Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-31
Miscellaneous Items.

,,.aoo os tho drowning accidentally. at Eagle
p..s in the Rio Grande, ON the ID instant. OF
second Lieutenant VIM. NJ. Darant. OF the Regi-
ment of Mounted Rihemen. The deceased vas
a native of South Carolina. and graduate OF the
West Point Military Academy, of the class of
ls5i.-Sfar.
SPORTING WoMES.-A match game OF billiards
for $4,000 is to be played in New Orleans soon,
between two Creole ladies of the first respec,a-
bility" These women are said TO hive few e
anals at the game, even among gentlemen. in the
United States.
ACCIDENT To A TRANsNARISE TELEGRAPH
LrSr.-It was rumored in London the day be.
fore the steamer sailed. that the big sixwire ca
bic. weighing eight tons to the mile. which was
being laid down across the Mediterranean from
France to Algiors. was cut aud abandoned in a
gale of wind, under circumstances very similar
to those which interrupted the operations of the
Newfoundland Company last summer Forty
miles of the cable had been laid 1t was insured
in London for about $300,0O0. We trust this
rumor may prove groundless.
A DEAL roR WIrE.-The peace of several
German families in Lancaster somewhat dis
turbed few days since by the discovery that
three Of their male members claimed the same
woman for wife. At one time, says the Exami-
ner. things looked serious, portendng storm,
but better feelings, with humane counsel and la
ger, having finally prevailed, it was determined
bv the parties and their friends that the three
husbands should decide their claims by n resort
TO cards. A game was accordingly played. and
the winner put in possession of his fair, fat and
forty inamorata." The unsuccessful husbands
or rather widowers. concluded to drown their
sorrows in the cup" and make night of it.
Fatal SUBMARINE EXPERIMENT. Henry / eyy
a native Of France, met with his death, few
DAYS ago. on Hunter Point l.. I..whilc under the
water in n submarine armor. He used armor of
India Rubber, Dispensing with air-tubes nd force
pumps He had an India rubber receiver attach
ed to his body, which contained supply of oxy
gen gas, the flow being regulated 10y tube aud
faucet. vessel, containing slaked limo and
caustc soda, was placed on his brea>t for iha alb
sorption the carbonic acid expelled from his
lungs. He had made several experiments for
mcrly in descending at one time being under
wafer twenty five minutes. In his last expert
ment. after walking in the water short distance
he returned complaining of being unwell and
feeling heated Presently against advice. he
returned to the water; giving directions not to
draw him out without he signalled. lie remain
ed under water thirty minutes, the signals being
given al that time that all was right, but when
drawn up it was found that he was dead. The
Signals. 1T is believed were made by the motion
of the water.
Observation-Disclosures johnson, in his recent
message to the Legislature, recommends the adop
ton of resolutions inshucting the Senators and
Representatives in Congress from Tennessee to
urge the passage of national homestead bill; he
also recommends reform in the judiciary system
of the State.
The SICK AND WoUNpEp.-A late letter from
Paris says. The number of sick and wounded re-
tngnng from the Crimea is dreadful. In Constant.
nope they have increased in fearful ratio. Some
Of the largest converts the Christians call
them-lately occupied by Deryshes the most
filthy creatures and the worst of all earth
~ ianatics-and other immense buildings, have
been converted into hospitals; the same at other
places in Turkey. Still they have to send large
numbers back to France, and scarcely n trans
port or steamer returns without bringing one hun
dre1 wounded, or.as they are called c0nrdtescent
soldiers, and it is estimated that serenity per cent
of them die.
CONVENTION or HUSBANDS The papers state
that convention of husbands is to be called
shortly At Syracuse. n. Y, to adopt some meas
ures in regard to fashion. They say that since
they have to support The expenses Of fashionable
have the right to regulate its cnprices 1t Is al
>aid that Il proposition to raise bays only, in
future, is to come before the convention. The
members are to resolve themselves into hus-
bands rights party.
THE AMERICAN INVENTORS, represented at the
Paris Exhibitionhaye received about twenty gold
and silver medals, which gives medal to every
eighth exhibitor higher proportion of first class
medals than will be received BY any other nation.
McCormick's reapng and Pitts thra>hing machi-
ues. Blanchards for bending wood Singers sew
ing machine, Goodyenr's vucanized inGiarubber,
Fowler and Preterre for artificial teeth, Rich
mond's machine for cutting iron for steam-boers
aud Maury's maps and charts are among the
articles which took the medals. Colts guns and
pistols met with great opposition, and many
competitors from France an1 Belgium. and he.
in consequence, gets but a third class medal.
>S.-
RACHEL ''No GREAT SHAKES. "-Rachel does
not appear to make very profound impression
in Boston--afte ALL The Posi-" there says
Ave are sure we have seen good playing
hers time and again, upon the English stage
Upon the whole, cannot say that IN our opIn-
ion She is worth all the pile of adeetves that
have been heaped upon her, both in France and
England. We have reverental or glngerly
feeling in approaching the subject OF her per-
formences, for we think that as fine actresses as
Rachel have been upon the English stage,and will
be there ngan--and this without going back to
Sid Ions and O'Nell if we suppose these la
dies to have been all that they represented 10
be. We do not mind adding that all but RaehePs
share in the classical tragedy * insuferably te-
dious to us and 10 most of the audience to Judge
from the faces and actions of those within sight
The effect would be decidedly improved if all but
RacheiS scenes were left to the Imagination
The Beg is disposed to take u similar view
llORRIBLE.-A letter from the Crimea tells the
fallowng:-''N ultures are very numerous here
4 la ,y1p nd n