Lynchburg star — Lynchburg [Va.], 1807-04-09 00:00:00, page 4

j On the iid d*y t t CtctmbtF,
' A confounded big piece of timber
Fell down-—flam-bang ■
And kill’d poor tfohn Lamb.
v——w» ^ -ft ® «•—
\ Queen of Prussia.
1 Upon our return lo our hotel the clock
ftmckfour j jult at we had began to
thaw ohrfelvet with Tome loup, attended,
j <Saxon kings' -of old were, by a
king harper at our door, jult at lie
aeeriy and wildly rntt ov er the fit ft ;
on of a derman air, by which time
uclligent companion and 1 had fet
it, that had the palaciftrbeen covered
, rubiet, and the tr^es of the royal 1
ft ns dropped pearls, qw fliould retard
on tented to Berlin, un eft we had be
' the lovely queen of Pnjffia p ia trOvtt
orincipal oUje&Wour excar *
•'■«r hoftjrar. into the
"n carriage wat
•er which
a lf»tle
'cend
tnd
U
'i
A
*»
•he
i*r
tfir'
s&
timed)
dear
I28S
;oymept$;
ighbout'. \
fttimer. *
■
f o*-'... /
tal Miourtil
Euvopegid
V 1*0*^.
.
i, ovtrfptrading large Wafts of
In Norway, Sweden, and LapJ
But ai its appearance it at very
ii^>eriodtj; and the i'ource from
it it derived .has not been hitherto
|by any naturalift, jt$ exiftence
Sferioufty attributed, by luperiti
gnotanee-to the generation of the
f frbtn'Whence, it hat been iup
nt wai poured down in /howert of
'Myriads of them march together,
ie a tounyit. which nothing can re
jjtr. chifrfe'it marked with ruin and
ton." Neither ^ite nor water pre
i'genertUy ....
tljev fwiin/acrSfi laket and ri
tiurf^ifhpedet . tkeir. -eoui fe ; if
s afededisoyed^lk^anidit quick
rap and the humb’er dota not ajf
ittffti/hed. They .perfitt in their
Jnfjjke of evfTy otollacle j and if
■H^Ctnit proceeding, they either
hunt it Oadic in the at
march ia‘' tmftiy in the
. ley red during the day, and
eVify-rpot and.vegetable they meet
They htfeft the very herbage, &
fare /aid to periih, that ' ‘
feed upon
xft they havt tonched.
jwlemy fo numerous and dtftructive,
I Capa render the countries they paft
gh utterly uninhabitable, did it not
lately happen that the fame rapaci
it eXtites them to lay wafte the pro
in Cr(the eaith, at Jaft iinpelt-thcm
:roy *Kh other. Having nothing
to fubufl^sjn, they are faid to fepa
nto, two armies, which engage with
deafly hatred,.and continue lighting
|.«jfarrt ing pach Othei till they are an
dy dnti dyed." Thou/afids of them
(Seen found dead, and the air, infefled
ie;r.,putrid cares les hat {ometiutet
pie occafionot malignant d iltempert.
* numbers of them are likewile de
pd by Fdxet, Lynicei, Weafies, and
• beads of prey which follow them
Igtbeir march.
f>« marmot rune fwiftly, though its
are flu»rt and Header. 11 is fome what
illan the rat': Its head is ;pointed and
ichjiw are two very long cutting
i, tvith which it bites keenly ; its ears
ihorf, eyes fmall, fore legs ftiorrcr
•man the hind : the colour of the head &
body black and tawny, difpoied in irre
gular patches ; the belly white ringed
with yellow.
Though .perfrftly difgufting to every
other people, its hciH is faid to be eaten
by the Laplanders. ' i
. Lineaeua fays thefe auiibalt are produ
ced among the.Norwegian and Lapland
Alps 5 and Poutopidan fuppohs that
Kontn’s rock which.divides Nordland
rom 5wedek is their native place.
