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Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-08-09

"Jim! said ,loalcr, have you seen
Hall? he's lokins for you"
"Hall! what HalI?',
'Why, Alco,ha|l!"
"Pshaw, that's poor sell, and you
woull not have caught me, il | haln't
been hut last night when John tri. i.'pcl
me-"
"John who?"
"Demi .John, you numskull"
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-08-09
Work Oxen for Sale.

July 30iS5:l
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27
EkntlNynY Accidents.

Tho frequent occurrence of Railway nc CT
dents has impressed the public mind with 10.
lions very erroneous in regard to the relati We
safety oflhe Rail Roal,as compared with oil Ter
Y more ordinary modes of public convey an ce.
The error results from the observance of as
ualhes only-Wihout regard to the vast mum.
bers who are conveyed in safety. On tn G En-.
glsh railroads, nothing more strkingly illus.
ratcs this fact and the very small relarn G per
cent of malmings and deaths by accident .,than
the cheapness with which we find com, ,anies
anxious 10 assure the lives Of passengers. For
the sum OF SIX pence a second class pass rnper
on the London and Northeastern Rail Road
connecting London & Liverpool, NAV have
himself assured in the sum of ec5OO (Sz 5OO\
against death,wllh nroportionate compens alton
against personal injury and fora small add.
uonol sum, three pence we believe, first class
passenger will be similarly assured in the sum
of 1lO00 We have no data at hand from
which TO give definite idea of the profits real
lied by these companies but we know the fact
from reliable authority that their stock, with
very few exceptions, has always paid h and.
somely.
In connection with the above, we pre- So #
the following facts from the Railway Times
embodied Herapa,h's Rail Road Journal,
from parliamentary return recently issu ed.
From these returns 1t appears thai during the
half year, ending the 30th OF June last, as ma nv
as 39,249,6O5 passengers were carried by the
railway Companies Of Great Britain and Ire.
land, whose length of lines is 7,O76 miles, and
that the number OF persons killed and injure
from causes beyond tho control of these unfcr.
tunate people Glasses of cases that rnight be
called purely railway accidents-were ONE
passenger killed and sc Injured.
"Now. is this not a most satisfactory state of
things. Notwithstanding all that has been
sad and written about the danger of railway
'ravelii g, only onn indv idual--a passenger
out OF about forty millions carried has been
Killed! whole half ear elapses,4O millions
OF people-cqnal To about two populations of
England are conve, ed, and of the 40 mil.
''ohS meets his death J This is the exact
measure oil the extent of fatal railway accidents
during the half year last pas, for which Gov
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27
s,nr1nr nr CApr. DAVIS OF GREEkE.-We

SUICIDE OF CAPT. DAVIS OF GREESE.-We
learn from the Charlottesville Advocate OF Sat
urJsy, that Captain THOMAS DAVE. 81 Greene
county. committed suicide Monday last by
cutting his throat wilma razor. lie had BEEN
suffering greatly from an attack oil goni. ara
whilst delirous from pain II IS thought he CON.
mitted the act Captain DAVIS represented the
county OF Orange IN the Legislature before The
division of thai county, and also after that event
when it and The new county, Grerne,in which
he lived SEM one delegate. He will be well
remembered by the Older citizens for his per
laaciy In contesling the scat of the late Cow
ernor JAMES BARBOUR many years ago. when
returned the D-ligaie from Orange. Captain
DAVIS was one of the large.t men that ever
sat IN the House of Delegates, and vas always
a quiet, yet very decided man. II was great
ly esteemed in his county aud vas possessed
Of considerable property at his dea'h'-R. DIS
Datch
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27

A girl seventeen years old, was bitten by a
raulesnake on the left instep. Two hours and
a half afterwards, DIR. I A Atchison who des-
scrihes the case in The Southern Medic al Jour
nal, visited her, aud found her sghrless. with
her face swollen, and her mind wandering
He placed her IN hor salt bath, and admins.
tered wbiskey and carbonate Of ammonia, nn.
til she had taken three pints ofthe first and
eighty grains of the latter; no intoxcaton fol.
lowed. and she was cured.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27

A ROUND SALARY.-The New York Mir.
ror says gentleman Of that city has been APP
pointed agent of The Panama Rail Road Com
pany at a salary of 100000 year; in addi-
lion to which, four Insurance Companies have
agreed to pay him $4,000 a year-making
10000. Total amount of salary per annum,
One Hundred Thousand Dollars!
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27

