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The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12
From the ProUiace Of TeraS.

LITTLE Rock, ALAn. Sep. IA gen
teman who arrived here last week from
Red River, informs us, that, just before he
left there, he convcrscd with an intelligent
traveller, direct from Mont el Rey, via Mr..
Austn's settlement at the mouth OF the
Colorado, from whom he learnt that adyi-
ces Of very recent date had been received
at the latter place, from HercH 4. .7tsttH,
Esq. which left him in the City of Mexico
in good health. THIS, We are happy 10
say, we consider complete relntation oil
the report OF Mr.. Anstin's death, which has
gone the rounds of all the papers.
The traveller corrObOrates The account
published in the Gazette of the 18th ult oil
the distressed condition OF the late emf
grants To the Province Of Texas. Their
situation he represents as truly deplorah!e.
All who We're able, and particularly those
who owned slaves, (which, il will be rccol-
lected, are prohibited in the Mexican en-
pre- were returning to the United States
as fast as possible. A considerable mum
Der have already reached the southern part
of this territory, and have settled in the
neighborhood of Red river, where they
iind the prospect Of accommodating property
by industry, much more ilatterlng than IN
Texas.
Those who, from the nattcring accounts
of the country given by Mr. Austin, have
been induced to emigrhtc TO this settle
ment, have become greatly dissatisfied
with their present situation, and charge
him with being the cause OF their n3lor-
tuars--this is thought to be the cause OF his
protracted stay in Mexico.
Ii i, possible that the present season may
have been more unfavorable to the crops
(which have been totally cut of by the
drought) in Texas, then usual; but from
what we can learn, from respectable and
intelligent travellers, who have visited all
most every part of the province, we are dis
posed to think that the citizens of the UNI
ted States can gain no advantages there,
that they do not enjoy to Their fullest ex-
tent at home. The dear bought expert
ence of the many who have reduced Them
selves and families 10 wretchcdnes and po-
verify, by their insatiate desire for reno
wing to the Spanish country, VIII, we hope
operate as serious warning to others and
teach them To limit their emigratlons 10
their own country, which, IN ITS vast exc
tent, offers fully as many Inducements to
the honest and industrious farmer and me-
chanic, for the accumulation of property,
as any portion OF the globe.
The traveller alluded to above, speaks
very unlayorably Of the state Of society III
those parts Of the country he VISITED. lie
saws he met with several worthy and res
pcctahie families, but that large proper
ton of the population is composed Of the
most abandoned OF the human race. Muir
derers, horse-thieyes, cOunlcrititers, and
fugitives from justice, make this province
their refuge and rendezvous. Ga-etie.
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not give Al. he particulars We hare heard
of it. mai. Int.
The Charleston Courier of the i4th ult.
contains an interesting Obituary Notice, tn
The memory of the departed souls Of DIR.
Lew Myers, of Georgetown, Mrs. Frances
Myers, Elizabeth Myers, aged o, iiesse
Myers, aged 90, Theodosia Myers, aged
II, and Julian Myers, aged 10 years, the
whole of whom persisted at one fell sweep
by the flood and storm during the violence
of the gale of the 27th September II is a
melanchly subject, patheticalIy treated by
the writer. What is very singular, is that
the mother of Mrs. Myers met with SINH
lar tate at the Santee Ferry in the Spring
Of 1919. ID.
A writer in the Richmond Enquirer has
entered into calculation to prove that, ii
the choice Of the next President deYolse
OF the House of Representatives, il may be
in the power Of 81 members to determine
who the man shall be. The following is
his estimate, which will be better under
stood by rccollecting that the Votes are gi-
ven by states, New York having no more
weight than Rhode Island, and that ma
.lority Of the Representatives of each state
decide its vote. finer. ~ J.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

