Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-18
Caro- ma, 1850 South Carolina. 1910 PENN


Lonesland,N. Y about 1--WE feet under ground,
camfupon family of snakes, composed OF the
tollohne varieties .-l55 black snakes, 3 ad' F
ders, spotted snake, with ring around the |
middf large lizards, and IL or Il loads--in |
all Is
Administering Society has been formed
IN Hgersiown. Md. the members Of which
pledgi themselves to abstain from the use of
profas language. AnirIiligaion Society
. inleded 10 promote industry, punciualny n |
forbeasnce," has brrn established at Eaa Ma.
chias Maine. What neItf
Mr.. yam Ness, Minister 10 Spain, was pre-.
senledlo he kmg on The OH Dec ~ delivered
his CREDENTIALS.
Lhrte droyes Of hogs have been driven into
Ghicaa, (Mirhlgan) from different parts of
Illinois 10 ne there killed aud packed. aud sent
by way Oh the Lakes TO the New York mar.
ket.
The inpreme Court of the United States have
CONFIRMED the decision of the Circuit Court of
New Yak in the Aston Land Cause thereby
establishing the validity Of Mr. Astor's title
A frctook place in Rchm,nd on tho 10th
inst II epmmenccd III a livery stable on Cary
street, Before its progress could be alrrStcd,
or smn wooden tenemrnis were dcaroyod
One horse prrished 10 the flames. The Ere Is
supposed 10 have been communicated 10 the
pror"udct by light left in the stable Ivy agaug
Of esrd.players.
An ONO paper complains thai, the House o
Representatives of that State adjourned early
on a certain day. To permit one Of us members
10 eat an carly diuner--a helnuu, offence.
truly, aeninsl the myesy oil public epin,on'
The Committee on Pensions, in the u. States
senate have reported against the expedl.ncy
al granting rtlief 10 the widow of The late Gen
James Wilkinson, uu the ground thai II has ne.
vcI been the policy oi he go.eI nmeni 10 sdolt
The system Of granting pensions Tor military
services merely,
The Committee on Divorces in the Mary land
Lcgnla IRE were occupied, during lhIre weeks,
IN investigating one case and finally rejected
he application We should like To publish the
evidence (says The N Y Cnurier) ior the ben
eft Of Ihe Bachelors Tub.
l,isslared in the Phiad lphin Chronicle that
al tall IN thai city, not long since, n gentle
man Il sir iret two, putting his handkerchief
into las pocket, felt II drawn back. lie thrust
II IN again. and again II was jerked out. Iurn-
Ing round. he saw, 10 his utter confusion, that
he vas stowing away his pnrtncf's slenve.
II = announced IN the raris papers Of the
18Th ot January. thata number OF female ptiso.
neis would stand ~ the pIllotv neIt nay-a
spec acle that could scarcely be expected Ia the
capral that boasts of br,ng the most refined,
gallant aud enlightened in the world. The age
ot cinvalry U.s. indeed. gone
Measures aIr about being taken in New York
for bIlding n new monument 10 the m0ry
OF the cbivhlrous Capt Lawrence, the iotmef
Que erected IN thai city being IN u dhapiJa,ed
coalition. One of, the pape's appo',lely On.
H.,
gre mp HE ship -
The Hon. john Forsyth of Geo Inns accept
ed the invitation oi The American Wing ooelei,
Of Na,sH"Hall, 10 deliver tue oralion before The
College OF N. Jersey. on the day preceding tn
next commencement
The project OF throwing permanent bridge
over The Ohio rivrr Al Wheeling, is seriously
taken up IN that town aud vicinity Tue stock
subscription books were opened on TIM lin
inst.
A lerrapln wa. lately caught in Kentucky.
marked " Boone, 1879.
The Mobile Chronicle complains of the
-" sagnaiou and uuprnii'ablen Of uadc.'
Tbs complain, IS universal, we believe
lady, IN n parokysm Of grief, was sad tn
have shed torrents Of Tears. " Poor thing -
remarked M unieeing ponster, a. she must have
had oninr uct IN either eye
Mr. Preble. Minister Of the u. States TO III.
Netherlands arryednt Brussels on the 18th OF
January.
d.. Thaddrus X DE Wolfe WAS sentenced 10
10 years confinement in the State PrisoO, on
tho lsi iOst having bren convicted 0i attempt
log 10 commit a rape on d. al and dumb girl,
near Lnch6ed Comm The principal witness
was the girl herself, which rendered the ir,al
very interesting She was examined aliogrth
er by Signs, through the medium Ct the Rev.
W. w Turner, oi tbs American Asylum. a
Hartford. bill Of exceptions was 6led, which
will be argned before the Supreme Court OF
Errors 10 June.
MIR Eforrest, the trngedian. was robbed ON
his passage from Boslonio Providence of his
travelling trunk, containing money amounting
10 S3oeO, apparel, manuscripts, &c
james PiRg adyertises his spou7e as an alb
sentee from his bed and board, at Nashville.
Perhaps she had reason to leave the sly.
A petition for n divorce has been presented
10 the legislature of Pennsylvania, bya white
man, aged %, who states that, 3 years Hgo, he
induced 10 marry u black woman, much
older han himself who bad property and
that she had broken her vows aud Otherwise
misbehaved. His claim IS rresi stibe
On the 9TH inst. Mr. NJ Dunie, in the II Of
r. reported bill auiborising the sale Of the
grounds and Improvements now occupied by
the Mint of the United States, and the appro.
driaton ofthe proceeds OF such sale to the pro-
posed extension Of the establishment oil the
Min,
An inquest was held near Bath, N. Y. on the
body Of man named Comstock, who died
from the effects of poison. His wife confesses
that she has given him arsenic repeatedly IN
small portions 10 wean him from drink, and
that n he Inst case she gave him larger
dose than usual, in hopes of eiecualIy curing
him of the love OF liquor II must be ackuow-
lodged her remedy eifectua She pleads
IN ex,enuatpn her ignorance OF the poisonous
effects of eueuc. She is. OF course, arrested
for trial
A few days since in Philadelphia, mother
applied IL lac CRY authorities for power TO sep.
arate her d,ughier from person with whom il
supposed she leading an infamous lie