Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-04-12


h.,d 7, 10 therefore returned with ackno"
ledpements." This letter is no hction' ou.
real verbatim copy Of one which blue co VS.
of mine showed me with little degree OF Prl.e'
=, What he deemed the attention ana pow.
nee, of ,he editor OF one of the magazines,
.h,r, 10 WAS about to offer another arueN'
.h;.h no was from the civility oil that ho'e'
would he fayorablably received.
=. =. m he .eer. from what has been said, ina,
a.. Rlue Man must be an accom?hsheo
,;ar and that's pity, bee ause, as to his pro
es..;on. he is generally popular preaone'i
sometimes. indeed, young oarrister' nu'
am inclined 10 think there are more oiue Popu-
lar nreachers than blue barristers; the iorme,
are more in the habit Of living upon 'iaoies
smiles. sometimes, indeed upon lneir 'ear
The complexion of Blue Man Is gehera"y
fair, blue eyes, Of course, and light na'r !housn
have known them dark, with dark mar, a"1
then they are very sallow; and the cast o! 'nei'
coun,enahce melancholy, thai is, interesting
Perhaps history of the early education' hao'
its and manners of Blue Man may not be uh-
interesting TO the philosophic reader. can
give it partly; yet perhap.it will be thooshs
take too much upon myself, and write TOO no-
en,lv ON a subject am not acquainted with;
but am acquainted with it, and know all a.
bout the matter. have been behind the scenes;
I will tell you how. I have cousin, OF whom
I limited somewhat, who is decided Blue Man
and a very fine and fair specimen OF the species
in question. was at the same school with nun
when he was about ten, and year and nan
older. He was pale, rather sickIy and sallow
boy;with that hasty, 2eevlsh expression OF eouh-
tenance. and mis,rustful, unsociable manner,
which made me and other boys always long TO
lick him: and SO we did, though he was my
cousin. He had the character Of muzzing, a
good deals but after all, it was not at his lessons
there we did him wrong; but found out after
wards i, was at those abominable efforts oil Ju
yenile genius which mothers delight IN so
much. Copies of bad verses; most heroic es-
saws about Jupiter, Hannibal, or the Trojan war
and sometimes play, according to his notions
of one. AS 10 his mother, it was the old story
over again. She showed this nonsense to her
FRIEND in the boys presence, gave him sweet,
meats for his precocious compositions, and
paid him penny line for his poetry. nus
encouraged, all these proofs of genius aceumu-
lated in his brain and on his paper, so much as
in great measure, to push Latin and Greek
from their stools. ! lost sight Of him alter the
space Of two years, being taken away from
school, where left him to his literature anu
lollipops.
u
lese, where he contributed 10 the Cambridge
Chronicle; drank nearly dozen Of white wine
during his three wears; consumed great deal
of,sa. read magazines, and wrote for them with
out success; filed albums with rhymes and
be au,iful extracts in prose; visited bankers
family, with whose daughter he commenced
literary fiji rtaion, and taught her the principles
of Spurzhrim; gave literary tea.partles, with
wax candies aud lemonade; got up speeches for
the Union, and shirked the replies; wrote five
act tragedy, consequently complained OF the
.sys r -frUr re sefdom sportsd beavers
wrote for all the prizes, and wrote 10 all his
friends 10 come and hear Rim recite them-al-
ways, unfortunately, was uery near getting them;
was Joint editor Of a wretched weekly pamphlet,
which died miserable death three weeks after
its birth; took poor degree, took his leave,
and finally, took orders.
| next saw him at a large country house OF
an uncle OF ours, in which large winter party
was congregated; and then his great ambition
was to be thought reading and knowing, and
what is generally called remarkably clever
young man; for which purpose there were al
ways great many books missing from the Ii
brary, which he carried up into his bedroom;
and took care the people In the house should
hear him raking out bis fire al two O'Clock I'M,
the morning. The housemaid no doubt saw
his tones, and wondered at his learning and .ai1r
hours; probably told it in the servants hall, and
privately it came TO the ears Of the guests. !
can't conceive how he contrived 10 procure such
correspondence as he had. Every morning
at breakfast the servant brought him such
pile Of letters as made every body think him
very happy man, perhaps great man; certain
Nv man of some consequence. These letters
he used TO receive with an air Of concern; look
over their directions and pos,marks; ,hen grave
ly, but ostentatiously, FOR he always put the
franks uppermos'O lay them down by the side
Of his plate, Till breakfast was over, when he
would again look at heir directions and post
marks, thrust them into his pocket, and march
into the library to read his probable nothlngs.
He never rode out with US, for he could not
ride, the wretch! ,s never went out shooting
for he said It was cruel, and some ladies smiled
approaation at his tfuderness; he never played
billiards, and the only game he condescended
to play was chess. Scene the fourth and last Of
this strange eventful history is laid in London.
Ihither he went, sent by his anxious mother
who was convinced he would make a great dis
play in the metropolis He took lodgings, af-
ter ample instructions from his careful parent,
to look after his tea and sugar; to lock up The
one. and take care he mice did M, ell H. -