Anderlon’s Hid. Quadrupeds*
WINTEE EVENING* * •
-I like to (it in my Andy in a winter t
vening, when the wind Woe
. . blows, clear, and
the fire bums bright. 1/1 am alone, I
'/ometimet love to mule looiely oh a thou
sand Hits ot the imtginatibn ; to remark
the gentle agitation of the flame j to eye
the moufe, that likens at hi* knot-bole,
and runs quick acroit the hearth j or
dwell long on the firming of the wood,
whertthe heat drives out the lap'. I be
lieve that fucb reverie Coftens the heart,
while it relaxe^ the body, for /hus the
fmfei are gratified in miniature. In the
fire I have the foftej) colours, and the jiuct
*ft ondjnojl various undulations, and in
the gentle melody of the green tticlc,
there is ratlody for fairies. No lerde is
particularly excited by my fitver-grey,
filkeh-footed, and crura-nibbling animal;
but perhaps he,might teach tne a Jeflhn
‘ prudence not to let out on a journty—.
I,have epqufred the .dangers and dif.
^ oQa» way—While I am in thik
wj muling, I fometimes lapfe
'y into grief)—for my guards
and my friends arc far Jnm
ate hatterilng away, *« and
is hollow bluffs, murmurs
Ver to return.’’—^ut this
Ike to indulge, for ftr
hufinjgj.I therefore roufe
mr tfet flffljwnrten. >oftu
gtben tn ^ and
'• t •• < • 'id ;»;t on
‘ * *••• <N>k'-o;tlw hank*
.,•1 l M l ■ Wlrii
of
' ,r y'*>rrb- ;t anr i*. .zr,-..
C*I", kj? ssriti •:* S.r> V» 0.?
.**• iTyact tad tha w*/*
if f
ii : \*■■ ^ ’
A ' ' ) ji'.'.-lkn'-G ,
£‘4 ■ \
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n. :'
.mi’iLi sf'.e
(■:: -uL-, a
1 * ITA Uri
... Sf%»
And tug l :-.d 11
*id, cn -i ini* >/;
titfMr-stitt fij, ’■ »
, Te frovc ■ >
*• And whj
tionf Wb«
mtrjf/y a nfljWO _ . . „ R_
-—anotlieV of ;f»j>olU's*tranrfianother of?
Cephasbbt tlie'fe ate nominal diftinAia.'
ohs. And when in nuxlefn times, one
lays, •» I am Jfopkins,—»ano}htr Qf - -
Chancey—ind anotheg, of. JVrinciielterj’,T
I am tempted fo exclaim, “*A plague on
allyput houlea.” • Oh je revpreDit Di
vines,‘and venerable Prcfe/Tors, ■emem.
oer that you are travelling to the-Cityof
■y«iis Gad 1 y Do ye expt® to Be diftia-V
gut/hed by yOur different app< Hations
whep jfeArrive at the maiifiuns of erer
nal^exce I Do ye think ye lha»i there
/bund (he tocfm of eonirrvtrly, od heat
the alarm of contention f’t ■ iV
MSrPSte
Explanation of the’word.
*- News paper*Tawy iw called the, hiffn
Vy of tire wjrld Tronl iiav, to day* • . r’.
No word is mpre exfrcfiive whin fhe
wont NEWf-^-which is made up on the
ei'nitialfo^the name* of ihe fe«r quarters,
of the wer^—E aff, W-e/l, and
S-outir. .r? . * * - -
■■ it?s
©ir&mfa, to mit:
At a ^uarjtrly Court held for Pitt*
sylvaniarCountu, fAc 162A (/ay of
. J/arcA, 1806.*'
Vincent Shelton, Plfff") !s
vi.
John Davis, Elisabeth
. Duncan, widow of
Benjamin Duncan de
caakd, Melinda Dun tf;2Vi;
can, Squire Onncan, yin Chancery
Anne Duncan, Ab
' ncr Duncan, Julia
Duncan, heir* and
- dillributeea of Benja
min Dndcan, deceaf
en. Delta..
