is
flowing beyond precedent In the very begin
ming the author breaks at once into the loftiest
vein. He is to give an official, report or des-
cription of the general muster at Belfast on the
he opens -
"The first clang of arms was heard at Belfast
on the 18th of June, the anniversary Of that
glorious day when Bunker's Hill, mid fire and
smoke, Numbered defiance to the arrogant man
dates of British Parliament.
Although the circling years,
Have long since mingled dust with dust,
Methinks sec the passing shadow
Of the IMMORTAL WARREN,
And hear his accents calm and brave;
For Thee my Country
For Thee tits street 10 die ~
The troops prepared for review, and were re-
viewed by "Colonel Stedder, attended by Col
Burns, Norcross, and Higgins" a description of
which gorgeous and magnificent spectacle" is
followed by this sublime rhetorical descant;
"At the close of the review the command was
put in column of route and march through the
principal streets of the city, exhibiting a sol
dicrly bearing worthy of emulation The fer
vd heat of the sun lad began to wane, and the
lam hn,,o1 cboIo.,o fol1 tba brur of
day. The musket was stacked-the helmet un-
clasped and the cap plume laid aside, while the
burning brow of the soldier welcomed the great
FIJI boon of the evening breeze. At o'clock,
in beautiful hall richly hung with armorial
trdpings might be seen the sylph-like forms and
feecy robes Of many a maiden, who, in the Joy
BUSINESS Of youth and beauty, had come to gar
land the assemblage of strong and brave men,
and there, mid flashing wit and sparkling eyes,
was led the May dance till the unwccome fin
ger of passing time tapped the small hours, and
motioned away away. 5urOrd never sprnkled
her eastern car with brighter gems of sunlight
than on the morning of the 18th. The hattal-
ion was early in harness, and dress parade was
handsomely executed in the public square of
the city. AT 8 O'Clock the visiting companies
were escorted to the wharf. where they embark
ed for their homes, amid the cheers of the as
SS"i"'O" "''i'""Si Niiic tile oiaHen "di-uogS
of Capt Cunningham's command hotried de-
parture that would have done honor to a Cri-
mean battery"
Again, when the Canadian citizen soldiers
Maid n visit to por,,ord ,.s, s,,,,,o. u.ho. .
49,, g ''''','c' "'''. "
'iiie 'iio! iiau vi II iia! ne inferred from SIN
gle evening"
"At O'Clock. bv previous and special invita-
ton, the commissioned officers of the two hat
talions, with a broad margin of the elite of the
city of both sexes, paid court to Mayor Jewctt,
and were received by that gentleman and his
ACCOMPLISHED lady in y ,norScr b;,,IL,, 49,,
IRE OF good taste and genial hospitality. On
LUIS passoI ms nonor residence as also nus
nn,S,oo &c raro 80. ,l 'is
let's, the dazzings of beauty and the swayinr Of
fieccy robes, one might wen have imagined him