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The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-05-04
New Books and Stationary.

piy Of
New Books and Stationary.
Which IN addition 10 his former stock on
hand, renders his assortment very extensive
and complete.
iWili merely remark 20 ihose Who wish IN
pm chase, that rs my stock Is - veHv unusual.
~ large, thai in future am detfrHfaed 10 sell
~ very ioW prices for cash, ana MiiilheIetorc
hank every person 10 give M rail before
Nhey purchase, and laU, very COM. ienl thaf
hey vii iud il t. tbci.itaert.t.
Among the BoCHE. r. tie late arrivals,
re the following ntH works, VIZ:
History ot In txnedi to Russia. uuler,a.
ken by ihe Emperor Napoleon IN 1912, by
General Count Phiirp De Segur, in vols.
The pnhlic may resi- dssnled. dat this u one
Of the most interesting wofhs they nav,
had tie pleasure OF petusng tot lJur
time
Baby Ion the Great, in vols Tho work j.
pronounced by judges 10 beyecy excellent
Marriage, by the Author of Inheritance. in
ruls. | Think ills is about as good Nov
el as have read, though some dltier from
me about il.
Gaieties and GRANTEES. in vols This work
Is thought To De equal TO Washington lr
wins Sketch Book.
National laies, fit Yol. Thought by many
10 be very fne bv an Who have read if
"Reminiscences, by rhnrle, Butler, Esn o.
Lincoln Inn don't know any work bfeb
er spoken Of.
Memoirs OF tie Countess De Gcnls, in 2vols
lne second yoi. i, lust On. from t.e n,.s.
y Drug. her hge down 10 a very interesting
period.
Tales Of tie Crusaders in . vols. by the An
thor Of Waverlv, Qnentin Durvard, Sc.
This is thought iy al 10 h" about the besf
nrod1cfion from the non ,,f the 6rrn, nm
kuoup.
The Letters of Mrs. Elizabeth MONTAGUE. il.
3voI,. In, ,sayrI,,.aeilea work
Tales of so American Landlord. south Of III.
pa,omac winch is tbonyb 20 be yer, fin,
Ev some ner,ens
Tbr Valley Of Shenandoah don't recollec,
10 nave ever knoyp such y contraries nj q
pinion about any Work-but | think il We
nv good.
The refugee. , vols. Ly Cept. Matthew
Morgalrod,, Of tne ninth Coutineulals in the
Revolutionary Mar
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BOOK S..

TIVE Subscriber has just received the
third Volume OF Randotph's Reports,
and the Geailemans New Pocket Farrier, 3d
edition, enlarged and improved, hy Richard
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The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-05-04

Had thia money been aivanrcd.h esh
drbts would have npprard. and liz
more that WAS done. The more would
ba,e apprard To dn. until cuse be-
eanr hopeless. | iqapprfrct speci-
mrn Of the encraachng character of
u Persian fraset's khorasan.
In the British IInnse of Lords, in
The time 81 the famous Lord Sand
vi h, that n0blrman rontlnd, d "A
SPEECH hs asserting somet, ing that
vas Of his own invention. The earl
IT Craven, who hid held seat in
the iinuse for mant YEARS, without
Hpcnk'ng, fas" To The astpnishment of
tn peers. Loud mnrntra oi di,np-
probation, Which had hem excited
by Lord San''N irh's assertion we're
instantly hushrd. II give audience
IL peer ahaal - spcaI. Who hid
never opened ai. .uoain 'lptore I ord
Craven looks e Scientifically nj Lord
andWlrh'XelAiOrd--"fhnt'sa He."
nod Immediately vat down. ibe
House Vas cons oIsed With laughter.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07

man. She was suddenly seized with one of
the terrible fevers of the country, which riot
SO fatally in frame so elastic and healthtul
as hers. 1t ought to cheer US. that we may
lay hold of a recourse, which will enable US
to triumph over human passions and fears,
over love and death. The sincerity OF her
religion was tested in this way.
"She called her lover to her bed, and took
of him the tenderest parting. She sang with
the family the simple, but sweet hymn, SO
common in that country, and in which she
delighted when in health-'The day is
past and gone,' &c. She bade them fare
we'll, and closed her eyes in peace upon. all
the joyful prospects that were opening before
her. Circumstances, not necessary to de-
tail, compelled them to make her bridal
dress her shroud. The father, the mother,
soon followed this daughter, too dearly lov-
ed, too deeply lamented. | have been in
view of this desolate habitation, but have
not wished to enter it. have felt more in
tensely than ever, as I saw these cabins a.
gain, the pathetic close Of the story of Paul
and Virginia.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07
QUICKSILVER.

