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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-15
M ar1ied YesterdaY.
"MARRIED YESTERDAY"


There are pearl and gold shining now amid the
flowers that fringe Loves pathway: and stars
cleaning like chandelier in the armament of
Hope. There are harps tinkling now whose mclo-
dy Is sweeter than the sound of evening bells and
joy falling like shower of amethysts upon the
hearts that yesterday were wed. Life now is be.
come hcauutul; the soul scars upwards from the
dust like Il dove loosed from its cage: there is
melody IN every place: yea, there are angels in
every Path, with crowns for those who are
pressing onward with songs and prayer.
"MARRIED YESTERDAY
at seems now a long distance To the rrave
n long road To the final rest. Bat soon the sb,
dnws will come,and life loses it's summer bloom
hen ms the patter of tiny feet is heard abon, tba
MS knee they who were ''marred Yesterday"
mayhap will turn back TO the records of the mast
weeping silently the while. remomherino ibot
Their summer Is gone, their harvest ended and
that soon, gathering up their sheaycs, they must
pass beyond the gates of pearl, where viii be hut
one marriage-that of the Lamb with his chosen
p'opI''-Ne''ork Daily Mercury.
OUR MINISTER TO SPAIN-It is not quite GER
tam that MIR. Soue will be received back again
INTO Madrid. Letters from Madrid sent to Paris
say positively that the Spanish Cabinet have
requested from Washington, his recall All the
Madrid journals, with single exception, are said
to oppose his return there
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sttvIs will be seen by advertisement
in another column signed G.. 8. Lacy
Chairman Of d joint Comnittee OF
both Houses Of the Legislature, on
public buildings that plans and speci-
fications are advertised for, preparatory
to entering into the work Of improving
the grounds about The Capitol The
time is short, and The plans md specia
fications should be submitted at an
early hour. We feel satisfied that
the town will remove all tnsainly
buildings in that locality, and If the
ground be enclosed end adorned with
shadeArees and gravel walks. there
is not a more lovely spot in Louisiana
ry~"Jo Hunks letter in another
column Of to day, will be found inter-
esting. 30 is decidedly sentiment
tal--we have sympathy for him.
He likes to see the sdn 90 down from
his back window, aid secretly exu1ts
as the day draws 81 gl,, for tie work
Of law making to be done. a most
excellent thing is IL, that modern con
situations fix limit 10 sessions were
it not 50. long ParIiaments would fol,
low, and Cromwells would spring up.
if not Guy Fawkes plots on the
part Of the people. f4lf...
The first legislature under The last
constitution, would have beer setting
until now, had it not been that some
Of the members became weried to
death, md actually went home with
out permission. Would THAT every
representative Of tile people we're like
ttlr correspondent--pnsses Of home
and n family, and sehsibly appreciating
the worth ofthe domestic fire side---
the warm smiles Of loye and affection,
that renders any place where home is
Paradise Then if such were the
case--laws would be made brief and
sensible, and would not have to be
made over again every year But
enough Of this---by far the greatest
majority Of modern representatives,
have no home, aud have no pernia.
uent-honest oecupadon--they have
no taste for any thing but coehtails,
and the Shades below
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PRoFEssoR ALEXANDER DtM1TRY.--

PRoFEssoR ALEXANDER DtMrTRY.--
We learn that the Introductory lecture
to series of "Discourses upon the
Morals, Government, Arts, and Policy
Of Ancient Greece" will be delivered
this evening by the above named gen.
teman, at the .Lyceum Hall, at half
past o'clock. We know Mr.. Dimi-
try by reputation, as a distinguished
scholar, and we are sure that no sub
ject can have deeper interest than
the one selected. The lecture is a
free one, and we trust that a large and
discriminating audience will testify
their appreciation of it, and the ability
Of the Professor.-Crescezt.
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Cd the I'D inst, the second an
nual meeting of the Press Union will
take place in Batona Rouge. Ample
arrangements will he made, and lit IL
to be hoped that u large number If
Editors and Printers will be present
n The meeting in July last---the first
Of Che Union, was nothing more thar,
d preliminary one for organization,
and thecommittee appointed by THAT
meeting to address circular to the
bretheren did 10, bat did not exercise
the full authority delegated 10 them
They we're instructed to prepare sohie
regulations to govern the county
craft, and submit them 10 The brethren
for their consideration. This tl,"y
did not do, for the reason, we presume
that the preliminary meeting was too
smalEto issue any set Of rules, without
first eulisting the aid Of o gre@sr
number to insure their observance
The Press Union will not perhaps
at its next meeting, be able to effect
much, but Of this fact the bretheren
may feel satisfied, that the annual
meetings will continue, until some
thing to benefit tho fraternaty is the
result. and this il inevitable. We
presume there is not o member Of tlp
"coypse" editorial, who does not fpc8
that there are many evils that might BIZ
corrected in the public press. if there
were unity Of action. 3d.
The evils.in the country might be
corrected atonce, and our city brother
rem soon be brought into the bendt Of
Union and fellowship The New Or
leans press is divided against itself and
in the large metropolis, difficulties are
to be met with, not found in the coui,-
try towards unity Of interest and az
ton. Our city bretheren have already
countenanced the action of the Union,
and we hope that such members Of the
press as are herewith attend the meet
ing on the 22nd.
OrThe river at this place is rising
very rapidly. g
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rs Wnate aninp Al aiHa np az |

