Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-12

nay, an interesting or q charming book; but
no person Of common sense will take it for any
thing more valuable than a specimen of the
style and manner of the gifted author.
A Scene In Barrack- Room Drawn
from Life, l849.
Readerl do you happen to number among
your acquaintances a jolly young subaltern,
and if so, you are on terms sufficiently familiar
with him to "beat up his quarters of fore
noon, and join him in pipe of Cavendish, and
pewter of Schdn de grdch, two exquisite lux
uries in which he is wont to indulge for three
| or four hours every day after parade2
Methinks hear you say, "No, have not the
honor" Well then, it is an honor you shall
have ALLOW me to introduce you; sans cerc-
monte, to my friend Ensign Snooks, regular
Ebrick-indeed, we are all bricks. There he is,
in his sanctum sanctorum, already denuded of
| the "scarlet and fine linen" in which he was
so recently attircd, reposing lstlessly in a
large morocco lounging chair, with long
meerchaum in his mouth, from which he is
ever and anon sending forth curling volumes
of light blue, aromatic smoke, that at last en-
velop him in haSy, but delightful atmosphere,
through which he is seen to the best advan-
tagc; his slight and graceful figure, wrapped
| neglgently in the ample folds of crimson
velvet dressing-gown, confined at the waist by
an old military sash; comical little skull-cap
of embroidered cloth, 0cocked on three hairsn
on his Uranium; his throat bare; his superior
extremities encased in pVamas, and his feet in
serted in pair of curiously wrought mocca-
sons.
The yellow ochred walls of his domicilc-
twelve feet by eight-are hung round with
great variety of pictures and prints. Over the
mantle-piece is colored engraving of her
majesty, with pipe in her mouth, vis-o-pis, is
the royal consort in the Albert hat stuck
jauntingly on one side of his head the pencil
of the same wag who supplied her majesty
with the doodeen, has given roguish leer to
one of his eyes, which is knowingly directed
to French print on his right-Le Gros Peehe
On his left is coast scene, alias lady step
ping out of a bathing-machine into the water.
Beyond are costumes Of the British army, Carl
catures of brother officers, the popular prints
of the day--La Refine des Fleurs-The Fairest
Flower; The First Dawn of Love; Wards of
Chancery; The Last Appeal, &c, &c. Por-
traits of celebrated horses, and of eminent pu-
gilists; Fores' stable scenes opera dancers in
all imaginable attitudes, every species Of the
canine breed in crayons; and although last,
not least, miniatures of The governor, and of
mammal Curiously carved pipes, of all shapes
and sizes, are placed, salter-wise, over almost
every picture; tobacco bags and pouches are
pendant from every nail. Foils and wire fenc-
ing masks, gun and a pair of pistols, a scimi-
tar and a yatagan, South Sea clubs, and Chi
nese arrows, boxing gloves, and life preseryer;
foxes brushes, and peacocks' feathers, spurs,
German students club-ribbons, racing and |
hunting and tandem horns
together with twenty other things too absurd |
to enumerate, are ingeniously and fancifully
arranged over the Fireplace; forming, as it |
were, an antique frame for dingy old fashion |
ed mirror, which is stuck all round with visit \
ing cards, notes of invitation, and unpaid bills.
The mantle piece (and indeed the whole room) |
bears undeniable evidence of recent debauch;
or i.flare-up.n On It are strewed the frar-
ments of broken vases and plastcr-of- Paris
images faded boquets, the gifts of some fair
girls at the last soree, have fallen into the coal
scuttle; cherished rosette, that had adorned
some artless palpitating bosom, is pendant
from the hearth brush; Geneva watch is in
atoms; the sofa has been broken md over
are minus legs, the carpet is
nptorn, and saturated with liquor; soda-water
bottles are rolling about the floor, in the cen
ire Q which stands barrack table, covered
with we, scarlet cloth, over which are scat
tered broken bottels and fragments of drinking