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The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-11-10

vnnte ofone fourth On the faw naaistaL
ne,ts a render sale than cloth made oi A
ueriran wnul. Under these circumstances
il !. sid HEY intend at the approaching s's-
sion nj Congress In endeao OF IL gel thr '"k
on frrign wool repealed. \ very rhcel,
Lam sna nr,;,r,yoftb, Infection, lift did not
y;oIaip the conditions on winch the farmers
permitted a further duty Of ID per cent on
imported cloth, amounting altogether ~ 90
per cent. Now, as advocates oi free trade
and public good. we should apaonbt'diy
wish To sre the tax ~ wool removed or re-
doc ed bat a. advocates t!asiicf, "e eau
mol wish 70 See contracts s'aldfd ny onr
party tn suit their Own cOn'enifnfr, WIN
out thp conseni, aud ~ the lJaly nj Tue o.
,her. On The whole, therefore, ~ nope
The farmers will hold he manufacturers to
the terms Of their agreement. onifss the lat
ter Will content In fesclnd the duty on man
,.acturcd wool also.--[.E l. IT. PoS!.
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hleH with atsa aHai tlFnail'os - -
erst.mrte IL. Heeelactors. and nafh'S Al
tsenrd a. - fud Of h. nsiifii's
Thfoach In ia1arncf oi The ecnu''ean,
ito A in.r hands IL ~ IS or gooh i"fin.t
L, fall. and ~ our object WIS tna"n 10 h'
nat,.,ue br,and The gra'ifea.lan "i chtinsl-
=. ...yn.fisarrd none 81 thu iilib' RI =
.'nb,,b,tbefs have 80 much coa'plalnld.
ua.lay rNammed The process 81 spinni
aud weaving calion, we nfxi proceed u
,be.pnera,sr's, wtrrr the rollers iur pflpi-
iar calico are prepared. Free adtnt,sioo
Us granted to Every branch at the bust
MSS. and tie several st,ges oft were pa.
irely pointed out. Different figures are
made to order - fashions change, or the
iutsr.si 81 individuals dictate. TIE siep
+. filed with thousands OF patterns. II IL
giIfrs some lancy Ia produce new con-
iInaiinn at pfrsent. 1he figure - first
engraved upnn aiccl stamps, and thence
Transferred IL rollers 0f copper, about
fret ii length. Some Of tie WORK Is eN.
irrtnrly Il, llcaie, requiring Inc nse OF the
microscope.
From tie cngravcr's, we followed ihr
stamps to TN. printing establishments aud
san he machinery ~ operation. III" pro-
rrss IS simple aud expeditions. Ihen-
sands Of yards aie printed IN a hay, WIN
..ry llttle manual labor. The cloth pass
p lhrouga roller, which ARE moved by
steam, sud whleh feed Themselves, taking
thr colourog matifl from trough br-
nrath. 4 hos i, sufficient 10 attend on
machine, aud keep the cloth IN order
rao'coloufs only can bc impressed by roi-
prs. The process of putting ~ q Natfiy
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-11-10
EDINBykGH HEYiGW-No. IS.

EDlNBt XVII rtEN IiaN No, Is.
lftds uumber gives Indications Of r.
ae"ed 'gour IN tn part u lis coult'bn-
'urs. Several of III, articles AT, charac-
tsrlsed ~ great powers of thooghti aid ~
Tiers hy p,alonnd learning. Bat there
none NhIca bears the appearance Of great
n Iaboir th,n lhr cx,m,natioa Of the Il
hen Lar Of Eneiuad II il evidently
mrlttln h> Il ldRl Yer of tine highest talents.
In the Investigation OF the suhS ct, the mus,
on"earlcd industry is displayed, aud tue
Hhnlr is SO lngenloUsiy wrought together.
and adorned Nth surh powerful sarcasm,
and occasionally with such will cioQuence.
that the rrader pursucs 1t delighted through
nearly one hundred octave pages. The
foilp"ingl- In" conc!uslon.l III. .jgnS.
]'h. cansr Of liberty ~ Enropr IS al pre-
.snt what Professionalism VAS 200 YEARS a.
-, for Liberty Is tie hrresy of our agc
G,ul and honour 10 TINS country, and To
t5osr who gofern il if ihey dnty feel the
dignity of the station which they occupy,
slandlng IA this great moral Struggle on 'thr
l hclmnpS i@ al mankind ThrY have
the resource, of mighty empire. the
hearts of "a determined people, thr strength
NJ virtue, and The wealth. talent, and splIll
ofladign'ot freedom, all thfuvn into Their
lap, and waiting their command. The cry
= gone ", from an lnud7. Let but the
tome of their fpr'lSn policy rise to thr IL
herallit nt their domestic system, and that
disGracct,h contrast With which we have
been uflle so often aud 81 Justly tainted,
vii cease 10 br Il continental by word a.
n 1
at,iui responsibility surrounds such tupirs.
fnerr IS Il stern obedience To rejecting
prudence, 10 which minister must sub
due the generosity Of his personal feelings
Aud lfaIhe pusildnimous Poemic sllrnnk
from the remnnsitdncr of his subjects : in
His strange con!edcracy of the Popish
Princes, speedily and ellcctualy 80 take
his sword into his hand. it should be re-
menhrrrd that Elizabeth also stood alonf
ffem the Flemiags for time AS she
"'lhS'"od The eag.rnrss of her nobility and
gentry. who, after the massacre of ST.
bafth"l"mew, volunteered at their own
charge an army into France. Such dis
, rfet"n, h"neaer, mlngles its thread ON the
noruers ot FAINT and treacherous canton
AMI unless invigoraird from a high.r
source, viii sink into that derenprate
'heah'''s which loses first lis honour, and
afterwards the selfish purposes for which
we, may have made the sacrifice that nen
ana nations can make but once
The feelings Of the English public have
been terfnenllng from day to day, as their
eonn'rymen returning from abroad bring
ID the details of The horrors which they
have Witnessed, fet they leave to govern
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FARMERS AND uANuFAcruRsss.

