Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-18
BIOGRAPHICAL
From he .Nf,c lork Tribune.
DEAIH OE EDGAR 4. POE.

readers 10 England. sed IN several Of The Saics Of Com
tinepial Europe bet he lad lew Or IN frienfs; aud The
r-srets fr his death will be suggested principally by the
considerable thai in him literary ant has lst one oi IL
mst brilliant but cratic strs.
The family Of Mr. Pc We learn from Grisw ld's
Poets and Poetry If America. y frm which . cnnsider-
able pTtioa ,fths facts IN this notice are denved-was
one 81 the ,ljesl and mo>i &c peciabe OF I}aliimefe. Ds-
vd Pee, his paieinal grandfather, VAST Q~uartermasier
q METAL ~ the Maryland line during the Revolution. and
the ia1matr friend Of lafayette, WIN. during his last
visit 10 he United States, called personally upon the Gen
erals widow. and rendered her acknewle ments iuf the
services rendered tu him by her husband. Ills great
grandfather. john Pc. married in England, Jane, a
dsEgh'er II Admiral James Me5ude, noted in Brush ma
vsl history. God rlaiming kindred With s'me OF the fnosi
hlusiri"us Eagit,h families. HIS father and mother,-
boin Of whom We're IN 8 me way connected with the the
ate. and bvrd n frncariously as their more gifted and
uare eni4fut son-died within a few weeks ui each oii-
et. 81 consna rNoa, leaying him an nfpian, at two years
o. acc. Nh. John \ Han. a wealthy gentleman OF Rich
monA. Nltg'eia. tok q fancy t. hlm. ard persuaded his
grandfather Ia suffer him Ia aJIpt him. lie was brought
up in M. ! aar's fiutlys ard. rs that gentleman had no
children. Ie was regarded ~ hts sun aud heir. ln lelU,
lac accompanied NJ AID Mrs. Allan. 10 Great Britain
visited every plfti'n of i, and afterwards passed iunt ot
five YEARS IN a sehtl kept at sleke Newingion, near
I.,udau. by Rev. d.. liap.by. lie returned IN Ameri-
ca III 1922, and. In lS25, wont 10 The Jti rsnn lnlvet-
sliy.at Charlottesville, IN \ i1gbia, whete he led a very
dlssPeud i1H. NE m unefs 4 lie cl'ege lelnG al ihal
time extremely di4tlafe. lie took he houofs. howescr,
ani wen homo CRAFTY in d'bt. Mi Allan relura To-
ray siuf 81 his dp5ls 4 honor. aid he lastly quilted The
ruunirv "a q p1oNeic expedition 10 j1iu The Greeks. then
struggling ht Liberty. lie a. mol reach his original des-
tnsiior, hwy ei. lui made his y yfo 81. Petersburg.
Ia i'us,la, where h. h~rgHe involved IN 81 fieulues. from
which be- VA cSair ted rs The IA e Nj. tlrnty NJ ddlr-
ton, III" AmrricRn Alnser ~ tia capital. lie MUM
h,me Boo 80. and mHtditely afterwards entered tie
Military Aeaicny at Nesl Point. In abapl eighteen
months fean 'haf fine. NJ. Nl5n. WIN had lost his frs,
VIE hilr Mt l'ae VAIN Russia, naWed n tin. lie
Was siNtysd years ofagr. aud the LILY was youngi Poe
faarftied "rh bar, aud he veteran husband, taking The
pat # hts wifi, addressed lin an angry letter. which
was answered N the samc spdni. lie died soon alter.
having an infant san. tie h,lI To his property, anu be
~qlssthed Poe uathins
The army, in The opiaian Of the young cale', was no,
a place ff n poor man 81 he le1 West Point abruptly,
and determined % uaintaln himself by authorship. H.
rTinlei, in 1877. a small volume Of pofms. most OF which
were written IN early yanih. some uf these pens are
qaoled tna RENEWAL by Margaret Fuller IN The Tribune
"a lsi6. 7ad are Jasly regarded as Among the most Won
nttlnl tNlthiiious 81 ihe plecocions development Of genius.
