Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-07-16
MIS- C1sGH AIrIs
MRS ROYAI,I.


We stated in our Lass that this notorious Ter
maganl had been presented by the Grand Jury
OF W ashmgton a. nuisance We cop from
the Literary Subaitern the following sketch,
which appears 10 be quite cha acieris ic OF the
old beldam
Mrs. Anne Royal is an odd kind of GEM
MS, and possesses as mach mpudrnce rs talrnt,
aud is bs no means def lent in either She
writes with great raplduy is Often correct,
and had she been properly educated, would
have been an honor 10 the Literature of the
country. She ia bold masculine and unspar-
lug, and ava'ling herself of the protec lion
her sex affords her, she assails all who come
With in the range of her knowledge. if they
offend her, with impunity. She j, as vindic-
live as the viper, aud the salava of her pen l.
n poisonous as the saiaya of the tahled tree
of Java. She is = native of Virginia but for
many years has resided in the west, where SHE
lost her poor dear husband, who gladly Weld
ed up the ghost, 10 get rid of the eerna clat,
Ter OF his cara Sp0Jd. Alter this de,n'se the fair
Anne, set herselfup as ao author, and com.
menced her prregr,natons eastward, and, with
one bound, passed from The AlIeghanie TO the
| CITY OF Boston. Al The time she had with her
the manuscript of the" Tennessean," rs well
as that Of her" Sketches of Character for
/ both o. which she solicited signatures. In
Boston, she became acquainted with Nathaniel
4 Greene, ESQ. then editor OF the Daily Ameri-
can Statesman, who being man Of gaIlantry
and patron OF letters treated her with the VI.
most kindness, and endeavored 10 assist her IN
the furtherance ofthe objects of her pursuit.
From Boston, she came 10 Providence, aud
we believe that We were the first Rhode- Sian
der that had the honor of clasping her" Lite
| rary paw SHE had known us in the west
aud though we met her in the pubic market
place. herJoy was so great, that she could not
refrain from giving us fond embrace, TO the
infinite satisfaction and merriment of a count
less number ofbntchers, little boys, old ne
Groes; and ladies' of questionable reputation
Not being disposed TO make public display OF
= our loves in the market place, we contrivtd
ways and means TO get her into an adjacent
office, where we listened to the outpourngs oil
her soul and to full aud practical nara
tim ofali " her hair breadth scapes by flood
and field"
Finding she was anxious TO be made &C
quanted with the most dhinguished and emi.
nent men of the town, we made her known 10
the Hon. Wheeler Martin, who courteously en-
Iersained her for several days, and according
10 the report OF Mrs. Royal, the honorable
gentleman showed her spring of water, from
which the founder of the State used TO Stake
his thirst that the honorable gentleman and
herself sat beside il nearly one whole day, and
whilst they enjoyed the shade OF an imm ense
elm that threw over its foliage, they talked OF
nothing but Roger Williams She also became
acquainted with Gov. Fenner and Nicholas
Brown, Esq. but the latter gentleman did not
treat her with much kindness or gallautry, and
called her beggar The insult set her soul on
fire, and she swore for him eternal hatrs {, and