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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-28

EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
CoLUMBA, S. CAROLINA, Dec. Goth, 1896.
My dear Sir:
| nave Just leaned, with great regret, that YOU are
about to quit our town and State, by which a per-
sonal deprivation to your friends will ensue, and the
State lament the loss Of those high literary attain
mcnts, that you have eXerted among us, for some
years past. You may do better trust sincerely
you will. Your distinguished literary taste, whcr
ever called into requisition, cannot but secure you a
position both agreeable and profitable. Accept my
best wishes for your prosperity and happiness. With
great regard and esteem, =. BUTLER.
From Dr. shouns Cooper. late Pres. Of tho =. Car
Oiina College.
Mr.. Edward Johnston, Librarian of the s. Caro-
lima College, being about to quit Columbia, desire
to say
mat as a literary man, acquainted with books IN
the various departments of Literature generally.
and as a faithful aud diligent officer. II will be
difficult 10 ill his place with any one equally well
Qualified. His printed Catalogue of the books in
that Library will fully confirm this character.
lie has, tor some years past. conducted the Edi-
lorlai department OF the "Ielescopen IN this town.
with acknowledged ability ; and in that capacity he
is wei known to the public generally.
w hatever he thinks fit to undertake, in the way of
literary pursuit he is likely TO perform with credi, TO
himself and to the work he may be engaged IN.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-28
Agents i'm Virginia.

NcCEfiS III fTrIs1II.
A. krisehnau Richmond, opposite The Eagle Hotel.
Brown y Curling, Druggists, Petersburg.
Dmklc y Iinmbough L. ncliburg.
Col. n mes q. Blakcy, Orange Court House.
Edward Nj Dowell, bookseller, Fredericksburg.
Gilmore u Watson, Dunvillr.
Jonathan \. stout, Ami rt Court House.
John Whitehead, New Glasgow, Amherst county.
Nm G. Albums, Scotts,ille, Albemarlc county.
u. Watts, Charlottesville.
Harper, Hardy y Co, buchanan, Botctourt county.
CT. Este, losingston, Nelson county.
\. Il. Forbes, bookseller, Portsmouth.
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05
AFFECTED DEAFNESS.

A stranger dIsmounted at the door Of the
Hotel, and gave his horse to the Of
ficious waiter. The barkeeper opened the
register to take his name.
"You are right" said he, ga single room
would be more agreeable and he walked
into the supper room TO which the crowd OF
boarders were pressing. The bar keeper
ran after him, screaming in his ear--"What
name did you sayf''
"Thank YOU" replied the traveller, 81
can find the way-dOn't- give yourself any
trouble"
On his return into the bar room,a waiter
took up bis saddle-bags, and told the deaf
stranger he would show him TO his cham
Der.
any friend, who will spend the evening
with me, prefers pale sherry" said he, "you
may send up bottle and a few cigars.
81 did not, said the bar keeper, "exactly
understand your name."
al think a little ice iOOuId improve the
wine,n was the answer; and now think o
it, you may put the bottle in wine cooler. ;
His friend now joined him, and they
walked to his room together. The deailodg
er Datronised the house to the extent OF an
other bottle before he slept. The waite
who brought it up ventured once more t
enquire his name.
aNoihing more," said the deaf man, "ex
cept slice of cold ham, pickle, and III
lie bread and cheese"
The next morning after breakfast, whe
the strangers horse was at the door, h
asked for his bill. He was told it was 81
} dollars and three quarters. "You are veT
: kind" said he, 81 had expected to pay yo'
but if this is your custom, to charge no'hlr
, for the first visit, you shall lose nothing
+: it-aII my friends in Spongeville will ce
tainly give you at least one call when th'
{ come into the city. Good morning"
81 would thank you to pay your blIlbefO
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05
THU SPIDER.

