Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-07-16
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MeIiCO.-T. M. Rodney, Esq. Com
merciai Agent at Havana arrived at Whining
ton, on Wednesday last, having let, Havana
on the 18Th nlt. Mr.. Rodney states that the
Spanish expedition, fitting oat at Havana, and
destined for Campeachy, Was 10 sail on the
Odd June. The commander Of the expedition
was by no means sangu'ne of any good result
ing from descent upon the Mexican coast
but believed that the attempt wold be sacri
fee of his army of 3, 500 men. it was, ho~ev
er, an order OF the KING, and must be obeyed
Mihtdry.-The officers of the u. S
army in the recruiting service OF the southern
and western districts, have been ordered to joir
their regiments
Health of NeW Orleans.-The Bal.
timore Patriot OF Friday. states that the yellow
fever was raging at New Orleans. On the sub
iect of the health Of that City, we find in the
New Orleans Mercantile Advertiser ofthe - /
ultimo, Cater than The intelligence of the Bal
timore Patriot } the annexed paragraph Our
ing the last few days, we have experienced n
considerable improvement in the weather
which has become day, and even pleasant foI
this season Of The year. change OF the wea
theT has brought with il also change ofhealtt
.--and the city is as free from maades of every
kind at this moment as il ever was on the 18Th
June. We have made this statement to coun'
teract impressions whicl have gone abroad
that New Orleans was ovefrun win sickness
Speed.-The Cleaveiand q. Her
all, states that by The Eclipse line fstages
Owned by Messrs. Thorp and Sprague. Of Al
bany, J. Pinker, of Utica. ana ]. Sherwood, ]
a merchant arrived at Cleaveland in three
days and half from the City of New York
a distance Of about ,fps HUNDRED and eighty
miles.
Emigrants.--A Cieaveland, Ohio,
paper of June 4, says : every steam boat and
vessel is filled with emigrants TO the ives ern
country. 1t is computed that 600 have landed
at this place, within fortnight. most y from
the eastern states, and are setting In the ada
cent counties.
The Plympton Woolien Factory.
The Boston Courier of yesterd y says, that
this factory. with all its machinery, was sold at
auction on Tuesday. for four thousand dol
lars The cost, few years since, was about
$4,000.
Ndtchez.-BuSiness is worse than
dull. The merchants are " no, at home" The
lawyers as they say in Kentucky, have gone
intoa State Of retracyl The doctors wear the
face of soemn,y, and are shaved by the square
foot. In fact, we shall shortly require pack
OF hounds to keep The rabbits and foxes from
ourrowing up Main.street.
WlDM Ignorance. to the
ha'elgh Register. 40 out OF ia families in
wake county, N. C. were lately found to be
"i,hout bible. In IL of them, NOT an individ-
""l conld read. In another part of the same
county, 10 families were found, within few
-n'es' IN winch none ofthe parents could read.
Edward Hcing.-Ths eccentric
man is now laboring to prove that the Redeem
81 et was partaker of original sin. He has pub
hsned an Oc'avo Volume 10 defence oil hrs SIN
gular heresy
Detnition.-The Richmond Compi-
~ ms favored the public with the derivation of
'he word Barbecue. which we never recolect
W nave heard OF before, but which has every
appearance OF being the true one. BARBE
os"d-cuE (quene) tnil-from the beard to
. .ne 'ali-or, as the Kentuckians 3" say, going
'e "hole hog Ii would not be bad appel-
BON BON oil the whole hog party men to cali EN-
bARBEcuEs.
II black Dandyess.-A colorsd wo-
;s"a,' IN Baltimore, while standing at table,
n,o"mg clothes, suddenly fell down and died
"as thought proper to open her body, and it
so 60" discovered that, by tight lacing, she had
leu the liver from its natural seat ; but the |
AZ cause Of her death was the bursting
" R'ooa vessel near the heart.