Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-12-22

ITEMS.
American Colon-att0n Straightforward
amt, al meeting of the American Colonization
Sacir,y WIS held in the Hall of Representatives,
a, the Capitol, on Tur>da, evening, l3d, inst. al
: %. lock, Henry CLAY, OF kentucky, Srnior
Vice President of the Sociriv, in the chair.
Though lhr weather WAS extremely Indictment, =
large and respectable audience attended. The
meeting was opened by PRAYER from the Rev. DR..
ProuIli. of New York; after Which, the Annual
Repor, of the Board If Managers was read by The
Rev. Mr.. Gu,lr,. Secretary II the Society. T.
|sa darumrni al considerable length, and presents
Ia most encouraging ,irw of the progress and
prospects Of In, Society. TIE incr ascd favor
which il showed The cause To have received during
the past year IN several Southern and S~ontlIwrs-
term States cannot Tail to animate the hopes and
SEPARATIONS ot iis irirnd>.-lnirrrSting addresses
were delivered by DR.. Proudht and DIR. Reese, "t
New York Mr.. Grtnn,lI, OF Massachusetts Mr..
Z. C. Ice, of Baltimore ; thu Rev. Dr.. I'LL aud
the Rev. Cira,lrs. ". Andrews, OF Virginia ;>Mr.
6. v. p. Gusts, of lhc Di>lrci Of Columbia /;
and The Rev. d.. Laurie. Aud the Society then
ajeurp & TO NEE, on the fol owing evening AT Z
oclocb, u, the FIRST Presbyterian Church.
Nat. Int.
Fatal Anray.-Thc Army and Navy ChronicuI
Eivrs the following particular, ola r"r>onalrrncon-
H., which took place al -. Simon', Sound. Gror-
h., nn SlondnN, 2ill OF October, between Two
kdrrs attached Ia the t.. :. brig Porpoisc-
There had been IA previous misunderstanding
b. board the vessel, between Passed Assistant
Surgeon Geo. ". Palmer aud Passed Mld>ltir-
han r.. +. Hoor, acting master Of the Porp"is'.
Dn the dav above mentioned they me: on shore
a~cridrn,ly ii sb'licvrd) al or near n public house,
Fhrn ine dispn,r was revived. After spmr words
ad passed, DIR. Palmer struck Mr.. iiooc ON the
rad with IA poker or pair OF t"ne> aud the li"w
Filled him to the ground. As ir Was Ia the act %!
tprating it, Mr.. Ilooe drew a pistol from III,
pocket of his outside coat, and shot Dir. P"lnn,
Rhrongn the right breast the shot did not PROVE
immediately fatal, AS Dr.. Z. fingered until the 6lh
Nv. Wien he expired. We lave understood
That MI. iioo" renamed ten 'aAS in Georgia, al
r. 'iis ocrur,cn Z and voluntarily promised I"
&eHrend' r himself to TIM lie civil authorities, should
terminate fatally. What steps, If any have been
eAen since the result Was known. We are not in-
afn'd. an Official r,p"rr "i this Iiiair was made
I III" Navy Department, by tic commander oi the
'arroisr.
forti n GroiD.-More than $4,000 hi>lrrl,
gram have been imported from Europe int" n
'S tn laIl-a much larger quantity than has
'fn received IN any toi MI srasun. lie sock
nov all Tut exhausted, there being no re and
NJ, about 5000 bushels # wi"a, ; the sales u
IL latter "ere last week at 203 IA PIP cts, ana
eat l274 cts. The canal navigation is closed
pa the river vii not be open many days longer
that our great market must look about iur d
Fi'Nr supply of bread-s,u,ls. There is, lowey.
at present a large stock OF Western flour Il
I" York, say 100000 barrels.
BickmH's Reporter
Mnrder-We understand TIA, Phil. Titomp,
!, E>q, was killed in Greensboro last week.
~ circumstances were abou, rs follou> -
= IRE having occurred by which much valuable
P"hy was CONSUMED, certain suspected midi
a""'s were pu, upon trial before IA Court OF ln'
" 'n'o the arson. A carpenter, By the name
"'e learned .. Jrnord, was called to the stan'
witness, and iis testimony having been dwel
y" "'h severity by Mr.. Thompson. he rciirr'
'" "e eouri, and procuring Il Bowie knlt', me
""p'on, and stabbed him :" badly tina
W immediately. Mr.. Thompson was Il ma
ms sen'"s and had earnered mp a considerable
professional fame and individual wealth
LouisriHe G"zcHe.
Inc Natchez Courier states that tho citizens y
i'"'e nave subscribed seventy thousand dol
.n,I. ~N"li'nl StbIh ioT tf ttI'I VI
sup 10 run between New York and Mated,
hurricane chasing a gold mine A mriou
uLsrc" '''N place on the 18Th Of November i
hon.o' county, North Carolina. 1t unrooft,
ydd.r "f~ down the fences, and carried .
ki,n SACKS OF several planters near Ruther
|ck;r ,'rs'aes leSeling forests to the s,ound am
: knb w. 'e roads with their huge trunks. 1t
: t. An"a miles and its breadth IA quarter nj
p,e a Ma' con other freaks i, took up a cI,icke
: Us una 'a ",ed the air viii, IA flock OF fowls, tur
E Pod.,n, n Ab"u, five miles Mouth of Bulll
u fee mile, ven" of gold has been traced at leas
!" Grating u n""u a large company has
realizingg " portion ofit, will, every prospcc
be gale ~, a large profit on their inycs,ncn
,. ID ii for tho o' ~, this vein at one end, pur
ID ness as tn, Ms whole three miles, with as much rx
through its ~s sk''iul mineralogi,t would trac
; Ts'tins befo,' oas ~~i"dings, literally s~eepin