Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-24

folds OF pasteboard representing the Dent de
NiFoiet, and without respect for the august
spectators, threw himself Into the arms of
Marianne, aud impressed on her cheek kiss
es which were heard throughout the whole
room.
| A few days after. the Princess chaplain
! blessed the union OF the young Savoyards,
VINO returned TO their mountains oyerwheln
cd with he Princess gifts.
| he poht cal tempest that Numbered in
rance, reached and overthrow Marianne's
| CABIN. Peter took arms in its defence; aud
was Killed fighting near Ghambcry. Then
I Marianne took her father aud step father with
| her IN Overland. where. by the death of an
uncle, she had Inherited a pretty little cot
tage; and there for thirty years she has en-
teriained travellers. While Obarlapd was
! possessed 10y the French, the portait Of Ma
dame Elizabeth continually adorned the din
ing room. II was near that portrait now
| biaeNened by smoke like those of Veto sus-
! pended TO the walls of the Abbev of EASEL
den, and IN front of the bright peaks of the
/ Schrakorn, visible from the paiated windows
OF The cottage. Marianne related to us. in
1873, this aneedoae of her youthful years
Colunbuss appearance at Cotgt--IIe arri-
yea before Granada IN time TO witness the
memorable surrender of that capital to the
Spanish arms, He beheid BoABpiL aL CHICO.
the last OF tha Moorish Kings, SILLY forth
| from the Alhambra, and Weld Ap the KEYS of
that iayoute scat of hlosiem power; while
the KING AMI QuEES, with all the ehiyalry
and magniiicence of Spain, moved forward
~ proud aud solemn procession, to receive
ta,s token oil submission. Ii was ono Of the
most brilliant triumphs Of Spanish history
the air resoanded with shouts of ioy. with
songs OF triumph and hymns of Thanksgiving.
On every side were bcheld military reioicings
| and religious oblatiops
J The court was throngcd by the most illus
trious OF that warlko country and stirring era:
I ny the Hover OF its nobility the most digni-
fled oil IFS pfnlacy, by bards and Ministries.
i and all the retinue OF a romaatic and pictur-
esque age. During this brilliant and triumph-
ant scene. says an elegant Spanish writer
"a man, obscure and but little known, fol-
lowed the Court. COMPOUNDED in the crowd
OF lnpostanate applicants, and feeding his
IMAGINATION IN the corners Of anteehambers
with the pompous project of discovering
world, he was melancholy and detected in the
mnlst OF the general rejoicing, and behsld
with indifference, almost with contempt, tho
CONCLUSION OF conquest which swelled all
bosoms with jubilee, and seemed 10 have
reached the utmost bounds Of desire That
man was CHRIsToPHEa CoLuMsus'
Family Library, No. IL.
Hereditary descent Of Mental Ialents -From
number OF facts, few of which we shall Sc
lect for the purpose of illustration, it will APP
pear remarkably striking, that such an in
heritanee IS more generally derived from tho
maternal than the paternal side In the ex-
amplcs TO be adducsd, q selection has been
made yvtth via IN 4
mental superiority, and the following com
prehsnds philosophers, poets, historians and
orators:
Lord Bacoa.--His mother was daughter To
sir Anthony Cooke, she was skilled in many
languages, and translated and wrote several
works, which displayed learning, acuteness
and taste.
Hume, the historian, mentions his mother,
daughter OF SIR ID. Falconer. President of the
Collie &c OF Justice. as a woman OF "sin gular
merit and who, although in the prime OF
life, devoted herself entirely to bis educa-
ton.
II. B. Saeridas.-Mrs. Fraases Sheridan
was woman Of considerable abilities Ii
was writing pamphlet in his defence, that
first introduced her to Mr.. Sheridan, after
wards her husband. She also wrote novel
highly praised 10y johnson
ischHler. the German Poet.--Ifis mother
was an amiable woman--shc had a strong
relish for the beauties of nature and was pas
sionateiy fond of music and poetry. Schiller
was her iavorite child
Hillio'a PiH--Son Of the great Lord Chat.
ham.
Gothe thus speaks Of his parents:--sa in
herltcd from my father certain sort Of elo-
caenee, calculated to enforce my doctrines to
my auditors; from my mother derived the
faculty OF representing all that the ina gina
ton can conceive With energy and vivacity."
Lord Erskirs's mother WAS woman of su-
lperior talent and diseernment; by her advice
her son setook himself to the bar.
Ihotnps0n, the Poet--Mrs. Thompson was
a woman Of uncommon natural sndowments,
possessed Of every social snd domes,s virtue,
with warmth Of Imagination scarcely inis-
rior to her son
B9rhaorss mother acquired knowledge
OF medicine not often found in females.
Sr WGlfer Seoft.--His mother. Elizabeth,
daughter of ID. Rutherford, w S. was a wo-
man Of great accomplishments and virtue -
She had good taste for, and wrote poetry,
which appeared in print in 1850.
Sngtilar -9nscdots. gentlemen had
contracted bitter and irreconclabls enmity
against each other. A servant OF one hap
pening to die, was Buried within twenty four
hours, after the Russian custom, when the
ether determined to CRAFTY hin revenge apoa
Hta sd hu hin. nfkk a ..I.