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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-02
SILK -Elax-

The Cincinnati Price Current, in "a recent ar.
ticle headed, Commercial Difficulties Arising
from Agricultural Difficulties" after referring to
certain well known facts going To show that the
cause of the present commercial arrangements
in the country is owing to nh increase in our com
meroe without a CORE spending increase in oar
agricultural products, proceeds to point out tLe
immense amomt-@i- lI3sI3-th- eoanifs an
nuaIly pays to foreign countries for The products
of their plants-Fhs, the Mulberry aud the
Nine-which might be easily rpi>sd at home
The writer says
=" The tacts prove what the balance If trndr
also shows, that commerce, or rather foreign
commerce bas advanced beyond the increase 81
agriculture, Their pace 4 not equal. Ih-
leads 10 the consideration We have alluded to
-phGt IS The efficiency ofdggUuItsrt, can II be
rtmtdiedP lie exposition OF our foreign trade
shows some extraordinary facts. Onc. and the
most extraordinary j. that the importation of
articles madc from three plants I've excladecot
tom native aud easily cultivated a, Indian
Corn, exceed. all our expectation If corn: and.
If those articles were raised in th- country tas
they should be)-ihs change n agriculture alone
would restore the balance of trade-lcaye the
corn IN the country. and prevent almost the pos
sibiAty Of commercial revul,on arising out Of
foreign commerce. The plants from which these
articles are produced are flax, the mulberry, and
the vine. All u these are natives Of our own
country. and easily raised That our derangr-
ments of foreign commerce are produced from
the neglect OF cultivating these plants is proved
by the following exposition of our imports for
1888
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Ladies' Supper
REPORT Err.

The Ladies' of St Paul's Church, with the view
Of discharging small debt due for the compile
ton of their Parsonage, will have Supper ON
Wednesday evening, the 18th of December, at
the store-room recently occupied by Mr.. j. +.
Slaughter; and they respectfully ask the friend
" aid and patronage Of all who may favor SO
laudablc Il purpose. nov. % l:}d.
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VIRGINIA EARTHQUAKE.-The Tazewen conn
ty advocate states that on Wednesday last. n
bout p. NJ, a slight shock of an earthquake,
was felt in several parts of Tazewell county, and
probably extended over the whole, though not
sufficiently powerult to arrest attention every
where. Some hands engaged in repairing the
Cumberland Gap Road felt it so sensibly as to
be thrown into considerable CONSERVATION.
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Hitler to kentucky has stood at the head OF
the list SO far concerned the production of fine
cattle, but now it is believed She will have to
to make room for Old Virginia. Mr.. Miles
Persons, of Hardy county. Va, has a COW, seven
years old, which weighs eighteen hundred and
seventysix pound and her calf three years old
heifer weighing fifteen hundred and fourteen
pounds These animals raised by Col. Kin
kaid, of Highland eounty.-Bait. Patriot
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-02

fRArRIcIpE IN GooCHLAND.-O Friday, the
2lth inst, man named John T. Watkins killed
his brother VIM +. Watkins, by stabbing him.
The circumstances appear To be these, as the
lost gathers them from correspondent: John
L. had for some time past lived on dsagreeable
terms with his wife, and on the day of the muir
ders he had fled from his house to a neighbours
The husband went to his brother Williams, it is
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-02

