Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-12-24
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Mr. Rives, our Minister to France, had his
first audience OF thu King on Sunday The p h
OF Oct.
The Annual Meeting of the American Colsn.
zatlnn Sociry will take place il Washington
city on the ID Monday in January. Auxiliary
Societies are respectfully and earnestly invited
by the Parent Board TO represent themselves by
Dele gates OIL the oCt sslun.
II is high time, that Mr. Ponsru should leave
Mexico, II he would escape The dagger of the
assassin. A gentleman jnsl from Mexico in.
folms the Editor Of The ,slon Journal, that. n
few DAYS b fore he lett there. Mr.. Ppiuselt was
wahed on alb ,ui dark by a person, who ie
reque I'D his (Mr P'-) immediate attendance
at the BurrBu Of Foreign ARsils, The messen.
ger was not adm ted within he door, the re.
cadio. having been taken for some line, so as
10 confne the door by rhain as not to permit
il TO open so far MS 10 Admit he passage of a
man, unless the chain were unlocked for that
purpose but only to admit of conversation.
Mr.. Pninsett suspected some sinister design
from he unprect drnied hour at which This
request was made and returned for answer,
that he should call on the Minister in the
morning. Tbs answer was delivered hnd Mr..
r. on applying at the window, saw sniy men
about his house. armed with knives aud blud-
geons The Minister had no doubt that the
intention was 10 Obtain adm ssion by str. tagen
murder III" minister, and rlsr his house But
this Is not ,hr only, or most extraordinary
part oil the gentleman narrative. While he
was on the road between Mexico and Vera
Cruz, travelling with company il the stage,
they were arrested by a band OF rpffians. 10 see
if Mr.. r inseu vas among them. II having
been reported Thai he Was 10 leave Mexico NJ
tbs time The narrator Of these fscis beng
closely mpffled in a 81 ak, WAS a particular
object Of scruliny. His cloak vas roughly
thrown open, aud his features closely examin-
ed =; and when Al .englh the assailants brcame
satisfied of their mistake, one OF Item Drew tho
bnrk Of his knife across his 'hroat With a drci.
s,ye action, saying, II is lucky Tor him that IT
is not he
The prise iragedy. called " Metamora," writ
ten by Mr. John a. Stone OF New York, aud
for which he received the premium OF S1oo
was enacted at the Park theatre on the 10Th
inst before " one Of the most brilliant audleo-
ces that ever grarcd is walls, and hundreds
were obliged to leave The doors, being unable
TO find even standing ROOM II ,ss quite suc
ce.sfuI.--A most splendid Rife. presented by
Lord Byron TO an American naval officer, wa'
used by Mr. Forrest, in the character Of al
Indian Chief
TIE Legislature of Kentucky met at Frak
fort on the III inst Joan J 6 itieIden was CHI o
sen Speaker ofthe House Of Representatives
and Il. 5. Todd. Clerk.
The Legislature Of Ohio met al Columbus OF
! the 7th inst. Gen. Robert Lucas was appoint
ed Speaker of the Senate, without opposition
aud Rober, Larweli. Clerk.-In the II. Of Rep
resent atatives Thomas l.. Hamer was elrcte'
Speaker without opposition, and Taylor Web
s,er, Clerk.
! Seven pirates were execnied at Porto Rio
on the 18th Nov. They marched TO the plac
Of execution smoking cigars. and exhibiting th
u, most Indifference TO their fate Ooe OF then
was an American. named Campbell, OF Phili
delphia, and ssld to be of respectable connez
| ions.
The last Rochester IN. v paper says tina
the body Of Sam Patch has not yet been found