This fellow is handled in the Oct.No.of the _North American Review_, for 1825, in a manner which gives very little encouragement to literary adventurers and cheats.

The very man, John Dunn, of Missouri, after whom he affected to have been named, denies that he ever heard of him.
I had, thus far, seen but little of the Atlantic, except what could be observed in a trip from New Orleans to New York, and knew very little of its coasts by personal examination.

I had never seen more of the Chesapeake than could be shown from the head of that noble bay, and wished to explore the Valley of the Potomac.

For this purpose, I took passage in a coasting vessel at New York, and had a voyage of a novel and agreeable kind, which supplied me with the desired information.

At Old Point Comfort, I remained at the hotel while the vessel tarried.