l
Of witicistn. Our excuse for thus
withdrawing al support and further
connection with the heather god Mo
mus, is a valid one, and tannot be CIV
en- in brief Our friends and admirers
must be satisfied for tie present with
the simple declaration. 1--WE do not
wish to be found IND such shabby com
pany.' ~ t.a5t li.a
The witty and spirited line Of light
literature, has run 50 far in the ground
| that not even the handle is visible.
some fellow temporarily sorlriournipg
here, as Il correspondent Of the Delta
newspaper, writes Old the 30th ult, such
h column Of witty and satirical CORES
pondence, as paralizes our pen to look
on. lie says land we, in common
with mankind at large 1--WE him thanks
for his keen PERCEPTION, and just dis
erinlination) that "the question Of
moving the Capital meets with no par
tieular opposition, except from the
property holders here Indeed if the
country, members would stand up and
r.. d 81
speak out, the Capitol-no, God for
bid that ii should present its huge
prison proportions ID our eity--1 mean
the Legislature, would pick itself up
and walk off to New Orleans in the
shortest possible order" ....A
There is hidden. wittieisn in this
extract, the spirit Of which can only
be arrived at, by study. If anybody
were making book Of curiosities Of
literature, we should take upon ourself
to forward the communication Of "Hill
Bobus' or Bob Buzfus" to him at
once.
II is altogether novel comparison
to say the State house looks like q
prison. It has been compared to near
" everything else, and the COMPARE.
sons must be running short. We are
interested in the building, and should
dislike to see it appropriated to any use
for which it is not adapted. lit cannot
be had for an Insane asylum when the
Capital is removed, we should like to
see it used for the INDECENT male
gentlemen's asylum then there would
be home for such snobs as come here
to write letters, sarcastic, witty, and
abusive; to feed on pap, and grow up
perhaps into some Of the dignifed
principles Of manhood. "Eob Bobus'
the Delta's inimitable correspondent,
is witty fellow-the Barrel organ
and bulwork Of Democracy Courier
correspondent, should make his ac-
quaintapce.
That dignified sheet the Picayunc
has an article ON what it calls the
. Removal question" IT is altogether
too insignificant for us to notice; it |
may pass as it is-tleeidedly the best
argument that could be used for put.
ting the State House at Pompeii. This
paper has nothing more to say on this
subject; we do hope that something
will turn up in the city for scribblers to
make leaders of, that will interest the
people, more than abuse, Wholesale and
retail, Of Baton Rouge--a place that
must needs be villifed for everything,
because demagogueism cannot have
unlimited sway and because the peo-
pie have said that the Capitol shall not
Be under the nose of The unprincipaIed |
mountebanks Of our commercial en-
porium.
UIs there any family where there
are young ladies, in this city Of sub
burbs, that does not take copy Of
Godey's book Z, Ifso, it is high time
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THE NEWSPAPER Pass ---Jouarn-
alism, to attain its end, should under
stand and preserve its proper eharac-
ter. 1t should be cautious. and yet
courageous circumspect, and yet in
dependent acting out itsow honest
convictions, and intent on it's only hon
orable objects. There may be times
of passion, fanaticism, and wild ex-
element, when the honest and brave
journalist must bare his bosom to the
stom, and bid defiance to every menace
and danger He may be called on to
advocate hated and abjured truth, and
combat popular error, periling charac-
ter and subsistence in obeying concience
and honest convictions, while he cher
fully bides his time for d more impair
tial hearing and jnster public judge
ment. Worthless and vile, is the
journal too ignorant to take positions,
or, once having taken them, ever ready,
from timidity or morbid calculations,
to abandon them. Journalism lowers
itself when it seeks merely party ends
in politics, or sectarian ends in religion.
II disgraces itself when it deals in
coarco personalities, aiming to murder
a character, but not to mend it; and
crush an opponent or party, but not
to put them right Patriotism should
prompt, and not party; Christianity,
and not sect Contend (N H) Com
gregational Joavnal.
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Paradise Mesained.
A great many visionary things h


