Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-29
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ledge HILL
lfHny one has hitherto been deferred from, morn,
slug TINS work from participating in that sectional
national prejudice, which prompted The Jews 10 eX-
ciii' Can any good rome out Of NdSnreth; or if any
one YET dou ots that Novel may be written aud writ
ten wei too. even IN Virginia, we would commend
TO ms attention the following notice copied from r
YANKEE, AND BosroS LITERARY GAZETTE" oftbc
! I'm INST y Novelist and Poet ofno ordinary fame
the appreciation of the author of the .BaHic Of Nj
dgart," Keep Cont" "Rdndoiph" &c. whose nan
whilst IN England was enlisted in behalf OF ono of
me noSt celebrated and original modern periodicals.
hiacXwoods Edinburg Magazine, must outweigh, in
every unpreJudIced mind, thousand puerile crit
cisnls and capiious objections. We are grat6ed 10
see SO many contemporary Journals taking notice of
the work II will bear the most rigid and severe
scrutiny, and be valued es il becomcs hntt.-
known. Edge-IIill has not vet, we nre sorrv -
learn received that degree OF patronage and uttcn-
ton to when its merits enttlo IT. but amidst his dis
icouragements II must be consopg to the author to
receive the encomIum of nudge so well qualified IN
as JuRS NEAL.
We trust tic Author will proceed in the career lie
has 50 Gnspicously begun, and become. MIR. ~ in
tmatesh he viii, tte rirdI oF Cooper. We would re.
mark en- PEASANT, that beg leave TO dissent from,
Mr. Neal, IN hls opinion of lie similarity or identity
OF character existing between Albert Monteagle and
hashley ps0adistone In some general features
there may be rcsenIbance-bu they are sufficient
~ distinct to constitute them varieties of the same
class The vilainy of Osbaldiston arose from am
billion and desire Of distincton,-that of AIonteacle
]
The former displa yed the workings of a daring and
master spirit confident of its own power and rsonr
ces while Monteagle TO his effrontery and hypoc-
rlsy joins the cowardice of poitroou. Fhcre is as
much resemblance, we conceive, between the two as
there is between Buoneparte and the present hopet,l
sovereign of Portugal, Don Miguel
EDGk-ItILI, n noVei by J'irSiaiGn--in fico aoys
RiciUsond. z. ". Whae
IL Is really cheering to see ON brethren Of the
south tie finer spirits Of the Ancient Dominion ia
KING the field with us in the literature of the ncri-
'l.F hgi,n-
that ever appeared, unless the OLD BAcHELop NAV
be regarded Ia a novel or the BRITISH SPY both Of
which came forth to the world in Virginia. though
the author himself was Maryandcr. Nor do nov
the shape Of novel.
Butthis, take it altogeter, is highly respectable
anaiT The characters. though one is borrowed that
OF Albert Monteagle. are fine and spirited and An
emily characterized for first attempt The Mot is
good plot; the moral-what It should be; the Inn
guage, uniformly easy, and with two or three cxcep.
lions uniformly correct, and sometimes beautiful and
the wIndng-up IS altogether in the old fashioned stvlc
of propriety.
But Albert Montcagle, as have said before. il
Dorrowed-rather borrowed that is. lie is too like
hsnIey Osoaldlstons lie is villain OF tho same
sort-endowed with the same sort Of readiness and
sell possession -hIs sGture-hs "comp1cL and mus
enidT Frame" Il 25) his coice and 'Ds. shqpen
face and rePUstre countendpce." g. 1877 are the same
In oil other respects, Edge Hill appcars to be suf;
cently new for story Of therevouon; and take the
plot as 1t Is, interviewer, ntertangled and finally
cleared up, it is worth half score Of mod:rn plots
The author in fact is clever; and if this is FIRST at
tempt, as 1t probably is, he ought 10 eclipse Cooper
before nc has done, for Edge fIi though much Of n
piece with Precaution. the first attempt Of Cooper
both being formed upon English models of a zone bv
ege' Is TealysupeToT, much superior to Precaution
N.
HUsyien1i UlL-Our contemporary Of the Wllams'ovrn
v"ca since ne las been voted honorary associate OF Inc
iHaaepd WITS takes license 10 Perpetate all of puns
@ 49, % III Iefence 20 te paragraph which credited
oa southern print and gained him promotion. He saws
NC d" punnnG 0nd when writing tho referred to- thought
Of sCurny the Of such Among editors a. is Rim ~ e.
IOu'eF' we had D4 no u OF being wIty"-Pbad pager.
J11rct of CtUtbz1ijon.-A fur merchant Of Phila.
dolphia states that the western indians are bocong
quite adopts IN the art OF cheating. One Of Their
means OF increasing their gains, Is by running lead IN.
der thnr beaver skins. The price Of beaver il from
% TO 100 cents an ounce, and cunning Missouri
Indian soUetlmes cOntrivos 20 sell lead ~ the Same
price.
LsiicroVs SeeDs.-In case glici, occurred in III.
Crown Court during the late Gloucester Agsjzes.
countTynan. who had been euhpunaed no witness ON
the part OF prisoner, set tho whole Court I'm roar
OF laughter. Matters proceeded very smoothly du-
nng his direct examination, and he made no ob,oc
tons to answer any question which was put to hjt,
on hchaf OF his friend in the dock; but unor nc had
been subjected for time 10 the railing Gro Of
cross'eSannation by the counsel for the prosecution
10 became rcstiVe, and at length fndino bis stool
OF patience completely exhausted, lo expresaed his
determination 20 answer more questions from fho
same quarter, ~ the following terjns-"I v1Int cav
no moro-be domdi III do--Ise told YOU al lnou,,
aboutii--and that's MI got To say, By c." When
''f counsel - 'ns prisoner sgain addressed him. he