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

required TO let those remttances be 50 ionl
at Genoa, until the season should obstruc
the sailing of the neet, he calculated tho
these exchange operations would cost "A
bout 100000 sterling, and ne proposed t,
the Queen To extricate her at this pric.
from the dilcmma. The proposal was ac
cepted and carried into effect With SO mucI
secrecy, that Philips hands were tied, ant
he could not send vat the fleet until tn.
following yeaf."
| AUTUMN.
To those lovers of rural scenery who are
of d serious, mcditativr act, the present
season of the year is peculiarly plea
sing. IT'S true, that il produce. MOI
that bIithsome, joyous spirit, which is
felt, whilst We bthu.d aud admire the ex.
banding glorics of spring and that exhila.
| rates III summer, as we ramble through
ycriaut meadows, or rclIne upon the
grass covered banks of some softly muir
muring rlyulet, or wander through the gay
partrrre, where flowers disclose their beau
ties and exhaie their fragrance-but it ere.
ates KIND OF feeling and leads to rencc-
tons, that are profitable and after the mind
IS fitted to receive and weigh the truths it
would lnclilcate, It ceases 10 be either pain.
fnl or irksolne to dwell upon its just and
sober admonilions,
A few weeks ago, passed Sabbath
with one ofny neishbrrins friends. The
day was unusually serene aud Pheasant
Scarcely was ther" cloud to break the
uniformity of the blue expanse Of heaven
The frost had dcspoiltd the trees ofverdure;
and light heez- that played among the
branches, was depriving them of their yari-
egated foliage.
lcould not help admiring the appearance
of the trees that covered the side and
crowded the summit Ola distant hill. The
yellow leaves of the birch, the russell of the
oak, the crimson of the maple, and the
grpan OF the spruce or pine, We're intimately
blended it was, in fact, perspective,
which the pencil would as vanity attempt
to initiate as the pen To describe. But when
| thought of the cause of this gorgeous
scenery ; when reflected that yegeiali,e
life was Fastening To- its annual extinction
that what saw was made thus bcauteous
by rs death that ere long the bleak winds
OF winter viii sweep DER IA leallcss and
dteNy forest aud that, even then, saw
evidences Ut its mutation in the scared
leaves that gentle motion oftbe air, whirl-
ed from their parent stems-I was al
most unwarily led to compare with what
was witnessed, the circumstances which
characterize the residence of man in the
present world.
A little while since, | thought, and the
wtherpd leaves that are now hutterug be
tore me, were hale aud vigorous, and firm
IN their attachment to their native branch.
rs; but ira few hours frost has weakened
this afiuliy-and now the itfu summons
of each passing breeze hurts them in myr-
ads 10 the ground-there to decompose
and mngle with their pristine clements
so 1t Is with man-Atransient sickness ch,lls |
the warm current of his existence wastes |
ins strength, and ultimately unclasps the |
golden chain which binds his spirit To NOR |
tall'y, aud dust To dust, ashes to ashes
witnesses that his body is restored to its
parent earth and soon it moulders back |
|. its undlsi...49hrd origin.-But the
grave does not contain all that constitutes |
the mau-the soul, that which never dies,
or decays, will still Iiye-rctain its yigour !;
aud exist forever
The unexpected sound of a bell reused |
me from the re.erie into which had fall |
en | withdrew from the scene which had
been the object OF many contempldtions
and turning towards the street, bcheid IA
large assrmblage of the vllagers-the me-
lancholy chime again broke upon my ear
it was a funeral knell; atid what ] saw
was procession, conveying the visible re-
mains ola husband, friend, 10 the resting
place-Uf ALL.
All thought |, is not this an apt COM
thent upon the truth which have been
a demonstration of the Just
ness IF the assertion he all do fade us q
legCi Vermont Int.
The putin or Greenland parrot, called IN
Norwegian Intnd, breeds here (CatIsoe' in
great numbers. The manner nf catching
them is curious, heins by means of small
dogs trained To THE sport. 'thc puffnS
sitting toget,.cr In prodigious numbers in
the deep holes aid cle.fs Of the highest
rocks, one of these dogs Is sent in, which
sl"hes the FIRST by its wing. This to pre-
vent its being carried away, lays hold with
is strong heak Of the bird next to it, which
IN Ink mann"re sciz"s its neighbor; and the
dog continuing - draw them out, al ex-