Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-17
LVNCHRuRG VIRGiNIAN.
WEDNESDAY MORNING .JAS'YI7, 1855.
News and Miscellany.

vress adjourned over yesterday, after paying hp
propriate honors to the memory of the deceased
His remsins passed through Baltimore, Frida,
evening. on their way to New Hampshire. Tha
State is now without Senator in Congress, on,
vacancy having previously existed. in conse
auence of the sudden death Of Mr.. Atherton.
We learn from the Nashville Union that the
remains of the late G en-. Robt. Armstrong have
reached that city from Washington. The c're-
monies of interment were To have taken place on
Tuesday last. with all due honors.
The North Carolina House Of Commons, on the
9Th instant. passed, by a large majority b' 10
incorporate the Wilmington and Charlotte Rail
road Company The bill provides that the State
sbnN endorse the bonds Of the company.
4 bin is pending before the Legislature OF
pennsylv ania to prevent the sale Of intoxicating
liquors on the Sabbath, and to prevent the sale
of adulterated liquors as beverage. This bill
makes it unlawful to sell, on the Sabbath ntoSi-
eating liquor Of any kind under penalty OF $50
The same penalty If it is allowed To be drank ON
the premises. except by bonrders N their rooms
or apartments For selling ada!leratod liquors.
or liquors mixed with poisonous or delet'fl"us
drugs liquids substances. the hne Is from one
hundred to two hundred dollars. imprisonment
from two 10 six months. and forfeiture ct hconse.
In Wilkinson county, Mss, the trial Of Jusius
Unr1 indicted fer the killing Of one OF his slaves,
yesuItel last week IN a verdict ut guilty aud the
,r;soper was sentenced 10 seven vears' inprIson=
,nent in the pea.tent,ary. lie was a wealthy CHI
,o, If Am,e county, originally from New Eng
land. bur a resident IF Mississippi for twenty
years
Sir Richard England, one Of the generals serY-
inc in the Crimea. Is cousin to smith o'Bn'n
and native of Euui-tymon. in the county oi
Glare He is now second ia command to Lord
Raglap. and should the commander fail. he would
spcccrd to hi. plnce, unless the Government pro-
vide for the energency
The patriotic fund now gathering in England
calls out many eeeentriciil'~' and one oi thch Is
an advertisement in the Oxford Chronicle, which
is as follows: "A widower, Of good character
with five children, offers 10 marry The wldo" "i
nny soldier slain at Alma. For particulars apply
10 Mr. Higgs, draper and tailor South stoke oA-
ford The above offer is TO be considered the
contribution to the patriotic fund of the wdower.
W. have later dates from the Sandwich Islands
but not a word about the much-talkedoi annex
atinn trcatv l. 1t laid on the shelf letter
from Honolulu distinctly afirms that no treaty
between the public lunc',"aaries there had been
made or submitted. aud, Furthermore, that Prince
Lebnliho. withnat whurc active co operation II
.essi,n of the islands canu,t b. made SO long
as thcrei is a prospect Of his succeeding to TIA"
throne. will unite in no negotiation for II change
of sovereignty. II is said that Gea Miller, the
British Consul who protested ngainst the annex
alton in such extraordinary terms Is insane.
Ill. at la-
cember, received through channels favorable 10
the revolutonists. state that Alvarez had gained
a victory over Santa Annals troops aud that he
was fully able to maintain his rasition. The
..Official Bulletin; published mt Acapulco is I'LL
ed with accounts of skirmishos between the IN
surgents and Government troops, IN all OF which
the former are represented to have had the al
vantage.
We learn that the affairs of the City Bank, the
Union Bank aud the Phoenix Bank, all of Phladel-
phia which have been closed for several weeks
past, are to be wound up under the general bank
ing law of the State. Hon. Mark skinner has
been appointed receiver for the purpose, and took
charge of the visible effects of the banks yestcr-
day.
A large grizzly bear from California; which
has been on exhibition in tent ia Philadelphia,
broke out yesterday, and created a tremendous
stampede in the eighborhood of Thirteenth and
Market SITS. At first he mounted an omnibus
horse which happened to he passing, and com
menced biting his flesh, but, without doing seri-
Gus injury he dismounted and attacked a mule.
Next he seized and swallowed large pcco of
beet belonging to n butcher. In the meantime n
large crowd assembled, keeping, however. at a
respectful distance. Pitchforks were brought
into requisition to capture him. hut the Yrongs,
which were thrust into his mouth were broken
off by his teeth as they were pieces of wood
A slip knot was also put over his neck; but the
animal dragged off 1--WE stout men who held on to
it. He was finally captured, by meuns of u moose
in small court. Alderman Thompson mme-
diately ordered the Snowman TO take the animal
from the neighborhood
John Mitchell has gone to the West on lee
turing tour.
G. w. Kendall, Esq, of the Poayunc has re-
turned to N. Orleans from Europe.
To day Mr. Wise has an appointment to speak
in Liberty. 1t is his first appearance, we believe
among the people of that gallant old county, and
we hazard nothing in supposing that one whose
fervid oratory wont, whilom, SO to exile ''in-
tercst and amusement in Congress, will attract
a large crowd of listeners, Whether he will
"tak Ike anything by his motion, is quite another
question--if il be a question at all. Some years
ago, Mr.Wise promised his former colleague and
co-laborer, Mr.. Goggin, of that county, sup
ply Of flood aud fuel for the dog days" As,
like other promises made by him, it seems To
have been indefinitely deferred Mr.. w. will