=. An eiforl was made IN Nh to unite the tw o
states OF South Carolina and Georgia. so as
10 form them only one State. Two com
m'ss'oners were appointed by South Carolina
To proceed to Savannah, and lay the PROPOSE.
ton before The State convention. One ofthem
Mr.. w. IL. dayton, wrote letter describ
ing their visit and The manner in which they
discharged their duty. They were admitted
to the floor of the convention, and urged the
union in en- extended argument. The CON.
ventlon' however, declined the offer. Mr.
Drayton's letter written in 1877 has Just been
published in some of the South Carolioa pa.
pers.-N Y Thnes
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27

ances or those of bis county between Mr.. Clay
and Mr.. Flournoy, he did not feel himself at
liberty under the circumstances 10 do other
in Virginia for whom he entertained a higher
respect, a,more cordial feeling then for Gen Clay
but that gentleman having expressed an IN
equivocal unwillingness for the Office, he fell
called on by every Consideration TO give the
support OF Franklin tn WIN. c. Flournoy. Mr.
Slaiborne here spoke in eloquent and feeling
terms of the talents and abofs of Mr.. Flour.
noy in the Legislature and upon the Hustio IS
in the cause of Internal Improvement.
We thought there were evideut sign. lha n
remembrance in certain quarters. Of rdr-
Flournoy's efficient AID in trying rimc,~o I'D
produce an acknowledgment of bis clai ms,
but Petersburg and Norfolk, Prince Geo rye
and Nansemond were in dead for Dam ell
and Buckingham Beforehand Campbell were
now for Clay "~hlher or not" SO they
went-unnl M. FIounoy under some OK
ctement said chat he was sol cited TO take
the office when !; was S 900 AID WINS he IN
pursuance of that acceptance. He then r etired
from The Convention Gen. Clay likewise with
drew his name altogether. II was now palpa
bic that Prince George and Nansemond and
Petersburg would have il all thcr owl way
and so they did--and the body nom mated
an Internal Improvement Commissions IRON.
Prince Georgc-Of course we thought thi-
curious enough--but then we had no nght
To think any think about tive rem ernbel
Prince G Gorge, down by the side Of Sur,
and Sussex, Isle of Wight and Mans, .nond
We remember in reading the pr1ceedi ngs OF
the Legislature for years back To have seer
how true and constant that amiable and excel
lent gentleman, the late Mr.. Robt. Rivcs broth
er to Mr.. Tim. Rives was to the old 7 irgiai1
platform Of Ant Internal improvement /; ana
how, some how or other, his brother, the Sen
ator, stood along side Of him But the STONE that
WINS rejected Of The bu1dcrs has now bee ONE
the head Of the corner, and Mr.. FIournoy has
learned that epaulets are not for the Shout ders
IF those who do the fghring-Whcl folks
want work done on "A big scale-and the
cry Is "help me CassiDs or | sink" why
then some people may debut when lit
tie pay, honor or emolumcnt is 10 go-w by
Ibcn oihe' people can say TO some pcof lie, We
have no need of your service8-and there's
mo use knocking at the door"
All we can say is We foeel "some how or
other' somew hal bodIy-when metal aud tai
'nls ard high spirit have TO knock under, and
when such man as FIournoy, one of The a
oest and ruest Of the advocates of Vir 81 aia 5
most vital interests, is seen crushed to d cath
by IN insignificant, ricketty caucus jaeger.
naut. They tell you, democratic vo tiers OF
Buckingham, Campbell, Appomattox and the
West,lhat this humbug is your Idol, am sa-
crcligious hand you dare not ra $50 a.
ganstit. And you will bow down and wor
ship il Nous re,YoRS
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27
WASHIN GTON HOTEL,

LEXINGTON, VA
EsiE subscriber has taken charge ofthis old and well
Il known Hotel, which was opened Oh the lst day Of
April. His House is we'll furnished and his table shall
be supplied with the best the country affords Iii, Barw
he furnished with the choicest liquors. Hi Stable will
be III chafge of careful Ostler, and will be Literally
supplied with Provender. He promises to spare noefn
to give entire satisfaction all who may favor him with
II call, aud appeals to generous public for patronage
np l8-d& Chm JOSEPH w MOORE.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27

A CLINcnER The Fredericksburg Herald
III discussion upon the gerrymander with lis
democratic contemporary, the Recorder, saws
The editor is doubtless apt at figures, and We
defy his ingenuity to answer satisfactorily ro
good conscience 'If sixty thousand Viii,
voters are entitled to but one representative in
Congress. upon what principle is seventy fGnr
thousand Locofoco voters eLtitled to tacsiro -.
presentatiycs in that body7"
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27
DEREMPTORY SALE OENrol.,. -
FANCY CANE SEAT, GRECIAN Ann
PLAIN HAIRS.

