The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-08

the meinkpih' uiseusSioni aud takrs
side and ,lN hIch 1t VAS cumpus.a
pr,sent,t,yes slhser'leucey of the r.
sipn. ara. fact. he people IN the ore.
lie. Faily known 10 the Duh
Ills duly and
should retire fof.,ri'" required ihat Ire
that pewer w,,.h tier. and yirld bs.s
untabls bnld ar n. gould 10 longer r.
vas required hy coz 'Afi''sr thf.
Tor The dignity uf the "'''''' VI regard
Presldrs, add that the "'ef winch ur
s., b. urged hy r,r.i,,.r. easIen might nH
preach In our national I'll "',9'' VI II
iallons. lie has thought Ut . ",lo NH
ierent course and tu bpnd =" ny dd
of his office, 10 the uny' "Ho'e "eoat
ut screening the inouster his PuFtOse
/ tice. IA ifom US.
Bat the jury have nohly r.,
character of their state, rhev h '''npa The
render Il righteous verdict ns oafeds
encouragement to be honest v" every
every temptation 10 be ulherx,s.'" unde'
by the Constitution of kentnc
vernon is vested solely with the ,'. me1a
pcwer, and he may exercis, il op,,'u,o'lg
casion If - his coascie,rs =; of
him. II will be no more than" y" perm;
/ pected, and no doubt he couptt soh ea
advantage when preparing to e,, "l,"a l'
horrid deed, believing that let NM lie
! happen, his father could and womb "ofd
him, and turn him out upon socj.Itt df'oa
The deceased was most pshmsJpce ia.
useful citizen of Mississippi whprp ana
he long lameuted. lie posss.,.d A4
highly gifted by nature, and cuui,,, @'s
study OF mild aud unofrndlag maao..'.
and ii heart most atfectonate and beto.s
lent but 30 lnserutahle are the waysof
Just and merclful God, that the man az
was always the friend of the frlendls..
who had 50 often sought out the wreIcbs4
and who had volunteered his ser, ICES and
exposed bis life so often during the nest
lrnce at Natchez. whilst administer, -
llei and consolation to the sick aud desert
ed sufferer, has now fallen by the rabp,,
hard of highway robber and among s,r.nl
gers.
| But who Is this writer Of a letter from
Lexington, who appears before the public
IN Character so dubious, With SO much
sympathy for the monster, and such exqu.
site sensihity for his misguided father bot
| with none Of the common feelings of Ey
manlty for the innocent sufferer, or thea.
cerated ties which bound HIM to arge
circle of afftctilonate relatives; who spea,,
of grand efforts in favor of the monster.
and sees mysterious and unexplained cir.
| cumstances," ana doubts" where othm
see only one Of the Clsarest casts of gat
that ever came b~fore tribunal OF jus,ep
The only mystery is, Why man Aould pos.
| sess disposition more savage San that u
| the tiger Why there shonld be no flesh in
man's ohdurate heart; aud Why the second
| man who came into the world should have
| been a murderer. He tells us of mena.
cling paper sent to the jury if this DO
true, which | very much doubt, am var,
rantrd Oh tue part of the prosecution ia
declaring that they were wholly ignorant d
il; aud II true, it is beyond all doubt a II ar
! tilice of the monsters friends sn which 10
ground pardon, whlch there is bat little
doubt is tn" intention of the father aad in
all probability the writer of the letter in
question, is the very person Who m'rodu'
ced that paper intD the jury room-Consi'
drratlons OF safety would lead To some en-
qniry about the writer of TINS letter from
Lexington, because there are murders YET
undiscovered in Keniur ky, and the treqien
| cy Of this crime has become SO alarming, as
almost to deter thu traveller from entering
the State and it is much to be feared la4'
the soil of Kentucky viii continue 10 be
watered with the blood OF the unOlendmE
and unsuspicious travellers as long az NJ
see such letters written from thence.
D.
Geo. WILLIAM MARKs, President OF TN
| Senate of pehns ,lvania, has bteu ELECTED
by the Legislature Of that State, on III
9Th ballot, to be Senator in the Congrrs
ofthe United States for six years from auc
| after the Sd of March next. The vote N
the last ballot was, for zen. Marks IS, Nj
Burnside, II, Mr.. Sergeant 10, Mr. los
ham 2. Nat. hL.
.anecdote, Many years ago, Just as
learned Judge had closed his charge 10
grand Jury, an ass began to bray within
hearing o the Co rt when barIisier SAT-
castleally whispered to his next neighbour
" What an extraordinary echo there IS II
this Court" This sarcasm reached The
ears of the learned Judge, who bore II
with hiSaccustomed good temper, bat d'd
not discharge il from his memory. Years
alter, while the person to whom the sar-
casm had been attributed, was addressing
the Court by a whimsical coincidence
an as was heard 10 bray when the WI!
oob'e, and well temprtedJudge, EXCHANGE
with affected gravity, Gentleman, Nus Il
quite irregular one at time, aud near
you both"
CURIOUS REQUEST.