Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-12
THE VIaIGiNiAN.'
LyNCHBURG. FEB II, 1920.


EbGE Hill
A new novel, bearing This title, has Just been
issued from the Richmond press and r,norls.-
gushed gentlemen Of that city. W. intended
To have done something more to-day than 10
present our readers with an extract from il. bu,
us We have not yet read the whole of IT. W,
must defer the greater portion of our remarks to
a future occasion the mean while however
We say with sincerity, that il highly creditn-
brilliant as they are known TO b. Aud We hope
he will not permit his pen 10 remain idle willis,
there are so many great events in The early
history ofhis native State uncelpbrated in histo-
~ or song. The incidents OF the Rtvolutionar,
War H. Virei nia were notices diversified IN their
character nor evrntful in their Consequences
than thosewhch gave origin 10 roopers Spy"
and Lionel Lincoln.' ie', how few of he,
gifted sons Inv" thought il worth while to com
memorate them in the enchanting page, of ro-
unnce--to tell stories of
"cFierce War, aud ftithh Love
And Truth ,uvorc. by fairy fiction dre.'."
We hope, tia, as the path has hern cleared
by a skllful hand, other adventures will soon
enter into the arena-untl VIZ. Of the Old Do
minion may dispute the palm Of literary excel
lnnce NOT un'y with the lrvings CoopcrS aud
Pauldn3s OF our own country. but even with
the great Magician Of Scotland
| In order to understand the sutininel extract,
il " i'll he necessary No r.capituln,e briefly n Nv
OF the circumstances which precrdrd the DC.
currence il defnils.--lhs period Was al that .
pooh of the rev pulmonary war when Virginia
WAS invaded by the TRAITOR. Arnold, aud de
fend by the chivalrous Lafayette. Charles
Fltzroyal sn5 Ludwell who are mentioned in
the extract .w"re Young men of wealth, who lad
| Just completed their education ~ William and
Wary, and both of them ardent wings TIE
| father of Charles. however, = descendant of
| one OF the Cavaliers Who had BED TO Virginia
during the reign Of Cromwell, WIS a decided
Uith the umost contempt and abhorrence -
The introduction Of the subject in eaa,ersa
ton never tailed TO produce n warm collision
of feeling between tho TWO, aud this cii cum.
stncP, added 10 matters Of u family nature
which it is moi rrlavem 10 sllule 10 here Ia
duted Charles 10 abandon hume, aad join thu
army under Lafayette, then encamprd in Rich
mond, In this d'ier'ni"a'mu he wa, oned by
his young friend tud~eil aud the SCENE do
scrbcd below &c, dried almost immediately al.
ter their arrival in thai place. 1t may not be
alnisS 10 state thai Claude kilwarden, who
makes sncha conspicuous hslns III the extract,
s not a frisn"d character. We recnlIect him
very we'll, as an able but eccentric barri,ter in
Rich,aond stubborn in his prrjudlces, but no.
nest and bcne, client TO u provorb. During the
lash war and the excited times Of the cmbargo
and non intercourse. he as tho saue loud de
noturcvr Of tie policy nf WHAT wHs lbeu called
the Republican party n he hal heen, during
the revolution, OF that of the WhlgS. ~ far ~
we lave I"ud, his character hnS been hdinIra-
biz sktichrd. Nhrn We saw John Warden,
however. old ~" and disease had necessarily
much altered him. lie was no longer the
d" hrawny Scot of the novel nu, eulciared.
hardly able {" walk, aud swathcd N tlann"I~
Yet. his pecullatities OF character "err always
the same. and no one Who knew him coo'd ,rtr
mistaken HI, portrait.
We cannot close our remarks 'thoul rcG',-
ring to the cnrerprize Of Mr.. /. w. White, rrr
publisher OF the novel. Until he hrrame the
proprietor of an o0ire no pr,ofpr in Richmond
from loss. Nj. White hss Published three az
four works at his oWnI,,, and we hope lie viii
be amply remlncrated.
With the detail given above. the reader viii
be prepared to undersigned tie uIJoh'' d ~.
tract:
" The tire having arrived for the meeting
Of the Lecishiive hodl oar Iesvrlifl', altcr
refreshing themselves aud their Jadrd ,lerIS.
rpsolved on walk 20 the Representatives.
Han They were both eagerly cnrior. 10 Wtt.
ness in person ihr cnnsuiirIonS II TIM bind
nf wnrihies, to whom the Comm"GRehitn, ia
is darkest hour, looked with srirnr aud nn-
shaken confidence. The buiIdng IN which
they assembled, war riain obIong dwelling
designed only tor temporary accommodation,
and a, that ttnr was not III the most freqnrn
ted part OF the city. The venrrable rdlh1e |
remains even 10 the present day. IN state Of
almost entire preservation aud though long
since converted from IL ancirnl uaeo ~ the
PURPOSES of commercial traffic, II - still 'nt'.
lied Ia the uaytarei's tribute, Ha associated
9th iIIu.trious SCENES aud great events III uur
annals. After passing 'he C"afds, "ho were
posted al convenient distances 10 prevent dIa-
order, or To give timely notice OF sudden dan
ger, Charles and his TREND found thpir way 10
he lobby, and occupied mn eligible SEAT, from
which they could witness the proceedings
without interruption.
The Speakers chair was filled by fne Iso-
man (,onre. in whose counienauc., genius
and dignity were c"nspcnouss blrnde -
and The TOMS nj whose voice, when he rose
10 rgopound questions Of order we're 50 rich