The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-15

FRINGE dc Tutieyrrna Paris papers have An.
noinced MA This extraordinary character ha;
completed g Memoirs of his ~eventful life and
fines. which he is said to have beaneathed to
his nephew and successof, finder an Injunction
10 publish them ten years after his decease. II
IS quite unnecessary we think 10 recount the va
ned and important parts which Prince
TaiiegrnHd has filled from the dawn ofthe French
Revolution in 1880 TO the present day, and the
numerous Offices he has sustained under al the
various Gtrernments of France, and which pre.
EN- ,er'ly qualify Elm to become a better hIsto.
Tian Of many interesting events in France. than
any other living man.-These memoirs we
think. vii also be OF much cis- atlantic iutercs, +.
as many Of oirreaders will recoliect, in addition
10 the part he took in American affairs ~hea he
held the Office OF French Foreign Minister. that
at the commencement Of the French Revolution.
when Bishop Of hutun, he einigratrd TO the Uni.
tel States. he resided some months in Boston +:
and we mention as "A remipiScrncc OF his indus
Try IN tha acquisition Of information and care 10.
preserve u. that he was a constant visiter of The
"lice Of Ibis paper, and having obtained per.
MISSION, not oalv read every one 81 our ex-
change papers, CONSUMING in the perusal seve.
a! hours daily bur taking very copious notes of
'ie contents even ot those most remotely nrint-
hhnnt egesdropping, we gscertaired tina
'nese n1teS were principally cdnfInal to sta
tstical and historical particulars We can meu.
Won rs a sample, that on one occasion he took
mates ofa ads ertisement published in n Ben
flnsicn paper-the only one then issapd in Yer
mont-fer the sale ola million acres Of Land.
owned. we think. by Ira Allen, and copied all
me prominent descriptions of the tract, terms Of
SAFE, and condition Of settlement. We particu-
larly recoilect the neatness Of the IN uies in his
lort Folio. and our surprise that an Eminent
ILSH0D should hpstnNy an much Inknr a., Who col
section and preservation OF facts which we con-
s'ner"d rs be Ofa very uninterpsiins naiore. We
nave no Doubt that he made al the time n very
valuable collection OF facts, and that they will
ne embodied in his Memoirs. When these will
De mad" public we can make no conjecture as
we Know that AT the last date, he continued in
me nj discharge of his functions as Grand
chamberlain ofthe King o France.
[Bost0E Jentinek.
A9ngenig-0n rhP estate Of Dochfour, near
inverness. there lives an old man named Donald
ShCulloch. a relic Of the fatal field of Cullodeu.
Oonaid is now IN his 93th year. and is tolerably
hale aud healthy, hut IS miserably poor. In the
'orty|hVe' he lived in the Levs. and on the
memorable 10th Of April, 1916. accompanied a
cousin. attached to tIe rebel army. and some o.
'"rf3ads to the Gel of battle. lie describes the
say as one Of nie', S;erni, and extreme cold.
nus fe'Httdh was sounded. rad be hjn,seIf and
ms COMFY tnlons fIel rom the moor 10 avoid the
,n"rderoNs weapons of the Dragons. The
o"h'nag'assmen were Stationed near him-and
u"'y graTsa'c Is bis natration of the arriva! of
VI" f"@iiiTes ~ a nrighboring baru-some fall
,1S neadi"ng never to rise again, and Others
l1',cnNfe Their tcvef,sh thirst in long md hea-
y "a"sh's,, In Morayshire, we understand,
"rrr x a sifl elder remnant, Of % the warsn-n
t"'efa', born III t.Z9. ny name Enherton
campbell who foayh, for Prince Charlie n,
rr'ston, FalSirk and Clifton, but was too late
fof the field Of CnI|oden. These facts hc detail.
:" 'as' summer TO MIR. MIenaie, of Woodside.
'S"nflrinaa lately on = tour to the Western
wv e'nversed the other dav wifha mani Skv.
-, ;" was sorni As he stated in tie reign orQ ,ecn
20" .prrr~, Tay-'a-