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The Litchfield County post., 1828-03-13
SUFFERING GREECE.

The following account of the wretched and deplo- rable condition of thousands of tine inhabitants of Greece, is extracted from Dr. Howe's statement be- fore phianthropic meeting, lately held in New York, to devise for granting further relief to their unhappy fellow beings in the East. We can hardly conceive how a sensitive mind can read accounts like the following, without strong feelings of pty;- butpity alone did afford reefto the necessitous, ii only aggrevates it's woe. Be ye warmed, and beye clothed" never yet afforded shelter and covering for the furnishing wretch, whose misery could excite no deeper and more substantial emotions. The miser may pity-e covetousmay express sorrow at the des- aituon of others-but the benevolent only do them kindness. Several cargoeS of clothing and proyis- ions have already been sent to the wretched Greeks and they were received with acclamatons of joy and gratitude, which we, who have never been reduced 10 like situations with themselves neither sympa shse in express. Further relief is now preparing for them, to be sent out early this spring. Will not the inhabitants of this uny do something in this benevolent work. Committees appointed in New-Haven and New-York, and other place, to re- ceive the donations of the liberal There can be no other excuse offered for not doing something than i
 sbitity and this we know would not be founded upon truth. Few will venture to say they have no ncia- tio,s-few will venture confess they have pity for the wretched sufferers from Turkish cruelty. If the
 ladies in this county undertake to prepare articles of clothing they should remember that old thin fab ricks will not bear transportation to Greece. The dresses should be made of course and firm coth,- that which will wear we'll in the using.
 The situation of these refugees, princi- pally women and children, is indeed de- plorable, and not to be. conceived of by comparison with any misery as seen in this country. Perhaps l can give you the best idea of it, by describing one particu- lar place-say Napoli di Romania. A. round this town, besides its own numerous poor, are collected about 5000 miserable refugees who have fed from the devasta- ted villages, and live upon the sea shore in small huts or wigwams, built of bushes or mud, or in holes dug in the ground. Tn one of these huts you will find perhaps, widow and three or four children, without a table, chair or bed; sallow from long exposure; pale from famine: and with hardly sufficient clothing to cover their na- kedness. I have often seen children go- ing about with nothing-nothing but shirt cn-apd that too, ragged. | have known
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The merit of carrying the proposition into full effect, andsof causing thorough investi- gaton beIOng~ to the frients of the admins tratiOn.
 Had they united with the opposition in the motion to laysthe resolution on the table, there would have been an end to theenQuirv. The friends ofGen. Jackson would have pro- claimed the nagnanimity nf the motives that prevented them from prosecuting the admin lsfratiOn, while the friends of the latter would in due time have been subjected to the open accusation of having shrunk from enquiry
 Failing to lay the resolution On the6table, the only. course left the opposition as to vi t'lperate the dmInistratiOn.--Then commen- ced the war of slander, personal abuse, and wltherIng lnsinration, species of tactics in which Messrs. Floyd, Ingham, &c. stand far above the reach of competition. All this was intended to prejudice the pnblic mind, in or der to remove any impression which might shaVe been made by the readiness of the ai- ministratio1 and their friends, to meet inqui- ry the most rigid. The ppblic ear. Therefore .was to be dragged with ftiis pernicious helle- bore. Acting on the defensive the friends of the administration contented themselves with repellng the missiles which were leveIIed a. gainst them; until finally, the opposition,p pla- ced hors de combat by the last. masterly and unanswerable reply of Mir. Wright, shrunk from further conflict, and allowed the resolu- tion to be unanimously adopted.
 What will people say of this course? Near ly onesixth ofan ordinary session of Congress has been spent by the friends of Gen. Jack son, not inreconciing adverse opinions as 10 the proprety of looking into the public ex- pendtures, for there was scarcely aeyoice in the negative from the beginning ofthe debate except from those who stirred the matter, & at last the resolution passed without dissent; not in the disclosure of any facts which could promote the puhlck interests snot in, the production of any testimony to prove thstthe administration had done aught to ir,- cur public odiam; mo but in ringing the old changes on the charges of abuse and corrup- tion, in which Mir. Adams was paid for his services dozen years ago, on the billiard ta- ble, and the gorgeous furniture" of the east room, so industriously propagated by MT. Ritchie, and every other obsolete calumny which could be geaned from the annals of slander :-and allsto operate on the next pre- sldential election. It the men who have don all this faithfully represented their constitu- ents, the virtue and intelligence of the people are woefully on the decline.
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THE PRIZE OF VIRTUE.

