The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-05-06

4 game through M, Sou are not acqls,ii,-
I It'd vii, them all aud with an air of Ian
sour Hid enapi, through Wii.ch Fprars,
nrveriheles+, i. ar. uf =. isictioa "a the
e'fscinuan,ss tint the authority which he
eNercisos Is one I'll tho must strongly ieii;
i iaersoH hands nls tie fla. relative Ia tra
sellers, and perceive that sometimes evet
supplementary reports are required, rs to-
the morals aud politics ol those apply
! lar passports
Not knowing whether | had been IA
tourrd with lhis supplementary reporl =,
and seeing that II was impossible Ia asetr-
tain WHEN tine clerks of their ENceleneirs
If the Home aud uf thu Foreign Depart
mcnts would be sufficiently enlightened
with respect Ia me, renomltc all hopes Of
obtaining tine passport | asked for, aud
therefore simply e"6tcnt myself with grt.
tug an ordinary passport for the frontier.
! sci out exhibit my passport To dozens
of gendarns, who, after examining II with
all their eyes, and asccrtalaing, either from
the inrm ot the paper ~ from ihc bl0ts and
marks npon il, thai II is probably pass
port, give II back 10 me. pass the lrun-
tnr, and arrive III the gates ol Geneva, of
tending the government of that city IL any
otl,uee was given, bceause | was aulhuri-
zcd 10 travel in France aud not III Swift
zrrland The day WIS ust danning.--
The sates of this sage city was closed, as
III the lime Mheu The young Matchmaker
afterwards thr author of Emlt, wing
too late, fled To Turin. The drawbridg,
was lowered over ditch, llllcd with va
tcI hom The lake. Who ARE You, says the
guard \ Frcnchman.-l our passport?
| have houe.--lonr name A. B.---Snce
whnh have not perceived nor known
thai such Il thme as a government existed
Al Geneva.
In quitting Switzerland. however, for
Savoy, YOU soon perceive that there is u
government in Piedmont. After having
declared 10 the Picdmontesc Consul that |
would not take the road 10 Turn, because
Turn conducts 10 Verona, lines of custom,
bonses, performing the funeiuns of Il san-
tafy Gordon against CERTAIN bouLs, must be
passed. II the Traveller come from any of
these rounirir5 where TINY have the bad
II dit OF reading; If even he read III his car
riasc, or have a printed book the custom
house is ON the alert. Have YOU the Re
yolution of Piedmont M. What book Is
,
ton exchiuis The whole custom house
hierarchy. You must go ~ the Crusors
NJ thaniberY. In frstnlriing France lie
Influence ofh,thoriiy is as immediately felt
particularly 1t you approach The soutlI"ra
provinces from Montpelier or Narbonne
The voice Of clerks becomes louder; finally
At rerpignan, the ptrtcels, uudur-pfelecs
and mayors, are great diplomatlsts charged
with the pdbc safety On an ordinary
frontier, where The servants of each hotel
make the necessary arrangement for pass
ports, one employs the ordinary method.
| But these were no longer ordinary times,
because company Of soldiers was in the
village, aud this village was called an arm
vi place. What, said the Mayor, uudcr
existing circumstances, To send II servant
with ones passport | meant no disrcs-
pect 10 you, Mr.. Mayor, thought il was
| the cnsium. The custom do you know,
Sir, that | sometimes arrest people for
slighct offences But You will doubtless
hear my explanation Come, let me ser
your passport what, il is for Paris, and
you are among the Pyrenres But, Mr.
Mayor, you know know, yes know my
business. But you know that according
to the law--O yes, the law, the law--l
know the law, aud need mol 10 learn II Of
you. That ls The reason why wish 10
remark 10 you, that it IL only necessary IN
designate the last place, the fual drslina-
| tion-What is and what IL mol necessary
know perfectly well, aud for the least
thing, repeated the Mayor in rising,
ss mrtimes arrest people. was then 81
lent, seeing that was to be questioned
without having my answers attended 10.
and waited the issue. Ills honour the
Mayor read over ea'h pisa, stopped at eve
! ~ date aud asked if this was a 2 and that
u }, aud finally dismissed me, after many
| delays, with permission 10 quit u place
where half hour would suffice To crafty
curiosity, but where ~ hours are scarce
sufficient 10 satisfy the police.
In passing through every town traveller
must present his passport 10 the mayor 10 he
eounlersigned this is called the " risa -
A Doctor IN Scotland WAS employed by
Il poor man, To attend 10 his wife who was
dangerously i'll. The Doctor gave hint
amounting TO suspicion, that he would
not be paid. have, says the man, five
pounds, and il, says he Ia the Doctor, you
Kill or cure, you shall have il. The wo-
man died under the Doctors hand, and AZ
ter reasonable time, he called for his five
! pounds. The man asked the Doctor il he
hiiied his wife " No" Did you cure
her Z" No." Then said the poor man,
you have no legal demand, and turned up
on his heel
-CES-
RALnIeH, April 2o.-At the Convcn-
ton Of The Protestant Episcopal Church of
this state, lately held at Salisbury, the
! Rev. DR.. ltncnscroIt, Of Virginia, was IL
unanimously elected Bishop Of the Diocess
of North Carolina.