The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-22
,,v N accent the profFered hand,

ii an well Gale uated To excite sasPieioi
anu the purity of the motive. They ac.
a. y IN h, raIn.s mutually engaged. Mo
en- 'a'. ;,,7n1ediately embarked for America
'' Uni power of attorney taa friend,
a.,,,orizng him to espouse the lads m his
a't'.If..d he was according hurried Ia her
n,org. practice very common III
when The lover being absent from
bairothed. and not being satisfied with
nliyhied engagement, WISHES 10 make
!. .ssnranee donbly sure" the marriage
..al.r such circumstances only requires To
-. r,li,ied by him Ia render It valid IN 4 81
",,,,ent,I point Of view, the legal contract
Ia;a@ already completely binding. A. her
I,sb9nd IS mol here, and you may have
'o,,. curiosity to learn who and what this
aJebratelwarroris ! wilrelate 10 you some
naaicnlars, touching his person, character,
and life.
:. uorjllo is a stout built, awkward, hard
c.,,ure1. vulgar looking man, somewhat a
70 the middle size, aud about fifty years
Of age. llis face, true index oil ms char
.ctrr. IS expressive OF the savage nature of
HE dispostion--of his ob3tinacy and over
Ia,yne. uncanciliaiing temper. His man
,,ars are rude, and ungraceful, bc6tting his
L;r,h and education, which were the lowest
and most ordinary --hc hardly possessing
,hc comnon ruaments Of reading and wrl
ting. When young man he served as a
commnn soldier of marines ON board OF a
aim of war, and have been assured by
,bnse who were officers on board oil TIC
same ship. that he was in the habit of per-
., h, Il all
pnt see. here is the celebrated Dragon tree,
:, famous for tslongevity. There Is one
nj these trees in the garden Of the Francis
ran Convent at Cadiz, which popular ira
dit,oo saws was planted by the fhGnicians
when they possessed tina: city moe than
,we thousand five hundred years AFRO, AMI
which il known, from the historical records
Of the place, to be many Hundred years old.
II is continually senoing out new shoots
from the root, aud is every year tapped IN
order to obiain the sap, Which from its rep
color is called dragons blood, and is used
] in medicine. An English traveller, Town
send, think, mentions this tree IN his
work on Span. But to proceed in my
B narrative.
"The commencement OF the late inva-
q sion Of Span by the French, found Morl-
a 10 sergeant OF marines, and by some acci-
q dent he afterwards became porter or door
q keeper to the Central Junta, when they
a wrrt stati0nad at Seville. In consequence
4 Of this he was sent for some purpose or u
ther, prebahly with despatchcs, into the pro
unce OF Gallicia at the time Of the irrap-
tiOo N The French into that quarter, where
meeting with considerable body OF the
peasantry vino had assembled for the pur-
pjse of opposing their progress, and who
were entirely destitute of a leader, or OF IA
l.; person acquainted with military matters,
H be wasinstantly appointed, by acclamation,
their colonel, and having signallAed himself
N some subsequent s&lrml3hes and preda-
4 tory attacks, MS rank was confirmed by the
\ supreme sogernmeht-and behold tie
course, the illiterate, but the bold and III
t,epla Morillo, at once transformed into a
co,onel of the line He rose in reputation
rapidly, became one Of the most celebrated
guerrilla chiefs in Spain, and was of Infinite
service to Lord Wellington, with whom he
was great tasorlte, in cutting off the sgp-
plies aud communications of Mdssena, du-
ring the memorable campaigns in Portl-
gal. His promotion followed with equal
4 rAPldliy, and the close OF the stresgle fo,md
4 hlm Camp Marshal. On the return of
the kag he was appointed to the command
0 the itIoa destined against Caracas,
over which province, lac was named Cap.
tlln GeneraL.-iie has there signaIized him
self his cruelty and harsh policy, and is
universally detested by the natives, and ve-
Fy generally by the Europeans. 10 conse-
qlcnce OF the capture of Carthagena, and of
he victory OF Ia PucHo, in which be was
most desperately wounded, Aaying had
mce thrust entirely through his body, he
Vas created by the King Marquis ofia Puer-
hand Count Of Garth 5cna, and is now
oae OF the First men ia tha Kingdom. An
Instance OF an elevation more sudden, or OF
a'aeef more brilliant, is rarely to be met
wan aad such are only to be expected in
ZINES OF revolution aud danger"
"a hehaveread SAY the National Gazette
@Unn The lev days past, the octave vo-
,sloe ol @96 pages, published last week at
Washington, With the title page =
Tie duplicate letters, The fisheries and
ne 'ihss'SstPPi.-Documents relating 10
1anso'ilonS al lie Negotiations al Ghent.
,o"ecltd by John Qmacy .iaanls, one Of
Ct:h.n
me collection embraces all the letters g.
pupnea'i'ns OF Mr.. Russell, relating 10 the
N'i-hnoYn CONTROVERSY brt,yren him and