MARLnoRouan STRrET.-A lat elderly
lady complained of most outrageous as-
sault committed on her by another lady
of the sister country with hammer aud
nsls.
The complainant occupied nm apartment,
which only separated BY thin partition
from The prisoners, and The latter porcoiv-
Ing daylight peeping through one or two
holes in the wanscot, determined 10 watch
the mannGyres of The complained, and il
80 happened that both the .loir ones went
TO peep through the SINE hole at the same
time. The prisoner, ycxod at the euriosi-
" If her next room neishbor, armed her
self with hammer, determined 70 make
her pay .)of Peeping, aud bclabored the
head and shoulders Of the complainant 50
Justify that she began to be in alarm for
her life. The magistrate advised the par
ties to bung up the hole on both sides, & sei-
tie the matter nlnicnbly between them
selves, for which purpose they retired into
the passage London paper.
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.Jts,;r colleagues ,riH oil be hun
~, ga If - oaiee bet5rc this day eighteen
diei ps' Ne desire this prophecy to be re.
@pah - We have been writing great
mein' ,h;ars W. have prophcsied when
maiis ls sa,oe little doubts but here we are
he ,l ia. n@arly as certain as five were prophe.
rrsl that si next christmaswogld come in next
fei,l ,as ,a~ Eighteen months ofsuch sport
Deer assr epioyed in our lives, as that Of the
We .sh "e, months we are now about to en-,
els - ~ and the public shall see how we VIII
,e eat -. the Liverpool operator wrlssle' aud
Sance. and caper. He has got one man Il,
the house Of commons wlo' II IN, ne WIN na,
ti .st I'm" i'm. will make him feel that he IS not
sicA u of roses. Let Mr.. BRoUGHAh
ID D., a D ..re flim there and five do moi
ta s o .a, ofhm out of doors, then let Che
la ,hIic say il is time for US to lay down our
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

John Philip Ross, } '"'' '''""''
This mas case in which the sympathy
Of the court was naturally on the side of the
accused, whose conduct appears TO have
been occasioued by Dan Cupid,
" Sly, wnnion God, whose frolc arrows pms,
Through heaHs OF potentates, and prentice
boys,
Who marks with milkmaids forms the tell.tae
grass,
Aud makes the fruitful prudo repent her
joys !"
Ross Is Of Ttufonic origin, one Of those
who do not easily fall in love, and who che
rish the passion longer for that reason. IL
appears that he had been struck with the
charms and accomplishments Of the widow
EWcll, which lac had a daily opportunity of
contemplating. She seemed 10 smile pro-
pitiously on his addresses, and by few acts
of condescension, fed hib hopes, and CON
vinced him he WAS thriving woocr But
alas when his happiness was almost com
petc, when the hand for nich he had sigh
ed seemed ready 10 unite with his in the
saffron bands Of Hymen, an unfortunate re
yerse took place. john NeaIe Hobart arri-
we'd, took up his abode in the same house,
and attracted by the ripe beautrs OF the
blooming Elizabeth, declared his love snd
succeeded but too well Poor Ross found
himself neglected, his attention forgotten
aud the dearest prospects Of his life blasted
forever Animated by the hopes Of re-
ycngc, maddcned by jealousy, AMI suffering
under all the pangs Of unrcquited affection,
and finding his wrath begin TO
" Work through he buns hole of his mouth,
like beer,
Pulled out the vent-peg Of his ire,
And babe the stream Of his revenge run clenrn -
He attacked Hobart, was tried and found
guilty, aud sentenced TO he Imprisoned for
ten days. When called on for his defence
he spoke nearly MS follows:
ShcntIcmen, vas in loie mil dc woman,
aud she PROMISE 10 marry me, and ! got
some Ground from Major Wyer, und vent
und hauled shlabs for dc fen3h, und ven
COON back, found EGppatt nit de Woman,
und he did gain the day, und vas mad"
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

In allusion to the my 5terlons Porto Rico
Expedition, some notice of which we have
taken, the Mercantile Advertiser says, that
if the troops nave landed, as reported, it Is
not improbable that they have by this time
taken possession of the Island. Ii IS said
that the whole force consists OF f'etRty-tioo
hundred men-about niHc hundred of whom
went from .New York, Philddelphia, and
Baltimore. They made SD noiseless an
exit, that, Ike poor old Lear's troop OF
horse, they might be supposed to have
been "shod with felt" in their departure
to skill, Kill, kill" We did not suppose
the Expedition to have been SO numerous
as it is now reported. We knew they were
provided with arms, and with quantity
of other articles suitable to their eXpcdl-
tion-printed procldmations, for example,
with blanks for The name Of The ptace or pta-
ceS to be rcvolutionized, already signed by
Don Gen. BE Coudray, Captain General,
sc. and c0untcrsigned by somebody, who
for the present shall be namelcss, as Be-
cretary Of State" Some of our contem-
poralies express surprise at our not having
given all the particulars OF this affair when
have reached us. We have reason, ne
vertheless, for retaining. Whilst we are
of opinion that the whole affair IS rash, m
discreet. contrary to the laws otthe UnIicd
States, and OF course to the duty OF Amer
lean citizens, aud whilst we believe that the
expedition is as contrary to public law as
TO municipal law-yet, we do not desire To
act the part of informers in regard 10 me
persons engaged, They have indeed rlsh-
ed their lives and rep,ltations on desper-
a;e yenture-but they may have been de-
luded into it by false representation OF It's :,
object. and we are willing that they shaii
have am opportunity TO escape the tate
which may await all those who are eil6a-
ged in tle affair, For tins reason we 40
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12
FICTITIOUS DIS TRFs SIS.

