The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-06-15
GREEK YOUTHS.

prus. Captain ChaddUck, CO days from
Malta, having come To this country viii
the hope OF obtaluing the advantages o
education. Tlf-L' names art Constantine
and PdRdais Ralii, Nicolas Peirokokino
and .9ierander Pdspati. The two first are
brnthers, whose father was a hostage from
Scio ut Constaninope, aud was hung by
oder of the Grand Seignior. Nearly all
his effects We're destroy ed by the Turks oil
Sbio and Mrs. Rail-, With her children,
escaped with difficulty, aud is now at Mai.
ia. Nicolas has parents living at Malta in
reduced circumstances. lis father was al
Malta when Sclowas overthrown his mo-
Their himself, and Il younger brother were
among those who escaped from the de
struction The father of Alexander died
before the revolution. His mother and her
family were taken by the Turks at Scio !;
one brother being capable of hearing arms,
was put 10 death Alexander and his mo
thrr one br other, aud three sisters, have
been redeemed, aud one brother remains
in captivity.
Constantine Rail- and Nicolas Petroko
kino are IL. years Of age, Pandias Rail- Is,
and Alexander Paspali II. They all read
ancient as well as modern Greek, have
more or less acquaintance with Italian, and
while at Malta, nave made some profccn
ey in English, in which they converse. in
telligbly. They are all youths of good
intellectual powers, amiable disposition aud
department.
These young Scots were sent from Nal
IL by the American Missionaries, and com.
nended the patronage Of the American
Board OF Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
slons. 1t is extensively known that there
are already four Gleek youths residing at
New Haven, under the patronage of the
same board, who do not expect 10 return
all they have obtained Il collegiate educa
non and il is much To he desired that
these should ENJOY equal privileges. The
resources of the Board of Foreign Missions
ave not, however, sailicientto allow ofthcr
atlording them such privileges, without spe
eiGc appropriations by donors to the object /;
and il depends, therefore, Upon the bounty
ola philcllenic community. (fwe may be
allowed the use of word furnished us by
tle father Of one ofthe lads al New Haven
whether or not such pri, lleges Shall he
conferred At a time when the struggle of
the Greeks for their freedom rXCiles in es-
cry generous American bosom such feeling
OF sympathy in their behalf, 1t would be
peculiarly crafty Ing to see eight promising
youths among them, enjoying the highest
literary ad, anta.es which Our country If.
tn Dis and thus preparing 10 return aud aid
in diliusinG light among people, winch II
is hoped, will then hr raising To emnence.
Nor is II probable thai 80 favorable an op
portunly OF show ing klnd;H IS toa suffering
nation will pass nnimpr"'td.
MAMMOTH. The New York Pario
Of Tuesday last contains the following pa
ragraph
" We understand that party of gentle
men from this city have latrly returned
from IA scientific excursion 10 the eastern
parts of New Jersey. In the course of Their
tour, they disco, cred aud succeeded in
dsintcrring an almost entlre skeleton OF
the huge .,faStad0n, or Mammoth, (as il is
somctimee casl'd.) The party speak in the
warmrst terms of the attentions and fatui.
Ties afforded by Mr.. Crosson, the respecta-
Bile owner pf the farm on which these re.
mains we're found. We are pleased to hear
that the skeleton will, in the course of IA
few weeks, be placed in the magnificent
cabinet of the LYCEuM of NATURAL HIS
TORY
Pirate competition IS the public gain
Two steam boats, thu Legislator and This
tie, are running against each other between
this city and Nrw Brln-wiek,a distance al
81 miles, for l24 cents each passsngrr.-
The Jersey City paper seems ia THINK this
plan will amount ta II monopoly ot all the
waters of that state, from the ability of one
ri the proprlelors, NJ. Gibbons, tn exclude
all other boats by the lowness ofhis prices.
~ l. Statesman.
Distressing OcearrcHce.-On the 9th
inst. at Vocabulary, y. J. woynun5 daush
ters, the only children of Mr.. Joseph l..
Hrddrick, lost their lives by tah.hg pre-
paration of arsenic, administered To them
by mistake for n,ngRtSia, by their mother,
whose feelings on the aw ful event none bat
Il parent can conceive. TamperlnG with
drugs is always dangerous, and medicines
Ola deadly nature should never be kept or
used but With the utmost care and prcchu-
ton by uuskilfn hands. The lmmndrratc
use of herbs, also, may produce fatal ELECTS
A lady lost her lie IN an eastern state, n
few days since, by taking two strong doses
ct the ESSENCE at tansy. 10.
.HumaioM RemaiHs.--The two teeth, Just
arrived, ofthe huge Mastadon ar Mammoth,
as he is called, found IN the atuvi Il soil near
Natchez, aud forwarded 10y Dr. Firiot al
that place to DR.. Aitclii afford additional
lro"l Of the former existence ut this pro
nanny no" extinct qlIHdrhprd, oi the Ee-
phanlnc race in al the tract from the Mis-
ssslpp mouth 10 the Nallllll. One ri
these specimens is remarkably large the
"ther smaller aud The enamel and upper
parts ol both are IA high preservation.
rs.
-cID-
Mrs. Susan Mrrrc,s of Troy, y. ~ fell
aNlctlm On the I'D instant, In the incau-
tlons use of tansy. Being lndisposrd, she
swallowed IA tea spoon full and half "tthe