FARMERS AND HANUFACTCREs9.
K will be recol,ecird chat at the time
the manufacturers were applying to CoH-
grcss For protection, they promised the ag-
ricultural interest, which would be eg-
identity iojured by imposing further taxes
on cloth an equal protection by tax on
imported wool. The farmers were told
chat the demand for wool would hrn more
than compensate them for their other loss
es. and that in fact, vast profits would ac-
cruetto them, by converting portion
of their farms into sheep walks. A tax Of
twenty percent. and after the lapse of a
year, of twenty five per cent an foreign
nnInanufdcturrd wool was accordingly i'm
posed this satisfied all parties al the time,
but the manufacturers have since ascov-
cred by experience, THAT cloth made Of
Saxon HQol, even at the lpmenae ad
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WhqnYvGror. G0rh Oct lse5

y t9HEN GTnE. 2Nlh Get la2j
Gentlemen. A DE-. #ntlsn Of several day
he, ond h. llur liked for my reform 10 thl<
city. att y recent excursion, tnd an or-
gent necessity of a,n'ding further delay,
had mdaccd nr upon my arrival At BaIu-
more, al : O'Clock this morning Ia taxi"
carriage and proceed hrhrr immediately
after was in The carriage, your very obIi-
gig letter was first put into my hand, bur
hri,g unaware uf It's contents, and from
WON il came, unahlr in The dprknrss of the
night 10 rrad it. lad that pleasure only
at the dawn ofday, and when already fu
advanced IN my way 10 this city. Had |
been aware of your KIND inyitalion, at an
earlier moment, | certainly would have de
voted This day, in compliance with Your de
sire. to meet those of my fellow citizens OF
Ranin1nrr, who mi Int hay" been dlsposrd
To- exchange personal greeting with me
regret to have been deprived by the aCcI-
drnt allnd4r 10 of tbs qualification. which
hope still to ruloy at somc future period
Declining from principles which appear
90 me ~ BIZ correct, all public manifesto
ton of honors, personally tn myself, | ,aali
At al times BE- happy Whenever suitable
occasion may present itselt, To ming with
my Counirvnen, - ppr al themselves, I"
r+rlprncatc with them n friendly sdolation,
~ hich may be IN no wise troubttsoG:e I"
thrms, Ives, and Ia render thcrn y 9rat'-
fli acknon hrtgrmcnis, for their liberal IN
dulsrncr 10 my public srr,iCrs-Saeh an
interview with those Of the CjtD"ns of Bal
tipore n whomit would nav" ben agrrr-
able, would have been prcui rly grateful to
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Public Dinners. refer tbc reader,
with p'asure, 4 the letter Of President 4.
dams, in answer to committee Of the cid
zen ofBallimorc. The rule winch he has
laid Gown appears 10 us to be a happy and
n Just one. Pablo dinners have ceas>i 10
hea -ymboI Of honorable distinction they
are given with equal zeal to the Pair'af
and the demagogue-the traitor add the
hero. And We are glad 10 see that at Irase
one eminent man has lent his influence to
dsconntrnance them. We can recosft2
when they We're like angels ,Ts.ts, "feW'
and far between :" bat now, we can scarce.
y open paper without being greeted Il
staring capitals, with "PabIic Dinner, -
Let Us, if wc cannot he more discriminate
IN selecting proper persons upon whom 10
confer the honor. discontinue tho prac'la7
altogether. y
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-11-10

