The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-02-07
PoRr.Au-paISor, Dec. 40, is.a
Communicated for poul,en's American Dai.

thu iibS' 'ofhtiifffih pail ~ Tue TOWN.. |
heap Of smoking ruins. w lind IL most |
agreeable To live on bord. M all the hotels |
aud houses near the water have been cun- /
stunned. For two ar three days past, there
has been n strong dsagreeal,lr hnd breeze,
and we have heen covered with lime, dust
and ashes, from the r,lius of the town. Ii |
is at present rather sickl,, aud we not nm
frequently hn,st our colours half mast for
uilieefs IN the harbour. | have several
times seen Madame Drssaiincs- is n !
tall, porily, well informed black woman,
and very polite--if she nas white. she
would, With MS, be termed elegant aud ma
lestc. She WAS formerly Empress OF this
Island, and Madame, though she DOES No,
now live in the splcndnr and elegance 10
which she was accustomed when Empress
is still wealthy and very charitable. She
saved the lives of many white persons, hui
said il was'of little use to save the iudisi-
dual, without giving wherewihal In live
on afterwards, which it WAS her general
practice IL do. She once gave an English
lady, who lost her husband at the Cape,
and WAS in distress, ten thousand dollars.
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Sentence was pronounced nj ST. Pierre,
Mar Unique, on the 10th OF November, n
ganst 90 slaves who were guilty of revolt.
ghl were taken fom the gaol In the
scailod, dressed in red shirts, and their
h ais co,crad with black vcils--their
CHI hands were ordered Ia be- cut off, aud
III ir heads IL he severed from their bodies
II Ia he hanged-i0 IN be- logged and
brandrd--a 10 receive % ashcs eacli-g
In assist AT the execution. &c
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Mr.. JoSe corfcd de Serrn, lately portu-
guese Minister io the United States, aud
Mr.. John Francisco ne Olipern, lately Por-
tugorse Minister at PARIS, aud formerly re-
siding at Norfolk, Va. have been elected
deputies to the second Congress of the
tortes of Lisbon.
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RoME, (Italy,) Oct. I9.-Who would
have believed, thirty years ago, thai sim
pie country woman OF Aiaccio, afterwards
rather unfortunate ut Marsuillcs, would, in
the year 1879, have made II solemn pubic
testament in Rome, by which, after having
constituted her srandsnn---a pretended
king-her heir. she should leave a legacy
OF 10000 crowns 10 each Of her children,
Joseph, Lueien, Louis, jerome, Elizabeth,
Pauline, Caroline and ilortensc, besides
$4,000 crowns as supplementary dowry
to each of the children OF l.ucicn item a
palace and splendid furniture to "A brother
now decorated with Che purple and loaded
with riches and honor
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Surgeon O'liedrd,--Mr. Barry OAleara
has published letter, in which he SAYS
ms 10 the punishment inflicted upon MAJOR
general Sir Hudson Low. by the Baron de
Las Cases, | have no concern with it. II
the proprietor of the Courier will, in place
of eowardly nsnuatons, have recourse to
open assertion aud presume to avow that
bad, he will End that never use horse
whip by proxy. The same declaration |
mean tu extend to those Official dalards,
who furnish 10 their hlrellngs, from the
Offices of disgrace, ex phrlc documents
In dci'amc honest men, and hold back the
slndicatlon OF which they are also III pos
session.
.lTuiifH rinc The Woodstock Observ-
cf mentions ihat Mrs. Stoddard, vile 81 Mr..
/ Daniel Stoddard, of llartldnd, presented
her husband, Oh the 9Th inst. with THREE
fine childrcn--one son and two daughters,
weighing collectively 2J3 pounds Mr.. :.
| is said to have been the father of twenty
children, nineteen of whom nrc now living.
" Peace be- within thy walls, aud pienieouS-
'ioSs within thy palaces
ODD
The Lady Of the filth Earl of Bedford,
and mother Of the celebrated Lord Russell,
Was remarkable for purity of conduct aud
drcacy OF sentiment she was the daugh-
! ter of Robert Carr, Eafl of Somersl, by
the di,solute Countess Of Esscx. The
guilt Of her parents, and the murder Of Sir
Thomas 0tcrbnry, had been concealed
from her and All she knew was their con
jugal separation. She camr one day into
her Lords study, when the Earl was sud
denly called away, and lett her alonr.--
Her eye was caught by u loIio, which way
lcttcrrd "Tryd of the Earl and Countess
of Somerset She took it down. and
turning over the leaves, WAS 81 struck by
the guilt and ,onviction Of her parents, thai
she fell back, and Was found dead, with
the book lying before her.
A sailor, nj the battle Of Trafalgar, who
was actively employed AT one Of the guns
on the quarter deck OF the Britannia, had
his leg SHOT of little below the knee, aud
observing AN officer, who was ordering
him to be- conveyed to the cock pit, said
THAT'S hui a shilling touch, your honour,
an inch higher, and | should have had
eighteen pence for it ~ aIludIng To the scale
Of pensions allowed for wounds, which, Of
course, increase according to the severity.
The same resoime fellow, as they were
lifting him on n brother tars shoulders,
sand to one of his friends, IL say, Bob,
take Iook for my leg, and give me the
sIsor buckle out of my shoe; III do as
much for you another tune :"
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