Miss Henrietta Garden was born at Pa- ris, and residing in the rue de ia Vererie, was but eight years of age when she lost her mother. Her father confded her to the care of three ladies, old friends of madame Garden, who were capable of giving her but a very common education {; from them she learned to sew, and to take care ofsa household.
 At the age of fourteen she returned to her father, who gave her the direction of the domestic concerns. Happy in anti cipating even his slightest wishes, she de- termined to pass her days with him; and so pleasing to her was this prospect, that she refused several offers of marriage. On sudden her father declared to her his intention of forming second matrimonial engagement; upon which, although it sur prised her she suffered no remark to es- cape her lips. She often smiled at seeing him fatter himself with the idea of hap- piness. The marriage was concluded, & Miss Garden had the grief of not being permitted to follow her father to his new wife's residence.
 She was then aged twenty years, and was obliged to take lodgings in small chamber In order to obtain subsistence, she was obliged to sew linen; but even then her utmost exertions could not pro- cure her more than twenty sous day. Her only happiness consisted in visiting her father, but it was easy to see that her presence was not at all agreeable to his wife. The simplicity of her manners, and the poverty of her dress, contrasted strongly with the air of elegance which prevailed the house. She supported with out complaint the sights of her stepmoth- CT, and never ceased to testify tho liveli- est tenderness for her father, and for a young child, his son, by this second mar riage.
 Soon sho was prohibited from paying any more visits to her father, except those periods of the year consecrated for filial piety; and even then she was permitted to appear only at the house when the fam
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From the Natimal Journal.

No one who is an accurate observer of pas sing events, and an accurate thinker, has ever doubted for moment, that the motives in which the resolution of Mir. Chiffon originat- ed, and the object at which it aimed, were thoroughly anti-adminlstration. The cry of retrenchment was set up because it always finds favor in the ear of the people. The l. dea of retrenchment presupposes extrava- gance and that was sounded forth as the key note for chorus, tine burden of which was--- abuse and corruption. All this was designed for no other purpose than to seduce the peo- pie to join the leaders of the Opposition to hunt down the Administration. That the friends of the Administration should meet them on the ground they had selected.and de- mand an investig gation, was not what they were prepared for; and the confusion it eau sed among them may Seseen from the chan ges which their proposition was made to un- .dergo, from the effort to lay it on the table,& from the repeated declaration, that now is not the accepted fine, for the examination. No other inference can be drawn from these circumstances, but that the cry was raised to bring the Administration into discredit with the people. and that investigation for the pur- pose of vindicating the people or the admins tration was the last thing thought of
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THE DYING BLIND BOY TO HIS MOTHER.

