Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-11-03
MRS. ROYAL. ,u 4, LINN.

~ 1901.
MRS. ROYAL, "a 81. LINUS
We take the following piece al pleasant 6s,si-
mage from u letter written bv Mrs RoraL To a
southern friend. How will the blood Of our ho-
nest, wcil-mcaning Creole quicken its uuls.tions
when hc reads of the fame which is ia store for
him, and learns the illustrous ancestry which the
lady las given to hin!-l.Ifo Rep.
w B-N has more than once or
twice called at my lodgings, and pratt
tied soft things but his bald scalp and
sinister eye Amt at all TO my fancy; be.
sides, he's horse jockey, and mystify.
Ing intriguer, which don't agree with
my republican and moral principles. /
showed him the door. Roanoke Ri
wrote me letter from London, SO il.
legible as TO look like sheet of paper
that a chimney sweeps pet crow had
been scratching. With the help of Mr..
Agg, | was able to make out that he
offered to settle his wide possessions,
inherited from his great Indian grand :
mother, on me for life, with remainder
to our issue, if | would marry him.
Was 1t not an impudent proposal for
coioured fellow to make to a lady of
my standing? But as he is a savage in
speech and manners, as well as in
dress, feelings. and descent, I thou ght
1t best to touch him lightly, and lacon-
ically wrote him
:. woui. not give my buried love,
For any love of living mould"
The Bank and Presbyterians, the
two monicd monsters of tyranny, are
uniting. In fact, our liberty is done,
as you will perceive by the facts in IN y
books, particularly under st. Louis
head! Throughout my whole tour, l
found the Presbytcrians in possession
OF the post Offices, the travelling routes.
the steamboats,, with the Bethel flags,
Excepting in your state, &c. But this
rs nothing. They have the army and
the navy! and have seized on the an
nuitics of the Indians, paying them
IN trash,) the land, fur. and Santa Fe
trade and we're going on with high
hand IN 81. Louis, when | broke in
upon them. BY the aid and coun,e
nance OF the army, they kept me from
landing two days, but 0utwittcd them
at last, and drove the whole town; five
thousand citizens aud the army Tor al
least the officers, the soldiers heine 10
miles oil all flew before me. But I
had like to have fallen into their hands
at last. The cannibsls had prepared
tar and feathers, but | fortunately es.
capped by noble Spaniard conveying
me privately over into Illinois. He
was the most majestic looking creature
l have ever seen. and his voice was
music itself. On the fathers side, he
was descendant of the Ca.tilian hi
dalgOs, and on the mothers. of Ouent.
Ievacca, the last aboriginal emperor of
Mexico. whom Cortez roasted but
the roush-scruff Of st. LOUIS called my
deIivcrer Watchenago. had inspir-
ed him with tender emotions. which he
could not conceal; but like Mary.
Queen OF Scotland, | could not bestow
my hand on an inferior. although nv
delIverer; she refused Douglass. be.
cause she was Queen and he Noble
only rejected the Spaniard, because
l vas a republican by extraction, birth,
education. marriage, principle and ha
bit, the highest dignity in human ma
turc and he no more than a half In
dian Prince and half Iberian gentle.
man. You will see the facts IN the
third volume and note in the FIRST vo.
lumc.
JaHcy Of the WissiSsippi.-Thc pre-
VaIling denominations in that section
OF country are the Methodists, Bsptists
and Prcsbyterians. Their respective
numbers as given in the " Christian
Advocate and Journal and the 4" Ban.
tst Tract Magazine" are as follow ::
Aiefhodisfs 10000 church members;
and 673 itinerant preachers. Bnpiisis.
1901 church members.& 1866 preach
ers. PTesbyfsrions, Co., church
members, and $40 preachers. BE.
sides the above iiineran' preachers,
there - large number oGIocaI preach.
els among the MethOdisis.
HingnfGr Circumstance. Several
months since . Mr.. Eldridpe. Of This
place, losta gold breast pin, whic.
he found last week in the following
singular manner; lie was dioinV
from the head Of pig, which had
been fsi,ed by the family, end IN ca.
ting a piece OF the tongue which had
been placed upon his plate, be dis.
covered the long lost pin, completely
lmbedcd 80 the nesh, Witb TIC excrp-
ton 81 the ornamental part, which
vas probably swallowed by this s,oi
Hish deVourer Of fnc thinps.