The most productive quisckilver mine in
the world, is at Idria, in Carniolo, in the
domiEions of the emperor of Austria. This
mine has been worked 400 years, and is 700
feet deep. The good ores contain from IS
rs per cent of pure quicksilver and the mer-
curry is sometimes found in IL pure state issu-
| ing~in a slender stream from some fssure in
the rocks. The ore, after pounded and
washed, is placed over furnace in the
roasting oven, where the action of the fire
separates the quicksilver from the other
substances; it rises sublimated along with
the smoke, and passes through winding flues
until it cools and descends into halows made
to receive it. The quicksilver is then pack
ed in sheep or goat skin bags. The mine
now employs 400 hands, (in its hourishing
state it gave bread to 1900 men,) produces
| annually $4,000 lbs. of quicksilver, and
yields profit to the government of 10000
dollars.
| In 1905 fire originated in the wood work
of the mine, and for FIVE weeks the fire rag
ed in the bowels of the earth with the great
est fury; when the shafts were opened, the
smoke, filed with mercurial and sulphnrous
exhalation rolled forth and struck down eve
ry one that came within its reach AS a
last resource the director turned in stream
of water and allowed it to flow two days; in
the course of the second day, in consequence
of the production Of steam, or the kintiling
of inAammablc air, an explosion took place,
which shook the mountain, rent the hnts ol
the miners, started houses from farther of
their foundations, and made the panic struck
Inhabitants tly in dismay; it was splendid
artificial earthquake. The fire was extin-
! guished, but it required two years to pump
out the water. 1t was carried off into the
river Idria, and contained so much vitriol
and iron, that every fish disappeared from
the river except the eel which bids def
ancc to any thing but actual broilng or roast
ing.
Mr.. Russell, from whose Tour we have
collected the foregoing facts, descended into
the mine by one of the inclined shafts, where
there are successive flights of steps all the
way, as regular as in a private dwelling
He says it is necessary for the vister to
leave behind watches. rings, snuff boxes, &c
which would infallably be affected by the
quicksilver. Two fashionable ladies', who
went down during the Congress in the neigh
boring Laybach, returned, the one with her
gold watch converted into a tin trinket, and
the fair cheeks and neck of the other were
made black with the sulphur. Some of the
mining operations produce convulsions, and
the mercury generally tliscolors and destroys
the teeth. The wages OF the miners are We
ry small, they are always in state of des-
titution aud their lives are short.-Hamf.
Gaz.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07
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c~1rNo SUBSCRIPTION will be observation-disclosures
Iyo weeks notice is given and all arrearagesare
bald.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07
Travels and Residence in tho Mississippi in S,
ries of Letters.

1TuretS uNU LitSucHcc tt HC tf u ~
ries of Letters.
4 very entertaining book, bearing the above
title, has been published by Cummings,
Hilliard, & Co. Its author is the Rev. Tim
othy Flint, Principal of the Seminary, Ra-
pide, Louisiana, and relative of the Rev.
DR.. Flint, of salem, to whom the letters are
addressed.
He has interviewer his narrative with ma
ny incidents from real life, which might well
pass, among hoseunacquainted with the pc
culiar situation in which he was placed for
ictions of romance.
The suboned quotations are of this char
acter, and will, no doubt. excite curiosity
in the reader, to become further acquainted
with this entertaining writer.
He gives the following account of the stern
and resolute courage, exhibited by French
| family whom he knew, in defending little
| palsade, against the attack of a large body
of savages:
81 will relate one case of this sort, because
I knew the party, and lest become tire.
some on this head, will close this kind of de
tail. The name Of the hero in question was
Baptiste Roy, Frenchman. who solicited,
and ] am sorry to say, in vain, compensa-
tion for his bravery from Congress. 1t oc-
Cured at sCote sans Dessein," on the Mis-
souri,. a numerous band of Northern sava-
ges, amounting to four hundred, beset the
garrison house, into which he, his wife, and
another man retreated. They were hunters
by profession, and had powder, lead, and four
rifles in the house. They Immediately be-
gan to fire upon the Indians. The wife
melted and moulded the lead, and assisted
in loading. occasionally taking her shot with
the other two. Every Indian that approach
ed the house, was sure to fall The wife
relates that the guns would soon become toe
much heated to hold in the hand. Water
was necessary to cool them. 1t was, think,
on the second day of the siege that Roy's
assistant was killed He became impatient
to look on the scene of execution, and sec
what they had done. He put his eye to the
port hole, and we'll aimed shot destroyed
him. The indians perceived that their shot
had taken effect, and gave yell of exul-
| tation. They we're encouraged by the
momentary slackening of the fire to ap-
proachthe house, and fire it over the
heads of Roy and his wife. He deliberate
| ly mounted the roof, knocked off the burn
! ing boards, and escaped untouched from the
shower of balls. What must have been the
nights of this husband and wife9 After four
days of uuavailing seige, the Indians gave a
yell, exclaiming that the house was grand
medicine" meaning that il was charmed
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07