Louisiana has been--or rather acas
considered the land of''milk and hon
ey' spoken of BY Moses. John Law
made the French nation believe this
and people mashed one another to
death, to get to his office, ii, Paris,
whilst The hunibug lasted. lie sold
any amount Of land warrants in Louis
lana, md The Ftenchmen. came over,
to have their Threats cut by The In
1ians. And as 1t took more than fif-
teen days at that time, to make the
voyage; none Of the headless bodies
ever went back to tell how they had
drank Of The waters Of eternal life.-
Tie South Sea humbug was the one
into which 'sRoast Beef was led. It
has not been long, since Texas was
looked upon as The Garden Of Eden,
and nav IL il California where ,eo-
pie 20 and endure all kinds of ills with
ohfls''ah ior'lenae 10 a'g golo' SIR
John Franklin has not returned yet, to
tell us how things are at Atelantis !,
IL. q III H. AZ as ,r ,,L;a1, ..a L,.a
Ill. ..,a..,,,,t q. pa,,i /, H. M;.aaau
IA re,,;tarvs baats all. 1hs p,a,,ss,.
aa.... 0e aati- FL 81 sistu}
yutt 4 M r i, ,,,,,,,,;
Il tha ,,nrld m. III. ,l,.r st,,,.s a.,
ST. Paul keen gyereufires for all dis
eases, and The doctors throughout the
ierlllofy Keep g common, "a1ch over
, ~, a a;saasa ' ,,,.a,.ant.t;.a l. 81
ini,,istered. The Doctors are liable
to fine If they allow d case Of sick
ness s y occur IN their district me
on u'sea1e !, resa'e ,.. = - ,o.a '".a'a,
tha nar;eran;,,,n diraet1v bah;nd Tho
o. frontis It Is confirmed to inmi-
grant politicians, and partially wears
OH as the parent becomes aeelllllatea'
~ IN, t.,''P'e's' wy op'''"s y '''' 'sV
r.,.., p,.,.,.,,, /, /, : "a;
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Ia. 80, 80, ,a,,a,, a,,a,,,;an =,
j, !. t,a,1u IL ,,,.a.,,;,.,.x. t,;a ,,t,,a,
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/. a;s,;nat ,l;so.so 4 i ..ll.d. .,na1;.
cally" per,est,4ii-os.ertsyiyu,s eass.
s,a,,,,,o,p II =. +, ter,;ble
49, a. t',.,,,,.,., 'e,
u'sease s''aN'i's '''e p'''e'' '''' ''s'
Under its influence (the disease is re-
the afflicted individual is not
,p1v s.erueeteg ta,'-.--bnt d,ss s,yapt ;,
III j. !. ,,;,h a;f,,a,,i.,. u. f,;a.,,,a 49,,
~ !, - ~. -
MAKE INN Keep ms sh''I on Dlafe-
tics, Astringents and Rubeiicients have
no effect upon the afflicted. Female
cannot be allowed and rs
~.,.,., ...,, l. LII 49,, ,,;,,.. -.
WI ~ soo'' '''' p'.'''.' n''F
to be "let go'and make fool OF him
self. We have seen fellows SO, violen-
tlv siezed BY the mslady in public
niao,s that tbe !, f,.o,,,,s would be
49,, y, -. ,,, :, .,,1.
come pare, anu TIE mar seanu vi eiios
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nyThere has been an immence

nEThere has been an immence
meeting at the Tabernacle, in New
York, on the subject of the Nebraska
and Missouri compromise The OBJ
jects of the meeting was to call
upon the South to join ina protest
against the proposition which has been
made to repeal the compromise as far
as it would effect Nebraska, and ap-
peal to the President to veto the bill,
should it pass the other branches with
the contemplated clause in it. The
proceedings were very animated, and
resolutions to the effect indicated,
were passed by reclamation.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-02-05

