Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-24


sciences. His extraordinary fits used general
" 10 seize him in the wane OF the moon; OUT
win greater violence in The autumn ana WIN
ter. than in the spring AND summer. mac the
curiosity to be al eye wilnrsss oil what was
told me, and prevailed with his valet de cram
hire to give me notice when his master was Ike
" to renew his vagary One night, ABOUT me
enc, of September, afer supper, the company
amused themselves with little plays, and Signof
Apostine made one among the rest. ne "eh'
10 bed about eleven, and his valet came soon
after and told US that his master wooid 'ra'
night have a walking fit, ana desired u.s. II we
pleased to come ard observe him. went 10
his bedside with light in my hand, and saw
him living upon his back, his eyes wide open,
buI Fixed. which was a sure sign of his APP
nroacbinp disorder look him by The hands
and lounI them very cold: felt his pulse, and
| found il so slow, that his blood seemed 10 nave
no circulation. At or about midnight he drew
the curtains briskly, rose, and dressed himseh
! well enough. | approached him ana pun iht
candle to his nose; found him insenslb'e, with
his eyes still wide open and mmoyeacie' be-
fore he pu, on his hat he took his belt, from
which the sword had been removed Ter Tear oil
an accident. :,
In this eauipage did Signor Agos'ine walk
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times, He came to The FIRE, sal down IN an e!-
bow chair, and wen, some little time after TO
the closet, where was his por'mantcau' lie
frumbled in it a long time, turned every thing
,opsy tur,y, and after putting every thing IN
order he shut The portmantcau, and put tht
kew in his pocket; whence he drew letter ann
put il over the chimney. He then went 10 Inc
chamber door, opened il, and proceeded down
stairs. When be came 10 the bottom, one OF
the company falling he seemed frightened a.
the noise, and mended his pace. The vaiei Oia
US walk softly, and not speak, because wncn
any noise was made near him, and ihermlxea
with his dreams, be became furious, and ran
with the greatest ciPiiancy, as II pursued.
He ,raversed the whole court, which was
very spacious and proceeded to The stable. nc
went in, stroked and caressrd his horse, orlu-
led him, and was going to saddle him: but roI
finding The saddle in is usual place he SCENE q
very uneasy, like man disappointed. tie
then dismaunted, and taking up cahoage
stalk knocked iuriously AZ the DOOR HiSer i
grea, deal OF labor lost, he rem1unied hIs horse
goidcd him 20 the pond, which WAS a, the
other end Of the cou:t, Icl him Liinh, went al
forwards and tied him to his manger, . then
returned TO his house with grea, agility. 10
the noise some servants made III the kHchen
, he was very attentive. cane near the door, and
. cIapped his ear 10 the key hole; but, passing on
sudden to The other side. ne entered par
, lour where was billiard table. lie Wake
backwards and forwards, and used the same
postures as if lie was actually al play, He pre-
;, csed ed 10 pair Of vrginas. upon which ht
could play, aud made some Jang'lng Atte'
' two hours exercise he returned up stairs &c
his chamber and bimssi ~ lis Glnhf9es hex
y morning Ct nine, in the same posture we had
lett HIM; FOR upon these occasions he ever sep,
eight or ten hours togetler.
dis valet told Us there were but two WAYS 70
recover him out Of these fits; ore was TO tickle
him strongly on the soles Of hi, feet; the other
, TO sound trumpet at his ears.
Drusus.-NVc have lost all that The ancicn,s
wrote respecting Drusus and his cam paigne
The life OF that warrior, drawn IN by Angus.
tus, Piiny's ,wenty letters on the wars of Ger
manious, the last books Of Lvy, all have per.
ished, probably forever. Traditions and frac-
ments afford the only information respecting
him. 10 dissertation on German antiquities,
lately real to the Antiquarian Society Of Thu
! rinsia, by Nj Wilhelm, that learned antiquary
expresses It 10 be his opinion, that in his first
expedition Dfusus did not penetrate beyond
liainm, or the north bank Of the Lippe; and
that II was merely demonstration, with the
view oi decelring the SiCambres with respect
to The real object of attack. Erelons, Drnsus,
The first among The Romans, visited the Black
Sea. At the head of 4 Aeei he took Borcum,
an island situated at the mouth Of the Ems. and
which Srabo calls Bourkanis. He afterwards
Tough: naval combat on The river, in which
the alliance of the Frieslandcrs was eininenlly
useful 10 him In his third campaign Drusus
crossed the Rhine, and advanced 10 the Weser
where he raised trophy. NJ. Wihelm's de-
tails respecting Drusus's retreat, his victory a,
Absolon, aud the construction of the fort of
Aleso, are very curious. All the sites are de-
termine' with singular precision According
to Wilhelm, Cassel is the for; which Drusus
established near the Rhine; and lis existence is
due to The fourteenth legion, Mayha Neiyir; by
whicha fine aqueducl from Zahlbach to May.
ence was also constructed. IL was from Ma
guntiacum that Drusus must have started for
new conques,.; nevertheless il seems that il
was al Bonn that he crossed The river. Dru.
sus, when consul. penetrated to the Elbe Here
supernatural being is said TO have apDeared