Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-12

| IL amused by reply given me by an Amct,-
can in Office here. | asked hun how much Ills Office
! was worth. aud his reply was, six hundrud dollars,
besides stealings. THIS was, all events iiauk aud
honest in England the word would have bcen sol
tened down 10 pefqnlsltos. | afterwards found thai
II was a common expression N the States to say
place was worth 50 lueh. besides ehcHagc.
HduydHS 1fdres.
e w The foregoing paragraph furnishes striking
sketch ,f the mordis oil office holders, sinco the
Spells principle came in fashion. TWAS not when
integrity aud capacity instead Of 2a,zau service.
was the passport to office
j additional Deiegafes 10 t#e stanton Contention.
/ NadjsoR--plesey Y Smith Robert G. Cmicr--
/ Ahernatcs, MAJ L. Bra.llold, Alexander II. Shnns.
/ Freddjct--R ebert y. Con,ad james MARSHALL,
Jr., Mahlon $ Lo,ett, aud " STROLLER jones' Al
ternates, David w Barton, Josiah Lockhar,, Pto.
vince Mccormick, lsaae Wood. Francis Slvers,
John G,lkcson and Joseph l.. Carson.
Prince llalitn--William 7. French, Nicholas
Clemy Col. John Ilooc, Samuel II.
Jauncy
Rcmorais AS soon as The President shall return
To the city OF Washington. * intention again 10
take up the subject OF removing Federal officers
from situations undef lhe Government, aud supply
! ing hcir places with good sound Democrats
- aAftH2t"H 4ftbpi'ttNs
g. What hasn't your llme come yeti Atey YOU
still disappointed Nell--sery aloud aud spare
not - aud perhaps your reward :" though long de-
lencd, may come before that sickness OF the heart
which usually oos bIshicd hope. Au Ajr4caa
m,,,'ou may yet be yours.
PenasRran.4 The Ilanl,bag keystone OF the
lth inst. states that 'hus In not Offer Tor
single dollar of the State loab has been made; and
adds, "l( tins loan not soon taken, the public
works must stop, the contractors aud worhmcn ruin.
ous,: Eel the pressure, aud all classes of the com
muni,y di,ec,i, on Indirectly become sufferers"
origin cihe EAabarg R.eioe.-Thc following
cu,ous account olthe origin ofthis celebrated Pc.
liodica is t,om the Introduction of the Mcmous
and Writings Of the Rev. $, dnry Smith, one Of i'm
fist and ablest contributors
When FIRST | went ,ato the Church." says the
re,ercud gentleman, Il bad euracy N the middle
of Salisbury PLAN. Tie squire g tbs rHTsh TOOK
i fancy to mc, aud requested mo 10 20 witll ms son
to reslnl at the University oil " emari before we
could get t. ere, Germany became tho seat ~ VA,
and in stress OF ,,ullies pnl INTO EdiubuIg. wh,e
remained five years. The principles OF the French
Revolution lhen fun, float, and II ~ impossl
bic to conceive more violent aud agraed state
of society. Among the dtsl persons with whom
became acquainted were, Lofd Jeffrey, Lofd hluf-
ray (latc Lutd Advocate OF Scotaud) a,i Iofd
Brougham all oil 1hrni maintaining opinions upon
political subjects little too liberal for the dyuast" o
DundaS, then exercising supreme power over thu
Northern division OF the island One day we hap
pencd 10 meet IN the egh h on ninth stony fat III
Bucceuch Place, the elevated silcncc ofthe then
Mr. J,ncy. proposed that We should set up u
review: this was aeeeded 10 by aeeanIaton. WAS ap
pointed editor. aud remained long enough IN Edin-
burgh to edit the iir-l number Of the Edinburgh
Review The motto proposed lot the Review vas,
'reuu mu-an, melimner cytua.'
w q cultivate Literature upon ltuo uatucul.'
Bat tins too the uulh 10 be admitted and
so we took Our present eIate mouo nom Tublus
s. rus, # whom nnne oi lis had. am sure,
read Il single line, and 50 began what has since
ed out tobc very important and able journal
LECTURE ON EDUCATION.
The Rev. Benjamin NJ. Smith, OF Ddnv,llc, will
lclIHcL nclnLc ON 7 nln.al LlnnaILun lLc acrnnl