The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-10-20

ihpd Day ne ffoprletors pur nf
500, ooe mile out, was won by nr. John
ii. Otcy's bay mare Diamond, beating Mr..
Ferry black horse. MIR. Boxers bay horse
Fox. Mr. Gainr's's bay mare, and Mr.. r,u-
banks ckr5uut mare Mslvina.
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GENERAL SUIIM AIRY,
Compdrdiiee erpenee Of Candles Sils,ps-
4 person in Phl,d .laha placed , common
Glass La mp With fit wick half an inch
IN brea,ith, beside Mould Candle of the
size called sires and allowed both IN burn
| q hours and a half without bring moved.
In that time . candies aud three iif,hs urr,
consumed, and me third Of pint of oil.
From the experiment ii appears that one
gallon of oil will burn 4os hours, and that
it requires 10 and three f(ths pnund. of
candies to bnrn The same time, so that sun.
posing oil to he - cepis per gallon, it will
b. equal I" Mould Candies AT 7 cents per
! pound which shows the advantage .,ln-
I'd in the use of III To br very great.
Caution in uisiisng sick ROOMS. Never
venture into Il sick room in y violent pei
"praii"n, Of circumstances require con-
tinnance there for any tlmt,) Tor the mo.
ment the body becomes cold, il is in state
likely To absorb the Infection, and receive
the disease, Nor visi, sick rsonles-
pecially II the com liant be Of contagious
nature, with an empty stomach; as this d.
poses the system more readily II receive
the Infection. In attending a sick person,
stand where the air passes from the door
or window 10 the bed Of the diseased, not
het"Ixt the diseased person and any fife
that ~ 10 the room. AS the heat nf the fire
will draw the infectious vap0ur in that di-
reetion. aud much danger would arise
from breathing in il.
Grant Of Lrnd.-A late Cincinnati pa
per contains notice from HaJen T. wards
stating. that after three years preserver-
ance, he had succeeded in obtaining from
the Mexican Government extensive grants
of Lands in the province nfTexas, contain
lux nj least twelve millions of acres, embra-
chg the IuutY iiver $50 miles to its en-
trance mic thu bay, with all it's tributary
streams--ahout one half Of the ,Natchez
river, with all IFS h. id "atcrs-all the wa
ters of NayaCotas and .Tacinta rivers or
their east sides and other small streams.
dlscbdsing thcm selves Into Trinity bay,
running about - niles north and south,
and 2G8 east aud west. This tract Is well
timbtred and watered. The land is rep
resented as the garden spot Of the Conn-
/ try, add the low price of the land, tneipc
and haB cents per acre, my attract en-
i5rants To that quarter.
4 4" Small" .Hrher.--The London Lit
erary Gazette publishes the foil wing effu-
sion of spleen upon the Bunker Hill Gel
rbration - Snndry old gentlemen, who
! fought A battle, Just half a centary ago, IA
nong whom was General Ia Faytttr,
have been amusing themselves by laying
i the foundation of "A monument on Bunher's
Hill, to preserve the memory of Their cX-
pIoiis, lest they shonld forget them
! Dutch Claims. The National Journal
gives an account of the recent negotiations
with the Government of the Netherlands
! Tor indemnity for LOSSES sustained by our
/ citizens hy seizures aud conliscatiou OF their
vessels and property in the ports IT Hol-
land in the year 1909. The losses IN qups-
/ ton amounted To about 81 zoo, 900. -" Al
i though tsays the Journal) Mr.. Everett did
not push ms arguments to the extent he
mint have done, he pushed them faf -
nuugh 10 compel the Government of the
| Netherlands 10 solicit il suspension of the
negotiation, which was a taCit confession
that the Withholding of indemnity by HoI-
| land did not admit of Il complete yndlca-
ton. MIR. Everett, perrrlylng An unpeds-
ant degree of Discrimination in Baron De
| Nagell 10 continue the discussion, rriralned
| from any farther correspondence With that
Minister on the subject. and addressed him
lac hxE linn
to V ashinston the copy ola d,aft Ola mole
which might have been sent to the Baron,
in which he took luminous survey OF the
whole question, and proposed, as no salts
| factory result was Ia be expected from az
gotiatlon in the then state Of the business,
to refer the matter for investigation to
| Commissioners, 10 he appointed by the two
governments, who should report Is state
ment ct facts, as Tar a. they affect the qles
ton of esponsibiIity, and that i, upon such
a statement, the government of the l.. :.
and that Of the Netherlands shonld still diff
fer upon THIS point, 1t should he referred To
some friendly Sovereign, 10 be agreed up
IN between them. THIS draft of a note nj
Nr. Everett's, it appears, was not sent I"
fihe Baron DE Naaell. AR. Secretary A
danis wrole To Nr. E,er,t, Oh the 10th ol
| May. $40, and instructed him to reserve II
until pc should hear further from the Amer
lean Department of State. The Niscount
DE Qnabpck, the Minister of the Neither
! lands Al Washington, II seems, on taking
leave, when about To fetOrn home, aud M
pursuance Of directions from his govern
ment, had verbally intlmatcd to Mr.. Adams
/ its wish that the discussion should not he
further pressed. the President believes IT
would be expedlent to forbcar renewing
applications for the present; but the Wis
count De Quabeck was distinctly informed
that tine rlgnt of the American citizens TO
indemnity could not be abandoned by their