Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-16

liy-ihree years oil age. He eais much as
five men. walks with extreme rapidly. aud
has been fwire married bat both 81 his wives
are dend HIS object in visiting Madrid sto
demand the hand Of female oil great beauty
y no keep, coffee house. lie Is described as
81 great a coward, that he will allow child
10 illIreal llm.
Mr. Similar an Orafor-The Fourth OF
July vas celebrated In San Francisco with
great ecat. One of the most agreeable Incl
jents of the occasion, was The PRESERVATION of
an elegant banner 10y Mrs. Catharne n. SIN
clair. the actress, accompanied by an sppro
pirate al Jress.
TIE marriage of Md. Lola does not inter
fere II seems, with her public performa noes.
She danced before the fireman of San Fran
cisco on the night Of the lllh. and afterwards
made speech to them from her window. At
The conclusion flhe speech her husband invi
Ted the fremen 40 step into the bar room be
low, and take drink al his expense" which
they did.
ID ring the Coroner Inquest in relation 10
the recent railroad accident. Mr.. John SAXON
one Of the engineers testified that with the
dinsry mot pafenD brakes all in perfect order
train of cars gong at the speed the New
York one :, as, could not be checked and the
engine reversed in a space OF six Hundred
yards on level ground.
TnE RICHMOND AND PETEnsBUG RAILROAD
COMPANY have just concluded an advantageous
coDtrac, for The purchase of heavy rail for the
whole roai, Including The Port Wa,hal branch
The iron is to he Of Virginia manufacture and
production. The company propose 10 lay
down that on the main stem by next Dccem
Der, and To complete the whole project within
twelve months from this date. This looks
ike energy and progress r Examiner 12M
On Wednesday night, " hire woman went
10 the house of Col Fremont in Washington
under some pretcnce. and while there quietly
laid down her infant child, only ten days old
with intention to abandon it. AS she was
retreating, she was pursued and caught by
servant. v no detained her until the police
oulJ he sent for TO take her into custody.
Mrs. Anna Cora Movau,,he accomplished
atiiess Is nov lying We ar" sorry to learn,se-
rlously i'll al Ravensw God New York the res
idence oil her father, Samuel q. Ogden, Esq
This ipdisposiIion is The more to be regretted
by the public, for the reason that it will pre-.
vent Mrs. Nj. from returning TO The stage for
several months, and also postpone the appear
ancc of a volume of personal memoirs, which
were TO have been published in September
next.
MANASSAS GAP RAILRoAD.-A public meet
ing Of the citizens Of Shenandoah county, Va,
was held few days ago. at which IL was re
solved that application be made to the court,
now IN session. for an order to take the sense
of the voters of Shenandoah upon the subject
of subscription of 2 900 shares, or s 100 900
10 the capital stock of the Manassas Gap Rail
road Company.
The train of cars from Cumberland for Bal.
limore, ran off the track on Thursday after.
noon seven miles above Berkeley Depot. The
engine, tender, baggage car, and smoking car,
were smashed. William Linthicum, fireman
was killed, and Charles Linthicum engineer
and Robert Anderson. who was on the engine
were badly hurt The Passengers escaped
without injury.
From the many comments made by the
newspapers upon the supposed conversion of
Senator Douglas to CathoIcty. we select the
following good natured paragraph from the
Providence Journal:
"Mr Douglas The Pope will do well tc
keep an eye on our friend from Illinois II
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will be for making ST. Peters chair clectiv.
once in four years. and " i'll present himself a,
n candid lie for the next succession"
Thirty one packages for the Industrial Elk
hhition, among which are noble statue G
the Emperor, valued at 60, 900 francs, a large
and splendid collection of Sevres porcelain. o.
the Imperial mandatory, of the value of 65.
900 francs; also the famous tapestry carprtne
('Gobclns Tabeaux) fom the imperial man
ufacto'ies at Gobehns aud Brsuvais. valued Al
10000 francs. and some French oil painting.
arrived at New York ON the OH from HAVE
Death ofan Editor.-Among the deaths a
New Orleans from the yellow fever is that o
Mr.. N. J. G. Ctcnshaw, one of The editors o
the Crescent He is said TO have been young
man OF promising talents, of genial and kindly
attributes, and had endea-ed himseft to large
circle Of friends and acquainlances during
short sojourn in that city.
A most touching case. Illustrative Of conj1.
pal love, occurred al our "A harf n few day,