Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-07-19

LOungers..NO. 3.
Dundee Lixsn.-Our two earlier heroes were mere
aspirants-youHg gentlemen just drilling themselves
into the noble science of lounglng bat we have
arrived at regular lion, or rather regular bore in
his line, who is yet better hand at loanglng than
Homer was at writing poetry, or buonaparte al fight
ing battles. This young, or rather middle aged
young gentleman" as Boz has il, lives, when he is al
home, which is seldom the Gaze in Mott street, and
does business in Pla street. and boasts that he is
relative TO the celebrated Dan Donney the
Irish brulser, to whom indeed he bears striking
likeness in the facility with which he can do the gen.
teel by five or six glasses of brandy and water espe
cally if he can get neghbor 10 pay for them. Of
course, like all other oungers he IS IN love; but,
alas! his amours have been so general and unsuc-
cesstul that he may be well designated the great
rejected Of all his tribe; however, ne puts far face
the natter and swears, "when the ut is on him.,
that he can have any girl in tewnj displaying the
while, in proof OF his position, an enormous PAIR OF
whiskers, which might throw Russian barber into
an ectasy cast Venus frsm the embraces OF Adons
And, by the way those whskers This wardrobe and his
impudencs excepted,) constitute his whole stock in
trade; and, to do him justice, he shews his gratitude
by making the most OF them. We DO not know that
the great rejected has ever had an affair OF honor
hand like our friend Byron of South street, whe,
passGnt, is devilsh clever fellow, and good bust
man, also his crony the lawyer IN spite of
the rub we gave them which, we perceive, was answer
ed almost by return of post. But If the cousin ger
main of the Irish bruser IS not absolutely tighter,
all events he talks about 1t like book, which an
swers well; and, indeed, II is strongly suspected
that for every bottle of bears oil he puts on his whs
kers to proptate HIM in his love affairs, ne makes
use OF two 10 help him out IN his staggering How
ever hasn't the desired effect for every body who
knows him is aware that Bob Acres himself was
second julius CEser IN comparison with our gentle
propr etor Of the two mortal cargoes OF curled HAIR
"Whiskers' is merchant, God save the mark as
well as a lawyer; and is excellent specimen OF the
modern innovations en- that professionalism meet him
when yoH will in Wall street, between 10 and 8, he
is putting and blowing like sperm whale, and want
Ing TO borrow from ten TO fifty, to make APP
and by The way whoever loans HIM the aforesaid ten
or fifty may make up" his mind that 1t IS gone for
al least the next six months; If indeed he should be
fortunate TO the face of it before the day of
general reckoning. As well as being merchant, our
hero is also considerable of literary character hav
ing read Jack, the Giant Killer" and many other
works on philosophy, science, and fashon-and like
other great scholars this fact occasionally puts him
little beside himself for he has been known to send
several young ladies scraps poetry from Byron and
Moore, with his own name attached to them, think
ing, no doubt In his moment Of learned infauation
that he had composed them himself AT least, we
would fondly hope that this is the CASE would
be unwilling 10 accuse the owner of so sublime pair
of whiskers, with petty larceny. II must be CONFESS
ed, that in spite of hero's literary pretensions, he
has peculiar method of spelling, for at one time he
wrote lady, that he had her treasured up in his
hart" and al another, in addressing brother mer-
| chant about seine Dundee linen, he said that he
upon the merchant seeing that his customer must be
literary genus because Of his improved method ofspe
ling, refused 10 lei him have linen any time ALL
Our great rejected" as we have said, still reeices
in all the blushlng honors of single blessedness al
belt he has been the look these ten years. and
has not permitted himself for fear of consequences
TO day older for the last five He is OF course
now doubly on the alert, and has grown religious
his zeal fer matrlmony; for every Sunday sees him
fashionable church in Prince street. pinked up 10
The eyes, and leokiag ten thousand cupids and dag
gers into every pew that contains Petticeat and he
also, flor he only feels gody on the Sabbath prom
enades the theatres and The gardens nightly from
the third ter downwards In search of some fair ia
vor from the gods but, alas the ladies are as hard
ON him the Dundee linen merchant; for. with all
his dCvouon, he gets more kicks than kisses for his
pains. His last attack was on two young ladies who
lived in Cherry or Monroe street. and are now rural
zing il the North river; but fear the matter will
end with another bar Of the old tune, as either OF
the ladies' by all accounts, are too proud ITO say
thing of their money baesto put up with The east oa
of every mlllner's apprentice in town.
The last time we saw our hero was nj his old
lounging place, @. w. BIS in Water street. where
he was discussing mint julap and making such an
attack on the pro bono pubiico cracker and cheese
dishes, as if he were as empty drum and anti
cpated fast for the next fortnight. He had been
there at the time for three hours and by dnt OF per-
severance in noddlng to fresh customers, had come
IN for snacks TO the tune Of tive "coblars"-thvee
brandy sings" " cocktail" and mint iuap"
50 that Mr. B was, perhaps, no loser by him,
notwithstanding his wonderful devotion to the crack
ers and cheese.
OF course he nodded 10 us and Of course we had to
stand treat for he gulped his Julap down like an
earthquake, to shew he was ready for us. We then
began 10 banter HIM his am0urs, and he as usual,
boast ofhis success, swearing that he had received
seven billet doux in many days but that he had
besn especially fortunate his affairs the North
river "Indeed," he added, "f the house of my ina
msrafoes were not SO near the water, l might be
tempted 10 finish the matter at once but fear if |
marry one Of the girls, that the other might Jump in
and thus would be compelled TO spoil the gloss OF
my hat by wearing Grape" In spite of his boast,
however, there was something in his manner which
seemed TO indicate that he had received the dirty turn
out in the quarter alluded to; and he also looked con-
sderaby the for the wear the brandy bloom Of
his countenance beginning t. wlther-ano even his
ustrous whskers TO look on the point of despair for
the frzzng tonRs, as if they had had quarrel with
their barber in consequence Of the pay ent OF
the last quarter by the way, the great rejected has
brother who is his perfect antipode being as re-
spectacle and sober fellow you'd meet with in a
days walk. But then this is natural as we can't have
two suns in the same system; and thus whiskcran-
de- has run away with all the genius OF his family
brace OF gentlemen in Catharne street and East
Broadway will be the subjects Of Nos. and s.
Legislative Corruption.
Csuar OF COMMON PLrAs-Wednesday, July le.