The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-04-19
VIRGINIA AND TnE NAsuy,,Iv Co,.

/ VIRGINIA AND THE NAsnyn.LE CoN
NENrroN.-In yirgioia, the strong Whii
County Of Augusta has deciyed 10 seot
delegates 10 lbe Southern Convention
and in Albemarle county the genera
Injecting decided against il by vote o
2S2 10 1s0 The Richmond Enquire
used 10 say. on The eve of an elecfinb in
Virginia, "As goes Albemarle, 80 goes
Virginia" The largest slave holders in
the county, il is stated. were among this
large msjoiity sgens; ibe convention. =
Notwithstanding this, however. the mi.
noh'y immsdisieIy organized. with Mr..
Sievensot. Gate minister To London aud
Mr.. Leakc tIale member Of Congress)
among them, and appointed l delegates
to attend the district convention 10 elect
delegates to the Nashville Convention.
Madison. anoiber county in that districr,
also appointed delegates.
The Democrats of Jefferson county
also supported ;he Southern CoDFrnIipn;
and the counties nf WeamoreDand, King
George. and Princess Anne. have ap
pointed delegates without distinction Of
party.
The meeting at Richmond on Salur-
day hight to appoint delegates, adjourn
ed over onlil the 18th inst.
Discovery or a MCRnEnED MAN
Some time last fall a Mr. Salisbury. Of
Elmira. N Y. very mysteriousIy disap-
peared from that place, causing many
Iapprehensions in regard to the fate of the
unfortunate individual That he was
murdered was the general belief but
who was guilty Of the deed, it was diff
colt 10 discover Suspicion at length
rested ou two men, named Rnrick and
Russell, who were with him at the time
of his disappearance They were ac-
curdineIy arrested. and afiera uarrsw
escape from concalenaled web of cir
cImstaniial evidence. were acquitted
a few days since an old Acquaintance
travelling through Waterloo. Seneca
county, N. Y, accidentally discovered
the remainsof the missing man. not mnr-
dered. as was supposed. but absolutely
choPping rood Jor his daily Subsistence
He could give no reason for his uncerr
moninus departure. nor had he ever heard
of the jeopardy in which he had pla aced
the lives of his friends. a'''' W.
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ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE-The Gin
cinna:i Gazette vouches for the truthful
ness of the following narratinu:-Ab"ui
four years since, poor miserable. in
temperate woman wandered about the
streets of Cincinnati accompanied by
delicate but bright little daughter of a.
bout six'years OF age. They called to
geiher at The house Of lady then living
on Broad way, and asked charity. Ii was
freely dispensed. and the lady being
pleased with the appearance Of the
child, insisted upon taking IL into her
keeping and was not heard of until a
bou, year afterwards. when the lady
who had charge nf the little girl, to whom
she had now become strongly attached,
was sent to an obscure part OF the city
She there found The woman in filthy
aid dying condition, with just strength
enough to tell her that the child had an
uncle, its fathers brother, living snme-
where down the river, buI where she
knew not; also there was no dishonor at
tacled Ia its birth And the woman died
From that time until about a week since
the fus,er.molher of the little girl has
made every effort To ascertain the truth
of the dying mothers statement, when
she succeeded and on Monday last the
uncle oc the little girl came up froir Lou
isvlle and took the little Miss away
That little unfortunate is now the sole
heir of an income OF fourlee" hundred
dollars per annum bequeathed to her by
her own failer.
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