The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-20

al the amount. The bag Of gnilders wns
rcsprted tn, hut that was insufiifsrnf Three
days after mr. officer If justice seized The
property and Tire person of the Crpy.r.
rir sale ofthc former barely satisfied his
creditors The latter MAS liberated FROM
Prism. Isaac and his wifi. sxeeraird their
first step from their former situation. The
WY aud III. hat were condemned 10 the
iiamcs The charity of some well dispps.
al bufghcrs induced th-m To lrnd Isaac ut
100 per cent. interest, sufficient NUN.
Der of gnilders top,rehhse himselfa " heel.
barrow, thai he might resume his former
occupation. And il is u standing pruyerh
Ia This day nj Amsterdam, when man or
his vii. forget their situation, and aspire
beyond then circumstances, 10 say, "llr's
farming Isaac the cruycr." No man trusts
him after this and his character is blast
cd forever.
From the Cuisosntes of Literature
Singular Instances Of Failure Of Memory.
A celebrated author mentions case ia
which The affected person had forgotten To
pn "uounce words. hui could write them.
The celebrated John Hunter, was sud.
denly attacked with singular affection Vt
this kind, In December, t780, whrn ub u
visit nj the house of friend liz did not
know IN " hat part of the house he was.
nor even the name If the street when told
II, nor wh,re his own house WINS he had
not conception ofany thing existing be-
sond the room he vas ~, and yet was per.
i.cily conscious of the loss Of memory.
Tie was sensible fin prtsslous OF al kinds
fr"m tiir s.nscs, and therefore lnokud out
of The window, altho' rather DARK 10 SOS
If he could be made sensible Of the slua-
tion of the house. Tho loss Of memory
gradually went of aud IN hiss Than half
an hour, his memory was perfectly re-
covered.
| The late bishop of Landan, DR.. Watson,
gives singular cast ufpartial amnesia in
his father. the result of M apoplccie at
tack. al have heard him ask twenty
iirncs day, (says DIR. W. " hat is thu
ntme of the lad that is nj Collrge (,neaning
my elder hrotherl and vel he was able IL
repeat without blunder, hundreds 81
lines out of classic authors Aud hence
there IL no reason for discredilng the
story ola German statpaman, n Mr.. Won
u. related in the 9TH vol. Of the Pyseo!a-
gicnl Nlaga1ine i; VIM being al n gentle
mans houBe, the servants Of which did
not know him, and hn WAS under the ne
erssily of giving his name bat unf,rtu-
nat"ly nj that moment he bad forgotten il
and excited no small iaughcr 10y turning
round 10 "A friend nho accompHni, d lin,
and saying with great carn,sipeaa, pray.
tell me Who'll AN, for lchDnot rtcplIeel.p*
According 10 Thueidydts, one of the
effects of the plagne At Athens WAS loss
OF memory, He shys, and many, on re.
coNrfy, still experienced srch an cKiraor.
dluary oblivion Of all things, that they
knew neither Themselves nor ther
friends
DIR. GOOD relates tie case ola nan few
years ago, with Il hrhin fver, ia ST. The.
mas Hospital, who rs he grew better,
spoke 10 his attendants, but in Lngimgs
which they did not understand "A Nclsh
mikwouian going by accident into ths
ward, beard him, answered him, and con
,crsed With him. IL was then found fIla itt.s
patient "ns by bnth Weishman, but had
left his native land IN his youth, forgotten
his native dialect, aud nsrd English lpr tho
last thirty years, Yet IN consequence of
iiis ic,rf Inc had nov forgotten the In.
glls'i and suddenly recovered the Welsh.
Botflafo, however, gives ylll more
extraordinary instance Ut oblivion ~ the
case 81 u tragic Spanish an,hVr, who hail
composed many excellent pieces, but ~
completely lost his mcn,ory IN consequence
oi AZ acute fever, that he forgot mol only
the hnauascs he had formerly leafut, bu,
even the alphabet and WAS under The ut
'crssiiy Of beginning 10 rsad agnin. ifis
o%n poems aud compositions were shown
90 him, but he could not he persuaded
! that they were his productions. After
wards however, he hogan IA compose
VERSES, which had so striking n resem.
blance to his former writings, thai he q.
irugih became convinced of hiY being tao
author Of thcm.
u is fnct known ~ many persons IN this
city, that some yrnrs since, "A highly respec-
table and well educated citizen OF Southern
city, called ut our Posi- Office and said j,
e" IiAvo you got any letters for ne ?" What
is your name Sir = said the clerk. The gen
tcman rnised his left fnger 10 hi. nose look
Ell grave aud said" VIII hell You DIRECTLY"
ard TUNED on his heel out OF the Office !
fcw yard, fromiho fosi Office lie met friend
who said " How do you do Nr = ~ That's
il" said tbe gentleman and rotnfuea 10 tho
Oilee told bis name aud obtnincd his LET.
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