The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-05-29
" Vt. JUL NoON.
Tyler county Virginia, Maya.

Leodnor, fd,I .4pTu live lnadyer-
teDuh omitted to notice, IN our last paprr.
aslnsuIar freak Of fortune which recent,
occurred IN the vicinity of tins place. The
lacts, as We learn them. are b nh, these
-One oil the lahorprs on the Union Ca
nal, some tune previous tn the drawing of
the Uoion Canal Lottery, cane 20 tins
borough aud purchased OF Messrs.J Il ).
barnett some snarrs Of lottery tickets,
On the evening after the drawing. is
ch'nce nld have IT, and probably dr,-
pairing at success in obtaining prizes, he
"ntfed 10 dispose of them. One 81 IN
fellow iaborers, who was then rep rInr
an old pistol. Of red to exci.aBgr II for d
quarter tickri j, and. alter some altrrca
tlon, 'heh lder of tn ticket wanting an
tif'en-penny bit TO bot and the other re-
'nains 10 glt II, an even exchange was
Inads. Tins, it will be recoIlpclrd. was
on tie evening after the drawing ofthe lot
terry had taken place. The re.u lt of the
drawing was known hp5r the next no ~
log ; and the person who mad exchtaged
hls quarter ticket for an Id pistol happen.
ed TO come INTO town. his surprise and
perturbation can hr more ea,iiy imagined
Than described, when he was oImed
That the tirllet which ne had thus dlspos
ed ct was eaiitled to a qlartcr of the FIVE
thousand dollars prize, aad that hr had uu
till'n5'y gwen II wards Of one thousand
d9idrs Tor an old pistol. The ownpl of the
| ucket, however, hnmanely presented to
10 one hundred dollars. Rtpubhcan.
edo
Prophecy. - Mr. D4grand, who conducts
tne Boston Publc sale Report prophecies
INA, att tn" first of Jnly next, 'mon>y
'r,n be IN great abundance We hope it
VIII not be lous after the first of July.
a friendly hint.-The following Is CO.
pied fiom the Vermo t q ,zettp printed at
bennogton; " Notice 1t is the request
OF the subscriber, that his friends and COZ
SINS should suspend their visits for two
years. HIRAM HULL
.NeD Eork an P4puration.-The au.
thor OF the Spy, Last ofthe Mohicans, &c.
Is preparing another treat for his country
men, to be called The Prairie.
$40
The Letter VI wonder that il has ne.
yer struck the discoveries Of. curious co.
medicines" "a pestIcnt class by the wayl
that must # the things in which men
chiefly delight begin with w. There
are women, wit, wine and wisdom; an
ALTERATION of good things not to be SUI .
passed. Again, observe how the ladies
ha'r got the W among them in their vari-
Gus relations, woman, wife, widow they
escape 1t only IN the estate of maid, but a
Cockney would reach them here by civ.
ing the w TO virgin.
The following will show when the terms
Tor winch al! the Senators in the present
congress We're appointed, will expire.
In l827.-Nlessrs. Holmes, Mills. Rob-
BINS Edwards of Coo. Van Buren,, Ncu-
ta'ne' fndiay, Clayton, Smrh Randolph,
Eaton RngsIes, Noble, Reed, Bepton,
Seymour.
In i829-Mrssrs. Chandler, Bell, LIovd
h'lSht, Olckerson, Tazewell, Van Dyk4
Branch hayne, Cobb, johnson. of Kv.
WINE, Johnson OF Lou. Williams, Tho.
mas, King. = NV
In I83l.-Messrs. Woodbury.. wiuav
Chase, Standard, Marks, Chambers, E.r.
fien' Rowan, Harrison, Hendricks. KIN.
flckens, Barton. Macon, Harper, BoaIir.