Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-08-16


wards hang herself with hank oil yarn, bul her hns
band waking up. discovered something exttaoidi-
nary IN her actions and seIzed her around The malsi:
alter strong tliutto her part 10 escape ION him.
dutlng which she nied 10 dtaw one Of three knives
rom the celling, mhlch she had previously sharp
ened and put there, they reached the doo,' wten
he discovered What she had teen doug. She Is
the mother Il eleven children, including the lilrre
widch she hill d. She appears now TO be restored
10 reason, and IS piIlabe spectacle OF the dteps
aud most butter anguish. She says. that ~hllt
urder the Influence OF distorted Imagination. she
bought size was dong charitable action nd
ding her husband Of bunh n oi suIppfllng he,selt
aud ther youngest children; us he Is poof aud very
hard working man.
Banks.-ln the state Il Georgia there are, it is
said, nineiy ban Ks, including the several branches.
Tins Is not quIle que bank Tor each county, there
about ~. counes III the state. I he glo-
rious effects OF the multiplication of banks is exen-
plied Ia The present state Of OF Georgia currency.
LonSepity.-We learn by the recent census, tina
Ihefe are go Individuals III The state OF North Cor
DINA, Over 100 years Of age, making average u {
nearly four 10 each county.
A leuer received in Baltimore dated Valparaiso,
Apul 9Th status that the Exploring Squadron MAS
AT Tie Sandwich Islands, lung Tor cruise To III,
Columbia rver and the North"est Coast, " hence II
- expected they will proceed towards the South
Iole and return home Wa the Cape OF Coz ID Hope.
Tie Fatmvle Bulletin complains ihat llimp
den Sdn'y College has not been lattery SUI port
ed as it should be, and makes strong appeal
to the public IN ts behalf The Bulletin rcprestn
The faculty as very alb one. A large meeting OF
the AlDmn IS anticipated the next Commences
neni, (he day Is not mentioned by the BulleinD
and IL expected that Mcssrs. Vim. II. Macla,and
Of Richmond, aud Isaac Read ot Prince Edward
will deliver addresses, before the Society al Alumni
on that OCCASION The Literary Suicides in the Col
Sc will also be represented.
A \ J
says: The ship Algonquin. Capt. A. Tu,lcy, Gom
Liverpool arrived this morning, aud among her pas
senge,s is "A healthy stou female, 10 wears of aye,
who shipped from Liverpool as sailor boy, being
dressed IN male habilimenls, neatly rugged from top
TO Toe, and actually performed the duy of a lad Oh
board, gonQ aolt Ne. tot several days, when some
suspicion arose among The crew, whIca led 10 the
discovery of hers sex. Capt. Il. lmmcdiatey had her
removed from the iorecasle TO the stetrage and her
dress changed Cor female apparel. 1t appears that
size IS destitute gnl, who had l.ken Tins method to
get passage to America, where she expects 10 fnd
friends. She Slipped under the name Of BILLY
Stewa't,' aud says her name is Isabella Stcuart.
IN Batoned.-The Superior Cour, at Hartford
recently granted a petition for divorce hy Ursula Il
Button Iiom Josiah Button. newspaper way
says U,sula WON'T Il. Bultoued any longer.
The IIidom Of Charies J. For.-Juy loh was the
bnhdNy III Mrs. Fox, IeIct OF the late ustr,ou,
statesman. THIS lady has reached her 90 |, year.
frequently en,crIaln'' select parties OF her friends
at her hospllable table.
II appears that the Mofmons have Two societies
in Monmouth County, New jersey, one at Ilornet's
town aud the other at Toms river. The forner SET
tlement numbers about one hundred, AMI latter Sc
veny or eighty members.
Mrs Du, kle. At Montague, Mass, was struck
by lightning few DAYS SINCE and had one of her
II ont teeth knocked out No other damage occur
red to her, though her muse considerably lnJu-
Ied.
Cooper. the novelist, has written new WORK, Ell
titled the deer Slayer"
The Rev John Mailirt, recently delivered an ora
ton before the Wesleyan University of Mlddlelown,
Connecticut.
The editor Of he Wilmington, N. G.. Chronicle
says that the &. IN the middle OF Senator Cahoun's
name, stands for neither Calaue, nor Crsls-but
CHAMELEON
american An6quiteS.-It will have been percei-
we'd 10y those who have read Mr.. Stevens most at
traetlve volumes oftravels in Central Amefica-and
We ply those who have not-that he obtained Tor
marion from Padre" Oh Roman Catholic clergy
man. which leads him 10 feel prtuy certain that
there is AT tins Time existing, in Vera p q, CITY,
deserted aud desolaie, IN "A stale OF preservation
much greater than the ruined places which he ac-
tually visited, aud almost perfect as when lis in
habanrs lett il. He also oLtained Information
from the same source Of anothe, city, actually
inhabited, south OF Chiapas which retains all its
nnilve eutteuess, aud Is still in the occupacy of
tn Indians, who have never submitted to the " hiie
invaders OF The county, and which has never been
known, ndeed-by the Central
American government. Here, then, Is a field for
e. poation. and well may Mr. Stevens say thai he
who VISITS II, will "experence sensations which sell
dom lI TO the lot OF man" Mr.. Stevens is inst
the one 10 do II; and, very much deceiv Ia
the man II lie does undertake the journey before
he Is much older. The government ought to give
HIM commission that Will enable hun 10 travel " nth
official iacllllIes all over the country.
DeaH0t Njss Lucy Hooper.-The BrookIyr,N Y /
Star informs us OF the death Of hs young lady, whose
name was beginning 10 be known IN the hr rary
world. Her poems were distinguished Tor melody
OF yerslhcatlon and depth Of ihopght.
The city OF New y ork has been much excited
by mutd der committed there last week upon tie
body Of young lady. Miss Rogers; who formerly |
attended Anderson's Cigar Slote III Broadway nd
was known as the "beauItul cigar girl Ga Sun /
day morning week, as We learn from the Tribune /
She lief, her hone, 126 Nassau street, for a walk;
and al The corner of Theatre alley she was met and
accosicd by young man. apparently an acquant-
dnce, WIN whom she proceeded towards Bare lay /
sfret, as II Tor an excursion to llobuken. NolhIug
further was heard OF her HAT day by her friends and
alarmed by her Lon appearance, they advertised Tor
her IN Tuesdays papeis. Sui nothing was seen
or heard OF her TIL Wednesday, wien Mr. II. q. |
Luther and iva other gentlemen, who passing
the Sybifs Cave, uear Castle Point, Iloboken, IN a
san boat, were shocked by the SIGHT Of HE body of
young female IN the water. They brought il ASHORE,
ii coroners inquest was sum noned, and IL was p,ov-
ed 10 be The body OF Miss Rogers, and il evident
'hai she had been h"rrbIy outraged and murdered