TH£ Defendant! Elizabeth Dan
can widow of Benjamin Duncan,
dee’d, Melinda Duncan, Squire Dun
can, Anne. Duncan, Abner Duncan
and Julia Duncans not having entered
their appearance and given feenrity ac
cording to the aft o; Alterably and the
rnfca of thin Court, aad it appearing
.to the fatisfa&ion of the Court that the
faid dcfeadaoti Elizabeth Duncan, Me
linda Duncan, Squire Duncan, Adds
Duncan, Abner Duncan and Julia
Duncan ari not inhabitant!-of thia
Stain; On (he motion ol the Plaintiff,
by hi* Attorney, it ia ordered that (be
fnid defendlnta Elizabeth Duncan,
Melinda Duncan, Squire Duncan,
Anna Duncan, Abner Duncan and Ju
. lia Duncan d^ appear here oh the third
Monday injifao next and anfwer the
plaiatSft’i bilL aad that a copy of thia
orddr be forthwith inferred ia feme
nenrfpaprr of ihiifUee tor eight waeka
fucce(lively, aid polled op at the front
door of the Court bcufe of thia coangy
•a feme court day.
j A Copy-|.Tcfld .
■Witit. TosaTAi.t. c p.o.
ALL persons indebted to the
Estate of Wilbow Dayenvoxt,
late of Lynchburg, are requested
• to make immediate payment to
the subscriber, fas the situation ol
the estate will .not admit of ihdul
gence-—Aad thdsd to whom the
estate is indebted are requested to
*® their’, accounts properly
authenticated, that provision may
,oe made to dicharge the same.
(' w#-‘ PitaiisT Claim***, JEjcV
lOtjh Feb. 180r. tf.
# Crept ®ed).
•tO Y Virtee *f a Deed of Trot oze
JOcuted t o tee by JohoFraokiin, for
the purpofe of fecuring fund ry debts due
from him to Joba Divis, will be ex
ppfed to fair, for ready money, by
way of public auction, at the Dwelling
fltwfe of the (aid Franklin, that trad sj
H LAND
. Oa jrbieb )V« laid Franklin refidet,
utudtedia tbc couoty of Campbell, oa
the main road leading to Richmond,
abbot two mile* bdi« < Mr. Robert
H«fter*i containing Three Hundred
nodf Twenty Acres, more or lets; or
fo mu:h (hereof as (hall be fuScicnt to
raila tbt full# of Oan Hundred and
Fifty Pounds, with Jatereft thereon
froth the firtt day of September, 1806,
with the chargee attended* on the cae
aotion of the Truft —-The (ala will
take place on Saturday the pth of May
■ext. Jt ie prefumed that thole dil
pofed to purcbfffc will make tbem.‘
lelvci acquainted with the guality of
the Laud previous to the dajg, of fala.
- JOHNDASNEY, IruSu
Msrdb tatb, *807. 6w.
TTY Virtue .of sSeod io Yfo#, ex
■IJcclftcb to me by Wilton Daven
pp,'t^% fecure to Samuel Irvine the
payment of three hundred and thirty,
lootp^pds fix fbiliingi and fnvon
po«co,PwKh intereft thereon from the
tpth dky*bf April/ iiot till paid, and
tbiebiief the execution of the faid
frofi fadfplo**! ihalt oa Tburfday the
ninth day qf April next, proceed to (ell
for Cdjb to the higbeft bidder, before
the doot t>f the Indian.Q*e#n TaVerb,
loth*.Town of Lynchaurg, Three
likely Virginia boro SLAV ES-?-]af k,
Rachel pad Salty, or fo many oi them
as will 1yc fuffieitnt to pay to the laid
Samuel If Vine the above debt, ioMrctt
and the eXpenC.es attending the execu
tion of tie laid Deed' in Trod, and
now of record*, And the ynonies atiflq j
■ from tuch file applied agreeable to the
tenor, of the faidVetd-' *>
V .. Gbp. D^WINSTON, fruft,.,
X^acbbvrg, XJtb Mstc.l^ *807.
.• s* t&sw.
