Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-12-17
CITY ITEMS.


Az EDroRS LiYr.-It would require a master hand TO
sketch with fidelity that poor aud abused class, known
a. editors As contemporary truly remarks he may he
the responsible" the foreign" the literary :" the
local the commercial, i'm either department he is
the subject OF laudaton abuse trials aud triumphs-
lie must have ready pen, remarkable versatility of
knowedge correct Judgment and considerable nerve
IL you ntrude upon him you discover him wr-
ting reading scissoring. lie will talk but his pen does
not stop; he spatters the ink he fumbes over books
he hunts among newspapers; he grows savage lead
him needy artists ask his favorable notice inventors
have models 10 show him. He IL addressed on more
subjects than IL was ever intended single mind should
comprehend; and while his journal Is called by some
influential" valuable etc. are others who blunt
" pronounce Ii "scurrious," and poor" Swimming up
on Hoods ofescitement battling chahng arguing sen
iig exatng friends aud crushing foes thinking working
Is the aud substance of editor career AT home
lie writes with his wife at his elbow and his child ON his
knee In the street, he those ideas which In
few hours will startle the who now oste and crowd
him; in his sanctun, he makes ready thunder-bos
moulded with PEN but more powerful than any ever
hurled IRON Joye. He delivers lectures; he ia polit-
clan; he holds Office he Is traveller he gives YER
dict upon manuscripts which precious than the
apple OF their eye TO aspiring authors; he pleads
poor he snubs the rich; he conciates he deRes he
aouses nations he dethrones kings he is the guardian
Of liberty, and omnipotent
Up In garrets in out-of yplaccs-sometimes fur
nshed like paror, sometimes worse than a pig penis
his saet'n sdneoruD, the holy OF hoes" Are you par
uhl TO frownsg Do you wish to hear growly Disre-
gard the notices OF Editors Room "Priyate ,No Al
mttance, aud enter the den; you Observe the contract
ing brow you do not know whether you are sauted or
insulted tongue proposes speak, and your legs
incline you to run away; head lifts itself; worn pen
and mixed fingers point n seat which takes Won AN
instant to reach, but have done So monster
has his clutches deeply in idea that he forgot
ten your existence. There you sit try TO count the
pyramids Of newspapers and wonder IL be an editor is
necessary to he savage. You books and maps: but
you would soon medde with the cub of hear "a .ny
thing in which the wild animal before you has an inter
est Delegations OF devils" from the printing office
come for copy, and great many things going on
which are strange to you. Other gentry come in who
glance contemptuouSly at yourself They seat them.
selves, aud you hear nothing but scratch, scratch
win goid pens, steel pens, and goose quills
they pull at their whiskers they clear their throas
they look up at the ceiling they help each other when
their ideas run aground they write and re-write;
they expunge and amend they become cheerful If
their productions please them and crusty il thew
do not Now, remember that this mental toll must
go on by day and by night, when the head is dizzy
by sickness and the heart weary with sadness that il
entails study research and thought that the themes are
suggested aud discussed within the hour and you will
understand why you wanted in AN editors sane
tum Presently, however, he will talk to YOU : he will
cut short long speeches. he will bring YOU at once
10 your business he will dispatch it, and you will
once discover that necessity, il inclination urges
him to resume his pen In summer when the iIowsrs
are so tempting, at midnight with the glare of artificial
hBnt pouring upon him, there he is-a tOlng slave He
writes OF your peasures-he adds your iowa Do YOU
ever think of his exhausted baiu his fading life his pre-
mature death Literature was, perhaps, passion OF his
boyhood and he has pursued the wicked phantom from
year 10 year, finding in the qualification of a refined
ta''e some mall reward for his painful infatuaton
MAYORS COuRr.-YesterdAy VIM Connors, the indi
nduA who inquired few nights since for lodgings at the
cage and obtained it, lin the jail before the Mayor
again aud remanded
Geo. Frost for being drunk in the streets was sent to
jail
Lucy Banks, arrested without free papers for disor.
DERBY conduct, Jail
hfs' Conners, charged by Mrs Goodman with using
abusive and threatening language reprmanded and
discharged.
AMERICAN HorEL-Thompso. TYLER il now and has
been for some time past the presiding genius. at the
table hote Of this popular establishment and it is moth
ing more or less than the truth say that under his
Pervson, the patrons of the hotel have been toasted
with the good things of this world No man who does
not resist the aurements sumptuous viands can tise
from the table of the American Hotel without subject,
hS the buttons OF his vest to an unusual strain.
The LAScERs-This splendid corps of cavalry, recent
y organized in this city, paraded yesterday afternoon in
citizens dress, and were drilled at the Genial Fair
Grounds by Captain Anderson. This was their first an
pearance in public and the fine appearance OF both men
and horses was the theme of all who saw them They
have adopted undress uniform in which thew will ra.
Of New Orleans.
strike WHILE THE IRoN Hor"-At the meeting of
merchants in this city committees we're appointed to OBJ
tain signatures to the resolutions adopted at the pror
meetingi and, aso signatures a call for a meeting n
organize an Association of Importers" Has the com.
mittee acted Have the merchants appended their sig
natures to the pledges originally proposed? Has the
Association of Importers been organizeds
EtEcrroS OF OTFrcERs.-The staff of the First Regi
ment of Virginia Volunteers in this city, h,s been COM
Pleted by the promotion OF Capt Moore, of the Mont
gomery Guard to the post of Lieut. Colonel the election
OF eH"Capt VIM H. Fry, Of the Blues the post of st
MAJOR, and the promotion Of LIST Lieut. T g. Pevton of
Company p to the post of I'd Major-a unezccptiona.
BILE appointments.
AHusENESrs To-NIGHT.-At the Theatre the Marsh
children will display their wonderful precociy and apt
tude for initiation
AT Mechanics Hall the Peak Family will entertain vou
bells" ~ ''9'
Hon. H. A. WIsE.-The Norfolk argus saws that Gov |
Wise, having purchased the splendid Moscey farm from
his brother John C. Wise Esq OF tnat city beautifully
located on the Eastern branch of the Elizabeth about
miles from the city, cOntempates removing and residing
there in the early part ofneHt year.
statue ARRrvED-The bronze statue of Mason for the
Washington monument, has arrived and been conveyed
TO the Capitol Square We presume that Il will he I'M
boxed In day or two, the necessary ar
engagements can be made for lifting il TO the pedestal
which 1t will occupy.
The ORIGINATED Biners are recommended bv Pbvs |
clans in their practice distinguished clergyman who
had taken SIX bottles, by direction of his Physician,
writes us that they have cured him ofdyspepsa of twon
y-hTe years standing. TRY this remedy Dyspepticsl
EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE.
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