Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-10


RererSe Of F0rtune.-rhe SOU al N,ro,n,zi
died, as II scans, IN The hospital n thu, cit.
last week. he Coutier DIES Flats Uni. -
Saturday morning, thus rotces the event
When harmontrl, for thirty five wears Tho
faithful friend OF Voliare, the iayorlte bro
tege OF MADAM = de Pompadour, the form.
ntte coadju OF Gretry, WAS the ohiecl of a.
! lcntlon TO all the mobiles of the Ceurt--wb.n
placed by his contemporaries in tho first tan1
OF literature. the author of the lucas, Of Z,,girs
aud fsor, and of the Moral TaLes, VAS rpcsiv
ing Itch presents from all the Sovereign, NJ
Europe, and saw his BeiiSariu,, which me
Sorbonne had condemne |. pra,ted by order of
the tmpress z &c Mtfia Theresa, snd tram.
lated INTO Russian by the Empress Caths,,ne
/ II herself he little thought that his son, The
heir Of name SO distinguished, would ala
future daV, go 10 die III hospital, thousand
Leagues IRON his coantry. Although the Illera=
~ reputation II the author of 80 many works
/ which IN the mi~dle Of tue ei Eighteenth century,
obtained such signal success, has lost some.
! thIng OF its brlIancy, il IA iih a pa nlul emo
ton, justified by the sad end OF this unioruuat
! erson, that WE cast our eyes over some papels
found IN hs small pocket-book, and Ipctrd
in running over. the striking verses OF GiiJti.
dying, like him, in hopeless despair
Arriving about month ago from BrayI
"hrrr, like so many others. HI went to seek a
fortune that so few fnd. the French Bpneya.
j lent society had provided for hIs immellale
! wantS and athis request only with a view 10
! the 'r>tDrhtiUn OH health, impaired By nrl.
yGuo"s and chagtin. had placed him Comfort.
/ lily in the New York Hospital. He died three
DAYS ago, and his .unpretending funeral was
| followed by several OF his counlrymen, who
only knew him by name and who were pre-
pairing ineansto send him back to France
His certificate ofhapiism IS 10 the name OF
Ions Joseph MarmouttI son OF John Francis
Marmoatel HlstoIinerm,her Of France ,Perpe.
tnal Sec etaIy ofthe French Academy, bordat
PaIi. 20th Jan airy, l707 HIS god father WIS
the Dake Of Oleans, his gpdmotaer the Du-
chess OF Bourbon.
The irih SJtdier.-Some time before the
breaking up Of tie British head quarters al
Cambray, an liish Soldier, a private in the
23d regiment of foot, was convicted Tor shoe
ing At, and roobine a French peasant, anI wds
III consequence sentenced To he hanged. On
arriving nj the place of execution, he address
I'd the spectators IN IA stentorian voice, rs fol.
lows Bad LICK TO The Dlke of Wellington
he's no lrshman's friend any way. | have
kill many score OF Frenchmen by his OF
dnrs' aud when just took II in my head 10
il ont UPON my oNn account, by the pow
ers I've has tucke me up or II.
Fadht. There is much instruction in the nj
'o"'ra stoty, whiti. We copied out Of an Cd
book rhr other ev ning Al nm auction" stW
gehl nan riding brfure me on a fire bors',
whist was monated On AN ass. An, SAID
10 my eel how dllf .rtn' my cond on nom tis
bni upon tu' mng about my head, | saw good
looking count yman driving a wheel barrow
hrIpre HIM Ca, then, said !. If | am not equal
10 hm wao GO 5 before ne, at least am supe-
rini - him "ho 10 lows me" have fonnd that
Tia LATHE has Il eettain times revived my spirit
ihAve "roie it Qua libel, aud set il up N ny
c'bl"et, always 10 remember H.