The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-05-08

on The most insuf.fable vanity. The
state vi Virginia IS liteNi.e ia behind
many of her sister states ia literary M
! prIsemrnt, bul she undoubtedly ha, mn
~ equal u mol supeIl,I genus To any Ia
onr country, Where aie jhe Lttiris ni
/ C"rti'is, by JOHN Tholapsnn. ar those 81
li"rIeaslas,hy George lil,,o the Skcteh i.
es al American Dtators by Francis Gil.
fnrr These ARE certainly the fne-t spr-
ei'nens of American wiitlng thh can be-
produced hat Whilst nnfr piilry works
may BIZ justly praised for the II, ganre ol
The type y papfl. ADD sllire IN our libraries
WIN most gorgeous bindmg, aud are pre-
served - inpuumruis OH want ut lrat
last" and "ut mIseunCtplon of edl elegance
those hneiy written paarlris a.. either
entirely lost, or sometimes "a unbound
and mulil"trd copy Is srrn stuffed Ia \ r..
mute corner OF onr library. H. addDtDon IL
tins reflection upon Fifginian d.rratur,
there Is another equally strong y out I'll
oar letharSy. le. that thetr IS not u sln
gle public library 10 the whole slaie,or read
ino room, ~ which the most approved
periodical works can he seen land here
lei me ask The attention of my own towns
people Ia tins subject
To what can WE attribute this backward
ness OF our country sur ly uot ,os gen
rraI state OF lgnofauce Tor ~ many parts
nl Our county there may be said 10 he
literary p"pnlacc: nor Ia "ant of sub
Jects. fur Campbell has found, Il one of hs
best poems upou an Anrruan calastro
phe uor to the nature of our Gn,srnmeot.
I,r IN IA | nI II Tra. a.
10 curb li's operations. 'rs true, our gst-
ernment would not brstow lhnse PENSIONS
and rich presents Which are sometimes
drawn from credulous Prince by y
oophaniic dedication nr birth day ode, hut
IL go plentiful couuiry A. tins M dlsnn-
gulsfIrd author need lear the rhlsrt abl, ed
vi Savage, or, like OtWa,, be ,hohrd 10
death with bread ia srali,Iug l,ls glrcdy
hunger. Mr. Spmk1,Nn a review olnl. E,-
errIPs Phl-Brta Kappa "raIl"n, III the n.
Amer. Rev. contends, / think ,.,y correct
~ that the in,lling ~ easy road Ia poIlll-
cal enllnencr ~ our country, - calculated
10 divert the attentions 81 or cttlzens from
the l. k,o,nc aud lahorous paths Of literary
life.
Whatever may be the cause wish most
near NY Inht every sWaueFtI III haIhlIR,
we're not 50 much encouraged, BY puts, Ia
aspire To the dignity of an athor. An
actor never gained 4 reputation by act
ing had play, nor musician 10y playing
on " bad Instrument" nor "A poet by
writing bad poem SO ny advice 10 our
5crlhhers Is
Som,'e materiam resIris, qm scrititis, Gquam
Fuibus K.
.Atother dead I91itnt found The dead
body of an infant was found in thp pond of
the Lynchburg Mills last Friday. by somr
boys engaged IN fishing m kn4 the 81
cond case, in THIS town, wlthio the la-i
three months II must have been drposl.
ted there several weeks, as IL was almost
IN state Of putrefdcion. Suspicion has
fixed upon no peIsod as the author Of this
nhuman deed. Let not the guilty person,
howr'er, hiumph in apparent eeeaIlty, for
acts like these, Though they have M
tongue, have yet ii most lniraculoos organ
and their perpetrators are often detected
when they least expect it