The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-11-08

srlnuet boy carries me bigg,a fiddle !" For,
" Yeas ago the SAM party was thus alluded
10 BY Mr. Ames:- One hungry cricket will
make more noise in = Geld than a hundred r.-
minsting oxen"
Gov Barbour offh giuia. Gov. Shultze Of
| Penn Gp, Clinton, and Dir. Secretary Rush
has received individual nomination.. for Vice
President.
lhe great OK Columbus which was bred in
.'r- Hand, II IS nov ia exhibition at phila-
delphia. lie weighs about 400 pounds
The famous Race horse American Eclipse.
was sold at auction on the race course at New
York, on the lib inst. ior 5000. Iii, compel
ltor, Henry. was sold at the same time and
bought by tine same person. for S4lO0.
900
/ Red Jdeket..--It il estnnlted in the Black
I Rock Gazette, that Red Jacket will appeal from
the decision of the twenty five Chiefs by which
he has been deposed. to the chieis aud warriors
/ OF the Six Nations ia full council.
! Extraordinary instance u enthusiastic feeling
] far he great effect 0, natufe.-ln the year 1890.
/ Captain Hastings, then on voyage betweent,
Islands OF Madagascar and the Cape Of Good
+ II pc, oyerlaken by yiol ~ storm. The
furious terror of the ocean-ihe mig tiuess ofthe
airgng wayes-the blackpess OF thu water
and the vivid effects Of the lightning coming
! athwah The dark cu tains Of the hea, ems, he he
! held with an Intensity Of rhug that almost alb
sorbed every feeling ofpcrsond safety. Hav-
i ing iakfn ia" necessa,s means Tor the security
/ oi IA. vessel, aud anxious TO contemplate the
! grandeur Of The seenr he ordered himself to be
/ la~aed to an ele, ated pari 81 the 5 lip thar du
! TuV IN al tpmUfst p m 81 moi
! only study but actually sketch the terrific APP
pearances around hun Collected amidst the
nproar ~ the elements, aud regardless OF dan
ger, he produced "A faithful and spirit drawing
Of storm at sta, full Of the fury aud sublimifs
gf his subject. This drawing he senI 10 the royal
| academy, where it was exhibited the following
wear, aud attracted peculiar attention.
-azsS
4 true Republican. Thomas B. Robert,
,on, late Governor ofLouisiana. bas been invited
10 be aealu a canddntr ior that office. He decli-
nrd the invitation. wing m ambition ia
thd 70, Ct IS saisG d. and experience has sulii
eirntly llneht ne thai ran render ~ thai situa-
ton ~ service At all CONNIE sutdte with the I'M
portanf duties II imposes. "A sentiment worthy
OF the man. ,
A writer IN the Lamcasle, lntellie encer recon- |
mends IASGUoS CHLvEs. Esq. as a candidate for |
the wee Presidency. Ph,ldd Sen.
MIMI FES,
Taken nj the several 1paum Conferences 9th |
MtihOdja Episcopal CbHrr, for the gar le27 |
N u York published by N Bangs J limo
ry; ociGrO, PIP. 72--P,ice Is 3D. cen's.
Tais work. which 4as just ISSUED rom the
Conference pitice, coatal Il uil aud complete
view Of he present prosperous state ot the Me-
thodisi Episcopal Church. II embraces the
name. oflhe Bishops, Elders Deacons, AID can
dIdat"s for orders Designating Iho,r Who have
been recevnd ON trlal during 1r ar; IN no
reiIhin On trial who are admitted into fail con
ncction who are the deacons !; no have b, n
elected and ordained elders who have located
who are the superanuuuted or worn on, preach
ers who have been expelled wa havP
Withdrawn from the connection and no hay.
died with short obituary notices. Ii gives IN !
names Of all Tie districts, circuits and stations
together win he number OF members in each
aul The appointments Of the al preachers A.;
with an Alphabetical st Of the preachers names
showing n what circuits, stations aud contefcn-
ccs they seseraily belong Ii shews Thar there
are seventeen annual conferences divided info
eighty FIVE districts embracing eight hundred
eud lttv circuits and StItIors that there are
fifteen hundred and seventy SIX travelling prea.
cbers I: one hundred aud eleven of whom Al
superannualed and ,hat there are three hun
drrd aud eighty one thousand uihe humid
and ninety seven church members: beur a
meet increase since tn last ycar, uf twenty-,nl-
thousand one hundl ed aud uioeis-sevcn Tia
contains the lollnn ng table presenting al on
view. the humble Of members and preachers in
each conference: