The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-08-06


4 often moro than share. thu
ller trust. II seldom hanpcl
inprieons another but for d
suffered 10 be contracted in h
tage 10 himself, aud for bafgd|
b. proportional his profit to II
ION of hazald and there is no
one should punish the ether for 4
| IN which both coneurrdA
Many Of the nl,abiionts Of prisosSl
llntly oamplain of harder treatment
that once owes more than he can pay, Is % :
ten obliged 10 hribe lis creditor to patience,
BY IhcrcaHing his debt. WORSE and worse
commodities, nj . higher oud higher price,
are forced upon hip he Is impoverished
by eompulsye trailick, aud II last over
whelnied, IN the eomnea feccptacloa ofmi-
tery, by debts, which without his own con-
s.Qt, were accumulated on his head, TO tie
rtlfofihs diatraas, no otherobineipn can
DC nade, but that by an easy dissolution Of
dehts, fraud viii be left without pli,4isll-
nlelh, ,Qh iinprudenre without awe ard
that whep insolvency should be no longer
punishable, credit will ceasc.
The motive 10 credit, Is The hope of adj
vantage Cemnerce eannever be- III 4 atop
Whllr one pan wants what another can SUP
p'y and credit viii never be denied, wlile
u IS likely to bew-pasi with profit. He
mn unais one wilton h designs 10 sup, Is
criminal by the act oftrst The cessation
OF such lnsidIous traffic ISL. be desired, ard
no reason can be gwen NbyS change Of The
lawshould impair any otber.
! We see nation trade with nMon. where
no payment can be compelled. MuhIale rom
venlence produces mutual cnnhlMce; and
The mrfchania continue to satisfgs,r .la-
inands OF each other, though they have ne
thing to dread but the loss of trade.
| Hisvaln 70 continue M institution whisb
experience shews 10 be Intellectual ~
have now imprisoned one generation ~
debtors after another but We do nor find
that Their numbers lessen. We have now
learned that rashncss and iinprudener will
not be deferred from taking credit lrt,a
try whether fraud aud apariee mny be
mose easily restrained from giving it.''
| Laard's Portrait. Italian papers say
that the original Portrait Of Petrnrcll's Lam
m has been found. II Is well known that
she was painted By Simpne Menimi but
| The engraving, published by Raphael Nor
| Chen, Is after an ideal portrait, or perhaps
the portrait Of another Laura, who lived
about 1900. The recovered portrait Is In
| the recollection Of M. Alright OF Florence
! tPla2za, SS. Trinlfa palaZai Buondelmonfi,)
and has been declared by Count Cicognara
TO be authentic, aiiera comparison with the
original miniature in the celebrated MS. Of
Petrarch, preserved in the Laureniian Ii
brary At Florence The pDasessor hB
published m engraving Of ii.
! Dutch CLEANLINESS. Sir VIM. Tcsnplc.
observing upon the cxtrayagant neatness OF.
the people Of Holland, mentions the cir
eumstauce Of il magistrate goiHg TO visit the
mistress OF u h0llse Of Amsterdam, when
knocking a. the door, tishs, stFappile
| North Holland lass came and opened il.
| He asked whether her mistress was ar
home She replied yes, and with that he
offered to 90 III but the girl, remarking
hs shoes were not very clean, took Lin
ny both arms, threw him upon her bncIs-.--
| carried him across two rooms--put him
down Of the bottom Of the pulled Of
bis ahocs--put on him a pair Of slippers, aud
! all without saying word -Lni when she
had done, she told him ne might 20 10 her
mistress who was IN 4 room above.
/
Singular TWcS.--Among fiie French
devotional pieces, btrlesuue has ever
| resigned in thetifles oil their hooksof piety.
as "Tbc Shutters of Divine Love- 9 the
| Spiritual Mustard Pot, to make The Soul
sneezc with Devotion "Fhe Capuclun
booted and spsrred for Paradise
! Mr.. Pannant, the British tourist, in pr4A
yate life had some peculiartes and even
ecceniricities. Among the latter NAV be-
classed his singular antiquity to wig
WHICH, however, he could suppress till rca-
| son yielded q little 10 wine. But when tbs
was the case, oilwent the wig next 10 him,
and into the fire, Dining once Of Chesfes
with M officer who wore a wig, Mr. Pen
| nant became hall seas over, and another
friend that was IN company carefully pIa-
ccd himself between Pcnnant and the wig.
TO prevent mischief. After much patience
and meny wistfuI look, pennant started
| up, seized the wig, and threw it into the
| fire. IL was in flames in a moment, and 80
was the officer, who ran to his sword.
/ Down stars runs Penrant, and the OiIiceraf-
ter him, through all the streets Of Chester.
But Pennant escaped, from superior local
knowledge. Awag called this Pennant's
Tour IN Chester" Woipoie.
What is called sentimental writing, tho,
il be understood 20 appeal solely to the
heart, may be the product OF bad one.
One would imagine that Sfcrue had been a
man of very tender heart; yet know,
frofa indubitable authority, that his mother,
who kept school, having run in debt on
account Of an extravagant daughter, would
have rotted in Jail ifthe parents Of her scho.