Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-08-17

Religion is making rapid prjyress aT1Hg tile wild
tribes OF the Interior Of Africa Bali. liner.
The wires Of the Magnetic Telegraph. by which
Troy and Montreal cunnrcted safely carried
thu river 81. Lawrence sm days ag, and the
o'mnuncaIln between tn use distant poin has been
fully established.
The investigation going on at the Canal Bank. Al
bany, has led IL the of Theli1r. OcItt n ihat
city who was liberated bail. The charge against
Nh Oicott Is n some way connected with lans granted
To Nj. CrD>welI, J" the Arrus, WIS in le5eIuess ID
Tie Bank, The Alias says, has rls-n 10 SlJG,00O.
Conrictol Of Drayt .a-The jnry in the case of the
United Si'its vs. Daniel Drayton, After beng ockel Up
all Iaur,day nlgat, into the rom Yesterday
afternoon about Three "'cok with verdict Of guilty III
The Indictment charging hiin with stealing Of slaves h.
property Of Andrew Hover Tie prisoner was yes-
eTday put upon his trial another Indictment ch4rL-
Iag him with stealing slaves, the property Of w. II.
UPP-rman. The court adj ,uruel at fur o'clock while
The tilal was in progress.
A clause in The Annual Appropriation Bill befire
Congress sets apart $4,000 to the Spanish govern
nent as lndennlfcaJn FIR The AmistaI negroes me
years agp liberated by decision Of The United States
Supreme Court. The payment & sach claim woald
he virtual acknowlei ,etaent that The Judgment Of the
United States Court wrong.
Two If the new steamers for the New York and
Chagres Lines now ready To be launched and are
said 10 excel The European Steamers. The lines are
10 ne IN Up Td0H Dv HE lSt December. he
rJIr from New York t. Columbia river can then BE-
made in thirty days. Il 5 estimated that from San
Francisco the SandW ich Islands by steam one can u,
in eight ten days.
The Legislature of Wisconsin adjourned on the 9Th
uIllno 10 attend caravan. wrich happened to Be in
Madison. Most Of the leIl.ltrs had never .sse.I the
elephant"
Sen Brooke has received orders from the War De-
partment 10 proceed To The Of he Upaer Misss-
sipp and establish .wO posts the Indian clntry-oue
at The mouth oi The CTIw Wing river and The other
some distance up that ream. One post is % Ne Iar
rIsoned by company of infantry aud the other bv
comTsny Of Tie first DragoDus These p,sts viii b.
situated in country where The Chppewas the Sioux
and the Winnebagors are living Side By side which
circumstance doubtless suggested their establish uent
We learn further that Gen Brooke will proceed upon this
specill daiy next week. after PERFORMING which he viii
return and resume the ella -ge Of his department.
by the official pub catlOn If tn; ratification bill the
sun oi 5000 was appropriated fl the batteries on
) Hers Pout, which with the IS 900 On hand makes
SloOJO applicable 10 the work during the Jr-sent wear
fMt Tort hIinr-, the sun appropriated is $4,000, and
Tor the Pea Patch on the Delaware $50 GG3
President ,berts, Of Liberia, LEFT New York on
Monday last, IN The packet 81 Isaac Wright for Liv-
eriool. He goes to procure recognition 0 The indie
pendence OF Liberia from France and Via nd Dur
ing his soJ'arn III this ny he was treated wl,h
marked attention.
Louis Pulfppe's Fmds-Th London r view,
speaking OF Louis Phlllppe'> funds, says-.The large
sums which HE French ex King was supposed to have
pl ced IN foreign funds doubt great object of
curiosity with the PJsSesSors Of his por looS; but all
mat Is Produced Is showing that he had in
vested IN America 80 ,000 which ali the proceeds BE-
ing re invested, mad Increts ID IN II; to 726)J per
cents mat l', about flo 900 producing c 100 war
here no trace In these papers of any Earish funds;
but we have heard and believe the truth to be- that ali
tle hllg possesses out of France is SUM Of alb ut
Alo,UJO IN the b itish fun Is yielding about 1900
Year. and the Queen has, it is said, about $500 year
IN 'he Austrian funds, legacy from aunt, Of The
Archduchesses.
Distressiag .?fi.ir-The Louisville Journal Of the
|>th ult, Contains the following:
IN Hartford, KY, on NJ 'ndiy last, Mr.. Hart SON
IN law OF Dr. Ptyton, NJ. c., killed a Mr.. Kincheoe
r. Peyion's brother-in law, by eating hun in several
PLACES with bowie knife. kncheloe survived half an
hour We have not eaga ID the parIIcul,r. of The af
fair"
a Washington lie ter to the Philadelphia Bulletin
gives he following details OF his melancholy affair:
" melancholy circu nstln:e has occnrrei in the
Hon > u Peyion's district. e. member of C)agre,s
from kenlucky.) During thai gentlemal's etrendaace
here, his daughter eloP with Young man, to whom
1t appears she was subsequently married Upn the re-
turn OF the parties To the Young lady's home, her
uncle, (ne guardian of the doctors domestic affs in
his ABSENCE uphraided the groom for his condnct.
Wherenpon an angry alteration look place. in the midst
OF which, The latter drewa pistol from his cke and
S''St VIC he Woullru m m died
mems after. This double ali cli,n s. severely fell
upon the wife Of the docter, Ohar is, Mrs peyon.3
that she is now lying at the poin of DEATH while as
may be supposed the entire family, including some Of
The first persons III the State, and ners in their re-
latlons are perfectly overwhelmed with tie first ca
lamly. A telegrap hic despatch was received yes.er-
day by Mr. F., IN which the details given in TWEEN
~ mInues after lis reception, he on his way home
LAUNCH OF THE STEAMER NEW WORLD
- Inc largest river steaInr ever built to have
been launched at O'Clock yesterday evening, in New
York. She is 400 feet lonI 1900 tons bnhen with As
eet wheels aud engine of ID feet stroke She is To
be ted up with great taste and elegance aud her ca Din
Instead OF one long rOn, b. divided up into numer
Gus parors In which refreshments will be served to Or
der. There is 10 be public table.
LOCOFOCO ORATORY.-The following. which
is put into the mouth of a younr unf1,dUed lu,d c IN