Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-04
EX SfIERIFF PARKIVS,

Few II any Of the many foreigners in our coun
try have, IN 80 short time, gained so much nota
riely MS this Indlv iduJl, who HIS been with u.
| some five or SIX years. Whatever pcculiar,ties h,
may have, he Is certainly possessed Of talents ane
energy Of character above III common order. II,
| IS no., We should ndSe, about sixty years OF aae
| ana Is, III has appearance, remarkably robust ans
| muscular. His life too has rot been without its
vIcissi,'ties, and IN rattle. greater variety Than
| falls to the lot of the average Of mankind.
heco jung to the account whrh he gave Of him
self IL his late seven hours sccch before the sher-
N Jury IN this city while on tral to ascertain
his sanity, he IS oia cspcctahc iaaily somcwh re
in the North of gland When about So, ON wears
old, his father fel! in n duel leaving " idow, him.
sell and two sisters, nnj one or two brothers, te
take care of themselves. While yet youth, he
made friends " it'll his nei2hbor, the Duke of Nor
folk WI o, discovering in him remarkable degree
OF clevcrness, as well us marvoloas yescmblaNcG
I" hi"SeH, INSISTED on becoming hls patron. lie
was determined, however TO be- the artltccr of his
1"n loruae and acCordln 5ly took French leay, oil
as noble friend, and made the best of his WY t.
bengal. determined MOTTO return to merry Ev,
land I'LL he could come laden with such a quaint
" Of SPOTS should make hun a peer for
Peers"
He was so successful in bis Indian campaign,
that, though he landed there with only Il hundred
suneas IN his pockc,, he eoniriyed in Ten years to
make them count something like hundred thou.
sand. The arithmetic by which this Interesting
mttamofphoss was accomplished, he says, WAS
all perfectly fair, and We presume it was
MisioItunes, philosophers say, seldom come sin
gle end so he found it; for, while pursuing Il fl,
gtive debtor, who was absconding at the top Of his
speed, with large amount of his money and pro-
nv Oh a,
IN suits Of Kendall green" Ind laid up in ordina-
~ in French prison for twelve month This
gave HIM decided dlstate for Indian manners h..
therefore, upon regainlng his liberty, forthwith
made sale OF his stock in trade. and set lis face
o"ards home Va his journey, however lie pass
ed ovr a considerable portion Of Europe, was
much sought after by sundfy crowned heads, as
wen as by some who were without crowns either
upon tn III heads or III 'heir pockets At lcngth he
arrived IN London, Of which he afterwards, IN 1919
became Sheriff From his own account. he was
me only man who dared take upon himself the re.
spnnsio,lltles Of the Office.
Aitsr his term OF office expired, hc was assailcd
win great violence by Cobbait. and charged with
retaining Gones placed III his hands for the relief
OF the individual who had been oppressed and i'm
p'isoned by the infamous Bishop of Clogacr. Il, is
hardly TO be credited that a gentleman possessed
Al lhc tiae, could have been guilty of such u trans
action The amount, we believe, was but abou
my pohnds, AMI the testimony of Goblet is too
thditf rent to auIhor'z a harsh ju1gm, ut of INV
man character upon II. Coobetr, however. IS a
iur,ous and vndctvc ussaant but whether l.
annoy anee was the cause of The m assure we know
not, but few years ago M. P. concluded to come
over me wafer and see what we republ cans were
'o'"S 'his was = harmless resolve; and if he
Ioua have made up his mind TO conform, to the il.
INSTITUTIONS and manners of the country or N
leave II, would have been as sensible an act nc ,
man need perform But he became nne,v -
'exed because he dl not find every thing precisely
agreeable 10 his pretonceved notions Indulgin,
ne violence OF his temper (or from some other
'aose) he has of''te been enangled in law suits
s'ander and assaults and battery, that mus, have
''hso'y impaired any other than a very large for.
'''e " Y Com.