The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-08-31
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mans. tAlvanleys, or Picrrcponts of the
Regency, With whom, in his early life
he associated, much less the modern
liien about town who have succeeded
them, equally idlewerc The attempt to
rank him with u Prince DC kingc, an
admirable Crichton, or an Alcbiadcs,
yet was hs u singular'y gifted and
brilliantly accomplished parsonage and
has furnished u career about which it
is not our task to noralizc-a brief re
Prospect is all that journalism can af.
ford.
That he was born Cat Pa,is) precise
ly ut the opening Of the present ccntu-
Sry9would appear from the fact OF Lord
yByFcifs expressing his establishment at
She precoc:ty exhibited in certain
diary Ms, tioa the Counts pen, pc
Trused by his !ordsl!ip at Genoa (April
s, 1928
aIhe most singular thing is how he
should have penetrated, not the fast,
but theimystery OF the English ennu(
at twc-aud-twcnty, | Was about thc\
same age when made the same dis
scovery, in almost precisely Tie same
Circles
This MS, which was pronoLn ed by
SUCH competent authority to be equal
So anything Count de Gra,nnont has
left US about contemporary t.ivolity,
is possibly yet extant, and to its pub
licltion we must defer any knowledge
of the Juvenile portion Of his i;.shoua-
:ble experience. He had hereditary
spretentons to the peculiar social amcni-
ties aud tact ot the Grammonts and OF,
Antony Hamilton; but to the rcminis-
.ccnces of Hampton court and Tun-
bridge w Wclls there WAS superaddcd 10
his person the soldiership and chivalry
OF OF his father, Gen. D'Orsay, an old
,eampaignsr OF the Empire. In his
twentieth year he had already reiin-
tqnshed the gaycties of London and ell
tered the French service; for it was
while, quartered at Nalence, on the
iss hue. olls tho 18th OF Noyember.4
Y VI lssass thatsat' occurrence took. place
Which change the whole destiny Of
23tA!trcd;a aud whtie it deprived the SER
vice OF one who would probably have
;fisenlto chiincncc as first rate mill
stary character, and eventually u mar
slal Of France, turned back his exist
Ience into its former channels Of Lon
don life, and cxtinGuisllcd all the pros
poets OF more exalted distinction in
more noble pursuits and OH "a broader
stLe4trc.
.y The readers Of Lady Blessings Idlcr
in Italy will look in vain for any no
tice OF her first casual rcIcoitr. with
the fascinating Lieutenant D'Orsav, at
Nalencc, though she does remark that
coinciIence, NAPOLEON, when
Lieutenant, was quar,c,cd in this
town The rcgimcntal mess happen
ed to be established III the hotel where
lord BIessin9ton alighted Oh hi; way
to Italy, down the EI.onc; and q chance
acqualntanccsh!p having ripcned. into
intimacy, at his loldah!pS invitation
the Count joined them i'll them in their
trip Southwards. The regiment was
Just then under orders to march with
the Duke d'Angouiemo across the
Pyreneecs, and tic young French Off
Ger had TO expect The sarrasms OF the
aninitIated as to his motives for quit
tins the service at that particular june
turc. lie braEeu the i!nputation OF
eoMafdice, oGt ne could wei! afford it.
In ne "trlyat Of TINS strangely consti-
Mted tiayeiiihs party ut Genoa Is thus
q by byron: "Alilond Bless
lngton ana epo"Se, travelling with
NerJ handsome companion III the shape
OF u l rench Colnt' VINO has all the air
OF OF d C"P'1o" @ech"'"c' and one OF the
l1, lew ideat specimens nave seen OF
ffenesinan before the Neyolution.
Concerning the l1arl oi bicSslnSton,
MS individuality 1t may be well con
lec1uFed' Dut we are not lett to our
own suflhlSeS aS 70 lho sort OF man nc
must nave Decii. byron adds:
"-Mi!onngoy (ior the GARDENERS are
tne t4. hhcal race OF the famous lIish
y xleeloy o. mat ilk seems very good