Lynchburg star (Lynchburg [Va.]), 1806-04-03 00:00:00

ABURG. APRIL 3, 1806.
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It is reported that we "refused" the publication of a letter received by a gentleman of Lynchburg...
"Little fault is soon mended." When it shall become necessary we promise to be sufficiently explicit...
When our friends have betrayed us, a bare indifference is only due to their professions of friendship...
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. The author of the piece signed Backwoodsman, had no intention of traducing the characters alluded to in that production...
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sir, IN your paper of the 27th...
by Charles Da... GARLAND, D. C. OOOOW.
At a Court continued and held for Amherst County the day of March, 1806. Against James M'Clain & Robert Shields...
THE defendant James M'Clain, not having entered his appearance and giving security according to the act of Assembly...
to induce a determination on their part, to ask for leave to bring in such a Bill...
Although I had paid great attention to my exterior appearance, which, if bestowed on my mind, would have ensured me merit and respect...
For a short time I turned my attention to books, and collected a few ideas on various subjects...
Having thus far, Mr. Editor, directed my observations to Montainier's answer to the enquiries originally proposed...
WOODSMAN. Impudent
As no calamity, or misfortune, ever befell any human being, more shocking and pitiable than the bite of a mad dog...
As no calamity, or misfortune, ever befell any human being, more shocking and pitiable than the bite of a mad dog...
As no calamity, or misfortune, ever befell any human being, more shocking and pitiable than the bite of a mad dog...
confusion, and vexation, by staring him full in the face-asking him impertinent questions...
As smiling or laughing, while others are speaking, commonly arises from pride rather than joy...
Although I had paid great attention to my exterior appearance, which, if bestowed on my mind, would have ensured me merit and respect...
For a short time I turned my attention to books, and collected a few ideas on various subjects...
Having thus far, Mr. Editor, directed my observations to Montainier's answer to the enquiries originally proposed...
WOODSMAN. Impudent
As no calamity, or misfortune, ever befell any human being, more shocking and pitiable than the bite of a mad dog...
As no calamity, or misfortune, ever befell any human being, more shocking and pitiable than the bite of a mad dog...
As no calamity, or misfortune, ever befell any human being, more shocking and pitiable than the bite of a mad dog...
In a country like ours, where professional and casual at all times, or on all emergencies, be immediately procured...
1. The characteristic sign of this madness is the horror of water. 2. The object affected with it more or less slaves or foams.
3. This fever is violent, and being introduced into the body by a bite, inoculates the malady. Let the wound and surrounding parts be first washed with luke warm water...
Suppression will be accelerated, and pain alleviated, by filling and covering the wound with a cataplasm of bread and milk applied lukewarm, and renewed every four hours.
Let the surrounding parts be then rubbed with strong mercurial ointment, in proportion to the strength of the patient, and the greatness of the danger.
This rigorous method has been known to recover persons in whom the malady had already appeared. It is also necessary in this extremity to cut away, burn, or cauterize the flesh around the wound, even though it should appear to be healed up.
AUSTIN'S LETTERS. London, Sep. 19, 1803. On the subject of the English orators I should prefer to be silent, rather than to confine myself within the bounds of a letter.
From that predominant class of contending men in the house of commons, I might select Pitt, Fox, Windham, Sheridan, Wilberforce, Grey, Tierney, Castlereagh, Hawkbury, Currey, Addington.
The characters of these men, as orators, are well known in the United States, and particularly so to you. I shall, therefore, confine myself to the three first, Pitt, Fox, Windham.

