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November 80
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-01-01

v-IRGINIA n n.l\ Rrle3= h.lI IN He Cl.rl't O0cc
9th. Clrcuti superior Court ol Law uul tdnheei3 1of
liollorl county, On tho day otStW embcti 10
Caleb Ferguson, i"lifh
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31
INDIAN ELOOUENCE.

A writer in the New York Mirror, gives
this lament of an Indian Warrior of the Va
massee tribes over the graves OF his fathers,
and the recollections and affections OF his
youth. 1t is the "majesty of grief without
its weakness"
"They are gone--all gone-the morning
finds them not; the night covers them. My
feet have no companion in the chase; the
hollow rocks give me back only their echoes,
Whashattee! where art thou2 On the far
hils-thou hast found the valley of JOY, and
the plum groves that are forever in bloom
Who shall find thy bones, my brother. who
take of thy spoilsl Thou art all INTENDED
in the valley of Joy, and the ghosts OF the
slain bend about thee with many frowns.
Where is the maid of thy bosom? Comes
she with the smoking venison; does she
dress thy food at the board, where the hunter
sits down at EVENING" Thou art lain In the
morning, Whashattee, and thy sun forgot to
rise. sing for thee the hymn of death
thy war song for many victories. Thou vert
mighty in the cbase-the high hill did not
overcome thee. Thy boyhOOd was like the
manhood of other men; thou didst not sleep
in thy childhood. Well did they name thee
young panther-the might and the eye OF
the young panther's mother was thine.
Sickness fled from thee affrighted, and thou
laughed in scorn at the black drinks Of Eueto.
The strong tide when thou swan bore thee
not with it; thou didst put it aside as an in
FAINT. Thou vert long arrow in the chase,
as thy flight was on the strong winds. Who
shall mate thee, my brother? What chief
tain stood up like Whashatteef and the day
of thy glory is gone; oh, Huspah! the father
of many kings. Yamassee, where vert thou
sleeping when thy name and thy nation ex-
piredi Huspah, thy day has gone by in
darkness, and the strong nigh: is over thee.
Canst thou wake up the brave who art
sleeping? Canst thou undo the eye which
is sealed up, and kindle the sharp light that
is had therein! What shall restore thee,
Yamassee; and where shall the brave men
of Huspah now find their abode? The wild
grass has taken root in their dwelling place,
and the hill fox burrows under the hearth
of the hunter. The spirit has no place in
the wigwams Of thy fathers; silence has
made a house Of their ruins, and lives lone
w among them. o, spirit of many ages,
thou art vanished! Thy voice is sunk into
an echo, and thy name is whispered on the
hill tops. Thy glOries are the graves oil
MANY enemies; thy own grave is unknown
Thou art scattered to the broad winds, and
hast fallen upon the waters. They have
carried thee down with them away, and the
hunters ofthe hill find thee not. A curse
is gone forth upon thee and thou art smltten
with DEATH"
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31
AN EDITORIAL KICK.


The Boston Morning Post, a sprighhy
good-humored paper, but of awful politics,
gives the following coup at the grumblers
in its party, who are forever on the look out
to find fault with the editorial management
Of paper, which they have not sense
enough to appreciate. Such men there are ;
their use we know not, unless sent into the
world TO prevent an editors life from being
too hppy:
"Your STRAIGHTFORWARD politician, who acts
from honest and disinterested motives, does
not grumhle at his paper-he reads it with
a relish as a man in good health eats his
food; but your meagre, dysPeptic, selfish
demagogne, who is living upon the hope Of
one day getting his nose into the public CRIB,
or has already got itthere, and is trembling
with fear lest it be thrust aside, grunts and
groans at every paragraph which does not
appear to have tendency to advance his
personal views; yet, as he and his desires
are alike contemplate, they are rarely, II
ever, thought Of by an editor, and hence no
paper suits hin. We have heard mutton
headed fellows, men who could not write an
account Of marriage correctly, complain
Of lack Of able articles in the public press;
they wanted something deeper and strong
err; Lake Superior was not large enough for
these minnows; they could only md room In
the Atlantic; while sensible and we'll in
formed men-men who know how to apPre-
ciate mental labor-were filed with admira-
ton and wonder at the power and copious-
moss Of the daily press.
"After all, however, there is this consola-
ton: active, intelligent and valuable polIt-
cians--those who do the work and produce
the result, and take and pay for newspapers ;
those who contribute TO their columns, and
advise their editors-are not among the
grumblers; for the latter are too lazy for ex-
eriOn, too ignorant to write, and too stupid
to advise. The active business man glances
over his newspaper, smiles at pleasant par
agraph here; start at sbipwreck there,
looks at the advertisements, the markets, &c.
is satisfied, and lays it down, contented to
have the news of the day brought to his
door for two cents; but the loafer will come
| in and pour over It for hours; read every
line, from ono corner to the other, ask if he
may take it home, and then say sit is very
DULL wondering that they don't get some
thing interesting and conclude by asking
'phy do you take it, These are the YER
min of society; who are eternalIy finding
fault with the efforts of other people, but
have neither energy nor capacity enough to
accomplish any good themselves. They ex-
list in all parties and all societies, and de-
serve the scorn of all. Brother editors give
them kick"
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31
THE CoNGREYE RoCKET.