• . •
GOUTY
Imfitted lastfall by Breton kfRives
WILL Sand rh> ••Cuing feafen,
« »T ftaUe, inAnherfl Coun
ty, five mile* from Nrw-Glafgow, at
Tammy fit* Dollar* ike feafon, dif
chargeeble by Twenty, if paid by the
firft day of Oftober next—The feafoo
«w commence, the firft day of Mafteb
and end the firft of Aoguft,—Mare*
nay be covered by the Angle leap, at
twelve dollar*, paid at the time of ier
yice ; or forty dollar* to infure then
in foal, payable the firft day ofJauna
ry next—One dollar to the Gro0nic
•very cafe—Good aab executive pa da-1
n£* grotit, but *e rcfpoaSbility for
accidents or efcapes. «.
Gouty
IS a beautiful Bay, tea years oldL in
high health and vigor, five fset "ree
iochca high, full of boas and mufcle,
fine point* and elegant form.—He
was* after many month’s refearch, fe
leAcd by Mr. Weatherby (Author of
the racing Calender and Gsnsral Stud
Book) a* one of the baft Horfos that
enujd be procured in Great Britain }
In a latter from him he fayt—«• Tktra
otver vial 4 kigbtr brad bor/t jhiptd
fram Grant Britain ar mmj atbar Cantu.
fTJt'
Gouty
WAS got by Sir Peter Teaftla (no.
qucltianably the beft Stallion is En
gland) hie Data the famous Yellow
Mara by Tandem, grand darn Perdita,
by Herod, g grand dam Fair Forafte,
by Sloe, g g grand dam by Forefler,
g * B grand dam by Partner—Crofl'i
bay Barb Makalefi—Brimmer foa a|
Dadfwarlb'a Barton Barb Mart,
BUN bat three times, owing to is is.
jury received ia tba fore leg.
I» 1799, for the Darby Stakes—
'■ } yOWs old—won by Archduke,
igao, far the Sweepfiakes for ab
ages, wifo 15 Guinea* added
out of tha Racing Pond—won
by Goaty—beating Flueclmao,
Vivaldi, be. foe.
Ncw-Market July Meeting,£5*
by fobferiptiou—woo by Suren,
rer.
ROBERT RIVERS*
February 10th, 1807. Sw.
WILL BE SOLD
To tha highest bidder,-for ready
-money, at John Hook’s Store,
near Hailsford, in Franklin Coun
ty, on Friday the 24th day of
April next, four likely slaves, viz:
‘‘"-BEN, about 38 years of age—
YORK, about 26 years of age—
SYLVIA, abqut 26 years of age
—aiid JACOB, about 18 yeara
of age ; the same being made o
vfr intrust to the subscribers, to
secure and satisfy a debt due from
James Wright to John Hook, a
mounting to ^228, together with
the accruing interest and charges
incidental on the Trust Deed and
the Sale ; or so many of said Ne
groes as will be sufficient to dis
charge the debt aforesaid. *
Bowker Preston, 7 t
Benjamin Booth, J 1 ru*tees*
Frphklin Ct’y, MarcB 16, 1807.
6wp.
~ ©irgfttiX
At a Quarterly Court held for Pitt
sylvania County, the 16th day
of March, 1807.
Obediab Owes. Pkfi.Y
v». f
Jcffe Wilfon, George >IN ChlaCflry.
Ad*m». tc Grata-1
berry Wilfon, Dll*. J
THE Defendant* Jaffa Wilfon and
Grcenberry Wilfon not having
entered their appearance and given fe
curity according to the ad of Afletn
bly aad the rule* of this Court, and
it appearing to the fatisfadion 0/the
Court that the faid defendants Jefle
Wilfon and Grcenberry Wilfon are not
inhabitant* of ibis Bate : On the mo
lion of the Plaintiff, bv hi* eounfrl,
it it ordered that the fold defendants
Jefle Wilfon and Greenbefry Wilfon
; db appear here on the third Monday
in June n*xt, and anfwer the plaint.ffV
bill—and that a copy of this order be.
