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NEW FOUNDRY

EW FOUNDRH.-Ihe SUBSCRIBERS taRes
leave inform the citizens of Lynchburg and Vi
nity that they have leased the establishment on the
han known as Warwcks Mill and foundryfor the Pur'
pose of carrying general foundry business, and tho
manufacture agricultural tools, tobacco presses OF all
kinds, and fixtures.
We are prepared to furnish all kinds of plows and
pillow castings used in this country Also mill gearing
and hreshng machines made of the best material and
In the most substantial manner
We have patterns of the Livingston, Peek's Hill Ea
gle, New York Premium two sizes Hill side. (for and
ahorses superior patterns) and sub-soil pows. As'
Sutivators, road scrapers. and the most celebrated
Straw and stalk in this country, with iron
ito 10 knives.
All orders for any of the above mentioned implements
Or machines will be promptly attended to. Grain and
country produce taken in exchange
Corn, and Corn meal furnsed as usual at the mill.
WHITTEMORE, McNAMEE q co.
II WHITTEMoRE,
JAMES McNAMEE,
A WHIrTEMoRE:
jan 22-dc4ts
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A PAINFUL ScENE.-Thc following scene
occurred in the Mobile City Court on Tues
day, March 5th:
Daniel Chase, convicted of Murder, was
called on: "Have you any thing to say why
sentence should not be passed upon youi'
He answered. "May it please your Honor,
have been we'll raised. But have one fault,
which have yielded to, and it is drinking
too much. came to this city to seek .honora-
BILE employment l had been on the ST.
Charles at work. was engaged to work on
boat. On the night Of the murder, went
ashore to friends house to write a letter. |
wrote the letter and wanted TO carry it to the
post office, but was advised it was late, and
had better go and take game. l went and
played my first game of domnoes. | drank
and became intoxicated. My friends left me.
l s.arted,as well as my very imperfect memo.
ry of What occurred serves me, for my boat.
| would to God some human eye could have
seen me, and bore testimony here of what
occurred. cannot recol'ect it or any thing
that occurred afterwards that night. When l
first aw oke in the morning | thought | was
on the boat, but | found was in the guard
house. | never harbored malice. could
not be guilty of the offence of which | am
convicted Before God, | am innocent of
murder. l could kiss the corpse of that poor
man now"
The Judge then passed sentence on the
prisoner confinement in the Penitentiary at
Wetumpka during his natural life.
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NEW CONCERN.-We, the undersigned
lN have sociated ourselves together und he style
and firm off NOWLIN 81 CO. for the purpose of
conducting general Grocery, Commission and For
warding business at the old stand of Nowlin Main
street, LynchburgVa.
We will keep con stanty on hand every article usually
kept in grocery establishment, all Of which we will
selllow
J B NOWLIN,
JNO ID HARVEY.
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DOUBLE TENDER.-"Biddy, what o'clock
is it and where is that chicken pie 7" ats
eight, ma a,am"
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NUMBER 214
RICHMOND.
Union STEAMSHIP COMPA- q

/ NaON S1EAMSMIF COmfA. go
" NY'S LINE O. STEAMERS-Eor PM -
adeiphia, RIA Nortoik--S TEdMERS Pennsyisania,
Virginia and CITY Of Richmond, Capt Bnymore, Capt.
Teal, and Mtchell--One OF these splendid steamships
will leave Richmond for Philadelphia alternately Mon
days and Fridays, high understanding leave
Phiadephis fer Richmond Wednesday and Saturdays,
(unt further notice,) at 10 o'clock A NJ.
These Steamers have been built expressly for this line
and every care has been taken in their const ucton
ensure strength and speed and their accommodations
for passengers and attention oftheir Captains
qualed
Passengers for New YOrk-We have
tered into arrangements with the several Compa-
nios to forward passengers through New York. eith
er by railroad steameIs. thereby offering the
ellng community for that city such inducements the
following, viz: short trip thereby avoiding
much o. TINT great objection In travelling by sen. sea
sickness" trip up tho beautiful Delaware, and suf-
fcent time is allowed &c required) for sight seeing in
the "Qnaaer City," Passage throughto New York, lst
cabin and found s10 90
Passage In lst Cabin aud found to Philadelphia, 90
do 2nd do do do do 90
For freight or passage, apply to
RO. RANKIN, Ao'T corner 20.h & Water Sta,
Richmond, Vs
LEVI ELDRIDGE, GEs'L Ae'r,
No. 7, North whnrves. Phpa.
Notice 10 Shippers-Due notice will always be given
when the steamers will be ready receive freight, and
the hour of thoir sailing RO. RANKIN, Agent.
April2-d&cts
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FRIDAY MORNING, APR.
The acred College.

