Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-02-06

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do.th of Turner the eel IL 80 ~
:tor Win died, Nort more than Il mano" q oO'-
larS We find tho y S''N'"'' "
late London PapclGgo man who had evidently ex-
o1llc -" y$cOrc years and ten, and who had
cecueu us Imany of them in a squad lodging in
rcSiueu part of what at best is squad Chelsea
u s4uIXiH seriously ILL., His name, as far as the
WIS " Of the house knew anything OF him, was
@c"X: and for Mr.. Booth the aid of skilful man
5Gmedlcinc became prc-cminentIy necessary. The
otiedt was soon declared to be in dying state and
thef it became necessary that Mr. Booth should see
,Tiend The friend visited the dying man, and then
4 was discovered that Mr.. Booth-the man VINO
seemed to shun the world. who spert little and lived
upon less and who lived not at all in the CONDITION
Of one who enjoyed means to make friendship VIII
IL thing to be coveted-was Il man OF World-Wlne re-
putatiOn and of fortune that touched upon the CO.
iossal In other words, the penurious Mr. Booth: OF
that portion of Chelsea which DR.. Wiseman calls
the Sums was other than the Trismegstus OF
English landscape painters-tbe scmi-delty OF MI
Ruskin-Turner, the Royal Academician
Turner's habit of leaving his old mansion IN Queen
Anne street. and its almost as old housekeepef' IN
their united dirt and glory, was known to many OF
his professional friends: but none Of them knew OF
the locality of his lair and little cognzant
of the pseudonym under which he inhabited 1t.
Such is the trait of feeblenesS of character IN
great man But the Turner's loved money that
ncrs father the old barber Of Maidenlane survived
to witness his sons greatness. and to profit by 1t
The old man resided in the dull old house In queen
Anne street; and both seemed the age of the sover-
eign from which the locality had its name 1 hat
poor old house of decayed majesty, and of dizziness
that seemed centuries old was however rlch glitter
ing and brilliant, with pictures from the pencil OF
the owner; who, miser as he was, put them above
purchase, and would take no money for them. The
sire of this gifted son would show those priceless
treasures to eager visitors and he would pocket
with an ancient and professional alacrity the shll
lings dropped into his palm remuneration for his
trouble.
The great artist himself has died worth nearly a
quarter of million sterling.
Tile Lantern, which Eliminates New York and
the regions round about with its flashes of wit and
glowing merriment has reached its third number
which is rich its ilustrious predecessors.--
Here few extracts from its columns
Ner Works in the Press" The Pink Envelope
By the author of the Scarlet Letter.
Derby or The Bobbins of Existence"-By the
author of St. Leger, or The Threads of Life.
Three Young Fellows Heads"-By the author O.
Two Old Mems Tales.
corridors in My Own History'--By the autho,
of Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland
THE Land What by the author of The Wa
ter Witch
Etchngs let me See'-By the author of Pencil
ings by the Way.
Also, by the same author, T." Individuals I Never
Hear Ofa--beng sequel to People Have Met.
& Hee Haw'-By the author of Omoo!
Cats upon the Housetop, and other Poems-By
the author of Voices of The Night
Solomon Fist, or The Man of Blows'-By the au
thor of Isaac Cheek the Man of Wax.
The Cheap Cabman"-by the author of Dee
Slayer
1.-THE Cabbage aud the Entire Alphabetically tn,
author of The Lilly and the Bee.