Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-29
COMMUNICATIONS.
THE CLUB-No. w.


Twas Sitting the other evening in nay Study
masipp upon the ills and blessings OF Jiit
had thrown up my window to epjny the luxury
Of the rrsh air, for my frame had become lie.
ver,sh from the excitement always produce q IN
M by wri,iug-are you anxious to know wna!
4 song, 10 be quavered that night by the Club:
ak,nd Of chara, terislic quartetto oil some Oh
cur odd fashions and notions 1t was growing
dark, ard to pass away he ball hour or so
which would elapse before the time my frlend
HATCHER p omised TO call for me, on his way
10 THorH WIGerNs, 1--WE always Call him
THopH. or ex-counsellor,) where the CLUB was
To meet that night, lighted cigar ana COM
m,nceo a silent communion with my own
Thoughts
i, appeared 20 me tyosIi recollect I'm hall
noe,) tina, could see the darkness increasing;
ard this fancy led me to observe he pofilon
of things in he room. Books, papers, ink
sands, an th- scan,y furniture OF my writi'g
table. were blending INFO surface, their out
lines scarce dislinguishable, until hnaliy they
disappeared in the darkness, melting, as II
were, into the plane OF the table. he smoke
from M cigar was curling away above my nose
in mimic clouds till IL rested, like an ETHEREAL
drspery upon the shoulders OF my majestic 1T
lie plaster Of Paris Napoleon, !ike"lng ITSELF, IN
nv Imagination, 10 me mantle OF tame when
ENVELOPES MS nFHOTy Ero" OuS %o''S'
of,he room the bright eyes Of nv ca, Don
o,,xo,,ef which name was given him from his
discount urp in many chivalrous exploits and
thp ,lslecsss which amended an amour with
one Of MS Dul-ineasI were peering out into the
mnrkiness orally IN king he darkness about
HIN visible My Sunday coat, suspended
from peg, with its never failing attendant, my
b. 81 hat, above it. began 10 sr"ead and swell
into the drr'tpAioHs Of giant; and verify BE-
l,.ye. had not k,own wha, il was, that my
hair would aave taken the position on my head
Of radii o a-centre.
tknacked the ashes from my cigar, and as
l,,surey replaced il, gathering mvst't INTO an
a. itude Of sef-impor'ancr, many aud various
were the rrf1eo tons whi' passed over my
mind. The sunny pleasures OF my young days,
and the bright faced compaoious Of my laugh
ING hours were pictured vividy 10 my fancy,
az ,f nv the magic waod of Cornelius hgrippa
The Measures incid nj to increasing ys.rs. and
the birt hen paneee4 FOR idleness OF many a
dtshked pedsgngue, Game 40 IN order. had
few ares ,heu, o,ser than those attendant IN
nv school ayoca,ions; but let people talk as
they Willie, them sigh over The remembered
plra,urcs Of their school days-to me ,h.y
wer, far, very far, from being he happlest pc
Rod OF my life: and If the ruth were acknow-
lodged, very few find them so. The years
wnich succeeded M! ploddings through pro-
blems and prosody, those tina, will always
h. mos, Sondiy recollected and most deeply
reuret,ed wa, bu, s,x,een-i, seems to m.
like Yesterday -wheu left school for college.
vas almost master If my time, and but a
su,.lI portion was devo ed TO ooliegistr 5 ud,es
The society Of Princeton was ve,y gay al thai
time. INDUCED in all The pleasure delight
ing at nv age, and was never more al nome
than in ladies' company. TAere was youtg
LADY, there on visit with her parents from w
South 10 her brother, who was an animate
friend OF mine, snd had been very III IN codegr
S,s a, ended him with al the care aud sosiCi
tud1 Of sisters love; aud hough' had ne
YER >e.u any hing % beautiful as the EXPIRES
s;o, of her. ouute nance wher ne was mr. able
T., po out. As beautiful and hswitohing as she
wa, pn,hu,ias,ic and aff-o,ionate, she won nv
e,een aud-,ove. To make my story shor',
twas rsciproca,ed The momen's passed with
her were he hsppies,, the most bhssfol mo-
n.n,s of INV life. This is the period-the
oniy period-unon which look back with Ell
,hcr pleasure or regret. Do you ask why?
am bachelor
A, happy as friends and every worldly COM
fort--(uo. not ecery) can make me, often
look on hose who have equal with myself TO
m Ike them con ;en,ed with aStonishmsnt-with
a,.cnishm,n,, that they do not make the best
of every thing; that they prefer contemplating
the dark side Of life's pictures, TO enjoying
SOM Of ITS greenest and freshest colorings. II
is an extmplI6c alton, and powerful one, OF
tina, remark OF Horace, tina, no man is conient
ed with his natural lot. 10 this aphorism nav
oit-n be traced the reason why so many look
bark upon their past life and it's past ENJOY
m,n,s with sorrow, tina, they knew not their
value, aud caugh, no, at them, lille they were
psssing But il may De-, had they known this
they would have been foiled; for mans happi-
ness seldom Exists but in anticipation. We
coun, the minutes with breathl-ss expectation
for the hour that IS To bring some long desired
joy or smusemtnt-it passes-we sigh o'e'
the vanished charm, perhaps with dIsap2oin''
ment.
II is seldom that I mosalize, except in the
evening cannoi, like the preacher, ascend
the desk, and deliver, by rote, mis- oft-csnned