This is the title OF the House of Cardinals in
the Roman Catholic Church. According tc
the Ponti6cial Constitutions this is composed oil
seventy persons. divided unequally among the
three Clerical Orders, thus: Six bishops, fifty
priests, and fourteen deacons.
A Secret Consistory" was held on the 7th
ultimo, and eight new Cardinals were created
one of whom was French prelate, the Arch.
bishop of Tours. On the 1st of January, there
We're seven vacancies and the very recent
death OF Cardinal Diepenbrock left an eighth. A
full Sacred College has not been witnessed be-
fore, 1t is said for great many years. The very
advanced age of some of the present Cardinals
renders obable the early happening of more
vacan ces, which however, it is not likely will
be Immediately filled, as custom has sanction.
ed the practice of keeping some of the Cardi-
nalates vacant, TO be disposed of as circumstan-
ces may arise to demand.
Oithe seventy now living, six of the ncum.
bents of the Sacred College are upwards of
eighty; nineteen between sixty, and seventy;
twenty.four. between fifty and sixty; and eight
between forty and fifty. The youngest is An
drea, born in 1872 the Oldest Oppozoni. 81
years old. and for fifty years Cardinal. Sd
are Italians; 16 foreigners among which last
are French; 3 Austrian; 2 Spanish; 2 Portu-
guese l Belgian; Prussan; and l English.
(Wiseman.) 27(al Italans) reside in Rome.and
with the Pope administer the spiritual govern
ment of the Roman Catholic Church, and the
temporal government ofthe States of Rome
called "the Pontifcial States. IN Y Erp.
TAxATIoN.-"Mr. Speaker said Ezekiel
Webster some twenty-seven years ago, in the
House of Representatives Of New Hampshire
I'VE have heard from our infancy of the exor-
oitant system oftaxation in England. and of
the oppressive weight with which it presses
upon her population. 1t is true that no peo-
Pile ever bore burdens like hers. Her sys.
TEN of taxes is felt, and felt severely in every
branch of her industry-agricultural. com
mercial, and manufacturing. IL 1eads upon
her people with tie freight Of an elephant aoiM
a war. castle upon has back.'-Boston Journal
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A VIRGINIA BOOK.-The undersigned
n proposes publish the earliest practicable day.
THE GOVERNORS or VIRGINIA,
being historical sketch of the Governors OF Virginia.
from the end of the Colonial government to the present
time. In the preparation of the work. the publisher
will have the benefit of of the best writing talent
in the State. The book will be complete in volume
of than 500 pages, octave, bound in Cloth Sub
scrpton price So 90 per copy.
March24-d&cts b. M. DE WITT
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Gbe Dailp oirsinian.

