Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-08-12

seek ending the eth Of July. /. ssid 10 havr
been about $40 aud tue number Of viSiisnls al
me various boarding houses WIRE estimated nj
upwards o' iWO-smo1g whom sere MIR. Van
oofen' Joseph Booaparie, Charles 4. Dudley
.oena'or IN Congress from N. York; Chez
Justice Campbell Of Canada, aud oth1r gentle.
men OF distinction
Mr.. Webster has consented 10 lake part in
me 'tirls Tor tho murder of the late Mr.. White.
al salem, as an auxiliary TO the Attorney Gen
ers', ON account Of the advanced age o TINT OF
hcer aud bis arduous duties IN u series of in.
portani trials.
On the 18Th OF June, the Duke of Wellington
gave MS annual enieiiainmeni To the Ollie
now surviving WHO we're engaged in the battle
oi Waterloo. The services of plate which. had
been presented to His Grace by the different
sovereigns OF Europe were used on the &c ca.
sion.
letter from Naples, dated May oisi states,
ihst Tor some days previously, tho a,mos sphere
nau oeen covered with a kInd ola thick red
log, which was found 10 be "A fine red dust, coy
ering the ground and trees. II was ~ hrs, i'm.
aglned that this was the smoke of Vesuvius
pnl on close inspection, II was pronounced 10
oe African dust, which had been brought by the
winds IRON Africa
MT bonianti adveriises n new article Ia the
Ne" York papes-a pocket umbrella, which
Ca" he expanded instantly TO size calculated
10 shelter from sun OF rain.
lhe medical profession has mel with n Sc
we're loss IN the death OF DR.. John d. Wells oi
Boston. MI. Wells had been Professor OF
Anatomy and Surgery in Bo~doin College,
Maine, and also IN the University of Ma, ylaod,
aud at Pisheld. Mass.
Under the census of 1870, thu population oil
Baltimore is sO,6l9. Increase in ten years,
lI,7sl, OF nearly 30 per cent.--Ihe population
OF Annapolis 5, Md is 26ls. belng an increase vi
o5S since 1920.
by the rectn, census, ii ia found thai the city
oil Detroit contains 2222 inhabitants OF whom
222 are aliens and 2 are deal and dumb. As
The printers say, they" run hard on2's.
The Doylcstown Pa.) Demoora, .ays, that a
young man whose sni, had teen rejected 10y
young lady III Lebigh county. formed the lie
design OF numbering her. tn the AID nil he
wayla'd her, fired III, and Wounded her. 1t
expected, however that she will recover.
The Cincinnati American states, that there
are at least 900 balldings In prosfoss there at
the present time.
project is now afooi in the village Of Paw
t"cket, H. |. for the formation nl company OF
loo able mechanics aud labofeIs, 10 emig,a,e
TO Illinois.
NJ. Rouchefoucal', OF Paris, hn. offered n
premium OF 100 francs, for The besi sssa, on
the changes necessary 10 Ne made IN the Penal
Code, 10 render II ma'e coniormnblc Ia Chris
tian morality, constitutional government aud
The principles oi humanity.
French Ecclesiastical Biography is an
nouoced in eighty one tolumesi VIM will
readil'
splendid translation of the Lite Of Agrico.
My Iacltus, has just appeared, IN qneuo,
nj Florence Ivy Napoleon Louis Bonnpaue.
A bug, nearly three quarters OF an inch long
which had found lis way into The ear ol gen
llemcn IN Baimore, was on Thursday last drl-
ven thence by The timely injection Of Iilllc
whi.key
II sand lhst the Duke of Clarence, npon
his accession 10 the crown of Great Britain,
'atends TO assume the name Of Henry The Ninth
His name IS William Henry and h. bny there
fore consult his tasie n choosing between Wi
liam u aud Henry *.
Life Of Lord Byron, from the pen of Mr.
Gall, the celebrated Novelist IL IN preparation.
Mr.. Gait accompanied the poet during one oil
MS ioielgn travels
An English paper mention, the arrivals me
oil Ire liagedans, Mir. and Mr.. Sloman, who
have been IN the Unticd states four Of iiv.
years past. II sBys, "they have travelled 80 g.
900 miles, and have realized almost nv many
dollars.'-Ffom the same source, IL Is ascer
tanned that Mdddme Pesiris, ihe celebrsl ID
dancer was TO embntk Tor The United States in
the course of this 'nonih, in expectation Of rea-
pinga golden harvest by the eIsfcise of her
fascinating talents.
Nearly 1000 passengers arrived al New Yorh
from Great Britain, during TWO days oi lssI
week, On Sunday week there wer. 362 mr.
rived al Philadelphia. aud on tho same day III
al Wilmington. Delaware.
DIR. Casper in article in the Revue Bf,lan-
niquc, states that there existed some lime ago
IN Prussia - Club of Suicides composed OF siy
persons, who not only vowed To destroy them
selves, hut also 10 nuke proselylfs. They did
not succeed in ihe latter respect, bal all gave
proofs of their own .;ncerny. The last o.
them blew out his brains in 1917, The sam'
writer states chat a similar club is reported g
have existed not long ago 10 Paris this VA
composed Of twelve members, one OF whom
was 10 be selected every year for self-de,truc.
, ton.
The Ambassador OF Russia in Persia having
been assassinsted the Emperor Nicholas de-
l manded u signal reparal,on. The Schhb, Il
COR planCc, banisbed the High Priest. au'
ordered the noses, ears and tongues OF 100
, mfn 10 be cut of after they had undergone ih'
bas'inado, noneoi whom wers guilty Of ih'
deed. Quite n mild nishnent this
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