Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-11-15
STlTc AFFAIRS.


son. Of Va, had fallen heir to m immense for
tune in England. The Weston (va.) Herald say
the facts of the case are follows:
There was originally the sum Of thirty-sil
millions of dollars the estate Of the Earl Of Ian
Ter. in England. and upon the death of th'
/ Ear and lis brother dispute arose bctwcoi
the House of York aud the House of Lancaster
/ lin tituted by the former, because OF an inter
maffinge between the two houscs.) the House oi
York suing for the heirship. The suit was pro
traeted from the lower to the higher c0urts.trom
| fifty 70 hundred years, and was finally decided
+ at the Exehequer. tibc Queens Bcnch,) in favor
/ of the House Of Lancaster. After this decision,
| advertisements were scattered abroad over the
world fer the heirs Of the Lancaster estate and
the mother of Mrs. ClHwson, wife Of Rev Samuel
Cmwson. i one OF the heirs. Attorneys are en-
pofed bY the heirs to secure their interests, and
II l. supposed that the whole affair will hc settled
up this winter. when the heirs will receive their
portions. The above sum Of thirty-six millions
Inns been at interest for more than sixty year~,
which interest will pay the cost Of law, and leave
the original citor .tdi -
Dr. O A. srccker Of Richmond has furnished
the following receipe for testing Gunno. We
publish it for the benefit of our Agricultural
friends
Eli the erucible with the Guano you wish 10
cement the joints with the accompanying powder
by mixing The Snmo witt little water to thick
paste, sci the orucihlc on piece of brick in n
small furnace. fill the furnace with charcoal ig-
mite the charcoal aud let everything remain quiet
until the next morning remove the top covering
OF the eraelble, aud il YOU find the contents 10
look rhftiSh. Your Gunno is road; but if YOU
find il 10 look biaok it is good for nothing.
The Richmond Dispatch learns that DR.. Strcck-
ct has the crucible for sale.
Tnr MISSING MoNrY.-Thc Petersburg Er-
press says the money previously mentioned, as
having leon found in pocahontas, was conceal
ed ia The yard u Joseph Dangcrfcld, free man
Of color. The eoncenimcnt was effected by pia-
eng The money in an oarthen jar, and burrymg
If beneath the ground. Dangcrfcld has been ar
rested, and is now ia Jail.
\ ghost STORY is rife in Wctzc county, in
his SUITE. The ghost Of mnn murdered some
time ago, il is sud, has appeared and demanded
vengeance on his murderer, and man, pointed
out oul rs the murderer, has been arrested.
The story is corroboratcd by n correspondent OF
thu Wheeling Irgm.
VIRGINIA APPOINTMENTS ny TnE POSTMASTER
GfSEnAta- Leonard j. Alexander, Postmaster
at Stafford {. II. stafford county vice Jeremiah
Carter William D. Pate, Postmaster at Prey
tona, Boone county, vice John j. Crctty. resign
ed
FoRarRY-Isaac Goodup. Tor Goudkop) mcr-
chant. IN Portsmouth. has been sont ON 70 the
County Court for further examination. Twenty
one notes, amounting Ia $1,000, were produced
in evidence, on which were the fraudulent sgun-
lures OF several of the most prominent citizens of
Portsmouth Rich. Dispoirb
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e'as una 'o''h county al'u suddenly IN Cha-
iottes'tlle on Saturday morning last She arry-
cd tlere ON Friday might in the Scottsyie stare.
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