Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-06-21

THE LITERATURE OF Former TIME;.-We
came across, a few days ago, a bound volume
Of uraham's Magazine. The sight Of thi-
we'll known periodical awakened thoughts ol
an era in the literary history of the country
which is now happily revolntioni.ed CIT "i
existence. Time Vas when she reople Of lhia
part Of tho lutte Union knew nothing Of peri
odical literature gave what they CLEANED from
the pages Of Graham, Cooley, Sartsin's, Inter
rational, Harter's and other similar works -
Of I'll these periodicals. GrahaIs's Was most
entitled ~ the consideration Of decent people.
ard least received 1t. Started Is tho GA
ket" in PhilAdsip!ia many years s.nno, it Tas
for II series ol Years colcmp"!ary - our "~n
Southern Literary Messenger. We behave
that the Wei knnHn Edgar Ailen Poe rpIn.Cd
fr.m Graham r. tie .Irasenger a. its editor.
50 lar ~ " k""w ledge Of urhi,sm IT, ~n-
.,eTacJ, TIA; died pr the inr-lrlkrn III institutes
im,wren ti.o isr:tn and South. We have
he,,7 beard ID " chpY saith ct son / Dig
.n'a limo rinae thul time. Before the ":,F tie
imrru,i!oLL habits Ut Georgr K. GraLeLi. The
toun.irr # n, magazine nhiri, bcrv his naIne.
hmi cl,tsilrI their natural r-queaes tho
magazine passed iuto other hands, while Ort-
hu!n degencr.tCd into i PIT hUuse bumtnsr,
passing i,s time IN IdlsIicsJ and inebrlatiIri.
The latter, If persisted in, ieals - death, an!
We Wtrn iIDi, therefore, surprised Ia IRE
al extract firm u Yankee l'nper II lew
MOUTHS rinse stating the dealt. Gi l!rahrm 10
have occurred ct Is ulscure drinking hourn ~
IT,! suburbs Ct Philadelphia. Literary me'
ev,rrt heIe seem 30 EsTe h t%en!>r.g - inc
bsia,"n George L. Graham wL= ,:i.,l dat
e.lt hrm eI literary cotsrie who controlled: the
talent Of he liMra from lH4j IL 1910. Poe
aad Graham, Taylor ard hlrst, s'ndd.rd And
Ganrhd, Alexander aud VILLAGE, Hell c, t and
English, Resd au,t Nunes, and others, ~hcss
names were familiar 10 the reading puzzle OF
both North and South. Tho fate of Pee "a
tuO r.ll known to require ~n'll4ion u il:
Grn',nm litely loilowsi in his footstsp-;
THl & still IVES abroad, the Wrebk Of wkM.
he WA iGiG-. i II confirmed spt, is dessttei
Ey his lric:sds. aud fingers IN in & %reiehei
existence AMONG the nuriieus Of Philadelphia;
Standard dT,lhs dcel | y OF tho "Hire When il is
red" Had is upheld Only by his relative;
Cunrad. u!!er nrnining h:gh ru@li.irnI. 49, VII
~ literary rmiIrr.r. died - 'i-''aI,:: It wn-
TIE. H. Iay"r Of Phi ,ielph'n. "I." Welcomed
10 tbs lid Hall "l Independence. III .l&ai. IT,.
Riahh;md Light Infantry Blue. tLen al, -
visit - tho uttyol Brotherly Lrvr: timer a'h
charged since then; Alexander. whr', l.nt
heard from waa staggering toward the rraTe.
ruined in health, and has doubtless long since
gone through ".he dark wiley Of the shadow
Of death" his path unchssrsl by a sin; 'IaY
Of hnlo. ncr iiie s1rrDws li~Lteucd hy t. nI.,Yl-
emile; Herbert fell by hiA nwn hand in . tt #
doppundenry. caIsri iy etc-sr: EGVlish frHI
t5i!s on, un!Jyei acd u.fcG"rcd. Euned, the
brightest s,sr I.tx5 t. Poe, sank brfirn the
Tsrs mo raylesa g'G6m, and cat himself :uru
the de:? waters If O~hesapeuke !ay L,rT.iG
died o 1jerim &, consumption and dissipurif.
Many CHEERS 81 thos" whuse lanes us:i 10 lie
familiar ha7o bsen gathered into tho da1k
womb &C The tomb. Read IA few year. aau)
alone was leit, and aven his star may nave -;
in rInnds, for, Iirce tho war, Ge has n,t
hefr.i Of him. lie was i0r Y"nr-R r~r'cOnin
c,ntrlnuitr % thu Southern Literary M", zen
ger. GrahGm wes a man If brillinut Parts,
AID VIZ. sd.tei 10 sd"rn any rheiety. His
prone as agreeable. aud his VERSE smooth nnd
kicl,lf palisted. He left behind him, most
probably. lille # either; rHr. in the htv lay
Of i,a %,BraGr. lie s;r!.t -, i"ncii ti"r uf"b,l the
wurLs ii CtL.rs, that hn nrpts It'll, himFnlf,
anil wien Tho ;emIr.er iu5tontd upCii bis : I'll.
hia had grew n.Ivcie5s, AID hiI pen Gr1pp.d
iThri l's thg=r. fr.T,r. As Sludda1d said
when Poe died. Gu may Va Sly Of the former
editor If " firGham'S Magazine"
he has passed away,