The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-02-05
George D. Prentice.

Mr.. John James Piatt, Librarian 70 Congress,
has prepared the works Of George d. Prentice
for publication, with an original biography. Mr..
Prentice was unsurpassed in readiness and versa
tility. His witticisms were circulated world.
wide; his editorials were often of commanding
influence; his sentimental poems dance and sing
like Moore's ballads; and his best blank verse,
ike 80 The Closing Year" had q majesty Of move
ment and a quiet power emitting it 70 rank
among the best ever produced. From the advance
sheets before us we reproduce a few of the Jeur
deSPrit and aphorism with which the volume
abounds
The editor Of the - Salesman SAYS more
sillainy is on foot. We suppose the editor has
lost his horse.
James Ray aud John Parr have started a 10
eofoco paper in Maine called the Democrat. Parr,
in all that pertains to decency, is below zero, and
Ray is below Parr.
The (Washington) Globe says that such pa
triotism as Mr.. Clay's will not answer. True
enough, for it cannot be questioned.
The editor of the -s speaks of his - lying
curled up in bed these cold morning." This
verifes what we said Of him some time ago = be
lies like a dog"
a young lady has established a pistol gallery
in New Orleans. Her qualifications as u
preacher of the art of duelling are of course I'M
doubted. She has killed her man.
Messrs. Bell Il Topp, of the North Carolina
Gazette, FAY that : Prentices are made to serve
hSsOA "a NAAo W. AlSAAS ~ NC tbuH
and Tops TO be whipped.
Men are deserters in adversely; when the sun
sets and all is dark our very shadows refuse to
follow us.
When a mans heart ossifes or turns to stone
he invariably lives too long for any useful pur-
pose.
What would you do, madam, if you were a
gentleman? ?" /" Sir, what would you do if you
were one ?"
The following bit of a letter to a gentleman
who challenged him to fight a duel is as good as
anything on record, and ought to do much to
make that absurd practice obsolete
am no believer in the duelling code. | would
not call a man to the field unless he had done me
such a deadly wrong that | desired to kill him,
and l would not obey his call to the field unless
l had done him so mortal an injury as to entitle
him, in my opinion, to demand an opportunity of
taking my life. l have not the least desire to
kill you, or harm n hair OF your head, and | am
not conscious of having done anything to you to
kill me. l do not want your blood upon my
hands, and | do not want my own upon anybody's.
l might yield much to the demands of a strong
public sentiment, but there is no public senti-
ment, nor even any disinterested individual senti-
meDt, that requires me to meet you, or would
justify me in doing so.
l look upon the miserable code, that is said to
require two men to go out and shoot at each other
for what one of them may consider q violation of
etiquette or punctilio in the use of language,
with q scorn equal to that which is getting to be
felt for it by the whole civilized world of man
kind. l am not afraid to express such views in
the enlightened capital of Arkansas, or anywhere
else. | am not SO cowardly as to stand in dread
of any imputation on my courage. l have al
ways had courage enough to defend my honor
and myself, and | presume | always shall have.
Yours most, etc. GEO. d. PRENTICE.