Astonishing C,riosity.-On the 18th ult.
a gentleman in this village found in his eel
lar, live snake, nine inches long, suspend
ed between two shelves, by the tail. by
spiders week. The snake hung so that ne
could not reach the shelf below him by a.
bout an inch; and several large spiders were
then upon him, sucking his juice. The
shelves were about two feet apart; the low
er one was Just below the bottom of the eel
lar window, which the snake probably pass
ed through into it. From the shell above
there was a web in the shape of an inverted
cone, eight or ten inches in diameter at the
top, and concentrated TO a focus aoout six
or eight inches from the under side OF this
shelf From this focus there was n strong
cord made of the multiplied thread Of spi-
der's web, apparently as large as common
sewing silk, and by this cord the snake was
suspended.
Upon a critical examination through a
magnifying glass, the following curious
facts appeAred:--The mouth of the snake
was fast tied up, bya great number OF cords
wound around it, so tight that he could not
run out his tongue. His tail was tied in a
knot, so as TO leave small loop or ring,
through which the cord was fastened; and
the end of the tail above the loop to the
length Of something like over half an inch,
was lashed fast to the cord, to keep il from
slipping. As the snake hung, the length Of
the cord from the tail TO the focus to which it
was fastened, was about six inches; little
above the tail there was observed round
ball, about the size of a pea. Upon inspec-
ton, this appeared to be a green fly, around
which cord had been fastened to the cords
above. and from the rolling side of the ball
to keep it from unwinding and letting the
snake down. The cord, therefore, must
have extended from the focus Of the web to
the shelf below, where the snake was lying
when first captured; and being made fast to
the loop in his tail, the fly was carried and
fastened about midway to the side Of tho
cord. And then by rolling the fly over and
over, it wound around it, both from above
and below, until the snake was raised to the
proper height. and then was fastened as be-
fore mentioned.
In this situation the poor snake hung, a.
live, and furnishing continued feast for
several large spiders, until Saturday after
noon, the 10Th, when some person, by play
ing with him, broke the web on the shelf
below. In this situation he fingered, the
spiders taking no notice of him, until Thurs
day last, eight days after he was discovered,
when some large ants were found devouring
his dead body.--BGtapid Nv. ~ Tines.
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05
STRANGE ANIMAL, OR FOOD FOR
TIE MARVELLOUS.

We cannot undertake TO say how much oi
hoa1 there is in the subloned story, but 1t is
a pretty fair specimen Of the marvellous,
and will entertain some of our readers, per-
hsps, as much as political essay, or new
"Indian Fight" from Florida. We copy
FROM the MontrOse, (Pa.) Spectator ~. \.
Com. ADJ.
Something like year ago, there was con-
siderable talk about strange animal, SAID
TO have been seen IN the southwestern part
of Bridgewater. Although the individual
who described the animal, persisted IN de-
claring that he had seen it, and was at first
considerably frightened at it, the story
was heard and looked upon, more as food
for the marvellous, than as having any foun-
dation IN fact. He represented the animal,
as we have It through third person, as ha-
wing the appearance of child seven or
eight years old, though somewhat slinner'
and covered entirely with hair. He saw't,
while picking berries, walking towards him
erect, and whistling like person. After
recovering from the fright, he is said to have
pursued it, but it ran off with such speed,
whistIing as it went, that he could otcatch
il. He said it ran like the "devil," and con-
tinued to call il by that name.
The same or a similar looking animal
was seen in Silver Lake township, about
two weeks since, by boy some sixteen
years old. We had tho story from the ia
ther of the boy, in his absence, and alter
wards from the boy himself. The boy was
sent to work, in the back woods, near the
New York State Line. He took with him
gun, and was told by his father to shoot any
Thing he might see, except persons or cat
tie. After working while, he heard some
person, little brother, as he supposed, com
ing towards him, whis,ling quite merrIIy
He came within few rods of him, ant
stopped. He said it looked like huma'
being, covered with black hair, about In
size of his brother, who was six or sevel
years old. His gun was some little distanc
off, and he was very much frightened. Ht
however, got his gun and shot at the an
NAL, but trembled so that he could not hol
it still The strange animal, just as his gu
'went off, stepped behind a tree, and the
ran off, wbistling as before The tatht
said the boy come home very much frigh
J ened, and thata number oftiInes during Il
afternoon, when thinking about the amin
he had seen, he would, to use his own word
'burst out crying
Making due allowance forfrights and co
t sequent exaggeration, an animal of sIngll
3 appearance has doubtless been seen. Wh
it is, or whence it came, is of course yet
mystery. From the description, if an oural
: outang we're known to be in the country,
| might think this to be it. As no such al
a NAL is known, without vouching for the c.
t rectness of the story we shall leave
is reader to conjecture, or guess for hIms
is what il is. For the sake ofa name, how
b. err, we will call the "strange animal /
" WHrsrLING WILD Boy OF THE WoODs
O. why is not this story as good as that cop
into the Volunteer ofweek before last, T,
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05
u CO." screamed the chagrined bar keep

