The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-02-08

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nj nnl, resort that bad left from misery n
a." atrnnfcy- death to me Vas preferable.
write 10 my parents at Philadelphia
,bem all the consolation You can, I'M
,hi. terrible stroke, for | cannot.
r,,roinc procured the instrument OF
IN from IFS room-retnrn II IN safety,
e,,,,ill have done the friendly ser, ice.
.ar. my friends Of my affection aud
..,.rs for their happiness aud prosperity.
/ p p.,,rrs of Heaven, what tate Is
= Involving myself IN a business that
i' III, outset perceived would terfni
I 81. in ruin, and yet, how few of those
'pbo surrounded me every day had any
~. that was the mnst miserable wretch
Il r,iar knowing that the time was rapidly
j lo,ching for meeting engagements
lthi.b had not the ,.ost distant possibili
81 r,ncelling. | can think Of it no
#2ra---Farewell Oh, A., how
he,rt sinks within me, when think of
~! .,h,rror At this deed, but mourn not il
IN over nv friend for such you have
-. and .nch you shah he through all
.,sroity. Fsre"el!-fare"el', forever
''''"' BURN"
Asare Of the feeling with which man
Li1d generally look upon al occurrence oi
Tins Dat.re, il would seem that the duty
- f1.ndship almost claimed silence on
m. occasion. Euiogy is indeed unneces-
.r--hut sympathy for the fate of an I'm.
b.opg friend calls aloud for the strongest
no,jres of iustiicalion.-Tis not therefore
m approye the deed !, but more fully 10
s,pIaIn the cause-tis not to Justify the
,,.h antidote tn which he teso,ted, to cure
hp ILL. of this life but To disarm unfeeling
,alumny vi its weapons, aud rescue the
CHARACTER Of an unfortunate man from oh
oony The last act Of his life, was per
b,ns his only criue, and even this, al
,hnoqh he was sensible that the world cal
,sa il the "crror of delu,ion,' was in his
own mind justified. He" Rugged not to
nj, heart Inc horrid hope of annihlIatlon,
nor trembling shuddered at the terrors of
an hereaiter.n H. believed that he must
ospt an offended God, bat God, who of
h,nfnata goodness and mercy, would
g5,oye his sin therefore lei not our theo-
hgy dare condrmn what his philosophy
could Justify. Ills Conclusions were not
hastily drawn, but were the result of cool
and deliberate reasoning. BY series of
m.fortunes, over which the power of
man had no control, his hopes of domestic
hiss had long since been blasted, and
,pdlessIy. he had thrown himself upon
z,hq world, to liuger ont listlrss and pain
fl existence. Disguised with life, he had,
/ Gr years, been resolved on seli-destruction.
whenever from pecuniary endorsements,
III should become burthensome. This time
had arrived. On the one hand, h- saw
wreichcdness and ruin.--on the other, hr
pictur.d to himself calm retreat from the
Storms of i'll fortune. He contemplated the
uncertainty OF future state--thls made
Mn, al times, WISH yet dread to live, hope,
YET hardly dare to die. Yet upon the lat
fer he was resolved /; and it was d resolution
no, TO We shaken by human reasoning
firm and fixed in his purpose, he nersed his
arm to execute that deed at which the
rnild naturally shrinks with hoiror-that
ippd forbid by heavenly and punished by
aman iaws--a deed by which virtue has
da a. prottctor-man friend, and society
r Of its most interesting and amable
hpmhers Yes, lamented Barn how
tch soeyer deplore thy loss although
m must ever claim If my heart a tribute
sorrow vet III follow Thy injunctIons
lld, weep not"
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To Snpe Red clouer Seed. One method
to take common grain cradle, place
lhp Owesr fager as near the scythe as you
fan; then fast.n piece of linen or other
fmh On the backs Of the lowest two fin
hrs stretching from one To the other.
'he man thrn cuts a sWarth, taking oil
Dnly the heads, with as little ofthe straw
Is possible and lays it as he would wheat,
a straight row--fIe then turns TO his left
faOd and cuts back again, laying up on the
st rOe. BY tins method much time 10
rsd in raking, aud most of the clover IS
F0o1 the ground, to be turned in, or, If
,ol please, pastured. finer. Farmer
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LEGISLATURE DiGSiTY.-The New
fork Statesman, in giving history of the
proceedings of the New York Legislature
'w nsession, relates the following incl
rH:
The committee Of the whole passed Sc
t4 Important bill, one of whnh was to
grgp the name OF Harriet Jane Perkins
liauipr Jane Winter. The bill provides
nv &t shoald hereafter hr known by the
NMt Of Harriet Jane Winter, and none
lhr member rose in his place, and
moved 10 strike out the words " and none
Ae'' There was, in the opinion of the
my, much propriery in striking out this
'bSr o'lhe DILL, as the yeuug Lady might
'fi',ai~negotiate treaty OF narri g., IN
Ica caee. the husband would probably
s' ~ her hearing ms name ; but il thus
"'uaen Wy law to be known by any O
name ihdn Of Winter, she might never
pfr'hcr the Spring time of life, or the
Dh'hrf OF matrimonial felicity. The
Muse manifested much galIantry on the
'son' not single member having .ot
aN"hsI The proposed amendment. A
aT member proposed to add after the
=" snail be hereafter known by the
"T 81 Harriet Jane Winter" the words