Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-06-20
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Il a inc DAYS Of e cory afe past OH Virginia is
M more N tff1 .f Yifefnia gentleman which /
4 ssed IN my young DAYS = he haasi has almost
l ,ecome bsoieie ion which VIC have TO thank the !
q ensal of,he good old English law of prmosoni.
me II was great mistake, Sic, s,aia by gu,
n nnt,is,sas u tttak oown oas native ars,ocracy
/, gsto us assend1nes II IL eoeec,s Of the Ma
,iaa whic Ne are NV last losing--th the glory II
n Israel has departed
AIS three contest livnr favorites were M
4 ,bsnie, Macon (whofn he always called Uncle |
Nat. y Jodsc Marshall md Mr.. Tazswen. even
when PLAYING nj Whist if any contest on the
rnlcs Of TIE game he used playiully 10 oxelaim
=" ia leave u 10 Uncle sat anu / azsWe.l--thcf dc /
h oisions are idie with me
In speaking Of authors found he was n gr,ai
i aAmircr OF Milton, but 4 he aj not like Youne,
Thomson, Johnson or soafhey. His classified
ton OF mo- IN poems was very curious. Su, !
Mace first on the list. Tom Cribh's nj mortal 10
4 Congress next The iwopenny post bag and
third, Chlll Harod's Pilgrimage but CAN'T 20
"a favorlc expression Moores songs-.,hcy oro
too sentimental In looking over bis books ono
day, discovered Fanny, Mr.. ilallecks very
musing saiirea poem. =" ! am clad sul !, " thai
YOU do not prescribe yankee poetry rs wei as
yankee goldfish No SIR replied he g always
admire talent no matter where iieomes from ! CON
siJer this little work as the best specimen Of Amc-
rean poetry tia; has yet been gwen to the world.
shall take ito Enghnd with ne anl present It To
the lady whose talents aud conversation I shall
most admire When afterwards met HIM IN
London | rocolleeted his conversation and asked
-" Well Mr Randolph who Got Fanny 2
"Your country woman Miss fdgeworth-'-shc
has no competitor IN my esilmalton
But 10 return to our .otage@he proposed That
we should read Fanny iogether, 10 which Wi
lney consented md here mus, regret that can.
not do Justice TO has rcadInes--but my memory is
y atfsult- Whenever he eame TO any ulluson in
the poem either personal or political up went ms
sroc,acles aud down went the book, and he intro
ducc some ancedoie To he point, Or tol some sto.
~ Of his FIRST VISIT 10 New York md in this most
entertaining way We took hfec mornings 10 get
through Fanny ! wish could embady the
context which be gave 10 the text AS went n.
long An can say IS, that II was worthy 81 the
poctn and am sure thai MI llailcrk would have
been lattcrcd to have hearI such III abb comments.
tog.
lie showed me his note book which was o
strange medley about hottcs, slaves, cptaphs, pic
c,s cut ont oi newspapers receipts, congressional
Anecdotes quotations. DC. Nc. He also kop,
regular diary, anil could tell al whose house he
dincd every DAY N W ashngt who the conlpa-
ny were--and tic heading TOPICS of conversation
POINTING 10 a particular date be SAID Sir shall
never forget circumstances that occurred at Nh
- table. 1hefe was large company and
amongst them horny headed debauchco, whose
vices had brought Inn Ia the verge Of the grave
ho had the auJacity, Sir, 10 cbll IN question the cx
iqcnce OF the Deity--presutn'ne, suppose, that
there some kindred tplrits present. hap.
pcned to SIT opposleio HIM, md was so disguised
by his lmpioty, that could no, avo,d cxclamrtg-
. think Sir you might better have been silent
on the sub eet --ior, Judging tfom dppearontc>, ~
a very short Time you will have o1Hiat prGof uI
the power OF that God. whose existence You NOW
question: lie turned paie with amer and from
bed but made no reply, aud the company soon af
tsrwarJs broke up. but neser agntn noticed hun
Terhaps vas wrong, sa4 III correcting him, but
yon know am han trigger, gooh at half
cock -
Wien speaking of his younger days he used to
say lhal whatever mental advantages he possessed
were owing to the asaidaous care of his MOTHER
anl he used to sreak Of her III the most glowInn
terms OF hlial affection never aslng her name with
on, tbs exclamaL.onol My Moiher-Cod bless
h.rN
Is 'de rs vel acquainted with his fryorirc
.i.,e' ltae whom he daily cited Tor some good
q ai. o aazther. lie has not halfthc talents Of
~ MOO. 'a5t Sit VAS n freqaent expression
wtc' discussing lh4 merits ola politician whom he
a,sh',,f
5fs Is ogls l5e of Ia most important iiaht nous
....... N latitude and longitude OF places
tss. ..r} teai i aslonis!led even our Captain
a.. vs. r -. "a sae several amusing bets ON ".
sii,tJ VS. ~, u the way, he always won. Two
or ulr,l ,ls, =. - ~ made the land, We wstc
atunr Hn IL WINS, .ae Captain was taking an
observation at noon Pray sad Randolph.
wat is II latitude and oneilu1a Jaw 20 The
r4p.... N How do we head by the com
pass =. s.8a VS. la him " NoV Captain -
coma. ~ ean yQnleil me oil lhe book, what
lanI sta.t itsi n X # w continue on our pre-
ise Why, fepio the Captain, II