Mother, am dying now,
 Deaths cold damps are on my brow Leave me not-each pang grows stronger, Patient watch little longer.
 Sweet it is your voice to hear. &'. Though dull and heavy grows mine ear: Wait and take my last adieu, @ Never mother loved like you! ' Though your form ne'er might see, Your image was not hid from me Stamped on my adoring mind, Beautiful, but uRdefned;
 Ever fair and ever bright,
 That vision filled me with delight. Well knew, what e'er might be, Those soft forms l could not see; Might all ther~beauty view, None of them would rival you" Life to me was sweet and dear, While lived thy tales to hear, All to make your blind boy mirth: And loved your voice to join
 In chorus of those hymns divine, By which you fondly taught your boy q To look to heaven with hope and joy. Sun and moon could not see, Bat leve measured time for me; When your kiss my sumber broke, Then l knew the morn had woke; And when came the hourto pray, Then ! knew twas close of day; When felt the warm fire glow. And I heard the wild winds blow, Then knew twas winter wild, And kept at home-your helpless child ! When the air grew mild and soft, And the gay lark sang aloft;
 And heard the streamlet flowing, And smet the wild flower blowing, And the bee did round me hum,
 Then knew the spring vas come. Forth wanderedin delight,
 And I knew when days were bright; When climbed the green hills side, Fancy traced the prospect wide; And twas pleasant when pressed The warm and downy turf to rest.- Now never more shall roam H~t The many paths around my home: And you may often look in vain, Nor hail your wanderer o'er again; Never more on tiptoe creep, Where he lay as ifasleep. Or with low and plantive moan, Hummng to himself alone, On bed of wild flowers stretch'd, a Starting with kiss you snatch'd, sgTii Nature whispered twas my mother, ss And affection gave anoher!, + But 'tis sweeter thus to die,
 With my tender mother by, , Than to be in lite alone, When she and every fiicsd were gone. Mourn not o'er me- broken hearted, Not for long shall we be parted; Soon in vaies that ever bloom, Which unfading flowers perfume,
 In realms of life, of light and joy, You will meet your poor blind boy %It has been related of some who recovered fror rly blindness, that they evidently expected to fin ose whom affection ard kindness had endeared { en- most beautiful to the eve.
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 ing on herbs and roots, and whatever they can glean from the surrounding country. Many of the women collected around me, haggard and wan, their skins, blistered by the sun, their feet torn by the rocks, their limbs half exposed from the raggodness of their clothes, and swore upon their faith they had not tasted bread for weeks. l here gave orders for four to 96 families ; some few who had saved a little of their property were excluded, that the utterly destitute might get more.
 l should tire and perhaps shock you by continuing these extracts from my journal. I only add that such instances of misery were mot with in every part of the coun- try. distributed considerable portions of the cargoes of the Chancellor and Six Brothers, from this port; of the Leyant from Philadelphia, and of the Statesman from Bostcn. saw the provision scatter ed over the country, and distributed to the refugees in every part; many families got enough to live upon two months and I believe feeling of gratitude toward Ame- rica was engendered, which will long ex- ist in Greece. The people have for some time had their eyes turned upon America, as their pattern, and long for free gov- ernment like ours; and the spreading of these contributions impresses them with a high idea of American benevolence. The effect produced, however, by the distribu- ton of these contributions, was not con- fined to the relief of mere corporal suffer- ing; it was powerful source of hope & consolation to the people, who saw that their sufferings were known and pitied {; and were cheered in their misery by the thought that they had the sympathy of one nation at least-then the poor creatures, seizing upon the slightest shadow of hope, imagined that every one of the States of the United States, would send them a ship load of provisions annually, till they should be free; and they continually fiat ter themselves that one ship of war would engage the Turkish fleet. A
 The political prospect of Greece is for the moment good; but that misery which I have described to you, sill sexists--ii must continue, till peace enables the peo- pie to return to their homes and cultivate their lands /; till then they must principal ly depend upon the philanthropy of other nations. And shall America, be behind hand shall America be out striped by the nations of Europe shall America do mo- thing more to wipe out the stain which his- tory mustand will attach to our age ,of hav- ing left poor Greece (to which all owe so 4much) to struggle alone seven years for liberty agaiust unparalleled difficulties and suferings 1t is to be hoped not. It is to be hoped not.- It is to be hoped tha, those exertions so generously began, may be continued, and the reward will be bles- sings and prayers of thousands, and the gratitude of their posterity. Greece ex- poets it from you--she has tasted your bounty and looks for continuance of it and l will venture to say, that of those en- camped on her sea shore, thousands o1 women and children are now watching every sail that comes from the west, and fiattering themselves with the hope that il may be an American ship with provisions for them.
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"It has been related of some who recovered from early blindness, that they evidently expected to find those whom affection ard kindness had endeared to 1hem, most beautiful to the eye.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-25
Jan %

NOR RENT the Manufacturing Min com.
u monl, known rs the Amherst or Calls
Mil, in the county Of amherst On James River,
distant from this place about 10 miles. II WA
thoroughly repaired last sumner. 4 runs three
pair OF Burr aud one pair lnsopus Mill Stones,
Attached 10 the Mil. is an excellent Dwelling
llousc, with the necessary houses foi the nc.
conlmodauon oil a fhmiiv-and also with 81 A.
tres OF land. There is likewise a saw mill on
the premises lew country mills possess tine
advantage, that are fonnd at this; boats may
load and unlnad nj the mill, NJ all Seasons
Possession wtllbc given the first day of Apnl
next For terms apply 10 {. aud A Warwick,
Rchmoud, or to JOHN NJ WARWICK.
FEB. J. 1850
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-25

