Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-09-05

hdfy IN number. AMI scnilag them with proper on,
~ o Liberia. several oi HEN have trades oil u ,hem
| can read. aud une write
General Adfen VOL. the afexican leader, Is q
ffenohman lie was Tor some ytars in the service al
the United sta.s under General Sc,,t and in r,tbs,
celebrated for his pompoas bearing, though not much ior
personal courage.
Refusal 10 pt.torm Tie Burial Serriee-Tbcrc was
considerable excitement IN Northern Liberties Phil
AIDE hL un Saturday. IN consequence of he
OF German, member oi the Odd Fellows Sciety
and Ui the German National Washington Guards The
deceased was buried IN the ground attached 10 the Ger.
mao "a'lolie Church, coroer OF Filth and Frankli lin
Streets Monday week, bu The priest refused Ia read
the burial service from The fact thai he fte teceased
wasa meinbero l The Odd fellows SDceiy The friends
taking lhrage al this, had The body taken up ON Sat>
uray aud buried In the German Lutheran burial ground
Eighth street. Race. An immense number Of per
sons were present, including militar, connany and
iva Lodges Of Odd Fellows.
The editor Of the Chares,on Courier makes mon.
on OF curious plant exhibited il that city, called
bp'ancally. .Irsiotochm Faiida. aud vulp,rly 1.-The
Duck Plant" II Is tai! and bold vine, with heart
shaped leaf. aad beam flower, having most extraor
binary resemblance IN body, head, throat aud bill 10
duck Heating TRANQUILITY on mirroreI lake The
duck shaped fpeer Is lS inches in length and 6J inch
rs 10 circumference Of body, inches IN length of head
and with slender swilchy "lengIh of tail behind ,,
measuring Il inches. The inside of the calyx is beau
Hlnlly notified and varepaIed with rich colours some
what like the interior oi preserved she'll but
neither 50 brilliant so red but rather of purple
cast
Marriage rather THAI Iaw.-A certain widow lady
placed her child al In The hospitals of Ger
many. aud intending 10 leave ii there until should be
old enough 10 begin receiving education, paid the
stipend ior four years About the time gentle
man placed his child in the same institution aud il
was consigned 10 the nurse. The gentleman
ihcn made voyage 10 South America, where he
had some business Of Importance that needed his at
lenon Al The end of the four years the lady re-
turned to take away her child and by somewhat singu-
lar coincidence, the gentleman arrived at the tine
with the same sajeet.- But in the Interim one of The
children had died, aud the could teclare posi-
lively whether II was that Of the widow or the other
The widow claimed The survivor IA her OWE the gen
lleman insisted strongly that his the living child
he dispute wased warm and resort 10 the legal tri-
bunas was Threatened on either side, when worthy
clergyman Inerp3sed and with such effect that the dis
pulanls agreed 10 consolidate their Claims 10 the
surviving child by marriage. So says French paper
There is young lady living or near Femngs
burg, Ky, who has. IT is said, attained 10 the height of
seven ieet four inches. ''Ihe lovely Marcia towers
above her soy s1me twenty years ago there was n
negro woman about the same height residing at Wash
lngi"n known lay the cuphonous tte OF The Devils
Daring Needle"