4 clergyman once asked Mr.. 6arrlck'
why church congregation was seldom
brought to tears. when the same persons
placed in theatre would be worked up
to grief by fictitious distress. "Thc rea-
SON. answered Garrick, " is obvious we
rpcat a fiction as though il were truth
you repeat truth as though II were .fc-
tion,"
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

Prisons.The grand jury Of the court OF
general session, at Charleston, have recent
~ made The following presenlment " We
present, as grievance, highly oppressive to
The poorer classes of society, the frequent
commitment of persons, by magistrates, for
the most trivial offences, and upon bur lit
Tic or very suspicious evidence" The
same serious charge was lately made in PHI
ladelpha, by the respectable society for nj
tlgatng tine miseries Of public prisons.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12
KING PEPIN.

Every body is acquainted with Horne
Tocke's learned etymology Of King Pepin.
He derives it from the Greek word o.
per- d" as thms-Osper, Epcr, Oper, Diaper,
Napkin, Nipkin, pipkin, Pippin-kng, King
Pepin. The ridiculous is here well SUSTAIN
ed But this probably is not as clear to the
general reader as the name Of Mr.. Fox be-
ing derived from rainy day as thus
A" Rainy day, rain little, rain much, rain
hard, reynard, Fox" These deriyations, it
must he confessed, run along the margin of
the tongue perfectly smooth and free, and
are as traccable as isaac, which signifies, he
smiled but certain learned men have deri-
we'd it from eyes-ache, because the Tulnu-
dists report that he had pain in his eyes.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

20 orr poor eenScnt, your estate OF -,
with a'l the appurtenanees - A nod.---
Notary, observe The consent and write. :
You leave % our poor convent yelr horse
here at Ly0Hs, with al tie plate and fagni-
lire " A nod. Notary, observe the
consent and write. ou leave TO our POOR
convent .oar farm at -, with al the ar.
rears ~ Anod. "ioa leave To our poor
convent ---e The officer Lost \ paiience
E" Ny dear f taor, do ypuordts me 10 thloa
this lhief from the window Z" \ nod.--
F" Notary, observe, end wriie.r Said and
executed, while The notary was glad 10 es-
cape.
Ciimate.--The great difference in tie
clnaieo Europe and American thesame
lailindesis astonishing. In Rome, which II
the same latitude rs Boston, the gtass l.
green all the year round, and olives, gtapes,
hgs aud pomegranotes grow IN abundance;
yet the summer heat Is not So ihclement
as in Boston. An American writer in Eng.
land mputes this disparity in temperature
10 the prevailing winds. lie states itas y
fact, that the government currents Of
air are uniformly from west to cast all o.
~ AAlN hpliis hltlis iltlt aIt DtlilNl cur
rents of air proceeding in other directions.
As evidence OF this, he says that passa
gcs from America to Europe are conf
monty 10 To ID days shorter than from
Europe 10 America. When the wind pass
IS over an extent ofland il becomes heat
ed as II advances in summer, ard more
chilled IN winter From these causes il
follows, that the eastern part ola continent
like The United States. will be hotter in
summer than the western part OF eonii-
ncnt IN The same l.attudes, ~ France,
Spain, &c. The eastern pari of France is
considerably hottor than the western. and
the North Ncst Coast of America beyond
the Rocky Mountains, has a climate much
milder than the Atlantic States, and such
as would compare with Tive same la-
titnde in Europe. hampshire Ga.etie.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

