Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-03-06
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DisEnion i'm Alabama.
The Montgomery Journal contains Tile
following notice Of the labors and closing
scenes Of the Disurson Convention, which
assembled In that City ON Monday
"The State Secession Convention. which
has been in session in this city for the PAL;
few days, adjourned yesterday. 1t was
body, though not large in numbers, Of
much responsibility and talent, and cosss,-
qucnily its action i entitled to tile seriDgis
consideration Of the people Of tie State.
There was, we learn, much Diversity Of
opinion, and some ofthe delegates lefithe
convention, and some rich scenes occurred.
The ultras, however, prevailed BY a large
majority. and secession, as the pii4ary
principle Of the Convention and Of til, as
sociated Southern Rights Clubs, was OPEN
" avowed and laid down. We havenot
seen the resolutions, but learn that tlieaeA-
pIicItly avow a determination to etfeciflle
secession Of Alabama at the earliest petod
possible that they can effect it. This tley
hope TO accomplish by their system Of or
gained clubs and associations. The tne
Of the Convention shows that there 4 no
longer to be any disguise on the subjea,as
. member remarked to us, 1.-THE Rubapn
is passed; we have drawn the sword and
thrown away the scabbard; our banner Is
Inthe air, and all can read il; secession, dis
union, incorporating and eternal This
Is far and manly. fmcn desire TO ac-
cornphsh an object, let them avow it and
test 1t before the people. The great diff
Guilty in the community in making atangi-
bic issue has been the indefmtencss Of
opinion III reference to the object of these
clubs, even among their members. While
one, perhaps, avowed openly that their de-
sign was secession. others denied it, aud
invited all to JOIN them as the best means to
preserve the Union, and that disunion was
not contemplated, &c. There is no mis-
understanding on that point now-the as
scented Convention has laid down the
platform, secession and nothing else Is CON
tomplated and determined on. No one
can now for one moment pretend to mis-
take or deny it, and the issue Is now d.
rectly made on the one hand whether the
Umonis worth laboring to preserve, and
restore to It's original spirit, or whether to
rush at once into disunion and all the dis
astrous hazards which must ensue from
that step The issueis plainly before the
people, for their consideration. Those of
all parties who believe that the Union is Of
value, and who believe that there Is VET
patriotism sufficient in the masses ii all
sections 70 save il, win rally for the effort. /"
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A New TYPE-SETrING MAcmxE-The
Counter des Etats Unis publishes the fol-
lowing account Of new composing ma
chine which has been invented in France:
An important problem has just been
solved; the means Of putting Together with
speed, and at small cost, movable type
i discovered, A French engineer, after
having taken every prccaution against I'M
ltation or counterfeit, as well in France AZ
abroad, has entered for exhibition ct the
Worlds Far, = composing machine, which
surpasses aAthc improvements which have
been attempted up to the present day.
The new machine, which rejects the whole
system now IN use, comprises within itself
a distributor and a settina-stick, being each,
cases included, about twcnty-four inches
depth. Within tits space are contained
the sixty-lour thousand letters required bv
the compositor in a day. The same cases
adapt themselves alternately to the distrib-
utter and composiior.
Alter an intelligent disposition of the
new cases, a man can compose with four
different characters, Roman or Itahc,with-
out disturbing the cases or leaving his
place. The machine distributes, regulates.
and intcrllnes, at rate Of ten thousand
ems per hour, it does not require on the
part Of the compositer any new appren-
iiceship. The inventor, who has laborcd
for fifteen years at his work, has endeav-
ored to preserve as much as possible of
the actual method, and to employ the
characters, tools and accessories, now used
IN printing. The invention is characteri-
Sod by simplicity, and the price ofthe ma
chimes y made Us low as possible The
remarkable invention is ofimmensc impor-
lance 70 the typographical art; and it is
considered that 1t may yet be applied with
advantage to the electric telegraph.
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CHARACTER-There Is nothing so val
liable to young man as a good character.
In poverty, it is bis wealth, in adversely his
consolation, and in whatever condition of
life he may find himself it is sure to draw
around him friends to cheer and to comfort
him. Blu; tits in poverty, more particular
II, that good character demands the res
pcct and admiration Of all beholders.-
Whatever may be the Inconvenience of
poverty, 1t Is 10 disgrace. Ayoung mans
character Is Of vastly more Importance
than his purse. A consciousness of up
rishtncss in all the dealings and transac-
tons Of lie, is Of far greater value to its
posscssor than all the hordes Of maInmon
Though clothed in rags and despised, the
beggar if conscious Of his integrity, has a
greater peace of conscience, and is more
happy than those who "clothe themselves
in fine hncn and fare sunptuously every
day"
An Excuse FOR SMoKING.-In the
reign Of james l., of tobacco-hating notori-
ETY., the boys ola school acquired the habit
ofsnoking, and INDUCED il night and day,
using the most ingenious incidents to
conceal the vice from their master; till one
luckless evening, when theimps were hud-
died together round the fire of their dor
mitory, involving each other in vapors of
their own creating, 10! in burst the master
and stood in awful dignity before them
How, now quoth the dominic to the first
lad; "how dare you be smoking tobaocol'
''Sir." said the boy, II am subject 70 head