Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-08-11
From The Norfolk Beacon
.,rDIcAI. CATlON-U NV ERSrT} OF
NEW YORK


W. hercvo tba, fully Two hundred yonag Nuginlans,
II no, noore annually leave their native State Tor The pur
p,se Of medical education For years past II was me
custom for them 10 repair to Phtadeipha las year
however the University OF New YORK oiehed pePaH
mont of Medicine Oh principles oi great lbcray and
went into opcraon with degree oil success nneNamped
in the history OF medical schoois nearly 'Vo students
corning its first class many Of whom w're from Nrg
MIA while there were others from all parts oil Tie lhon
and some indeed from Europe aud tho " est Indies.
This school is admirably oreanzed lot The purposes oi
medical instruction. and expense has been spared To
render il every way worthy oil he Pair"nas" oi n'oii
gent members Of the profession throughout we MON
nearly half million ofdoiars having been already ek
penlcd in the erection of buildings, arl Ia TIC procure
ment Of the various means requisite ir the important
purposes for which the CONVERSELY is designed. The
Medical Faculty consists Of gentlemen OF great talents
and TT fssonal experience, who have eniefed upon ef
saics as professors with enthusiastic ardor and VINO en-
ca,e Ia reach medicine and the associate branches thor
tnehy and in accordance with the acknowledged pm
rnlrs and improvements of the present tunes. iii
such gentlemen as DIS NJ 1T, Pntson. Drnper Paine,
Rev. re- and Bedford, To form lis faculty II was 10
have been expected tina, this school would al once be
come popular and iavor,o with intelligent students 81
medicine throughout iho Cnlon There can be no doubt
9, the many and great advantages enoyod by Ne" ioh
over every city in the unlun, favorable To an 'A"sNe
school In i, and the neghbonne villages hcro are near
ly half million Of inhabitants, irom winch large oPula
xon the Hospitals and Dispensarles are continually nj
led with subjects To cNcmphy and display every posi-
hle variety and modification of disease to which Tho stu
dents of the University have free aeress Besides these
s,npartunii.es ls improvement, htIe are weekly pnbe
clinics supervised By the professors OF the university, II
which ,hn students also freely admitted The eS
senses of student ia New York less than IN must Of
the Northern ees especially fr boarding. which can be
obtained for from $50 to IS per week aud IN the most
respectable boarding houses We would strongly ADVISE
students no visi, the north in quest OF medical nof-
nation to travel as far as New York before deciding
where they will spend the winter. The lectures com
neacng the last of Ocr in New York. Will Afford them
an opportunity of hearing the mtroducores and allow
time after &c, To Philadelphia, before Inc schools oil
that civ open The choapnCss and Rieai facilities OF
travelling will enable young gentlemen 10 VISA Ne"
York with trng expense snd troubles and every young
man. should by all means vlsi, this great Commercial
Emporium if only to crafty his national curiosity ana
pride
this State has been invited by the Faculty OF tho New
York University School. TO deliver IN that institution
r,xt winter course of Lectures on his rccen, improve
nents in the surgSl treatment OF Structures IN lie re
thra and that he has accepted the invitation
WoxpraruL CuRrosrry- Century Plant
One of the largest, specimens in America oil the AgaveA
,nericana or One Hundred Year Fowerlng Aloe is now
in bloom in the neghborhood OF Philadelphia and viii
be exhibited in day two al the Masonic Hall The
Ledger SAYS The flower stem Is now over 20 feet IN
height and covered with lateral branches on which arc
placed immense clusters of rich yellow flowers and
tree and composes. with the flower stem, complete
pyramid which will excite the wonder and astonlshment
of our quiet citizens great degree There have been
as vet but specimens which have Powered In Amer
lea and not more than dozen England and the roSt
of Europe The first of the former bIoosoned at VIM.
Hamilton Esqrs estate the Woodlands, and was ysi-
tad by about 90 900 persons The last at Henry Pratt
Esqrs Lemon Hill. which was generously sent to the
city, and exhibited for the benefit OF the Orphans Asy
lnn Over 35 900 persons attended the spectacle =
The fortunate owner of the present plant is Bernard
Duke proprietor of the extensive M'Alahon Nurse
nv and the fremont HOUSE.
Speculation Of all SORTS abound In the European Jour
nails on the political consequences Of the death of tho
Duke Of Orleans and TO these in aid the dyina
ton of the soothsayer, the following. taken from
Liverpool paper, shows: " \. finer.
A COINCIDENCE.
correspondent has sent US the following dates
whch have excited some alarm among the credulous:
1894 FAN OF Robespierre.
! +. which add 1874 give, 1915.
1915 Fall Of Napoleon.
i To which add 1915 gives 1890
1880 Fall of Charles X.
& To which add 1880 gives 1872
Thus far we borrow from the Times
The calculation FIRST appeared the French Prophetic
Almanac Of l64l, s1rt Of Francis Moore; copy Of
which has been year and halt in our possession.