SCRAPS FROM OUR NOTE

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 48, 9 January 1869, Page 6

SCRAPS FROM OUR NOTE

No. XVU.^ONrEDITOBS. ; ;,;

A chimneysweep's apprentice is not supposedtb res¥on a/e'ouduuof -roses; the lot of the loblolly boy of a collier is not much to be envied] nor: can the. husband of a lqdginghouse keeper boast a- 'vefy Hap^f'life'j^yet'eachf and' all of these may cordially thank heaven that a propitious' 'forfane-' saved- 'them' from having anything to do with the management of a paper. Soot 7 and' grime may deform the chimneysweep ; yet is he not by half Iso black as the opponents of the unhappy editor wpul^. paint him.. .Prequ'erit arV the ropes-? endings administered to the youthful salt; but use." or. abuse- hardens the part most commonly attacked, while no armour, no panoply ,of indifference, can protect the unfortunate editorjromthe venomed shafts widen atfeJaimed it his breast. Under. 'the 'majestic and royal shadow of "We," he struts andi frets his little hQur-^dbeit; Ke is' con--scious all the time that, the shadow is: but a glass casemate, Kable,to,-dam^ge ; from the first stone-thrower .hjß* may, offend. And he does offend "many.,; though his : disposition may be sweet as the honey of Hybla, his patience* more wonderful than the'man of Ur's. Unless he denounces that scoundrel A., heloffends.B.-, C, D., E., and F. ; aixd if he scathes 'the unhappy. A.^ with his indignation, ' he" makes enemies "of all the' rest of the'alp'ha'bet: His life maybe described as a.perpetual frizzle^ caused by continual transition from fryingpan to fire- and from' fire to fryingpan. Does he report all the blethers of a public meeting, he is accused of cowai'dly sarcasm ; does he ; condense and amend, lie is deliberately ' untruthful. If his- style is humorous, he is a frivolous and heartless wretch,; does he write seriously, he has mistaken his vocation and should have been an undertaker's mute. Does he deal freely in extracts, he is too dull toVilto; does he-fill his paper with original matter, he is told it were better to fill up with secondhand sense and grammar rather than his own brainless effusions. Laura Matilda' prays for more poetry, and sends two columns of " Sighs ; ". Dorothy Dunce encloses a recipe for a pudding ; Mr. Stiggins forwards a' sermon, and Capt. Baboon a loose story — all such the editor has remorselessly to refuse, 'and by each refusal he makes a bitter enemy. "What an awful array these rejected contributors would make ! How amazing is their perseverance in spite of a thousand rebuffs. ' I have recognized the same aspirant ,ih, the "Balaam Box" of a . dozen . different periodicals, under a doxen* different names. I have heard his voice in the taproom and the bar, laying down the law on. affairs, literary,, and denouncing bitterly .the .nincompoops who had usurped the direction of the press. Poor soul, his ambition is not unworthy,, but the "gods in making him ambitiousdenied'him capability. ' Disappointment has. soured, his nature, and he carries his. animosity iirto every action of Hfe. Nay* he goes- further, and were gloomy Charon' to have as fellow, passengers an editor and one of the great' rejected, his boat would be the scene of a tussle, and the 'gloomy waters of the Styx would be reddened by blood, I have said enough to faintly show forth Jfc e ..sorrows and misf ortniae^JtofJi^e who are sometimes^mvfiJ^H^^Hjntic and aspiring youwfl^^^^^^Kts of all such I Lwi^f^^^^^^^^lPg advice. Keep H^^^^^^^^^^^Rtt on bread and with an oakenpen, ink and paper, or a him to

; among.othet things, a dMpoc^B^onillj being sWI pass port not far from Macao. Of the 293 who left Macao, only~l6o came back to to that p>ee; above l; 40. dea^thus taku^plaoe^Binco tp 6th of April. They fought amongst themselves, aud even had dan; ijghti on board ; on one occasion no less than fifty Hakkas were murdered^byPjuntisi'in a^ujrre^-laiting two, hours.' On arrivitfgfat Cha-fo, on July ljth,j the captain had the horror of seeinghis brother, the first mate, murdered, before his eyes, with, ont the power of raising nttlmi^B in thVpoor fellow's defence. Here.the coolies discharged all the cargo, silk'piece'goddsi dfl, L teti, pepper, &c, and sold everything on shore. They even took the clothes of the'remairider of the crew> and disposed of them. The mandarim at Cha-fo never interfered <Sn t^e cap'fain's behalf, but allowed the coolies to do what they liked; and as far as lootingisrconcerned, tkey did the work most thoroughly, tor they cleared the ship Of everything of vjJqe.j T^eycaptajn -was at last, on the 12th of July, allowed to leave these fiends, and go where he wished— a privilege very quickly taken advantage of, he arriving at Macao, on the 14th. Mrs. Bolle is suffering most'acuteiy, froiil^ dreadfaliffeb^ of the bloody "sdenes througn 'which- ane'-has 'passed; and the captain himself has not escaped without considerable Bufiering.frbni jthe terrible situation in w,h\ch he was placed, .being tUree months" on board' a" stiip "With men I who are only one jpemoye £;om,.savages, and during that uncertain as to whether his. life ; would be Bpared'fronxdaylto'day — even worse, that his wife might not become a prey to the cruelties of the wretches -^itH- which this ship was crowded.— "WeflandXlH^e^Rlpotffcy"' - '