The power of presentiment is extraordln-
ary. During the reign of terror in France,
the Baron of Marivet was continually tor
mented, by the apprehension that he should
die upon scaffold. All the cares of his
wife were employed unsuccessfnlly to calm
hin tears. He sometimes indulged himself
with the hope, that if his birthday passed
without his being arrested, he should be de-
livered from the weight WEIGH pressed up
on his heart, and might, perhaps, be saved.
Upon ore occasion, he gazed, in ut OF deep
melancholy, upon his son, who was then, u
bout two years old, and exclaimed, ~ shall
never live to see this Child in male cloth
ing, "-an observation which his lady care
fully treasured up in her memory.-The
horror of the Revolution appeared at length
to draw to close, and the birthday of the
Baron de Marivet had arrived. His wife
was preprrlng little feast for him upon the
occasion, and the hour of supper fixed npon
for enjoying it. Wishing to give her hus
band AN agreeable surprise, and to belle his
presentments, Madame de Marivet about 1
O'Clock wren they we're just serving the
dessert, left the table, and returning in a
few moments after with her son in her arms,
dressed like sailor, she gave him to her
husband, whom she tenderly embraced, and
exclaimed, "You now see your son, my dear,
in mans clothing, and your birthday has al
ready passed. d.''-"Not yet!' was his reply:
midnight has not struck % His friends
shuddercd at the words and anxiously turn
ed their eyes upon time-piece, the fingers
of which they silently regarded, as they
moved toward the wished-tor hour. M. de
Marvet turned pale; all who surrounded
him were struck with terror. The door O.
pened, and gave admission to the emlssaries
Of the Revolutionary Committec, who were
come to seize him. M. de la c., whom, IN
letter he had advised to emigrate. had not
taken the precaution to destroy his papers
After his departure, they had been trans
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07

ported, among other effects, to the house Of
NJ de Piepape, his grandfather. The latter
had been imprisoned on suspicion, and seals
had been placed upon the property at his
house. He died in prison; and the agents
of the Committee, who were present when
the seals were removed, found, in an earth
en'vessel, amongst some torn papers which
were destined to be burnt, the letter in
which Monsieur de Marivet advised M. de
c. to emigrate. This letter was his sentence
of condemnation. Monsieur de Mariyet
was summoned before the revolutionary
tribunal, condemned to death, and lost his
head upon the scaffold just before Thermi-
dor.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07
ABSENCE.

weary time thou'st been away
And yet sec thee, hear thee still;
y form is with me night and day
And thoughts ofthee my bosom fiji,
inc image is to me like air,
r 1t surrounds me every where.
lever sleep, but thou dost show
ny lovely face to me in dreams;
ever wake, but thou dost throw
hine own bright smile, midst mornings
beams;
all think, or feel, or see,
ever something like to thee.
thee in the whispering breeze,
d in the song of forest birds;
ature's richest melodies
Re iearn'd the music of thy words,
Faters, earth and heaven agree
eklpg with thy vuice to me.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07

/ see thee in the tall trees, when
They bend to meet the coming storm,
For in their waving beauty then,
They initiate thy graceful form;
The moon-beams ofthne eyes repair,
And gain more touching softness there.
And noon, and night. and morn, and even,
Have all some loneliness of thine;
Yet, though such semblances are given,
l still must murmur and rcpine;
For ah they do not-cannot give
The joys that in thy presence live.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07
TEE MCNTTCR.

