The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-09-14
the extracts. wah regard to Greece. the
papers are wholly silent.


papers are wholly silent.
DOMESTIC.
.Ndrdt.-The Frigate b. md, wine, Capt.
jones. and Sioop of War vuernnes, Capt.
rrench, have sailed from New Ynrk ftr the
p .cifc. To relieve the fusate United States
md Sloop Pracork.
kentucty.--ll seems difficult 10 ascet-
tain ihe auth about Isaac b. Desha. Il Is
nop sid. by the Lexington Reporter of
the 2ist ult. that thu Doctors ennsidet him
oat If Danger! Murder seems In be thu
order Il ibr day still IN krnluek,. The
ma Bradley II convict, IN tRe Penit.ntia-
~ has heru executed for numbering a TEL
low prisoner He seemed to prefer death
~ lmprisonnent Is not this a strong ar
gnmeht III favor at th- superior efficacy of
the Penlteuiiaty system over capital pun
ishments "A man hy the mann at Tho
mas Crews, nj Yellow Banks (ky.) WAS
mu dered On the i3,h ult. b, Joseph Pots.
Crews had bitten oil the nose ol "a brother
of Potts IN Eight.
Greek Indidns.-A Savannah Geo. pa
per eenlradlcts thr assertion of thr Mil
ledge, lle Recorder. that the Mcintosh
party had refused 10 emigrat., IN conse-
qarnce Of theiD dlsapprobatIon ol the node
N which The money given them by the U.
States government nad been dlsbarsrd.
Gen. Hampton. statement going
the rounds of the public prints, and pub
llshed b, us last week, announcing the
death of Gen. Wade Hampton, IL incorrect.
Tie /. sid alive AID IN :. Carolina.
Fatal EUcHt.-A rencount,I took place
in Baton Rouge l.ou.) on the Iith ult.
while funeral honors were paying IN the
h.emary OF Messls. J ficIsDn aud Adams.
bet"een Nr. Anthon, Pehniston, aged ~
Years, an attorney Of that place, and for
merly Of Petersburg VA aud Mr. john b.
Potts, which t-rnin ted III the death oitns
former, of a wound inllcted by poignard.
MIR. Potts "as taken into custody.
Gduig Bridge. - The t,id al Matthew
aud john klncad, charged With burning
this .rnsmtnt Of Western Vlrgini,, took
place before the superior court Of kanawha,
on the 2isi ult. The evidence thn' cir-
cn,nst initial. was conclusive against them,
aud they we're found guilty aud fn.d each
50 0e0. judge summers thrn sentenced
th"m, IN addHlon IL The Gnt) Ia be impri-
soned IN The J,il 1 thr County three yeas:
To be exp sed n III. piiur) one. n year for
the space of one hour At llnir aud =
the expiration Of lie three years, To stand
COZ mltted 20 the lah nth tat, shall enref
into recognIzancss each slu tn SUN Of
$1,000 Hlh I or more gond securities
Tor the nike sum, that thry SINH keep The
peace aud br of good b, la Iou for The fur
ter space oi7 y,a.s.- his bridge cost the
| Commonwcalih $1,000 The Lcglstt
tufe will n" donbt at ls next aessrrn do
wat they ougah IL have don" - go -
make the hn'n'ag II - "'"l.e Istony.
Printers Debts The Editors f TIVE Ma.
tional lulelgeaorr say that "itha 3undrc
thousand dolla =, due IN N on tneil boob
they are suffering avery sort NJ iacoo' 'l
"nce for the want Il c"nparau,.y sined
| -ums.-ThOse who owe small s.nn- I .
subscriptions or advertisements ought =
r'coiec the old Scotch proveIb; Man
" mckle mikes mnckle."
| JHerson Fund.-'fhe National lntri'l-
gencer REMARKS, that il has ascertaiurd
from the most respectable authority. tn -
the must acceptable destination of the " :
subscribed for IN. benefit Of Mr.. J,i.rsoe.
viii b. t. place IT IN the hands of Mr.. Til
! }. Randolph.
! .VeW Paper.--J, w. Gozay, Esq mem
Der 0i the prrstu Congress vi the u. >.
red hot Jacksonite, with pound OF Zral
| to All ounce of discretion, has commenced
the publication of a ne" paper nj Cncln.
matt, fOhio) called the Western Ttlcr.'
Its potttitdt filing will be- rough work. We
opne. Ohm rs made up of rejecting, 40
Der minded men, not to he led astray bJ
the iguis Jdtuus of military renown.
Vuiuabie Scissors Mr.. Joseph Nell
benny, of Philadelphia, has manufactured
a pa of scissors that weigh but one fifth Of
grain! II would require $4,000 such ia
strnments to weigh pound.-This is vdl.
liable Information to the fair sex.
.Mntrimony blythe pound. "A Mr.. Speight
was married to Mrs. Peacock, in North
Carolina, the ferner aged 77a years, weight
99i pounds; end the latter aged ~ ears,
and weighing S3i4 pounds!
Remarkable Liberniity.-In Prussia, 3
Jewisa Rabbi has made an ensi grtic appeal
Ia his fnck in favor of the Christians of
the East, and subscriptions in aid of the
Greeks have been IN consequence made 10
several Synagognes.
Jfanpfdctures.-In Betne fSwitzpriand,)
there is a Society, for lnsnriug against tiaii
Stnrms, We would recommend the Tor
ma,ioo of a similar Society on The waters
of the Mississippi, 10 insure against mum
buttons, and IN New Orleans, &c. 10 insure
against the YeIlo" Fever and Dnels!