Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-25

vas pal int, operation al the esablIshseni "i
tie manufacturers. ~ New York, last week.
! y ben IT nude betW cen = 900 and $4,000 IN
pfrssions pei hour. The Messrs. Hoe nave
ncatl completed another press Of tie same de-
scripfion far the Ledger.
Tic House of Representatives on Monday
by "a vote Of 50 to ~, rgeefcd The proposition
pr Mr Mr. Brown, to appoint general com
u..tee on Claims.
Notwithstanding the sense Of the people
IF Norm Carolina against mterecat'on. were
lasl week passed in the popular branch OF the
Legislature Of that State with few dissenting
.,tcs.
The Il Wing thinks il would be a gfeatPlly
# the modesty, hieh is native 10 transcen.
dent genius. should cause the name of the pub
lc benclactor. and great inventor OF the novel
plan for aboilshng shin-plasiers by swearing
people and taxing them $40 piece for viola
ting the law tobesoppressed. Itisproposed hat
GOV Joe should offer reward for the author
for tie sake Of encouraging the rising gene.
rarjon
Mr.. Smith Of The Senate IS concidored man
# lair abilities, bal this effort is thought TO be
5cyound his powers.
InE NASHVILLE AND CHATTANooGA RAIL
Rad Is now running from Nashville to or
'jthin ten miles Of Il c Tennessee river; (l20
m,Ies) and will soon be operating TO its union
with the Georgia works at Chattanooga
Passengers now connect by short steamboat
Trip up the river.
Hon Humphrey Marshall our commissioner
To China had reached Rome at last advces( 10th
November. and would sail from Naples on the
| 22d Of November for Alexandria, via Malta SO
as 10 embark at Suez on The 9th Of December
IN the steamer Of the PcniasuIar and Oriental
Steam Company. Mr.. Marshall will proba-
bly, reach Canton says the Washington Union
carly n January, 1898, the voyage from Su
q TO Ceylon is one Of seventeen DAYS, and
from ceyoa to Hong Kong occupies, with
lair winds, sixteen days, mixing Tip, in the
tropics Of thirty-lour days at sea. We under
stand rhat the steamers for Hong Kong leaves
Sucl on the 5rh of each month, AMI South
.
Mr.. Marshall sailed from New York on the 2d
OF October, and reached Paris on the 18th but
was n little too late to strike the overland mail
for October.
Ion Of the BALI, Sun says Congress will new
or be able to agree upon route for the Pacific
railroad A solution for the difficulty lie
thinks Is found in the proposition of New
York Company to build the road on such a
route as the company may select, and at their
own cost, but with the aid Of loan from the
Government, receivable by the company as
the work may progress.
The company are to repay the loan in thir.
ty years, or forfeit the road and its appurtenan-
ccs, They further propose to complete the
sppi TO the Pacific in fire years. The compa
ny will survey and select the most pracDica
| bic route aud the Government may safely fol.
! low, where individual enterprise, skill, and
pila lead the way.
Assistant Surgeon Ly man II. Stone of the
! L. 5. Army, who was tried by court-marti
al for commencing an alteration with and
striking Lieut.. Schroeder Of the Sd Infantry
whilst IN the act Of eating his breakfast, &c
&c, has been sentenced ito he rcprimandcd
in general orders-to forfeit his pay proper
for two years-to he suspended from rank du
ring that time retaining his present number on
the list; and to be deprived of all increase
p,y allowances, promotions or advantages
W lch would otherwise accrue % him in virue
oil two years service" This sentence VAS of
Fl, ially promulga gated yesterday.
The Cincinnati Gazette Of the 18Th inst
says: The hog market is firm, with demand
fully equal to the supply. The sales comprise
go head at Sc 60; 400 at $6.65, la and oO0
do at $6,75;and 500 very light at Sc so. Good
lots are firm at G,75. Throughoutthc West phi
ces are tending upward under the influence OF
advices from This city,whieh continues to be the
| governing market.
Another ballot was had for United States
Senator in the Legislature Of North Carolina
on Friday last, when Mr.. Dobiin came within