The club to see a week for is in every de- e, and is diffi- cultural appellation After per- olumes of several il- ned societies, I was to visit one of those re likely to be less ele- e discussions would pro- terred by the formalities Having paid the accu- entered the company, in- by a friend. It consisted of enty persons, who were af- with all the gravity of a Ro- ate, for the discussion of a sub- nounced on a former night. tion being read by the presi- jolly looking man in a tye-wig. ties proceeded to its discussion. estion for this night was, "Are equal to men in mental abili- A thin-looking man, in the opposite, began the debate, as as I can recollect, in the fol- manner:— "The question you have now read, is a quest- r, which I will be bold to say, one of the most important that was taken the measure of by this table society. It involves, sir, a if the most important consequen- for, if women are found e- to men, sir, in abilities of any as a body may say, no person say he will have a remnant of his ority left him. I can't say, sir, am fully prepared to speak upon question; but, sir, the authority he ladies is, as I may say by expe- e, daily increasing; and if this ectable club does not come to some re resolutions on the subject, not gle yard of the rights of men will be left to patch the elbows of do- tic authority."
This speech was received with the noisy applause; but the President ing called to order, a tall raw-bon- ellow in a bonnet rose and deliver- himself thus:— "Sir, I congratu- you upon the very fluent speech ye just now heard, but I am by nae ns of the opinion which has fallen Mr. Gobbage, just before me. ledies, sir, are nae doubt far being as they should be! but, sir, naa think that this proceeds, or has ite, as I may say, frae any defect heir understanding. In a points I have occasion to ken, they seem equal, if not superior, to maist o' ne gentlemen that crowd the t o' this ancient metropolis; and nae doubt, frae the masculine arance o' our ledies, that if an ny should mak his appearance, they ould mak as guid a stand for the li- erties o' Caledonia as any o' our beaus they ca' them. I rather think, Mr. President, that the men o' this present age a'e muckle and nae little below them; and I am glad to see that the ledies, wi' a noble disregard to the prejudices o' education, and wi' a per- severance which does them the highest credit, are determined to restore them- selves to their ancient simplicity, as they were afore the flood; for its weel kent, as our ain countryman Ja- mie Thompson says, 'Love makes needs not the foreign aid of ornament; 'But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.' Sir, men show the inferiority of their understanding, by not cultivating in themselves that hardness and mani- ness which distinguished our forefa- thers. Your new-fangled gentry ca' these past times the days o' barbarism; and look back wi' contempt to the men, and o' whom wadcha'e a l'ore o' your fine chaps now a days. But these men, I J'mie Macalpin tell you, had few wants which they could na' them- selves supply; and gie them five or six yards o' tartan, and a wee pickle aits for cakes and parritch, did na care tho' a' the claith made in foreign coun- tries were in a low, and tea and sugar never kent o'. Sir, tartan is an anci- ent claith, and in auld times only the favourite baizins o' their daddy's were honoured with it; witness the jacket gien by Jacob to his son, the chief of the clan Joseph; and tho' nae men- tion is made o' the kilt or hose, we may justly suppose, that the aie was a gien without the tither. Sir, its nae sign o' superior understanding, to see the chiefs o' our day neglect this ancient testimony o' worth, and in its stead drain our country o' babes to buy claith in foreign countries, wha they should be encouraging the making o' tartan at their ain hams. Sir, I shall just add as instance o' the superi- or understanding o' women which hap- pened to my ilf when I first came to this town. Gaun hame a Saturday night wi' seven shillings and three pence ae babe in my pouch, and o' your lassies wha jilt about, the streets wyld it frae me, and drel' hae me, if wi' a' my understanding, I could ever get anither fight o' it. Sir, it's my o- pinion, that however superior men in the days o' Willy Wallace and Robby Bruce might be thought to their led- ies, those o' the present day are much, very much inferior."
