Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-10-07
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Tic irutc oi the 25fd UT. gives tabular statement
81 deaths Iron yellow irser Dung the noa,h oi Srpea
Ter up HAL time. and the Whole amounted sereafee
AID that, TOO. au' Ola population Of hundred
thousand.
sickness al j'oodriie, .M.-Dr. yaIleii, President,
aud DR.. Logan al the Bard II Health 1T ~ Orleans.
have recently returned irJn visit TO the above place.
They Tefht that ihe sickness yellow fever. vi
mild iyls. IL bad Thai who visited The
place escaped IT, negfpes whites There have been
upwards u 100 cases. aad % deaths occurred up the
3lst insl.
Iieaih Of a STATE Seasior.-rhe Hon Aonef Davis.
member elect OF the senate al Indiana. died the
i 18Th inst. Mr.. c. WIS a L1cJt1c,.-.,, there
in The Srnsie vi that State, his death leaves the
Wings inaJtrity.
/ Cotton and 1oJaeco in Florida The Tallahassee
Sentinel Of ihe 0ih SAYS that abundant yield Of
is expected throughout that dislrcr-and that IN
the absence Of any uno"ard blight, planters will make
much more Than they can gather. The same pa
per says"We are grathed 10 learn thai NJ, only have
tbs labors Of The planter thus far been crowned wIlh
cess and that good crop Of iobacco will be made, but
that in all probability II viii commahd high pric.."
Important from Caaada- Dissolution" ef Me Pariin-
neai We have intelligence from Cans,!a that Cover
nor Meeaf has Dissolved the present Parliament aud
dered mes one la meet al Montreal IN Noyember.
new e' eli, viii take place sum. II will be 4 stormy
Tine and may be said 10 be the beginning Of Oauadan
revolution.
Fatal Reneoat,e-rhe Dallas (Ala Gazette states
thai a Ieneune took place On the ilh sept, mher.
at the hoGse oi Captain j. A. Tan, in Wilcox comfy,
between Dr. Charles Fat aud Wn. w. Rves, Esd
which resulted IN the death OF the latter. Mr.. Rives
was engaged be married 10 the sister oi DIR. Tat and
the morning Of the iih, accompanied by some friends
and ciefgyuan, went To e house Of Captain AIT 10
have the ceremony performed. wien at The door they
were met BY Dr. Tat, who, after passing friendly salu
laiions with Them invited the 1cuds into The house.
aud requested Rtvcs step aside, that he might have
lew wuds with hun privately and mhen aside cuminen
ced an assault on him with cane. which Hives soon
aresle1 from Lin, when he drew revolving psul aud
shot Ryes III the lower part OF the stomach, from which
wound he died On MONDAY morning After RIves had
been carried into the house the marriage ceremony
performed. Tat Immediately made his escape.
The Alexandra Gazelte says that Mr. Calhoun star
ted luf South Carolina Saturday week On board
The STEAMER Augusta, on his way down the river, on
thai day. vote was taken Oh the Presidential Flee
tuu--and the vote stood For Clay 6l-For Polk 10
For Cass2 MI Calhoun did mol vote
Purchase y 1uTitoy-A proposition is made by the
Counzionists TO purchase certain Portions oi territory
between CAPE Mount AL Cape Palnas They can be
purchased 1r fifteen Of twenty thousand diars.
gentleman IN New York, has proller~d 10 be one ot fl
ht requisite sum in subscriptions Of 600
each, and gentleman Of Pitlsburg has given 5000.
The commerce Vi Liberia would be much improved by
the eousunIna ION oi the PROJECT.
Truth is Omnipotent and Public Justice Certain"
The iOcc and nobleness Of the above sentiment is
W I.
Gum. OF Robertson county, Tennessee. in his
enty second year. with three OF his twelve sons in
Attendance upon the Kentucky Methodist Conference.
We learn that he distinguished IN Robertson :
y Tennessee. by his vote, with thai OF one other person,
iJr Henry Clay Tor the Presidency IN 1924. In ISIS he
was one Of the Mree only who then voted for Adams
painsI jackson. lie was among fire who voted for
Clay 10 1882 and against Jsckson and IN 1874 he will
likely head the majoriy IN The same county OF SIX hu"-
dtd Tor Clay against Polk lls ,~elvs are true
" Wigs and Tor Clay aud their country.
Methodist difference We learn from the Wing
Green fky) Gazette that this body, after Il session Of
EIGHT days that place. brought lis abors 10 clse
Thursday evening, lhe ION ult. The course OF the
delegates in reference 10 the question Of slavery, 10 tn.
eases OF Bishop Andrew and Mr. Harding OF the Bal
tmore Conference, beiure the General Conference IN
May last was 10y resolution, unanimously approved OF.
The Rev. Dr. Bascnm benre the ad'rliun oi Tins reso'
nllon heard, IN reference 10 the difficulties OF the
Church grown, out of the Slavery question. His ad
dress, which written, occupied about four hours Ia
the tradng, and Is said to be eloquent reslsess over
whemlng. series OF resolutions based upon the .4bo
h0n OF the General Conference, was adopted. II
which recommending a General Convention Of
the Southern portion OF The Methodist church at Louis
yIle ~ Nav next. The following gentlemen were elec
ted delegates To that Convention, VIZ Messrs. Steven
son, kavanau.h, Bascom, Crouch. Gum, Brush, Geo
Taylor. j. C. Harrison, Gown, Rasion, J. King }
James.
Etcm,dinj .1,ound Fort kem.-Dr. Weatherspoon
Of the United States Army, now at Fort Kent, IN
Maine remarks IN letter that for two months not
the al Fort Kent has been confined To bed by sick
ness even Tor single day. and the same good healtl
seems 10 prevail IN The surrounding country. This HI
says is the be Wondered at, seeing the crowd
al lutte unvaccu,ed wrelches that swarm around til,
duo OF every log hut halt clothed and but poorly fed %
SOUR black bread aud potatoes. Nothing has astonshed
him So much as The large families .hat are found anon!
the Ffench inhabitants. Five adjoining married couple
have had in all t~ry children. OF whom thirty tive arr
ising. A man Immediately opposite the For On tn
other SIDE Of the rver has twenty seven by Two wives
the sccono Of whom bore fourteen. lareut Ferraund
Al Green River, has had twenty-five children by ON
wife no aborliuns b. lie Crog ha5 nineteen children
In eighteen years, and of these five pair Were twins
Pierre Ricuu has had SIX in three years; three pair
twins all living at Shatiaquo six miles below III
fort. In house is woman with i've children unde
three and a halt years, one twin and one trlpel birth
Her husband then expecting 10 he presenie
with another pair Of the pretty prattlers" The proba
bllty is that Ould Ireand' hardly hold candle
tho Madawasha plantation IN either The production U
children or potatoes
On Saturday week, DR.. Van Dusen, Of Troy, in Brad
ford county. (Pa) was instantly killed. lie assist
my in raising hickory pole OF the tasenngs CAV
way, aud the pole falling struck him the head aud lii
orally dashed him 10 pieces.
4 Line Ymkcc.-'rhe London correspondent OF tn,
Boston Atlas says II had The pleasure of meeting Ga,
. ln's gallery native of Lynn Massachusetts, Mr.Joh
b. NewhalI, who however. now halls from the boundes
West lie has been travelling through France and Bel
GUM. aud the greater part Of England. His tour wa
pedestrian one, Tor the most part, and he speaks Of
w't enthusiasm. W it'll only small bundle 10 his hand
ana MT twenty words OF bad French, he trutted aon
from one IN another the Continent and was uult