CONSTITUTIONAL TALENT-There is no.
thing that floats man sooner into the tide oil
reputation. or oftener passes current for geni-
US, than what might be called constitutional
talent. A man without this, whatever may be
bis worth, or real powers, will no more get on
in the world than leaden Mercury will fly
into the air; as any pretender with 1t. and with
no one quality beside to recommend him, will
be sure either to blunder upon success or will
set failure at defiance. By constitutional tai.
ent | mean, in general the warmth and vigor
given TO many ideas and pursuits by his bodi
ly stamina, by mere physical organization. A
weak mind in sound body is better, or at least
more profitable than sound mind in weak
and crazy conformation. How many instan-
ces nigh we quote! Let man have quick
circulation, good digestion, the bulk, and
thews and sinews of man, and the alacrlty,
tire unthinking confidence inspired by these;
and without an [atom, shadow of the mems
dicinor, he shall strut and swagger and vapor
and jostle his way through life, and have the
upper hand of those who are his betters in ev'
cry thing but health and strength. His Jests
will be echoed with loud laughter, because
his own lungs begin to crow like chanucleer,
before he had uttered them, while little hec
tic, nervous humorist shall stammer out an
admirable conceit that is damned in the doubt
fuI delivery-uor hausibn, hoeset The first
shall tell story as long as his arm with
out interruption, while the latter stops short
in his attempts from mere weakness OF chest;
the one shall be empty and noisy and success
ful In argument, putting forth the most COM
things with confident brow and
a throng of words, that come with more than
impudent saucness from him." while the lat
ter shrinks from an observation "too deep for
his hearers" into the delicacy and unnoliced
retirement of his own mind HazieH.
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NEGROES WANTED.-The subscriber
~ having located in Lynchburg is giving the highest
cash prices for negroes between the of 10 and 80
years, including Carpenters, Backsmths, &c. Those
having negroes for sae may find it to their interest to
call on him at the Washington Hotel Lynchburg, or
address him by letter
All communications will receive prompt attention.
nov 5-dncly b McLENDON.
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EDMUND, DAVENPORT a. Co.,
ILRICHMOND, offer for sale in and .aoatat
Wholesale
5000 Sacks Livcr fine Salt Marshall and other brands
100 do Ground Alum do
300 tons Richmond ground Plaster
500 tons best Peruvian Guano daily expsctss
500 bbls. Roscndnle Cement
500 bushels prime Cloverseed
$50 bbs. Bone Dust
1875 hhds. Bacon sides
1877 tieroes Sugar House Molasses
200 boxes Archer & Cos. No. 1 axes.
300 tierces London Porter
so cases Gross & Blaoknes Londen Mustard
25 do do Walnut and Mushroom Catohup
25 Hampers English Cheese (Gloucestsr)
rs boxes Maccaroni
80 Bags Sicily Almonds
900 bags Brazile Sugar
400 bags Costa Rca Coffee
Hennessey, GODDARD, otard and sasaraz Brandy, Held
SICK and Hungarian Lion Wine; Sherry, MADEIRA, and
Port Wine, &c, &c.
Many of the above Of importation, and
profess to sell low ashley BIO had in this
try. quantity and quality considered. Teas good
assortment BIO had the country, adapted to the
trnde of Virginia.
doc 30-dacta EDMUND DAVENPORT G co
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{ LOVER SEED-We have in store on con:
signment, small LOT of nice Mountain Clover seed
for sale McDANIEI- HURT g. PRESTON.
Apn6-ts
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DAILY VIRGINIAN.
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TERMS.

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Contractors.

CONTRACTORS promptly supplied, upon the most
I } reasonable terms with the following itcles:
Rail Road Dirt and Stone Cars, Wheebarrows, Der
,;ck Gearing and Blocks Picks and Bars and other
ticles required on Public Works-Apply at the
April7-ts flEDMoNi "Ohho.
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DRUSH MOUNTAIN MILL Stones
ID The undersigned are procuring from their cele-
rated quarry, the Bush Mountain, Montgomery conn'
~ Mill Stones and Burrs of the very best quality The
reputation of these widely known but the
Railroad giving increased facilities in filling orders,
we have api ointed Mcdaniel Hurt & Preston, and Lee
s. Johnson Lynchburg, agents for the sale OF the
who will receive and have them fulfilled at the
shortest notice.
Our Address, Blacksburg, Montgomery county Va.
ISRAEL PRICE a. Co.
James M. Williams, Danville, Va, Reynolds 81 Co.
Leaksville N. G. are also our agents. LIZ Il Co.
Feb l4.d&cts
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-11-26
A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE.

