The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-08-28
the shickest part Of hi. body is not larger

for they wantrd to 40 In a crowd, bui
wonId not let them, but brought them up
in line; and also for being the first to tot
i low him up. when he got through the
hedge. ! am yer, glad we escaped 50 well,
aud partculaIl, that had an opportunii!
Of trying my mettle. for it was the hr-t
time. Young Mackwerth has got his skin'
IS i, was he that fired when he was first
pui up near the waiei. have his mad
| IN hot water no" Ia get the flesh I'll, and
hind leg also. Mackworth cheated sone
Of US tins morning he asked us TO break
fast, aud gave US What he called hare soup,
when WAS 80 rich We tOok only spoonful
TAR NO; no wonder IT Is so. for II Was
made of the tiger. dare say your alder
men, who are 81 celebrated for their ,nr-
tie -oup, would rave enjoyed II, If they
had not known the MIXTURE"
The French papers contain curious
piece Of Intelligence. 1t Is, that an attempt
is about TO be made 10 elevate tue -on OF
the Duke Of Orleans, boy not eleven
years of age, to the throne of Grerce.-
This is the first time the suIjec' has been
openly mentioned ia the French papers,
and we do not recollect ever meeting with
| the slightest ailu.ion { il in our political
Journals. We remember, however, being
for IDLY stuck with passage in the
Monthly ReuieW for January last. in which
the write after showing tee = il Of u.
| Britain assuming The protrclorate Of
Greece, makes the following disclosure of
| the Vaccinations of the French ultras IA
| mat h.. a az
/ Greece. "This question:" says the re-
viewer, "forces itself upon our attention
The more strongly, as il cannot BIZ doubted
thai the object OF the Greek committee IN
Paris Is 10 train the people, fpr whom they
fleet so lively an ntprest, TO a PROJECT
which they have long had in view, for
| placing the second son Of the Duke of
! Orleans on the throne of new eastern
empire, which in few years. might ern-
brace Conslantlnope itself sithio lis pre-
cln,ts. Ii WAS with this view that Gene
raj Roche was seut by the Paris commi-
tee 10 Greece last year, it was in order to
prepare public opiIion for such measure,
! that Nj. de ChateaubriaDd wrote his Note
sul la Greece which WAS noticed in the
last appendix of this Journal. A wilder
scheme certainly never entered into the
imagination, enthusiastic as it is, even of
NJ. de Chateaubrand. Nevertheless, it
should be resisted in time, a. 10 an age of
wonders, like this W. are not justified in
predicting, that measure will n t take
place, simply beca Sc it is beyond the
| reach of sober calculs ton. The present
| If we may believe the statements in the
French papers, IL now deemed favorable
opp0rtnnit, for selzing on Greece. II
would seem, too, that the French Gov
srnment has lent its sanction to the scheme,
as il IS stated, that "all the ships capable
| of proceeding to sea at the port of T0ulon,
| aud all those stationed along the Spanish
coast, have received orders To set sailiim-
mediately for the Levapt, where impor-
liant events are expected. The commits
zion appointed to proclaim the Duke OF
Nenours"i il is added, rs about to em-
bark in the Trieste" How far vii this
project of the French ulttas, surprising it
To be- seriously inteoded, agree with the
object which Lord Corhrane has pruccrd-
ed TO The Mediterranean 10 accomplish -
His lordshlp viii not, we tnnk co-nperate
In erecting Greece III monarchy, muCn
less IN placing on the throne a member of
the house Of Bourbon.
sEsD-
Brdhim Pdchd.--The following is an
authentic sketch Of lbrahm Pacba, the
conqueror of MIssolonghi. In stature
lbrnhim Is somewhat below mediocrity-
his movements approach little to the
grotesque department announces no
thlng grave or distinguished. At frst
sight there appears aboat him character
! OF mdness and gai"ty which surprises
you Conceive 10 yourself a small face
aud little grey eyes. all ynacity and even
chectulness , Il mouth for ever smiling
and features alAays open aud anim.t-d.
NotwlthstandiN & premature wrinkles " hich
lufrow his temples, and a hollowncss about
the exterior angle OF his eye, his appear
nee, still youthful, forms striking con-
trast to his agc-now thny-srven. There
10 nothing about him Announcing snperio,
OF even remarkable qualities. He is SAID
to have been cruel to lerocity from his We
~ earliest infancy, AID his life proves It
hut | would DEFY Layatei To distinguish
IN his countenance that feature by " hich
| II shall be Indicated. have seen MIN IN
moment OF irritation, and | can atli m
that he has not the look of an homicide.
Ills dress is simple, and he is Only to bp
| distinguished by the suit of officers who
accompany him. 10 the camp his life is
regular and abstemious, he smokes and
drinks coffee forever. His tent is exceed
ingly simple, and IN 10 way distinguished
from that of other chiefs. Before we
proceed to speak of his character, ii is i'm
portant 10 observe, that the son of NJ ho-
met is affected by an instermttent disease
of the BRAIN. whose effects manifest them
selves IN conVulslve motions and loud
cries. Ii is asserted, and with probability,
that after an attack he preserves for some
time an in'inclble taclurnity, and that
then he is no longer the same man; his
ors, they say, are the effects of all magin
alton he cannot restrain. lbrahim is as ILL.,
terate rs his father He has, besides. been
continually led away from all serious APP
pication by foudness for women, whic h.
cannot restrain, s. to which the maIady
which turments him IL attribut.d H..