Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-07-02

lean Falls. durnp saturday forenoon. WIS coon.
muricuted hy telegraph lhe snme afternoen.-
We hive since received the following lcttrr froa
a friend
NIAGARA FALLS, ,iuc $50 A N.
Ano her nan over the Full buchanan ~ III,
Grl-t Mil few rods uhnve the Cataract lou
SAW him from the rear OF the mills, coming down
in a bout His onrs were hanging IN the row-
locks, aud he with his arms folded screaming for
help. Mr. Bnchman called 10 him to SEIZE his
orr. A few we'll directed strokes would have
brought him 70 the shore: hnt ON he went until
he came opposite the haek piuzzu Of tire Cataract
House. whore the boat capsized He was seen Ia
c''ae ~ once andthrow cut his arms. Mr. b
>av- he va, young man about twenty years
old.
The probability Is that the poor feow having
hy some means that wilineyer he rAplanrd.lound
himself IN the rapids, became paralyze with hor
rnr and was unable to use eNertjnns to prevent
his awful fate. Who imagine his emotions
rs he nenrod the fatal prccipicc, whose roar sound
si like n death kncl in his terrified ears, or the
mad dellrum that seized upon him at the thought
of certain aud terrible destruction. 1T was all
done in u moment--a struggle, Shrek plunge
and soul went home! 1t was all done in Il mo
ment-but it told upon Eternity.
TITLES TO LAND IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA.
The question Is frequently asked how titles
can b. acquired 10 the Government und- in Kan
sas aud N'bia~,n Territories and whether mill.
tary bounty lanA warrants can Ot lncnted in these
Territories. We have a-ccrtHncd that, except
the lands reserved for the Indians under treaty
-tipuaton-, II he .nd for their benefit or
lands re.rrvud for military reservations or other
puohe uecs, the whole country to which the lndi
nu tle has been cXtingnlshoa is subject to settle.
! mrnt even prior to survey and thai pre- cmptions
will be allowed for cln'm- FFcdlcated ON such set
! trments. This Is ma important provision: NJ in
| the cid land States aud Territories clnms are not
| allowed or settlements made pr.cr to survey. Al
that an emigrant has to do, therefore, j. to select
| his loeation make his Improvements ON any If thu
lands not exempted from settlement by any oi the
! restrictions mentioned above, and, on the con.
! peton ond return of the surveys, file his proofs
at the local land office, whore his claim will he
! allowed, aud he can pay for the land and secure
! his improvements, providing the improvements
are such Us are requlredby law; or he may delay
! payment until the lands are advertised for sale
| and mR..c payment any time before the da.. Rp
! pointed for the commencement of the public ale
| Land warrants will be received, acre tor acre, in
PARK payment of the claimants pre- emptiou; and
tbi, Is the only that can he made of land war
rants IN these Territories before the lands ar IN
market as the law requires that the lands =. Il,
first BE- SUBJECT to private entry before war; Is
can be located thereon,-tRioa
\ lnrge elm tree, which began Ia show svaop-
toms of decay, was chopped down lust lauHs.
duy, ca the farm of Mr.. Cozzen., in the southern
part of Campbell Couotry, Kentucky, when the
skeleton of u woman, with n little dried. shryal
led flesh adhering to the bones, WAS found IN a
cleft of the tree, about twenty feet from the
ground. The discovery caused a great sensation
throughout the nrighborhood, hut no one remem.
bered of any pers m having been missed or disap.
pearing from there for m my years