writer in English publication, in speculatng upon
the condition of the world hundred years hence says
There are in the world this year less than sixty
millions Of Anglo-Saxons Now, they doubled in
number in half century, in 1852 they will have swelled
to the enormous amount of two hundred and forty mil
iions Two hundred and forty millions Of human beings
all speaking language borrowing inspiration from
one literature contributing equally TO the storehouse Of
science animated by kindred sentiments worshpping ut
the same shrine and all and each ofhem ndefagaby
trbutng the fu6ment of the mission specially given to
the race to renovate consolidate enlghen, strengthen
and chrstanze the and daughters of ADAM that
in the appointed time they would be indeed the and
daughters Of the bright and heavenly mornngL What
prodgious family The mind staggers under the bare
conception of its magnfcence and pause to glance at
some Of its coming incidents in their sober entirety
Upon moderate computation one hundred and fifty mil
lions Of this population will be located the conti-
neut Of America vast proportion Of II viii be mari
time population situated the shores Of the Pacific,
where yerpools and New orks will send out their ships
to trade with the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with Aus
traa and New Zealand, and, further westward, with
Japan China Burmah, India, and even Persia, although
it may then be Russian province. From the promises
of future which have already peered the horizon
IL is quite manifest that the British and AngoSaxons in
America and present Australian group Of colonies
will be lords Of the in the Southern world la the
physical regions created and controlled by there will
undoubtedly be many stupendous revelations In travel
ling whether land water the people Of that day
will call us slow as we called those who lived century
aeo slow The voyage TO New York viii probably be ef
fected in two days; to India Australia in eleven
which would be just at the rate of about sixty miles
hour-the present speed attainable a railway"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-11-26
MISSOURI IRON.

FROM THE AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL OF AUGUST IL.
The success of manufacturing industry must depend
very much upon good supply of the best description Of
IRON The to which manufacturers will pro-
badly have TO look for this supply will be Lake Superior
and Missouri where there is little doubt the best iron in
the rorld exists to nexhaustble extent In this
nexon clip the following article from the Missouri
Republican, giving of the site of the contem-
plated works of the st. Louis and Birmingham Iron Mi
ming Company:
"a few days ago, in company with number of gen.
temeB of them the most experienced of our iron
mongcrs and manufacturers, made visit to the site
of these proposed works We have pretensions to
full understanding of either geology mineralogy and
only speak of what it presented itself
to our judgment
"The site Of birmingham is at the mouth of Apple
creek, about hundred and twenty miles below this
city and about twenty-five miles above Cape Grardeau
and directly the bank of the Mississippi. That part
of the companys lands which may be regarded as the
town station site is most admirably situated for
rity and beauty The landing in front is secured by
rock bluff above and below, leaving uninterrupted
front OF nearly mile along the river bank. From the
river it gradually rises back to pleasant above
high water and thence extending along the valley Of
the Apple creek and also up the valley of small branch
that empties into the creek. The whole space fronting
the river and all the line extending up Apple creek
may at very trdng expense be secured against the
consequences Of high in either sres and present
aDrectly opposite this site the ~ ,la disen,bogues
its waters On this the heaviest and Jst de-
posites Of coal get kowa IN This quarter Of e country
coal boat from the Muddy following the direction Of that
stream, would strike the town site about its centre.
The town of Birmingham is most advantageously To-
Gated either for manufacturing purposes an agreeable
and healthy residence. We have visited many OF the
localities the Mississippi and its tributaries but we
know of no that contains many advantages.
Aside from the advantages that lie in the rear of it.
of which viii speak hereafter its natural formation
its position to the mouth of the Big Muddy the fact that
nF
renders it one of the most desirable points know of
the Mississippi for manufacturing purposes. In prox-
unity to the large coal fields the Illinois shore coal
from which can be directly to the manufactures and
al its other advantages of receiving and shipping at all
of the year. give it preference that no other
site can claim
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-11-26
FIRE IN THE WESTERN pRA1RIEs.

