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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-08-19
AGAINST THE BILL.
PASSAGE OF THE CALIFORNIA BILL

We feel no qualification at the passage of the
California Bill. The eXpediency of its passage
is much 10 be doubted, and as question of law,
we have many doubts as to the propriety of tho
measure. The population of California is float
ing and very few if any of the emgrants have
become firmly settled there. Their interest has
net become identified with that of the country.
And this floating population is mongrei. Ameri-
cans, Europeans and Asiatics, are all thrown to-
getherin ono copyrighted heap. All have flock
ed &c California, raging with the gold fever ard
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-08-19
THE LYNCHBURG VIRGIN1AN.
SHIELDS * co. Projectors.
uYScnBunG. AUGUST 10. 1850.

I.ynchburg Is growing IN Importance. All a
round US in every direction We see the busy
hustle" of Improvement. Ter population has
increased her trade has enlarged, her limits
have extended, III short, everywhere improve
ment can be visibly traced. We do not wonder
at the improvement which has steadily tended
to increase the importance OF Lynchburg. She
IS situated in the midst of fertile aud produc
tive country \ region Of country fertile in soil,
and productive in mineral wealth surrounds
Lynchbnre. The industry and energy Of her
people have made her market to be sought
after The wants Of tie region lave made its
inhabitants rejoice at the prospect oil market,
Lynehburg has, therefore, been patronised aud
she has grown The consequence is that the IN
'terest ofLyhehburg has become intimately con-
ueciel with tha, Of the country with which she
is surrounded. The Great question Of interest
to both is how shall the interest Of each be sus-
tanned
The orc wants a market, the other wants 10
become market The Southwest is Il fertile
region. The soil is adapted TO agriculture, and
Its yield under proper course Of culture and
with the requisite encouragement will he very
abundant. The mountains of the Southwest,
rich with fertility, invite the shepherds with
their ilocks; aud when they shall accept that in
vitaion it will be happy day for Virginia.
The wool-growcr can realize ample remunera-
ton for his labors and expenditures, if he will
only carry his grasses and sheen Ia the noun
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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-08-19
Es0lsllig Cloths.
VIE Subscribers have receyoda fresh supply of the re
tied square mesh, all silk,
German .fi.cR0r Hogftng Cloths.

he best imported United States and warranted L. he
such, al numbers, tom Nel To NJ. 10. ts only neees,a
10 try the Cloths that they the hest all in
want WI please cali before huying eiseN here
July la=ins MEM 4 0WAlkfN
JUST RECEIVED, At J I. WILLIAMS.
4ann LBS. Prime Darn Side weighing from - 10
efOO't sd los each, AMI far sale al pleasing 1ate,
July 22-ss
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Have a Trade.

BY all means have trade. Don't 90
up and down in the world. aid find moth.
ing you can put your hand to- No mat
Ter if you don't have 10 work for living
You may not always be so prosperous as
you are now. This is a mutating planet.
The man that is up to-day, may be down
morrow. Thank Heaven, we live in
no land Of primogeniture, no hereditary
succession. Each man is morally bound
to labor.
Have a trade, we repeat. Educate
your hands. Have something that you
can turn your energies to, when times
pinch. 1t will be an everlasting resource.
We never knew a man who, with good
trade, could not get good living-and
much more, with right application. What
though you are going to college, or into
a profession The case is not altered.
You need it just as much. 1t will come
in play every day Of your life. 1t is so
much the better Discipline Of the hand
should always 60 before that of the head
We never knew a college boy who wasn't
better for a substantial trade. lie always
graduates with the highest honors. He
is sure to be good scholar. The story
is, he knows how TO w0tk-to pore--to
dig-to conquer lie but transfers him
self from the shop to the study.
Young man, decide at once TO learn a
trade. Apply yourself with all your
mind and heart, and be its master. And
when you graduate and take your diplo>
ma, you do not want, or are not obliged
to work at it, you have laid b, so much,
and such a kind of wealth can never be
lost or taken from you.-American SEN
tnek
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From Shapes Magazine.
The Little Hero of HARLEM,

