The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-30
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
TREE HILL RACES.

liz AtfAi ~ 66'f F1"H - 49,
faint fot frumpeior declining TO rua in con-
sequence OF an injury, il was supposed thai A
riel aust win as a matter of course. her co'upe-
iifors being AS yet unified on a four mile course.
The entries were Arirl-2d, Mr.. john -on's
Star. three years old, by VifgInlan-and 81,
Mr. 5eiden's Kate kearneys 3 years old, by Sir
/, Archie.
The odds in betting were greatly in favor of
| Ariel. Less than two 10 one, was hardly PIE
tended To be offered o. accepted, and 3 to J.,
Ariel against the field, was not unftequent.
The result proved as fortune often takes plea
.nre In proving, when expectation Is very con-
fiden'. aud all on one side. Ariel was braten
with ease aud this heroine ola hundred 6elIs
compelled to vail her large honors before a RI
val whose name had hardly before been heard
oif of the stable
LIST Heats All three iuanped off well, stu a
liltke ahead, which lac kept throughout the first
roupd-ai the beginning II the Dad some SEN
saiiDD was caused by Ariel's taking the track
with apparent ease. and keeping II throughout
the second, Third and part of the fourth round /;
all howe yer under a strong pull. and running
exceedingly close Whes halt the last round
was finished, Kate Kearney gave tokens of her
resolution To contest the point IN earnest She
first locked, then passed Star, aud seemed EVIL
IDENTIFY gaining on Arlel Interest had arrived
alta point ~ofeieai jntensenrss. and when Kate
overlook, locke Il aud passed Ariel, though at
the most remote part # the course, tine crowd
whose feelings were all on the weaker vessel as
they supp ,sed, cheered her. She kept The lead
TO The end of the heat, which she won by a few
lengths. Time, 7 N. 80 s.
II was evilen.t 10 a good observer, that Ariel
was bealen-blood flowed copiously from her
sides, aud timber had not been spared IN the
lnsi round. II Kate had i~olersbly good bottom,
the wise fes whispered that het success was inc
yitable ; but still the crowd could not be pei. ua.
ded Of "A truth So opposite 10 their proposes
sions They would not believe that Ariel,
whose qualities have been superior to any
American horse, was 10 b: beaten in d mile
heal by a three year old 1illey. Nevertheless,
her day had come.
The second heat was n beautiful one. Kate
led the way calamity, but was warmly pushed
by Star and Ariel. In the third round, Ariel
WINS compelled 10 fall in the rear of The whole,
and Star threatened for some time 10 increase
the amusement oil the company by taking the
ID heal Eut this proved delusive.-They
slashed Tor SHINE distance, but Star VAS finally
under the necessity Of falling back To his former
station, add Kate then lei The frld II the con-
claSion, and took the purse OF $1,000 amidst tree
mendeons shouts .-rime, 3 IN. y.
We have never Witnessed "a race so generally
interesting as this was while in progress, or 50
gratifying 10 the iield by lis termination. There
seemed to he 4 spitetul sort of satisia' iion that
Arid was beaten proceeding no doubt from
the supposition hat her superiority bad often
spoiled sport. Kate keatncy is immorlalized.
The knowing ONES were said to hayr lost consi.
dcrabIe sums. Hing.
From the Liberty tiIississippD Press, Oct. l.
NR KING-ih have lately had a visit from my
brother lisingi in Tesas, who informed me that
before he left that Country, tn civil authorities
in San. Felipe. had apprehended n man, who
called himself z Ifker, for the supposed murder }
Of Mr. Early III | recollrct righD from the
State Of Ohio.
lie states, from the manner in which Parker
uniformly wore his cravat, they supposed he
had a wound IN his throat and on examination
found a sllvpt tube leading into his wlndplpe, up
on which, and othrr corroborating
ces they supposed him to be DEStA. the mur-
dere, Of Baker Since nv brother's departure
from this county he writes ne, that he un-
dersiands that Parker niiGs Desha. has did "A
natural death, and thus saved The good people
of Texas the trouble of hanging him before he
died. he confessed he killed Baker aud one other
man IN kentucky and that he killed Early on
the Big Sandy IN Texas, while he early wa.s
asleep"
The guilty shall not go unpublished. B.
Curious discovery 1t rs a fact, as strange as
il may seem. that a numher OF manuscript vol
umes I'VE believe lS) undoubtedly genuine, con-
tanning the Journal 1.-THE British House Of Com.
mons during the proteciOrShip OF Cromwell, has
been discovered Imohg "A mass OF books aud
manuscripts belonging 10 a literary society in
New York. whicl, tor many years had re
x.s,mt ,aI. H. HI. t,aI H., Ia..t.
fors been lost, aud no traces of it discovered by
the British historians and anllquariaos who have
been competed 20 supply this gap in their hisio-
rical records FROM other less authentic sources.
The manuscripts were undoub edlv brought 20
this count Y by the R'gicideS. who fled hitber
on the rcStoraiion, vita Il view to prevent the
attainder of heir friends, and TO conceal the
proceedings OF the ltnnp Parliament. From
these persons they can be traced with tolerable
certainty into the possession of the society, a
mong whose hooks they have been found by an
industrious and Intelligent seai cher for the GU.
rious. The books have not remained so long
concealed bat II is their contents which have
now for the first I me been a scoyered. Hereto.
fore they have passed as some old manuscripts
only curious as specimens of the writing of an
early period. We presume that the literary pub
lie will before long be favored with a minute &C
count of this discovery through the society which
has the honor of having made it by means olone
OF IFS officers.
We gather from the Boston papers, That the
friends OF education in that city, are likely 10
succeed in their project OF establishing a COLLEGE
in Boston, upon the plan oil the London Univei-
sIty.
BurFlLo, Oct. II.
A Ciose Shnrs.-On Saturday evening last, A
tcamster fell from a wagon at Black Rock Dam.
and the wheel cut his ear clean from his head,
without bruising his head, or otherwise injnrina
him. The man went away with his ear IN his
pocket.
a Watch Crystal mandatory has been estab-
lished in Pinsburg, by aiessrs. O'Leary, Buck
& Smith.
An action of trespass was recently tried in
the eN York Circuit Court before Judge Ed
wards, IN which John n. Sturtevant was plain.
III, and Moore, Waterbury aud others defen.