The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-03-13

Innd n caftfiil1YB anu sHlO, - IL H"J "'
done aud will bring it you again ~ a
monln.n At the time appointed, the
Count brought back the diamond,
without spst, aud gave II To- thr
king. II MAS wrapt 10 cloth OF
mianthus. ~hirh be took off. The kns
had il weighed and fouoi It very little "a
mlni-hed. tn King, sent II 10 his Jewel
Ter, by NJ Gontani, without telling hun any
thug If what had passed. The Jewellrr
gave three hundred aud eighty pounds
for il. The King, however, sent for 1t
back again, and kept 1t as curiosity
liz could not overcome his surprise, and
sad thai VI. de ST German must be worth
millions. especially if h. had also the se-
cret If making large diamonds out OF
number Of small ones. He neither said
that he had, nor that he had not but he
positively asserted. that he could make
pearls grow, and give them the fuest VIA
ter. TIN King paid him great attention,
and 81 did Madame PopadOnr. II was from
her learnt what | have 1st related.
VI. Qnrsnay said, talking of the pearl-,
"Thcy are produced by disease IN the
oyster. u Is possible to know the caus" ct
il but, be that As il may he is not the
less qnark, since he prcteud4 10 have the
elxiisiln, and 10 have lived several cen
tnriee. Our master is, however, infatuated
by him, and sometimes talks Of him as it
his descent we're lllnstrious.
have seen him frequently ; he appear
I'd II be about fifty he was neither fat nor
thin; he had an acute, intelligent look !;
dressed very simply, but in good taste he
wore very fine diamonds in his rings,
watch. and snnlf-box He came, one day,
10 visit Madame de Pnmpadour, at time
when the court was in full splendOnr, with
knen and shoe buckles Of diamonds 50 fine
aud brilliant, that Madame said, she did
not believe the king had any eqns|tO them.
He went into the anti chamber To take
them off aud brought them 10 be exam
ined they were compared with others in
the room, and the Dnkp de GOntaut, who
was present, said they were worth at least
eighl thousand pounds. tie wore, at the
samr time, snuffbox ofinestimabe value,
aid ruby sleeve buttons, which were per
fectly dazzling. Nobody could find ont
b what mems this man became so rich
and so emarkablc +; but the king would
not suffer III - to be spoken ofwth rIdlCnle
or contempt. He was said to be a bastard
son of the King of Porting a. Memoirs
of Madame du Hausset, p. 100.
Denfh of.M Pacha.-D mcrent Patha,
Of inferior rank, had been several times to
visit Ali. On the 18th day of the Moon,
Djemazinl A. vel (the 9Th of Frbruary,)
Mohamed Pacha, Governor of the M0,ea
offered TO procure for All every possible
comfort naming particularly, provisions.
Ali replied to this offer, that he desired no
thing more than supply of meet; he adj
dcd, however, that hr had still another
wish, though his unwilingn"sS to offend
tn scrnples of religion, forbade him
si.e utterance to IT. Being pressed to
MIME it, he owned that it was vine which
he wished for, and NoIampd Pacha pro-
missed that he should receive il. The con-
versaiinn continued for some time ia the
most friendly manner till at last, Mohan,-
ed Pacha rose TO take leave. Being OF the
same rank, they rose at the same moment
from the sofa, according to the usual cere-
mony, and before leaving the room, Mo-
hamed Pacha bowed profoundly. Ali re-
turned the compliment ; but, AT the in
slant of his inclination. Mohamed executed
the will of his sovereign, and put him to
death by piungng pollard into his left
breast
He Immediately quilted the apartment,
and announced that Ali had ceased to ex
ist. WashnBton's Visit TO Greece, p.