Dr.. Barry, an English Physician, lately
read before the Academic DIES oclences at
Paris, "A nemor on the motlon of the blood
IN the yeln,. From reasoning, az well as
irnm direct experiments upon living anl-
m9Is the authur of the memoir has bee
led TO conrIndc, that the return Of The
blood In tn heart Is caused directly by At
mosphrric pressure. According To nm
vacuum is formed IN lhr ihoacic cavities
at the mnn,pn, Of inspiration, which pro-
dnt,s upon all the fluids in communication
with those parts, thr same effect rs the rs
cent Of the piston does in the pump. Tn"
con,eq enrrs likely toresult Irom his new
doctrine Of DIR. Barry, If established, are
stated IN be hghI. interesting To medical
men. hcssrs,C0eier aud Dumerll have
hrcn namcd by the Academy to report on
the subject.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-11-10

thftI1. iu WesiUlnisiff AbDfE, rouno a"~
rs basi. and read 10 them, from lis lnserIp-
,ioo. he national testimony of the open
arms aud open hand with which England
received him. after frldrless attempt 10
give lis country independence. Take q,
way from among Va Ills uaholy telnz, ana
nur sait NH ai onre recover lis aneien'
saving virtue our land may then eeho a.
gain tn ports praise Slaves fahp"'
breathe in England and tram ift'y
tine or ior's splrudsd peroraiIoi'.- spf'h
in The spirit of tie British lay, hbicn
makes liberty commensurate WIN, anu
= inaeparabI. from ihe British sod witch pro
Chains. even 10 the stranger and soJ7unl
or. ihp moment III sets his foot IN BRUSH
'rartb tina, the ground an which he tfrad5
il holy. and srcfaied by the genius "l
tnnisersal ffrcdon. No matter IN Whai
Language his doom may have been pro-
nonnced,--no matter what complexion
'incompallblr with freedom, an Indian OF
'an African sun may have burnt upon hIm'
'--ro matter ln what disastrous battle ms
'lheffy nay have bpep claVrn do"n,-n"
matter with what soirmniiirs hr III
have been devoted upon tn" allar "t
i slavery the first moment he touches the
i sacred sod Of Britain, he altar md Tie
God siak together IN the dust; his soul
walks abroad in hef own majesty hlt
dy ebcs beyond the measure of his
tchaias. that burst from around Inn, ana
= ne stand redeemed, rrgencrated aud dts.
enthrdlled hV the irresistible Genus ul
i Uni,rr j Freedom -
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-11-10

The following letter Ies hrrn received
by the committee, of which Maj. Gen. Nc
DONALD was chairman, who invited the
President nf the L States to "ass a few
days in Baltimore, gu his recent arrival
here.
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AHyCnIuror' haVc no Tune 10 dtIHY, az Inc
drowning IS tnst approaching, but should oh
tam chance Immediately, price only s., n
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Mr.. John Randolph, ofRoanole.

