Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-10
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gentleman is now IN Warrington, who is about
snbmittinp , pIau 10 Government ion the establish
men, of another Executive branch 10 be called The
Home Department. similar 10 tia, III France aud o.
Their countries. The object oil the Department
would be 10 attend exclusively to the agricultural IN
terests OF the Union. II obtains much idvor win
several Senators who have examined II.
The State of Maine has refused the proposition
Tor an arbitration Of the north eastern boundary ques
ton.
We learn that the Collector of Baltimore. upon
,nforna,,on received from New York. seized several
hundred p,eees pC woollen cloths which had been
consigned TO A house IN Baltimore from y. York.
II was remark ed few days since by distinguish
ed Senator that now that Baltimore has thrown off
the shackles o Loco ocoism, there IS not one city or
town from Bangor To Norfolk. visited by salt wa
ter in which the Wings have not decided MAORI
~
The pay of all the members Of Congress amounts
To $4,000 per day.
The Sl,,u, carried oul $500 letters ane packages
from Hales reading room; probably many hundreds
more were sent from the counting house OF tue con
signees, or put on board directly
The number of suits commenced in the district
count Of New Orleans since The 4h Of March 537 10
the Goth nlt. Is 1900. The expenses OF litigation
IN this court alone for that period are estimated al
S330000.
The imports ofSpecic at the city Of New York.
for the week ending the 2Sth day of April, 1888.
So, 58l, 6d5. Previous week over 81 900 900.
The imports Of specie at the city of New Orleans,
from the 9th 10 the 18th day of May, 1888, $685.
900
The Nashville Whig saws the Planters Bank Of
Tennessee has eter mined to issue forthwith fodepos
fors and holders of their paper, twelve months Post
Notes payable 10 Philadelphia ut the Bank Pennsyl
yania TO amount not exceeding i've hIndred hon
sand dollars, which will be charged TO their custom
nd bnp oil he hod If
then paper al par.
Henry +. Baker of that place. has been appointed
Post Master at Winchester, Va The Winchester
Nuguian thinks the appointment a good one
Robert Emmett IIooe. olthe u. S. Navy, who
fried before the Superior Court OF Glynn county,
Georgia, on an Indictment for voluntary manslaugh-
ter for killing Dir. Geo. w. Palmer also Of the ma
Wy, has been found guilty. motion for new trial
made and granted.
Gov. WOLF NOT DrAD,-The Philadelphia pa
pe,s state that the report Of Governor VOLTS death
is incorrect, and that ms health is now very good
WoEDrS PoPE Esq. died at Louisville, Kentucky,
on the Goth uIt. The Journal says that his fu
neral WAS attended by thousands ofclizens, and that
the procession Al least mile in leeth.
The Chevaller Calderon de la Barca, recently en-
voy extraordinary and minister plen' potenGry from
Spain to this country. but who from political
sderaions rendered his resignation during the last
summer, has been reinsated in his former capacity at
Washington.
MAIL CARRIER MuRpEREp.-A letter from the
Postmaster at Tampa, tFlorIda) dated Feb l3, says
The mail which left here on Tuesday the Sd inst.
is lost. The carrier bruallv murdered about
sixteen miles this side of Fort King. HI was shot
from his horse by Indians his scalp taken off his eyes
dug out, bis ears and nose cut Off and other horfd
atrocities and tormenis inflicted upon him. The
horse and mail bags have not since been found