Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-03
MIS- C3LIA All Z.

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ar,r.s usKsowN.'-As | stopped n trw no
,,ent. Al a tavern l4tely,l heard N lonn9Fr read
Al, - as fuu0d dead IN hotel al Ne"
o,Ioaos Ills brains were blown oul supposed
~ he hv hi, own hand. Cause unknown :; and
when the man had read 1t, he turned The other
lido az tine Newspaper, stretched his feet out,
,d o,,tied his Cigar, al his ease. sIckening
ssn.atipp came over my heart for the deceas-
o,I had been frlend Of nine and would
b,ye oiyen the world 10 have had the cause oi
hi. death unknown 10 me.
~. had started ihtn life a bold, ambitious.
talented honorable an,-glfted with deep
cnpAcItes ior happiness -inien.e ~ all his leei
lngs aud all his hopes. tie carry untea nun
elf ia -, a great beauty, great wit, aud
tho leading star of fashion. tie did dot mistake
admiration Tor a deeper feeling he really lo.-
al his yiCe with HAT devotion which forms the
earIv dream Of woman. Aud she sad. aud
thought she wGs III love WIN hun but II
cnnI2 NOT have been tope.-clse she could not
hive crushed lis heart, aud t'anpled on bis at
fections as she did.
Young elegant, admired, and most oil Gil BE-
L0ued-she hal the strongest AMI he best oil
human motives 10 support her resolutions yet
she became the degraded rictm OF intemper'
snce She even ted her liltl- ones with the sub
tie poison aud ihe famlng curse WAS issued
into their Young blood, before tdey had words
TO ASK for il Here wasn melancholy end OF
all his high hopes and strong affections
He tried mountaineering tried eutreaty-
he tried TO renew the tenderest reColectons Of
rhr,r carly love-he tried to change the scene
all would not do. When last saw him, hc
WAS sadly changed. His spar Killing eye aud
fearless brow were now always hent towards thc
ground he seemed oyerpowered with
load of shame lie went TO New-OrIeans on
b sincss-and sick OF the past, frightened al the
future he committed the irautIc deed we have
mentioned How few OF the thousands who
r ad his fate Will lhi9k of the bilrer long pro
tracied agony winch broke that noble heat.
Mass. Jour.
Utni are zoe coming ta?-ltis stated in Lon
don paper, thai slr Stephenson, proprietor III
i,- Rocket kugtne, If ,yeIstd me whoe ln2th
Of tue Liverpool and Manchester Railway, b
miles in 81 minutes, on ii wager Of 1000 gum
cas-. viii ia he won,-lhis is yearly at the rate
al mile inmate, OF sixty mles an hour.-
Common rate OF mad stage travelling IN Europe
a lew wears since, was tour miles an bouI.-
The Engiae, therefore, is an Improvement oil
fflcea- old upon the old mail stag.
The nortnera part OF lie Russian empire
does not now. IN consequence OF the dIurnal
revolution of The earth, al ,he rate OF more tlau
AIDD miles an UDuI'-lII ahCiSioiN' PJSitIlit
will only improve upon the inventor OF tae
Koyket Enginr. half MS much as he has III prov
ed upon the old mad stage. some future Jrhu
may set out fIom kamtsChalka at sun Use, aud
keep the sun always rising Tor eight hours, till
he arrives al St. Pete sbnrS III, II he eau
ContriVe to bridge the ocean, tie may keep tbs
sun company all tn lille, and roll round the
earth every ~ hours. N. Y. OtSerref.
Surgical recOrery Of an Eye. M. NauHor,
Professor OF Surgery at Geneva, having perform
ed the operation for Cataract,by extraction up
on a man 81 years Of age, weakened by an opar-
alton for hernia, shica he had endured six weeks
before perceived 10 his regret that, although
the pupil remained beautifully black and per
fectly intact, the anterior and pOsorior cham
hers OF the eye were net Ieplenished, the cor
nea became sunk aud Wrlnkled. few bubbles
o. air penetrated the anterior chamber and the
patient had no ,sioa. Without yielding 10 the
first melancholy Impression, the operator, by
n happy presence OF mind, conceived the hopes
OF flung the cavity h. seat Immediately tor
some distilled water, warmed il, placed the pa
tent on his back, and fitted the external or0it
Of the eye with The waller, opened the eyelied
and raised the flap of the cOrnea. The water
tnen D. netrated INTO all the acces sill. cavities
the folds oil the corner Disappeared, g. its con.
yex ty was restored. Having Kept the eye shut
for some minutes, he then directed the patient
10 open il, and found il ia the most salIsiaCtor,
ConitIon-the patient distinguished all the Oh
jects presented % him as well after the
most successful operation. \ sigh pain was
felt after the introduction ol The WAFER, which
went off after short tune. From that time
the eve healed without difficulty, aud whtn
opened, week aitar the operation, II was free
rom s~ cling and n1amatlon the corn IL was
perfectly united, bn, The pupd wasa hte oO.