Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-12-30
MlSCELLAN EOUS.
From the New Orleans Delta
THE POET BuNN'S BOOK.
II was long since known In all our theatres, that

'Jenny Lind
Could raise the wind
With the Poet Bum, Bunn Bunn;'
bu, fact which is not 30 universally mat the
Poet Bum also raise the wind and rthouf Jenny or
any ally but his own peculiar pen. ;,
The "Poe," was in this country some time since. He
came 10 settle the question whether our "hollow hearts
could wea, mask uo and succeeded 10 bis own setls
faction Having "dreamt that he dwet in marble halls at
the expense Of the proprietor OF the Astor ne became
anxious conquer womans heart" "a yoahiui knign,
as he sings himself though he is not altogether juvenile
s,ag considerably over fifty
"a youthful knight whose hopes were bent
Arfsysd himself and lo!h he went,
dsuntIess Gu racr-"
:eerng his course "a little serpeu,ine, from the effects CT
,stor fe) In the direction Of Mercer street. What hap
sned TO the immortal bard In that moral neishborhuod was
told next day in the police reports OF The New York Herald
known attempt filtration; you remember that Popes face
was slapped for impernence, by Lady Mary "ortey
Moniagus;) and-alas tina! we should confess t-Bnnn
himself-o "sweet Bunn"-LibreIo Bunn-Drury Lane
Bunn-Punchs Bunn-Jenny Lind's B,rnum Bum or
Bonn arnum actually fell victim 10 the heat OF the cl-
mate the wines OF the Astor and his own genial and loving
natsre He was robbed 10 house in Mercer street, some
two years ago. and appeared 10 prosecute the or deceve
who had relieved him of mis- gold repeater: ,.. ma,
Truly bea utfu she have been who seduced our poet
from the paths of recude-a Venus dc Medcl In form,
Venus de- Canova expression As we gaze on her in the
dock we recall those lines Of old Kit MARROW:
"yas this the face tina, launeht thousand ships
sweet Helen NE Immortal by a kiss"
Though We must confess that her embraces 90 mol appear
% have supplied any elirr re the Poet who looks as
battered seedy aud to II she had nothing out three
cent whissey in her arder Beautiful but tfa !-Ninon
Encoa of Mercer street the veil from mat brill
iiant ace and let cur eyes dwell the o; ad oil Mar
OF er,e de Vaois surrounded by the golden har OF Luce-
Tia Borgia 10 all the history OF your profession ron AS
n,e Of the eloquent tongue the Dame de Camelas OF
Dumus the younge-yeu must be without single PEER
Otherwise you could lure 10 his rum our uanness ca
vsiier" attracting him TO your marble ha's ano mere
n,sssI,o him 10 yur "houw hearth The veil is raised J.
By the hustle OF Venus Aricanus the woman IS tnorouen
black ppper 1t is too The Poet had spent his night
Since mia return 10 London Bunn-.his SPOT Bunn"-has
adopted an excellent plan for raising me WIND ne mas
published book abusive OF The United 9taes' written III
the style OF an English groom, who hai been swallowing
the haIi and ha literature of The Coal Hole during all MS
natural te The book will SELL is olacksunrd enough 10
be popular 1t almost worthy place beside the rolop-
log nonsense OF his predecessors in The same me.
AZ specimen of bouk-a brick from the building-we
subion the following notice oil the manners aho hao'S Vi
the American peoples
"HApIrs-We have intention 10 wsle diabe on cos
tune nor play punser by talking OF customary haos as
clothes abandoned habits as casotf clothes,
and sucn like ribaldry neither do We purpose making any
reference the organization OF society," or Inc geners pha
ses IL presents We herein only refer 10 the existence OF
c.,,,p necuari,jes as we ha We with them. Whether
they relate habit Dress or habit as CUSTOM here are
beings under the sun who are more inc Oh ~
than the American; and in srcng one you may say 10
many RESPECTS you see them ALL To appearance they are
one and the person. they dress upon Inc same primer
pe and after fashion, especially IN Inc same sye
of hat which they wear in the manner They all
smoke they nre all INDUSTRIOUS and yet (cuous nnomaV
they are ali incident the last 6egree hey prefer me same
ysnds and w,nes all the same MODE OF eans ano
drinking their carriages and harness. are ake
and they all uke they all o about in rocking chafs
the men using extra put thelr eet upon; ano a5
further oddy (which may enable them TO 90 TINS WIN great
mr. comfort the no stays ano Inc men ~ea'
no braces generally speaking They know one another In
every town In every State the Cnion they all dlsparage
one snuh,r but else to dispaa2e themi they
are all pos,ed up they term IT, in everything concern
inc their own county, and all OF opinion II Is The tst
The world There earthly cason why they should mt
for upou the principle that crow thinks lis own the
BLACKLIST the people Of other country thns he owl
the greatest We only just mention these bare iacs-no
douS,np for n moment that the Americans con trace ar
equal peculiarly In 10 that We cannot arole
detecting in them" ,,,
Toe above specimen Of Anglo Saxon Wit and discrmlna
ton 10 worthy careful petusa The fact mat tue ladies'
NO stays should be taken asa universal truth De
cause The Poet was intimately acquainted with the charming
DANES dc Caeas whose dresses are sometimes as loose
IA the morals of travelling Cockney The assertion
another portion book that the Yankees are VERY I'm
should ulso be canyasscd little before being accept
sd as Buuns Of morality 10 say the leas-sone
what slugula'. 49,, .,.
". ars .Iao Bum has written this book. II is amusing
-yery II is Quts refreshing as novel from Dumao
The absolute Intensity OF its supty-he mons'tosity
simpsrtnscc tho PecEsnthan hypocrisy which per
yades from end 10 endae useful representations OF COCK
nsy characteristics generally Weihank Inc foes LOT III
work and promise him that.
"well remember HIM."