Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-25
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''Ff ~ 'N"'N OAAHHfbiifU
by the appointment Of Josiah Qnincy 10 the
Presidency OF the College.
Ex President Monroe has arrived in Wash
ing,on City. HIS health is very bad, bnl is said
TO be somewhat improving. Judge Marshall
aud most Of the Virginia Delegation 10 Con.
gtess who were in the Convention. have also
reached Washington.
The amount Of tolls received nj Rochester
IN W during the lat year. for boats. &c. o.
the Great Canal, was sos 1913, being 2,4ls
more Than the receipts in 1898.
A Naval Court Martial, composed of high
officers al the Navy, is about Ia assemble al
Washington. The object Of il is mol stated.
Messrs. Gales and Seaton have issued promo
sails for publishing a Compilation of The Esecu.
riye Documents, and such of tho Legislative
Documents on the flee of the Senate aud II of
Representatives of the United States, rs are ~
a public nature, ola date anterior to the Third
Session of the Thirteenth Congress.
A learned phrenologist, after ex ,mining ~ ilh
great care the skulls OF geese aud those Of the
turkey and barn door fowl grHvely decides ia
favor of The superior capacity of the larmr,
This, we should imaeine viii be Hauer Jog
news to geese OF nil descriptions.
The Governor of Indiana estimates the eai.
10 the population afihat Stale during the last
year to be ahru, 1900 by emigration, g. 1000
by propagation
Col. Jose Maria r,rnall. Minister Plenipo-
Tertiary 10 the U States, and Col. Jnse Auto
MIA Meta, Secretary Of Legation, with their
families, have arrived Mt Washington. The,
came 10 this country in the hip Nitgini,, III
which vessel /, vas expected that Mr.. Ppinsr,i
would 'rivp-but n is now said that he will
return in the U. S. ship oil war Falmouth
The slaves charged with The crime of mulinv
on board the schr Lafayette, on her " j, II .t
Norfolk 10 New Orleans, were tried N The u ).
Disiric' Court AT the later place, m the 231 Of
December, aud a verdict Of gs'ty rend red
against seven. aud not guilty again t five. The
sentence OF The Court had not been pronoun
ced
DI. w Gibbo s, Of Delaware, n member Of
the Society Of Friend, has published n pampu.
let nf 4S pages, in COZ iniaiion of the dorlrIr Is
OF Fanny Wright and O.en.
! The Senate Of Maine succeeded in elec,ine a
President, on the ffiieh ballot. me ofthe lack
sonians going oyer. And thrreb, eleciing an
opposition man. The election of a clerk then
came on, aud, as in The case of the President
the votes were eqnally dlvided-S and 3 And
so The matters rested at the lasI dates.
Two men on horse back, in St. Georges
ID laware, the other day, met at full gallop
both horses werr Instantly killed, while the RI.
ders were bit little hurt.
Persons who i,avel in the lead mine district
ofllliuois. Ia winter, are sometimes suhdrnl,
attacked with blindness. which lasts for the
most part, a day or Two, but IS sometimes to-
tai.
A g eo,t al o.ntus'' fr.nn tho rpunt,y rarantIV
went to Philadelphia 10 qualify himself as n
portrait and historical painter He went home.
because hr could not learn II in three weeks
On Chrislm as day. rear Savannah, Geo. n
riheman in five shots Killed two deer n n dis
tancc Of 3 yards. he also killed 10 turkeys
At leo words.
Thr Ma. lntelligenrer ofJau. IL, contains n
Isl Of the patrniee4 Of useful inventions issued
for which patents h We beenlaken out during
the year 1929. amounting in all 10 1d7. Oh
these. 10 were sent TO Maine, & To New Hamp-
shire. SO 10 Massachusetts, IL 10 Rhode Island,
a., T. Come ticnt, 3 to Vermont, 157 To New
York. 4 TO Nav J fsey, 46 To Pennsvl9ania, II
IN MARYLAND, ~ Q Virginia, Q 10 N. Carolina,
7 to S. Carolina. 3 10 Georsia q To Kentucky,
30 to Ohio. . to Tenne see, 2 10 In Ina, ! TO
I Louisiana, 2 TO Alabama 2 TO MISSOURI, 8 TO
Michigan Territory, 8 to District OF Columbia
to England and | to Francr.-Anong the
patentees of Virginia. we noticed The name oi
! Richard S. Tildeu, of Lynchbnrg. for a new
mode Of CO yrring houses with IN plate, sheet
iron, or zinc OF James 5. Wood. of Boietonri
for an Improvement in machines for ihreshins
| grain and oi La Fayelte Iibbets. OF New
Ola. cow, for an Improvement III thu mode oil
preraring hemp and FAX for spinning and Wea'
ving
The proprietors Of a new invention, called a
sDlYns rine explorer, are now IN Boston BY II,
il is said, people may descend tn the lotion oil
the ~ a. and see, talk and work as well as On
land. II is To be amiDe al Boston n day or
,wo whence il is TO be sent to Cape Cod. where
il is to De first tried. Curious people may take
n trim in il. We shall stay on tsrra firna. rs
Iopp az we can do as Uell her as at the bot.
tom at the sea
There are said TO be two creeks in Cataran.
gus county (N..Y) which cross each oibei al
rio hi angles, and yet each hold its course !!
pr Mitchell, Of Philadelphia. has discovered
that Indian Rubber, If left a certain lime IN
! Ether, becomes so distensible that bags of il
may be inflated by the breath, until i, becomes
canabIe OF ascending in the air when flied
with hydrogen gas. lie has also ''uns ina, "i
of s~assafras forms a solution oil II, which, "nef
dIltH, ledffB llG Ssn W ~ VI""''
tic state.
They separate man and wife by wholesale IN
Georgia. The lille Of one Of the laws passed
At the last sessian of the Legislature Of rha'
State is" A law diyorcine a multitude Of men
and women."
The country in the vicinity Of Norfolk rs
thought To be quite propilious TO the cultivation
Of the whHe poppy An intelligent gentleman,
of the Medical Department Of the Navy, has
shown TO the editor Of The Beacon several large
pieces OF Opium, much stronger, and IN every
respect superior to the imported article, which
was made by him from The white poppy, raised
upon a small piece OF ground near Portsmouth.
The experiments which he has made, have sat
i,6ed hun that the soil and climate of Virginia
would yield this valuable plant in as great per
lection as mat OF any country on tue globe.
In one of the criminal courts oil London, a
lad Of (~ouriee,, convicted of theft, for The third
time within u year, was sentenced 10 transpDr
,ation for seven years. lie called out to the
Judge, aud addressing him by an indecent ept-
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