Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-11-06
GENERAL ITEMS

hdI lit u1ttc through the I.lnIIn p9Der
LIE Minister'S lady aud daughters were lcavino
The lnr &" The nhaSsy their carriare T., make visii
Sud ieny To- their surprise and afff rbt tbov s,y h,
' gems 'r'es apr zach the carriage seize the horsS
and >nfinnAd them. r,l CT officer rnd4r wbs. cam
mard Tins irop WAS prs nrei himself at the d,r IF the
rirr,Ip AMI d"mlYle To kn,,y whether sarv,,, ,
81 F-ruandn was there
HIS very Fernando Was in The act # 81 ,inr the d,r
"i the c1rr'aGe Al the moment and cSus that The de-
ihahd Was rs" likely 10 be tr any agreeable purp Sc
inale sn-'r bound nv winch he e,Ird projecting
ms f'ay nni"r the porte cOchere OF embassy;
o"nd ihf+w him on The stlrS-after which he vanished
II" ladies deSrenlrd from The carriage. crowd col
ecrd aronnd and all cprfusion and flight.
W hile Tins -olng The Minister himself came
down and demanded the cause Of the The police
ffit-r Informed hr That he had warrant against his
s. rvani wn'm tn 10 arrest and whom lie was De
iernn ii 10 take away with hun The NJ Mister renliej
Ina he was not accustomed receive messages fr,m
government hriugh the police, and asked what offence
ms servant had committed. Tins produced expana-
10 10 the Effect that time befure his had
been drawn tr he army hut had procured substitute
The Substitute had, il apprard been shot in Caalo-
''a, ana rnanln was called upon by the autIori-
It's 10 repl zee him. To ths he Minister replied by per
emPi"ny refusing To surrender his srvant, whereupon
tn police officer declared that he should be Under The
disagree aoi- necessity OF ordering the gems darmes
ter the ,assv hl force and extract Fernando from it,
he Minister hal his American blood heated by This
observation, and reptile by declaring That he would
s~ such no" AID defi-d The police. In fact he
told them that they would pro eea their peril. After
the warning the pIlce officer thought better of and
Wlhirew.
The Minister mme lately retired to his cabinet, and
wr,te note Ia NJ Pidai. demanding instant apology and
rrparaInl ta the mirage committed against him, rciu
sing pefrnptrily surrender his servant anil threaten
OF e,i lance that he would strike his
fig. from Spain and send the American squadron
il the MedI:eIa aeaa to BarceJna, to ask exPa
ton.
DUDLEY SELDEN.-Tnis Mr.. Selden, of New
York. who boiled rom Taylor because lie not gJnd
enough " M f1r hin, is supporting Cass, The
gr,u d, suppose Of his much better Whiggegy
People who d. not know Mr. SeJen's history, and
confeSs. Were till Lately among the number, might
wonder al ih- fcilty with which Wing who 'stood
mp Straight that he vent backwards" could unwhg
himself IN the twinkiin- Of eye. aad upon such
snd and inconsistent preences But that his
Mr. Selden IS reneIaIe Democrat and was one Of the
IN Isl thorough 9 ing members Of that party in New
York. before he en1 red the Wing camp, which he
tered t'r spills Mr. Srlen in short, is the greatest
Political sumnefse, in The F. pre State, and
that S siying good d. al The democrats deSpSe hun
most thoroughly. Ii some Of our Wing contemporaries
Of New York wonld look up and publish what the
democratic press Of New York said of Seden his las,
le1p from Democracy to Nhiggery they could let both
parties es'imle the precise Importance which ought I"
be attached to the movements Of Nh Dudly Seden.
"A COED Deushtcr.-A good daughter. There
other ministers "t love more conspicuous than she but
none To WHICH the genll'r, lovelIer spirit dwes. and
''"e I" which the hearts warm reqni'als more Joyfuy
TPspon l''rf Is no s'ci itng as comparative eSii-
mate ut parens love tor one or another child. There
Is little Witch he needs to covet, 10 whom the treasure
md nIaa.r, r L; ID oJ b r,,s ro,,ro a.
,n,r ,ent.,inS which LarIiv nornt af.,on tb,, i
fIoyin, lin ns,h,ns nvar b,If liz oInha IL he unmin
yled with anxiety mill liz tim. wien he comes ia re-
Ipnuisb Tho shelter If he ,thrS r,of f,r me If his avn
while rd l,u,bey i TIE steady hrbt Of her parent,s
hmse
Her IDEAL is indsso'ubry connected with that Of his
nanny 6side She i bis morn;ny SUNLIGHT ana evening
star 'Th.yrace vivarity and tenderness If ber say
have their pace in he ihv S,vav which she holds a.
ver his s,ie, The Is,ns Il roo rJ6 ,vsd N, which
he reads with her EYES. come Ia his mind with new
charm as ended with The beI,,eI rna,dv Of her voice
He scarcely k,rvs ,,aar;ness which her sono doth M,
make him fr1et ar CLAM which is nr,of AGAINST the
vnung nrnbtness IF her s;le She s The nr;da and mr.
n,mant his hnaI;,v rho ro,,,s ,nrsa of his sickness
and the constant ,nent If ,6,sa n,meIess nume los,
ac,s Of kindness which one chiefly cares ia have render
ed becaus. tbav are pn,retanJur h,t exrrpssiv. no
of I,ye.
.W Henley, Member OF Congress tram Indiana has
been ranking loads OF documents To the south TO CON
vince me people OF That section OF the Union that Urn
Iay"r IS opposed 10 slavery some oil Inc documents
ranked have been SEM back I" Indiana with MI Hen
icy name upon 'hPih' ana ihe handwriting mas oeeh
And ,h,s same Nr Hnl.v whilst Inns acknnwIe Io
eJ nv his own p,tical friends tn he frankino documents
t The Suth in move ten Tavlr amused tn slavery is
bu,y enuau4d in maxine speeches in odiana T., prove
,l,. I'D Mir, ,dy,o,ta of