Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-12-17
LETTERS OF CURR,y

LETTERS OF CCRRAN.
Ertrcets from Cnr,an's private na.]
to Rrr. Mr.. WestOn, lately publiaJ|
The folinwing is m extract Of g, /,
ter from him Wills, residing in J"1
don:
e" You will perhaps be at some III
70 guess what kind nf amusementI N
law myself: why, I'll tell You. IsmI|
a couple Of hours every night at cos.|
house. where am not a little entprt,,
Ell will, groape of old polite ians, sh|
mt in order to debate on the reports
the day. or to invent some fnr the D..
with the "ther BUSINESS OF The matt,
Though ,inn't know that sociabiIi,v
til characteristic Of this people, yrtM
litics is certain introduction 70 II
clnsest intimacy of coffee house acou,is
ance. One meets with great de-, n
amusement from this sort of conv,
in, and think it can scarcely b. /,
id Of imp ovement. Six or segnE
fellows. ~ho have spent the early y.
of their lives in variety of ad, en,rn
and are united at last by M other mi,
ciplc than a common vacancy. Wild
makes it necessary for them to sN =
their time by meddling with other ~,
pie, business. since they have Non, 4
their own. is certainly a miscrlIam n.
unworthy pe;usai it gives fachr
at least Of DISCERNING characters al
what is no Jess useful, "nurcs Us To +,
leration that must make our psy,c
throughout life more easy. aIavSt
variety of ordinaries and eating hov
ses and they are equally fertile in g,ue
Cor character hunter. | think haze
found out the cellar where Rodpt
Random ate shin beef fIr three peas,
and actually drank out of Che idqfl
quart which the drummer squeezed b
gether when poor Strap split the bri
on his legs.'
The f,ll"wing letter was written d
Bristol. on his way back to IrIMl
and contains an exquisite description
atuach scene, quite worthy of Shdt}
himself:
q" The evening before last, | set ot
from London in company with Mrh,
one OF my companions in the WhIa1
excursion. The other side of the cd
was occupied by little comfemphe
cnckadsd thing in the land pay, d
which looked still more despicahh
being placed near a laughing. weshs
beaten fellow, who belonged to the "a
service. Had master Jupiter cuckOEs
Tyndarus in the form of turkey.od
instead of a gander, should be tfmpt
to trace my pedigree from Leaaherol
for no one mnre heartily hates aid
coat, or the wearer of it. Ii thtriH
you have a spark of i'll nature in!a
composition, you will rejoice in
pleasure I received in witnessing
contrast, The Captain like the r'l'
his fellow servants, seemed eDamouH0
of his livery, was shallow, Ignorant
ven in his own little depth ; and 20
might SET. by one eye that elevated hI
brow, that he would be most arOssH
had be body to support such FFt'''
siuns, or if the other eye did not $40
hiu companion who was likely ''s
feat any attempt in that way. lhe I"
Ter seemed veil acquainted with %
fairs OF thi, country. particularly oI
last war, in part of which lie bad 81
share and 20 this he added a lerOo
sort OF unc0nsci0usness OF his FeS
strength. with little ostrntall'n @'
superior enrlnw mrnfs. that rfaO"'
cuscd, as it made rim more e]gf
push the triumph ever his poor aa'G'
nv. he com ersatisn turned a"OI
The military and navy. ]he SIT"
tar seemed TO offend the caPtaIn'|,
perhaps as much as powder "o%N'
he had mistaken his man. as VII
elrment tbey were ged on
Commodore soon obliged him to sls
| nor did he make amends for his nv
less attacks on the navy by his e"s
of lhr sanding army. which 'hr :.
assailed In his turn. and ronted W.
vuIiey or sarcasms. which were a."
tual as ii they had been more eh''".
! RAW. 1t must. however, be o'''
| in his favor, that perpetual n"oa
artipalhy, ard as Constant q" =
! c,mce OF it. might naturally mar
possible for him to speak on SUCH.
irct with mach originality. 81 T.,
{ sptain did not seem 10 have ''D