Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-07-19
MaSCELEANEOU us.
from the Boston Evening Bulletin.1


Recipe for a 4h of Juiy Oration.-Take PEN ink and
paper ad tb gratuitously throw the g uying
Information that the object of the assembly is to do honor
fathers Mix together the blood and tears of our
ancestors in the proportion of two parts of the
part Of tho other and stir up the mixture with branch
Of of hborty Take equal parts of The heights
"nker and tho plains of Lexington. OF the time that
mems souls, and the men who fought blcd, and died,
---. quaatum sut-A slice of General Lafayette will
contribute much to make the medley thick and slab
particularly if you boar him in triumph through tho
linen. - the hearts of grateful people II the disembo
died spirits of Adams and Jefferson be rising
the concocon hand in hand towards their native heaven
- boar the tidngs of continued independence their
ln'sa soparo,s III WIN r Ds @s nj. SeS, If
full of comparisons of the fayoe candidate for the Pres
4srcv, to Cincinnatus Soon other worthyof
old, whose may be easily culcd from the Bo5raph
ical Dictionary; and tine unpopular candidate to Sylla
Cromwell or in of al cmcrgcncy-tic devil be free
ly thrown nAn apostrcphc to Greece is ndispcnsa
bio ingredient statement that she strugr
for liberty with the Moscm (if you recooct the
word) may well be added since it excite
novel and delightful sensation in tho minds of those
whom tho dose is administered feeling exilor.aton
TO send them old clothes and spare sings would not be
amss. Some of the names of the old Grecian generals
and battles taking especial not to confound the
with the other will give consistency to this pert of the
preparation these ingredients however should used
with unless classical dictionary be at keRd you
not afraid of appearing to nfse paradoxes into the
mess you mix divers assertions that Incompetence
Is vice and Temperance virtue, and If all to
become drunkards our liberties would not last long. A
DEPRESSION the emancipatng effects of Chambers Med
icipe would please many tastes concluding exhorta-
ton be virtuous in order to be free will crown the
work Nothing is then wanting but letter from proper
authorities requesting publication by way of platter and
snoher of modesy from tho author by way of iadie
gsrnsh forth the precious stuff all amateurs in emecs
q.
fany person is preposterous doubt the pro-
tensions of the Expresdens to canon1aon let him read
the newspapers from 1913 to l60S, and be satisfied.
VEST INDIA HURRIcANE.-Our small but beautiful
chip CT lay becalmed out of sight Of land the
gons of the West Indies The day was sultry in the
with Tho
scorchng rays of an almost vertical sum- sought refuge
under the awnings, beneath which gentle air passed
The ship tho smooth, unduating waves which
rolled without ripple upon their calm blue surface
AS the sun went down, the atmosphere assumed a
gloomy appearance; and though breath of wind was
yet stirring, and the ship lay lsloss and
tho heavng ocean, yet the topsais reefed and
courses hauled up During the first watch the weather
interruption to tho darkness which had spread
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little gIooming light, much like shade
which hung dreary spot the western horizon.
gentle breeze from that direction presently filled the
sails and the gallant ship began to breast the waves and
threw up Their white nges against her vanished bows
Haul beard the fore tack called the officer of the
watch and iusAltly the released sail futtered in the
increasing breeze BUT scarcely it set when sudden
glare of lightning bread and bright ilumcd the whole
arch of the and showed the ropes pen
oiled IN gded strings emons the tall masts and cleaning
salls Then Tremendous crash OF thunder, and
me ram fcl fast and in large drops Luh cried the
oiesr as the ship began feel her canvas but no
or was tho order issued tn there rch OF wind up
On inc waters and the hip heeIed almost o her beam
ends trembling under the force of the gust THAI onrcd
among the tackling. lie fly the topsail sfeets-=up
with tho helm voceracd the voice that had be-.
lore called Lu but the Il I'D blast, bowling amidst the
gloom drowned all less power Ful sounds Then the
tempest wir and took sails al ack the tOpmast went by
the board and the weling br rushed the decks
sweeping the unpreparcd to wa terry grave One sudden
Hash of light showed thcm sru ggling with the sitting
waves and then they forcv 81 hidden by their
ing tops which spdrklcd in the de sp obscurity OF night
Inc hurricane soon passed away, but lett this late so
lied water.
Daylight came and all was calm ar still while the
nainder OF the haasssd crow so rec, hty poised twixt
nc ana death were again at work wit cheerful voice,
7uPPing heh floating honc-TaI cf VIC Sea-