An old italian, on bis death bed, lefi little
TO his widow except y fine horse and a ia
vorite cat desiring, however, that the horse
might be sold, and the price employed in
masses for his soal. The widow sends the
horse and the cat to market, with an IN
junction TO sell the horse for crown, but
not except the purchaser also bought the
cat valued for four hundred crowns. In
this way she honestly got the money for
her own use.
This was a time when, by sacrlegious
pcrversion, rch man could not die vi Ii
out beiug surrounded with coyetous priests
and monks, begging for ON poor convent,
while they were waIlawiag in all the wealth.
OF the country. A rich proprietor near l.y-
ons was on his death bed, from sudden
attack Of palsy, when his son, tall stout
colonel Of Dragons, arrived on the spur
from his garrison. He inds at his bed SIDE
q Franciscan friar and "A notary. His father
could not speak hlt nedded, from the effect
of the disease, "YopleaNe," says the friar,
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

A fire occurred nj Fort MoultrIe, near
Charcaton, on the eIst inst II consumed
the whole range of the officers quarters ON
the east side Of the Fort The barracks on
the western side, and the magazine were
preserved by the greatest exertions. The
principal sufferers nre Lieuis. Griliitls
and b'Engle, having lost amoat all their
clothing, BE.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

Circulation Of The Blood. T,Iurnenbach
says that the pulse of n new born infant,
while plneidly sleeping, is about 40 mi
mute. Towards the end Of the first year, u
bout 12t--TowartIs the end Of the second
year il0--Towards the end Of the third aud
fourth yenrs 80 When the first teeth drop
out 86--At puberty 8o--At manhood To-
ut sixty, about 80.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12
Norr;oos The Duke de Niyernois WA

.Narringe The Duke de Niyernois was
acquainted with the countess RochefDrt, and
never omitted going to see her single eve
ning.-As she was widow, and he wild
over, one Of his friends observed To him, il
would be more convenient for him TO mar
ry the lady: have often thought so,''
said he, " but one thing prevents me in
that case where SHOULD | spend my eve
uings %
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

In press, and will immediately be pub
hshed the life Of the celebrated Mrs. Ann
Carson, and widow of the late unfortunate
Lieutenant Richard Smyth with anecdotes
Oh various persons now living, and cir
substantial account OF the conspiracy a
gaiast the late Governor, Simon Snyder,
a. and her suiierin5s in the different prisons OF
Teansylyania, written by herself.
lancaster Journal.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

,qaother Honor to american Lteratpre.-
Happens by late number of the Ham
bmSh Correspondence, that the dramatic
PEN of0DorRTEpE, TEE 0uTcAsr, writ
rn by S. b. II. JUDAH, Esq. has been
translated into the German language.
y. Y. Ssatinel.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

DueHing .4necdote.-A gentleman who
could snaf a candle with pistol ball, was
engaged in duel in which neither pity
Were wounded. Upon heing asked why he
Rho coaid snuff candle. did not Kill or
wsoaad his opponent, had the honesty to say,
lae candle had no pis;oi.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

The qaangity Of hishey annually disiil-
iad Ia the t9sed Static, is estimated al
Thirty millions of s,Ilors
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

Governor Of Massachusetts, has Brooks,
appointed Thursday, the 9Th ofDeceniber,
as day Of Thanksgiving
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-12

