Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-15
ALEXANDRIA:
.YO.sD.3T. SsPTEnRER Is, 1917.
a SPECIMEN OF BIOGRAPHY.


some pains upon the inquiry. Some have
told me that it was coeval with the mo-
TIERS gift of the suit of unifo'm...when
buster and looking big and terrible, hav-
ing been for some time the order OF 'he
;iay, huge whiskers, hairy caPs, musta-
chrs,s and mouths and chins besprent,
like those of British jack tars. with To-
sacco spi,tle, became fashionable trap
pings and would be signs Of valor. OH.
ers declared that they never remembered
in when he was not nuisance to all
decent Company with the practice.-NOr
were there wanting those who sad that
il ran in his blood, for that his father per-
tectly steamed with the filthy OdOur in
consequence Of which. his mother, during
their courtship did nothing but dream OF
empty old tobacco hogsheads, and ever
after ,etained pr JUDGE in favor Of per,
sons that cbewed. Be that as il may, he
carried that accomplishment to its high
: est excess...and wherever he went, no one
contributed more literally than him to
that puddle which constantly sends the
ladies' in this country home from all pub
lie places, particularly from our theatres,
with their clothes all stained and sprink-
led, as if a dirty mop had been twirled at
their backs, and the lower part OF their
skirts dragg.ed as if they had been chased
by fall Of rain through the cutters OF
dirty market place
At college he became as perfect mas
ter as his capacity allowed him to be OF
billiards and ese'y Aisd Of gambling -
distinguished himself for the number and
delicacy of his amours ;-aad ter the T.
deity OF his de, otion 10 the Juice OF the
grape and the exttact OF The rye and su-
gar cane, yielded not to the richest EN-
blonze face 10 the circle u mis- acquaint-
ances IL short, he eat, drank, cut dash
es, saw sights, wore on, clothes-ran up
4ccounts with taveras, billiard tables,
boarding houses, lailCrs, boot-nakers, and
every one that would trust him ; till at
iength he found it expedient TO take the
aid Of moonlight, aud without taking leave
Of his creditors, to seturn home to papa
and mamma. Bills and lawyers letters
soon followed him home, and writs soon
tollo. ed them again. In a word, the
whole secret came out; and mamma pre-
vailed upon dadda to pay OF his debts,
aud to send him to the city to make him
self master Of profession. and obtain
final polishing.
AS the old gentleman was wealthy,
and mamma, who held the pu.se-striDgs,
va, rot spariug in her supplies, cur hero
figured away withou, reflection or con-
troll. He dressed in style, gave dinners
in style, and kept women in style: be
came great man at taverns-at the the
atre blood of the very FIRST annoyance
knorias orc amaEg the jockies, and a
pigeon among the gamblers till, ex-
haustins the patience Of his father, and
even the folly an vanity Of his mother,
his funds began to fail ban, and from be-
ing the dupe Of gamblers, he became one
Of themselves black legs.
One consolation, however, st,ll remain.
ed for as long IS he was able to give
the,e dollar, the ladies-I mean those
for whose company alone he had now any
,aste-assu,ed him that he was rery de.
I'll among the icorsr.
4 Jew who hail before profted largely
by his imprudence, not being exactly ac-
quainted with his present circumstances.
lent him two hundred dollars on his note
Of hand the note when due was protest.
This fashion was at one time intro
.iuced while the duke Of York WIS COM
lDander IN chief into some legIons of the
British ,rmy, and was rapid, spreading,
when a sarcastic essa ist in celeb ated
dai y mint attacked il. and STINT iis prn-