The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-12-10

+ considerable par, or 7ir Waiter Seofr. Tides
! OF Nv Grandfather
RHETORICAL FLUUMSH-A writer IN i.
| laie Nv. paper, ~ telling the public NOW many
stations he has filled, like the famous Caleb
Qnotetn. reeountng his catalogue ol professions
and orcupatious-introduccd the follnnir ,
| fight of rhetoric. which we conceive 10 contain
comparison entirely original; the auIhor
Therefore. is not in danger of beng termed n
plagiarist. Although poetry is in a good deal
out al mn line as having been first bred clerk
of the court 4: and next mercantile accountants
and afterwards having studied and praciscd
law which profession | have almost entirely
relinauished from my great aversion TO the
prariice; which occupations (clerking, mcr-
chanaizing and iurisprudence,1 bear no more
affinity or analogy 10 Bellies Leltrcs, or the Mu-
ses. than The mud on sw,nc's snout does to a
quill in Selaphs wing. Prot Jour.
/ Breach of PromiSe.-lhose who are in the
habit Of observing the proceedings of our courts
Of law. have remarked the wonderful increase
Of suits for breach OF promise of marriage with
in the last few wears. One would dunk that all
the gentlemen on The continent black and white,
had forsWorn constanry. and sci up for their
dear dpceivers 1t is aut long sinrc "A suit was
brought ia the North Of New York, bv lad, of
color named Dinah against dashiug Guinea
gallant ycIeped Caesar, for winning hen inno-
cent affections aud then dancing away ~ the
tune of
"When loved you can't but allow
had many an exquisite minute:
But the scorn that feel for you now
Hath even more luxury IN it
Dinah it seems, was a romantic aud melancholy
charmer the hue of her imagination was dark
ard sable as that OF her face and many a Ian
guild smile did she waste upon the inseuaie
youth,
"Nhom but To see was 10 admire
Caesar. however. like his namcsake the immortal
Roman, was n man of the world a man whose
pleasure was
a To sport an hour with beaUty's chain,
Then brow it idly nv
and Cesar left poor Dinah TO pine in solitude,
and to SIGN over the fAithlcssness and perlidv OF
man. Bat Dnah was. none Of your tender Ill
lies, u dtoop and die in the shadr--she was
spirited netllo, as Mr. Cgsar soon learned when
tie man ofthe law salnted him with j." Del gIa-
tia and tip on his lrtt shoulder and a verdict
offge dollars damages and six cents cost taue hi
him q his utter horror, that an aHectionate
heart was not to he tIned with. driek
Frop, ihr Nelr York Commercial idreriissr.
THE LATE FORGERlES.-The prrpetra-
tors Of the late forgeries in this city. are likely at
length to be discovered. TIE public has alrra-
.lv hecn informed ofthe arrest OF a man in Del
aware "a ling himself Ware. and of his suisse
qucnt arrival in this CITY. From his first xaml.
nation before the Police, it appeared that - had
for several wears followed the seas -Four
months before his arrest, he went out to ST.
Thomas all turned as Supe"cargo, on board
hc schooner JohnQ Adams. Since that time,
h. had heen living as a sort of promiscuous per-
souagc al different hotels add boarding houses.
Aud he accounted for the money found upon
him, bv saving that h. had won several hun.
lrad dollars by gaming, aud had also received
five hundred dollars from his sister The rea
| yoa that he threw away part of his money aud
ran into The bushes IN Delaware, when pursued
va thut hc feared he sbould he put INTO jail
therr lthc name we forgot TO note down. for
who hr had no great partially. The reason
that he did MOI Offer to come directly on " Ith Mr..
| Hay. like an innocent man, was. that ms law
vrr told him b. must not. Aud the reason that
| h. rave such eaniVocal answers when examined
| in Delaware va " because they asked him so
many foolish questions But during this exam
! nation no information was eicited by our ma,
e,stratrs relative to the late iorgerles !, had
been known, however 10 the police, that he had
bero a vagt9at fellow about town. without dol.
| lar in his p ckct, aud had suddenly become
flush. For that reaSo9, and suudrv others. he
was pursued, ovcrtaecn. and brought back, and
, atlrr this unsatisfactory examination committed
/ ~ prison with Instructions 10 the gaolcr to keep
him IN the utter darkness Of the dungeon.
On FRIDAY he was brought out for re- exami-
cation and II appears that cool, dark, solitary
ROOM has had great an effect Ia improving
his uttelanre that he has maize, n h. says, tulI
disclosure of the TRANSACTIONS liz stated that
Mr.. Redmond keeper Of the United States iio-
, tel in Pearl Street and late of Petersburg (ba.)
together with himself aud a third person, whose
nam. we shall emit for the present, were CON
cerned in forging the large checks nfthe MeSsrs.
/ linwlandS upon the Union Bank, Preparatory
10 dis they broke and robhcd the store OF those
gentlemen, taking cancelled check ami check
book. by which they made the accurate init,
lnat,ons both Of signatures aud Fl ling up The
u son whom we have not named, did the Wi
tins aud Ware was 10 have presented the check.
He went to III bank for that purpose but his
heart failed h IN aud he returned without effect.
lac H. Redmond then took it, went 10 the bank,
witt bank book under his arms, and cot the
/ money.
lt"ill he recoected that soon after the force
AID underwent an examination. on the charge
OF vi Ehhets. cashier Of tie Bank. Mr.. J. tad
some mlSelNing when the check was presented,
hut an sSrutnzng the bearer not the slightest
chadrc ot connt"nanre, or movement was man
Tstei, aan he appeared so composed. mud de
g | b At" N fakpg Oft bis gloves and putting
tbnm on, aud there was so much nan cIaIa1lfc IN
al lis app araac', that suspicion was entirely
/ husar3 Mr. soon afterwards met Redmond
IN tac ,trect. and recognized him, wherenpon he
WIS arrested. He was tben discharged, and
I published card that ne had commenced suit
fpf heavy damages. He has since continued
his establishment whcs is one ofthc most ex-
tsnsivn hotels in this CITY. without attempting to
avoid any scrutiny. NJ Ebbets was again eS-
amined on Saturday, and having sworn thai
Redmond was the person who presented the
chocl, he was committed, not being able TO find
bail