Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-12-19
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS
RicnMoNp, Dec. IL. 1889


This is Thanksgiving Day--and the City wears
a SabhMh-like appearanee-all stiffness and sefeni
", disturbed only by the music of The church go
ing be U.s." and abe crowds of both sexes who throne
the streets, vending their way the various places
Of worship. The doois OF the merchants are IL
closed, and the sound of the hammer Is sileneed
1seie i, something imposing, although dvested oil
:" the ,,,mp aud circumstance II New England
THANKSGIVING I'm the idea al Whole community sud
denly aud Together upon The spontaneous advice o
few elercymen. p,as ag In the ordinary pursuits o
business and pleasure, to 80 ap 10 the temples oiihe
Most High. for The purpose of ,adenng ihanhs 10
Him, who. during the past yea, re-, >'e' '"e '""'
with +" the earl, aud the latter rains" m o''eu Tue
barns and storchouses of the just and tho Il, ''''
with the staff Of lie. Tomorrow, however. tie
world will again doh its holiday ga,b. The artisan
will resume his labor-the merchant his Traffic
The politician his plots aud IN the emphatic Ian
gnase OF scripture, God will not be IN all their
thoughts"
ana not w,itc yesterday, partly because ! had
nothing oil interest To communicate but mainly be-
cause the late hour fixed Tor the anval of tho mail
IN Lynchburg would have rendered my eristIe
somewhat stale before il could be published. This.
am aware, will DOT share much better fale vet
as should not, perhaps, be more a.teeably cm-
ployed this afternoon. ] dedicate it 10 YOU ser.
wee.
heard thus morning that a mechanic oil this city
Qnglee, think, is hs name. il confident of .stsb-
lisbng steamboat nasg alton upon our canal having
as lie believes, overcome The Chief, II not the on,
obstacle which has heretofore prevented The an.
~ fai inn If IL.
abrasion of he banks, by The agitation of the water
Ills plan (Which am not sure "a distinctly com
prehend) Is 10 attach two wheels 10 the boa.
stead OF one, the wheels to be placed opposite 10
each other aud TO be propelled by the SAINT motive
power-whcb. he says, Will col fine the agitation Of
the water the centre Of The canal instead Of throw
ing off ITS wave, upon either bank.--A piece of po,-
able network will he attached 10 the stern Of the
boat, extending about IS VI &c lee, in Of The
wheels which will break the loce Of the water after
the boat shall have Passed and weaken its power
as,bythe time II touches the banks render ii iueaTa-
BILE OF mlse hleiat least AS little that now pro
duced by the passage oithe ordinary canal boat. Mr.
lnglee is, am Told, confident OF success. that he
intends to construct a boat and TO make the cx-
pertinent At his own cost II bis plan succeed, II
aud confer inapprecable benefits MOI only upon
our community, but upon all other similarly sit
uated.
the House Of Delegates was yesterday further !
engaged in the discussion OF the principles involved
in the contested election fro,a Norfolk borough, in
winch Messrs Scott OF Fauquier, Ia .Hew member
aud young gentlemen of fine ialents, thoGeh ms
popularity as an orator is considerably diminished by
an unfortunate impedent in his specify Southb'h
May, Tunstall and Bayly participated The only |
question, however, which was decided, and that by |
a very large majority is. that the Mayor OF Norfolk
who conducted the election in that borough last
Spring, gave an erroneous construction to the gen.
eral election law, in refusing 10 permit persons who
had voted in the morning for member Of { on ress
declining AT the lime 10 vnle for member Of The
of The day, Cor Delegates. In other words the House
lecded tia, the election OF members Of Congress
md the members Of the House Delegates, are not
1ne aud the same, but separate and distinct cleo !
lions, although held on the day and conducted
by the same oflieers-a dec sion which ought to be
borne IN mind by voters, as we'll as by those upon
whom may hereafter deyolve the duty OF acting upon
IL and the more especially the decision of the
Mayor Of Norfolk, thus emphatically overued by
HE House, was, as far as | can understand, in ac
cordanco with the almost universal practice Of the
country.
received o-day, letter from member OF Con
gress' dated IN the afternoon OF yesterday, Zone day
latter than the newspaper accounts.) in which am
Informed that The House ha | at lengh had The roll !
rdaed, excluding both seats OF the New Jersey !
members from voting and admitting Mr. Na,lo,
i'om Pennsylvania The proposition then before the
House was TO refer the New jersey case to com
mittee, upon which Mr. Rheu Of S. C.wasspe.king |
GU will perceive by the proceedings CT day before
yesterday, that the Mig members from New jersey
were eScloded iom voting by majority Of 3 (lhe,r
own vote nov contested, and members Couser-
valve and Wings absent) and thai III. Van Blu !
rem uSurperS from thai State were excluded by the
UNANIMOUS vote Of the Iouse.-'Ths is a most
important fact. as it virtually comedies the prnci-
pic for which The Wigs have been all along con
tending, without, however, giving them HE prac-
teal benefit Of that concession BY their own votes
the Loco Focos admit that The five contesng New
The claim and into which they have been cndeavor-
ing, in violation alike OF law and delicacy TO force
themselves. Aud as the constitution guarantees Ia
New Jersey, as well AS to every other State, full
in that body, the question arises-are
not the other five claimants, who are invested with
all the cons utional and legal preliminary evidences
of membership, entitled 10 the seats. until the al