JAMES STEpHrasozi elected Repre-
sentative IL Congress ron the State OF Fir-
S'nia, 10 fill the 'aeaney occasi1ued BY 1ht
'e;'''l 81 MIR. Van Sweariugen.
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were cncirrling bis own arms, he felt them
not--be saw nothing bet his son standing
at last before him, ready for the scafiold.
81 dimiy recelect long dark saulted
passage, aud the echoiug tread of footsteps,
I'LL all at once we stood in a crowded hall,
with a thousand eyes fixed on these two
miserable men. low unlike were they to
all beside They sat down together with
in the shadow of death. Prayers were
snd, and psalm was sung, in which their
voices were heard TO Join with tones tia,
wrung out tears from the hardest or the
most careless heart. Often had | heard
those voices singing in my own peaceful
church, before evil and disturbed, or mise
ry broken them but the last words Of the
psalm WAS sung, aud the hour of their de-
parture was come.
"They stood at last upon the scaiIold.
That long street, that seemed to stretch
away unfortunately from the old Prison
house, Was paved With uncovered heads; for
the moment these ghosts, appeared, that
mighty crowd felt reverence for human na-
tnre 80 terribly tried, and prayers aud bles-
sings, passienately calculated, or con-
rasi,ely sufed, went towering over all the
multitude, as if they feared some great ca
lamlty 10 themselves, and felt standing on
! the FIRST trrmeIH of an earthquake.
- II was a most beautiful summers day
an which they were led out to die : S, as the
old man raised his eyes, for the last time,
TO the sky, the clouds lay motionless ON
that blue TRANSLUCENT arch, and the sun
shone .joyously over the magnificent hea-
vens. II seemed a day made for hap
pincss, for mercy. But no pardon dropt
down from these smiling skies, and the vast
multitude were not 10 be denied the trout
blcd feast of death. Many who now stood
! there wished they mad been in the heart of
some far oTwood or glen; there was shrek
ing aud laintlng, not only among maids,
and wives, and matron5 who had come
there IN the mystery Of their hearts but
| men fell down ia their strength for it was
overwhelming thing to behold father
and his only son now battered for "a shame
FIJI death. " Is my father with me on the
scafioid give me his hand, for | see him
not" ioined their hands together, and at
thai moment the great bell in the Cattle
dral toiled, but | am convinced neither of
them heard the sound. For moment
! there seemed to be 40 such thing as spnnd
in the world aud then all at once the mul-
| tltudc heased like the sea aud uttered a
Wild yelling shrek. Their souls were in
eternty-and fear not to .ay not an etcr-
mtg ofglief''
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LlNonguRG, OCTOBER go, la.s.

4 We have received tic note addressed %
vs. by " Menus, aud have u,ed il as be desif-
ell The following article, sfatuiiously offer
ell by An Episco,ilian,' will clear Us from
the impuia,on apparently intended 10 be con-
viewed Ia Ms note, that his name was made
public by some person connected with The
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40 MoAits

SiR--1t mas been intimated 10 ne TINT you
suspect tho editors ei the Nirgnian OF hasiug
iniormed me al the real meme ot The nuthor
Of two communications on religious pccnl-
critic" over the signature OF Momus. This
Is q eharge which ! cannot permit to b. brot
agaius, lose young gentlemen on my account.
Although am well acquainted with your renl
name, un1 indeed believe every onesis WHO
l,nds tho papers regularly, wish ii 10 be- d.
finely .nadcrsiood that received no iuforma-
ton, either explicitly or implicitly, on the sub
jeci from either Of the rroprietorS, or any
one attached - their Office. You viii be at
all times equally known, unless you invent a
new mode of writing.
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10 possess themselves, There. .vo
rated spots-the abode of W: fs"e
and the garden which once Kose;,,,i s"'''.
tivated with his own hands. are s,; iiNp cut
to the traveller. II was indeed inna ,"e~f
To choose place more rich in rra as1''f
tons, more favourable to the lnyo e ef',
patriotic virtues, more calculated 10 We
Il noble ardour for those ace,,,,,,.. ''e
which contribute to maintain nsiin,.ailu,',
ry and Independence. sV-
Ordd and decency prevail in eycr,l
pertinent Of that Institution, which oii.,.,,
the American youth abundant sorrc.- - y.
instruction. While | was there. | id >. VI
pleasure TO hear a young Indian belong,,'s
To the tribe of the Creeks, whose nam :
Moniac, demonstrate with very re,narL 49, .
facility, various questions of Geom,trv a.,
Anal sis. This fact, and several o,6a 'u
which | have collected, seem comnla,'1a
To inyalidate the assertions made by Rne,
and Raynal, that the natives of Norib a
merica are inferior in point of intru,c,'
al faculties, TO the inhabitants of the ala
world. '0
consider it duty, and fulfil if viii.
much pleasure, gratefully to acknowledoa
the alability with which / was received +.
Major Thayer, the Commandant, Prof.:
sor Mansfield, aud all the other persons
employed in that truly interesting insitn
ton. heartily wish that this public tes.
moRy of my gratitude may reach them.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Officer IN Tie serrice Of His .Hajtstq'
the hmg Of Seeden and .Iorgar
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His own words are these -" Muts SUIT
qua, Ecclesi@ Catholice gremio me tenent
Tenet con~rsio populorum atlue gentium
tenet nb ipsa sele Pctri Apostcli, cni'pascen-
das owes suas posi- resurrcctioaem Dominus
commendarit usque ad prescnt,im Epise6pa-
tum successio sacsrdotum Aug cOnirs Epist.
jSaaac..iGl.