Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-05-07
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French appear u be very sauguinc of complete
| success in The production OF Sugar from beet
root, so rs TO do without foreign sugar aitogc-
ihei, 1t is stated in Il French paper u~on The
| authority Of the EVIDENCE given before the
! Commercial Commission Of Inquiry, that there
are now IN rrance nearl, hundred rnanuf,c.
| tories for the fabrication OF sugar from beet
! roo' 4 that il y celebrated that in the course of
! tbe present wear the quantity OF raw sugar
made from this root will bc NJ least 5000. $50
| lNl"eramhes (IaIher more than enc I0,o0O,0OO
ponnds) which IL double ,ne quantity Of las,
year. II is believcd says The French Journalist
that al no very distant period the production Of
sugar IN France viii equal the consumption,
aud uat the compel ition which will au-e oui OF
This circumstance added 10 the pefircicu intro.
d ICED intp The mode Of fabrication, vi unioutt
ed, cont ibue towards II Considerable tall in
the price.
Uaher SeoH.-The Gicsgor Chron-
ic!e has singular para! raph on he uh 1T OF
Sir Walrr Scots iii'e to Toe 60 ,sle'ed III
sole author oflhe works he is repurd II have
written. The editor nf that paper says, that
lie ires a,su,eh that he has himself ia a con.
siderable share IN the composition Of the n1y.
els nnd tales commonly ascribed - thai author
lie promises To ring forward, IL his nexi
Aumber, such proofs III support Of this theory.
from the STYLE OF tine works in question: com
pared with that Of the leading articles Of he
Chronicle and Journal tor many years past
Is shall plare lis tculh beyond the reach oil con-
troYersy.
Sir Humphrey DGry --Tbe report
of,ho DEAN II Sin Humphrey Dasy wa, pre-
mature, bur al the daIr OF he last accounts h-
wa, il such state As 10 leave little hope oi "A
, recovery.
Nice distinction. = som thc decis-
Sion Of the Supreme Court OF Alabama, in the
case of Peter Punkett vprsu, the State, the
Court are OF opnian that legal parlan,e, NJ
least Il horse aud a eeljlng are by no means
the same thing. Plunkel va, indicted iur steal
! ing n horse, the proofs showed that the subject
OF theft was geld'ng, aud he WAS, therefore,
discharged with IMMUNITY,
Extraordinary DeSDatch.-The
steam boa, North America ha, pei formed TIN
nom New York TO HUDSON Il distance. MAR
" 100 loilrs, in tisH hours and hreng fire
miaHtes.
! Diplomcfi c.-It is known to our rea-
ders that Mr. / Mooieo' kentucky ma, been
| appointed TO Supersedc Gen. Harrison ~ Minis.
ter 10 Comlobia. The following anec tote of
him is apird from the Nashville Republican.
and shows that he had been previously taking
some lessons in the Diplomatic line, and exhi.
biled some little dex,eti5 in getting ont of a
scrapc (as thu PhiIadei phiA Aurora calls it -
| =" II is said hat The new Minister 10 Colombia
once stated, taat General =. b. Porter was
q ns deaf II, AN adder The lad, OF Gen. L.
al erwaids met lir. Moore alta party, and DO
| le,y denandcd,- - All Mr.. Moore, how came
! You To say in letter To Kentucky thai nv has.
band wns as deui as ia adder 1n WHY, mad.
am,' he promptly replied, it was becau.e had
rading 1corse 10 say about him.
Eccentric Liberality.-The Raleigh
Register of the Isl INST. says - Some ,ndiyid.
aal IN MASSACHUSETTS, Who chuSes Ia rcm.in III
cosnti0 has sent to the addres, OF our Public
Treasurer, box containing two hundred aud
! fly Family Prayer Bcois with ,equcst that
the same may he dSta,huted among all the
members OF Government and Courts Of Justice
He states thai the donation Is intended for
good aud 10 encourage pure religion The do.
nor enclosed 20 the Irefsurei, money To nay
tue expense of transppuatun, asking him 10
appropriate the ovrrpins il any, for the siiei
oil sorne destitute object"