The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-12-27
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sIoxrezILLo, June II.


~, c;r-Half an hour ago rceeifei,
,h;s moment have heard read inr the
snn ',ns coarth time, the hest letter tina e.
u" ,,as written by an OctoGenarian, dated
June ist.
,h.,e MT spfaintd my wrist but both
!a,,,,s and hands are so over strained,
~. : enact write a line. Poor Starhe
'l'a' ,nbered nothing, and could talk of no
I I',.n, hat the battle vi Bennington. "f.~f
i'''"o 70, o,,ite 50 reduced. cannot mount
' -. hut can walk three miles over
~! ,r.l rocky mountain, and have done il
a .;,,';D month yet | feel when sitting in
VII hair ~ i'll couldnot rise out Off ;aud
,"ien risen, AS if | could not walk across
che room my sight is very dim, hearing
nretly good, memory poor enough
answer your questions death an
.,a3 II is a blessing 10 the individual,
"a 70 the world yet we ought not To
~;sh for it till life becomes indispensable.
W nnst wait the pleasure and conreni-
'aeo ofthe Great Teacher. Winter is IA
,srr;hle TO me as To you. am almost
,,dnced in il to the life of bear or tor
Ia .,yalJow. cannot read, but my de-
,bt il ia hear others read aud | Tax all
10 friends most numerically and tyran-
n;c,llv. against their consent.
M IS has kicked in vain all men say
the dufsanimal has missed the mark.
Tb;s globe is theatre of war; lis inha-
l;,,nts are all heroes. The little eels in vi
,,ng,r and the annalcules in pepper water,
\ ee6e,e. are quarrelsome. The bees are
"a w,rlike as the Romans, Russians, Britons
or Frrnrhmen. Ants, catterplllars and
ca,kerYorns,- are the only tribes among
ham have not sren battles and hea-
yan itself if we believe Hindoos, Jews,
Christians and Mohometans, has not al
,,ays been at peace. We need not trou-
HE ourselves about these things, nor fret
ourse,es because of evil doors, but safely
,rnst The Ruler with his skies Nor need
we dread the approach of dotage lei il
.ome. if it must. s*'T%, it seems, still de-
Gyhts in his four stories and Stark re
m.mbered to the last his Bennington, and
.x,,ted in his glory, the worst OF The evil Is
that our friends will su.ter more by our i'm
bseity than we ourselves.
4
In wishing for your health and happi-
ness. lam very selfish; Tor hope for more
letters this is worth more than five hun
bred dollars 10 me, for it mas already given
me. and will continue to give more pleasure
than a thousand. Mr. Jay, who Is about
yonr age, am told, experiences more de-
cav than you do. Ism your old friend,
JOHN ADAMS.
President Jefferson.
The first bill which has passed either
House OF Congress at this session, IS an act
of Justice too long withheld. We SPEAK oi
the bill which yesterday passed the House
Of Representative iOf hldeunIiyina our cl-
teens who, wneu Michigan WAS held by the
British during tue late war, advanced all
to ransom the captlFes brought ia ny the
Indians IN the British service. X would be
areproach to the N,dloD, mad tie delay
been celebrate aud intentional, that indenl-
mty for an expenditure OF this sort should
have been 50 long delayed. .Nif. Int.
James Hamilton, Jr. OF Charleston, is t.
lected Representative ID thu present on
greSs, FROM lie Bsauiur District, III South
Carolina, vice " ii. LowADEs, resigned.
-.
In noticing, the other day, the election
OF Mr. Havne, as Senator from the state
of South Carolina, to succeed the present
Senator, Mr.. Smith, we expressed our re
greet al hearing that the question had been
decided with reference To TIM opnhons oil
the parties vita. regard to the Presidential
Election, which ought in fact 10 have had
nothing to do with tier election. Ii APP
pears, fIoni The following extract from the
Columbia Telescope, thai orr Information
on this s,loject was well grounded 10.
1here was but ont objection of any
weight to Judge Smith, and had he beeh
right in that particular, the Legislature
would have felt tie Obligations OF the state
to him, and his reelection been certain /;
and, notwithstanding tae splendid talents Of
Co. laync, he must have failed, had he
Opposed nin. But .tor ttiS objection, ue
bt!ieue, no nan IN tie state could haze sue
csst.lig oEboScd JGGGe .SH,ifh. lie is at
tached to .Nr. C,unj1fd. This is the weign
that pulled him down No estcould more
decidedly express the feelings OF the state.
Mr.. Smiths tairnts, his faithful services,
his extraordinary eXertlons on the Mlssou-
ri question, are Acknowledged the State
admires Inc first, and feels IA deep scase of
gratitude, for the last. Yet such are the
feelings on the important Presidential ques-
ton, that she must REJECT him. She can
nots say 10 Tie other states, we are decided
III our choice, while she sends to the Sen
ate gentleman whose preference Is gwen
" another"
WAsmNGroN, Dec. 1.-THE bill pro-