Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-02-07
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a Story of The South.


We insert the following Story for The 6a,.s - =.
heufes' and the richness and glowing beauty of ~,
s"ase in which ii is conveyed l-.4H.on
inc sun was setting GU The Tore del ire Pont when
the Digencc from the PaTncsan drove I'm IN ill., ,r,
yard OF the I'M This il enough TO tell tl,a dato Of &
story. FOR, before tie coming of Tie F,on(I IL
!'"foieon no DliIgencc ever appeared on the roads h.
rWeen vivian ana Naples aud since their dca r,r M
I:l.eeuce WIZ ever appear again till Hermes TIjsme
g''tus comes from the ombs Of Thebcs TO teach , liz
mans me art ct using their hands and eyes s.Avn
Frances" and "Dopo FrancesiD f3rT, tI I, ,':"
light and darkness, the Goshen of Anson;a ''''' VI
This Diligence of course French aud i noe
oosn'E Tench IN IFS rope harness and its six i'd
'''lc' ID Inc enornity of IFS Positions boots
craZlness, and freedom from all wash;pr 80, ~ ,
cleanliness whatsoever. f' ~
me cracking of whips, and the sqcre of the drivers
announces the Diligence on its turn up the narrow
street OF the most miserable of towns on the face o he
earth, nay, of Italian towns which Mace cc,r,,rc,a
all mserIes from line 10 pole. Before this rolling ro
nomenon' which tottered up the rocky way. tossing
groaning and bounding from stone to stone az e If f
The agonles That belong by hereditary right 70 human
travelling on Italian pavements, came multitude
gfoanlnS tossing, end bounding in !be closest s,n,o
ty wan Tue mighty machine. Ii is the merit Of FORE
dci ire Poni that the circuit of the earth could t
produce ITS rival multitude Every share that diseasc
nakedness imPudence, and famine conld take was
mere 10 IT'S perfection; and mngling with them ali ta
Hoiic winch supplies the world with harJaou;ns ,r
punchlneIlOs, tie teachers of dancipr doris and ,y
makers of Revolutions. The Tide gathered a. f ~
HSehce TO"td on, TIL poet would have called if al,
avalanche 81 beggary and modern pLjlosonler o,l4
nave USED u as an argument against all modern
tuuons the law of marriage, and the beinr of an Iil,;
mate Cause. - " 0i''-
AS the Diligence made this kind IF tri,,rnpI,aI eir
Tue postIiOas engrossod by the brancy of the spoc
tace left their horses TO make the best of cr ,ray
reasoning N the rue style of their country fiat If c
tranPled down The Iiegemen Of the Fore as ,gas @
oabe That they would do under the most cautons r,i
oance vas better that the deed ST. Id be done
out the participation Of tbcir drivers The vrin1ovs
100 were not without spectators. nor these snoctotors
"ihou their attractions; the foremost posfilon =, yo,
fiCso, who bad turned heads wrope in tho viii,
ges OF La Al11che than The famous Abbc Fraesino,e
bao turned right IN The Court, was gazing with natural
lnteDseness at the diamond of the Soqo,n Spsyjn
fendenfe oil the postoiCe the most dangerous bcauly
Of ,he pace; when the fore wheel came in full conflict
with fragment Of an Old column whose Cotjnthian
capital inverted, served for the prop Of Ue inward
gate The wheel rolled Of at The instant the Difference
I'dPscd upon IFS tbrce remaining wheels heaved Gr
4 moment, ike an overloaded shin and t,on made
desperate plunge forwards, and summarize DISCHARGED
us "hoIe reighagc into the street. The pronnd eas
instantly covered With trunks, band boxes vaII;ecs
parrot cages, and The whole travelling theatre rn,r,
NY ana "l o. lhe most celebrated puppe-sbow man
south Of tie Airs. '''
When the outside thus cleared ,le sior,oe RI
the inside came t. be examined. First was deagoed
OO an Eugishnan Of middle age corpulcrt and ,oyaI
countcnauced, who after feeling whether his limbs had
suffered dIUiDutiop. lost time in ordering met
chase and supper Then dragged out fron t,;s
cabin French commissary, who swore like a general
officer and threatened TO have the town but under mil
itary execution for ibis disaster. Then came Mia
nese folic nrtgr17c, Ct vefme'ee, WHO had danced