MAIL RoBnER SENTENcED.-ln the
u. S. District Court in Milwaukee, a
few days ago, Selah Matthews pleaded
guilty of robbing the mails in the
Postofiice at Watertown, and was sem
fenced to five years in the State prison.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-02-05

A CAsr-Miss Fitznancy-el1er-
| " tnaiden--rharged Mr.. Oleaver, the
gay young man who was accustomed
to carry home her marketing, with
having forcibly kissed her in the entry
Of her own house. Mr. C1eaver, al
though proud Of his personal appear.
ance, was short--very short eonsid-
ering his whiskers; his height, even
in French boots, reaching only 10 four
feet eleven inches. Miss Fitzhaney.
on the contrary. being fond Of extremes,
ran up Il foot higher---ahd staid there ];
being Of remarkable rigid department.
She swore the abbreviated, vet The
atnorous Butcher kissed her by as
sault-and she hauled him up for it.
Butcher@@with some expressions of
disgust, more emphatic than necessary
denied the clarge Butcher was fat
lady wasn't. Cleaver had antipathy
to what he irreverently termed scrag-
gy' women, and vowed he lhadnt kis-
sed her, and wouldn't Money couldn't
hire him to-
Being cross examined. lawyer in.
qures Of the lady the circumstances
when, where, how &c. Lady replies
with great particularly On Monday
morning-4ten o'clock-in the entry
Resisted MI she could, but he perse-
vered, and triumphed
lawyer asks-4"Did not he stand on
anything but the floor ~
"No he stood On the foor--no
chair, STOOL. or any thing else being
brought into re1'lisition. .
"Bnt my dear madam, this is i'm
possible YOU are twelve inches taller
than he How could he reach your
lips I"
Lady hadn't thought Of that, but she
was not 10 be tripod mp by the glibbest
lawyer Of them all : SO she replies
"Oh ali WE'LL kuow-yes to be
sure but then you know scrooched
Il little -
"Ezactly Thank you, madam
that'll do
Nothing further, your Honor.'
Verdict for the short defendant.--
C1iuton Nv TJCourant.
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A CAusfe Hif.-Piron, the French
author, having been taken up by the
watchman Of the night in Paris, was
carried on the following morning be-
fore the lieutenant Of police, who
haughtily interrogated him concern.
ing his business or profession
II am a poet, sir, said Piron
ooh. oh . poet, are you p Said
the Magistrate, II have u brother that
Is poet
"Then we nre even" snid Prior,
'for have a brother who In d fool"
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At Norfolk. on Thursday, four
thousand bushels Of corn sold at auc-
ton at eighty three cents per bushel.
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trw ONr,at Journal Of the Parish IF East
fotpn Rousr satso n tbs G,.osse lite and
Bnton Rousr and Of the Baton Rouss and
Cttnt5n HdHh Road C'ospuntes I'll
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UIs there, any family where there
are young ladies, in this city Of sub
burbs, that does not take a copy of
Godeys book 2, Ifso,, it is high time
that they were. There is,no month.
w. in the Union, more regular, and
more acceptable in the family circle
than Cooley. rs, ! e,,n., s.,es...e ss.t,
The editor has the good taste and
Just determination TO send us the work
regularly; and though this may be
considered as q bonus to make our
pen glide smoothly yet it is not.
We puff Cooley for his merit only, not
for his book, and as long as he contin-
ucs what he is, we shall continue to
do 50. -s' .'' s3'' <+'' 1'ifs
4. ~, 3E6.
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GEORGE A. PIKE,

rptroH AND PROPRIETOR.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-10-26
conxictcd and Sentenced.

