The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-03-23
LYNGHbURG. MARCH az. lsgs-

EaE VIRGENHAN.
NGHbURG. MARCH %. is2s
| FIRE ,-Abont d4y break nf Tuesday
morning 'asl, our ciizeus We're aroused
| rom their siomhers b, the cry Of are aud
! III. f,ngng ot alarm bells aud a know
'rdg" of our unpr.pared situation 10 NEE,
The de'"nring sls nent made ~ look for.
ward with apprehension to III. result. Blu,
Providence. which seems Ia take under its
special protection those who nsr no cffor,
10 protect Themselves. drcrtrd that our
fears should moi br reallzrd The FIRE a.
rgmated in the backsmth's shop of Nj.
Henry NJ. Didske, "hlch was the only
ll"nse consumed, aud notwithstanding Il
was almost al. rounded. At a tew feet dis
lance, With ildmgs IT highly combus.
t'hlr character, It's progress wa. arrested,
although there WAS no engine on the spot,
aud not more than a half dnzen water
buckets. This happy result ~ mainly if
not entirely OWING 10 the ,n,rrpidty and
skill Of Messrs. james L. Mnorman. John
Rowan aud :. Diugnid. Others NAV he
! equally entlttrd IN favorable notice, bat our
sltuatlou ehahlrd w To particulArlzr these
genll m.n. Quers. Whcrr va. the en-.
| GIN ? In case f FIRE, who has the manage
ment oflI !? l. mol every nouse compelled
or eoInpellabIe To keep buckets These
are questions we deem fmuch interest 10
VI, town. The. ,s another subject of IN.
trtest which ought 10 bc attended To. In
cas-" ~ fire on the man street, who would
be willing 10 risk his life in cNtluguishing
II, wh"n almost every Store contains pow
der enough 10 blu" It., tas Nj. Randolph
would say sky-high J. there not law
of the corporation prohibiting the storage
OF powder III large quantities m stores ;
aud ought u not In be enforced ?
900
Mr.. Rani0lph. The silence Of this gen.
tlemsn IN the House of Representatives
during the last session Of Congress, CAV.
some reason to hope that he bad partially.
J If not wholly abandoned the system OF
! fault-fndlns which his Immature OF his sin
gular vanity had induced him ~ carry IN
sch an extent DIS almost 10 render it pro-
verbal But we are sadly Disappointed. HIS
promotion seems to have had the effect ol
stirring him 10 more energetic psostcu-
| ton of his disCuisiVp warfare aralust all
who come within the rang, Of his amhl-
ton or his hate. His denunciaton If Boil
Ivdr-hls sneer against Ltfayettr his 10
tions respecting South American indpppn-
! dence-wIth the other Countless bcresles
which the majority of The political axIoms
upon which he appears To model his
course, display, leave no doubt that his
! mud is influenced aud sway ed by d NOR
bid dislike of all men who have risrn 10 EN- >
lnrnce by the force of their principles, and
upon HON the tomb has not closed its
portals. Where death has made the clio
QueUce of sltuce more powerful than the
most Impass,uned euIogy ever conceived
| by the blaIn or uttered by the tongue of
man, then Mr.. Randolph can be protose IN
! ms COMMUNICATIONS, as in the case of
Washington. But, "hen d liping hero or
! patliot, whose wisdom IN the councils of
the naipn las contributed to her prnsp ri.
lty. aud whose salur In the field has re-
| deemed her from colonial bondage, ~ men
! TONED, hls mallgnlty (the term IS not too
| harsh sllencts .llb better fe hugs, and lis
venom is poured forth with an unspariog
! hand To those whom be thus a,sas-
the b.n.factors aud hberlturs Of uankrnd,
! Mr.. Randolph might say, as did HAMLET
10 Laertcs
- Give me your pardon. Sir re done Eou
pr0ag;
" But, pardon it, rs you're gentleman.
" Ibis presence knows, and You mast needs
have heard,
" How ! am punish With sore distraction.
- What have done,
" That might your nature, honor aud e,ccp.
tpu
" Roughly awake, here proclaim was mad
ncss."
Whether Mr.. RI madness he fpgned
like that of Hamlet, or real, IS a question
" nich may we'll puzzlr all who have vii
MESSED MS alternate method aud Incobcr-
cuCt.
All that Mr. Randolph has done this
session, and the manner IN winch 1t has
been dove, might be suffered In pass Ivy as
mere nile fumes, without object aud with
out effect, if II wrrr not for the two Singh
! tar motions which he offered 10 the cousl-
! drratIou Of the SENATE succrssi,rIy on tin
/ Goth aud 4lst inst. The nature of the
! first will h" discovered by the eXuact made
! fom the Congressional journal to-day :;
but after that was rendered nugator> by
the finding ot the paper t. which Nr. Ran
dnlph attached so much Importance aud
the las- of which he attributed. with his