The ST. Louis Republican has accounts of great damage
having been recently done by fire in different parts of
Missouri and Illinois. 1t says:
s.The prairies have been set on fire. thoughtessy
by design and the unusual dry weather had prepared the
grass and the leaves to furnish fit food for the
flames few miles north of Trenton Livingston county,
fences laid waste and the stables barns, and
dwelling houses endangered Not only the grass of
the prairie but the woods destroyed by it. the leaves
lying thick the ground and the long drought having
rendered them easy Of ignition The fence enclosing the
leaving his entire crop OF wheat and without protec
ton. Mr. Edward Ball sufferer. Herbert and
Becher had their entire fences consumed rendered
lueless and it with difficulty they saved their dwell
lings. Mr. Abraham Field had his fences, stables, and
barn consumed the latter containing his crop Of
wheat and farming utensils Others also insured
From the Shelbyvie Spectator learn that in Shelby
county many farms left almost entirely unenclosed
and the dwellings saved with difficulty:
The fencing Of DR.. Riggs Mr.. Blackburn, Mr.. An
dersou, Mr. Spicer, Mr. Perry, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Moore,
and j. b. Marmaduke, and many others whose names we
did not learn, materially damaged We were also
informed that the loss very great in the neghborhood
Of Squire Hltons in Taylor township 1t is supposed
that the praries fired by hunters from distance,
(who camping here, with the view Of killing the
game in its endeavor to escape the fire."
The 0quawka (Ill.) Paindealer says
Serious loss has been sustained by many Of far
in the lower part of the county just below Warren
fire. In some instances whole fields and stacks Of grain
have been entirely destroyed, well the fencing.
Among the principal sufferers Matthew Boughton,
Alex. Rankin, ST., Henry Miller and Mr.. Stewart.
The loss viii fall heavily upon them, especially at the
present season."
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-11-26
Mr.. CoUEs's FORMULA.


GENTLEMEN: have read with much interest all the
articles in your paper this subject. 1t to me
TINT Mr. Coues has made presentation Of new formula
which merits investigation We have presented nsw
method Of calculating the periods and distances of planets
with results agreeing with the result of the Kepcr for
mula and method of calculating the diameter of the
and its period Of rotation its axis. Now, what
would be gratifying and satisfactory to the of the
readers of the negencer from those competent speak
these matters is this: Are these results the legitimate
products Of this formula In other words, the
cored taaly and truly? The articles of J. NJ" end
E." DO reply these questions Riacule is very
clever weapon to attack theories but not What is wanted
in mathematical demonstrations.
have asked the attention of friend to mathematical
science to this formula and he tells that the
person best able to do it justice is its author and he is
willing to leave in his hands and he hopes him
make plain whatever may yet be dubious 1t is doubt
less well for the world that discoveries received
with hesitation. Though it seems very much to the
dscredt of the scientific world that Kepcrs law made
impression it till Newton's day, and that Newtons
Principia the close of his fc twenty-five years
after its publication, not knowa of England.
Aud too, remarkable instance perhaps these
Frankln's papers refused to be published by the
Royal Society. 1t may be- hope il is, that for
mula of great simplicity and beauty has been discovered
by an American citizen Of our own times
I NONTAITE
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DESTRUCTION OF A RAILROAD STATION.

An accident happened few weeks ago at one of the
stations of the Great Western railway, in England, of
serious character At Reading there station
buildings the and the dozen, each provided with the
qusite waiting rooms rereshment rooms and working
Offices and each with platform along the line of rails
Each of these platforms covered with roof two hum
dred feet long and nearly sixty feet wde built of wood
and zinc attached side to the line of buildings
containing the apartments above mentioned and support
ed on the other side by tier of iron columns.
On the occasion above referred to, the evening OF
October l3th the Bassngtoke goods train due at this
station o'clock arrived in due tme entering by the
track adjoining the line Of iron pillars, which sup
ported onehaf the roof the platorm 1t so hap
pened that side flap of Of the trucks hanging
down the side which the pillars were projecting
just far enough strike them pumpy, and the train
was running with considerable velocity and powerful
momentum it struck each pillar in succession and drove
it of place. and at the moment it struck the last pill
lar the whole roof fell in from the centre with remen-
dous crash covering with its ruins the PLATFORM the
track and all the empty carriages which happened to be
standing there together with part Of the trucks OF the
intrudng train. fortunately the driver, fireman, and
conductor of the train escaped injury 1t deemed
provdental circumstance that the accident did not hap
pen few minutes later, at 10 o'clock and II minutes
the mail train due at this station, and its arrival
would have stopped the centre Of the shed to
mail bags were exchanged Had the roof fallen at that
period it might have occasoned disastrous loss of e
The signal man had just time stop the mail train be-
fore its arrival and it conveyed down the line by
other track through the yard and brought back to the
platform preparatory to its starting its route
The damage arising from the accident estimated at
rlv