Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-06-01

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Rowland Stephenson arrival ia this couni y
arrest, detention, aud subsequent liberation, ar
all detailed in the London papers, and AZ
commented upon according 10 the knuwledg
or ignorance, good manners or impcrtlnenoe q
the respective editois, The London Tunes
the leading Journal or all but. OF Europs
makes the following sensible and just remark
s'to the delivery Of fug,ises o the goverumer
Of the country wheSee ,het hy.
F,om inc TIM, OF The llh Apyd
b...ms ID uS uuqnesiiunable. IA we state,
Yesterday. that Rowland Stephenson cannot b
given an 90 any sri,ish authority, by any NJ
thorify IN the unted olses, without bresc
oftiie Law of nnrons
The man il not u convict VI he were fhs
tule. we lh,nk, 10 the same but Ia this rase
the man !, a fugitive only There ~ no recnrd
of A proseculion agains, him The charge d
which he has been the object may have beer
wholly uofooaded. An innocent man NAV be
through gross error. or by the Vaccinations oI
a conspiracy. accused uniusiy Of SINH Ar
crimes aud thus driven from the doncie AT
forded among civilized nations to all whp
peaeeabIy touch their shores The principle Is
obvious, that where particular community
has not been mi ired by particular person IL
cannot, of mere right, punish OF assist IN b, ing
ing him TO punishment
An express convention hefween two States.
for the mutual surrender OF fueiiiyes under sus
picion OF crime. would supersedc OF course the
ordinary ma,ia,s Of Jurisprudence, aud su,hor.
we the Imprisonment and transfer 10 M Eng
iish officer oi justice OF such n man ns Stephen.
son but without such ireety the thing is I'M
possible 10 be excused, and we concur with the
citizens of North America IN their sentiments
ofisalousy ON the subject
9Ildacitg Some Of the ras1als who are
brought up to the Z iiire 0tjer nave singular
merit Il andacitv % Saturday morning, a
fellow sss caught, aud charged with srsnng
piece ol dnptr. VI Ind fhund f,cc--wn.
bun'-mpudeni looking, and iull of talk u
don't IKE your lace" SAID tho clerks who was
lroceedTng 10 take his exam.na,iou you
don't - said the thief nov il | am any Judge
ply siognomy, take You TO be a greater rogue
than | am. Whats your name ?" asked The
clerk. John Scott" replied he. " Pot down
John Scott, ifyou can spell and " you can'i
III tell you. don't believe" continued the
rogue. aside to the officer" that he eau SMELL
this Is n - ignorant place. How do
YOU get your living '"iow do get my living
why, by lh'ins diaper What other way do
YOU suppose should get living 7" F" Where
do you live asked tue clerk" None ofyour
business. but " you wan, 10 know live now
here. >" Where have YOU lived continued the
clerk, why have lived al forty something
III Mulberry street. WAS born tb.re--I'm =
New Yorker" You will probably be &C.
commodalsd with lodging In the Peniten, arv
tpr fewmonths;werey you never there before7"
j Never. aud you shs'n't put me tier. oow--l
have infneacs in this ciy-you shan'I catch
me there"
Thus he went on boarding the lions ofths Pc.
lice Office with his msoleuce. but when his com
mission WINS made out for Term OF six month,
IN the Penhentiary, he grumbed most loudly
~ he was led avn, bctween two police off GERS,
who did the nmilble 10 him in the most polish
cd style Noah.
SisGuLAR ExHIBlroN. writer in the I'M
verssi tells ns that he has been witness 10 a
most singular feat a, Madra.. An old Bramin
has found out the meaas oil sitting upon air
His apparatus is--hrst, hplank supported by
four pegs aud forming n KIM of sofa second
q copper pipe, III which he puts u bamboo ,
and lastly, crutch covered with leather His
first operations are concealed by n curtain; when
II falls the amin is perceived sitting in the
air ,abou, four feet from the ground resting
only on the extremity of one hand on the
crush. and holding the other in the ain He
remains in this position, ordinarily, only a
quarter OF an hour; but in compliment 20 the
Governor of Madras, he remained forty min.
uies. When he wishes 10 descend, the cur.
tain is raised and he gets down in secret
There 10 then sound heard as Of air violently
forced from pipe. lie does not exhibit for
money, and has reiu ed very tempting offers
10 proceed to England. Spectator.
Some Of our readers may moi have sufficient
faith 90 believe in this story of the French ed.
itor. We are not, however, of the number, for
although We never heard of the experiment
before, wa will veoture TO say that we could
ylertorm II ourselves. Onr solution of The
phenomenon is, that the old Brahmin J., sus.
tanned by columns OF mir forcibly impelled
upwards through the four pegs OF his sofa ,whith
are hollow tubs, Any person who has seen
the beautiful hydraulic experiments made in
Liverpool by Phlipsiall and others will be nj
no loss 10 understand US. In those experiment,
a JET of water was employed which carried
aloft on lis point an egs, aud oiLsr things
which danced in the air In very pleasing
manner. More weighty substances, as chan
deliers with lighted caudles, were sustained in
The same way, and if the impetus of the jet had
oren increased. man might also have been
borne hioit by the same process.
In our opinion this Il the principle upon
feat, substituting mir for water and the noise
OF air being violently forced through a pipe,
when the operator descends, confirms our theory,
We shall further espluin our meaning by more
LONELY illustration. Schoolboys have a very
ingenious and simple toy made from a piece of
tobacco pipe, pea and pin the hin from
which the head is taken, is Fixed into the nea
and then passed into the pipe. upon the TOP Of
which il rests. Upon blowing al the bottom
OF the pipe tube, the pea will dance up and
down very whimsically, not falling off in con.
sequence of,he shanks Of the pin. Now ia lar.
ger apparatus we're employed, and air forced
through tube with the requisite impetus, a
man seated UPON an inverted cone Or bowl
pight be borne aloft in the air as the Brahmir
TO described to have been, [EdHs. Mere.
NASHVILLE, April IA, 1929.
Home made Thunder and Lightning A few
weeks since, the good people that dwell in III,
little village Of Triapa, on the banks of The
Tennessee, in the county of Madison. ane