'I'HE undersigned returns hi. thanks to ihi. n
Il community for patronage Of more than 30 Y
years in his business. and takes pleasure in saving m
that he is prepared to furnish any article -
line the shortest notice. and ON the most f,
terms. lie warrants every Chair which he SELL. N0'o
Cane bottom Chairs of the latest style and foi.b
Wadsor do various patterns,
Rocking do Cane Wood and Cushioned S.
and Settees. '
He has also ally hand Tin''sues-al of vlirl
will be offered on the best terms. "
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27

eminent return is made. The figures correct.
ly represent the fsci--the well ascertained.
undoublcd, and simple fact. that out III mass
of 40 millions of people carried,bni one person
u as killed 1.-THE sea could give up its dead,
and the common roads of this country produce
the persons " no as passengers. fell victims TO
impcrfections of The old stage Coach system
what a tremendous contrast would here ap-
pear. Yet the new spapers TEEN wlth accounts
of frighiful railway accidents, and people are
rendered nervous in railway trains. Let the
the easy glide of the train in motion be but 10.
terfered with in The slightest degree, and hun.
dreds of persons. seated in its 'arlons com
pa,rment-, are throw into state OF trcmalous
fear lest in another Instant Of time they be-
dashed to atoms and their names made 10 APP
pear in he papers next morning amongst those
killed
As 10 the other facts contained in the return
il Is sufficient 10 say that number of persons
= but still enthusiastically small IN comparison
with The extent Of traffic, have been ki. led and
wounded on the 7,076 miles Of railway; that
the great majority of these are servants OF the
Companies or strangers trespassing on the
lincs,an whose destruction or injury has been
entirely due to their own misconduct. Alto.
gether SO persons were killed, and 80 injured
Is it exactly right 10 put down in the list OF
railway accidents those persons who meeting
with accidents are in one ofthree classes-lst,
respassers on the lines; 2nd. servants OF the com
panies or contractors and Sd passengers injured
or killed from causes beyond their own controIF
II a man chooses TO trespass railway, ow-
mo 10 his own want Of caution,is knocked down
and killed bv train, his death is reco' ded in
the return amongst those "kllled and cured on
all the passenger railways open for public tra-
| nc" True the return makes distinction as
10 the nature Of the accident. But the public
do mol attend closely to the distinction drawn
and therefore run away with very false notions
regarding the extent Of rallw ay accidents. For
pstance,in the present return,we read The total
Of 90 persons killed, and we viii be bound to
ures and put them all down TO the credit Of
rather discredit, of railway Companies the
Management, of their passenger trnffic, where
us, the fact recorded (by this relurn) against
such management is that one passenger, and
one only was killed tout of 40 millions car
ried from causes for which the Company
was bameabe Allthe travelling public are
concerned to know, is how many passengers
have railway Companies killed and injnredi
They do not care to he told of accidents which
individuals, as passenger bring on themselves
and which are not mputabe to the Compa
MES. Well, if the present return confined lis
elf to give this iniormatonb but one dead would
have to he recorded 40 millions having beer
carried"
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27

Vice President King it is said, owned an
estate Of 1000 acres of rich land in Dallas
county, Ala, with $50 slaves. 1t is also sta.
ted that he has left the bulk of lis property to
the poorest of his relations, though al are com.
iortably provided for
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27
A VALUABLE REMEDY

rENHE undersigned have the pleasure of infnrnipr
Il the public, that his newly invented HAIR TONIC
has now been thoroughly tried and has answered HI.
most saugnne expectations 1t has proved itserto b
only remedy against the falling of the bair
from the head thus eectuay preventing badness bni
brings it where it is deficient. In no instance On
lady gentleman where it has been properly estedb
il failed.
But will let some of those who have tried it speal
in its behalf.
Eve the undersigned having used Armisead Pride.
Hal Tonic, take pleasure in testiying its efficacy in
preventing the coming of the luir and otherwise
strengthening and causing ito thcken We think flat
fair trial will satisfy any of this, and do not there
fore, hesitate to recommend Il.
Henry LATHAM, JOHN CLARK
JAMES NJ LANGHoRxE, john w STEWART
II. NJ. GARLAND, ir., A. G. LEWIS.
number of other names might be added if it were
thought necessary.
For sale at Dr. Lyman's Druggist, and VIM R
Prides's Barber Shop door below the Marshal
House. Pic 81 per bottle.-Wen taken by the guam.
tity there will be considerable deduction made in the
price
Orders from any part of the United States promptly
attended to, if accompanied by the money.
ap 26-3m ARMlSTED PRIDE
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27

