Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-11-20
sEI.EcTI0NS.
,oux QUINCY ADAMS.


a,r,,,.,,,,, i nas attracted 10 iay Of light
-, .,;,,,,s an the apex al a bald and nohle liead'
.lr,,rl on tic left ni the House, III tue he's'of
looa al the Speakers chair II r'acc""s ne'" '','
,,o,erfu man ha IN his nerSon CONTINUES Tue 'R'
- ,,., ul,iIasopaer. siatrSn7n. efilic aia "I"of
-, o..,;..., il,ns Nia thu has seen Inn ~
.,,, hr,estb The cnpola nt the hall WITH inc ray"
i,,l,t catherine and clincinr about ms stg,'a,N
p.sl,r,l head hut has kened Inn 10 one ~ '"e ~
,,,,,,rs ri the acr shining aud elterlhg III NV ~"
,,,;,al firm, neni OF the ln,an. There he sts nohi
atc, hour and ia, after day, VII. nnt'rhe ia' &C.
,.vs absent from his seat, never voting fnt an AZ
,ournmrni yie,iant rs The ilosi Zeaous n,ta',' W
,lr House his ever on Inc hl'll' ",'sc"
prenarcA 10 30 At once INTO tie lioiohh"'.' "
:, ,,,c -, tbe minuirst ponts oil order "ha'
INNS, ne his thoughts he ronders npon Tue pas, :"
Itch Il, has plavrd part 81 conspicuous We
LII ., him aud mark his cold aud fcdI"f ese' MS
,ern aud absracted re. aud eoninte w pi'"'o'''I
~ ,,ber scenes. We sec hun anna h's 'vs''e az"
n,.,aid hall. ten years back, standing sil" anu avn"
,,,,d and sinking tall military .'oohl"e ma" U, 'e
81 :, whose honor the gala was giVci' 10 CONNIE
mora,c the most splendid OF America s'''"'fs
soc him again. Afterwards, tue n'''e' 'pe w ".
s,me military chiciian.' aud Inc eo,hP'',,"' WV,
In, far ,he HIGHEST piii ola iree people. we 'o"h
- = ,,,nre Than King, who has filed eyry depart
-, n bonor ia his native Rnd still at ii,s post nc
who Uns the President ol millions now 'ue "ep'o
sentative OF forty odd THOUSAND, qhai,e'noe "'o 1
rifles or advocating high principles. io,"'Y R''"
oapISn al
,,ion in his trembling hand, and anon 'o'u"g " n1'
,hc n,ss,ons. and la>lnuc the members INTO tue wac"
est state of enthusiasm by his indignant "u c''P'''
cloouence Alone, unspohen TO- une"hsu'eu - Wv
rousnl,inr with Others. lac sis alail, ",'PP'" v" "
,o,e,,es. and with his finger resting on ms hos' "o
..,,,;,s lis mind TO move like gigantic pendulum
.,;,rino mn the hours OF the pad aud disturbing 'iN'
of The hidden future; or probably he IS ","oH-'A
almost perpetual emplnymeut-oh' Np' Wv" VIZ ~
go, f,e,b,ua some poetry ~ j Young gifi : az
Il. l,l hut ypfU
,o,, mn, hui ever ready tor eombat; hielahchoy'
bu, let WITTY thing fall iioin ANY mf,"pf' ~" ''
aid mans face is wreathrd M sunless ne 'PP' pa
.ve but woe To the unfortunate ihrihot' '"'' 49,
an arrow At him the eagle IS not swll'ef u" us t
than Mr. Adams: with his aei,a'cd hnge' q",'',"S
IN s,,eas,ic rrsiicua,,ou, lac seiYes uron i',S '"'
md amid the amusement oil Tile House. i''' ''''e
take a signal vengeance -,
Ills s,orcs OF special knowledge on ''t'H ~"
,,et gradually carncred up through the c"ns' {" MS
axt,5nr,li,or, htc i'm The carrangcd s'ofe-iohse
of , ne,nor, Which i sad Ia have never YET Pc,'"'
ted single fact 10 escape It, give nv" ~ H.,
ta.e over all corners ~ encounters o, ''',s "" "
is a wonderfully eeccutric genius i'' p''",.N " y"
marty nor does any patty belong 10 'l'h, ~ W
too cold nature To be long parry ''9"',' ~
erisinal-ol ver, peculiar ideas ana pehec''s ''''N'
and independent N expressing ana m''h'''''- ", W.
lie rs remarkable iot ms aiabiy Young i''so"S
and surrounded by thrm At MS own ''p'', ~
n. hilarious and happy ~ the gayest oi 'hoih, '"
,cscr,cr Al least. his counity owes INN "eoi "i
crat,,ude. | r,lc, to the fine illustration when he
afforded o the character oi our 'nsn",'""s' 49,
he passed from the presidential palace 10 ms PeS'"'
rost at the floor of the House oi Nelh'Seh'MN'N.