s'The chamber where the good man meets his
fate,
Is privileged beyond the common walk
Of virtuous life,-quite in the verge OF heaven..'
Could mankind fully realize the contrast
between the wicked and virtuous, as exhib-
tied in s.the inevitable hour" of transient
mortality, it would be productive ofthe most
lasting impressions.
At the close, in the last scene of him,
whose drama Of life has been series of in
suit against the God of his being, aud pre-
sumptuous banter to divine justice, he is fill
led with dark forebodings, his spirit quails
at its own anticipations, and his convulsive
fears
tStart up alarm'd, and Ger LIES narrow verge
Look down---on what,--a ta.homless abyss
4 dread eternity"
But with the good man, when the "king Of
terrorist is about to snap the silver cord of
his existence, and loose the threads that
bind him to an erring and apostate world,
he can look with conplacency at his APP
proach, and rejoice that in it, he is enabled
to exemplify "the peace in which a chris
tian can die" Faith. to him sis the evidence
of things not seen," and buoyed up in its
strength, he catches refreshing glimpses of
an inefable glory-and eternity TO which
time is but
the bud ofbeing, the dim dawn,
The twilight of our day, the yestibuc.
With the receding world, its troubles and
cares, auxieties and dcusions fade away;
save the reflection which attends the eman-
cipated spirit, in the frution of expected
Joys, that he is now for removed from their
influence, while the few moments Of happi-
ness enjoyed on earth are beheld, "few and
far between" like little verdant isles, amid
the wild heavings of the restless ocean.
Yet, this prospect Of life will serve TO en-
hance the pure and unminglcd bliss of Hea-
ven, by contrasting what he once was--witE
what he now is.
| In the view of such a scene, our soul
should be constrained to cry, "Lord let me
die the death Of the righteous, and let my
last end be like his"
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07
tpDzM1tEilAWa .
THE SICK CHAMBER.
CM Sir SonnetS. J

DISEASE.
lnn Neauty's cheek the burning flush WAS seen,
Red Fever's signal; and her beaming eye
AM heavy LOOKED, and dropping as the sAy'
kVhen Aprilps clouds surcharge their oiue serehe'
Sudden had it come, dread harbingcr OF @oe'
|rhat wild disease; half shutterd trom 'he cay
In twilight gloom the gentle ma'ron lay'
|On low couch with coveriid OF snow.
her eldest child, blooming girl OF elght'
Safe at her head, with eyes tl.at told OF tears;
|And ah! too Young to feel Affections weight,
|Two babes-her mniatures-tcvoid OF fears
Play,d on the floor, unhccding what DIRE rats
Darkly might destine for approaching years!
rIL1AL AFFECTION.
|Serenely o'er her mothers couch she hung'
Mot yet-not yet the victim Of despair;
'One snowy hand across her brow was iinhS'
hIer fingers twined amid her auburn hairs
hIer voice, as tender and as tremulous
las distant m,isc on the moonlight sea,
S3pake still of Joys to come, and ever thus
pour'd on each wound balsam gushing tree;
Anon her bright blue eyes she lifted up.
\ nd took the low-hamed taper as the chime, =
Deep.toned of midnight hymn'd the 'narch o'
Time,
no bring. with sleeplcss zeal, the medicne-cnp,
lIcr care was all her mother: and her cheek
unrosed was pale, and, as snow-dfop, meek.
DISSOLUTION.
Swift fed the rein of hope; hour after hour
Beheld her withering in unchecked decay,
bilent she yielded to the demons sway ),
AS meath the whelming tempest bends the
flower;
No vain repinings rose, no wild regret,
No unavailing tears were madly shed,
Grief for the babes that hung around her bed,
Whose fostering sun was now about TO set,
Alone disturb'd her mind; yet beautiful
Ghe outlines of her features marbly show'd,
And Death seemed lingering, ere he dared an
null,
Buch excellence; at times all crimson glow'd
Her cheek, then paled. Time, in her cup, wa:
full,
they watched, and, 10! her soul had flown te
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07
DEsposnENcY,

Silent was that lone room in which she lay,
And DER the heart an awful feeling stole;
Ts strange, when vanishes the deafness SOUL
.Nhat fear should hover DER its shell of clay;
Here Beauty had home but yesterday,
And now decay is pararnount-the goal
|OfLife attained, and all its wndings oer,
Wrecks do we lie upon Obyions shore;
Suns set and rise-esrth stirs-and seasons
change
But not for lis, of whom no trace survives,
Save in the friends that years must soon estrange;
For thought must follow where occasion drives
|Bee-like, afar for pleasure do we range,
while clouds and sunshine chccquer o'er Our
lives.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07
DEPRIVATION.

