Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-08-24


Of the Ottoman Charge d' Af.iirS, 10 whoi
{ he originally came recommended IL
: answers Oi the latter tended to coaSirm III
. suspicion of the minister bat the daciea
having. once given into this deception aa,
: BATTERED perhaps with Appearing TO receive
: ambassadors from distant nations, persist.
IN he's first belief, in consequence of which
The AfmcniaH continues to -partase Vf the
honor and amusement OF the Court, and
he really acts his part extremely we'll.
The in,errogations of tue twenty eight
conspiratoiS were finished yesterday.
liverpool, lime 4.
| The young man whom we stated last
week to have been drowned in bathing in
| the Mersey, reached home, from Ireland,
on Saturday, after an absence of eight days
to the inexpressible joy oi his relatives,
who Judging from all appearances, that he
had been snatched from them by The s. RI
enous deep" had offered a reward for his
| body. The escape of this youth from beng
drowned is almost miraculous. AS we sta
| ted in our last, he went into the river
| short time before highwater, from the rocks
LoPposite the north battery. Being an ex-
| pert swimmer, hector some time anu led
hunselt IN thatasalutary exercise !; but when
about two hundred yards from the shnres
lie felt the tide beginning TO ebb. Aware
q. his danger, he underworld to stem the
current but It's Increasing rapidly bafilsd
his efforts and lie beheld with indescribabie
feelings, the shore fast recediug from h.l,,
Despairing of success, aud unao.e any Ion
ger TO breast the force OF the current. he
resigned himself to it, and was carr led into
the river midway between the magazines
and the Rock point He now became al
NEST insensibIe, chilled by the GOODNESS Of
the water, and exhausted by his preyiogs
exertons and he merely recOliect5 being
taken into boat.
! This boat, it afterwards appeared belong
ed to an .rish trader, then under sail, ard
turning the Rack point He entreated the
crew to land him OH the Cheshire shore. but
as TINS would have DELAYED the voyage,
they could not comply. They conveyed
him 10 the vessel, put him in the cabin,
Placed him befote the ire, with the charac-
teristic humanity oi sailors, and used
means to restore bin having succeeded,
they supplied him with an old Jacket and
trowsers.-The captain. promised 10 put
him ashore on the first land they made -
accordingly he landed him on Sunday at
the mouth OF the Li!iey, and gave him a
shilling. lie jnurneyed hence for Dublin,
where he arrived tue same night. COnsci-
, Gus that lis relatives would consider him
drowued, his prima y object was to return
to Liverpool with all possible expedition.
But TO his nexpressibs grief there was no
vessel at that time really for this port and
, | either from bashuliness or want Of pre-.
| sence of mind, he neglected to apply t,
| persons from whom the bare mention u
q his name or misfortune would have ELECTED
: assistance. After paying few pence fol
: his lodgings, cut OF the bounty of the cap
! lain, IN Sunday and Monday nights, lii
c suall stock WAS completely exhausted, aG(
! unable to procure further accommodation
e he spent Tuesday nightiu the neighboniin!
a fields. When lie embarked On board III,
a Packet OF Wednesday, he had neither mo
h ney nor food ;and during the course nj tn
= voyage hc subsisted OF few crusts giveI
: him by female passenger. The feeling
, which his return excited in the bosoms o
, his relatives are Understandable. The
! were busy in preparing the $ suits OF soc
a when he presented himself, their eye
doubted what they wished true But tlIei
?, doubts soon vanished; his parents agail
beheld, though in ragged attire, their beiov
: ed SCH, whom they supposed dead. The.
embraced hun with all the joy which ma
. be supposed wonId be caused by such al
. unexpected interview and all joined il
lervent acknowledgements to that grea
: being who had again restored him 10 hi
u frlends.-Co,gier.
J In some parts of Scotland and in Stal
J tordshire, an instrument called brank
= used for correcting scoding womeh. 1t i
: a sort of head-piece which opens, and en-
= closes the head OF the garrulous and impa
tent female, whilst an iron, sharp as CHI
p sci, enters the mouth, aud renders the bust
/ ling and noisy inmate, silent, peaceable
II | rnn.,t. d.