'rbnu~b ,hc position which lac has there made ms
own may not be that which hs tnends mlgh' WISH
TO see him occup, ia thai body Nei 'n''''! i''' W
view the example was hnc one
"IIis manner of speaking is peculiar he ''Ses "n-
ruptly his face fcddens and, ~ m"hl'h', '"''""s
himself INTO the attitude OF y veteran GLADIATOR he
prepares for the attack; then he becomes VI" :" s's
tculaon, his body swoys TO an' hose'i 'o"''''''"'
.ccmsLpst-hls head ~ bent forward ~ HIS ''"
ness lin II sometimes a.ntosi heal'N '"'''''
his voice frequently breaks bui cpursncS ms SUP
,ret through ali us bearings; nothing dahh's mn
The lInu>e may r,ns with cries ol ofief--o'dei
Cnmoyel--t ouicmrtuous-h stands ann" '''v WV
peat, and, like an OAK that bows ITS g"'','" '"'
knolted strength stretches his arm torn anu "e"'s
the blst'
TIE FATE OF MRS. ALSrON.-Ihe fol
loving letters ltum The late Governor Ahsf"s' W
South Carolina, to his iahcr-n-aw' A,HoN n'NR'
src calculated iu arouse the sympathy OF M ""o re-
collect the most melancholy fate ot his Interesting
dauohter CAV ALsrn. seems to have irli the sin
affection Tor his wife, aud I" nave a'loic"
hcI untimely fate with deep aud tender ef''''-
Bum appears, also. to lave hecn deeply a'lnceu ny
the death of his daus her-but he had schoolca MN,
,ch, by long practice, to conceal hs e""nons, '"o
cvnced, outwardy. uppn this as upon most o'h',
irving incident. IN his eyeulful liie the most sto'ca'
Indifference.
FROM JOSEPH AIsToN To cot. huRR'
CorInrla January 10, lel3
Tomorrow will he three weeks SINCE ~ noe"l'hoe
10 your wishes, Thcotosa lct me- II Is t',ce
weeks, and not yet line from her. NY n'hu Is
tortured | wrote Won on the Goth u the day before
Theo. sailed, that on the next day she "o"'o 'n-
bark in the privateer Patriot, pilot boat o"'i'
schooner commanded Ivy Cay. osotstochs, WIN al,
old New York pilot sailing master. Inc 'esSe'
bad dismissed her crew. and was returning nome
wnh her guns under deck. Her reputed s"'ilness III
sailing Inspired sue confidence OF voyage oi not
more than five or six days, that the three weeks
without a letter FL me with an uhhaplhess--a
wretchedncss, can neither describe nor conquer,
Gracious God Is my WIFE, too, taken from nc
3 do not know why write, but feel thai am mise
rable
CHARLrsrcS, JANUARY 81, lel"'
\ cali OF busiaess TO this place ioi tew days "c,
casoned vonr letter of the 20lh not 10 be fceeNeu
Ill! this morning. Not a moment is lost IN ,I.l.'hs
10 II. ct wherefore You ask of me 10 tehtve
your suspense. Alas 1t was 10 YOU | looked l"f
similar relief | have written you twice since my
letter OF December 30. | can add nothing TO the
information then given. | parted with onr ihto.
the bar about noon on Thursday, the last OF
December The wind was moderate aud idr she
in the pilot boat built schooner Patriot. Capt
Ovcrstochs, with an experienced New OH p'lot,
Coon, sailing master. This vessel, the same
which had been seut by government last summer III
pursuit Of Commodore Rodgers's 81 dadrou, iau peeh
selected as one Which, from her repuled excellence
and swiftuess sailing would ensuie u passage o'
not more than five six days. From that moment
have heard nothing Of the schooner nor my "iie.
l have been the p,ey Of feelings which YOU can o"'N