Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-17

ttIlows, concerning The non iftelc.la:
TIC American IRON interests are reapiug a
rich harvest. lfor railroad iron ore Of lie
irginla airuad companies have offered a
Penusyl ANA iron company a contract al 81 Wy.
Two doars ton. Within year, raroad
iron has advanced ia En- land from four
pounds seven shilling. to eight pounds SIX
shillings. 81 course. The amount Of the d0ty
Ii- doubled. When iron IS low The American
producer g,ls M protection, and When it is
| high, be- gets too much. A ratr Of specific
duly ought to lie fixed, 50 a. to afford an
Uniform degrcc al protection.
Itappears from an arliclr 10 the current issue
of De Boss Rc,ira, tbat The cot per nile
Of ralroaJs in The United States Is greatest in
the Ncw England Stltcs, less IN the Middle
and Southern, aud least in The Western. Thus
IN Massachusetts,. win l.l53 mics ia operation
aud 81 IN cours ii construction, the cost Is
estimated al sd, s8I,572; Pennsylvania. with
1923 miles completed and $50 in progress
$4,000, DIS; New Hampshire, with 1913 miles
at work and rs IN progress, pays SII IA.
755; whde in Georgia, with sol miles finished
aud l8l in progress, the COS, IS bot 500.
$50. Conn, Circuit, with $40 mics IN operation
anl 81 now being made. pays SIS, 500
While Michigan ha, Al milrs N operation nj
cost Of SSG5G3l0; aud Wisconsin, with
smooth praires 10 traverse has 20 miles com
plcted aud $50 in preg e.s, at an estimated
cost Of $500 600
The aggregate 9Th in operation is / $50
miles, constructed Al an average cost of 500.
000 per mile I he lines in course of con
s,ruction amount to / ,228 miles
tn F,cnch government are about 10 pub.
ISL a large historical! work in % iolio volumes,
To be entitled The Works OF tic Emperor
Napoleon l." We are assured that this worl,
viii possess the highest alcrest, both literary
and political. onl that 1t rIny be regarded as
tie political aud military testament Of Napo.
Icon now presented by France to the rest of
Europe. The most remarkable circumstance
attending the publication is that the greater
part Of the materials contained in it have been
discovered since the overthrow Of Louis Phi.
Iippr in 1913.
An elderly grnilrmln named J. Brewer,
" Io has been conducting jewclry establish.
ncnt near the Navy Yard, Washington. for a
number Of years, committed suicide on Sun,
day afternoon under peculiar circumstances
He shut h.msol up in hs shop. and fastening
a rope to he brass railing of his show case,
formed the Other eud in loop around his
neck, and placing himself in chair, deliberate.
" choked himself to death. lie as found in
this condition with faithful dog sitting by his
side The deceased was over seventy years,
old with no family, aud was found 10 be in
very comfortable circumstances.
The Baltimore Sun says number Of the
farmers of Kent county, Md, all shareholders,
recently held a meeting, and resolved to Sc.
cure the services OF the Hon. l.. f. Chambers
late Judge ofthe Court Of Appeals of Mary
land, to argue the Lennon slave case before
The L, States Supreme Court, should tho cast
be brought before that tribunal. They Piled
ged themselves 10 subscribe large fee, anc
also 10 bear proporjionate share Of the cost
of the case.
The Secretary Of the Interior has received
| i'ih i'N N'V'Niho' " uliuCi luC seal O
the State, document lnthenicallng the full ano
complete accomplishment to the United State
of all claims the part Of the State, TO the land.
on which Virginia land warrants have hereto
fore been issued. In lien thereof, as sooon as
the necessary preparations can be completed
scrip will be issued by the Department ofthe
Interior.
Mr.. Corcoran, the well known Washington
banker, has proposed to build certain num-
Der OF residences for the Cabinet in keeping
with the dignity of the office, aud to transfer
them to the Government at the actual cost.
a citizen of Louisiana has offered TO Jono
than Lennon. who lost lis slaves in New
York, permanent home in Texas, In the fe,
simple, ofas much land as he may require 70,
farming and stock raising, or the culture O.
cotton.
! Another suspension Bridge across the Mag
ara river is in course of construction at Belle