Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-07
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ed this morning from Cumberland, We learn
thai George Sweariuge en- has made a confession.
in which he accused Rachael Cunningham with
the murder ofbis wife. lHagertioWn Mail.
Osages deserted in Europc.-The o.
sages, who some two or three years ago
went. or were taken, on speculation 10 Europe
u. n show, were. II would appear. abandoned
at Geneva by their Snowman. or leader, Colo
nel Delanny. Three men, n woman, aud n
child boru nj Liegr, had got baek TO Paris
where, through the intervention Of oh. Consul
of the u. States, Mr.. Barnet, a subscription
was raising to enable them 10 return 10 their
own country. A wealthy lady in The Neither
lands adopted a child belonging TO these savages.
The Interpreter. Paul Loyse. a hall tiesd, re-
manned faithful to them, aud returns with
KEN.
Firc.-Thc Eagle Tavern, in Au-
eusta. Geo. together with the principal gu,
buildings and furniture attached 10 IL, WA
consumed hy fre on the 18th instant. The
owner, Joseph Cumming. Esq. of Savannah,
had an insurance on the building for 81 1000.
which was about half It's value. N doubt 10
entertained that the fire wa. the work OF an
incendiary.
Education IN fuStrid.--A French pa
per says, " The system employed throughout
Austria for spreading instruction among the
lower orders ~ attended with great sucress.-
In zach village nre schools, Of which the mas.
lers are paid by government. No one Is al
lowed TO marry who cannot read, write. aud
show some acquaintance with ARITHMETIC and
under a penalty, M master can employ n
workman who is not able 10 r-ad and write
Small works on moral subjects, written with
great care, are circulated among the lower
classes. Hence crimes are extremely rare,
aud in he course of n iNtlvetnonih scarcely
iva executions take place in Vienna
Passing Rivers on Foot.--M. Chas.
de Mayerty Hungarian, before celebrated for
many ingenious inventions. has brought 10
perfection an apparatus by ans Of which The
ms. rapid rlve,s may be passed on f'oi. In
The mouth al Mhrch, 1923. VI. Mayerfy, in the
presence of Il vast conconrse of spectators,
made AZ eif, ~ 10 cross The Danshe. near tue
Lagerspitul Of Perth. Provided with boots oi
TN, The legs Of which were furnished NJ the top
with II sort Of table, he trhsersed The river in
an obllque direction, with perfect safety, taking
u line uf 1000 ya,ds il leng,h. lie amused
the spectator, wih various feats during his sin.
,ular proncnadc.
Generous ofcr.-The proprietors Of
III" Academy buildings aud ground in Md
dletpwn, Conn. lately occnpie by Capt. Par
uids", MS The seat Of his military aud scientific
in tuition, nave offered to present them, as n
donation, TO the Methodist Ep scopai Church.
u aid IN the establishment Of u college or mi.
vpfSity in that place on certain conditions The
hnildidgs, which are of ve,y permanent cen
4trucJon, and grounds, are thought TO be worth
forty thousand doll,rs They are. however,
moo 100 - nal u-n ..v.. ....A.
tously or condino,; that the Methodist, comm.
nifty raise an additional sun al goo ooo DO Tor
the endowment of the college, which ~ reqnir-
ed to 90 into operation October !, 1880.
UneramlIcd Abstiaence.-Mr. Reu-
ben Kelsey, a respectable young men of Fair.
field, Vermont, agrd about %, is said To have
snbSlsted on nothing bat cold water, Tor more
than forty ddys HIS mind seems IN have been
partially abs racted. aud he has chiefly kept his
room, apparently ayefse TO any intercourse
with the world, fI nearly three years past j;
The quantity Of food taken by him Tor The las
twelve months is supposed TO be less Than that
required FOR The Ordinary nnnrishmsnt Of an in.
fant but during the period FIRST named, neither
persudsion, threats, or force have bp,n effeciu
al u make him swallow the least substance of
any kind, Some PARTICLES OF fo,d, crowded
WV ''fo '''' WV = ~ ' us
charged from his nOsJib directly after, aud no
further coInpnlsion has been used. He Is de-
sCribcd as wasted to n ghastly skeleton still
he is thought IN n great measure 10 retain his
senses, and to ruj " the benefit ol sleep This
III citing case Is believed 10 be almost nnpnr.
alicled, and has thus far bafled the efforts Of
m dical skill.
The Caterpillar The Savannah
papers state. that the fields oil Sen Island Cot.
ton aIe suffering severely from the ,avagrs of
The Caterpillar ~ various places,--Ihe Secrc-
tary of the 81. Helena Agricultural Soclety in
Beaufort, r. ports that upon one plantation
alone. ithad covered an extent of nearly for
" acres aud as il is the top, the young and
lender part Of the plant, which they first fix
upon, and completely destroy. there is but liftl
doubt they will finish in n short time, the des-
~Iruciion which was all that WIS left for them TO
accomplish"
Stupendous undertahing.-The long
contemp. ated junct ion of ile Rhine and the
Danube is announced is about TO be underia-
ken by a company III Paris, on a patent for
ninety nine years. The plan Is To enlarge and
clear the channel Of the Danube from Ulm To
| Tullingen, and thus mro The Grand Duchy 81
Baden 10 carry The navigation by a canal
through the Black Forest, IN the direction Of
the valley Of the kinzing and foally 10 make
the KInzing navigable 10 where il falls into the
Rhine neat krhI. The difficulty is expected in
the Back Forest. where IA tunnel " Ill be ncces-
shry.
PdrdS0iS.-The celebrated Locke,
when in France. in the year 1919, speaks. in
ihe Journal which he then kept, aud which has
been lately brought to light, oil " parasols az