Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-11-14

.,b,g~, OF P,ofsssor.hips Of History. Mr..
w,oahyidye mr.. .sn,-d certain rssoluiions set
,,,v forth The i,nuorsno- Of saeh protss-or'
.hin., aud recommending their creation, WHO"
were adopted.
mp.sr.. Mhno,, Mcclsy. Woodbridge, W.
,hsEs ard Wool.ey, sers appointed Commit
tee on B'biicsi ln,trus'itn.
A resolution was presented by Nj. H. H.
Dwieht, soliciting The AID OF tue Government
,oSards Literary aud Scientific objects; bur u
was. aftera short debate, withdraw by the
mover.
Resolutions al thanks were passed to the
Corporation Tor the USE oi tho chamber, To the
President, Wee Presldenls aud Secretaries Ior
Their services.
The President made a short speech acknog-
iedgirg the honor bestowed on him, aud rx-
pressing his graufcat'on NJ the results of the
COovenlipn. A closing prayer was pronounced
by d.. Yates. alter WHICH, tue Convention ad-
joufnsd, sine de.
AMERICAN SILK "a late Raleigh IN. CO
Register states that tbs fanny OF J. W. Bynum
ESD. of Chatham, raised, during the last n.
soo, silk worms sufficient 10 produce 60O lbs.
Of ooeoous, which II Is supposed VIII make
twenty thousand skerns oil sewing silk aud that
Uf n quality equal il nut supruoT TO aug lialian
silk imported MIS-. ByDUIn propose 10 depoB-
IL quantity of tn, silk at ihg otllcr of the Re-
gl,ter, 10 be di,po,rd oi Il, cents Sam.
Mr.. Jonas Any, of Frederick county, VA
has invented machine Tor cutting out bopt..
II Is 81 constructed thai hum one 10 i~enty
pan .Day be cut nj the same stroke oil the kntie,
aad The piinciples upon which # Is based are
80 correct tnai ant person unacqhdnted with
the business, ran wnn The n,d Vi ,hs MACHINE,
a -.
experienced workman.
II DR.. Wa Il. HoRsER, for many years
1Jultct, has usrn unanl,nously elected Pro.
lessor oil Anato ny ~ the unlV,rsu, OF Prnn-
syivanis, rtre Dr fhrslc, Irsgaed. l.. Hor
der Is native ol Nnginia.
Mr.. Randolph OF Roanoke, advrriises hi.
stud ots aiiIons, mares colts Mud iIlns Jo,
s"le-" terms low, aud any credn gwen on
good security, the owner having IN further NE
Tor ihem. lns aPPea's IKE bidding The
"oIld good bye" ~ .atupst
National Journal
fashion oi long .peec he4 is n bad one
any where. John Marshall, John jaw, and
Oliver El'"or,h, Tue three Chief Jns,ines of
tue United STAIRS, seldom allow Ell themselves
on the most ,mppItan, occasions, 10 sneak
more tina" nm hour aud rarely detained their
AUDITORY so long. lengthy speaker almos
always become "A proaeI. There ate exccp-
tons 10 the rule. Nehstet's great sppech an
the Constitution WIS not whit TOO long. But
would impress upon young speakers The VIZ
'nrs III brrvlty auh careful preparatIop-and IA
'ne" delivery 10 speak slow aud distinctly
Kittage Reco,d.
Prospec, ofhe Crops-Tbe louisiana Adj
vettser Of - Ii Uct ssys-By an acquaintance
"ha has Just re nTued from u visit 80 the Alta
kapas, w lrarn thai the late cool weather has
much improved the prospects OF the Sugar
fihnlefs. / hr cane (pa't,cuaTly III the parish
1T II Mary looks very will! and the slight
trosls having stopped vegetation, it was rlprn-
nag very f"sl. Judge Baker, aud some others,
we're 10 commence grinding thi. day, Q9thD
lhe cotton aud cane crops were nearly des-
uoyed ~ the upper parishes. Ga the coast
some had begun 20 boil but they commenced
VIII lhcT poorest cine. so that no es'nuair
could be taniy made al the prohohl" qnalty
OF the JUICE Vi OF the product per arpent.
900
A RUNAWAY COUPLE.
90 Wrdnrs ar evening aoUut II O'Clock
Young man Vas stopped IN the street. b, nnp
at the wa chmen under the following singular
circumstances. The watch had observed him
psclng up and down the street. for nearly n
hour, in the greatest agitation, examining eve
~ doOr, as II eudeaVohilng to find an en-
trance and although he was well dressed he
It last aCCosifd h,m anh Inquired the reason of
his curious behavior. tran OF curious cir.
cumsrances was untoldtd by his enquiry, such
seldom occur IN The annals of police Office
II appeared that the young man who gnvn ms
name rs Warren, was native of Montgomery
county, someahe,e IN the neghborhood oil
PotsgroVe, an! that he had come TO the city
the previous morning, bringing with him a
young female 10 whom he was tu hava been
married at eght o'clack that evening. The
match Was 10 he one Of those d lighthl lliIe
affairs called rnnaway,, s. 80 Tar, seemed 10
have been attended with a tuli hare Of the dif-
icaltes which give 50 charming 4 zrst to stolen
hndas, and furnish food for the gosolps to dwell
upon.
Both the bridge aud the groom were total
strangers IN Philadelphia, and hat fed biiher
a. the suIesi refuge Irom tn pursuit of friends
ahd relatives, Who, Il WAS Sh,eWdly suspect
ed, were anAlons TO have slice of the good
things common on such occasions BY dlnt
OF great IAbohr and vesatlon. they succeeded
IN fiadng the residence OF friend orihe
bide's where. according 10 previous ugreement.
they were both 10 pu up unih the next eve
nlng, when they weie to wait upon his honor
the Moyor. by whom the hdpp, knot was 10 be
Ii"d. l. happened unfortunately, that hi,
friends house was filed by other country
cousins. who had errlsed onls the day before
He vas sccordlns +, shown respectable Tavern
few spares off, III which he thought II prudent
10 conceal himself, fearful OF surprise iron,
the lr,e0ls oil the lady, nor did he once venture
forth 10 visit his beloved during the whole Of
this agoHlzlng IhteIyal OF suspense. Inc happy
hour IA, length arrived, aud he sailed forth to
IN his lar Que, dressed in the extreme
of fashion; but To Ia, nlIer CONSERVATION, he
wa unable 10 end The house in " hich she lod.
ed
From the hour OF seven he had been unceas-
'ngly occupied in searching every street, in
hopes OF finding The place, aud as he did not
even know, VI had forgotten HE name OF his
far ones friend, bls task may ue readh,
Imagined 10 have been hopeless one He
wandered up aud down the streets. hall frantic
with seAaton aud confusion, until his unusual