Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-18
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lie MANY papers say that " the Notlb RI
yer is free from ice, and that this ia the FRS
season ever known lhss IL has not been closed
before the LIST of January. The winter in thi.
part Of the country has been one oil rema rkabls
mildness. only lew fakes of snow In the earl,
part of II having been seen. and scarcely q par
ilcle OF ice.
An English paper tells . story which shosie
induce caution In the use of Leeches A gir
affected with the sore throat, made an applica
ton OF them on gning TO bed In The morning
she was found dead. and haihed in blood, the
leeches having opened the jugular vein.
Coal Is found IN abundance on the banks Of
the Kentucky river about 100 miles above
Frankfort. II IS very much like the Liverpool
coal. though more blinminous and is sold IN
Frankfort aI II cents per bu.hel. The Com
ments,or asserts that there 10 mote b,,uminous
coal in the States bordering On the Ohio. Nilsson.
RI and Mississippi, than there is land IN Grea,
Britain.
Arnold Naudain, esq. has been elected u. 8.
Senator for the State OF Delaware, TO supply
the vacancy occassioned by MIR. McIanes APP
pon'mfn, as Minister 10 England he is op.
posed To the adm illustration.
Robert Dale Owen. the coadintor and plato.
nc lover oi Fanny Wright, is leciuring on the
science Of hfdeiiy at Boson.-Fanny is 10
CINCINNATI, doing the same thing. When will
there be conjunction of these brilliant plan.
cts
Lewis ii of, esq having resigned the Office q
Cashier of the Bank al the Valley, of vireiria'
on accoun, ofindisposilion. Henry NJ. Brent,
20 late Teller, was CHOSEN 10 supply the va.
esncy "hereupon, MIR. HaG having signifed
his Willingness 10 areep, Of the appointment nf
he III ,.1h Ia.
Than those OF Cashier) he was unanimously
chosen 10 ill that Office.
Col. Dewitt Clinton engineer, has published
aproJrc' OF railway from the CITY Of N. York
10 Missonri-lhe rail way will be about 1000
n'iies long, and is estimated To cost is millions
OF dollars. The Colonel thinks that canal nav
gal'on will ultimately give way TO rail roads
II Is said that Gov. ssul,xe, of Pennsylvania,
curing his administration Of SIT years. pardon.
ed more than 100 coryicls There must have
oecn great abuse of the pardon'ng power. to
tho 'ncaleulable injury OF the public
Sales of U. S. Bank Stock are quoted atN.
York, Jan. Stb. Mt llS,
The Supreme Court Of the U States assem.
bled al Washington .Cuv. on Monday last
Present. Judges William ahnson. Gabriel Dn
vail. Joseph Story. Smith Thompson aud John
Mclean.
The Ladies Fair in Baltimore. for the benefit
oil the 'oioniSaiion Society. yielded nell pro
NJ Of " 65l 66 cents
Benedict Arnold and George Washington are
both members Of the present Congrrss--lhe
lirs from New York. the last from Maryland
What is there in name
waggish gentleman asks, in a Boston pa
r, hp n led
| States IN iheatricals when prize tragedy can
be produced by an American Stone. (author oil
Melamorao and FIRST rate irsgedian to enact
the hero Of the piece, can be found in an Ane-
| rican F0resi1'
On the 18th of March next the son Of Napo-
leon Bonnparte will be 10 years Of age.
| In Alexandria on the lih inst. Tho Therme.
meter was l3 degrees below The free zing point
mail rider in Fauquier county, Va was
| Knocked of Of his horse with large club, wiel-
ded by an unseen hand, few days ago. When
he came to his senses. horse aud mail were both
| gone. The horse has since been recovered,
but The mail has not been found.
In the Revised Statutes OF New York, which
haveJnst gone into operation. a change Inns
been made, which strikes us as u very proper
one. viz The old form Of asking prisoners
seeded by the query of" DO you demand a tial
upon this indictment I" A guilty prisoner is no,
thus forced 10 tell falsehood in pleading no.,
guilty"
son OF Erin. In Portl8nd (tiaine) is said to
! have remarked thai since Gen. Jackso0's cleo
ton, times were better, az six pistnreens could
now be had for dollar. lie did'n, know that
| the northern banks have raced their value
down TO shilling
| Two booksellers in London we're recently
| fined $50, and imprisoned siI months for
| selling indecent books
Al ball in Providence n. l. } on Christmas
eve, most Of the gentlemen were in Turkish
costume. The meal-bag ,rowsers OF the Faith.
inl were never intended to figure In a rigadoon
or 10 cut apigeon-wing. lights and shorts are
all the go--as they should be- in order To display
The symmetry and fair proportions Of tho lords
| Of The creation, which would remain otherwise
unknown.
An upbolsterer in Montreal offers IL cents
per III. for genilenen's whisk.rs. The asking
price is not known, it beng new article in
the prices current.
A melancholy event occurred ia Piitsburg
lPenn.) on Christmas morning. young man
named John Harrison, having a gun in his
hand, which he presumed to be unloaded, was
euilysof the prevailing folly Of di' Getting its
muzzle towards Young lady, in order 10 try
her firmne.. After iantalizing her for some
moments 10 this manner, the gun went of, and
its contents were lodged in the body of Miss
Rachel Johnson, who expired in a few moment
afterwards II Is said that Harrison ba, esefs
| s0"e suffered the kerneSt mental agony lie
WAS lodged IN Jail, preparatory TO legal inyes-
! legation.
| Cobbett is delivering Lectures 10 crowded
audiences IN the Mechanics Institution, Lon.
don.
The Rev Thomas Besham. leading writer
and minister among the Unitarians, died in
Enga in November.
The poet Campbell has undertaken a Life
of Shakespeare.
jeremy Bentham has published new work
on Judicature. IN which he lays down n plan
ola new judiciary establishment. As Mr.
Richie would ask, Cui Bono