AT an early period in the history of IIol-
land, a boy was bonn in HARLEM, town Ie-
markable for its variety of fortune in war,
but happily still more so, for its manufactures
and inventions in peace. His father was a
siuiccr-that is. one whose employment it
was to open and shut the sluices, or large
oak gates which, placed at certain regular
distances close the entrance of the canals,
and secure Holland from the danger TO
which it seems exposed, of finding itself un-
der water rather, than above it. When wa.
ter is wanted, the sluicer raises the sluices
more or less, as required, as the cook turns
the cock of fountain, and closes them l.
gain carefully at night otherwise, the wa
ter would flow into the canals then over
flow them, and inundate the whole country !;
50 that, even the little children in Holland
are fully aware of the importance of pune.
tual discharge OF the sldicer's duties. The
hoy was about eight years old, when, one
day he asked permission to take some cakes
to a poor blind man, who lived on the other
side of the dyke. His father gave him leave
but charged him not to stay too late. The
child promised, and set of on his little jour
ney. The blind man thankfully partook of
his young friends cakes, and the boy, mind
iul Of his fathers orders did not wait as usu-
al, to hear one Of the old mans stories, but
as soon as he had seen him ca: one muffin,
took leave of him to return home.
As he went along by the canals then quite
full, for it was in October, and the autumn
rains had sweled the waters, the boy now
stopped to pull the little blue flowers which
his mother loved so well and now, in childish
gayety, hnmmed some merry song, The
road gradually became more solitary, and
soon neither the joyous shout of the vilager
returning 10 his cottage home, nor the rough
voice of the carter, grumbling at his lazy
horses, was any longer to be heard. The
little fellow now perceived that the blue of
The flower in lis hand, was scarcely distin-
gushahle from the green of the surround
ing herbage, and he looked up in some dis
may The night was falling not, however,
dark winter-night, but one Of those beau
tiful, clear, moonlight nights in which every
object is perceplible, though not as distinctly
as by day. The child thought of his father,
Of his injunction, and was preparing to quit
the rayine in which he was almost buried,
and to gain the beach, when suddenly
slight noise, like the trickling of water upon
pebbles, attracted his attention. lie was
near one of the large sluices, and he now
carefully examines it, and soon discovers a
hole in the wood, through which the water
was flowing, With the instant perception,
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An Apostrophe to America.
FROM A MS. POEM.

From his foam freckcd nest, by the brink of The
sea,
Proudly soaring at morning, an eagle see
'Tis the same, o my country, that lowered
around,
Thy warriors dying couch, on the damp battle
ground;
'Tis the same, that shreked back to the shouts
of the brave,
As they swept to the conflict, like wave upon
wave
'Tis the same that wheeled madly DER the bat.
ties arrest,
With stern, daring eye, and wild tossing crest
'Tis the same, that pluokcd down from the brow
of the Night,
The stsrlei of Freedom, so tremblingly bright
'Tis the same. that enshrined it in the hearts OF
our sircs
'Tis the same, that still guards it, though dim.
med of lis fire
But his pnions are clottcd with crimson and
gore;
Less royal his swoop,than in soariugs of yore
And down on the air floats the clanking of
chains
My country o whence come those fctters and
stains
If curse glances off from n dead mans eve,
If the tears ofthe slave are ournalled on high,
Then countless deep curses are crushing thee
down,
And thy future is darkened with many frown
But back from my sight fade these visions Of
woe,
And the sky of our country, is spanned with q
bow.
For the God of our sires has cancelled our doom
He quenches his lightnings, and spares us the
tomb.
BY the crumblng of kingdoms, that have bit
ten the dust,
by the mem'ry Of those, that have dealt their
own thrust
oh blot from thy record the name of the slave
Thou refuge for cxiles, thou " home of the
braye!n
July ls4s.
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Smoke Consumers.

