Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-07-20


that in return for The compassion her hus.
band had bestowed on him in his days OF
tfibula ion he constituted his benefa4ors
wife and children his legatees. Hence.
too, the strong resemblance grew more
strong between the gcd-son and god father.
1t is blessed thing that whensoe wick.
-edaess and anger is most rife. the wors
OF slandsres'6nds at his elbow an historian
thai wills give body and duration TO th-
troubled passions of his soul; who will
not even wal, Til they are brought TO him,
bur go about to look Tor them, Ike beg
gars that pray Tor broken sitat and offals
al yoursi.i'clisn doors.
In ,his Cody hisiorr Madame Bonnie.
vile is charged not only with adulterous
prostitution, bu, with swindlng; ard it
is said she offered Paine bond 10 sign,
pretending it was an order for some clo-
thing for her children. For this, too Mr.
Carver is The su,hor; although this day
he swears be never saw that bond, nor is
these one IN life that ever did. II is a
slanderous Ssie, that ought to choke the
ul,crer, and stands at best on what Paine
said on the report of Carver, which Pane
(both Carver and Cheelham, the historian
: say,) never told truth. But can he be be.
lesed- who came this morning toprotes.,
End swagger and maintain this truth and
now has,ns defence, but tina, the same is
false though not malicious! lift be moi
malicious, tigers are gentle, and serpen,s
very harmless.
cross examined Mr. Carver, and ask
ed him shelter fisTevidepce had not been
rsjecled in cou is Of Justice by reason oil
his infdeiity. i did not this from any can.I
ting motive OF self arroga;ed pie.y, for
thal'is odious, bat TO shew tina, tbs main
prop CT all this Goodness and of this !. oud
defeat ct atheists. and deists, was him
self an Atheist and perhaps the only
one this country ever saw.
He FIRST evated. / asked him whether
Mi Emmett, there before him, had not
made the cbjsGtion, and If il was SLOWED
There was, says he, some such objection
made. wssnot sworn, & walked away.
asked him, then, il Mr. Griffin, The
de,endant's present cot1usel, who this day
bestowed upon This lady the sharpness Of
'she bisterest inveG've that tongue could
utter, but Who, not long ago had gained
the palm of sloqnerce by painting his now
cienF-ss he yerTiest monster that disiur-
bed the walks Of men asked Carver
whether he too had not obEeted 10 him
Again he Peslied. l stat,d 10 him the
question and his own answer--apo you
'belieye 10 a future state of rewards and
punisbnenss! ouce did not, bu. since,
i have recanteG those opinions for see.
ing that kings commit SO many crimes
and that there is 10 pow@r to punish them
and lawyers never shink themselves enous h
rewarded' IN this life, came TO The con.
.ciuslon, that tthefe must be some future
state, when kings would meet ,heir pun
ishmeht andlawyers gel their las, reward"
Lsntlcmen, such as MIR Carver may seem
to you, at best a witty profisa.e, yet
would rather trust him still, than The de-
tendsn', Who seeks TO throw his crimes
upon his head. He that processes open
deisfn, er even atheism, which is a mere
equlyoc alton or abuse of words, as tha
usre Is power greater than man, none
ever truly doub ed.--he sill is less obnox.
Ious 10 my sight thaa one who without a.
ny spe'k OF faith or chart =, Processes out.
wardly 10 be q christian.
Mar Carver ADDS, il was about two years
and half or three years since, thar ,hfo'
these mediations upon kings aid lawyers
he became convert ill then, he swe ars
with his epltsed hands he was an atheist !;
but now he is firm believing deisi. and
in such quality can furnish matter to AIRY
book maker who is dispo.ed 70
write down woman, che fares, Of Gcd's
creation Tor Tie love oil Cod.
/ pushed him fu,i. &C ard nc stated ihae
he end his wife had Of en- gone TO Mr.
Purdy's on the farm to visit Mrs. bonne.
vile. Then il was, that seeing tire toll.
10 which his honesty and decency had f. H.
len, he ispered eft by saying he never had
seen the slightest indication Of any mer
s.ss..s::c us or Illicit Commerce between Pal e
aud Mrs, Bonneville, That they never 5
we're alone tcse-i,s.--aDd that all the ,
hTee children, the Little god son Tom,
and all were alike The objecss Of pane's {
are. YeiUp his authority did fte de. | /
endan, say in terrible menace, 10 the
and as,cnished crowd not
hat he was mistaken and sorry for what
be had done, but that he would prove i, [
rue, and prove much worse, and other
hings more shocking and more ciuel than
sver I'll ,fiu, hour, had fallen from the
ongue OF honorable counsel, or good men
against a woman. !
Ms, RYDER who he has dared to youclt