New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-21
THE uA>IERIOIs VISITOR.

IeAdei. ,o az rpistie from West Point, written by
az. L. V. which ee fouad 10 n, heoiili Jour
nal. sud Whcn W induigsi ourselves in few fee
BIZ Commentaries upon that W. thought 10 De
production of presiigou, iiternry sGd scientific
Interest our rapture knew but q single drawback.
Who wss ~. Il "" Having long ago msd. up
ogr Iuind that "JuDus" Uss either Sir Philip
FiaDcis or the Devil. We have encountered another
problem quite sufficient 70 embit'er tne remainder
OF life. We We're 90 fre TO knoY aho Il Vas that
passed the evening with NJ. Justice Roosevelt,
cbsred witb Ni.s Harriet L,ue hook hands with
the So ed.sh Minister embraced Frank Wuddell,
beat Gen. Scott at whst dued with Gov kembe.
aud then wrote n long letter 10 say what ne had
I. r d!n!er Our readers viii he pleased to learn
that ' =. y 80 is rot mythical parsonage. that
be lives. moves. eats lnd embraces ia resty aud
not in ueTe Romance. A confederation OF wonder.
tul circumstances mas ei.rn us the name OF the
person ho won rubber VI Gen scott aGd IT.
duc,d SIR. kembles stock Of choice Did wines
For be i known that this scientific geEteus an. heh
he saw our comments upon his letter, which be
did at Cleveland where he WAS visiting somebody
with sent 10 this mt.iopos letter which viii be
found in another place. 1t row appears that
". T. v" when be w,ote bis genuine sParkler
Of an ep-,le, did not mean 10 have Il published IN
The ksoLM Journal, or in any other journal, It
being merely intended 10 s0lace the lonely hours
Of q Kr"kuk friend. aud to assuage his grief at
the absence Of ~" But THIS friend was not
selfish He could rot tolerate the Thought that so
much brilllancy, shfeUdLcss and genial gossip
might be lost 10 the world; couid not resist the
Temptation Of letiiHe the prop.e of the GOOD city
Of KeOkuk know that he had friend who
bad beat Gen Scott ut whist; could rot lock
Up in his wiiiirg-desk facts So important
to the world. He took the responsibility
OF publishing Tue letter, being we suppose very
I" much of gentleman one of your superiine
sort ia comparison with whom, men only commonly
Well bred are mere clowns. We congratulate
"N. L. V" upon the remarkable good breeding of
his Infinite and valued friend" We see how
much importance is TO be attached to his criticism
OF men snd maDntrs. when his bosom companl0n-
the man with whom he may be said to sieep-the
re cpent Of his pcrsonal condolences, takes mis- let
ttrs 10 the newspapers aud publishes them, sigra
turc and al-eLpOses their careless freedom OF
4" expression 10 the cold and witherpg eiance OF
the unfeelng critic AID seuds tue II hastily written
" communication down TIE tide Of immortality
There is Il Lice. eentemanly freud for you That
is the style of with which 1t Pleases
~ 7. "" when bereaVed of his Frank
Wuddtn, 10 ct, Ociate
The polished ~" will do us the justice 10 be-
leyc that nos moving in the lofty circles Of refined
society, which he adorns We could not oe supposed
10 know. when We found bi, letter in the columns
of = newspaper that it was there against his DE.
sire or without his sanction. We poor devils of
the lower strata raihels crupulous about report
ing what we have to eat when we are asked 10 din
ner but We did not know that il might not be
Vigorously correct proceeding on Che part of gem
tleman who associates familiarly with Nj John
Van Buren. takes tea with Mr Justice Roosevelt
bobnobs with Miss Harriet Lane, embraces Frank
Wuddell, shakes hands with the Ssedioh Minister,
liquors with Kerr Of North Carolina, smokes with
Page Of Mississippi, eats mutton sud wines with
Mr. Gov Kemble, and beats Gen. Scott at whit.
thereby "d-bly annoying" tina. veteran brave.
As Mr.. vs. friend, although the best of fellows
We know that he must be good fellow because he
i. VS. valued" friend, although the precise
smount of his value is not stated-as this Orson of
Valentine Y. is so deficient in good breeding there
are three courses which V. can pursue mprimis:
He can break the golden cords which bind him 10 his
well beloved friend, although the stern duty may
accrate those Interior portions oLis physical system
which, since they were saturated and smoothed BY
Gov Keu,bie's Madeira, have been in such s@eetly
solaced condition StcOndiy, he can bresk his
"yslued' friend head Thirdly, he can SUMMON
bis faithful confdant 10 the gory arbitrInent of the
duelo Or, If he has constitutional scruples 10 re-
ference to murder or monOmacby, sud desires u
live 10 eat another dinner upon another d-y, with
Mr. kemble, or some other gentleman who olives
as gentleman ought TO live" We advise HIN TO
purchase and to presen, TO bis valued friend"
cheap cop! of some standard work on etiquette
oDc OF those invaluable little manuals which NAV be
had for couple of dimes at any street stall, s1d
each of which usually declares upon It's title page,
that il is ihe humane legacy Of the dyinr D'Orsay
to al unpublished world. II is evident that Y. must
either hill, cut. or correct his friend, who "1u.e
Inadvertently" publishes private letters Not
moving ourselves in tie upper circcs We are not
qualified 10 give advice; but, if pressed for our
opinion, We should strongly di:couatenance in this
case IN appeal TO the God of Battles and for this
reason, which viii certainly commend Itself 10
gentleman who has good appetite AID is partial TO
dining out. suppose that in q moment Of indigns
tion, Mr. '. should insert that poated uten.l calf
ed = bowie Knife IN the abdominal regions of bis
fnthrss trIrnl. \rrN rnnl. lie only snnlIs tha 1n.