Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-03-16

The reported insurreot,on IN Louisi-
ana. doubt whether the rumor which
reached M through a Norfolk paper. aud which
we published last week. OF a servIe instruction
IN Louisiana, be correct. Later dates from
New Orleans have been received IN New York,
which are silent respecting it.
Horrible The statement which
has been in all our papers. Of obstruction of
woman and her four children b, fire near
Montreal. is an error They we're murdered by
the father Of the family. One child, boy OF
Tour years old. alone was spared. After the
death "i his mother, aud the interment of the
bodies, he was taken TO the house OF neighbor,
who took charge of him. Suspicion WAS exci-
ted BY his pra,lle abou, the manner in which
hir father killed his mother. and brothers aud
sisters; how hs struck them viii n spade, and
other circumstances of the catastrophe which
he would tel others aud talk 10 himself
when he Thought no one listened. Easby, (the
name was nisspelled ilishy) was arrested aud
the bodies dsinicrrtd showing many bruises
aud fractures ofthe limbs and scas other cir
cums'antial proofwas brought to light. which
re dered the testimony complete. and the hor-
f'ble VILLAIN afterwards confessed I'll, truth. He
beat his aft and children Ia death and set fire
I" some SHAW, for TIN purpose oil blaekenIng
tNer bodies and "oncealIng the crime. tie as
signed no motive Tor the net except that he WAS
spurrcd Oh ht the Deun
A Chaliengc.-A Mr.. Marco, in Bos-
ton h,s challenged Nh Forrest to meet him in
any town In the United stat s--Mr. +. To read
from / aye Y, ADD Mr.. r from Scripture. 10
see who can produce the create, effect.
Liberia. -One great object 10 DO ac-
comptshed by this colony. is the introduction
Of Christianity into heather AREA. u any
country On earth sa' elslms OF this kind upon
Chrlste dom s'rer lly and our land in pnr-
ticular, il Is Ali,p. Ter fields have been laid
waste, ana neF inhabitants hrutaiised, 10 feed
the market with slaves md almost every m
t'on has pariakrn directly or indirectly in the
bria saihc OW own country ha. shared
largely Ia the spoil an l. though we NOW regret
the part we have had in IT, M atonemrni il stu
due to injured Africa, and, IL her oppressed
| children, aud their descendants are made
through sur means, the instruments of her civ.
II ton, it will be- n Late, though glorious re-
'omrense for all her sulle' ings But Christian
brnevolence should nerd no such motives for
excr'on. II is sufficient, iftherr be II field Of
| action. with hr hope OF nseinur S, to emil fo,th
all het energies aud none pres nts Il better scene
on benevolent operations, than the const Of
Africa, through the medium oftha colony of
Liberia. Aud the inducements Tor eEertion
| IN this region. are Of the most commanding ia.
lure while hey Hrr also of u most inviting des-
criptoh. The darkness of superstition is thick
and p'lpable. but there being settled rclgl-
| Gus principles TO encounter aud no depp.ruotrd
prcJudicps to overcome. and The character OF
he people being naturally mild aud docile,
though the slavrtr der has impaired features
| Of savage feiocitY 80 some of them, il is beliey-
ed that the introduction cfthe Chrisiian rei-
Wn,ild with Ii0iruIti,s tho,
almost any Other unciyiIIzed nation. The ma
ttves readily yield to n new impulse, aud dcgra
ded as trey are, they manifest sense of the
Importance of education. Many ofthc chiefs
have sent hen sons TO England and the Wesl
| Indies for instruction, and they have been aux.
in the schools Of the colony Upon such pco-
pie, colony founded upon the principles o thar
OF Liberia must necessarily have beneficial
influence They see the colooIsi living in chm
Portable habitalions, secure hom cxicrral VIC.
lence, and enjoying the pleasures Of social life
and Che superiority ofthis condition 10 their own
must be obvious to tie ucSt.comprehen ION
They SEQ, too that all THIS may be obtained by
a race OF men like themselves and they lraru
TO attribute the difference MOTTO the colour If
their SKIN but to the real cnuse-an improved
moral and religious education. In the Ian
guIg of NJ. Clay -" Every emigrant to AZ
RIGA is il missionary carrying with bun credrn
tials n the hol, cause of civilization, religion
and free in,t utions.' !