Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-06-18

Of Tia. weigh, Of moro than hundred ponud.
and many wiser people Than We suffered them.
selves TO be hoaxed by il. The Camden Jour.
nal gives US the key 10 this story, which. il il
was absurd enough upon the face OF il, is per.
ieciy ludicrous as explained. The Journal
says" We should have been as much puzzled
as The Bulletin, il We had not happened 10
understand the quiz, and TO be in possession of
'ne keyanat unlockedit II WAS a friend of ours,
who owned this mas of whs, they called gold ;
Out, alter all, 1t was a mere ebony and topaz
concern, Icing nothing more nor less than "A
negro fellow, named Could, black as soot.
WIN set OF teeth MS white as a sea Gle.
phant's."
N0u6t Incidental novel incident In
legislation rs prssrn,ed in the following slate
ment OF facts: The House of Representative
oil Connecticut, few days ago, pdSStda bill
Tor the incorporation of a Bank in Middeses
county, by vote of 81 to So, and sent i, 10 the
senate Tor concurrence. In the afternoon, a
committee was appointed TO wal, on the Sen
ate, pith request that he bill te returned,
which was done. The bill was then reeonsid-
cred IN the House. and negdtiUed by u vote of
liz 10 rs.
Change.-The Boston Courier states
that Presbyterian congregation IN tina, city
had resolved TO use the Episcopal form of wor-
snip IN their Church, commencing on Sunday
last.
Rattle Snakes. -A correspondent of
the Troy Budget states that MIR, Erastus Toby.
OF Duchess county, has taken one hundred aud
UU rallied snakes alive, near Westbrookville. in
Sullivan county, New York. within short Pc
fiod past Mr.. Toby intends 10 take his snakes
aud set out for Liverpool, EogIandand Ireland,
about the 10Th OF June.
"A Meteor.-A brilliant meteor was
seen to pass over Charleston city ON this Oath
UT little after dark, from the ". w. taking
an easler'y direction. II appearedto be uau-
sually slow IN lis progress, and was nearly 8 Sc
conds before IL became invisible, emitting us il
passed many luminous sparks.
A Dark Iransaction.-Saml. Black,
Of Blcck.man's District, Georgia, was la,el,
brought before Justice Black ford, charged with
assaulting and beating one MIR. Broom, from
which he received black eye.
Discovery "A western paper says
tina. Campbell is a celebrated British Poe, aud
great man
AneodOte for the Lddas.-The pri-
son report, OF Come cticut among other things.
contains short exposition OF the difficulties
and ve1ation which the officers Of the prison
have TO encounter IN the Cover nment of the four
female c0nviU's under their care, aud the Di-
rectors most ungallanily assert that these four
make more trouble than the whole remaining
ninety three convicts Of the other sex. Blu,
not CONT nj with this, they repeat IA remark made
10 them, as they pretend by the superinte ndant
of the Auburn State Prison. have (says hc)
under my care, abou, four hundred aud 6ny
male prisoners, and nine females and could
cheerfully undertake the care of an additional
four hundred and fifty men, 10 be rid Of the ninf
women. -Whs, brute -,
barbarian Magni fcence. In an ac-
count of the funeral Of the late King of Mads-
gascar. we find the following passage - e." The
tomb WIS constructed nj a small distance from
the ca,afalque and, according to the custom
Of the country, precious articles, such az gold
aud silver vases. crystals and porceains, valu-
able fowling pieces, a golden powder flask,
magnificent arms, Tinkets, watches, clocks
cloths and linen, and the portraits of Louis
XVI. Louis XVII, OF Buonaparte. Oh Frederick
the Great, in oil colors, were enclosed therein.
as well as several engravings of Napoleon, of
Kleber. Massena, Marriott, Dessaix, Bernadotts,
Eugene Beauharnois. Poniatowski, &c and
other engravings, several of which were color
ed representing views in Europe, and land and
sea battles by France, and from the beginning
oil The revolution 10 the fall Of the Emperor Ma
poleon. To these .ers added $50, 900 dollars,
in gold and silver coins and ingois. Six OF the
finest horses of the stables, and 10000 oxen
All these offerings were estimated al . SUN 10.
tai of $50 0o9 dollars, including The coffin, made
Of II, 900 Spani dollars. his coffin was
eight feet long, and four aud half feet high
and broad, and about nearly a line in thick