VIRGINIA At Eules hoidso AZ the flerkf IT., J.
superior court Of thnnref, for the l. snchburg - y
The ath DAY Of January, Ir4-. Atna.traa : 5i' -
III. against Abrslum heeus and JAM, I5. AIS
eA sol William k'rne, deed, Pun gaff.usIs s -.
ci henrRe taItluetnn Ief Il. I honus SlH.aia. - -
OF Mel. SpIafus. doe " lliam BALE, ,i4 - .5 aug
eNrs oflierl'crl {. Coeke, deed. Tn ma Il e. nc
Henry scott, hihia VI bib aud 1ho4Bas d G
BETS. - NaIge
me o'iena@m Jho J. Childress not ha,irr entcyed b
appearance 4 Rnen security according Ia III, A., =
s'nlhS and TIE fuios ui tn, court, and II app. IA
uoiactury evidence thai he s not All inhalnan 40
county II Is ordered that the said defendant do No.
hcie ON The first day ut the term ami as. ~ n
oi the plaintiff aud that acupy Of thls ordaf a., 60.
HItInscrtcd m some new spaper printed IA the la,
Iynohbhrg, for tHo months sucetssl.ti. AMI No..
the FROM door ofthe couTtlI1use AZ tnc altit.,n
81 copy -Ir-te, JOHN WILLS 4
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-25


yIse32. sslsrribsr = v seH privately h's tract
atlspd IN Brdistd COUNTY, situated on The
nh sai south forks Of Goose Creek, and on the
main road cading ftom l.snehbutg 10 fins's.
lie II mics wet II Liberty aud adomtS
Cam. Rniord. Il contains about l1oo acres Of
~hich $40 are unclesr.d. The par which IS
unei.s-ed, except very smah portion, Is osn'-
l.ni tabaceu l,nd OF the cleared land, ip ~
cres are low grounds ofthe htsi qnelits, and 'he
remainder remarkably fine highisnd. ihis is
one Of the boet tracts of laad in the upper co"n'
try being well adaIsed TO the cultivation OF 70.
eacoo and all kinds Of grain II hes temafNah'y
~rll and is very tree from stone, 4 divided VI
4oald make two very handsome TarN "h'ch
SHAH be done, II those who wish Ia purchase
wish Il, Persons wishing to purchase may ep
Div 81 the subscriber residing Ia III aeieheo'
hoal OF New London, OF 10 Capt. boiofd reSi.
e,ing near the tract. WILLIAM IRVINE,
January 3. 80
NJ The Editors Of the EnquIrcr viii ins'rt
the above advertisement I'LL iorh'd, and forward
then bll 10 tins Office Tor payment
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-25

NIOTtE.-By virtue OF two several deeds
Y ottrust executed 90 the subscribers by
Charles {. Patterson, one bearing date the 23d
day OF December, one thousand eight hundred
aud twenty two. aud the other the Goth dav OF
January. eighteen hundred and twenty -four,
hnth Of winch are OfTccOrd in the clerks office
of the county court OF Bedford tor the purposes
therein expressed. viii be sold 10 the highest
bidder. on the 9th day of March next, If iair. if
not, the neS fan day thereafter, Sundays ex-
copied, the following property VIZ all the land
owned by the sad Patterson, III the coun-
~ OF Bedtold lying north Of the road leading
from Bore-augur settlement 10 Liberty Also
aaother tract containing ono hundred and five
acres lying on rhr saldroad between Goose Creek
and Borc-Augur, adjoining tive lands Of Robert
Elliott hauEhns hcirs and others Also, the
inlluwiug slaves VIZ. sam, Tabby. Edmund,
Lucinda Lewis, Bmrell, Nancy, lydia aud Iu-
~. with the increase otthc females since the ex-
ccution OF the decd. .fha sale will take place
at thu sand pa,tersons Mil en- the fist men.
tone / tract of land, the lands will hp sold on a
shDu credit made known ua the dav of sale
the ncstoe for cash or negotiable paper with
salts iuctury endorscrs. al si1tv DAYS. the lar
gcst ofland Supposed 10 contain l or son
acres, lies on both sides of Goose Creek, adioin-
! ing the lands of DR. Samuel Griffin heirs, vii.
| liam Agncw. Jesse Powell and others and is
well adapted ia the culture uthe common produce
oionr country, "a possesses great deal oiflai Ia nd
viii d considerable portion Of said tract unclear
ed-the Improvements consist OF 4 valuable
Manufacturing Mill. and saw mill on neye,
failing stream. and in an excellent neig hborhoof
for custom. " nh the necessary houses for one o.
two small fauliies Persons disposed 20 pur
chase are earnestly invited to attend the sale, Al
the property is valuable aud the title believed Il
be gond theugh acting as trustees sc shall onl,
convey such title as IS vestedin US by the deed
b. A.. EiDSoN, I Trus-
/ ROBERT CAMPBELL, Stees
! jan tds33
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-25

