The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-12-03

but no devotee could be persn,d.d
scrllice himself tn the idol. The
talk OF removing the Ruth to n nc.. -
raj situation. The willy priesthood. h..
sagacity enough 10 perceive tb,t 81
must remove the theatre of IL. NJ!
culinary superstition beyond The snba.o - -
free press; or that the blgotry of thr,,
centuries will disappear To the nerm.
nent glory OF our Indian administrator
large portion of the population Of Rena.t
are receiving The rudiments of am appra,oa
system of education, while thousands ar.
Elementary works are circulating tbrona,.
out our empire. Even Hndoo womea
gnnst whom widowhood, and conseo,,',.
burning alive, are denounced for Ie,rnia..
| the alphabet, aud who must not read ~
Veda under pain of death, have Mac
their daughters at the public schools Tt
! celebrated Hindoo Reiurmer, Ram Nob,''
Roy, has held public meetings at C,lcn,,a
for the purpose OF freely discussing Inc r.,
nets Of his religion, and exposing the crn
elites practise under it.
AN INTREPID FRONAUT..
A young EOrnant, ofthe name of P,ss,
lately made an ascension at Marse;uo.'
which was very near proving fatal tobin
At five O'Clock III the evening the baIloo,
arose in the presence of numerous snec,a
tors ; the hasty disappearance ofthe ohio,
OF their attention soon spread general =
larm, when they again perceived The hal.
loon, aud discovered that it had lost lie
spherical form, and was falling with terri
fic rapidity. The most dreadful conio,.
lures were now formed, and every on.
crowded to the spot where NJ. Fassy in
tended to have descended. Soon thew
learnt that he had come down in perfect
safety near the hamlet of Saint Charlie
The, cause of the rapid fail which had S,
justly alarmed the spectators, was as fol.
lows M Fassy having arrived at a great
height, encountered contrary winds, which
forced his balloon in every direction. He
then thought Of descending, and to accom-.
plsh this he pulled the silken string of the
valve; but the latter being placed on the
lower SIDE OF the machine, was SO frightened
Within the folds, which were guIamed, that
J II could not have open TO the gas free
passage. The fronaut saw himself redu-
ced to pass the night in the air, or TO burst
his balloon this last course seemed to him
dangerous, and he adopted one which
might have precipitated him six thousand
feet. Standing upright in his vaciIlatng
bark, he drew towards him the valve by
graphing with the balloon. He then broke
it with an admirable presence of mind but
the gas cyaporating too speedily, he came
down with great rapidly. NJ. Fassy, how
ever, as an able navigator, had reserved his
h1IInof ff,t. flig n Al.
point Of being prccipitated to the earth, he
threw out his bags, and his anchor. aud the
machine suddenly lightened, slackenrd its
fall, and left the Eronaut the means ofdes-
cending in as good state as he had started
AMERICAN NAVY.
| There is at this moment an American
seventy-four gun ship, the Franklin on the
coast OF Chill, in the Pacific Ocean, looking
after the interests of the America mer-
chants in Chill and Peru or this ship an
intelligent friend of ours at Valparaiso wri-
ties thus - The Franklin is commanded
by Commodore Stewart. who has his wife
with him, a handsome well educated az
compllshed woman she plays on the harp,
and speaks the French, Spanish, and Tia
liam languages, both anently and correctly
The ship is in high order-has seven him
drcd men on board, who have a library for
their use, consisting of about a thousand
volumes. The Captain has seven hundred
volumes in his cabin, which is exquistey,
fitted up, and beautifully furnished Here
then, we see sailors, who are Greemen, SUI
hitting 10 the strictest discipline ; here We
see what was never before seen or heard of
and what will never be seen or heard Of,
except on board ship manned by free
men a library of bpks for the men, an ar
ranp5e,nent III many respects utterly incom.
patlble with crew composed of pressed
men, or men who have entered from fear
OF the prrssgang men who have had no
aand ia settling the terms on which they
shall serve, and whose term Of service de.
ponds wholly on the will and pleasure OF
those who compel them to serve"
British Lunlinary.
-eGo-
S,c1sS .fristocray-There is an able al.
ticle in the new number of the Edinburs
Review, on the politics of Switzerland
We cannot follow the ingenious author
through the various views which he here
deveIopes. The following statement how
ever, of the reasons why Switzerland, with
a commanding situation, and perhaps the
finest population in Europe, is unable to
discharge the duties which that situation
demands from her seems to US so important
at this moment, that we cannot deny our.
selves the pleasure Of laying it before our
readers.
The indecision of her modern politics has
formed strange contrast with the bravery
and Independent temper Of her people
has been observed by some one that elega.
ted situations give elevated sentiments; If
1t were 50, the unrivalled grandeur OF her
scenery should long ago have produced
policy as lofty and as immoveabe as the
mountains which oversprcad her. But II
l, Eli NGt trIIst t1,1. lut., ..L,l II MEl