Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-09-14
select Lsunxers-No. 2.


The subject for dissection is youngsh looking
young man, about 20 years Of age, he great swag
gerer-losks extremely fierce beumes-and Is posses
sed Of the most stupid and monkeysh looking figure
head, SO much that il were next to Impossible TO
find greater resemblance 10 an ourang outang, even
in Broadway-that notable resort for promenade, tor
all animals of the species. And gentle reader the
above named and described article is Cadet ha ha
cadet Walter A B! Ph9bus what name!
The duckys Just about election times is a man
of as much consequence in the Sixth Ward as small
man dare attempt 10 think of imagining Pa preteHds
10 attempt TO edit weekly paper called the-it is not
the $ T" Ii IS published every Satur-
day and contains great many narcotics from Our
Folio and 'Our Nap Book" and advocates the
I'd nmikratlk" cause. Ii was generally aeknow-
lodged and admitted, that 1t was mainly owing 10 the
extraordinary efforts of the "Captsin" that the
"Dimmekruts" gained such less, al the last cleo
ton. The cause being Judged by the advocate.
Our Son A. b. IS, father says, very talented
youngs:er His powers of eloquence were perfectly
nconcelvable; before he attained the age OF ID ne
could speak, without the least prompting, the whole
OF when lay me down 10 sleep" and "My name
IS Noryal, In a manner that was perfectly original
and fascinating. He read great deal: "Mother
Goose" and "COck Robin, were ever in his pocket
And then how he could write poetry-for instance he
could without the least reflection cut any piece of
poetry from any newspaper and copy it oil, and II
would be Impossible to say but that ii original ;
SO ngenieusly made nonsense out OF il, that there
was no denying his abilities.
He very often aMalgamated pieces Of poetry in
this manner, and sent them as original TO young
lady in Mott street. Bat this was before he was
made Cadet" and during the time that he en-
poyed, as he said, in assisting his pa to attempt 10
edit the weakly paper Then | heard of his being
made a /" Cads," thought It was very like making
q whistle Of pigs tail!
About week before he left here for West Point he
wrote note to the yOsng lady in Mott street.-The
note was in prose-Q mention this fact, it might
be supposed that i, was peetry) and have good
son to believe that It was original, al least 1t had
strong marks ef originality ABOUT It. He showed II
matter Of course, and he sent it to the young lady
He always kept copy Of his letters and lucubra-
IONS and generally carried them in his hat; while
taking segar out of it one day he CHANGED to drop
it is true seemed to have been done by spider, who
had been first gently dropped in bottle of ink, and
allowed to loceote the paper to suit his fancy 10
agree with his views Of scrivening. Hereiti is.
Tuesday norma IL p. m
Miss SUeIy This letter s too tell yu kno that
amt wat va hay bin proPerga,en aboute me I Amt q
mechanic wud lett yu Kno kno how, but Farthur for
his in the elecshun has got the Pressrden
10 maik me cadett Now, won't keapa compene
with yu nor yure folks eny moaer afur this, yurs
in schorn CADET WALTER A. B..
| never heard what answer the lady made. The
following week "Pa' procured pair Of white paAia-
looms and blue coat, AL buttoned down in front"
and our dear boy TOOK his departure for West Point
He renamed almost four months, when he very
suddenly left it, and returned to the city. His excuse
was thatit did not agree with him-hem! exactly!
We obta:nsd the following from friend of ours at
West Point. He copied from book kept there for
the purpose Of entering all such cases
"Aucust-l33- Walter A. B. expelled this
day, for his sovenlness for disobedeEce, for his
pdiy, and for his utter lncapacty for filing the Of
Zee which he assumed"
Walter perambuated about the city for a time,
and then pa sent him south ocoect the subscriptions
fer his paper from the nine country aa5scrbers tina
| through pity, paronze the paper. SPonUs.