The very flight Of the Congreve Rocket
is startling; it springs from the ground in q
volume of fame, and then rushes along with
its large head blazing and striking, pOiat.
blank, and with tremendous force, at the dis
lance Of mile or more. In a siege il is al.
reldy extremely formidable. 1t bursts
Trough roofs; it fixes itself wherever il can
lore its way; and it infames every thing that
is combustible. Stone walls only can repel
it, and that not always. This weapon NAV
be regarded as almost exclusively English
in its use as well as its origin. Il will be
like the English bow in the sixteenth centu-
ry. In the next war what an extraordinary
change will take place in all the furnished
instruments of putting men out Of the world!
We shall be attacked at once from above, a.
round and below. We shall have the bal
loon shOwering fire upon US from miles above
our heads; the steam-gun leVelling US from
walls and ramparts, before we can come
within distance to dig trench ;the Congreves
setting our tents, ammunition wagons, and
ourselves in blaze in our first sleep; and
the steamboat running and doing mischief
every where. But of all these mischief
makers, should give the palm to the rocket.
No infantry on earth could stand for five
minutes within FIVE hundred yards of well
served rocket battery. Half a dozen vol
leys Of half a dozen Of these fiery arrows
would break the strongest bataIlions into
fragments, lay one half dead on the ground,
and send the other blazing and torn over tho
field The heaviest fire from guns is moth
ing to their effect. Itwants the drectness,
the steadiness, the flame, and, resulting from
all those, the terror. If the British troops
shall ever come into the field without an
overwhelming force of rocketeers, they
would throw away the first chance of victo-
ry that ever was lost by national negligence.
Nothing can be more obvious than that this
tremendous weapon has not even yet arriv-
ed at its full capacity for war on great
scals.--Black1oOOd's Magazine.
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31

ttorts at the head only, and leaving the heart
untouched. We might as we'll put our
dearest treasures into ship, and send it
forth to brave the storms and tempests of
the ocean, without a helm, as to place our
dependence and hope Of seeing any refor-
nation wrought in the world, of kind be-
coming man and acceptable to God, by ap-
pealing TO mems heads and not their hearts,
Would disparage the cultivation of our
intellect and the exercise of reason2 BY no
means. They are the gift of God, from
whom emanates all power, all wisdom and
knowledge. He is the source of all that is
pure and holy, and without whose aid we
cannot think a right thought or speak good
word, and from whom cometh every good
and perfect gift. Acknowledging the source
from which all our blessings flow, let us use
them, but not abuse them, remembering that
the bounds OF human responsibility as intel
ligent and accountable beings, cannot be
limited this side of heaven.
Wonderful as are the achievements Of
steam already made, believe that it is as
impossible for any human mind to conceive
the extent to which they will be carried, as
it would have been TO have foretold all that
has been done since the first experiment was
made. | believe it, because it is impossible
for man TO limit or TO encompass the opera
tons of Divine Providence, and thai the
hand of God is distinctly observable in the
operations of steam as we'll as any thing else,
cannot be doubted by any who believe in a
experimenting Providence, and that Provi-
dence works by means. Hence ] would a
scribe all the reformation which has been
wrought in the world, and all that will be
wrought, not by appeals to mems heads only,
but to the power and wisdom Of God, opera
ting upon man, yet in so mysterious man
ner, as not to interfere in his free agency so
that while man seems to do all, yet without
strength and wisdom from above, he could
do nothing.
While, then, we feel on r bosoms glow with
emotions of wonder and delight, and our i'm
aginatlons are impressed with feelings of awe
and sublimity, at the almost more than hui
man achievements of man, let our hearts
beat high with gratitude that man is so en-
dowed with capacities fitted for the purpose,
that he can thus de velope the powers Of ma
ture and improve them by art. Surely we
are not so insensble that the heart is to have
no participation in the effects thus produced
by the head.
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31
A REMARKABLE FACT.

