Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-11-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

MutadiGty of Fortuna-A youna
lady, a native Of Martinique, was On . .
voyage to France, with the design o..
being educated there, when the mer-
chant vessel, OH beard Of which she
was passenger, was captured by an Al
gerine cTuizer, and taken to Algiers.-
The poor girl was at first overwhelmed
with afhiction at the prospect of captiv-
ity before her but as passion gave
way TO meditation, it came to her re-
collection that an old woman had pre-
dicted that she would one day become
one Of the greatest princeses in the
world !" exclaimed she, for
superstition was in this instance but
the handu aid OF inclination, cit is
doubtless so, am to be princess
Well, must not quarrel with my for
tuae. Who knows what may come
out Of this?" So strong did this prepos-
session grow on the young lady, that
ere she reached the Barbary shore she
was as much fatalist in point of resig-
nation as any devotee Of islamism could
possibly be. The French consul at
Algiers Immediately offered to ransom
his country-woman; but no, she would
not be ransomed, for fear of offending
fortuse, by resorting to so vulgar way
ofrecoyering her liberty. So to the
seraglio of the dey of Algiers the lady
went; and, strange to tell, from his
highness's seragio she was sent as
present 10 the grand seignor, who was
so struck with her beauty and man.
ners (for in both she was exce!ling)
that he elevated her to the dignity Of
his favorite sultanal Such was the sim
sular rise of the late Sultana Nalide,
who died in eighteen hundred and
eighteen. and was mother Of the pre-
sent grand seignor.
The MfdcFs Faith.--Dr. EIicoti
was well acquainted with Col. Allen, a
celebrated iDfidel in Vermont, and
made him visit at time when his
daughter was sick and near to death.
He was introduced to the librarv,
where the Colonel read to him some of
his writings with great self-compla.
eency, and asked--"Is not that we'll
done! 2" While they were thus en-
ployed, messenger entered and in.
formed Col. Allen that his daughter
was dying, and desired to speak with
him. he immediatly went to her cham
Der, accompanied by DIR. ElIicott, who
was DESTROYS Of Witnessing the inter-
view. The wife of Col. Allen was
pious woman, and had instructed her
daughter in the principles Of Christian
ity. As soon as her father appeared at
the bedside she said to him, IL am "a
bou, 70 die, shall believe 10 the princi-
pies yaa have taught me, or shall I be-
liere in what my mother has taught
met He became extremely agitated
his cain quivered, his whole frame
shook, aud waiting few moments,
said "believe what your mother has
taught you"
TIE Human Face diUine. There
are few points in natural philosophy
more remarkable than the infinite diver
sity in the human figure and counten-
ance. There are, at this moment.
s00O00,000 Of human beings in exist.
enee, and no two alike, and yet all sub
stantially the same. An extended
view Of this astonishing variety, is OBJ
tanned from the consideration, that
since the creation Of the world there
have passed away more than a million
times, the number now in being, and
that no two Of them, or Of any two in
life were alike. And we have reason
TO believe, that OF the endless myriads
OF those which have preceded us. or
those who now exist, and who will fol-
low us, each and every one had GER
tain mark, either in voice, feature, f.
CURE, or certain something not to be
guaged or measured, and perhaps
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