1t is gratifying to know that human
ingenuity has at last devised protection
for railroad travellers, against the smoke
and coal cinders which render that mode
OF conveyance usually not only unc omlorl-
able, but dangerous Muliiiudes of per-
sons have had their eyes seriously in>
jured, by the cinders which are drawn in
to the cars by the eddyng currents of
air, produced by the rapid motion of the
railway trains and general discomfort
is often experienced, particularly in warm
weather, from the necessity Of closing
the windows to avoid this annoyance
A patent understanding apparatus
has been invented, aud upon lrlal has
proved to be perfectly elieclual. |, CON
sisls, of what may be called an endless
chain of bars and this chain of bars
forms the bottom of the furnace, on
which the live Goals blaze.
The chain moves very slowly forward
hot more than at the rate of an inch
in the minute-lrom the front to the
back of the furnace. carrying the fire a
long with it, At the back or bridge ol
the furnace. the chain of bars moves
round, and comes back beneath. Thus
it goes on endlessly, from morning to
night. The apparatus is fixed on car
riage, which is run into lis place on
species of railroad; and the whole-thal
is, the whole bottom of the lurnace-can
be dragged in or out at pleasure, by
which means, every facility is presented
for cleaning, renovation, &c. The
chain of bars is moved by connecting
gear from the steam engine. The coal
is laid on hopper at the mouth of the
furnace, and is carried forward by the
bars, the depth Of coal that enters being
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regulated by an iron door, which is de-
pressed or raised like sluice. The prin-
ciple of smoke consumption consists in
the slow and regular admission of the
coal. Instead of being heaved in with
a shovel, so as to produce continual gusts
of smoke, it is admitted, as it were, by
hair. breadths.
The ignition is therefore little at a
time; and ,0hdt snake is raised, hdying
to go oUer the rhOIs bright fire btyond,
IL is necessarily consumed Nothing gets
up the chimney, lha, is perceptibe to the
eye. The apparatus, we are told. has
the further advantage of economising
fuel and attendance, while it sustans the
steam equally with the common practice
of firing. The whole invention is as
simple as it is ingenious. More than a
year ago, one Of these patents was ap>
piled by the Messrs. Chambers, of Ed
inburgh, to ten horse power engine,
which they employed to drive their ex>
tensive printing machinery. They have
found it everything they desired. Nc
smoke, they say, is ever seen to issue
from their chimnies, and on cacua-
ton as rigid as could be made, the say.
ing seems to be about one-twentieth o.
the fuel or one ton to every twenty con-
sumed without the patent. They have
concluded that if ten horse power en-.
zine is any criterion, smoke is no lonee,
an unavoidable nuisance in connection
with locomotives and manufactures -
NeW York Erening Post
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Gus, Of which faculty, her echo " song
is perfect illustration. Thus she is en-.
abled to control her voice upon the most
difficult vibrations Of the vocal chords
to be perrec,.u her intervals; which
renders her so surprising in the periec-
tion Of her intonations, tina, they ring
upon the ear with an effect and a charm
so indescribable and puzzling to the
hearer. The peculiarly in this venlril>
oduious power, and the wonderful part
Of her vocalizaton is that her organiza-
tion enables her to use those recurrent
sounds, the same as person whsiling
executes sounds by the recurrent action
or drawing in the breath while inspiring
This faculty Jenny controls and manages
with an ease, grace ; and with such
mastery artistical skill, as almost to defy
detection by the most refined and criti-
cal ear.
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which every child in Holland would have,
the boy saw that the water must soon en-
large the hole, through which it was now on
ly dropping, and that utter and general ruin
woud be the consequence of the inundation
of the country that must follow. To see, to
throw away the flowers, 10 climb from Stone
to stone, till be reached the hole, and 10 put
his finger into it, was the work Of a moment
and, to his delight, he finds that he has sue
ceedcd in stopping the flow of the water.
This was all very well for little whi lie,
and the child thought only Of the success of
his device. But the night was closing in.
and with the night came the cold. The lit
tie boy looked around in vain. No one
came. He shoued-he called loudly-no
one answered. lie resolved TO stay there
all nieht. but alas the cold was becoming
every moment more biting, and the poor
finger fixed in the hole began to feel be-
numbed, and the numbness soon extended
to the hand, and thence throughout the
whole arm. The pain became still greater,
still hal der, to bear, but still the boy moved
not. Tears rolled down his checks as he
thought of his father, of his mother, Of his
little bed, where he might now be sleeping
soundly; but still the little fellow stirred
not, for lie knew that did he remove the
small slender finger, which he opposed TO
the escape of the water, not only would he
himself be drowned, but his father, his bro
theirs, his ncighbors nay, the whole village.
We know not what faltering of purpose,
what momentary failures Of courage there
might have been during that long terrible
night; but certain it is, that at day break, he
was found in the same painful position by a
clergyman returning from attendance on q
death-bed, who, as he advanced, thought he
heard groans, and bending over the dyke
discovered child seated on a stone, writh-
ing from pain, and with pale face and tear
ful eyes.
"In the name of wonder" he exclaimed
=" what are you doing there 2"
81 am hindering the water from running
out" was the answer, in perfect simplicity
of the child who, during that whole night
had been evincing such heroic fortitudc and
undaunted courage.
The Muse of History, too often blind to
(truc) glory, has handed down to posterity
many Il warrior, the destroyer of thousand:
of his fellow men--she has left us in igno
rance of the name of this real little hero oi
Ilaarlem.
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Gentle Reproof.

We have all read of the husband who
in moment OF hasty wrath, said to her
who but few months before united her
faith to his
=" If you are not satisfied with my con-
duct, goi return 10 your friends and hap
piness.
"And will you give me back that
which brought to your
Yes" he replied, call your wealth
shall go with you--l covet it not.
"Alas p she answered, 81 thought not
of my wealth. spoke ofmy maiden az
iections-of my buoyant hope-of my
devote love can you give these back
to me p
" No, " said the man, throwing him
self at her feet, "no, cannot restore these;
! will do more; l will keep them unsuI-
lied and unstained, will cherish them
through my life, and in my death, and
never again will | forge t, that | have
sworn to protect aud to cheer her, who
gave up to me all she held most dear. 4"
Dad not tell you that there was poe
try in woman's lonk-a woman's wordl
See ii here the mild gentle reproof of
love, winning back, from its harshuess
and rudeness, the stern aud uny ielding
temper Of an angry man. All, if crea-
toms fairer sex only knew their slrong>
est weapons. how many of wedlock's
fierce battles would be uniought-how
much of unhappiness and coldness would
be avoided Judge Charlton.
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Slavery.

