Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-14
Miscellaneous Items.

ing as to their course upon the Nebraska bill In
word. il i certainly giving aid aud comfort 10
the freesoil and abolition party"
Gen. IonN cooKE. of Tennessee died at his
residence in Graingcr county, IN that state on
The 10th ultimo He was prominent and infu-
entail Repre- sentative in Congress from the yeaf
| 1919 10 SIS and possessed qualities which pc
culiary fitted him for that high trust, the duties
Of which he discharged with unyieldng hdelIty.
The town Of Knoxville, Tennessee, Is growing
| TO be an important point in the South W est
| The number of Railroads contemplated OF IN pro
| gress. which centre at that town, are impartng
| "A pogerful stimulus To its growth. \ company
| i being organised to build branch Telegraph
to the New Orleans and Northern line. frePa
| rations are being made 10 erect gas WORKS.
Great number Of buildings and manufactures are
being erected aud various other Improvements
are IN progress which promise 10 make IT one oi
the most hourshing towns in that section OF the
country.
The aGreat State Stake for 100000 ''play
! ar nav which is fo come of on the Metalrie
| Course. AT New Orleans, ON the lst day OF Apn
/ next. is exciting much interest ut the South. II
! is expected 10 be the greatest race which has
! ever taken place in this country, IN the number
of horses. the amount of money at stake. aud the
probable number of spectators who will be pre-
sent. Horses q all ages may run, but limited 70
one from each State four mile heuts S5lob
subscriptions; each horse -tartiug to receive 81
900 out of the stakes provided he Is not dlsihn-
eed aud the winner TO receive the remainder.
Ex President Fillmore is ON visit To the
West Accompanied by Mr.. Hall, late postmaster
general he reached Cincinnati on FRIDAY night
where they were most cordially rech'od' ana
some public demonstration Of respect Will he
shown them. Mn. Fillmore is on "A visit Ia Mr.
Conrad. Ex-Seoretary of War, in Louisiana, and
from thence will go 10 Cuba and take steamer for
New York Hon. John T. Kennedy Ex-se.
cretary of the Navy, is expected Ia JOIN the Pre-
sident in the West and proceed with him ON the
tour.
At oswego, IN. y. J on Wednesday of last week,
a party of bows who were sliding down hill on
two sleds that were lnshcd together ran against
"a one horse sleigh which was made complete
wreck by the collision. On the front OF one "i
the sieds was young man named Alexander
Morgan, aged 10, who lay flat 18th his face
downwards, guiding its course. His skull was
crushed into a complete pummice' aud he surFi-
we'd only nhout an hour inter.
The Board of the City Commissioners of Gin
cinnnt have submitted to the Councils OF that
city plan for IN iron tunnel under the ONO nv
er, 50 as TO connect Cincinnati with Covlngton'
ON the Kentucky shore Tho inventor proposes
to build tube of wrought or cast iron OF any de
sired Dimensions and sink it IN the bed oil the nv
r,
BILE. by first dredging n channel, deep enough To
ndmt of the top being sunk below, or even with
the bed of the river, entirely avoiding the use oi
Golfer dams. II j. proposed To lay down rali-
way through the tunnel, and to pass the cars
through by atmospheric pressure.
The Mail carrier between Weston IN Lewis
county, W., and Buekhanon, was arrested Re"
days since, in the latter place, on the charge
robbng the mil II is supposed that he hnd' by
some means, procured Il kcy,wlth which he open
ed the mail bags. The amount oi money stolen
i unknown, though various amounts are missing
Some money was found in the possession of the
carrier, uud one huif uf $50 bill IA Tia" posses
sion of his father WHO hns also been arrested
Another person is implicated in the robbery, but
no other arrests have been made. The youth l.
about III year of age. Ills nanc is ShrieVrs.--
The roud, along the line, observed to be
strewed with the envelopes Of letters, &c.
Mr.. Peters, prominent member of the y. \.
Legislature, has initiated movement for North
ern Council, consisting of one representative
from every Congressional District, 10 assemble
at Albany on the 10Th of April, the anniversary
of the battle OF Lexington, to consult on the Ne
braska bill and the cha, ges wrought by it in the
relations of the different States. Is this to lac q
second "llartiorl Convention p 1t looks like it,
to say the least
The prohbtory liquor bill, which Ind passed
the Maryland House of Delegates, and upon
which the finance committee of the Senate head
ed by Mr.. Farnand=, had reported hiayornby'
principally, on account of its being calculated 10
work serious injury to the revenues of the State,
| has been killed in the Senate 10y the very dceis-
i've vote Is against the bill, and only III tnNor of
| il.
Roy. DR. Duff, the distinguished Presbyterian
Divine aud Missionary is preaching in n. York
to crowded audiences. lie will visit tanada
| before his return to England. He will probably
remain in New York during the first week of the
religious meetings in May, returning to Scotland
in time for the meeting of the General Assembly
The Postmaster General has decided that IAN
actual subscriber to Il weekly newspaper, resi-
dent within the county where the same is printed
and pub ishcd. is entitled to receive such paper
free of postage AT any office in an adjoining conn-
w. provided such is the ones ut which he usual
ly receives communications lay mail.
The Partisan gossps circulating stories
| aud anecdotes about Judge Mason, our Ambas
sador at the French Court, which are very fool
has not been guilty OF tho bunders wnlbn. d,
attributed to him
Mr.. Richardson, the United States Consul nj
Trieste, has been rejected by the Austrian Gov.
ernment, ON the broad and indefinite charge OF
having given expression to political opinions cal
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The Duke D'Alba, one of the parties in the
Soue duels. was in Paris, at last dates and ON a
visit % the Tuilleres. His visit is said to be oo-
casioned by an accident to of his cousins, who
spraned his ankle while dan ing at the Hotel de
Vile. He says that NJ. Turgot does not recoy-
rapidly as could be desired, and that it is
not probable he can ever walk without limpng