The sea-birds, the putin, guillemot, and
razor-bill cannot fly over land at all, although
they can rise from the surface Of the sea
with perfect facility, mount TO an indefinite
height, and fly with amazing rapidity so long
as the sea is Immediately beneath them, but
no sooner do they fly above dry ground than
they drop as if shot, During strong wind
from the sea it not unfrequently happens
that these birds in mounting higher than the
edge of the cliff, are suddenly blown few
yards over land, when they Immediately fall
and can regain their native element only by
crawling to the edge of the precipice, when
new vigor seems to inspire them, and they
al once soar away with their usual velocity.
Now this cannot arise, as might at first be
supposed, from the same cause as that which
prevents the lapwing from rising from fiat
surface, because the wings of these sea
birds, are not at all longer than the usual
proportion, and they cannot fly with ground
beneath them, even when thrown from the
top of high building. These are the facts
of the case. The rationale is the interest
ing point desired. How happens it that the
above named sea birds, being able to rise
from the smooth surface of the sea, ascend
to any point of elevation and fly with the
greatest velocity SO long as the sea is imme-
diately beneath them, and yet as soon as
they get perpendicularly above land, they
Immediately fall and cannot fly under any
circumstances. however favorable, unless
they have water beneath themi Culver,
Button, and most writer's of their class, de-
scribe these birds, but none of them seem to
have been aware Of this remarkable pecu-
liarity, which appears to be exclusively con-
fined 10 the above named birds.
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31
THE WIFE.

have often had occasion to remark the
fortitude with which woman sustains the
most overwhelming reverses of fortune
Those disasters which break down the spirit
of man, and PROSTATE him in the dust, seem
to call forth all the energies of the softer
sex, and gives such intrepidity and eleva-
tion to their character, that at times it APP
proaches to sublimity.
Nothing can be more touching than to be-
hold a soft and tender female, who had
been all weakness and dependence, and
alive to every trivial roughness, while
treading the prosperous path Of life, sud.
denly rising in mental force to be the COM
forter and support of her husband under
misfortune, and abiding with unshrinking
6rmness, the most bitter blasts Of adversely
As the vine which has long twined its
graceful foliage about the oak, and been
lifted by it into sunshine, will, when the
hardy plant is rifed by the thunderbolt
cling around it with its caressing tendrils
and Bind up its shattered boughs; so it j;
beautifully ordained by Providence, tina
woman, who is the mere dependent and or
nament of man in his happier hours, should
Pc his stay and solace when smitten will
hidden calamity; winding herself into the
rugged recesses Of his nature, tenderly sup
PORTING the dropping head, and binding VI
broken heart.-Irving.
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31
IMPORTANT DIsCoVERY.-THE
TEETH.

