The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-02-13


VAS boarded 10y IL iopsail seheilnor. snd
run aground "n the lie of Pines. and rub.
bed. The ship was burnt thu, leSi .la,.
aud the crew, after somes III irfs tmrIll
/ were kept On b.lad tn. pir.ftsi sal,slst !.
month. crti2ing ia the day ti5ifs. md m
choring IN the keys at night. aId fhcn.
/ were abandoned, Ia the long bod, With =
little wine, waIer,' aud pro, isiols, TN ia
key 10 leagues $. w. from Cave Blaneo.
Here they remained eight days, suffering
severely Tor want Of water, when, ai1e
several unsuccessful attempts, liz. cook
and four others set out GA raft, fal n
mother key nearer the main land, which
none but the C0,h ever reached. H.. had
Ia swim three miles ith pierre of lie
raft +: neither the Others We're saved az
nut IL uncertain. The cook lived with u
! poor fisherman NJ Cayp Blanco Inr lhrre
weeks, but could not prevail on him IN at
tempt To save the remainder al the crew,
+ for fear of the pirates.
The island Of jamaica seems IN hc IN
state of oppHgnution, Ia use phrase of a
former chief magistrate of am Eastern
state. and If We understand the Import al
the follow QuOmtiun, from II petition srnt
10 the King of England, by The Legisla-
ture of that State, there j. spirit Of in
dependence awaAr. We hope il is net
reused by Incan notions and fhat il vii
not be appeascd by triling coneessinns.
They appear to claim the privilege of la
king care ufthemsrlycs.
let the Royal Parliamt nj become ihe
law ful owners uf our property by pnr-
chase, and We wili retire from the island,
and leave il IA free Rrid for modern phi.
lanthropy to work upon 1--WE cannot
submit Ia the degradation of having ntf
Internal interests regulated by the Com
mons Of Great Britain, whose powers
within that realm, are not superior 10
Those which wC, the Assembly, have tNer
exercised with the Island of Jamaca-'
L. :. Ga<ttle.
-..eee...
Life Of PiHkAey.--It is announced thai
Henry Wheaton, Esq. an eminent prar-
litiontr of law in the Supreme Court of
The United States, has proposed Ia pub
lish " An Account of the Life, Writings
aud Speeches. Of the late WILLIAM
pISkNET.
FROM CURACAO.-ByA he brig Re.
becoa aud Sally, at New York, The T..
,ilors of the n. Y. Gazette have received
-
D it sh line ofbatlIc ship Gloucester, c.,p-
tain Little, last from jamaica, had arrived
nj Curacao, ha>ius Dutch schooaer
with her rs pIi2r, With $50 nesroes on
hoagt. from A lea, captured lay III" sehoo-
nrr Union, and seat here 10 b" deli, erred IA.
grecabi, To au existing treaty between ihe
Two countries.
The Men Hampshire Sentinel of the
23d ult. SAYS a. his Stat, in june
last, Mr.. Adams friends had thoughts al
calling a meeting uf the members of the
Leg islatuTe, hat as no person conM bf
found IN the opposition, after dihg' nj ca
gtiry, the subject Was permitted To rest for
twelve months"
JOSIAH s. JoHNsToN, LATELY n Repre-.
sentative in Congress, has been elscied
Senator of the United statcs from lhe
State of Louisiana, Wee JAMES Bnows,
resigned. The vote, in joint ballutiho ul
the Legislature, was
For J. $. johnson 90
For Edward Livingston II
The National Adj, ocatc, wLich, in & ne.
raj, throws Uul very correct snggestion5in
respect 10 oar relations with Europe, has
The following remarks on th" latc debate IN
the Hehsc Of Representatives ON the
Greek question
"In reading ;hc speeches, pro and con,
We do not know which To admire most, the
zeal, the sympathy, the cloqnence aud lin"
l.cling of those who urged the recognition
of their independence OF the strong, ner.
sous, udlcious and unansw.ra5le ohJfe.
tons presented by those whose cool Jo'ls.
ment interposcd as ii shield to protect the
county"
The aye Of fmprolemenL-A was lately
advertised III one Of the eastern paptrs
carriage to perform without horses, With
only one whs.I, and invited the curious M
mechanics to see it. Many of the mem
hers of the society Of Arts, attended, and IN
the ardour of expectation were shown--G
tpheet bdrroiU
HILLsnnRoUGh, y. &. JAN. q. II
fraordinary Boy --Ashbcrn Minnlss, 4 son
of William Miuniss, of this county, little
mere than four years old, can repeat all
the tables in the arithmetic by nbemofy,
The multiplication table iiom 10 20 Times
% i; he can correctly count by one, two,
i've, 81 ten, to millions and tell III a word
the number of days in each month in the
year. Aslsbcrn has had M other adsanla-
yes of education, except from his grand
father, who is totally bind.
"-Sws--
n, Ingenious writer says, leisure is the
noblestsw rallh and the hadn't ofemplayibg
4 well, is the hest preparation for happy
and d gnifi' old Hge. But he who excltl.
,iyely applies himself to the acquisition nj
money shall waste hs life under the pres
sure, and amid the ,acuily of mental pos.
rrty, and shall clos" his career 10y an ND
agr of restless imbecility OF of painful IN