Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-01


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A Romance isitased from the Spanish.
THE PEARL OF TOLEDO.
Who viii toll INC ii tho is brightest ut sunrise
or sunset: Who Will tell inc which of tho Olive or
the Almond IS tho finer tree. Who will tell me which
is tho bravcst OF the Andeusiun of the valcncian.-
who will tell mo who Is the lovclest OF women /
Will tell thee who is the oyeicst of woucn 1t Is Au-
rora dc Vargas, the Pear! OF Toledo.
Sazanr, The Moor, has uskcd for his lance, for his
shield LIS lance Is in his right Land, his shield
round his neck He enters his stable. and examines
his forty mares, one after another. AT ast he says,
Bona Is tho strongest; she shall bear away the Pearl
OF Toledo, or by Allah, never agam viii gaze on
Cordova. lie mounts Berja; he ga!lops towards To.
iedo, and meets an old man close by the Iacatm.-
Oid man. with the white board. carry this letter to
Don Gntticrc dc Saldana. IF he be- man, he will
meet me at the fountain of Almania. To one of us
must the Pearl of Toledo belong" And the old
man took tho letter, and carried il to Don Guttcrc
de Saldana, who was playing chess with the Pear
OF Toledo The Count read the letter, read the
challegc, aud rising struck the table 50 violently
with his clcnchcd fst, that AL the cessen fell to the
ground.
lie asks for his lance and for his good horse; and
the Pearl rises in terror for she suspects he is going
to fight duel Lord Guttiorc, Don Guttore dc
Saldana, remain pray thee, and finish thy game.
wal not play chess any longer: ! going pla y
with iaSccs by the fountain Of Alnania. And Auro
ra s tears could not stop him. for nothing stops
knight who Is going TO the fight. The P'arl OF
Toledo put on her mantle, mounted her mule and
/ rode to the fountain Of A!mania. The grass round
the fountain Is red the water Of tho fountain is red
but 1t Is not with Christian blood. Suzan,r the Moor
lyiag las back the lance Of Don Guttiere broke
in his bosom las blood is flowing apace. His marc
Berja is weeping beside him, tor she cannot heal
| her masters wound.
The Pearl rot o.f her mule Moor take cournce.
you will live 10 wed some fair Moorish maiden Nv
hand will heui the wounds my Knight has Inflicted
OH lovely Pearl, draw this lances head from nv bo-
SOM the cold steel will prove my death. The Pear
tttrfvh
ting all his strength, lie drew his sword and SCARED
the lovely face OF the Pear! of Toledo.
In the early part ofthe Memoirs OF Jefferson, some
Characteristic anecdotes make their way. Ia nnswe
to an Observation made by Jefferson, on the fond
ness of men for differing in opinion on the most tri
vial grounds, Franklin gave, was his custom, an
apologize:
''Hc mentioned the Eddystone Lighthouse, in the
British Channel. as being built rock, i'll The mid
channel tosly mace essble in winter from the bos
ferrous character of that in that seasons that there
iore' Tor the TWO keepers employed TO keep up the
iishs provisions for tho winter necessarily car
ried 10 them IN autumn, they could ,ver be visit
ed again I'LL the return OF the rdcr season. that ON
the first practicable day in tho SPRING boat put of
10 them with fresh supplies The boatmeu met at the
door one of the keepers, and accos,ed him with q
How goes 1t, friend?'-'Very well.'-'How is your
companon?-'l do not know Don't know?'-.Is
not he here:-I can't tcll."-'iavc you not seen
him to ay:'-'No.'-'When did you see him!'-.Not
since last iall.-You have killed HIM Not I, in.
decd They were about TO lay hold of him, as hav.
Tag certainly murdered his companion; but he desr
ed them to go up stairs and examine for themselves
They went up, and there found the other Keeper
They had luarrelled 1t seems soon utter being left
there had divided INTO two parties assigned the cares
below TO one, and those above the other G. had
YER spoken to, or seen one another since
HGperoois.--A Vermont horse jockey, Boosting
the other day CT his horse, gravsy asserted that he
touio tfot seventeen miles an hour. Seventeen
thuniper My dear fellow, replied he of the Green
Mountains seventeen miles is not great for the
creature now; for when hs was Two years old, the
lightning Killed the old mare, and chased the colt
all aro9Hd the pasture, without getting within ten