They illustrated The character uf his alb ltles, and lnstl
fed : aniiclpalions al success. For a considerable time
howtvtr, if'uugh he wfote readily and brilliantly lbs con
inbhHons 10 'he 'nrt ais attracted ll1e attention and his
hopes of aaininga livelihood by the profession Of literature
were nearly ended at iengk IN sickness. p,verly and drs-
par. buiIn lS3I, The proprietor Vt a weekly gazette,
Ia Bai'tnHfe, ohefcJ iwo premiums. one for the best
story il prose, aud lie other + r the best poem. IN due
time Poe seat IA Two articles, and he waited auXlously
+ tht decision. Ohe Of The Committee WAS The aceom-
rlishtd author 81 Horse shue Robinson. J I'm 7. Ken.
nrdy, and its asslcat,s Wtfe SCARCELY les eminent Than
he if VII and critical sagacity. Such matters are ~
uaHy dsp sed OF IA a very Vi hand way: Committee lo
a"atd herat( pt2es dumb 10 he payers health, in good
VINES, over The uh, xamined Mss, which they submit
TO ihe discretion 81 publishers, with permission to use
their naG es in such way as 10 Pr mute the publishers
advantage. ; II would have been IN this cas-: hut that
one uf The Committee, tahiug up a little book. IN such ex
qiislle caligalhY, rs iaseem like une If the finest ISSUES
Il ihr ptess # Putnam. WAS tempted TO read seyefnl
Enges, and being interested, be- summoned tie attention
ui the company ia the hall1l, an cunrasuons in the yuI-
une. ltNas nhanim.usl, d eijed that The priz should
b. raid 10 the hst of genla.os who. had wnllen
ioalhiy. Nn' a.1Hsher Ms. MS uniolded. Immediate
J. the confidential cnrriup' vas opened. and The sue
'e,siul competitor VAS found % JeaI the scarcely known
raHe f Pee.
Thu mkt day the publisher called to see Mr. Kennedy,
ami give hiln an account Of he au har, that excited his
cutlfsiiy aud sympathy, aud caused hin to rouues; that
be sh 'ldbe brought TO his office. Acc rdinely he Vas
Introduced, the pttze money bad not yet been paid. aud
lie was IN the costume IN which he had uswered the nd.
veriisemeni Of his good fortune. Thin, and pale even 10
rhasliness, his " hole appearance indicated sickness and
The utmost dosinutiun. \ tat cred frock coat cnnecal,d
The absence Of a shin, and he ruins Of DO Is diselosed
more than lie want Of stockings. But the eyes Of the
Young man were luminous with iniellluenee and fetlnu
md his Voice, and conversation, and manners, all won nm
On the lswyeTs's regard. Poe told his history and his
anollon, and II was determined that he shuuld not want
means for a suitable appearance in society, nor oppor. uni
~ for a just display OF his abilities in literature. Mr.
Kennedy accompanied him 10 a cl,tbing store, and pur-
chased Tor htm a respectable sait, with changes e linen.
and sent HIM To a bath. from which he returned with the
Suddenly regaiued bearing ola gentleman.
lhe late VII. Thomas w. " hite hal hen recently
established The Southern Literary Messenger. at Rich-
nunnd, aad upon the warm recommendation Of Mr.. Ken.
hedy. Poe was engaged, at a s nall salary-we believe Of
500 a year-ta be edltdr. He entered upai his duties
"th letters full .of expressions Of the warmesis gratitude
10 ts friends IN Bal lniare. ~ h iu i've or six weeks were
aNt1oished t. learn that " ith Characteristic rrck1.SsntsS
"rons qnencrs,he was hnriedly married to- nrl as po,
a. himself. Pc continued in t.is situation about 4 wear
aud a holt, IN which lie wrote many brilliant articles
and raised he Messenger 10 The first rank Of literary peri
Uiicals.
lie next removed to Philadrb hia, 10 assist William
r.. Burton. IN the elitorship If ihe G~enlleman's Naoa-
zin'' a miscellany thai in 1910 nas merged in Grahan,'s
hiagazine, OF which Poe tccame one Of the principal
Wriefs' parlcuitrly IN criticism. ia which his papers at.
ifacied much attention by their careful and skiIlfl an.
a'ysis, and generally caastic severity. Al his period
however, he appears % have been more ambitious Of Sc.
cuiing disiinctl n in rpmar'ic 6clinn and a cullec ian of
iis compositions IN this drpa 'tmeni. published in 1871.
hn'ier the title of "Ial,s of the Grntesone an1 tn,
Afanasqne.' established lis reputation e. ingenuity, i'm.
aRinaloa, and and extraordinary power and trsgical mar
Tatfii.
Near the end ofle44, Poe removed to New York
where he conducted, f0r several months. a literary mis-
celiany ralicd The Broadway Journal" In 1917 lie pub
lisheia y"u ne of Tales in Wiley and Putnam's Ii
brary OF American Books, and in The same series a col
Iecii'n o. his poems. BESIDES these volumes he was The
anihnr OF Arthur Gordon Pym,'a romance. a New
Theory Of English Vers fcaiion," Eureka an ESSAY IN
the material and spiritual universe: a work which he
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