supposed. in pursuit Of her hi brother met him
in the ward. aud conversation el-ued relative
~ the diiiicultie- between himself and his Wit.
which resulted N the death IT William. III"
anly witness. Williams wife. declares that her
husband wa stabhrd before he struck a blow.
but TINT. n soon ~ he was stabbed, he seized II
little wagon-sueh n children play with-nnd
struck Iohna severe blow un tine head. John
himself however. declares that he was struck
before h. Offered 10 stab ii- brother. The knllo
entered the pit II hi, stomach, aud death eusutd
IN about IL minutes after the nthcu'n ot the
wenud. The Preparation # ihI- deed was
promptly frosted aud committed = the jail Of
Gooehland epunty,ghere he now awaits hi7 trial.
The two brothers lived ncar each other, aud
hitherto were on peaceabe terms. They had
both Of ihrm large families ef children. IL"
deceased WAS "A worthy aud respectable citizen.
aud his death i greatly Ialncniea lay hi neigh
bors and acquaintance.
finances OF NRGlNIA.-Mr. Wm l.. Jack
son, Second Auditor, La, recently maje his an
nuul statement Ia the Governor. aud it is sufii-
cient to set Mt rest all doubt of the ability Of the
Commonwealth of Virginia Ia mrrt all her engage
ments. We learn FROM il tha the entire public
debt of the Stateis 923.37lI76 81 being inerca-
sed during the fiscal year by the SUN At : 3D.
i0l OF. of this only Sl2.0-7, 927.jl i unproduc-
tive, the Revenue arising thrrrirum going IL the
cXtingui,h mrnt of principal aud interest OF the
public debt. The RECEIPTS during the year. aris-
ing from the fund amount 10 Sj05,2j6 q, Icing
an increase of S79279 10 over the receipts Of the
previous year. This goe, to the payment Of the
interest and principal efthc public debt. There
is now in the State Treasury, to the credit Of the
sinking fund, - ,36J.6:}J ~. which with other
moneys accruing) will b. ample to meet all claims
for the principal and interest If the public debit
falling due within the present fiscal year
This is the substance Of the Second Auditors
exhibit, and if We are notyery much mistaken in
our Judgment Virginia securities will not only
very soon regain their former value and com
mani a premium, but will be sought after by cap
iasts rs the best stock IN the market
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UNION REPuBLICAS.-We have received the
Shove paper, just started in stanton 10y Tyree
Maupin. 1t is published sem-weekly, and is
very handsomely gotten up. 1t will be IA valua-
DIE accession to the Wing press Of the State
MI Ma1pin has proved himself an able and faith
full champion of that cause in another field and
IS entitled to the liberal patronage of the party.
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Sis,ll3,sI3

Products of three plants ....... sis, ll3,sI3
In the year lo5i IT may be safely affirmed
that the importation OF these articles exceeds in
value ffy millions. If the culture of these ar
hcles was SO encouraged that they could be placed
on tirm footing, our mportations would be re-
duced fifty millions. and the whole of our native
gold retained in the country. The cultivation of
the vine is now well introduced at Cincinnati
that we may confidently predict that it will go
on, TIL we raise our own supplies. For the cul
Yankee inrention, by which Flax machinery will
be improved and we shall make our own linen
Silk may be made just easily, and prohaby
too, as can cotton cloth but it wants skill and
attention, and above all, it wants the culture of
Mulberry trees in order to encourage the breed
ing of silk worms.
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THE SUGARCRoP.-The accounts of the Lou
fsiaDa Sugar Crop, published in the New Orleans
papers. all unfavorable. They say the
amount of sugar produced will fall short at least
one-third, compared with last year, owing to
deficiency in the juice of the cane but the quail
ty of the sugar manufactured is described
being much better, as the juice is richer Plan
ters are busy grinding and rolling.
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SSl3,ll2 /.
WM. Z. FLOYD, President.
c. IL. GREENER.
J. w. NJ. WIrTEN,
JOHN. l.. DOUGHERTY,
WILLIAM con.

Appeared before the Undersigned Notary
Public for the county of Tazewell, Thos. IL. Gil.
lespie, Cashier of the Trans Allegheny Bank oi
Virginia, and made oath that the above state.
ment was correct to the best of his knowledge
Given under my hand October 2Ith 1851
JAS. l.. WITTEN. Notary Public
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ANOTHER SENATOR CHosEN-'The Hon ASA
BIGGs was elected on Saturday last IA Senator of
the United States, by the Legislature of North
Carolina, for six years from the 4th of March
next, when the term of the Hon. GEORGE f.
BADGER will expire.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-02

MANASSAS GAP RAIL RoAD.-The Valley De-
mocrat states that the corps of engineers en-
pioyed by the Manassa Gap Railroad finished
the survey to Harrsonburg on Thursday last.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-02

STEWART HOLLAND. Eight hundred dollars
have beep subscribed in Washington City towards
the proposed monument to Stewart Holland, the
gunner on the Arctic.
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var IL epnpose ofs thing ana winding mp tie Co
4 pnlrcg-hir, at Baker ~ Cmvoy "d,r rhrir
,tnie culuerof Min and Market -trcet. GIplh, Cl,
.in,,rss lnI Nesfres Furnishing GpnIs an! Ready
Made Catlire af - and rADEn. until tuesday. rhe
Sb ia>t whc. time the remaining am Is on hand
Will be offered aarriau, 10 RI - tir
Person, wishing >ueh soe,l- viii b, ~ura Of ,..tfi1r
TIM chenper Hmm any ,lh,r tnre in the city they
vii be sure - lr -ud.
Country Merctal, visiting tie cay viii be >nre t,
get baig,n. # they viii only caIanl, ',r themselves.
J F0LkEi, Tm.tcr.Er
s Tho-c IN ehfe VIII pca,er 1, AID settle 81
nat be = ven. +. J. FUlkES.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-02
200 Barrels Apples for Sale.

