Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-24
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dollars sent TO me for recoinage, were al
lot different sizes and some Of them wer
even quarter of an inch in diameter lar
ger than Others 50 that it was impossi
ole to coin them as mine were done, with
out previously asserting them into three
different classes lin Consequence OF which
! was Under the necessity of making nv
dies Of three different sizes, and there be.
ing scarcely room for the dof, or teriod
adjoining the X. in the small size, il was
left out but if you find dollar of the
large or the middle size without dot, or
OF the small size with dot, you may be
assured Il is a counterfeit"
SrpERsriTtoN-The following aston
ishing instance of Superstition could
scarcely have been expected in the pre-
sent enlightened Era: (" The remains of
OF. ARA were lately found at 1ups6urgh
she had been Priestess Of VEsus in rht.
ages OF Pagan idola,ry, but embraced the
Christian Religion, with her three maids.
a festival was instituted at Augs6nrgA, ON
me discovery Of, her remains, which lasted
. days, and ended on Sunday the goth of
last month. During that celebration. The
skeleton OF the Saint was publiclv exnosed
IN a glass case, for the Roman Ca,hol;c
believers. Some devout Ladies of Jugs
o.TsA have presented the Saint with large
diamond rings, golden chains forhe neck,
ana silver crown of laurel covered with
pearls, for which they took rece;nt, ems
bling them to reclaim their nresen,. IN
case .hat patroness of the Bishopric of
.aHss0Hrgh should be at any time secura-
l'zed' During the feast there was an i'm. 4
mense concnurse ofpcople from the neigh
oorhood, particularly from Bayaria nj
least one hundred thousand people came
from ten to twenty hours Journey. The
great silver Offering dish which was plac.
ed before the glass case of the Saint, FL
led SO rapidly with The donation. of the
devotees, that the monks were obliped To
empty 1t several times in a day. A ser.
mon was preached every day, painting. in
the most glowing co,oTs, the heroic mar
tyrdom oil that great sinner, (she was a
priestess ofvENus before her coniession,)
the miracles she had hitherto performed,
and the great benefits she had conferred,
Tor these 800 years upon the city and BIZ
shoPric of Ixgs6urgh lamen,inp, at the
same time, that the Protestant iuhabi.
tants coald not enjoy her eficacious inter.
cesSion With the Almighty. A Patal IN,
aatSe"ce was affixed to the porch of the
Church, promising forgiveness OF sins
out OF the treasure of grace Of the
Church, Tor two hundred days, to all the
faithful who should confess their sins, take
the sacrament, give large collections to the
Saints, and earnestly pray to Cod for the
eradication OF all herehcs. A very produc-
tive collection was made among the Ro-
man Catholic Citizens, to dcfray the cx-
Penses OF the feast; and superb sarco-
Phagas ispreparing to preserve the bones
OF ST.. AFRA next year.-Lon. Paf.
+. In Acerbi's travels lately published. the
production Of an interesting and inteYli-
gent writer, the author, whose route was
through Sweden, Finland and Lapland.
gives concise and curious account OF a
Flniandsh bath. To European or AN
American wholives IN lower latitude the
federation of so intense heat, and The inn.
mediate transition 10 a degree of cold.
the opposite extreme, as is related by this
traveller, would seem to border on the in
credible. The Finlanders enter their
baths, both sexes promiscuousiy, and ap-
paren,ly without any sense of indecency !;
and continue in them for half or whole
hour, when the room is heated by water
thrown upon pile Of hot stones, till the
thermometer Zone Of hundred degrees,
by Celsius) stands at the 70 or 18th de-
gree. The author entered one of them.
but the heat of it was so oppressive he
was obliged Immediately to leave IL to
avoid sufiocation.--Yet the inhabitants
who are in the habit Of bathing several
times week feel no Inconvenience from
the prscsice--but say they receive new
spirits from the use Of il, and leave the
bath as much refreshed as after sleep or
feast. But what renders the account
very singular is, that from this extraordi-
nary degree of warmth they immediate
ly go into the open air, when the cold is
90 or 80 degrees below zero, which is
difference of one hundred degrees, and
roll themselves in the snow without the
least covering over them while travellers
are fastening in their sledgcs, wrapped
up in the warmest furs to screen the seve-
rity of the weather. This affords us
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