LAW OF CoLoRED SEAMEN.-An important
case was decided in Charleston, Thursday,viz:
Reuben Robe7ts as. Jcrmiah D. Yates sheria of
Charleston district. 1t VAS an action for dam.
age. (laid at $1,000 lo7 the imprisonment of
Roberts under the law Of South Carolina, pro.
viding for the imprisonment of colored seamen
during the time the vessels to which they be
long remain in port The plaintiff was arres
ted while employed upon a British vessel The
case came before the Z. S. Circuit Court, held
by Judge GILcnRsT. Judge WAYNE not aten
ding. After argument, the case was submit
ted to heiury, who returned general verdict
for the efondant-issue involved vas the con.
stitntiouaIity of the law Of South Carolina
Judge G.. in his charge, declared that to be
constitutional After the verdict was render.
ed the plaintiff submitted bill of exceptions
TO the Judges charge, and the case will there.
fore be taken to the U. 5. Supreme Court.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27
First Glass Boarding. House.
Comfortable in every Respect.
PHILLIP w. PAYNE,
De;lcr i'm Fancy IL Staple Dry Goods

Nj AIN Street Lynchburg Virginia corner Store IN
~ Cure's new building, formerly known AZ Kyle
corner begs leave to call the aentng of his friends and
the public to hsarge and desirable stock Of Spring and
Summer goods, embracing every article usually KEEP n
the dry goods line, which will be offered terms
winch cannot fail to please all who may good
goods at low prices. HIS friends and the public ear
ne'y rcques ed 10 call and examine his Stock VIII
afford him very much pleasure to exhibitit.
1q-fs
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27

The Washington Union announces the an
polntments of SoLoN BoRLAND, of Arkansas,
to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PIcn
ipo'entiary ofthe United States to Central Am
erica
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27
HOUSE ~ SIGN PAINTING

Will be executed in fine style and in Reasonable i'm;
H. desires a call from all who have work of that kind
G. HARDY,
nm of--,a Ri, G
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27
WI q EsES EEOUS Sc

\ RS. REVELEY las tho pleasure of inforroiushn
w friends and the public, that she has takcnthi, large
and commodious House, for the purpose of keepinga
First Glass Boarding House.
The rooms large and conf ,rtable and are desirable
in many respects for the accommodation Of Famiies de-
string to board She gives unremcd attention to eve
ry department oil TIE house and spures neither time nor
expense to Supply her 1able, and render her guests
Comfortable in every Respect
Her long experience in the management of an esab
lsment of this kind she would hater herself i, sli'
cient 10 secure her liberal share of patronage.
ap 2l-dlm MARTHA A REEELEY
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27
AUCTION SALES



THRUST Sale Of Town 4 OF an, -
K enIeut.-By virtue al a deed ai Trsst "a
ted on the Goth day ofA pril. 3D., by Elisba S. u
Susan A his wife, duly reco. ded in the Jerk I, E Ina
the Hastings Court of Lynchbure, the usd.r.;a q
rustee therein named will proceed to sell o., I'D
i4cs on Friday the 18Th day of May next the In IN
TENEMENT ,pveyed il said deed The L., :. d
aed at the Junction o Second st with Fails al saa'
lairs ONE-EIGHTH OF AN ACRE and -, cor
the occupancy Of said Snesd. IN
The Title is believed 10 be entirely good In, d.
designed will convey such only is vested IN 'a
T ustee. "'
Terms made known The lime aud plarc ~ .t
ap 26-dtds JNO. NJ SPEED. T,s',c
DEREMPFORY SALE OFSTfCE ~
l LONGING 10 the Estate ofa Deceased p Or
viii be sold 10 the highest bidder on Saiu,I, o m
inst, (Apfil,) in front of The Virginia and ~ 'oil
Banks, Richmond, u o'clock, M such ,,. a'nefs
may then remain unsold Of '' as
$21 900 State per cent. Stock, Yedeenabye -; 1o-o
Also, A 900 in registered Bond of the On, 30,
tersburg, redeemuble in October, l855 (2I vear " e
The purchaser, in addition the price hi A. : 'ue.J
the interest accrued the said bonds from ,ba Pay
mencement al tin. current instalmant ''ih
By authority If The administrator
JAS. BROWN, Jr.. Stock Brol
ap So-s&w hicnmond Va
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27

We learn from the Alexandra Gazette
that up to noon of the 22nd inst the subscrip
ton, in that place, for the Alexandra, Loudon
and Hampshire Railroad amounted to $4,000
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-27

AT REGULAR meeting of the City Council of Lynch
ntg al their Chamber ON Fridey evening, 29nd April
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-12-14
[Cincinnati Eng.