After this gentleman had finished his oration, a genteel dressed young man rose, and addressed to the follow- ing effect: "Sir, I hereby agree with Mr. Gobbage on the importance of the question before us. It is of the ut- most consequence to society at large, and I doubt much if there has been a subject of greater magnitude agitated since the discovery of the circulation. If I feel the pulse of the gentleman's arguments, who spoke before me a- right, I cannot think they are so con- clusive as he seems to think. He talks of the superiority of the men in former times with a degree of applause which I am by no means disposed to allow. Can you call those civilized who know nothing of the theory, and little of the practice of medicine? who were ignorant of Chemistry? of Gal- vanism, or of the circulation of their own fluids? They were ignorant of e- lectricity, of the use of aqua fontana (that invaluable, and but till lately un- discovered remedy) in gout and fe- vers, and I am inclined to doubt, if they had among them the tenth part of the diseases which we owe to the indus- try of modern physic. As to what Mr. Macalpin says about hardness and manliness, these are poor virtues in comparison with those which accom- pany the men of the present day. Did that manliness give so much encourage- ment to men of science and industry; if our ancestors had few wants, they had likewise few enjoyments. If they knew not what sickness was, (owing to the want of proper practitioners) they could never prize the blessings of health. Sir, it appears to me evident- ly, that we of the present day are as much superior to our forefathers, as the Dispensatory of our College is su- perior to all others. As to the com- parative anatomy of the males and fe- males, I am rather at a loss. Each so much resembles each, (as two pills from one box,) that I can hardly form a prognosis of their merits. We see, on the one hand, females strutting with all the boldness of man; & on the other, men gliding along with all softness & delicacy of women. I say, Sir, it would require a very skilful dissecto- r to separate the interments which fix their distinctive qualities; and a prac- titioner of no common merit, to pre- scribe the remedies which might reduce the apparent dislocation. For my own part, I think the superiority of men to women is evident from this (a- mong many other cases which have come within my own practice,) that they apply oftener for advice: and Sir, you know that great minds, tho' conscious of their strength, are always anxious to learn from every pharmaco- pia of information. Thus, Sir, I think I have fully proved the force of the arguments urged by Mr. Macal- pin; amputated the force of reasoning; and carried off, like the operation of a cataract, any bad impression which it may be left on your nervous system."
After this speech which seemed to make a great impression on the audi- ence, was finished, another gentleman rose to reply; but, as I was either tire- d or satisfied with what I had heard, I left the meeting, when this gentle- man (who I found was of the law) was in favor of his opinion. The particu- lars of the transactions of this judicious club may perhaps amuse the public at some future period.
I am, Sir, yours, &c. S. FROM THE POLITICAL OBSERV- ATORY. Considering the high importance of female reputation, and feeling a just sense, that many feeble and imper- fections have been objected to the fair daughters of America, which they have by no means deserved, I feel a proud delight in voluntary offering my- self to vindicate the immaculate purity of their characters, and the unblemish- ed propriety of their behaviour and ap- pearance. In discussing this important and momentous subject, I shall make a systematical arrangement of the false & unfounded charges alleged against them, and then severally combat their obnoxious and nefarious inferences. The imbecility of my faculties shrinks at the magnitude of my subject, but I cannot suffer the slumbers of leisure to shroud my reason, when justice de- mands my exertions. In my first attempt to defend injured innocence, I shall confute the baseless charges against the diversity and diffi- milar appearance of ladies bonnets. Many have ridiculed their wisdom, knowledge and economy in making such frequent displays of their ingenuity. This, when properly considered, instead of diminishing their credit, will redundant vastly to their honor. It is a great incentive to industry, and leads them to spend many of their leisure hours in pleasure. What more noble object can attract the attention, than to see ladies throng the farmers' barns to cull the fairest straw, crowding the joiners' shops to obtain fragile chip, & filling merchants' stores for muslin, gauze and silk to ornament their heads.
Straw, wood and ribbons are by no means degrading to the fair sex; they let them off with redoubled splendor; and although a sanctuary when crowd- ed by a great number of females resem- ble the wild diversity of indigested choos, yet we may be assured that their minds are well cultivated, and endow- ed with superior accomplishments, not- withstanding their bonnets are without form and void. No gentleman upon a deliberate enquiry would ever censure the ladies for having a dozen different bonnets in one year, when they see that the farmer has ready mar- ket for his straw, the paper maker for his paper, and the merchant for his red and yellow ribbons. Should this important branch of manufactures fail, and the ladies be parsimonious of their time as to bonnet making, agriculture would soon drop away, mechanics would gain a scanty pittance, and com- merce cease to whiten the ocean with her sails.