Our friend Waldie notices discovery OIL
M little importance to such as are troubled
with bad teeth. He says:
"Some time since, DIR. Caldwell, now a
practising dentist at No. SO South Sixth
street, had faVorite horse which had be-
come incapable of eating his oats, and on
investigation carious tooth indicated the
difficulty to result probably from tooth-ache.
Extraction was the remedy Of course; the
poor horse was tripped up by tying his feet
together as custom prescribes, his gum was
lanced, as we poor humanities have too Of
ten witnessed, and pair of pincers were
applied, as we have also experienced--even
a mallet and chisel failed Of their effect.
The tooth was intractable; no effect could
withdraw it from ifs socket. The gum tu-
melted, and, on examining it carefully, the
doctor perceived ligament at the neck of
the tooth, and without thinking Of the effect,
he cut it, and the tooth Immediately fell out,
or was extracted with slight effort Of the
thumb and finger! This led the operator
to reflection, and the hint was obtained
which confeFs upon suffering humanity
bene t, which may be esteemed by the suf-
ferer second only to the discoveries Of Jen-
ner or the circulation of the bloodl
Subsequent experiments have fully pro-
we'd that the human teeth are also retained
go powerfully in their sockets by llgament,
and it is the breaking Of this which requires
so much manual force; and this, when cut,
which gives not so much pain as lancing the
gums, loosens the tooth, and it may immedi-
ately be extracted without pain with tho I'm
gersl A physician of our acquaintance,
whose name we are at liberty to mention if
requested, has had the operation of extract
ing large molar, treble-fanged tooth in
this way without pain, and so gratifed was
he by the fact, that he investigated the anat-
omy of the parts and extracted all the teeth
of dead subject in the same wap, and with
no more difficulty than above related. He
is witness not to be impeached, who, with
many Others, has already been benefited
by this great anatomical discovery"
Pennsylvania Inquirer.
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31

WELL TURNED discussion lately arose
at dinner table upon the basis of the right
of suffrage, when the following colloquy
took place:
81 do not Think" said one of the party,
0that all men should indiscriminately be
permitted 10 vote. There must be some re-
striction; and if you tear away all barriers,
YOU may as we'll extend the privilege still
farther, and admit women to the polls"
"Women" qsickly replied spirited lady
on the opposite side of the table-a disciple
perhaps of Miss Grimkc-"and why should
women not votei Do you mean to say that
we are so inferior 10 the other SEX"
"By no means, madam. The ladies, |
admit, have generally their intellectual
powers as vivid and as we'll cultivated as
those who assume the title of 'lOrds of crea-
tion,' but then like to see them in their
proper sphere"
aTheir proper sphere! And pray, sir,
permit me to ask, what do you deem their
proper spherew
'sWby, madam, the sphere of woman
is-a--it is celestial sphere"
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31
THE INFANT.

Look, at that revelation, in the first open;
ing of humanityi at that infant being-that
chid-angel, all innocency, gladness, lowell
ness. There it is, quite helpless, and al.
most unconscious; and yet 1t 6lIeth the
whole dwelling, TO the very rooftree, with
music and Joy. No treasure for parental
affection-no treasure of wishes, like that.
There it lies in the narrow space Off in
fant's cradle, yet it filleth the whole house
with its presence. There is resort to it,
from time 10 time, as it were something en-
shrined; childhood, and age, and manly
hope, and matronly beauty, bend over it. /
could almost fancy, il were in worship at
that fair, pure shrine the alternating good.
ness. Why mourn for the young2 Better
that the light should fade away in the morn
ing's breath, than through the weary day, to
gather in darkness and end in storm.
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31
THE LAMENT.

BYs.B. EDWARDS.
And must die! know the hectic flush
Upon my cheek, tells of my liie's decay
AS true as the lingering twiights flush
Upon the sky, tells of the death off day.
The shadows of long night reel through my BRAN
And visions of the spirit land are there
The sluggish blood is curdling through each vein'
And bids me for the life to come prepare:
NV Ianguid pulse proclaims that ife's dull hde
Is ebbing fast towards that shoreless sea
On which my spirit, bark like, soon must ride
In hope and strange expectancy most free'
Why do / shudder at the thrilling doom!
Why is my mind at times so tempest toss'd!
Why should the spirit fear the graves deep
gloom,
Or dread the wonders OF the Heavenly host!
O it is hard that one so young as /,
Should say to earth and all its scenes, adieu
For the last time should look upon the sky,
And watch the stars fade slowly out of view.
These eyes no more at daylight's closing hour,
Shall see the moon rise brightly from the sea,
Nor shall my steps again impress the bower
Where sparkled many gay and beauteous
flower.
Long have struggled in the lists of fame,
And deck'd my brow to wear the laurel's
wreath;
And now, when men begin TO lisp my name,
The night comes on, and glories from me fade
In vain, most vain, at midnight's solemn hour,
I've hidden spirits from the mighty deeP'
And felt with pride my own unwasting power
Wide DER minds realms, soar with an Eagle
sweep!
o for one day upon the mountains crest;
o for one night beneath the jewel'd sky;
o for ono hour where l have been most bless'd,
With my young friends and their wild min
strelsy!
Vain is each wish! These shattered nerves
this clay
Shrinks from the thoughts on which love to
dwell;
Night gathers DER my mind, and can say
But one word more-and that one word
farewell!
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31
ENCHANTED MOUNTAINS.

