Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-05-27

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exesauiiun efC ambaiso tho pirnte end ins"ireet'on'S' u
the Chilian penal ,radpny ID the straits q Maseii'o'
Can,biaso was but twenty-Gve years u age ne made
his followers swear 6d-lii ." T. red nag withs sculi aaa
crossboncs. bearing the motto Il give no quarter HIS
penal codr exhibits = blond,hirstines- and fcrority never
q cqualied lathe annals of piracy. out of twenty -n'nr
articles, twenty-ses.n punished offences by SEINE hosri-
bic form Of DEATH
The London papers notice a new suh-marine telegraph
cnica price hetwern London. Liverpool aud Manchester
an the one side. ind The Continental cari,ois on the other.
in connection witty vi ich an agency Is TO be located IL
Bs<tnn and New York for the collection Of public inf r
mstioisi md private messages from, all parts IF The y nion,
l, he transmitted by the steam mail packets. Two con-
p,aies are To be organized and ably and infucntialiy Dir
,ectei. and a second cable will he laid dawn be,wern
Fr,nce and England. and another from D,vcr /" o.
tend. a new electric lire Is to be made from London
l., D,v4r au the British, side Of the channel, bur the pres
eni lines are to be used on the other.
Joshu, r. Gidding- proposes publicly that n rnau<olr-
nm he raised IA tho memory Of n fugitive slave. named
s NTH. who was killed by an officer Of q. S., insrift de-
fence, ", en- resisted by him. in serving the rrocrss cf
the law. Giidinys seeks by these things tn acquire mo-
tpiicty. Ha aa -
The Lii~rrv party have called n National Convention.
r. he hcl , AZ Buffalo New York, J On tn 1$t o~fSepteu-
br next. TO rnminate candidates Tor President and Vice
President nt M I liten SiateS. " 4 u Sfe' ny
four residents of New York, and a few others pr,tr-~ing
l., rcprcs.rr Ohio, pe.nsy vania. Illinois, and Indiana
The Increase Of migration into California from China
i ber,uning a very important feature in the social asperi
81 the land of gold. A law has been passed by the
Legislature of California 10 authorize contracts FOR labor
FIR terms Of years, and under the sanrtion of this law
,ne Chinese come in numbers, and labor at wages vary
lag from ~fpty-ive 10 fifty dollars a year Tins sum Is
.,iJ p, ia 1uull. u IN they could earn mt home.
Nh. Robert Walsh. who has been a representative of
the United States Government, both in Mexico, Brazil
and Hnyti, is now sent out To Nicaragua, via Havana. 70
induce the Nicaraguan government to come into the Bril-
tish-A NJ crican-N icar asuan-Cos, Rica Treaty.
A California paper states that Mrs. Eldiidge-Miss
Mesiayer the actress-havingb been insulred by a wretch,
while walking with her husband in Pioeerviiie, fired at
him with revolver, and barely missed him. The ci,i-
zens Of Placerville had made a fattcring demons ration
in her betrlf.
The London Atliennum states, IN the authority 1T
Nlessrs. Loprunn, that the new edition OF " ,cauiay'-
England Twill be verbatim the same as that new ~ sale
and that 1.-THE calling in ofcopies from the hands Of the
booksellers is simply a trade arrangement. usual with
them when they print off II new impression Of any book.
The Newport (R. I.) News announces that the sum
ner yisiters OF that delightful waterins place are daily
arriving. u tlhlno pc u. u tT VI Nv tffiI "
raiimcnts at the lurge hotels. Within the last few day,
al unusually lar. G num4er hive arrived, ii seems. On
no previous year has the setson commenced 40 curly
Almost all the privote houses on the hill have already
been leased.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Extension. is now
laid to Tygnr's Valley FALL; some six or seven mile.
north Of Feiterinan, in TAYLOR county. Vileinin, and will
be- completed to tairinount in he course Of two or three
week.. The cars are ARR. ing and drpa cling daily.
The Wing. Of Western Texas held a convention ut
Hons on On the 9th inst, at winch resolutions were pas.
sed affirming the Compromise, in favor of river and har-
Dor improvements by Con .ress, and declaring Miilnrd
Fillmore, The FIRST choice af the Wings Of he State for
the Presidency.
The Catoctin (Md.) Wing contains a letter frrm Mr..
! o.. n. Keafauver, dated at San Juan del Sud, Ap,ii 10Th,
in which he gives a sad account of the condition Of tn.
California cmigrants-about 800 in -umher-detaiued
their awaiting passage to San francisco. He says tbat
two or three die daily. others are ouI ofmon-y. and -uf-
firing every privation.
Letters hy the two last mails from England confirm
the convalescence ofEx-Sccretary Walker. He is re-
covering strength very rapidly. The complaint which
gave acute pain, has entirely left him. and is pronounced
AS perfectly cured. Mr.. and Mrs. Walker are still at
Ryegate, but nope to be home By the Ist of July.
The bill prohibiting the circulation Of bank notes I'M
der the denomination of s. has finally passed the Leg
i+lature Of Maryland; and is now law. The prohibit
ton as to the notes Of other States. takes effect on the
1st ofOctober next, and as to those Of Maryland after
che 1st Of March next.
Samuel W. Morgan, late teller of the Exchange
Bank in Petersburg. was arraisned for trial heinre the
Circuit Court for Petersburg, Judge Nash presiding. on
Thursday last. upon the charge Of embczzliny / 10000
ii the funds belonging 70 the institu,ion, in Jaaua,v
ta.f IN riJn rn.,vn,,r tba .,a -: q. Il -
ry. who, after an absence of several hours. returned into
Court and rendered a verdict OF not guilty..
The Fairmon, (va.) True virgin:an SAYS:
"Weare informed by Col Raymond and others. tha, 4,
portion of a regularly McAdamized road has been di.
covered on the opposite side Of the river from this pincc.
We hive not seen it ourselves, but learn TINT i, extends
pretty much along the bank Of the river. Its widt, i.
nhout l6 feet, and the track well graded. The bed Of
st"ne seems to be aboni two inches thick, and made p,e
ciseiy utter the plan ofour McAdamised roads. the stone
being broken t" ebout the same size as that used for our
roads The discovery was made by the washing away
of a'hil side which partially covered the road. When.
and by what race nf people this road wos made. is nm |
known at the prese't day, but it gives evidence of tn.
existence OF II population here at some former age of
the world, as far advanced in civilization. or 1T least in
the AIT Of road makings#% ourselves. There wa. found
in the bed of the road the stump of a chesnnt tree, which
was asceriained 10 be $50 years old at the least. and
how much older, orr inf aman, could not tell, as the
stump was hollow"
A Washington letter III the Baltimore Pn,ri 1. IN
nonnces tho death of John Howard PAYNE. ESQ.,. our
Consul at Tunis, and the author Of several dumaiic
works. and a number of other literary productions. in
Guiding the popular song of Home, Sweet Home
> PJESsY LIND had cause to be proud Of her rerep,;eu
asa woman and an artistic in New York, Madam G,ld-
schmidt will have M ipss causc tn be pra,;6ol hv H.