The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1829-01-12


DEAR h',JoR.- freud OF mine, Air San
ford. viii hand this. aud NJ the same time a hor-
nri Frog, taken ON The Al snsss rrairies,
which | hope will reach yon live. To pre-.
herss hun 80. yon have 10 do nothing bur lt-' him
have tbr air, and krsp him wsrm--pi lux ling
his head occasionally with little water. lie
will also give yon scalp lately taken.
Mosi truly yours,
l.. kINGSBURY.
MAJOR Hook.
Dear Sir,-1he horned frog alluded to in the
within arrived last evening, in y torpid state but
the warm rays Ola genial san have perfectly
restored. aud although he has taken no susie
nance Tor seven months, he is now running ~
bont my room. II you have no suc'I animal Il
believe il should be called fepiile) ~ your mus
senm frankly tender i 10 You. and y H. on
hearing from you, transmit IL 10y some friend 20.
ing 10 a,rwYofk. There - mr. difficulty ,n ,he
transmission. a. il was brought here in gentle
mans travelling trunk, packed in TIA box.
Your ohedicnt servant.
w. TOOK. q. s.A.
To DIR. 8. l.. MITCHELL, New York.
EsHaci ola letter from gentleman in Talia.
hassee. Flotils) 10 ms friend in this iown.
Tallahassee, Dec 2, 1923
Onr town has Of late, bee yer, much in
proved. great number ofbuiIdings have bS"n
erected this yenr, and several more contracted
FIR. The adjacent country begins 10 wear the
aspect of long settled i,lsn'hiions and looks
veil. The town is remarkably healthy Its
population is somewhere about 1900, and
think hut two deaths have occurred this year
one from consumption. Flour ~ selling al from
Ito IL dollars barrel corn, 10 cents, bacon
5a 40. Very little cotton has been hronghl in
this season. AieE. Gas.
Williams in his b. "a West Florida re
marks on the cultivation of Indigo in that coun.
~. thai Caracas, alone was able to rival Florida
II this article forty thousands pounds sterling
~ one wear. has been paid ia Lon,ion. for Fiorl-
ia digo yet nj TIN, time not "A pound is raised
in he Territory Tor sale n few planters cutl.
v1le u fur the OF their families yet II is raj.
sed with less trouble than any other crop aud
any female slave can manufacture IL. Ihls
plant also ia u native ri Florida its uatnral sor
IL the Pine B.rIeuE
i"sekIah Augur, Of New Haven a natv'
sculptor Of great prn"Iise, la. NOW under his
chi.sea group winch il is said will snrpass all
his former productions His Sappho and bust
of Ap Ito have brcn iaynraby noticed. Other
n his production. not exposed to The public
eve, are sald 10 have great merit, among which
"a a full sized bus Of the late Professor Fisher.
n ale College. The Connecticut Herald says,
pf This artist -
VITA very limited means, aud thus FAR al
y 81 without patronage, this Young mnn isiuds.
{ rgably pursuing tins occnpatio, with an ardot
uoi TO he subda,d by the unccNan prospect
II gam. OF the tTowns nf adverse circumsl u.
res
Nr. A. we belieV. was the 6ra nat We Anne.
icap, Certainly one Of the FIRST. VINO ever De.
voted his attention exclusively to sculpture. Bur
enough hh been done Nv him, aud others to
prove that our rountrymen are NOT wanting in
native talent for this at. They only need the
fostering maud of patronage. TO elicit the Ia
lent from liz latent state and dlsplay II ~ the
world
hieresting 10 frii,ts.--In letter from CJl.
Tfnnbnli, 10 thu speaker Of the HnNs. ul
un the suffice, ii the Nation.
II paintings IN the koIunao OF the CapiI ii
Ia ler date o the 9Th insl. II fac IL conmuni-
cared which my moi be generally known n |
,unne painters. II ~ the method ot pre- .erving |
paintings on cloth from the Effects ulhumiJt, |
hpd mItJrw.
THE IDEA was suggested 10 Col, Trumbuil /,
~ he .ittrs, on learning thni Nume ch"m'st- o. !
| 'uce hnd examined with great cnre several |
~ HE anc,rnt munmirs oi Egypt, with view |
> ascertain the nntu q afthe substance en- |
y owed by the rmbalmrrs, which the lapse of /
many ages had proved II possess the power |
- protecting from decay II substance other. |
,iso 50 perishahlr ~ the human body. Jhi, |
examination had prnyed TIM. after the Hppl-
alton OF liqui pspGalinm 10 The cAviie, of |
III" head and body the whole had been wrap !
II carefully IN many envelopes or handaans
HHeH, prepared nth ~ ihp committee
o ch"mists decided ftr her n "a careful * !
an'na,Ion and analysis OF tue hierogliphir
paintings with which The cn,es, &c. arc GOV.
cred, that the colors employed, aud Ill ~.
rnlng their vivid brightness, had also
aeen prepared and applied with The same sub.
bncr.
Col Trumbnll snys further that he knew IN.
vhrds the close OF the last century, the AM ,
qo'r'an Society of England had h"Hn y ,rmn
10 open and examine the stone c"thn de. /
oS,'"d in one of the vaults of Westminster
N'hev, aud sad to contain the body OF Ring !
edward l., who died in July. 1907 On rs. |
moving the stone lid "fthe ertlia, its cunleni- |
we're tound TO bc closely enVeIhpsd in astrnhg |
linen cloth, waXpd. ~ this envelop. were
'onnl splendid robes Of silk, enriched with "a
Il"ns ornaments covering the body, Which was
found 10 he enlirr and 10 have been wrapped
''''"il w MI us Ilhfi tN'h w thCH SeltTH'"
hng"b in bandnges of fine linen, which had
been dipped III melted wax /, ana not ouly vas
III" body not decotn posrn. hui the various parts
II hf dress, snch as scarlet satin mantle, h a
scartia' pirrn nf sarsnpt whichwas placed over
ace, "rr" IN perfect preparation. even TO their
coiols. he knowledge of these facts persuad-
ed oil |. thai wax, applied 10 the back ofthe
paintings, would form the best defence hitherto
known 10 exist. against the destructive effects OF
damp aud stagnant AIR.
fne method Of preparing and applying the
waI Is SIMPLY 10 take common herS-was and
mrli II over the fire with an equal quantity On
bulky of OIL OF inrpeutinS and this o'ixi re, by
the help Of large brushes 10 he applied hot 10 the
back of each cloth and n afterwards rubbed IN with
ho' irons, until the cloths are completely satu>
rated.
For The Lexington B!lietiH.
DAvy CRooNET, Tennessee member Of Con-
,reSS. --Ths facetIous Mr. h of Ohio, tells good
,tory in which this Cnno from the wild