The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-01-31
LyNcnBuRG, JANUARY 81, 1875
IT"THE MIscELLANIsT, No. NIL is
uaaseiJabIy omitted this week

lvill attend the adjacent county courts, Ia coli
Jeot accounts due for subscriptions, ndsertls-
ing and Job work The subscriptions, gene
saliy, expire Oh the 10th OF April but as We
have credited our subscribers for months,
we shall meet with no difficulty in making
collections on this account, more particularly
rs our terms require payment TO be made in
advance. We hope that those Indebted TO Us
will be prepared TO meet our demands, as the
sans, though small in themselves, amount Ia
the aggregate 10 some thousands, and would
he considerable help To us just now The
accounts OF those at distance will be for.
wardcd, aud we hope they Willie attended
to
FREsHET. We omitted 10 notice in our
last the rise of James river, unprece dentcd
We believe, in It's height, and IN the celebrity
with which il rose. The only damage done
near this place, Of which we have heard, U.s.
the destruction of "a part of the free bridge
several tiers having been swepton. From eve.
~ part Of the country, we hear Of uncsam-
pied swells In thesvster courses. The follow
ing letter to the editors OF the virginisn, gives
distressing account Of the situation of a
part Of Montgomery county
"Jrontgomsry ey Ia 20h Jan 1929
at appears evident that the scourges of
God for the wickcdness Of men present them
selves ia various ways thr0ughon, the world
Ia many sections 10 the East,tii seems, there
has been visitation almost OF famine In
the West and South, sickness and death have
DISPLAYED in their most fearful forms the SUI
periority OF their power while, for number
OF years ws have been blesl with health, fine
crops and good market for the surplus But
nj this instant the scene seems 10 be changing.
am now whiting IA miles of the great ALLIE
ghany summit, parallel with aud near to the
aroud The torrents from the angry clouds still
continue 10 descend without intermission. The
tlrnpike road has become like n constant river,
aid the valleys In every direction nrc filed
with water. Whist nav must be our caleula.
ton The suffering farmers, whO had LOST all
their fencing aud the grain which had been
sown, on the waters Of stanton, tcafed here
Roanoke IN the destructive storm of Scptem.
Der last, bad then mn opportunity OF making u
small recruit But now, all is lost. The por-
ton of rals then collected TO enclose the cu-
DYated parts, must again 70, The grain
aown has been destroyed, and we are all in
cue general calamity. Oh God when will
ihe wickedness Of man cease, and thy frowns
abate
g have employed my time during the Int
ter part Of the storm In penning the fore soing
observations. The storm has been much more
violent than that OF last September. The wa.
Ter would have made n rapid current thro' the
house in which now am, had not tho doors
been taken of the hinges, and placed outside
Icross-wise) 10 turn the stream. The storm
has vet ahated hut little of its fury. II com
meneedast evening about So'clock---it Is now
SIP. NJ"
On the 9Th of January, Dinner was given
TO General jackson In Nashville The day
was ushered in by discharge of artillery, and
at IL O'Clock the Nashville Guards turned out
10 meet aud escort Gen. J. 10 the house Mr.
Foster, in behalf of the citizens of Nashville,
delivered an address to the General, TO which
ne replied in very neat aud appropriate
style. The following were among the Toasts
drunk on the occasion:
The thirteen old Siuies--Tlieir patriotism
and zeal in the cause of independence " i'll
always afford us an inimitsbe example.
Internal IHpr00cmtnts-A speedy grant oj
potctr TO the general gosernmentto enforce
Its policy.
Our distinguished guest, Gen. lndrcu Jack
conf virtue, talents and great military ser
vices are rewarded by the people of the untet
States, he will he our next Pre- sdeht.
The far daughters Of our couRtrg---Soft an,
pleasant MS the meonheams that play upor
the troubled writers, is the smile of beauty
shed upon the waves of human affection
BY Gen. JACKSON General JOHN Coffee
An efficient commander on the day we cee
brnie
BY PATRICK II. DARBy-1hs policy of N,
United Sfates-Internal improvements, ant
not enlargement of territory.
BY W. CLARK-The Union of he States
Dear TO the head-slill dearer TO the heart
Some Of the political quid-nnncs of the day
with their imoginations filed with " hydras
Gorgeous and chineras dire" have urged, as
reason why Gen. Jacksen should not be GU
next President that his temperament is too Il
cry, andthat he would be too fond of war;
We subJoin the following extract from tn,
Generals late reply to the stizens Of Nash
vile as set-eGto theirfears
"That the commcmoration Of this day ma,
Tor future ages bring with il the recolectioi
only Of asdrs that hare pcssed-that my uonn
Try may long prosper an peace--and that IN,
feilow-citizens in general may ENJOY the tles;
sings of happiness in this and in a world I,
cpme, IS my sincere prever.
The friends of Mr.. Clay exult excceaingl,
because he has been nominated 10 the Fresi
eency by the Ohio Legislative Caucus Fo
our parts, however, we do not think tho vot
BY any means conclusive. II appears, from
the official account of the Proceedings OF fb,
Caucus, that, previous to the vote being take,
by which MIR. Clay was nominated, the follow.
ingaes0lution was rejected by majority o.
only four.