Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-10-12


breasted the storm of persecution, and yindi.
Gated the omnipotence of the law, leave
his seat, unsullied by unmanly submission TO
| his oppressors.
| az Amos Kendall, it is announced in the
papers, 1.-THE movements of all great mfa are
noted now adays } is on his return from
Frankfort TO Misunderstanding only dipped
his hand into the Treasury to the tune of about
$500 for doing nothing Such is the meaning
of" reiTenchment," reform" &c. &c. accor.
ding to the Lexicon of the new administration
| u In Kendall's farewell address to a few Of
his chosen friends at Frankfort, Just previous
10 his departure for Washington. he says, that
he has made humble ofIoris TO lead piriuois
and useful life" His efforts must have been
"humble," indeed-seeing what small progress
he has made.
" Amos Kendall no doubt thong ht he made a
| capital stroke when he alluded 70 the criminaliy
OF his predecessor, Dr. Watkins, in the follow.
stnlenCc Oh tItT 10 III EankIDit GIOnHs'
When am found (says hey plundering the
public treasury Nth one hand, and writing 10
prove the purity of the administration pih The
Other, then shall deserve TO be abandoned" &c.
The National Journal very aptly asks what the
3" Heaven-born' Amos has been dong. but this
very act, during the last three months Has
he moi been taking nearly ten dollars day OUT
of the public treasury tUHh one hand for which
he rendered no services, (Which is. ipts tacio,
i" plndering )-whe, With The other hand, he
has been bespa,tering The administration
| which employs him" with the most lulsome
adua in his Argus.
~ The Yellow Fever continued TO rage NJ
and Mobile have also been visited by this am
nual scourge of the Southern counirv We
learn from the papers, that nearly every person
who could do so, had left Natchez.
-..eDe..-
Turkish Wdr.-The Turks have disappointed
the expectations of all parties both of those,
who, arguing from the Justice. of their cause,
and their mperious duty TO defend their homes
and their alars wished that they might drive
their semi barbarous invaders back TO their
Northern hives and of those, who, from a con.
fused and mistaken idea thai the triumph of the
Russians would open the way for the more gen
eral diffusion of the doctrines Of the Christian
religion, eagerly desired to see the Crescent
struck from the walls of Constantinope and
from the spires Of her Mosques, aud the irium
phant banner of the Cross waving in its stead
The talents and energy of Sultan Mahmoud,
which had been displayed on more than one
occasion in subyerIing some of the most ancient
aud most dearly cherished customs Of The En-
pire, particularly the annihilation OF the ia
nissaries, were supposed TO afford certain
guarantee of triumph. Nor was it doubted,
that he would be supported by his people with
all that zeal aud yalor which the principles OF
their rels zion, particularly when aided by the
artificial slimulant5 which il knows SO well how
to employ in seasons OF emergency are calcua
ted to inspire. But, as the danger approached
nearer aud nearer, we have seeh no remarkable
exhibition Of talent or yalUT by the Sui
tam nor have we heard of any of those fealS
of desperate courage, aud heroic sacrifices,
which, in ali ages. aud among all people, have
reflected lustre on the reputation Of invaded
Empires in their holy strugges-sueh, for in.
stance, as signazed the obliteration of Poland
from the map of Europe-the invasion OF Spain
the capture Of Vienna-and the cou6agraion
of Moscow. The genius OF Mahmoud appears
to have been para yzed by the immensely of the
field on which he had 10 operate, and by the
mag itude ofthe interests involved in the issue
OF the contest i; aud his troops seem TO have
partaken of the tmidily of their Chief,or to have
sunk INTO apathy under the influence of some
other motige-either Indifference TO the person
OF the Sultan or wish, under the reign of
some other man, to restore the ancient usages
of the Empire, which he had perhaps rather too
hastily and rashIy subverted; or belief that
the time had arrived when. according TO an.
cient prophecy, the Turks should be driven
back into Asia.
THIS last supposiiion appears to obtain most
general favor and the antiquares and lovers
of The marvellous have already set their wits to
work, to discover 10 the ponderous cob-webbed
folios OF times gone by, or in the legends OF viii
lage crones the prediction of some gifted seer,
which points 10 the present period, as the term
nation Of he Turkish dominion i'll Europe. A
mong the best authenticated Of these, is the
subioined, which we find in the " Baltimore A.
aerican. There can be no question, that, if
this or any similar prophecy, obtained gen
eral circulation and eredence among the Turks,
il converted their belief of" inevitable necess-
w. into weapon all powerful against them
selves