Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-24
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The new tariff project which II ! u."''
the House Committee of WAYS aud Means ar
rrenared to report, has caused considerable sen
s.,;on a, Washington. where many OF hs.pfe
visions we're totally unanticipaied. II reduces
ii. aut;.s both on iron and sugar from thirty 70
,w,.n,v ner cent. and will Of course be strenn
onslv opposed by both these interests The Sec
rotary Of the Treasury has not, it Is said been
.onsnl,ed Mt nil in relation to this BILL which Sill
M, have any very cordial support from the Al
ministration.
The " v Tribune says new steam eari'ae'
,,as seen coming down broadway last Thursday
p;ght. II made about SIX miles per hour over
cobble pavement, making bat little nose' smoke
=, dpst. |, can be easily steered around cor
Oers aud the inventor says that It sill run
twelve miles per hour over Russ pavement
thus superseding the necessity Of a railroad II
Broadway.
The True Democrat Administrator IN \. /.
-. tho ,o.f violent assault upon the irish
population of the conntry-and J"hn A,.'"e'
paper. the Citizen. bears down upon the roman
Catholic press in this country and IN Europe
These are strange times.
The \. Y. Herald says that the Know Moth.
IN. hammer for 1856 has been, or soon VII be-
hn,,, ont npon the outward walls. inscribed with
the name of J. N. Clayton, Of Delaware the o
rg;nal konw Nothing statesman. Mr.. Clay
,an,s claims are founded upon the introduction u
b;samendment into the Nebraska bill, providing
that n foreigner should be allowed 10 vote OF
hold officer in that territory.
VIRGINIA has. for years, borne the reproaeh oi
charging more exorbitant rates OF fare on Ter +
railroad. than the States either North or south
az her. The traveller passing through Georgia
NAYS no more than three cents per mile IA south
and North Carolina about the same. Reaching /
.ho ola Dominion. he encounters tariff Of four
- Eve cts Beyond that State, he hgan hnds
himself where three cents or less lpef m'le) VIII
nav his passage. But il seems, high as have
been the charges On the Virginia roads hitherto
the public are to be called upon to suh'r s''il
further imposition, in travelling through Tue
STATE From the Richmond Enquirer we learn
that the fare on the Richmond aud Petersburg t
road hitherto five cents per mile j 10 be IN
creased to SIX.
The Rhode Island Episcopal Convention have
adjourned sine die without electng b'-hoP.-
Before the final adjournment however the As
sistanf Bishop Of Connecticut was Fpeee'iY NV
ted to officiaie in the diocese
On his pIantaton.uear Charleston, =. c. Mr.. /
T. r. Waring raises Cashmere goais which seem
perfeetly at home. and apparently like the climate.
Tho weight If their heeces Is about equa to that
Of The best kind Of sheep and ten times as falua-
bic
.Iadge Thompson ha- decided hat the iaW Of
Virginia. on this subject requires land to
hive their fences FIVE feet high,of else not be en-
cited 10 recover IN damages for loss and injuries
Sustained from stock breaking into fields through
fences ID less height.
The Baltimore Patriot. speaking of the busi'
ness before Congress, says great many private
bills. to long neglected, ought 10 be taken up .
and aisfsssed q at this session It i a sin aud +
crying shame to longer postpone them. The .
general appropriation bills. Of course. must be
Passed The bill TO re-organize the Army and .
TIE Navy ought 10 be passed 1t i high time
thew should be. The appropriation TO pay Santa
Anna. agreeaby to the provision Of the Gad-drn
Tteatg. viii 8onbtlrss be made after SOME pretty
tall opposition. Colonel Benton stands prepared.
cooked and prined, To give ii tremendous
broadside The plan Tor sending two Commits
sioners Plenipotentiary TO Madrid to -opcrsede, +
OF aid. or affroni Nj Minister Soulh, in the mat
ter Of negotiating for Cuba, may Lave been given
up By the Administration, for the present. Some
wise acres say 50. Tie Homestead bill. and /
Benefits Land Distribution bill are yet 10 be
disposed Of The French spoliation bill, which F
has passed the present Senate, demands, now /
more than ever before, the prompt and decisive /
action of the House. The bills granting lands
for railroad purposes, must aud will come up
again for consideration The prospect is that
they will PASS II is understood 10 be part Of
the system which carried through the Kansas
Nebraska bill. The Pacific Railroad bill goes
over TO the next session. Ii is we'll that 80 vast
and important matter should be postponed. 1t /
will allow more time TO be bestowed upon bills of
less magnitude.
The Richmond Dispatch states, 1--WE can cas-
lily understand why Northern men should visit
Southern watering places. which. h iweyer they
rarely do but il is a subject of the most unmi1ed
establishment and humiliation that Southerners
should pass by their glorious mountain springs
and breezes Of their own South for the hot aud
crowded saloons. an d the hear,less and corrupt
society Of Northern watering place. But Us
we have already said, great is Fashion and mighty
is Humbug"
letter in the Petersburg Express, dated Rich
mond, June 10, says, "fhe prevalence of olsen
terry ia our city Is alarming, and the eye Of the
wayfarer is constantly struck with the sight of
long funeral professions dragging their dreary
length along towards burial place.. 1t II now
about noon.aud have witnessed four funeral pro-