Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-11-22

wie hId een injared b. lir ipss. II tle cold wealth
er continue. II says the crop VII be entirely i~t
Ceas,u ejrtse Dis,rietQf Cointa.-'fbe plra.3 'iun
Of the city oi Nashngt6nn iso WIS ls.-a5i ~ -
I2336fi showing the iners" siaas t. year IT, et
J3l The city Of Geur,cioWn IN l5.jO Numbered =.
if2, nl - 7.5l2. showing decrcaee II 40 AlrX
andfa IN 1880 hal population II ~; IN II 10 It con-
iainod Z 40. making an increase VI 1876. The Nde
pulaon Of the District in lisa, was 1851, in lao,
II was A. 5l2 Thus will be saeH that tn the r1pu-
aion Of the District in 10 years 1855 s.us have tcen
added.
A duel CAM cff 1t Pensacola few days sinee Of
which corrsp .uleat Of the Philadelphia Chronicle
eiycs a btnor description. The PARTIES were a ere
ole citizen by Tie nanc Of Collins. q tall lean, lank.
ra,, Iaed fellow who booked more Ike disguised cab
driver thau prnflelnln and Young French leutcn-
ant They were II fight with rifles, - paees. Collins
showed the white feather. fired teoretle time, and made
strait tail fjr the forest lie seaked it like an
Indian. and has not since been heard Of.
A s,ider Of the K yIluoa, n9mid Slnael Castle.
died recently IN Wilkes, county y. c. aged l0l years.
The Hon John W. Taylpr. Senator Of the Fourth
District IN the Slate Of New York, struck with the
palsy Thursday last, and his recovery considered
as scarcely possible.
abolition Kid,nppag- Wheeling Va Gazette
Of the 10Th inst says: On SUNDAY mont last about -
O'Clock a man named Cunningham, residing in South
Wheeling, wasapprehended while assisting yaluablcie-
male slave belonging to = iarne 10 run away. Some
suspicious were entertained that all not right and
watch was sell and at the time stated The slave lf her
masters house and assisted by nero man and Cunning
ham. was mounted On horse and her way 10 Pennsyl
yanla Allei the parties arr IN ia awaiting in
investigation u the matter. We since learn that 5 me
other arrests have been made-one Of a citizen If
Brooke county, who has heretofore sustained excel
lent reputation. Our ctzans AT work. with every
prospect OF bringing the entire oanq of aboltionits who
have been i1r some time operating in this quarter pun
lshnent."
H,ocio,@ .n'rier.-'Fhe New Orleans picaynae Of
Tho bth inst, contains an account Of murder in that
City, pcpotraed onthc body of an unknown Individual
found III the neghborhood Of Melpomenc Canal. The
deceased apparently about q years If ape and when
found, was almost entirely dcnaded Of clothing. Ihir
teen wounds were inflicted on hm in all eight were on his
breast Of these entered the heart and two the nga
one IN the left hand one the other SIDE aud onen the
forehead. The jury unanimously Of opinion that
he had been wing his back and asleep when attacked
by the ASSASSIN; thai the murder have been commit
ted on the night Of the second inst and that the nplc
ment used dirk.
agricultural Experimental late Liverpool papcr
gives an account Of an interesting agricultural experiment
lately tried ia town in Cheshire county On the 9Th
Of May last five alternate ridges Of WHEAT acasrino
one acre. two rood and four poles, were s3wcd with
five cwt of nitrate oil soda In few days the difference,
between the ridges sowcd with the nitrate and the inter
vening ridges OF the same size could be disccrnod AT
considerable distance from the field, which continued
throughout the summer. The two sorts have been reap
cd treshcd, measured, and weighed separately and the
following Is a correct account Of the produce Nitrate
u bushels weight per bushcl S. lbs; straw 2 tons
cwt ) qrs. Sc lbs The other - bushels weght per
hashcl 80 lbs; straw, ton, ewt. or. = lbs. The
quality Of both inferior but the nitrate wheat would
have been better crop il less quantity Of the nitrate
had been sown.
Delinquent 'SobsoiLcn.-I has otien been remarked
that no class suffer 50 much loss, in proportion To the ca
plia invested, as the publishers Of periodicals. in this
country. Many hard ollin9 man hasbecn oycrwheh
ed with debt and runcd when, if only cue half of his
subscribers had come forward and Paid what they wrrr
justly owing the publishers might have gone on their
way rejoicing The following item PRESENTING the nan
cla condition of religious publication, pves but too true
picture of publishers accounts generally There are
100000 due for the Missionary Herald by delinquent
subscribers since the year S2"And, said one Il the
officers Of the American Byard. at a recent meeting
wcrc all the dclnnents 10 pay up the Board would nj
once he tsee from debt
lore, LJe ant Deah.-on Monday last WIS buried at
the Quaker buryng groun, at the village Of Woodbury.
West Jersey, Anna, wilr OF Lieut. Barton now al sea-
and daughter Of Hugh IIolngshead Of Philadelphia.
This w learn by Philadelphia paper, is the same Ia
dN whn," few years aTo married Lieut. Barton raiust
the wishes other parents. divorce obtained from
the legislature. much IL every bldys surprise The Ia
dy, however, at the first opportunity marrcl him rain
and has ever since lived with him the small salary at
tachcd 10 the oilice OF mdshipman recently advanced
10 houionancy. Her father has since recognized
her and she has but been in his house On the ith
she gave birth To third child the 9th she received
letter from her husband stating that he was about Ia be
transferred from his then station, and would be placed in
situation thai she would not hear from him FIR pra,5
months. The excitement threw her into fever and
she died on the following day. Her mother, WHO had
never ceased 10 show oundncss FIR her child was wi t
her and few hours before she died. her father also Wis
tied her chamber.