Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-10

Cabl says: Tie American hlil'1sieI ihihi'
thai because Spain Is not what she once WIS
because ler neei i comparatively small, AMI
because Cuba is So distant from her. thai they
lntl.t therefore eventually succeed 10 their
nj. afiesl attempts. But if We are mol now The
,,r,,a, and powerful nation we once wire, We
have great and powerful allies. and We lave
al The Fl and spirit Of our ancestors. besides
tbe Cul.ans themselves. We have minated.
arr loyal 10 Their Sovereign. No subjects,
could be more 50, and no people could haze
Americans moro cordially. With respect 10
the rumofs hal appear 10 be afloat, Of an N
tenlion on the part Of our CO. ornmcnt 10 sell
{ la 10 tic United States, We vii only cay
TODAY, that there is no. tie slightest founda-
lion IN truth for them, 1t being certain fact
that if Ter gracious majesty, could be induced
nj all To part with our beautiful AnlilIe, any
other nation, would be negotiated with on the
lieci IN pr, ference TO the American Union.
IN Ilislnan named Cation. about IS srols
ofage living v It'll Distinguished reIa'iee nam
ed OBrien in Washington 10 nship, Bergen
county New Jersey ,oerpctrated The most btu
Ia murlcr upon the bodies Of ~ Of Brcn'-
children DUNG the absence Of their father aud
mother The gIl oged eleven, who Lad been
violated, was found in the house in pool of
Ter own blood, Will her head nearly severe
from her body, while tie boy aged nine yenrs,
was found OF The hil side among some shrub.
berg near tire house. lis head entirely cut oh
by an axe, and lis LODI Horribly maliIncd by
six or seven lacren' gashes mode hy the same
instrument A coroncr's jury vas e,arqnncI
ed. and yeldict rendered that The chl lrcn
met their death by blows from instrument
in The hands of William Calou. The murdcf-
er Is still 81 large
The Norfolk Argus states that nan named
Thomas Weld, a discharged Labor er from the
SeaLoorl ald Roanoke Railroad, deliberately
placed himself n lie track, n the train "as
passing ut car lie upper depot, in Ports
mouth, on friday, aud standing holly erect
.defed the approach Of the locomotive, though
lis friends standing by odmon.hed hin of hs
danger and implored 10 him escape 'front.'. The
consequence was that he was crushed To death.
Its understood that he rcsoricd To his mode
of destruction for the purpose Of putting an
end 10 his existence.
Private letters have been recea 81 in Wash
ington from Florida, saing ihat Bly Bow
legs, aud tue rest of the Seminole chiefs, had
refused 10 rutify the treaty nude with General
Blake, and that Billy and his falowcrs, after
gathering all the arms lhey could, had fed
Gen. Blake had proceeded 10 The Florida Log
islaturc, aud nsked for the immediate raising
of a large number Of volunteers to quc9 the
war.
We learn from the school report just made
10 the Pa. legislature, that there nrc in TINT
State 5000 Common schools, With 7,SG0 male
and 1853 female teachers, aud 267 90 mul,
and 2l3,719 female scholars. The a,crog,
cost of teaching each scholar 10 Il GEMS PEI
month, and the total cost of instruction &7l3,
5d6 The whole amount of school lax e,ir,
last year was $3.50, 1876 besides tho sum o
$l5s9js appropriated by the legislature.
The message Of the Gvernor Of New York
is long and able document, and represents tie
affairs OF the State as in a favorable condition
with the exception Of the finances The cx
year ending September, 1852, exceeded the
revenue by 5000 900 The funded debt was
increasing by the accumulation Of interest, the
sum set apart to pay the interest and distinguish
the capital, being insufficient for the former
Richard X. Cralle, esq, the literary execu.
tor of the lamented Calhoun, is in New York,
making arrangements for the publication of an
additional volume of Calhouns Works. The
forthcoming volume will embrace portion OF
Mr.. Calhoun's speeches. The whole work
will constitute complete cdiiion ofthespeech.
es and writings of John c. Calhoun, carefully
corrected and arranged by the editor, Mr..
Cralle
Among the projects recently brought be
fore Congress, is one to amend the constitution
by providing for tie election of Presidential
electors by the voters of,he Congressional dis