The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-08-14

fruit ~ the United >taies,--a' 'esst
b.vr never heard ut any.
We --.s0ss-
c,.,i,,s Cass.-Judge brockenhronsh
',..,.,n-d the application oi Stsele's
.a..l for anew trial, upon the ground
s ~. of IN. jur, had foru'ed aud tx
nr...ed All opinion. untasora"'e |" 'ne pr
- nre,iois 10 the trial. new trial
49, accordingly been granted which, II Is
...n,d. will b. had AT the ensuing tall
term. -
cap,nin .Haitiaads Narrative. Tap
- Maitland, the commander nf the Bel.
W." the ship which first received
p,.1,.rt, after his flight irom France. has
N.,hl,sb.d curious narrative ot All that
ppa..,a on board his ship on that occa-
Uuu. :, - -.
~, hoard the Btlleroph"n, on the 18th
ia islS. wanted .x,rtly Que mouth of
',nol.t,ng NJ, foiiy sixth year, being horn
III. 18Th of August, 1869. He was
,I,.o a ,rma, ksbl, stroog, Aell built man,
Inn, = feet seven inches high. limbs par
';...l,d, well formed, with fnr anclr,
"a yYry small foot, of which he seemed
..,h.f vain 40 he always "ure, While On
h,.rd The snip, silk stockings and shoes.
NJ. hands were also very snall and had
I. ounpness 1T n woman's rather than
" ,,,h,,.lnpss OF a man's. His ewes light
sr.y teeth good and when he smiled the
vn,.ssioo vi his conntenance was highly
,I.a.iny when under the md rnce of
~ nd
dark. gloomy cast. His ham was of We
~ dark brown, nearly approaching tn
hi,ck. and lho' a little thin on the top aud
front had mol gray hair amongst u. His
c,mple kim was 4 very uncommon one,
hsne If a light sallow color, different from
,hnost any etber ever met with. From
his having become corpulent, he had lost
much of his personal activity, and IT we
are 10 give credit tn those who attended
him. very considerable portion of his
mental energy was also gone. II is certain
his habits were very letharglc while he was
nm hoard the Beerophon. for tho he went
4, bed between eight and nine o'cIock in
the evening, and did not ris. till about the
same hour in the morn,ng, he frequently
fell 4 sleep on the sofa IN The cabin in the
course of the day. His genera, appearance
was that Il man rather older than hr
then was. His manners were extremely
Pleasing and afiable; he joined IN every
conversation, related numerous anecdotes,
and endpa,oured in every way to pre-
mote gnod humo0r hr even admitted hi
attendants, I" great tanlsitarliy, and asa
one or two Instances OF their coD'radlctng
"A, a.. L
generally treated HIM with much respect.
he possessed To wonderful d+gree,
facility ~ making favourable impression
upon those with whom he entered into con
versttion this appeared 10 me to hr ac-
rompllshed by turning the subject To mat
srrs he supposed the person ne was adj
dressing was we'll acquainted with, g. on
nhch.he could show himself TO adysn-
isge. This had the effect of putting him
in good hnmonr with himself after which
il was not very difficult matter 10 trans
fer. parl of that feeling TO the person VIII"
had occasioned II. Lord Keith appears t"
have formed very high opinion Of the
fascination Of his conversation, and "a
pfessedh very emphatcaliy to me, after
hr had seen him. Speaking of his wish
for an interview with the Prince Regent.
"D-n tn. fellow" hr said, ",f he had
obtained an intrryitwwith his ROYAL High
Dess, in half an hour they would have hppu
!he brst friends IN England He appear
cd 10 have great command of temper, foi
though no man could have had greater
trials than f.ll To his lot during the time he
remained on board the Belerophon he
a"ser, IN my presence, OF AS FAR as | know.
allowed frettul or csptinus expressnn
30 escape him, Even the day he received
hlr notification from Sir Henry Banbury,
mat II was determined TO seed him To ST.
Helena, he chatipd and conyers.d with
she same cheerluliess ds usual. 1t has
bten asserted that he WAS acti"g 4 part all
thr time he MAS on board the ship but
h''l even allowing that 10 he the cass, no.
'h'hs hut great command Of to nper could
na'e enabled him to have sustained such
apart for So many days, in his situation"
900
Burr Sone.-A ST. Louis Paper in
"'ms us that the Burr Milestone, has
ta'ely been discovered il Missouri, un tho
Usage River, ioe>hAust,ble in q,antity,
aud equal in quality to the best French
White Int burr. II can be Obtained Of al
most any SIZE, presenting surface of
"on ten inches 10 live feet in diameter.
'trah Stonr, of New jersey has con-
''neted steam gun, which h. discharges
t"o hundred times minute II weighs
I'VE e"l' is transported on wheels. aud
"''""s a ball With great force. Hr has
also constructed towing piece, which
WIN powder and ball, he discharges If
ven times minute. " Y DIDO.