Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-10-11
Correspondence CT the virginian.

few preparatory meetings, hut they were thlny
attended, and no enthusiasm. This is no doubt
ewing Ia the number of tickets in the field and to
the subdivision of the two leading parties into
merous factions holding different views the
important subjects of Temperance, slavery, Ma
tive Amerieanism, Ae., &c. The Wings have
had "A schism in their ranks caused by "A few of
the friends of our late Representative in Con
gress, Joseph r. Chandler, who, after having
been nominated twice and elected now claims a
third nomination; and because another was cho-
SEN he and q few of his friends attribute his de-
feat very uniustly To those much abused "know-
Nothings," Mr.. Chandler being a Roman Cath
ollie, they entirely lost sight of the fact that
two other persons, both Professionals, and both
Mr.. Chandieis equals in every respect were also
defeated Mr.. C. has very little personal inhu-
enee and will obtain bat few votes.
forgot to mention that the people of this
Commonwealth are to vote Mt the coming cleo
ton for against the elaine Law. So much
for politics. now pass on to more pleasing
subjects.
The State Agricultural Society has just clos
ed ats annual exhibition here, aud it has been
pronounced by competent judges to be one of the
finest II not the lin, st exhibition ever held in the
United States. The grounds selected for the
purpose were those formerly belonging 10 the
beautiful country residence of the Powell family,
quite near the densely built part Of the city,
beautifully sitratcd on the bank of the Schuyl-
kill river and we'll shaded with fine old oaks and
oyergrecns of immense size. The Society offer
ed premiums To the amount ofnearly ten thous,
an d,,lIn la, al al -, -,
cietie- aud tie Franklin Institute participated in
the Exhibition, the whole forming collection
that for variety, extent and interest cannot be
surpassed. The show of Imported and Native
cattle, sheep, swine and horses was immense
To enable You 10 form some idea of it's extent,
will merely state that the exhibition ground con
tai ned twenty five acres and the stalls extended
around the entire area, Nil filled with the nobcst
specimens of Turning stock. There was besides
circular race course for showing the speed and
action Of horses, and this continued TO be point
of particular interest during the whole exhibi-
ton. There were also immense buildings and
Pasillions for the Horticultural aud Agricultural
products and for articles of American Manufac-
ture, farming implements machinery &c. The
Exhibition lasted hut three days aud il is com
pnted TINT at least 300 400 persons visited it.
business has been rather dull this fall owing
to the pressure in the money market sickness
oud the severe drought which has prevailed
throughout lnrgo extent of country. Our city
has been very unfortunatcin losing No Of her
finest Liverpool steamers, first, the City of Has
gov, that has never been heard from, and now we
have just heard of the loss of the noble steamer
City Of Philadelphia on Cape Race near Halifax.
She had $40 passengers, all saved, and n cargo
valued AT S:}oOOOO which win be nearly total
loss.
\ few days ngo our business community was
much startled lay the intelligence of the future
of the house of REED. Bios \ e, house very
extensively engaged IN the Dry Goods and Cloth
ing business. Their liabilities arc sail To be
over million of dollars, hut the general impress
sion is that they will pay everything and have
something handsome left
The cctures in our medical schools commence
in u few days to full classes. The fcmale med
ical college herc is working lis way into pub
lie favour, the prciudiees against the medical ed
ucaiion of woman gradually Disappearing.
In these days of treason and disunon, whom
from the pulpit the stump, the Halls of Legi,la-
ton and learning, sentiments freely uttered
calculated 10 shake Our allegiance to- our noble
Constitution. il is rcire shing to hear. such sent
ments as the following, taken from Bi,hoI
Doane's address to the students of Burlington
College y. !
az rIImBus uNuM. Mark, for one moment. how
amazingly this problem, of plural unit practi
| cally worked ont,ln our amazing Constitution. +,
| every nation IN the worll--lapan and China, now
are not eXceptlons-there must be the foreign ant
domestic side. The side, which it turns to lis own
people, forprotcction, for enconragcme tfor con
ISOLATION; and the side, which il turns to the whole
world beside, for Sovereignty and independence
''enemics,in warln peace, friends In our mimi
! table Union,this is suppliedhy the State govern
| ments on the one hand, and, on the other by tn,
! General government. As Jcrsevmcn, ns Georgi
ans, as men of Massachusetts, all that is private
individual domestic, social in lis more imuediat,
and endraring forms,s clustered about New Jcr
! sey Georgia, and Massachusetts. and sheltered
| in their shadow. We live, al home among Gu
own people. We know each other, all. W. gras,
each Others hands. We feel each other
| hearts. But, when the world is 10 Toe met in com
mercc in diplomacy or arms; when the nation il
to rise and rally ut the angel summons of benevo
| lenec, or at the clang of the war-trumpet, we arr
| one single people. Wearo all Americans. Their
is one countrv,for us all, with one all comprehen
| ding Constitution. One glorious baldric, bazon
ed with the stars and stripes One monarch ca
| gle. that from his eyrie in the Aieghanies mount
To heaven, with all the terrors of his beak an,
| lightning of his eye One broad and blessed an,
perpetual union; the union OF our homes and o
our hearts, iniomitable, mpregnabe, mpershu
| bile Independence now and, Independence, for
ever"
And are there those, upon whose homes an,
hearths, this glorious union sheds the blessings o
its bow of peace and love and hope, that have tn,