| Have On hand "a few barrels OF very NICE APPLES
4 and ,,ll rree ~ between 1, i and pam brcrnI.
her. 2O0 halre.> a me ,anr kul. Per,oa- ~ NAN
will pleas' cal ii leave ihen. o.,ie,,.
WV. A. MILLER,
dec = .J2jil,i Oatllo b sin.
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NORFOLK SLAVES STILL EsCArING.-Mr Ro
II. Webb, in the last Norfolk Argus, offers $500
reward for Cassander, u slave who ran off on the
18th instant, or who was carried off by some ye,-
sci going North.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-02

ACCIDENT G Ilatten. of Petersburg.
was very badly burnt night before last by the up
setting Of a candle upon the bed 1t seems thai
she was reading in bed, when the candle upset,
caught the pillow aud burnt her very badly
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-02

I IST OF LETTERS remaining i'll the Post
. J Office at Lynchbure, December the Isl
1854
70 Persons calling for Letters in this List
will please say they are advertised
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-03
The Gadsden Treaty.

II is well understood at Washington that
in the early part Of the present week. the
Gadsden treaty was rejected in the Senate.
1t was rejected in spite Of the most open,
notorious, and desperate efforts Of the Adj
ministration TO carry it; and, furthermore,
it was rejected BY very large majority
When we bear in mind that every member
of the Senate was avowedly anxious for a
treaty with Mexico, and that some Of the
most important and momentous interests Of
the United States demand a treaty. the
large majority in favor Of the rejection Of
this Gadsden affair. supported rs it was
called, Of the President, the Cabinet, and
the organ, shows what an exceedingly exc
cradle thing it must have been We heard
a prominent Democratic Senator say last
week that he fully believed that the unpop-
ularity Of the Administration would defeat
the treaty. but we apprehend that its defeat
was owing almost as much to Its own want
Of merit as to the odium that rests upon the
Administration.
Vigorous efforts are being made at WASH
inrton to effect such amendments Of the
treaty as will remove the principal obiec-
tion to it on the part Of Senators We
learn that General Rusk. Of Texas. has re-
modelled it and put i in such a shape that
Gadsden himself would hardly be able to
recognize it. We sincerely hope that some
project of a treaty. to which the Mexican
Government may be expected to assent. viii
be cot up at Washington. Atpresent there
are great dangers of collisions between the
United States and Mexico, and these dan
gers ought, if possible, to be removed.
Louisville Journal, l5th ulf.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-03
From Mexico,

We learn that just previously to The sail
ing Of the steamer Texas, from Vera Cruz,
a teleeraphic dispatch had been received
there, announcing the cessation Of hostilities
between Alvarez and Santa Anna The
latter, i is reported, bad offered concessions
to Alvarez, which had led to an understand
ing, and an arrangement Of the difficulties
between the two parties
a communication which We have receiv-
cd from the city Of Mexico, dated the 4th
inst, gives a very different view of the
state vi affairs with Santa Anna and bis
forces in the South. from that which the IN
telligence gathered from the newspapers
would induce Us to believe According to
the statement Of the writer, the Government
forces, since their arrival at Chilpancingo.
had dwindled away very materially. More
than a thousand are reported to be sick in the
hospital, and the muster roll exposes de
scrtion Of more than 1000 men. So that,
without any serious encounter, the forces
Of Santa Anna are reduced, at the lowest es.
timate. By some 5000 and more.
Alvarez, on the contrary, is reported tc
be in possession Of impregnable positions,
while additional chiefs and followers are join
ing him daily, and is infusing terror into
Santa Anna.
The hill of Peregrino. our correspond
ent says, has been fortified BY Alvarez, and
is perfectly impregnahle. 1t is an exceed
ingly high mountain. accessible only BY a
winding road, along which there il not room
for men to walk except in single file. lie
has mounted a battery there. by which al
points are commanded, and he has mined
many Of these. 50 that if any Of the troops
sent against him shonld escape the effects ot
the cannon, they will haze 4 yet more de-
struc;ivc assault TO encounter
Our correspondent says that hostilities
were to be commenced on the day he wrote
and that the general opinion Of intelligent
people was. that Santa Anna would be de-
teated, as his officers were ignorant towards,
and Biz soldiers forced levies, who would
soon seek safety in Eight
Should Santa Anna be defeated at Pere-
grino the people elsewhere would rise ca
n1asse against him. and he must be over.
thrown. Alvarez, he says. is destined to be
the avenger Of the Republic, who will
shoot him without waiting for his confession
The system Of terror, our correspondent
says, continues in the capital. Well paid
spies circulate everywhere. and few days
pass without three or four arrests Of notable
persons, and many respectable men are be-
ing punished as criminals for having com.
planned that Santa Anna governs badly
Cord;ono Guziman ubnSa orra-t xra hove
already noticed. had been bought over By
Santa Anna for $4,000.
". 0. Picayune
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-03
understanding which exists between The two

