Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-14
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vancement. A list of donations, contribution,
aud legacies amounting NEARLY TO $4,000 aft
lords convincing proof that the subject /,
held by many in It's proper estimation aud nj.
though the individual sums bestowed are moi
large, the disposition thereby evineed is highly
creduable 10 the donors. The sum Of one hun.
deed dollars has been received from MIR. Geo.
Rnr"ell, ofFrederick Comfy, Va. being bis
first paymeot towards the plan of Ger,i, Smith
The Kew. DIR. Meade of the same county, has
transmitted 10 the Treasurer of the society. the
sum of Sl55. colleeied in his congregation ON
the 4th OF July last 4 il stated that nj the
origin Of the Society, seven thousand dollars
were ras d fer its support, through the efforts
of this gentleman. Of which sum Dir M. aud
his family contributed SereHieefl hundred dol
! lars. II the benevolent spitt of Mr.. Meade
were more generally dlFused Throughout our
country, ,be great and important objects Of the
Americas Colonization Society would soon be
accomplished.
Far Dcathg.-The Boston Ca
zeue contains The tslfon is Ins,sn OF honest
dealing, which deserves eommenJation.--A
trader IN amhIidgepou (nenr Bosion) pur-
chased of respectable mercantile house Oh
long wharf large quantity of coffee, and three
days after the purchase was made he found il
necessary 10 stop payment Instead Of keep
ing Tins coffee IN his store 10 ka divided among
favored creditors The trader procured truck
and had it srnt back 10 the Long WHAT MGR
chants accompanied with message thai lie
had been Unexpectedly obliged 10 stop pay
mcnt, aud therefore returned the coffee he had
purchased two or three DAYS previous in the
same condition in which II was taken. This
was the first knowledge the Long wharf lder-
| chants had of the failure OF 'he gent eInHa. II
may be added that the trader had made no o.
Their purchase OF importance for some weeks
previously.
Ohio Canal Tho ChiIicothe Ga
zetie states thai the engineers are sbou, 10
make a final location ofthe canal south Of DccI
Creek, thus completing the line from Lake
Erie TO the Ohio liver All the remaining see.
| tons on the line will be Offered for contract, nj
| Chillcothr, IN the early part of October next -
| The g 'zcttp adds that " the abundance of In.
Dor, the cheapness of PROV sions, and The per.
severance and industry oi the contractors, are
/ highly encouraging To the belief, that the work
will he pushed forward with energy and thai
IL will be finally completed by the first Of
phi. 1881 al which time. by the terms o I the
contract. II is IN be finished for navigation.
POrter.-One million two hundred
aud fotty five thousand six hundred and fbitfy-
! one barrels Of Potter were brewed by The frst
| ten houses in Lon1on, during the year ending
5ih July, 1929. The quantity breweh by the
same houses in 1923, Amounted To 90. O3O bar.
rels more than IN 1920. the deficiency in 1929
i, partly attributed 10 the bad state Of rad and
partly owing TO the increasing consumption
ardent spnts.
| Phladeipkia There are now bull
ding in Philadelphia, United States Naval
Asynm--the Mlnt--a State Pcnilentiary--iwo
/ spacious ed,fce. for the Literary aud Medical
departments of the University Hall for Med.
| zeal Lectures "a Hail for the Society of" Odd
| Fellows three Presb, lerian Churches be.
sides iva just comreted-a German Church.
aud BaPtis, Church will be immediately com.
| menced.
Quite humane. There runs a story
that when waiter at Brookes' in London laie.
/ y dropped down IN fl, some noble lord ia
SANITY offered odds that the man was dead and
on the bet being eagerly taken. forbade any one
to touch him the assistance 10 the apopleiic
subject, he declared would be unfair play TO the
| better
Look Om.--A person in TaIlahas-
see, who gives notice that he i about 10 place
his accounts IN the hands OF an Office heads
his Advertisements" Look ON .e--Pretiy
much we suppose, upon the same principle
that the bricklayers call onl when they are
bout To throw plank from the scaIod much
10 the danger of all heads below.
! Al far L0ue "A young man in
England has been sentenced 10 transportation
tor rushing INTO a shop in Newga'e street, and
| stealing a pair Of leather breeches On search
ing him some letters were found in bis pocket,
hom female convlciai Woolsich assuring
him of her never dying affection, and iDiptori1ig
him 10 d0 something that BOuh endbIe him In
come after her 10 BOidny Bay. II is thought
thai the means taken by the young man were
adequate, and admirably fitted to his end.
Lam Lost.-The Salem Observer
Of Saturday last says-Being IA New Hamp
shire, a few DAYS ngo, we found great excite.
ment there on the subject Of missing law
which had been passed At the last session Of
their Legislature. The Secretary could not
fnd il, and the Governor could not recnllect
whether il had been approved OF by him. II
WIS one 9th. most important laws which were
/ passed during the session, and as il was re
presented TO us, occa,ioned more debate than
any other II is nota little remarkable, that
such a law should be missing. We doubt whc
lher parallel case can be found in the history
Of Legislation
| Ec0n0my.-Rundle and Bridges, the
great Loadnn Siversnirhs, nave made his ma
je-ty 4 vine cooler, weighing 5000 ounces ex-
quisitey wrought, and supposed To cost about
$4,000 This is rather n dear tub 10 keep
Nabob and old Port IN. and Is singular com-
menlary on the thousands OF starving opera
tves.
The ROver Of Cuba.-It is said that
work purporriog to be the personal narrative
Of one of the desperadoes who have disiin-
guished theInseses by acts Of the most afro.
cious cruelty, in recent pilaries on the coast OF
Cuba, will shortly be published by Richardson
and Lord, Of Boston.
Decline Of Literature are
, one hundred aud thirty printing establishments
in Switzeraad, Of which not more than one
half were employed at the last dates. The
number of newspapers had much decreased.
/ Mammoth APPLES. BaItlmore