The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-06-29


Is shining upon them, have all thu
appearance of highly polished metal;
the former Mr.. Green compares IN
a vein of silver running along the
surface Of the earth. When the eun
does not shine on these objects. they
have dull and heavy aspect. The
appearance of the sea. when the sun
il shining on it, Mr.. Green pro-
nounces In be grand in the extreme.
presenting. as far a. the eye can
reach, one vast sheet Of polished
steel
The following case is mentioned
IN the continuation of Rapin 49,
During the Session of Parliament.
/ 1890, Sd William aud Mary,) hap.
pencd an accident which made a
great noise Capt. James Camp.
bell, brother to the Earl ut Argyle.
assisted by Mr.. Archibald Nontgo-
merry. and Sir John Johnston, on
the l4th III November, forcibly sciz.
ed on Miss Mary Wharton, daugh-
ter and heiress Of Sir George Whar.
ton, fortune. as it was said. Of
100000. and about 3 years of age.
She was carried away from her re
htinns in Great Quecn-street. and
married against her will. The next
day his Majesty issued his royal
proclamation for experimenting Mr..
4 Campbell, and the abeit0rS OF this
understandable action AMI Sir John
Johnston being apprchende6. was
tried condemned. and executed =
Iyburn, notwithstanding great p.
pllcation Was made To ,he king, anu
the relations of the bridc,to save his
life; Viii, h was tho't the harder, as it
appeared upon his trial. Miss Whar-
ton had given evident proofs. that
the riolence CAPT campbell used rcas
mol so much 0gaiod her rH as her
la7UgerS endedr0ured 10 make il. Not
len% before, there vas bill brought
into the House of Commons To pre-
vent Clandestine marriages, which
il VAS thought this incident would
have accelerated, but il dropped.
/ however, another bill was brought
INTO the House of Commons the 9Th
Of December. 10 render void the mar
riage between Miss Wharton and
Mr.. Campbell, which notwithstand-
Ing the Earl Of Argyle petitloncd "a
gainst it, in behalf of his brother,
passed both Houses by the 18th Of
December"
SIR Uatter Scott When Sir Wal
ter Scott was lately travelling in
the south of ireland, he manifested
particular anxiety to hear the ira
dilionary stories III The peasantry. d
To read the few topographic works
Of amy merit which have been pub
lished respecting that part of the
country. Kerry has been famous
for poets, VINO were inspired by the
rDmantic scenery of the Killarney
lakes and their works were said to
be in great demand for the dislin-
euishcd ,i,itcr. Mr.. O'Flaierty.
IN his Uxsg,a, gives "A translation ut
verses of v.cniHs. W o wrote IN The
OH century, descriptive OF the coun-
~. Most OF those WORKS, however
are more remarkable for the lcgen-
Diary information which they embp-
dy, than for the beauty Of the poet
ry. The neighbonrhood Of killar-
ney, and It's romantic shores, arc CO.
ycred with ruined monasteries, aud
indented with caves which were the
refuge Of holy men before their in
,asion by smugglcrs aud pirates.
Both the saints and the sinners have
left il the minds of the peasantry the
most extraordinary legends of ra-
pine and suffering. In one of the
old Milesian works an account Is
given by the people who visit the IS
land of .Sketig, OF the massacre OF
some refuses by Turkish pirates
and il is added, that since that time
no bird had the power to fly over
thal part Of it where tho old chapel
walls stand, without first allghti0s
on the ground, which they gently
apak over, d then take Wing. While
III Cork Sir Walter Scott declined IA
pressing invitation to visit the beau
iiful harbour of that city, which IS
within little more than an hours
sail and the only place which he e.
WINGED desire to see was Barney
Castle, in the immediate vicinity ot
| Cork-a delapidated building unCon-