The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-11-11

). Vas alone, hailed his cpInrade, sa,in.
70 there Is but 0He--come an and well fix
him. He then seized Mr. ). aud got lin
down, but he was set at liberty by his dog
before the other depredaiOr appcarcd-and
discovering that he was in danger, he
taught the bag Of shoes. rr-moumtrd hi.
acted as Il rear guard.
The next anrning the scene of BATH
was inspected, when there were found mos
OF the villains clothes in rags and stained
with blood.
From the .Afw York Daily .1ircrtistr.
The following is translated extract
from letter in French, addressed by a gen
tleman in Old France, who served in III.
American Revolutionary wal, IN one Of
his friends III Connecticut, after the writer
had resided a few years in the state of Ohio.
whittier he had enigrated alone, to provide
an asylum for his family, who had Just re-
Joined him, at the date OF his cummlnica
lion. | do not remember to have seen
elsewhere an account of the singular tree
that he describes. The editors of the Ad
vertser are at liberty 10 insert the extract
in their paper if they this4t it likely to be
interesting to any of their readers. L.
u, Ohio, Dec. "a, 10,
My DEAR FRIEND If any thing could
have added 10 my happiness on the arri,a!
OF my family, ii would have been the re-
ception OF your letter, accompanied by
this new token of your kind remembrance
and esteem. Accept the assurance of my
sincere sratitude-that sentiment which my
heart has never ceased to feel for the
friendly attentions of your family.
You would doubtless wish to learn some,
thlng OF my present situation. Well then
Il must tell sou that have relinauished
the pursuit of the fckle goodies, fortune
She is coquette, who, thought, encou.
ragged me To address her in my south bu,
her frowns have at length tomcd me TO
court another fair one, not SO ailuring, in.
deed, but more easy 10 DE won. Labor,
Frugality, and Health, are uie compan.
hons ofthe latter. Her name is Medocri-
ty--ald to those who are capable of an
preciating her merit, she always dispensrs
Happiness. convert her deserts into fer.
tile fields, and snbsist upon then products.
My sheep aud my flax furnish me with raj
ment l an surrounded by the men of Ia.
turc, uncutis'atcd and unpublished the
labors of h'rhandry and ihe care of their
families are all their ambition. Among
them Is mixture of good aud bad but
the phllanthropist should love the first, aud
compassionate the last bile he endeavors
TO correct them.
The climate of Ohio is very pleasant
the harvests are abundant and the inha-
b'tants increase so rapidly by emigration,
that one Is selnet es tempted to imagine
mat the oth%~ states wall, by and 10y, be
half dcpUpulated
The natural cpriosties are, the immense
antique mounds or oitifications whcbare 10
be seen IN several parts of this country: buta
curiosity not generally known, is a tree pc
trliied in rock near Gaipolis The rock
IS grown above and around the tree fifteen
feet high and broad.-What subject for
the reflections ef a philosopher ! regret
that some celebrated naturalist has not
seen and exanined this curious object for
1t 10 truly rare aud worthy Of scientific in
vestigation.
Constant'aher a9l an absence Of nearly
three years from my family, have produ-
ced AN unf1vorable change upon my con.
stltutlon. | have grown old aud infrm,
but trust that my mind and feelings have
experienced no alteration.
The happiness | now feel, whcn | can
again press my wife and my son to my
bosom, and the JOY Of my heart that We
shah no longer be separated, will restore
ylgoHr to my frame, debilitated by hard
ships and trouble; aud if my health is pre-,
served, may yet taste some few moments
ct teiichy of a life replete with misery and
toll
But my lburney on earth will soon DO
ended, and love to believe that another
existence will commence, in which parents
and children, husbands and their wives.
ana friends long parted, will be re-nnited
forever an the. enjoyment of bliss withou.
alloy. All what a consolation for the
miserable whom every other hope aban-
dons and how detestable is that phiIoso.
ply wach would deprive them of this in.
estimahe comfort"
Worth Wostern Bonndary-.t is stated
IN the Detroit Gazette of October the 10th,
that Major DclafeId the agent of the UniA
ted States uoder the treaty of Client. for
the NORTH Western Boundary Line, accom-
PANIED BY Mr.. Furguson, the principal
Surveyor, and Mr., Whistler, Craftsman,
with some of their voyagers, arrived here
IN the schooner Tiger, from Mackinac, on
the 9Th inst. The whole party is from the
lake of the Woods, the surveyors having
been absent the last eighteen months, pur'
suing their labOrs in the Indian territory
and we learn that they will be obliged to
return another season to complete such
ports as the approach Of winter made l.
necessary they shouid abandon halo'
Delafield entered the Indian territory III TIE
spring. aud has penetrated to the extreme
northwest limits of the United States
the party has enjoyed good health du'~e
me whole time, and has never heen in any