Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1846-02-14

Tow Moore THE PoET.-A writer in the New York
Gazette, describing meeting with several of Brtans
gifted lterati, draws the following picture Of the
gifted Tom Moore:
Moore is much younger looking than expected TO
find him. | don't know his age. and if did, ] might
not be disposed to it here. | have never seen
an engraved likeness of him. any other representa-
ton that would enable me Gas in the of yelling
ton Brougham) to pick him out Of q crowd at first
sight. He is small sized, dapper, handy person
smiling, would almost say, laughing, expression
of counenance; with funny eye, and an Irish nose
"a Mile>ian turn up-rather a retreatlng forehead,
and, but for peculiarly prominent line from the brow
above the temple, and running back to the hair upon
this part of his head, /" the dome of thought and
alace of the mind" one would be at a loss trace
chronological indications of the genius which marks
him as the first Lyric Poet of the age. But there he
sat, cutting mullins, cracking Jokes, and slipping tea
chatting and laughing, and apparently totally
conscious that his fingers had scratched paper lines
and sentiments which had been read and sung and will
continue TO be read and sung all quarters othe world
so long language and sentiment, and thought and
feeling and music contribute to human happiness and
social endowment. As sat next him, | looked him
Il listened to HIM watched the very twinkling Of
his eye-the of his voice, and the motions of his
,crifing fingers. And | sometimes found myself
perpexed and confused in the mingled feelings of
doubt and surprise. that from this little budget of
unassuming humanity flowed that stream Of beautiful
conception thought and feeling, which finds its why
TO all hearts in al cliInes-from the Canadian Boat
Song en- the St. Lawrence TO the Vale Of Cashmere
YANKEE DooDLE.-A late number Of the Knicker-
booker contains some amusing adventures of ankec
Doodle The following is pretty fair illustration OF
the adventurous and wandering character Of the har
dy sons of New England. Speaking of the wonder
full ubquity Of the true Yankee, the writer says:
at is harder than Chinese puzzle 10 put your fin
ger bit of territory disputed undisputed, where
| the Yankee Doodle Is If you 90 Lands End
ne is there; to Mount Ararat, he i there; TO CHM.
bozara, III malaga, the Mountain Of the Moon the
Pyramid OF CheUrs, he Is there; any where, In fine
" here ark. a iove, camel, snake arrive b,
their several faculties barterng and scratching hi:
name trees stones and african slaves. He know
the whole map of the ancient domInions of Prest5
| John, and every nook and corner of Mozambique
and he is hand glove with all the sa,ages ths
world. He has been 10 Ichaboe until he has scrapet
| IT perfectly clean and If your English trader ha
discovered new bank of Guano and is getting ready
10 fire a gun two ard take Possession OF II in t
name of her Majesty. mag his dis
cover "a dozen of these fellows twenty feet deep in
Guano sconrlng II ont with Their fingers,
u Bangor schooner bouncing up and down in a liit
cove like duck among the bulrusles Now If yol
walk tie shore AT BIldaraXa, YOU will find tia
not the first there perhaps L. your great sor
row as Captain Jlx violently, " hen in walk
lng through tie streets of Rundown at the very I'm
1t, of the domInlons of Prince Pompadello in Africa
he leard a sharp whistler going through the tune G
Yankee Doodle, " IT'D easy execution, and dey
llisi unconcern which threw him at once into Goa
fever And Just 1t with the poor soul WI dis
E covered Bnlaz, and was uncorkIng Il bottle Of Ma
era In concentration of the eAent. wien he saw
Yankee the hillside, administering the cold waite
! pie dre to three natives.