Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-29
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( The New York papers cry out stoutly agains
The imposition pratrsed upon that city by III,
vast number OF paupers sent over from Eng
| land,-Several benevolent gentleman Ia the CT
~ OF View York have opened AN office callrr
the Free Emigrants' office, where strangers
arriving in the country may receive intorma
ton gratis, which may get them emp loyment
and be otherwise usef9 TO them.
Christopher Woodward, of Raleigh, ~ e
has been committed 10 jail in that pInce, char
Red with having scduced and stolen negro
man, the propesiy OF Dnrreii Rogers with thu
intention Of selling him. and appropriallng The
proceeds To his own use. The punishment
affi xed to this crime is DedH
new Cookery book is announced IN the
London papers in the getting mp o which The
author saws he has been assisted nv sseefa
i" professional gentlemen" Surely eooEs mlgh,
be satisfied with ruling tbe roas +" wihouu
clubbing their fiery calling profession.
In an interior town in New York, lately, 4
debating Society announced the following ,ub
iect for discussion " Is Lore stronger passion
than .Auger ?" 1t admits OF no debaIe.
The Philadelphia and New York papers
mention nearly a dozen cases of sudden death
caused hy drinking immuderaiey oil cold wa.
Ter. while the system was overheated. Three
ar four persons fell dead in the streets imme.
dialely after quenchlng their thirst at the
pumps
The y. Y. Constellation remarks that those
who drank Champagne on the All, had real
pain on the 9th.
The following conundrnn is going the
rounds i" When is Burgundy wIoe most like
a hogs tooth Give II Up When II IS IN a
hogs head.
Let ancient or modern history be produced,
they viii not afford more heroic display than
the reply of Yankee Stonngton to the BRUSH
commanders during the late war. The people
were plling the balls which the enemy had was
ted when the foe applied 10 them W. rant
tails tciH you sell them p They answered,
:. Ne ,ra1a po0der-send us ponder, and @et
return yoar halls.
The new French Minister TO this country (the
Count DE- Rechelle,) has arrived IA Washington
Cry.
The population Of Boston. it appears by the
late census is q ! 900 in round numbers +: IN
1920 it VAS "a, 29s -fhe popuaiinn OF Can
ton. The chief town of Starke county in Ohio,
,vbich IN 1890 contained sod inhabitants, nnw
numbers l4q6, almost trebilng Ms population IN
tea ears.-1he borough Of Erie IN Pennsylsd
MA CONTAINS l45i inhabitants III 1870. II had
6I7.
The Concord tMass.) Gazette states that two
maniac brothers. named Maynard, had been
chained 10 one apartment IN Sudbury for some
wears. A few DAYS since, some frut was gwen
IN one. aud the rest offered 10 the other, at
which the former 10 great rage broke loose
and strspgled his brother before the keeper
could interfere.
Ken Long, Emperor of China. enquired Of
Sir George Stanton how physicians were pad
in England ? When, after some difficulty, ne
had been made 10 understand how well physl-
clans were paid by their patients as long AS
they were III, he exclaimed, =" Is any IMAM 10
Foeland well, who can afford TO be Ill
Now. will inform you how | manage my
As,cians have four, TO whom tie care
of INV health is committed. A certain week
10 salary is allowed them but the moment
am III their salary stops ill recover. ]
need not inform you thatnJ illnesses are very
short. -
The new Mayor of Washington. General Van
Ness, Ia Ia mode Jdckson,) having reformed The
Collectors of the Sd and 4th wards out of office
ior no cause, the Board of Aldermen continue
10 refuse their sanction to all his nominations
for those Offices. This new Lord Mayor IS play
no Nero on u small scale