Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-12-09

ming about the country.to procure subscribers to
work ofhers, to be entitled the TenEesseeap, and
has of late made visit 10 Washington, where, it
seems, she was paronsed by Mr.. ADAMS. Mr..
CLAY, and Mr.. Secretary SoUTHARD, who several
ly subscribed for two .hree copies Of her htera-
~ performance. This circumstance has been taken
hold of with degree Of avidity, by the Opposition
presses who have undertaken to prove, that in thus
patronizns aged and decrepid mendicant, the
Government has been guilty Of open corruption.
and that the Cabinet have perpetraed overt acts OF
! treason
There is much Of the supremely ridiculous at
tached to these silly and idle charges and it needs
no ghost to inform intelligent mind, that wheth-
| er Mrs. royal has or has not been patronized by
! the Government,the permanoncy of the Republics Is
not threatened and that treason, boodshed, villai
ny and crime, are not at work To sap the founda-
| tion of the country.
The affairs Of Mrs. RoYALL, so far as they are
connected with the Government of the United
States, are too ridiculous to be noticed--and we
blush for ourselves, when find that we are call
cd upon to notice the old lady and her silly perior-
mances. But as she has, by reason oft excenri-
city of her department, and her unparalleled impu-
dence. become quite thing Of notoriety, it will be
well enough 10 give our readers sketch Of her
the facts of which were furnished by her i,macu.
| late SELF
To commence then in the style la Biographc
Mrs. ANNE RoYALL was born in the county Of
Stafford, Virginia. and was lineally descended from
yI,o sboIa orlx,
in the seventeenth century, and who mmedi-
ately identified with the melancholy fa:e that at
tended tho Princess PocAHoNTAs.
At an early age, when almost young Fon-
teneile, ANNE RoYALL, but her name not then
! Anne Royal, for she was spinster, pure in the
eyes of Heaven the virgin Sun-H was Anne
something, no matter what-unlearned in politics
and polite literature, and became favorte Of the
MUSES.. One day rs she sat on the banks Of the
Shenandoah, chanting the delightful ditty of VIII
liam Riley, soldier addressed her. and begged sine
would be his bride. Anne, blushing like the rose,
granted his request, and the next day the gallant
hussar, led Ter to the temple of hymen, and thu.
did she commence that life, which in the end has
become pre-eminenty distinguished. But the
husband of the bewitchng Anne, was called to the
field of battle, and at Red Bank, Monmouth. or
some other place. laid down his lie for the good OF
his country.
From that moment, ANNE RoY,LL. the dear
creature, became disconsolate, and had well nigh
closed her life " in melancholy sadness" when an
invitation from the Muses. awoke her to the anici-
poions Of all the delights OF the world as well a.
Tie solid enjoymeuts of real society. Thus loudly
called upon to aid the Muses., she seized her pen,
and from that day to this has been an ardent wor.
shipper Of literature The emanations Of her pen
| aod that beautiful ballad commencing,
say my love, o say my love,
Wilt thou 60 with Inc
U then my love, o then my dove,
| Wewill 60 to the western coUNTERIE,
has, of all Others gained for her degree of ceebr.
y, which will probably survive the shafts of crti-
cism, and the assaults Of rivalry-if brillancy of
conception, correctness of measure, aud elegance of
thought, oe considered necessary to the establish
| ment of poetic fame.
But Mrs. RoYALL is not TO be considered as
dabbler in verses only. On the contrary, she has
devoted herself to higher and nobier pursuits-she
has become the biosrapher Of nine -tonths of the
great men of the Union, and placed great propor-
tion of our Governors Secretaries, and august Re.
presentatives. on the great highway to immortali-
w. as the reader will readily perceive, by referring
to that celebrated work. entitled Sketches of Lille
and Manners"
Sometime about the year 8l7, Mrs. ANNE Roy.
| ALL migrated TO the Western Country, and loca'ed
herself in what is called Russells Valley, in 80.
State Of Alabama, where she vowed she woulG
spend life Of seclusion, devoted 10 the pursuits o,
literature and the Muses.. THIS detel m,natlon was
not long kept, before ANNE discovered that she
was putting her light under 5ushel and deprlvlp
rising generation Of the lights OF her mind and n
benefits of her sage council. Emerging from he
state Of seclusion, she commenced her travels over
the United States, and whilst on her pilgrimage.
wrote that extraordinary literary performance, en-
titled" Sketches Of Life and Manners" which ha,
immortalized several of our citizens, who neve,
we're vain enough, 10 hope for the joys of mmor
;ali,y, or the wreath oiimperishable fame. During