JAuEs VIcxraa-anl Ni-sross- ,yEIeKx rs, tried nj
Falf Term of the Court Of Common Pleas and Gcner-
al Sessions for York District, as mnrdererH Of one
,YM. DoEsofi, were convicted and sentenced to be
hung on Friday, the 29.h day of December next.
Their crime seems to have been aggravated one.
Judge OtNEALL pronounced the sentence Of the Court
in his usual impressive manner. His predatory re-
marks We suhjoin. They striklng!y solemn:
Young Men: The conviction to which your alien
ton has just heen soleinnly called, makes you aware
OF The awtu fate before yon. In few brief days you
will 10 be numbered among the children Of men;
the place which once knew you, will know you no
more forever" Oh, Thar could, with the eloquence
of Isaiah, whose lips we're touched with live coal
from The altar Of Jehovah, arouse you 10 deep sense
of your guilt, and point you 80 the lamb oS GOO,
which iakcth away Inc sin of the world" have, |
know such inspired e!oquence, and yet my duty is
faithfully TO endeavor TO arouse you and TO prepare
yon for your awful, impending doom.
The 9th Of july last, is day Of all others TO be
remembered by you. II is day red with blood it is
The day on which The blood of fellow man cried
unto God from the ground" its voice has been heard,
and is answered here, in the conviction which sends
you 10 the ga.lows; has beel heard, and will be
swered beyond the gravs by Judgment of everlaSt-
ing punishment unless you lurn unio the Lord and
lay hold upon his words Of mercy, "repent and be-
lieve"
1t is desirable, Young men, in the solitude of your
prison, and in the midnight watchings between to-day
and the day when you 10 to live, that you
should review the bloody deed which Toor DOB
sox, with all his sins upon his head into the presence
Of the great unchansng and everlasting Judge of this
world. Think, Oh! think, that you have slain not
only lis body, but also his everlasting soul. Could
transport you 10 tie judgment seat, and could you
the flight Of his immortal spirit into the presence OF
the Judge, and hear his awful sentence, depart from
ME We cursed, into everlasting fire. prepared for the
devil and his angels;" and hear the wniing Of the
lost spirit falling through unlimited space, he cried,
lost, lost, los,--what ought to be your agony! What
would be your dread Of your own impending senten-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-10-26
The E!.st;ous ss a Tess.

THE elections throughout our State have proved a
test of nothing except the good hard sense OF our peo-
pie. With one two exceptions they have rendered
this point in our character and more apparent to
every observer. In few Districts, the election of
Electors brought before the people, but with no
effect whatever one way or the othe.. The lifEor
question does not seem to have been regarded any
where. Neither was the Penitcntiary question. Nor
the Military question Nor the-Free School-queson'
Nor any single question of Federal policy The ques-
lion of the Banks to have had some considcra
bic effect upon the elections in Charleston, and the
Bridge question good deal in Edgefeld. But with
these exceptions no questions to have affected
the general result except that important one as to the
fitness OF the candidates.
The Grcenvllle MoHntdineer observes one fact in
in this connection which he regards as PECULIAR md
is ha, not prctessed Wig has been elected in
the Slate,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-10-26
Our True Policy.

THE Charleston Erening News, after pointing out
the dscordant condition of parties at the North, thus
sensibly speaks:of the importance Of Southern una
nimity:
':Whe other sections are filled with irreconcea.
BILE disputes, and kindlng with party and secaran
passions that waste their power, let us close up our
political ranks, and present phalan1 of undivided
strength. live have mutual federation and entertain
sense OF the advantage of our position, the distinc
lion of Wing and Democrat will give place TO that
loier tic that looks for no better plea for association
than the necessity of union, to preserve institutions
which are assaed for destructive ends and with sns
ter motives. If We comprehend our relative superior
ity, in this respect, cannot but perceive that our
section has naturally few of discord. These
are found where the prizes Of office expected TO
he won and distributed according TO the influence of
numbers. Our section is overhorne numerically, but
fortunately have security in the rivalship and
divisions of Northern parties. Let us then profit by
this Of weakness without, not only by the e1-
cusion of similar ofdisunion among ourselves,
but by such measures rs will consolidate power.
This the only method of preserving our due weight
in the councils of the Union, and with it sectional
balance of DoWer."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-10-26
6 Double. double toll and trouble
Ia Lv-,. ,,J .,ylIro, bubble -
An Immense Ticttasa.

THE re,y last newsfrom Europe thy tile Africa) ut
terly con;radicts the exciting reports recently herald
ed through the country of q monstrous engagement
between the Russians and the Allied Armies before
Sebastobol. This stronghold, it no@ appears, has
neither been taken nor has it been in flames. The
destruction of the Russian feet said TO be fiction
tile annihilaion of For. Constantine, ialae-Mens-
chikof's surrender. pure invention, and Omar
Pasha's despatch forgery
1t does seem, however, TO be true that the Allies
were closing in around Sebastopol, and that this ceie-
brated fortress was in considerable danger or being
carried When the last intelligence from The scat Of
war was forwarded the conflict for the mastery had
been going on for four five consecutive days, and
the Allied Araiy, or lis advanced forces were within
a few miles OF Sebastopo The next news may be
fraught with great results one way or the other.