The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-06-23
MISCELLANY.
ANECDOTE OFLOYE.

From the German.
- is NOT long smcc fur ir'la"ing osuaordina-
~ adventure Is sai9 20 haYe talen F,ac" IN one
si the ds,r,cts If Il laguY -
mmher 81 Wor'lneu byi1p nu9ag"d ~ O.
pauae a communication between Is. MINES
discovered the body Of Il miner, apparently a
hnnt twenty yea s of ~, whose position show
II mat hy had ialiru :. sctm ~ one Of those az
#id'nts ot ircqt"u, occurrence IN these sthterra-
truus excavations.
HE mem esaaiko3 f'at the body seemed tn
have lost nothing OF lis nekhlhv aud supple
ny,S: aud tfr state of perfect preservation
likewise in Wilch il was found. was attributed.
Nv scientific urn, 10 the effect oi the vtroitc
water ia ,he nine
On being eIposed 70 the air, the body be-
ram still ht The features and expression ot
inc face wnt not changed otili Il cDnld n5l
ne recognized although there MAS confused
recollection & the nelghborhocd respecting the
time when he accident occurred, rep"rfed
trone the village To have been half century a.
60.
Na farthr on fuirie, however. were made
au, th"y vt,Iiy proceeded 10 lni,r the carpse
according ~ inc usual t1lGiS, whom all At once
ih,re appeared IA Old woman. htstcttnG rs fast
a. hrr cruches raoid carry her towards the spot
I'm nearing ting circumstance, 81" had qGitted
her bed whore SIRE had heen confined during
MANY years. and III, isted unon seeing re tea
nrr> otthc aacra- Spite of the wrinkles and
as'd expression ot hen conatenancc, il h,tfavfd
Uncommon IL tatinn and anxiety, mingled vifh
singular ar of satisfaction, which had IN i
SOM hing aimpaf supernatural aud inspired.
>he approached, and6Nrd her ev"s upon the
ta'ares ii the corpse, threw asd" the long han
that conceal d part oilhc forehead, thru burst
Ing lato tears aud piercing CRIES. she eXcaiged,
h1t SIC had found the body Of her lover, 10
"h1m she VIZ on the eve OF being united sixty
EARS before, when he 60 Suddenly disappeared.
hen her rrafS had ceased to ilos. she teturn-
al thmks to beayan f5r having permitted her
T. 'rhaht one az ain The object her frst at
h"h'neGt, adding -" Now indeed | Shall de con
INT"
Ihr violence Of her feelings had been
NOR than hnr feeble frame conld support. Inc
l'sapts wished to carry her home hut her
mtrd seemed to have brolrh the last links thai
to1ai mo earth, and She was iaid IN the same
crave NTH him, rom whom she mad been SO
'o.s aud strangely separated.
-aGG-
.4ficdn GeogrqphR-l is gratifying 10 learn
tlal our government, with perseverance
worthy an eu'i!htpned nation. continues 10
direct sciep,Ga ilquiry toward. the il-known,
erHaInawu. parts If the coasts 4 Mica rs
8HH as tawlras other quarters oi thc Glob",
Nh'ie correct investigation Is required -
TN RpIeler who served with much dis.
fW1'op under Cant o men II his eyien-
veaarvey OF Afrira. Chiefly on the eastern
eoA'i aud Nadag4 seer, which occupied lr-
fYren i've ana * vpars-(oflh sn5vrV, il Is
5l'nlt"ned "a rs, Cap. Eoieler has written II
a-'dl.rd aud Interesting accauut for pnhiea-
non fml it still remains in manuscript y
Is M" a,poinicd . complete The survey oil
ne Tt-'arn rpa,t from the Strait Of Gihrlltar
p IN. tePe DE- IerA Islands and will, We
r,adef,'and, proceed on tn expedition IN
Yep. Parry, u ship the .lrcla, in a few
my tom Portsmouth, Can't. Nadce. ano-
, GER siherr WHO served under Capl. Owen,
: IS ais" Teen anfojntrd 10 proceed 10 Ire
.'"' 10 complete the rasl pari oithe Ordnance
sHrv"v d tha' kinglom.a- Capt tiud4e is at
Impaired hy Lieutenant Frazier, "ho was
assistant 10 Capt. = ,vGed in his hilarious
'FYey ct the lakes OF Canada, which hasheen
se'ahtly Gnisllsd. hi. Gas.