Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-09

who WAS suinse,taety aSfSc1s % Aho" ~
traa,oota.e region ne had secreted himself
as.r the LAST 4ssee dsys, were succeeded BY q
long and aniniased discussion Of a variety OF
isserestfas .aaies, m which sfe man OF haas-
ton Bore priaeipaa share, and in which it
.was .stsled % the universal ssasisfaction OF
the coferie, that the weather. was inconsesti-
bsy the Eness, Tears Of Sensibilisy the most
enchanting Novel; and Miss Rustic by far
the most preposterous figure that had been
sen for century At least. .... T..
As these disquisitions, however interesting
TO the if,teriocutors, were I confess some
What Ratio my russicsted palate, Fled OF
towards party of Sloods, who in corner OF
the room which"they had appropriated entire
to themselves, appeared by repeated and We.
ciferous bursts of laughter to derive infinite
deligh. and meiriment from, each other
You, who have 20 often seenme enjoying in
nv own elbow.c chair what our friend Problem
terms the very point, vertex and demonstra.
bic conclusion of a joke, can picture to Jour,
self the satisfaction which prepared to en-.
Joy in my own element again. DENNY
Drinkall," lisped a buck from the corner as
I approached, "curse me, Drinky, but thou
vast aevilish blue last night" B:ue," sim
pered tho other with a wagsish smile, "way,
Dash, thou art horribly out there, for. stiAe
me, if drank any thing but red :; which ts-
nunox. pun was so i,resis,ably diverting, that
the room Instantly was shaken by the obstre-
porous merriment Of the brother blosds-.
When the spirit of the pun was at length eva.
porated in reiterated peals ST laughter, was
not little alarmed and embarrassed Il pray
you ascribe it to my ignorance Of toni by the
smiles and audible whispers Of my
neighbors, whom my unmo-dish appearance
had inspired with insupPortable horrenr'-
" Par Diex! most egregious bette in the
DIS name what strange planet has the tut
dropped from is he antedluyian |" with
quizzical shrugs, hens and horse-laughs as
sailed me from all sides, while a brace of
.ear-"ghted knowing ones advancing to in
spect me more closely, completed my dis
composure, and drove me in despaiy to the
opposite side Of the room.
Here, when recovered from the tumultuous
medley Of feelings that had assailed me in the
region of buckism, found myself thrown
into the sphere Of politics where fat, short
man, with rotund face. was certainly the
star of the first magnitude. " Yes" said
this orator, who was apparently in the mid
die Of an animated speech, " Napoleon is
very great, very strange, a very extraor-
binary man Cesar, Sir, turning to me) was
a mere ,rumpeter to him he has conquered
greater kingdoms IN campaign, Sir, than
Caesar in his whole life"
You see, gentlemen" continued he, his
army is at Cadiz in three weeks he will hold
every foot of ground in Spain :: then, Sir
England must go; she can't stand; shs'!nust
fall there's no remedy for her."
"Her navy, however," said ageht1eman,
" you'll grantz-"No. Sir, interrupted the
orator, can grant no such thing it is AZ
tonishing to me that people will not listen to
res.ox. Why tell you. Sir, she must sink
common sense says she will sink and, Sir,
promise you it ~illnot be six months before
Bunaprte is in London, Petersburgh-aye,
and CenstAntiasple too" The orator was
here interrupted BY the rushing of the COM
pany from the teato the ballroom, leaving
me overwhelmed by thefauency of his elo-
Quenee and the ,stddi'y of his conceptions;
while the result of my observations on the
conversation of a squeeze was, that as every
thing appeared, from the universal use Of
;suterlahpes, to have reached its acme, con-
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