Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-26
THINGS IN GENERAL.

II
Masters Communicates Foxall A. Parker, Ed
ward Il. Mccall, Daniel rotn,r aud DAVID Can
non have been promoted 10 the rank OF Captains III
The u Navy Lieuenants Ihomns C,lhb, I'D
ward b. Rabbit James Armstrong aud Joseph
Smeo 10 be Masters Commandment md Passed
Midshipmcn Arthur Sinclair, Edwin Moore, Ro
bort b. Huehcork, {. IL A. II Kennedy, 'rh,ma.
w B,ent, Gcoreo NJ Bachc, Ezra /. Doughty
Joseph Lehman, john w Cox AID John X Mitch
ell, 10 be LleuIen 'nls.
JOAN Stocking, Esq lnie Mayor Of Mobile, la.
wing recently died. leaving large family onpco
vld,d 70, sub ctlpuon WIS stated among the cu
zens of hat place. Tor thnr relief, aud IN shon
'ime $1,000 w'rr obtained.
Capf King of the schr Despatch, arrived
Nrw York from Omoa, states thu severe shneh
OF IA e.rlhquakf was fIt Al That pa' on The % b..
If January. An Indian village, about 90 m I's
f,om OMoo Vas dcs'ro> ed with all ils lnhabUans.
Capt, KING wa, 100 mites d. tam at the TN" una
heald the report hkcn cannon. The shes fell IN
the depth of an ghth Of an inch The deck OF TIA,
schooner.
A gentleman whol,ft 81. Augustine, Of rlds)
on the INST snlcs, that IN the enly pm al Flu
uaty, oil the county oXh bud The bloom ol sp'n2
md tie fruits OF summer. he oranse ttecs VIZ
| covered with blossoms aud fun. But The I'D
ex.nu,ed 10 St. An1usnns, aud destroyed ev,r}
rnng The .furs aud hpwets VII herd AWAY,
AID wa, feared ,hat the tees were ruined. In
tounfry appeared as desoatc as # fire had posed
over II.
The late winter appears TO hayo been fclt with
severity IN Louisiana rhe 81. Ftnpeisvde
Jou,ral says" The nj ny done To the Sue by
| ;ht severity Of hs frost ls inc culable. The su
gar cane plants andr fttoons are nealy, # not en-
titcly destroyed, and II Bqacs'onn'lc whether the
culture oftane vail not e entirely discontinued Tn
orange, lime, AID enron groves are doubtless cut
down. The Fl uecs aud all dcIicac sbtubbe,y, w
fear, are .gre fly mjurtd while our vegetable gar.
Iihs are Utterly Ind waste. CauIe arr ''ying eve.
~ where a ouud rs. Such nro the effects OF Ibis
fnghlfql "i"ler.'
The Legislature Of Kcnnckg has pissed ocl
for Ihe Internal Improvement oi the state. The sam
OF 81 900 900 is placed at The disposal Of the Board
Of r bile Works
The father and two sons famed King; who re-
Gently pcipe,nt, hou,d massacre upon The nml
ly OF Mis-. Casey, n, s.. Mays (Gro9 md mode
fhrlr cscapr, have been arrested IN Dnvh CO MY
| (Flodda) Thor on,l5lc,s have ALEC been In
kea. Thus all. concerned IN that uncxenpl,d
huchety will bc soon be made 10 unswct 10 the
laws Gf thor agency IN the dark affair.
salcs that the steamboat Cavalier, CaIt Fhomp-
son, burst one of her hoels. "a her p seage (eon
New Orleans up the Missnslrp', about 100 NILE
below the mouth Of ia" Ono Nj Patttron, III
! click vas thrown on horc md bud wa Of hIs nb.
broken. The cap am was onfucd by slchnels 10
! The slate roam md escaped uoHJntfd. ) We
raj persons tirod and lwo or more kiIlfd.
Il is stated IN me ,nlon rrm"s h .nianEInrI Of
| y mdouald DIETER knew ~ Lord - R,,s
xam,ned last session. before ue Cd
mit-c on steam navigation II lnddN
ship, am NJ other mpiicr3 estI he had N
suhst,tute for steam. I hat substitute is qplck
silver; anl he employs II 10 produce po1
| n by cxhapslns one vfs9el md compress
sing ar in another, thus forming an atmosphere
tic.u1a and racuum, which will produce fb"s nc
fleet as the penum aud vacuum occasioned by
he eenerniton of steam AM rs condensation.
Col DAVID Mye,s, residing At SarJa Fork, near
| Columbia, S. c. VAS lady shot wl'h n bowling
piece, aud k HID on the ,po, lay Mi. John Nc
| Lemorc. The quarrel originated about small
plcre 'oi land the d ding line ofiheir estates.
! Col MycrO wi his ovcrsecr and several negroes
was in the Of rcno' ING the fence on tho disPu'
ted ground, when he WIS shot. l he high sanding
of the parties bad ocfasicncd cons ldcrobe excite
,ncnt MAJ NJ Lcmorr III PRISON. lie 10 to
be defendedby Senator Preston.
! The Legislative Council of Florida have passed
an ac changing the scat Of government THAT teri.
tory from Tallahassee TO Mariana.
The New Bedford (Nnss) Ghzeite s'aes that
| there lives in tina, town family Of bro hers
! and 6 sisters, whose aggregate weight Is 2ioo
los or neatly 2lS lbs cat One Of the latics
weighs nearly 301.
| The House q r representatives. of Mas.aehnselfs
has rejected resodlon mokrg m ap. fopriauon
10 pny for the damaoe sus AIMED by he destruction
| of the Ursune Convent b. mob, some months a.
I.gn by u voc Of al Alb TO 81
| The Supreme Cont Of The United States al
| iourncd on the Eth inst AFTER session Of SKY
five days. having decI led AZ ssases beng all hat
werc eady for nlal, with wo 6.hree cxcep' ons,
and leaving Al cases ON the calendar, for The nexi
term.
The venerable Bishop White Of Philadelphia
on the 3ith Of the present month, completed his
81, h wear. Notwithstanding his advanced age, the
Bshor breaches regularly orce every Sun
day discharges srjulously oil the dn''es OF his
Office. writes with thu accumulated Earning OF
nearly century, aud with ability un'mra"-
ed by years ana takes All acnverar IN almost oil
lhe benevolent institutions Of the day.
Intemo. rance Is d -carcd to be the primary cause
If nearly one fourth Of the cases OF itnaey III the
tNassachosets Hospl u. at Woceser. Nearly the
}sanns proportion ofoasts ia tho Maryland Hospitel