Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-10-16
GENERAL ITEMS.

GENERAL ITEMS,
! FRAUD DEF ECTED.-The Wings of Central
Pennsylvania (Says the n Y. Irbune) have JUS, detect
Ell travelling agent Of the Cass party WIN regu
larry employed in the business of procuring false ccrti
Gates Of Naturalization and supplying them to imIni>
grants who have been long enough in the country
detect the swindlng abuse of the terms Democratic and
Democracy. This agent, Patrick Fitzpatrick by name
has been travelling about the State obtaining the
Of Immigrants not entitled to be naturazed, and remit
ting them to his associate Williams who either directly
forged or fraudueny issued a certificate of Nauraliza
lion in each, to enable hin vote at the approaching
State and Presidential elections
| Parliamentary Deba,es-" More than work." in
Legislative bodies, is becoming intoerable evil The
Brit sh Parliament and the U. s. Congress alike gull
" Of lndulgng in loo much speechifying. The British
House OF Commons has found its legislative efficiency
mnch impaired by excessive debate. 50 it is with our
| Congress. Attempts have been made at Washington 10
reredy The evil, with partial success. The assembled
wisdom" Of Britain has been cogitang and inquirng,
with to the adoption of some measures to curb
windy orators and give increased energy Parliament
airy action. The London Times thus adverts to the sub
ject:
Part of the business of Parliament undoubtedly is to
speak. Privilege of speech is its primary and elementa
ry attribute. But then talking is not its only function
any than snortlng and putting is that of steam
engine. In both instances the noise made should be but
symbol of the work done, and the progress completed.
We should be able to infer things from words, action
from speech, Legislation from discussion. Motions and
o.aons should be like the flowers that give living clue
the Indian Magcian's cave not like the dead leaves
srewed in the winding paths Of the desroyers labyrinth
Parliament must often be check and corrective 10
the desings but should always be help to the necessary
action Of Government
What has The Parliament Of 1913 done for the
Government Of the country2 1t has completed
haiti, e hat ,aSi 2
There has been plenty of talk abundance of notions
IA redundancy Of Promises but what has it performed?
One sentence might up ALL 1t has listened to Mr.
Chisholm Ansey. But-pntting Mr.. Anstey aside,
which the members Of ST. Stephens would willingly
do ifthey could but regard this as session
of the most preposterous assumptions. Never did 81
many promises terminate in such miserable abortions"
- The Washington Corresp ndeh. of the N Y.
Commercial Advertiser that the President to
have fully resolved upon continuing the removals in New
York and that the work Of ejectng the BIrnbnner post
masters proceeding with Just much celebrity the
i.uy Of getting decently respectable persons
accept the places thus thrown upon the political market
will admit Of
The correspondent SAYS il is remarkable fact that
the Union does publish these changes, bat that they
communicated directly from the Department TO its To-
cal organ in New York. lie ads that the HnnkerS are
sensible Of the npocy of these removals at this time
that they seriously qusionng the good faith Of the
administration which makes them.
''Ifit the des On and wish of the President 10
destroy the chances Of Mr. Cass for election by dis
gushing the Of The Northern Democracy, he could
adopt eecual meansto carry out that purpose
III the present system of official persecution for opn
ions sake"
- Numbers of emigrants said TO be moving to
Western and North " esern Virginia Among these
many ViIgnians, but there said to be many from
other states. The growth of North Western Virginia
is said b. wonderfully rapd,-iis population, wealth,
and power. augumenng in wave upon wave. The next
Census will probably show white population in Wes
tern Virginia least fifty thousand, and think,
seventy thousand greater Than Eastern Virginia. The
acorn which has fallen from the old oak upon the bnks
Of The Ohio. is sprnging up with grandeur and beau
iy which will long throw into the shade The magni
fcence Of the parent Tree.
Tile I.,nlr, correspondent Of tie National In
tel .rucer states that the Atmospheric Railway has
probably received lis death blow by the abandonment
Of that mode Of transaction by the South Devon Railway
Company. after having spent f30O,OOo in experiment
ting upon 1t.
A witness spoke several times during his testimony
Of occurrences about the time of his BIRTH hen surly
Judge interrupted him d. you TO say that you
relate The time of your birth, from
yodr recollect on-Ihe laugh which began against the
witness turned upon the Judge the former replied
&c Why sir cannot exactly say that remember every
particular, but can your honor ,cus Gteret
- friend who has travelled extensively through
The New ENGLAND States assures that Mas achuses
Connecticut Vermont aud Rhode Island are certain for
Taylor and Fillmore. A Bpson correspondent Of The
y. Y. Hera;l thus spraks Of Massachusetts,
line prospects OF The old wings in this State are be-
coming brighter. they working with a great deal
. Zeal and earnesness, which will result III irving t.,
General Taylor very large plurality. believe that
free SUP deusion has dne here far a. ma
king converts from the whg party is concerned and if
it should receive any accesSoIs between and the
7ih Of November they will not from the whis
ranks. Indced here 10 he general waking up
u the Why's aaI the regular od heaves coming nlo