New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-15
Personal.
ney.GeDeral.

mfr. Bonner publishes what be calls " the humbs
petition Of pro,er-s personal item altogether ire
sistable to the editor Of this column. il follows;
"Mr. BosSER: / perceive by your ledger that
Won purpose 10 publish a volume Tor perhaps severed
volulnes made mp Of Poems not contained in NJ.
Danas Household Book OF Poetry, and | heartily
wish success 90 your enterprise. There genuine
poems of moderate length which cannot be found in
that collection, excellent "a II palpaby IL, and superior
in value deemit, to any predecessor yet extant
rival There are, moreover, some genuine poets
whose names do not figure in Mr. Danas double index;
and | thnak you for undertaking 10 render them
Justice; only take not to neutraize or nuly yoT
chiyalrOus championship by ourying them under
CARLOAD If rhymed rubbish, such as my great name
sake plausihy averred that neither gods can
abide and you will have rendered Literature SERVES
and done Justice TO sighted Merit.
"Bui, MI Bonner, be good enough-you mgs,-to
exclude from your new poelc Pantheon. l have
no business thereinnO night and no desire 10 be To-
stalled there. i am no poet never was TO expres-
siop and never shsll be. True, wrote some verses
in NY callos days, as 1 presume most persons who
csn make ineligible pen-marks have doGe-but |
was never poet even ia the miss OF deu1ng fancy.
All my verses, / tTust, would not oil one Of your
pages: they were mainly written under the spur Of
come local or personal Indictment, which loOg ago
passed away. Though in structure metncal, they
in essence Prosaic--they Were read oy leg, and
those tex have kindly forgotten them. Within tbs
lat ten years have been accused Of all possible AMI
some impossible oifenses against good taste, good
morals, ana the common VEAL have been branded
sIstocrat communist, infdel, hypocrite, demagogus,
dsunioDst, traitor, corfuptionst, &C.. but can.
not remember that any one has flung in my face ny
youthful ranegIessions in the way of rhyme do MOI,
then, accord to the malice of my many enemies this
forgotten means OF annoyance. Let the dead re@'
and let enjoy the reputation which covet and DE-
serve OF knowing poetry from prose, which the ruth
lees resurrection Of my verses would subven, nnce
the undscerniDg majority would bIndly infer that !
considered them poetry. Let NE up
-Messrs Wheatley & Clarke, of the Arch-strsss
Theater Philadelphia, have rendered the use Of their
house. free of charge for benefit to aid Bob Bot in
in his effort to raise funds TO purchase the freedom
hnself and family and their client company have
gene susly volunteered their services
Major Leland Of tbs Metropolitan Hotel, in this
city, has settled near Galveston. He has purchased
the Cons Ranch Of Col Sparks fronting the Guads
upe River nine miles, and lying twenty two miles wss
of New Braupfels in Comal County, and about thirty
miles nearly north from San Artono-0 900 acres me
body, with the improvements thereon, aad some 6R
acres under fence near G. w. KendsIs celebrates
sheep farm In his purch Use Of stock 5000 sheep,
80 head Of cattle go head Of horses and mnes, be-
side working oxen, Maltese jack, 40 Burmsh baib,
ana the celebrated horse Hook way, and also w
hogs, goats, &c. lie made cean purchase Of tho
whole prem.e,, amounting to lO6,7Oo-ths large"
sale ever made in Texas Of any stock farm.
"A widow lady Mrs. Anna Cooper ln~ Hs'rsI'
now resident OF Cincinnati, and dweler In the M
mediate vicinity for several years. but for merry u
Nes-Jersey, claims to be lnea descendant OF Sn
Francis Drake, who died in England in l62 orthere-
about, and left immense estate, worth some w.
GOO coo, which, after passing through sever4 gsn6S
tons has Al last been unable 10 End one Of the family
upon whom 20 bestow it:ef The sons and dsughta'
unces and aunts, sisters and brothers, cousins s'a
cousins cousins, have all died, and in tas whole q
Britain not relative exists ho can accept the coi
ta fortune
The Principal of the Seminary At south Hsdley,
Macs, after due elaboration a. to the propfsty |"
this departure from an "oi time" custom, hs az
oided TO give the young sces under his utssgs o's'
half hour more Of sleep in the morning.
j. NcCIockln killed j. ID. Besri in Louisvhe -
week. Ore thousand dollars rswsrd was otersd, pu'
withdrawn, because it was supposed the MURDERS
would surreLd.r himself to friend TO enable The isu
to get the reward.
Col j. F. II. Claiborne i, collecting msteriss :"
writing history Of many Of the old families Of A.'a
sppi The brandon Republican ioquires: 4" Coaa
"pot be induced TO write the history Of the u
"tawsg" 8
The Mayor u Mobile Issued orders On Sssns'"y
last for the Police to prevent spsrring mstca s"
tsed to come off on that evening at the smPni''ss
in tha, city between H,eDan and Jones.
A Democratic sdynirer Of the Penrsyiysss -
son writes to TIE PHILADELPHIA Eaqnrsr ths' NV"