DERIVATION.
The husband hath returned to find her dead,
lis dear loved wife; this earth is now for him
ut huge sepulchrc, all wildly grim,
ind in his woe he pats each orphan'd head,
ooks on each face that tells him of the past,
nd presses little hands that throng his Knees
These are thy pledges, and my hopes are
these.
ost wife;-Almighty Father! on them cast
favourable eye; OH shield their youth
heir helpless days from Errors snares and Sin,
hat, guided by thy light, which glows within,
! steadfast may they cling to thee in truth!"-
bus ponders he, thus prays, and hopes begin
cheer him, and Religions balm to soothe.
3D. "REMINISCENCES.
ne funeral day arrives: IN mourning weeds
be household are array'd, and tears are shed
those, who long have shared the family bread
thankful love, which kindness ever breeds.
s! these are real mourners. Pomp await
ever on the wealthy, good or badi
I here an hundred hearts were justly sad
hen passed the solemn pageant from the gate.
len did the husband feel his widowhood:
dren their mother dead bewail'd in vain;
bile whitc-haired paupers rueful eyed the train
ssing the Christian hand that dealt them food
Virtue! surely thine is real gain,
Vice itself does reverence to the good!
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07

'This account Of the very extraordinary cx.
plot of A. M'Connel may be seen in the West,
ern Review, for April, 1920, and was furnished
b. hlmscl..
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-10-20
LITTLE RooK, "a. IT, SEPT 26.
HIGH WATERS.

The Arkansas river, which was at an
unusual high stage for the season when
our last paper went to press, continued
10 rise uuil Friday evening, when il was
at leas, ten feet higher than ii has ever
been known to be before, at this season
oil the year, by any of the present inha-
bitants OF the country. 1t wanted, as
nearly as we can ascertain, less han
two feet of being as high as ii was in the
early part Of May last, when, it will be
recoliected, il was about foot higher
than ii had been for many years.
This unexpected rise, we are sorry TO
say, has been productive of much injury
TO many of the planters on the Arkan-
sas. Several of them have had their
fields partially inundated, and their crops
seriously damaged or destroyed
.Ayk. Gaz.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-10-20
E A T o..

twenty-three Years OF age, black complexion
about i've feet SIX or seven inches high, has
two scars, one on each side of his face, one of
said scars ranging from the lower part Of the
ear towards the mouth, the other on the op.
poste side, ranging from the lower part OF the
ear round between the under lip and chin
these scars were occasioned BY the cut of q
knife in quarrel with another negro he has
also SIX scars on the under part OF his right
arm, q think it isl occasioned by his falling
through loft, and his catching with his arm
over cross cut saw that was across the iolsts
he has another scar, think, on his right side,
between his haunch bone and RIBS; il was oc-
casioned by a stab with knife, in q quarrel
with another negro; his clothing not known,
as understand he exchanged them with ano.
Their negro before he lett the neighborhood
1t is possible he may have procured forged
pass.
The above reward will be given for said
negro, if secured in any jail so that get him
again, and all reasonable charges pad if
brought home.
JOHN l. BELL.
AM
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-10-20
From the Kentucky Reporter, Sept. IS
HORRIBLE MASSACRE,

Information reached Louisville on
Friday last, OF the murder OF five white
men by gang of slaves on board Of q
Hat boat in the river, about 100 miles be-
lew that place. They were owned by
Howard and Edward Stone of Bourbon,
who with David Cobb Of this place, and a
man named James Gray were conveying
them TO the Mississippi country for sale.
These are the individuals that have been
murdered. The fifth victim was Mr..
Davis who had taken his passage on
board Of the boat al Louisville. The
gang OF slaves consisted OF rs in num-
Der, males and females. and oil various
ages. SIS of them have been lodged in
the Jail of Breckenridge county at Har-
dinseurg. They were taken in Indiana.
One Of the unfortunate individuals, il is
said, who was on deck when the butche-
ry commenced below, SWAN from the
boat to the shore, but was pursued and
despatched. Some of The slaves have
been lately purchased in Maryland.