Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-07-27

thought him Rom that 10 Gypsy. lie happened
TO have made their language his study and nobody
but Rom. they thought. could paiier Rommsny in
that way. wher he insisted on his European origin
they that ih- soul which animated his present
body. had been nj Former per,od tenan,ed ny Il
one of their people; and n Rom. in one form or
other they would have him. This settled. they
thonght IL their duty TO disseminate the Cosple for
him ~ they could. MOI that they cared for il Them
selves. or IN any way rrvered iis Founder. What
ever they did FOR il. Gone in the more that he /
whom they conceived To he their brorher, had somc
purpose in view which WINS TO contribute 10 the |
proht OF The Gales. or CypsIcs. and TO terminate
IN the confusion and plumber Of the Busne or Gen.
tiles.
There is one anccao,e in the volume. so anu.
singy Illustrative of Ihis and 20 characerst. Of the
Gypsy race. that we will quote II nj once. Mr.
Borrow. having Published ia Madrid a translation
uf Lukes Gospel into ur adulieroted Rommany had
managed TO get together small Gypsy conrreya.
ton ia his lodgings there; Sut he noted that arch
| as they were. chiefly women the would never
| visit him unless They stood IN need of something
they hoped tn obtain from hin. and even with the
women any thing like sober serious reliance was
the most silly thing p,s,ihe. A least excuse eci.
| ted their gro,esque aud malicious nature.
| Ono day my congregation arrived, attended by q
Gypsy jockey whom had never previously seen.
We had scarcely seated n minute when this fcll.w
rising took me tn the window. and without any pre-
ambls or circuml'cution, said. don Jorge you shall
lend me Two har.as" Ounces Of eoli) Mot 10
your whole race. my excellent friend" said I;"are
you iraniici SIT down and be discreet" lie obey
ed me literally, sat down, & when the rest departed
fbllowed with Them; We did not invariably meet
at my own house. hut occasionally one in street
Inhabited by Gypsies On the appointed day
went 10 this house, where ] found the women as
sembled; the jockey alsp present. On seeing
me he advanced. again took me aside nod az ain
saiJi Don Jorge you shall lend metwo haras" I
. made him answer. but at once entered upon
the subject which brought me Ihither. spoke Tor
some time in SPanisLi chose for he theme of my
discourse the situation Of the Hebrews in Egypt,
and pointed out lis similarity to that OF the Ganoes
IN Spain. spoke of the power OF God, manifested
IN preserving bath separate and distinct people
amongst the nations until the present day. warm.
ed with my subject subsequently, produced a
manuscript book, irOm which read portion ol
Scripture and the Lord. Prayer and prsiles Greed
r IN Rnmmany. When I had concluded looked a
n round me. The features Of the assembly were
twisted and the eyes Of all turned upon me with a
irghIinl sqnini. individual present hut squin
2 led ihe-ihe genteel Pepa, ihc good humored Chich
4 aroma, the Casdani, &c. Sc all squnted. The Gyp.
~ fellow. the coniriver Of the buria squined wors
. ofnll Such the eypses"
), "And indeed such hoaxing. ihioving. quafTins
j. drinking, merry. laughing, and unihnkir g-race a
}, tins which NJ Borrow has admira bly, deneraied
o never came 50 vividly within view in any booI
r. before As they were in the beginning they coniin
@ We still Mure or less severity. loss perse
cuiion has driven them Of one country or SET
p lied Them IA anDiher but brought any ma Teri
change IN their habits or pursuits. The federation
e oil Them that has sprung mp in modern Spain. seem
indeed to have mitglied the terror that their hand
were wont TO carry through the mountains and de.
. eris OF long agn, bat their predatory habits hav,
: merely adapted themselves 10 qniet and civil
I'd NnarIfa H..
as everywhere e.Ihey till earn their daily bread
, The men by arts Of the jockey principally; The W.
nea 10y dealing ia forinnes, love draughu and di
= ablerie. Religion. they 10 have not the re
n moiesi notion al. When Mr. Bprrow talked to then
OF the soul. they laughed al him. When b. desert
oed 10 Them another life. they asked him If The,
had BEEN wicked and miserable enough in This I,t
. ~hy on earth they should live again To hi. NJ
n Borrow rej''incd IN the parable Of Lazarus and IN
rrodisa and hold them how miser bic the frs, I'M,
been aud how wicked the last; and how thai In
sufirrings OF Lazarus had been recommended in nm
other world. aud the repentance of the Preseal re
VARIED even IN tins. Whilst the benevolent har
'"'guo proceeded, eat was our ornIors delight d
observe evde n, and ca nest admiration in his list
eners But not upon the doctrine, aas did ud,nira
/, hon turn; hut ON Mr. B1rrowI amazirg method O
wnlIhs and reading Gypsey jargon
brother yon tell us strange things" said one O
Ihein' though perhaps you do not lie; month s,nc
would s1oner have belirr ed these tales.!Ihsn q
Iiis day should one who could wri,s Rom
many"
MIR Brrow preface, his book with some rener,
description Of the various kind. Of Gypsies in Eu
rope and graphic sketch Of n portion of hi. Gyp
~ experience IN England wherein the infamous
ihurieil cuisa characteristic figure. OF oil these
experiences. however. this is The chief result
"one Of the most remarkable features in the his
tory OF Gypsies is the striking similarity Of their pnr
suits IN every rescn ofIhe globe to which the, hav,
p'neiraiedi they IRE not merely alike in lin an,
feature. III the cast and expression Of the eye IL
the color Of tho hair in their walk and gait. but ev
cry where they seem TO exhibit the same ienden
cies, and 10 hunt for their bread by The same mem
as II they wero not Of the hum m but rsiher of IN.
animal species. and in lieu of reason were enIowe.
with kind ofinsiincl. which assist them TO a YER,
limiiedsEIeni and no farther.