Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-27

Allan Thomas of Win ngton, Del.
has been nominated as ca idaie for The OF.
fee Of Governor BY the Convention appon-
ted by the friends of the present Adm nis;ra
tior.
RioL-The Baltimore Commercial
Chronicle Of yesl, rdsy. says We understand
hai a not took place on the Baltimore and o.
mo Rail Road, on Frday last, in which one
man was killed and several wounded. The
ringleaders were, we learn on Frida, evening
lodged in Jail.
Natural BrMge.-A natural-bridge
exists in Massachusetts second, only, To the
oLe over Cedar Creek, in Virginia II IS
strange that the wonde's of the different parts
of our country are not earlier known abroad
than they are.
Qaick IraueAing.--A gentleman,
recently travelled from Newbein IN. C. TO
Albany IN. Y in 81 houts--beis at the rate
of9 ID miles per hour ~ distance OF $50
miles Twenty years ago. what would hive
been thought, il W. had propheced that such
thing should come 10 pass.-oo II Is, however,
and the rage Tor quick travelling is not at all
essened by the advances tina have been made
towards the attainment OF that object.
iSaCritCge.- impIOuS rogue
broke into meeting house in llnbhardston, a
bout fortnight since, aud =" ielonIonsly aud
forcibly" carried away he bell rope aud part
of the puipH trimmings The eItctmen have
offered Two hundred dollars reward for the
detection OF this fellow, who appears 10 have
been IN so great need of halter aud a shrOud
Bulletin.
Singular PrcSerUation.-A short time
since horse belonging 10 Mr. jacob Aigot-
singer, Of Youngstown, a. y J stepped Oh some
boards which Law owe, The mouth of an old
well, about twenty freI deep-they broke with
the weight, aud the horse tel through WI his
hinder parts foremost. He was soon after dis
covered standing on his hind legs upon the
bottom of the we'll his fore ones extended to-
wal DIS the top, whe with his eyes he seemed to
suppllcsle Tor help. This itswas impossible 10
render the poor animal for some time, but at
length b, the use OF tackles and ropes, he Was
drawn from his perilous situation, aud sngu'
lar as il may seem, he had received little or no
injury.
Bg hooks and crooke. The proverb
of obtaining every hing by hO0Fe and erooke
is said TO have arisen ~ the tune Ot Charles 4,
when there were two learned Judges, named
IfOOkP hEO CTOOht, hi't hiHISuh ""S W
be gained either by Hooke or by Crooke. The
proverb is, however oidsr thao that period
il is used by Spenser in his :" Fderis Qaeene.'
hew England Cotton Factories.-
An able aud judicious writer in the Boston Dai-
" Advertiser has undertaken to show, IN Sc
ries of brief communicate rs the causes OF the
present depression Of the prize oil Cotton Fac
tory Stocks and Goods. The numbers are ex-
treinely interesting. The following is an ex-
tract from one of them +" Cotton sbIrtlngs No.
10, would probably, a, the present price OF
cotton and labor, yield a reasonable profit at
eight cents yard. they are now sold for
less. Thirty years ago, India cotions were in
general use, al twenty five cents yard and
four wards of them were worth one yard Of our
New England shrtinss. Thus eight cents
will now purchase what required dollar thir-
ty years ago. This is one OF the natural effect
Of Introducing domestic manufactures And
il would entitIe them 10 public favor, were II
no, tina. they so decidedly interfere with the
profits Of importers, and are therefore subj c.
red to all The evils OF their nialedictions
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Observation-Disclosures hundred and
twenty four passe myers arrived at this port on
Sunday from Havre, Liverpool, and Belfast.