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ONE THOUSAND AGENTS WANTED.
LIME chance for young men this winter. Address
Il Nov g. M j. COOK, Charlottesville, Ind.
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The Senate consists of two Senators from each
State There are thirty-one Statos, represented by
sixty two Senators.
Wings, in huiic. Old Limo Democrats, in Roman.
Those marked /. d., independent Democrats w.,
those elected as Union meni >. H., those elected AZ
Southern or State Rights men
President 80 David K. Atchison
Secretary. Asbury Dickins.
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BY Governors appointment. Ths Legislature
Of Alabama will have two United States Senators to
elect during the coming session
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18
FOR THE yIRGINIAN.
Hyd-aulic Cement Works in Rockbii dge Coun-
ty, Virginia.

Messrs Editors "A brief statement of some
Of the most important facts connected with this
large and prosperous establishment may not be
embarrassing to some of your readers.
The Cement Mill is situated on the James Riy-
CIR Canal, in Rock bridge, Immediately below the
mouth of North river. Hydraulic stone OF SUI
peror quality is obtained by blasting, from in
exhaustible quarries, on the south side of james
rive about mile above the mill. The proprle-
tor of the quarries derives "A revenue OF several
hundred dollars year from the sale of the stone.
The stone is conveyed from the quarry to the
river, II distance of about four hundred yards, by
n railroad, and the are dumped from an Over
hanging platform directly into the boats, which
carry the stone tn the kilns, where it is broken
with hammers and burnt. From the kins, it is
taken to the mill, across the canal, in cars, up
an inclined plane, by water power and il is then
ground into an impapable powder and either
stored in the ware house,o inspected, packed in
barrels weighed, marked and lied from the
scales into large freight boats for transportation
to market.
About one hundred and fifty persons are en-
ploycd in all the departments of this establish
ment which is capable of turning out from 200
to |, 800 bushels of c ment day. The kilns con
sumo annually from 1000 to 800 tons of stone
coal, which is brought up the canal from the
neghborhood of Richmond. From ten to twelve
large lreght-boats constantly employed in
conveying the cement to market. The toll paid
by this establishment to the canal amounts to
nearly three thousand dollars annually.
The works were begun in 1913; but up to 1852
the james River Canal consumed all the cement
they made. For the last two years, the quanti-
ty of cement manufactured has doubled annual
ly :; and the contracts already made for Il e pre-
sent year are double those of last year.
The first cement used on public improvements
in Virginia cost fifteen dollars a barrel; the price
now is less than two.
The cement made at this establishment has
been thoroughly tried by all sorts of scientific
and practical tests, and has proved itself to be g.
quail to any in the world.
This large and hourishing establishment is UNI
der the personal charge of its proprietor, Mr.
CHARLES II. LOCKER, who, in energy and in bust
ness capacity, has few superiors any where
Success to him and to every effort ofpublic and
private enterprise,to dovelope the resources OF
this glorious old commonwealth.
ROCkBRIDGE.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18
Dutch English.


Jacob felzer, mdde-aged gentleman of leu
tonic originals apparel well incrusted with dry
mud and his hat looking like collapsed steam.
boat cylinder with the top blown off-was
brought up ON a complaint of dry goods man
Tor stealing piece of corduroy valued at seven
dollars. ~ ~ ei'
fish. lug
law talks him foorst rate''
DO you know what steal means :"
'law, him Is iron vat ish make hard
yes, thatl one kind of steel but not the ono
mean. DO you understand this: How came
you to steal this corduroy :"
because mine preeches vas NIGHT coot TO 90
Q church." 7O'' ~ 81
Docs take thirty yards to make you pair
of breeches p p''''
"faw, ter schneider must have some for cab-
page and fodder watts lift might do for nv vrow.
when gets married. 1t would make her n goot
C, at =" S'o'
see that you are man of foresight. but
don't you know that this way of getting the
oreeches and pettcoats is against the law ~
Il ton't care apout the law. Use a Tucbmon. y
you p '"0 WIN 20 o"'i 'or
"Blenty of friends and more dan | suppose
you have yourself. Dey come and dew scbwcor
anything. Dey schweur yer wasn't, and dcv ret
me clear" o.
Oh we don't want them to swear We WIN
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18
The Adminis,l alton and tn Black wanior at
fair

