Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-19

II IS stated IN the New York Courier thai The
Court of Inquiry, appointed To investigate tho
charges against Gommodote Elliott, have sen, in
tieir rrpoit to the Secretary. The minority re.
commented that he should be tried by i Naya, Com,
Maftial-Com. Stewart dissenting,
The Missionary Society of the Methodist Frisco
pal Church have chartered, it is stated. a vessel,
which will sail on the lst proximo with so persons,
all connected with the Oregon mission.
A rattle SNAKE abont five feet long was Killed \
Few days since in Medfeld, Mass, lie is said 10
have been as big round as a mans ann
The nrice of board in Houston and Galveston,
Texas, is from S. to Sc per day. Washing 10 be
done nj s. per dozen pieces.
american Mechanical Genius.-We learn from the
Philadelphia L. s. Gazette that Messrs. Baldwin,
Vail q Hutty of that city have received by the Grea,
Western applications from the extensive railroad
companies in England, for supply of locomotive en-
gines. This fact speaks volumes, and is the more
gratifying from the fact that the gentlemen Of that
firm have never taken a single step towards intodu.
eng THEN engines in that country, in any way what
ever. The application is The result of the high char
acter their engines have acquired for their superiori-
" and efficiency IN this country.
The New York papers contradict the report, which
had obtained some currency in the West. that the
State OF Indiana had lost 81 900, 900 by the failure
OF broker in whose hands bonds - that amount
were said 20 have been placed for sale.
The New York Post states that a plot concerted
among several oil lDc PRISONERS 10 Dufu lnc piIsbn ai
Sing Sing. was discovered last week Just in time 10
prevent It's accomplishment. The plan was to SOLICIT
a quantity OF combustible materials IN the beliry,
which were to be set on fire about tie hour the CON
vicls are usually locked up. 1t was expected that in
the confusion many would be able TO effect an es-
cape. "Had the attempt succeeded, says The vest
chester Herald, ait is altogether probable that nearly
every man confined there, would have been smother
ed 10 death, as II would have been impossible Tor tho
keepers to rescue them. We shudder when we
think of he consequences that might have ensued,
bul for the timely disclosure of the lsorrld plot by a
black boy who had been solicited TO join in IT,"
Health of Pensacoid.-The Gazette of The 3lst
ullimo says, we have now a population, counting the
crews of ships IN our hatbor. ofupwasds OF 1000, and
not a case oil lever is known to exist here. W c ''safn
lrom the Pensacola Gazette that the 4. s. ship On
tafio was TO sail in n few DAYS, on a cru ze-Iler
destination is pot known, but is supposed to be
Tampa Bay.
Upwards of $500, 900 In specie arrived in New
York on Wednesday. The barque Ann, from Vera
Cruz, brought Sl06,G72, and the ship Mississippi.
t,om New Orleans, brought s203, 900.
u. s. Bank Agencu-The New ok Commer-
cial says-"We are Informed, this morning, and from
a source entitled to all consideration. that the a
gency of the Bank Of the United States in London
has not vet been disconllnued-as we stated yester.
day"
Moses Dillon, one OF the earliest settlers in Ohio,
and who established the first iron furnace west OF the
Allegheny Mountains, died recently at GAINESVILLE,
Olio, in the ninety-second year Of his age: lie was
a member Of the Society OF Friends.
An American who writes from The Summit Of
Chcops. the highest ofthe Pyramids Of Egypt on
the 3lst Of January, dlnod with nine Americans at
CAIRO. on the 39th, the largest number that ever as
sembled in that place atone lime.
The editor ofthe New York Times, whose travel
aud opportunities have constituted him an excellent
Judge M matters OF oratory, gives the following para
graph " The Reverend Robert Newton, Que Of the
most eloquent men we ever heard from the p2init,
has been appointed to represent the Wesleyan Cen.
tenafy Conference held IN Liverpool at the general
conference Of the Methodist Episcopal church, 10 be
held IN Philadelphia ne.t May. The Philadelphians
Will be much pleased with Newton his languagels
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