Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-03

OF the feeling fist ne must eonHfes Us @'es
could give > man strength TO use Tor any
length OF tine and should think almost hs-
noss,bie Cur . man Of moderate strength TO use
!, a, all 10 sny effect. About one hundred OF
,he,e dresses are hung up 10 the armory oil
Government here The officers are accustomed
10 dress the msel.es in Ibis armour occasionally,
when the conconrse Of spectators Is exceeding.
" great, crowding the streets on all sides, and
covering the houses and windO.s.-lhose who
wore I'll $ armor were always, bei'eve, on
horseback. They present an exceedingly
warI,ke appearance About twenty generally
appesr in this armor IN small square, where
they maonuvre with great activity. II any
society was ever worthy of attention Tor iheir
hero,e eIploi, aud energy, II was this. but they
are all vanished, with | tile glory ~ these
times, except that oshaving preparsds valua-
BILE fortress foi the English in this sea.
Bnrins.-The best thing 10 be done when
adversely pinche., is. not to sit down aud cry.
bu, 10 rise up and work
Seeking the welfare Of man IS goodness-of
all virtues The greatest--be canse II Is aiming 10
initiate God.
! n man ever did pnrposed INJURY 10 anoih'
err. without doing greater TO himself.
Whatever IS worth doing at all is worth doing
well but il i, impossible to do any thing well
" it'll out attention.
Almost all our desires are apt 10 wander into
m mproper course hut care will render US
safe and happy through lie.
Avoid all harshness in behavior; treat every
one with that courtesy which springs from a
mild and gentle heart.
He pays dear for his bread who lives by an
others bounty.
There is no cause of misery more fruit
ful than mourning expenses that We cannot nj.
ford.
One ounce ofpraciice is better than pound
OF rrecept.
Get good sense, and you will not want good
luck.
lie who hopes for glory by new discoveries,
must not be ignorant of old ones.
Lesity would change every thing periinacity
so,hing.
Tie who esnno' live content any where, will
live contened no where,
Light things will agi,str little minds.
Reading makes he mind full writing accu.
rate, and conversation ready.
A stnd,ous life wins longevity.
Opinions are estimated Nv their truth, pre-
ferences by III ir propriety.
From the sane bud the bee sucks honey and
the spider poison.
A Splendid CoGn-rhe coffin which re-.
eeived The corpse Of the late King OF Malaga
scar, Radsm.w n large and massive one of sill.
veI. II was about eight feet longs feet and half
deep, and The same in width it was formed of
OF silver plates, strongly rive,ted together
with nails oil the same metal. all mnde from
Spanish dollars twelve thousand dollars were
employed in its construction. Inmppse Quau-
titles of treasures OF various kinds were placed
IN OF about the coffin, belonging TO his late Ma.
jesty, consisting chiefly Of such ,hings a. during
bis life he most priced. len thousand dollars
were plsced in the silver coffin for him 10 lie
upon and either inside, but chiefly outside
the coffin, we're placed or cast all his rich
clothing. especially military there we're eight
suits OF very costly British uniforms, hats,
and feathers, golden helmet, gofge.s, epaulels,
sashes, gold spurs, very valuable swords, dag.
gers, spears, Uwo of gold) beautiful pistols,
mnskets. fowlingpeces watches, rings. Droach-
es, and trnkets. His whole and fine side.
board of silver plate, and large aud solid
gold CUP with many others presented ~ him
by the King Of ENGLAND; large quantities Of
costly silks. satins, fac cloths, vary valuable
silks, Lambas Of Madagascar, &c. Tn mis-.
sionarle' say, that the expense Of the funeral
could mt have been less than sixty thousand
pounds sterling.
lSoah IF lean Adfc,tissr.
Pres,rrdiion Of Furs and Uoollens. -Furs and
wooiens should not be laid by for the summer
months without having the dust we'll shaken
out OF them, and care taken that they are quite
tree from damp; for dust and moisture dre the
great toes TO be guarded against inths first in
stance as tending 10 the increase Of moths and
'nsrcts-Many things are used ms prevenia.
hves az ainst the inroads OF moths such as
sprinkIing furs and woolens with spirits Of tur-
psnt'ne putting camphor. pepper corns, CO.
dar shavings. Il Russian leather among them -
but believe the best plan, after all, is to srw
the furs up in linen. we'll aired, through which
the moth cannot penetrate aud once Or twice
IN the course of the summer, TO have them ia.
ken out on fine sunny days and after being
well shaken replaced in their envelope, and
put ASIDE.
Tobacco which /. plenty aud cheap in this country.
is preferable TO most of the articles above mentioned
Tobacco stems tobacco suu betw cen
me ioids OF wooden cloths viii answer the purpose of
koepng out moths, during the summer whenlwoollens
are iaid Aside Aner Ed.
Our incomes should TIE like our shoes, if too
small they will gail and pin h us but If too
large. they will cause us TO stumble aud to trim
- But wealth, FER all, is areave thing since he
that has little Il wants less is richer than he that
has much and wants more, The coutentment de.
ponds not upon what we have. but upon what
we would have; n ub was large enoagh for
Diogcnes, but a uoyid was TOO little for Alex
sndcr.
Such wasthe influence OF the renowned Ma.
HomEr PAcHAs wife over him ian influence
which she never sbused,) that whatever she
required was Instantly granted " II iseoough,"
he used 10 say. 8" by my iva Eyes. If she re-
quires il. the thing must be don, be it through
FIRE, water. or sione."
Men raised BY merii.-lhat industry and ap-
picauon VIII accomplish almost any thing is
beautifully erempfed by the success ofsome
of The greatest men IN the civilized world, who
have attained to emnence from obscuritv and
insig'nce, -Hu'fon the great geometreian was
a coal-heaver. Huddart the mechanis, and
mathema ician was shoemaker. Brindiev
the Civil Engineer. who planned and executed