+ The New York Times learns from good author
ity. that orders from Washington. transmitted by
telegraph. have been received at the brooklyn ma
w yard. directing the war steamer Princeton TO
be got ready for sea, and 10 be prepared to leave
al "A moments notice. She was hauled out Mon
dav, and now lies off the Battery. The Times
says;
We have reason TO believe that the Govern
mont intends tn send her 10 Havana, for the pur-
pose of demanding at the hands Of the Cuban au-
tborities promnt restoration OF the Btdek drTioT
and her cargo We are informed that the mani
fest of the Empire ely. which sailed Monday ior
y. Orleans, intending IL touch Mt Havana, was
made out precisely like that OF the Bidc6 oaTt-
or-nnd That the Port officials at Havana will have
another opportnnity in her case Of summariiy
setting aside the practices and usages that have
hitherto obtained and of eoniiscating her cargo
for a triniup deviation from some OF Their obso-
Lotto regulations.
Every thing now looks. the Richmond Dispatch
snys, like prompt and vigorous action IN regard
to this affair. We are glad to believe that our
Government is determined To teaoh those inso-
lent spnninrds lesson that they will not soon
forget.
A later despatch from n York says:
The l.. =. steamer 1r1hceloH ms i'cti''h sur
ing orders, and is now lying off the l}ottery,wl
supplies aboard ready to sail at n moments warn
ing. Her destination is supposed TO be Cadlz'
to carry out the result of the deliberations OF the
Cabinet in relation to the seizure of tie steamer
Black Warrior by the Cuban authorities
A teegraphic report in the Richmond Dis
patch dated Washington, March 10Th, says:-
President Pierce transmitted to the House OF
Representatives to day his message in relation to
the seizure of the steamer Black Warrior by the
Cuban authorities.
The President charges the officers of Cuba
with gross Infringement Of our rights, aud says
that he has demanded redress from the Court of
Madrid. He complains of the delay in sending
to Spain for All answer to the representations OF
the United States, and thinks that the conduct of
the Cuban authorities in interruptng our com
mcrce is not compatible with peaceful relations
should it be persisted in.
The President also remarks that III case the
measures now taken for the amicabe adjustment
of our difficulties with Stain should fail, he will
use all the authority and means which Congress
may grant him to enforce our strights and Vlndi-
cate our honor.
He concludes by asking of Congress the passage
of such measures as they my see fit under the
circumstances.
The message was received with great fayor,a
has been referred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18

SECRETARY DoBBIN transmitted n message to
the House of Representatives Monday, in reply
to the resolution of inquiry relative to the adap-
liability Of the various mil steamers To war pur-
poses, in case of emergency. Tho Secretary
thinks that it would be mpracticabo to convert
them into regular vessels of war, but they might
be useful in transporting troops and munitions and
also IN annoying the enemy's commerce pri-
vateersmen. This being the ease the Evening
Bulletin thinks, the House should no longer de-
lay the adoption of such measures as will place
our navy on footing with the first maritime
power in the world. Let the miserable system
of patching ur old hulks, and offering them
with worn out commanders, it snys, be abandon
ed at onc,. Pass bill authorizing the construc.
ton of half dozon or more ships of war, besides
the six steamers already called for, and give the
world TO understand that we are able and deter
mined TO maintain our rights, not only on this
continent, but wherever our flag is unfurled.-
This last insult put upon by the Cuban au-
thorties, doubtless with the consent, and per-
haps with the connivance, of England and France
calls aloud for action,
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18
Mr. Corwin and the Gai diner Claim.