Lo, Afric's sable sons in voiccless woe,
Ignobly cringe beneath The frequent blow
The soul within, that should indignant rise,
lniitcs, but dares not speak its stern replies
The turf. on which they drag their sluggish feet
From ifc's deep, damning curse, their sole re-
treat.
Their franchised spirits may not seek the sky
Heaven has no nook for vicious misery.
-1e lorily masters! to your passions slaves,
A darker curse will settle DER your graves.
Eternal fetters wait your coming there
AMI an unbrcaking mi might ofdcsrair
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JENNYs VoIcE.-Dr. CASTLE, an able
New York Dentist, gives the Tribune an
anatomy of the Nighlingale's " vocal
organs--of which the following is an ex-
tract
"The voice of the great cdntatrice is
one of those wonderful natural gifts,
which Providence youchsaies TO a favor
ed mortal. Jenny Lind possesses what
may be termed double Uoioe-lhe naIu,
raj voice from grave to the acute-a
range over three octaves and she has
the power and faculty of producing re-
current, or backward voice into The lungs,
upon the upper and lower notes in sing
ing, which in fact, is purely venirlloqui-
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A Flower in your Room.

n fire IN winter, Hover in summer If
you can have n fine PRINT or picture all the
year round, so much the better YOU will
thus always have bit of sunshine in your
room, whether the SKY be clear or not. But,
above all, flower in summer.
Most people have yet to learn the true en-
joyment of life; it is not fine dresses or
large houses, or elegant furniture, or rich
wines, or gay parties, that make homes hap
py. Really, wealth cannot purchase pleas.
ure Of higher sort these depend not on
money, or moneys worth it is the heart and
taste and intellect, which determine the hap
piness of men; which give the seeing eye
and the sentient nature, and without which
man is little better than XII nd of walking
clothes-horse.
\ snug and clean home. no matter how
tiny it be, SO that it be wholesome windows
into which the sun can shine cheeriIy a few
good books (and who need be without few
good books in these days of universal cheap
ness O--no duns at the door, and the cup
board well supplied, and with flower in
your room and there is none SO poor, as
not to have about him the elements OF plea.
sure.
Hark there is a child passing our wind
ow calling wallhower.r We must have
bunch forthwith; it is only a penny A
shower has just fallen, the Iearly drops are
still hanging upon the petals, and they spar
kle in the sun, which has again come out in
his beauty. How dehcously the flower
smells Of country and nature 1t is like
summer coming into our room to greet us.
The wall1owers are from Kent, and only
last night were looking up to the stars from
their native stems; they are full of buds
yet, with their promise of fresh beauty
Betty bring a glass of clear water to put
these flowers in = and so we set to arranging
and displaying our pennyworth to the best
advantage.
But what do you say to nosegay of ros-
es ? Here you have a specimen of the most
beautiful of the smiles of Nature. Who.
that looks on one of these bright ful.blown
beauies, will say that she is sad, or sour, or
puritanical? Nature tells us to Jc happy,
to be glad, for she decks herself with roses.
and the fields, the skies, the hedge.rows. the
thlckets the green lanes the dels, the noun.
tains, the morning and evening sky, are ro-
bed in loveliness. The laughing flowers
exclaims the poet but there is more than
eayety in the blooming flower, though it
takes wise man to see its full significance
there is the beauty, the love, and the a.
daptation, of which it is full. Few Of us
however'see any more deeply in this respect
than did Peter Bell:
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What would we think or say of one who
had invented flowers that,
before him, flowers we're things un.
known would it not be the paradise Of a
new delight should We not hail the invent
or as genius, as a god ~ And yet these
lovely onsprings Of the earth, have been
speaking TO man from the first dawn of his
existence ill now, telling him of the good
ness and wisdom of the Creating Power,
which bade the earth bring forth, not only
that which was useful as food, but also dow.
ers, the bright consummate flowers, to cloihe
it in beauty ard jo, !
See that graceful fuchsis, its blood-red Pc
tails and calyx of bluish-purple. more ex-
qu!site in color and form, than any hand or
eyes, no matter how we'll skilled and trained
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