you co." screamed the chagrined bar keep
or.
81 am obligedto you," said the deaf gen.
tleman, 81 can put them on" and he took
up his saddle-bags and departed. AS he
mounted, the by-standers began to laugh inn
moderately at the awkward embarrassment
which afflicted the bar keeper, who was in
despair while he bawled after the delin-
quent, who continued bowing and repeating
his assurances that he would certainly re-
member the accommodations, civility, and
lberality ofthe house, and recommend it TO
Ill his friends who might pass through the
city. The gentleman WHO so well affected
deafness won the wager he had slaked ON
the success Of his scheme, and paid his bill
the next time he visitedthe city.
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05
ron THE SOUTHERN THLsSAAFA'
VALERIE.--.A Fancy Sketch.
BY "TAsso."


BT "TAsso."
III.
VALERIE sat in musing mood
The breeze ofDight was softly blowing;
How deem IS the calm Of solitude
with Nature round US wooing!
Now soft, but swim, the spirit hie'
Ofmusic, as the echo dies,
That long hath sounded on the ear
So long, SO sweetly, and 60 near!
How soft IS the distant ocean wave,t
Or she'll, when from its coral gravel
The minstrel-wave shall loudly roar--t
It's sound upon the air dilate,
And as II rolls upon the shore,
The she'll will try to initiate!
Owes! it is the angel-breath
OF song that now is hush'd in DEATH
Nol-hear the swell of softest lay,
As on the air it meltS away!
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05
CHILDHOOD.

The following sound thoughts beautifully
express the sports and influences of happy
childhood, are from the "Batcheors death
Bed," in a late number of the Southern
Literary Messenger:
"The balmy breath of spring was laden
with their perfume, and groups of children
were sporting under their shade, like cher
ubS in the garden d innocence.
"Since the harp Of the shepherd king was
removed to heaven, man has found no mu-
sic like the laugh of childhood, to calm the
whirlwinds Of the soul. Its silvery echoes
break upon us amid the clouds of life, and
we almost fancy voice above US saying
''come up higher" Its world is, indeed,
world above our own. Like the topmost Of
Babylon's serenest blue,t the dew falls upon
it in all its freshness. The bright SUM-
beams dance on its foliage, and play upon
the brow of its sylph-Iike inhabitants-light-
ming them to enjoyment, us to toll. Neveris
man so happy as when he can leave the world
below him, JON their innocent reveals, and
fancy himself denizen of their world in
miniature. The most hardened must melt
-the most profigate must be abashed--the
proudest must be brought low, in the pres
ence of those, of whom "such is the king
dom ofheaven."
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05

LONG NosEs.-Napoleon used to say:-
"Strange as it may appear, whenever |
want any good head-work done, choose a
man, providing his education has been suit
able, with long nose. His breathing is
bold and free, and his brain, as well as his
lungs and heart, cool and clear. In my OBJ
servation- of men, have almost invariably
found long nose and long head 60 to
gether.
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05
PRESERVING MILK.

