The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-12-10
GENERAL. JACKSON.


sia" character peculiarly interesting 10
'mmuuity. We confess that from
Inc 1t, whirl. we had heard, our i'm
af''G ms an Ills point were OF an uofa-
1iaI,l. character. We are happy to find,
fo"'a from "A letter inserted in the
h'" ,,efriaI Advertiser of Tuesday last,
,h.r. Is reason Ia believe that the
i a.rI within "A few years, has become
III, ,,o,,s man. The letter WAS written
49, .nmmer of 1923 by Clergyman,
~" ,,s Then travelling in Tennessee, aud
h"' IA fur some time al his house. The
n.,,ing is AN extrct -
- rbr General gives his deliberate and
,...,I,d testimony in favour of the Chris
n W., r,lsien. the religion of the Bible and
u S,bs heart although, rs yet he MAKES
a',,bl;c profession before the world. For
Nv oa1, IF his views, may refer you 10 his
mr. a;";,l conduct when Governor of Florida,
"'' IN. snl.iect of keeping the Sabbath, u
:" '.,,.r.sing vice and immortality.
''t 1'I find il is the opinion of II friend of
IN, that the GENERAL will ere long ut.
, ,a himself 10 the Presh yterian Church in
%.sl,,ile. by a public professions | frost
y. I,v is not far distant when he will
a,e ~ the world, that he is s. will be Il
Itood soldier Of the Cross"
Lam told he was favonred with Il
Nous and godIy mother, who early in
Ir,,acted him in the great and essential
doctrines ofthc Gospel, and imbned his
.,;ad with correct evangelical principles
and that hr, by this means, as we'll as from
.,L.en,,enr deliberate, and ripe convie-
,an. firmly believes in the inspiration Of
,,r HOLY Scriptures, and rests all his hopes
Il.
Unity and atonement Of the Lord Jesus
christ, and views these prominent doc
,rinrs of Scripture, not as the dnginas of
RI. schools, or the fanci"s of misguided |
f,natic.. hut as revealed from heaven for
the foundation Of Christian hope and CON
fon.p
The Editor of the Commercial Nj
yerfiser states, that the pastor of the
church al Nashville WAS recently in this
say. and that he stated while here, that
Mrs J. was member and bright ornament
of his church, and that the General stood
propounded for membership, having be
come, in the opinion Of the clergyman, a
truly pous man (0bs.
Nrw YoRK. Nov. 25.--The L. States
,chr. Shark, Lieut.. C.mPt Gallagher, ar
rived last evening from u crn'ze IN the
Gulf Of Mexico, and last from Havana.
Thomas Randolph, Esq. SPrcia! Agent TO
Cuba, from the United States, has return
ri home in the Shark. The officers and
srew are well, and there has not been
case Of malignant fever on board since she
left the United States. Gd2.
600
The Norfolk Beacon announces, that
bp n.InhpatnI Sa
tnrd,y morning last, in the Roman Catholic
Church of that place, for the repose ol the
d.narted spirit Of his late most Christian
Majesty Louis the Eighteenth aud that
on Saturday, after High Mass, 're Dcnm
was to be sung in honor Of IL. NJ. {. VI.
Charles the Tenth.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80 Gen. Lafay
ette returned To this City about dusk Last
evening" accompanied by several members
Of the Baltimore Committee of Arrange
nents, and the Mayor of this city, who
met him on hi, approach. He was rse"r-
ted into town by Capt Andrews Troop of
Iaraf;, and we believe, the Bladcnshnrg
Troop, and also by the Washington
Guards, under the command of 1t. N. L.
Poor, and the YPgels, commanded by
Cant. Mauro. The General is al his for
mer quarters at Gadsby's.
Nal InteHigencer.
-eZS-
PRESIDENTIAL PUZZLE.
Curiosity is all alive through the nation
70 discover whom we the people have cho
sen to he President. Whoever he is, il is |
certain he is the man of our hearts, the
peoples man ; hut who the PhoPte'S man |
is, we The people cannot now tell. Many !
wise soothsaycrs have been carefully OH
Sryng the omens, and making all sorts OF
predictions still wr are l. II III the dark
ness of Uncertainty, and cannot answer who
IS IN truth the man Of our choIce.
Before the smoke Of this battle shall
have been cleared away, - as to give MS
hl view of the whole field, another cleo
tiOneeriug contest will have commenced. II
decide JPho stall be President IN 1923 p
This will probably b. the chief topic al
Whispering at the Inauguration festival next
March. It's rather matter of wonder that
The subject has not been already started,
and that there Should have been so much |
delay. Satem Gazette.
The Kentucky Reporter, last received,
contains the foil Owing - aptan S.mmcs
Is Sill ardenlly enpaSru ~ VlpI"p"'iub NE
new Theory of the formation ol the earth
lie lecturcd on the subject in this place on
Tuesday evening, toa Respectable audience
ladies and gentlemen. Both his style
and manuer are free from the least "rna
ment, but he presents distinctly iormlda
bic array of historical facts, and his com
mon srnsc deductions are not merely riaa
,,hle, but extremely ingenious & imposing
lie mirnds visiting Washington City during
The winter"
HAYII.
By Inc packet Margaret, at New "rk,
taers from Purt-auPrincr In the 23ih ult.
wave been received, in which il is sad that
Heo'most CONSERVATION prevailed at iiaytI