Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-03-05
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salonizaiiou Sociefy III MI H'' 6'e' P"''tS
,6arities WHICH the age boasts, tins Is The grand
Isl in its design, and promises 10 oe tue mos
=. IN iIs consequences. Will not the la
,,a. ri tg,ehburg unite with their fair country
-, ,,f other towns in promoting an object
~. accomplishment OF which opens such awde
al, far the speculaiions OF the philanlhropist
lnd patriot
public and pricatc libsralpy.-Du-
~ ,he Indictment season OF the year, the poor
-, large cities are reduced to the last stage
rdas,,nfiou and wretehedness aud the news
.aas,. are filled with appeals TO the humanity
sf,bo.e whose boards have been crowned with
'i.,ty and whnse bodies have been sheltered
,r,m The peiIings ofihe pi'ess storm by
Initial Providence Lately, collection was
.,ts,nt, ia Baltimore, in all the churches. TO
III, the necessities of the +" houseless children
,,fyant" amounting 10 about S2000.-lhe Ma
,opal Intelligencer notices donation OF >ou
Nv Mr.. Adams, S72 by n few OF the ofhcefs 81
,ie War Departme mt and 80 cords OF wonu ny
fs House of Represen, atves for the relief OF the
- or Wa shinpton Wood is selling in
Va shmgton at SO, and in phl'idelpha al SH
per cord.
Uer;co--rti is said that Pedraza, who
vas depr,yed ofihe Presidency nj Mexico by
he late Revolution, headed hy Guerrero, has
aapOuucpu ms DTtiensiOUS 10 tb"' 'h'' p'N %
nerrero has refused 10 accept II, we may now
,ane+hat tranquility will be restored by fixing
IN some third person.
JVcbster's NeU Dictionary. This
edition 10 American literature has been pub
rished in two pnarto volumes. IL contains ma
NJ word, not iound in other dictionaries and
,,as been thoroughly revised BY Mr. j. q. Per.
NAL 1.-THE poet -2500 copies were printed,
no Of which were intended for the English
market but the patronage has been so great,
,hat The whole edition has hern taken np in this
country. $50 is the price of the work.
The Nsthodists.-The Bait. Chroni-
Gle remarks, that in the year 1920. this sect was
irst menced at Oxford. England, under the
auspices o the Rev. J. Wesley. The presen,
year, therefore, will form The centenary of Meth
odsm.
Laree On.--An OK had been exhibit
fed in Baltimore, measuring lS n. inches from
nose t. rump, g #. 6 in. high, 3 II. O. in
girth, s Il Ol-2 ia. from shoulder % dewlap.
lie was raised. Tor, as the Baltimore paper has
it," educuted'') in Hartford county. Maryland
and it is said surpasses the great OK, Coum.
bus in all his measui emenis except the girih--
in height. he is taller, by half = hand than the
famous Leieesiershire OK.
Breaking up 1t is said that Mr..
Brown our Minister to France, Mr.. Poiuset,
minister to Mexico, aud Mr.. Tudor. Charge d.
Affairs to Brazil have each asked and obtained
perm sson 10 return hom'.
y. S. District yudge. Tho Senate
has confirmed the nomination of Joseph Hop
kinson as Judge ofthe District Court OF The u
ned States for the Eastern District of Pennsyl.
vania.
New Jeysey-Samuel l.. Southland
late Secretary of,he Nav, has been appointed
by the Legislature of New Jersey Attorney
General OF that STAGE.
Rare Pres6at.--The Washington
Telegraph informs its readers that Mr.. T0biGS
Funk, has sent harrel OF HhisffD 10 Gen
Jackson, AZ a testimony of great respect and
veneratioo ofthe people # Pennsylvania.
Castor OR-Dr. ID. A. Reese, Of
Monticello, (Geo.l made abou. 500 bottles of
Castor Oil last ar. Notwithstanding thr dry
season. He calculates, under favorable cir
cumstances. 10 raise a large crop the Palma
Christi this year. Some friend has christen"d
his Castor Oil for ,h- Doctor, and called il IN
u Tariff Now as the activity of IN, di.
cines are increased 10y their olfens'veness, we
think the Doctors friend has committed great
error. 1.-The had given i IFS right name, Tariff
'}asiar OIL, there is nor the least doubt. bu, Il
she climate ofGeo,gia aud Carolina at least, Il
-looah haee tood.sd much better.
Seal-On the Isl inst a Seal was
killed, by Nj. Thomas A. Houston. in Sapelo
River about three miles from Suth rllud's
Bluff, in N 'Intosh county (Geo) From the
nose TO the end ofthe haler fins, it measured
seven feet four and hall inches and across
the breast twenty inches The hlubber on his
side was fully two inches thick. This is the
first animal of the kintl that has. so far as our
knowledge goes, been killed in Georgia In
deed the beliefh has hitherto prevailed that the
Seal never visited our coast though one or Two
incidents which happened after the September
storm of 1904, impressed us with an opposite o..
pnion.
March of intellect. The Bookstoore
Of Mcdowell & Sun, Baltimore, was broken o.
pen a few days .iuce. and Books TO a consdera-
bic amount taken of.
Biography.-The LIFE of the cele-
DRAFTED Dr. Arthur Lee. Of Virginia. is in the
press. Itils from the pen of Richard Hrnry
Lee OF Leesburg.
Libel.--A libel suit of Samuel r..
Johnson against David l.. Child editor OF the
Mass. Journal, was tried before the Supreme
Court of Mass chusetts Jan. 30. Damages laid
At S5oGO--yerdict oftl,e jury So0-some d fer
eDce
Smith no ndme.--In London there
are o49 persons of the name of Smith transact
.ns business, in New York 454, and in Boston
A2o. OF these 63 IN New York and about a do.
ZEN IN Bnston bear the name OF John Smith.
M'ser'es Of Editors. Three bills of
,G1u'c'nent have re Gently been found by the
y. p[and Jury of Genesee County against Editors.
nose OF the Peoples Press for libel on p l..
tsiacy Esq. those of the Republican Advocate
.or one on W. r. Thompson, Esq, late sheriff;
%'u ,, nose OF the Batavia Times for one on David
Large gro,oth.-Lemons measuring
=, "1hes IN circumference produced on
o nv Plantation Of Mr. S. McCulchou, near New