Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-22

caos'e Va utaull anu eNCcllenCe beyond what earth
can supply; he too had roved alone through natures
deepest shades, and converscd with natures self
other resemblances were found which, as NOTHING
out childhood could suggest, nothing but childhood
can excnse the folly of regarding. From the biog-
raphy Of Byron I discovered that his eyes and hair
We're of the same colour with my own I one dav
shewed my mother the portrait prexed TO his works.
anu she forthwith detected strong likeness between
u.s. This was enough. II as cleur as the sun
at n9onday that was designed by nature for another
i-orI byron-vanity whispered. prchaps a greater.
Lord Byron was melancholy. Here wo differed; bus
determined to make the resemblance complete at all
hazards, adjourned incontincntly to my mothers
ioukns, glass, and ncr wofl variety of distortions
at last succeeded in achcvcing face of satisfactory
length. Fixing each feature in tho rigdty of marble
Tor lear OF spelling my invaluable physognomy d,s-
cehded ana liinped majestically about the premises
pure and perfect Byron. OF all perplcxed beings,
tnnt ever had the felicity of beholding, my dog was
the mos. thoroughly puzzled with this uuaccounta be
phenomenon. Seeing me take the wontod path TO
the woods, he gambocd after me; but when he turned
alter getting few yards ahead and cauuht glimpse
OF my rticful visagc. he seemed To DC involved in
labyrinth of doubt TO my personal ideutitv IIc
seated himself on has tail, and with head turned on
one side, looked up into my face with an expression
TINT would have done honour to Il geouleter engapcd
in the quadraiurc of the circle. Convinced at last,
that was lntruth and very deed his own master
ire walked slowly on by my side. Euch linn seemed
to pain him more than lift from the ground by one
ear. His Intelligent and sportive countcnancc rs
suncd cast so deeply Indicative of COMMISSION and
sympathy, that could no longer restrain nv anrh,cr
without cracking nav jawbone. AS my ordinary
features succeeded their Fictitious deorcrrs me scui
ded oil III the tuness of hs Joy. caught IN stick and
tossed 1t twenty feet into the air. and concluded nv
chasing his own tail until he became dzzy as n
drunkard. 80 1t was resolved mem con, flor knew
on which side my dog would voe that should cease
to be Lord Byron. This year was one ofnumbcrloss
mlsfortunes. First came the death of my dor.
~ was shot by an idle vagabond of the neighbour
hood. His body was brought home, and Refusing
all assistance in the melancholy office dur his Grave
with my own hands at the foot of the roc on which
we had so often slept together. thought. thouuh
no believer IN transmlgratlon of souls that he would
rest there more peacefully than elsewhere Over
that grave she'd the last tears have ever dronped
from my eyes. Aly dog was the earest companion
INFANCY ana the first subject III regard to which
death mad evinced to me his cruel power. could not
longer traverse the woods in happiness for there
every object reminded of my prieyous loss
renamed at home almost entirely during the brefr,
rod which must clGpse before the second yo should
ne announced in the shape OF departure from the home
OF my childhood, which had never quilted from NV
birth. My father had determined tn send mo 10
Richmond to be educated At another time and nm
der other circumstances I should have felt distress
ut beng onsfed from the domains on which had been
so long levant and couchant: butnow, when all WIS
gloom whore all had been calmncss aud conteptmeut
iet little regret at my destiny Besides was no, with
out some OF the curiosity natural to nv are to see
tttic more OF this great world than had hitherto seen
30 IN Company with my father entered the stnnc and
after two days travel found myself in the etropolis
As tins was an entirely new world TO me, my adven-
lres IN 1t deserves separate narration Here ends
ne history o the rst twelve years of my life Shoud
'ou, Mes'rs. Editors, display due estimation of
MS iavonr by publishing 1t, you may shortly hear
lOh nae a9dIh PIERRE.