The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-29

heite, he WIS accustomed to leave
there n couple Of some kind of do
nestle European animals. In his
last VOYAGE. he had on board n Ca
puchin and a franciscan, who, as is
we'll known. differ from each other
only IN the circumstance OF the one
having the bearcd shaved, and the
other suffering ii grow on the chin.
The natives of Otaleitc, on the ar
rival of the vessels, crowded t. the
shore. aud infinitely observed the
passengers and ether matters which
successfully quilted her. They had
already paid their respects to the
illustrious navigator, had replied
To the signs OF friendship made them
by his suite, and admired the cow N
the bull. the lac d the she goat, the
hog aud the SOW. At last the Capn-
chin appeared--What noble ami
NAL some of the simplctons cx-
claimed. What pity there is not
pair Scarcely WAS the wish eX-
pressed. when the Franciscan land
ed, sleek and trim from the hands
of his barber lluzza , Huzza !!
shouted the savages, as he appeared.
" These beasts will propagate n
race amongst us. Wohaye got the
male and female"
Sonthey, | am inclined TO think,
is an honest man, with this folly,
that ho does not know that he looks
very much like II knaye. When he
sets himself up as the standard of
moral and political excellence, he
reminds one of the abbess who re-
buked the leyities of her convent with
the breeches OF the monk upon her
head. lie was enthusiastic ut the
outset of the French Revolution for
liberty and equality; there was no
harm in that--all generous minds,
he tells us, felt as he did. lie chang
ed his opinions there il no harm
in that--all generous minds change
their opinions. lie took II pension
and the laureatcy there is no harm
in that--all generous minds take
what they can get. He had very
insufficient grounds for his opinions
he has very good grounds for his
present ones-he is a very pleasant
writer; he digests his common place
book well.--Tho printing Of his
poetry is an employment for honest
industry. Such man, If he pursu-
cd the tenor 81 his way quietly,
would be "A pablo benciactor. We
should say of him - Robert is good
sort of man, and one who knows ON
which side his bread il buttercd !;
a pleasant prose writer, and only no
poet, because the gods do not tole-
rate the existence Of moderate ones"
But il will not do for a wcathercock
to set up for directing post, even
though I've has grown rusty.
LION. Nag.
4ntiqnities.-Thcrc has been dis
covered near Alexandria, in Egypt,
a subterranoan cavern filed with ex-
treme curious articles, which will en-
gage the ingenuity of the archeolo-
gists for some time to come. Among
other things are scissors of an i'm.
mel,se size, which are supposed Il
have belonged To some director-gen.
cral of censorship Tor the journals
established at Memphis in the time
OF the Ptolemies i; the bill Of fare o
the first supper which julius Caesar
gave to Cleopatra, and which is not
near so long as that Of dinner re-
Gently given at London the cages
Of the parroquets which proiessed
rhetoric at Ibebes, and which har-
rangued the people sometimes in the
temple OF Anubis; collection oi
the bon mots of Ptoleny the amiable ;
Is codices in Papyrus, composing
part Of a lawsuit Judged in the f.
gyptian Chancery, and which lasted
from the foundation of the pyra-
mids to the death Of Alexander the
plans Of quay on the Nile, project
cd by a lady OF the court of Bere-
nice, who longed to have garden
behind her palace at the public ex-
pensc the nuptial ring of a priest
of Osiris, it is broken; u Mosaic re-
presenting philosophy in the dress
Of a beggar; the terminal god, UNI
der the figure of an orator ; the
statue Of warrior, with a fan in
his right hand +; variety Of masks,
used by the high priest when he ap-