understanding which exists between The two
chief German powers-Austria and Prussia.
1t is understood, however, that at present
this agreement Is limited to general princi-
pies, and Col Manteutfel il now at Vienna
endeavoring to settle the terms Of an event
ual common course Of action between the
two Powers
GREAT BRITAIN.-In parliament the pro-
ceedings have not been Of much interest
The principal subjects under consideration
were the Simony Law amendment bill: bill
regulating the payment Of wages in hosiery
manufacture bill for government Of YES
trie; bill to put down gaming houses
and the income Tax bill, which was read a
second time.
The British government has printed and
laid before Parliament the political and ter
ritorial treaties existing between Russia and
Turkey. -TT
Government has chartered the West In
dia mail steamers Trent and Midway. for
conveyance Of troops. Several ship cap
tains have been engaged at Sunderland to
act as pilots to Napier's feet.
nc neTcnatlOn TOT lurklsn loan mas
been concluded with Messrs Rothschilds
1t is TO be for e2,200,000 sterling in pei
cent stock, at So, rcdeemable in fifteen years
1t is very favorably received in the market
p. hlonteaux & Co., Exchange Brokers
Of London and Paris have failed liabilities
100000 sterling probable assets los pei
lbsterling.
The average stock Of bullion held by the
bank Of England. in both departments, du-
ring the month ended on the 18th Febrna-
~, was ZIG, ,226. .6S4. being an increase Of
e264,342 a. compared with the previous
mouth, and a decrease of e2.3SS,472 when
compared with the same period last year.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-03

NoTIcE TO CoNsTABLEs-A certain con.
stable was charged with the execution of a
warrant on fellow, who had committed a
crime, and had fed. The constable pursued
him over hill and dale, and at last found the
fugitive up tree. He had taken a rail,
and by that means got up the tree Tor dead
trunk of tree) and when up pulled the rail
after him. The constable went to the tree.
but the offender against the law would nei-
ther come down and surrender, nor lend the
constable the rail, to enable him to get up
to where he was. The constable gave up
the chase and made the following return
on the writ :-"Sightable, conversable, non
est come-at-able, in swanpum up stump
um, railo.'
We would advise constables generally to
study this return. and they will have no diff
fculty in disposing of writ for the appre-
hension of man who takes to tree.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-03

LECTURE ON EDUcATIoN-Rev c. g.
Hatch in pursuance Of previous notice, de-
livered lecture On last Sunday evening at
the Baptist Church in this place, on the
subject Of Education. We did not hear it /;
but from what we can gather from those
who did, he has adopted Matt. Wards views
about the discipline in schools and the pro
per way Of managing boys. He says-use
moral suasion-rule by lore' We have
heard of love and moral auasion in the old
country, but have never seen anything that
would do quite so well with bad-vicious-
headstrong boys as the little article that
Solomon wrote about. 1t may be, however
that Israel's wise and splendid king was
wrong. We, Of the present day and gen.
Grafton, are "eiser than the children OF
light"
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-03

GooD ExAMPLE-The citizens of Pitts
field, Pike county, Illinois, recently held a
public meeting, and raised fund sufficient
to buy up all the liquor in that place The
liquor sellers not only sold them all the H.
quors they had on hand, but signed pledge
to bring no more to the place. All the IL
quor that was thus bought, was poured on
the ground. amidst great rejoicing. Who
can say that that praiseworthy act did not
decide the temporal and eternal destiny of
many of the young men of that place p
What blessed thing it would be, if the
people of every town and village would do
the same. How many hearts would be
cheered and made happy.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-03
Fire..