Since the tragical close of the Gardiner drama,
remarks the Richmond Bulletin, certain newspa-
pers have busted themselves in reviying the inju-
rious charges against Mr.. Corwin, which were 50
current few years ago, but which were so com
pletely refuted by the report of a congressional
committee. This committee appointed for
the special purpose of vestigatng the nature of
Mr. Corwin's connexion with the Gardiner claim,
and majority of its members were Mr.. Corwin's
political opponents. After laborious and search
ing enquiry, the committee unanimously adopted
report fully acquitting Mr.. Corwin of any inn
proper agency in the matter.
A writer in the New York Express rccaptu-
lates the facts of the case AS follows:
/. That Mr.. Corwn Invested himself of all in
terest directly or indirectly, counsel or other
wise, in that claim before he entered the Cabinet
of Mr.. Fillmore in July, 1880.
2. That the proofs in support of the claim were
neither completed nor laid before the commits sion-
ers at the time Mr.. Corwins connexi,n with the
claim ceased aud one of the principal docu-
ments ia support OF it acknowledged before
and certified 30 by the American consul at Mon
terey, in Mexico, towards the close of August,
1850, six weeks after Mr. Corwin had sold out his
interest.
3. That the mmissioners at the above time
had taken no action ana come 10 no decision rs
to the pecuniary merits of the claim, and did not
make their award until the following year.
d. That Mr.. Corwin had no interest, direct or
indirect, in that decision, and it did not make to
him pecuniary difference 10 the extent OF one
cent whether the claim of Gardiner had been
finally rejected altogether or double the amount
awarded that the commissioners finally agreed
upon.
The Committee to which we have referred say
in their report:
4.No testimony has been before this committee
proving or tending TO prone that the Hon. Thorn
as Corwin had any knowledge that the claim of
said Gardner was fraudulent, or that false test-
mony or forged papers had been or were to be
procured to sustain the same"
The writer in the Express also denies the
sertion that Mr.. Corwin received $4,000 for his
interest in the Gardner claim. Less than one
third Of that sum was for the Gardiner claim, af-
ter deducting the original purchase money which
he paid for his interest. The balance was for his
contingent fees in other before the board.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Times, writing on the same subject, under
date the 9TH inst, says 81 learn to night from
an intimate friend Of Mr. Corwin, that the $5e,-
900 which he has been charged with having re
ceived as counsel in the Gardiner case, was in
fact his fees in thirty -four different prose-
cuted before the Board of Mexican Claims;and that
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18

pearing in the dis,ans-;hei, then felt tor the
first time the mite, the madgistc OF existence.
..Yellowplush. my boy,7 said |, in a dialog to my
self, your life is now about 10 commens; your
career a man dates from your Phtfais on
hoard this packit Be wise. be manly, cautious;
forgit tn folies of your youth. You are no
longer boy now, but FoorMAS. Throw down
your tops, your marbles, your boyish games !
throw off your childish habits with your inky
clerk iaeket-throw up your"
Here reckIect, was obleeged TO sforp.. Il
fealin in the first place singular, in the next place
painful. and ut last completely oyerpowerlng.
had came upon me while was making the abuff
speech, ami IL found myself in sityouatlon
Which delixy forbids me to describe. Suiiis to
say, that now discovered what basins was made
for; that for many, many hours lay in hagony
of exostion. dead to all intence and porpuses' The
rain pattering in my face, the salers u trampl nix
over my body; the panes of purgatory going on
inside %
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18

The SONORA FuBus1 ERs.-The Filibustor
operations of Col" Walker in Sonora would
seem to be in rather bad way, Judging by the
later advices from the "Scat of War" A large
number of the rank and file are said to have de
serted, while the others were becoming SO demon
allied, and dsorganized that it is highly prob
able by this time, the "Colonel's" command
is dwindled away TO the dimensions of the squad
commanded, once upon time, by the redoubta-
BILE Sir John Falstaff. There was a confused re-
port current in California that the Gadsden Trea-
ty had clause in it. pro, dng for the cession of
Sonora to the United States. The news" seems
to have operated rs wet blanket upon the spir-
its of the ''ilibusters," who were beginning TO
think that there was no use in fighting for ter
rtorry that was already in possession.
Those of this gang whose principal purpose is
plumber, however, were still proving about
but by this time they pretty closely watched,
not only by the Mexcans, but by one or two L.
S. vessels of war, sent down the coast to look af
ter them.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18

The COMMERCIAL CoNvENTIoN.-The Charles
ton Courier predicts a large assemblage on the
occasion of the Commercial Convention in that
city, and assures all who may be able to attend
that every facility will be afforded and every OK
ertion used TO render their visit pleasant and a.
greeable The same paper suggests that the
charm IN f each delegation appointed notify in
advance, and as soon as possible the number Of
those whose attedanceis most probably expected
such information may be addressed II, w.
CONNER, -lsq., Chairman of the General Commit
tee of Arrangements.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18

he received only le.eoo in the Gardiner su''one
half of which went To his cousin, Robert corwin,
who was associate counsel with him. This re-
duces Mr. c.s participation in the Gardiner idnd
to s6,O00. If the committee of the House, IN
der AIr. Perkins resolution. do not summon him
as witness before them, il is believed he viii ap-
pear and volunteer his evidence
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18

