Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-18

wi he'd To have Judged as a paein.' y snd several extend
ed series Of parers in he periodicals.. the mnSt noticeable
If witch are m areiaslia !" embracing opinions If books
and auihnrs. "Sectet WriiGg.' Auiogiaphy." aud
..Skeiches af the Lilera'i Of New York.
His wifi died in iS47. at Fordham. near this city.
and sume OF onr readers will remember the psrser plts IN
tr papers Of The tune. upon his destitute condition. lis
wants were supplied hv the liheraliiy of = few individuals
We rrtnr,uhrr that Col. Webb collected in a few mo
ments eff or sixty dollars fr him at the Vrton Club;
Mr.. Irsis. II Bnaklrn, sent a similar sum from one ii
the Canris IN whrh he was engaged when he saw he
statement Il lie pets poverty; aud others Illustrated IN
thu samr manner The effect Ct such an appeal In the pop
ular heart.
Since that Time Mr.. Poe has lived quietly and aiih Al
income irnm his literary ahars sufh lent for hi. support.
\ Few wrets sgn he proceeded In Richmond IN iirginia.
where he leelnfed upon the poercal character, &c aud
il was nnderslood by some # hi, correspondents hem thai
he wa this week T. b. married.
Tho character Il Mr.. Poe we cannot attempt to de.
scribe IN his very hastily written artlcle. We can but
allldo IN some uf Is more striking phases.
HIS conversation was 1t tunes almost supra mortal IN
it, elognencr. His voice was modnlaled with astnuish=
irr skill, and his large and variably expressive Eyes Look
al trpase or shot fey tumult Ito those who listened,
while his face elawed. or was c%hanselcs' IN pall1r.
: his Imagination q%niclened his blpod 81 drew II back
frozen Ia his heart. His imagery was from the worlds
which no morials can see but with tho vision Of genius.
Suddenly starting frufn a proposition exactly aud sharply
defined In terms ~ utmost simplicity and clratness. he
rejected The tarms Of customary logic, and by a crystal
line process OF accordion, bull up ms Occulhf uonnnstfa
lions in furns of eloanicst and ghastliesl grandeur. or IN
ttuse Of The must airy and delicious beauty-so minn'"ly,
distinctly, yet 50 %npidly. that the attention which
vas Nieliei TO him was chained TIL it stood among his
wonderful cfe1tinns-tll he himself dissolved the spell,
and brought his hearers back 10 common and base exis-
fence, by vulgar Gnees OF exhibitions Of tho ~l.nO0Iest
passiin.
Tie was at all times n dreamer dwelling in ideal
realms-in heaven OF hell-peopled wit, the creatures
and he accidents II fins brain. He walked the street,, in
madness or melancholy, with lips moving IN indtsllnet
curses. or with eyes nrtumed with passionate prayer,
(oev,I fr hinsslf. ft he f,li. OF proirssed 10 feel. thai
he was almady damned bnl Tor their happiness who AT
the mo ntnt were objects nf his iiolatfy OF with his
elaores iHtmvetltd 10 a heart gnawed with anguish. and
with a face shrnded in aliom, he would brave the Wild
%eftstlnns and oil night with drenchcd garments aud
arms btaiiug tie winds and minis. would speak as If 10
spirits. that at such times only could be evoked by him
from lie Amenn rlrse by whose portals his disturbed soul
sought Ia forget The Ills to which his constitution sulJec.
ted im-close by the A denn where werr tlInso he loved
the Aidenn which he mieht never see, hut in flnl
g%limpses, as lis gates ,prued to receive the less fiery aud
tnec happy natures Nhuse destiny 10 sin did not involve
tie da1n ol daa h.
He seemed, except when some flful pursuit s~uhjuga'ed
neinurY ,t smme controlling forfef. The tetnarhable
ffpeln Of The RdrcIn was probably much mnre neatly than
has heen supposed eyen by ihuse vlo were very intimate
~tth him. q trhrNton aud an echo Of his own history
He was thai buds