The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-08-21

A BREAKFAST AT ROGERs'S.
We had the pleasure Of a break fast a.
Rogers's. Your long familiarity with
MS poetry tells you the melancholy fact
That ne IS no longer young; a fact kept
out OF your mind as far As possible. On :
personal acquaintance, b. the freshness
with which be enjoys. and the gcneros5-
" with which he Imparts. have heard
nm called cynical, and perhaps a man
oil MS keen wit nav be sometimes over-
tempted to demonstrate Il, as the uag-
unanimous Saladin was 10 use the weapon
with which he adrOiIy severed slaa-s
head from his BODY Ut a single stroke.
II 50, these are the exceptions 70 the gea-
eral current of his life. whioh. 1n s1rc,
flows In the kindly current X told IA
he met him one winter Ia Paris, where
| ne found him enlOying ART ike a Young
enthusiast. aad knowing eyerybodv's
name IN the street he lived In. and "a
friendship with them all. Does not this
/ speak volumcsl
tie h0nored our letters Of intradacsioa
by coming Immediately 10 see us. aud
receiving Us as cordially as III ne were
old friends. tie Afterwards expressed =
regret to me that he had not takcn that
morning, before We plunged into engage
ments. 10 show me Jolnson's ana Dry-
den's haunts, the house where oar
Franklin lived, and other classic iocali-
ties An this goes u swell ans paIhelic
+ relteratIOn ofthe general lament. - have
had my Iosses,"
! His manners are those OF q man Of 5hs
world, (In the. best Sensel simple anl
natural, without any apparent eonscsoas-
\ ness OF name or fame 10 support lis
I house, rs all the civilized word kno9s,
I IS a cabinet Of art, selected and arranged
4 with c0nsummate taste Toe house r.
I seIfis small; not, should think. uz1re
than twenty-five feet froar, and perhaps
forty deep, IN a most fortunate Iocauaa,
overlooking the Green Park The tlrs.
sight of 1t from the windows pro5aces q
sort of coup-de-iheatre; Tor ycu approach
the house and enter Il b. j narrow street
Every inch OF II s appropriated Ia soua
rare treasure or choice production Of ar
Beside the pictures (and what yoz
: might be tempted 10 ask. --cau 4 mau
want beside S1ca piciuresl'') are Ersas
car. vases. laallque>l Egypuan antiqas
ties, casts OF the Elgin marbles. deeore
ting the staircase wall, ana es1.ess a1ara
ments OF this nature There are cIrl1ss
ties OF another species. rare books such
: as most beautifully Illuminated m,ssal
exqulsitely delicate paintings. designed
fegt n
= hundred years ago, AM taken fron CD.
{ Vatican by the French-GlOri0us ROB
f bers! In catalogue OF his bpokS, ID
b the poets own beautiful autograph, laer.
S were inserted some whuas,caI titles Q
: books, such as -Ne5gchalnezzar o
e Grasses
! But the most Interesting thing IA a.
b the collection was the original dOeuuleu
i with Mil on's name. by which he rraus
S ferred to his publisher tor tea pounds lh
copyright OF Paradise Lost NexS IN "a
terest to this was portfolio, IN wac
were arranged autograph letters tgog
Pope aud Dryden, Washington an
Franklin. and several from Fox, SAeF
dan and Scott, addressed 10 the poet hin
= SELF Among them was that written b
,r Sheridan Just before MS death, deScri5ln
i the extremity Of his suffering aad Pras
ing Rogers to come TO him But / III,
: check myself 4 catalogue rals1ane {
, what our ewes but glanced over Soal
fill foIios. had the pleasure al beeai
- fast of sitting next Mr.. Bab0age, who's
name is so we'll known among rs as n
- author of the self calculating machla
tie. has a most remarkable eve, That iool
as if 1t might penetrate science or an.
thing else he chose TO look into tie =
scribed the iron steamer now ouIltln
= which has larger tOnnage ss7n an
merchant ship in the world, al zPres
te ed an opinion that iron SHIPS Fsald ;
OF perscede all others; and another oPinis
e, that much concerns US, and whlch-
SIS trust, may soon be verified. that "a 4 =
g. wears these iron steamers viii %
'e America in seven days.
n Macauley was one on the party Il
'st conversation resembles his writings;
sh is rich and delightful, filled with ane
tn dotes and illustrations from the aooan
ny ing stores Of his overlooking mind Sos
sh may think he talks too much; bat noa
except from their own, inpatient vaai'
could wish II were less.
Il was either at Mr.. Rogers's or
breakfast a few DAYS after al MI. <
H. sisiers's (whose house. by-the-"af' /
tor fair pendant for his,) that we nad ma
nd Of Monk barns humor. from worthy dis
of nles of that king Of old bachelors, on
Of rnbact of natTimonv. tie said ths
eht had been many time ID ms lie va
OF he should have married, Il ne cousa -
'pi. fine dav have walked quietly into
md laqa church. and met at the altar a
End 80, a. ouiatIv In AT another j.