Mr.. John Randolph, ofRoanoie.
We would not arraign with ex,rem,
hatshnes-, nor punish with severity, eyrrv
Inconsistency which we could detect in IL.
conduct Of our eminent politicians duri,,.
the last hall century. II would be partirp.
lariy ungenerous, where so many have sin.
ned, to select victim. But, il is rot IN,
generous nor unjust 10 place every Wis.,
conduct in its proper point of view, .tE,
" the tree may be Judged by its fruits
when al important Office is to be tiIled, lad
the friends Of pseudo patriots are strlyiog,o
obtain it for them, in neglect of men who
were tried in the bou, Of peril, and were
not found wanting. No man has bern
more Inconsistent than Mr.. John Randolph.
No man has dope more injury to the Cause
of fepubicanism than he. II he had been
governed by any thing like Fixed principles,
he would not have been found in the ranks
of The federal party when his assistance
was ofs0 much importance to their opp.
nents, by whose patronage he was brought
into notce nor would he now be attempt.
ne td insnuatc himself into the c0nldenCe
ofthr party whose fa'ours he treated with
iagraiitude, and whose ascendency he VAN.
~ a,tcmpted to overthrow. Among the
persons VINO have become the object Of
Mr.. Randolph's hatred, is Mr.. Monroe
The lrty and the ttherCfore is not known
Like Mr.. Gilrs, whom the people of Yr-
gina have been called on, from niga
source, to sustain" in this emergency, lie
is angry that Mr.. Monroe, starting il his
political career ust belor him, IN at ono
time Frustrated, should have subsequ, uiiy
arisen from the effects of hi- errors and
mounted over his head. Neither NJ. ian,
dolph nor Mr.. Giles can bea tll. idea hat
Il mau whom they have been pleased IN re,
gard as duh, phlegnatic, end alnos: an.
talented politician, shond have left tbrm,
with all their genius, in the back ground
They forgot that the Sun IS steady IN his
cnrter, I'd fixes the public attention
aud that Comets, though for while iheV
attract, by their erratlc wanderings, the
SaZ, y tic multitude, lose all their interest
with their novelty. We bare remarked
ibat the cause of Mr. Randolph5 hostility 10
'ir. Monroe u uaknoWn. Il is well ascer-
tuned, however, that he does cordially dis-
like him ; and the circumstance viii dp.
pear more strange when II is known tbatn
1909, on the occasion of Judge Chars
Impeachment, Mr.. X. passed on Mr.. Mon.
roe the following euEvgium:
ole was sitting within stone : throw Of
the residence of the Governor OF Virginia,
man of whom shall say nothing. Let
the exalted stations he has more than fill
ed-the high public trusts 90 which b. mas
seemed rathes 10 confer honor thHn rrc'lye
this mistaken constancs IN the wolst ii
ilmcs-thr dismay and confusion of his en-
efalea, whose vain aspersions have la,sed
him hike thu idle wind.-ltt the co0idtHce
Of united people speak hls eulogIum
Public OennerS.-We refer tbc reader;
with pie asure, 4 the letter of President y
dams, in answer Ia committee Of the CD
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gently IN the breeze, by the little white dwellings,
which they surrounded, gave it romantic and
tasty appearance, which could not but admire.
"There is little Mary Mendon," said my friend
George Garnet, whom accompanying to
H, on visit. " AS true as-- Yes! it is the
little sylph Don't you see her by yonder white
house, in the garden Lovely girl she reminds me
of her once happy mother, and once respected IA
ther! There she goes; did you not see her enter
at that green door, as she came from the GARDEN"
9" saw apretty blue-eyed GIRL with rosy cheeks
replied ] but what renders her such a favourite
of yours are you acquainted with the little char
ner2"
"You shall have her history" said he, Gas it is
short, but not unnteresting, nor devoid Of nstruc
ton.
"In the little, but peaceful mansion, which you
saw the little girl enter, that have expressed 50
much interest for, once lived HESRY MESpox, the
pride Of bis parents, and an ornament to the happy
society in which it was his good fortune to have
been situated and as be was naturally Of gay and
lively disposition, affAble and easy in his manners
he moved the brightest and most beloved in parties
Of innocent mirth and hllritv
" Such at the age oftwenty-two was Henry Men
don and such of the fairer, and weaker sex, at the
age Of eighteen, was the lovely HARa1Er AsaLEy
u. whom he had long paid his addresses, and from
when be had the happiness to learn that his love
was not unrequted They ardently loved each O.
ther and from the similarity IN their habits and dis
positions, it the prediction of their friends that
doir union would be a happy one They were
married and never shall forget the emotions of
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IT,,

