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

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Ii Is asserted thai Gen. Picict does not ~.
tend 10 have public inauguration ned make
The customary inaugural speech beretolote
made from the east porico Of the capllo'.
The Iron trade Is still aopri.biog, mol only
here Ia the United States, but abroad. The
prices Of iron in Europe are ranging higher
than ever, aud stl going up. TIE demand IS
greatly in excess Of the supply, and the l'lr-
pingham Journal mentions ne contract being
tak'u lor 10000 ions rails. nj So. cash on de-
livery. by Christmas, that paper says, there
~ Ill be another advance IN the price Of 20s
per ton.
TnE GRAND I.oDeE or VIRGINIA. Las con.
nibuted $1,000 towards The erection Of the
proposed Masonic Temple, in Fredericksburg,
10 tho memory Of Washington, md Lodge
IN Petersburg has contributed $40 TO the same
object.
The Baltimore AMI OHIO Railroad Compa.
~ have resolved 10 proceed at once win The
construction Of 00rncs of double truck 60
between Baltimore and Cumberland, and 40
betw cen Cumberland aud Wheeling One
hundred thousand dollars worth Of additional
locomotives and cars have been ordered.-
Bond, 10 the amount of $500 600 are to be
ISSUED III cover these objects.
The newspaper accounts represents that
Col Kings system ,syery much shattered; but
II s the opinion o: physicians that ii lie could
be removed, during the winter months o some
! Of the Ncst lndl Islands, his Iie might be
spared to The country, and he might YET be a.
bio 10 perform tie datics assigned him by the
Arccaeao people.
TnE ERiss N STEAMER, the newest Mech.
anica and Scientific wonder of The day.
had Der engines in motion for the space # ten
hours on Monday. Her paddle " heel made
Elk aad orc fourth revolutions per minute, up.
on l20 pounds OF coal, Weighed and pa; into
The furnaces each hour. In consequence of
working the iunoces upon draft purposely
cbo<,d, this amount Of coal was not al con-
stunned. The engines, so far, have fully ans.
wcrcd the expectations Of rhcir makers and
he sh'p in all other respcets is said to be per
ieetioailocIr
a Mr.. J. II. Hobart con'radicts, in the N.
\. Commercial, the report row IN circulation
lhat the II. Rev. Bishop Ives, OF North Caro-.
Ina, in an interview with Cardinal Wseman,
had renowned the communion Of the Reformed
Church, and submitted himself to the Churcl,
of Rome. It's right, he says, that the friends
Of the Bishop and the Church at large should
he informed that letters received from the
Bishop himself, and other members of the
family travelling with him dated at Paris, on
different days since the alleged events, make
no mention OF /, whatever, and are wholly ir-
reconcllablc with its having occurred.
The London Times of late date says:
Tho power and Influence oftho United States
among the nations Of the earth depends not on
their foreign policy, bat on their internal free
dom and prosperity; and iflhere be one thing
more than another which all Their greatest
statesmen have sought to avoid, IL Is interler-
ence IN foreign affairs Oflatc. however, the
popular lido flows strongly that direction;
the hmencan people have become sngularly
eNc,table on these topics aud, before the next
four years have expired, Gen. Pierce may cx-
pect to have To dcoi with some foreign questions
OF great difficulty.
The exhibit Of the earnings ofrhe Chicago s.
GaIcna railroad, during the last four months,
sums up $20l, 704,5l. The cost of the ninety.
two miles of road used was less than $l.lO0,
600, and, estimating the running expenses at
,70l-which is an extreme figure, TAXI
the year u cfitcron--$li0, 900 is left as the
clear profit for one.thrd ofthe year on an in
vestment of 81. 100, 900, which is at tie rate Of
LfortyPe' cent PR 0aam.
The L 5 Senate ruesday,oitcr debating The
project fully passed the Joint resolution au.
thorisng the PreSideat to confer on Gen Scott
the titeandposilion of Lieut. Gen for meritor-
Gus services. The vote stood yeas 81, ma Us
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In the House, the proposition Of Mr.. Cling
man to instruct the committee Of WAYS an
mears 10 report I'LL to admit railroad iron