Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-11-24

vain; the whsls village was now q
smoking heap Of ruins, and every man
looked at his neighbour. aud inquired
what could have become Of the dcfen.
ders Of il. A few blackened corpses
attested the fact that this gallant band
OF three hundred preferred horrible
death on their own hearths. To crafty.
ing the Russians by suffering them.
selves to bs bayeDeted ~ they ficd.'"
A late London paper observes -
. Prince Talieyrand is determined to
sustain the hospitalities VI his mission
with becoming spiendor. lie has a..
ready stored his cellars with number
Of cases of Champagne and burgundy,
and wagon load Of hog shcads Si Bor.
deaux, all Of the FIRST quality. This
silver haired veteran is, We believe, in
his seventy third year. lie seems
feeble IN his person, but friend who
knew him well when he was in Eng.
land upwards of thirty years ago, as
sures Us that his eye is a. bright and
penetrating as ever"
The graves Of Cyrus and alexander.
1t is remarkable that both the tombs
Of Cyrus and Alexander, each surnam-
ed the Great, were broken into, and
the bodies Of those who la awed the
world, were profaned for the sake Of
the gold, the precious stones, and the
other valuables with which they were
decorated. In speaking of this sub
ject, Williams, the historian Of Alex.
ander, justly observes: 'sThe great,
Il they wish their ashes to repose un-
disturbed, should leave their wealth on
this side Of the grave; any superfluous
decoration Of the tomb but serves to
tempt the hands Of the spoilcr."
The diadem Of France 10 not the only
crown that has been bestowed upon Phi.
lip Of Orleans. When very young. this
prince CHANGED to Join his regiment a
Vendome; where he had the good for.
tune to ave the life Of citizen, Who,
having ventured beyond his depth in
bathing, was carried away by the cur.
rent Of the Loire. This event occur.
red at the commenceme Of the Re
volution and notwithstanding the pre-
JUDGE entertained against every mem
Der OF the house Of Bourbon, a civic
crown was Immediately decreed to the
young Due de Charities, 10 recompense
tor the courage he had displayed in
Jumping into the river to the assistance
OF bis fellow-countryman.
The following is the closing paragraph Of Am
editorial article in the New England Review: its
Editor Is J. u. WRITTEN, man Of good sense
exquisite feeling, and most feiiei,ous expression
The glory Of the summer is gone
blythe beautiful greenncss has be.
come withered and dead.-Were this
aii--wcre there no associations Of mo
raj desolation---of faded hopcs--o
hearts whitening in the bosoms Of the
living-conoectcd with the decaving
scenery around US, we would not in
dnige in n moments melancholy. The
season OF flowers will conc again-thc
streams will flow gracefully and tight
y as beforc--the trees viii again toss
their eumbrous load Of greenness ia
the sunlisht--and. by messy stone and
winding rivulct, the young blossoms
will start up, as at the bidding Of their
fairy guardians. But the human heart
has no change like that Of Nature. -
II has no second spring.time. Once
blighted in its hour Of freshness, IL
wears forever the mark or the spoiler.
The dews Of affection may fall, and
the gentle rain Of sympathy be lavish.
ed upon it-but the sore root of bliaht-
eel feeling will never again waken in
To life-nor the crushed flowers Of hope
blossom with their wonted beauty"
A Boston correspondent of the Portland Adj
Vcitiscr rristcs the following pheasant OCCURRENCE.
q The late Ible discussion in BoSson, 81 the "a
riff question,
While Mr.. Webster was speaking Of
the veto message, he (Mr. w. } took oc-
casion TO say, he knew no road that
the Administration would call nGfion-
a. All roads were in some degree 10.
. cal; they ran over a particular terrific.
~, and connected particular districts.
No road ran over every State, no road
run every where, exeept--except,' land
here Nc. Webster had wound himself
up IN q sentence from which he vas
apparently unable to extrica,e himseln
-'except'--(And here AIF. Otis sap1
OUT the road 20 ruinp Mr.. WebsteT
echoed ". with the addition that this
Was an Administration rosd'--and the
hall resounded with thunders VI APP