A foreign journal states that some milk
was lately exhibited in Liverpool from ON
board a Swedish vessel, that was several
months old, having made two voyages from
Sweden to the West Indies and back again
and remained perfectly sweet and fresh.
The manner of preparing it is as follows.
The bottles are made clean and sweet, aud
the milk is mixed directly into them with
out the intervention of a pail. As fast az
they are filed they are closely corked, and
the corks wired down. The bottles are
placed when filled, in a boiler, a layer Of
straw and a layer of bottles, until the boiler.
is full. Fill the boiler with cold water,
kindle fire and let it heat gradually; when
it begins to boil withdraw the FIRE and LET
the bottles remain till cold.-They must
then be taken out, packed in hampers with
straw or sawdust, and slowed in the coolest
part of the ship. The milk SO exhibited
was about eighteen months old, and was Of
excellent quality. The perpetual motion Of
the sea in time improves milk as much as il
does Madeira. AT least such seemed the
resultin this case.
Itis evident that this discovery will be
most available at sea but it has occurred to
us, that where bottles could be easily OBJ
tanned, many families living in cities and viii
lages, who keep a COW, might, by preserving
some in this way, furnish themselves with
a supply for the time a COW usual
y goes dry during the winter. In any
event the experiment could cost but little,
and we should be pleased to hear that it hadt
been made in this country for such pur-
poses. 2
ADRorr RoGuERY.-The Boston Tran
script of last week, instances the singularly
dexterous manner in which a robbery was
committed at Paris last month, where mer-
chant sent his clerk to change a note Of
thousand francs at the bank of France
The young man, having executed his or
der,was returning with a bag of silver under
his arm, when it was snatched from him.
On turning round he perceived an indiVidu-
| al, who changed color and appeared much
embarrassed; he made MANY apologies to the
Young man, stating that he had mistaken him
for an intimate friend who he wished 10 play
a joke on, and returned the bag. On reach
ing his employers house, however it was
found that the bag contained only some piec-
! es Of neatly rounded iron. The robber was
! well dressed in fashionable surtout, with
: red ribbon in his button hole; his hands
: were quiet at the time of the young man
J receiving the bag back again, and be mus
!, have had the address to conceal the othel
bag under his coat and changed it in an in
: stant.-BGltiMOre Transcript.
1 To make Black Ink-Rasped Iogwoo
one ounce, nutgaV three ounces. gum ara
g bic two ounces, sulphate, Of iron (green cop
e peras) one ounce, rain water two quarts
I Boil the water and wood toge iher until III
r liquid is reduced one half; then add the nut
10 gals coarsely bruised, and when nearl
IL cold add the sulphate Of iron and gum; sti
v it frequently for few days, then let It Sc
IE tle--,hen pour itof and cork it up close
= glass bottle .--Prdctical Farmer,
la Awhile glove often cOnceals black han
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05

GALLANTRY.-WhiIe the Brady Guards
were encamped at Buffalo, gentleman and
two ladies' approached one of the sentinels
on duty. have not the countersign, said
he, and presume l cannot pass. You have
a countersign on each arm, was the gallant
reply, and the gentleman and ladies were
permitted to pass.
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05

tive to the wild boy of Indianaf We az
knowledge that the story has excited some
what our propensity for the marvellous, and
we give il, as much as any thing, to crafty
the same propensity in others.
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05
r.rms Of Advertising.

Terms OF
square of lines or less tSt the niI.
,ort;op. One Dollar; for each adoi'i0nai i"'e'-
ton, Fifty Cents. .a,s,,;.s bv the wear, a
hoeIs' H.:oIss of a personal nature, whenever
,A;,,sd Al sd"V will be charged double the above
rates. ..o..;oos reouired must be
i iho ~, ali advertisements, or they VIII be
msou Nn,;0ued d unril ordered out, and charged for
. accordingly. ,.,.. cor State Ofices.
el0: for county Offices, So S'...d IA.
livery.
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05
THE GRoTTo SONG!

"Ah! gentle stream, thou 'rt like dream
That haunts the soul Of song;
Thy waters near sound on my-ear,
And ripping pass along.
III.
allow long the wave thy floor shall lave,
Thou cavern, lone and drcar!
There il spell that seems to dwell
Upon the ambient air.
"Come, grotto rill! be softer still,
And gently Aow,-and roll,
In ceaseless song, thy tide along,
That woos my restless soul!
w.
"The How'ry spring shall never hing
It's mantle DER this wall,
Nor sunlight gsam rpOn the stream,
Whose waters softly fall!
".
AIT is too pure and too obscure
For light to intervene:
o! let no ray Of smiling day
Hume this lovely scene!
vi.
WNo roses bloom, with sweet perfume,
Shall scent the signing air;*
Nor shall the CLEAN of th' soft mOOn-beam
Shine on my lone despair!
"Our life doth cling, and seem to sting
The spirit as il leaves
The heart can't die without sigh;
II is the heart that grieves.
VIII.
"Be still my heart!--Why dOst thou start!
Why rise at such a time!
The starry ceilings only pealing
With the echo of my rhymep'
Her song was ended, and the strain
Was echoed softly back again,
Till in the distance and the air
No echo fell upon the ear.
There was spell, like angels breath,
In sweetness slumber'd and in death;
And though its numbers long had flown,
In music still there was tone,
That spake in silence to the heart,
Nor e'en in distance could 6epart;-
1t linger'd 'round-it still was there
Twas silent music in the air!
She meekly how'd, as oft sh'd done,
And rais'd her voice in orison.
These were her feelings-and she dwelt
Upon the theme.-Her bosom felt
The glowing fame of love that fires
The soul till life itself expires.
How tender is that feelings fame,
Forever burning, still the samel
II have been informed that, there is a CO
hnual current of air issuing from the mouth
the MAMAoTH CAvE, in Kentucky, sufficient
strong to prostrate the grass that grows at Il
entrance. The reason Of this phenomena
perhaps, cannot be satisfactorily accounted 70
but it is most probable that hundreds of subt
ranean apertures are connected one with anot
o., and after they all become ventilated, or fill
with air, they contain such vast BODY Of atmC
phere, that it is set in oscillation by its oy
weight, and thus continues TO pass out havil
no other means Of escape-with fresh air ent,
ing at the same time.
tsThsre's music in the deep blue sea-"
.alonvnous,
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05