The following account OF natural curl
osity is from the Texas Telegraph:
This singular mountain or hill is situated
on the head waters Of the Saucy-a small
tributary Of the Colorado, about eighty miles
from Bastrop, in north-westerly direction.
II is abou, three hundred feet high, and APP
pears TO be an enormous oval rock, partly
imbeded in the earth. When the sun
shines the light is reflected from its polished
surface as from an immense mirror, and the
whole mountain glows with such dazzling
radiance. that the beholder who views II
even from the distance of four or five miles,
is unable to gaze upon it without experience
mo q nainful sensation, similarto that which
is felt when looking upon the rising sun
The ascent Of this hill is so very gradual,
that persons can easily walk up to the top
hut the rock is so smooth and slippery, that
those who make the attempt are compelled
10 wear moccasins or stockings, instead Of
shoes. This fact together with the name o.
the place, Holy Mountain, remind the visit
ant very forcibly of the command made e
Moses at Mount HOreb. Put off thy shoes
fsom off thy feet &c. The Cumanches re,
gard this bill with religious veneratlon, anc
Indian pilgrims frequently assemble from
the remotest borders Of this tribe to perform
their Paynim rights upon its summit.
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31

IDLENEss.-Idleness is the hot.bed Of
temptation, the cradle Of disease, and tho
canker worm of felicity. In little time to
the man who has no employment, life will
have no novelty, and when novelty is laid in
the grave, the funeral Of comfort will enter
the church-yard. From that moment it is
the shade, and not the man, who creeps a.
long the path of mortality. On the contra.
nv, what sordid satisfaction does the man Of
diligence possessf What health in his coun.
tenance9 What strength in his limbss What
vigor in his understandings With what zest
does he relish the refreshments of the davf
With what pleasure does he seek the bed of
repose at night 1t is not the accidental
hardness Of the pillow that can make him
unhappy, and rob him Of sleep. He earns
his maintenance and he enjoys it. He has
faithfully labored in the day, and the sIun-
bers ofthe night are a sweet retribution to
him. To the diligent man every day is a
little life, and every night is a little hsav-.
The toll has been honest az tba raw,,S S !.
isure:
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31

REelsrRY Law The ballots for and a
gainst the law requiring the registration Of
legal voters in Baltimore city, were cast on
the I'd inst. There we're 1852 votes cast in
favor of the law, and $500 in opposition
There were 664 persons registered who did
not vote: these, according to the terms Of
the law, being counted Its favor, make an
aggregate majority for the law f7l6.
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31

DOUBLE OFF1oE-A professional scribe
Ia Persian) being applied to by some one to
write letter, replied that there was some
thing the matter with his foot. "Of what
consequence is that3" said the applicant;
81 do not want you to carry the letter.
ssNo,n returned the other, "but if | write a
letter am sure to be sent for TO read it,
Cot no one else can"
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31

According to the report of the Secretary
ofState, one hundred and sixty-ive thous
and dollars were paid last year by the peo
ple of Massachusetts, for the support OF pau
pers made by intemperance.
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31
Terms of Advertising.

Per square of ten lines or less i1I tne lin
.ertion, One Dollari for each auui'io""'
tioh, Fifty Cents. ,..;.o nv the wear. a
liberia. discount will be made L.vo,
All articles of personal nature, whenever
admitted. will be charged double the ABOVE
The number of insertions required must be
rl,ed on all advertisements, or they VIII DC
continued until ordered out, and charged lor
accordingly. omo..
Announcing candidates; Tor state oHioe''
klO; for county Offices, So.
~oI-AlI Jos Work must be paid for on de-
livery.
Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-10-31

Observation-Disclosures gives an excel
lent canon of advice in regard to detractlon;
"Deal with it as with wasp; never attack
il unless you are sure to destroy it, or It
will assail you with increased evaporation
and greater force"