The second most prominent objection, which has been urged against delicacy and modesty, is their studious care to lay naked their snow white bo- dies. Very unreasonable ground for objection to be sure! If we recur to fa- cred chronology we shall find that when our first parents were created, they were entirely naked, and while they continued without sin, were not ashamed. And may we not rationally suppose that the American fair have approached so nigh the primitive purity of their grandmother, Eve, that they might without censure, and even with propriety, expose that most delightful of all appearances, the gently-panting breast. Why need our understandings be astonished even if they make a full disclosure of their globular, lacteal pro- tuberances, which is frequently the case? Natural simplicity is the most beautiful and ornamental; and why should the studied inventions of art be suffered to cloud the delightful and de- licate machinery of nature? Absurd and preposterous judgment must that be, which reprobates so innocent and even so praiseworthy a practice.
In the third place I shall attempt a refutation of that infamous charge which is brought against the lovely daughters of our land for displaying bare arms and elbows. It is plainly in- dicative of an economical disposition, which is a conspicuous portrait in the female character. Gown sleeves are continually decaying, and require much time to mend and patch them, where- as the cutaneous covering is always whole, and needs no amendment. The ladies are all strenuous advocates for matrimony, and they are warrant- ed in the innocence and purity of the flame from sacred authority; therefore, antecedent preparations are absolutely necessary, of which, no one is unmind- ful. Now, by making a hasty calcu- lation, we shall see the importance and utility of going with bare elbows. Sup- posing half a yard of callico to be sav- ed out of every gown which a lady has before marriage, (which is a scanty portion for sleeves) she would save en- ough to piece a whole bed-quilt, which every one must acknowledge is very necessary among a family of chil- dren in cold weather. The expedien- cy of this measure no one will doubt. Another reason, that for future com- venience and prosperity, would ever ridicule so salutary a measure—who would not be willing to expose their naked arms to a burning summer's sun, or endure the chilling blasts of rigid winter, for the sake of obtaining a bed- quilt—who would value showing an elbow, the crevices of which were filled with unctious and tereous cement, or red like the web of a goose's foot, for such a valuable saving as above mentioned.
The fourth and last objection to the propriety of female dress, is the lengthened trail, which has been the objection to much animadversion from the injudicious witting. When peo- ple are disposed to find fault, even per- fection itself receives a harsh trimming. It is passing strange that a subject ap- proaching so near to perfection, as the ladies dress, should undergo such a se- vere reprehension. Every ludicrous picture and false delineation respecting this last impropriety, is utterly with- out foundation. Trails are highly valuable. How could a ship direct her course amidst the contending billows of the surging deep, without a rudder? or how could the ladies encounter the threatening tempests, and steer clear of the shoals and quick sands of temp- tation and concupiscence, without a trail to direct their footsteps? Another advantage which is obviously ap- parent, is, that they will soon super- cede the necessity of brooms. This new invention of the ladies deserves a patent right: for, while they are about the house doing their work, their trails at the same time are brushing the floor, removing all dust, slops and greese- spots with the most perfect neatness. Sometimes they forego the latter com- venience and take them in their hands; and what more pleasing and delicate sight can attract the attention, than a lady, when she rises from her seat, running round two or three times, like
a kitten after its tail, to clasp the lengthy projection of her gown. If the above observations are suffi- cient to exculpate the ladies from the crimes alleged against them, I shall be amply rewarded for my gratuitous services. But if they fail in any par- ticular, and are found inadequate to the subject, I only solicit their favor- able notice for the willingness of the attempt.
FEMALE ADVOCATE.
Possession the Object.