VIRGINIA AT Rules holden IN tie Clerks ofLceofA.
suprrlor eoSt oi Chancer9 iur ite Ly uchlufs ,Ist
the Tth dsy Of November. is27. Trlictt 7 IL
GenJamin Estes, 1honn- Lsles, Ednond Esl,, H.
feus aud Nahcy bis " IL. George Morton IA. Inzy
his vic Iansiord Rutker, Lud~tll RucLef $40.
A kucker, infant children of the SAID Lucy Wort
Who she by George Morton, then next friend K,l,,
Hughes and Elizabeth MS VII. " ilhaul CoAhef# ,,
Scloh ms "ie, John NOEL aud Sarah h.s wife ado .
hnncr and Martina his wife, PITT. agaast JsoIf.is
surviving eXor Of Benjamn Estes, decd VI ftsa
Loniy, John Lun3, Thomas Sar, cy Or ot Thou,
Log" ood, decd. Henry Hatcher, cS ~ of nardaN
Hatcher, dc d, William Eslos, Lils5d Isles and Ti,5,
Estes, Dcits. -
Tho defendant 1hofp Estes moi having entered .
appearance and given security according the a Of
srmby and the rss OF dis court, aud appearing II, a.
tslhctofY csldencc that he not lulgbitant oT fs
counuy-l s ordered thai the sud defendant do aplH-
here On the first day ofthc next and auAH ~ the h
oithe plaintiffs; and that copy OF this orarr be forth
Win inserted IA some newspaper printed iii TN onnuf
Iy nehburg, for Two months sueccssels, aud poted =.
the front door Of the courthouse III the sad town.
~ cups-Irste, JOHN WILLS G
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-25
John WILLS,C.

Al rnl. hid IN the CIcrh'soflicc Of Amherst the h
Monday Ia january, lsz5.
Sd.Hud simmons pitt
sIu>t
Iuhn 5 llausard and William Mcdaniel and John
Gda, Curu3r Of the estate of.ohn anSsrd, deceaseu
hefis. In ChanrefF.
The defendant John W. Hansard not being nm inhs9
taHt al tbs CommonR rlth motion Of the pin. "
counsel II ordered hat uurss he doth appear here on
before the third Monday Irrch next and enter MS
app uaaz and give security ior performing the iuoi.
ap.fr Of tie Court the PITS bill shall be taken as GOV
t>ed .n3 The alter thereof drcreed And Is ordered
that ropv til. order be forthwith published N me
lyuchmlrg kirFu'an tw months sucCrssEely ana anu
thrf cory be posted the front door Of the
House uftltis county some Court day. =,
a Copy-Teste-A. Il. DAVIES, CLh'
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-25

VIRGINIA At Rules holden IA the clerk office oftls
superior court Of Chancery ipr the IyuGhburg district
the 9Th day Of November, I.27. William l. Isbrll
PHI against john l.. Poster, David :. Gaflnud and
W hliam Ffeclald, late merchants AND partner, tf
ding under the firm OF Garland and Freelaud and WI.
ham IL. Ningfcld, Delts.
The defendant William l. Freeland mol having entered
ms appearance aud given security according the act II
Assembly and the THcs OF tins court md appearing hy
satisfactory evidence that he nh1bitaut 81 tn,
cOuAtIylt is ordered that the ssa defendant do an car
here the trst das OF the term ind anNrr the tn
Of thr plaintiff and that cops OF tins ordcr be forth
with inserted In news paper printed al the ovuof
Lynchburg for two months successfully, aud losud al
thr fiuut door Of the courtho.s Sc in the said town
81 Gopy-lcsie, JOHN WILLS, C..
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-25

y DvFrTIsrNrsT.- ne sat.erieers s'
~ ren, wed rom TIE brick 10 the White
Ienrlneni nj Amherst {. liuuse, aud al TIE
latter piare he 0ill continue hs Tavern. lie
,tt,ce, Fl, thanks his FREUD, sud The public Tor
the psif,nage heretofore extended To him aud
he sol,eils he continuance oi their iavonff--
He pir.Iges hi. uaremtiing attention 80 his
bnsiness, sud trusts his guests "iil he salish-
ell " iiir bis Isls and his Huu,e..-ihe tene-
menf b. occupies bas been thoroughly
repaired. and 10 vel sdapted 10 Tavern
JOHN FRANKLIN.
Jan % ta5&