The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-11-02
BY TINToRET.
PORTRAIT NO. 2

Is 10 complete contrast to No. l in
asnuch as he is of a very fair com
plexion, and features CT classic mould.
He is not of Southern cline, being
trausplsnted from Northern Virginia,
and originally of Scandinavian descent,
bis immediate ancestors being SWed,
lsb, on the paternal side at least. He
has been suongst US for good many
years, his advent here being nearly
simultaneous with the opening of the
College before the war, and was for
several years one Of its professors but
for a number of years past he has been
the efficient principal of our Female
Academy, where his services both to
patrons and pupils have been most &C
eeptable, owing not only to his pro-
fciency and requirements but also to
bis general department and genial
manners. His Instincts as we'll as
breeding are in the highest degree
those of gentleman, which are mani
tested in his every day actions though
in the most quiet and unobtrusive
manner possible. His temper is ap-
pareotly very equable and smooth,
though there is plenty Of spirit lying
perdu under that optwardly calm ex-
terror which only requires aa EXCITING
cause to bring it out, but it must be
something out of the common way to
Go it. There is no super6uous passion
ready &c break out like volcanic out
bursts for inadequate causes. The
kindliness of his nature is also soan-
teracting influence 10 prevent any such
eruptioas and to suggest forbearance
where the temper may be tried. It is
this element of his nature that makes
him universally acceptable as social
unit, and be is intensely social without
being the least obtrusive. His general
cultivation and extensive information
render him an agreeable and instruct
i've copEapiop. especially as egoism
does not enter largely or at all iuto his
conversation, and he is not ofensiveiy
antagonistic in the expression Of his
opinions. He has considerable. criti-
cal acumeu and an analytical order Of
micd which is prone to dissect and
see the true inEa-dness of a writer or
author and to test his merits whether
as poet or prose writer. l take it be
knows what is true poetry and what is
not, and has a very severe standard
by which be tries their claims, and
would, perhaps, startle ordinary read
ers and some who are not ordinary by
his clashiOg and slashiDg criticisms of
some Of the popular favorites who seem
firmly enthroued upon their lofty
pedestals, and haEe received undis-
;urbed homage and worship fron the
popular herd and sweet plaudits from
the vox populi, while they complacent-
ly wear their laurels and look down
serenely upon ordinary mortals from
their supernal heights. Come down
LcDgfellow and Tennyson and hide
your diminished heads. You have
bsep weighed in the balances and
found wanting. Come to the front
Edgar Allen Poe, for yoq haye stood
the test. You are the true child of
genius. You have the divine afiatus.
You were born in the purple, erriog
and unhappy though you we're. Your
right aud title were divine but you
were the sport of misery and misfor-
tune and did not wear the ermiue or
the royal robes of Office. You were
the prince without the throne, for you
were weak though you we're strong,
and like the unhappy Chattertoa your
sun went down in gloom and tempest
as though your high gifts were the
envy of fortune. Like that weak but
splendor loving King of England, the
second kicbsrd. sbo was deprived of
his throne by Henry Do'ingbroke,
whose birthright and title were not as
good as his, you too were detbroued by
power stronger than genius and you
succumbed &c vice. But to returo
to our subject, be sesmsto be fixture
amongst US Dow for the balance of