ADVERTISEMENT. I will give Eight Dollars Reward, o- ver and above what the law al- lows, to any person that will bring to me my Mulatto servant Woman, named
N A N; SHE has long straight hair, is a- bout thirty five years old, middle size, very hollow eyed and muscular in her countenance for a female, is so fair in her complexion as to be but one or two shades removed from a dark com- plexioned white person.—This Slave has been a runaway since June 1803, and since December 1803 has general- ly been harboured and secreted from me and my most vigilant search, by George Hancock, of Botetourt county, and I have the fullest reason to believe that she is now harboured by him, near Pineattle, in defiance of law, order, and decency, and entirely by an arbi- trary power, under a pretence that she is a free woman; but which I assert, and have record to demonstrate, she is not.
I have only to add, that upon a re- cent application, and a resort to the laws in this case, provided to regain the possession by pacific measures. I have found that Club Law in Bote- court, is the order of the day, and will indemnify any person or persons for ap- prehending and bringing this woman to me as a runaway slave; (the hazard of Club Law only excepted,) and fore- warn all and every person or persons from harbouring or entertaining her at their peril.
JOHN HOOK.
Franklin County, March 16, 1806.
VIRGINIA. At a quarterly Court continued and held for Pittsylvania County the 19th day of March 1806. JOHN LE GRAND Plt. } AGAINST } IN J. H. WILSON & } Chancery. GEORGE ADAMS Defs. }
THE defendant Jesse Wilson, not having entered his appearance and given security, according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this State; On the motion of the plaintiff by his coun- sel, it is ordered that the said defen- dant Wilson do appear here on the third Monday in June next, to answer the Bill of the plaintiff, or else a copy of this order shall be served in some one of the said courts for rights week successively, and pended by the door of the Court house of said ty, on some one of the said courts. It is further ordered that the defendant Ad- ams do not pay any money, or se- crete any money, goods, or effects, of the defendant's in his hands until the farther order of this Court.
A Copy Teste, WILL. TUNSTALL C. P. C. 8w
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Thomas Wright lately dec'd or Campbell County, are hereby re- quested to come forward and pay off the same to the subscriber, who is Executor of the said Wright's estate— or suits will be immediately com- menced for their collection.
CHARLES GILL Acting Ex'r of Tho's Wright dec'd
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE Subscriber has just opened a Grocery Store at Campbell Court House, in the House formerly occupied as a Store by James and Francis Mil- ler where he offers for sale a general assortment of the best Groceries;— among which are the following viz. Rum, Whiskey, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, and Salt ALSO
An assortment of glass, stone, and earthenware. His groceries shall be of the best quality, and his supplies regu- lar.
He still continues to act as the SPECIAL AGENT of "The Mutual Insurance Fire Company of Virginia" for the counties of Henry, Franklin, Campbell, Pittsylvania, and Bedford. ROBERT S. COLEMAN. Campbell Ct. Houle, 18th Mar. 1806.
On hearing a Lady affirm that "Money was the one thing needful!" YES, Gold can make life doubly dear, And wretched he that is without it; "It is the one thing needful here." So CHLOE says! and who can doubt it? CHLOE, since you and I agree, We'll show the world if they repeat fabborn, Our arguments supported be, As bidders in the wind are up- borne! In vain the scripture they apply; O Lazarus and such like cases; O Camels into a needl's eye. And Judas with his thirty pieces. If Lazarus had gold in store, From crumbs and fores he'd been exempted; Had Judas not been sadly poor, He ne'er had been thus meanly tempted. "There's nothing like a quiet mind," Some say, nor will I call it non- sense; But gold will find a flattering friend, Gold at great brands, lulls the con- science! Some call this "one thing needful," health. "Consumptions come, the gout too goads us; "Ah! what avail our heaps of wealth! "Death comes at last, and Death unloads us." Now, CHLOE, we will say no more; But as to Death, the D— rot him! When'er he comes within our door. Think you, that silver balls will shoot him? ALBERT.
FROM THE SCOTS MAGAZINE.
Proceedings of a Debating Society in Edinburgh. TO THE EDITOR. SIR: Into one of the many debating so- cieties with which this metropolis ab- ounds, I had lately the honour to be