.forthwith infected iu feme newfpapex
of this Hate for eight w eeks fuect (live
ly, and polled up at the front door of
the Court- boate of the faid county on
foinc Court day,
ACopy—Tefla
Harrison, d.
FOR SALE five hundred Ac five acres ■
offirft rate Tobacco LAND, lylhg
«« Harris' ci*ek in AmherA county,
being part of a large traft formerly
belonging to Col. Hugh Rofe. drc’d.
It i* bounded by the land* of Capt.
Benjamin Rocker, Mr. Spencer Nor*
veil and Dt. Daniel Bur ford, atxf
bin fix miles of Lynchburg-—Aef
perfoe defiroui to pyrchefe, will bo
fliewn the land by Mr. Guftavet A,
Rofe of Lynchburg} and for the terms
of fale, apply to Mr. Landon Cabell of
AmherA.
Robert h, rose.
23d March, 1807. tf.
. N. B. Oa the above plantation tfaeiS
is a confiderable Quantity of Corn for
fale.—Por terms apply to Mr. Th i
Wood roof of AmherA,
Notice.
TO be fold to the high*A bidder,
at public au A ion, for Ready Mo*
nef, on the 5 th day of May n»*t, io
tha town of Chrittianburgb, a LOT.
No. inlying on the meio flfttt.. The
foregoing lot it fold ender the deed of
trull made by Patrick Glyn to J»*a
Bratton for to fecuro the payment of a
debt not exceeding two hundred del*
Jars.
JAMES CRAIG, TrufitU
10th March, 1807, 6wp.
tli# of Setter^
Remaining in the Post-Office,
Lynchburg, 31st Match, ISO7.
B. John Bur/at, Win. Butter, Jana,
than Burge*, Waid Boatwright, A.
lexandar Baleen.
C. Nelfon Crawford 4. John Clark 3,
Mr*. Ann Curie, Micajah Clark,
W. P. Claiborne a, Daniel Cheet
wood, Arcbilou* Crew*, John Car
ter, Wm. Coopu, Hoftah Catlru
D. John Dabney, Thomas Dillon,
Micajah Davis.
B. William Edwards, Robert Fleming
' Elias Filher, William Frith.
G. Willlim Gre- a y, Mrs. Margaret
Gwatkins, Mils Eliza Gwatkins,
Mrs. Levtcia Galleon a, John M«
Gordon.
H. Mofes Hurt.
J. Capt. P. ]ohnfon, Charles Johnfon
Richard Jones, Thomas Jenkins,
Rowland Jones, William Jackloo.
L. George Lambeth, Thomas Lucas,
Meredith Lambeth, Efq. ]obu Let
ter, fen. Wm. Lee, John Lee, jar.
L, Lamkin 3, jas. Lee z, William
J. Lewis, Efq.
M. John McAliefter 2, Joel Mann,
John Mvricft, Mrs. Charlotte Mot
ley.
N. Henry W. Nichols, Reuben Not*
veil, John Neiherland.
P. Capt. Jofeph Poindexter, William
Peorock, John Pennock, William
Pettyjohn, Rev. Jofeph Purnell.
Q_William Charles.
R. Ifaac Rucker, George Revrley,
Edmund Reed, Anthony Rucker,
Charles Reaveley or James Tilford
3*
S. Janes Shearer, Jaqiei Smith, John
Stone, James St. Clair.
T. John M. Tilford, William Tolle,
Jqhn H. Trent, Capt. Ifaac Tinfley
Caleb H. Turner, Richardfon Tey.
lor, Col. Charles Taliaferro, Elijah
•Trent, jr. Thomas Tinfley.
W. Jaffa Wood roof, Mai it White*'
Simon M. Wilis-2, Mjfee Wakinn
Sen. Meffrt. William k David Ma*
fon.
SETH WARD, P. M.
For Sale at the Star-Office
t&ftetcjjeg
OF THE
Hiftory of France.
HYMNS.
GAMUTS.
THE
Planter's and Farmer's
ALMANACK
For the year