Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-05-25
Rcon the Natimal Journal.


orable examples: The following is not
the least remarkable among them; the
late Col Lewis Willis, of Fredericks
burg; was. of all the school fellows of
Washington, the most pre- eminent in
the manly games which distinguished
the youth Of those days, possessing
grea; muscular strength, combined with
activity and superior skill i'll wrestling
During the recess of the school
hours, the young athletae formed ru
raj Gymnasium on the green, and Will
lis excelling all his competitors, de
manded nobler foes. Meantime, the
Chief, then in the lusty prime and vi
gor of his youth, bad retired to the
shade of tree, and was profoundly
engaged in the studies of the school,
needless ofthe sports which were pass
ing so near him Willis had often re
marked his matchless figure and supe.
rior size, and deemed him d rival wor.
thy of his grasp The young Wash
ington declined the combat, his mind
being disposed to study and reflection.
But when the victor OF the games
proudly trod the arena, calling on the
student to come and share the fate of
the vanquished, and tanning him with
fear of discontinue, the future theme
of many praise rose from his acade
mic shade, and calmly entered the
ring The eyes of Willis danced in
Joy, as he saw the noble form and gal
laDt air OF him, whom to conquer
! would be to add unfading Iaureis to
any victor's brow They spread wide
their arms, and rushed into the manly
embrace. The heart of the champion
of the Palastra beat high with hope
inspired by the remembrance ola hun
dred previous triumphs But when he
felt the lion like grasp of the chief, that
confidence began to WAIVER; another
moment, and all was certainty, for he
was hurled to the ground " iih force
which seemed to thrill through the We
~ marrow of his bones Loud shouts,
long echoing through the neIghbouring
forest, proclaimed the victor's triumph
Modest IN victory, and painting from
the toll, for Willis was twice the man
that lives in these degenerate days, a
noble foe, add one who long bad 'borne
the palm alone, the Victor Chic. reti
red to his studies, observing-Y You have
bad a sample of my ~restlIng-I hope
that shall be disturbed 40 morei He
was not distur bed; as recllDed at his
length IN the shade, he seemed the
young lion IN repose, and no one was
willing to rouse him up again from bis
lalr.'
Intelligence OF Birds That the
inferior animals have intelligence, dis
tinct from that instinct which is COM
mon to them and to man, is a notion
now generally prevalent: an interes,
ing illustration OF this opinion was rela
ted at late meeting of the Literary
and Philosophical Society OF Liverpool
The authority for the facts is such as
to leave no room for question: A pair
of gold6nches had built their nest on
small branch of an olive tree--alter
Matching their brood, the parents per
ceived that the weight OF the family
was toe great for the strength of the
branch which supported the nest--it
had begun TO yield; the provideut pa
rents, with an intelligence which can
not he resolved into instinct, were seen
to tssten, by means of small string
which they had procured, the branch
which supported their nest to a stronger
ard higher branch OF the tree. Thus
redeeming, by an extraordinary effort
OF reas on, the original error which they
had committed. and guarding their pa
rental hopes from the threatened ruin.
fLiUeI pool Adver.
Literary ShoemakerS The fra
ternity of shoemakers have unqueslion-
ably given rise to some characters of
worth and genius. The late Mr. HoI-
croft was originally an INDECENT shoe
maker. Robert Bloomfield wrote his
poem of the Farmers Boy, while en-
ployed at his business; and DR. Nm.
Carey, professor of Sanscrit and Ben
galee, at the College of Fort William
and Calcutta, and the able and indeia-
tigable translator Of the Scriptures, in,
to many of the Eastern languages,
was, in his early life, a shoemaker in
Northamptonshire Tha present MIR