Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-25
The MAGIC MIRROR; OR, INCIDENTS OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Tradition tells us that there once lived, among men, a
great magician. known rs Cornelius Aprippa. He in
vented many wonderful things, but The most wonderful
of all was his ".nagic .nirror,' which could conjure
up, on lis surface, plantasns Of he loved and lost, even
had they been sepnitured hundreds of years. Fall OF life
and beauty, beside The classc streams If Greece, or be-
meath the palms Of Syria, from the mysterious regions Of
Egypt, OF the snow hills Of northern clipes, they came
loflh at his bidding. those deceptive phant ms, AID lid
ing acr1ss The surface oftle mirrcr, with a sad smile. and
a wave OF the hand, were seen no more by those who had
monrned lhelr loss. But Agrlppa died, and his secret
persisted with him. But a more mighty encl,anteI than
Agrlpra has risen. who. by the mysterious agency of
ll9ht, thpresses incDaceabiy, on polished metal, the faces
and for ms of those we love and This wonderful high priest
ct memory, ls"N HITEHURsT. i" the Daguerrean Artist.
VIII Sc gallery, on Baltimore street, presents an array Of
beautiful faces, aud fine manly forms, which are seldom
met with elsew here.
We called in, few days ago, at an early hour. Two
or three persons, even then, Were sitting !" and we vera
gazing. with pleasure and delight, on The new and beau,i-
lui additions he had made to his gallery when we obser ~
ed a lady, clad in deep mourning. enter. She informed
The artist, IN low and broken tones, that ga year previ.
Gus, in a southern city, her only daughter, a young and
lovely creature of some seventeen summers. had sat To
him Tor her daguerreotyp pc, which was a perfect and al
most breathing likeness. The relative for whom il was
taken, a gallant officer of he army, carried i, with him
10 Mexico, where, On the heights of Ceiro Gurdo, he
was literally torn 10 pieces, by a cannon ball from The en-
envy s battery. Not long after this affecting news came,
SIT, my daughter sickened and died suddenly. and now.
beieav'd aud almost heart broken. by the loss, | would
give any sum for a likeness of my child. don't know
why, but l have come all The way fiom p-burg, with
a presenliment thai should find a copy of thai, likeness
IN your gallery. Have | you. permission 10 examine
your gallery % She 10 9ed at each ore, bnt the image
e ! her dead daughter was not there. at is vain, .ir,o
Size observed 10 the kind hearted artist. Except in a
mothers hrari, those dear features must be CONSIGNED +,
oblivion, | ieaI-Oh. would give half hat | am worth to
get even a rude delln aion Of my child ,"-..NIaJam, |
just remember a box of daguereotypes which brou ,ht
rom The south with me, and which have MT yet open-
ed. | may be among Ihen--f for did make several CO.
pes from daguerrotvpes of our beautiful southern ladies',
ard may have copied hers. "Oh, sir" she replied.
while her face beamed with hope, can you look now I
Oh, how 1t would corsole my bruised heart to gel an i'm.
preston of my list Mary's face - The artist bow ed his
reaty assent, left the gallery, and soon returned with
some eight or ten handSome cases. She opened one after
another, but she tcds not there, until she came to the last
Cshe held II a moment, fearing and hoping at last she
'onnd courage TO dare it she opened the case as,wly,
child.
ehe believed 1t with Tears. and pressed it to her ms
'ernai heari-ihen gazed on il, with looks Of unutierable
aHec'ion. The artist turned away TO hide his flushed
race and fearful eyes-we gave. masked, our sympathy
ana Tears 10 mat devoted mother, who. now, more calm,
enqIlred ",he price Of the precious picture 90 1.-The
pressure OF serving you, madam, under. these circumstan-
c's, Is reward enough | can take nothing. You are
welcome, thrice welcome, to it.' She went home COM
iof'ed more so than had she gazed into the mirror of
Cornelius Agrippa.
In Mr.. Whirehursl's luxuriously furnished gallery ev-
cry thing will be found that can minister 10 a refined
taste.
Pardon us. old friend, for writing so freely about yu
and your affairs, hut we have said no harm Of you, and il
we SAID all we wish, II would carry us beyond onr limits.
Baltimore american. ID,