Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-02-12
ITEMS OF NEWS.
SELF MADE MEN

uatlon of Maryland, ana select from it 50 men who
are most distinguished for talents of any description
OF usefulness and will for it, they are all ev-
cry one Of them, who began the world without a
dollar look into the public councils Of the nation,
ana who are they that take the lead there? They are
men who made their fortune-self-made men,
who began with nothing. The rule is universal 1t
pervades our Courts, State and Federal from the high
es ~ the lowest It's true If all professions. 1t is
50 now II has been lit any time Since have known
the pubic men Of this State or the nation and it will
De 50 lille our present institutions continue. You
must throw a man upon his own resources to bring
MIN out The struggle which is to result in eminence
IS too arduous and must be continued too long, to be
encountered and maintained voluntarily or unless
matter of life and death. He who has fortune to
fall back upon will sacken from his efforts and f.
nay retire from the competition With me it is de
srable that parent should leave his any property
at all You will have a large fortune and am sorry
for it, il viii be the spelling Of good lawyer
These are my deliberate sentiments, and shall be re
Joced to find, in your instance, shall be mistaken
Gen. Taylor's Uorements.-A well informed friend at
New Orleans writes 10 the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can that Gen. Taylor expected TO leave Baton
Rouge on the 18th INST for his plantation near Nlcks
burh 1t is his intention remain in that neighbohoud
until the "a Of FEBRUARY when steamer provided for
that purpose by the citizens of Louisville convey
him up the river. He does not purpose to make any
formal visits 10 Intermediate places until he ascends tile
Cumberland Nlshvllle and his proceeds to
Louisville and. thence Frankfort, where he will meet
Gov. Crltlenden. From Frankfort he will 90 Gin
cinnat, and hence directly to Washington by way of
Wheeling, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, reach
ing his destination about the Goth. Gen. Taylor will be
accompanied BY several personal friends.
Wyndhan Robertson, Esq, one Of the Trustees of
Emory and Henry College, Va, has invested of
money, the Interest Of which is annually expended in
paying for medal, which is awarded to the one Of
twelve competitors who the day Of the annual common
cement, carries off The palm as Oratr committee Of
dslnerrsted persons is selected from the surrounding
country To SIT as Judges and the fortunate young man.
that IN the estimation If The Judges acquts himself, as
SPEAKER has the beautiful medal conferred upon him.
midst the glitter aud beauty Of commencement occasion
This ian arrangement worthy Of notice and imitation.
.Naral-1here are now two of the finest frgates in the
Navy the anchorage below Norfuk the Congress just
from cruise and the Tartan, bearing the broad pennant
Of tom. " klrson, Of the Home Squadron, on the
eve of sailing cruise The Congress, says the Her
add is OF the most beautifully modelled ships in
or any other Navy and as she rides being Tighten
ed Of her stores In all the pride Of symmetry in hull
spars and rigging IS really worth looking at
Capital P,naistmcnt-A Mr.. Taylor, Of Yates CO., and
more recently OF Michigan, but who has again reunedto
this State, has memoralzed our Legislature abolish
the death penalty for capital Offences He says that
experience OF TWO years in Michigan has shown concu
svey that mider code has encouraged crime, and that
bloody murders have increased since their compar j,
lmpunty has been secured by law Y. y .b.
Edta Percha.-'Ehe first importation y. .,;.u....;-
into England in 1910, during AZ .''o 5Ga
cwt. imported II comes 81 ~ VII a"ou' 80
AGO, and since 1910 n OO cvt hag hem nnr,aG
1n0 do so,'ara ~ ING it kills the tree. However,
:; III .heS have been disco. cred. over which it
30 Jao cry thclly spread. There Is, therefore,
~ that it will give out in our day.
.insters fran the German E,nple-The Baron Ro-
rnne, Minister from the German Empire, has been pre-
scented to the President and received in That capacity He
formerly The Minister from Prussia this country.
Liberia "A letter from colored woman at Cape Pal
mas, 70 her sister in New York published in the Com
mecia Advertiser, speaks in high praise Of that county
The writer advises all her coored friends, if they wish
ever to be people, 10 come oct
Steamboats, for The Sacrameato.-The gold excitement
has created considerable demand for steamboats, bly,
upon the Sacramento and other Of I'll Dorado
and we learn that two building at Philadelphia and
anotherat Wilmington, to be despatched to that region.
The Opera Ball IN Nor York-The Home journal
announces officially, that the managers If the Fancy
Ball at the Astur Place Opera House, handed over to
Mr.. Fry, 81 O24 as the profits Of the ball, over and
above all eXpensts.
Rnniagt Tyler, proprietor the biological
Gardens, london, has published card in the London
papers, in which he denies hat that part of Remup,os
letter to Dixon ii. Lewis, in which he represented him
self to have slept in old lions cage and depended on
the charity of the carpenters. while employed IN building
the bridge, is true. He says he, (R during the whole
time, boarded at Mr. Ladds and that his board wss reg
ularly paid.
Mr. JOAN y Frazier has purchased the valuable Alum
Springs in Bath county, which lie the great road to
the w hlte uhur, and Is about 10 make i'm
provements. in the way Of new buildings, baths &C.
We learn from the National Intelgencer that the
citizens ofWashington making the most extensive
preparations for the grand Inauguration Ball. which is to
off on the 9th Of March next.
At late meeting of the American Colonization Socie
ty. held at Washington Mr. Clay was elected PRESIDENT
and sixty five Vice Prsidents from different States and
from London. Among them are r. j. Walker, d.
Webster. l.. McLane, General Scott, Il. Frenghuysen
and from Virginia, General j. II. Cock, James Garland
VIM. G. Rlves, Bishop Meade VIM. Maxwell, DR.
Thomas Masse and Rev. John EARLY.
Lore of .4drent,re-The Boston Journal relates the fol-
lowing curious aneCdote in connection with the sailing
Of some of the California vessels:
A case under our observation this morning. of
Young man about seventeen years Of age, from New
Hampshire. who goes out in the brig Mary Wilder He
is the son Of rich parents who have offered him every
nducement to say at home. His father has Offered him
ten thousand dollars if he will remain and an aunt who
followed hin to The wharf offered him seven Thousand
more. But he preferred going The tears flowed down
the face Of that kind aunt she left the wharf after The
brig had hauled off into the stream, and sorrowuly Wen
ded her way homewardsl 1t is said that the young man
is heir about two hundred thousand dollars.
The editor Of the Columbus (Ga) Times is very much
surprised that ellow-edtor Of that State does
consider paying subscribers patrons of the papers
Why Che adds y we sent account few days ago
subscriber who has regularly received the paper for
era years. and he word that he expected to
.t. l.