The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-12-23

OF seAtfh months grown. N : nal. fire .
; frowhns anu audaeious lool, s,,ch 49,
, me aspect nj the prisoner when brou.ht
; INTO court Fhe dieilnent stated thai an
s'leh iy,he, Nond. did steal from c,r.
tam la.laol, certain quantity ri goods
nc. ile document icing read. Nood all
; dressed he conri, and said "They hat.
'iadt aH error IN The indictment, il ~ A.. IN
me ath Pl August, at midnight, thu stolr
u'S' bipas. You are not accused Of
s'ealinS n the night observed The Indpe
10 anu, aud conceive il my duty 10 in.
FORM ypn, TINT yon are moi hound Ia confess
Souiarh eu'l1y, but rather advise you IL
muse counsel " haNe dune the deed y
said Wood, "and plead guilty i tbo,t
thht the proprietor of those articles Was
gambling awiy all he had, il was h.tt.r
that should steal from him. than frn,n
another, rs IT, would certainly have l,s,
all :; but tlik | might also inform TN.
court, that 1esioas To bringing m, Ia goal
my acenser seated me In six hundred lash
es-whlch, pnHtvrr, nean IN ,.,.ey linn
az soon as ihln nj liberty !; forgot 10 men.
ton also, tlit the guards which were, MIA.
ecu I" "ait over me, stole from me TIN.
best part of goods The court having
ordered the Plea of" guilty. ID be record
Gu femandtf the prisoner, who then ex
pressed w4h tn be sentenced before In,
feufed. Nlil,ogly,' said the Judge who,
anxious 10 rdall Ia the paths OF honesty
wandering tiiow creature, made In tht,
prisoner an appropriate address, which he
was concluding thus" The court sen.
.fnee you 10 "o years imprisoned AT hard
iaper--hnd ydl will have IL dated from this
Jay, said ths undaunted villain, interrupt
inS the court, for IL is hut few months
s'neei ielt the prison of New Orleans, and
i J. nave resided there already fifteen years.
| Inc judge, Justly irrilated, ordered the
sfisohefio be removed from his presence.
Mr. Matthews, who is now giving his
rip 10 Pd12s IN Dublin. WAS called upon
last 5atuiday canning to l'lfaT llr sona--
"Uhtn u mtal ffduets he must not look queer"
but the encre was met by the cries Of no
40 from mother part of tue audience
The eontestwas maintained for some few
minutes. As SOM as Mr.. Matthew'S coald
Obtain hearing he said, "Gentlemen, rs
some time has been taken up by the differ
ence of opinion which this song has crea
ted, snppos, split the diilerence aud sing
the half OF ill., This proposition was met
by the appreciation of both parties, and Mr.. |
Matthews repeated the haJ of ii, with a |
doti6fe share of applause.
london paper.
On The TASTE Of LiG.-In the last 70
inme of DIR. Frani,lin's Memoirs is the fol
lowing article on Il The Waste of -
We are persuaded lis perusal must pro-
duce wholesome ftnoction in the minds
even of The dssolute
" Amcrgus WIS a gentleman of good
estate he was bred To no business, and
could not coutrise how to waste his hours
asreeably, he had no relish for the proper
works of lie, nor any taste for the Inn
proyement OF the mind he spent generally
ten hours 81 the fonrand twenty in bed, he
dozed away two or three more on his couch,
and as many more were dissolved IN good
liquor every evening, II he met with com.
pany OF his own humour Thus ne
made shlttewear off ten years of his life
since the paternal estate fell into hia hands |
One evening, az he was musing alone, his
thoughts happened 10 take a most unusual
turn, for they cast a glance backward, and
he began to reflect on his manner Of life
lie bethou5ht To himself what number OF
beings have been made sacrilic. of To
support his carcass, and how much corn
and wine had been mingled with these of
ierings and he set himself 10 compute
what he had desoured since he came To
the age oi a man.
:" About 4 dozen feathered creatures,
small aud great, have one week with ant
ther,' said he, given up their lives In pro
long NINE which, III ten years amounts 10
nj least six thousand Fifty sheep have
been sacrificed IN year, with half heca-
tomb of black cattle, that might have the
choicest parts offered weekly upon my Ia
bic. Thus Il thousand beasts, out of the
flock and herd, have buen slain IN ten years
time to feed me, besides what the forest
supplied me with. Many hundreds of fish
rs have, In all their varieties, been robbed
of life for my repast-and of the smallest
fry some thousands. A measure of corn
would hardly suffice me with fine flour for
a months provision. aud. ihlsaMJsGS,.g Is.
heads; of vine, and other liquors, have
passed through this body al mine-this
wretched straner of meat and drink Aud
what done, all this tlmr, for God or man
What vast proiusion of good things Upon
n useless life and worthless liver There is
not the meauest creature among all those
which have de, CURED, but bath answered
the end of its creation better than !. Ii
was made to support human nature, and
it hath done SO. Every crab and oyster
| have eat, and every grain of corn have
devourtd, hath filled up its place in the
rank Of beings with more propriety Than |
have done. Oh shameful mastr OF life
and time
" In short, he carried on his moral renec-
tions with So .ust and severe force of
reason as constrained him 10 change his
whole course $ life, TO break off his iollies
at once, and IL apply himself tn gain some
US. iul knowledge, when he was more than
Thirty years q age. He lived many fol
lowing years nilh the character of a wor.
thy man and an cxc.leu, Christian. liz
died with a peaceful conscience and the
tears of his country were hropped upon his |