The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-14

50 far as the prcsiden,,l question q M, ctcd.
may be better ascefiane,l Nv the following vote
F0R GOVERNOR
Derbigny (fdnnisiration) 32s2
Thomas tdiHo) ll5I---4523
Maigny (Jdckmnian) lla6
Butter ditto l562---275s
Majority for the administration, 1895
The vote of this State, however, being now
universally conceded TO the administration. II is
not worth while 10 sosle words about major.
lies
dmos Kendall --iians thing can show the
utter haseuess of this mans character, and con.
vince those who doubt Nh Claws integrity. of
the "hreasonabloness Of their suspicious. both
objects will be ciTeemnllv accomplished by Mr.
| Clay letter 10 Kendall which we insert to-day
II The Knoxville Rrgs,e, remarks, that
we ought TO have !" remembered the situation of
Editors on tour side Of politics and those on the
side of Jackson when VIZ told il, thai II should
have " ndifed for NE teorfi OF eommand from he
Hsrsitdge. before i attempted To defend il
mas'er.--Ht did.
W The Knoxville Register says" The
corps EDITORIAL ofihe nd ninistraion are perlrct-
" drilled aud &C, SO perfectly in concert that
the adnlnsu zion can have any story they
choose, whether true o, false. pu, in circulation
n eperg Stale an The Upion u. the SAM dag, nag
he same hoW Of NE day = What a terrible SCI
of fellows ! Jackson uot only has exactly spch
| a corps bu, keeps regular cdrps OF teriiers and
runners at the Ileriniiage, God hnlapsy oll he
gets 10 be Pres'den0 who circulate lies with more
rspddy than all The presses i, favor of the AL
ninistration would Dig, il hey could.
Mrs. Hemans. 1T has neler been sunnosed
'ha' progressed reviewers wbnld, II they could,
agree with regard TO the relative merits of mn
author whose works mig htbe Subjected IN th,;,
critical knIie, Tie comHendaions of Mrs.
Hemans, IN the Sd No of DE A,aeyienu o,or
terry were quite fulsome, asluredly too extrave-
giant 10 be just and that .not the only period
iea' "l,ish has made her productions the theme
OF an eulosistic article. We see IN late
paper, that Mrs. Hemans is styled the first
poetess Of lineage For om own parts. we
have never gnoke ourselves among the admirers
OF her poetry, but rather in clined to the opi.
nioa expressed IN late number Of the Philadel.
ph'a Afiel that She has been sreaty ovrrre,ed
Her pieces are pretty, and there is tender mel
| hacholy perVadng them. which capivates for
the moment, but this pleasing sensa,ionis never
felt after the hrst reading. And tho eternal
sameness of her style, even when the measure
Of her lines varies tires and Satates the mind
1t IS not pretended To be denied that many Of hen
poems are more thnn beautiful and therefore
perhaps ifshe had possessed the art Of pansinr
Al proper pont-.if she had MOI written too
much--shc would have had more admirers, al
tho they certainly could not have been more ar
dent than those she now LAYS claim TO. Wher
We commenced, we only intended to show how
widely tearnedcriitcs may differ, and not 10 e1
press any opinion of our own. Therefore, W,
close by referring the reader IN one Of the la
dy's poems, though certainly not her best, undeI
the poetcal head.
HDa-
Tiat 10 Me Dcnd S,d, the Jordan, and .Lri
chO.-h halt past ceven we arrived NJ tn.
Dead Sra where Sedan and Gomorrlia stood
We tasted the water, and found it nauseous anc
bitter beyond any thng we ever tasted. Tn,
, whole country round is desert inhabited Il,
wild Bedouus Al six we arrived ~ Jericho
We took up our lodgings for the night. men nnc
horses altogether ia 90 open ward OF The castle
The whole humber 4 inhabitants amounts I,
three hundred souls The Arabs hire aroumt
rs are true genuine A'abs vino are as free anr
as wild their desert asked one Of the 4
rails " which do you HE best, the cit, o. the de
sert?' Arab.--" amthe son OF the desert.
am not the son of the rlty
G0fs Missionary J0,unaL
to-
II Is always safe 10 I'arn. even from our enc
mes-seldom safe to venture TO instruct, eyeo
our friends.
Death If DDenl 5afart The Edinbnre h
Evening Post announces the death of tins :,
tngulshed phlosopne6 He has left nam'
that must endure as lurg English literature
is cultivated.
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