| ne was the prince of magicians, and held
the Keys which unlocked enc hanted doors
All the fantastic illusions of the brain be
lonsed to hlm,-the dreamer's secrets,
the madman's visions, the poets golden
hopes He threw a rainbow across the
heaven OF poetry, at a time when all seem
ed dark aud unpromising. He was the
very genius Of personihcation and yct
bis inn gination as less exerted than Ms
| fancy His spirit was idle, dreaming
and voluptuous. He seems as though he
| had slumbered through summer evenings,
IN caves or forests, by Mulla's stream or
| the murmuring ocean. Giants and dwarfs
fairies and knights, and queens, rose 10
at the waving Of his charming rod
here was no meagreness in his fancy,
no poverty in his details His invention
was without limit. He drew uD shane
alter shape, scene after scene, castle and
lake, woods and caverns, monstrous auo-
males and beautiful mp possibilities, from
the untathomable depths Of his mind
There is a prodigality and a conscious
ness OF wealth about his creations, vhICI
reminds one of the dash and sweep Ct
Ruben's pencil but in other rcpects, bis
genius differed materially from that Of
the celebrated Fleming. In colourinr
they are somewhat alike, aud in the
"Masque of Cupid" some Of the figures
even claim an affinity to the artists
shapes But, generally speaking, Spen-
ser was more ETHEREAL and refined. Ru-
bens was decided painter Of flesh an.
blood. He belonged to earth, and should
never have aspired TO heaven His meu
were, indeed, sometimes chivalrous end
intellectual (his beasts were grand and
matchless y; but his women were essen
italy Of clay, aud Of a very ho5acly FASH
ion. SFenser sketched with mere pro-,
sion, and infinitely more delicacy III
had not TIE flush and fever Of colouriuc
which lighted up the productions IF The
other; but bis genius was more spiri,u
allied his fancy tra7erscd loftiec en
nence, and loved to wander in remote
haunts. The brain Of the cue was Ike
an ocean, casting up at single effort the
most common and extraordinary shapes
while the poet had wilderness Of fancy.
from whose silent gladts ana haunted
depths stole forth the 1irest Gcticns of
Romance. The nymphs Of Sponsor are
decidedly different from those Of the
painter; and his SWANS have urithrr the
hideous looks Of Pous5iu's carnal atyTs,
nor that vinoOs spirit which fushes and
gives life TO the recIing Bacchanaiians Of
Ru5ens.
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doWs the farm that had yielded him compe-
tence, was now fast running to waste. Large debts
were contracted-hs creditors, observing that he
was fast running himself, were daily growing mpa-
tent, and to crown the whole, he was cruel to the
wife Of his bosom! see you shudder at the relation
but to have seen ito have heard the mild ac-
cent Of the lovely Harriet, she urged him BY all
the ties of nature and Of love- to renounce the fatal
draught, (Which he had now no scruplcs to drink
before her.) would have made your heart ache,
Henry she would say, look at our little, in
nocent Mary! could you see her separated from Us
we driven from our home--helpless-- the
charity Of our parents, who have been reioiced at
our industry, and its natural OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
peFty Yet let your dear wife, one whom YOU once
loved-and who no7O loves you, tell YOU that this
7cH be the case, unless you desist FROM this alarming
practice, which you are carrying to excess =
" But his parents tears and opportunities his
Wre's sorrows and entreates, were alike unayailing
alike be disregarded the happiness of his parents
his wife, and his Mary This vice had hardened his
heart and he continued to raise the deadly chaIice
10 MS ilPs-to sacrifice every enjoyment TO his I'M
haiiowed purpose. His once intelligent eve became
DIM and inexpensive, and his once interesting coun-
tenance was sutfused with the crimson hue of in
temperance His creditors came upon him in an IN
suspectng moment-took all his property, not even
sPsrlng bis dwelling and his wife, (withherc hild)
was obliged to take up her residence under her IA
TIERS roof Meanwhile, Henry, rendered despe
rate by misfortune, to drown his sorrows, plunged
INTO still deeper excess and at last, at the age of
thirty, fell this once esteemed and beloved man bv
tie sin Of INTEMPEnANcEt
g His wife and Mary still live in the little white
dwelling opposite the one We saw her enter, which
belonged to Henry's father Harriet will not lona.
survive bis death-the Affections she has passed
through, and the trials she has endured. have taken
the bloom from her countenanee, and death is fast
praying upon her angel FORM
After tarrylng fol few DAYS in H, We reInc-
family returned home, and nothing more was heard
OF Harriet Mendon, and her sweet little daucb.cr
until was BY accident called again to visit this love
ly village. On inGur'ng for those whose history
had given It an additional interest, was informed
that Mary happily situated, with a beloved ms
band, who was worthy of her, and was cnio,jnr
the pleasure that her parents once enioyed, and in
the same dwelling; that her mother had on.- s.uc.
sought the "narrow house." and the green soIs
were resting over her remains which lad Been ,le
posted BY the side Of her husband in an untimely
grave. +.
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EDN ARD SPENSEI.

EDWARD oPENSEN.
The following character Of the poet
Spcnse9 is taken from the last 4Qnbe. or
the Edinourg Review.
"sPENsER was stepped in n1rnancc.
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was his adviser and confdant, ever sweetcning and
mellowing down the least rigid word Or acton Of
her husband towards his first-borp, When he ex-
ceeded his pay and allowance. her purse made up
the deficiency and whenever he had committed
an error she bis apologist in the first instance
dreccss in the second, and his consoatrix in care;
and when no remedy could be found for what had
occurred, il Vas delightful to see the two together
As Proofof the mutual sentiment existing between
them, remember him one day Introducing her to q
foreign nobleman thus VOLTA ma belle mere,
vrament BELLE est non settlement ma mere, nAis ma
mejleure annie" The play upon the words bejle
mere, makes all translation fall short Of the original,
o"t it does not hinder it from being copied from
that life, which would be blessing to society, and
Is what IS advised by PnLo-SPFcTAro