RUSSIAN MACHINE FOR KILLING WHALEs.-In
one of the Continental papers we have from
Helzingfors, Russia, an account of an electro
magnetic machine for the capture Of whales. 1t
is exhibited at the establishment of Mr. Julin, an
apothecary at Abo. 1t was invented by the Gel
ebrated DR.. jacob of st. Petersburgh.
The apparatus is composed oftwelve magnets,
in the form Of horseshoe, arranged in opposite
rows. Between these are placed two cylinders,
carefully joined and covered with isolated cop
per wire, to which very rapid rotary movement
can be communicated by means of mechanism
adapted to that purpose.
AS it is intended TO stun the whale the least
motion of the cylinders causes it to give out
very perceptble shocks, which, upon an acceler-
ated motion, become too strong for any one to
encounter with safety. The isolated wires are
placed along the lines to which the harpoon is
attached, in such way that the other end of
them is placed in direct communication with the
electromagnetic machine, the instant the har-
poon touches the whale. The specimen on ex-
hbtion is to be put on board of the Ayan, a
Finish whaler. N. Y. Times.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-12-14

ENGLISH HUMANITY While British journals
are matchmaking our southern people for
holding the blacks in bondage, and Dnchesses
are holding levees for the benefit Of sister-hyp-
ocrites, who sell namby-pamby books, by de-
nouncing their own country, there are sights
daily witnessed in the cities and towns OF Eng
land which are revolving to humanity, and de-
serving Of the reprobation of all that is civilized
on the earth. A letter, dated at London on the
I'd inst, says bread was then selling at Id, or
% cents per four pound loaf! A commoner ar
ticle can be had in the country for 3d., or S cts
our money. Suffering follows this. Thousands
are in want now, and every day reveals some
new case of misery. A few weeks since gen.
tleman exposed what he saw in front of West
End work.house, in the shape Of wretchedness.
He found three women, who had been refused
admittance to the place. huddled together on
the pavement outside. His appeal in favor of
the sufferers was unheeded by the authorities,
and from them he learned that not only three
but taoenty.four persons slept there nightly. To
abate this nuisance, the officers Of the charity
flood the pavement with water, so that no one
can lay upon it and keep dry"
Cincinnati Emo
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-12-14

A new witness has appeared in the newspa-
pers testifyng to facts which tend to show that
Col. r. NJ Johnson killed Tecumseh. The CO.
lionel was certainly brave enough to meet and
kill dozen Indians, and if he didn't kill T'ecum-
sch, he no doubt would have done it if he had
had chance. He himself was often nterrogated
upon the subject, and his reply upon at least one
occasion was capital: "They say killed him;
how could tell! | was in too much Of hur-
ry when he was advancing upon me to ask him
his name or inquire after the health of his family
fired as quick as convenient and he fell. fit
had been Tecumseh or the Prophet it would
have been all the same" Louisville Jour-
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-12-14

f. "WHosE WIFE SHALL SHE BE ?'-One year
ago B. NJ. Irwin, of Cincinnati left home for
Caforna. During his absence his wife applied
for ard obtained divorce. The day after it was
granted the husband returned, and afterwards
succeeded in getting decree of divorce set
aside. The wife, however, had married a second
husband by the name of Weaver in the mean
time. The question now comes up, who is Mrs.
Irwin Is she Mrs. Irwin or Mrs. Weaver :?
And having been lawfully married to both hus-
bands, is she guilty of bigamy?
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-12-14

MARRIAGE OF LAMARTINE.-The story Of the
marriage of Lamartine is one of romantic inter-
est. The lady, whose maiden name was Birch,
was possessed of considerable property, and
when past the bloom of youth she became pas
sionately enamored of the poet, from the peru
sal of his " Meditations." For some time she
nursed this sentiment in secret, and being ap-
prised of the embarrassed state of his affairs
she wrote to him, rendering him the bulk of
her fortune. Touched with this remarkable
proof Of her generosity, and supposing it could
only be caused by preference for himself, he
at once made an offer of his hand and heart
He judged rightly snd the poet was promptly
accepted.