In the last number of Punch is good enprav-
ing representing the British lion in fury, gnash-
ing his formidable worries, and striving to es-
cape from Lord Aberdeen, who is hanging on to his
name, excaiming in despair,-''I must let him
goh' In the distance-across the water-is seen
an enormous bull frog, with French plume in
his cap making his way with convulsive leaps
across the country. The lion is evidently anx-
ious to join him.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18

them 10 give security for your
court. You confess Won stois ~. aPpearai
there is no occasion for an n,J,e Inc eordare
"Yaw; you find nicht tell anv n rs s'tar
never do anything which he fraid =. Inc
| did steal der stoff, but was COM 20 tel
monish to pay nit" e 10 situ
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18

Rev. Ant. Brown, tstrong minded
recent lecture in Philadelpbia ar 19hal
er things, ''whoeyer would make aaong
world must make his own mark. no, n IA
another. It's more noble for a Coos 'ae man
goose than to make a miserable INN; saH
nightingale" ""''alon
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18
CANDIDATES FOR orrr-o-,

fB-Wc are authorized to annepnco W.
WATSON, candidate for r,-e.ec,.o, , LIAM
Ma-tcro Police for the City of L,ncbbn,'. TIE 10
mar Tide
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18

Captain Tracey, eomplaing to Foot that man
had ruined his character, $50 much the better"
replied the wit, for it was a ID bad one, and
the sooner, it was destroyed the more to your adj
vantage"
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18
To the Voters of Lynchburo

am candidate lor your snaare.. mh.
April next, for u e office "f MISTER Of r, M ffeir
residence ct tprfy-two years in your cir, aaa Al
hood. deem 1t unnecessarily say nl.ytI,;ns helaa
fntter Than, il elcctei. will di.clarps - VI MS
The Office. GEO pERntnf. aals
ian 3l.dfe al, "a
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18

A new mail route is to be opened on the LIST of
JUL between Wytheyile and Mercer G. H., the
mai. 10 be carried once a week. 1t will be let o
contract ON the 10th of April
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-18
ROCkBRIDGE
Hydraulic Cement Piping for Conveyins Wa
ter to DWELLINGS, &c.


A correspondent from Rockbridge Co., writing
to the Southern Planter says:
Mcssrs. L. b: x w. +. Poague, of this neigh
borhood, have recently obtained patent for
new mode of making Hydraulic Cement Piping,
which has been thoroughly tested by number of
persons in this county within the last two years.
and has given entire satisfaction. BY means of
their piping with the propelling power of water
rams, many farm houses, situated on high hills,
are now abundantly supplied, at their doors, with
eyer-howing streams of water, as pure and cool
rs it gushed from the spring at the foot of the
hill, in some cases several hundred yards distant
and upwards of one hundred feet below the lev
ell of the house. The largest pipe in actual use
is three and half inches calibre, but it can be
made of any desired size. After the ditch is pre-
pared, the piping is laid down with great rapidity
it is made from the mortar. Where the per-
pendcular pressure of the water is not great, it
can he used at once, and in all cases after har-
dening few weeks: The piping of course gets
harder and stronger with age until it becomes as
hard as rock itself.
One bushel of cement will make six Yards of
piping of one and half inch bore Cement of
the best quality can be had in any quantity at
Lockers Cement Works on the james River ca
nal, balcony Falls Rockbridge,) at 374 cents
a bushel.
A good specimen of this piping can be seen ut
the Old Hotel at the Natural Bridge, where the
water is conveyed some QUO yards by a two inch
pipe, crossing Cedar Greek twice and at one point
sustaining pressure of thirty feet Visitors at
the Bridge will find these water works worthy of
their examination.
Another specimen, 1900 yards long which has
been in successful use for twelvemonth can
be examined at the Hotel of Mr. n. G. Moore. ten
miles south of Lexington, on the old stage road
TO Pattonsburg.
The advantages of the Cement Piping over
that of iron or lead are.
lst Its superior durability, lasting for ever.
while the other rusts wears out in few years
I'd. In conveying the water perfectly pure,
without poisoning it like Lead dscoloring it
ike iron.
3D.. Its greater cheapnessordinary piping not
costing half as much that of iron or lead 1t
is even cheaper than wooden pipes.
Any further information can doubtless be had
by addressing the patentees, (at Fancy Hill,
Rockbridge,) who are large farmers, and among
the most respectable and efficient business men
in the county.