EXPECTING LETTER.--I do not think
life has a suspense more sickening than that
Of expecting letter which does not come.
The hour which brings the post is one that
Is anticipated, the only one from which we
reckon. How long time seems till it comes.
With how many devices do we seek to pass
it little quicker. How we hope and be-
lieve each day will be our last of anxious
waiting! The post comes in, and there is
no letter. How bitter is the disappoint-
mentl and on every repetition it grows more
acute. How immeasureable the time seems
till the post comes in again! The mind ex-
hausts itself in conjectures; illness, even
death, grow terribly distinct to hope in its
agony-hope that is fearl We dread we
know not what; and every heightened day
the misery grows more insupPortable. Eve
ry day the anxiety takes darker shadow.
To know even the very worst Of all we have
foreboded, appears relief.
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05
rHE SOUTHERN TELEGRAPH
10 pUBLIsHED EVERY WEDNESDAY,
MARTIN & BROWN,

4. FIVE DOLLARS per year, IN advance, OF
c,x y - The expiration of the year.:
-. are uaid, unless at the option OF the editors
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05

THE FIRST Law OF NATURE. The Lex
ington Observer says, it is the undoubted
right of postmasters to destroy Bonds
speech. SeIEpreservation is the first law
Of nature, and if they can't destroy the
peech, il will destroy them.
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05

Do good and throw il into the sea--ifthe
nsAes don't know it, Goodwill
Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05

Awhile glove often concoals a black hand.
The native American., 1838-04-14

SCRIPTURE GEoLoGY.-It is stated as q fact,
by Moses, not in the first chapter of Genesis
alone, but in many other parts OF his writings,
that in six days God created the heavens and the
earth while it is as confidently stated by modern
philosophers, that there are facts in nature to-
tally at variance with snch an assertion. Both
cannot be true. The matter is worthy of inqN Nry,
and few words will fortunately suffice. 1t is
curious, we had almost said providential that, at
the very time the objections to the Mosaic account
are beginning to be noised abroad, certain eleeri-
cal discoveries have been made; which have con-
founded the wise much as they have astonish-
ed the simple. 1t is not necessary for us to al
lude to them here, farther than to say, that we
believe no truly scientific person noU can hes-
tate for a moment to grant, that the operations of
nature which, under ordinary circumstances,
might require thousands of years to perfect them,
might, u,der strong electrical influence, be pro-
duced in an incredibly short space of time; within
period, in short, directly in proportion to the
degree of electric influence brought to bear on the
materials employed. If, therefore, we find from
the Mosaic account, that the earth must, at one
period, have been under peculiarly excited
electric action, all objections to rapidity of for
nation become as unphosophical as they always
have been unscriptural. 1t is too generally sup
posed that light daaOned gently at the first, and
broke in upon the earth by degrees, much in the
same manner as we now the sun breaking
through cloud But such supposition is at
variance with all the rest of the description. The
light 'wAs'-instantaneously burst forth IN The
darkness-in the very atmosphere itself. In this
condensed atmosphere light or fire burst forth;
and if its power and effects are, at this day, so
wonderful, when proceeding from body 95 mil
lions of miles distant from us, what must they
have been, acting in such a powerful atmosphere,
in immediate contact with the earth Let it be
remembered that the earth was then under water;
and let the attentive observer of nature say, whe-
ther there be any phenomena in the stratification
of the earth, so far as they can be discovered.
which are not explained, by the shell of the
earth being under water while undergoing this
concentrated action of electric fre?-or whether
there be any one, amongst all the theories which
have attempted to overturn the Mosaic narrative,
which accounts so satisfactorily II does for the
formation of crystalized rocks, and Of basaltic
strata; for the pulverization Of that part OF the
crust which came into immediate contact with the
water. as well as for the diffusion of melted min
erals through the assures which the heat laid open!
Religious History Of Man.