New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-06-08
The pccksnitf serenade.

NJ, yorl J,n. Isa2 lrt0S
The PccksniT Serenade.
"If dared" said Mrs Todgers, to violate
a confidence which has been reposed in me- and
to tell you why must beg of you to leave the
little door between your room and mine open to-
night | think you would be interested. But
must MT do it, for | promised Mr.. Jlnkins faith
fully that would be silent as the tomb"
Dear Mrs. Todgers. what can you mean ~
"Whv, then, my sweet Miss Pecksnifis' " said
the lady Of the house; "Iny own loves II you
will allow me the privilege of taking that freedom
on the eve of our separation, Mr. Jinkns and the
gentlemen have made up little musical party
among themselves, and do intend IN the dead OF
This night to perform serenade upon the stairs
outside the door could have wished own,
said Mrs Todgers, with her usual foresight, that
it had been fixed to take place an hour or two
earlier /; because, when the gentlemen sit up late
they drink, and when they drink, they re not 90
musical, perhaps, as when they do Mt. But this
is the arrangement; and know you will be graf
flied, nv dear Miss Pecksntfs, by such mark
OF their attention"
The young ladies were at first 80 much excl
ted by the news, that they vowed they could Mt
think of going to bed, until the sercnade was
over. But half an hour OF cool waiting so altered
their opinion that they not only went to bed, but
fell asleep; and were moreover not ccstatlcally
charmed to be awakened some time afterward by
certain dulcct strains breaking in upon the silent
watches of the night.
1t was very aftccting-very. Nothing more
dismal could have been desired by the most fas-
tidious taste. The gentleman OF vocal turn
was head mute, or chef mourncr; Jnkns t2ok
the bass; and the rest took any thing they could
get. The youngest gentleman blew his melan-
i l.. L.. L =
at, but that was all the better. If the two Miss
Pcsksnifis and Mrs. Todgers had persisted by
spontaneous combustion, and the serenade had
been i'll honor of their ashes, 1t would have been
impossible to surpass the unuttcrable despair ex-
pressed in that chorus, g Go where glory waits
1heew 1t was requiem dirge. u moan, q
howl, wall lament; abstract of every
thing that is sorrowiul and hideous III sound
The flute of tho youngest gentleman was wild
and ftiul. 1t came and went in gusts, like the
wind For long time together he seemed to
have left off, and when it was quito settled by
Mrs. Todgers and the young ladies, that, over
come by his feelings. he had retired in tears, he
Unexpectedly turned up again at the very top of
the tune, gasping for breath. He was tremen-
dous performer. There was no knowing where
10 have him. and exactly when YOU thought he
was dong nothing al ALL then was he doing eve
~ thing that ought to astonish you the most.
There were several of these concerted pieces;
perhaps two or three too many, though that, as
Mrs. Todgers SAID was 4 fault on the right side.
But even then, even at that solemn moment,
when the thrilling sounds may be presumed to
have penetrated into the very depths of his ma
ture, If he had any depths, Jinkins could nj leave
The Youngest gentleman alone. He asked him
distinctly, before the second song began--as a
personal favor too, mark the villain in that--not
10 play. Yes, he sad so; not TO play. The
breathing of the Youngest gentleman WAS heard
through the keyhoe OF The door. He didn
play. What vent was flute to the passions
swelling up within his breast A trombone
would have been world too mild
The serenade approached its close. Its crown
ing interest was al hand The gentleman of
literary turn had written a sony on the departure
OF the ladies, and adapted it TO an old tune They
all joined, except the Youngest gentleman in
pany, who, for the reasons aforesaid maintained
fearful silence. The song (Which was of a elias
steal naturel invoked the oracle of Apollo, and
demanded to know what would become OF Tod.
gers when CHARITY and MERCY were banished
from It's walls. The osacle delivered no opinion
particularly worth remembering, according 10 the
not inirequent practice of oracles, from The ear
hest ages down 10 the present time In the alb
sence OF enlightenment on the subject, the strain
deserted 1t, and went on 10 show that the Miss
PecksnitiS were nearly related TO Rule Britannia
and that ii Grea, Britain had Mt been 40 island.
there could have been no Miss Pecksnits And
being now on nautical tack, it closed with this
verse:
All hail to the vessel Of Peeksnif the sire
And favoriRs breeTss 20 fsu
While Tcitons hoek rouad IT, aai proudly admire
The architect, s:iiss, and raai,
As they presented this beautiful picture to the
imagination, the gentlemen gradually Withdrew
10 bed to give the music the etiec, of distance
and so it died away, and Todgers's was left toits
repose. Dickcns's Chuzzlewit.
PArIRs OF AARON BuRs.-By some strange
fortune, large amount of papers which belonged
10 Aaron Burr have come among US, and arc al.
tracing the notice of very many of our citizens.
They are IN vessel lying al one of our wharyes,
contained IN some halt dozen bales or sacks-we
mean 50 many OF thera as have not been already
distracted by the curiosity of the citizens They
are said TO have been sold for pape,.gags, and are
Aese on their way to some papss.mill,
Hartford Cou-ans.