Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-06-29

ships OF lilo line AID six tsieaies. 81 lie rsoa
81 ieutenRnts and upw ards there are $50 sur.
eeons, aud the surgeons maieg. " pursers,
IL chaplaius, 'nidshipmen, lao sailing
masters. 30 boatsw aims, II +; gunue,s. ~
carpenters. II; sail makers, II. In the ma
rine corps there are, | colonel, o captains and
80 lieu,enants. The oldest officer in the navy
is John Rogers, president OF The board OF CON.
mssioners of the navy. lie entered the ser.
vice in March. l79s. His present commisson
is dated 9th March, 1909. There are II navy
agents. ! naval store keepers, aud naval con-
stuctors. The estimate required for the navy
during 1929, is S3006,277.
Death from Fedr.-During tho thun-
der storm on Sunday night. "a woman residing
in CORTLAND street, was very much alarmed
and went 10 bed As the storm increased. she
became exceedingly agiated. aud ut length
iii seized her. Before medical assistance could
reach her, she was corpse. N, Y. Courier.
March of Civilization. "A fur Mer-
chant of this city informs us that the western
Indians are becoming quite adopts in the art
of cheating. One of their means of increasing
their gains, IS by running lead under their bea-
yer skins. The price OF beaver is from 80 10
100 cents an ounce aud n cunning Missouri
Indian sometimes eontrnes TO sell lead at the
same price. Phi. Gas.
indigo Crop Of 1S29.-The Calcut-
ia John Bull estimates the crop Of India Indigo
for 1929. nj 81 500 mounds. The exports TO
England were lasi year luS,SO7 mounds, TO
France 81 ,659. America 3 800, Stockholm 800,
Gulf $50. md the consumption in Calcutta
COZ, Totul. l40,2
N. Y Jour. Of Commerce.
South Carolina Rail Road.--The
Charleston papers state that al. u meeting of
the stockholders Of the South Carolina Canal
aud Railroad Company, held on the OH in.
slant, II was unanimously resolved TINT the
directors OF the Company be authorized 10
construct and co.plete forthwith. portion Of
| the Railroad between Charleston and Ham
burg.
DueL-A duel took place on the
bans OF the Missouri river, opposite Vioksburg,
| on the 2Slh March, between Isaac Caldwell
and John fey,on, esq. The fire of Judge
| Caldwell did not take effect MI. Peyton's
sho, took eiiec, IN III" left band of his entaso.
mist. They fought at ten PAGES with rifles.
~ Y Com.
Providence, Or. ~ June 6.-BANK-
RuPrCT Bankruptcy is no" the order of the
| day, and the frs, enquiry that is made in the
| morning. " who has failed since last night =
When the present embarrassed s,a,e Of our
market will cease, heaven only knows. Con.
fdence is destroyed between man and man,
and Rhode Island weags gloomy aspect.
Literary SuJaltern.
artificial LimbS,--.A London paper
states that a poor lad named Thomas Carg,ll,
who had been bitten by shark willis, bathing
in river nj Sierra Leone, was brought before
the Lord Mayor by Mr.. Laundy, the Surgeons
Instrument maker AT ST. 1hotnhs's and Guys
Hospital. thai his Lnrdship might see what
could be effected by mechanical aid. The lad
had lost both his hands, aud was perfectly
helpless.--On his return TO England a benavo-
| lent gentleman Interested himself IN his behalf
and gave him letter 10 the Lord Mayor, who
sect him tn Mr.. Laundy, with directions To do
all he could for him. 10 the first place he ex.
hibIted pair Of in iruments by which he was
enabled TO dress and undress himself ,buitonip
and unbotlening his own clothes another set
by means of which he could liii and carry great
loads another by which he could carve his
own vituals aud help himself 10 any thing he
waited. But the most extraordinary of all,
was an inst rumeni that enabled him write
The poor fellow with this instrument wrote
HE name in tho presence Of the Lord Mayor,
and nstonshed every body in consequence oil
the facility with winch he did it-and il was
he opinion of every one that he was moi only
capable OF writing himself tut Of teaching
others.