Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-24

Tho Nl'aut Areu. .a,s t1at Il, %tt's ls5a"i III
% million 81 d"Iias fot tie enlargement 81 tho i.fis
Cau5I, wasilacnan Slur lay. ty Prime. WlaI y
klus, At SlGe &c iot earb lup ol > icr rent.
>tuCk ittceuable after le5j. having i yeHIs 10
run.
4 lafee Ere Lately occurred in padueafl. Ky. and
the citIzeus have succeeded in detecting and anesting
an individual. keeper Of small grocery, who WIS
engaged IN setting fire TO the town. Attl.t list dates,
they wcre on The point 81 airesI0s lis actoHpIcr.
aud II WAS theIr Determination 10 put The is TO death,
without permitting the Intervention Of judge OF Ja-
y.
Judge Could Of Connecticut, IN eminent lawyer.
died Il LltchGeld, Connecticut, on tie l1th inst.
Tie Wheat crops present a very promising APP
pearlnce in Bucks, Montgomery. D1npiln. Cum
beiland and Lebanon counties OF lennss wanna. Ia
Lancaster county. we have heard, tue crop does not
appear 10 ploullse quite rs veil.
The largest Peach Tree probably in the world, IS
IN m orchard ii the old ChoGtaw town Of 5Iaeha-
iucfo, State Of Mississippi. The editor oil the
Marengo (Ala.) Gazette says: wv have lately been
ON the spot, aud saw the tree measured IT was
SIR ted fire inches in circumference. II cannot be
ascertalned from the Indians when This orchard was
planted. The tree IS dead, but perfectly sound.
Mr.. Oscanpan, a Turkish gentleman. is lccturing
M New y ork on Constentinople, and the manners
aud customs offs inhabitants.
Nj. Timothy Walker, late Of ClarIestown. Mass,
left in his last will the sum Olive hundred dollars 10
be appropriated TO tleplanting Of ornamental trees in
the public streets, aud the town appropl lated an ad-
dironalsum for the same praisewolthy purpose. The
plan has been carried into effect, and the streets have
been lined with fine young Gins. 1t IS astonishing
thai this cheapest and most beautiful mode Of adding
to the comfort rs well as the ornament Of our
towns and villages, is not universally ado pied.
AMEGIcAN AoENr - CANApA-From a CORES
%pondencc between certain citizens OF Philadelphia
aud the Hon. John Forsyth. Secretary of State, rel
alive TO the case Of DIR. YhrlI"r, now under sentence
ofdealh, At Toronto. | ppcI Canada, IT appears dat
a special agent has been despatched by oHr Govern
ment. IN lngure into the situation 81 all persons
claiming tn be American citizens WHO llad been i'm
ptisoned by the local authorizes, on tie cllalee Of
bong implicated in the recent d!sful Dances in the
BRUSH provinces, and II Is presumed HAT, if the case
oil On heller Is one in which the intervention Of his
good Offices is l|lstililble, obey will, without doubt, be
exerted in his favor.
The special agcnt referred to is said to be Aaron
Iai, Esq.
AarEleNS Sf~iYoHs ~ PRiy,TE SOCIETY,"
hIr. Clay, sitting upright on the sofi. with his snuff
box over IN his hand. would discourse for many an
hour IN lns even, soft, deliberate tone. on any ono
IF The great subjects Of American policy winch we
might happen TO start, always amusing rs will the
moderation of estimate and speech Which 50 imprt-
nous a nature has been able 10 attain. MI. Web
ster, laying back nj his ease, telling stories, cfqcLinq
Jokes, shaaing tie sofa with burst alter burst ol
l%lnglter, or smoothly discoursjng To the perfect 70
lc1iy Of the loeic9l part Of ones constitutions. would
illuminate an evening nov and then. Mr.. Calhoun.
the c~ast-i'on man, who looks rs il he had never
been bonn, and never could be e~xtinguishcd, would
come IN sometimes to keep our understandings upon
a painful stretch for a short while, and leave MS to
take To pieces his close, rapid, theoretically illuena-
ted talk, and see What we could make Of il. We
found II usually more worth retaining as a curiosity,
than rs either very Just or ueciul-lISsS lHrjac4uS
Retrospect Of Weston Trarei..
Dreams.-Among the beautiful Thoughts Of Sir