DUEL EXTRAORDINARY.
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Among the remarkable events to which this ex- traordinary age daily giving birth, and which full ly gives 1t claim to be called the age of miracles, IS duel which occurred not long since between two editors in Montreal Think, reader, of duel be- tween two editors One might as soon expect to see the sun rise In the west. horses to wear horns, politicians to be consistent, or the laws enforced in New York! Notthat editors lack courage. Far from it. They are the most courageous beings, the greatest dare-devils in existence They fear noth- ing-but their subscribers; and will encounter any thing without f1inchng but a paper makers bill. Against all who oppose them, and these are all who do not agree with them they are very game cocks; perfect bull dogs the war horse of Job with his neck hung with thunder! Therefore, we are not surprised that editors should quarrel. It would be wonderful if they should not; for no one ever be- 4eomes an editor unless his bumps of combatreness. orfghtiveness or hspahueness or whatever othe;ce- ness, the bumpologlsts call it. is extraordinarily de- veloped and in all editors especially of long stand

 ing,-not long sitting, which is synonymous with long wranglng, this bump is increased enormously in size and activity But that two editors should % into the field like a couple of common soldiers-a couple of fellows without any brains, and whose in- tellects all in a musket barrel, or the hollow of drum and undertake to settle a controversy by burning "vllainons saltpetre" at each other This IS indeed mlracuous and we do not wonder that the St Lawrence should first halt in its course, and then run backward clear up the cataract of Niagara, as they say 1t did, the moment their editorial pistols were popped. An editor ;s an intellectual man - not an intellectual being. He has nothing of the animal about him. He sinks that the moment he

 hps his mkstand. He deals in mind, intellect spir-

 ituality imagination, thought, sentiments, para

 graph and printers Ink. He is all soul, though some

 times it is small one. He has no body at least,

 so think the generality subscribers for they nsver