Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-30

eask (of brandy. it il supposedly for the fatigaed
and fainting soldiers.
THE FRENcH "SociETY OF La MoNTAGNE. =
! in New York. has issued manifesto calling ON
all Frenchman residing in the United States Ia
| subscribe to the fund for purchasing Mount Yer.
non, and thereby prove their reverence for the
memory of Washington. They say that a French
committee i now organizing for the purpose of
collecting subscriptions.
\ KEW COUNTY in Kansas has been named
Wise, in honor Of Henry A. Wise.
THE WIDOW Of the late Judge Story died in
Boston last week.
Hoes IN KENTUCKY. According to returns
To the auditor Of Kentucky, there are in that
State this year. 1,440.26G hogs over six months
old, against I6s2,2I4 last year. This decrease
in number is attributed To the short crop of corn
last year, which compelled many TO kill that 9th
erwise would have kept them fora year longer
The quantity of pork raised in the State the pre-
sent season, however, will undoubtedly exceed
TINT oflast year.
KANSAS AZ a srATE.-We notice that in the
Kansas legislature u resolution has been offered
10 the effect that q convention he called to frame
constitution prior 10 Kansas being admitted in
10 the Union II sets the first Monday in Octo-
Der as the day on which the polls should be open
ed and the people are 10 vote Convention"
mo Convention on that day. If the majority
are in favor of convention, provided this reso-
luton passes. we may expect petition from
Kansas to be admitted as State ct the next
sion of Congress.
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE RUSSIAN NAVY
james c. Thompson, of Albany, n. Y, has re-
oeiyed the appointment Of chief engineer of the
Russian Nayy,and is now III Washington making
the necessary arrangements with the Russian
minister. The offer Is made for three years at a
salary of $4,000 per num,with house rent free.
GovERNoR REEDER'8 LAST MEssAGE-Gov.
Reeder has sent thi. brief message to the Kan
sas Legislature: "ro the Honorable Council and
House of Representatives. of Kansas Territory:
Although have refused to acknowledge you to
BE- legal body, and although J am still of the
SAME mind, yet il is due that should inform you
that have received official notification of my re-
moyal, and thai until my Successor arrives the
duties of the o.'iee Of Governor viii devoivc upon
Secretary Nead-on." Il i sad tEr rrod;ug of
the letter produced roar, II ,aaa ,fer f. the OPP
pononts of the Governor.
A CATHOLIC CuuEcn BLOWN uplE Omo.--A
letter dated Sidney, Ohio, August -, says:-
Our village has been in much confusion since
yesterday morning, oausedby the blowing up of
the Catholic church Saturday night: 1t was
one of the bodrst ana most daring acts that
have known, being done about 10 o'clock on Sat
urday nght-the church standing only the width
of II street from dwelling house. No clue has
yet been had to the tiends engaged in this out.
rage. A reward has been offered by the Coun-
ell, and a meeting of the citizens will BIO held to-
day.
BoUNTY LAND WARRANTS. There have been
filed about two hundred and ten thousand appli.
cations for bounty land, of which number thirty
seven thousand were flied during the month of
March Thus far about twenty-five thousand
warrants have been ISSUED, confined exclusively
10 applications made in March. Fifteen thousand
more cases filed during that month remain unaet-
ea upon, but the pension officers exertn G
themselves 10 the utmost 10 forward the warrants
Ia the applicants or their agents. 1t is supposed
that several weeks will elal,se before claims filed
the first of April viii be reached.
koSsUTH AND THE ApMiNIsTRATIoN.-The
New York Times publishes memorial addressed
n year ago by kossuth 10 the President of the
United States, in which he deplores the mischiefs
10 Hungary, caused by the United States not
having Acknowledged her independence when in
instruction to Austria, and socts n onpt
decision whether, in the event of new uprising
of Hungary aud Poland to assert their indepen-
denee, the United States will recognise de fac
10 government, which either of them shall be
able to establish. The Times, in referring to
this letter, says: ITO this day neither the Pres
ident nor the Secretary of State has youch safed
any reply to it, Our Government CORE spends
with other sovereign powers, but not with indi-
yduals, and will scarcely permit Itself to be in
terrogated by individuals as to its future action.
Let the revoutiousts establish de ffcto gov
ernment first then will be the proper time to ask
for its recognition.