Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-11-24
j.. D. Rodney wv w. II. Jones e..
Sill another drop # Comfort


The special election, to supply a vacancy in the
House of Delegates Of Virginia occasioned by lhe death
Of Joshua NJ. lllrel, E' Of Nansemond took place
in thai county the l4lI. inst. aud glad 10 say
that the Wings for wide awake. AT the
close Of the polls the vote stood as follows:
Robert II. Smith (Whig) s37
Ilurh Kelly U.uco) so
Majority II. being gain Of 4 the vote Of last
Spring The Norfolk Herald SAYS, the county was
never more thoroughly canvassod both sides, aud the
number Of votes li!cd the Irges the county has
given; the candidates hcrg both popular men, aud in
Their social connections and intercourse equally esteemed
and respected by the of their fellow cliizens.'
Dis,riLution-lti is announced. in the New York pa
pers, that Mr. Lewis Benedict of Albany, the agent
appointed by Gov Seward, 10 receive New iorh's share
OF the proceeds othe Public Lands has returned to that
city from Washington, with s3i,9Si-being the portion
due To that State.
o. Great elrts are mixing. both within and with
out the A,ngdm Goa trsssnual district to procure the
denomination ofCo. George w. Hopkins, by the Lo-
coioco party. What cau be in the wind Are there
other aspran,s ,hereabous who are growing impatient?
Oris Col Hopkins stemporary lapse from orthodoxy yet
uuforsiven? For parts feel no great inter
,her than say that had rather the Colonel should be
re elected than tina, other persons wo Of should
supersede hm-hough if this remark should be cacua
ted To njure him, hope the '.Banher will nut circu-
late i, among the 'Deinocracy" of his district We
have barely avertel 10 the OF things because i,
loks little singular to much fuss made about
gentleman certainly of respectable talents houshby no
a very profound statesman while in other
Ject.
G3 The Madsonian denies that the Postmaster al
Buffalo illuminated his Office in honor Of the I.ocofoco
victory in that State Inc building, it is said, was
Illuminated by the Tyler committee Sill the post Of
fee, and the post Office alone, of all the houses in But
iao, illuminated. The " ST master, We imagine. il
he did not order it, did moi oLiccH lie knew TOO well
whic, side his bread was buuercd
e. The President has appointed joel b. Sutherland
OF Philadelphia, Of the most notorious political
'Lawds'' in HE i,T-lavng changed his party reIa-
lions often as Mr. Tyler himself, and for the same
reason-Nayal Officer Of the District Of Philadcp hia
in place Of Alexander Ferguson remorcd
Dc We regret to learn that the publication 9th c
CLAY Banner" at Portsmouth, Va, has been
ry Temporarily suspended by the potraccd aud serious
illness Of its aule editor John ". Aurdaush, Esq.
Co. NJ. NJ. Noah editor of the New York Union,
in Washington, writes home to his paper that no
thing said in that City ABOUT changes in the Cabinet.
Mr. Noah is doubtless in the secrets of the White
House, and therefle conclude that the President in
tends for the present least, stick his ''oaws,
spencer and Wcbser) Nevertheless, if the Locos
qIire their dismissal the price Of their support, they
will be sacriced lie who has betrayed party to,
which he was under many aud such high obligations,
will not hesitate 10 give up one or two men, between
whom and himself perhaps, Obligations about equal
Joan &. COH.--lt will be seen, in another column,
that this man, whoseveral months ago murdered Samuel
Adams in New York, anticipated the verdict of the law,
by committing suicide few inmates bef,re the hour Of
execution. Colt was man Of intelligence and standing,
traordnary Efforts made him troa the gal
lows; whereas, had he been one of the common herd
ne would have been summarily hung. Gov. Seward
observes great credit for his irnness the occasion
30 rare and yet from the fearful increase Of crime, be-
coming so necessary. The papers filled with articles
on the subject
W we learn, with equal surprise and regret from a
Paragraph In the Richmond Star, that Mr. Edward {
DAVIS, the proprietor OF the Exchange Reading Room
VIII c.y has been guilty of orgoes 10 the Of
several thousand dollars. and had fled Mr.. D.vas
s'n's man OF u"assumng manners and very popular