a most destructive fire occurred in Cam
den on Tuesday night, 25th ult, which con-
sumed five or six houses in the very centre
of the business part of the town The fire
originated in house owned by j. NJ Brooks,
ard occupied BY b. f. Grace, as a Dug
Store. 1t next communicated to the store
of McCollum Il Fellows, the Odd Fellows
Hall, owned By Maj. Clifton, the Tin shop
of w. Simmons. and the store house occu-
pied by j. Crocheron and owned by J. d.
Hill, consuming the entire block and was
only prevented from communicating to the
houses across the different streets by the al
most superhuman exertions of some Of our
citizens. Considering the limited means at
at hand, and utter want of organization, we
have never seen more effective service rem
dered by our Camden boys on that occa-
sion. They deserve, and will no doubt re-
ceive the lasting gratitude of this commun-
ity.
The entire loss is estimated at 5000
or $4,000, considerable portion Of which
was covered by insurance. Messrs McCol-
Inn & Fellows think that their loss will be
covered by insurance. Most of the goods,
books &c. in all the houses, were saved ex-
cept those in the Drugstore Mr.. Grace
was insured to the amount $1,000. Mr..
Simmons is supposed to have sustained the
greatest loss.
The fire was evidently the work of incen-
diaries, and it behooves our citizens to be
on their guard, lest worse fate may befall
US. Ouachtta Herald.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-03
The Ward Case.

The Ward Case.
1t is announced, in many of our excban-
ges, that the Hon. JOHN j. CRITrENDEN,
of Kentucky. has volunteered to defend the
WARDS, who are now in Jail. on charge Of
numbering Professor BUTLER. Of Louisville.
Our contemporaries seem to think this step
of Mr.. CRITTENDEN is one of the noblest
things that a man ever did. They call him
now "the noblest Roman Of them alI."
and say that he deserves this appellation the
more, from the fact, that the WARDS, and
all their kith and kin, have been POLITICAL
ly opposed to him. Now, in our opinion.
this is all stuff. May it not be that Mr.. c.
is seeking, by that means. to convert 7'olit-
icaI opponents into political friends p
Such things have happened under the sun,
and we do not see why it should not occur
again That Mr.. c. was actuated by some
ulterior object, we firmly believe. Does he
not know that the Wards are guilty of
foul MURDER Does any man. woman, or
child, in Louisville, "a city of sixty thou
sand inhabitants doubt their guilt Then
why does Mr. Crittenden push himself
into the case, to screen. by his sophistry and
influence, men who are notoriously guilty.
and who richly deserve the gallows and the
rope Is he not trying to shield the violat-
ors Of the laws of GoD and man ? And in
doing so is he not weakening the wholesome
restraints of the law, and lessening the Sc
curity of human life ? Surely he is
Then, in doing so, is he entitled to the ap-
pellation of ''the noNest Roman of them
AIR. A good Roman generally loued
Rome, and sought, by all honorable means,
to bring Romc's enemies to .jatstace =
There is marked difference between the
real Roman, who once lived near the Tt
ber and the Roman who lives in Kentucky
in the nineteenth century. On the whole,
we think Mr. Crtttenolem is engaged in a
very small business He is lending his
sanction to murder, and henceforth every
purse proud aristocrat who has son or
brother at school, will feel justified in shoot
ing the schoolmasters brains out, should he
have the temerity to apply the rod to any
young sprig of a noble house. It was a
piece Of audacity in Professor Butler to
have erem complained at anything young
Master Ward (his pupiA did and as for
using the rod upon him, that was cut of all
character. If young Ward vas unruly
and violated the rules of his school, why
did not Prof. Butler take recess and GO
out into the city of Louisville and hunt up
Robert j. Ward, and all the other Wards,
and complain to them and get them to use
their influence acith the noble young Of.
feaader9 Or if he had to whip any body,
why did he not whip some poor boy who had
neither father nor mother? Instead of do
ing so he foolishly adopted and carried out
Sol0mon's advice in regard to the manner
Of dealing with bad boys, and lost his life
for it. We do not see how a poor school
master could expect anything else than a
bullet, FOR daring to enforce the rules of his
school against scion of a purscproud. ar
astocrattc family! But time will set all
things even.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-03

The case of the Sheriff of Norfolk CO.,
Mass, fined and imprisoned for violating
the liquor law by seizing and selling un-
der execution, two casks Of brandy, has been
dismissed, by the Supreme Court of that
State, on the ground of informality in the
commitment
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-03

You've AMERIcA.-They have become
so fastidious down east. that the ladies will
not SO far outrage good breeding and polite
ness as to speak of hens eggs in the com
pany of gentlemen. Boiled or fried eggs
are now called hen truit," and sometimes
"slbanghai berries.''