The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-31

w. Faux, an Engllsh Farr1ef, GNo. rp.
488. London 1873. Simpkin y Mar
shall.
ANOTHER agricultural, political and phi
losOphical missionary, who hath lonrneycd
In "spy the nakedness of the land )" aud a
very odd sort Of compound he seems to be.
Or all the Heterogeneous mixtures which
W. have lately conned over, the .Nemord-
bic DAYS are The most memorable. 1t IS
probable that from this medley the pseudo
emigrani may be able to extract some IN
formation, as the reader will find many
queer and grotesqn. statements To amnse
him hui as A whole, there is such want
of order, the style is so ridiculous, ma
ny of the matters are so trivial and absurd,
and the stories are 80 gnssiping, that the
labours of Wilism Faux, an English far
mer, do not appear liktl. To yirld any very
valuable products.
Mr. Faux however seems To have been as
impartial az he is certainly minute obser-
yer. His pen avoids nothing, bn; is, as it
were, the very scavinger shovel 10 clear
America of all that is loose upon its surface,
whether matter of value or rubbish. All
that its owner saw he describes, and all
that he heard he repeats. His style too Is
worthy of his subject for there ls a highly
amusing poetical imitation about ii which
adds ludicrons point, to many of tive re-
ma ks meant to be very deep and ntelll-
gent. Here we find deplorahlc picture
of The New Settlements in the Illinois and
elsewhere and there, WHEN warmed with
whiskcy flor which the author b-trays an
evident londness,) the prospect brightens,
tive, the famine less pnching, the social
enjoyments more passable, the admlnistra
ton Of the laws less obnoxious, and in
short, the whole scene more fair, and the
whole system in filter play.
These hints wil prepare readers for the
work we are about To bring before them,
and make the world acquainted with the
character of its author but lest our sketch
should be incomplete, We will commenc"
with passage in which (noscitur IA sociis)
Mr.. Faux lets us, as far as is necessary, Int0
his own secret !:
Washington. Sunday, Oct. 3d.-By
mutual agreement, Il band y! philosophers,
last evening, met tn smoke me oil 10 the
western wilderness; and smoke VIZ did TILL
one O'Clock this morning, when they escor
ted me 10, and saw me safely packed in
Uncle Sans western mail, and babe me a
hearty farewell for three months. Thus,
with some regret, left city, sumner, aud
civilization behind me, as much from
wish 10 be faithful 10 my promise, as to sce,
hear, aud know. My eyes and ears, in
decd, begin to see something akin to ST.
tiety but ! had engaged, ADD solemnly
vowed, IL the faithful patriarch, that
would travel 5000 miles to ,sit his beloved
son in Indiana, if re, the father, would con
tinuc my steward, at White Hall during my
absence. Three Thousand miles is moth
ing of Journey here and now seated aud
we'll shaken together with one Of Lneic
Sans high sherihs, grntlemanly colonel,
and other passengers, all very soclablr,
move along saiiy."
But as We are not writing in Epic we
have no right thus 10 plunge to the middle
of thugs at first it accords better with the
reviewers drudgery 10 begin at thu begin
mug, namely, the 'oyagc out Of Mr.. W.
Faux.
Having (says he through the medium
of the pubic prints, advertised iay intend
ed departure, aud made the necessary pre-
parati0ns, babe farewell to my good and
ed TO see more, and tore nyset from the
embraces of my wife, aud of one dear aud
only child On the following day, being
the
eth .Nouember 1918, reached LON
don on the DGdnce coach, after riding all
day in the rain. On the next day, board
ed, in the Kings Dock. the good ship
Washington, which carried out Mr. Fearon
and Mr.. Lancaster. The former gentle.
man was, found, disliked by the captain,
aud, indeed, all Americans
Nctnbor 1GM.-l this day boarded
the good ship Ruthy, and paid Ga in part
OF passage To Captain Wise OF Boston,
To Charleston bound: We are said he,
short Of money in America !; tut sure Of
living
2lst-Insured fl2O on my luggage
with Butler and Wade, and tiled in vain at
several Offices to effect a lie insurance, the
climate Ia which was destined being dou-
bly, hazardous. Received from my physi
can d prescription, cnnstng and really
worth three guIneas, and fit for both land
and sea. Take two thirds of ChtItham
salts, aud one third of EPSON salts, mixed !;
"a quarter of an ounce, DISSOLVED in pint Of
h"tsprlng water, aud drunk an hour before
rising, is IA dose which may often be repeat
ed, if necessary, by patients d, posed 10
Indigestion"
Thus prepared, and thus literally giving
his readers the value ofthrce gtlineas worth
of medical advice IN the very second page
c hi book, we lament to find that the too
usual effects of sraialriuG could not be IA
verified from the intcstiucs of our honest
farmer. The following is his Journal eutry
of the eth, when of Doveri
Both wind and sea more violent than
ever the latter running deep, right over
the shin and falling like clans of thunder