Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-16


Monort tales. liloRAcs.
Philosopher. an1 divincs may wage wars Of
words eonce rning ,he f'st sin which was en-
tailed upon mankind. ", have ever been in
elinrd to believe, tina, if not the first, at leas,
The worst, which was usherfd forth from be-
Meath the lid OF Pandora's box, wa tha, OF IN
rnustos: There IS no i'll which flesh is heir
90" which kindles UP much Of contempt
and anger, as the annoy ances Of an intruder.
Well might Horace have sweated al his y eve
nv pore," and bren made 10 hang his ears. Ut
iniouae mentis asotllas, cum gravius dorso
subj, onus," when he encountered on the Sa.
era Via uuidam notus mihi Domine tan'um"
TO think of the miseIies OF continually
having a, your elbow q fellow with noisy tongue
and babbling breath, whom nothing short Of
loo ks and bei,s will prevent from pry ing in,o
YOUR most private concerns, and who, when
YOU have on engagement, urging yon to depart,
and like a greyhound in the leash, are painting
10 get free, will ds,ain you whole hours in re--
lating some unimportant occurrence, having
Yesterday for its date, which he will premise
with detsil,G account Of Hsnnibal's passage
across the Alps, or Of he iuvssion Of Russia
by Napo!ean Bonapar'e Wei! might The poet
from whom our motto is extracted have ex
claimed 20 ,e. Bolane cerebri telicem."
These remarks owe their origin TO cireum-
.,ance materially sfftc,ing the we'll being Of
our Association, and 81 which shah now Offer
10 the public brief de all.
Our Club mot so selfish as some have sup
posed u>) have fr-quen y III own open their
doors TO such guests As an Acquaintance With,
or Invitation from member, might lead TO
Join the social parry Amorg the most ire
anen, Of those probing ty ihis privilege, is a
person who IN axes some pret' nsi"ns 10 military
rapk-a man nCnSIrAus IN stature, but a pig
my in spirit, with sonl as marrow as his
sword. and courage by no meaas as fierce as
his whiskers.
He is man who knows every thing and
every body-GeneraI ). Doctor &. and Cover.
nor w. are all his especial friends; auu ~hen
ne Lat crossed The Atlantic. (n is matter Of
doub. with all Of US whether he ever crossed it
n ell hr had p dis, ant view Of the Sea Ser
nen,'s wings. When he 6,st hec ,me CUES,
a, our able, no one doubted but that he had a
RICH, TO be so. So familiar was he with all,
that each member supposed Ma, his acqaaia,-
ance with his neighbor had been passpor, for
him into the hall; aud ii was not until ms VII
sits became SO frequent as to be troublesome,
that il was discovered that he was an intruder;
suc h one as WAS not to be borne with. His
ejec ment was, therefore, {" most devou ly 10 be
wi.hen for;" but how was il 10 be tffpc ed!-
He has hitherto be- n p' oof against hints almost
as broad as Psddy's; and he is as imper,ious
10 insult as his head is 10 the Effect Of wine.
VIVA, are xe 10 dcI lie demolish' me can
sass backs, gulps down more winr, and engros-
ses u larger SHARE 81 conversation, than any
member present. He S icks 20 US, too, ss close
a. lee h. Whether Club nights were on
Tuesday or Saturday, was qure immaerial to
him, because that, on such occasions, he could
ALWAYS And time 10 speed few hours wi b his
friends; for, like the companion tina. Horace
vas so unfortunate as to NEE with, H. W .nts
employmcni-and whether YOU 60 20 he" Gar
drns Of Cesar" OF elsesher-. he is ready TO
ATTEND your person to your journeys end. y
How long we are 10 suffer this annoyance, ]
am unable 10 say. Virgins threatens (bu' ne
YER has put Ills threat into execu,ion) to get
out a writ Of I" Custer" against HIM; and were
i, no, that my prcfsssios was ON Itch has
,aagat me 10 heal wounds, no m Ike them,'
/ should, myself, be tempted to show him the
wsv 10 the door. As il is, however, We are
obliged to submit passively TO our sufftrings,
and cou,rni ourselves with crying out agsins,
oil species of intruders-from the serptn OF
ourang oaiang, let ecclesiastics decide which,
which iniruded itself in'o the garden Of Eden
down to the whiskered gentleman jus, com
planned Of.
TRIrroLIMus EsoHAR, NJ. D.